(III) Samuel, son of Joseph and Sarah Pecke, was born in Lyme, Connecticut, July 29, 1678, died in Lyme, January 28, 1735. He was the first member of this branch to drop the final “e” from his name. He married (first) Elizabeth Lee, who died August 29, 1731 and (second), January 25, 1732, Martha Barber, widow, of Killingsworth, Connecticut. She married (third), January 8, 1736, Peter Pearson. Children, all but one by first marriage : 1. Elizabeth, born April 26, 1702. died January 15, 1705. 2. Elizabeth, born May 14, 1705, died October 8, 1730; married. January 23, 1724, Richard Ely Jr. 3. Samuel, referred to below. 4. William, born August 31, 1709, died after 1738: married, January 25, 1732, Jemima Marvin. 5. Benjamin, born March 6, 1711, died after 1754; married, February 8, 1734, Sarah Champen. 6. Elijah, born October 20, 1713, married (first), April 28, 1737, Hepsihah Pearson and (second), January 8, 1771, Jane Minor, widow. 7. Jedediah, born June 1. 1717, died in 1744; married in 1738, Tabitha Pierson. 8. Daniel, born March 4, 1721, died March 1, 1751; married, November 8, 1744, Abigail Lord. 9. Silas, born October 2, 1724, died in June, 1808; married, November 4, 1746, Elizabeth Caulkins. 10. Martha, born June 4, 1738.
