Samuel PELTON
Genealogy fo Pelton Family by J. M. Pelton pp.31-34 American Ancestry R8A1 Vol 9.
Genealogy of the Pelton family by J. M. Pelton pp/ 31, 55-59. From the Diary of Joshua Hempstead-p.57 Tuesday 31 July 1716-fair. We launched our sloop. She went off well. Robert Allyn is committed to the prison for shooting John Pelton in ye right arm and breast his right arm is cut off near his shoulder to save his life. This happenned near Groton, Conn. Joshua Hempstead was a lawyer, stone cutter, quite a man. He defended Allyn in court and Allyn had to pay Pelton 500 pounds to pay for his cure and all charges. He had to pay a 40 pound fine and 100 pound bond for good behavior till superior court in March. Afore said received from Stan Shaw, Woodstock, VT., from Dorothy K. Robinson, Portland, CT. 13 April 1986- Baunita T. Nixon, Box 3, Lyons, KS. 67554-0003.
He married Mary Smith 16 May 1673 . Mary Smith was born at Dorchester, Suffolk, Mass Abt 1649 daughter of John Smith and Mary .
They were the parents of 8
children:
Samuel Pelton
born 26 Jan 1675.
Mary Pelton
born 29 May 1678.
Deliverance Pelton
born 31 Jul 1680.
John Pelton
born 9 Jan 1682.
Ithamar Pelton
born 30 May 1686.
Henry Pelton
born 10 Dec 1690.
Sarah Pelton
born 23 Mar 1693.
Benjamin Pelton
born 3 Sep 1698.
Samuel Pelton died 1714 at Seekonk, Massachusetts .