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From: "Edwin O'Brien" <>
Subject: [S-I] Subject: "Defenders of the Plantation of Ulster 1641-1691"
Date: Sat, 12 Nov 2011 11:46:08 -0800

Hi Linda.

I wrote a couple of years ago about looking for Peeks in Antrim in the
late 1600s and early 1700s. I had found the family of David Peak
(b1681, Antrim) and his two sons John and Robert Peek as reported on
the Family Search Site (IGI). They were listed in the Milrow
Presbyterian Church records. I hired a researcher to examine those
records and make some copies of some of the originals. The Peeks
turned out to be Pooks and I was disappointed. I now know that an “e”
was often written to look like an “o” and that they were probably
Peeks and that David and his son John were probably my ancestors. A
John Peak of Prince Edward County, VA was my ancestor and he had a
brother, Robert, also resident in Prince Edward County and family oral
history says that they were Scotch Irish. Now, getting to the point
would you look up the name, Peek/Pook/Peak if and when you get a
chance. I recognize that David would have been too young to be in the
“Defenders of the Plantation of Ulster 1641-1691” but perhaps some of
his relatives are listed.

Thank you. Ed O’Brien

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• [S-I] Subject: "Defenders of the Plantation of Ulster 1641-1691" by "Edwin O'Brien" <>

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    • Re: [S-I] Subject: "Defenders of the Plantation of Ulster1641-1691" Peek/Pook/Peak by "John Polk" <>