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Children of WILLIAM PECK and ELIZABETH are:
     JEREIMAH PECK, b. 1623, London/England; d. June 07, 1669, Waterbury/CT; m. JOHANNAH KITCHEL, November 12, 1656; d. 1711, Waterbury/CT.
     ii. JOHN PECK, b. 1638, New Haven/CN; d. 1724, Wallingford/CN; m. MARY MOSS.
     iii.JOSEPH PECK, b. January 1641, New Haven/CN; d. November 25, 1718, Lyme/CN.
     iv. ELIZABETH PECK.

Notes for JEREMIAH PECK:
Jeremiah Peck was a preacher and teacher at Guilford in 1660 and was made principal of the Collegiate School at New Haven, Conn. which later became the Hopkins Grammar School. He was later pastor at Saybrook and Guilford, Conn., Newark, New Jersey, Greenwich, Conn., Newton, Long Island and Waterbury in 1711.

JOSEPH PECK (WILLIAM) was born January 1641 in New Haven/CN, and died November 25, 1718 in Lyme/CN. He married SARAH. She died September 14, 1726 in Lyme/CN.

Children of JOSEPH PECK and SARAH are:
     i. SARAH PECK, b. August 04, 1663; m. MATHEW GILBERT, May 02, 1684.
     ii. JOSEPH PECK, b. March 12, 1667; d. October 10, 1677, Lyme/CN.
     iii. ELIZABETH PECK, b. September 09, 1669; d. August 29, 1688, Lyme/CN; m. SAMUEL PRATT, December 06, 1686.
     iv. DEBORAH PECK, b. July 21, 1672; m. DANIEL SPERRY, April 03, 1694.
     v. HANNAH PECK, b. September 12, 1674; d. May 07, 1746, Lyme/CN; m. THOMAS ANDERSON, June 25, 1696.
     vi. RUTH PECK, b. August 19, 1676; m. JASPER GRIFFIN, April 29, 1696.
     vii.SAMUEL PECK, b. July 29, 1678, Lyme/CN.
     viii. JOSEPH PECK, b. March 20, 1680; d. Lyme/CN; m. SUSANNA, October 03, 1704.

Notes for JOSEPH PECK:
A prominent man in Lyme, CN; many years a Townsman, Surveyor, Recorder, Justice of the Peace and Deacon of the church.

SAMUEL PECK (JOSEPH) was born July 29, 1678 in Lyme/CN. He married (1)ELIZABETH LEE December 28, 1699, daughter of THOMAS LEE and MARY DE WOLF. She died August 1731. He married (2) MARTHA BARBER January 28, 1735.

Children of SAMUEL PECK and ELIZABETH LEE are:
     i. ELIZABETH PECK, b. April 26, 1702, Lyme/CN; d. January 15, 1705, Lyme/CN.
     ii. ELIZABETH PECK, b. May 14, 1705, Lyme/CN; d. October 08, 1730, Lyme/CN; m. RICHARD ELY, JR., January 23, 1724.
     iii. SAMUEL PECK, b. July 12, 1707, Lyme/CN; m. ALICE WAY, 1728.
     iv. WILLIAM PECK, b. August 31, 1709, Lyme/CN; m. JEMIMA MARVIN, 1732.
     v. BENJAMIN PECK, b. 1711, Lyme/CN; m. SARAH CHAPEN, February 08, 1734.
     vi.ELIJAH PECK, b. October 29, 1713, Lyme/CN; d. August 06, 1771.
     vii. JEDEDIAH PECK, b. June 01, 1717, Lyme/CN; d. 1744; m. TABITHA PIERSON, 1738; b. May 06, 1721; d. 1753.
     viii. DANIEL PECK, b. March 04, 1721, Lyme/CN; d. March 01, 1751, Lyme/CN; m. ABIGAIL LORD, November 08, 1744.
     ix. SILAS PECK, b. October 02, 1724; d. June 1808; m. ELIZABETH CALKINS, November 04, 1746.

Notes for TABITHA PIERSON:
First cousin of Jedediah Peck, her husband.

Notes for SILAS PECK:
Served as soldier in the French War and Revolutionary War.

Child of SAMUEL PECK and MARTHA BARBER is:
     x. MARTHA PECK, b. June 04, 1733.

ELIJAH PECK (SAMUEL) was born October 29, 1713 in Lyme/CN, and died August 06, 1771. He married (1)HEPSIBAH PIERSON April 28, 1737, daughter of PETER PIERSON and MARY LORD. She was born May 01, 1719 in Lyme/CN, and died October 09, 1770. He married (2) JANE MINER January 08, 1771. She died August 06, 1771 in Lyme/CN.

Children of ELIJAH PECK and HEPSIBAH PIERSON are:
     i. MARY PECK, b. May 14, 1738, Lyme/CN; d. March 18, 1739, Lyme/CN.
     ii. PETER PECK, b. February 01, 1740, Lyme/CN; d. June 08, 1741, Lyme/CN.
     iii. ELIJAH PECK, b. May 28, 1742, Lyme/CN; d. May 31, 1766, Lyme/CN.
     iv. PETER PECK, b. March 22, 1744, Lyme/CN; d. August 06, 1771.
     v. HEPSIBAH PECK, b. March 02, 1746, Lyme/CN; d. Lyme/CN; m. JOHN MATHER.
     vi.JEDEDIAH PECK, b. January 28, 1748; d. August 15, 1821, Burlington/NY.
     vii. WILLIAM PECK, b. March 22, 1750; d. 1771, Lyme/CN.
     viii. LUTHER PECK, b. March 20, 1752; d. 1771, Lyme/CN.
     ix. PARNEL PECK, b. May 13, 1754; d. 1813, Lyme/CN; m. ROSEWELL CLARK.
     x. ANNA PECK, b. May 01, 1756; d. 1837, Salisbury/CN; m. TIMOTHY CHITTENDEN.
     xi. ELIZABETH PECK, b. May 14, 1758; d. 1759, Lyme/CN.
     xii. ELIZABETH PECK, b. June 03, 1760; d. Chautauqua Co/NY; m. STEPHEN MATHER.
     xiii. ELISHA PECK, b. April 03, 1762; d. July 15, 1829, Victor/NY; m. OLIVE EMMONS; d. April 29, 1847, Ypsalanti/MI.

JEDEDIAH PECK (ELIJAH) was born January 28, 1748, and died August 15, 1821 in Burlington/NY. He married TABITHA ELY November 05, 1772, daughter of RICHARD ELY and MARY PIERSON. She died January 14, 1858 in Burlington/NY.

Children of JEDEDIAH PECK and TABITHA ELY are:
     i. HEPSIBAH PECK, b. June 22, 1774, Lyme/CN; d. January 19, 1860, Burlington/NY; m. ABEL SILL, March 09, 1796.
     ii. MARY PECK, b. November 06, 1776, Lyme/CN; d. June 22, 1856, Otisco/NY; m. DAVID WILLARD, January 07, 1802.
     iii. ELIJAH PECK, b. August 29, 1780, Lyme/CN; d. 1780, Lyme/CN.
     iv. ELIJAH PECK, b. October 01, 1781, Lyme/CN; d. June 07, 1840, Sheffield/OH; m. CLARISSA BATES, January 22, 1807.
v.PETER PECK, b. October 16, 1784, Lyme/CN; d. April 08, 1826, Monroe/OH.

Notes for TABITHA ELY:
First cousin to Jedediah Peck, her husband.

PETER PECK (JEDEDIAH) was born October 16, 1784 in Lyme/CN, and died April 08, 1826 in Monroe/OH. He married SARAH LEWIS COLGROVE March 04, 1809, daughter of CHRISTOPHER COLGROVE and ELEANOR LEWIS. She was born March 04, 1780, and died December 03, 1861.

Children of PETER PECK and SARAH COLGROVE are:
     i. ELIJAH PECK, b. January 02, 1810; d. August 1811, Burlington/NY.
     ii. MARY (POLLY) PECK, b. April 21, 1811, Burlington/NY; d. February 09, 1897, Columbus Grove/OH; m. DANIEL CAMPBELL, March 25, 1838; b. 1812; d. June 12, 1889.
     iii.ESTER PECK, b. April 09, 1813, Burlington/NY; d. October 22, 1910, Upland/San Bernadino/CA; m. JOHN KITCHEL, April 04, 1833, Mt. Vernon/Knox/OH; b. January 01, 1809, Rockaway/Morris/NJ; d. March 03, 1860, Palmyra/Warren/IA.
     iv. PETER PECK, b. January 26, 1818, Monroe/OH; d. July 09, 1902; m. (1) MARY MAXWELL, September 25, 1836; m. (2) SARAH TYLER, June 20, 1848.
     v. SARAH PECK, b. June 18, 1819; d. 1821, Monroe/OH.
     vi. SARAH ANN PECK, b. June 15, 1823, Monroe/OH; d. 1881; m. LEWIS WELLS, January 25, 1845.

Notes for ESTER PECK:
Ester was the mother of Harriet Kitchel McCormick, Grandmother of George Chalmers McCormick, Great Grandmother of Ruth McCormick Markham.

Notes for JOHN KITCHEL:
John Kitchel and his wife, Ester Peck Kitchel, moved from New Jersey to Penn. about 1814 and to Ohio about 1825. He moved to near Crown Point, Indiana in 1837 and in 1851 moved to Butcher Creek, Warren County, Iowa, nine miles from Indianola. In 1858 he traded for a farm adjoining Palmyra, Iowa where he lived until his death, March 30, 1860.

He was an active church member of the Methodist Church and a man of highest character.