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Conflicting evidence states that he was born 17 May 1752. He served as an officer in the military in the Revolutionary War, 4 Aug 1775-1777. In 1775 he was a Lieutenant in the Canadian campaign under Colonel Alexander McDowell rising to the rarank of Captain. His award of land for service was located in Ithaca, NY. In the troubles immediately preceding the great war, the Peltons were ardent patriots. A record at the Washington headquarters, "The Old Hasbrouck House", at Newburgh, NY shows he enlisted 4 Aug 1775. He was mustered into the continental service as First Lieutenant in the 7th Company of the 1st Regiment; four regiments having been mustered at the same time or on the same day. His regimental officers were Colonel Alexander McDowell, Lieutenant Colonel Rudolphus Ritzema, Major Herman, Ledwitz, Adjutant John Brogdon, Chaplain Isreal Evans and Quartermaster William Tap. The officers of the 7th Company were Captain Gershom Mott, First Lieutenant Benjamin Pelton, and Second Lieutenant Timothy Hughes. He was in the Quebec expedition under General Montgomery and was near him when he fell. He was also present at the execution of Andre'. It is said he resigned because an officer was, as he thought, unjustly promoted over him. About the time of his enlistment he sent his wife to relatives in NJ, probably to the home of his grandparents in Hopewell, NJ. But she soon returned to New Rochelle, NY, remaining there for some time.
Benjamin served in the War of 1812. After his return from the army, he removed with his family to Peekskill, NY. Living there till near the end of the century, for a part of all of this time, carrying on the cabinet business. He and his brother Philip were also iron workers, jointly owning lands and mines in Putnam Co. About 1797 he removed to Ithaca, NY to look after lands, six lots and to make a home for himself and family. In the War of 1812 men were so slow to enlist, he and thhree of his sons volunteered and served for a time under General Smythe on the Canadian frontier. One son was taken prisoner and another, Richard Walcott Pelton, dying on the way home. In Ithaca he was a prominent man and leader in the communitty holding the position of judge for some time. As described by a granddaughter, Mrs. Emma B. Ingersoll, Benjamin was a small man of ruddy complexion, brown hair and blue eyes, with a moderately prominent roman nose. He was polite, quick in his movements, a good talker and fond of a joke, an able man and a good debater, an able writer and good penman being very ingenious and methodical in all his ways. In religious matters he was a strict seventh-day Baptist, but perfectly willing that others should enjoy their own beliefs.
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Conflicting evidence states that he was born 17 May 1752. He served as an officer in the military in the Revolutionary War, 4 Aug 1775-1777. In 1775 he was a Lieutenant in the Canadian campaign under Colonel Alexander McDowell rising to the rarank of Captain. His award of land for service was located in Ithaca, NY. In the troubles immediately preceding the great war, the Peltons were ardent patriots. A record at the Washington headquarters, "The Old Hasbrouck House", at Newburgh, NY shows he enlisted 4 Aug 1775. He was mustered into the continental service as First Lieutenant in the 7th Company of the 1st Regiment; four regiments having been mustered at the same time or on the same day. His regimental officers were Colonel Alexander McDowell, Lieutenant Colonel Rudolphus Ritzema, Major Herman, Ledwitz, Adjutant John Brogdon, Chaplain Isreal Evans and Quartermaster William Tap. The officers of the 7th Company were Captain Gershom Mott, First Lieutenant Benjamin Pelton, and Second Lieutenant Timothy Hughes. He was in the Quebec expedition under General Montgomery and was near him when he fell. He was also present at the execution of Andre'. It is said he resigned because an officer was, as he thought, unjustly promoted over him. About the time of his enlistment he sent his wife to relatives in NJ, probably to the home of his grandparents in Hopewell, NJ. But she soon returned to New Rochelle, NY, remaining there for some time.
Benjamin served in the War of 1812. After his return from the army, he removed with his family to Peekskill, NY. Living there till near the end of the century, for a part of all of this time, carrying on the cabinet business. He and his brother Philip were also iron workers, jointly owning lands and mines in Putnam Co. About 1797 he removed to Ithaca, NY to look after lands, six lots and to make a home for himself and family. In the War of 1812 men were so slow to enlist, he and thhree of his sons volunteered and served for a time under General Smythe on the Canadian frontier. One son was taken prisoner and another, Richard Walcott Pelton, dying on the way home. In Ithaca he was a prominent man and leader in the communitty holding the position of judge for some time. As described by a granddaughter, Mrs. Emma B. Ingersoll, Benjamin was a small man of ruddy complexion, brown hair and blue eyes, with a moderately prominent roman nose. He was polite, quick in his movements, a good talker and fond of a joke, an able man and a good debater, an able writer and good penman being very ingenious and methodical in all his ways. In religious matters he was a strict seventh-day Baptist, but perfectly willing that others should enjoy their own beliefs.
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1752 - 1830 (78 years)
