John and Mary did have a son named Joshua Peck
and he did serve in the Revolutionary Army. He served in fact, with the 16th
Regiment. Initially he served with General Lee’s regiment.
This Joshua married a lady named Diadama. They were granted land in Maine, due to his
being in the Army.
They had two daughters, Sally and Esther.
Joshua died in 1833, and Diadama in 1843. The girls married
Sally married Michael Casey and Mr
Quinley. Esther married Patrick Bowler.
There
are several different members of the Peck family who settled in America in the
early 1600’s.
They
include:
Rev.
Robert Pack and his wife Anne Lawrence, and his brother Joseph Peck who married
Rebecca Clarke, who came from Hingham, in Norfolk.
A second
family lineage includes
William
Peck and his wife Elizabeth Davis and Paul Peck and his wife Martha Hale, and
Henry Peck.
This
line came from Eltisley is a village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire, England
The
distance between both these towns is not far, and no doubt there were common
ancestors in the Saxon times.
America
was settled post 1608. Many English
families felt persecuted, and re-settled in America. Those same families had relatives who
remained in UK. DNA matches with Peck families in places other than England,
will have common ancestors in the UK.
The
beginning of the Peck lineage in America is attributed to the descendants of
Henry Peck and Margery Leek from Suffolk.
This lineage begins with Henry Peck 1475 –
1525 who married Margery Leeke 1476 – 1525.
They lived in the area known as Beccles in UK. Finding those common ancestors can be an
enormous challenge. Hopefully this
research, which has taken the lines back to Norfolk in England will assist in
some way.
The Peck Family is extensive, and old writings
provide an insight into the different family members.
They had a son Robert Peck 1508 – 1556 who
married Johan Walters 1520 – 1556
Robert Peck was from the branch of the family that
lived in Halesworth and South Elmham, both in Suffolk county. He was born in
the vicinity of Beccles, moving into the town in 1525. In 1529 he was made
executor of his grandfather, John Leeke's will, making him at least twenty one
at that time, so he was probably born as early as 1500.
Robert Peck of Beccles, who in 1537 deposed that he
had resided in Beccles for twelve years, probably was related to the Peck
families of Halesworth and Southelmham, co. Suffolk.
He married twice. His first wife was a daughter of
Walter Norton of Halesworth, and Walter Norton was a native of one of the
Southelmhams, namely, Southelmham St. Margaret, and was therefore connected
with the only two places, Halesworth and the Southelmhams, in Suffolk, in the
environs of Beccles, in which Peck families resided at that time and had
resided for generations past.
Before Robert Peck went to Beccles, it is likely
that he was known to Walter Norton, who in the lay subsidy in Suffolk in 1524
was taxed at Halesworth in goods [valued at] £20. The names 'Richard Pek' and
'Maryon Pek' also are found at Halesworth in this subsidy. In the same subsidy,
at Southelmham St. Margaret, Walter Norton was taxed in lands [valued at] £1.
13s. 4d., while at Southelmham St. James William Pek was taxed in goods
[valued] at £9. 3s. 4d. and Robert Pek in goods [valued at] £2. (Suffolk Green
Books, vol. 10).
Whether the last-mentioned Robert Pek was identical
with the first Robert Peck of Beccles is unknown; but in 3 Edward VI, 14 March
1549/50, mention is made of three acres of land and pasture, in Southelmham St.
James, in the tenure of Robert Pecke and Anne Carre, widow. (Calendar of Patent
Rolls, Edward VI, vol. 2, p. 278.)
The first Robert Peck of Beccles may have held
lands in Southelmham St. James or elsewhere long after he settled at Beccles
about 1525; but, if he held such lands as late as March 1549/50, he probably
disposed of them of them before his death seven years later. The name of the
first Robert Peck of Beccles does not, of course, appear under Beccles in the
subsidy of 1524, for he was not then a resident of Beccles. Since, however, he
was living in Beccles as early as 1525 and in 1529 was one of the executors of
the will of John Leek, it is evident that he was then a man of mature years,
and, considering the tender years at that time of the children of John Peck of
Wakefield, co. York, Esq., who died in 1559, that he was not a son of John Peck
of Wakefield by his wife Joan Anne.
Probably this first Robert Peck of Beccles was born
in the vicinity of Beccles. The surname is common both to Norfolk and to
Suffolk from a very early date. The lay subsidy tax for Suffolk for 1524, as
already stated, is in print (in volume 10 of the Suffolk Green Books), and with
this as a guide it is possible to enumerate all the Peck families living at
this time in Suffolk, in the neighborhood of Beccles. Beccles, however, lies on
the Waveney River, which separates Norfolk from Suffolk, and the list of the
Peck families residing in the neighborhood of Beccles but across the Waveney in
Norfolk must remain incomplete until a lay subsidy for Norfolk of the same
period has been examined. It is evident, nevertheless, that the Pecks in that
section of Norfolk, near Beccles, were not very prolific, as no testators of
the name have been found there in the records of the Norfolk probate
courts."
"A few years before his death the first Robert
Peck of Beccles was one of the defendants in another suit in Chancery, brought
by one William Rede of Beccles against John Waters, father of Robert Peck's
second wife, and Robert Peck himself. Below is given the Bill of Complaint in
this suit, in so far as possible in its original form and spelling.
Although this Bill of Complaint is undated, it is
addressed to the Right Honorable Sir Thomas Wryothesley, who was appointed Lord
Chancellor of England on 3 May 1544, in the reign of Henry VIII, and ceased to
be Lord Chancellor on 5 March 1546/7,when the great seal was taken from him. He
never was Lord Chancellor again, although he was readmitted for a while to the
Privy Council; and therefore the following Bill of Complaint must have been
addressed to the Lord Chancellor not earlier than 3 May 1544 and not later than
about 5 March 1546/7. . .
The Bill of Complaint in the case of Rede v. Water
and Peck is an interesting old document, which, unfortunately, in many places
has crumbled to pieces or is illegible, and is very difficult to read. One
William Robard [sic, ? roberts] of Beccles and Robert Peck were
churchwardens of Beccles at the time of this dispute about the custody of the
property of St. Michael's Gild in Beccles, and John Waters, father-in-law of
Robert Peck, was one of the aldermen of the Gild."
He had six children by his second wife (three sons:
John, Robert, and Thomas; and three daughters: Margaret, Olive, and Anne) were
living on 31 Oct. 1556, and that his sons John and Robert and his daughter
Margaret were born before 28 May 1547, when they were named as legatees in the
will of their grandfather, John Waters, the two sons and their sister Margaret
being under twenty-one on that date.
His Will dated 31 October 1556 - My body to be
buried in the churchyard of Beccles, near unto the grave of Joan, my wife. To
every one of my household servants 12d. To John Peck my son, my messuage
wherein I dwell and my tenement "late Mayster Rede" and the two
meadows lying next the meadow in the tenor of Mathew Prynte and my little
garden "late Philippe Doddes," my close "sometyme Helyn
Churches," my "fryttlell as the further Wynde Myll late Richard
Tyde," and three acres of land "late William Marshes" upon
condition that he shall pay to Thomas Pecke, my sons, and to my three daughters
Margaret, Olyve, and Anne. To Robard Pecke, my son, my other two meadows in
Barstun (?Barsham) "late Churchmans" and the meadows late
"Doctor Rede sometyme Baldewyns," my close at Ingate church, one acre
of land "late Tyde at Ingatefelds" and the "three roode acres
called Bells acre." To Thomas Pecke, my son, my two tenements I purchased
of John Walter and my tenter yard. To my daughters Margaret, Olyve, and Anne,
to each £6.13s.4d. To every one of John Water's and William Water's children
4d. To every one of my godchildren 4d. Executors: Richard Crampton and Thomas
Hagas. Supervisors: John Waters and Robert Bradley. My little "pyctell
called Caves pyctell" lying in Ingate shall be sold. To Joan Meriman, my
daughter, a gown and a petticoat that were her mother's and the worser paire of
Corall beads." Witnesses: Sir John Bymbyn, Robert Tower, Robert Grene,
Thomas Goodwyn, and John Waters. Proved 20 November 1556.
Sources
Peck,
Allyn S., and Frederick Stanhope Peck. The English Ancestry of Joseph Peck, of
Hingham, Mass. in 1638. New England Historical and Genealogical
Register, Part I, v. 89 (1935), pp. 327-339. Part II, v. 90 (1936), p. 58.
Part III, v. 91 (1937), p. 7.
Peck,
Ira Ballou. A Genealogical History of the Descendants of Joseph Peck. 1868.
Page 13.
Barbara
Fleming's Genealogy
(http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~barbpretz/index.html)
Ancestors
of Thomas Wilson Martin, accessed 24 Sep 2005 (http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/c/o/n/Tom-Martin-TX/GENE4-0064.html)
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OneWorldTree Repository: #R2 NOTESource Medium: Ancestry.com
Robert
Peck and Johan Waters son was Robert Peck 1546 - 1592
Robert and Helen had the following children,
proven by his will:
Richard
Peck 1574 – 1615 m Rachael Young, no children
Nicholas
Peck 1576 – 1648 m
Bridget Sayer
Robert Peck 1580 – 1656 m Anne Lawrence 1582 – 1648, Martha Bacon
(Widow)
Joseph Peck 1587 – 1663 m
Rebecca Clark 1585 - 1637
Samuel Peck 1589 - 1619
Robert Peck 1580, was a Reverend who
settled in America.
Beccles - History Wikipedia)
The name is
conjected to be derived from Becc-Liss* (Brittonic=Small-court). However, also
offered is Bece-laes* (Old English=Meadow by Stream), as well as a contraction
of Beata Ecclesia, the name of the Christian temple erected c. 960
by the monks of the monastery of Bury. Once a flourishing Anglian riverport, it lies in the Waveney valley and is a popular boating
centre. The town was granted its Charter in 1584 by Elizabeth I.
Sir John Leman (died 1632) was a tradesman from Beccles who became Lord Mayor of London.
Long
associated with Beccles (including recent mayors) is the Peck family.
Among those Pecks who have made a place in history is the Rev. Robert
Peck, described by Blomfield in his history of Norfolk as a man with a
'violent schismatic spirit' who led a movement within the church of St Andrew's
in nearby Hingham, Norfolk, in opposition to the established
Anglicanism of the day.
The Puritan
Peck was eventually forced to flee to Hingham, Massachusetts, founded by many members of his parish,
where he resided for several years, until King Charles I had been executed and Oliver
Cromwell had taken
the reins of government.
Robert Peck
then elected to return to Hingham, Norfolk, and resumed as rector of St
Andrew's Church. He died in Hingham but left descendants in America, including
his brother Joseph Peck, who settled in Rehoboth, Massachusetts.
Robert's daughter Ann Peck (16 November 1619 – 30 June 1672)
also remained in Massachusetts, and married John Mason, who led colonial
forces in the Pequot War
The son of Robert Peck died 1556 by his
own hand.
Will of Robert Peck from “A Genealogical History of the
Descendants of Joseph Peck pg 21-23” sourced from the original will found at
Ipswich, England.
In the name of God Amen The XXIV day of
March in the year of o’r Lord God according to the computation of the church of
England 1592 and in the XXXVth yere of the Reigne of o’r moste gratious
soveraigne Lady Elizabeth by the grace of god of England ffrance and Irelande
Quene Defendor of the faith etc. I Robert Peck of Beccles in the countye of
Suff hole of mynd and perfect of Remembrance thanks be to the maiestye of god
therefore Although sick and weake of body at chemisfforde in the cowntye of
Essex at this pr’sente of a pluresye not knowinge whither it will please god to
take me awaye here or not, do for the better orderinge and dispocision of such
goods cattels chattells plate lands tenements and other heriditaments with the
appertences do make and dispose them as followeth ffirst I bequeath my sowle to
the Infinite mercye of Almightye Gode trustinge assurealye to be saved by the
meritts death and passion of Jesus christ his dere sonne, and my bodye to be
buried where it shall please god to call me
Item I give and bequeath to Hellen my welle loved wife (in consideration of
the paiment of my debts the bringinge up of my children and the finishinge of
the houses w’ch I am now in buildinge) All my houses Lands Tenements medowes
pastures fedlings aswell free hold as coppeholde and all other my leases plate
goods and cattles whatsoev’r or wheresoev’r ling w’th in the townes of Becces,
Barsh”m Ingate or else where to haue and to hold all and singular the p’rmises
w’th the apprtens to the said Hellen or her assignes for and duringe her
natural life in concinderacion of the things above mentioned and also paienge
such legacies unto my children as I shall appointe or otherwise leave it for
want of tyme to her godly consideration where in I desire her in gods behalf to
provide for the accordinge to her abillitye.
And for the better accomplishinge here of I do give unto her
full power and authoritye to sell my woods in Barshm” or my medows in Barsh” or
both if neede shall so require And I doe hartelye desire my very good ffriends
Mr Bartholomew Stiles and Mr John Talbot to be aidinge and assistinte my said
wife w’th there good counsell advice and labo’r about the execution of this my
last will and Testament.
Item I give unto Richard Peck my sonne all that my houses where in I
dwell in Blibergate street [Blyburgate today] my close at Ingate church,
my pightill in the same field to have and to hold to him and to his heres
forever And also all the lease lands adioyinge to the said close for and
duringe the numbers of yeres y’t to come yf his mother will vouchsafe him such
favo’r uppon condicon that he paye such legacies as his mother shall think good
to appoint him to doe
Item whereas Thomas Peck my brother deceased by his last will
and Tistament did give unto the said Richard my sonne two tennements ine Balligate
street [Ballygate today] lately burnt and now againe one of them builded upon
the same grownde and the other upon pcell of the said grownede and upon pcell
of other free grownde w’ch I purchased of mine uncle Wm Waters I will therefore
that the said Richard my sonne w’thin one month after that he shall be of his
age of XXVth years shall make over astate in fee simple to such of my sonnes
and there heirs as I shall hereafter bequeath the said teenements unto and also
surrendo’r. And yf my saide sonne Richard shall not pform these things before
assigned him I will that he shall loose the benefit of such houses landes and
leases as I have before assigned unto him and the same to be to thoese of my
twoe sonnes to whoeme I shall geve the foresaide newe tenments and to there
heires and assignes forever
Item I give to Nicholas Peck my sonne my newe tenement ptely builded
uppont the Tenement late Wm Waters and my medowes lienge in Barshm (if his
mother shall spare the saide medowes) To have and To holde to him the said
Nicholas and his heires for ev’r paienge out of the same such somes of money as
his mother shall assigne him to doe.
Item I geve unto Samuell Peck my sonne the other newe tenement and
little coppiholde yard to have and to holde to him & his heirs foev’r
paienge out thereof to such of his brothers and sisters such money as his
mother shall assigne him to doe
Item I will yf for the benefit of paienge my debres bringinge up
my children findinge my sone Robert at Cambridge and providinge legacies for my twoe daughters and my sone Joseph That if my saide wife shall make a
lease of all or any pcell of my sayde landes and Tenements That the same shall
continue for so many years as she shall lease the same her saide death or any
other legacies what soev’r before given or appointed to the contrary in any
wise notw’thstandinge, The Residewe of all my goodes and chattells whatsoever.
I give them whoelye to the saide Hellen my wife whoeme I make my sole executrix
desiringe her in godes behalf to have care of thoese my children whoese
legacies I have lefte to her consideracon.
And also of Joane Babb & Elisabeth Babb and Robert Meriman
& my sister Note as she may Item I ordain Mr Bartholomewe Stiles clerk, Mr
Roger Peirson and Mr John Talbot supervisoer hartelie desiringe them to Aide my
wife w’th there beste helpe counsell and advice aboute the Execution herof
Written w’th my owne hande The day and yere above saide By me
Robert Peck
Proved at Beccles 10 Nov 1598
Excerpt from the book “Genealogical History of the Descendants
of Joseph Peck by Ira B. Peck 1868”
Robert Peck was the Register and
Collector for the Archdeacon of Suffolk in 1582.
He made his wife Helen sole executrix of his will. He left
her most of his property. His son, Richard, had been left two tenaments
which Richard had helped to build, so he instructed Richard to "make
over" to his siblings after he reaches age 21. His wife is
instructed to "have care" for the legacies of his children.
John
Brooks Threlfall's Summary of the Life of Rev. Robert Peck
"Robert Peck (Robert, Robert), was born
about 1580, probably in Beccles, Suffolk, England. The Parish Registers for
Beccles do not begin until 1586. … Probably that year (1605) or the next,
Robert Peck married his first wife, Ann Lawrence, the daughter of John and
(Agnes?) (Herne) Lawrence of Saint James, South Elmham, Suffolk.
Reverend Peck served at Hingham, England for 30 years, until he
was deprived of his living in 1636. He was excommunicated for nonconformity and
then threatened with citation to the High Commission Court. But he had
obviously become very popular with his parishioners in those 30 years, for when
he escaped to New England in 1638, 132 others from Hingham and vicinity joined
him. They arrived at Boston, Massachusetts on 10 August 1638 on the Diligent from
Ipswich, Suffolk, England. Robert Peck and his wife, 2 children, and 2 servants
in his household. The entire company apparently settled in Hingham,
Massachusetts.
On 28 November 1638, Robert Peck was ordained a teacher in the
Hingham church. His difficulties with the church authorities in England would
have barred him from officially being the minister. He was admitted a freeman
on 13 March 1638/9.
Winthrop records under 2 June 1641 that Parliament was engaged
upon a general reformation of both church and state. Robert Peck no lo[n]ger
needed to stay in America. He embarked for England on 27 October 1641 with his
wife, son Joseph, and a maid. He never returned to New England and was reinstated
in his former parish, serving from 1646-56.
Ann (Lawrence) Peck died in Hingham, England, being buried there
on 30 August 1648. Reverend Peck married second Martha Bacon, widow of James
Bacon, rector of Burgate, Suffolk.
Reverend Peck is said to have died in 1656, being buried in his
churchyard at Hingham, England."[1]
▼ Ira
Ballou Peck's Summary of the Life of Rev. Robert Peck
"Rev. Robert Peck … was born at Beccles, Suffolk County,
England, in 1580. He was graduated at Magdalen College, Cambridge; the degree
of A. B. was conferred upon him in 1599, and that of A. M., in 1603. He was set
apart to the ministry, and inducted over the church at Hingham, Norfolk County,
England, January 8, 1605, where he remained until 1638, when he fled from the
persecutions of the church to this country.
He was a talented and influential clergyman, a zealous preacher,
and a nonconformist to the superstitious ceremonies and corruptions of the
church, for which he was persecuted and driven from the country. Brooks, in his
lives of the puritans, gives many facts of interest in relation to him. In
particularizing some of the offences for which he and his followers were
persecuted, he says, 'for having catechised his family, and sung a psalm in his
own house on a Lord's day evening, when some of his neighbors attended, his
lordship (Bishop Harsnet) enjoined all who were present to do penance,
requiring them to say, I confess my errors,' etc.
Those who refused were immediately excommunicated, and required
to pay heavy costs. This, Mr. Brooks says, appears from the bishop's
manuscripts under his own hands. He says, 'he was driven from his flock,
deprived of his benefice, and forced to seek his bread in a foreign land.'
Cotton Mather in speaking of him says, he was by the good
providence of heaven fetched away into New England about the year 1638, when
the good people of Hingham did rejoice in the light for a season; but within
two or three years, the invitation of his friends of Hingham, England,
pursuaded him to return to them, where being though great in person for
stature, yet greater for spirit, he was greatly serviceable for the good of the
church.
He arrived
here in 1638. In relation to his arrival, the town clerk at Hingham here says:
'Mr. Robert Peck, preacher of the gospel in the Town of Hingham, in the County
of Norfolk, old England, with his wife and two children, and two servants, came
over the sea and settled in this town of Hingham, and he was a Teacher of the
Church.' Mr. Hobart, of Hingham, says in his diary, that he was ordained here
teacher of the church, November 28, 1638. His name frequently appears upon the
records of the town. He had lands granted him.
His family
as seen upon the chart consisted of nine children. His son Joseph and daughter
Anne came over with him. He was twice married. His first wife Anne, died at
Hingham, England, and was buried there August 30, 1648. His second wife was
Mrs. Martha Bacon, widow of James Bacon, Rector of Burgate.
He remained
here until the long Parliament, or until the persecutions in England ceased,
when he returned and resumed his Rectorship at Hingham.
Mr. Hobart
says he returned October 27, 1641; and Mr. Cushing, the town clerk, says his
wife and son Joseph returned with him; his daughter Anne remaining here. She
married Captain John Mason, 'the conqueror of the Pequots.' [Her children were,
Priscilla, Samuel, John, Rachel, Ann, Daniel and Elizabeth. Samuel married for
his second wife his second cousin Elizabeth Peck, daughter of Joseph Peck, of
Rehoboth, Mass.]
He died at
Hingham, England, and was buried in his churchyard there. His funeral sermon
was preached by Nathaniel Joslin and published. [In Bloomfield's History of
Norfolk is an allusion to Robert Peck, evidently prejudiced, and as incorrect
in other respects as it is in its dates.]
His church
(St. Andrews) at Hingham was a noble structure with a lofty tower, containing
eight musical bells."
"The
following is a copy of his will:
July the
xxiiijth 1651
I Robert
Pecke Minister of the word of God at Hingham in the countye of Norff beinge in
bodilye health and perfect memory knowinge the unceartainety of mans life, doe
dispose of that worldly estate God hath given me in manner and form followinge
Imprimus I
give and bequeath unto Thomas my Sonne and Samuel my Sonne and their heirs
forever All that my messuage wherein I now dwell situate and lyenge in Hingham
a forsaid with all the edifices yards and orchards thereunto belonginge As
alsoe the Inclose and Barnes adioyninge As olso one Inclose now devided called
The Lady close conteyninge about eight acres be it more or less As olso one
pightell at the end thereof conteyninge twoe acres and d,d uppon condicons
followinge, and for the paiement of such legacies as are herein expressed
First I will
and bequeath unto Robert Pecke sonne of my sonne Robert deceased the sume of
20£ at his age of 23 years
Item I give
unto John Pecke sonne of the said Robert deceased 10£ To be paid to him at his
age of 22 years
Item I give
unto Beniamin Pecke the youngest sonne of the said Robert deceased at his age
of 22 years 20£
Item I give
to the children of Anne Mason my daughter wife of captain John Mason of
Seabrooke on the river Connecticut in new England the sume of Forty pounds to
be devided equally unto them and to be sent to my sonne John Mason to dispose
of it for their use within 2 years after my death
Item I give
to my sonne Joseph Dureinge his natural life the sume of 14£ yearlie to be in
the hands of my Sonnes Thomas and Samuel as it shall arise out of my houses
lands and chatties for his maintenance with necessarie foode and apparreil
duringe the terme of his naturall life And I doe wholie comitt my said Sonne
Joseph to the care of my twoe sonnes Thomas and Samuell to provide for him in
such a way as he may not want things necessary for his livelihood [obvious from
this wording that Joseph was not able to live independently]
Item I give
to the children of Thomas and Samuell my sonnes which shall be liveinge at my
decease the sume of Five pounds apiece at their severall ages of 21 years
Item I give
to my now wife Martha Pecke 40£ To be paid wthin twoe months after my decease
Item I give to the poore of Hingham 5£ To be destrubted at the discrecon of my
Executors Thomas Pecke and Samuel Pecke whome I do ordeyne and make Executors
of this my last will and Testament confiding that they will faithfully fulfill
and perforame this my last will according to my trust reposed in them
All my other
goods cattells debts moneys household stuffe or whatsoever ells belongeth unto
me I give and bequeath to my said Executors toards payeinge of my legacies
alrerdy bequeathed and towards the bringinge of my body to buriall which I
desire if I depart this life in Hingham may be entered in the church yard near
unto Anne my wife deceased
In witness
whereof I have written this my last will and testament with my own hand the day
and yeare above written
Robert Peck
[his signature]
This will
was proved at London before the judges for probate of Wills and granting of
Administrations the tenth day of April in the year of our Lord God One thousand
six hundred fiftye and eight"
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