Brief Life History of Mary
When Mary Pecker was born on 13 June 1803, in Methuen, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, her father, John Pecker, was 34 and her mother, Elizabeth Morse, was 30. She married Samuel Burbank Pettengill on 26 October 1834, in Methuen, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She died on 30 August 1895, in Methuen, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 92, and was buried in Walnut Grove Cemetery, Methuen, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.
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- Mary Peker, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
- Mary Pecker, "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915"
- Mary P. Pecker Hall, "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915"
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1804
Lewis and Clark set out from St. Louis, MO to explore the West.
1822
Oldest grave seen in memorial list.
1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
Name Meaning
English: (i) occupational name from Middle English pek(ke) + -er, for someone who made, sold, or used vessels measuring a peck; see Peck . (ii) nickname, possibly from a derivative of Middle English pekken ‘to peck, snap up’, perhaps used for someone of acquisitive habits.
Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland © University of the West of England 2016
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