Peck Pedigree resolution: CHARLEMAGNE DESCENT

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Diana Trenchard

Peck Pedigree resolution: CHARLEMAGNE DESCENT

Legg inn av Diana Trenchard » 22 nov 2007 20:27:20

Bill Arnold wrote that Ira Peck in the 19C wrote:
"The pedigree, as it is here given, may be found in the British Museum,
London, England, excepting the two last families, those of Robert and
Joseph, which are added to it..."

In other words, the pedigree in London does not have the families of
Joseph and Robert Peck included.

While the original pedigree may be genuine, there is absolutely no
evidence that Joseph and Robert Peck were connected to the Nicholas
Peck who was responsible for the pedigree being drawn up, except that
their names had been added to the pedigree in Ira Peck's hands.

For me that raises a great big red flag.

Ira Peck did not himself come to England to make a copy of the
original pedigree. Instead he employed someone to obtain it for
him. That 'someone' appears to have been Somerby, who we now know to
have been a genealogical fraudster, quite capable of adding links to
please the person paying him.

The red flag has got even bigger.

The pedigree was drawn up in 1620. Robert and Joseph didn't go to
America until 1638 by which time they were married with families. As
far as I can remember, all Heralds' pedigrees that I have seen from
that time invariably include younger sons. So why weren't they
included in the original pedigree, if they indeed were brothers of
Nicholas?

The red flag is gigantic by now.

Parish Registers had been in existence for almost a century by the
time of the emigration. Why has no Peck researcher come up with the
baptisms of these supposed three Peck brothers which would at least
include their fathers' name(s)?

Whoops. The weight of the red flag has broken the flag-pole.

On the other hand, Bill, a little bit of active research on your part
among those parish records could support the possible brotherly
connection - or destroy it.

Diana

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