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==Location==

Peckham Hollow was a settlement on the [[Willow Brook]] east of [[Ten Mile Creek]] in [[Rensselaerville]].

==History==

Peckham Hollow was named after [[Peleg Peckham]], its first settler. Town meetings for [[Rensselaerville]] were held at the Peckham house between 1804-1808. [[Lot 52]] and half of [[Lot 53]] were divided into village plots and sold to [[Ezra Lester]], [[Peleg Peckham]], [[Hezekiah Holdridge]], [[John Van Deusen]], [[Henry Powers]], [[Charles Griggs]], [[John McCrary]] and [[James Bill]]. Lester and Peckham had a tannery and shoe and leather business. With the failure of bark for tanning, Peckham Hollow subsided and village lots were absorbed in the farm of Lester.<ref><u>[[People Made It Happen Here]]</u>, History of the Town of Rensselaerville ca. 1788-1950, Published 1977</ref>.

==Notable Residents==

In 1796, [[James Bill]], Esq. was the first representative from [[Rensselaerville]] to the the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_State_Legislature New York State Legislature].<ref><u>[[People Made It Happen Here]]</u>, History of the Town of Rensselaerville ca. 1788-1950, Published 1977</ref>.

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