Robert Peck 
Robert was born in 1580 in Beccles, Suffolk, England. Robert's father was Jr. Peck Robert and his mother was Helen Babbs. His paternal grandparents were Robert Peck and Joan Waters; his maternal grandfather is Nicholas Babbs. He was an only child. He died at the age of 76 in 1656 in Hingham, Norfolk, England.General Notes
Graduated , Cambridge with B.A. in 1599 at St. Catherines College and M.A. in 1603 at Magdalen College.
He was set apart to the ministry and inducted over the Church at Hingham, Norfolk County, England January 8, 1605, where he remained until 1638, when he fled from persecutions of the church to the Americas. He was a talented and influential clergyman, a zealous preacher, and a nonconformist to the superstitious ceremonies and corruptions of the church, for which he was persecuted and driven from the country.
On 26 April 1638 the "Diligent" with 350 tons, mastered by John Martin, departed from Ipswich, Suffolk, England on the mouth of the Themes for Massachusetts Bay Colony with 19 families and 6 or 8 single persons (133 persons in all). Among the passangers were 84 persons from Old Hingham, Norfolk, England. They arrived in the Massachusetts Bay Conlony on August 10, 1638.
Ordained as a Deacon and a Priest at Norwich, Norfolk, England 24 Feb 1604.
Curate of Oulton, Norfolk, England 1605.
Rector of Hingham, Norfolk, England 1605 - 1638.
His Puritan views caused him to flee Bishop Wren in 1638 so he emigrated to the Massachusetts colonoy where some of his former parishioners had established Hingham, Massachusetts.
On 28 Nov 1638 he was ordained as a teacher in the church in Hingham, Massachusetts.
He was admitted as a Freeman on 13 March 1639.
On 27 October 1641, he, his wife and son Joseph returned to England where he was eventually readmitted as the rector in his former parish in Hingham, Norfolk, England. his daughter Anne had married Captain John Mason by this time and remained in Massachusetts.
Died in Hingham, Norfolk, England in 1656. His funeral was preached by Nathaniel Joceline, rector of Hardingham, Norfolk, England.
Will dated 24 Jul 1651 and proved on 12 Apr 1658 in London, England.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.1425 in Wakefield, Yorkshire, England d.~ 1490 in Wakefield, Yorkshire, England
- b.1450 in Wakefield, Yorkshire, England d.30 Sep 1516 in Wakefield, Yorkshire, England
- b.1427 in Wakefield, Yorkshire, England
- b.~ 1489 in Wakefield, Yorkshire, England d.04 Jan 1558 in Wakefield, Yorkshire, England
- b.1430 in Wakefield, Yorkshire, England
- b.1458 in Stokell, England
- b.1439 in Wakefield, Yorkshire, England
- b.~ 1521 in Wakefield, Yorkshire, England d.Nov 1556 in Beccles, Suffolk County, England
- d.21 Nov 1545 in Frickley, Yorkshire, England
- d.~03 Mar 1523 in Hooten-Pagnall, Yorkshire, England
- b.~ 1484 in Frickley, Yorkshire, England d.<24 Apr 1544 in Wakefield, Yorkshire, England
- d.Mar 1524
- b.28 Nov 1548 in Beccles, Suffolk County, England d.1593 in Beccles, Suffolk County, England
- b. in Beccles, Suffolk, England
- b.~ 1525 in Beccles, Suffolk, England d.>31 Oct 1556 in Beccles, Suffolk, England
- d.03 Aug 1556
- b.1580 in Beccles, Suffolk, England d.1656 in Hingham, Norfolk, England
- b.~ 1550 in Guilford, Surrey, England d.1614
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They had a daughter named Anne Rosemond.
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Children
Anne Rosemond Peck
Anne Rosemond was born in 1619 in Hingham, Norfolk County, England and her baptism took place there on November 18th, 1619. She died after 1672 in Norwich, Connecticut.
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