Mary Sarah (Sperry) Peck

My 8^th great grandmother, Mary Sarah Sperry Peck was born on 14 March 1649 or 1650 in New Haven, CT. She was the daughter of Richard and Dennise (Goodyear) Sperry. She married Benjamin Peck on 29 March 1670 in New Haven. She joined the New Haven First Church in August 1687. Her father’s will dated 8 April 1693 said this: “…now I give unto ye sd Benjamin Peck & Mary his wife and their heirs two acres of meadow bounded upon my son, Richards & my son Nath’lls Meadow South." She died sometime in 1730 or later and was buried in Center Church on the Green Churchyard, New Haven, CT. Their children were Benjamin, Mary, Joseph, Ebenezer, Esther, John, Desire, Lydia, Mehitable and Dinah.
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References:

1. Edmund West, comp., Family Data Collection - Individual Records (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000), www.ancestry.com, Database online. Birth year: 1650; Birth city: New Haven; Birth state: CT.

2. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 (Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.), Ancestry.com, Source number: 216.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: LCD.

3. Yates Publishing, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004), www.ancestry.com, Database online. Source number: ; Source type: ; Number of Pages: ; Submitter Code:. Record for Mary Sperry.

4. Find A Grave Memorial #38556702, Created by: Nareen, et al, Record added: 20 June 2009.

Tuesday, May 6, 2014

52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks #18 Samuel Norton - Early Goshen, CT Resident

Samuel Norton

Samuel Norton was the oldest child of Samuel and Dinah Birdseye. He was born on March 6, 1718 (although some sources list the year as between 1712 and 1719) in Durham, Connecticut. Durham was first settled in 1699 and had one of the first (1733) public libraries in America. His father was one of the original proprietors of this town. In 1737 he was living in Litchfield, Connecticut. On November 27, 1740 he married Mary (Molly) Lucas. The wedding took place in either Goshen or Middletown, Connecticut. After the marriage they lived on East Street in Goshen, Connecticut and had nine children. Goshen was a small town just beginning to be a real settlement. The Congregational Church was formed the year Samuel and Mary were married. Different sources list him living at various times in his life in Goshen, Litchfield and Torrington, Connecticut. He died on September 19, 1801 at the age of 83 and was buried in the East Street Cemetery.

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