Jerusha (Peck) Miles (1764 - 1848)

Born 18 Jun 1764 in Warren, Rhode Island

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Died 8 Oct 1848 at age 84 in Williamstown, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States [uncertain]

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Biography

Jerusha was a child of Nathaniel and Mary (Mitchel) Peck, born in Warren, Rhode Island, on 18 June 1764. ^[1]

Ira Ballou Peck cited a family bible in the handwriting of her father, Maj. Nathaniel Peck for additional biographical details for Jerusha. The bible he cited was printed in London in 1728 and had previously belonged to James Mitchel, the father of Mary (Mitchel) Peck. Ira Ballou Peck said the bible "was in the possession of the granddaughter of Nathaniel, Mrs. Elizabeth Moore of Leverett, Mass., in 1864 when I visited her for the purpose of examining this record." According to the bible, Jerusha married Samuel Miles and settled in Williamsburg, Massachusetts. He died at a relatively early age. Elizabeth died on 8 October 1848, apparently in Williamstown. Their children were:^[2]

1. Elizabeth Miles, born 5 April 1789; married Lewis Moore on 3 May 1810.
2. James Michels Miles, born 13 February 1791 and died in 1792.

Sources

1. ↑ Rhode Island: Vital Records, 1636-1850. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014), Originally Published as: Vital record of Rhode Island 1636-1850: First Series: births, marriages and deaths: a family register for the people, by James N. Arnold. Providence, RI: Narragansett Historical Publishing Company. Bristol County, Vol. 6, page 2-84: PECK, Jerusha, June 18, 1764.
2. ↑ Peck, pages 250-251.

• Peck, Ira Ballou. A Genealogical History of the Descendants of Joseph Peck Who Emigrated with His Family to this Country in 1638; and Records of His Father's and Grandfather's Families in England; with the Pedigree Extending Back from Son to Father for Twenty Generations; with Their Coat of Arms, and Copies of Wills. Boston: A. Mudge & Son, 1868.