Peckham Stephen^{[1, 2, 3, 4]}

Abt 1649 - 1721  (72 years)

• Name	Peckham Stephen
  Birth	Abt 1649	Of Newport, RI   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	23 Apr 1721	Dartmouth, Bristol County, MA   [1]
  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]
  Person ID	I53879	Freeman-Smith
  Last Modified	10 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Peckham John,   b. Abt 1595, Boxgrove, Sussex County, England d. 1677, Middletown, (Newport), Newport County, RI (Age 82 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Crafts Eleanor,   b. Abt 1605
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	Y  [1]
  	ABT 1647/1648 abt ABT 1647
  Family ID	F24447	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Pope Mary,   b. Abt 1650, Dartmouth, Bristol County, MA
  Marriage	Abt 1680  [1]
  Children	1. Peckham Stephen,   b. 23 Oct 1683, Dartmouth, Bristol County, MA d. 03 Jul 1764 (Age 80 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Peckham Samuel,   b. 17 Aug 1685   d. 31 Dec 1754 (Age 69 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Peckham Eleanor,   b. 12 Jan 1686  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Peckham William,   b. 27 Oct 1688   d. 1772 (Age 83 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. Peckham Mary,   b. 17 Aug 1690  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   6. Peckham Hannah,   b. Abt 28 Jan 1691  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   7. Peckham John,   b. Abt 15 Jan 1697   d. May 1781 (Age 84 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   8. Peckham Deborah,   b. 18 Jun 1699  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   9. Peckham Joseph,   b. Abt 02 Feb 1701  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   10. Peckham Jean,   b. Abt 23 Jan 1702, Dartmouth, Bristol County, MA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   11. Peckham Isaiah,   b. 14 Sep 1705  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F24464	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	10 Apr 2024

  
  

• Sources

  [S1617] Merged from BrianFreeman on 02-Jan-13 at 22:38. [S1619] "Genealogies of Rhode Island Families", Vol.2, pgs.59-75. [S1618] Stephen Farnum Peckham, A. M., of New York, New York, New England Historic and Genealogical Society Register, ("John Peckham of Newport, R. I., and Some of his Descendants"), Vol. 57. Apr 1903 [S1624] Bristol County, Massachusetts Probate Records, Volume 4, p. 104.