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Providence, 1666-67-70-71-72. He was mem- ber of the town council 1672. He married Phebe, daughter of George Parkhurst, and had six children. He was a descendant mater- nally of Ynir, 1150, a descendant paternally of Cadwaladyr of Wessex, 688-728, who became ruler of Britain, south of the Thames. Phebe Parkhurst, his wife, was daughter of George and Susannah Parkhurst. Ebenezer Jencks, the father of Phebe, who married Job Com- stock, was born 1660, died August 14, 1726. Ebenezer Jencks married, March 4, 1695, Mary Butterworth, who died 1726. He had by her thirteen children, including Phebe. He was ordained pastor of the First Baptist Church, at Providence, 1719, and so continued there his ministry until his death. The par- ents of Mary Butterworth were John and Sarah, who were in Rehoboth as early as 1651. (VII) Edward Clarke, son of Ichabod Clarke (6), was born in Smithfield, Rhode Island, January 1, 1772. He married January I, 1799, Lurania Darling, daughter of John (5) Darling, Jr., of Cumberland, Rhode Isl- and. He served in the War of 1812 against the British and took part in the movement for the defense of New Orleans. He died Janu- ary 2, 1814. John Darling (5) was born in Wrentham, April 24, 1741; he married Martha Sprague, who was born in Mendon, February 12, 1739. John and Martha were married 1765 and had eight children. Lura- nia Darling, their daughter, was born in Cum- berland, Rhode Island, January 2, 1772. She died April 12, 1857. John Darling (5) was son of John (4) Darling, of Wrentham, and his wife Hannah (Healy) Darling, of Reho- both, Massachusetts, who were married May I, 1740. John (3) Darling, the father of John (4) Darling, and Hannah Staples, of Mendon, were married January 5, 1708. John (3) Dar- ling was born in Mendon, April 1, 1687. IJannah Staples, his wife, was born May 13, 1686. She was daughter of Abraham Staples, who was of Weymouth, and married, Septem- ber 17, 1660, Mary, daughter of Robert Ran- dall, who was one of the first settlers of Mendon. John Staples, the father of Abra- ham, was of Weymouth, 1636, and had wife Rebecca. He died at Dorchester, Massachu- setts, July 4, 1683, mentioning in his will his son Abraham (2) Staples, who was born at Weymouth, 1638, and died in Mendon, Octo- ber, 1703. He was an original proprietor of Mendon before June 14, 1663. He was a weaver. Member of Captain John Poole's com- pany in King Philip's war, 1675. He had the rank of sergeant. Robert Randall, the father
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of Mary, wife of Abraham Staples, came from Wendover, county of Bucks, as he testified in 1688, at the age of eighty years. He was free- man 1647. John (3) Darling, who married Hannah Staples, was son of Captain John (2) Darling and Elizabeth (4) Thompson. Eliza- beth (Thompson) Darling was the daughter of John (3) and Thankful (Woodland) Thompson, and was born 1670. She was mar- ried to him in 1686. Thankful Woodland, her mother, was the daughter of John and Martha Woodland, of Braintree, Massachusetts. John (3) Thompson was born 1642 and died 1705, and was the son of John (2) Thompson, who had wife "Sarah," and who was born 1619. John (2) Thompson was son of David and Amyes (Colle) Thompson, of Thompson's Isl- and, Boston Harbor. David Thompson, the ancestor, was a Scottish gentleman, scholar, and traveller. He was early sent out by Sir Fernando Gorges, to superintend the settle- ments on the Piscataqua, Merrimack, and Kennebec rivers in Maine, and on lands now in the vicinity of Portsmouth, New Hamp- shire, but being dissatisfied, he came to Massa- chusetts Bay and took possession of his island in Boston Harbor. David Thompson was the first white man who settled on Thompson's Island, and he thus got exclusive control of the same. He died soon after, leaving his son John (2) Thompson, who after becoming of age filed a petition in court for the possession of Thompson's Island, which was claimed by Dorchester, as belonging to the common town. After full hearing, John (2) Thompson's claim was allowed. There has long been a tradition in the family that the maiden name of "Sarah" the wife of John (2) Thompson, was Sarah Allerton, the daughter of Isaac Aller- ton, Mayflower pilgrim, as there was more or less acquaintance between the early Thomp- son family and the Allertons and the Mave- ricks. Moses Maverick married Remember Allerton, but her sister Sarah Allerton's mar- riage, if she did marry at all, has not been satisfactorily accounted for.
Captain John (2) Darling, who married Elizabeth Thompson, 1686, was son of Denice and Hannah (Francis) Darling, and was born in Braintree, Massachusetts, September 2, 1664. He died in Bellingham, Massachusetts, May 29, 1753, in the ninetieth year of his age. His wife, Elizabeth (Thompson) Darling, died April 3, 1687. Captain John Darling was an enterprising man, being a large landed proprietor and owner of the mills and water power on the Blackstone river. Denice Dar- ling, his father, was married in Braintree to
Hannah Francis, November 3, 1662.' He died in Mendon, Massachusetts, January 25, 1717-18, aged seventy-seven years. Hannah Francis was the daughter of John and Rose Francis, who settled in Braintree, 1650. John Francis, the father, died September 17, 1688. His wife Rose died in Braintree, February 26, 1759.
John (IV) Darling, of Wrentham, the father of John Darling, Jr., of Cumberland, was married to Hannah Healy in Rehoboth, May I, 1740. Hannah was daughter of Paul and Hannah (Titus) Healy, and was born in Rehoboth, March 3, 1722. Paul Healy and Hannah Titus, both of Rehoboth, were mar- ried May 17, 1720. Hannah Titus was daughter of John and Hannah and was born October 27, 1701. John Titus, Jr., was born March 12, 1678. John Titus, Jr., was son of John and Abigail; the former was born in Rehoboth, December 18, 1650, and was mar- ried to Lydia Redaway, July 17, 1673. She, Lydia (Redaway) Titus, was buried Novem- ber 25, 1676. John Titus, Sr., was buried April 16, 1689-90. He was an early settler of Rehoboth. Lydia Redaway was the daugh- ter of James and was born in Rehoboth, May 30, 1652. James Redaway, the father of Lydia, was buried October 1, 1676. He was also an early settler of Rehoboth. Robert Titus, the ancestor, was freeman May 13, 1640. His name appears in the list of the first purchasers at Rehoboth, 1643. Robert Titus came in the ship "Speedwell," April 30, 1635, from Gravesend, London, at the age of thirty-five years, with his wife Hannah Titus, aged thirty-one years, and his son John, men- tioned above, aged eight years, and with another son Edmund, aged five years. He was from Saint Katherine's, on the Thames, near the tower of London.
Martha (Sprague) Darling, who married John (5) Darling, was daughter of William and Rebecca (Ballou) Sprague. William Sprague, her father, was son of Jonathan (4) Sprague (Jonathan 3, William 2, Edward I), of Providence and Smithfield, Rhode Island, and his wife Hannah (Coggeshall) Sprague, and was born June 9, 1714. William Sprague was captain of a military company. He was married in Smithfield to Rebbeca Ballou, April IO, 1738. Rebecca Ballou was daughter of Peter (3) Ballou (John 2, Maturin I), and was born in Providence, August 26, 1715. Her mother was Rebecca Esten and was daughter of Henry and Sarah Harding (of Stephen and Bridget Harding) Esten, Provi- dence, Rhode Island. Rebecca Esten was
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born May 9, 1695, died February 13, 1787. Henry Esten was born January II, 1651, in Providence, and died March 23, 17II. His father, Thomas Esten, was born 1612, and died 1691. He married April 23, 1640, Ann
Thomas Esten came to America from Hert- ford county, England, to Providence, Rhode Island. He was a landed proprietor. Peter (3) Ballou was son of John and Hannah (Garret) Ballou, and was born August I, 1689, died May 9, 1784. John (2) Ballou died 1714. The ancestor, Maturin Ballou, died 1662; he married Hannah Pike, of Rob- ert and Catherine Pike. Hannah Pike, his widow, died 1714. They were of Providence. He was a landed proprietor. Maturin Ballou was the ancestor of the Rev. Hosea Ballou, the eminent American preacher and contro- versalist, the author and founder of "Univer- salism." Peter (3) Ballou was his grand- father, whose daughter Rebecca Ballou above mentioned, was his aunt. Jonathan (4) Sprague married Hannah Coggeshall, September 17, 1713. He was of Providence and Smith- field, Rhode Island. He was a landed proprie- tor and deputy governor from 1718 to 1730. He died April 22, 1764. Hannah (4) (Cog- geshall) his wife, died before May II,: 1757, prior to the time of the making of his will. She was the daughter of William (3) and Rachel (Peck) Coggeshall, and was baptized First Church, Boston, March 10, 1689. Will- iam (3) Coggeshall died before 1696. He was born in Newport, Rhode Island, 1654. He was son of John (2) Coggeshall, who was born 1618 and died October 1, 1708. John (2) Coggeshall married, June 17, 1647, Eliza- beth Baulstone, daughter of William and Elizabeth Baulstone. She died 1696. John C'oggeshall was freeman 1655, general treas- urer for Portsmouth and Newport 1653-54, general treasurer for Providence and War- wick, 1654, commissioner 1654 to 1663, assist- ant of the colony 1663 to 1686, general treas- urer 1664 to 1672, deputy 1665 to 1683, gen- eral recorder 1676 to 1692, major for the Isl- and 1683-84, and deputy governor 1686 to 1690. He died October I, 1708. William Baulstone, the father of Elizabeth (2), was born in 1600, died March 14, 1678, married Elizabeth, born 1597, and died April 15, 1683. He was of Boston and Portsmouth, Rhode Island, freeman, October 19, 1630, sergeant, May 14, 1634. He and eighteen others signed a compact at Portsmouth, "To submit their persons, their lives, and estates unto our Lord Jesus Christ, the King of kings and Lord of lords, to be guided and judged by His holy
word of truth." He was a sergeant of a trained band, June 27, 1638, treasurer for Portsmouth and Newport 1640-41, assistant of the colony 1641 to 1673, lieutenant 1642, treasurer of Portsmouth 1643-44, and com- missioner 1654 to 1663. He was one of the four commissioners appointed 1664 to meet the commissioners for Plymouth Colony to lay out the Eastern line.
The father of Rachel (2) Peck Coggeshall, the wife of William (3) Coggeshall, was Thomas Peck, Sr., a shipwright of Boston. He died February 3, 1699. His will was dated March 3, 1698. He seems to have been a man of wealth. He bought and sold mer- chandise in Boston and in other places and aiso vessels. In his will he bequeathed houses and lands, warehouses, wharves, docks, etc. He named his wife Elizabeth and besides others his daughter Rachel, who had married there after the death of William Coggeshall, her husband, a man by the name of Potter. Mrs. Elizabeth Peck, the mother of Rachel, was a member of the First Church of Boston, as also had been all her children. Jonathan (3) Sprague (William 2, Edward I), father of Jonathan (4), was born May 28, 1645, died September, 1741. He married Mehitable Hol- brook, daughter of William and Elizabeth Holbrook, of Hingham, Massachusetts. Provi- dence, and Smithfield, Rhode Island. He was in Mendon, 1672. He was speaker of the house of deputies, 1703, member of the town council 1705 to 1712, and clerk of the assem- bly 1707. He was an ardent supporter of the Baptists and expressed himself most decidedly against the establishment of a Presbyterian church in Rhode Island. His father William (2) Sprague (Edward I), died 1675, leaving Jonathan (3) Sprague a legacy of sixty acres of land in Providence. Jonathan (3) Sprague had brother William, who was of Hingham, Massachusetts, and Providence, and was prominent in public affairs. John Coggeshall, it will be seen, was the great-grandfather of Hannah Coggeshall, who married Jonathan (4) Sprague. John Coggeshall was of Essex county, England, Boston, Massachusetts, and Newport, Rhode Island. He was a silk mer- chant. He on June 22, 1632, with thirty-two others signed the oath of allegiance, being about to depart for New England. He brought with him his wife, Mary, and children, John, Joshua and Ann. September 10, 1632, he ar- rived at Boston in the ship "Lion." He was freeman November 6, 1632. He was mem- ber of the First Church in Boston and soon after was deacon, selectman, 1634, deputy
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1634-36-37. He was deprived November 2, 1637, of his seat as deputy for affirming that Mr. Wheelwright was innocent and that he was persecuted for the truth. March 7. 1638, he was at Portsmouth, Rhode Island. He was one of the eighteen who signed the compact for upholding the truth of our Lord Jesus Christ, the King of kings, and Lord of lords, to be guided and judged thereby. April 28, 1639, he and eight others signed a compact preparatory to settling in Newport, Rhode Isl- and. March 10, 1640, he was in Newport and had three hundred and eighty-nine acres of land recorded as his own, and was with two others appointed to lay out Newport. 1640- 41-42-44, was assistant, 1644 was corporal, 1647 was chosen moderator, 1647 was presi- dent of the colony. He died November 27, 1647, and was buried on his own land.
(VIII) Seth Darling Clarke, son of Ed- ward (7) and Lurania (Darling) Clarke, was born in Cumberland, Rhode Island, April 30, ISO1. He married, August 9, 1829, Fanny Peck, born in Barrington, Rhode Island, Sep- tember 6, 1805. She was daughter of Joel and Lucy (Fish) Peck. Seth Darling Clarke resided in Cumberland, Pawtucket, and Bar- rington, Rhode Island, and Seekonk, Massa- chusetts. He held the office of school commit- teeman, surveyor, selectman, and in his earlier years was interested in military affairs, serving as lieutenant of his company in Rhode Island and Massachusetts, under Colonel Nathaniel Fales and General George De Wolf. He was an active member of the Baptist church at Albion in Cumberland as early as 1820. He joined the Pawtucket Baptist Church, March 30, 1833, and the Seekonk Baptist Church in 1835. The genealogist says of him "He was particularly noted for the productions of his gardens and fields and orchards. His smiling face, genial disposition, and kindly heart will long be remembered by those who knew him. He was a fit representative of his pure, de- voted, and honorable ancestors." He died in East Providence, Rhode Island, January 25, 1885. Mrs. Fanny Clarke was also a staunch member of the Baptist church. She died De- cember 21, 1875. They had six children.
Joel Peck (5), the father of Fanny, was the son of David (4) and Sarah (Humphrey) Peck, and was born in Barrington, August 28, 1759. He served in the Continental army in the Revolution, being a member in Captain Thomas Allen's company, 1777, and a member of Captain Vial Allen's company, 1778, besides performing other military duty. He died No- vember II, 1833. His wife, Lucy (Fish)
Peck, died March 2, 1864, leaving eight chil- dren.
Lucy Fish was the daughter of Daniel (4) Fish and Barbara Bowen, and was born in Rehoboth, June 10, 1774. Daniel (4) Fish was born in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, July 13, 1735, and was married to Barbara Bowen in Dignton, Massachusetts, April 8, 1760. Daniel (4) Fish was son of Daniel (3) Fish, who was born in Portsmouth, May 17, 1707; he was married in Portsmouth to Mary Tall- man, October 22, 1730. Daniel (3) Fish was son of Robert (2) Fish and Mary (Hall) Fish. Robert Fish and Mary Hall were
married September I6, I686. Robert
Fish died 1730. Mary, his wife, died
June 8, 1735. He was freeman 1686; lieutenant at the time of his death. Thomas (I) Fish, the ancestor, had wife Mary. She died 1699; he died 1687. He was of Ports- mouth, Rhode Island, and was a landed proprietor, freeman 1655, member of the town council 1674. He was a Huguenot, originally from France. Mary (3) Tallman, the wife of Daniel (4) Fish, was the daughter of James Tallman and Hannah Swain of John and Mary (Wyer) Swain. James and Hannah were married September 14, 1701; he died 1724. She was born 1682 and died 1765. James Tallman was a physician. He had twelve children by her. He was son of Peter Tallman, of Newport and Portsmouth. Peter, the father, was freeman 1655, a landed proprietor. He was a general solicitor for the colony of Rhode Island, 1661, commissioner 1661-62, and deputy 1662 to 1665. He died . 1708. John and Mary Swain were married 1662. John Swain was son of Richard Swain, of Nantucket, and was born 1633 and died 1717. He was freeman, May 23, 1666. He had eight children, including Hannah Swain. Richard Swain, the father, was freeman, May I3, I688-89. Mary (Wyer) Swain, the mother of Hannah, who married John Swain, was daughter of Nathaniel and Sarah Wyer. Nathaniel Wyer was of Newbury, 1637; he removed to Nantucket and died there March I, 1681. He was a Scotchman. The family was of good standing in Scotland. Mary (Hall) Fish, the mother of Daniel (3) Fish and wife of Robert was daughter of Zuriel and Elizabeth (Tripp) Hall, of Portsmouth. Zuriel Hall died September 5, 1691. Eliza- beth Tripp was daughter of John and Mary (Paine) Tripp, and was born 1648, and died 1701. Zuriel Hall was son of William, who was born 1631 and who died 1675. Zuriel Hall had four children including Mary.
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William Hall, the father of Zuriel, had wife Mary, who died 1680. He was of Portsmouth, Rhode Island. He was commissioner 1654- 63, freeman 1655, deputy 1665 to 1673, and member of the town council 1672. He was on the committee to treat with certain Indian sachems, including Philip of Mount Hope. He left a will which was proved 1675. John Tripp, the father of Elizabeth, was born 1610; he died 1678, married Mary Paine, who died February 12, 1687. She was the daughter of Anthony Paine. He was commissioner 1655 and freeman the same year in Portsmouth, assistant 1670 to 1675, and member of the town council many years. He held other pub- lic offices. He had nine children and a numer- ous posterity. Anthony Paine, the father of Mary, died 1650. He was an inhabitant of Portsmouth, Rhode Island, 1638, and in 1639 took the oath of allegiance to his Majesty King Charles. He had three children, all daughters.
Barbara (Bowen) Fish, the wife of Daniel (3) Fish was daughter of Obadiah and Bar- bara (Martin) Bowen, and was born in Reho- both, Massachusetts, February 10, 1741-42. Her father, Obadiah Bowen, was born at Rehoboth, September 24, 1708. Her mother, Barbara Martin, was born there March 13, 1713. They were married January 23, 1730- 31. The father of Barbara Martin was John Martin, born in Rehoboth, June 10, 1682, died at Rehoboth, May 30, 1725. He married Mercy Thurber. He was son of John Martin, who died at Rehoboth, August 28, 1720. John Martin, Sr., married Mercy Billington, born at Plymouth, Massachusetts, and died at Rehoboth, September 28, 1718. 1 Mercy's father was Francis Billington, a "Mayflower" passenger, who was born in England, 1606, and died at Middleborough, Massachusetts, December 3, 1684, and who married at Ply- mouth, Massachusetts, 1634, Christian (Penn) Eaton, widow of Francis Eaton, who also came in the "Mayflower," 1620.
Obadiah Bowen, the father of Barbara Bowen, was son of James and Elizabeth (Garnzey) Bowen, who were married in Rehoboth, September 12, 1700. James Bowen was son of Obadiah Bowen, Jr., and was born in Swansea, Massachusetts, July 29, 1680. Obadiah Bowen, the father, was the son of Obadiah and was born in Rehoboth, Septem- ber 18, 1651. He married in Swansea, Massa- chusetts, July 25, 1677, Abigail Bullock. Oba- diah Bowen was born in Swansea, Wales, and died in Rehoboth, July II, 1699. He was son of Richard Bowen, Sr., who was one of the
first purchasers and settlers of Rehoboth, 1643, and who was born in 1600 in Swansea, Wales. He emigrated to America, bringing his wife and sons, Richard and Obadiah. His widow died 1675. Abigail Bullock, the wife of Oba- diah Bullock, was the daughter of Richard Bullock, of Rehoboth, and was born there August 29, 1657.
Richard Bullock and Elizabeth Ingraham, her parents, were married in Rehoboth, Aug- ust 4, 1647. He was also one of the purchas- ers in Rehoboth, 1643. She died January 7, 1659. Richard Ingraham, the father of Eliza- beth, settled in Rehoboth, 1645, Elizabeth Garnzey, who married James Bowen, men- tioned above, was daughter of John Garnzey, and was born in Dorchester, Massachusetts, April 23, 1682. John Garnzey was son of Henry Garnzey, who was in Dorchester in 1655 and had office of bailiff. He died there August 13, 1692. John Martin, who was born in Rehoboth, June 10, 1682, and was father of Barbara Martin, had wife Mercy Thurber, whom he married in Rehoboth, April 4, 1713. Mercy was born in Warwick, Rhode Island, and was the daughter of Richard and Mary (Stafford) Thurber. Her mother, Mercy Stafford, was born July 8, 1668. Mercy Staf- ford was daughter of Samuel Stafford, born 1636, and died March 20, 1718, and his wife Mercy Westcott Stafford, who died March 25, 1700. Mercy Westcott was daughter of Stukeley Westcott. Samuel Stafford was of Warwick, Rhode Island. He was deputy from 1670 to 1705, assistant 1674-86, overseer of the poor, 1687. Samuel Stafford was son of Thomas Stafford of Newport and Warwick, Rhode Island. He was born in Warwickshire, 1605. He died in Warwick, Rhode Island, 1677. His wife Elizabeth died also in 1677. He was a miller. He was in Plymouth, Mas- sachusetts, 1626, and built the first mill in the country for grinding corn by water. May 30, 1638, his name appears in the list of inhabi- tants admitted to Newport. Freeman 1655, deputy 1673. He was a large landed proprie- tor.
Stukeley Westcott, the father of Mercy, was born 1592. He died January 12, 1677. He came to Salem, Massachusetts, and next to Providence and to Warwick, Rhode Island. Was freeman 1636. He was one of the twelve original members of the First Baptist Church, organized at Providence, Rhode Island, 1639. He was at Warwick, 1648, commissioner 1651 to 1660, surveyor of highways 1652 to 1656, assistant 1653, member of the town council, 1654, and was a landed proprietor. His will
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was dated 1677. He left four children, includ- ing his daughter Mercy (Stafford). Richard Thurber, who married Mercy Stafford in Warwick, Rhode Island, was son of Thomas Thurber and was born in Swansea, Massa- chusetts, 1678. Thomas Thurber, the father, was married to Ruth Buzigut, of Warwick, February 23, 1677. Thomas was son of John Thurber, who with his wife Priscilla in the year 1671 came with six of their eight children including Thomas from a parish called Stan- ton in the county of Lincoln, England, one hundred and twenty-nine miles from London and settled in Rehoboth. David (4) Peck the father of Joel (5) Peck was son of Nathaniel (3) and was born in Barrington, Rhode Isl- and, November, 1707, and was baptized in infancy. He died March 4, 1771. He was an ardent supporter of the Congregational church. He married Sarah Humphrey, Sep- tember 20, 1744, and was by her father of twelve children. Sarah Humphrey, the wife of David (4) Peck, was daughter of John and Rebecca (Perry) Humphrey, and was born in Rehoboth, January 13, 1725-26. Her parents, John and Rebecca, were married there, March 17, 1724-25. John Humphrey was son of Samuel and Mary Humphrey and was born in Weymouth, Massachusetts, February 19, 1684. Samuel (3) Humphrey was son of Jonas (2) and Martha Humphrey and was born in Weymouth, 1650. Jonas (2) was born in England, 1620, freeman, 1653. He had at least seven children. He died and left will under date August 6, 1692, in which he names his children and certain granchildren. He was son of Jonas (I) Humphrey, who was of Dorchester, Massachusetts, 1634. He was a tanner, whose pits were employed by six generations of most worthy descendants. He was from Wendover, county of Bucks, where he was the constable of that place. He came with his wife Frances and children, James and Jonas and others.
Samuel Perry, the father of Rebecca, was son of Anthony and Elizabeth, and was born in Rehoboth, December 10, 1648; he died there April 13, 1706. Anthony Perry, the father of Samuel, was of Rehoboth, 1648, and had wife Elizabeth, by whom he had six chil- dren, including Samuel. He was representa- tive 1674. He was born in England, 1615, and died in Rehoboth, March 1, 1683. Mary Miller, who was mother of Rebecca Perry, was wife of Samuel Perry, and was married to him December 12, 1676. She was daughter of John Miller, Sr., and Elizabeth Miller. John Miller was one of the first proprietors
and settlers of Rehoboth, 1643. Elizabeth, his wife, died April 18, 1680.
Nathaniel (3) Peck, the father of David (4) was son of Nathaniel (2) Peck. He set- tled upon lands left him by his father. He was a prominent man and held various public offices. His name is entered upon the records for several years as Lieutenant Nathaniel, and afterwards as Deacon Nathaniel Peck. He married Judith Smith, of Rehoboth, July 18, 1725, by whom he had seven children, includ- ing David (4) Peck. Judith Smith was the daughter of Daniel and Esther Chickering, and was born February 7, 1678. Daniel Smith, Esquire, her father, and Esther Chickering were married in Rehoboth, October 20, 1659. Esther died June 6, 1687. Daniel Smith died April 28, 1692. Esther was daughter of Fran- cis and Ann Chickering, of Dedham, and was born November 9, 1643. Francis Chickering came to Dedham, May 13, 1640, and was rep- resentative, 1644. He came to this country, 1737, from Fressingfield, in the north part of the county of Suffolk, England, bringing wife Ann, daughter of John Fisk, of England, and sister of John Fisk, the first minister of Wen- ham, with his children, Ann and Mary, the latter of whom, it will be seen above, married John Metcalf, March 23, 1647. Francis Chickering died October 2, 1658; his wife Ann died December 10, 1649.
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