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Amanda PELTON

Female 1855 - Yes, date unknown


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Amanda PELTON was born on 28 Jun 1855 in Brant Co., ON, Can (daughter of Hamilton PELTON and Hannah MARTIN); and died.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Reference Number: 6990
    • _UID: A76E1349A9C746A0B281C66F7B57EDD7C5FE


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Hamilton PELTON was born on 24 Dec 1824 in Brant Co., ON, Can (son of Samuel PELTON and Rhoda ROUSE); and died.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Reference Number: 4307
    • _UID: 880D862A2B034A208FE6065E9515630FD206

    Notes:

    Hamilton Pelton, the youngest of his fathers's seven children, was rais ed by his stepfather until eighteen years of age, when he began life for h imself. When he reached his majority he obtained $50 of his brother o ut of his father's estate, and having saved $150, he put the two sums toge ther, and with them started for the State of Illinois, walking the enti re distance, 550 miles. Arriving on the Kankakee River, he gave $1 00 to a "squatter" for eighty acres of land, thirty acres being broken a nd fenced, and supplied with a log house and barn. He afterwards so ld it to the former owner at a small profit, and returning to Canada, purc hased his first farm, in Burford Township. He then bought 50 acres in Blei nheim on the Government Road, 50 near it in Burford, which he cleared, a nd lastly, he purchased his present place. He now owns 440 acres of farm l and, a foundry, and nearly an acre of land attached, at Bishopgate, a nd a lot and ashery at Kelvin.

    From the History of Brant County Pages 589-90

    Hamilton married Hannah MARTIN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Hannah MARTIN
    Children:
    1. Joshua PELTON was born on 19 Nov 1849 in Brant Co., ON, Can; and died.
    2. John PELTON was born on 29 Dec 1850 in Brant Co., ON, Can; and died.
    3. Charles PELTON was born on 7 Feb 1853 in Brant Co., ON, Can; and died.
    4. 1. Amanda PELTON was born on 28 Jun 1855 in Brant Co., ON, Can; and died.
    5. Benson PELTON was born on 1 Jan 1857 in Brant Co., ON, Can; and died.
    6. Mary PELTON was born on 27 Aug 1859 in Brant Co., ON, Can; and died.
    7. Anna PELTON was born on 22 Jun 1861 in Brant Co., ON, Can; and died.
    8. Samuel PELTON was born on 24 Sep 1865 in Brant Co., ON, Can; and died.
    9. George PELTON was born on 7 Aug 1869 in Brant Co., ON, Can; and died.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Samuel PELTON was born in 1789 in Grand Isle Co., VT (son of James B. PELTON and Sallie LAWERENCE); died in 1821 in Blenheim, Oxford, ON, Can.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Reference Number: 2227
    • _UID: 2DBC10CAB95B4F11AAA46F23BF1C9369EE2E

    Notes:

    Samuel Pelton came to Canada about the time of the War of 1812. Mr Pelt on taking a soldier's part in that struggle. At the expiration of the w ar Mr. and Mrs Pelton settled in Oxford County, where they remained unt il the death of the former

    From History of Brant County page 589

    Samuel married Rhoda ROUSE in 1812 in Can. Rhoda was born on 27 Aug 1796; died on 30 Jan 1868; was buried in 1868 in Princeton, ON. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Rhoda ROUSE was born on 27 Aug 1796; died on 30 Jan 1868; was buried in 1868 in Princeton, ON.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Reference Number: 4300
    • _UID: E3A8BEAD068449CDBF2988C5C16C60B20A12

    Notes:

    During the troublous times of the war Mrs. Pelton narrowly escaped tomahaw king at the hands of an Indian with whom she was thrown in contact.

    From History of Brant County Page 589

    Notes:

    Married:
    Reference Number:33395

    Children:
    1. Benson PELTON was born on 29 Jun 1812 in Burford, Oxford, ON, Can; and died.
    2. Araminta PELTON was born on 13 Jul 1814 in Blenheim, Oxford, ON, Can; died in Falkland, Oxford, ON, Can.
    3. Sarah PELTON was born on 11 Jul 1816 in Blenheim, Oxford, ON, Can; died on 22 Aug 1871 in Salem, MI.
    4. Mary PELTON was born in Dec 1818 in Blenheim, Oxford, ON, Can; and died.
    5. Joshua PELTON was born on 24 Feb 1820 in Blenheim, Oxford, ON, Can; died in 1845 in Will Co., IL.
    6. Athalinda PELTON was born on 5 Dec 1822 in Blenheim, Oxford, ON, Can; died on 22 May 1858 in Momence, Kankakee, IL.
    7. 2. Hamilton PELTON was born on 24 Dec 1824 in Brant Co., ON, Can; and died.
    8. Amanda PELTON was born on 24 Dec 1826 in Brant Co., ON, Can; and died.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  James B. PELTON was born in 1766 in Granville, Hampden, MA (son of Ephraim PELTON and Mary SPELLMAN); died in 1849 in Blenheim, Oxford, ON, Can.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Reference Number: 1123
    • _UID: 67ACEC8700594244894AE54C8AE2439CB42A

    Notes:

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    He was a Stonemason/Bricklayer. He moved in 1788 to Ontario, Canada. Remo ved to Grand Isle, VT, previous to 1788, and thence, with his brother-in- law, Levi Lawrence, in 1806, to Canada, Chateaugay, QUE, and in or about 1 809 to Blenheim, Oxford, Canada West, now Ontario, where he lived, and the re died, in 1849. He learned first the stone mason's trade, and afterwar d, brickmaking, at New London, CT. The records of this family were destro yed in the War of 1812, or in the Canadian Rebellion.

    James married Sallie LAWERENCE in 1788 in Grand Isle Co., VT. Sallie was born about 1770; died on 18 Mar 1812 in Blenheim, Oxford, ON, Can. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Sallie LAWERENCE was born about 1770; died on 18 Mar 1812 in Blenheim, Oxford, ON, Can.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Reference Number: 2225
    • _UID: B1BF786A590E46E1B284C7B0AB87EFA452A7

    Notes:

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    Sallie's fater is claimed to have been the Joseph Lawrence who, in Englan d, married Mary Townley, and whose descendants claim to be heirs to the im mense Townley estate, said to be in possession of the British government.

    Notes:

    Married:
    Reference Number:17425

    Children:
    1. 4. Samuel PELTON was born in 1789 in Grand Isle Co., VT; died in 1821 in Blenheim, Oxford, ON, Can.
    2. James Jr. PELTON was born on 21 Sep 1791 in Grand Isle Co., VT; died on 3 May 1851 in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo, MI.
    3. Stephen Lawrence PELTON was born on 17 Jan 1793 in Grand Isle Co., VT; died on 15 Nov 1883; was buried in Nov 1883.
    4. Mary PELTON was born in 1795 in Grand Isle Co., VT; died in 1865 in Buffalo, Erie, NY.
    5. Alson PELTON was born in 1798 in Grand Isle Co., VT; died in Mar 1873 in Oxford, ON, Can.
    6. Amanda PELTON was born in 1801 in Grand Isle Co., VT; and died.
    7. Ephraim T. PELTON was born in 1804 in Grand Isle Co., VT; died on 29 Aug 1860 in Buffalo, Erie, NY.
    8. Orpha PELTON was born on 30 Jan 1806 in Chateaugay Co., Que, Canada; and died.
    9. Enoch PELTON was born in 1808 in Chateaugay Co., Que, Canada; died in Mar 1813 in Oxford, ON, Can.