Mabel Peake

Biography

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Unknown-539121

Mabel Unknown was married first to Edward Hunt. He left a will dated 19 Feb 1560/1 and proved 19 May 1561 naming his wife Mable, and two sons John and Edward Hunt. Sometime after her first husband's death she remarried to an unknown Peake by whom she was the mother of Boniface Peake.[1]

Mabel made her own will on 2 January 1593/4. She was buried on 30 May 1598 and her will was proved on 6 July 1598. Her will names among other her son John Hunt, and her son by her second husband Boniface Peake. Birth

Born: Say 1535, presumably in Northamptonshire, England.
The date is an estimate based on the fact that she was married and had two by the time of her first husband's will in 1561. If we say it is likely she was married by 1555, then it is likely she was born by 1535.
Marriages and Children

Married: 1st - Edward Hunt. He died between 19 Feb 1560/1 and 19 May 1561.[1]

Married: 2nd - Unknown Peake. About 1569 (based birth of child).

Children of Edward Hunt and Mable Unknown:[1]

1. John Hunt.
2. Edward Hunt.

Child of Unknown Peake and Mable Unknown:[1]

1. Boniface Peake. Born say 1570 (based on marriage in 1595). He married Joan Clarke on 14 July 1595 at Castor, Northamptonshire, England. They had eleven children. Boniface was buried on 26 June 1620 at Thorpe Achurche.

Death

Buried: 30 May 1598 at Thorpe Achurch, Northamptonshire, England.[1] Will: of "Mabell Peake of Thorp achurche in Northampton shire widowe"[1]
Summary:
- to be buried by my first husband Edwarde Hunte
- to Mabell Thorpe of Yardwell my goddaughter
- to the poor of Thorp & Achurche at the discretion of my son Bony Peake
- to Elizabeth Clarke of Achurche
- unto Alice Thorpe my neice of Yarwell
- Elizabeth Hunte my sonn Hunts daughter (under age 12)
- my son Boniface Peake
- to John Hunt my son and to his wife Edyet
- the rest to Boniface Peake my son, sole executor
- Witnesses: Robert Browne, parson of Achurche; William Peake; Thomas Hodson

Note that this profile previously said Mabel married William Peake (~1535 - 1598), and that he was the father of Boniface Peake. This is mixing together two different Peake families. William is not the husband of Mabel or father of Boniface Peake of Thorpe Achurch, Northamptonshire, England.

Sources

1. TAG, vol. 87 (2015): pages 204-208. "English Origin of Christopher Peake." The American Genealogist, vol. 87 (2015): pages 204-208. "The English Origin of Christopher Peake of Roxbury, Massachusetts," by Randy A West. AmericanAncestors.org <link>