Frank, Where, specifically, did you find this information on Rootsweb? What are the names and URL's of the website(s) where you found the information? Did the people who posted the information give any sources from which they obtained the information? Knowing where and how you found the information will help others go back to that place. Once there, they may find information that will lead them in the direction to verification. The process of verifying and resolving conflicting information can lead to new discoveries. And there are bound to be conflicts in every family. As more and more researchers are able to compare notes over the internet, mistakes in the assumptions of earlier researchers are going to surface. In my posting last night on the family of Deacon Paul Peck, I mentioned the Genealogy Dictionary by James Savage. Some of the names and dates you mention below, were also given by Savage along with many other names that were not mentioned in the Barbour book. The focus of the Barbour book is families who lived in Hartford. Savage's work covers a much wider geographic area. The library was closing, and I had only a few minutes to look at the Savage material and make a few notes on the differences I saw. Someone may also want to check the following book: "Hale, House, and related families : mainly of the Connecticut River Valley" by Donald Lines Jacobus, originally published in 1952. Jacobus is the person who started the genealogy journal, "The American Genealogist", and one of the original members of the Connecticut Society of Genealogists, Inc. I haven't looked, but it is very possible you may find some information on Martha Hale in that book. When reading about the early families, it is not unusual to find the wife of one early settler is also the sister of another early settler. The relationship just is not obvious because they are adults who married in England and have families of their own. Happy Hunting, Marilyn CT carver wrote: > > Here is what Roots Web has on this line: I have no way of verifying it > Take it at your risk. > > Edward or William PECK, b. abt 1582, Colechester, Essex, England > m. Essex, England, to Grace Green, b. abt 1586, Essex, England > Children > Paul PECK, b. 1608, Essex, England > > Paul PECK, b. 1608, Essex, England > m. 1631, Hartford, CT., to Martha HALE, b. abt 1614, Essex, England > Children > 1. Sarah PECK, b. in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut > 2. Hannah PECK b: in Of, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut > 3. Deacon PECK b: ABT. 1620 in Of Hingham, Norfolk, England > 4. William PECK b: ABT. 1622 in Of Hingham, Norfolk, England > 5. Henry PECK b: ABT. 1624 in Of Hingham, Norfolk, England > 6. Paul PECK, Jr. b: 22 DEC 1639 in Of, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut > 7. Martha PECK b: 1641 in Hartford, Hartford, Conn > 8. Elizabeth PECK b: 1643 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut > 9. John PECK b: 22 DEC 1645 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut > 10. Samuel PECK b: 1647 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut > 11. Ruth PECK b: 1660 in Hartford, Hartford, Ct > 12. Joseph PECK b: 20 DEC 1663 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, England > 13. PECK b: 1664 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut > 14. PECK b: ABT. 1666 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut > 15. Mary PECK b: 1652 in , Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut > 16. PECK b: 1664 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut > 17. PECK b: ABT. 1666 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut > > Paul PECK Jr., b.1639 > > Marriage 1 Elizabeth BAYSEY b: ABT. 1643 in <., Hartford, Hartford, > Connecticut> > · Married: 1665 in ., Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut 2 > Children > 1. Paul PECK b: 1666 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut > 2. Samuel PECK b: 1672 in West Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut > 3. John PECK b: 1674 in Of Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut > 4. Elizabeth PECK b: 1676 in Of Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut > 5. Samuel PECK b: 1680 in Of Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut > 6. Paul PECK b: ABT. 1683 in Hartford, Hartford, Hartford > 7. William PECK b: 14 FEB 1684/85 in Of Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut > 8. Ruth PECK b: 3 JUN 1688 in Of Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut > 9. Hannah PECK b: ABT. 1690 in <Of Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut> > 10. Elizabeth PECK b: ABT. 1694 in Of Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut > 11. Martha PECK b: ABT. 1698 in <Of Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut> > 12. Martha PECK b: 2 JUL 1769 in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut > 13. Hannah PECK b: 1681 in West Hartford, Hartford, CT > > ==== CT-RIVER-VALLEY Mailing List ==== > Any misbehaving on this list will be warned --ONCE--no second chances.. > THIS WARNING ONLY APPEARS ONCE > Listowner: NewEnglander1621@msn.com > > ============================== > http://www.ancestry.com/oft/login.asp > The only real-time collaboration tool that allows you and other family > members to create a FREE, password-protected family tree.

In a reply to Frank last week I wrote > Someone may also want to check the following book: "Hale, House, and > related families : mainly of the Connecticut River Valley" by Donald > Lines Jacobus, originally published in 1952. Jacobus is the person who > started the genealogy journal, "The American Genealogist", and one of > the original members of the Connecticut Society of Genealogists, Inc. I > haven't looked, but it is very possible you may find some information on > Martha Hale in that book. > Last Thursday I was in a library that had the book. Here is what I found. The complete information on the book: "Hale, House, and related families : mainly of the Connecticut River Valley" by Donald Lines Jacobus and Edgar Francis Waterman, originally copyrighted and published in 1952 by the CT Historical Society. Republished, 1978 by Genealogical Publishing, Inc. Martha Hale Peck: There are 6 full pages of information. The book is still under copyright so I can't just copy everything. Primary Documentation for Martha Hale as wife of Paul Peck, is taken form the medical journal of the second Governor, John Winthrop, a practicing physician. He also mentions the names of her brothers. >From Manwaring's Digest, 1" 495-6, information from the will of Paul Peck dated 25 June, 1695. Among those names in the will were his eldest son Paul, the later's son Paul, and a grandson Samuel who was living with his grandparents. A mention was also made of a court case related to the failure of some family members to comply with the terms of the will. Documentation for this was Hartford County Court Records, 6: 117, 118, 120. Detailed information is given about each of Paul and Martha's ten children. This includes the name of their spouses, and the same type of detailed information about the grandchildren of Paul and Martha. No information is given for ensuing generations. In reference to the family genealogical information Jacobus state in a footnote: "See the American Genealogist, 9:82-9, 154, for corrections of Savage and the "Peck Genealogy" and the reasons for some of the conclusions reached." Also included is some interesting information about Jacobus himself. He is a tenth generation decendant of Paul and Martha through their son Paul, through his daughter Ruth who married Samuel Sedgwick. From here on all his "Peck" ancestors are females. Their married surnames, in order, are Preston, Bristol, Hitchcock, Wilmot, Lines, Jacobus. For those of you who don't know, Donald Lines Jacobus was the founder of, and for many years, the publisher of the genealogy journal known as The American Genealogist (frequently referred to as TAG). He was also one the of founding members of the Connecticut Society of Genealogist, Inc. I have already posted a couple messages with specific information from this book. I will be happy to do the same for other children or grand children of Paul and Martha in response to requests for specific individuals. Let my 2 earlier posting serve as samples. Please read what other people request. Once someone has requested information on an individual, I will respond using one of those formats, depending on the generation. (i don't have the book home, only photocopies of the six pages.) There should be enough of you Peck researchers with access to TAG for you to check out that article yourselves and share the information. The Hale, House book has information on many families from Central CT who have a Hale in their line, and may available in genealogy libraries all over the country. Happy Hunting Marilyn CT