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Paul Peck, Sr. was born 6 September 1608 in Saint Neots, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom and died 23 December 1695 Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, United States of unspecified causes. He married Martha Hale (1618-1699) 1638 .

Deacon Paul Peck, born about 1622 (depos. on will of Widow Barding). A proprietor "by courtesie of the town "in 1639; his home-lot was on "the road from George Steel's to the Great Swamp." He was surveyor of highways, 1658, 1665; townsman, 1661, 1668; chimney-viewer, 1667; deacon of the First Church, April, 1691. He died December 23, 1695, age 87; inventory £536. 5.; named wife Martha in his will.

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Hartford Founder's Monument at Old Church Graveyard

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The original brownstone monument erected in 1837 was replaced by this one in 1986, by the Society of the Descendants of the Founders of Hartford. It stands in the Ancient Burying Ground, which is located to the rear of the First Congregational Church at the corner of Main and Gold Streets in Hartford. This cemetery is also known as Old Center Cemetery. It lists the original Founders of Hartford.

Deacon Paul Peck is supposed to have been born in Essex Co, England in 1608, and to have come to this country in the ship "Defence", in 1635, and remained in Boston, MA, or its vicinity, until 1636, and then removed to Hartford with the Rev Thomas Hooker and his friends. His name is on the list of the proprietors of Hartford in 1639. From the records of the town, it appears that he became one of its leading men. His residence is said to have been upon what is now Washington Street, not far from Trinity College, the site of which being still known by aged persons as the "Peck Lot".

He was deacon of the Congregationalist Church from 1681 until his decease, December 23, 1695. His will is upon the Probate Records, B. 5, pp. 217-18-19, dated June 25, 1695, and proved January 15, 1695-6. It is of interest in its details and descriptions of his property. His inventory amounted to £536 and 5s. He makes bequests to his wife Martha, sons Paul and Joseph; his daughters Martha Cornwell, Mary Andrew, Sarah Clark and Elizabeth How; his grandsons Paul and Samuel; and his son-in-law John Shepherd. He also names his granddaughter Ruth Beach, and son-in-law Joseph Bonton, to whom Samuel was required to pay legacies.



Children


Offspring of Paul Peck, Sr. and Martha Hale (1618-1699)
Name Birth Death Joined with
Paul Peck (1639-1725) 22 December 1639 Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, United States 2 February 1725 Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, United States Elizabeth Baysey (1645-1691)
Martha Peck (1641-1708)
John Peck (1645-1719)
Joseph Peck (1650-1698)
Mary Peck (1652-1752)
Elizabeth Peck (1653=1704)
Hannah Peck (1656-1704)
Sarah Peck (1659-1696)
Ruth Peck (1661-1686)



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References

  • The Family of Paul1 Peck of Hartford Connecticut TAG 9:82-89, By Donald Lines Jacobus
  • The American Genealogist. New Haven, CT: D. L. Jacobus, 1937-. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org.
  • SOURCE: James Hammond Trumbull, editor, The memorial history of Hartford County, Connecticut, 1633-1884, Volume 1 (Boston, Massachusetts: Edward L. Osgood, 1886), pages 254-255. Retrieved: 3 May 2011 from Google Books



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