Deacon William Peck

1601 - 1694  (93 years)

• Name	William Peck  [1]
  	His surname was often written by him, and by his oldest son, Rev. Jeremiah Peck, with a final "e", but it was dropped in the latter part of their lives.
  Relationship	with Robert Alan Roy
  Birth	1601	London, England   [2]
  Immigration	4 Jun1637 (Age 36)	Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts   [1, 2]
  He arrived in Boston on board the Hector in the company of Governor Eaton and the Rev. Davenport. 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.
  History	1638  [1, 2]
  	He was one of the founders of the New Haven Colony. In signed the colonial Constitution dated 4 June 1639.
  Occupation	say 1640 (Age 39)	New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut   [1, 2]
  He was a merchant. He was also the trustee, treasurer, and business agent for the Colony Collegiate School.
  Freeman	20 Oct 1640 (Age 39)	New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut   [2]
  Will	9 Mar1689 (Age 88)	New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut   [2]
  Death	4 Oct 1694	New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut   [2]
  Probate/Proved	11 Oct 1694	New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut   [2]
  Burial	New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut   [2]
  	His grave is in that part of the old burial ground, now under Centre Church in New Haven. His gravestone was moved to the new cemetery in the northern part of the town in 1821.
  Person ID	I13709	| Whelpley Line
  Last Modified	17 Dec 2017

  
  

  Family 1	Elizabeth   d. 5 Dec 1683, New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut
  Marriage	Abt 1622	London, England   [1, 2]
  Age at Marriage	He : ~ 21 years - She : ??.
  Children	1. Rev. Jeremiah Peck,   b. 1623, London, England d. 7 Jan 1699, Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts (Age 76 years)   2. Lt. John Peck,   b. 1638, New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut d. 1724, Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut (Age 86 years)   3. Joseph Peck,   b. Jan 1641, New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut d. 25 Nov 1718, Lyme, New London County, Connecticut (Age 77 years)   4. Elizabeth Peck,   b. Apr 1643, New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut
  Family ID	F794	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	17 Dec 2017

  
  

  Family 2	Sarah
  Marriage	Yes, date unknown  [1, 2]
  Family ID	F1774	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	17 Dec 2017

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 1601 - London, England Marriage - Abt 1622 - London, England Child - Rev. Jeremiah Peck - 1623 - London, England Immigration - 4 Jun1637 - Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Child - Lt. John Peck - 1638 - New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut Occupation - say 1640 - New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut Freeman - 20 Oct 1640 - New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut Child - Joseph Peck - Jan 1641 - New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut Child - Elizabeth Peck - Apr 1643 - New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut Will - 9 Mar1689 - New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut Death - 4 Oct 1694 - New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut Probate/Proved - 11 Oct 1694 - New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut Burial - - New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S769] Peck, Darius. 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, (Hudson, New York: Bryan, Bryan & Goeltz Steam Book Printers, 1877). [S768] Selleck, William Edwin. Selleck and Peck Genealogy, (Chicago: privately printed, 1912).