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Thomas, Benjamin, Alice, Lucy, Hannah, and Maria. II. Theodosia married Mr. Smith. III. Clark, of Lewisborough, married Miss Gilbert, and left Merlin, Richard, Rufus, Sophia, Laura, Rhoda, and Linus. IV. Martin, of Lewisborough.
Deliverance, the sixth son of second Ebenezer, was born May 4th, 1728, and died May 3d, 1785, mar- ried Abigail Howe, and had I. Elisabeth born 1760, and died 1823, married Job. Lyon. II. Sarah born 1761, died 1812, married Silas Mead. III. Rachel, born 1763, died 1831, married Whitman Mead. IV. Hannah born 1765, married Joshua Mead, and left Solomon, who married Miss Mary E. Dayton, and has a daughter born Feb. 14th, 1857. V. Jabez died young, VI. Robert born 1768, died 1836, married Prudence Mead, and left an only son Ed- ward, who was born in 1809, and married Susan A. E. Merritt, daughter of Capt. Daniel Merritt, she being born in 1814, and left 1. Daniel M., born June 2d, 1834, married Louisa S., daughter of Thomas A. Mead, born June 29th, 1834. They were married June 16th, 1856. 2. Mary A., born July 22d, 1836, married John G. Clark of Bedford, on the 17th of December, 1856. 3. Sarah E. 4. Amelia. 5. Susan C. 6. Catharine M. 7.'Robert. S. Edward W., and 9. Augustus. VII. Huldah, born Feb. 26th, 1773, still living, married Zophar Mead. VIII. Ephraim, born in 1775, married Zuba Mead, and left, 1. Mary, married Willis J. Merritt, of Norwalk. 2. Huldah, married Daniel S. Mead.
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3. Thurza died young. 4. Alithea died young. 5. Jane, married Elkanah Mead. 6. Isaac H., mar- ried Mary E., daughter of Zophar Mead of New York, and has Ephraim. 7. Elisabeth L. 8. Ophelia died young. 9. Mithea. IX. Jabez Mead, born 1777, died 1839, married Sarah Knapp, and left, 1. Julia B. 2. Mary E., married Ralph Sackett. 3. William K., married Miss Sackett, and has several children. X. Zenas Mead, born 1779, married Mary Lashlers, and has 1. Abigail, married Jonas Mead. 2. Lucretia died young. 3. Deborah died young. 4. Henry. 5. Julia, married Isaac Peck. 6. Eliza, married Lockwood P. Clark. 7. Lyman, married Miss Sarah Acker, and has two children. XI. Mary, who was next older than Robert, died young.
Dr. Amos, the seventh son of second Ebenezer, married Miss Ruth Bush. Their children were, I. Richard, married, first, Sarah Mead; second, Rachel Mead, who left, 1. Thomas A., who married Hannah Seaman, of New York, and has Louisa S. (married Daniel M. Mead), Thomas R., Seaman, Abigail R., Elisabeth H., Adelia, Zophar, and Lucinda P. 2. R. Elisabeth, married George Webb. 3. Sarah A., married Joseph Brush of Coscob. By his first wife Richard had Sophia, married Mr. Demill. II. Thomas, who died at the commencement of the Revolutionary War.
Edmund, the eighth son of second Ebenezer, was born 1732, sailed for the West Indies, October 25th, 1755, and was never afterwards heard from,
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Hannah, the first daughter of second Ebenezer was born 1735, and died June 25th, 1757, aged 22 years.
Jabez, the ninth son of second Ebenezer was born in 1737, March 3d, and died September 14th, 1766.
Jared, the tenth son of second Ebenezer was born December 15th, 1738, married Lydia Smith, and left, I. Zetta, married Ebenezer Mead. II. Daniel S., married Rachel Mead, and left, 1. Daniel S., who married Huldah, daughter of Ephraim Mead, and left Esther A. (married Isaac L. Mead), Ophelia, Daniel S., Oliver, Abram, Huldah, and others. 2. Jerad, married Miss Watson from Maine, and left several children. His sloop was run into by a steamboat, opposite Butter Hill on the Hudson, and he with all his crew were drowned. 3. Zetta. 4. L. Delia. 5. Elisabeth, married, first, Mr. Odle, second, David B. Mead. 4. Adeline died young. 5. Edwin, married Miss Reynolds, of Bedford. 6. Silas M., who married Miss Elathea Reynolds, of North Street, and has some children. III. Lydia, married Mr. Lockwood. IV. Alma. V. Hannah, married Deac. Jonas Mead. VI. Jerad, married Anna Armstrong, and leaves Ammi A. VII. Alvan, married Eliza Peck, and has Ralph P., of California, who married a lady there. Warren B. do. do. Cornelia G., who married Mr. White, of California. Melancthon W., and Elam C.
Abraham, eleventh son of second Ebenezer, born December 14th, 1742, died in 1827 or 8, married Keziah Howe, and left, I. Deborah. II. Zophor,
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married Huldah Mead, and left 1. Abram. 2. Amelia, married Isaac Lyon. 3. Louisa, married Mr. Stafford. 4. Oliver. 5. Esther. 6. Sarah. 7. Mary E. III. Isaac, married Clarinda Mead, and left Augustus, who married Sarah Husted. IV. Oliver, and several other children of Abraham Mead, who died young.
A large number of the family trace back their origin to Mr. Titus Mead, though it is not exactly determined who his father was; he was a nephew to the second Ebenezer. His children were-I. Andrew, who married Amy Hobby, and had Lucy M., who married Titus Mead, grandson of 1st Titus. II. Titus married Eunice Hobby, and had-1. Delia, married Obadiah Mead. 2. Hobby, married Miss Wood. 3. Sophia, married Philander Mead, and has Philander, Sophia (married Hobby), Charlotte, Edward, Nelson. 4. Ann. 5. Shadrach, married Miss Waite, and has Ann Maria, Cordelia, Titus, Swain, Waite, and Lyden. 6. Sarah. 7. Andrew, married Miss Waite, and has-Mary, James, Joseph, Julia and Philander. 8. Fanny, married Mr. Green. 9. Martin, married Miss Waite. 10. Titus, married Lucy M. Mead. 11. Eliza, married Mr. Peck. 12. Charlotte, married Mr. Seaman. 13. Eunice, mar- ried Mr. Young.
III. Jabez, married Elizabeth Hobby, and has-Augustus married Miss Mead, Bethia married Higley, Hiram married - -, Har- riet married Lake, Annice married Lake, Nancy married Legget, Anna married -, Edwin mar-
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ried Miss Chandler. IV. Shadrach, married Miss Hobby. V. Hardy, married Rachel Brown, and had-Alice, Eliza, William, Rachel, Sarah, Andrew, and Amy. VI. Ira, married Nancy Marshall. VII. Rachel, married Reuben Green. VIII. Sarah, mar- ried Jasper Mead.
Caleb Mead was the second son of the First Ebenezer. He left-I. Elkanah, married Hannah Mead, and left-1. Hannah, married D. Husted. 2. Sarah, married Benjamin Smith. 3. Amos, who married first Alice Belcher, and second Mary Purdy, and left Edgar died young ; Elkanah (married Jane, daughter of Ephraim Mead, and has Catharine L., and others), Stephen Waring (married Miss Mackay, and left one child), Catharine (married Wm. L. Lyon), Sarah (married Amos M. Brush), Evelina married (Stephen Howe, of Bedford), Mary P. (mar- ried John G. Clark, of Bedford). II. Jonah, mar- ried first Mary Mead, second Rachel Husted, and third Hannah Mead. By his first wife, he had, 1. Rachel, married Daniel Close. 2. Lot. 3. Drake, died young. 4. Mary, married Andrew Hubbard. By his second wife, Electa married Manoah Mead, and Zuba married Ephraim Mead. By his last wife, 1. Drake, married Miss Knapp, and has Cornelius, and William J. (married Miss Kate Carroll). 2. Hannah. III. Abel, who had Zadok, Benjamin, Phebe, Lucy, and Fanny. IV. Jemima. V. Deborah, married Jehiel Mead, and had, 1, Deborah. 2. Jehiel, who left Lewis, Henry, Wil-
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liam, Mary, Mary Ann, and Handford. VI. Stephen. VII. Zadok. VIII. Rebecca. IX. Han- nah. X. Mary, married Jabez Peck. XI. Ca- leb, married Miss Hobby, and had Rachel, Amy, · Huldah, Hannah, Elizabeth, Caleb (who had Har- vey), Fanny married Selleck, Hanford, Charlotte married Selleck, Mills H., Samuel, and Joseph.
Benjamin, fifth son of second John, left a son Benjamin, who had, I. Benjamin, whose children were, 1. Mary. 2. Anna, married first David Mead, second James Baily. 3. Theodosia, married Edmund Mead. 4. Obadiah, killed during the Revolutionary War, said to have been engaged to be married to Charity Mead. 5. Phebe, married Jehiel Mead. II. Thaddeus, who left, 1. Edward Mead, of Somers, married a Miss Finch, and left Squire Mead, John, Elizabeth (married Henry Lane), Anna (married James Banks), Clarissa (mar- ried Mead Sutherland), Sarah (married David Hor- ton), and Hannah. 2. Ebenezer, married Abigail Chapman, and had Harvey (married Amy Brown), Whitman, Solomon (married Nancy Ferris), and Edward. 3. Amaziah, married Miss Jessup, and has William and others. 4. Benjamin, left Solo- mon. 5. Sarah, married Stephen Sutherland. 6. Mary, married Noah Lyon. 7. Martha, married Andrew Quick. 8. Tamar, married Benjamin Jes- sup. III. Sylvanus, who had, 1. Whitman, mar- ried Rachel Mead, and left Mary (married John Sackett), Zophar (married Miss Martha Seaman, and left Araminta, Mary Elizabeth married Isaac
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H. Mead, and Sarah A), Whitman (married Grace Cornell, and left Grace married Cornelius Minor, and Henrietta, who died young). 2. Platt, who mar- ried Deborah Peck, and had Sackett, Sylvanus, Sarah (married John Robbins), Hannah (married Daniel Peck), Gideon, Nathan, and Harriet (married Brad- ley Redfield). 3. Gideon, who married Mary Miller, and left Underhill, Mary, and Maria. 4. Asel, mar- ried Anne Mead, and had Martin (who had Alva, John, Amaziah, and Asel), Henry (who had Wil- liam H., and David), Levi (who has Joseph and others), Mary (married Mr. Baily), and Hannah. IV. Gideon, left Gideon. V. Edward. VI. Wil- liam, who had William, Abigail, and Anne. VII. Benjamin, left Margaret, married Hon. Nathan Rockwell, Elizabeth, married Brown, of Somers, Sarah, married Joshua Peck, Mary, married Sylva- nus Ferris, Rachel, married Caleb Lyon, jun. VIII. Sarah. IX. Elizabeth, married Theophilus Peck. X. Keziah, born February 1707, died in the latter part of 1808, married Isaac Howe.V XI. Eliphalet, born 1708, died 1796, left, 1. Eliphalet, born 1738, died 1808, married Miss Anne -, and left Anne, and Darius who married Hannah Peck, and left Anne (married Leander Mead), Alla (mar- ried Obadiah Mead), Huldah, Alva (married Jane Arundel, and had Samuel E., Hannah E., Samuel E., Leander, Hannah E., and Mary E), and Adelia. 2. Jehiel, married Deborah Mead. 3. Jesse, mar- ried Rachel Knapp, and left Jesse (married Miss
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Compton, and had William, Elizabeth, and George), Elizabeth (married Daniel Van Vard), Rachel (married Richard Dyckman), Rebecca, and Dimious (married Richard Loyd). 4. Abigail, born 1717, died 1796. 5. Libeus, married first, Hannah Ben- edict, and second, Widow Pocock, and has, Eli, Martin, Jared, Hannah, Abby, Clarissa, Eliphalet, Sarah, and Sibah. 6. Eli, married Deborah Brush, and has Polly, Obadiah, Orson, Hannah, and Cyn- thia. 7. Sarah, married Aaron Mead. 8. Nancy, married Ebenezer Mead. 9. Rachel, married Ben- jamin Knapp. XII. Rachel, by second wife. XIII. Obadiah, had Phebe and Mary. XIV. Zebediah, left Henry, born 1754, Hannah, born in 1755, Lydia, born in 1757, and Levi, born in 1761. XV. Nehemiah, left, 1. Lucy, married Isaac Howe. 2. Sarah, married Richard Mead. 3. Rachel, mar- ried Charles Weed. 4. Nehemiah, married Miss Richards, and left Samuel (who left a daughter, Eliza- beth Stillson), William H. (who married Abby Jane Mead), James, Sarah, Laura (who married Zaccheus Mead), and Caroline. 5. Clarinda, who married Isaac Mead, and left Augustus. 6. Bethiel, who married Stephen Davis.
Nathaniel, the sixth son of the John who bought land in Greenwich, had, I. Gen. John, who left John, the father of Seth, Walter, Hipsibeth mar- ried J. Simmons, and Alice married Peter Mead. II. Capt. Matthew, had, 1. Matthew, who left Matthew, Clemence (married Ralph Ritch), Hannah
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(married H. Merritt), Justus (married Nancy Han- ford and has Joseph, Justus, Matthew, Andrew J., Eliphalet and three others), Mary, Thomas, Amos, William (married Eliza Lawrence, and has Jane Eliza, and others), and Hobby. 2. Justus had Susan (married Lewis Eldridge), Bush, Walter, James, Joseph (married Mary Taylor, and has Louisa, Joseph G., Mary D., James H., Samuel B., Ara- bella, and others), Rebecca (married Drake Mar- shall), Anne (married John Craft), and William, who died young. 3. Bush had Matthew (married Polly Ray, formerly Miss Marshall, and has two children), Eliza (married Harry Ferris), Susan (married John Matthews), Sophia A. (married Joseph E. Russel, Esq.), Bothena (married Capt. Caleb Holmes), William Henry (married Miss Per- melia Ray, and has John and George). III. Na- thaniel, left, 1. Jaspar, the father of Bush. 2. Na- thaniel. 3. William, married and left John, Gilbert, Nathaniel, William, Charity, Hannah, and Mary. 4. Charity. 5. Rachel. 6. Betsey. 7. Anna. Na- thaniel, the grandson of first Nathaniel, married Prudence Wood, of Long Island, and had, I. Epen- etus. II. Nathaniel, who married Miss Brown, and left Nehemiah, Nathaniel, William, Tyler, Epene- tus, Walter, Harvey, &c. III. Joshua, who mar- ried, 1st, -, 2d, Hannah Mead, and left, 1.
Prudence, who married Robert Mead, and left Ed- ward. 2. Polly, married Isaac Mead, and left Rev. Darius (who married Miss Goodrich, and left
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Samuel G., and others), and Lucinda (married Ben- jamin Reynolds, Esq.). 3. Jonathan, who moved with his children, Horace, Samuel B., Albert and others, to Hancock Co., Illinois. 4. Joshua, of Roundhill, who married Miss Mary -, and left Selah, married Zetta Mead, Hannah, Rachel, and Elmira. 5. Darius, a physician living on the brink of Putnam's Hill, married Miss Lydia Bel- cher, and left, Robert W. (married Clarissa Shel- don), Zalmon (married Miss Scribner, and leaves Frederick B., Mary A., and one other), Frederick (married Miss Scribner, and has some children), Julia (married Philander Button, Esq.), and Henry W. 6. Rachel Mead, married Daniel S. Mead. 7. David, married Miss Chloe , and left, Leon- ard (married Miss Frances Studwell, and left two or three children), Theodore, Robert (married in Ohio), David W. (married in Ohio), Clarissa, and Rachel. IV. David, married Anna Mead. V.
Israel. VI. Halsey. VII. Jonathan, married Miss Lyon. VIII. Hannah, married Mr. Wheeler. IX. Dimny, married Thaddeus Husted. X. Theo- dosia, married Benjamin Close. XI. Robert. XII. Daniel S. XIII. Isaac.
We regret that in the haste with which this part of the family genealogy has been prepared, we have not time to correct and extend the number and names of the descendants of Joshua the third son of the third Nathaniel, and also of his brothers. Their descendants may, however, easily trace it for
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themselves, as it is not a great length of time since the children of this Nathaniel were some of them alive. The author would recommend such branches of the family to write out distinctly their genea- logy upon the blank leaves hereinafter provided for the purpose.
Samuel, the seventh son of the John who bought land here, or second John, left, I. Peter, who had, 1. Peter, who had Mary, Peter, Deborah, Luckner, Anna and Sandford (who married Cynthia Husted, and has Alexander, Hannah, Maria, William H. H., and others). 2. Zaccheus had Elsie (who mar- ried Job Mead, and had Zaccheus married Laura Mead, Amanda, Abraham married Miss Selleck, Emmeline, and Eliza married Isaac Lyon), Hannah married Rev. Mark Mead. II. Zaccheus. III. Sam- uel, who left Charlotte, Henry, Artemas, Betheny, Priscilla, Lavinia, Martha.
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The author, in collecting the above genealogy, has been especially assisted by a manuscript found in the possession of Titus Mead, Esq., and a collec- tion in the appendix of Bolton's History of West- chester county, vol. ii.
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GENEALOGY OF THE PECK FAMILY,
BY DARIUS PECK, EsQ., OF HUDSON, N. Y.
WITH REMARKS BY THE AUTHOR.
THE great portion of the Peck family of this country are descended from William Peck, a merchant of England, who was born' about the year 1600, died October 4th, 1694. His second wife was named Sarah. He is said to have been one of the company of Eaton, Davenport, and others, who emigrating from London, England, or its vicinity, arrived at Boston on the 26th of July, 1637, and became the first settlers and planters at New Haven in the spring of 1638. He was chosen deacon of the church there in 1659, and was long known as Deacon William Peck of New Haven. His children were:
I. Rev. Jeremiah Peck, born in England in 1623, and died at Waterbury, June 7th, 1699. He mar- ried first Johannah Kitchell at Guilford, November 12th, 1656. He was a man of good education. Taught school at Guilford in 1656, and was teacher in the Grammar and Colony School at New Haven
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during 1660 and 1661. Became a minister of the congregational order, and began to preach at Say- brook in the fall of 1661, and continued to preach there until 1665, when he removed to Guilford, and in 1666, or 1667 removed to Newark, New Jersey, with many others, who were dissatisfied with the union of the colonies of New Haven and Connec- ticut; then being also a joint owner, and patentec with other associates, of a large tract of land at Elizabethtown, N. J. In 1672, he became one of the twenty-seven proprietors of common lands in Greenwich, Conn., which was confirmed to the pro- prietors by Gov. Treat in 1697. He continued to reside at Newark and Elizabethtown until 1678; when he received a call to preach in Greenwich. Here he preached until dismissed for refusing to countenance the doctrine of half-way covenant, in 1689. He then received a call to preach at Water- bury, where, as at Greenwich, he became their first settled pastor. His widow was living there in 1711. His children were, 1. Samuel, born at Guilford, Jan. 18th, 1659, died at Greenwich, April 28th, 1696 ; married Ruth Ferris and left Samuel, Jere- miah, Joseph, David, Nathaniel, Eliphalet, Theo- philus, Peter, Richard, of whom an account is given below. 2. Ruth, born at New Haven, April 3d, 1661, married Jonathan Atwater, of New Haven, on the 1st day of June, 1681. She had ten children, born between 1682 and 1698. 3. Caleb, the father of a great part of the family
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living in Greenwich, had Rev. Jeremiah's home lot and other rights in land here. 4. Anne, married Thomas Stanley, of Farmington, in 1690, where she afterwards resided. 5. Jeremiah, who was a farmer at Waterbury, where he married Rachel Richards, and died in 1752. He was there the constable for a series of years, and Deputy to the General Court, as well as Deacon of the Northbury Church. He had one son, Jeremiah, beside nine daughters. 6. Joshua, who was also a farmer at Waterbury, and died unmarried on the 14th of February, 1736.
II. John, the second son of William Peck, mar- ried Mary Moss, of New Haven, on the 3d of No- vember, 1664. He first resided at New Haven, where four of his children were born, until 1689, when he removed his family to Wallingford.
III. Joseph, born at New Haven in 1641, after- wards settled in Lyme, Conn.
IV. Elisabeth, born also at New Haven, married Samuel Andrews, and had a very numerous family.
Samuel the son of the first Samuel, was born at Greenwich in 1688, where he died in middle life. He left three children, I. Samuel, who was born April, 1720, at Greenwich, married Mary Ferris, and died Jan. 29th, 1793. Was known as Deacon Samuel Peck. II. John, who married Sarah Adams, and died in 1771. His widow died in 1815, at the residence of her son Abijah, at Clifton Park, N. Y. The children of John were, 1. John, born Nov. 12th, 1742, at Greenwich, married Sarah Northrop,
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and removed his family from Greenwich in 1772 to Nine-Partners, now Milan, Dutchess Co., New York. Afterwards, he removed from thence to Sherbourne, and soon after (in 1794) to Norwich, Chenango Co., where he died Sept. 19th, 1819. He had ten chil- dren, two of whom died in infancy, and the others had large families. The three oldest of these were born in Greenwich, and the others in Dutchess Co. He was a continental soldier in the Revolutionary War. 2. Heth, born in Greenwich, married Rachel Roselle, and was shot by a Tory in the Revolution- ary War. 3. Nathan, born also in Greenwich, was drowned in Long Island Sound. 4. Abijah, born in Greenwich, April 3d, 1758, was a clergyman, married Mindwell Close, and died Nov. 12th, 1848, at Clifton Park, New York. He was in the army during several campaigns in the Revolutionary War. After the war, he resided at North Salem, Westchester county, until 1784, when he removed to Galaway, Saratoga county, and in 1794 removed to Clifton Park, in the same county, where he re- sided at his decease. He was ordained a minister in 1801, and left four sons and four daughters, all of whom married and had children. , 5. Sarah, born in Greenwich in 1750, married Wilson North- rop, and died at Clifton Park, Saratoga county, Feb. 28th, 1841. 6. Abigail, born in Greenwich, married Alexander Baird, and died in Herkimer county, New York. 7. Ruth, born in Greenwich, married William Kinch, and died at Tinmansburgh,
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N. Y. S. Elisabeth, born in Greenwich, married Joseph Young, and died at Otsego, N. Y.
III. Ruth, daughter of the second Samuel, born in 1724, in Greenwich, married Nehemiah Haight, and died Sept. 3th, 1807. Her husband was the first Deacon of Stanwich Church.
Jeremiah, the second son of first Samuel, was born in Greenwich, 1690.
Joseph, the third son of first Samuel, was born in Greenwich, 1690.
David, the fourth son of first Samuel, was born in Greenwich in 1694.
Nathaniel, the fifth son of first Samuel, was born in Greenwich in 1697. Settled in Old Greenwich, though some say Flushing, L. I. 1
Eliphalet, the sixth son of first Samuel, was born in Greenwich in 1699. He settled and died in Greenwich.
Theophilus, the seventh son of first Samuel, was born in Greenwich in 1701. He lived in Green- wich. He early removed from Old Greenwich to Pecksland, where he had twelve children, six sons and six daughters. The locality took its name from him.
Peter, the eighth son of first Samuel, was born and lived in Greenwich. His descendants mostly live at Glenn's Falls, New York.
Richard, the ninth son of first Samuel, was born in Greenwich, but his descendants live at Flush- ing, L. I.
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From the above, the author presumes that every member of the family may trace their Genealogy with entire accuracy. Many facts relating to indi- viduals of this family, may be found upon the pre- ceding pages of this volume.
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICE
OF THE REVEREND JEREMIAH PECK, BY
DARIUS PECK, ESQ., OF HUDSON, N. Y.
REV. JEREMIAH PECK was born in London, En- gland, about the year 1623, and was the oldest son of William Peck, a merchant ; and in 1637, at the age of about fifteen years, emigrated to this country with his father, who was one of the first settlers of the New Haven colony in the spring of 1638, and for many years a deacon of the church at New Haven, Conn. He was a man of good education, acquired in part before he left England, and per- fected in this country. His name is contained in a list of Connecticut ministers, in the Magnalia of Cot- ton Mather, and he is noticed in the Genealogical Register of Farmer ; and both mention him as hav-
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ing been a graduate of Harvard College ; but, though he may have been and probably was a student, he was not a graduate of that institution. Little is known of his early history until 1656, when he taught school in Guilford, Conn., where on the 12th of November of that year he married Joannah, a daughter of Robert Kitchell, one of the first princi- pal planters of that town. His oldest son, Samuel Peck, was born there, January 18, 1659. He con- tinued his school at Guilford until October, 1660, when, having been appointed the previous June of that year, he became the teacher of the Grammar school at New Haven. This was a colony school ; and in it were taught Latin, Greek, and Hebrew. Young men were fitted for college, and it was attended by young men from other colonies.
He continued the teacher of this school until the fall of 1661; when, becoming a congregational minister, he commenced preaching occasionally to the people at Saybrook, Conn., whose minister, the Rev. James Fitch, had the previous year removed to Norwich, Conn. In the spring of 1662, he was settled at Saybrook. In 1664 there was some dis- satisfaction with his ministry there ; and he gave them liberty to procure a successor, offering to yield his claim under their agreement of settlement, if the cause of religion could thereby be promoted. . His address on the subject to the inhabitants and plant- ers of Saybrook evinces a warm heart, a proper ap- preciation of the sacred duties of his profession, and
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a Christian resignation to the will of Providence and the desires of his people ; but it does not appear that there was then any action in the matter. He was the owner of considerable real estate at Say- brook, and seems to have had a partiality for that species of property. In the year 1664, he, with several others, principally from Long Island and Connecticut, purchased of the Indians a large tract of land in New Jersey, lying on the sound separat- ing that State from Staten Island, and between the
Raritan and Passaic rivers. The purchase was confirmed to him and seventy-eight others by let- ters patent, dated October 28, 1664, from Richard Nichols, the first English colonial governor under the Duke of York. This tract embraces several towns in Essex and Middlesex counties, New Jer- sey ; and, the city of Elizabethtown being located upon it, was then and still is known as " Elizabeth- town" and "Elizabethtown Grant," and its purchasers and patentees as the " Elizabethtown Associates."
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