I am descended from Joseph Peck Jr who was born in England in 1623, Immigrated in 1638, and died in Bristol, Mass in 1698. My line goes from Joseph - Jathniel/Jathaniel - Ebenezer - Phillip - Ebenezer III - Martin Horton Peck - Susan Peck (who married James Taylor) - Virginia Taylor (who married Nils Olson) - Florence Olson (Lester Albert Jackman) - H. Lamar Jackman - My mom - Me
Hello - I am a descendant of Joseph Peck, Jr. I have the copy of the Peck Family 1868 by Ira Peck, published by Higginson. I have information regarding the lineage from Joseph Peck, Jr. to my family.
Hello Caren - From examining the Peck genealogy book, you are a descendant of the oldest son who came over in 1638, Joseph, Jr. I am a descendent of the youngest son, Nicholas, who was seven years younger than Joseph.
From Nicholas my line is: Hezekiah (4/01/16620; Hezekiah (2/22/1695-6); Joseph (12/30/1741); Hezekiah; Mark; Solen; Bruce, Thaine, and then me.
I will write more later! It is so exciting to find this site. I have recommended it to two other relatives, and will keep after them to get signed up.
Do you have a copy of Ira Belou Peck's genealogy as well?
I'm descended from Ebenezer's sister Rebecca. Rebecca married Edward Martin on 08 Nov 1723 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts. Their daughter Mary Martin married Simeon Horton. After he died, she married John Ellis Sr. Mary and John are my 6x great-grandparents.
I am a descendant of the CT Peck's but I'm hoping someone here might be able to help me. I have a 200 year-old mystery about my great-great-... grandmother's name! My uncle Jared Sydney Torrance wrote a wonderful biography of the Torrance family up to and including Robert Torrance marrying 'Lucy Peck' in 1764 in Woodbury CT. He also says he was unable to find any family info on Lucy. But then the one primary source he quotes from, I got ahold of and it says her name was SALLY Peck?!
Tony: That is a bit of an odd one. I don't see any Torrance's mentioned in the Peck book by Ira Balou Peck (which deals with both the Mass and Peck lines despite it saying it's for descendants of Joseph Peck of Mass).
According to a couple trees on rootsweb it seems that Robert and Lucy died in Vermont.
Yes, they ended-up in Middlebury VT. There's a lot of documentation in Jared Sydney's book as well the as 1859 'History of Middlebury'. Their daughter Olive is extensively quoted in the 1859 book and describes fleeing the British and returning to her mother's home-town of Litchfield CT during the Revolutionary War.
I am descended from Joseph Peck (b.1623, England d. 1701, Mass.) I have a copy of Peck Family 1868 by IRA B Peck. The list continues with Jathaniel, Ebenezer, Phillip, Ebenezer and James Madison Peck who went to Western Kentucky (the Jackson Purchase) by about 1835. He married Melinda James.
I am truly stuck on one Peck. This may be longish and rambling. Desperation does that....
The only hints I have to his original location are mentions in the census that he was born in New Jersey. Big place. This Edward Harold Peck was apparently b. abt 1851. He appears in Cleveland OH by the early 1880s. I have death records, property records, will, newspaper bits, directories, lots of info, but everything, and I mean everything, involves only his inlaws and his Cleveland connections. (I'm only inferring the 'Harold'. He was Edward H. and named his second son Edward H. Jr. The son's middle name was Harold. The father was always Ed, Edward or EH.)
So I am going, again, for the sin of working forward a bit. Is anyone researching Peck lines in New Jersey? Does anyone know of any books, sites, sources, for Pecks in New Jersey?
Years ago, I found just one census for an Edward H of about the right age in New Jersey, but he went on to have a full life in another place. Wrong guy. I've tried EH, Ed, Eddy, even just E, and all kinds of variants for Peck.
Even the '1851' and the 'NJ' would have been self-sourced.... May not be so.
He may have been illegitimate. His mother might be the Peck. Or his father.
He could have been on the run from the law :/, but he lived a steady, reliable life in Cleveland and raised steady, reliable kids.
The only possible other hints I have are that he was associated with a Remington and an Adams in Cleveland, and they were not related to his inlaws. He named his oldest son Remington. Nice if that were a clue.... But, again, Adams owned a small hotel/saloon where EH lived early, and where he worked early as a bartender. Remington was in the saloon and distillery business. They could have all met and gotten close there. I have been working on researching these associates to see if they had NJ connections. Not much luck so far....
If you want a grin, I will be posting my father's picture on my page this afternoon. Lewis Robert Peck, son of Remington Peck, grandson of the elusive Edward H. Peck. You should see how much he looks like Bruce!!! Eyes, nose, cheekbones, lines around the mouth, jawline, chin, forehead. Even expression. The ears are a little different.... My dad looks just like his father. And, I'm guessing, like his grandfather. Dominant genes. The photo was taken in his mid-80s.
Any hints more than welcome.... Oh, if I could only narrow down to a county.... Or even be sure of New Jersey!
Hello Peck Family....My name is Lee Ann and my family is from Conrad Peck and Catherine Friend and I am looking to share information with family. It is great finding this site!
According to a book wriotten by Robert W. Peck entitled "One Thousand Years of Peck History", the Peck family can be traced back hundreds of years prtior to their emergence in England and France. It is a bit confusing but very interesting and informative.
Ok looking at the tree in "One Thousand Years of Peck History"... I see it's a wishfull thinking tree. It says that William Peccatum was William the Conqueror. Pft!...They were peers perhaps but certainly not the same person!! Even Burke's Peerage has him as somebody completly different!
Caren
The Peck's of Massachusetts are all recorded down in a book which is available to view for full for free online: http://books.google.com/books?id=u1_YBp_mnkMC&printsec=frontcov...
And No.. Gregory Peck is not related. :P
Jun 8, 2010
Bruce
Oct 26, 2010
Caren
Oct 31, 2010
Bruce
From Nicholas my line is: Hezekiah (4/01/16620; Hezekiah (2/22/1695-6); Joseph (12/30/1741); Hezekiah; Mark; Solen; Bruce, Thaine, and then me.
I will write more later! It is so exciting to find this site. I have recommended it to two other relatives, and will keep after them to get signed up.
Do you have a copy of Ira Belou Peck's genealogy as well?
Nov 1, 2010
Caren
Hope your other rellies do indeed sign up!! :D
Nov 17, 2010
Jeanette Seaborn
Nov 26, 2010
Tony Tovar
I am a descendant of the CT Peck's but I'm hoping someone here might be able to help me. I have a 200 year-old mystery about my great-great-... grandmother's name! My uncle Jared Sydney Torrance wrote a wonderful biography of the Torrance family up to and including Robert Torrance marrying 'Lucy Peck' in 1764 in Woodbury CT. He also says he was unable to find any family info on Lucy. But then the one primary source he quotes from, I got ahold of and it says her name was SALLY Peck?!
Aug 21, 2012
Caren
Tony: That is a bit of an odd one. I don't see any Torrance's mentioned in the Peck book by Ira Balou Peck (which deals with both the Mass and Peck lines despite it saying it's for descendants of Joseph Peck of Mass).
According to a couple trees on rootsweb it seems that Robert and Lucy died in Vermont.
Aug 21, 2012
Tony Tovar
Yes, they ended-up in Middlebury VT. There's a lot of documentation in Jared Sydney's book as well the as 1859 'History of Middlebury'. Their daughter Olive is extensively quoted in the 1859 book and describes fleeing the British and returning to her mother's home-town of Litchfield CT during the Revolutionary War.
Aug 21, 2012
Albert Ray Peck
I am descended from Joseph Peck (b.1623, England d. 1701, Mass.) I have a copy of Peck Family 1868 by IRA B Peck. The list continues with Jathaniel, Ebenezer, Phillip, Ebenezer and James Madison Peck who went to Western Kentucky (the Jackson Purchase) by about 1835. He married Melinda James.
I am hoping to find relatives from this union.
Thanks,
Al Peck, Oklahoma
Dec 16, 2012
Caren
Welcome to the group Albert!! Our line seems to split off at the 2nd Ebenezer. Im from James Madison Peck's brother Martin Horton Peck. :D
Dec 16, 2012
Linda Schreiber
(Hi, Caren) Hey, All
I am truly stuck on one Peck. This may be longish and rambling. Desperation does that....
The only hints I have to his original location are mentions in the census that he was born in New Jersey. Big place. This Edward Harold Peck was apparently b. abt 1851. He appears in Cleveland OH by the early 1880s. I have death records, property records, will, newspaper bits, directories, lots of info, but everything, and I mean everything, involves only his inlaws and his Cleveland connections. (I'm only inferring the 'Harold'. He was Edward H. and named his second son Edward H. Jr. The son's middle name was Harold. The father was always Ed, Edward or EH.)
So I am going, again, for the sin of working forward a bit. Is anyone researching Peck lines in New Jersey? Does anyone know of any books, sites, sources, for Pecks in New Jersey?
Years ago, I found just one census for an Edward H of about the right age in New Jersey, but he went on to have a full life in another place. Wrong guy. I've tried EH, Ed, Eddy, even just E, and all kinds of variants for Peck.
Even the '1851' and the 'NJ' would have been self-sourced.... May not be so.
He may have been illegitimate. His mother might be the Peck. Or his father.
He could have been on the run from the law :/, but he lived a steady, reliable life in Cleveland and raised steady, reliable kids.
The only possible other hints I have are that he was associated with a Remington and an Adams in Cleveland, and they were not related to his inlaws. He named his oldest son Remington. Nice if that were a clue.... But, again, Adams owned a small hotel/saloon where EH lived early, and where he worked early as a bartender. Remington was in the saloon and distillery business. They could have all met and gotten close there. I have been working on researching these associates to see if they had NJ connections. Not much luck so far....
If you want a grin, I will be posting my father's picture on my page this afternoon. Lewis Robert Peck, son of Remington Peck, grandson of the elusive Edward H. Peck. You should see how much he looks like Bruce!!! Eyes, nose, cheekbones, lines around the mouth, jawline, chin, forehead. Even expression. The ears are a little different.... My dad looks just like his father. And, I'm guessing, like his grandfather. Dominant genes. The photo was taken in his mid-80s.
Any hints more than welcome.... Oh, if I could only narrow down to a county.... Or even be sure of New Jersey!
Mar 10, 2013
Lee Ann Dalgard
Hello Peck Family....My name is Lee Ann and my family is from Conrad Peck and Catherine Friend and I am looking to share information with family. It is great finding this site!
Oct 2, 2013
ROGER PECK
According to a book wriotten by Robert W. Peck entitled "One Thousand Years of Peck History", the Peck family can be traced back hundreds of years prtior to their emergence in England and France. It is a bit confusing but very interesting and informative.
Nov 13, 2013
Caren
I haven't heard of that book. When did it come out???
Nov 13, 2013
Caren
NM. Found it. Came out in 2007. Purchased the ebook. :D
Nov 13, 2013
Caren
Ok looking at the tree in "One Thousand Years of Peck History"... I see it's a wishfull thinking tree. It says that William Peccatum was William the Conqueror. Pft!...They were peers perhaps but certainly not the same person!! Even Burke's Peerage has him as somebody completly different!
http://cloptonfamily.org/d_hist/pecche.html
Nov 13, 2013
ROGER PECK
I have read that there is a book called "The Book of Pecks", but cannot find a record of it. Has anyone seen this and if so where did you find it?
Jan 28, 2014