Hannah Borden Sowle Peckham
1839 – 1939
It brings me true pleasure to act as the historian of my family.
I am quite fortunate to live in the same town where multiple generations of my ancestors have resided and to have been given a collection of photos of past generations of my family, which were found in the attic of the home that my great great grandparents built on Willow Avenue, which abuts the lot where I grew up.
The focus of this project is on the women from my father’s side of the family. I have included photos, letters and newspaper articles of my great great grandmother Hannah Borden (Sowle) Peckham, and her daughter Harriet James (Peckham) Wordell.
It is an honor to me to be a part of the preservation of the history of our family. I am grateful to the Little Compton Historical Society for affording us this opportunity to share this information for all to enjoy.
Part 1 of an excerpt from “Notes on Little Compton” regarding Hannah Peckham and her daughter Harriet Wordell. 
Part 2 of an excerpt from “Notes on Little Compton” regarding Hannah Peckham and her daughter Harriet Wordell. 
Part 1 of a news article regarding Hannah Peckham and her daughter Harriet Wordell. 
Part 2 of a news article regarding Hannah Peckham and her daughter Harriet Wordell. 
Part 1 of a news article regarding Hannah Peckham. 
Part 2 of a news article regarding Hannah Peckham. 
Four generations of Peckhams, Hannah Borden Sowle Peckham and her son Charles Ellsworth Peckham, Sr. and his son Reginald Edmund Peckham, and Reginald’s son James Edmund Peckham. 
Gravestone of Hannah Borden Sowle Peckham and her husband James Edmund Peckham. 
Hannah Borden Sowle Peckham & her daughter Harriet James (Peckham) Wordell were members of the Methodist Church on The Commons, no longer standing. 
Hannah Borden Sowle Peckham and her husband James Edmund Peckham at home. 
Hannah Borden Sowle Peckham and her husband James Edmund Peckham 
A portrait of Hannah. 
A portrait of Hannah. 
A portrait of Hannah. 
Hannah Borden Sowle Peckham at home. 
Hannah’s Methodist Church book. 
James Edmund Peckham, husband of Hannah Borden (Sowle) Peckham. 
Left to right: Hannah Borden Sowle Peckham, James Edmund Peckham, and Harriet James Peckham. 
Page 1 of a letter from Charles Ellsworth Peckham, Sr. to his mother Hannah Borden (Sowle) Peckham, October 30, 1888. 
Page 2 of a letter from Charles Ellsworth Peckham, Sr. to his mother Hannah Borden (Sowle) Peckham, October 30, 1888. 
Page 3 of a letter from Charles Ellsworth Peckham, Sr. to his mother Hannah Borden (Sowle) Peckham, October 30, 1888. 
Page 4 of a letter from Charles Ellsworth Peckham, Sr. to his mother Hannah Borden (Sowle) Peckham, October 30, 1888. 
Page 1 of a letter from Hannah Borden (Sowle) Peckham to her son Charles Ellsworth Peckham, Sr., 1929. 
Page 2 of a letter from Hannah Borden (Sowle) Peckham to her son Charles Ellsworth Peckham, Sr., 1929. 
Page 3 of a letter from Hannah Borden (Sowle) Peckham to her son Charles Ellsworth Peckham, Sr., 1929. 
Page4 of a letter from Hannah Borden (Sowle) Peckham to her son Charles Ellsworth Peckham, Sr., 1929. 
Page 1 of a letter to Hannah Borden (Sowle) Peckham from her daughter-in-law Sarah Elizabeth Stoddard February 14, 1918. 
Page 2 of a letter to Hannah Borden (Sowle) Peckham from her daughter-in-law Sarah Elizabeth Stoddard February 14, 1918. 
Page 3 of a letter to Hannah Borden (Sowle) Peckham from her daughter-in-law Sarah Elizabeth Stoddard February 14, 1918. 
Page 4 of a letter to Hannah Borden (Sowle) Peckham from her daughter-in-law Sarah Elizabeth Stoddard February 14, 1918. 
Page 5 of a letter to Hannah Borden (Sowle) Peckham from her daughter-in-law Sarah Elizabeth Stoddard February 14, 1918. 
Page 6 of a letter to Hannah Borden (Sowle) Peckham from her daughter-in-law Sarah Elizabeth Stoddard February 14, 1918. 
Part 1 of Hannah’s obituary. 
Part 2 of Hannah’s obituary. 
86 Willow Avenue, home of Harriet Borden Sowle Peckham and James Edmund Peckham. 
Hannah Borden Sowle Peckham and her brother Ephraim Wilbur Sowle.
Nicole Peckham Page
May 2020
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