John Peyton (fisherman)
John Peyton Sr. (1749–1829) was an English-born fisherman and trapper in the Colony of Newfoundland.[1]
He was born in
Shawnadithit, spent five years as a servant in the Peyton household. Peyton Jr. was tried for the killing of Nonosabasut and was found not guilty by the jury, with the judge concluding that "... (there was) no malice on the part of Peyton's party to get possession of any of (the Indians) by such violence as would occasion bloodshed."[1][6]
Peyton Sr. was accused of violence against the Beothuks in retaliation for the theft of supplies from his fishing stations; John Bland, the magistrate at Bonavista, recommended that he be expelled from the Bay of Exploits.[1]
Peyton died in the Bay of Exploits in 1829.[1]
His grandson,
Thomas Peyton, later served in the Newfoundland assembly.[2]
References
- ^ a b c d Handcock, W. Gordon (1987). "Peyton, John". In Halpenny, Francess G (ed.). Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Vol. VI (1821–1835) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press.
- ^ a b "Peyton family fonds". Archives Canada. Archived from the original on 2015-09-24.
- ISBN 077351774X.
- ^ McGrath, Patrick Thomas (Nov 27, 1911). Newfoundland in 1911, being the coronation year of King George V. and the opening of the second decade of the twentieth century. p. 49. Retrieved Nov 27, 2022 – via Wikimedia Commons.
- ^ "The Rooms commits to dropping Mary March from museum name | CBC News".
- ^ "Let's cleanse the landscape of the name of a Beothuk killer | CBC News".
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