Benjamin Peck Jr. (1775 - 1819)

Born 25 Mar 1775 in Horton, Kings, Nova Scotia Canada

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Harding) Peck — married [date unknown] in Horton TWP Kings Co. NS Canada

Died 23 Apr 1819 at age 44 in Monroe, Licking, Ohio, United States

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Biography

Benjamin was the son of Benjamin Peck and Hannah Miner.^[1]

Benjamin, 3rd, b. March 25, 1775, m. Mary, dau. of Israel Harding, sister of Rev. Harris Harding, and Aunt of Mrs. Joseph Allison, Mrs. Caleb Handley Rand, Israel Harding, High Sheriff of Colchester county, Mrs, Oliver Cogswell, Jonathan Crane Allison, Wm. Henry Allison, and Mrs. Philip Augustus Knaut, of Liverpool, N. S. Benjamin and Mary (Harding) (Peck) had daughters, the third of whom, Eliza, d. Dec. 17, 1803, aged 2 years and 8 months; and a son Dan, who lived only 2 days. Before 1817, Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Peck, 3rd, and their family removed to Johnstown, Ohio, Mr. Peck selling his place to Captain Joseph Barss, who married Olivia, dau. of Judge Elisha DeWolf. The Pecks left descendants in Johnstown.^[2]

Benjamin was born in 1775. He passed away in 1819.

Sources

1. ↑ * "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 25 September 2018, 18:48), entry for Benjamin Peck(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:2Z8S-929);
2. ↑ The history of Kings County, Nova Scotia, heart of the Acadian land, Pg 775 [1]

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