Theoda (Parke) Peck (1637 - 1718)

Born 26 Jul 1637 in Roxbury, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Wife of Samuel Williams — married 2 Mar 1653 (to 28 Sep 1698) in Roxbury, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America

Descendants

Died 26 Aug 1718 at age 81 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Biography

Theoda Parke (also spelled Parkes) was born 26 JUL 1637 at Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts ^[1]. She was the first child of Martha Holgrave and William Parke.

Marriage

Theoda Parke married twice, both at Roxbury, Massachusetts:

First marriage: 2 Mar 1652/53 ^[2] Samuel Williams, Deacon. They had 11 children during the timespan through 1676:

1. Elizabeth Williams
2. Samuel Williams
3. Martha Williams
4. Elizabeth Williams
5. Theoda Williams
6. John Williams (1664 - 1729)
7. Ebenezer Williams (1666 - 1747)
8. Deborah Williams (1668 - 1749)
9. Martha Williams
10. Abigail Williams (1674 - 1765)
11. Parke Williams (1676 - 1757)

Second marriage: In 1699, Stephen Peck

Death

Theoda (Parke/Williams) Peck died 26 Aug 1718 at Roxbury, Massachusetts. Her grave and memorial stone are in Eliot Burying Ground, Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USAFind A Grave: Memorial #44455871

N700HERE LYES Ye BODY OF THEODA PECK Ye WIDDOW OF STEPHEN PECK AGED 81 YEARS DEC't AUGUST Ye _ 26 1718 Note She Was The Wife of Deacon Williams

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4L5-SNR : 10 November 2020), Theodoe Parkes, 26 Jul 1637; citing Birth, Roxbury, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009473.
2. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHZ9-W97 : 5 November 2017), Samuel Williams and Theoda Parkes, 02 Mar 1653; citing Marriage, Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 741,320.

• History of Stonington, Connecticut, 1649 - 1900; Richard Anson Wheeler; New London, CT, Press of The Day Publishing Company, 1900; p. 662, no. 5: https://archive.org/stream/historyoftownofs00whee_1#page/n684/mode/1up

• THE GREAT MIGRATION BEGINS, Vol. 3, page 1389.

• HISTORY OF MONTVILLE, CONNECTICUT, Formerly the North Parish of New London"; C. Merton Babcock.