Jerry & Christine Kosturko wrote: > > Hi Phil, > > According to a Peck family genealogy posted by Stephen Peck at > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~rbrown/peck-paul.html > Susannah Peck's father John Peck was the son of Deacon Paul Peck. This > genealogy shows Susannah Peck marrying Stephen Hopkins on 3 Dec. 1713; their > son John Hopkins was b. 20 July 1718 in Waterbury (he married Abigail > Webster). > Phil and Christine, Check Stephen Peck's work very carefully. According to his site, > JOHN2 PECK (DEACON PAUL1) was born December 22, 1645 in Hartford, CT, and died 1660 in Hartford, CT.> His figures indicate that John Peck was 15 years old when he died. Look at the birth dates for the children. They were all born after the death of John Peck, including Susannah. According to the Hale book, John Peck, the son of Deacon Paul, died young. The following is copied from a message I posted to this forum Oct. 5, 2000: > The children of Deacon Paul Peck and Martha, born in Hartford are: > > Paul, b. abt. 1666; d. Hartford, 1775; married Elizabeth Baisie > > John, b. 28 Dec. 1645; d. young > > Martha, b. abt. 1648; d. Middletown, 1707/08; mar. John Cornwell, children born at Middletown. > > Joseph, bapt. 22 Dec 1650; d. at Hartford, 1698; mar. Ruth > > Mary, b. "[say 1652]"; mar. John Andrews; children born in Farmington > > Hannah, b. abt. 1655; d. between 1689 and 1695; mar. John Shepherd, husband remarried twice after her death. > > Elizabeth, b. "[1657]"; d. at Wallingford, 1704; mar. Jeremiah How, children b. at Wallingford; husband remarried after her death. > > Sarah, b. abt. 1659; d. at Wallingford; mar. mar. Ebenezer Clark, he > remarried after her death. children b. at Wallingford. > > Ruth, b. abt. 1661; d. at Wallingford, 1686; mar. Thomas Beach' he remarried after her death. Children b. at Wallingford. > > A daughter, b. "[say 1664]"; d. before 1695; mar. Joseph Benton; he remarried after her death. Child born at Farmington. > > Source: "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. (pages 257 -261) Marilyn CT