John Sears Peck (1818 - 1902): Our Family History

1818 - 1902 (83 years)

Name	John Sears Peck
Birth	2 Sep 1818	West Bloomfield, Ontario, New York, United States [1]
Gender	Male
Education	Between 1840 and 1842	Oberlin College, Oberlin, Lorain, Ohio, United States
Census	1 Jun 1850	West Bloomfield, Ontario, New York, United States [2]
	John and Mary shared their home with his father, stepmother, and sister. Also living in the house was a 20 year old woman named Lucy King, relationship unknown, likely a servant or nanny. Witness Role: head of household: [I804] John Sears PECK Witness Role: wife: [I805] Mary FISHER Witness Role: daughter: [I806] Emily Elizabeth PECK Witness Role: Unknown: Name: Lucy King Witness Role: father: [I2464] Watrous PECK Witness Role: step-mother: [I4016] Pauline REXFORD Witness Role: sister: [I4018] Sarah E. PECK
Residence	1855	West Bloomfield, Ontario, New York, United States [3]
	Witness Role: Witness: [I805] Mary FISHER Witness Role: Witness: [I806] Emily Elizabeth PECK Witness Role: Witness: [I827] John Fisher PECK Witness Role: Witness: [I826] Mary Anna PECK
Census	1 Jun 1860	West Bloomfield, Ontario, New York, United States [4]
	John Peck with his wife and 5 children. John's widowed father also lived with them, as did Mary's eldest sister. There were two farm laborers listed in the census, no connection established. Also in this house was a teaching candidate named Carrie A. Fisher, possibly related to Mary. Witness Role: head of household: [I804] John Sears PECK Witness Role: wife: [I805] Mary FISHER Witness Role: daughter: [I806] Emily Elizabeth PECK Witness Role: daughter: [I826] Mary Anna PECK Witness Role: son: [I827] John Fisher PECK Witness Role: son: [I828] Edward Watrous PECK Witness Role: son: [I2512] Charles F. PECK Witness Role: father: [I2464] Watrous PECK Witness Role: sister-in-law: [I673] Lucy Chickering FISHER Witness Role: Resident: Name: Severett Merrill Witness Role: 57 year old male, born in Connecticut, farm laborer Witness Role: Resident: Name: William C. Graham Witness Role: 17 year old male, born in New York, farm laborer Witness Role: Resident: Name: Carrie A. Fisher Witness Role: 24 year old female, born in New York, teacher candidate
Residence	1863	Oberlin, Lorain, Ohio, United States [5]
	Mr. and Mrs. Peck moved to Oberlin in 1863 Witness Role: head of household: [I804] John Sears PECK Witness Role: wife: [I805] Mary FISHER
Census	1 Jun 1870	Oberlin, Lorain, Ohio, United States [6]
	Also in this household: Susan Stamp, 25f, domestic servant, mulatto John Fisher, 19m, student Edward Steele, 20m, student Mary Steele, 18f, student William Keeler, 19m, student John Myers, 19m, student Rev. Nicholas, 50m, clergy No known connection to any of these individuals, perhaps just boarders. Witness Role: head of household: [I804] John Sears PECK Witness Role: wife: [I805] Mary FISHER Witness Role: daughter: [I806] Emily Elizabeth PECK Witness Role: daughter: [I826] Mary Anna PECK Witness Role: son: [I827] John Fisher PECK Witness Role: son: [I828] Edward Watrous PECK Witness Role: sister-in-law: [I673] Lucy Chickering FISHER Witness Role: Resident: Name: Susan Stamp Witness Role: 25 year old woman, mulatto, domestic servant, born in Missouri Witness Role: Resident: Name: John Fisher Witness Role: 19 year old male student, born in NJ, could be relative, possibly just a boarder Witness Role: Resident: Name: Edward Steele Witness Role: 20 year old male student, born in Ohio Witness Role: Resident: Name: Mary Steele Witness Role: 18 year old female student, born in Ohio Witness Role: Resident: Name: William Keeler Witness Role: 19 year old male student, born in NJ Witness Role: Resident: Name: John Myers Witness Role: 19 year old male student born in Wisconsin Witness Role: resident: Name: Reverend Nicholas Witness Role: 50 year old male clergy, born on Massachusetts
Census	1 Jun 1880	Oberlin, Lorain, Ohio, United States [7]
	John Peck was a widowed farmer, his two unmarried children, Anna and Edward lived with him. Edward was 23 and a student. Also living here, John Peck's 31 year old daughter Emily with her husband William Chamberlain, then a professional musician, and Emily and William's two children. Witness Role: head of household: [I804] John Sears PECK Witness Role: daughter: [I826] Mary Anna PECK Witness Role: son: [I828] Edward Watrous PECK Witness Role: son-in-law: [I807] William Benton CHAMBERLAIN Witness Role: daughter: [I806] Emily Elizabeth PECK Witness Role: grandson: [I821] Frederick William CHAMBERLAIN Witness Role: grandson: [I822] John Fisher CHAMBERLAIN Witness Role: Unknown: Name: Arthur Burt Witness Role: 25 year old single male, student - probably a boarder Witness Role: Unknown: Name: Alice E. Burt Witness Role: 23 year old single female, listed as sister to Arthur Burt
Census	1 Jun 1900	234 North Professor St, Oberlin, Lorain, Ohio, United States [8]
	John Sears Peck and a second wife, Emma C. Peck. She was born in Massachusetts as were both of her parents. She was a mother of 3 children, one of whom was still living in 1900. Witness Role: head of household: [I804] John Sears PECK Witness Role: wife: [I4021] Emma Catherine HAMILTON Witness Role: boarder: Name: George C. Robb
Family Search ID	LH81-NQH
_UID	0030747E55C941EDB0E3797A32F0A1A65D79
Death	1902	Oberlin, Lorain, Ohio, United States [1]
Burial	4 Oct 1902	Westwood Cemetery, Oberlin, Lorain, Ohio, United States [1, 9]
	At Westwood Cemetery, in the transcribed database online, the lots considered "owned" by John Sears Peck include a stone with the name Bonnie, birth 1880, death 1881. This could be a grandchild, via John Fisher Peck, perhaps.
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Person ID	I804	My Genealogy
Last Modified	18 Sep 2023

Father	Watrous Peck, b. 14 Apr 1777, Lyme, New London, Connecticut, United States d. 23 Mar 1862, West Bloomfield, Ontario, New York, United States (Age 84 years)
Mother	Betsey Ball, b. 30 Jul 1781, Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States d. 1828, West Bloomfield, Ontario, New York, United States (Age 46 years)
Marriage	3 Sep 1804	Lyme, New London, Connecticut, United States [10]
Family ID	F762	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Wife 1 Mary Fisher, b. 14 May 1817, Londonderry, Londonderry, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States d. 1 Feb 1877, Oberlin, Lorain, Ohio, United States (Age 59 years)

Marriage 8 Mar 1848 Warsaw, Wyoming, New York, United States [1, 5]

Married in Warsaw then moved to West Bloomfield.

Children

+	1. Emily Elizabeth Peck, b. 19 Jan 1848, West Bloomfield, Ontario, New York, United States d. 10 Aug 1929, Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States (Age 81 years)
	2. Mary Anna Peck, b. 13 Dec 1850, West Bloomfield, Ontario, New York, United States d. 1928, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States (Age 77 years)
+	3. John Fisher Peck, b. 29 Nov 1853, Bloomfield, Ontario, New York, United States d. 29 Aug 1931, Claremont, Los Angeles, California, United States (Age 77 years)
>	4. Edward Watrous Peck, b. 10 Jul 1856, Warsaw, Wyoming, New York, United States d. 12 Jun 1927, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States (Age 70 years)
	5. Charles F. Peck, b. 23 May 1860, West Bloomfield, Ontario, New York, United States d. Jun 1860, West Bloomfield, Ontario, New York, United States (Age 0 years)

Family ID F278 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 31 May 2023

Wife 2	Emma Catherine Hamilton, b. 14 Apr 1837, Chester, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States d. 30 Dec 1916 (Age 79 years)
Marriage	20 Aug 1884	St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Family ID	F1146	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Event Map

	Birth - 2 Sep 1818 - West Bloomfield, Ontario, New York, United States
	Education - Between 1840 and 1842 - Oberlin College, Oberlin, Lorain, Ohio, United States
	Marriage - 8 Mar 1848 - Warsaw, Wyoming, New York, United States
	Census - 1 Jun 1850 - West Bloomfield, Ontario, New York, United States
	Residence - 1855 - West Bloomfield, Ontario, New York, United States
	Census - 1 Jun 1860 - West Bloomfield, Ontario, New York, United States
	Residence - 1863 - Oberlin, Lorain, Ohio, United States
	Census - 1 Jun 1870 - Oberlin, Lorain, Ohio, United States
	Census - 1 Jun 1880 - Oberlin, Lorain, Ohio, United States
	Marriage - 20 Aug 1884 - St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States
	Census - 1 Jun 1900 - 234 North Professor St, Oberlin, Lorain, Ohio, United States
	Death - 1902 - Oberlin, Lorain, Ohio, United States
	Burial - 4 Oct 1902 - Westwood Cemetery, Oberlin, Lorain, Ohio, United States

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Photos
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Sources

[S1192] Find a Grave: John Sears Peck.
[S790] Cens1850 - NY Ontario West Bloomfield p106.
[S506] John S Peck, "New York State Census, 1855".
[S789] Cens1860 - NY Ontario West Bloomfield p5.
[S1517] Obit - Peck Mary Fisher, p. 3, column 3.
[S788] Cens1870 - OH Lorain Oberlin p61.
[S787] Cens1880 - OH Lorain Oberlin p10.
[S792] Cens1900 - OH Lorain Oberlin ed91 p16.
[S1193] Oberlin Westwood: John S. Peck.
[S1396] DAR - Buckhout, Bettie Maria Peck to Reynold Peck.