1William Bradford Browne, The Peterson Family of Duxbury, Mass., NEHGR Vol. 70, pp. 162-163 (Apr. 1916).
"1. JOHN1 PETERSON, an early settler in Duxbury,* married, before 1665, MARY SOULE, born before 1650, daughter of George (who came in the Mayflower in 1620) and Mary of Duxbury. He died between 20 Apr. 1718 (the date of his will) and 26 Mar. 1720 (the date of the inventory of his estate), and was probably buried on his farm in Duxbury, perhaps at the spot where in recent excavating an ancient burial place has been discovered.
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Children, born probably at Duxbury (order of birth uncertain):
i. JOHN,2 d. unm. in 1690 (Plymouth Probate Records).
2. ii. JOSEPH, called "eldest" in his father's will, b. before 1670.
3. iii. BENJAMIN, b. abt. 1669.
iv. MARTHA, living unm. in 1718.
4. v. JONATHAN.
vi. DAVID, b. in 1676; d., probably unm., 30 Sept. 1760, aged 84 years wanting 1 day.
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5. vii. ISAAC.
viii. MARY, m. JOSEPH,sup>3 SOULE (John,2 George1).
ix. REBECCA, m. at Duxbury, 1 Oct. 1717, as his second wife, JOHN WESTON of Duxbury.".