John Penfield (1747 - 1829)

Born 25 Nov 1747 in Fairfield, Connecticut Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Eunice (Ogden) Penfield — married 1 Nov 1770 in Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony

Descendants

Died 11 Nov 1829 at age 81 in Pittsford, Rutland, Vermont, United States

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Biography

John Penfield was born in Fairfield, Connecticut, November 5, 1747, and in 1770, married Eunice Ogden who was born in Fairfield in 1753. He served some months in the Revolutionary war, and in 1795, he came to Pittsford and bought of Ebenezer Hopkins the grist-mill built by Nehemiah Hopkins, Sen., and some land in the vicinity, the deed being elated September 7, 1795. The following February he moved his family into this town and resided in the house now owned by William B. Shaw. In December following he opened a public house which he kept till 1811.^[1]

John and Eunice married in 01 Nov 1770 in Fairfield, Connecticut and had 10 children all born in New Fairfield, Fairfield, CT:

1. Sarah Penfield - 1 Nov 1770
2. Eunice Penfield - 25 Apr 1773
3. John Penfield - 26 Nov 1775
4. Elizabeth Penfield - 19 Jan 1777
5. Abigail Penfield - 23 Jan 1779
6. Sturges Penfield - 01 Sep 1780
7. Thomas Penfield - 19 Apr 1783
8. Allen Penfield - 03 Jul 1785
9. Abel Penfield - 12 Nov 1787
10. Charolotte Penfield - 23 Mar 1790

DAR Ancestor #A088444 Service: CONNECTICUT Service Source: BATES, ROLLS & LISTS OF CT MEN IN THE REV, VOL 8, P 199 Service Description: 1) CAPT WILLIAM G HUBBELL, COL NEHEMIAH BEARDSLEY

Sources

1. ↑ History of the Town of Pittsford, Vt.: With Biographical Sketches and Family ... By Abiel Moore Caverly

• Find A Grave: Memorial #100560744
• History of the Town of Pittsford, Vt.: With Biographical Sketches and Family ... By Abiel Moore Caverly
• Bailey, Frederic William. Early Connecticut Marriages as Found on Ancient Church Records Prior to 1800 (Frank Allaben Genealogical Co., 1913) Book 6, Fairfield, First Congregational Church of Fairfield, Page 39. Marriage record.
• Jessup, Harlan R., Trumbull, CT Bible Records, Connecticut Ancestry (Connecticut Ancestry Society, Inc., Stamford, Conn., May 2002) Vol. 44, No. 4, Page 160.