Ephraim Peabody, III was born circa 22 March 1804 in King's Chapel, Wilton, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire to Ephraim Peabody (1776-1816) and Rhoda Abbott (1784-1853) and died 28 November 1856 of unspecified causes. He married Mary Jane Derby (1807-) 5 August 1833 in Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts.
Biography
Ephraim Peabody III was a noteworthy Unitarian clergyman and popular pulpit orator. Pastor of King's Chapel Unitarian Church in Boston for many years.
He was graduated at Bowdoin College in 1827, studied theology in Cambridge, Massachusetts and began to preach in 1830 at Meadville, Pennsylvania. He was minister for four years in Cincinnati, pastor of a Unitarian church at New Bedford, Massachusetts 1838-1846, and for the remainder of his life pastor of King's Chapel, Boston.
He was the originator of the Boston Provident Society, and was otherwise largely interested in devising measures for the relief of the poor. During 1853 he travelled in Europe to benefit his health, and spent the winter of 1855/56 in St. Augustine, Florida, with the same object. He was favorably known as a pulpit orator. His sermons, with a memoir, were published in 1857, and a volume of his writings, entitled Christian Days and Thoughts, also appeared (1858).
Children
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Samuel Peabody (1834-1835) | |||
| Ellen Derby Peabody (1836-1869) | 1836 Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio | 13 March 1869 Massachusetts | Charles William Eliot (1834-1926) |
| Ann Huidekoper Peabody (1838-1898) | |||
| George Derby Peabody (1840-1842) | |||
| Emily Morison Peabody (1842-1845) | |||
| Robert Swain Peabody (1845-) | |||
| Francis Greenwood Peabody (1847-1935) | |||
| Sarah L Peabody (1949-1949) | |||
Siblings
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Ephraim Peabody (1804-1856) | 22 March 1804 King's Chapel, Wilton, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire | 28 November 1856 | Mary Jane Derby (1807-) |
| Dorcas Peabody (1809-1896) | |||
References
- Hutchinson Family Genealogy
- Ephraim Peabody 1804 Immigrant Ancestors
- Emphaaim Peabody - New Internation Encyclopedia
- Ephraim Peabody - Wikipedia