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Peek of Hazelwood
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 1800 - 1879 (78 years)
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| Name |
Peek, James |
| Born |
8 Jun 1800 |
Dodbrook, Devon  |
| Christened |
21 Sep 1800 |
Ebenezer Chapel-Independent, Kingsbridge, Devon, England [1] |
| Gender |
Male |
| 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 |
| Died |
23 Jan 1879 |
Watcombe, Torquay |
| Buried |
Peek Catacombs, Hazelwood |
| Person ID |
I3 |
Peek Genealogy |
| Last Modified |
5 Feb 2015 |
| Father |
Peek, John, b. 25 Feb 1753, Devon, Modbury , d. 29 Aug 1847 (Age 94 years) |
| Mother |
Foxworthy, Susannah Ann, d. 1 Aug 1802, Devon, Kingsbridge, Dodbrook |
| Married |
11 May 1779 |
Devon, Loddiswell |
| Family ID |
F1 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 1 |
Masters, Elizabeth, b. 2 Jul 1799, d. 4 Oct 1867 (Age 68 years) |
| Married |
19 Feb 1824 |
St Stephen, Coleman Street, London |
| Children |
| | 1. Peek, Henry William, b. 26 Feb 1825, 20 King Street, Finsbury Square, London , d. 26 Aug 1898 (Age 73 years) |
| | 2. Peek, Elizabeth, b. 1827, d. 18 Feb 1876, Lewisham, London (Age 49 years) |
| | 3. Peek, James, b. 1829, d. 1830 (Age 1 years) |
| | 4. Peek, Julia, b. 27 Feb 1831, London , d. 12 Aug 1861 (Age 30 years) |
| | 5. Peek, James, b. 1833, d. 1858 (Age 25 years) |
| | 6. Peek, Hannah, b. 22 Feb 1835, City of London , d. Q1 1896, Bath (Age 60 years) |
| | 7. Peek, Charles, b. 1840, d. 1860 (Age 20 years) |
| | 8. Peek, Edward, b. 26 Jun 1841, d. 31 Dec 1898 (Age 57 years) |
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| Last Modified |
5 Feb 2015 |
| Family ID |
F2 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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 | Census - 1871 - Watcombe Lodge, St Mary Church, Torquay, Devon |
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| Notes |
- 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."
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| Sources |
- [S105] IGI, Ebenezer Chapel-Independent, Kingsbridge, Devon, England, (Familysearch) (Reliability: 2).
- [S15] Free BMD Marriage, (Ancestry.co.uk), Vol 5b p209 (Reliability: 2).
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