Herkimer County NyArchives Biographies.....Peck, William February 13, 1811 - 
************************************************
Copyright.  All rights reserved.
http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm
http://www.usgwarchives.net/ny/nyfiles.htm
************************************************
File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by:
Nan Starjak http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00026.html#0006329 November 12, 2008, 7:09 am

Author: Hardin & Willard

Peck, William, Manheim, was born in Manheim February 13, 1811.  His ancestors 
are of New England descent, emigrating there from England, and of 
Revolutionary fame.  Mr. Peck married Polly Silliman, and they have nine 
children, four sons and five daughters.  Mrs. Peck died in 1890.  Mr. Peck 
owns 1,500 acres of dairy land in Herkimer county, which is worked by tenants, 
besides owning other property.  He has been a great traveler, having crossed 
the Atlantic forty-two times, and visited the principal cities and points of 
interest in France, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Scotland, England, Ireland, 
Wales, Egypt and the Holy Land, and is thorougly informed upon ancient 
history.  He is a most entertaining conversationalist.

Additional Comments:
source:
History of Herkimer County, New York : illustrated with portraits of many of 
its citizens
edited by George A. Hardin ; assisted by Frank H. Willard
Syracuse, New York : D. Mason, 1893
550 p., 276 p. : ill., maps, ports.

File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ny/herkimer/bios/peck612gbs.txt
This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/nyfiles/

File size: 1.6 Kb