58th Generation
Family of Robert Peck (460) & Joan Waters

462. Robert Peck, 10G Grandfather, M. Born on 28 Nov 1548 in Beccles, Suffolk, England. Robert died in Beccles, Suffolk, England on 22 Mar 1593, he was 44. Buried on 10 Nov 1598 in Beccles, Suffolk, England.

In 1582 Robert Peck was the register and collector for the Archdeacon of Suffolk.
"22 March 1592/3 - the will of Robert Peck - of Beccles, co. Suffolk, whole of mind and perfect of remembrance, although sick and weak of body at Chelmsford, co. Essex...of...pleurisy...My body to be buried where it shall please God to call me. To
Helen, my well-loved wife...all my houses, lands, tenements...leases, plate, goods, and chattels within the town of Beccles, Barsham, Ingate, or elsewhere...my very good friends, Mr. Bartholomew Stilies and Mr. John Talbot, to aid my wife with their
good counsel...To Richard Peck, my son, all my houses wherein I dwell in Blibergate Street, my close at Ingate church and my "pightill" in the same field...Whereas Thomas Peck, my brother deceased, by his last will gave unto the said Richard my son,
two tenements in Balligate Street, lately burnt, one of which has been built again on the same ground and the other on part of the same ground and on part of other free ground which I purchased of my uncle, William Waters, I will that the said Richard,
my son, within one month after he shall become twenty-one years of age, shall make over...To Nicholss Peck, my son,...[and] To Samuel Peck, my son,...my son Robert at Cambridge...my two daughters and my son Joseph...Helen, my wife,...sole executrix,
desiring her to have care of those my children whose legacies I have left to her consideration, and also of Joane Babb and Elizabeth Babb and Robert Meriman and my sister Note [Nott] as she may. Supervisors: Mr. Bartholomew Stiles, clerk, Mr. Roger
Peirson, and Mr. John Talbot...Written with my own hand the day and year above said. Proved at Beccles 10 November 1598."



On 22 Jul 1573 when Robert was 24, he first married Ellen (Helen) Babbs, 10G Grandmother, F, daughter of Nicholas Babbs, M (1525-Oct 1550) & Helen Parkhurst, F (abt 1530-), in Of, Beccles, Suffolk, England. Born in Sep 1546 in Guildford, Surrey, England. Ellen (Helen) died in Beccles, Suffolk, England on 31 Oct 1614, she was 68. Buried on 31 Oct 1614 in Beccles, Suffolk, England.

They had the following children:
i. Richard, 10G Uncle, M. Born on 16 Feb 1574 in Of, Beccles, Suffolk, England. Richard died in Beccles, Suffolk, England in 1615, he was 40.

On 19 Feb 1610 when Richard was 36, he married Rachel Young, F, in England.
ii. Nicholas, 10G Uncle, M. Born on 15 Feb 1576 in Of, Beccles, Suffolk, England. Nicholas died in Eng. in Nov 1648, he was 72.

Nicholas first married Mrs. Bridgett Peck, F.

On 19 Feb 1610 when Nicholas was 34, he second married Rachel Young, F, in Yarmouth, Norfolk, England.
iii. Robert, 10G Uncle, M. Robert died on 30 Aug 1648 in Hingham, Norfolk, England. Buried on 24 Jul 1651 in Hingham, Norfolk, England.

abt 1630 Robert first married Martha Bacon Watson, F, in of Beccles, Eng.

In Jul 1639 Robert second married Anne Lawrence, F, in Eng.

aft Aug 1648 Robert third married Martha Woodward, F, in Eng.
iv. Martha, 10G Aunt, F. Born abt 1584 in Beccles, Suffolk, England. Martha died in Eng.
464 v. Joseph, M (1587-1663)
vi. Margaret, 10G Aunt, F. Born in 1589 in Of, Beccles, Suffolk, England. Margaret died in Eng.
vii. Martha, 10G Aunt, F. Born in 1591 in Of, Beccles, Suffolk, England.
viii. Samuel, 10G Uncle, M. Born in 1593 in Of, Beccles, Suffolk, England. Samuel died in Beccles, Suffolk, England in 1690, he was 97.

Robert second married Miss Waters, F.

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