Ephraim PELTON
1732 - 1811 (79 years)-
Name Ephraim PELTON Birth 12 Jun 1732 Groton, New London, CT 
Gender Male Death 31 Aug 1811 South Hero, Grand Isle, VT Person ID I000554 Pelton Last Modified 12 Jun 2025
Father Henry B. PELTON, b. 10 Dec 1690, Bristol, Bristol, RI d. 1763, Groton, New London, CT (Age 72 years)Relationship Birth Mother Mary ROSE, b. 1690, Preston, New London, CT d. Yes, date unknownRelationship Birth Marriage 29 Apr 1712 Groton, New London, CT - Reference Number:5560
Family ID F000143 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 
Mary SPELLMAN, b. 18 Aug 1736, Granville, Hampden, MA d. 16 Sep 1831, Alburgh, Grand Isle, VT (Age 95 years)Marriage 1756 Granville, Hampden, MA - Reference Number:9614
Children 1. Thomas PELTON, b. 1 Nov 1759, Granville, Hampden, MA d. 15 Dec 1850, Otis, MA (Age 91 years) [Father: Birth] [Mother: Birth]2. Stephen PELTON, b. 9 Dec 1761, Granville, Hampden, MA d. 10 Dec 1843, Lansingburgh, NY (Age 82 years) [Father: Birth] [Mother: Birth]3. James B. PELTON, b. 1766, Granville, Hampden, MA d. 1849, Blenheim, Oxford, ON, Can (Age 83 years) [Father: Birth] [Mother: Birth]4. Ephraim Jr PELTON, b. 22 Apr 1771, Granville, Hampden, MA d. 2 Dec 1847, Constable, Franklin, NY (Age 76 years) [Father: Birth] [Mother: Birth]5. Samuel PELTON, b. 9 May 1757, Granville, Hampden, MA d. 28 Jan 1849, Wellington, Lorain, OH (Age 91 years) [Father: Birth] [Mother: Birth]6. Roxana PELTON, b. 16 Apr 1773 d. 1 Jun 1849, Willoughby, OH (Age 76 years) [Father: Birth] [Mother: Birth]7. Ruth PELTON, b. 25 Jun 1774, Otis, MA d. 26 Apr 1829, South Hero, Grand Isle, VT (Age 54 years) [Father: Birth] [Mother: Birth]8. Mary PELTON, b. 19 May 1778, Otis, MA d. 3 Oct 1865, Alburgh, Grand Isle, VT (Age 87 years) [Father: Birth] [Mother: Birth]Family ID F000262 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 12 Jun 2025
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He was a Blacksmith and a Farmer. He lived at Granville; removed to Blanf ord, MA about 1760, and soon after to Loudon, Now Otis, Berkshire, MA, whe re he was on of the early settlers. Here he lived until late in life, wh en he removed, with his son, James, to South Hero, Grand Isle, VT, whe re he died, Aug. 31, 1811.
NOTE: This branch of Pelton's is generally short of stature, thick-set, e nergetic and very active. Stephen Lawrence Pelton said his grandfather, E phraim, who he saw when he was about 16, Ephraim was about 5 feet 7 inch es tall, slender, of light complexion, and with dark gray eyes. He hea rd him say that his ancestors came from Wales, which may have been tr ue as to the port from which they sailed, but untrue as to their nationali ty. - [combined.ged]
He was a Blacksmith and a Farmer. He lived at Granville; removed to Blanf ord, MA about 1760, and soon after to Loudon, Now Otis, Berkshire, MA, whe re he was on of the early settlers. Here he lived until late in life, wh en he removed, with his son, James, to South Hero, Grand Isle, VT, whe re he died, Aug. 31, 1811.
NOTE: This branch of Pelton's is generally short of stature, thick-set, e nergetic and very active. Stephen Lawrence Pelton said his grandfather, E phraim, who he saw when he was about 16, Ephraim was about 5 feet 7 inch es tall, slender, of light complexion, and with dark gray eyes. He hea rd him say that his ancestors came from Wales, which may have been tr ue as to the port from which they sailed, but untrue as to their nationali ty.
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