Abiel Peck

• BIRTH 19 May 1730 Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
• DEATH 16 Dec 1802 (aged 72) Hopewell, Albert County, New Brunswick, Canada
• BURIAL Peck Burial Ground, Riverside-Albert, Albert County, New Brunswick, Canada
• MEMORIAL ID 142769581 Photos Helena McCluskey-Lewis

Biography

"He (Abiel Peck) left Attleborough, Massachusetts at an early date, and settled at Cumberland, Nova Scotia. After residing there for some time, he removed to Shepody, now Hopewell, Albert County, New Brunswick, where he obtained a large and extensive grant of land from the government, said to have been about six thousand acres. This land was much of it marsh land, or alluvial soil, overflowed periodically by the spring or high tides. It is now reclaimed and improved, and is the best and most productive agricultural part of that country, some of it still remaining in the posession of his descendants, who are wealthy farmers."

...probably in an attempt to shore up the settlement, Thomas Calhoun recruited Abiel Peck from Sackville as a tenant for a term of seven years and £20 for the land. Peck was to take up lots 3 and 4. 48 [2] "He is represented to have been a man of large stature, great physical strength, and much energy of character." [3]

Peck was a welcome addition to the settlement because it would appear that he was willing to do the work the other tenants would not.Peck was a blacksmith and was soon providing iron goods to the settlement. He was also responsible for the erection of the sawmill at German Creek.

In November 1779, Peck obtained a court order to sell part of the Township at public auction. 66( Abiel Peck versus Frederick Haldimand, Inferior Court of Cumberland, November 9, 1779. WardChipman Papers, Records of Various Townships and Settlements in NB, 1765-1829, NAC, MG23, D1,Series 1, Vol. 10, p.121) Peck launched a suit in October 1777 against Haldimand because Calhoun’s suit had dispossessed him of his lots when the verdict came I favor of Calhoun. He had a right to be mad. He had fulfilled his obligation, cleared land, and had gotten nothing in return. Deputy Provost Marshal Jonathon Eddy sold 2374 acres of Hopewell Township to Peck to settle the judgement. 67 This in a sense was Peck receiving property for no cost to himself for the £237 he was owed. [6]

The Peck grant was taken up by Abiel PECK, great-great grandson of Joseph PECK who emigrated from England to Attleboro, Mass. in the year 1636. Abiel Peck was born in 1730 and married Ruth SKINNER of Attleboro. He came to Cumberland at the time of the Revolution and shortly after to Shepody where he obtained a large tract of land from the government said to contain 6,000 acres. The most of this land is still owned by the Peck family. A tombstone in the old Peck burying ground bears this inscription 'Here lies interred the body of Abiel Peck, a native of Boston, and one of the first settlers of this place, who, on the 16th of Dec., 1802, unfortunately perished in a boat, in the 73rd year of his age, leaving upwards of three score descendants to lament his melancholy fate.'

During his life the country was a comaparative wilderness with no roads nor means of communication with the different settlements along the shore, except by water. It was upon one of these occasions, while attempting to cross the Bay from Dorchester to his own place in an open boat, that he lost his life. The boat was picked up in a cove near the Joggin, now known as Peck's Cove. The elder Peck had eleven children.

One of these, Rachel PECK, married Thomas CALHOUN, grandfather of George CALHOUN, now Registrar of Deeds for Albert Co. The grant was for the most part divided among his immediate family, the last side of the grant, when he had first settled himself, being given to his son Abiel. The next lot, the only one that went outside of the family, was sold to David HOAR from Colchester, N.S. The next farms were occupied by his sons Elisha PECK and Thomas PECK and his sons-in-law, Nicholas PEARSON, John EDGETT, Oliver STILES and Joel EDGETT. [5]

"During his life the country was comparatively a wilderness, with no roads or means of communicating with the different settlements upon the shores except by water, in boats. It was upon on of these occasions, while attemping to cross the Bay from Cumberland to his own place in an open boat, at that inclement season of the year, that he lost his life."

"Upon the northern bank of the Shepody River, on a kind of promontory that just out and forms a bend of the river (from which the prospect is very picturesque and beautiful), is the old family or private burial ground. On one of the tombstones is the inscription seen below

Inscription
Here lies interred the body of Abiel Peck a native of Boston, and one of the first settlers of this place who on the 16th of December 1802 unfortunately perished in a boat, in the 73rd year of his age. Leaveing upward of three score descendants to lament his melancholy fate

Genealogy

Parents
John Peck 1700–1730

Siblings
Prudence Peck Luther 1712–1794
John Peck 1725–1807

Children
Abiel Peck 1756–1814
Rebecca Peck Stiles 1758–1850
Thomas Peck 1767–1825

References

[1] https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/142769581/abiel-peck

Source

[2]http://www.academia.edu/162992/The_Wanderers_The_Early_Settlement_o... In 1768, (Petition of Suit Abiel Peck versus Fredrick Haldimand. Ward Chipman papers, , Records of VariousTownships and Settlements in NB, 1765-1829, NAC, MG23, D1, Series 1, Vol. 10, pp. 113-5.)
[3a] https://www.geni.com/documents/view?doc_id=6000000185360628974label=@S66@
[3b] https://www.geni.com/documents/view?doc_id=6000000185360415084label=@S315@
[4] "A Genealogical History of the Descendents of Joseph Peck" written in 1868 by Ira A. Peck. Shows a A photo of the Peck Family Coat of Arms found in the book
[5] Newspaper article: March 27 1893 of County Saint John, Place Saint John, Newspaper The Daily Sun Hopewell (Albert Co.) Sketch of Old Shepody [Source: NBPA - Daniel F Johnson's New Brunswick Newspaper Vital Statistics]
[6] http://books.google.com/books id=rCkm4VqSNMIC&lpg=PA408&ots=pQrd6CWy9i&dq=thomas%20peck%20hopewell%20new%20brunswick&pg=PA155#v=onepage&q=thomas%20peck%20hopewell%20new%20brunswick&f=false

Notes

spells his name both as "Abiel" and as "Abdial" Peck.

GEDCOM Note

Category: Battle of Fort Cumberland
Category: Sackville, New Brunswick
Category: Hopewell Parish, New Brunswick
Category: New England Planters
Category: Migrants from Massachusetts to Nova Scotia

{{1776 Sticker
|unit=Nova Scotia, American Revolution}}
Category: Peck Burial Ground, Riverside-Albert, New Brunswick

Biography

Newspaper article:Rank 121, Date March 27 1893, County Saint John, Place Saint John, Newspaper The Daily SunHopewell (Albert Co.) Sketch of Old Shepody - The Peck grant was takenup by Abiel PECK, great-great grandson of Joseph PECK who emigrated from England to Attleboro, Mass. in the year 1636. Abiel Peck was born in 1730 and married Ruth SKINNER of Attleboro. He came to Cumberland at the time of the Revolution and shortly after to Shepody where he obtained a large tract of land from the government said to contain 6,000 acres. The most of this land is still owned by the Peck family. A tombstone in the old Peck burying ground bears this inscription 'Here liesinterred the body of Abiel Peck, a native of Boston, and one of the first settlers of this place, who, on the 16th of Dec., 1802, unfortunately perished in a boat, in the 73rd year of his age, leaving upwards of three score descendants to lament his melancholy fate.' During his life the country was a comaparative wilderness with no roads nor meansof communication with the different settlements along the shore, except by water. It was upon one of these occasions, while attempting to cross the Bay from Dorchester to his own place in an open boat, that helost his life. The boat was picked up in a cove near the Joggin, now known as Peck's Cove. The elder Peck had eleven children. One of these, Rachel PECK, married Thomas CALHOUN, grandfather of George CALHOUN, now Registrar of Deeds for Albert Co. The grant was for the most part divided among his immediate family, the last side of the grant, when he had first settled himself, being given to his son Abiel. The next lot, the only one that went outside of the family, was sold to David HOAR from Colchester, N.S. The next farms were occupied by his sons Elisha PECK and Thomas PECK and his sons-in-law, Nicholas PEARSON, John EDGETT, Oliver STILES and Joel EDGETT.[Source: NBPA - Daniel F Johnson's New Brunswick Newspaper Vital Statistics]Abiel peck assisted in the preparations for the attack on Fort Cumberland, perhaps under duress.≤ref>https://www.albertcountymuseum.com/the-eddy-rebellion≤/ref> He was charged with treason but was likely pardoned as it didn't go to trial.

Abiel was the son of John Peck and Rebekah Richardson.
Abiel married Ruth Skinner.

PECK in Massachusetts, USA.
[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rehoboth,_Massachusetts]

BURIAL
Peck Burial GroundRiverside-Albert, Albert County, New Brunswick, Canada≤ref>https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/142769581/abiel-peck≤/ref>

Sources

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• Vital Records of Attleborough, Massachusetts

: Source: #S-2128072779
:: Page: Ancestry Family Trees
:: Note:
:: Data: ::: Text: https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/16692088/person/11...

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: Address: http://www.Ancestry.com
: Note:

• WikiTree profile Peck-742 created through the import of Where Did Mike Reynolds Come F.ged on Jul 1, 2011 by Mike Reynolds. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Mike andothers.
• Source: ≤span id='S-2102878825'>S-2102878825≤/span> Repository: #R-2105067965 Title: Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Note: This information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. This source citation points you to a current version of those files. Note: The owners of these tree files may have removed or changed information since this source citation was created. Page: Ancestry Family Trees Note: Data: Text: https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/18090873/person/67...

No REPO record found with id R-2105067965.

Notes

: Note: Abiel Peck:: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=image&guid=2c1b53f1-8d0f-4358-aacb-2...
: Note: Pioneer cemetery-Peck family burial ground:: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=image&guid=e9d4fe62-fbf7-447a-aae4-2...
: Note: close up of headstone wording:: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=image&guid=c21c4ee2-c258-4ec2-98f7-4...
: Note: Abiel's Tombstone:: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=document&guid=5006892f-7a30-4de6-b7c...
: Note: Abiel Peck:: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=image&guid=71bcea51-8f26-42e1-9b97-c...
: Note: Story of Abiel Peck:: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=document&guid=f99c69c9-c02c-4fb3-8ad...
: Note: Abiel Peck:: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=image&guid=aae9af63-1627-44f6-8d0e-f...

GEDCOM Note

Category: Battle of Fort Cumberland
Category: Sackville, New Brunswick
Category: Hopewell Parish, New Brunswick
Category: New England Planters
Category: Migrants from Massachusetts to Nova Scotia

{{1776 Sticker
|unit=Nova Scotia, American Revolution}}
Category: Peck Burial Ground, Riverside-Albert, New Brunswick

Biography

Newspaper article:Rank 121, Date March 27 1893, County Saint John, Place Saint John, Newspaper The Daily SunHopewell (Albert Co.) Sketch of Old Shepody - The Peck grant was takenup by Abiel PECK, great-great grandson of Joseph PECK who emigrated from England to Attleboro, Mass. in the year 1636. Abiel Peck was born in 1730 and married Ruth SKINNER of Attleboro. He came to Cumberland at the time of the Revolution and shortly after to Shepody where he obtained a large tract of land from the government said to contain 6,000 acres. The most of this land is still owned by the Peck family. A tombstone in the old Peck burying ground bears this inscription 'Here liesinterred the body of Abiel Peck, a native of Boston, and one of the first settlers of this place, who, on the 16th of Dec., 1802, unfortunately perished in a boat, in the 73rd year of his age, leaving upwards of three score descendants to lament his melancholy fate.' During his life the country was a comaparative wilderness with no roads nor meansof communication with the different settlements along the shore, except by water. It was upon one of these occasions, while attempting to cross the Bay from Dorchester to his own place in an open boat, that helost his life. The boat was picked up in a cove near the Joggin, now known as Peck's Cove. The elder Peck had eleven children. One of these, Rachel PECK, married Thomas CALHOUN, grandfather of George CALHOUN, now Registrar of Deeds for Albert Co. The grant was for the most part divided among his immediate family, the last side of the grant, when he had first settled himself, being given to his son Abiel. The next lot, the only one that went outside of the family, was sold to David HOAR from Colchester, N.S. The next farms were occupied by his sons Elisha PECK and Thomas PECK and his sons-in-law, Nicholas PEARSON, John EDGETT, Oliver STILES and Joel EDGETT.[Source: NBPA - Daniel F Johnson's New Brunswick Newspaper Vital Statistics]Abiel peck assisted in the preparations for the attack on Fort Cumberland, perhaps under duress.≤ref>https://www.albertcountymuseum.com/the-eddy-rebellion≤/ref> He was charged with treason but was likely pardoned as it didn't go to trial.

Abiel was the son of John Peck and Rebekah Richardson.
Abiel married Ruth Skinner.

PECK in Massachusetts, USA.
[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rehoboth,_Massachusetts]

BURIAL
Peck Burial GroundRiverside-Albert, Albert County, New Brunswick, Canada≤ref>https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/142769581/abiel-peck≤/ref>

Sources

≤references />

• Vital Records of Attleborough, Massachusetts

: Source: #S-2128072779
:: Page: Ancestry Family Trees
:: Note:
:: Data: ::: Text: https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/16692088/person/11...

: Source ≤span id='S-2128072779'>S-2128072779≤/span>
: Repository: #R-2128072780
: Title: Ancestry Family Trees: Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.: Note: This information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. This source citation points you to a current version of those files. Note: The owners of these tree files may have removedor changed information since this source citation was created.

: Repository ≤span id='R-2128072780'>R-2128072780≤/span>
: Name: Ancestry.com
: Address: http://www.Ancestry.com
: Note:

• WikiTree profile Peck-742 created through the import of Where Did Mike Reynolds Come F.ged on Jul 1, 2011 by Mike Reynolds. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Mike andothers.
• Source: ≤span id='S-2102878825'>S-2102878825≤/span> Repository: #R-2105067965 Title: Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Note: This information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. This source citation points you to a current version of those files. Note: The owners of these tree files may have removed or changed information since this source citation was created. Page: Ancestry Family Trees Note: Data: Text: https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/18090873/person/67...

No REPO record found with id R-2105067965.

Notes

: Note: Abiel Peck:: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=image&guid=2c1b53f1-8d0f-4358-aacb-2...
: Note: Pioneer cemetery-Peck family burial ground:: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=image&guid=e9d4fe62-fbf7-447a-aae4-2...
: Note: close up of headstone wording:: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=image&guid=c21c4ee2-c258-4ec2-98f7-4...
: Note: Abiel's Tombstone:: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=document&guid=5006892f-7a30-4de6-b7c...
: Note: Abiel Peck:: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=image&guid=71bcea51-8f26-42e1-9b97-c...
: Note: Story of Abiel Peck:: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=document&guid=f99c69c9-c02c-4fb3-8ad...
: Note: Abiel Peck:: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=image&guid=aae9af63-1627-44f6-8d0e-f...