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Charles PELTON

Male 1794 - 1854  (59 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Charles PELTON was born on 16 Sep 1794 in Buckland, Franklin, MA (son of Cale PELTON and Esther CRITTENDEN); died on 25 Jul 1854 in Shelburne Falls, Franklin, MA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Reference Number: 1741
    • _UID: D3DFB9F7879B45C0B4EFBCC35C440BB107BC

    Notes:

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    He was a Carpenter.

    Charles married Lucinda MERRILL on 28 Nov 1819 in Shelburne Falls, Franklin, MA. Lucinda was born about 1800 in Shelburne Falls, Franklin, MA; died on 23 Jun 1854 in Shelburne Falls, Franklin, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Notes:

    Married:
    Reference Number:26861

    Children:
    1. Esther PELTON was born on 19 Dec 1820; died on 19 Jan 1852.
    2. Lucinda PELTON was born on 28 Aug 1824; died on 17 Aug 1859.
    3. Charles O. PELTON was born on 2 Jan 1829 in Shelburne Falls, Franklin, MA; and died.
    4. Melissa PELTON was born on 5 Aug 1834 in Shelburne Falls, Franklin, MA; and died.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Cale PELTON was born on 27 Oct 1769 in Chatham, Middlesex Co, CT (son of Ithamar PELTON and Elizabeth HALL); died on 22 Feb 1843 in Buckland, Franklin, MA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Reference Number: 734
    • _UID: C86CCAD5AF484D71B8407E5703F0B7E7E650

    Notes:

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    He was a Farmer.

    Cale married Esther CRITTENDEN on 3 Oct 1790. Esther was born on 18 Mar 1768 in Colchester, New London, CT; died on 25 Jul 1845 in Buckland, Franklin, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Esther CRITTENDEN was born on 18 Mar 1768 in Colchester, New London, CT; died on 25 Jul 1845 in Buckland, Franklin, MA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Reference Number: 1739
    • _UID: A99EBCB65FCD40CD97DC01764B5FD4439D94

    Notes:

    Married:
    Reference Number:12648

    Children:
    1. Albert PELTON was born on 11 Nov 1792 in CT; died on 19 Feb 1795.
    2. 1. Charles PELTON was born on 16 Sep 1794 in Buckland, Franklin, MA; died on 25 Jul 1854 in Shelburne Falls, Franklin, MA.
    3. Albert PELTON was born on 22 Jun 1796 in Buckland, Franklin, MA; died on 14 Sep 1874 in Buckland, Franklin, MA.
    4. Walter Hilliard PELTON was born on 22 Mar 1798 in Buckland, Franklin, MA; died on 14 Sep 1876 in Girard, Branch, MI.
    5. Phineas PELTON was born on 18 Feb 1800 in Buckland, Franklin, MA; died on 15 Mar 1800 in Buckland, Franklin, MA.
    6. Elizabeth Hall PELTON was born on 30 Mar 1801 in Buckland, Franklin, MA; died on 20 Mar 1873 in Buckland, Franklin, MA.
    7. Luther E. PELTON was born on 25 May 1803 in Buckland, Franklin, MA; and died.
    8. Cyrus B. PELTON was born on 1 Apr 1804 in Buckland, Franklin, MA; was christened on 1 Apr 1805; died on 28 Aug 1885 in Leicester, Livingston, NY.
    9. Hiram PELTON was born in 1807 in Buckland, Franklin, MA; died in Aug 1831 in Leicester, Livingston, NY.
    10. Elias S. PELTON was born on 12 Nov 1809 in Buckland, Franklin, MA; died on 2 Oct 1852 in Alexander, Genesee Co., NY.
    11. Cale Jr PELTON was born in Sep 1811 in Buckland, Franklin, MA; died on 12 Sep 1853 in Philadelphia, PA; was buried in Laurel Hill Cemetary.
    12. John O. PELTON was born on 25 Sep 1814 in Buckland, Franklin, MA; and died.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Ithamar PELTON was born on 1 May 1744 in Chatham, CT (son of Phineas PELTON and Mary MCKAY); died on 22 Jan 1806 in Chatham, Middlesex Co, CT.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Reference Number: 307
    • _UID: 38F89C095A654D18A20434F8D6DE2F1FCD19
    • Baptism: 19 May 1744

    Notes:

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    Description: Conflicting evidence states he died 22 Jan 1807.
    He was a Sea Captain/Farmer. He was a soldier in the Revolutionary War, r esponding to the Lexington alarm from Chatham, CT. He was a Sea Captain f or years, commanding privateers and taking prizes during the war. He sail ed to England and other foreign ports later. He owned a great deal of la nd from 1767-1795 according to Chatham records. in the last years of h is life he was an invalid.

    Ithamar married Elizabeth HALL on 23 Jul 1767 in Portland, Middlesex, CT. Elizabeth was born in 1747 in Portland, Middlesex, CT; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Elizabeth HALL was born in 1747 in Portland, Middlesex, CT; and died.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Reference Number: 732
    • _UID: 0152B1996C934991B8D758812504DE351A6C

    Notes:

    Married:
    Reference Number:6314

    Children:
    1. Elizabeth PELTON was born on 19 Jan 1768; and died.
    2. 2. Cale PELTON was born on 27 Oct 1769 in Chatham, Middlesex Co, CT; died on 22 Feb 1843 in Buckland, Franklin, MA.
    3. Charles PELTON was born on 14 Jan 1772 in Chatham, Middlesex Co, CT; died on 5 Jul 1776.
    4. Grace PELTON was born on 27 Oct 1773 in Chatham, Middlesex Co, CT; died on 4 Jul 1806 in Portland, Middlesex, CT.
    5. William Pitt PELTON was born on 25 Jul 1775 in Chatham, Middlesex Co, CT; died on 16 Jun 1848 in Upper Middletown, CT.
    6. Mary PELTON was born on 30 Oct 1777 in Chatham, Middlesex Co, CT; died on 31 Jul 1868 in Madison, Lake, OH.
    7. Luther PELTON was born on 7 Oct 1779 in Chatham, Middlesex Co, CT; died in May 1805.
    8. Charles PELTON was born in 1781 in Chatham, Middlesex Co, CT; died in Nov 1803.
    9. Samuel PELTON was born on 18 Sep 1783 in Chatham, Middlesex Co, CT; died on 8 Aug 1862.
    10. Sarah PELTON was born in Jun 1789 in Chatham, Middlesex Co, CT; died on 4 Sep 1870; was buried in Sep 1870 in Indian Hill, Middletown, CT.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Phineas PELTON was born in 1712 in Canterbury, Windham, Conn (son of John B. PELTON and Jemima JOHNSON); died on 24 May 1799 in Chatham, CT; was buried in Chatham, CT.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Reference Number: 144
    • _UID: 3C61DF4ED8674E29803F48C5FAB79B23BB49
    • Alt. Birth: 24 May 1712; Alt. Birth
    • Alt. Death: 24 May 1799; Alt. Death
    • Alt. Burial: Abt 30 May 1799; Alt. Burial

    Notes:

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    He was a Farmer. Phineas and his brother, Johnson, inherited from their f ather 400 acres called "The School Lot" and one-half of his dwelling. Phin eas added other land and the larger part was later lived on by his great-g randson, Moses F.[3108553.ged]

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    Ref: DAR Patriot Index, Centennial Edition, Part III (pages 2269-2270), Wa shing 1990.
    Phineas, CT, b. 1712 MA, d. May 24, 1799 CT, married Mary McKay, was list ed as a Soldier (no other military records of Phineas).

    Phineas served in the Militia under General Gates in 1777. He suffered fr om "numb Palsey" for 23 years before his death. Phineas and his brothe r, Johnson, inherited from their father, John Pelton (1682), 400 acres cal led school lot and one half the dwelling house thereon. The old homeste ad of John Pelton the 1st, of Saybrook, lies in what is now the Twp of Por tland.

    "Phinehas and his brother, Johnson, inherited from their father 400 acr es called The School Lot and one half of his dwelling. Phinehas added oth er land and the larger part was later lived on by his great-grandson, Mos es F. Pelton." Joyce Pelton Bowley web site 1999

    The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution Volu me 55 page 200:
    Mrs. Mary Pelton Cooper.
    DAR ID Number: 54462
    Born in Alexander, N. Y.
    Wife of W. Grant Cooper.
    Descendant of Ithamar Pelton and of Phineas Pelton.
    Daughter of Elias S. Pelton, Jr., and Katherine B. Boyle, his wife.
    Granddaughter of Elias S. Pelton and Anna M. Judd, his wife.
    Gr-granddaughter of Cale Pelton and Esther Crittenden, his wife.
    Gr-gr-granddaughter of Ithamar Pelton and Elizabeth Hall, his wife.
    Gr-gr-gr-granddaughter of Phineas Pelton and Mary McKay, his wife.
    Ithamar Pelton (1744-1807) responded to the Lexington Alarm from Chatha m, Conn., where he was born. He died in Portland, Me.
    Also Nos. 4453, 28160.
    Phineas Pelton (1712-99) in 1777 served in the militia under General Gate s. He died in Chatham.
    Also No. 4453.

    1790 census has 2 Phinehas Peltons as heads of families:
    Chatham, Middlesex, CT household of 1 male over 16 and 1 female
    Saybrook, Middlesex, CT household of 1 male over 16 and 5 females

    Military:
    Revoluntionary War

    Occupation:
    Farmer

    Alt. Birth:
    Canterbury, Windham County, CT

    Alt. Death:
    Chatham Twp, Middlesex County, CT

    Alt. Burial:
    Chatham Twp, Middlesex County, CT

    Phineas married Mary MCKAY on 22 May 1740. Mary was born in 1723 in Middletown, Middlesex, CT; died on 28 Sep 1749. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Mary MCKAY was born in 1723 in Middletown, Middlesex, CT; died on 28 Sep 1749.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Reference Number: 304
    • _UID: 4EFAE38643304D71858B0B9FE53B3F231E25

    Notes:

    Married:
    Reference Number:3827

    Children:
    1. PELTON was born in 1741; and died.
    2. 4. Ithamar PELTON was born on 1 May 1744 in Chatham, CT; died on 22 Jan 1806 in Chatham, Middlesex Co, CT.
    3. Charles PELTON was born about 1747; died about 1753.