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Martha Peck McDavitt's Ancestry

From the Peck Cemetery in Macon County Illinois (Decatur Area)

Martha Peck was the daughter of Daniel & Hettie Rock Peck
(married May 4, 1833) as recorded by the 1850 census.
Daniel Peck died Feb 8, 1870 aged 59 yrs, 2 mo, 3 days
Hettie died Sept 24, 1861 aged 48 yrs, 7 mo, 11 days
Daniel & Hettie migrated to Macon County Illinois in 1850.

Daniel & Hettie had 12 Children:

Mary: Unk
Isabel: Died July 7, 1886 aged 50 yrs, 11 mo, 18 days
John: Died September 28, 1863 aged 24 yrs, 9 mo, 12 days
Jacob: Unk
Delilah: Died Sept 22, 1864 aged 18 yrs, 11 mo, 5 days
Isaac: Died Feb 15, 1861 aged 7 yrs, 7 mo, 4 days
Hanson: Died March 12, 1916 aged 78 yrs, 11 mo, 1 day
Martha: June 22, 1843 - September 8, 1914
James K.: March 8, 1844 - February 8, 1936
James K. Peck served with the 116th Illinois Infantry

Jane: Mar 22, 1848 - Mar 29, 1923 (Married to David Ater: Aug 9, 1847-May 19, 1932)
Catherine: Unk
George: Unk

Most of the above Pecks are buried in the Peck Cemetery.

Daniel Peck's parents were George (b. 1762 d.March 4, 1850) and Mary
Lancisco Peck (b. 1769 d. Dec. 1,1857) both from Virginia, both died in Pickaway
County, Ohio. George served as a Ranger on the Virginia Frontier.
Mary Lancisco's father, Henry served in the Revolutionary War as
a private in Virginia.

At the time of Martha's death in 1914 she had 3 surviving brothers,
Hanson and James K. Peck of Cerro Gordo, IL and
George Peck of Long Beach, CA.

James K. Peck fought in the Civil War in the Illinois 116th Infantry, Company "A"

Hanson Peck (age 73-Widowed) was recorded by the 1910 census living
in Cerro Gordo, IL boarding with the Charles Young family.

She also had one surviving sister Jane Ater (husband David)