Charles Peale, the eldest son of Rev. Charles Peale, and father of Charles Willson Peale, was born in Edith Weston, December 22, 1709. He, as shown by some of his letters, was a student at Cambridge, although evidently was never graduated, probably not completing his course. He came to Maryland about 1727, and is said to have been the private secretary of one of the Calverts. In 1746 he was married at Annapolis to Margaret Triggs and soon after was appointed master of the free school in Queen Anne County, on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. Later he removed to Chestertown in Kent County, Maryland, where he was master of the school for that county and where he died in 1750. Charles Willson Peale was his oldest child, his birthplace usually being incorrectly given as Chestertown, Maryland. His own statemint as to his birth is as follows: "My birth is registered in the vestry records of St Paul's Parish in Queen Anne's Co., where I was born, in this manner, i. e. 'Charles Willson, son of Charles Peale by Margaret, his wife, born April 15th, 1741, which said Charles as he says is the oldest son of Reverend Charles Peale, Rector of Edith Weston in the County of Rutland.'"
From "American Monthly Magazine" Vol 14, 1899.
From "American Monthly Magazine" Vol 14, 1899.
Charles Peale, the eldest son of Rev. Charles Peale, and father of Charles Willson Peale, was born in Edith Weston, December 22, 1709. He, as shown by some of his letters, was a student at Cambridge, although evidently was never graduated, probably not completing his course. He came to Maryland about 1727, and is said to have been the private secretary of one of the Calverts. In 1746 he was married at Annapolis to Margaret Triggs and soon after was appointed master of the free school in Queen Anne County, on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. Later he removed to Chestertown in Kent County, Maryland, where he was master of the school for that county and where he died in 1750. Charles Willson Peale was his oldest child, his birthplace usually being incorrectly given as Chestertown, Maryland. His own statemint as to his birth is as follows: "My birth is registered in the vestry records of St Paul's Parish in Queen Anne's Co., where I was born, in this manner, i. e. 'Charles Willson, son of Charles Peale by Margaret, his wife, born April 15th, 1741, which said Charles as he says is the oldest son of Reverend Charles Peale, Rector of Edith Weston in the County of Rutland.'"
From "American Monthly Magazine" Vol 14, 1899.
From "American Monthly Magazine" Vol 14, 1899.
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