Matthew Carpenter Peck (1749 - 1826)

Born 13 Jan 1749 in Rehoboth, Massachusetts

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Died 26 Aug 1826 at age 77 in Grafton, New Hampshire

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Biography

Private Matthew Peck served with New Hampshire Militia during the American Revolution.

Matthew Peck is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A087626.

Matthew was born in 1749, in Rehoboth, Massachusetts, the son of Israel Peck (1697-) and Elizabeth (Carpenter) Peck (bef.1699-bef.1746). Matthew served in the American Revolution. He was in the company of James Osgood in the Canadian campaign, 1776, and re-enlisted 1777 in the New Hampshire Militia.^[1][2]

Matthew and Hannah (Sanders) Peck (1763-) were married on 5 November 1779.^[3]

Mr Matthew Peck and Mrs Hannah Sanders was Jind In marriage by Daniel Sanders Esqr Ad Seventeen hundred Seventy nine

I Cyrus Williams Clerk of the Town of Grafton in the County of Grafton and State of New Hampshire Certify that the above is a true copy of the record with the exception of the date which is expressed on the record in fair legible figures as follows Ad 1779

Grafton County SS September 6th Ad 1838

Matthew collected a pension, which started on 27 April 1818, for his Revolutionary War service. ^[4][5]

Matthew died 26 August 1826, in Grafton, New Hampshire, and is buried in the Grafton Center Cemetery.^[6]

His widow Hannah filed for his pension after his death. Also in the pension papers:

Ending 13 March 1850

Payable to Jason Sanders Administrator for the use of the [Surviving?] children

viz

• Patricia Bidwell
• Sally Bidwell
• John Peck
• Martha Crooks
• Stephen Peck
• Lydia Stearns
• Susanna Hines
• Truman B. Peck

Sources

1. ↑ Hammond, Isaac Weare, 1831-1890; Rolls of the soldiers in the Revolutionary War; 1775 to May, 1777; Vol 1 of the War Rolls, Vol 14 of the Series; Pub 1885.
   Page 273, 274 https://archive.org/details/rollsofsoldiersi14hammrich/page/272/mode/2up
   Page 289 https://archive.org/details/rollsofsoldiersi14hammrich/page/288/mode/2up
2. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/), "Record of 8 Sep 2021", Ancestor # A087626.
3. ↑ 1838 HANNAH PECK’S APPLICATION FOR WIDOW’S PENSION (12 YEARS AFTER MATTHEW’S DEATH)
4. ↑ "United States Revolutionary War Pension Payment Ledgers, 1818-1872," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q24Q-2W6S : accessed 8 September 2021), Matthew Peck, 27 Apr 1818; citing New Hampshire, United States, NARA microfilm publication T718 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1962), roll 2; FHL microfilm 1,319,382.
5. ↑ Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files; Peck, Matthew, Peck, Hannah; Service: NH; Pension # W.24,889 https://www.fold3.com/image/25957929?terms=peck,matthew
6. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com/memorial/17374724/mathew-carpenter-peck : accessed 17 July 2021), memorial page for Mathew Carpenter Peck (13 Jan–26 Aug 1826), Find A Grave: Memorial #17374724, citing Grafton Center Cemetery, Grafton Center, Grafton County, New Hampshire, USA ; Maintained by Tami Peck (contributor 46873506).