Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry and his cousin Sarah

Rhode Islanders Lt Col George Hazard 1660-1743 and wife Penelope Arnold 1669-1724 had six children: Abigail, Robert, Caleb, George Jr, Thomas and Oliver.  As I am a descendant from George Jr's line and Commodore Perry descended from Oliver, I focused on this relationship.  I find it interesting to see how cousins' lives differed, then as now.

It makes me wonder if Sarah Taylor Peckham even knew her cousin Oliver Hazard Perry.  She married and moved to NY State in 1799. The following chart shows their relationships.

Peckham Perry Relationship Chart Sheet1

When did Wheeler Watson’s Wife Die?

For some time I have been trying to find evidence of the death of Sarah Taylor Peckham, Wheeler’s wife.  She was believed to have been born about 1764 in Rhode Island.  She and Wheeler married in 1799 and soon thereafter moved to Rensselaerville, New York.