Pegg was baptized as an infant in Wells in 1761, and was brought to be baptized by Samuel Jefferds and Priscilla Hill.

"A Record of Infant Females baptized in the Church at Wells, being bro't thereunto by such as were not their Parents, but who have taken the Charge of them: 1761, Oct. 18 - Pegg, Negro, Bro't by Saml Jefferds & Priscilla Hill."

"Samuel Jefferds and Priscilla Hill brought Pegg, a Negro, [to Wells] in 1761." Shelley, p. 153

Note: Priscilla (Littlefield) Hill was the mother of Capt. Samuel's wife Hannah. It has not been confirmed whether Pegg was enslaved by Samuel Jefferds and/or Priscilla Hill.

Bibliography:

My Name is Wells - by Hope M. Shelley (2002)

Records of the First Church of Wells, as transcribed in 6 issues of the New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol 75-76, 1921-22