Robert Peebles

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Robert Peebles

Birth
Londonderry, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland
Death
3 Sep 1772 (aged 96–97)
Bedford, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA
Burial
Bedford, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA GPS-Latitude: 42.9336139, Longitude: -71.4850222
Plot
Row 11 5
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Robert was our first and oldest ancestor to arrive in Massachusetts on August 4, 1718 from Northern Ireland on one of the five ships called the William. Robert was a co-founder first of Pelham, MA.
Robert was our first and oldest ancestor to arrive in Massachusetts on August 4, 1718 from Northern Ireland on one of the five ships called the William. Robert was a co-founder first of Pelham, MA.

Inscription

aged 97 yrs./Death like an overflowing flood/Doth sweep us all away./The old, the young, the middle aged/To death becomes a prey.