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Ancestors of Joan Eleanor Hersey

      1160. James Browne, born Abt. 1623 ^887,⁸⁸⁸; died Oct 29, 1710 in Swansea, Massachusetts ⁸⁸⁹. He was the son of 2320. John Browne and 2321. Dorothy Beauchamp. He married 1161. Lydia Howland Abt. 1654 in Plymouth, Mass.⁸⁹⁰.

      1161. Lydia Howland, born Abt. 1633. She was the daughter of 2322. John Howland and 2323. Elizabeth Tilley.

Notes for James Browne:
James Brown's will is listed in Bristol County Probate Records by H. L. Rounds. P.49 Will of James Brown of Swansea, Gentleman, being about 71 years of age, dated 25 October, probated 11 January 1710/1. Wife Lidia, sons James and Jabez, daughter Dorothy Kent. Witnesses: Samuel Newman, Samuel Viall, and John Bullock.

Austin, NE Dictionary
JAMES, Taunton 1643, son of John, the Assist. b. in Eng. we may be sure, went with his father to Swansey, chosen 1665 an Assist. may well be presumed the preacher, put by Mather, in his third class at Swansey unless more than usual confidence is felt in his authority, which it is believed inquiry will not justify, for no duration in office is mentioned nor is any reason known for giving him place in that rather than the second class. He married Lydia, daughter of John Howland, and. d. 29 Oct. 1710, aged 87, leaving James, who d. 1725, at Barrington; Jabez; and daughter Dorothy Kent. Baylies, IV. 18.

From Early Rehoboth by Richard LeBaron Bowen:
p. 33      26 June 1666--At a town meeting "Stephen Payne, Senior, Mr. [James] Browne, and Goodman [John] Allen (Senior), were chosen Selectmen to answer the court order" [Rehoboth Town Meetings, Book 1, p. 169].
      These were the first "Selectmen" chosen in Rehoboth, and this is the first time the name appears in the records. Previous to this time the town affairs were in the hands of the Townsmen. Now we suddenly find three Baptists as the ruling officials at Rehoboth, and the following year find these same men as leaders of the new Baptist Township of Swansea.
p. 35      3 June 1668--At the general Court of Election held at Plymouth before Thomas Prence, Governor, the new township of Swansea was represented for the first time by John Allin, Deputy; Mr. James Browne, Grand Enquest; and Nathaniel Peck, Constable [Plymouth Colony Records, vol. IV, pp 180,1]

This date of 3 June 1668 marks the separation of the new town of Swansea from the town of Rehoboth. From this point on Swansea town history is to be found in the records of that township. It must always be remembered, however, that for a period of time up to and extending past King Philip's War, much of the personal history of many of the Swansea inhabitants is found in the history of Rehoboth.
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Ancestry of Calvin Guild, Margret Taft, James Humpherys and Rebecca Covell Martin
Author: Howard Redwood Guild
Call Number: R929.1 G95

James Brown,436 son of John,434 b. 1623; d. 29 Oct., 1710; m. 1655, Lydia Howland,437 dau. of John Howland438 and Elizabeth Tilley439 (dau. of John440). He was one of the seven original members of Rev. John Myles' Baptist Church formed 1663 in Rehoboth, the fourth in America. He was a major and very active in King Philip's War in 1676. He was a representative and selectman, and an assistant to the governor 1665-66-70-75.

Children of James Browne and Lydia Howland are:

	600	i.		James Browne, Jr., born May 04, 1655 in Plymouth colony, Massachusetts; died May 15, 1718 in Barrington, Massachusetts; married Margaret Denison Jun 05, 1678 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts.
		ii.		Dorothy Browne, born Aug 29, 1666 in Swansea, Mass.; died Jun 1727 in Rumford, MA; married Joseph Kent, Jr. Nov 12, 1690 ⁸⁹¹; born 1665; died Mar 20, 1733/34⁸⁹¹.

Notes for Joseph Kent, Jr.:
Kent Genealogies

Author: L. Vernon Briggs
Call Number: CS71.K37

This book contains the genealogy and history of the Kent family of Massachusetts.

Bibliographic Information: Briggs, L. Vernon. Kent Genealogies. Rockwell and Churchill Press.
Boston 1898.

580

iii.

Jabez Browne, born Jul 09, 1668 in Swansea, Ma; died Jul 1747 in Barrington, Mass; married (1) Jane Bef. 1696; married (2) Abijah Wheaton Feb 14, 1740/41.

      1168. Joseph Peck⁸⁹², born Abt. Apr 30, 1587 in Beccles, Suffolk Co., England ^893,⁸⁹⁴; died Dec 23, 1663⁸⁹⁴. He was the son of 2336. Robert Peck and 2337. Helen Babbs. He married 1169. (Cooper?).

      1169. (Cooper?)

Notes for Joseph Peck:
My Ancestors: In Memory of John Paine and Mary Ann May of East Woodstock, Connecticut

JOSEPH PECK came from Old Hingham in 1638 with 132 other Puritans and his brother Robert Peck, their pastor, in the "Diligent" (John Martin, Master) bringing his second wife, two sons, one dau., two men servants and three maid servants and settled in New Hingham. He was the son of Robert Peck and Helen Babbs of Beccles, Suffolk Co., Eng., where he was baptized Apl. 30, 1587. He was a descendant in the 21st generation of John Peck of Belton, Yorkshire. His first wife, Rebecca Clark, whom he married May 21, 1617, died Oct. 24, 1637. The name of his second wife is not known. He was made freeman March 13, 1638-9, and was chosen representative to the General Court in 1639, 40, 41 and 42.

In 1641 he was one of the purchasers of Seaconk from Massasoit, and Gov. Bradford granted the same land, eight miles square, which was incorporated as Rehoboth. He removed there in 1645, losing three horses and goods of ś50 value by the burning of an Indian wigwam where he stopped for shelter on the journey. He was Selectman, Assessor and Justice of the Peace. He was rated the same as Stephen Paine, ś535, only one being larger.

"Plymouth, July 3, 1656. The Court have appointed and deputed Mr. Joseph Pecke to administer marriage at Rehoboth: and the said Mr. Pecke, Mr. Stephen Paine and Richard Bowen are appointed and authorized to hear and determine all controversies there between any, so as it amount not to above the value of three pounds."

He died Dec. 23, 1663, aged 77 years. His will divided a large property among his children, Joseph, John, Nicholas, Samuel, Nathaniel and Israel and dau. Hubbert. "I do ordain my son Nicholas and my son Samuel the executors of this my last will, desiring the Lord to guide theire hartes to do all according unto my intent heer sett down." His six sons signed an agreement for distribution of the estate according to the will as amplified by their father upon his death bed, but not expressed in the writing, with Stephen Paine, Thomas Cooper and John Reed as witnesses.

Children.
Anna bapt. Mar. 12, 1617-8. buried July 27, 1636.
Rebecca bapt. May 25, 1620. m. Hubbert or Hobart.
Joseph " Aug. 23, 1623.
John " 1626.
Nicholas " Apl. 9, 1630.
By second wife:
Samuel bapt. Feby. 3, 1638-9. d. 1708. m. Sarah Hunt
2d Rebecca Paine.
Nathaniel " Oct. 31, 1641.
Isaac " Mar. 4, 1644.
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A Genealogical History of the Descendants of Joseph Peck
Author: Ira B. Peck
This book contains the history and genealogy of the Joseph Peck family of Massachusetts.
Bibliographic Information: Peck, Ira B. A Genealogical History of the Descendants of Joseph Peck. Alfred Mudge & Son. Boston. 1868.

JOSEPH PECK, the emigrant ancestor of the Pecks in this country, known as the Massachusetts Pecks, now a numerous and extensive race scattered throughout the United States, its Territories, the British Provinces, and the Canadas, was baptized in Beccles, Suffolk County, England, April 30, 1587.(*)

He was the son of Robert Peck, as will be seen by a reference to the chart, being a descendant in the twenty-first generation from John Peck, of Belton, Yorkshire. He settled at Hingham, Norfolk County, England. In 1638, he and other puritans, with his brother Robert Peck, their pastor, fled from the persecutions of the church to this country. They came over in the ship Diligent of Ipswich, John Martin, master.

Daniel Cushing, then town clerk here at Hingham, Norfolk County, New England, in speaking of his arrival in this country says: "Mr. Joseph Peck and his wife with three sons and daughter and two men servants, and three maid servants, came from Old Hingham, and settled at New Hingham." His children were as follows:

Anna, baptized in Hingham, England, March 12, 1617-18,(+) and buried there, July 27, 1636.
Rebecca, baptized in Hingham, England, May 25, 1620; and, as appears by her father's will, married a
Hubbert [Peter Hobart].
Joseph, baptized in Hingham, England, August 23, 1623. For the history of him and his descendants, see Part I.
John, baptized about 1626. For a history of him and his descendants, see Part II.
Nicholas baptized in Hingham, England, April 9, 1630. For his history, see Part III.
Samuel, baptized here at Hingham, in New England, February 3, 1638-9, see Part IV.
Nathaniel, baptized here at Hingham, New England, October 31, 1641, Part V. Israel, baptized here, March 4, 1644, Part VI.

(*) Upon early records, births and deaths are not often given. They were generally kept by Parish clerks, who only gave the baptisms and burials.

He was twice married. His first wife was Rebecca Clark. They were married at Hingham, England, May 21, 1617. She died and was buried there, October 24, 1637. The name of his second wife, and the baptism of his son John, was not found. It was not upon the records at Hingham, where his first marriage and the baptisms of his other children were recorded. It probably took place in another parish where the records were not preserved.
He seems to have belonged to that class in England known as gentlemen or the gentry entitled to coat-armor, etc., who ranked next to Baronets.(*)
Soon after his arrival here, he settled in Hingham, Mass. The records there in 1638 say:

Mr. Joseph Peck(+) received a grant of seven acres of land, for a house lot, next to Robert Peck his brother; he also received other grants of land.

(*) In relation to his political, public or private life in England, or that of his father, I did not attempt to learn anything. To have done so at this late day, now more than two hundred years since they lived, would have been attended with great expense and much uncertainty as to finding anything reliable
in relation to them. My resources had been heavily drawn upon in tracing him back to England, connecting him with his ancestors there, and learning what I had in relation to them; and as none of my friends, although many of them were abundantly able, offered to contribute towards the expense, I
was obliged to content myself with what I had already learned there, that I might devote my means to tracing out his descendants here.

(+) This prefix or title of Mr., which is found with his name wherever it appears upon record, indicates the position he occupied in society. It was of much more import and significance then than now. There were but a few of those who came over to whose name it was ??ed: they generally occupied a lower position in society. He remained at Hingham about seven years, when he removed to Seekonk.

While he remained at Hingham, he was one of its leading men. He was Representative, or deputy to the General Court in 1639, 1640, 1641 and 1642. He took an active interest in the business of the town. He was one of the selectmen, justice of the peace, assessor, etc.

He was appointed by the court to grant summons and attachments, to see people joined in marriage, to keep the records, etc.

In 1641, he became one of the principal purchasers(*) of the indians of that tract of land called by them Seacunk or Seeckonk, afterwards incorporated into a town since known as Rehoboth, Mass., at first called eight miles square, but afterwards found to be about ten. It comprised what is now Rehoboth, Seekonk, and Pawtucket.(+) He did not however remove there until 1645.

Upon the Rehoboth records is the following notice of an accident which befel him on his removal thither:

"Another strange accident happened by fire about this time. Mr. Joseph Peck, and three others of Hingham, being about to remove to Seaconk, (which was concluded by the Commissioners of the United colonies to belong to Plymouth,) riding thither they sheltered themselves and their horses in an indian wigwam, which by some occasion took fire, and (although there were four in it, and labored to their utmost) burnt three of their horses to death, and all their goods, to the value of fifty pounds."

(*) See confirmation deed from the colony to the town of Rehoboth, in 1685,
(Plymouth Colony Records, B. 5 P. 341,) also quitclaim deed from William Bradford, in 1689.

(+) The proprietors of Rehoboth also purchased other lands of the indians. Their second purchase was a tract known as Wanamoiset, being what was afterwards a part of Swansey and Barrington.

Their third purchase was in 1661, from Wamsitta, brother of King Philip, called the north purchase, including what was afterwards Attleborough, Mass. and Cumberland, R. I. It was incorporated into a town, taking the name of Attleborough, in 1694. It remained Attleborough until the settlement of the
line between the Plymouth and Rhode Island colony, when the part since Cumberland was set off to Rhode Island. It was incorporated into a town in 1746, taking its present name. It has since been divided, a portion of it taking the name of Woonsocket, the Indian name of the locality.
After his removal to Seekonk, his name continually appears upon the records of the town, in the management of its affairs, until his age precluded him from such duties.

His name also appears upon the Plymouth Colonial records, as it did upon those of Massachusetts.

He was appointed to assist in matters of controversy at court. In 1650, the court appointed him to administer marriage. In 1651, he was appointed to determine all controversies, not exceeding a certain amount. He was also appointed to administer oaths, issue warrants, etc.

He seems to have been one of the principal men here, as he had been at Hingham, as well as one of the wealthiest.

In the purchase of the town as in the appraisal of the purchaser's rights for the apportionment of a tax, there was but one who paid more or whose rights were prized more than his.

In addition to his interest in the first purchase of the town, he afterwards bought other rights which made him a large owner.

His rights in the common undivided lands at his decease were given to his sons, as well as those which had then been divided. In some instances, these lands still remain in the name and are owned and occupied by his descendants. The Pecks of Barrington (Ellis, Asa and others) now occupy lands given to his youngest sons, Nathaniel and Israel.

The proprietors of Rehoboth first settled upon what has since been known as Seekonk Plain,(*) a tract of cleared land which had been the planting grounds of the indians. The settlers appropriated it to the same purpose until its fertility became exhausted, when they were obliged to leave the plain and seek the smaller openings which were more productive, thus gradually penetrating the wilderness, and extending the settlements of their town.

The house of Joseph, which seems to have been of the better class, stood upon the plain in the northerly part of the "Ring of the town."(*)

It was here that he lived, and died December 23, 1663, in the seventy-seventh year of his age, far from the tombs of his fathers, the associations of his youth, and the scenes of his early life, but doubtless happy in the thought of having been able to worship God after the dictates of his own conscience, and of being surrounded by his children, in whose care his remains would be left to be buried where they would be surrounded by those of his descendants.
No stones, now more than two hundred years since, mark the spot of their interment, but the subsequent graves of his descendants indicate the place.(+)

(+) The gravestones of his son Israel were still standing in a good state of preservation when I last visited the place, although he had then been deceased over one hundred and forty years. For the inscriptions, see Israel, Part VI.
(*) The proprietors first selected their lots and erected their dwellings in a semicircle, the circle opening towards the Pawtucket or Seekonk River, with their parsonage and meeting-house in the centre. The circle was called the ring of the town. It can still be seen in the present location of the houses there, in an eastern view from the church.
(*) Bliss, in his history of Rehoboth, supposes this word to be composed of the indian words seaki, meaning black, and honk, goose--black goose being the indian name for the wild goose, and thinks the place received its name from the fact of great numbers of wild geese in their s??ui-annual migrations,
alighting here in the river and cove adjacent the Town."
(*) Its location was near the junction of the present Pawtucket with the old Boston and Bristol road, so called, westerly and not far from the present depot of the Boston and Providence Railroad as it crosses the plain.

The following is a copy of his will:
Know all men by these presents that I joseph Peck Senr of Rehoboth do ordain and make this my last will and testament in manner and form following Item--I give and bequeath unto my son joseph all my lands and medows lying and being near unto the River called Palmers River to him and his heirs forever Item--I give unto him my old black mare and my great chist in the parlor.

Item--I give unto my son john my house and lands which I purchased of joseph Torry and the half of the meddow betwixt Mr Newman and mee on the other side of the new meddow river to him and his heirs forever Also I give unto him my great chist in the hall.

Item--I give and bequeath unto my son Nicholas all my meddow at the hundred acres and the meddow called bushey meddow and all my medows on the north side of the town to him and his heirs forever Item--I give and bequeath unto my son Samuell my house where I now dwell with all the houses standing there The outyards and all my house lott and all my land in the second Division and my Plaine lotts excepting half my furthest which I give unto my son Nicholas; and also I give unto him my meddow called cheesbrooks meddow and also my salt marsh att broad cove To him and his heirs forever Item--I give unto my sonns Nathaniel and Israel all my lands which I purchased of John Adams and Mr. Bradford with the meddow called the long beach which is betwixt Mr Newman and mee, and all my meddow at Squamquammett which is betwixt John Allin and mee; and olso my meddow at Papasquash betwixt John Allen and mee to them and their heirs forever.

Item--I give my use of the meddow att Kekemuett unto John Pecke my son and also all my lands att Wackemauquate I give unto my sonnes Joseph and Nicholas to be equally devided betwixt them Item--I give and bequeath unto my Daughter Hubbert thirty pounds in such pay as can be raised out of the goods I shall leave to be paid by my Executors within one year after my decease and also I give unto her my wifes best cloak and one fine Pillowbeer and my Damask Napkin

Item--I give unto my son Samuell my silver beaker and two silver spoons and one gould Ringe which was his mothers and also one paire of fine holland Sheets and one Diaper Tablecloth and six Diaper Napkins 2 fine pillow beares and the feather bed and bolster and pillow and two Blanketts whereon I now lye my second Rugg with some other small linnene in my Trunk in the parlor which I also give unto him and the other chist under the window in the parlor and my best curtains and curtain rodds Item--I give unto my son Nathaniel my biggest silver cupp and gould Ringe two silver spoons my best feather bed one bolster two Blanketts the Rugg that now lyeth upon mee my trunk in the parlour chamber my round table three Diapir napkins one long table cloth betwixt Israell and him

Item--I give unto Israell my son my silver salt 2 silver spoons my two bed teckes with the bolesters the old flocke bed two blanketts my best coverlid one bolster one pillow two pillowbears also unto Nathaniel one pillow 2 pillowbears.

Item--I give unto Israell ten of my best ewes and my sorrelled mare two of my best cowes and my bull and my segg and three Diaper napkins Item--I give unto my son Joseph five ewes and to my son Samuel my two oxen called Bucke and Duke and two cowes my cart and one of my little Plowes one chain with the copses for the cart and I give unto Nathaniel two steeres and two cowes Item--I give unto my son Nicholas the feather bed which he hath alreaddy and my best Rugg and unto my son John I give the feather bed and bolster which he alreaddy hath and 40s to buy him a rugg and to Israell I give the two little chists in the chamber and his mothers little trunke and unto my son Samuel I give my Bedstead in the parlour chamber Item--I give unto my son Joseph my gould Ringo and unto John and Nicholas my two silver wine cupps--My mind is that my three younger sonnes should have each three platters and all the rest my pewter should be equally between my six sonnes and all my apparrel I give unto my three elder sonnes and all my wifes Apparrell I give unto my three youngest sonnes to bee equally divided betwixt them Item--I give and bequeath all the rest of my goods cattles & chattles my debts and legacies being payed and my body brought to the grave unto my six sonnes equally to be divided amongst them the youngest and weakest to have as good a share as the eldest and strongest dsireing Mr Newman and my brother Thomas Cooper to be the supervisors of this my Testament and last will and I do ordaine my son Nicholas and my son Samuell the executors of this my last will desiring the Lord to guide theire hartes to do all according unto my intent heer sett down

The last will & Testament of mee Joseph Pecke written with my own hand.

A further Amplyfication of our fathers will upon his death bed, which was not expressed in his written will. Item--hee gave to his son Joseph half his meddow that hee purchased of Mr Bradford lying on the further side of the new Meddow River: to his son John thirty-five pounds of comon: to his son Samuel two hundred and fifty pounds of comon to his son Nathaniel two hundred pounds of comon. These gifts were given to them and their heirs forever moreover our father added to his daughter hubbert ten pounds more than was sett downe in his written will Item--that Nathaniel and Israell shall have equal shares of the corne that shall be raised upon that ground which hee hath given to his son Samuel for this year ensuing they bestowing an equal share of labor with them upon the land. It was further expressed by him that seeing those oxen expressed in his will that was given to his three younger sons was disposed of before his death that those younge oxen and steeres that are coming on in theire romes should bee made choice of by them in manor as followeth his son Samuel first choosing his son Israell next and Nathaniel last It was his will also that those two mares which were given to his sonnes Joseph and Israel being not extant that Joseph should have his old mare and Israell his young mare instead of the other--further whereas our father gave to his sonnes Joseph five sheep and Israell ten they also being sold before our fathers death wee have agreed that they shall have in valuation as they were sould which was nine shillings a pieece.

This we own to be our fathers will expressed by him unto us when he was in his perfect memory which we owne as his proper will and desire.

In witness whereof wee have sett to our hands

Witness hiereof JOSEPH PECKE,
STEPHEN PAINE, JOHN PECKE,
THOMAS COOPER NICHOLAS PECKE
JOHN REED SAMUELL PECKE
NATHANIELL PECKE
ISRAELL PECKE

This will is recorded upon the old Plymouth Colony Records, Book of Wills, 2d part, Vol. 2d, Folio 12.
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New England Families Genealogical and Memorial: Third Series, Volume IV

Hon. Joseph Peck, son of Robert and Helen (Babbs) Peck, was of Hingham, Norfolk county, England, and was baptized April 30, 1587. In 1638 Joseph Peck, together with his brother Robert and other Puritans, fled from persecution in England and came to New England in the ship "Diligent," of Ipswich. The entry on Hingham records, showing him to be a man of quality, is "Mr. Joseph Peck and his wife, with three sons and daughters and two men-servants, came from Old Hingham, and settled in New Hingham." He remained at Hingham seven years and was deputy to the general court of Massachusetts for Hingham, 1639-40-41-42; selectman, justice of the peace, assessor, etc. He moved to Seekonk Plain near the junction of the present Pawtucket with the old Boston and Providence railroad in the old town of Rehoboth. He died November 23, 1663. In 1641 Mr. Peck and others from Hingham bought Secunke (Seekonk); 1643, drew lots for woodland; 1645, register of lands; 1645, Plain lots drawn; 1646, lots in the New Meadow; 1647 and 1648, Mr. Peck chosen townsman; 1648, chosen assistant to Mr. Brown in suit at court; 1650, Mr. Peck chosen townsman or selectman; 1651, townsman or selectman; 1652, chosen rator or assessor; 1653, grand juryman; 1654, constable; 1655, tax assessor; 1655, townsman or selectman; 1656, to administer marriages; 1656, judge of cases not, above ś3; 1660, examine town records; 1661, to settle damages to Indians' corn on Kickemuit and Consumpsit Necks. Mr. Peck married (first) in England, May 21, 1617, Rebecca Clarke, who was buried October 24, 1637. The name of his second wife is not on record. Children by first marriage: Annie, baptized March 12, 1618, buried July 27, 1636; Rebecca, baptized May 25, 1620, married (???) Hubbort; Joseph baptized August 23, 1623; John, baptized in August, 1626; Nicholas, see forward. Children by second marriage, all baptized in Hingham, Massachusetts: Samuel; baptized February 3, 1639; Nathaniel, baptized October 31, 1641; Israel, baptized March 4, 1644.

Children of Joseph Peck and (Cooper?) are:

Deacon Samuel Peck⁸⁹⁴, born Feb 03, 1638/39 in Hingham, Mass.⁸⁹⁵; died 1708 in Rehoboth, Mass.⁸⁹⁶; married (1) Sarah Hunt Jun 01, 1666; born Jan 21, 1646/47⁸⁹⁶; died Oct 27, 1673⁸⁹⁶; married (2) Rebecca Paine Nov 21, 1677 ⁸⁹⁷; born Oct 20, 1656 in Rehoboth, Bristol, MA; died Jun 12, 1699 ⁸⁹⁸.

Notes for Deacon Samuel Peck:
My Ancestors: In Memory of John Paine and Mary Ann May of East Woodstock,
Connecticut

Author: Lyman May Paine
Call Number: CS71.P146

SAMUEL PECK, son of Joseph Peck, was born at Hingham and baptized Feby. 3, 1638-9. He was
chosen deacon of the church at Rehoboth. He was deputy to the General Court at Plymouth in 1689
and 1692. In 1692 Plymouth and Mass. were united under the charter of William and Mary and
Samuel Peck was Representative to the first Gen. Ct. in 1693. He was again chosen in 1695.

Aug. 9, 1689, Samuel Peck and Thomas Cooper were chosen deputies from Rehoboth and were instructed to endeavor "to procure from the worshipful Major Bradford a
quit claim deed to the lands in the town of Rehoboth." The deed was obtained. It recites Letters
Patent to the late William Bradford my honored father, and a deed from him in 1641 to Joseph Peck, Stephen Paine, Henry Smith, Alexander Winchester, Thomas Cooper, Gent. and others, and then quit claims all interest to Daniel Smith, Esqr., Capt. Peter Hunt, Capt. John Brown, Esqr., John Peck, Lieut. Nicholas Peck, Gilbert Brooks, Thomas Cooper, Samuel Newman, William Carpenter, Samuel Peck, Stephen Paine, Richard Bowen and Ensign Thomas Wilmarth, yeomen, in behalf of all the inhabitants of Rehoboth whose names are entered in the town records. In this list of 100 or more are also the names of John Carpenter and Samuel Paine.

He married June 1, 1666, Sarah, dau. of Capt. Peter Hunt and Elizabeth Smith, and after her death in 1673, he married Nov. 21, 1677, Rebecca, dau. of Stephen Paine, Jr., and widow of his first wife's brother Peter Hunt. Under his father's will he received the homestead at Rehoboth, also
"my two oxen called Bucke and Duke and two cowes, my cart and one of my little plowes; my
bedstead in the parlour chamber; my silver beaker and silver spoons and one gould ringe which was his mother's and also one pair of fine Holland sheets and one diaper table cloth and six diaper napkins, 2 fine pillow beares and the feather bed and bolster and pillow and two blankets whereon I now lye; my second rugg with some other small linnene in my trunk in the parlor and the other chist under the window in the parlor and my best curtains and curtain rodds."

His wife Rebecca died June 12, 1699, and he died in 1708. His will is dated June 11, 1705, and was probated at Taunton June 2, 1708. He gives to children Noah and Sarah Sabin, and to son-in-law Samuel Paine 50 acres lying on the east side of Palmer River and ś100 commonage in the town of Rehoboth; to granddaughter Anne Paine one feather bed with one coverled and two blankets; to granddaughter Sarah Paine one silver spoon.

Children.

Anne b. Dec. 22, 1667. m. Samuel Paine.
Sarah b. Feby. 2, 1669. m. John Sabin.
Judith b. July 26, 1671. buried Feby. 20, 1681.

Noah b. Aug. 21, 1678.
Jane b. June 14, 1680. buried July 6, 1680.
Rebecca b. Oct. 22, 1681. buried Nov. 2, 1682.
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THE DESCENDANTS OF SAMUEL2 PECK,
FOURTH SON OF JOSEPH1 THE ANCESTOR.
SAMUEL PECK was born at Hingham, Mass., and baptized there, February 3, 1638-9. He removed with his father to Seekonk, and remained upon the homestead after his decease. He was one of the deacons of the church. He also held various town and other offices. He was a Deputy to the General Court at Plymouth, in 1689 and 1692. He was the first representative from the town after the Colony of Plymouth and Massachusetts were united.(*)

The following is a copy of his will, from the Records at Taunton, Mass., Book 2, p. 207:

I Samuel Peck of ye town of Rehoboth in the county of Bristol in ye Province of Massachusetts Bay Being in perfect health and of good and perfect memory thanks be unto God for the same do make & ordain this my last will & testament in manr & form following that is to say Item I give unto my only son Noah Peck my house barn orchard & house lot & all my land in the sd division & in the great plain with my land lying easterly from Ebenezer Waltiers house and land with all my fresh meadow and salt-meadow lying in Rehoboth or Swansey excepting the corn on the ground and I give unto my son Noah Peck one silver bowl

Item I give unto my daughter Sarah Sabin my feather bed on which I lie with the furniture belonging there unto one silver spoon &
(*) Plymouth Colony was annexed to Massachusetts by the charter of William
and Mary, in 1692.
fifty acres of land lying & being in the north purchase with all my meadow in that purchase

Item I give unto my son in law Samuel Paine fifty acres of Land lying on the east side of Palmers river and One hundred pounds commonage in the town of Rehoboth to be to his disposal of for any of my grand children at his discretion

Item I give unto my grand daughter Anne Paine one feather bed with one coverled & two blankets

Item I give unto my grand daughter Sarah Paine one silver spoon

Item I give unto my son Noah Peck my wearing appearel my staf and my cart wheels and ploughs and chaines and if Joseph Paine serve him till his indenture be out then my son Noah is to fulfill all the indenture and then I give to said Joseph Paine forty acres of land which is to be layed out, the lot being drawn for it

Item I give unto my son Noah Peck all my arms and amunition

Item I do ordain & make my son Noah Peck Executor of this my last will and Testament And my Will is that after my body be burried funeral charges & debts paid and the contract maid with my wife before marriage be fulfilled that then the remainder of my estate not particularly mentioned be equally devided between my son Noah & my daughter Sabin and my son in law Samuel Paine for the use of his children my grand children

Item I give unto my son Noah Peck that piece of upland which lies joining to my salt meadow & all my interest in the undivided lands in the North purchase and the remaining part of my commonage in Rehoboth

In witness where of I now set my hand and seal the eleventh day of June Anno Domini one thousand seven hundred and five and in the fourth year of the Reign of Queen Ann

Signed Sealed & delivered in the presents of

JOHN BUTTERWORTH
SAMUEL SMITH SAMUEL PECK
DANIEL CARPENTER

The will was presented to the court to be proved, June 2, 1708. In the reception of the inventory, he is called Deacon Samuel Peck.

The following deed is also upon record at Taunton, Book 8, p. 668: To all christian people to whome these presents shall come--Deacon Samuel Peck of the town of Rehoboth in the County of Bristol in her Majiesties Province of the Massachusetts Bay in New England--Sendeth Greeting--Know ye that I the aforsaid Samuel Peck fo good consideration moveing me there unto--viz--the great and dear love and affection that I have to my son Noah Peck have freely given granted enfeaoffed and confirmed and by these presents do absolutely give grant enfeoff and confirm unto my said son Noah Peck his heirs executors administrators and assigns forever the westerly end of my dewelling house the end that he liveth in now--likewise five acres of my home lot the young orchard the said lot and the orchard at the easterly end of my house and as much land at the northerly end of my lot as will make up five acres my son allowing me free egress and regress into said home lott--likewise half the lot which was my fathers in the second division both for quantity and quality as it is bo??ded on the records of said second division of land--likewise half my land on the great plain both for quantity and quality as it is bounded in the records of said land--likewise half the land I bought of my brother Joseph Peck in the second division both for quantity and quality as it is bounded on the records of said land--likewise half ?? land I had of Stephen Pain adjoining to Joseph Bucklands land in said second division both for quantity and quality as it is bounded in the records for said land--and four acres of the lot I bought of Daniel Smith--and likewise all my two allotments lying on the casterly side of bushie meadow containing eighty six acres be it more or less as it ?? bounded on the records--Likewise my fresh meadow at the forty acres as it is bounded in the records--Likewise half my fresh meadow on the hill river both for quantity and quality as i?? i?? bounded upon the records for said meadow and likewise all my pie?? of salt ??arsh that lies by Benjamin Allens land butted and ?? ??d as ?? the records may appear--and likewise the northerly piece of my salt marsh that lieth adjoining to Israel Barneys meadow and a hundred and twenty five pound commonage in said Rehoboth all of it lying and being in Rehoboth above said--To have and to hold the aforsaid housing, orchard upland and meadow ground before named with all and singular the timber wood underwood stone mines, minerals, waters, water courses, herbage, grass, feedings, rents profits bereditaments, immunities, privileges and appertanences there to belonging or ?? any manner of way appertaining, with the reversion and reversions remainder and remainders to him the said Noah Peck his ??irs executors administrators and assigns forever--and as a good sure perfect and absolute Estate of inheritance in fee simple according to the tenor of her Majestyes Manour of East Greenwich in the County of Kent in the Realms of England by free and common Socage and not in but without any manner of Condition or retention title of Dower or Limetation of uses whatsoever as to alter change defeat or make void the same--And the said Noah Peck his heirs and assigns shall and may by fource and virtue of these presence from time to time and at all times forever hereafter lawfully peaceably and quietly have hold occupy possess and enjoy all the above given and granted premises and every part and parcel thereof free and clear and clearly acquited and fully discharged of and from all manor of other and former gifts grants bargains sales leases jointures dowries entails judgements executions extant and from all and all manner of other gifts grants titles troubles and incumbrances whatsoever

In witness whereof he the said Samuel Peck hath sit to his hand and seal this tenth day of march in the year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred four and five in the seventh year of her Majestys Reign Signed sealed and delivered in the presence of us

Witnesses GERSHAM TABER
DANIEL SMITH
SAMUEL PECK

He was twice married. His first wife, Sarah, was buried October 27, 1673. For his second wife, he married Rebecca Hunt, November 21, 1677, widow of Peter Hunt, and daughter of Stephen Paine. She died June 12, 1699.

CHILDREN--THIRD GENERATION:
2576. Anne, b. Dec. 22, 1667.
2577. Sarah, b. Feb. 2, 1669.
2578. Judith, b. July 26, 1671. Buried
Feb. 2, 1681.
2579.+Noah, b. Aug. 21, 1678.
2580. Jaiel, b. June 14, 1680. Buried
July 6, 1680.
2581. Rebecca, b. Oct. 22, 1681.
Burled Nov. 2, 1682.

Anne married Samuel Paine. Her children were: Joseph,4 Anne4 and Sarah.4
Sarah married John Sabin, October 3, 1698.

The History of Rehoboth
"May 1, 1693. Samuel Peck was chosen and elected to serve as the town representative in the great and general assembly."

Notes for Sarah Hunt:
My Ancestors: In Memory of John Paine and Mary Ann May of East Woodstock, Connecticut

SARAH HUNT, dau. of Capt. Peter Hunt and Elizabeth Smith, was born in Rehoboth Jany 21, 1646-7. She married June 1, 1666, Dea. Samuel Peck, son of Joseph Peck. She died, or was buried, Oct. 27, 1673, having borne three children, and her husband married Rebecca, widow of her brother, Peter Hunt, and dau. of Stephen Paine, Jr.

	584	ii.		Nathaniel Peck, born Oct 31, 1641 in Hingham, Mass.; died Aug 12, 1676 in Rehoboth, Mass; married Deliverance Bosworth Abt. 1669 in Bristol, MA (prob.).
		iii.		Israel Peck⁸⁹⁸, born Mar 04, 1643/44 in Hingham, Massachusetts ^899,⁹⁰⁰; died Sep 02, 1723 in Swansea, Massachusetts ^901,^901,⁹⁰²; married Bethia Bosworth Jul 15, 1670 in Swansea, Ma ^903,^903,⁹⁰⁴; born Abt. Jan 1643/44 in Hingham, England ^905,^905,⁹⁰⁶; died Apr 04, 1718 in Swansea, Massachusetts ^907,^907,⁹⁰⁸.

Notes for Israel Peck:
A Genealogical History of the Descendants of Joseph Peck

THE DESCENDANTS OF ISRAEL2 PECK.
SIXTH SON OF JOSEPH1 THE ANCESTOR.
ISRAEL was born at Hingham, Mass., and baptized there, March 4, 1644. He moved from there with his father and family to Scekonk. He settled in what is now Barrington, upon the lands given him and his brother Nathaniel, near where is now the residence of Mr. Ellis Peck. For a description of these lands, see part 5th, in reference to the settlement of Nathaniel.

Israel Peck married Bethiah Bosworth, daughter of Jonathan Bosworth, July 15, 1670. They both lived to be aged. The following are the inscriptions upon their tombstones:

Here lieth the body of Mr Israel Peck died Septr yo 2d 1723 in ye 80th year of his age

Here lyeth intrd the body of Mrs Bethiah daughter of Jonathan Bosworth and wife of Mr Israel Peck died Apr 4th 1718 Aged 75 years

He held various public offices. His will is recorded upon the records at Taunton, Mass., B. 4, p. 220. The following is a copy:

In the name of God Amen this eighth day of August Anno Domi 1718 and in the fifth year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George over Great Brittan & King I Israel Peck of Swansey alias Barrington in the county of Bristol within the Province of the Massachusetts Bay in New England yeoman being in the seventy sixth year of my age but retaining my memory and understanding as at other times thanks be given to god there fore remembering my own frailty do make and ordain this my last will & testament in manner following that is to say first and principally I commit my Soul unto the care of God that gave it me and my body to the earth to be decently intered at the discretion of my executor here after named and as touching such worldly estate which it hath pleased God to bless me with in this life I give and demise and despose of the same in the following manner and form

Imp?? It is my will that all my debts and funeral charges be well and truly paid and satisfied in convenient time after my decease by my executor here in after named

Item I give to my only son Nathaniel Peck having given to him and to his heirs & assigns forever by a deed of gift under my hand and seal bearing date the sixteenth day of July Anno Domi 1718 all my housing Lands and meadows of any kind in Barrington in the county of Bristol and also my stock and husbandry tools I do by these presents ratify and confirm the same unto him the purpose and true intent & meaning of said gift And farther I give and bequeath unto my said son & his heirs and assigns forever all my rights in the undivided lands in Rehoboth and any other lands which I shall not other wise despose of in this my last will and testament my hunting gun and silver spoons and what other movables I shall not particularly give to my daughters or their children

Item I give and bequeath unto my daughter the wife of Josiah Dean and to my daughter the wife of Ephraim May and to the children of my daughter Mehetible Whitaker deceased equally to be divided and to their heirs and assigns for ever all my lands in Rehoboth lying at or near the great meadow hill being two hundred & thirty seven acres and forty acres more lying near to John Whitaker in Rehoboth afor said only that land I formerly gave to the said John Whitaker to be reckoned into and with my said grand children their third part of the lands above given to my said daughter and grand children the third part of the land given to my grand children. My will is that it be equally devided between them or the survivors of them Farther I give unto my said daughter & to my grand children equally to be divided all my house hold goods, that is to say, my beds & beding with the furniture and appurtances belonging to them table lining and my pewter and brass vessels of all sorts and also I give to my two daughters each of them a silver spoon and a silver spoon to my grand daughter Mehetible she bearing her mothers name to gether with the equall part of the house hold goods given to my greand children to be equally divided among them or the equal survivors of them

Item I give and bequeath to my daughter Dean twenty pounds in stock at the market price to be paid by my said son to her heirs within three years after my decease

Item I give to my daughter Mary twenty pounds to be paid to her or her heirs by my said son Nathaniel Peck within three years after my decease in stock or cattle at the market price.

Item I give to the children of my daughter Mehetible twenty pounds in stock at the market price the value there of to be devided equally between them or the survivors of them to be paid by my son Nathaniel Peck within three years after my decease

And I do by these presents nominate and appoint my son Nathaniel Peck to be said executor to this my last will and testament disallowing and making null and void all other former Wills Testaments Legaces bequests & Executors by me in any way before this time named within and bequeathed ratifying & confirming this and none but this to be my last Will & testament In witness whereof I have set my hand & seal the day and year first above written.

Signed sealed and published and declared by the said Israel Peck to be his last will and testament in the presence of us the subscribers.

ZACHARIAH BICKNELL
ELISHA MAY ISRAEL PECK
JOHN CARY.

CHILDREN--THIRD GENERATION:
3374. Mehitable, b. Aug. 6, 1671.
3375. Israel, b. Dec. 18, 1673. Was
drowned June 23, 1786.
3376.+Nathaniel, b. Sept. 27, 1677.
3377. Deliverance, b. June 21, 1680.
3378. Israel, b. Sept. 3, 1686. Died
Sept. 6, 1686.
3379. Mary.

Mehitable married John Whittaker.
Mary married Josiah Dean.
Deliverance married Ephraim May, June 19, 1708.
The following are the inscriptions from their tombstones:
Here liethe ye body of Mr Ephraim May died Sepr ye 25th--1721 in ye 51st year of his age
Here lieth ye body of Deliverance wife of Ephraim May & daughr of Israel Peck died Decmr ye 9th 1727 in ye 48th year of her Age
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Will of ISRAEL PECK of Swan. alias Barrington, Yeoman,being in the seventy-six year of my age, dtd. 8 Aug.1718,prob. 10 Oct. 1723. No wife mentioned. Only son Nathaniel Peck. Daus.: the wife (not named ) of Josiah Dean, Mary, wife of Ephraim May, Mehitabel Whitaker dcd. Grdau. Mehitabel dau. of my dau. Mehitabel. Chldn. (not named ) of my dau. Mehitabel dcd.
Mentions his lands in Barr. & Reho. Witns.: Zacaria Bicknell, Elisha May & John Cary.

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