POCOMOKE INDIAN NATION
The Pocomoke Indian People are an Algonquian-speaking tribe.
The bands of the Pocomoke People were part of the Accomac Confederation.
They were the first watermen, hunters, farmers, and trappers on the
Chesapeake Bay waters and wetlands. They harvested food from the
Chesapeake Bay and its many tributaries.
In the Maryland Archives there is Chief Jeremey Peake as one of the chiefs
that signed the 1742 treaty with the state of Maryland. If you research Jeremey you will find that the Indians left in the middle of the night so that they would not be killed and fled to Rhode Isand and Pennsylvania. The history teaches us that these Indian's married blacks and whites. See The Winnesoccum Disaster Our George would have been 20 years of age at that time living in Maryland and went to PA where his sons say they were born. Peak in Maryland back in those day meant Wampum.
Because of the way Indian people were treated, most "Indians" called themselves "white" and hid their true roots so that their children could go to a "white" schools. Our George Peake must have choose to be colored or mixed blood because of the stories told about him in Cuyahoga County Ohio.
George Peake Sr. was born in 1722 Maryland
He died in 1827 at the age of 105 in Rockport, Cuyahoga Co. Ohio
George left Maryland and went to Mercer Co. PA by the 1810 census
I can not find any Peake's in the 1790 or 1800 census
The first permanent African descendant settlers were George Peake and his family who migrated from Pennsylvania, to the western shores of the Cuyahoga River, in 1809. Peake purchased 103 acres of land in Rockport in 1811 and settled with his family, into a life of farming. George Peake was a veteran of the French and Indian War of 1759 but later was reported to have deserted the army, taking with him the money he had been given to pay the other soldiers. Peake endeared himself to his Cleveland neighbors by inventing a new hand mill, which was easier to use than the crude “stamp mortar and spring pestle” they had adapted from the Indians’ process for grinding grain. serving under General James Wolfe in the Battle of Abraham Plains at Quebec. who was a soldier under General Wolfe, and deserted from the army, found a black woman in Maryland who had a half bushel of dollars, married her, raised a family of mulattos in the State of Pennsylvania, and came to Rockport with two of his sons, George Peak and Joseph Peak, in April, 1809; and two more of his sons, James Peak and Henry Peak, came in soon afterwards. When the old man reached Cleveland, the above mentioned road had been cut out from the Cuyahoga river to Rocky river, and his wagon was the first one that ever came through from Cleveland to Rocky River. The Peaks settled on the farm now owned by John Barnum, Esq. Some of the Peaks built a handmill. The stones were 18 or 20 inches across. This mill was a great improvement over the stump mortar and spring-pole pestle, in use in those days, in grinding hominy. the elder Peak died in September, 1827, at the age of 105 years.
The Pocomoke Indian People are an Algonquian-speaking tribe.
The bands of the Pocomoke People were part of the Accomac Confederation.
They were the first watermen, hunters, farmers, and trappers on the
Chesapeake Bay waters and wetlands. They harvested food from the
Chesapeake Bay and its many tributaries.
In the Maryland Archives there is Chief Jeremey Peake as one of the chiefs
that signed the 1742 treaty with the state of Maryland. If you research Jeremey you will find that the Indians left in the middle of the night so that they would not be killed and fled to Rhode Isand and Pennsylvania. The history teaches us that these Indian's married blacks and whites. See The Winnesoccum Disaster Our George would have been 20 years of age at that time living in Maryland and went to PA where his sons say they were born. Peak in Maryland back in those day meant Wampum.
Because of the way Indian people were treated, most "Indians" called themselves "white" and hid their true roots so that their children could go to a "white" schools. Our George Peake must have choose to be colored or mixed blood because of the stories told about him in Cuyahoga County Ohio.
George Peake Sr. was born in 1722 Maryland
He died in 1827 at the age of 105 in Rockport, Cuyahoga Co. Ohio
George left Maryland and went to Mercer Co. PA by the 1810 census
I can not find any Peake's in the 1790 or 1800 census
The first permanent African descendant settlers were George Peake and his family who migrated from Pennsylvania, to the western shores of the Cuyahoga River, in 1809. Peake purchased 103 acres of land in Rockport in 1811 and settled with his family, into a life of farming. George Peake was a veteran of the French and Indian War of 1759 but later was reported to have deserted the army, taking with him the money he had been given to pay the other soldiers. Peake endeared himself to his Cleveland neighbors by inventing a new hand mill, which was easier to use than the crude “stamp mortar and spring pestle” they had adapted from the Indians’ process for grinding grain. serving under General James Wolfe in the Battle of Abraham Plains at Quebec. who was a soldier under General Wolfe, and deserted from the army, found a black woman in Maryland who had a half bushel of dollars, married her, raised a family of mulattos in the State of Pennsylvania, and came to Rockport with two of his sons, George Peak and Joseph Peak, in April, 1809; and two more of his sons, James Peak and Henry Peak, came in soon afterwards. When the old man reached Cleveland, the above mentioned road had been cut out from the Cuyahoga river to Rocky river, and his wagon was the first one that ever came through from Cleveland to Rocky River. The Peaks settled on the farm now owned by John Barnum, Esq. Some of the Peaks built a handmill. The stones were 18 or 20 inches across. This mill was a great improvement over the stump mortar and spring-pole pestle, in use in those days, in grinding hominy. the elder Peak died in September, 1827, at the age of 105 years.
POCOMOKE INDIAN NATION
The Pocomoke Indian People are an Algonquian-speaking tribe.
The bands of the Pocomoke People were part of the Accomac Confederation.
They were the first watermen, hunters, farmers, and trappers on the
Chesapeake Bay waters and wetlands. They harvested food from the
Chesapeake Bay and its many tributaries.
In the Maryland Archives there is Chief Jeremey Peake as one of the chiefs
that signed the 1742 treaty with the state of Maryland. If you research Jeremey you will find that the Indians left in the middle of the night so that they would not be killed and fled to Rhode Isand and Pennsylvania. The history teaches us that these Indian's married blacks and whites. See The Winnesoccum Disaster Our George would have been 20 years of age at that time living in Maryland and went to PA where his sons say they were born. Peak in Maryland back in those day meant Wampum.
Because of the way Indian people were treated, most "Indians" called themselves "white" and hid their true roots so that their children could go to a "white" schools. Our George Peake must have choose to be colored or mixed blood because of the stories told about him in Cuyahoga County Ohio.
George Peake Sr. was born in 1722 Maryland
He died in 1827 at the age of 105 in Rockport, Cuyahoga Co. Ohio
George left Maryland and went to Mercer Co. PA by the 1810 census
I can not find any Peake's in the 1790 or 1800 census
The first permanent African descendant settlers were George Peake and his family who migrated from Pennsylvania, to the western shores of the Cuyahoga River, in 1809. Peake purchased 103 acres of land in Rockport in 1811 and settled with his family, into a life of farming. George Peake was a veteran of the French and Indian War of 1759 but later was reported to have deserted the army, taking with him the money he had been given to pay the other soldiers. Peake endeared himself to his Cleveland neighbors by inventing a new hand mill, which was easier to use than the crude “stamp mortar and spring pestle” they had adapted from the Indians’ process for grinding grain. serving under General James Wolfe in the Battle of Abraham Plains at Quebec. who was a soldier under General Wolfe, and deserted from the army, found a black woman in Maryland who had a half bushel of dollars, married her, raised a family of mulattos in the State of Pennsylvania, and came to Rockport with two of his sons, George Peak and Joseph Peak, in April, 1809; and two more of his sons, James Peak and Henry Peak, came in soon afterwards. When the old man reached Cleveland, the above mentioned road had been cut out from the Cuyahoga river to Rocky river, and his wagon was the first one that ever came through from Cleveland to Rocky River. The Peaks settled on the farm now owned by John Barnum, Esq. Some of the Peaks built a handmill. The stones were 18 or 20 inches across. This mill was a great improvement over the stump mortar and spring-pole pestle, in use in those days, in grinding hominy. the elder Peak died in September, 1827, at the age of 105 years.
The Pocomoke Indian People are an Algonquian-speaking tribe.
The bands of the Pocomoke People were part of the Accomac Confederation.
They were the first watermen, hunters, farmers, and trappers on the
Chesapeake Bay waters and wetlands. They harvested food from the
Chesapeake Bay and its many tributaries.
In the Maryland Archives there is Chief Jeremey Peake as one of the chiefs
that signed the 1742 treaty with the state of Maryland. If you research Jeremey you will find that the Indians left in the middle of the night so that they would not be killed and fled to Rhode Isand and Pennsylvania. The history teaches us that these Indian's married blacks and whites. See The Winnesoccum Disaster Our George would have been 20 years of age at that time living in Maryland and went to PA where his sons say they were born. Peak in Maryland back in those day meant Wampum.
Because of the way Indian people were treated, most "Indians" called themselves "white" and hid their true roots so that their children could go to a "white" schools. Our George Peake must have choose to be colored or mixed blood because of the stories told about him in Cuyahoga County Ohio.
George Peake Sr. was born in 1722 Maryland
He died in 1827 at the age of 105 in Rockport, Cuyahoga Co. Ohio
George left Maryland and went to Mercer Co. PA by the 1810 census
I can not find any Peake's in the 1790 or 1800 census
The first permanent African descendant settlers were George Peake and his family who migrated from Pennsylvania, to the western shores of the Cuyahoga River, in 1809. Peake purchased 103 acres of land in Rockport in 1811 and settled with his family, into a life of farming. George Peake was a veteran of the French and Indian War of 1759 but later was reported to have deserted the army, taking with him the money he had been given to pay the other soldiers. Peake endeared himself to his Cleveland neighbors by inventing a new hand mill, which was easier to use than the crude “stamp mortar and spring pestle” they had adapted from the Indians’ process for grinding grain. serving under General James Wolfe in the Battle of Abraham Plains at Quebec. who was a soldier under General Wolfe, and deserted from the army, found a black woman in Maryland who had a half bushel of dollars, married her, raised a family of mulattos in the State of Pennsylvania, and came to Rockport with two of his sons, George Peak and Joseph Peak, in April, 1809; and two more of his sons, James Peak and Henry Peak, came in soon afterwards. When the old man reached Cleveland, the above mentioned road had been cut out from the Cuyahoga river to Rocky river, and his wagon was the first one that ever came through from Cleveland to Rocky River. The Peaks settled on the farm now owned by John Barnum, Esq. Some of the Peaks built a handmill. The stones were 18 or 20 inches across. This mill was a great improvement over the stump mortar and spring-pole pestle, in use in those days, in grinding hominy. the elder Peak died in September, 1827, at the age of 105 years.
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