• Excerpts: John(1) Peckham appears in Newport, R. I., in 1638. He was associated with the Clarkes and others, who were among the active supporters of Anne Hutchinson. His name is not found in any passenger list, nor in the Boston records. It is probable that he came with the Hutchinson party on the Griffin. He was a zealous Baptist... He was a brother-in-law of John Clarke.
John Peckham and his sons became, prior to 1700, very extensive landholders.1270

• According to Stephen Farnam Peckham in his Genealogy: “John Peckham no doubt came to Boston with Sir Henry Vane in 1634 and he probably met there Mary Clarke who accompanied her brother John Clarke of Boston at about the same time. The acquaintance resulted in marriage of which no record can be found. He probably was one of the party called the Ann Hutchinson party, who founded a settlement on the north end of Rhode Island, which became the town of Portsmouth. In 1640 the bounds of his land were established.”
HIs residence was in that part of Newport which is now Middletown, and a stone marked J. P. is supposed to mark his grave.632

• 12 children by two wives.632