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orn March 27, 1655, and died February
22, 1728. He married December 10, 1678,
Mary, daughter of Peter and Ann Lyon,
born 1650, died July 27, 1730. Their
third son, Amariah Winchester, baptized
April 8, 1688, died after January, 1773,
probably in Connecticut. He married,
December 15, 1714, in Boston, Sarah
Seaver, born December 4, 1696, daughter
of John and Sarah Seaver. Andrew Winchester,
third son of Amariah and Sarah
born February 4, 1723, died May 18, 1793.
He married Joanna, daughter of Ebenezer
Williams of New London. Their eldest
child, Andrew Winchester, born October
16, 1750, settled at Pawlet, Vermont, in
1786, and died 1827. He married Lydia
Carver, and they were the parents of Joel
Winchester, born 1790. He married Sophia
Armstrong of Castleton, Vermont, and
their third daughter, Harriet, became the
wife of Joseph Peck, as previously noted.
Howard S. Peck, fourth son of Joseph
and Harriet (Winchester) Peck, was born
April 20, 1858, in Middletown, where he
has made his home to the present time.
His attendance at the public schools ended
before the completion of his eighteenth
year, and he has since been actively engaged
in the practical affairs of life, to his
own profit and that of the community.
Until 1881 he remained on the paternal
farm, and for the succeeding eleven years
was employed by the Middletown Silver
Plate Company. For fifteen years he
occupied the paternal homestead, and sold
milk in the city, delivering from one hun-
dred to one hundred and twenty-five
quarts three hundred and sixty-five days
in the year. He continues to manage the
farm, a portion of which is rented. Mr.
Peck was early drafted by his townsmen
for the public service and, after serving
as assessor and member of the board of
relief several years, he was elected select-
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man. In 1912 he was chosen first selectman,
and has since filled that responsible
position. The care of the roads and multitude
of interests of the large and popu-
lous town furnish ample employment for
his natural executive qualities, and, when
not traversing the field of his responsibili-
ties, he is daily found in his office in the
municipal building. In the social life of
the town and city, he bears an active part,
and is a supporter of the "North" Congre-
gational Church, with which his family is
identified, and holds membership in sev-
eral fraternal and benevolent bodies.
Among these are included : St. John's
Lodge, No. 2, Ancient Free and Accepted
Masons ; Apollo Lodge, No. 33, Knights
of Pythias; Middletown Lodge, No. 771,
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
and Mattabessett Grange, Patrons of
Husbandry. Mr. Peck has consistently
supported the principles avowed by the
Republican party in public aflfairs and has
been influential in shaping the management
of local affairs. In his active career
he has suffered no serious illness, and is
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still in prime order for action.
Howard S. Peck married, September
12, 1882, Carrie Doud, born in South
Farms, Middletown, daughter of Nathaniel
S. and Sarah (Roberts) Doud.
Nathaniel S. Doud was born in Madison,
November 24, 1827, died June 15, 1921,
married Sarah Roberts, born September
II, 1833, died July 10, 1891, daughter of
William and Clarissa (Blake) Roberts,
who were married December 4, 1823. Mr.
and Mrs. Peck were the parents of three
Grace Frances,
sons and two daughters :
died at the age of thirty-two, while the
wife of Richard A. Ray. Joseph Norman
is a plumber in Middletown, residing near
his father. Horace Howard has been
with the Russell Manufacturing Company
since the age of sixteen years, and also
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