Sperry Park Genealogy - Person Sheet
Sperry Park Genealogy - Person Sheet
Notes for Burr Sperry Peck
Burr Sperry Peck
BIRTH
18 May 1830
DEATH
24 Jul 1911 (aged 81)
BURIAL
Grove Street Cemetery
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Son of Frederick and Sarah (Sperry) Peck.
He married (1) Mary Jane Emery on Dec 2, 1855 and (2) Mary Bryan on July 9, 1908 in Manhattan, N.Y. (Ref. New York, New York Extracted Marriage Index 1866-1937)
Parents of Minnie Estelle lPeck (1860-1890)
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MADE LOVE ON DAY OF WIFE’S FUNERAL
Nurse Says Dead Woman’s Husband Asked Her for Hugs and Kisses
AFTERWARD WEDDED YOUNG HOUSEKEEPER
New Haven (CT), Oct 17 (1911)— Burr R Peck, a retired carpenter, worth between $50,000 and $100,00, living in the University section of New Haven, at the age of seventy-seven years lost his wife Mary Emery Peck, who with him had celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of their marriage four years before. Mrs Peck died in April, 1908, and July 9 of the same year Mr Peck accompanied his housekeeper, Miss Mary Bryan, 22 years old, to New York and they were married by an Alderman. On this trip they were accompanied by the aunt of Miss Bryan, Mrs Augustus F Johnson, who had kept a student lodging and boarding house next to Peck’s for several years and who was one of his tenants.
Some time afterward the old man posted Mrs Peck No. 2 in the newspapers and later brought suit for a divorce, but the case was never tried. He died at the age of eighty, leaving several wills. His last will left to Mrs Johnson the house she lived in, to Carl A Mears, lawyer and bass singer in the First Methodist Church, $5,000 for his long and faithful service and in lieu of a fee as executor, balance to the widow.
Blood relatives contested the will. The widow Peck, who had been keeping student lodgers at the home she inherited, 116 High Street, has gone away. This was not known until yesterday when she was subpoenaed as a witness in the case by Judge Samuel E Hoyt, counsel for some of the contestants of the will. When Constable Roscoe Brown knocked on the door a Yale head popped out.
“Where is May Peck?” said the Constable.
“Little May has flown away” was the answer.
The trial to break the will started yesterday when Miss Scrimgeour, superintendent of the visiting nurses of Ansonia and one of the most respected nurses in the State, came to the stand.
“Mr Peck was very eccentric,” she said. “The night his first wife died we realized that she could live but a few hours and asked what we should do if there was a change in her condition. ‘Don’t disturb me,’ said Mr Peck. ‘Call the undertaker.’
The next morning he came downstairs and was informed of the death. He turned to the cat and said, ‘Tabby and I are all alone unless we can get one of these young women to stay here.’
“Mr Peck did not seem to be troubled and the day of the funeral arrived downstairs in a pink shirt, green tie and light checked suit. I gave one look at him and I told him he must put on a black tie. I tried to fix it into his celluloid collar and he said ‘You can hug me all you want to.’
“Show some respect for your wife,’ I said.’”
“‘Oh, she’s [dead],’ said Mr Peck. ‘I want a live one now.’ I finally got his collar on.”
Miss Scrimgeour testified that Peck offered her a diamond pin a day or two later if she would hug and kiss him and she declined. He offered all his wife’s jewelry to her for hugs and kisses, but she refused. Miss Scrimgeour went away soon and May Bryan went to the house to live.
At the time of Burr Peck’s marriage to May Bryan, his ninety-seven-year-old mother objected strenuously, but to no avail. She lived until within a year of Burr Peck’s death.
The Morning Post (Camden, NJ), 17 Oct 1911
Contributor: Jill Hurley (47127845) • genealogy_jill@icloud.com
Family Members
Parents
Frederick Peck
unknown–1871
Sarah Sperry Peck
1813–1911
Spouse
Mary J. Emery Peck
1835–1908
Inscription
Aged 81.
BIRTH
18 May 1830
DEATH
24 Jul 1911 (aged 81)
BURIAL
Grove Street Cemetery
New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA Add to Map
MEMORIAL ID
11442751 · View Source
SHARE
SAVE TO
SUGGEST EDITS
MEMORIAL
PHOTOS 2
FLOWERS 1
Son of Frederick and Sarah (Sperry) Peck.
He married (1) Mary Jane Emery on Dec 2, 1855 and (2) Mary Bryan on July 9, 1908 in Manhattan, N.Y. (Ref. New York, New York Extracted Marriage Index 1866-1937)
Parents of Minnie Estelle lPeck (1860-1890)
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MADE LOVE ON DAY OF WIFE’S FUNERAL
Nurse Says Dead Woman’s Husband Asked Her for Hugs and Kisses
AFTERWARD WEDDED YOUNG HOUSEKEEPER
New Haven (CT), Oct 17 (1911)— Burr R Peck, a retired carpenter, worth between $50,000 and $100,00, living in the University section of New Haven, at the age of seventy-seven years lost his wife Mary Emery Peck, who with him had celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of their marriage four years before. Mrs Peck died in April, 1908, and July 9 of the same year Mr Peck accompanied his housekeeper, Miss Mary Bryan, 22 years old, to New York and they were married by an Alderman. On this trip they were accompanied by the aunt of Miss Bryan, Mrs Augustus F Johnson, who had kept a student lodging and boarding house next to Peck’s for several years and who was one of his tenants.
Some time afterward the old man posted Mrs Peck No. 2 in the newspapers and later brought suit for a divorce, but the case was never tried. He died at the age of eighty, leaving several wills. His last will left to Mrs Johnson the house she lived in, to Carl A Mears, lawyer and bass singer in the First Methodist Church, $5,000 for his long and faithful service and in lieu of a fee as executor, balance to the widow.
Blood relatives contested the will. The widow Peck, who had been keeping student lodgers at the home she inherited, 116 High Street, has gone away. This was not known until yesterday when she was subpoenaed as a witness in the case by Judge Samuel E Hoyt, counsel for some of the contestants of the will. When Constable Roscoe Brown knocked on the door a Yale head popped out.
“Where is May Peck?” said the Constable.
“Little May has flown away” was the answer.
The trial to break the will started yesterday when Miss Scrimgeour, superintendent of the visiting nurses of Ansonia and one of the most respected nurses in the State, came to the stand.
“Mr Peck was very eccentric,” she said. “The night his first wife died we realized that she could live but a few hours and asked what we should do if there was a change in her condition. ‘Don’t disturb me,’ said Mr Peck. ‘Call the undertaker.’
The next morning he came downstairs and was informed of the death. He turned to the cat and said, ‘Tabby and I are all alone unless we can get one of these young women to stay here.’
“Mr Peck did not seem to be troubled and the day of the funeral arrived downstairs in a pink shirt, green tie and light checked suit. I gave one look at him and I told him he must put on a black tie. I tried to fix it into his celluloid collar and he said ‘You can hug me all you want to.’
“Show some respect for your wife,’ I said.’”
“‘Oh, she’s [dead],’ said Mr Peck. ‘I want a live one now.’ I finally got his collar on.”
Miss Scrimgeour testified that Peck offered her a diamond pin a day or two later if she would hug and kiss him and she declined. He offered all his wife’s jewelry to her for hugs and kisses, but she refused. Miss Scrimgeour went away soon and May Bryan went to the house to live.
At the time of Burr Peck’s marriage to May Bryan, his ninety-seven-year-old mother objected strenuously, but to no avail. She lived until within a year of Burr Peck’s death.
The Morning Post (Camden, NJ), 17 Oct 1911
Contributor: Jill Hurley (47127845) • genealogy_jill@icloud.com
Family Members
Parents
Frederick Peck
unknown–1871
Sarah Sperry Peck
1813–1911
Spouse
Mary J. Emery Peck
1835–1908
Inscription
Aged 81.