When Weld Pecker was born on 24 July 1802, in Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, his father, William Pecker, was 43 and his mother, Hannah Sawyer, was 37. He died on 19 July 1869, in Lowell Junction, Andover, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 66.
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.
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