Rev Robert PECK

Abt 1586 - 1648  (~ 62 years)

• Name	Robert PECK
  Prefix	Rev
  Born	Abt 1586	Beccles, Suffolk, England
  Gender	Male
  Baptism	20 Mar 1586	Great Eversden, Cambridgeshire, England
  Clergy	Y
  Migration	1638	“Diligent”
  Noteworthy	Robert Peck leads the arrival of 133 settlers from Hingham and Norfolk, England to Hingham, Massachusetts
  Occupation	Rector of St. Andrew's parish in Hingham, England
  Immigrant?	Y
  Died	30 Aug 1648	Hingham, Norfolk, England
  Person ID	I4873	Main
  Last Modified	23 Dec 2023

  
  

  Father	Robert PECK,   b. 28 Nov 1548, Beccles, Suffolk, England ,   d. 1593, Beccles, Suffolk, England  (Age 44 years)
  Mother	Hellen BABBS,   b. 1546, Guildford, Surrey, England ,   d. 31 Oct 1614, Beccles, Suffolk, England  (Age 68 years)
  Married	22 Jul 1573	Beccles, Suffolk, England
  Family ID	F1732	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Anne LAWRENCE,   b. Abt 1582, Hingham, Norfolk, England ,   d. Abt 1684, Hingham, Norfolk, England  (Age ~ 102 years)
  Married	1639	England
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2017
  Family ID	F1764	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Married - 1639 - England Died - 30 Aug 1648 - Hingham, Norfolk, England  = Link to Google Earth
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• Histories

  The Good Ship Diligent 1638 Passenger list

  
  

• Notes

  Robert, and and his brother Joseph Peck who was also on the Diligent, were sons of Robert and Helen (Babbs) Peck of Beccles, Suffolk ENG. Robert was born about 1587 at Beccles and became the rector of St. Andrew's parish in Hingham ENG on 6 Jan 1605. "Early in the seventeenth century the little town of Hingham, England, was torn by the same religious dissension which prevailed throughout the kingdom. Many Puritans were still within the Church of England, among them Robert Peck, Rector of Hingham. He headed a group which held prayer meeting in private houses, which was regarded with suspicion. Not only this, but, since the Reformation, he had dared to make drastic changes in the church itself. Removing the altar railing he lowered the chancel a foot below the church level. For these acts he was ordered to appear before the Chancellor's Court. Rather than risk the judgement of a prejudiced court he decided to take refuge in America as many others had done before him. Numbers of his parishioners decided to accompany him, some for religious reasons and others for the sake of adventure in a new field of opportunity." (from Constance Ames' The Story of the Gilmans & a Gilman Genealogy (1950).    He emigrated with his wife Anne (?Lawrence), daughter Anne and son Joseph. He ministered the church in Hingham MA for about three years but when the troubles in England ceased he returned to the rectorship at Hingham ENG in October 1641, his wife and son returning with him - daughter Anne remained in New England, the wife of Capt. John Mason - they had married in Jul 1639 and had seven children. Robert died in 1656 and was buried under the choir of St. Andrew's church. ----- The parish rector, Rev. Robert Peck and his family, immigrated on the “Diligent”. Rev. Peck, in dispute with Bishop Wren, was being prosecuted, so decided to leave England. His loyal parishioners and friends, who sold their estates at half value, followed him. Later, Bishop Wren was deposed, and Rev. Peck returned to England, resuming his rectory.