(ancestorship- Seth, Benjamin, David, John)
Jeremiah, son of Noah and Hannah (Dunham) Pease born 8 April 1792 in Edgartown, Dukes, Massachusetts, USA died 5 June 1857, Edgartown, Dukes, Massachusetts, USA from heart disease in Edgartown, Dukes, Massachusetts, USA
Married 30 September 1813 by Reverend Joseph "Parson" Thaxter to Eliza Worth who was born 8 February 1791 and died 26 April 1879.
Jeremiah Pease was a US Custom's officer, surveyor, bone setter, lighthouse keeper, cordwainer, and farmer. His carpenter shop employed a few apprentices, and out back, he kept a large garden that was tended to with great care. Many of the islanders benefited by his talent for setting broken limbs, and were also rewarded when they learned the service had no charge. His own wife Eliza became a patient after she fell on the ice 14 February 1852 breaking her arm and dislocating her wrist.
In 1817, Jeremiah was appointed as deputy customs inspector in Edgartown, which meant boarding at least 1 vessel a day as it arrived in the harbor, taking inventory, and collecting the tariffs. His title gave him the power to make arrests of smugglers, and put down mutinies on board the ships in Edgartown waters. On 1 occasion, he arrested 7 men from the ships Boston and Thomas of Nantucket.
In 1827, president John Quincy Adams made law prohibiting foreign vessels from anchoring within 3 miles of the US coast without prior notification. Deputy Pease seized the British ship Caledonia for violating the ruling, and a fracas developed when collector Thomas Cooke boarded the ship to remove her flags. Other not so dangerous duties included the maintenance of the island lighthouses. He was the 1st keeper of the lighthouse at the entrance to Edgartown harbor, being appointed 10 October 1828. His diary entry for October 15th "Wind NW Received the oil etc., for the lighthouse from the sloop Henry of New Bedford. Captain (John) Akin lighted the lamps for the 1st time." Jeremiah Pease was raised as a Congregationalist, the religion of his mentor, parson Joseph Thaxter, but later converted to the Methodist Religion. He was instrumental in establishing the Wesleyan Grove Camp Meeting near Squash Meadow Pond, and became the tent master and chorister. Much of the local history of the island, was learned from a diary he kept from 1819 up to the time of his death. Each entry was preceded with a weather account including wind speed and direction.
Jeremiah, son of Noah and Hannah (Dunham) Pease born 8 April 1792 in Edgartown, Dukes, Massachusetts, USA died 5 June 1857, Edgartown, Dukes, Massachusetts, USA from heart disease in Edgartown, Dukes, Massachusetts, USA
Married 30 September 1813 by Reverend Joseph "Parson" Thaxter to Eliza Worth who was born 8 February 1791 and died 26 April 1879.
Jeremiah Pease was a US Custom's officer, surveyor, bone setter, lighthouse keeper, cordwainer, and farmer. His carpenter shop employed a few apprentices, and out back, he kept a large garden that was tended to with great care. Many of the islanders benefited by his talent for setting broken limbs, and were also rewarded when they learned the service had no charge. His own wife Eliza became a patient after she fell on the ice 14 February 1852 breaking her arm and dislocating her wrist.
In 1817, Jeremiah was appointed as deputy customs inspector in Edgartown, which meant boarding at least 1 vessel a day as it arrived in the harbor, taking inventory, and collecting the tariffs. His title gave him the power to make arrests of smugglers, and put down mutinies on board the ships in Edgartown waters. On 1 occasion, he arrested 7 men from the ships Boston and Thomas of Nantucket.
In 1827, president John Quincy Adams made law prohibiting foreign vessels from anchoring within 3 miles of the US coast without prior notification. Deputy Pease seized the British ship Caledonia for violating the ruling, and a fracas developed when collector Thomas Cooke boarded the ship to remove her flags. Other not so dangerous duties included the maintenance of the island lighthouses. He was the 1st keeper of the lighthouse at the entrance to Edgartown harbor, being appointed 10 October 1828. His diary entry for October 15th "Wind NW Received the oil etc., for the lighthouse from the sloop Henry of New Bedford. Captain (John) Akin lighted the lamps for the 1st time." Jeremiah Pease was raised as a Congregationalist, the religion of his mentor, parson Joseph Thaxter, but later converted to the Methodist Religion. He was instrumental in establishing the Wesleyan Grove Camp Meeting near Squash Meadow Pond, and became the tent master and chorister. Much of the local history of the island, was learned from a diary he kept from 1819 up to the time of his death. Each entry was preceded with a weather account including wind speed and direction.
(ancestorship- Seth, Benjamin, David, John)
Jeremiah, son of Noah and Hannah (Dunham) Pease born 8 April 1792 in Edgartown, Dukes, Massachusetts, USA died 5 June 1857, Edgartown, Dukes, Massachusetts, USA from heart disease in Edgartown, Dukes, Massachusetts, USA
Married 30 September 1813 by Reverend Joseph "Parson" Thaxter to Eliza Worth who was born 8 February 1791 and died 26 April 1879.
Jeremiah Pease was a US Custom's officer, surveyor, bone setter, lighthouse keeper, cordwainer, and farmer. His carpenter shop employed a few apprentices, and out back, he kept a large garden that was tended to with great care. Many of the islanders benefited by his talent for setting broken limbs, and were also rewarded when they learned the service had no charge. His own wife Eliza became a patient after she fell on the ice 14 February 1852 breaking her arm and dislocating her wrist.
In 1817, Jeremiah was appointed as deputy customs inspector in Edgartown, which meant boarding at least 1 vessel a day as it arrived in the harbor, taking inventory, and collecting the tariffs. His title gave him the power to make arrests of smugglers, and put down mutinies on board the ships in Edgartown waters. On 1 occasion, he arrested 7 men from the ships Boston and Thomas of Nantucket.
In 1827, president John Quincy Adams made law prohibiting foreign vessels from anchoring within 3 miles of the US coast without prior notification. Deputy Pease seized the British ship Caledonia for violating the ruling, and a fracas developed when collector Thomas Cooke boarded the ship to remove her flags. Other not so dangerous duties included the maintenance of the island lighthouses. He was the 1st keeper of the lighthouse at the entrance to Edgartown harbor, being appointed 10 October 1828. His diary entry for October 15th "Wind NW Received the oil etc., for the lighthouse from the sloop Henry of New Bedford. Captain (John) Akin lighted the lamps for the 1st time." Jeremiah Pease was raised as a Congregationalist, the religion of his mentor, parson Joseph Thaxter, but later converted to the Methodist Religion. He was instrumental in establishing the Wesleyan Grove Camp Meeting near Squash Meadow Pond, and became the tent master and chorister. Much of the local history of the island, was learned from a diary he kept from 1819 up to the time of his death. Each entry was preceded with a weather account including wind speed and direction.
Jeremiah, son of Noah and Hannah (Dunham) Pease born 8 April 1792 in Edgartown, Dukes, Massachusetts, USA died 5 June 1857, Edgartown, Dukes, Massachusetts, USA from heart disease in Edgartown, Dukes, Massachusetts, USA
Married 30 September 1813 by Reverend Joseph "Parson" Thaxter to Eliza Worth who was born 8 February 1791 and died 26 April 1879.
Jeremiah Pease was a US Custom's officer, surveyor, bone setter, lighthouse keeper, cordwainer, and farmer. His carpenter shop employed a few apprentices, and out back, he kept a large garden that was tended to with great care. Many of the islanders benefited by his talent for setting broken limbs, and were also rewarded when they learned the service had no charge. His own wife Eliza became a patient after she fell on the ice 14 February 1852 breaking her arm and dislocating her wrist.
In 1817, Jeremiah was appointed as deputy customs inspector in Edgartown, which meant boarding at least 1 vessel a day as it arrived in the harbor, taking inventory, and collecting the tariffs. His title gave him the power to make arrests of smugglers, and put down mutinies on board the ships in Edgartown waters. On 1 occasion, he arrested 7 men from the ships Boston and Thomas of Nantucket.
In 1827, president John Quincy Adams made law prohibiting foreign vessels from anchoring within 3 miles of the US coast without prior notification. Deputy Pease seized the British ship Caledonia for violating the ruling, and a fracas developed when collector Thomas Cooke boarded the ship to remove her flags. Other not so dangerous duties included the maintenance of the island lighthouses. He was the 1st keeper of the lighthouse at the entrance to Edgartown harbor, being appointed 10 October 1828. His diary entry for October 15th "Wind NW Received the oil etc., for the lighthouse from the sloop Henry of New Bedford. Captain (John) Akin lighted the lamps for the 1st time." Jeremiah Pease was raised as a Congregationalist, the religion of his mentor, parson Joseph Thaxter, but later converted to the Methodist Religion. He was instrumental in establishing the Wesleyan Grove Camp Meeting near Squash Meadow Pond, and became the tent master and chorister. Much of the local history of the island, was learned from a diary he kept from 1819 up to the time of his death. Each entry was preceded with a weather account including wind speed and direction.
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