“Aaron Peck, son of Joseph and Rebecca (Shepherd) Peck, lived first in Newtown then removed to Sandgate, Vermont after 1780. He married Deborah _____ about 1752. Deborah was born about 1736 and died February 13, 1804 in Sandgate. She was buried at the West Sandgate Cemetery. During the French and Indian Wars, Aaron served in Captain Barnum’s company of militia during the Campaign of 1757. His company was one of fourteen raised to help in the relief of Fort William Henry in Lake George, New York which was captured by the French in August of that year. He then served in Captain Tomlinson’s 6th Company during the Campaign of 1759. Aaron took his oath as a freeman, as did his father before him, in 1756. The first sign of Aaron Peck in Sandgate was recorded in June of 1786 with the sale of 50 acres of land to Daniel Tarrel of Camden, New York for the sum of 20 pounds.”96

In the 1790 Vermont Heads of Families census, Aron Peck is listed with a household of 2 free white males over 16, and 3 free white females (no age distinction given).242