2628–2629. William Peck, (Deacon) was born in London, England, in 1601, and died in New Haven, Connecticut Colony, on October 14, 1694. The N.H. vital stat. and City Burial Ground records differ on age at death. Elizabeth _____ was born in London about 1608, and died in Lyme, Connecticut, on December 5, 1683. They were married in London about 1622. She took the name Elizabeth Peck. They had four children:
| i. | Jeremiah Peck [#1314]: He was born in 1623, and died in Waterbury, Connecticut, on June 7, 1699. | |
| ii. | John Peck was born in New Haven Colony about 1638, and died in 1724. He married first Mary Moss on 3 Nov 1664. They had ten children: Mary, Elizabeth, John, John, Elizabeth, Lydia, Ruth, Abigail, Anna, Anna. She married second Daniel Crittenden. | |
| iii. | Joseph Peck was baptized in New Haven Colony on January 17, 1641, and died on November 25, 1718. He married Sarah Parker on November 28, 1662. They had eight children: Sarah, Joseph, Elizabeth, Deborah, Hannah, Ruth, Samuel, and Joseph. Their wedding day is alternately given as November 28, 1664. Their daughter Sarah married Matthew Gilbert. (Read about the early New Haven Gilbert family which is separate and distinct from the main Gilbert line of this genealogy.) | |
| iv. | Elizabeth Peck was baptized in New Haven Colony on May 6, 1643. She married Samuel Andrews. |
His second marriage was to Sarah Holt. She died in Connecticut in 1717. She was the widow of William Holt. They had no children.
From Jacobus:
One of the six adult male Pecks coming from England to America in the late 1630s was Deacon William Peck who came to New Haven. He was an adherent of Rev. John Davenport (1597–1670), Church of England cleric. Davenport turned more and more to nonconformity, and as pastor of an influential City of London church, he fostered the puritan cause and had to flee to Holland in 1633. There he also had theological troubles. He returned to London, and with Theophilus Eaton, organized a party of puritans which sailed on the ship Hector, arriving at Boston in June 26, 1637. In 1638 Davenport led his colonists to a spot selected by Eaton and the New Haven Colony was founded. Deacon William Peck was among the signers of the Compact of New Haven and a cofounder of the colony. Governor Eaton was the second husband of Anne (Lloyd) Yale, widow of Thomas Yale who is also a part of this genealogy. He was also a signer of the Fundamental Agreement of Quinnipiack (same document?).
His date of birth may have been 1604.