Thorit Peck

Brief Life History of Thorit

When Thorit Peck was born on 30 May 1826, in Locke, Cayuga, New York, United States, his father, Warren Peck, was 39 and his mother, Hannah Mattison Parsons, was 29. He married Anna Young on 3 January 1850, in Pleasant Grove, Utah, Utah, United States. He lived in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States in 1839 and Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1848. He registered for military service in 1846. His occupation is listed as farmer in Pleasant Grove, Utah, Utah, United States. He died on 6 February 1858, in Pleasant Grove, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 31, and was buried in Pleasant Grove, Utah, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Thorit Peck
1826–1858
Sarah Young
1834–1896
Marriage: 8 January 1852
Alma Mattison Peck
1852–1923
Thorit Randolph Peck
1854–1859
Anna Birkenshaw Peck
1857–1908

Sources (31)

  • Thoret Peck, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Thorit Peck - Published information: Obituary: birth: 30 May 1826; Locke, Cayuga, New York, United States
  • Thorit Peck, "United States Western States Marriage Index"

World Events (8)

1827

Historical Boundaries: 1827: Hancock, Illinois, United States

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.

1836 · Remember the Alamo

Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.

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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Thorit Peck and the Mormon Battalion

Listed in book THE MORMON BATTALION put out by daughters of Utah pioneers first printed 1956. Lock, Cayuga County, New York was the birthplace of Thorit Peck, son of Warren and Hannah Peck. He emi …

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