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- 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
II) William Peckham, son of John, born in 1647, lived in Newport, R. I., from which place he was sent as deputy to the General Assembly in 1696-98. His name was among those to whom were given July 17, 1702, a share in the proprietors' land, his allotment being eighteen acres. He was ordained pastor of the First Baptist Church of Newport, and is supposed to have been the first Baptist minister ordained on this continent, and he was the fourth pastor of the First Church. He married t;first) Susannah (or Elizabeth) Clarke, daughter of Joseph Clarke. His second wife was Phebe Weeden, born in 1660, daughter of William Weeden, and she died in Middletown, R. I., in 1745. His children, all born to the first marriage, were: William, born in 1675; Samuel; Mary; Phebe (married a Tripp); and Deborah (married a Clark).
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