Abigail Peck

1738 - 1813  (75 years)

• Name	Abigail Peck
  	to Canada — Loyalist
  Birth	1738	Connecticut Colony   [1]
  History	4 Jul 1776 (38 years)	United States become Independent
  Moved To	1783 (45 years)	Saint John, Queens County, Colony of Nova Scotia (now New Brunswick), British North America   [2]
  Darling Whelpley left the United States and sailed for New Brunswick on board the ship called Hope in 1783, along with his wife and nine of their children, according to the passenger lists. They settled in Upper Saint John and Kingston area with many other British loyalists. Another son, Jonathan, probably came later.
  Death	24 Apr 1813	Saint John, Saint John County, New Brunswick, Canada   [1]
  Siblings	6 brothers and 7 sisters
  1. Mary Peck,   b. 1711, Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut, U.S.A. d. 1763, Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut, U.S.A.  (Age 52 years)   2. Jeremiah Peck,   b. 1713, Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut, U.S.A. d. Abt 1803, Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut, U.S.A.  (Age 90 years)   3. Ruth Peck,   b. 24 Jan 1723, Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut, U.S.A. d. 3 Sep 1807, Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut, U.S.A.  (Age 84 years)   4. Hannah Peck,   b. 1728, Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut, U.S.A. d. Abt 1797, Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut, U.S.A.  (Age 69 years)   5. Joseph Peck,   b. 1730, Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut, U.S.A. d. 4 Dec 1822, Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut, U.S.A.  (Age 92 years)   6. Henry Peck,   b. 1732, Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut, U.S.A. d. 1764, Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut, U.S.A.  (Age 32 years)   7. Anna Peck,   b. Abt 1736, Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut, U.S.A. d. Abt 1807, Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut, U.S.A.  (Age 71 years) + 8. Abigail Peck,   b. 1738, Connecticut Colony d. 24 Apr 1813, Saint John, Saint John County, New Brunswick, Canada  (Age 75 years) ▻ Darling Whelpley,  m. Abt 1758   9. William Peck,   b. 24 Aug 1741, Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut, U.S.A. d. 23 Dec 1800, Westport, Fairfield County, Connecticut, U.S.A.  (Age 59 years)   10. Martha Peck,   b. 1743, Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut, U.S.A. d. 1783, Nova Scotia, Canada  (Age 40 years)   11. Isaac Peck,   b. 10 Oct 1745, Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut, U.S.A. d. 20 Aug 1827, Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut, U.S.A.  (Age 81 years)   12. Rachel Peck,   b. 1747, Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut, U.S.A. d. 8 Feb 1806, Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut, U.S.A.  (Age 59 years)   13. Catherine Peck,   b. 1749, Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut, U.S.A. d. Jun 1825, Bedford, Westchester County, New York, U.S.A.  (Age 76 years)   14. Thomas Peck,   b. 1 Sep 1750, Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut, U.S.A. d. 1781, Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut, U.S.A.  (Age 30 years)
  Patriarch & Matriarch	Deacon William Peck,   b. 1601, London, England d. 4 Oct 1694, New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, U.S.A.  (Age 93 years)  (2 x Great Grandfather)  Elizabeth Clough  (2 x Great Grandmother)
  Person ID, Branch	I13638	Whelpley Line
  Last Modified	29 Sep 2025

  
  

  Father	Jeremiah Peck,   b. 29 Dec 1690, Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut, U.S.A. d. 1765, Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut, U.S.A. (Age 74 years)
  Mother	Mary Johnson,   b. 8 Mar 1699, Guilford, New Haven County, Connecticut, U.S.A. d. 31 Aug1779, Guilford, New Haven County, Connecticut, U.S.A.
  Family ID	F785	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Spouse / Partner	Darling Whelpley,   b. 1738, Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut Colony d. 21 Apr 1813, Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America (Age 75 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1758	Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut Colony   [1]
  Age at Marriage	She : ~ 20 years - He : ~ 20 years.
  Children	6 sons and 3 daughters
  1. Oliver Whelpley,   b. 7 Jan 1756, Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut Colony d. —, Kingston, Kings County, New Brunswick, British North America     2. Jonathan Whelpley,   b. Abt 1758, Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut Colony d. 1809, at sea off Indonesia (Age 51 years)     3. Martha Whelpley,   b. 1763, Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut Colony     4. Abigail Whelpley,   b. 1766, Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut Colony d. 1766, Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut Colony (Age 0 years)     5. Elizabeth Whelpley,   b. 1767, Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut Colony d. 13 Jun 1786, New Brunswick, British North America (Age 19 years)     6. Jeremiah Whelpley,   b. Abt 1772, Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut Colony d. 22 Sep 1836, Mispec, Saint John, Queens County, New Brunswick, British North America (Age 64 years) >   7. Joseph Whelpley,   b. 13 Sep 1780, Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut, U.S.A. d. 22 Sep 1844, Eastport, Washington County, Maine. U.S.A. (Age 64 years) ▻ Charlotte Davidson  m. 30 Jun 1804 >   8. Richard Whelpley,   b. 6 Sep 1776, Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut, U.S.A. d. 23 Oct 1857, Long Reach, Kings County, New Brunswick, Canada (Age 81 years) ▻ Charlotte Whitney Gorham  m. 13 Feb 1806 +   9. William Whelpley,   b. Abt 1781, Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut, U.S.A. d. May 1830, Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America (Age 49 years) ▻ Mabel Thomas  m. 3 Dec 1804
  Family ID	F718	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	25 Sep 2024

  
  

• Pedigree

  ← Click to display 1Abigail Peck(1738 – 1813) 2Jeremiah Peck(1690 – 1765) 4Captain Samuel Peck(1659 – 1746) 8Rev. Jeremiah Peck(1623 – 1699) 16Deacon William Peck(1601 – 1694) 17Elizabeth( – 1683) 9Johannah Kitchell( – 1711) 18Robert Kitchell( – 1672) 19unknown( – 1682) 5Ruth Ferris(1659 – 1745) 10Peter Ferris(Abt 1636 – ) 20Jeffrey Farris(1610 – 1666) 21first wife( – 1658) 11 22 23 3Mary Johnson(1699 – 31 Aug1779) 6Deacon Samuel Johnson(1670 – 1727) 12William Johnson(1630 – 1702) 24 25 13Elizabeth Bushnell(1634 – 1672) 26 27 7Mary Sage(1672 – 1726) 14David Sage(Abt 1639 – 1703) 28 29 15Mary Wiley 30John Wiley 31Elizabeth Clough

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 1738 - Connecticut Colony Marriage - Abt 1758 - Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut Colony Moved To - 1783 - Saint John, Queens County, Colony of Nova Scotia (now New Brunswick), British North America Death - 24 Apr 1813 - Saint John, Saint John County, New Brunswick, Canada  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources 🟢 Primary Evidence 🟡 Secondary Evidence 🟠 Tertiary Evidence 🔴 Unreliable Evidence

  [S110] Ancestry.com, Ancestry Family Trees, (Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.). [S754] Canadian Genealogy Index, 1600s-1900s, (Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005).