Peleg Peck

1741–1795 (Age 54)
Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States

The Life of Peleg

When Peleg Peck was born on 8 April 1741, in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Nathaniel Peck III, was 41 and his mother, Alice Fish, was 38. He married Esther Barney on 27 November 1760, in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States in 1790. He registered for military service in 1780. He died on 23 June 1795, in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 54.

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Family Time Line

Peleg Peck
1741–1795
Esther Barney
1743–1841
Marriage: 27 November 1760
Ebenezer Peck
1761–1838
Barney Peck
1762–1835
Peleg Peck
1763–
Aaron Peck
1764–
Deacon Isaac Peck Sr.
1765–1833
Hannah Peck
1769–1769
Polly Peck
1771–1858
John Peck
1772–
Esther Peck
1774–1801
Martha Peck
1776–
Welcome Peck
1776–
Welcome Peck
1785–1828

Spouse & Children

MARRIAGE
27 November 1760
Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
children

(12)

+7 More Children

Parents & Siblings

siblings

(6)

  • Thomas Peck

    Male1726–1810Male

  • Mary Peck

    Female1728–1747Female

  • Comfort Peck

    Male1731–1814Male

  • Christian Peck

    Male1733–1747Male

  • Abigail Peck

    Female1735–1821Female

+1 More Child

World Events (4)

1776

Age 35

Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1776 · The Declaration to the King

Age 35

"""At the end of the Second Continental Congress the 13 colonies came together to petition independence from King George III. With no opposing votes, the Declaration of Independence was drafted and ready for all delegates to sign on the Fourth of July 1776. While many think the Declaration was to tell the King that they were becoming independent, its true purpose was to be a formal explanation of why the Congress voted together to declare their independence from Britain. The Declaration also is home to one of the best-known sentences in the English language, stating, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."""""""
1786 · Shays' Rebellion

Age 45

Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.

Name Meaning

1 English (mainly East Anglia): metonymic occupational name for someone who dealt in weights and measures, for example a grain factor, from Middle English pekke ‘peck’ (an old measure of dry goods equivalent to eight quarts or a quarter of a bushel).2 English: variant of Peak 1.3 Irish: variant of Peak 2.

Possible Related Names

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

Sources (3)

  • Peleg Peck, "United States Census, 1790"
  • Peleg Peck, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
  • Peleg Peck in entry for Mary Williams, "Rhode Island Deaths and Burials, 1802-1950"

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