Charles Jeffery Peters was a lawyer, judge and politician in New Brunswick

New Brunswick

New Brunswick is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the only province in the federation that is constitutionally bilingual . The provincial capital is Fredericton and Saint John is the most populous city. Greater Moncton is the largest Census Metropolitan Area...

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He was born in Hempstead, New York

Hempstead (village), New York

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, the son of James Peters, a United Empire Loyalist, and Margaret Lester. Peters came to Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia

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 with his father in 1783. He studied law with Ward Chipman

Ward Chipman

Ward Chipman was a New Brunswick lawyer, judge and political figure. He briefly served as administrator for New Brunswick from 1823 until his death in 1824.-Early life:...

 and was admitted to practice as an attorney in New Brunswick in 1794. He practiced law for a brief time in Kingston

Kingston, Ontario

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 before returning to Saint John

Saint John, New Brunswick

City of Saint John , or commonly Saint John, is the largest city in the province of New Brunswick, and the first incorporated city in Canada. The city is situated along the north shore of the Bay of Fundy at the mouth of the Saint John River. In 2006 the city proper had a population of 74,043...

. In 1797, he married Elizabeth Baker. In 1799, Peters became common clerk of the city. Later that year, he was named deputy surrogate and probate judge for St. John County. In 1809, Peters was named judge in the vice admiralty court

Vice admiralty court

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. He was named King's Counsel in 1823. Peters married Marianne Elizabeth Forbes that same year, after the death of his first wife. In 1825, he was named solicitor general and, in 1828, Peters becameattorney general

Office of the Attorney General (New Brunswick)

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. In 1846, he was named to the province's Executive Council. Peters died near Fredericton

Fredericton, New Brunswick

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 at the age of 74.

His brother Benjamin Lester was a merchant, militia officer and police magistrate for the city of Saint John.