We do not know just when Daniel Pegg came to America. The earliest date mentioned in W. J. Pegg's papers is that of a deed of land for 600 acres in 1665, made out to Daniel Pegg who settled on the banks of the Delaware River between the Cohoquinoque and Cohocksinck creeks. This land along the Delaware river was under Swedish control from 1638 to 1655 when it passed to Dutch control. Then the English took control in 1664. Though control changed, the settlers remained, and so Jurian Hartzfielder, who obtained from the Court of upland in the time of the Swedes a grant of land on the banks of the Delaware, afterwards sold three hundred and fifty acres of this land to Daniel Pegg. Sir William Penn, who came to America in 1680, some time after Daniel, confirmed this sale on March 26th, 1684. This was recorded at Philadelphia in Patent Book A, Vol. 4, page 353. This area later became known as the Northern Liberties.

Daniel Pegg evidently was a God-fearing, industrious, thrifty man of considerable knowledge and business ability, judging by the state of prosperity his will indicates. He owned a large brick manor house, a plantation and negro slaves as well as a brickyard, a tanyard and a malt house. Bricks for building houses were first used in England in the reign of James 1st (1603-1625). The knowledge of brick-making and of woollen mills was passed down from father to son until Isaac Pegg's time. Daniel 1st had four sons and three daughters but only one son left heirs to carry on the Pegg name. His name was Nathan. Daniel died the 12th month, 23rd day, 1702/03 and was buried in the Friend's buring ground with members of his family at 302 Arch Street in Philadelphia.

(Excerpt from "A Family Tree and History of Some of the Pegg Families Descended from Daniel Pegg of Philadelphia", 1970; by Milton N. Pegg of Greenwood, Ontario, Canada)

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"Nathan Pegg - The Old High Constable"

(Excerpt from "Pioneer Sketches of Long Point Settlement by A.E. Owen, 1898)- NEW INFO.! (click on "MORE" below.)

(Pg. 361)"The name of Nathan Pegg has been a terror to evil-doers in Norfolk for over half a century. As early as 1800 he was appointed Constable by the old Quarter Sessions and was reappointed from year to year, as was the custom at the time. Forty years ago he was appointed High Constable for Norfolk holding the position down to the time of his death which occured since this sketch was first written. He reached his 87th year but for several years previous to his death he had been unable to cope with the muscular doers of evil.

(Pg. 364) The Pegg family of Norfolk, are descended from an American family of New Jersey. John Pegg of that colony had two sons, Nathan and John.  The former died young in New Jersey, and the latter went down to Philadelphia while yet a mere lad, and engaged at such work as he could find to do. One day a caravan of North Carolina and Maryland U. E. Loyalists passed through the city en route for Upper Canada.

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