Peeke, Joseph

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• Baptism: 1695/96, Devon, Cornworthy

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• Residence: Halwell and Cornworthy

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Born Halwell 1 November 1657, second son of Richard Peeke of Abbotsleigh and his second wife Anne. Married to his first wife, Mary Robbins of Cornworthy by licence at Harberton, Devon, 22 April 1680. Harberton vicarage was annexed to the living of the parish church of Halwell; Harberton is also near Ashprington, where members of the Robbins family lived. The marriage licence was issued by the Bishop of Exeter on 19 April 1680, and the accompanying marriage bond dated 21 April 1680 (now in the possession of the Devon Record Office) was signed by John Peeke and his friend and bondsman Leonard Wadland of Halwell who was a brother of the Grace Wadland who married Richard Peeke ("the younger"), John Peeke's half-brother, as his second wife. After Mary's death in August 1690 John Peeke married another local girl, Mary White, at Cornworthy on 17 April 1694. Both the Robbins and the White families apparently owned considerable property in the Cornworthy area, and no doubt John Peeke benefited through his two wives.

All the children of John Peeke's two marriages were baptised at Cornworthy. Two of them, John and Joseph, were also buried there. Susanna, the eldest child, was married to John Brookins at Cornworthy on 6 November 1707.

John married White, Mary on 17 Apr 1694 in Devon, Cornworthy. Mary (daughter of White, James and Mary) was born in 1671/72. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Residence: Cornworthy
• Baptism: 27 Feb 1671/72, Devon, Cornworthy

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The White family had been settled in Cornworthy since the beginning of the sixteenth century. In 1641/42 Edward and Thomas White signed the Cornworthy Protestation Roll, while in 1674 Edward, Philip and Jonathan White were all assessed there for hearth tax. In 1647 Edward White and John Parrett acted as Assessors for the subsidy roll at Cornworthy. John Parrett was the owner of Gitcombe, an estate adjoining Allaleigh in the parish of Cornworthy. Edward White (described as 'senior' in a document) also possessed land in Allaleigh.

Mary Peeke nâee White was baptised at Cornworthy on 27 February 1671/72, daughter of James and Mary White. James was no doubt a son of Edward White, senior, or of one of the other Whites mentioned above. Mary White married John Peeke as his second wife at Cornworthy on 17 April 1694, and they had at least two children.

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• Residence: Abbotsleigh, Devon
• Baptism: Mar 1618, Devon, Halwell

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Baptised March 1618 at Halwell. Married first to Christian, who bore him one son, Richard, and three daughters before dying between 1647 and late 1649. Nothing is known of Christian or of Richard Peke's second wife Anne, whom he must have married in 1648 or 1649. It was Richard and Anne Peeke's younger son John (born 1657) who was great-grandfather of John Peek of Hazelwood. Richard Peeke, who is described as "of Abbotsleigh" in the Blackawton registers, was Constable of Halwell in 1647 and almost certainly churchwarden there in 1635. He signed the Protestation Roll at Blackawton in 1641/42.

Richard married Anne between 1648 and 1649. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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

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The earliest proved ancestor of the Peeks of Hazelwood. Although his parentage is not known and no record of his baptism has been found, he must have been born around 1594 and almost certainly at Blackawton, Halwell or a neighbouring parish. He was married on 1 August or 1 September 1616 at Blackawton to Jane Tucker, who was baptised there on 21 January 1594/95 and a member of a family long resident in Blackawton. He may have been the Richard Peke named as a juror in the Blackawton Manor Court in September 1619 and April 1620. In 1625/26 and 1627/28 he was assessed for goods at Halwell. He was probably the Richard Peke who was churchwarden at Halwell in 1635. Although the date of Richard Peke's death is not known this must have taken place before 1641/42, as he did not sign the Protestation Roll at Halwell in that year. His three children were born at Halwell in 1618, 1620 and 1626.

Richard married Tucker, Jane in 1 Aug OR 1 Sep 1616 in Devon, Blackawton. Jane (daughter of Tucker, Nicholas) was born in 1594/5; died in 1665/66; was buried on 17 Mar 1665/66 in Devon, Halwell. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Baptism: 21 Jan 1594/95, Devon, Blackawton

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In the 1647 subsidy roll Jane Peke (Peeke) was listed in place of her dead husband next but one to Leonard Wadland (senior) at Halwell. The latter's brother John Wadland (senior) was also listed, and it was his daughter Grace who was later to marry Jane Peke's grandson Richard Peeke as his second wife. At the same time Jane Peke's elder son Richard (born 1618) was named as Constable for Halwell in 1647, while the Leonard Wadland mentioned above was one of the four assessors for the subsidy roll.