William Peck

William Peck, immigrant ancestor, was born in the city of London, England, or its vicinity in 1601. He married Elizabeth there in 1622 & sailed for Boston, Massachusetts in the ship "Hector" with his wife & son Jeremiah, and arrived there June 26, 1637. His son Jeremiah was the only English-born child.

It is probable he came in the company of Governor Eaton, Rev. John Davenport, and others principally from London. He was one of the original proprietors of the New Haven colony in 1638, and his autograph signature is affixed to the fundamental agreement or constitution June 4, 1639, of the government of the infant colony. October 20, 1640, he was admitted a freeman. He was trustee, treasurer and general business agent of the Colony Collegiate School, established on the basis of the Hopkins fund. He was by occupation a merchant and from 1659 until his death, a deacon of the church in New Haven. His name usually appears on the records with the title of "Mr." then a prefix of respect and distinction. His home lot of about an acre, his house and store were on Church street, the front of which is now covered by the Connecticut Savings Bank building. His grave is now covered by the Center Church in New Haven.

He died October 4, 1694, aged ninety-three years. His will, dated March 9, 1688-89, probated October 13, 1694, is recorded in the probate records of New Haven (Book II, p. 176).

His first wife, Elizabeth, died December 5, 1683, and he married again, Sarah Holt, widow of William Holt. He died October 4, 1694, and was interred in the old burying-ground, now under the Center church.

[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.]

The American ancestor of the Peck family of Troy herein considered was William Peck, who was among the first of the early settlers of New England. Others of the name arrived at about the same time, but apparently were not related. They were the progenitors of a numerous posterity, and the name is a distinguished one in the United States.

Jeremiah, John, removed to Wallingford, Connecticut; called "lieutenant" in the records.

Joseph, settled in East Saybrook (later Lynn), Connecticut, where he was surveyor, recorder, justice of the peace and deacon of the church.

Elizabeth, married Samuel Andrews.

He was a Deacon, as well as one of the founders of New Haven, Connecticut.

Families of Ancient New Haven by Donald Lines Jacobus, pg. 40, 1383

Buried at Grove Street Cemetery in New Haven, CT

Arrived with wife, Elizabeth in Boston on June 26, 1637. They moved to Connecticut shorlty thereafter. He signed the in 1639 a document which was the agreement for the establishment of New Haven, Conn. It was one of the first examples of a written costitution organizing a government and defining its powers.

He is buried in an old cemetary which is now under the Center Church in New Haven. The gravestone has been moved to the northern part of town.

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The Second Peck Family Listed

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William Pecke. the founder of this branch of the family, was born in or near London, England, in 1601 and died in New Haven. Connecticut, October 4, 1694. He emigrated with his wife and eldest child, probably with Edward Davenport in the ship "Hester," which arrived at Boston, June 26, 1637, and was one of the original proprietors of New Haven, signing the Fundamental Agreement, June 4, 1739. He was admitted freeman of the New Haven colony, October 20, 1640, was one of the leading merchants of the town and was trustee, treasurer and general business agent of the colony Collegiate School. From 1659 until his death, he was a deacon of the New Haven church and is generally referred to in the records simply as "Mr. Peck." He married

(first) about 1622, Elizabeth , who died December 5, 1683 and

(second) Sarah, widow of William Holt, who survived him. Children, all by first marriage: Jeremiah, born in 1623, died June 7, 1699, married. November 12, 1656, Joanna Kitchell; John, born probably in 1638, died in 1724, married, November 3, 1664, Mary Moss; Joseph, referred to below; Elizabeth, born in April, 1643, died about 1684. married, in 1661, Samuel Andrews.

(II) Joseph, son of William and Elizabeth Pecke, was born in New Haven, in January, 1641, and died in Lyme, Connecticut, November 25, 1718. About 1662 he settled in East Saybrook. Connecticut, which, five years later, was incorporated into the town of Lyme, where he held various religious and civil positions. He married, not later

than 1662, Sarah , who died in Lyme, September 14, 1726, aged

ninety years. Children: 1. Sarah, born August 4, 1663, married. May 2, 1684, Matthias Gilbert. 2. Joseph, born March 12, 1667, died October 10, 1677. 3. Elizabeth, born September 9, 1669, died August 29, 1688; married, December 6, 1686, Samuel Pratt. 4. Deborah, born July 31, 1672, married, April 3, 1694, Daniel Sperry. 5. Hannah, born September 14, 1674, married June 25, 1696, Thomas Anderson. 6. Ruth, born August 19, 1676, married, April 29, 1696, Jasper Griffin. 7. Samuel, referred to below. 8. Joseph, born March 20. 1680. died after 1721; married. October 3, 1704, Susanna .

(III) Samuel, son of Joseph and Sarah Pecke, was born in Lyme, Connecticut, July 29, 1678, died in Lyme, January 28, 1735. He was the first member of this branch to drop the final "e" from his name. He married (first) Elizabeth Lee, who died August 29, 1731 and (second), January 25, 1732, Martha Barber, widow, of Killingsworth, Connecticut. She married (third), January 8, 1/36, Peter Pearson. Children, all but one by first marriage: 1. Elizabeth, born April 26, 1702, died January 15, 1705. 2. Elizabeth, born May 14, 1705, died October 8, 1730; married, January 23, 1724, Richard Ely Jr. 3. Samuel, referred to below. 4. William, born August 31, 1709, died after 1738: married, January 25, 1732, Jemima Marvin. 5. Benjamin, born March 6. 1711, died after 1754; married, February 8. 1734. Sarah Champen.

6. Elijah, born October 20. 1713, married (first), April 28, 1737, Hepsibah Pearson and (second), January 8, 1771, Jane Minor, widow.

7. Jedediah, born June 1, 1717, died in 1744: married in 1738, Tabitha Pierson. 8. Daniel, born March 4, 1721, died March 1, 1751; married.

November 8, 1744, Abigail Lord. 9. Silas, born October 2, 1724, died in June, 1808; married, November 4, 1746, Elizabeth Caulkins. 10. Martha, born June 4, 1738.

(IV) Samuel Peck, son of Samuel (1) and Elizabeth (Lee) Pecke. was born in Lyme, Connecticut, July 12, 1707. He married, November 7, 1728, Alice Way. Children: 1. Samuel, born September 7. 1729. died in 1776; married Hannah Beckwith. 2. Abner, born September 27, 1731, married, November 30, 1786, Caroline Reed. 3. Darius, referred to below. 4. Carter, born June 23, 1737. 5. Elisha, born November 27, 1739. 6. Daniel, born March 27, 1742, died April 25, 1802; married, December 25, 1764, Jerusha Yerrington.

(V) Darius, son of Samuel (2) and Alice (Way) Peck, was born at Lyme, Connecticut, September 11, 1733, and died there in 1797. He married, April 19, 1857, Elizabeth Beckwith. Children: 1. Martin, born October 8, 1759, died September 30, 1808; married (first) Lucy Sennet, and (second) Frances Seburn. 2. Elizabeth, born December 10, 1761, married Simeon Holton. 3. Darius, referred to below. 4. Simeon, born January 3, 1766. said to have married Lanphere Andrew, born February 2, 1768. 5. John Moore, born February 1, 1770. died in September. 1831 ; married, about 1797, Abigail Pratt. 6. Hul- dah, born August 31, 1772, married Elisha Rice. 7. William, born July 18, 1774, died about 1794. 8. Elisha, born May 16, 1777, died about 1820. 9. Timothy, born August 15, 1779, died March 14, 1851 : married (first), September 18, 1805, Catherine Smith, (second). Mehitable Smith and (third) Betsey Brockway.

(VI) Darius (2), son of Darius (1) and Elizabeth (Beckwith) Peck, was born in Lyme, Connecticut, February 2. 1764. and died in Phelps, New York, July 31, 1814. He removed to Conway, Massachusetts, in 1789, and to Phetps, New York, in 1804, settling on land which is still in the family. He married, July 20, 1786, Lydia Mack. Children: 1. Betsey, born October 29, 1787, died in 1850: married Isaac Bigelow. 2. Elisha, referred to below. 3. Horace, born January 10, 1790, died August 3, 1867: married Sebe Chapman. 4. Lydia. born October 15, 1792, married William Ottley. 5. Darius, born November 20. 1794, married (first) Betsey Raymond and (second) Phebe Williams. 6. Elijah, born October 21, 1796, died November 26, 1798. 7. Fanny, born August 20, 1798, died in 1850; married William Crit- tendon. 8. Enoch, born August 22, 1800, married (first) Julietta Ann Jones, (second) Caroline Ann Sevan and (third) Almira Dixon. 9. Ira, born July 20, 1802, married Polly Porter. 10. Ann, born about 1804, married Daniel Stewart. 11. Charles, born about 1804.

(VII) Elisha, son of Darius (2) and Lydia (Mack) Peck, was born in Connecticut, or Conway, Massachusetts, April 11, 1789, and died in Phelps, New York, May 6. 1868. He came to Phelps with his father, when he was a young boy. He married (first) Lucinda, daughter of Jesse and Sarah (Warrener) Warner, who was born in Conway or Phelps about 1796, (second) Percy Scott and (third) Sarah L. Crouch. Children: 1. Alvira, born March 24, 1814, married, April 10, 1834, Richard Hallett. 2. Lewis, referred to below. 3. Lydia, born February 6, 1818, died August 11. 1850; married, in October, 1844, Daniel Crouch.

4. John, born November 29, 1819, married in 1841. Amanda Gates.

5. Ira, born November 18, 1821, married, December 18, 1845, Maria B. Dixon. 6. Jesse, born February 29, 1824, married, July 1861, Hattie Walthart. 7. Sarah, born December 13, 1825, died September 14, 1853; married, in January, 1846, Luther Worden.

(VIII) Lewis, son of Elisha and Lucinda (Warner) Peck, was born on the old homestead in Phelps, Ontario county, New York, May 13, 1816, and died October 30, 1878. He worked his way through Colgate University and then went to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where he was principal of the high school for a number of terms. Returning east, he taught school at Port Byron, New York, for a year and then became the first principal of the new union school at Phelps, a position he held for ten years. He was distinguished as a surveyor, an educator and also in politics. In 1860, he was elected a member of the state assembly; was appointed by President Lincoln, assessor of internal revenue for his district, holding the position nine years, and he was supervisor of the town of Phelps for eight consecutive terms. He resigned his revenue position when he was elected assignee to settle the affairs of the Crane and Norton Bank. He also did much of the surveying in both Ontario and Wayne counties, New York. He married, October 27, 1854, Sarah Long, who died July 30, 1907. Children: Cora, born July 12, 1855, married Charles Cheney; Charles, referred to below; Nellie, born May 19, 1860. married H. C. Burdick.

(IX) Charles, son of Lewis and Sarah (Long) Peck, was born in Phelps. Ontario county. New York, February 8, 1857. He received his education in the schools of Phelps and in Canandaigua Academy and then returned to the old homestead, where he engaged in farming. He is a trustee of the Methodist Episcopal church of Phelps. a charter member and at one time overseer of the grange and is one of the largest stockholders of the Phelps National Bank. In politics he is an Independent Republican. He has on his farm the only gas well in the county, and at one time he supplied his house with gas from it. He has also been an extensive tile manufacturer. He married November 15, 1885, Lillie, daughter of Emmons and Pamelia (Curtis) Gifford, of Phelps, New York. Children: Lewis, graduated from Syracuse University in 1909; Lillian, a student at Vassar College; Charles Gifford.

Immigration: 26 Jun 1637, Arrived in Boston Harbor in company of Gov. Eaton, Rev. John Daven port et al. Ship Hector.1137

Occupation: 1630, Merchant in London, England.1138

Region: 1659, Chosen as Deacon, New Haven

Notes for William Peck:

William Peck, a merchant from London, sailed on the ship HECTOR, in the company of Governors Eaton and Hopkins, Rev. John Davenport, William’s brother Henry Peck and the son of the Earl of Marlborough. They arrived at Boston Harbor June 26, 1637.

This company was principally from the city of London, and consisted of wealthy merchants, and others of great respectability from London, and of farmers from Yorkshire, Hertfordshire and Kent, and some from Surrey and Sussex. They had suffered much from the intolerance and persecution of Archbishop Land during the reign of Charles I, and the object of their emigration was the unmolested enjoyment of civil and religious liberty.

William Peck was a co-founder of New Haven, Connecticut in the spring of 1638 and among the signers of the compact for New Haven in June 1639. He was also a signer of the Fundamental Agreement Of Quinnipiack. An original proprietor of the colony, he was accepted as freeman in 1640. Peck was one of the trustees of the first New Haven grammar school for many years. A merchant by occupation, William Peck was a man of high standing in the Colony, and a Deacon of the church in New Haven from 1659 until his death Oct. 4 1694, at the age of 93.

One of six adult male Pecks' coming from England to America in the late 1630's, William Peck was an adherent of Rev. John Davenport (1597-1670), a celebrated Church of England cleric. Davenport turned more and more to nonconformity, and as pastor of an influential City of London church, he fostered the puritan cause and had to flee to Holland in 1633, before eventually leading his company to the New World.

The only daughter, his youngest, married Samuel Andrews in 1661. In Deacon Peck's will, made out in 1689 at New Haven, he mentions his second wife, Sarah, who had been the widow of William Holt before marrying Peck, and his four children, but no more. His Will was recorded in New Haven, on Oct. 11, 1694: Probate Rec. Book II, p. 176. Deacon William Peck was buried in the Grove Street Cemetery in New Haven after Oct. 14, 1694. In 1821, his gravestone was removed with the others from the Old Churchyard in New Haven, but his tombstone was said to be still standing in the Cemetery of New Haven in New Haven in 1890

Came to America on the HMS Hector with Governor Theophilas Eaton(1590-1658) and Reverend John Davenport(1597-1670).

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WILLIAM PECK was a merchart in London and it is believed that he came to America with his wife, ELIZABETH, and young son, JEREMIAH, on the good ship HECTOR, arriving in Boston on June 26, 1637. He was probably part of the Eaton-Davenport Company who migrated to New Haven in 1638/39. He signed the Fundamental Agreement of Quinnipiack in 1639 and became a freeman on October 29, 1640 in New Haven. From 1659 to his death, he was a deacon of the First Church of New Haven. His homelot was on George Street. Although his estate showed that he was not wealthy, he was highly respected.

He was one of three who inventoried the estate of Sgt. Thomas Jeffrie in 1661. In December of 1662, at a town meeting in New Haven, Deacon Peck informed those present that the town "elders" were not getting enough to eat -- that there was not enough wheat & malt to go around.

Deacon William Peck & another ancestor, ROGER ALLING, were appointed a Committee of Trustees for a trust that totalled £918 being authorized to direct the affairs of the Collegiate Grammer School in New Haven.

After Elizabeth's death in 1683, he married Sarah, widow of William Holt around 1684. While visiting his son, JOSEPH, in Lyme, he died in 1694. Lyme Vital Records gave his age at death as 93, while New Haven record says 90 years. However, his tombstone gives his age at death as 93 years.

Deacon William was probably brothers with Henry Peck who also settled in New Haven, and my ancestor, JOSEPH PECK, who was in New Haven for a time but removed to Milford.

See also: https://archive.org/stream/genealogicalacco1877peck#page/6/mode/2up Update 6/17/2016(CLM): Find A Grave# 5121931.http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=5121931

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Birth: 1601, England Death: Oct. 14, 1694 Old Lyme New London County Connecticut, USA

~MY ANCESTOR~

WILLIAM PECK was a merchart in London and it is believed that he came to America with his wife, ELIZABETH, and young son, JEREMIAH, on the good ship HECTOR, arriving in Boston on June 26, 1637. He was probably part of the Eaton-Davenport Company who migrated to New Haven in 1638/39. He signed the Fundamental Agreement of Quinnipiack in 1639 and became a freeman on October 29, 1640 in New Haven. From 1659 to his death, he was a deacon of the First Church of New Haven. His homelot was on George Street. Although his estate showed that he was not wealthy, he was highly respected.

He was one of three who inventoried the estate of Sgt. Thomas Jeffrie in 1661. In December of 1662, at a town meeting in New Haven, Deacon Peck informed those present that the town "elders" were not getting enough to eat -- that there was not enough wheat & malt to go around.

Deacon William Peck & another ancestor, ROGER ALLING, were appointed a Committee of Trustees for a trust that totalled £918 being authorized to direct the affairs of the Collegiate Grammer School in New Haven.

After Elizabeth's death in 1683, he married Sarah, widow of William Holt around 1684. While visiting his son, JOSEPH, in Lyme, he died in 1694. Lyme Vital Records gave his age at death as 93, while New Haven record says 90 years. However, his tombstone gives his age at death as 93 years.

Deacon William was probably brothers with Henry Peck who also settled in New Haven, and my ancestor, JOSEPH PECK, who was in New Haven for a time but removed to Milford.

Both of my parents were descendants of Deacon William Peck, and I am descended from two of his children: REV. JEREMIAH PECK (through my mother) and DEACON JOSEPH PECK (through my mother & father).

Other reported children: John Peck, Elizabeth (Peck) Andrews, Eleazer Peck, Benjamin Peck

Source:
MyHeritage Family Trees
MyHeritage.com [online database], MyHeritage Ltd.
https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-1/myheritage-family-...

Family tree:
Post Web Site, managed by Robert Post
https://www.myheritage.com/site-354264071/post

Record:
https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-1-354264071-1-513505/wil...

Citation:
William Peck
Birth: Dec 8 1601 - Knossington, Leicestershire, England
Death: Oct 14 1694 - Old Lyme, New London, Connecticut, British Colonial America
Parents: Edward (William) Peck, Grace Peck (born Green)
Siblings: Deacon Paul Peck, Rebecca Hobart (born Peck)
Wife: Elizabeth Sarah Peck (born Davis)
Children: Jeremiah M. Peck, Alice Dewolf (born Peck), John Elijah Peck, Joseph Peck, Elizabeth Andrews (born Peck), <Private> Peck

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/5121931/william-peck

Married in London in about 1622.

William was one of the founders of the New Haven Colony in 1638. With his wife, Elizabeth, and son Jeremiah, he emigrated from England to this country, probably in the company of Gov. Eaton, Rev. John Davenport, and others in the ship Hector, arriving at Boston June 26, 1637. They had suffered much from the intolerance and persecution under Archbishop Laud during the reign of Charles I.