Johanna (Kitchell) Peck (1637 - abt. 1711)

Born Oct 1637 in England

Ancestors

Wife of Jeremiah Peck — married 12 Nov 1656 in Guilford, New Haven Colony

Descendants

Died about 1711 at about age 73 in Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut

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Biography

Joanna (Kitchell) Peck immigrated to New England as a child during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640).

Johanna Kitchell, daughter of Robert Kitchell (bef.1601-1672) and Margaret (Sheaffe) Kitchell (1598-1682) was born about 1637, in England.^[1] Her family migrated to New England in 1639 settling in the new town of Guilford, part of New Haven Colony.^[2]

"Jeremy Peck & Johanna Kitchell was maryed the 12^th Nov 1656"^[3][4]

Jeremiah was a school teacher and minister and the family lived in a number of places Guilfrod, New Haven Colony 1656-1660; New Haven, New Haven Colony 1660; Saybrook, Connecticut, 1661; Newark, New Jersey, 1667; Elizabeth, New Jersey, 1674, Greenwich, Connecticut ,1678 and finally Waterbury, Connecticut in 1689.^[1]

Johanna's mother, Margaret Peck, wrote a will 2 December 1679. She named only her "son Ketchell" and daughter Peck". She mentioned unpaid legacies left her grandchildren by the will of her husband Mr. Robert Kitchell. Inventory was taken on 16 May 1682^[5] . There were differences of opinion on the distribution of the estate between Samuel Kitchell and Jeremiah Peck, which they agreed to leave in the hands of arbitrators recorded on 14 March 1682/83.^[6] On 15 March 1682/83 it was decided that the grandchildren who should receive legacies were those living when Robert Kitchell died. Distributions were made to Samuel and Jeremiah and whatever was left over after the payment of all debts and legacies would go to Joanna Peck.^[6]

Estate: Johannah peck made a deed disposing of her estate dated and acknowledged 7 October 1706. She made some specific gifts to her daughter Anna and to Anna's daughter. The rest she gave to sons Jeremiah and Joshua.^[7]

1. Samuel b. 18 Jan 1659, Guilford;^[8] d. 28 April 1746; resided in Greenwich.^[1]
2. Ruth b. 3 April 1661, New Haven; m. 1 June 1681, New Haven, to Jonathan Atwater^[1]
3. Caleb b. 1663 at Saybrook.^[9] d. young.^[1]
4. Anna b. 1665 at Saybrook;^[9] m. 1690 Thomas Stanley^[1]
5. Jeremiah b. c. 1667 at Newark;^[9] d. 1752; Deacon; m. 14 June 1704 in Waterbury Rachel Richards^[1]
6. Joshua, b c 1673; d.s.p. 14 Feb 1736.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7} Jacobus, Donald Lines (compiler). Families of Ancient New Haven, Vol I-VIII. and Index Vol IX New Haven: 1931. Reprint, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1974, 1981, 1997. Originally published as New Haven Genealogical Magazine, Volumes I-VIII. (Rome, NY and New Haven, CT 1922-1932), Jeremiah Peck p. 1384.
2. ↑ Smith, Ralph Dunning. The History of Guilford, Connecticut, from Its First Settlement in 1639. (Albany : J. Munsell, printer, 1877), pp 12, 23, 81
3. ↑ Guilford, New Haven Colony [now Connecticut], Register of Vital Records Vol. A 1645-1664, p. 60; images, FamilySearch FHL Image Group Number (DGS) 007833596 (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS3F-N3KV-H : March 23, 2023), image 36 of 482; citing Guilford (Connecticut). Town Clerk.
4. ↑ Jacobus Donald Lines (copier) "Guilford Vital Records" TAG 13:89 (1936) cites p. 60 https://www.americanancestors.org/DB283/i/11843/89/23574494 m. 12 Nov 1656 Jeremiah peck and Johanna Kitchell.
5. ↑ Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/9049/images/007627300_00167). Connecticut, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1609-1999 [database on-line], Fairfield, Probate Records, 1-5, 1648-1750, image 167. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.Original data: Connecticut County, District and Probate Courts. (Free image by Ancestry.com: https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/26093434?h=0d8a2f&utm_campaign=bandido-webparts&utm_source=post-share-modal&utm_medium=copy-url)
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/9049/images/007627300_00169). Connecticut, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1609-1999 [database on-line], Fairfield, Probate records, Vol 1-5, 1648-1750, Image 169-170. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.Original data: Connecticut County, District and Probate Courts. (Free image by Ancestry.com: https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/26093443?h=3bbfff&utm_campaign=bandido-webparts&utm_source=post-share-modal&utm_medium=copy-url)
7. ↑ Waterbury, Connecticut, Waterbury Land records Volume 1, p. 103.
8. ↑ White, Lorraine Cook, ed. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records. Vol. 1-55. Guilford. (Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994-2002.) p. 253.
9. ↑ ^{9.0 9.1 9.2} Whittemore, Henry, (1898) Genealogical Guide to the Early Settlers of America, Vol 3. New York: Vol 3, Page 409 Archive.org accessed 14 August 2016

• Sibley, John Langdon. Graduates of Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Vol I 1652-1658. (Cambridge: Charles William Sever, 1873) p 569; https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.31210015352063&view=1up&seq=595&q1=Peck Text: "November 12, 1656, he married Joanna, or Hannah, daughter of Robert Kitchell, of Guilford, Connecticut, where he taught school from 1656 to 1660. "
• Jacobus, Donald Lines, "The Kitchell, Sheaffe, and Ruck Connections in England. The American Genealogist 15:74 (1938); images, AmericanAncestors, (https://www.americanancestors.org/DB283/i/11822/74/134939767 : accessed March 2023) Text: d/o Robert and Margeret (Sheaffe) Kitchell "b. say 1637; m. 12 Nov 1656 Rev. Jeremiah Peck."
• Holman, Mary Lovering, "The Sheaffe Line" The American Genealogist, 22:94 (1948); https://www.americanancestors.org/DB283/i/11863/94/0 : lists Joanna as d/o Robert and Marg.; m Jeremiah Peck Guilford 12 Nov 1656, parents were in Guilford 1639 and removed to Newark NJ 1666.
• Watkins, Walter K, "Some Guilford, Conn., Settlers and their Relationship, or the Sheafe Family in England and New England," The American Genealogist 55: 214 (1901): https://www.americanancestors.org/DB202/i/11721/214/241481718 mention as d/o and w/o
• Find A Grave: Memorial #28528378 NO stone. Library Park was formerly the site of The Cemetery On Burying Ground Hill aka Grand Street Cemetery.
• Torrey’s New England Marriages Prior to 1700. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. (Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015.) p. 1157 "PECK, Jeremiah (1623-1699, Waterbury, CT) & Joanna KITCHELL; 12 Nov 1656, 12 Jan; Guilford, CT/New Haven/Saybrook/Greenwich, CT/Waterbury, CT {New Haven Gen. Mag. 1384; TAG 13:89; Sibley's Harv. Grad. 1:569, 4:410; Carman-Pruden 50; Reg. 97:189; 110:69; Fairfield Prob. 51; Stanley 39; Sheafe 8, 35; Willis (1917) 244; Marks-Platt 32, 41, 67, 95; Peck Gen. 390; Maltby Anc 103}"