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BIOGRAPHY
: Captain John Pease was the son of Robert and Marie Pe ase and
grandson of Margaret Pease, who made him her chief heir under the
tru steeship of Thomas Watson, both the grandmother and father dying in
1644. Cap tain Pease remarried after Mary Goodell's death to Ann
Cummings on 8 October 1 669. She died 29 June 1689. John obtained a
grant of land at Enfield, Hampsh ire County, Massachusetts in 1681.
The town of Enfield, Mass. was later given to Connecticut. Captain
Pease was appointed by his brother-in-law, Isaac Good ale, to be the
administrator of his estate following his death in 1679. He se rved in
this capacity until his own death on 8 July 1689 at Enfield,
Massachu setts.