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James PELTON

Male 1777 - 1851  (73 years)


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  • Name James PELTON 
    Birth 30 Oct 1777  Haddam, Middlesex, CT Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Reference Number 700 
    _UID 854E28E5303A45E5993BE3DF02B13547390E 
    Death 27 Jul 1851  Clinton, Middlesex, CT Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I698  My Genealogy
    Last Modified 3 Apr 2017 

    Father James PELTON,   b. 3 Apr 1741, Middletown, Middlesex, CT Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aug 1808, Hartford, NY Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years) 
    Mother Ruth JOHNSON,   b. 16 Sep 1744, Haddam, Middlesex, CT Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1829, VT Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years) 
    Marriage 19 Nov 1767  Haddam, Middlesex, CT Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Reference Number:6131
    Family ID F163  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Lois STEVENS,   b. 14 Jan 1781, Madison, New Haven, CT Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Apr 1860, Clinton, Middlesex, CT Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years) 
    Marriage Nov 1799  Killingworth, Middlesex, CT Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Reference Number:12109
    Children 
     1. Philander PELTON,   b. 1 Jul 1802, Chittenden Co., VT Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Mar 1878, Clinton, Middlesex, CT Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years)
     2. Alfred PELTON,   b. 15 Apr 1804, Haddam, Middlesex, CT Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 May 1871, Clinton, Middlesex, CT Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years)
     3. Capt. James PELTON,   b. 26 Jul 1809, Killingworth, Middlesex, CT Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     4. Asa S. PELTON,   b. 29 Jul 1816, Killingworth, Essex, CT Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Feb 1886, Clinton, Middlesex, CT Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years)
     5. William Nelson PELTON,   b. 6 Sep 1825, Killingworth, Essex, CT Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Jun 1883, New London, New London, CT Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 57 years)
    Documents
    1850 Census James Pelton CT.jpg    		1850 Census James Pelton CT.jpg
    Family ID F369  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 3 Apr 2017 

  • Notes 
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      He was a Farmer, Shipbuilder and a Sailor. " James showed the family tra it - mechanical ability - by building his own wagon at Essex, VT even to t he casting of lead boxes for the wheels. This wagon he drove down to C T, on his return with his family. On arrival he offered himself as a ship -carpenter but was rejected for alleged want of experience. He at once bo ught a large boat, cut her in two and lengthened her. Seeing the quali ty of his work the shipbuilder, who had refused him employment, offered h im a place in his yard at good wages. This offer he refused, and riggi ng up his boat he put to sea in it, his own master."