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'''John Peyton Sr.''' (1749–1829) was an [[England|English]]-born fisherman and trapper in the [[Newfoundland Colony|Colony of Newfoundland]].<ref name=cdob/> |
'''John Peyton Sr.''' (1749–1829) was an [[England|English]]-born fisherman and trapper in the [[Newfoundland Colony|Colony of Newfoundland]].<ref name=cdob/> |
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He was born in [[Christchurch, Dorset]] and came to Newfoundland in 1770.<ref name=archives>{{cite web|url=http://www.archivescanada.ca/english/search/ItemDisplay.asp?sessionKey=999999999_142&l=0&lvl=1&v=0&coll=0&itm=206482&rt=1&bill=1 |title=Peyton family fonds |publisher=Archives Canada |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924041740/http://www.archivescanada.ca/english/search/ItemDisplay.asp?sessionKey=999999999_142&l=0&lvl=1&v=0&coll=0&itm=206482&rt=1&bill=1 |archivedate=2015-09-24 }}</ref> He lived in [[Fogo, Newfoundland and Labrador|Fogo]], where he was employed in [[Atlantic cod|cod]] fishing, until around 1775.<ref name=beothuk>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ckOav3Szu7oC&pg=PA243 |title=A History and Ethnography of the Beothuk |pages=243– |last=Marshall |first=Ingeborg |year=1998 |isbn=077351774X |publisher=McGill-Queen's Press}}</ref> He later spent his summers at [[Exploits, Newfoundland and Labrador|Exploits]] and then his winters at Lower Sandy Point on the [[Bay of Exploits]]. He fished for [[Atlantic salmon|salmon]] and was involved in the fur trade; he also owned his own [[schooner]]. In 1788, Peyton married Ann Galton. His wife and children remained at [[Dorset]] in England until 1812. Both his wife and daughter died that year and Peyton subsequently brought his son John to Newfoundland to join him as a partner in business. In 1819, he took part in an expedition led by his son John Peyton Jr., which ended with the capture of a Beothuk woman named [[Demasduwit]] and the killing of her husband [[Nonosbawsut]], who was attempting to negotiate her release. The last known living Beothuk, [[Shawnadithit]], spent five years as a servant in the Peyton household. Peyton Jr was tried for the killing of Nonosbawsut and was found not guilty by the jury, with the judge concluding that "... (there was) no malice on the part of Peyton's party to get possession of any of (the Indians) by such violence as would occasion bloodshed."<ref name=cdob/><ref>[https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/mount-peyton-blue-mountain-1.5625375 ]</ref> |
He was born in [[Christchurch, Dorset]] and came to Newfoundland in 1770.<ref name=archives>{{cite web|url=http://www.archivescanada.ca/english/search/ItemDisplay.asp?sessionKey=999999999_142&l=0&lvl=1&v=0&coll=0&itm=206482&rt=1&bill=1 |title=Peyton family fonds |publisher=Archives Canada |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924041740/http://www.archivescanada.ca/english/search/ItemDisplay.asp?sessionKey=999999999_142&l=0&lvl=1&v=0&coll=0&itm=206482&rt=1&bill=1 |archivedate=2015-09-24 }}</ref> He lived in [[Fogo, Newfoundland and Labrador|Fogo]], where he was employed in [[Atlantic cod|cod]] fishing, until around 1775.<ref name=beothuk>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ckOav3Szu7oC&pg=PA243 |title=A History and Ethnography of the Beothuk |pages=243– |last=Marshall |first=Ingeborg |year=1998 |isbn=077351774X |publisher=McGill-Queen's Press}}</ref> He later spent his summers at [[Exploits, Newfoundland and Labrador|Exploits]] and then his winters at Lower Sandy Point on the [[Bay of Exploits]]. He fished for [[Atlantic salmon|salmon]] and was involved in the fur trade; he also owned his own [[schooner]]. In 1788, Peyton married Ann Galton. His wife and children remained at [[Dorset]] in England until 1812. Both his wife and daughter died that year and Peyton subsequently brought his son John to Newfoundland to join him as a partner in business. In 1819, he took part in an expedition led by his son John Peyton Jr., which ended with the capture of a Beothuk woman named [[Demasduwit]] and the killing of her husband [[Nonosbawsut]], who was attempting to negotiate her release.<ref>[https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/the-rooms-ceo-anne-chafe-mary-march-beothuk-village-peyton-mount-1.5618752 ]</ref> The last known living Beothuk, [[Shawnadithit]], spent five years as a servant in the Peyton household. Peyton Jr was tried for the killing of Nonosbawsut and was found not guilty by the jury, with the judge concluding that "... (there was) no malice on the part of Peyton's party to get possession of any of (the Indians) by such violence as would occasion bloodshed."<ref name=cdob/><ref>[https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/mount-peyton-blue-mountain-1.5625375 ]</ref> |
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Peyton Sr. was accused of violence against the [[Beothuk]]s in retaliation for the theft of supplies from his fishing stations; [[John Bland (judge)|John Bland]], the magistrate at [[Bonavista, Newfoundland and Labrador|Bonavista]], recommended that he be expelled from the Bay of Exploits.<ref name=cdob>{{cite DCB |ID=3069 |name=Peyton, John |last=Handcock |first=W. Gordon |volume=6}}</ref> |
Peyton Sr. was accused of violence against the [[Beothuk]]s in retaliation for the theft of supplies from his fishing stations; [[John Bland (judge)|John Bland]], the magistrate at [[Bonavista, Newfoundland and Labrador|Bonavista]], recommended that he be expelled from the Bay of Exploits.<ref name=cdob>{{cite DCB |ID=3069 |name=Peyton, John |last=Handcock |first=W. Gordon |volume=6}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 04:34, 18 May 2021
John Peyton Sr. (1749–1829) was an English-born fisherman and trapper in the Colony of Newfoundland.[1]
He was born in Christchurch, Dorset and came to Newfoundland in 1770.[2] He lived in Fogo, where he was employed in cod fishing, until around 1775.[3] He later spent his summers at Exploits and then his winters at Lower Sandy Point on the Bay of Exploits. He fished for salmon and was involved in the fur trade; he also owned his own schooner. In 1788, Peyton married Ann Galton. His wife and children remained at Dorset in England until 1812. Both his wife and daughter died that year and Peyton subsequently brought his son John to Newfoundland to join him as a partner in business. In 1819, he took part in an expedition led by his son John Peyton Jr., which ended with the capture of a Beothuk woman named Demasduwit and the killing of her husband Nonosbawsut, who was attempting to negotiate her release.[4] The last known living Beothuk, Shawnadithit, spent five years as a servant in the Peyton household. Peyton Jr was tried for the killing of Nonosbawsut and was found not guilty by the jury, with the judge concluding that "... (there was) no malice on the part of Peyton's party to get possession of any of (the Indians) by such violence as would occasion bloodshed."[1][5]
Peyton Sr. was accused of violence against the Beothuks in retaliation for the theft of supplies from his fishing stations; John Bland, the magistrate at Bonavista, recommended that he be expelled from the Bay of Exploits.[1]
Peyton died in the Bay of Exploits in 1829.[1]
His grandson, Thomas Peyton, later served in the Newfoundland assembly.[2]
References
- ^ a b c d Handcock, W. Gordon (1987). "Peyton, John". In Halpenny, Francess G (ed.). Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Vol. VI (1821–1835) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press.
- ^ a b "Peyton family fonds". Archives Canada. Archived from the original on 2015-09-24.
- ^ Marshall, Ingeborg (1998). A History and Ethnography of the Beothuk. McGill-Queen's Press. pp. 243–. ISBN 077351774X.
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