John Peckham

• Name	John Peckham
  Gender	Male
  Person ID	I53892	A00 Hoar and Horr Families North America
  Last Modified	13 Jul 2010

  
  

  Father	Henry Clay Peckham
  Family ID	F20627	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Children	1. Rev. William Peckham,   b. Abt 1647
  Last Modified	13 Jul 2010
  Family ID	F20626	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  http://books.google.com/books?id=GHIWAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA1689&dq=newport+%22rhode+island%22+%22Paul+family%22&hl=en&ei=-4c8TO3DH4WBlAfJ26n4Ag&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CDQQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=tew&f=false (I) John Peckham, the American ancestor of the family, was admitted an inhabitant of the island of Aquidneck (Rhode Island) March 20, 1638. He was made a freeman of Newport March 16,-1641. He was one of the ten male members in full communion of the First Baptist Church in 1648, and one of its founders in 1644. He was a resident of that part of Newport which became Middletown, where he was made a freeman in 1655. Mr. Peckham was first married to Mary Clarke, who is credited with being a sister of Rev. John Clarke, of Bedfordshire, England, Boston, Mass., and Newport, R. I., who was intimately associated with Roger Williams. He* was pastor of the First Church in 1644, and subsequently of tl\\e First Baptist Church of Newport, and was imprisoned for his religious opinions and Baptist tenets in 1651. He was deputy, 1664-1671; and deputy governor from 1669 to 1672. Mary (Clarke) Peckham died before 1648. TJie given name of Mr. Peckham's second wife was Eleanor. He was the father of twelve children, namely: John, William, Stephen, Thomas, James, Clement, Sarah, Rebecca, Deborah, Phoebe, Elizabeth and Susannah. John Peckham died after 1681.