Adonijah Peacock Sr.

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Adonijah Peacock Sr.

Birth
Mount Holly, Burlington County, New Jersey, USA
Death
19 Jan 1777 (aged 52)
Chairville, Burlington County, New Jersey, USA
Burial
Chairville, Burlington County, New Jersey, USA
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He manufactured gunpowder for the Revolutionary Army under General Washington, for which purpose he burned maple wood into charcoal in a separate building from his residence. Then back to his residence, after grinding it by some contrivance, mixed and dried it. It was in this way that he met his death, which happened January 19, 1777, when he was 53 years of age. Traditions say that he had been hurried by Washington to send powder to the Army, and that it was returned as not being sufficiently dried. He was in the act of drying it in a pot over the fire in the powder house when it exploded. His daughter had just brought him his dinner and was standing in the doorway of the powder house at the time. She was thrown some distance but escaped injury. He was blown thru the air a considerable way and injured so badly that he died the next day. He remained on the family homestead until his death.

("A History of the Peacock Family," by George F. Peacock)

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Father: John PEACOCK b: 10 AUG 1698 in Bridgend Roxburgh, Scotland
Mother: Elizabeth A. PRICKETT b: MAY 1705 in Medford Twp., Burlington Co., NJ
Marriage 1 Elizabeth SPRINGER b: 22 NOV 1736 in Mt. Holly Burlington Co., NJ
Married: 28 SEP 1751 in Trenton, NJ
Children:
Ann Baird PEACOCK b: 3 MAR 1753
Adonijah Peacock JR. b: 17 FEB 1755 in Burlington Co., NJ
Elizabeth PEACOCK b: 21 MAY 1756
Adonijah PEACOCK b: 16 SEP 1757 in Burlington Co., NJ
John PEACOCK b: 11 JAN 1759
Benjamin PEACOCK b: 24 SEP 1760
Thomas PEACOCK b: 6 JUL 1763
Samuel PEACOCK b: 6 JUN 1764 in Burlington Co., NJ
George PEACOCK b: 21 MAY 1766
David PEACOCK b: 2 FEB 1768
Jacob PEACOCK b: 8 DEC 1769
Levi PEACOCK b: DEC 1773
Deborah PEACOCK b: 16 SEP 1775
Grace PEACOCK b: 16 SEP 1777
He manufactured gunpowder for the Revolutionary Army under General Washington, for which purpose he burned maple wood into charcoal in a separate building from his residence. Then back to his residence, after grinding it by some contrivance, mixed and dried it. It was in this way that he met his death, which happened January 19, 1777, when he was 53 years of age. Traditions say that he had been hurried by Washington to send powder to the Army, and that it was returned as not being sufficiently dried. He was in the act of drying it in a pot over the fire in the powder house when it exploded. His daughter had just brought him his dinner and was standing in the doorway of the powder house at the time. She was thrown some distance but escaped injury. He was blown thru the air a considerable way and injured so badly that he died the next day. He remained on the family homestead until his death.

("A History of the Peacock Family," by George F. Peacock)

http://genealogytrails.com/njer/burlington/bios_peacock.html

Father: John PEACOCK b: 10 AUG 1698 in Bridgend Roxburgh, Scotland
Mother: Elizabeth A. PRICKETT b: MAY 1705 in Medford Twp., Burlington Co., NJ
Marriage 1 Elizabeth SPRINGER b: 22 NOV 1736 in Mt. Holly Burlington Co., NJ
Married: 28 SEP 1751 in Trenton, NJ
Children:
Ann Baird PEACOCK b: 3 MAR 1753
Adonijah Peacock JR. b: 17 FEB 1755 in Burlington Co., NJ
Elizabeth PEACOCK b: 21 MAY 1756
Adonijah PEACOCK b: 16 SEP 1757 in Burlington Co., NJ
John PEACOCK b: 11 JAN 1759
Benjamin PEACOCK b: 24 SEP 1760
Thomas PEACOCK b: 6 JUL 1763
Samuel PEACOCK b: 6 JUN 1764 in Burlington Co., NJ
George PEACOCK b: 21 MAY 1766
David PEACOCK b: 2 FEB 1768
Jacob PEACOCK b: 8 DEC 1769
Levi PEACOCK b: DEC 1773
Deborah PEACOCK b: 16 SEP 1775
Grace PEACOCK b: 16 SEP 1777

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ADONIJAH PEACOCK
Born Aug. 5, 1724
Killed 1777 by explosion while making powder for Gen. Washington

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