When James Peck was born on 17 June 1778, in Rehoboth, Bristol, Plymouth Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Philip Peck, was 31 and his mother, Ruth Williams, was 30. He married Abigail Jones on 17 October 1803, in Montpelier, Washington, Vermont, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. He died on 17 June 1823, in French Hill, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 45, and was buried in Bristol, Bristol, Lincoln, Massachusetts, United States.
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Serving the newly created United States of America as the first constitution, the Articles of Confederation were an agreement among the 13 original states preserving the independence and sovereignty of the states. But with a limited central government, the Constitutional Convention came together to replace the Articles of Confederation with a more established Constitution and central government on where the states can be represented and voice their concerns and comments to build up the nation.
The Revolutionary War ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris which gave the new nation boundries on which they could expand and trade with other countries without any problems.
Bill of Rights guarantees individual freedom.
English: variant of Speake , with loss of initial S- (or perhaps vice versa).
English: variant of Peak .
English: perhaps occasionally a variant of Petch , itself a variant of Peach .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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