Hamilton PELTON
1824 - Yes, date unknown-
Name Hamilton PELTON Birth 24 Dec 1824 Brant Co., ON, Can 
Gender Male Reference Number 4307 _UID 880D862A2B034A208FE6065E9515630FD206 Death Yes, date unknown Person ID I4305 My Genealogy Last Modified 3 Apr 2017
Father Samuel PELTON, b. 1789, Grand Isle Co., VT d. 1821, Blenheim, Oxford, ON, Can (Age 32 years) Mother Rhoda ROUSE, b. 27 Aug 1796 d. 30 Jan 1868 (Age 71 years) Marriage 1812 Can - Reference Number:33395
Family ID F1111 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Hannah MARTIN Children 1. Joshua PELTON, b. 19 Nov 1849, Brant Co., ON, Can d. Yes, date unknown2. John PELTON, b. 29 Dec 1850, Brant Co., ON, Can d. Yes, date unknown3. Charles PELTON, b. 7 Feb 1853, Brant Co., ON, Can d. Yes, date unknown4. Amanda PELTON, b. 28 Jun 1855, Brant Co., ON, Can d. Yes, date unknown5. Benson PELTON, b. 1 Jan 1857, Brant Co., ON, Can d. Yes, date unknown6. Mary PELTON, b. 27 Aug 1859, Brant Co., ON, Can d. Yes, date unknown7. Anna PELTON, b. 22 Jun 1861, Brant Co., ON, Can d. Yes, date unknown8. Samuel PELTON, b. 24 Sep 1865, Brant Co., ON, Can d. Yes, date unknown9. George PELTON, b. 7 Aug 1869, Brant Co., ON, Can d. Yes, date unknownFamily ID F1980 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 3 Apr 2017
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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 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.