PECK, Deacon William

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• Name	PECK, William
  Prefix	Deacon
  Birth	Bef 29 Dec 1601	London, England
  Christening	29 Dec 1601	London, England
  Gender	Male
  Burial	Aft 14 Oct 1694	New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
  Death	5 Dec 1694	Lyme, New London, Connecticut, United States
  WAC	26 Feb 1886	LOGAN   [1]
  _TAG	Reviewed on FS
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  Person ID	I14692	Joseph Smith Sr and Lucy Mack Smith
  Last Modified	19 Aug 2021

  
  

  Father	PECK, William ,   b. 1580, London, Middlesex, England London, Middlesex, Englandd. 1645, Essex, England, United Kingdom (Age 65 years)
  Mother	TAYLOR, Elizabeth ,   b. 1582, England England
  Marriage	1600	Colchester, Essex, England   [2, 3]
  Family ID	F7915	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	HOLT, Elizabeth Sarah ,   b. 1608, London, Middlesex, England London, Middlesex, Englandd. 5 Dec 1683, Lyme, New London, Connecticut, United States (Age 75 years)
  Marriage	1622	London, Middlesex, England
  Children	2 sons and 2 daughters
  1. PECK, Reverend Jeremiah ,   b. 1623, London, Middlesex, England London, Middlesex, Englandd. 7 Jun 1699, Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut, United States (Age 76 years) + 2. PECK, Alice Marrus ,   b. 26 Feb 1620, London, Middlesex, England London, Middlesex, Englandd. 5 Dec 1685, Flanders, East Lyme, New London, Connecticut, United States (Age 65 years)   3. PECK, John Sr. ,   b. 17 Nov 1638, Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut, United States Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut, United Statesd. 4 Oct 1724, New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States (Age 85 years)   4. PECK, Elizabeth ,   b. 7 May 1643, New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United Statesd. 4 Oct 1704, Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States (Age 61 years)
  Family ID	F7914	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Jan 2022

  
  

• Photos		Grave: Peck, William Deac. 1601-1694
  		Pilgrim Immigrant Ancestors who left England for the New World.
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  WILLIAM PECK^ (2) was one of the founders of the New Haven Colony in the spring of 1638. With his wife, Elizabeth, and his 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, from London, June 26, 1637-^ This company was principally from the city of London, where Mr. Davenport had been a celebrated minister, and consisted of many 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 Laud during the reign of Charles I., and the object of their emigration was the unmolested enjoyment of civil and religious liberty. A persistent effort to trace the line of his progenitors in- volving much time and a large expense, has proved unsuccess- ful. He was born in the city of London, or in its vicinity, in 1601, and was there married about the year 1622. His son, Jeremiah, was his only child at the time of his emigration. ... He was one of the original proprietors of New Haven, his autograph signature being affixed to the fundamental Agree- ment or Constitution dated June 4, 1639, for the government of the infant colony.^ He was admitted a freeman of the colony October 20, 1640 ; was a merchant by occupation, and a trustee, treasurer, and the general business agent of the Colony Collegiate School, established on the basis of the Hopkins fund. He is usually named in the records with the title of "Mr.," then a prefix of respect and distinction; and from 1659 until his decease was a deacon of the church in New Haven. His wife, Elizabeth, died December 5, 1683, and he subsequently married Sarah, the widow of William Holt, and died October 4, 1694, at the advanced age of 93 years. His children were all by his first wife, and were 1. Jeremiah, 2. John, 3. Joseph and 4. Elizabeth, all of whom, together with his second wife, survived him, and are named in his last Will and Testament.^ His home lot of about an acre, and his dwelling house and shop or store in New Haven, were, at the time of his decease, on the southeasterly side of, and fronting on, Churcli street ; the lot extending from Centre street northerly in front on Churcli street towards Chapel street about one hundred feet, and extended easterly from Church street a few feet beyond Orange street. The front on Churcli street is now covered by the Connecticut Savings Bank building on the cor- ner of Church and Center streets, the "Clark" building, so called, and the building known as the Odeoii. His grave is in that part of the . old burial ground now under the Center Church in New Haven. His gravestone, however, is in the new cemetery in the northern part of the town, having, with the monuments and tombstones of others whose graves are covered by the said church, been removed thither in 1821. From A genealogical account of the descendants in the male line of William Peck, one of the founders in 1638 of the colony of New Haven, Conn by Darius Peck https://archive.org/details/genealogicalacco1877peck

  
  

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  [S64] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, International Genealogical Index. William PECK; Male; Birth: 1601 , , England; Death: 14 OCT 1694; Baptism: 19 SEP 2001 BOUNT; Endowment: 08 NOV 2002 BOUNT; Spouse: Elizabeth OR Mrs William PECK; Marriage: 1622 London, London, England; No source information is available. Record submitted after 1991 by a member of the LDS Church to request LDS temple ordinances. Search performed using PAF Insight on 05 Dec 2004 [S64] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, International Genealogical Index. Mrs. William Peck; Female; Birth: About 1580 , Essex, England; Spouse: William Peck; Marriage: Before 1600 Colchester, Essex, England; No source information is available. Record submitted after 1991 by a member of the LDS Church. Search performed using PAF Insight on 05 Dec 2004 [S64] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, International Genealogical Index. William Day; Male; Birth: About 1580 Of, Tingrith, Bedford, England; Spouse: Elizabeth Taylor; Marriage: 08 JUL 1605; Film Number: 447949 Page Number: 032 Reference number: 12036 Record submitted by a member of the LDS Church Search performed using PAF Insight on 05 Dec 2004