Our Family

Shirley Niles

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Stories for the family to enjoy and learn about about our ancestors, where they came from, what they did for a living, where they lived and who their children were.

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• Autobiography
• General
• General officer
• Biography

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• Publié par: Outskirts Press
• Date de parution: 31 mai 2023
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781977265654
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 19 Mo

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Our Family Peckham, Moore, Webb, Walley All Rights Reserved. Copyright © 2023 Shirley Niles v1.0
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DEDICATION
This story of my collective ancestral lines is dedicated primarily to my mother, Jennie Webb Peckham, and to all my family members who have contributed stories or data, without whom the book would be just a collection of facts. I hope the family will enjoy all the stories we have been able to find or recall and that it will be fascinating reading for current and future generations.
Table of Contents
Preface
Acknowledgements
Prologue
Chapter 1: The Peckham Family
Chapter 2: Moore Family
Chapter 3: Webb Family
Chapter 4: Walley Family
Chapter 5: Tompkins, Kelsey, Cannonsville
Chapter 6: Famous People that are Distant Cousins
Preface
It had been my plan for many years that after my retirement I would put together a book of stories about my family. I wanted something that would give my children and future generations an interesting document that included not only family names and dates but stories they would enjoy reading.
It was my good fortune to meet someone who had a similar interest and had done the same for his family: J. Robert Brunelle. With the help of my mother, Jennie Peckham, who happily recorded many memories of her childhood and mine, and the invaluable assistance of Bob Brunelle in guiding me along the way, I have gathered a wealth of information for present and future generations to enjoy.
Many others have helped by supplying data or stories. To all of those that I have mentioned in the Acknowledgement, I am extremely grateful. I particularly want to give much credit to my cousin Helen Webb Hacker and her husband Lou who gathered a wealth of information on the Walley and Webb families. I was also inspired by my Aunt Bea Frosch Peckham who sparked my interest in the Peckham ancestry.
Shirley A. Niles Smyrna, New York
Acknowledgements
Jennie Webb Peckham Dr. Louis Hacker Helen Webb Hacker Beatrice Frosch Peckham Grant Moore Peckham Grant Howard Peckham Dorothy Webb Brizzee Frances Sherman Webb Joseph Robert Brunelle Jacob Wallace June Beadle Niles Paul E. Niles Gladys Marian Moore Maguire Celia Corkwell Dorothea Cook Brundege Helen Creagh Veres Ford Walley Jacquie Moore Mirsky Alton Carpenter
Prologue
The surname Peckham is derived from the parish of Peckham in the County of Kent, England. The suffix "ham" in the early Saxon language signified home or town. Peckham, therefore, means the town of Peck or the home of Peck. Eminent authorities give the original home of the family as Scandinavia and the time of its founding in England as the eleventh century, shortly after the Norman Conquest. Our ancestor John Peckham immigrated from England to the United States in 1634, looking for religious freedom, eventually becoming one of the first settlers of Portsmouth/Middletown/ Newport, Rhode Island.
Our first Moore ancestor came to this country from Ireland, possibly through England and then to Connecticut sometime prior to 1730 (my assumption is ca. 1725).
Our first Webb ancestor came to the United States in 1865 from England after having served in Her Majesty’s Army in the Crimean and other wars before leaving military service.
Our earliest Walley ancestor immigrated to this country from France in 1757 at the age of 15, being in poor health. His mother felt that he would do better in the cleaner air in the new world.
Descendants of these four families eventually settled in Delaware County and some of their stories are contained in this book.
DISCLAIMER:
There is much information in this book that was obtained by searching of records found on the internet. I cannot verify that all of it is accurate. I do hope that most of it is. I have been working on this information since I retired in 2006 so some of it may have changed since then (people moved, had children, gotten married or divorced, etc.).
CHAPTER 1
The Peckham Family
The earliest record we have of the Peckham family goes back to England in the twelfth century. The Peckhams of Rhode Island are from an ancient English family, the first member presented to history being John de Peckham who was on the Palestine Crusade in 1191 with Richard I. A subsequent John Peckham who died in 1292 was an English prelate at Oxford who taught discipline, morals etc. During the middle of the 13 th century, the Franciscan Order in Europe had become one of the most learned institutions in the world. John Peckham (c. 1230 – 8 December 1292) became Archbishop of Canterbury (1279-1292) and Bonaventure, to become one of the famous Franciscan masters of Oxford. It is unknown whether the Archbishop is the same John that died in 1292. The following is a record of John as printed in Wikipedia:
John Peckham (or Pecham ) (c. 1230 – 8 December 1292) was Archbishop of Canterbury in the years 1279–1292. He was a native of Sussex who was educated at Lewes Priory and became a Friar Minor about 1250. He studied at the University of Paris under Bonaventure, where he would later teach theology. From his teaching, he came into conflict with Thomas Aquinas, whom he debated on two occasions. Known as a conservative theologian, he opposed Aquinas’ views on the nature of the soul. Peckham also studied optics and astronomy, and his studies in those subjects were influenced by Roger Bacon.
In around 1270, Peckham returned to England, where he taught at the University of Oxford, and was elected the provincial minister of England (Minoriten) in 1275. After a brief stint in Rome, he was appointed Archbishop of Canterbury in 1279. His time as archbishop was marked by efforts to improve discipline in the clergy as well as reorganize the estates of his see. Pluralism, or holding more than one clerical benefice, was one of the abuses that Peckham combatted. He served King Edward I of England in Wales, where he formed a low opinion of the Welsh people and laws. Before and during his time as archbishop, he wrote a number of works on optics, philosophy, and theology, as well as writing hymns. Numerous manuscripts of his works survive. On his death, his body was buried in Canterbury Cathedral, but his heart was given to the Franciscans for burial.

John The Elder Peckham was born about 1484 in Boxgrove, Sussex, England, United Kingdom, and died between 1517 and 1604. His son John George Peckham was born about 1525 in Boxgrove. He died in 1566 in Donnington, Sussex. John George Peckham married Elizabeth Brand (or Brane), born about 1505 in East Hampnett. They had two children: Henry Edward Peckham, Lord of East Hampnett, born about 15 February 1523 or 1524 in Sussex and Anne Peckham, born 1536 in Sussex.
Henry Edward Peckham married Mary Badger (born circa 1538 – 1545, Boxgrove, Sussex) in 1559. Henry Edward Peckham died in 1598 in Boxgrove, Sussex. Their son Henry Peckham, Esquire was born in April 8, 1565 in Boxgrove, Sussex. He died at age 51 on November 1, 1616 in Boxgrove, Sussex.
Henry Edward and Mary Badger Peckham’s son Henry (1565) married Elizabeth Badger. Elizabeth was born about 1572 in Winchester, Hampshire, England. Elizabeth was the daughter of Robert Badger (born circa 1530 in England). Elizabeth died in 1633. Henry later married Grace Sambourne.
John Peckham, son of Henry and Elizabeth Badger Peckham, was born on 8 April 1595 (some records indicate 24 April) in Boxgrove, Sussex and resided at East Hampnett Manor, Sussex. John was thought to have been baptized in the Boxgrove Parish about four miles from Chichester. Siblings included Henry (1594), William (1596), Robert (1599), Thomas (1601), Grace (1603) and Judith (1604.) John matriculated at Cambridge in 1612 at the age of 17. He received his M.A. degree from Pembroke College in Cambridge and became an ordained clergyman. He became chaplain to the Earl of Hertford. As time passed, his religious views changed. He came to disagree with some of the church teachings and became known as somewhat of a maverick, for a John Peckham, A Vicar of Little Horste d Sussex was sequestered by the House of Commons. He was described in the "Century of Malignant Priests" as a particularly bad and difficult character. This was a period of great political unrest in England and John seems to have sided with the rebels.
It has been proven that John Peckham who came to Massachusetts and later to present day Rhode Island was not Rev. John Peckham, son of Henry and Elizabeth Peckham. Rev. John Peckham has been proven to have stayed in England.
The following is another excerpt from a Wikitree.com with an account of the life of John Peckham:
"William Seymore, Duke of Somerset, was one of the most powerful noblemen of the reign of Charles the First. One of his most familiar country seats was Petworth, about twelve miles north of Chichester, in the neighborhood in which the Peckhams lived. A chaplain of a nobleman of this character would be brought in contact with many of the leading spirits of that age. The Duke enjoyed, during the whole of King Charles the First’s reign, the confidence of his King, with the exception of the episode of his marriage with Arabella Stuart, which proved more unfortunate for the