Prudence (Clap) Peck (1637)

Biography

Prudence was a daughter of Edward Clap and his first wife, Prudence. She was born at Dorchester, Massachusetts, on 28 December 1637.^[1][2]

Prudence Clap was married to Simon or Samuel Peck in Dorchester, Massachusetts, on 13 February 1659/60. The Hobart Journal identifies her husband as Simon Peck,^[3][2] but vital records identify him as Samuel Peck.^[4]

The following deaths were recorded at Mendon, Massachusetts, but it is undetermined whether this is the correct couple:

• Prudance Peck, wife of Deacon Simon died on March 24, 1687. ^[5]
• Deacon Simon Peck died on March 27, 1688. ^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ Vital Records of Dorchester, Massachusetts, Vol. 1, page 1a: Prudence, the daughter of Edward Clap & Prudence his wife was Born 28th. (10th.) 1637.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Anderson, vol. 2, page 78
3. ↑ "The Hobart Journal", New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. 121 (1967), page 110: febb [13] Simon Peck married to Prudence Clapp at Dorchester.
4. ↑ "First Settlers of Hingham", New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. 2 (1848), page 253: Samuel Peck & Prudence Clap at Dorchester, Feb 1660.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} Baldwin, Thomas, compiler, Vital Records of the town of Mendon, Massachusetts to the Year 1850, NEHGS, Boston, Massachusetts, 1920, p. 487

• Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration.

Acknowledgments

• This person was created on 13 September 2010 through the import of 124-DeCoursey.ged.
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