“Alvah Peck, son of Joshua and Rachel (Mallory) Peck, was born probably in Washington County, New York. He married Dorthea (Dolly) Hathaway, daughter of Josiah and Sibill (Pettingill) Hathaway who was born on March 18, 1801 in Massachusetts. Alvah, as a young man, was present in the town of Plattsburgh during the battle between the British and American forces in 1814 and made testimony to the fact that he saw his older brother Joel serving with his regiment. Alvah and Dolly became members of the First Baptist Church about 1815. Alvah was officially baptized and received the hand of fellowship at the Ausable River on November 15, 1829. Alvah and his family spent most of their lives farming on Peck Hill in Jay, New York. After his death, Dolly went to live with her son Ebenezer and his family in Harrietstown, new York about 1879. She then moved to Tunbridge, Vermont to live with her daughter Marinda M. Green and her family about 1880. She died at Tunbridge on August 22, 1881. The cause of death was recorded by the local doctor as softening of the brain.”96

In the 1850 census, he was living in Wilmington next to Delavan [sic] Peck, with only wife Dorothy, worth $700.145

In the 1855 census, he was living in Jay and listed as a landowner, but his occupation was not listed. He was with wife Sally and children Perdinia, G.G., Miranda, Caroline, and Daniel. He was 54 and said he had been born in Canada.187

In the 1870 census, he was living in Jay, next to Samuel Ripley and near Adoniram Peck. He was listed as 69, a farmer, real estate worth $400 and personal estate worth $120, and this time he reported he was born in New Hampshire. With him were Dolly and a 13-year-old Joshua.29