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Elijah PELTON

Male 1798 - 1885  (86 years)


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  • Name Elijah PELTON 
    Birth 23 Jun 1798 
    Gender Male 
    Reference Number 731 
    _UID 80F556F27DBF4E12B68E973D5DDF0A25DCAF 
    Death 8 Jan 1885  South Gower, Grenville, ON Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I729  My Genealogy
    Last Modified 3 Apr 2017 

    Father Phineas PELTON,   b. 1758, Haddam, Middlesex, CT Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Jan 1850, South Gower, Grenville, ON Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 92 years) 
    Mother Rebecca JOHNSON,   b. Abt 1758, Hartford, Hartford, CT Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1845 (Age ~ 87 years) 
    Marriage Jun 1778  Hartford, Hartford, CT Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Reference Number:6237
    Family ID F169  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Peggy BROWN,   b. Abt 1805   d. 19 Jul 1888, South Gower, Grenville, ON Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 83 years) 
    Marriage 1 Jan 1823  South Gower, Grenville, ON Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Reference Number:12598
    Children 
     1. Lucy PELTON,   b. 7 Nov 1823, South Gower, Grenville, ON Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Sep 1903, South Gower, Grenville, ON Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years)
     2. Fanny PELTON,   b. 24 Feb 1825, South Gower, Grenville, ON Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Sep 1871, MI Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 46 years)
     3. Elisha Boyd PELTON,   b. 11 Mar 1827, South Gower, Grenville, ON Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Jul 1876, Madrid, St. Lawrence, NY Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 49 years)
     4. Phineas PELTON,   b. 18 Feb 1829, South Gower, Grenville, ON Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1909 (Age 79 years)
     5. Daniel Brown PELTON,   b. 18 Mar 1833, South Gower, Grenville, ON Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     6. Elijah Jr PELTON,   b. 23 Aug 1834, South Gower, Grenville, ON Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 May 1922, South Gower, Grenville, ON Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 87 years)
     7. David PELTON,   b. 30 Dec 1836, South Gower, Grenville, ON Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     8. Peggy PELTON,   b. 18 Sep 1838, South Gower, Grenville, ON Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Aug 1855, South Gower, Grenville, ON Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 16 years)
     9. Martin PELTON,   b. 8 Jan 1841, South Gower, Grenville, ON Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Sep 1900, Merrickville, Grenville, ON, Can Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 59 years)
     10. Rebecca PELTON,   b. 28 Feb 1843, South Gower, Grenville, ON Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     11. William John PELTON,   b. 18 Sep 1845, South Gower, Grenville, ON Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     12. Rachel PELTON,   b. 18 Sep 1847, South Gower, Grenville, ON Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     13. Nancy Mahala PELTON,   b. 16 Dec 1850, South Gower, Grenville, ON Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     14. Laura Ann PELTON,   b. 16 May 1852, South Gower, Grenville, ON Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Mar 1853, South Gower, Grenville, ON Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)
     15. James Kelley PELTON,   b. 20 Jan 1854, South Gower, Grenville, ON Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
    Family ID F393  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 3 Apr 2017 

  • Notes 
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      He was a Farmer. In the 1848 census he was living in South Gower Townsh ip in ON, CAN in a house with 12 other people on 245 acres. There we re 12 Baptists and 11 natives of Canada or British origin in the hom e. He was in the War of 1812 and was a recipient of a compensation gra nt of land by the government.