1. James K PELTON b. 22 Aug 1779; d. 18 Jun 1854.
2. Polly PELTON b. Abt 1782; d. Bef 1881.
3. Phoebe PELTON b. Abt 1785.
4. Phineas PELTON b. Abt 1788; d. 25 Feb 1853.
5. 1. Ada PELTON b. Abt 1791; d. 9 Aug 1874.
6. Nabby PELTON b. Abt 1793.
7. Elisha PELTON b. 21 Jan 1796; d. 2 Feb 1868.
8. Elijah PELTON b. 23 Jun 1798; d. 8 Jan 1885.

Another source gives James' death as in 1794.

Ref: DAR Patriot Index, Centennial Edition, Part III (pages 2269-2270), Washing 1990.
James, CT, b. July 21, 1710 CT, d.1794, CT, married Elizabeth Burr, was listed as PS (Patriotic Service)


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Canterbury, Windham County, CT


Reference Number:5636

1. Elizabeth PELTON b. 5 Aug 1738; d. 29 Jan 1827.
2. James PELTON b. 3 Apr 1741; d. Aug 1808.
3. John PELTON b. Mar 1744/1745; d. 12 Aug 1803.
4. Benjamin PELTON b. Mar 1753; d. 25 Aug 1821.
5. Lucy PELTON b. 11 Nov 1754.
6. Sarah PELTON b. 22 Feb 1755; d. 22 Jan 1853.
7. 2. Phineas PELTON b. Abt 1758; d. 17 Jan 1850.
8. Martha PELTON b. Abt 1760.
9. Jemima PELTON b. Abt 1763.
10. Abigail PELTON b. 1764.

He bought and sold much land as recorded in the "History of Windham Co. Conn." In order to repossess lands claimed by Captain Jonathan Belcher, he met at the house with the sheriff and others. On their arrival, Jabez Utter being absent (his wife and their children being in possession)- John Pelton, John Chandler and Edward Morris placed poles against the house, up which they climbed to the roof and then down through the chimney, and opened the door. He owned land in Saybrook and Middletown; -- died in 1735. He died in the midst of a very active life and in mature vigor of his mental powers. He was a carpenter/joiner.

---The Last Will and testament of John Pelton of Middletown, Connecticut---

Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records
(Hartford District),
Charles W. Mainwaring,
Hartford, 1902,
Vol 3, p 186:
August 20, 1735: Inventory of £225-11-06 was taken by Nathaniel Nichols and John Penfield

I, John Pelton of Middletown, do make this my last will and testament:
I give to my wife Jemima all my household goods, to be her estate forever. I also give to her the use of 1/2 of my house in Middletown, and the use of 1/3 part of my 400 acre farm called the School lott, during the time she continues my relict and widow.
I give to my eldest son, John, besides what I have advanced towards his settlement, my £50 in Potopogue Quarter in Saybrook, together with the divisions and allotments of land that have been laid out thereupon and have not been to me conveyed, and also that shall hereafter be laid out upon sd. right or belonging thereto.
To my son James (besides what I have already given him) I give him 5 shillings. And upon condition tht my son James shall discharge my executors from all claims and demands which he may pretend to have against my estate, and as he ought to do, shall resign up his claims and interests in tow yoke of my oxen (which I heretofore mortgaged to him) unto my executors that the sd. oxen may by them be disposed of as in this my will I shall order then my will is that he shall have £40 paid to him, as I shall hereafter direct, within four years after my decease.
To my two sons, Phineas and Johnson, I give the 1/2 of my avovesd. 400 acres called the School lott, together with 1/2 of my dwelling house thereon standing, to them, their heirs and assigns forever, on condition that they pay out such legacies as I shall hereafter order.
To my other two sons, Joseph and Josiah, and to my daughter Mary, I give the other half of my sd. 400 acres, to be between them three equally divided, to be to them, their heirs and assigns forever, upon condition that they pay out such legacies as I shall hereafter order.
I give to my daughter Jemima £20. To my other three daughters, Sarah, Elizabeth and Keturah, I give to each of them £20. To my four sons, Phineas, Johnson, Joseph and Josiah, I give and bequeath all my cattle, husbandry tools and utensils, to be equally divided between them. I give and bequeath my 200 acres of land in Middletown, which I bought of Mr. Woodward, to my executors hereafter named, to be by them sold for the payment of my debts and for no other purpose. My wife Jemima and my son Phineas PELTON to be executors.

Signed: John [X] Pelton
Witnesses: Hez. Buckingham, Solomon Wheat, Samuel Williams


Court Record, Page 32 -- 2 September, 1735: Will proven.

Page 6 (Vol XV):

March 1, 1746: Joseph Pelton of Middletown, one of the heirs to the estate of John Pelton, moves this Court that freeholders may be appointed to divide one certain piece of land lying in Middletown, containing about 400 acres, and is on the east side of the Great River, being one of the long lotts, so called, the executors neglecting and refuseing to divide the same. Whereupon this Court appoint Joseph Frary, William Rockwell and Samuel Wadsworth, of Middletown, to make division and partition of sd. land according to the last will and testament of the sd. deceased to the heirs, and make return of their doings to this Court.

"A Digest of Early Connecticut Probate Records: Hartford District"; compiled by Charles William Manwaring; III:186; R. S. Peck & Company, Printers; Hartford, Connecticut; 1904 (974.6 CT/Probate SCGS) (Gen 974.6 M295 1904 LAPL)

Interment.net listing of burials has Pelton, John, d. 15 Jul 1735, 52 yrs, as being buried in Riverview Cemetery, Essex, Middlesex County, Connecticut
Other sources give his burial as in Old Burying Ground, Essex, Middlesex County, Connecticut


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One source of information states that Jemima is the daughter of THOMAS JOHNSON and MARY HOLT.

One source (Joyce Pelton Bowley) gives her birth date and place of birth as September 16, 1683 in Medfield, Norfolk County, MA.

One source (Joyce Pelton Bowley) gives her death date and place of death as July 15, 1735 in Middletown, Middlesex County, CT


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Perhaps in Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts


Reference Number:4515

1. Mary PELTON b. 21 Oct 1706, Canterbury, Windham County, CT; d. Abt 12 Dec 1742, Canterbury, Windham County, CT; bur. Abt 15 Dec 1742.
2. John PELTON b. 29 Feb 1707/08, Canterbury, Windham County, CT; d. 29 Jan 1786, Saybrook Twp, Middlesex County, CT; bur. Abt 3 Feb 1786, Riverview Cemetery, Essex, Middlesex County, CT.
3. 4. James PELTON b. 21 Jul 1710, Canterbury Twp, Windham County, CT; d. 29 Dec 1786, Haddam, Middlesex County, CT.
4. Phineas PELTON b. 24 May 1712, Canterbury, Windham County, CT; d. 24 May 1799, Chatham Twp, Middlesex County, CT; bur. Abt 30 May 1799, Chatham Twp, Middlesex County, CT.
5. Johnson PELTON b. Abt 1714, Canterbury, Windham County, CT; d. 13 Dec 1804, Portland, Chatham Twp., Middlesex Co., Connecticut; bur. Chatham Twp, Middlesex County, CT.
6. Josiah S PELTON b. Abt 1714, Canterbury, Windham County, CT; d. 2 Feb 1792, Portland, Chatham Twp, Middlesex County, CT.
7. Jemima PELTON b. Abt 1715, Canterbury, Windham County, CT; d. Aft 1747, Saybrook Twp, Middlesex County, CT.
8. Sarah PELTON b. Abt 1717, Canterbury, Windham County, CT; d. 20 Sep 1745, Saybrook Twp, Middlesex County, CT.
9. Keturah PELTON b. Abt 1720, Canterbury, Windham County, CT.
10. Elizabeth PELTON b. 1720, Canterbury, Windham County, CT; d. 13 Dec 1771.
11. Ketursh PELTON b. Abt 1721, Middlefield, Middlesex County, MA.
12. Joseph PELTON b. 15 Apr 1722, Lyme, New London County, CT; d. 31 Dec 1804, Portland, Chatham Twp., Middlesex Co., Connecticut.