Peeke, Richard

1643 -

• Name	Peeke, Richard
  Born	1643
  Gender	Male
  Baptism	30 Nov 1643	Devon, Blackawton
  Person ID	I1676	Peek Genealogy
  Last Modified	5 Feb 2015

  
  

  Father	Peeke, Richard,   b. 1618,   d. 1686/87  (Age 69 years)
  Mother	Christian
  Family ID	F588	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Smith, Susanna,   bur. Feb 1667/68, Halwell, Devon
  Children	1. Peeke, Richard,   b. 1667/68
  Last Modified	5 Feb 2015
  Family ID	F590	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Wadland, Grace
  Married	6 Sep OR 6 Nov 1668	Devon, Blackawton
  Children	1. Peeke, ? Richard   2. Peeke, Grace   3. Peeke, Margaret   4. Daughter, ?   5. Daughter, ?
  Last Modified	5 Feb 2015
  Family ID	F591	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Elder son of Richard Peeke (1618-1686/87) of Abbotsleigh by his first wife, Christian. Baptised Blackawton 30 November 1643. Constable of Halwell in 1673. Paid tax on 2 hearths at Halwell in 1674. Married twice. His first wife was Susanna Smith, daughter of Wilmott Smith; they were married at Halwell on 7 January 1666, and their son Richard was baptised there on 2 March 1667/68 a few days after Susanna's death and burial at Halwell at the end of February 1667/68. She may have died in childbirth. If, as one must assume, the dates of Susanna's marriage to Richard Peeke and her burial at Halwell are correct, then it would not have been possible for them to have had another child unless they had had twins. The Blackawton register records the baptism of a daughter Susanna to a Richard and Susanna Peeke on 20 October 1663; this may have been a misreading for 1668, but it is hardly likely that the daughter Susanna would have been baptised eight months after her mother's death when the latter's known child Richard had already been baptised at the time of her death. In any case Richard Peeke married his second wife, Grace Wadland, at Blackawton on 6 September (or possibly November) 1668 and had at least two more children by her. Grace Wadland was the sister of Leonard Wadland (junior) who acted as bondsman for Richard Peeke's half-brother John Peeke when the latter married Mary Robbins at Harberton in April 1680. The Blackawton Manor Court Rolls make several mentions between 1704 and 1707 of a Richard Peeke, his wife and (presumably) daughters, while a survey of the manor made c.1700 mentions a Richard Peeke occupying a farm called Sweetson valued at ¹60 and a widow Peeke's tenement at Abbotsleigh valued at ¹33. Presumably these are all references to the Richard Peeke described in this note, his son Richard and his second wife nâee Grace Wadland, who no doubt continued to occupy the farm at Abbotsleigh after her husband's death [1]

  
  

• Sources

  [S7] The Blue Book, Francis Henry Heneage Finch, (Privately 1964, second edition 1985), none.