Philip Peckham was born on 27 October 1688, in Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, United States as the son of Thomas Peckham. He married Jane Blackwell in 1704, in Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. He died on 20 December 1721, in his hometown, at the age of 33, and was buried in Common Ground Cemetery, Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, United States.
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The Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, as it was from June 22, 1703, when it created the counties of Providence Plantations and Rhode Island, to June 16, 1729, when Providence Plantations County was renamed Providence, Rhode Island County was renamed Newport, and Kings County was created from Providence.
English (southern): habitational name from East and West Peckham (Kent), Peckham in Camberwell (Surrey), or Peckham Farm in Framfield (Sussex). All three placenames probably derive from Old English pēac ‘peak’ + hām ‘village, homestead’ or hamm ‘water meadow’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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