Samuel Pegge

Samuel Pegge "the Elder" (5 November 1704 14 February 1796) was an English antiquary and clergyman.

Samuel Pegge
Born5 November 1704
Chesterfield, Derbyshire
Died14 February 1796(1796-02-14) (aged 91)
EducationChesterfield
Occupation(s)Vicar and Antiquarian
SpouseAnne Clarke
Childrenthree
Parent(s)Christopher and Gertrude Pegge

Born at Chesterfield, Derbyshire, he was the son of Christopher Pegge and his wife Gertrude, daughter of Francis Stephenson of Unstone, near Chesterfield. Christopher Pegge (died 1723) belonged to a family that had lived for several generations at Osmaston, near Ashbourne, Derbyshire, was a woollen dealer in Derby and later a lead merchant in Chesterfield. Samuel's father was Mayor of Chesterfield three times. Samuel published an important study on the Roman roads of Derbyshire as well as notes which his son, also Samuel, continued on the subject of Derbyshire words and phrases.

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