“Polly Peck, daughter of Joshua and Rachel (Mallory) Peck, was born either in Washington County or Essex County, New York. She married before 1827 to a Stephen Smith who was born in November of 1800 and died on April 19, 1869. Stephen and Polly became members of the First Baptist Church after 1815 and spent their entire life in the Jay area. After Polly’s mother Rachel died in 1828, she must have taken her father Joshua in to care for him. This was recorded in the 1840 Federal Census showing a male over the age of 45 living at the home of Stephen Smith in Jay, New York.”96

“Polly Peck, also known as Mary, had two children who died very young.”96