Born before in Hingham, Norfolk, England
Ancestors 
Daughter of Robert Peck
and Ann (Lawrence) Peck
Wife of
John Mason
— married
Jul 1639 in Hingham, Plymouth Colony
Descendants 
Mother of
Priscilla (Mason) Fitch, Samuel Mason, John Mason Jr., Rachel (Mason) Hill, Anne (Mason) Brown, Daniel Mason Sr. and Elizabeth (Mason) Fitch
Died about
after about age 52
in Norwich, New London, Connecticut
Profile last modified
| Created 13 Sep 2010
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Biography
Anne (Peck) Mason immigrated to New England as a child during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640).
Anne Peck, daughter of Reverend Robert and Anne (Lawrence) Peck, was baptized on November 18, 1619 at Hingham, Norfolk, England. [1]
She came to New England with her parents, her brother Joseph and her uncle Joseph Peck, settling at Hingham, Massachusetts. [1]
Anne married John Mason at Hingham, Massachusetts in July, 1639, as his second wife. [2]
They resided at first at Windsor, Connecticut, later moving to Saybrook in 1647 and to Norwich in 1659. [2]
In 1641, her parents and brother returned to Hingham, Norfolk, where her father resumed his rectorship. [1]
Reverence Robert Peck wrote his will July 24, 1651 and proved on April 10, 1658. In it he left bequests to the children of daughter Anne Mason, wife of Captain John Mason of Saybrook, Connecticut, among others. [1]
Anne died early in 1672. [1]
Her husband John died at Norwich, Connecticut between May 9 and June 6, 1672. [2]
Children
- Ann born ___; died at Windsor, Connecticut on October 7, 1640. [2]
- Priscilla born at Windsor in October, 1641; married Reverend James Fitch on October 8, 1664 at Norwich. [2]
- Samuel born at Windsor in July, 1644; married first Judith Smith at Rehoboth on June 26, 1670; married second Elizabeth Peck on July 4, 1694 at Rehoboth. [2]
- John born at Windsor in July, 1646; married Abigail Fitch about 1670. [2]
- Rachel born at Saybrook, Connecticut in October, 1648; married Charles Hill at New London, Connecticut on June 12, 1678. [2]
- Ann born at Saybrook in June 1650; married John Brown at Swansea on November 8, 1672. [3] [2]
- Daniel born at Saybrook in April 1652; died at Stonington, Connecticut on January 28, 1737; married first, Margaret Dennison on February 8, 1673/4; married second, Rebecca Hobart at Hingham on October 10, 1679. [4] [5] [2]
- Elizabeth born at Saybrook in August, 1654; married James (2) Fitch at Norwich in 1676/7 [2] ; died at Norwich on October 8, 1684. [6]
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Wood, Micheal Johnson. The Earliest Shermans of Dedham, Essex, and Their Wives: Part 3: Henry Sherman the Younger and His Wife (continued from 167:54) in: The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume 167, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts, 2013, p. 149- (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2018.)
- ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 Anderson, Robert C. John Mason in: Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to N.E. 1620-1633, Vols. I-III, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts, 1995, p. 1225- 30 (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2010)
- ↑ Williams, Alicia Crane. John Browne Jr. in: Early New England Families, 1641-1700, (Original Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2013. (By Alicia Crane Williams, Lead Genealogist.)
- ↑ Williams, Alicia Crane. Edward Dennison (m. 1641) in: Early New England Families, 1641-1700, (Original Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2013. (By Alicia Crane Williams, Lead Genealogist.)
- ↑ Williams, Alicia Crane. Peter Hobart (m. 1628) in: Early New England Families, 1641-1700, (Original Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2013. (By Alicia Crane Williams, Lead Genealogist.)
- ↑ Venard, Haskell. The Family of Major James Fitch of Norwich and Cantebury, Conn. in: The American Genealogist, Volume 46, D. L. Jacobus, New Haven, Connecticut, 1970, p.44 (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009 - .)
See also:
- Genealogies of Connecticut Families, Vol. II, Mason Family: Some of the Descendants of Major John Mason, the Conqueror of the Pequots, page 513
- Pioneers of Massachusetts, p. 304
- Descendants of the Rev. James Fitch, Vol. 1, by John T. Fitch with the assistance of Patricia M. Geisler, publ. 1996 by Picton Press, Camden, Maine
- Ira Ballou Peck, A Genealogical History of the Descendants of Joseph Peck (Boston, Massachusetts: Alfred Mudge & Son, 1868; reprint, United States: Andesite Press, 2017), page 26.
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Elizabeth the daughter of John and Anne, married James (2) Fitch and died in 1684.
Ira Ballou Peck, A Genealogical History of the Descendants of Joseph Peck (Boston, Massachusetts: Alfred Mudge & Son, 1868; reprint, United States: Andesite Press, 2017), page 26.