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Descendants of Jan Peeck


Generation No. 4


4. JACOBUS4 PECK (JACOBUS3, JOHANNES2 PEECK, JAN1) was born 1738 in New Jersey. He married WILLEMPE BOGART. She was born 1739.

Notes for J
ACOBUS PECK:
Having served the colours in the American Revolution, he moved to Nova Scotia in 1785 where he remained several years. He returned to New Jersey for a short time and then moved to Upper Canada with his family in 1796. He purchased land, Lot 22 Concession 1 west of Green Point.

Johannes,Jacobus and David (brothers) were well known Tories as the years went by. Samuel had been an officer of Bergen County Patriot Militia up to the time of the incursion of the British forces into New Jersey. Samuel was 40 years old and Jacobus 38. After the Revolution, most of those who had served the colour had no homes so with their families they were transported to Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick by British ships.The Peck family went to Nova Scotia.
Samuel and Jacobus held the rank of Captain in the Secret Service. In 1785 Samuel and Jacobus were members of an illustrious but little known band of war time secret service agents who finally reached the Bay of Kenty. After trying to setle in Nova Scotia from their native New Jersey, a region of settlement which proved disappointing. They were distantly related to famed gallant but unfortunate Major Andre.
Jacobus married his cousin, Elizabeth Peack (born April 10, 1765 ) on October 12, 1785 at Granville Nova Scotia.
According to records at Adolphustown Museum,the Pecks landed in Upper Canada at Adolphustown. They proceeded to Green Point, Sophiasburg, where James Peck Sr. purchased lot 22 Concession 1 west of Green Point. James and Elizabeth didn't remain there long but proceeded to Ameliasburg township and lived on Lot 93 Concession which he bought from John Blacker, 269 Acres. On this lot there was built a school, a church, a cemetery known as Albury. Elizabeth died August 19th 1825 at sixty years , four months , nine days. She was born April 10, 1765, baptised April 28, 1765 at Schraalenburg, New Jersey and was married to James (Jacobus) Peck October 2, 1785 at Granville , Nova Scotia.


UNITED EMPIRE LOYALISTS

The interest which Canadians have taken in the Loyalists has been either patriotic or geneological and few attempts have been made to tell their story impartially or to estimate the results which have flowed from their migration. the Loyalists represent the conservative and moderate element in the revolting states.
On the Canadian politic body , the impress ofthe Royalist migration is so deep it would be difficult to overestimate it. It is no exaggeration to say the U.E.L. changed the course of Canadian history.
Before 1783 the clearest observers saw no future for Canada but that of a French colony under the British crown. The effect of the migration was to create two new English-speaking provinces, New Brunswick and Upper Canada, and to strengthen the English element in two other provinces, Nova Scotia and Lower Canada, so that ultimately the French population in Canada was outnumbered by the English population around it. It was not only English, but it was filled with a passionate loyalty to the British crown. This fact serves to explain a great deal of later Canadian history.
Thousands of British returned to England-many ofthe wealthy. The humbler element, in the most part , migrated to the remaining British colonies of North America. About 200 families wentto British West Indies , a few to Newfoundland, many to what was later Upper and Lower Canada, a vast army to Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island. Nova Scotia's population appeared to triple in 1783 and the resources of the province were inadequate to meet the demand on them. "Nova Scarcity" was the nick name for the province under these conditions and it was not surprising that many turned back- some went on to Upper Canada, some to England and some went back to the States from which they came.
The Settlers of Upper St. Lawrence and Bay of Quinte did not fare as well as in Nova Scotia or the Mohawks settled at the Grand River (Brantford). They received no bricks for chimneys, nails , ploughs or church bells. It willbe seen that Loyalists had no prinrose path and discontentreached the ears of Haldimand and Governor Parr. Ehey seemed to have settled down contentedly to their lot and life on the whole appeared to be happy, especially in winter wherea there was some leisure and chance to enjoy themselves.


More About J
ACOBUS PECK:
Baptism: May 21, 1738

More About W
ILLEMPE BOGART:
Baptism: March 15, 1738/39
     
Children of J
ACOBUS PECK and WILLEMPE BOGART are:
5. i.   JAMES5 PECK, b. May 04, 1758, Schaalenburg , New Jersey; d. August 05, 1836.
  ii.   RACHAEL PECK, b. March 25, 1762; d. June 29, 1840; m. PETER DEPUE; b. November 16, 1739.
  iii.   JOHN PECK, b. July 07, 1765; m. MARIA LERHEUN.
  iv.   SAMUEL PECK, b. March 31, 1768; d. 1862; m. JULIA PARLIAMENT; b. 1778; d. 1863.
  v.   SARAH PECK, b. February 22, 1771; d. January 01, 1863; m. ROELOF C. HARING; b. April 26, 1757; d. August 31, 1837.
  vi.   CORNELIUS PECK, b. November 16, 1774; m. TRINTE HARRIS.
  vii.   DAVID PECK, b. August 30, 1778.
  viii.   MARGARET PECK, b. March 16, 1783.


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