When Peter Peake was born on 26 November 1637, in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, William Walter Peake, was 28 and his mother, Frances Maria Lawrence, was 17. He had at least 2 sons with Elizabeth Markham. He died about 1698, in St. Mary's, Maryland, United States, at the age of 62.
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A series of conflicts regarding England's governance during the years 1642 to 1651 is now known as The English Civil War. Charles I summoned supporters to join him against his enemies in Parliament. In October 1642, nearly 10,000 men fought for Charles I and chased Parliament across the River Tamar. Fighting continued for years and was finally ended at the Battle of Worcester on September 3, 1651, with a Parliamentarian victory.
The Glorious Revolution brought the downfall of Catholic King James II and the reign of his Protestant daughter Mary and her Dutch husband, William III of Orange.
English and Irish: variant of Peak .
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