Samuel Peck (abt. 1649 - abt. 1725)

Born about 1649 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut [uncertain]

Died about 22 Feb 1725 at about age 76 in West Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut [uncertain]

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Disputed Origins

Samuel Peck, son of Paul Peck did not exist according to Donald Lines Jacobus. (see below)

Savage reported that Samuel Peck had a son, Samuel Peck, born in 1674.^[1] The Peck Genealogy offers the same information as Savage - that Samuel (the son of Paul Peck) had a son named Samuel.^[2]

However, after conducting research into the family of Paul Peck, Donald Lines Jacobus concludes that Paul Sr. did not have a son named Samuel. Rather, he offers his view/proof that this Samuel was born to Paul Peck's son, Paul.^[3]

Another researcher, Ernest Flagg, shared the view that Savage erred in a number of cases regarding the Peck family, and even points out that Savage must have been wrong in his dates of birth/death of Samuel (son of Paul, Sr.).^[4] In his book Flagg even goes so far as to say Savage is "elaborately wrong" regarding the family of Deacon Paul Peck (ibid, page 361).

Jacobus says in the TAG article, "There seems to be no record authority for the existence of the alleged son, Samuel, and until such evidence is forthcoming, we have eliminated him from the family." (reference page 86)

Biography

This person may never have existed.

Research Notes

Although there is no primary evidence for Samuel Peck the son of Paul Peck, Sr., there is detailed proof in Paul's will for his grandson Samuel Peck, son of Paul Peck, Jr.

Paul Peck, Sr., describes how his grandson Samuel Peck "now liveth with me" and how he has been "being helpful to keep my housing and fences in repair".^[5] He bequeaths to Samuel the house he lives in with barn, gardens, orchards and surrounding lot, with conditions of maintenance and improvement of the land, and payments to his siblings.^[5] His wife Martha is to continue living in the house.^[5]

It is my opinion that Savage and others never saw the will of Paul Peck Sr., and assumed that Samuel was his son because of the transfer to him of the house, etc.

Sources

1. ↑ A Genealogical Dictionary of The First Settlers of New England, Before 1692, by James Savage, Volume 3, page 383
2. ↑ A genealogical history of the descendants of Joseph Peck, by Ira B. Peck, published 1868, page 368, 370
3. ↑ The Family of Paul Peck of Hartford, by Donald Lines Jacobus, TAG 9:86-88
4. ↑ Genealogical notes on the founding of New England : my ancestors part in that undertaking, by Ernest Flagg, pages 225, 361-363
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2} Connecticut County, District and Probate Courts; Will of Paul Peck, 1695/96, #4143. Images of original handwritten will of Paul Peck, Sr., dated 25 June 1695.

• Connecticut State Library (Hartford, Connecticut); Probate Place: Hartford, Connecticut. Source Information: Ancestry.com. Connecticut, Wills and Probate Records, 1609-1999, [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Original data: Connecticut County, District and Probate Courts; Will of Paul Peck, 1695/96, #4143. Images of original handwritten will of Paul Peck, Sr., dated 25 June 1695.

• (note: appears to be an incorrect record: New England Marriages Prior to 1700, by Clarence Almon Torrey (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011) Vol. II, p. 1159. PECK, Samuel (1648/9?-1696) & Elizabeth ________; by 1672; Hartford.

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