Peacock baptisms at Moravian Church, Bedford (per IGI)
Children of John & Mary
Ann Mary b 2 Feb 1749 bap 4 Feb 1749
Johannes b 24 Feb 1752, bap 27 Feb 1752
Sophia b 7 Feb 1754, bap 8 Feb 1754
Eleanor b 28 Dec 1755, bap 30 Dec 1755, died 1 Jun 1756
Martha 8 Feb 1757, bap 16 Feb 1757
Frederick Renatus b 11 Jun 1759, bap 13 Jun 1759, died 13 Dec 1759
Thomas b 8 Dec 1760, bap 14 Dec 1760
Tryphena b 5 Oct 1763, bap 6 Oct 1763
Thomas born 24 Sep 1795, bap 12 Oct 1795, died 16 Dec 1795 son of Thomas & Mary
Mary bap 6 Nov 1796 Thomas & Ann
Thomas b 6 Jan 1799, bap 13 Jan 1799. Thomas & Mary
Female b 31 Jan 1801, bap 8 Feb 1801 Thomas & Anne
Charlotte b 20 Feb 1803, bap 30 Mar 1803 Thomas & Ann
(these previous 4 children may be the 4 children under 10 mentioned in the Aug 1803 Muster List, although where is the vital one, Johannes? Is he Thomas born 1799?)
Thomas Frederick bap 13 Feb 1805 Thomas & Ann
Flora b 9 Mar 1806, bap 25 Mar 1806 Thomas & Ann
Louisa bap10 Feb 1809 Thomas & Ann
Silas b 25 Oct 1811, bap 19 Nov 1811 Thomas & Ann
I can't explain why the parents in the 1790s fluctuated between Thomas and Mary and Thomas and Ann. There's no burial of a Mary nor a marriage of Thomas to Ann. Perhaps she was Mary Ann! I don't think it was two couples.
Thomas & Mary also baptised a Thomas in Riseley on 4 Aug 1794 who died soon after birth.
Had a fruitful few minutes reading in bed last night! I went through Beds Historical Record Society vol 68 (1989), The Bedford Moravian Church in the 18th Century to see if there was a mention of the Peacocks, and struck gold! The book is a selection of diaries and committee notes of the Bedford congregation and settlement. The Bedford Moravian settlement seems to have started in late 1744, a year before John and Mary married in Riseley.
6 Jan 1745. Elizabeth Peacock was received into the congregation. I don't know if she's connected or not.
Labourers Conference Jan 1745. Riseley delegate John Peacock
20 Dec 1745 The Rysely people are again upon agreeing to employ the other (black)smith in the town and turn John Peacock off. ie John Peacock of Riseley was a blacksmith
7 Feb 1780 Single Sisters' Diary: Breakfasted in Kitty's room as it was Sophia Peacock's birthday
14 Apr 1780 Triphena Peacock a girl came to live in our (Single Sisters' House) house from Riseley
Other Peacocks are mentioned but don't add much. But from the above extracts it seems pretty clear that John Peacock from Riseley was a follower of the Moravian church and was a blacksmith. Two of his known daughters, Sophia and Tryphena lived in the Moravian settlement in Bedford. From this I think it can be safely assumed that John's son Thomas born 1760 was the Thomas, blacksmith, who married Mary Litchfield in 1793, most of whose children were also baptised in the Moravian church. Apart from Johannes – but might he have been the Thomas born in 1799? Why name another son Thomas in 1805 if the 1799 Thomas was still living, unless he was actually Johannes? Johannes could easily be mistranscribed as Thomas - J/T h o/a m/nn o/a s
Thomas seems to have been buried at Bedford Moravian on 7 Jan 1836 age 75 and Mary on 26 Jan 1832 age 59
When you've digested this lot we'll have a look at the various John Peacocks baptised in Riseley in the early 1700s
David