Addison

PECK, Warren

Genealogical and Family History of the State of Vermont: A Record of the 
Achievements of Her People in the Making of a Commonwealth and the Founding 
of a Nation. Carleton, ed. Chicago: Lewis, 1903, pp 421-422

The ancestors of the PECK family were long identified with Connecticut and 
ever bore their part in its progress and development. The line of descent is 
traced to Paul PECK, the great great great grandfather of our subject, who 
was a resident of Hartford [Hartford County], Connecticut, and later his 
sons, one of whom was Ebenezer, settled in Milford [New Haven County], 
Connecticut. Ebenezer's son, William PECK, was born in 1759 in Kent 
[Litchfield County], Connecticut. About 1785 he came with his brother Abel 
PECK to the town of New Haven [Addison County], Vermont, and there they spent 
the remainder of their lives. Both were soldiers in the war for 
independence. William PECK married Rebecca SPOONER, who was born 25 January 
1761, and died in 1839. Her father, Ebenezer SPOONER, was born 29 May 1724, 
and died in 1800. He was a son of William and Alice (BLACKWELL) SPOONER, the 
former of whom [William SPOONER] was born 11 May 1680, and the latter [Alice 
(BLACKWELL) SPOONER] 08 May 1681. Alice (BLACKWELL) SPOONER was a daughter 
of John S. and Sarah (WARREN) BLACKWELL, and the latter [Sarah (WARREN) 
SPOONER] was a daughter of Nathaniel WARREN, whose father, Richard WARREN, 
was a member of the heroic little band that came to this country on the 
"Mayflower."

The paternal grandfather of the subject was Warren PECK, and he was born 19 
October 1789 in New Haven [Addison County], Vermont. He was killed 11 
February 1822 by an accidental fall at the early age of thirty-three years. 
His wife, Fannie CARTER, was born in Warren [Litchfield County], Connecticut, 
a granddaughter of Captain Joseph CARTER, a Revolutionary soldier. His 
[Warren PECK's] son, Erastus C. PECK, was born 20 March 1810 in Monkton 
[Addison County], Vermont, and was reared near the old farm which for six 
generations had been the family home, his [Erastus C. PECK's] death there 
[Monkton] occurring 01 May 1887, at the age of seventy-seven. For his wife he 
[Erastus C. PECK] chose Nancy MIDDLEBROOK, whose father, Theophilus 
MIDDLEBROOK, was born in 1763 in Trumbull [Fairfield County], Connecticut, 
and his [Theodore's] death occurred in 1854 in Ferrisburg [Addison County], 
Vermont. He [Theodore] was a son of Stephen MIDDLEBROOK, who was born 30 June 
1731, was captain of a company from Fairfield [Fairfield in Fairfield County, 
Connecticut, or Fairfield in Franklin County, Vermont?] in the Revolutionary 
War and [Stephen MIDDLEBROOK] died in 1795. The latter [Stephen] was a son of 
John MIDDLEBROOK, a grandson of Joseph MIDDLEBROOK and a great grandson of 
Joseph MIDDLEBROOK [same name], the latter being one of the first settlers in 
this country. Mrs. PECK [Nancy, wife of Erastus C. PECK] made her home with 
her daughter, Mrs. A. D. HAYWARD, in Weybridge [Addison County], Vermont, 
where she [Nancy (MIDDLEBROOK) PECK] died 23 April 1903. She was born 16 
August 1812 in Ferrisburg [Addison County, Vermont].

Judge Warren PECK, the immediate subject of this review, was reared on the 
old home farm [Monkton [Addison County, Vermont] and received his education 
in Ben Allen school at Vergennes [Addison County, Vermont]. He chose farming 
as his life occupation, and in his agricultural labors he has met with a high 
and well-merited degree of success. He formerly owned and operated a tract 
of one hundred acres, but his landed possessions now consist of one hundred 
and eighty acres, which is divided into two farms. Republican; has been 
elected to many positions of honor and trust; for four years was selectman; 
lister for many years, part of the time chairman of the board; in 1892 
represented his district in the legislature, member of committee on 
agriculture; in 1898 elected assistant judge of Addison County and served two 
years; for the past twenty years justice of the peace. He was at one time a 
director of the Vergennes Agricultural Society; now a member of Addison 
County Agricultural Association; and a member of the Sons of the American 
Revolution.

In 1867 Mr. [Warren] PECK married Susan E. LATTIN, who was born 15 March 1837 
in Newton [Fairfield County], Connecticut, and is a daughter of Granville 
LATTIN, who was born in 1810, and died in 1880. He [Granville] was a son of 
Nathan LATTIN, who was born in September 1773 and died in 1845. Nathan's 
father, Benjamin LATTIN, was born in 1736 and died in 1802. The first LATTIN 
in America was Richard, who came from England in 1638, landing at Boston. He 
went to Long Island in 1654, and died at Hempstead [New York, per 1895 Atlas 
in Queens County] in 1672 or 1673. The union of our subject and wife [Warren 
and Susan E. (LATTIN) PECK] has been blessed with two children: (1) Martin 
C., who married Rena C. PARTCH, by whom he has one son, George W. PARTCH, and 
resides in New Haven [Addison County, Vermont]; and (2) Lewis C., a farmer 
of this locality, who married Clara BISBEE, and lives on the original PECK 
homestead. The family are held in the highest regard by all who have the 
pleasure of their acquaintance.

Submitted by Cathy Kubly