As much as we know about Clarendon's settlers in its early decades, there are likely many that came and went with barely a trace. Such was Daniel Peck who died accidentally in 1803 as a result of a tree limb falling on him. The entirety of what we know of him is the short death notice in the Dec. 12, 1803 Vermont Mercury (Rutland). He does not appear in any of the Peck family trees for Clarendon or elsewhere. He is not found in any of our cemeteries, nor can we find him buried anywhere else. Yet we know from his death that as a young man he was here.
There was a Daniel Peck (1764 - 1852) in Cavendish of the right age to potentially be his father, but the 1790 and 1800 censuses for that Daniel Peck's household perfectly match his known children, none of which was a Daniel Jr.
Town birth, death, and marriage records usually recorded parentage if known, but there doesn't appear to be a town death record for him. Perhaps he came to Clarendon by himself and did not have any family to notify the town clerk, or provide him with a tombstone.
A transcript of the newspaper article shown below is:
On the 1st ult. Mr. Daniel Peck, of Clarendon, was instantly killed by the fall of a limb from a tree. His worth, his youth and his untimely death are for the consideration of the living.