4. | Peckham Stephen was born about 1649 in Of Newport, RI (son of Peckham John and Crafts Eleanor); died on 23 Apr 1721 in Dartmouth, Bristol County, MA. Notes:
Stephen lived in Dartmouth, Bristol County, MA and was one of the original proprietors of East Greenwich in 1677. Jan., 1679, he had a grant of land in the Narragansett, but probably never went there. December 9, 1679, he bought of Captain Seth Pope a one-quarter share right in Dartmouth, MA. The original proprietors of this territory lived in Plymouth. It comprised New Bedford, Fairhaven, Westport and the present town of Darmout. Previous to the Revolution, the district on the west side of the Accushnet River, between Clarke's Point and the "Head of the River," was occupied by a few substantial farmers, in the following order, from the point north: Benjamin Allen, Joseph Russell, Jr. and Sr., Manesseh Kempton, Samuel Willis and Stephen Peckham. The latter's farm extended from what is now Linden St., northward within the limits of New Bedford. Stephen Peckham's name is amoung the list of proprietors to whom a confirmatory deed was given by Governor William Bradford, November 12, 1694. He married, probably before leaving, Newport, Rhode Island, Mary______. He died on 23 April, 1724. (This was a written by Stephen Farnum Peckham, A. M., from New York City and was printed in the New Enlgand Historic and Genealogical Society, Volume 57, 1903)
ABSTRACT OF WILL OF STEPHEN PECKHEM
Bristol County, Massachusetts Probate Records
Will of Stephen Peckhem of Dart.,Yeoman, dtd. 1 Dec. 1722, prb. 19 May 1724. Wife mentioned but not named. Sons: Stephen, Willaim, John, Joseph and Josiah. 5 daus: Aloner, Mary, Hannah Deborah and Jean. Wtns: Samuel Willis, Phillip Cannon & Increase Allen, Jr. [4:318/19/20].
Order for inv. to Mrs. Mary Peckhem, Exec. of Est. of her husb. STEPHEN PECKHEM of Dart., dtd. 21 Joly 1724 [4:317/8].
Inv. of Est. of STEPHEN PECKHEM, of Dart., who died 23 Apr. 1724, pres. by Mary Peckhem, his widow & Exec. Apprs: Joseph Russsel,Jr., Benjamin Allen & Samuel Willis. [4:320/1/2/3/4].
Acct. of Mary Peckham, Exec. of Est. of her husb. STEPHEN PECKHEM of Dart., dtd. 18 Mar 1728/9 [6:221]
Stephen lived in Dartmouth, Bristol County, MA and was one of the original proprietors of East Greenwich in 1677. Jan., 1679, he had a grant of land in the Narragansett, but probably never went there. December 9, 1679, he bought of Captain Seth Pope a one-quarter share right in Dartmouth, MA. The original proprietors of this territory lived in Plymouth. It comprised New Bedford, Fairhaven, Westport and the present town of Darmout. Previous to the Revolution, the district on the west side of the Accushnet River, between Clarke's Point and the "Head of the River," was occupied by a few substantial farmers, in the following order, from the point north: Benjamin Allen, Joseph Russell, Jr. and Sr., Manesseh Kempton, Samuel Willis and Stephen Peckham. The latter's farm extended from what is now Linden St., northward within the limits of New Bedford. Stephen Peckham's name is amoung the list of proprietors to whom a confirmatory deed was given by Governor William Bradford, November 12, 1694. He married, probably before leaving, Newport, Rhode Island, Mary______. He died on 23 April, 1724. (This was a written by Stephen Farnum Peckham, A. M., from New York City and was printed in the New Enlgand Historic and Genealogical Society, Volume 57, 1903)
ABSTRACT OF WILL OF STEPHEN PECKHEM
Bristol County, Massachusetts Probate Records
Will of Stephen Peckhem of Dart.,Yeoman, dtd. 1 Dec. 1722, prb. 19 May 1724. Wife mentioned but not named. Sons: Stephen, Willaim, John, Joseph and Josiah. 5 daus: Aloner, Mary, Hannah Deborah and Jean. Wtns: Samuel Willis, Phillip Cannon & Increase Allen, Jr. [4:318/19/20].
Order for inv. to Mrs. Mary Peckhem, Exec. of Est. of her husb. STEPHEN PECKHEM of Dart., dtd. 21 Joly 1724 [4:317/8].
Inv. of Est. of STEPHEN PECKHEM, of Dart., who died 23 Apr. 1724, pres. by Mary Peckhem, his widow & Exec. Apprs: Joseph Russsel,Jr., Benjamin Allen & Samuel Willis. [4:320/1/2/3/4].
Acct. of Mary Peckham, Exec. of Est. of her husb. STEPHEN PECKHEM of Dart., dtd. 18 Mar 1728/9 [6:221]
Stephen married Pope Mary about 1680. Mary was born about 1650 in Dartmouth, Bristol County, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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