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Joseph Peck

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Joseph Peck

Birth
New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
Death
27 Jun 1835 (aged 77)
Champion, Jefferson County, New York, USA
Burial
Champion, Jefferson County, New York, USA Add to Map
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JOSEPH PECK

Born: February 4, 1758, New Haven, Conn.
Died: June 27, 1835, Champion, Jefferson Co., N.Y.
Married: ELIZABETH PRITCHARD
Born: September 7, 1762, Waterbury, Conn.
Died: February 10, 1834, Champion, Jefferson Co., N.Y.

Services: Joseph Peck served as a member of the Governor's Foot Guard and was at the Lexington Alarm; also enlisted at New Haven, Conn., February 23, 1778 for three years. Served for four years until June 9, 1783 in the
Artillery Artificers.
Oaks History, p. 1102

Remarks: Joseph Peck and his wife are buried in the Champion Hollow cemetery in the town of Champion, Jefferson County, N. Y. (contributed by Bruce Coyne)
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Joseph Peck came here from Connecticut about 1803 or '04. He located upon the farm now occupied by Emerson Peck. He served seven years in the Revolutionary war. Four sons and three daughters were born to him, only one of whom, Mrs. Lydia Stevens, survives, and resides in Michigan. Joseph Peck, Jr., was born in 1794. He married, first, Sally, daughter of Thomas Francis, and located upon the farm now owned by his son John F. He had born to him four sons and one daughter. His second wife was Martha S., daughter of Solomon Hopkins, of Champion. Mr. Peck was a soldier of the War of 1812. John F. Peck, son of Joseph, Jr., was born September 22, 1824, and in 1855 married Emily A., daughter of Thomas Gordon, by whom he has four children, namely: Emily A. (Mrs. W.E. Pennock), J. Floyd, John G., a teacher in Lowville, and Ernest F. Mr. Peck was a supervisor of this town in 1868, and in 1875 represented the first Assembly district in Jefferson County in the state legislature. He is now successfully engaged in farming.
JOSEPH PECK

Born: February 4, 1758, New Haven, Conn.
Died: June 27, 1835, Champion, Jefferson Co., N.Y.
Married: ELIZABETH PRITCHARD
Born: September 7, 1762, Waterbury, Conn.
Died: February 10, 1834, Champion, Jefferson Co., N.Y.

Services: Joseph Peck served as a member of the Governor's Foot Guard and was at the Lexington Alarm; also enlisted at New Haven, Conn., February 23, 1778 for three years. Served for four years until June 9, 1783 in the
Artillery Artificers.
Oaks History, p. 1102

Remarks: Joseph Peck and his wife are buried in the Champion Hollow cemetery in the town of Champion, Jefferson County, N. Y. (contributed by Bruce Coyne)
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Joseph Peck came here from Connecticut about 1803 or '04. He located upon the farm now occupied by Emerson Peck. He served seven years in the Revolutionary war. Four sons and three daughters were born to him, only one of whom, Mrs. Lydia Stevens, survives, and resides in Michigan. Joseph Peck, Jr., was born in 1794. He married, first, Sally, daughter of Thomas Francis, and located upon the farm now owned by his son John F. He had born to him four sons and one daughter. His second wife was Martha S., daughter of Solomon Hopkins, of Champion. Mr. Peck was a soldier of the War of 1812. John F. Peck, son of Joseph, Jr., was born September 22, 1824, and in 1855 married Emily A., daughter of Thomas Gordon, by whom he has four children, namely: Emily A. (Mrs. W.E. Pennock), J. Floyd, John G., a teacher in Lowville, and Ernest F. Mr. Peck was a supervisor of this town in 1868, and in 1875 represented the first Assembly district in Jefferson County in the state legislature. He is now successfully engaged in farming.

Inscription

h/o Elizabeth Prichard Peck

Gravesite Details

ae 77-4-0



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