Ancestral Trails 2016 » Francis PECK (1814-1890)

Personal data Francis PECK 

  • He was born in the year 1814 in Barton in the Clay, Ampthill, Bedfordshire.
  • He was baptized on October 16, 1814 in St Nicholas, Barton in The Clay, Ampthill, Bedfordshire.
  • Occupations:
    • in the year 1861 Shop Keeper.
    • in the year 1841 Bricklayer.
    • in the year 1844 Bricklayer.
    • in the year 1851 Bricklayer.
    • in the year 1853 Shop Keeper.
    • in the year 1871 Grocer.
    • in the year 1881 Grocer.
  • (Witness) in the year 1834 in Witness at the marriage of Samuel West and Elizabeth Brasier.
  • He died on November 4, 1890 in Ampthill, Bedfordshire, he was 76 years old.Source 1
  • A child of William PECK and Anne CLARKE

Household of Francis PECK

(1) He is married to Arabella LEACH.

They got married on September 10, 1843 at St Faith, Hexton, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, he was 29 years old.Sources 2, 3


Child(ren):

  1. William Thomas PECK  1844-1846


(2) He is married to Sarah HILL.

They got married on August 14, 1861 at Maulden Meeting House, Bedfordshire, he was 47 years old.Source 4


Child(ren):

  2. Francis Mnason PECK  1865-1865
  3. Liza PECK  1864-1864
  4. Francis William PECK  1871-???? 
  5. Lila PECK  1862-????
  6. Hadassah Anne PECK  1867-1872


(3) He is married to Mary Ann FITZGERALD.

They got married on February 21, 1849 at Salem Chapel, Tilehouse Street, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, he was 35 years old.Source 4


Notes about Francis PECK

The Peck family moved from Barton to Hexton about 1823, about four miles away.

1841 aged 25, living in Hexton with parents, William and Ann Peck, and siblings Sarah, Samuel, George, Alfred, Eliza and Albert.

1851 aged 35, living at Dunstable Street, Ampthill with his second wife Mary Ann, and his sister in law, Anne Fitzgerald.

Francis was a bricklayer but later became a shopkeeper or grocer when he acquired a small shop. His second wife Mary Ann died in 1859 of TB, and his sister in law, Anne, remained with him as housekeeper.

1861 widower, aged 46, living at Dunstable Street, Ampthill, Bedfordshire with his sister in law employed as his housekeeper, Ann Fitzgerald 31, a dressmaker from Colney, Hertfordshire.

1871 aged 56, living at Dunstable Street, Ampthill with his third wife Sarah 46, and children Lila 8 and Hadassah 3.

1881 aged 66, living at Dunstable Street, Ampthill with his third wife Sarah 56 and son Frank 9.

In his will, Francis left everything to his third wife, Sarah, a total of £187.5.0d. Sarah had a headstone made for him in Ampthill Churchyard inscribed: ' In loving remembrance of Francis Peck who died November 4th 1890 aged 76 years "Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord" Also four children who died in their infancy'

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Francis PECK

James PECK
1767-1856
Mary HATCHETT
1775-1847
William PECK
1793-1875
Anne CLARKE
1793-????

Francis PECK
1814-1890

(1) 1843

Arabella LEACH
1817-1844

William Thomas PECK
1844-1846
(2) 1861

Sarah HILL
1824-1892

Hadassah Arabella PECK
1866-1866
Francis Mnason PECK
1865-1865
Liza PECK
1864-1864
Francis William PECK
1871-????
Lila PECK
1862-????
Hadassah Anne PECK
1867-1872
(3) 1849

Mary Ann FITZGERALD
1818-1858


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Sources

  1. Ampthill Memorial Inscriptions
    ' In loving remembrance of Francis Peck who died November 4th 1890 aged 76 years "Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord"; Also four children who died in their infancy'
  2. Marriage Certificate
    Groom's father - William Peck, Labourer Bride's father - Thomas Leach, Labourer Marriage performed by J R Wardale in the presence of Samuel Peck and John Barker, Clerk
  3. IGI Extracted Marriage Entry
    M072452
    / www.familysearch.org - new website
  4. Anne East - Correspondence
    Witness was Anne Fitzgerald, Francis' deceased wife's sister.

Historical events

Christening day October 16, 1814

  • The temperature on October 16, 1814 was about 12.0 °C. There was 22 mm of rainWind direction mainly south. Weather type: betrokken regen. Source: KNMI
  •  This page is only available in Dutch.
    De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
  • In the year 1814: Source: Wikipedia
    • February 1 » Mayon in the Philippines erupts, killing around 1,200 people, the most devastating eruption of the volcano.
    • April 4 » Napoleon abdicates for the first time and names his son Napoleon II as Emperor of the French.
    • April 6 » Nominal beginning of the Bourbon Restoration; anniversary date that Napoleon abdicates and is exiled to Elba.
    • May 4 » Emperor Napoleon arrives at Portoferraio on the island of Elba to begin his exile.
    • July 25 » War of 1812: An American attack on Canada is repulsed.
    • August 25 » War of 1812: On the second day of the Burning of Washington, British troops torch the Library of Congress, United States Treasury, Department of War, and other public buildings.

Day of marriage February 21, 1849

  • The temperature on February 21, 1849 was about 5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: half bewolkt. Special wheather fenomena: storm(achtig). Source: KNMI
  •  This page is only available in Dutch.
    De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
  • From November 21, 1848 till November 1, 1849 the Netherlands had a cabinet De Kempenaer - Donker Curtius with the prime ministers Mr. J.M. de Kempenaer (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. D. Donker Curtius (conservatief-liberaal).
  • In The Netherlands , there was from November 1, 1849 to April 19, 1853 the cabinet Thorbecke I, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1849: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.1 million citizens.
    • January 13 » Second Anglo-Sikh War – Battle of Chillianwala: British forces retreat from the Sikhs.
    • March 22 » The Austrians defeat the Piedmontese at the Battle of Novara.
    • April 25 » The Governor General of Canada, Lord Elgin, signs the Rebellion Losses Bill, outraging Montreal's English population and triggering the Montreal Riots.
    • May 15 » The Sicilian revolution of 1848 is finally extinguished.
    • June 1 » Territorial Governor Alexander Ramsey declared the Territory of Minnesota officially established.
    • August 22 » The first air raid in history. Austria launches pilotless balloons against the city of Venice.

Day of death November 4, 1890

  • The temperature on November 4, 1890 was about 10.3 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 89%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from April 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1890: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • January 1 » Eritrea is consolidated into a colony by the Italian government.
    • January 22 » The United Mine Workers of America is founded in Columbus, Ohio.
    • August 6 » At Auburn Prison in New York, murderer William Kemmler becomes the first person to be executed by electric chair.
    • August 7 » Anna Månsdotter became the last woman to be executed in Sweden for the 1889 Yngsjö murder.
    • September 12 » Salisbury, Rhodesia, is founded.
    • September 25 » The United States Congress establishes Sequoia National Park.


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