Samuel Endicott Peabody

Samuel Endicott Peabody (April 19, 1825 – October 31, 1909) was an American merchant and banker who was a partner in the London banking firm of J.S. Morgan & Co.

Early life

Peabody was born on April 19, 1825, in Salem, Massachusetts. He was a son of Col. Francis Peabody (1801–1867) and Martha ( Endicott) Peabody (1799–1891).

His paternal grandparents were Joseph Peabody and Elizabeth ( Smith) Peabody (a daughter of the Rev. Elias Smith and sister of Rev. Elias Smith). Through his mother, he was a direct descendant of Gov. John Endicott of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.

Peabody spent one year studying at Harvard College before becoming a merchant. who married Gertrude Lawrence, a daughter of James Lawrence. After her death in 1883, he married Martha Prince Whitney. Endicott Peabody (1857–1944), who married Frances Peabody, a daughter of Francis Peabody. Martha Endicott Peabody (1863–1935), who married John Lawrence, son of Abbott Bigelow Lawrence Jr. George Lee Peabody (1865–1911), who married Elizabeth Copley Crowinshield, a daughter of Col. Caspar Crowninshield.

Peabody died at Kernwood, his home in Salem, on October 31, 1909. His estate was valued at $1,000,000. His widow died in Salem in October 1911.

Descendants Through his son Endicott, he was a grandfather of The Right Reverend Malcolm E. Peabody, Bishop of Central New York, and great-grandfather of Marietta Peabody Tree and Endicott Peabody, the 62nd Governor of Massachusetts.