Peck, Keziah

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what some recent researchers have found: The English Pecks appear to have descended from a Norman-French family.</div> <bR> <div>       Guillaume de Peche (William Peche) is listed on various documents as a knight who helped Duke William (the Conqueror) at the Battle of Hastings. Some documents show Guillaume as a relative of some sort of Duke William while others show him as the half-brother of Richard de Brionne. He, in fact, may have simply provided assistance (boats,etc.) and then settled in England after the invasion. De Peche,in French, means "of the great sin", though there appears to have been no stigma associated with the name. "de Peche" in Latin is Peccatum, and it is thought that very quickly some descendants did indeed change their name to Peck or Pecke. </div> <bR> <div>      William de Peche had 5 children including a son named William de Kloptunne, or William de Clopton. The Clopton line is descended from him. Where and how the name, and other Pecks, evolved, doesn't seem clear yet, though there are several documents that apparently confirm this. </div> <bR> <div>      (There is a book called "The Peck (Peche) Family - The Descendants</div> <div> of William de Peche of Normandy and England 1066", a copy of which supposedly can be found the New England Historic and Genealogical Society in Boston.) </div> <bR> <bR> <div>      We have some indications, through a book called "The Book of the Pecks" that many of the oldest lines in England descended from Pecks in the Wakefield, Yorkshire  part of England. The book shows a John Peck being born there in the early 1100's. No definitive link exists, however, with John Peck and the Peche clan, so for now this is a mystery. However, descendants of this John Peck included William Peck, (who settled in Connecticut in 1638 after arriving in Boston on "The Hector" in 1637 and who is my 8th great grandfather) as well as Joseph Peck, who settled in the Hingham/Rehoboth area of Boston in the 1638. Many, many Pecks in America are descended from these two descendants of the Wakefied and Beccles Pecks. </div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> Immigrant Ancestor</div> <div> Joseph Peck</div> <div> 1587 - 1663</div> <bR> <div>      The immigrant ancestor of our Peck Family branch, Joseph Peck, came to Hingham, MA in 1638.</div> <bR> <div>      The first documented Peck Family records mention John del Pek at London, England in 1273. Thoughts on the origin of the name vary. There are two popular theories. It may have sprung from the old Medieval English word “pek” which means “the hull of the pek”. This translates into “the hill of the peak.” The other theory states it was a Norman name. </div> <bR> <div>      Wakefield and Hesenden in Yorkshire, England were ancient family seats. Later, one branch moved on to Beecles in Suffolk, England. Joseph came from the Beecles Pecks.</div> <bR> <div>      Beecles means “pasture in the little stream”, and well describes the this little market town on the Wavenly River. Many local waterways dot the area. Twice, in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries fire gutted the town.</div> <bR> <div>      Joseph was the son of Robert Peck and his wife Helen Babbs Peck. He was baptized on April 30, 1587. Joseph married Rebecca Clark, daughter of John and Elizabeth Clark who was born in England on May 2, 1585. They were married in Beecles on May 31, 1617. </div> <bR> <div>      Six children were born to them in England. Anna was their first child born in 1618. She died at the age of 18 in 1636, before the family left England. Rebecca was born in 1621. Three sons followed, Joseph in 1623, John in 1626 and Nicholas born in 1630.</div> <bR> <div>      Joseph’s wife died on October 24, 1637, just months before the family was to leave for New England. </div> <bR> <div>      With four children under the age of 17, Joseph married Hannah Cooper, daughter of Thomas Cowper [Cooper]. Thomas and his family also sailed on the Diligent that April 23 in 1638. The Pecks left England with two men servants and three maid servants.</div> <bR> <div>      Upon their  arrival in Hingham, MA, Joseph and Rebecca were granted seven acres of land for a house lot on Bachelor Street which is now Main Street. Several more land grants were given to him in the area. He remained in Hingham about seven years. He was made a Freeman of the town on March 13, 1639. While at  Hingham he served as a Deputy to the General Court, Commissioner for Hingham and representative from 1639-1642.</div> <bR> <div>      Rev. Robert Peck and his family returned to Hingham, England in October of 1641. It was safe for them to return to his old parish, as England was now under the protection of the Puritan leader Cromwell. Rev. Peck never returned to New England. He died in 1656. </div> <bR> <div>      In 1643, land was charted to the Seakunke Plantors, and Rehoboth was created.</div> <bR> <div>      John Endicott and the Rehoboth Records both state that upon the journey to relocate in 1645, “one Mr. Peck and three others of Hingham, being about to remove to Seaconke of Plymouth Colony, riding thither, they sheltered themselves and their horses in an Indian wigwam, which by some occasion took fire, and [although there were all four in it, and labored to their utmost & etc.] burnt three of their horses to death, and all their goods to the value of £50. Also, some children were killed, and others sore scorched with wearing clothes of cotton, which was very apt to take fire, and hard to be quenched, so as one man of Watertown being so cloathed, and taking fire by endeavoring to save his horse, being on fire, was forced to run into a well to save his life.” A harrowing experience for the new settlers.</div> <bR> <div>      The Plantors settled in the area known as “the Ring of the Town”. Their houselots were adjoining, and centered around the meeting house. This area now is Rumford, RI near the present Newman Church. Later, he and other proprietors, purchased part of the lands of Wamsitta, brother of King Phillip. It was called the North Purchase.</div> <div>      </div> <div>      Joseph’s name appears many time on the records of Massachusetts Bay Colony and on the Plymouth Records. He served the Rehoboth well. He presided as Town Clerk and was allowed to marry persons in 1650 as a Justice of the Peace.  He raised money for the Colonial Wars between the Indians and the settlers.</div> <bR> <div>      Hannah and Joseph had several children born to them in New England. Samuel in 1639, Hannah in 1640, Nathaniel in 1641, and Israel born in 1646.</div> <bR> <div>      Joseph lived a long life, and saw his family prosper and grow. He died on March 3, 1663 at the age of 76 in the area which was known as the Seaconke Plain. This later became Rehoboth, Attleboro, Seekonk and Pawtucket.</div> <bR> <div>      He carefully and precisely  wrote with his own hand  his will, leaving bequests to his wife and children. He desired that his legacy “equally be divided amongst my six sonnes, the youngest and weakest to have as good a share as the eldest and strongest”, and imploring “the Lord to guide their hartes to do all according unto my intent heer sett down”.</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>Generation Two</B></div> <div> <B>Nathaniel Peck</B></div> <div> 1641 - 1676</div> <bR> <div>      Nathaniel, son of Joseph and Hannah Cooper Peck  was born in Hingham, MA. He was baptized there on October 31 1641.</div> <bR> <div>      In 1645, Nathaniel and his family moved to the new settlement of Rehoboth, MA. On this trip a fire broke out in a teepee where the family and others were sleeping. They escaped with their lives, although some children were burned and some horsed killed.</div> <bR> <div>      Nathaniel, at age 22,  and his brother Israel were left a large inheritance upon the death of their father, Joseph in 1663.</div> <bR> <div> The will read as follows:</div> <bR> <div> "I give unto my sonns Nathaniel and Israel all my lands which I purchased of John Adams and Mr. Bradford with the meadow called the long beach which is betwixt Mr. Newman and mee and all my meddow at Squamquammett which is between John Allin and mee; and also my meddow at Papasquash betwixt John Allen and mee to them and their heirs forever....I give unto my son Nathaniel my biggest silver cupp and gould Ringe two silver spoons my best feather bed one bolster two blanketts the Rugg that now lyeth upon me my trunk in the parlor chamber my round table three Diaper napkins one long tablecloth betwixt Israel and him.....also unto Nathaniel one pillow 2 pillowbears...I give unto Nathaniel two steers and two cowes...My mind is that my three younger sonnes should have each three platters and all the rest of my pewter should be divided equally between my six sonnes and all my apparrel I give unto my three elder sonnes and all my wifes Apparrell I give unto my three youngest sonnes to bee equally divided betwixt them."</div> <bR> <div> In addition, on his deathbed his father expressed some further wishes, one being that Nathaniel should have `200 pounds of Common," also that Nathaniel and Israel were to have "equal shares of the corne" that should be raised "for this year ensuing" on the land he had given Samuel, they "bestowing an equal share of labor...upon the land." </div> <bR> <div>      On May 26, 1668, he was one of those who drew lots for the meadow lands in Rehoboth.</div> <bR> <div>      It appears that Nathaniel was well off by the time he took a wife. When Nathaniel was 28 he married Deliverance Bosworth, the daughter of  Jonathan and Elizabeth Bosworth of Rehoboth. She was only 20 when they married about the year 1669.</div> <bR> <div>      Nathaniel and Deliverance lived in the area of Rehoboth which later became known as Swansea. He was on the 1670  list of freemen there. </div> <bR> <div>      Three children were born to the Pecks. Their firstborn was a son, Nathaniel born on July 26, 1670. Their second child , a daughter, Bathsheba, born sometime in 1672.</div> <bR> <div>      Deliverance died on April 30, 1675, while giving birth to her son Elisha. He died the same day.</div> <bR> <div>      Nathaniel was left a young widower with two children, age 3 and 5. It must have made a devastating change in his life. In addition to his sorrow, the town was under constant danger of attack from King Phillip and his warriors. The town was attacked, and many houses burned to the ground. </div> <bR> <div>      Nathaniel had to join other townsmen in defending the town. Many of the families had retreated to the garrison houses which were easier to defend. </div> <bR> <div>      One year later, on August 12, 1676, Nathaniel died at the age of 35. His children were left in the care of  his brother Israel. </div> <bR> <div>      The lands then became known as " the lands of Israel and the heirs of Nathaniel", and remained undivided. Israel and his nephew Nathaniel worked the lands together. They were located in Kechmuet, Scamscammuck, Chachapoucoset and in several other places. They were to remain in the Peck family for many generations.</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>Generation Three</B></div> <div> Deacon Nathaniel Peck</div> <div> 1670-1751</div> <bR> <div> Nathaniel, son of Nathaniel and Deliverance Peck, was left an orphan at the age of six. Both his parents died the summer of 1676 while still in their thirties. Other members of the large Peck family came forward to raise Nathaniel, his brother Elisha and sister Bathsheba. </div> <div> His father and uncle Israel were granted large land holdings. These holdings were kept undivided  by the Pecks until the young orphans came of age. They were known as the lands of Israel and the heirs of Nathaniel II. These lands were located in Seekonk, now Barrington, Rhode Island. They were part of the lands originally purchased by the proprietors from Osamequim and Wamsetta. They had been known as Poppanomscut, or Phebe's Neck, Sowams or Sowamsit.</div> <div> Young Nathaniel wed Christian Allen of Swansea  on March 8, 1696. Three  sons were born to them, Ebenezer, Nathaniel, our ancestor, and Thomas. Christian died in 1702 at the age of twenty-eight. </div> <div> Nathaniel married his second wife, Judith Smith on May 18, 1705. Six more children, Daniel, David, Bathsheba, Abigail, Solomon and John joined the family. </div> <div> Nathaniel was a prominent man, holding many offices. He held the title of Lieutenant as well as Deacon of the church. </div> <div> Nathaniel was the father of two of our ancestors, one from his first wife, Nathaniel, and also Solomon who was the son of Nathaniel's second wife, Judith.</div> <div> Nathaniel outlived two wives. Judith died on November 10, 1743. He died on August 5, 1751. Both are buried in Princes' Hill Cemetery in Barrington, Rhode Island.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> Generation Four</div> <div> Solomon Peck</div> <div> 1712 - 1776</div> <div> Son of Deacon Nathaniel Peck and Judith Smith</div> <bR> <div>      Solomon was the son of Deacon Nathaniel Peck and his second wife, Judith Smith. He was born on November 11, 1712 in Barrington, Rhode Island.</div> <bR> <div>      When he was 25 he married Keziah Barnes, the 20 year old daughter of Samuel Barnes of Barrington. They settled on part of the original Peck homestead.</div> <bR> <div>      He was known as Esquire and was of the class called Gentleman. This indicated he was a large land owner.</div> <bR> <div>      Keziah and Solomon raised a large family of eleven children, five daughters and six sons. Three of their children died before reaching the age of eighteen. Their daughters were Keziah, 1740, Hannah, 1743 who died in 1752,  Esther, 1751, and Hannah, 1755. The sons were Solomon, 1738, Samuel, 1744, Benjamin, 1747, Amos, 1749, Nathaniel, 1759 and Ebenezer born in 1762.</div> <bR> <div>      In 1776, Solomon and his family supported the patriot cause which opposed British rule. Although he was not able to join the militia because of his age and ill health, four  of his sons fought in the war of independence.  That same year, while these sons volunteered for military service, two of the Peck brothers died. Benjamin, age 29 died on September 10, 1776 and Daniel died one month later on October 12, 1776</div> <bR> <div>      Amos, age 27, served in Captain Thomas Allin's Company. He appeared on the alarm at Bristol, April 1, 1776. He was also a member of Captain Viall Allen's Company, in 1780.</div> <bR> <div>      Ebenezer, age 15, served as a Private in Captain Nathaniel Carpenter's Company, Colonel Thomas Carpenter's Regiment. He served from July 20, 1777, one month and six days. He again served as a Private in Captain Israel Hick's Company, Colonel John Daggett's Regiment. He marched to camp on January 2, 1778, was discharged on March 31, 1778. Service of three months at Rhode Island. Roll was sworn in Rehoboth.  He again served as a Private in Captain John Carpenter's Company of guards. They arrived at Springfield, MA on April 17, 1781. He served until March 31, 1783, twenty three months and fourteen days. The company was raised to reinforce the Continental Army for three years. </div> <div> His widow received a military pension.</div> <bR> <div>      Nathaniel, age 17, was a soldier in Captain Samuel Bosworth's Artillery Company. He appeared on the alarm at Bristol on April 1, 1776. He was also on of the guard appointed by Colonel Nathan Miller, June 5, 1777 to serve at Rumstick for fifteen days. He served again on the milita guard of Barrington from April 5 to May 20, 1778. He afterwards held a Major's commission.</div> <bR> <div>      Solomon, Jr., age 38 was a clerk of the milita company of Barrington under Captain Thomas Allin as early as March 18, 1776 as appears by an order addressed to him by the Captain. His signature appears in a bold, round hand as clerk, giving a list of persons who appeared from Barrington on the alarm at Bristol on  April 1, 1776.  He served as militia clerk throughout 1776. He was also clerk under Captain Viall Allen in 1778. Sergeant Solomon Peck was sent to warn the milita draught for the Second Division to relieve those on duty to appear at Colonel Nathaniel Martin's house on Saturday, June 21, 1777. On May 12, 1788, Governor John Collins commissioned Solomon Peck gentleman, as Captain of the Senior Class Company of Militia in the County of Bristol.</div> <bR> <div>      Solomon, Sr. wrote his will on December 4, 1776 and died four days later. In it he mentioned his wife Keziah, father-in-law Samuel Barnes of Barrington, his sons Solomon, Samuel, Amos and Ebenezer. His daughters Hannah Barnes, wife of Samuel Barnes and Esther Peck. He also mentioned his grand daughter Keziah Peck under 21 of Rehoboth.</div> <bR> <div>      Solomon is buried in the Princes' Hill Cemetery which overlooks the Warren River.  His grave stone, with a colonial angel etched in the stone reads<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#660000" FACE="Caslon Book Italic WF" >:</FONT></div> <bR> <div> Here refteth all </div> <div> that was mortal of<FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#660000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> Solomon Peck,</div> <div> Efqr who died </div> <div> Decr 8th 1776</div> <div> In the 65th year of his age</div> <bR> <div> My flefh fhall reft in</div> <div> hope to rife</div> <div> Wakened by his powerful</div> <div> Voice</div> <bR> <div> <B>The Will of his widow Keziah Barnes Peck</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Keziah Peck of Barrington, widow, far advanced in life. Will dated 27 June 1792</B></div> <div> <B>Mentions: Husband Solomon Peck, Esquire, deceased. Sons, Benjamin Peck, deceased, Daniel Peck, deceased, Nathaniel Peck, deceased, Solomon Peck, Samuel Peck, Amos Peck & Ebenezer Peck.</B></div> <div> <B>Daughters: Esther Wall and Hannah Barnes.</B></div> <div> <B>Grandson: Nathaniel Peck under 21 and Keziah Daggett, granddaughter, our ancestor.</B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Generation Four</B></div> <div> Captain Nathaniel Peck</div> <div> 1699 - 1756</div> <div> Son of Deacon Nathaniel and Christian Allen</div> <div> Nathaniel settled in the south-easterly part of Seekonk, not far from Major Monroe's land. He married Alice Fish of Portsmouth, Rhode Island. He was a man of wealth, and prominent in the affairs of his community. Nathaniel served in the service of the England during the Indian Wars. He died at Fort Edward in New York while on duty. He earned the rank of Captain.</div> <bR> <div> In his will, which was recorded in Bristol County, MA, dated May 8, 1756, he left the following:</div> <bR> <div> He gave his wife the best rooms in his Mansion house, with a privilege in the kitchen. He gives her the privilege of keeping a cow and horse, winter and summer, and whatever else she may choose to keep so long as she remains his widow.</div> <div> He also gave her 20 pounds of flax and 15 pounds of wool yearly; also all his indoor movables, one horse, and one cow. He requires his son Comfort to provide for her ten bushels of Indian corn, five bushels of rye, two hundred weight of pork and one hundred weight of beef yearly, so long as she shall remain his widow. He also gave her his Negro girl slave, named Rose. He gave his daughter Mary Jacobs, wife of Allen Jacobs, 5 pounds 13 shillings and 4 pence; to his daughter Abigail Barney, wife of Martin Barney, 5 pounds 13 shillings, 4 pence. He gives five sheep to his beloved grandson Nathaniel Peck, and three to his granddaughter Mary Jacobs. He divides his lands and common rights among his three sons, Thomas, Comfort and Peleg; giving Comfort the homestead. He makes Comfort and his wife executor and executrix. His inventory, which is upon the records of Britol County is lengthy. Among the property named is one Negro  man, about 70 or 80 years old, one Negro woman, about 40 years old, appraised at 13 pounds 6 shillings and 8 pence. One Negro girl, about 8 years old, appraised at 20 pounds. One mulatto boy, about 13 years old, bound as an apprentice until 21 years of age.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Generation Five</B></div> <div>  Comfort Peck</div> <div> 1731 - 1814</div> <div> Son of Capt. Nathaniel Peck</div> <bR> <div> Captain Nathaniel and Alice Fish Peck were the parents of Comfort Peck. He was born in Swansea, Massachusetts on May 26, 1731. Comfort married his first wife, Hannah Barney in Rehoboth, MA in 1755. They lived on the land of his father. Hannah gave birth to two children before her death on March 28, 1762. The first child born was a daughter, Christian, born on February 4, 1756. That same year, Nathaniel, Comfort's father  was killed at Fort Edward in New York during the French and Indian Wars.</div> <bR> <div>  A son was born on October 17, 1760. He was named Comfort, Jr.</div> <div>  On March 5, 1763, in Rehoboth, MA, Comfort married Keziah Peck, a distant cousin.  Keziah was the mother of our ancestor, Keziah Peck.  Two years after the birth of her daughter, she died on June 26. 1766 at the age of twenty-six.</div> <div> Comfort, left with several young children, buried his second wife in June of 1766 in the Newman Churchyard. Four years later, he married Ruth Saunders, of Haverhill, MA,  in Rehoboth. They had four children, Ruth born on March 15, 1760. She died at the age of ten on June 19, 1780. Nathaniel was born on February 20, 1774.</div> <bR> <div> It was during this time that Boston was under the military control of the British Forces. Conditions were such that many people found themselves in need. Rehoboth  took up a collection which was sent to offer relief to the "poor of Boston and Charlestown". Comfort Peck contributed 6 shillings to the cause.</div> <bR> <div>  Another son James, born January 28, 1776 died at the age of 23 on July 11, 1799. Thomas, was born on April 17, 1779, and a daughter, Ruth, second of that name was born after 1780. </div> <bR> <div> Comfort served in the <A HREF="id387.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Private Comfort Peck"><U>Rehoboth Militia </U></A>from 1776 to 1778.</div> <bR> <div> Like his father, Comfort served his country as a Private in the Revolutionary War. He took part in the Battle of Rhode Island in Newport and Bristol, as did his son, Comfort,Jr. </div> <div> At the age of 20 he entered service on July 27, 1780. He served in the Rehoboth Militia on duty five days at Tiverton, RI. He served  for nine days from August 1, 1780 to August 9, 1780, again guarding the lines at Tiverton, RI. At that time he served under General Heath, roll called at Rehoboth. </div> <bR> <div> Comfort, Sr. died at the age of 82 on May 29, 1814. He survived three wives, and several of his children. He is buried in the Newman Church Burial ground with his family.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> The Last Will and Testament of Comfort Peck</div> <bR> <div> As it  is appointed for man to die, so do I make this my last will and testament in the manner and form following~</div> <div> First and principally, I commit my spirit into the hands of God who gave it, hoping through the merits of ____and baptism of my Savior Jesus Christ, to have full and _____on of all___ and to insure everlasting life, and my body I commit to the Earth to be buried in a decent Christian burial at the discretion of my Executors hereby named, nothing doubting but at the general resurrection I shall  be risen again by the mighty power of God to life everlasting.</div> <bR> <div> _______such worldly estate as it hath pleased God to bless me with in this life, my will is and I dispose of the same in the following manner considering that all my just debts and funeral charges be well and duly paid by my Executors with all convenient speed after my decease. </div> <bR> <div> Unto my beloved son Comfort Peck and to his heirs and assigns Ten dollars to be paid him in one year after my decease by my Executors with nine hundred dollars already given him as his full share out of my estate. </div> <div> Unto my daughter Christian Peck, one feather bed, bolster and pillows under bedsteads and cord, two sheets and two blankets and one coverlet and a comfortable support in sickness and in health so long as she shall live single provided and one out of my estate by executors and at her decease a decent burial and in case my said daughter shall die and leave no children, my will is that the bed and bedding given to her be given to her executors.</div> <div> Unto my daughter Kezia Daggett, the wife of Levi Daggett, three hundred dollars to be paid to her in one year after my decease.</div> <div> Unto my daughter, Hannah Wood, the wife of John Wood, two hundred and fifty dollars paid to her in one year after my decease.</div> <bR> <div> Unto my daughter, Ruth Peck, one feather bed, bolster and pillows that she now calls hers with the furniture belonging to the same. I also give my said daughter, house room, food and drink and firewood at any time where she chooses to live at my now dwelling at anytime while she shall remain single and unmarried to be provided by my executors. Until my said daughter Ruth shall marry, my will is and I hereby order that my executors pay her on her marriage day, three hundred dollars and deliver to her one_____ to her own disposal; but in case  my said daughter shall die unmarried, it is my wish that my executors pay unto my son Comfort and my daughters Kezia and Hannah thirty dollars each one year after her decease and to be released from any further payment on account of the legacy given to Ruth.</div> <bR> <div> Item  My will is that a lot of Ground lying on the east side of the highway, north from my Home, adjoining Dr. Allen's land now fenced in and improved for a burying ground forever remain free for any of my posterity to bury their dead in and never be conveyed to any particular person. </div> <div> Item I hereby give and bequeath to my two Sons, Nathaniel Peck and Thomas Peck and to their heirs and assigns forever all the rest and residue of my estate both real and personal where-so-ever the same may be found or in what-so-ever it may consist to be equally divided between them that shall remain after paying of all my just debts and charged and legacies herein ordered for them to pay on condition that they pay the same and provide a good home and comfortable support for my Daughters Christian and Ruth as is herein ordered, all which said real estate is given to them is made chargeable with, Hereby nominating and appointing my said Two sons Nathaniel Peck and Thomas Peck joint Executors to this will ~</div> <div> Hereby revoking and making null and void all other or former wills by me at any time here-to-for made ratifying this and this only to be my last will and Testament in witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this fifth day of February in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and one. </div> <div> Signed, sealed, pronounced and declared by the said Comfort Peck to be his last will and testament in the presence of </div> <div> Reuben Hudson</div> <div> James Peck</div> <div> Stephen Bullock</div> <div> <B>Comfort Peck</B></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Generation Four</B></div> <div> Keziah Peck</div> <div> 1740 - 1766</div> <div> Daughter of Solomon Peck</div> <bR> <div> Keziah was born August 3, 1740 in Rehoboth, MA. She married Comfort Peck, a distant cousin. Keziah was his second wife. She died at the early age of 26. Their daughter was Keziah Peck born in 1764.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Generation Five</B></div> <div> Keziah Peck</div> <div> Daughter of Comfort & Keziah Peck</div> <div> 1764 - 1835</div> <bR> <bR> <div> Keziah was the wife of Levi Daggett, and granddaughter of Solomon and Keziah Barnes Peck..</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>