Samuel Peck

[This information is from Vol. II, pp. 729-734 of Hudson-Mohawk Genealogical and Family Memoirs, edited by Cuyler Reynolds (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1911). It is in SCPL's Reference collection at R 929.1 R45. Some of the formatting of the original, especially in lists of descendants, may have been altered slightly for ease of reading.]

Samuel, eldest son of Rev. Jeremiah and Johannah (Kitchell) Peck, was born in Guilford, Connecticut, January 18, 1659, died.April 28, 1746; was well educated, came to Greenwich, Connecticut, with his father in 1678, where he was a man of wealth, and justice of the peace for fifty years, holding other important offices until his death. He married, November 27, 1686, Ruth, daughter of Peter, granddaughter of Jeffrey Ferris, of Stamford, Connecticut. She died September 17, 1745, aged eighty-three years. Their gravestones are in the old Greenwich cemetery. Children, all born in Greenwich, Connecticut:

Samuel

Jeremiah , farmer of Greenwich.

Joseph, died unmarried.

David, farmer of Greenwich, Ct, later of North Castle, Westchester county, New York.

Nathaniel, justice of the peace in Greenwich for many years, and a prominent man.

Eliphalet, a farmer of Old Greenwich.

Theophilius, a large land owner of Greenwich.

Peter, of Greenwich.

Robert, of Greenwich.

SAMUEL, b. in Guilford, Conn., Jan. 18, 1659; came to Greenwich, Conn., with his father in 1678; was well educated, and became a man with great wealth & large influence; m. Nov. 27, 1686, Ruth Ferris, said to have been a dau. of Peter, a son of Jeffrey Ferris, of Stamford, Conn.; became the progenitor of the numerous Greenwich families of his surname; for about fifty years was a Justice of the Peace, and held other important positions in Greenwich, where he died April 28, 1746. His wife d. there Sept. 17, 1745, aged 83. Their gravestones are still standing in the old Greenwich cemetery.

Samuel was the son of Jeremiah Peck and his wife Johannah Kitchell, a daughter of Robert Kitchell. His siblings were named Ruth, Caleb, Anne Jeremiah and Joshua. Jeremiah is the only other sibling followed here.

Samuel Peck, the eldest son of Jeremiah was born at Guilford, CT in 1659. He is listed as a freeman in Greenwich, CT in 1672. He was rather young,m being only 13, but this can probably be explained by the fact that churchmen in good standing were declared freemen, and he was the son of the minister of the church. He married in Greenwich and remained there when Jeremiah moved on to Waterbury in 1689. According to the Compendium of American Genealogy, Samuel served as a Justice of the Peace in Greenwich for 50 years.

Samuel Peck

Born: November 18, 1658

in: Guilford, CT

Married: November 27, 1686

in: Greenwich, Fairfield Co, CT

Died: April 28, 1740

in: Greenwich, Fairfield Co, CT

Ruth Ferris

Born: 1662

in: Stamford, Fairfield Co, CT

Died: September 17, 1745

in: Greenwich, Fairfield Co, CT

CHILDREN:

Samuel Peck

Born: March 1688

in: Greenwich, Fairfield Co, CT

Died: Unknown

Spouse: Elizabeth

Jeremiah Peck

Born: December 29, 1690

in: Greenwich, Fairfield Co, CT

Died: Unknown

Joseph Peck

Born: May 1, 1692

in: Greenwich, Fairfield Co, CT

Died: Unknown

David Peck

Born: December 15, 1694

in: Greenwich, Fairfield Co, CT

Died: 1718

Nathaniel Peck

Born: August 15, 1697

in: Greenwich, Fairfield Co, CT

Married: December 4, 1722

in: Greenwich, Fairfield Co, CT

Died: Unknown

Spouse: Mary Pardee

Eliphalet Peck

Born: About 1699

in: Greenwich, Fairfield Co, CT

Married: September 6, 1732

in: Greenwich, Fairfield Co, CT

Died: 1770

in: Greenwich, Fairfield Co, CT

Spouse: Deborah Lockwood

Theophilius Peck

Born: About 1702

in: Greenwich, Fairfield Co, CT

Married: February 4, 1729

in: Greenwich, Fairfield Co, CT

Died: November 7, 1783

in: Greenwich, Fairfield Co, CT

Spouse: Elizabeth Mead