Joseph PECKHAM

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• Fact: Son of John and Mary Peckham

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His will, recorded in Little Compton Probate, book 2, page 442, made 3 March 1775 and proved 7 Nov. 1780: "To wife Ann one bed, bedstead and furniture, choice of any room in west end of my house to live in as long as she remain my widow, my son John to find and provide for her. To son John all real estate in this world that I possess except the west end of house, farming tools, livestock and he to be sole executor. to son Samuel one dollar. To daughters Mary Irish and Martha Brownell eight shillings each. to daughters Sarah and Ruth Peckham 8 dollars each. To three grandchildren, children of my daughter Elizabeth Greenell, deceased, 8 shillings. To two grandchildren, children of daughter Rhoda Mitchell, deceased, 8 shillings, to two daughters Sarah and Ruth Peckham the privilege to live in the west end of my house as long as unmarried."

Joseph married Elizabeth WILBORE on 5 Nov 1723. Elizabeth (daughter of Samuel WILBORE and Mary POTTER) was born on 23 Dec 1702 in Little Compton, Rhode Island. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Joseph married Anne SLOCUM on 7 Dec 1752. Anne (daughter of John SLOCUM and Barbara ?) was born on 15 Oct 1711; died on 15 Sep 1763 in Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island; was buried in Gould Burial Ground. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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In 1714 he sold the land that had been willed to his minor son Joseph, by Joseph Bennett. In 1712 he signed in the administration of the estate of his uncle, James. He lived on the acres inherited from his father. For many years he was elected deputy to the legislature from Little Compton. After 1703 he was not returned. Family tradition says that he and his wife are buried in the Peckham burial ground on the old farm in Little Compton, but he was a Quaker, and according to the Friends record: "John Peckom of Seconnet aged, he departed this lif at his own house in Seconnet, the 4 day of ye 10 month 1722 and was bureyed in Friends bureying place neare the meeting house in Seconnet."

His will, recorded in Little Compton wills, book 4, page 159, made 1 Dec 1722 and proved 7 Jan. 1722/3: "To wife Mary Peckham four cows and the use of the west chamber in the west end of my dwelling house. To son John 40 shillings. to son Joseph west end of dwelling house and all land west of the highway where I now live, bounded west by the highway east by the highway, north by Ezek Carr and Mr. Richard Billings, and south by David Hilliard and highway. Part of land east of highway where I now live from the east end of stone wall by great swamp, north land of Richard Billings, south on Indian Bridge so called and south by highway. To son Reuben Peckham remainder of lands east of highway by my house and meadow land, the eighteenth and nineteenth lots at Barker's Neck. To three children, Lydia, Margaret and Ruth, 20 pounds each."

John married Mary BENNETT on 6 Jun 1696. Mary was born in 1671 in Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, USA; died in 1756. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Fact: Daughter of Joseph and Margaret Bennett