Jane (Sisson) Peckham (1706 - 1778)

Born 5 Jul 1706 in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, British Colonial America

Ancestors

Wife of Isaac Peckham — married 7 Jun 1726 in Newport, Newport, RI

Descendants

Died 25 Sep 1778 at age 72 in Lanesboro, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Jane Sisson, daughter of Richard Sisson and Ann Card, was born on 5 July 1706 in Portsmouth, Newport county, Rhode Island, British Colonial Ameica. ^[1]

Another source would have her born about 1692.

Jane was wed to Isaac Peckham on 7 June 1726 in Newport, Newport, Rhode Island. Jane and Isaac had the following eleven children together: ^{[2] [3]}

1. Joseph Peckham, 1738 - 1812;
2. William Peckham, 1727 - 1768;
3. Barbara Peckham, 1729 - 1816;
4. Anne Peckham, 1731 - 1779;
5. Mary Peckham, 1733 - ;
6. Elizabeth Peckham, 1735 - ;
7. Jane Peckham, 1740 - 1823;
8. Rachel Peckham, 1742 - ;
9. Abigail Peckham, 1743 - ;
10. Richard Peckham, 1743 - ;
11. Virtue Peckham, 1761 - 1802.

Jane Sisson Peckham died on 25 September 1778 at the home of her daughter Ann Peckman Barker in Lanesboro, Berkshire, Massachusetts. ^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Portsmouth, Rhode Island Vital Records 1:82
2. ↑ Ancestry.com Public Family Trees
3. ↑ Ancestry Family Trees
4. ↑ Peckham, Stephen Farnum, Peckham genealogy: the English ancestors and American descendants of John Peckham of Newport, Rhode Island, 1630 (National Historical Co. 1922), Ancestry.com. [database on-line]. Provo, UT: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005, p. 229

• Genealogy of Rhode Island Families, Vol 2: Saunders-Peckham

Acknowledgements

• WikiTree profile Jane Sisson was created through the import of Towne-Weeden.ged on 29 May 2011 by J X.
• WikiTree profile Jane Sisson was created by Albertus through the import of CharlesFredFullerChildandParentWikitree.ged on 20 Jan 2015. This profile was merged into Sisson-125 on 30 Sep 2018. Click to the Changes Page for the details of edits.