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Robert PELTON

Male 1771 - 1869  (97 years)


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  • Name Robert PELTON 
    Birth 15 Mar 1771  Stamford, Darien, CT Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Reference Number 2039 
    _UID C729724DD9F442A68E6E696F71CEF17DE5AE 
    Death 18 Jan 1869  Stamford, Darien, CT Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I2037  My Genealogy
    Last Modified 3 Apr 2017 

    Father Samuel PELTON,   b. 21 Dec 1739, Stamford, Fairfield, CT Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Dec 1801, Stamford, Fairfield, CT Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 61 years) 
    Mother Rebecca HOLMES,   b. 29 Jan 1738, Stamford, Fairfield, CT Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Dec 1822, Warwick, Orange, NY Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years) 
    Marriage 7 Feb 1763  Stamford, Fairfield, CT Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Reference Number:16331
    Family ID F485  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary SLAUSON,   b. 27 May 1778, Darien, Fairfield, CT Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Jul 1865, Warwick, Orange, NY Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 87 years) 
    Marriage 28 Oct 1797  Darien, Fairfield, CT Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Reference Number:30839
    Children 
     1. Elias PELTON,   b. 1 Jun 1804, Darien, Fairfield, CT Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Mar 1865, Warwick, Orange, NY Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 60 years)
     2. Nathaniel PELTON,   b. 11 May 1807, Warwick, Orange, NY Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Jun 1880, Warwick, Orange, NY Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years)
     3. Lewis PELTON,   b. 1 Jun 1810, Warwick, Orange, NY Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Jul 1833, Warwick, Orange, NY Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 23 years)
     4. Sarah Ann PELTON,   b. 4 Sep 1812, Warwick, Orange, NY Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Mar 1881, New York City, Kings, NY Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years)
     5. James PELTON,   b. 8 Jan 1815, Warwick, Orange, NY Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Nov 1897 (Age 82 years)
     6. William Henry PELTON,   b. 2 Jan 1817, Warwick, Orange, NY Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     7. Elizabeth PELTON,   b. 7 Jan 1820, Warwick, Orange, NY Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Jun 1888, Warwick, Orange, NY Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years)
     8. Francis PELTON,   b. 28 Jan 1823   d. Yes, date unknown
    Family ID F1019  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 3 Apr 2017 

  • Notes 
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      He worked as a shoemaker and farmer, living for a short time with his fath er and mother on the Pelton homestead in Darien, but finally sold i t. He then moved, with his brother John and their families to Warwick, Or ange, NY, coming by sloop owned by David Fancher, in Apr 1805, around by N ew York from Darien on the sound to New Windsor on the Hudson, and then ce to Warwick, about twenty-eight miles.
      He bought the farm of John Blain, and afterward lands of Nathaniel Blain a nd others, which, in 1892, were owned by the hiers of William M. Sanfor d, and there he died. He was an elder in the Reformed Dutch Church in War wick for many years and an earnest supporter thereof.