Dinah Peck

Brief Life History of Dinah

When Dinah Peck was born on 30 November 1700, in Newhaven Towne, New Haven, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, her father, Benjamin Peck Jr., was 30 and her mother, Mary Sperry, was 21. She married Jacob J Willes on 20 May 1720, in Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters.

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Family Time Line

Jacob J Willes
1693–1751
Dinah Peck
1700–
Marriage: 20 May 1720
John Wills or Willes
1721–
Jacob Willis
1725–1806
Elizabeth Willes
1727–1785
Daniell Wills
1730–
Ann Willes
1732–1733
Ann Willes
1734–
Susanah Willes
1737–
Jacob Wills
1744–

Sources (17)

  • Dinah Peck, "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906"
  • Dina in entry for Elizabeth Wills, "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850"
  • Dinah Peck, "Connecticut, Births and Christenings, 1649-1906"

World Events (1)

1701

The city served as co-capital of Connecticut from 1701 until 1873

Name Meaning

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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