George Redfield Clarke’s Family George Redfield Clarke, husband of Fannie Ward Peck, writes: “There is a pretty good history of the Redfield family, which follows their movements from the earliest settlement of the New England colonists down to about 1860. The Colonel Clarke of revolutionary fame was my father’s great-uncle. My father’s father and his brother both took part in the battle of Plattsburgh in the war of 1812, the brother distinguishing himself by crawling out on the stringers of a bridge from which the flooring had been removed by the Americans and killing a British sharpshooter who had from the shelter of a pier shot several Americans. My grandfather’s name was Elisha Clarke.” CARRIE E. PECK history Carrie E. Peck, daughter of Matthew and Mary (Parr) Blasdale, died at 14 Baldwin Place, New Haven, Conn. Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 30, 1899 in the 57th year of her age. She was first married with George Ballard and afterward with Henry Peck of New Haven, who was Henry Peck 2nd and Jr, his father having been for four successive terms mayor of the city of New Haven. At the time of her death Carrie E. Peck had a mother living aged 87 years and a sister – Mrs. Salina, wife of Joseph Bourne of Bridgeport, Conn. The latter had a daughter named Mary, wife of John H. Orton of Bridgeport. They have three children at this date Dec. 1. 1899. Carrie was a noble, true woman, of great spirit and ambition. Sept 1901. It is nearly two years since she left me and the loneliness of my life none can understand. H. P. Mrs. Maria Theresa Townsend, wife of James M. Townsend and niece of Mayor Henry Peck, died in East Haven, Conn. April 13, 1884. She left a husband and two children, namely James, a lawyer, and William who became a judge of the United State Court for the district of Connecticut. She was daughter of Epaphras Clark of Middletown, Ct. Donald Terrell Peck, son (2nd) of Fred. K. and Isabella (Terrel) Peck was born in New Haven April 22, 1897. Fred. K. was son of Horace C. Peck, the father of Henry Peck. Also of Emily C., Julia A, Helen F. Horace K. and Charlotte E. Peck whose mother was Julia A (Hayes) Peck, formerly of Newark, N..J. Helen (crossed out and Ellen Lorena written above) pseud. “Nellie” daughter of William C. Peck married with James Daughney, Oct. 18, 1893. The ceremony was performed at the home of her sister (Minnie) in Shelton, Conn. They went to live on Cemetery Ave. Birmingham, Conn. William Henry Peck, son of William C. Peck, married a second time and lives at Birmingham, Conn. at this date viz Nov 1. 1893. His first wife and two children, live in Illinois. Next is an obituary for Harold Redfield Clarke (Sept 14). Born Sept. 15, 1895 at No. 303 W 118th Street, New York City, a girl, to Mrs & Mr Redfield Clarke, the mother being Fannie, daughter of Henry Peck. The child was named Jessie Redfield Clarke. Mrs. Alice B. Peck, widow of Everard Peck of Rochester, N.Y. was born on Christmas day, 1808. Husband and wife died in Rochester. She was first married to Rev. Elam H. Walker. She was sister of Rev. Leonard Bacon of the First Congregational Church, New Haven, Conn. She was the third wife of Mr. Peck, the names of his other wives being respectively, Porter and Farley. Mrs. Eliza A. Townsend, mother of James M. Townsend, died in East Haven in the spring of 1880, aged 82. Horace C. Peck died at New Haven, June 27, 1895 and was buried in Laurel Hill cemetery, Philadelphia. Next are two obituaries for Horace Clark Peck. (June 28, 1895)