These records are from the genealogical collection of Newtown's Cyrenius H.Booth Library.  Spellings are maintained in these transcriptions, and word arrangement simulates that of the original record.

Jesse and Daniel PECK Families

This sheet was found tucked in the pages of an old book donated for the annual book sale at the Booth Library.  It is nota Bible record, but it is an authentic family record penned by Daniel PECK of Danbury sometime before his death in New York City in 1829.  The orthography, the type of paper, and the traces of sealing wax are all consistent with an early 19th century date.
  
The birth dates differ no more than a day or two from those published in Ira B. Peck's Genealogical History of the Descendants of Joseph Peck, Boston,1868.  No sources are cited in the published work, and only Daniel PECK's marriage and the birth of his first child are recorded in Danbury Vital Records.  But this document may be considered a primary source as Daniel here gives the birth dates of his parents,wife, and children from first-hand knowledge (though his age calcuations are not quite right).  He also gives the full names of two daughters who have only middle initials in Ira B. Peck's work.
  
Record of my father family
  
Jesse Peck was born 20 Sept 1734
and died 28 January 1777 aged 42 years 11 months & 23 day [sic]
  
Ruth Peck was Born february 26  1738and
died 2 february 1809  Aged 70 years11 & 1 day [sic]
  
Nathaniel Peck Born Desemb 12  1757and died
february 1  1777  Aged 20 year 1 month 20 day
  
Eliphalet Peck Born March 19  1758
  
Jesse Peck was born Descemb  22  1759
and died May 5   1808
  
Bengamin Peck Born September 24  1761
  
Louis [Lois] Peck Born Oct 28  1763
  
Calvin Peck Born Sept 4  1765  [Sept 3 published]
  
Luther Peck Born June 12  1767
  
Daniel Peck Born August 21  1769
  
Mersey Peck Born oct 29  1771
died Nov 30  1776 Aged 5 years  1 month 1 day
  
Esther Peck born August 15  1773 [Aug13 published] died Desember
25  1776  Aged 3 years 4 month  10 day
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A Record of your father family
  
Daniel Peck Born August 21  1769
  
Phebe Whitlock born 5 Sept 1767
  
Maried 2 february 1791
  
My son Bengamin W. Peck Born Nov 20 1791
  
My Daughter Luara Esther was Born 26 Desember 1797
  
My Daught Phebe Ursula Born July 6 1804
  
My son Daniel S. Peck was Born 24 June 1806
  
My son Gorge H. was Born 30 Januy 1809
  
MC Ewen Family

  Color photocopies of these Family Record pages were recently given to the Library by Mrs. Elma Jean (Beardsley) Wiacek of Shelton, CT, a descendant of Abigail(McEwen) Beardsley.  The Bible, which remainsin her possession, was published in New York in 1813 by Evert Duyckinck, John Tiebout,G & R Waite, and Websters & Skinners of Albany.   
  
Marriages
  
Lemuel McEwen and Ruth Ann Hurd ware married AD 1793 [overwritten,originally 1794?] August 30th
  
Abigail was mared AD 1819 Feb. 22
                                                                          1823
Hiram was mared AD 1821 January the 18 then / Hirams wife obtain a bill of divorse.
  
Lemuel McEwen and Hannah Riggs were Maried October the 29 AD 1823
  
Charles McEwen and Sarah M. Summers were married AD 1841 Dec. 1st
  
Births
  
Hiram was Born AD 1794 September 14th
  
Abigail was born AD 1798 February 27
  
Marcus was Born AD 1801 August the 10
  
Orval was Born AD 1803 November the 20
  
Ann Eliza was Born AD 1811 March the 10
  
Joel was Born AD 1813 August the 9th
  
Lemuel was Born AD 1816 June the 10
  
Charles was Born AD 1819 March the 15
  
Sarah Abigail McEwen was born AD 1842 Nov 4th
  
  
(in Births column)
  
Sarah M. McEwen wife of Charles McEwen died December 1st 1891
  
  
Deaths
  
January the 21 AD 1823 then Ruth Ann McEwen departed this Life aged47
  
September the 14 AD 1828 then departed this Life Joel McEwen aged fifteen years
  
May 30 AD 1836 then departed this life Lemuel McEwen aged Sixtyfive years
  
Hiram McEwen died Nov. 25th 1849 aged 55 years 2 months 11 days
  
Sarah Abigail McEwen died Sept 1st 1846 aged 3 years 10 months
  
Orville McEwen died April 26, 1864 aged 61 years. 5 mo. 6 days
  
Marcus McEwen died May 5th 1871 aged 69 years 8 months & 24 days
  
Ann Eliza McEwen (Beers) died 1868 July 19th in Chicago aged 57 years 4 months& 9 days
  
James McEwen Father to Lemuel, and Grandfather to Charles had two sons and one daughter.  The eldest Son being Lemuel,then next being David McEwen who died in Oxford.  Also one daughter Sally who Married Birdseye Beardsley of New Preston.