108 Peck—Peirce. 



Main and Water Sts. Daniel Cushing's rec. for 1638 says : " Mr. 

 Joseph Peek and liis wife with 3 sones and daughter, and 2 men ser- 

 vants and 3 maid servants, came from Old Hingham and settled in 

 NewHingham" (10). The number ten given in the margin prob. 

 signifies that there were two sons and one dau. Freeman 13 March, 

 1639, and representative 1639 to 1642 inc. In 1645, Joseph and most 

 of his fam. removed to Kehoboth, where he d. 22 Dec. 1663. 

 Ch.,— * 



3. i. Simon, b. in Eng. 



ii. Samuel, bt. in Hing. Feb. 3, 1638-39, d. soon. 



iii. Nathaniel, bt. in Hing. Oct. 31, 1641. Resided at Rehoboth. Thr 



chris. name of his w. was Deliverance. She d. 1675. He d. 1676. 



iv. Israel, bt. in Hing. March 31, 1643-44, d. soon. 



V. Samuel, bt. in Hing. July 19, 1646. 



vi. Israel, bt. in Hing. July 19, 1646. 



vii. Hannah, bt. in Hing. July 19, 1646. 



3. Simon (Joseph = Deliverance ), b. in Eng. m. first, Han- 

 nah, dau. of Joseph and Elizabeth Farnsworth of Dor., Mass. She 

 was b. at Dor. Dec. 14, 1638, and d. in Hing. 16 Apr. 1659, ast. 20 yrs. 

 He m. secondly, Feb. 13, 1659-60, Prudence, dau. of Edward and Pru- 

 dence Clapp of Dor. She was b. at Dor. Dec. 28, 1637. " Glazier." 

 Selectman 1667. This fam. removed to Dor. 



Child, b. in Hing. by w. Hannah, — 



i. Joseph, , d. 12 Jan. 1661-62. 



Ch., b. in Hing., by w. Prudence, were — 



ii. A DAU., De-j. 25, 1660. 



iii. Joseph, bt. Feb. 25, 1662-63, d. 22 Dec. foil, 



iv. Edward, July 19, 1665, d. 6 Aug. folh 



V. John, A]ir. 20, 1667. 



vi. Joseph, bt. Nov. 11, 1668, d. soon, 



vii. Mary, June 3, 1669. 



viii. Joseph, July 1, 1671, d. in ten dys. 



ix. William, , d. 16 Sejit. 1674!! 



* In a published genealogy of the Peck fam., it is stated tliat the sons of Joseph were 

 Joseph, John, Nicholas, Samuel, Nathaniel, and Israel. 



PEIRCE (Pierce; Pearce; Perse). 



Michael, appears to have been a resident of Hing. between 1645 

 and 1666. In 1647 he purchased lands in the Conihasset. His first 

 w., whose name I have not ascertained, d. in Hing. 31 Dec. 1662. A 

 few yrs. after he removed to Scit., and took a sec. av., whose chris. 

 name was Ann. " He was a captain of great bravery, and in Philip's 

 War commanded a company of fifty Englishmen, and twenty friendly 

 Indians from Cape Cod at the Pawtucket fight in Rehoboth, where, 

 on the 27th of March, 1676, he and most of his command were killed." 

 (Deane's " Histor}^ of Scituate.") 



Ch., mentioned in his will, and prob. b. in Hing., were — 



i. Persis, bt. in Hing. Jan. 7, 1645-46 ; prob. m. 1695, Richard Garrett of 



Scit. 

 ii. Benjamin, . Not on Hing. rec's. "Captain ;" d. at Scit., 1730, fet. 



ab. 73 yrs. 

 iii. John, . Inherited land in Hing. by will. 



