William Montgomery Sweeny, _Wills of Rappahannock County, Virginia, 1656-1692_ (Lynchburg, VA: J.P. Bell, 1947), p. 21: "HODGKIN, WILLIAM, of Rapp^a in Virginia being bound for England. 22 March 1671/2; 7 May 1673. To my kinsman Samuel Peachy Sr. 2000 pounds of Tob. in cask to bee paid by my Executors the next Crop, after administration. To his eldest son Samuel Peachy my Godchild one Ewe and Lamb. To his youngest son William Peachy one three year old heifer and one ewe & lamb. To my Brother-in-law Henry Smith my bay mare. To my servant John Booler one cow and calf out of my stock. To Mr. Thomas Peenie the colt of my bay mare. To a minister of my Executrix her appointment 500 pounds of Tobacco to preach a sermon in remembrance of me. To my loving wife Phoebe Hodgkin all the remainder of my whole Estate in Virginia both personall and reall my debts being first paid. Appoints his wife to be his Executrix. "Wit. Richard Bray, Ralph Greaydon. Page 134." Samuel's mother was Anne Hodgkin. She was the sister of William the testator above. "Peachey. Richmond county. "Arms: Azure, a lion rampant double queues ermine, ducally crowned or, a canton of the last charged with a mullet pierced gules. . . . "Samuel Peachey, the immigrant, was the son of Robert Peachey of Milden Hall, Suffolk, and Anne Hodgskin, his wife. He was a Justice of Richmond county and in 1704 a Lieut.-Col. His will, dated 29 Jan. 1711, probated 4 June 1712, leaves large legacies to his nephews and nieces, the sons and daughters of Nathaniel Peachey. He also mentions his grandson, Samuel Peachey, to whom he leaves, 'My great silver tankard and my sealed ring, having both my coate of Armes.'" _Virginia Heraldica_, edited by Wm. Armstrong Crozier (Baltimore, 1978, originally published 1908), p. 51 "Milden Hall was named for Milden Hall or Mildenhall, Suffolk, England, where Samuel Peachey was born. He was the son of Robert Peachey and Mary Hodgskins, his wife. As a youth in 1659, he accompanied his uncle, William Hodgskins, to Virginia. The following letter is from the records of Richmond County, Virginia: "Brother William: My love with your Sisters to you presented and desiring God to (bless) you and my son Sam which is sent to go with you, and have gott his mother's Good will and blessing to go along with him but Brother Shee and I desire according as you promised me that you would be a father rather than unkle to him to lett him be to you as indeed he is a kinsman, and not a slave you shall Receive by Beecraft the Carrier of Norwich a Trusse with your Turkey and rapier in itt, Direted to Mr. Edward Addenbrook as you directed me, so a formerly with our prayers to God to bless and keep you I Rest your Loveing brother to his abillity. "Milden hall October y 24th '59. Robert Peachey.'" Elizabeth Lowell Ryland, ed., _Richmond County, Virginia, a Review Commemorating the Bicentennial_ (Warsaw, VA: Richmond County Board of Supervisors, 1976), p. 108