Difference between revisions of "John M. Peck"
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| − | John Murray Peck was one of the four original partners of Cobb & Co.<ref>Information from descendant David Moore, 2018.</ref> | + | John Murray Peck was born 26 January 1830 at Lebanon, New Hampshire, [[United States of America]].<ref>K. A. Austin, 'Peck, John Murray (1830–1903)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/peck-john-murray-4385/text7139, published first in hardcopy 1974, accessed online 30 August 2018.</ref> |
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| + | In June 1853 John Peck arrived at Melbourne aboard the [[Eagle]] and with Freeman Cobb, James Swanton, and John B. Lamber. They founded a carrying company known as Cobb & Co., which was converted in December 1853 to coaching. The original Cobb & Co. partnership was dissolved in May 1856 and Peck returned to America, visiting Chicago and his hometown Lebanon. He returned to Victoria in 1858 with eight new Concord coaches and a supply of harness. Four of these coaches could carry forty passengers each and had been built to Peck's design. A syndicate known as the Victorian Stage Co. was formed in August 1858 to operate the Concord coaches on the Bendigo line.<ref>K. A. Austin, 'Peck, John Murray (1830–1903)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/peck-john-murray-4385/text7139, published first in hardcopy 1974, accessed online 30 August 2018.</ref> | ||
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| + | Peck was one of the four original partners of Cobb & Co.<ref>Information from descendant David Moore, 2018.</ref> Known as a coachline proprietor and auctioneer, he was first president of the Associated Stock and Station Agents in 1888, a councillor of the Agricultural Society, a justice of the peace, a councillor of the Borough of Essendon and Flemington (Mayor 1872), a vice-president of the Essendon Football Club, member of the Australian Club and the Victoria Racing Club.<ref>State Library Catalogue entry Accession no: H2005.37/50</ref> | ||
== Goldfields Involvement in 1854 == | == Goldfields Involvement in 1854 == | ||
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Cobb & Co. transported troops to Ballarat before the [[Eureka Stockade]] at an exhorbitant price per trooper.<ref>Information from descendant David Moore, 2018.</ref> | Cobb & Co. transported troops to Ballarat before the [[Eureka Stockade]] at an exhorbitant price per trooper.<ref>Information from descendant David Moore, 2018.</ref> | ||
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| + | John Peck was the third son of John Waters Peck and his wife Frances (Fanny), née Huntington.<ref>K. A. Austin, 'Peck, John Murray (1830–1903)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/peck-john-murray-4385/text7139, published first in hardcopy 1974, accessed online 30 August 2018.</ref> | ||
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[[Eureka Stockade]] | [[Eureka Stockade]] | ||
Revision as of 12:49, 30 August 2018
Background
John Murray Peck was born 26 January 1830 at Lebanon, New Hampshire, United States of America.[1]
In June 1853 John Peck arrived at Melbourne aboard the Eagle and with Freeman Cobb, James Swanton, and John B. Lamber. They founded a carrying company known as Cobb & Co., which was converted in December 1853 to coaching. The original Cobb & Co. partnership was dissolved in May 1856 and Peck returned to America, visiting Chicago and his hometown Lebanon. He returned to Victoria in 1858 with eight new Concord coaches and a supply of harness. Four of these coaches could carry forty passengers each and had been built to Peck's design. A syndicate known as the Victorian Stage Co. was formed in August 1858 to operate the Concord coaches on the Bendigo line.[2]
Peck was one of the four original partners of Cobb & Co.[3] Known as a coachline proprietor and auctioneer, he was first president of the Associated Stock and Station Agents in 1888, a councillor of the Agricultural Society, a justice of the peace, a councillor of the Borough of Essendon and Flemington (Mayor 1872), a vice-president of the Essendon Football Club, member of the Australian Club and the Victoria Racing Club.[4]
Goldfields Involvement in 1854
Cobb & Co. transported troops to Ballarat before the Eureka Stockade at an exhorbitant price per trooper.[5]
Family
John Peck was the third son of John Waters Peck and his wife Frances (Fanny), née Huntington.[6]
== Also See ==-1903),
- ↑ K. A. Austin, 'Peck, John Murray (1830–1903)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/peck-john-murray-4385/text7139, published first in hardcopy 1974, accessed online 30 August 2018.
- ↑ K. A. Austin, 'Peck, John Murray (1830–1903)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/peck-john-murray-4385/text7139, published first in hardcopy 1974, accessed online 30 August 2018.
- ↑ Information from descendant David Moore, 2018.
- ↑ State Library Catalogue entry Accession no: H2005.37/50
- ↑ Information from descendant David Moore, 2018.
- ↑ K. A. Austin, 'Peck, John Murray (1830–1903)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/peck-john-murray-4385/text7139, published first in hardcopy 1974, accessed online 30 August 2018.
