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NameRichard Peckover 
[82, No 647, p. 116], [109, Quaker cemetary, Old lane, Fakenham, Norfolk, rec in Nov 1979]
[82, No 647, p. 116], [109, Quaker cemetary, Old lane, Fakenham, Norfolk, rec in Nov 1979]Birth27 Feb 1730, Fakenham, Norfolk
Death1 Sep 1757, Fakenham, Norfolk
Burial4 Sep 1757, Quaker Cemetary, Fakenham, Norfolk
GeneralBanker??? Of Pakenham. (Probably Fakenham, Norfolk see Notes.)
FatherJoseph Peckover (1697-1771)
MotherAnne Wright (ca1712-1744)
Spouses
MarriageApr 1753, Woodbridge, Suffolk (?)
Notes for Richard Peckover
From Henry Ecroyd Smith’s “Smith of Doncaster”, p. 34, there is this account of a family of Peckovers:
PECKOVER OF WISBECH.
PECKOVER,—formerly Pickenhaver, and occasionally found corrupted into Pettifer,—is a name of uncommon occurrence, and although found scattered throughout England, probably all who now bear it had a common ancestry not many centuries ago. Our present branch owns kindred with none other, and simply claims descent from a certain Edmund Peckover, who, born at Charleton, in Northamptonshire, took the Parliamentarian side in the Civil War, and became an active trooper in Cromwell's army. After seeing considerable service and being desirous of visiting his relatives in Norfolk, he managed to obtain a discharge,—still in possession of the family,—dated "Sixen of Auguste 1655. " At this period a substantial family of this name flourished in Norwich; one served as sheriff, whilst a bust of one member and monuments to others, may be found in the churches of this city; no relationship is known to have existed between these two branches. Edmund Peckover shortly afterwards settled at Fakenham, in Norfolk, and was the first of the name to join the religious Society of Friends. His lineal descendant, Richard Peckover, of Fakenham, had a son:
Jonathan Peckover, who, born there in 1754, settled as a banker at Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, in1777; mar. 22 X. 1787, Susannah, only dau. of William Payne, of Newhill Grange, and Elizabeth Ecroyd, his wife, (seeante) by whom he had issue 3 sons and a dau., viz. :
I. William Peckover, banker, of Wisbech, born 12 XI. 1790; died 12 V. 1877.
II. Richard; III. Joseph; IV. Edward; all died in infancy.
V. Daniel, banker, of Wisbech, born 30 XII. 1798; died unmar. 27 XII. 1867.
VI. Algernon, banker, of Wisbech, born 25 XI. 1803; mar. Priscilla, dau. of Dykes Alexander, of Ipswich, and Hannah Brewster, his wife, who was born 5 I. 1805; issue 2 sons and 6 daus., viz. :
i Alexander Peckover, born 16VIII. 1830; mar. 8 IV. 1858, Eliza, only surviving dau. of Joseph Sharples, of Hitchin, and Elizabeth Ransome, his wife, who died. 7 VIII. 1862, having had issue
d Elizabeth Josephine. 2 Alexandrina. 3 Anna Jane.
ii Jonathan, born 16 VI. 1835. i Susannah. ii Priscilla Hannah. iii Jane.
iv Katharine Elizabeth, mar. Christopher Bowley, of Cirencester, who died without issue, 14 VI. 1870.
v Algerina. vi Wilhelmina.
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I am reasonably certain that the Richard in the first paragraph is this Richard of this database. The Quaker connection makes it the more likely. Accordingly there is, or was, some documentation of the early Peckovers somewhere, that should flesh out a few generations of Richard’s ancestry.
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For his birth in the Quaker Digest register, the date is given as “1729.11.27” but with “1730” below this. I do not know what this means.
I have yet to find any record of his marriage. Possibly he was married in a C of E church?
For his death, both the death record and the MI for the burial plot have the same date - makes things easy - and the burial says he was 27, which confirms that it was he who was the Richard born in 1730.
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The Norfolk CDROM of births has the following born to Richard and Jane of Fakenham (Yr_Mon_Day):
Joseph, 1754_1_23
Jonathan, 1755_5_12
Jane, 1756_5_28
Edmund, 1757_7_1
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PECKOVER OF WISBECH.
PECKOVER,—formerly Pickenhaver, and occasionally found corrupted into Pettifer,—is a name of uncommon occurrence, and although found scattered throughout England, probably all who now bear it had a common ancestry not many centuries ago. Our present branch owns kindred with none other, and simply claims descent from a certain Edmund Peckover, who, born at Charleton, in Northamptonshire, took the Parliamentarian side in the Civil War, and became an active trooper in Cromwell's army. After seeing considerable service and being desirous of visiting his relatives in Norfolk, he managed to obtain a discharge,—still in possession of the family,—dated "Sixen of Auguste 1655. " At this period a substantial family of this name flourished in Norwich; one served as sheriff, whilst a bust of one member and monuments to others, may be found in the churches of this city; no relationship is known to have existed between these two branches. Edmund Peckover shortly afterwards settled at Fakenham, in Norfolk, and was the first of the name to join the religious Society of Friends. His lineal descendant, Richard Peckover, of Fakenham, had a son:
Jonathan Peckover, who, born there in 1754, settled as a banker at Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, in1777; mar. 22 X. 1787, Susannah, only dau. of William Payne, of Newhill Grange, and Elizabeth Ecroyd, his wife, (seeante) by whom he had issue 3 sons and a dau., viz. :
I. William Peckover, banker, of Wisbech, born 12 XI. 1790; died 12 V. 1877.
II. Richard; III. Joseph; IV. Edward; all died in infancy.
V. Daniel, banker, of Wisbech, born 30 XII. 1798; died unmar. 27 XII. 1867.
VI. Algernon, banker, of Wisbech, born 25 XI. 1803; mar. Priscilla, dau. of Dykes Alexander, of Ipswich, and Hannah Brewster, his wife, who was born 5 I. 1805; issue 2 sons and 6 daus., viz. :
i Alexander Peckover, born 16VIII. 1830; mar. 8 IV. 1858, Eliza, only surviving dau. of Joseph Sharples, of Hitchin, and Elizabeth Ransome, his wife, who died. 7 VIII. 1862, having had issue
d Elizabeth Josephine. 2 Alexandrina. 3 Anna Jane.
ii Jonathan, born 16 VI. 1835. i Susannah. ii Priscilla Hannah. iii Jane.
iv Katharine Elizabeth, mar. Christopher Bowley, of Cirencester, who died without issue, 14 VI. 1870.
v Algerina. vi Wilhelmina.
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I am reasonably certain that the Richard in the first paragraph is this Richard of this database. The Quaker connection makes it the more likely. Accordingly there is, or was, some documentation of the early Peckovers somewhere, that should flesh out a few generations of Richard’s ancestry.
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For his birth in the Quaker Digest register, the date is given as “1729.11.27” but with “1730” below this. I do not know what this means.
I have yet to find any record of his marriage. Possibly he was married in a C of E church?
For his death, both the death record and the MI for the burial plot have the same date - makes things easy - and the burial says he was 27, which confirms that it was he who was the Richard born in 1730.
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The Norfolk CDROM of births has the following born to Richard and Jane of Fakenham (Yr_Mon_Day):
Joseph, 1754_1_23
Jonathan, 1755_5_12
Jane, 1756_5_28
Edmund, 1757_7_1
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Armorial Blazon notes for Richard Peckover
Per pale Gules and Sable a garb Or on a chief nebuly of the last three lions rampant Azure.
Blazon source notes for Richard Peckover
His grandson Algernon Peckover granted arms in 1880
Notes for Richard & Jane (Family)
No record of their marriage can be fund either on Family Search or the Quaker registers. However there are several records of Ricrd and Jane being the parents of children and the parents of grooms and brides