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• Birth	24 May 1712	Canterbury, Windham County, CT   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Died	24 May 1799	Chatham Twp, Middlesex County, CT   [1]
  Buried	Abt 30 May 1799	Chatham Twp, Middlesex County, CT   [1]
  Person ID	I121736	Brainard (Brainerd) / Foster / Fish
  Last Modified	29 Apr 2004 00:00:00
  Father	John B PELTON, b. 9 Jan 1681/1682, Dorchester, Suffolk County, MA
  Mother	Jemima M JOHNSON, b. 1 Jan 1677/1678, Andover, Essex County, MA
  Family ID	F32343	Group Sheet
  Family 1	Mary MCKAY, b. 14 Jan 1720/1721, Middletown, Middlesex County, CT
  Married	22 May 1740	Middletown, Middlesex County, CT
  Notes	Reference Number:6658
  Children	1. Unknown PELTON, b. 1741 > 2. Ithamar PELTON, b. 1 May 1744   3. Charles PELTON, b. Abt 1747   4. Lucy PELTON, b. Abt 8 Jun 1748   5. Jesse PELTON, b. Abt Aug 1749
  Family ID	F43443	Group Sheet
  Family 2	Esther SELDON, b. Abt 1720, CT
  Married	17 Oct 1750	Springfield, Hampden County, MA   [2]
  Notes	Reference Number:11280 Early Massachusetts Marriages Prior to 1800 Middlesex, Hamshire, Bershire and Bristol Middlesex County, Springfield page 132 Phinehas Pelton of Middletown & Esther Seldon, Marriage intention.*Oct. 17, 1750
  Children	1. Jesse PELTON, b. 1752   2. Lucy PELTON, b. 1755
  Family ID	F18877	Group Sheet

• Notes

  Revoluntionary War Ref: DAR Patriot Index, Centennial Edition, Part III (pages 2269-2270), Washing 1990. Phineas, CT, b. 1712 MA, d. May 24, 1799 CT, married Mary McKay, was listed as a Soldier (no other military records of Phineas). Phineas served in the Militia under General Gates in 1777. He suffered from "numb Palsey" for 23 years before his death. Phineas and his brother, Johnson, inherited from their father, John Pelton (1682), 400 acres called school lot and one half the dwelling house thereon. The old homestead of John Pelton the 1st, of Saybrook, lies in what is now the Twp of Portland. "Phinehas and his brother, Johnson, inherited from their father 400 acres called The School Lot and one half of his dwelling. Phinehas added other land and the larger part was later lived on by his great-grandson, Moses F. Pelton." Joyce Pelton Bowley web site 1999 The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution Volume 55 page 200: Mrs. Mary Pelton Cooper. DAR ID Number: 54462 Born in Alexander, N. Y. Wife of W. Grant Cooper. Descendant of Ithamar Pelton and of Phineas Pelton. Daughter of Elias S. Pelton, Jr., and Katherine B. Boyle, his wife. Granddaughter of Elias S. Pelton and Anna M. Judd, his wife. Gr-granddaughter of Cale Pelton and Esther Crittenden, his wife. Gr-gr-granddaughter of Ithamar Pelton and Elizabeth Hall, his wife. Gr-gr-gr-granddaughter of Phineas Pelton and Mary McKay, his wife. Ithamar Pelton (1744-1807) responded to the Lexington Alarm from Chatham, Conn., where he was born. He died in Portland, Me. Also Nos. 4453, 28160. Phineas Pelton (1712-99) in 1777 served in the militia under General Gates. He died in Chatham. Also No. 4453. 1790 census has 2 Phinehas Peltons as heads of families: Chatham, Middlesex, CT household of 1 male over 16 and 1 female Saybrook, Middlesex, CT household of 1 male over 16 and 5 females Contact Gary Garbe for information on living individuals. I DO NOT have information for the majority of the people listed as living. gary_garbe@hotmail.com

• Sources

  [S2602] Pelton and Garbe Families, Gary Garbe. [S2622] Massachusetts Town Marriage Records,, page 132.