Peek, Hannah

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• Census: 1841, 8 Finsbury Square, Shoreditch
• Census: 1861, 1 Kidbrooke Lodge, St Germans Place, Lewisham
• Census: 1881, Snow House, Darracombe, Newton Abbot

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No issue

Hannah married Ness, Thomas in Q2 1866 in Kingsbridge. Thomas was born in C 1832 in Fife, Scotland; died in 1878. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Census: 1841, 8 Finsbury Square, Shoreditch
• Census: 1851, 8 Finsbury Square, Shoreditch
• Census: 1861, 1 Kidbrooke Lodge, St Germans Place, Lewisham
• Census: 1871, Watcombe Lodge, St Mary Church, Torquay, Devon

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Married by licence to Elizabeth Masters. Lived at various addresses in London, including Wilson Street, Finsbury, 74 Coleman Street and 8 Finsbury Square, and later at Risbrook Lodge, Blackheath, Kent (in 1857) and Watcombe, near Torquay, Devon. Partner in Peek Bros and Co., co-founder (with George Hender Frean) of Peek, Frean & Co. in 1857, and founder of the James Peek and Hazelwood Trusts. There is a monument to his memory (erected by his son, Sir Henry William Peek, 1st Bart, M.P.) in Rousdon Church, Devon.

Mayhew, H: Shops of London Vol 1 pp 13-17 (1865): "James Peek (6th son of John Peek of Loddiswell, Devon) b. 8 June 1800. Tea, Coffee and Spice Dealer, of 27 Coleman Street, the firm being Peek, Bros and Co. (1819), a founder of the firm of Peek Frean and Co., biscuit manufacturers, Dock Head, St Saviours, London, which employed 500 hands. Father of Sir Henry Peek, Baronet. Resided Kidbrook, Blackheath, Kent. Died at Watcombe, Torquay, Jan 23rd 1879."

James married Masters, Elizabeth on 19 Feb 1824 in St Stephen, Coleman Street, London. Elizabeth (daughter of Masters, James and Elizabeth) was born on 2 Jul 1799; was christened on 26 Sep 1804 in Spitalfields Christ Church, Stepney, London, England; died on 4 Oct 1867; was buried in Rousdon. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Census: 1841, 8 Finsbury Square, Shoreditch
• Census: 1851, 8 Finsbury Square, Shoreditch
• Census: 1861, 1 Kidbrooke Lodge, St Germans Place, Lewisham

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First wife of James Peek (1800-1879) and mother of Sir Henry William Peek, 1st Bart, M.P. Only daughter of James and Elizabeth Masters of Wilson Street, Finsbury, and last surviving member of the Lemaãitre family of Dieppe, who sought refuge in England after the revocation of the Edict of Nantes. The Chapel of Cranleigh School, Surrey, was presented by Sir Henry Peek in 1869 as a memorial to her.

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• Baptism: 9 Mar 1753, Devon, Modbury
• Census: 1841, Hazelwood, Loddiswell parish

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Elder son of John and Mary Peek of Modbury. In the pedigree attested before Lancaster Herald when he was granted Arms in 1832, however, John Peek gave the year of his birth and baptism as 1752. The confusion must surely have arisen as a result of the change from the Julian (Old Style) Calendar to the Gregorian (New Style) Calendar in September 1752. Before that date each year began on 25 March (Lady Day), the period between the previous 1 January and 25 March being reckoned as a compromise between the old and the new years and recorded as such (e.g. 25 January 1624/25, 7 February 1746/47). As John Peek was born after September 1752 his baptism is quite properly recorded in the Modbury parish register as 9 March 1753 (New Style), and his date of birth was equally 25 February 1753. If the Julian Calendar had still been in use his year of birth and baptism would have been recorded as 1752/53, as 1753 would not have begun until 25 March. As this was the first year which began on 1 January no doubt John Peek's parents continued to reckon under the Old Style and informed their son accordingly.

John Peek was married to Susannah Ann Foxworthy at Loddiswell, Devon, 11/5/1779, when he was living at West Alvington, near Kingsbridge. Soon afterwards, however, he moved to Loddiswell, his wife's native parish, and their first four children were all born there. When John Peek first took up residence at Halsenwood Villa, Loddiswell, is not certain, but his second son Richard is stated to have been born at the Villa on 3/10/1782. John Peek's four youngest children were all born at Dodbrook, Kingsbridge, and his wife died there in August 1802.

John Peek, Esq., of Halsenwood Villa, Loddiswell, was granted Arms and a crest by the College of Arms on 28 June 1832. His portrait is hung in the dining room at Castle Drogo, Devon, the seat of the Drewe family, which was built by one of his great-grandsons, Julius Charles Drewe. There is a similar portrait at Hazelwood.

John married Foxworthy, Susannah Ann on 11 May 1779 in Devon, Loddiswell. Susannah (daughter of Foxworthy, John and Hyne, Agnes) died on 1 Aug 1802 in Devon, Kingsbridge, Dodbrook; was buried in Kingsbridge, Independent Chapel. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Baptism: 30 Dec 1758, Devon, Loddiswell

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The East window of Loddiswell Church was presented by her son William Peek in her memory

James married Elizabeth. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Baptism: 22 May 1724, Devon, Modbury

John married Coyte, Mary on 24 Jan 1747/48 in Devon, Modbury. Mary (daughter of Coyte, James and ?, Mary) was born in 1727; died on 26 Sep 1813 in Devon, Modbury. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Death: Devon, Modbury
• Baptism: 25 Feb 1727/28, Devon, Modbury

John married Hyne, Agnes on 24 Jul 1746 in Devon, Loddiswell. Agnes was buried in Devon, Loddiswell. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]