Henry E. Peck was born in Rochester, New York to Everard Peck. Peck was a nephew of the reformer Almira Porter Barnes. He attended the Oneida Institute and graduated from Bowdoin College in Maine. He then studied theology at Oberlin College and eventually served as a professor at Oberlin from 1852 to 1865 where he was active in the abolitionist movement. He was arrested for being a leader of the abolitionist Oberlin–Wellington Rescue where freed slaves were harbored on the Oberlin campus. In 1865 he was appointed as the second United States Minister Resident to Haiti, serving from 1865 to 1867 when he (and his wife Margaret) died in Haiti of yellow fever.
Henry's wife was Esther M. Buckley and she died after 1910.
AKA Ester M. and Hester M. Buckley:
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Connecticut, Marriages, 1630-1997
Name: Henry E. Peck
Spouse's Name: Hester M. Buckley
Event Date: 03 May 1849
Event Place: Connecticut
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1850 Census; Rochester, ward 2, Monroe, New York
11 Aug 1850; stamped 65
208/404
Henry E Peck, 29, M, Cong. Clergyman, N. York
Esther M. Peck, 28 F, ---, N. York
Alice MoK., 1/12, F, ---, N. York
Mary J. Cook, 15, F, ---, Ireland
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HeritageQuest
1860 OHIO LORAIN OEBERLIN
Series: M653; Roll: 1002; Page: 222
Page No. 79 [stamped 222]; 25 June, 1860
557/522
Henry E Peck, 39, M, Prof. Men't Philesophy, New York
Esther M. Peck, 38, F, ---, New York
Everard J. Peck, 8, M, ---, New York
HeritageQuest
1870 OHIO LORAIN OBERLIN
Series: M593 Roll: 1235 Page: 651
Page No. 47 [stamped 651]; 21 June, 1870
Post Office: Oberlin
349/356
Peck, Esther, 47, F, W, Keeps house, N. Y.
Peck, Evard, 18, M, W, Student, N. Y.
Peck, Norman, 15, M, W, ---, Ohio
Peck, Wm. 12, M, W, ---, Ohio
Peck, Mary, 8, F, W, ---, Ohio
In 1910 she was in the household of her son Evard T./Eveard:
1910 ILLINOIS WILL 2-WD LOCKPORT
Series: T624 Roll: 333 Page: 186
PECK, EWARD T, 58, M, W, NY
Eveard J Peck, Head, M, 58, New York
Sally A Peck, Wife, F, 51, Wisconsin
Harriet R Warden, Mother-in-law, F, 93, New York
Ester M Peck, Mother, F, 87, New York
Nellie M Peck, Daughter, F, 21, Kansas
Hattie G Peck, Daughter, F, 18, Tennessee
Henry E Peck, Son, M, 12, Tennessee
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Henry E. Peck was born in Rochester, New York to Everard Peck. Peck was a nephew of the reformer Almira Porter Barnes. He attended the Oneida Institute and graduated from Bowdoin College in Maine. He then studied theology at Oberlin College and eventually served as a professor at Oberlin from 1852 to 1865 where he was active in the abolitionist movement. He was arrested for being a leader of the abolitionist Oberlin–Wellington Rescue where freed slaves were harbored on the Oberlin campus. In 1865 he was appointed as the second United States Minister Resident to Haiti, serving from 1865 to 1867 when he (and his wife Margaret) died in Haiti of yellow fever.
Henry's wife was Esther M. Buckley and she died after 1910.
AKA Ester M. and Hester M. Buckley:
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7P3-2JW
Connecticut, Marriages, 1630-1997
Name: Henry E. Peck
Spouse's Name: Hester M. Buckley
Event Date: 03 May 1849
Event Place: Connecticut
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MCB3-PQ2
1850 Census; Rochester, ward 2, Monroe, New York
11 Aug 1850; stamped 65
208/404
Henry E Peck, 29, M, Cong. Clergyman, N. York
Esther M. Peck, 28 F, ---, N. York
Alice MoK., 1/12, F, ---, N. York
Mary J. Cook, 15, F, ---, Ireland
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HeritageQuest
1860 OHIO LORAIN OEBERLIN
Series: M653; Roll: 1002; Page: 222
Page No. 79 [stamped 222]; 25 June, 1860
557/522
Henry E Peck, 39, M, Prof. Men't Philesophy, New York
Esther M. Peck, 38, F, ---, New York
Everard J. Peck, 8, M, ---, New York
HeritageQuest
1870 OHIO LORAIN OBERLIN
Series: M593 Roll: 1235 Page: 651
Page No. 47 [stamped 651]; 21 June, 1870
Post Office: Oberlin
349/356
Peck, Esther, 47, F, W, Keeps house, N. Y.
Peck, Evard, 18, M, W, Student, N. Y.
Peck, Norman, 15, M, W, ---, Ohio
Peck, Wm. 12, M, W, ---, Ohio
Peck, Mary, 8, F, W, ---, Ohio
In 1910 she was in the household of her son Evard T./Eveard:
1910 ILLINOIS WILL 2-WD LOCKPORT
Series: T624 Roll: 333 Page: 186
PECK, EWARD T, 58, M, W, NY
Eveard J Peck, Head, M, 58, New York
Sally A Peck, Wife, F, 51, Wisconsin
Harriet R Warden, Mother-in-law, F, 93, New York
Ester M Peck, Mother, F, 87, New York
Nellie M Peck, Daughter, F, 21, Kansas
Hattie G Peck, Daughter, F, 18, Tennessee
Henry E Peck, Son, M, 12, Tennessee
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