Peleg Aylesworth (1749 - 1824)

Born 20 Aug 1749 in North Kingston, Washington, Rhode Island, British Colonial America

Ancestors

Husband of Anna (Cole) Aylesworth — married 22 Nov 1772 in Foster, Providence, Rhode Island

Descendants

Died 20 Aug 1824 at age 75 in New Berlin, Chenango, New York, United States

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Biography

The following information comes from the book citing online transcription ^[1] "Arthur Aylsworth and his Descendants in America" by Homer Aylsworth. Peleg was born in 1749 to Chad and Mary (Wood) Aylesworth. He married Anna Cole in 1772. Peleg and Anna left Foster, R. I., in the Autumn of 1797, and settled in Edmeston, Otsego Co.. N Y. between the Wharton Creek and the Unadilla River, west of Edmeston Centre. They dwelt there until 1820, when they removed to the western part of the town of New Berlin, Chenango Co., NY. Peleg passed on Aug. 20, 1824.

Peleg's children were

Daniel b. Jan. 28, 1774 m. Anna Hopkins

Abel b. March 12, 1776, m. Susanna Leach, April 2,1809

Rhoda b. Feb. 9, 1778 d. Dec. 23, 1795

Mary b. Aug. 80, 1781. She was an invalid, remained single, and died in New Berlin, Aug. 11, 1830.

Sarah b. Oct. 11, 1783 d. unmarried in New Berlin, May 16, 1861.

Anna b. May 11,1786, m. Nehemiah Leach, April 1,1804

Martha b. April 11, 1788 m. George Davis, March 1, 1807 d. Fulton Co., Ill.

Peleg b. Feb. 28, 1790, m. Hannah Wilcox, 1812

David b. Sept. 8, 1792, m. Ada Curtis, Jan. 18, 1816

Amy b. Jan. 3, 1795, m. Myron Toles, Oct. 17, 1818

Philip b. April 20, 1797, m. 1st Chloe Goodell, Dec. 2, 1827

Elizabeth b. Aug.11, 1799, d. at the age of two or three years.

Research

Peleg appears as head of household in the 1774 census of Rhode Island^[2]. His household distribution and inferred attributions are then

• two white males over 16: Peleg and unknown
• one white male under 16: son Daniel
• three white females over 16: Mary and unknown
• one white female under 16: unknown

• Fact: Residence (1820) Edmeston, Otsego, New York
• Fact: http://familysearch.org/v1/LifeSketch *Served in 1777 Rhode Island Military. (See attached document) *Private Aleworth promote to Corporal on1st Nov. 1815. *Corporal Alesworth was demotted to Private December 1816 at Fort Warren Boston Harbor by sentence of Court Martial.

"They left Foster, RI in the autumn of 1797, and settled in Edmeston, Otsego Co., NY between the Wharton Creek and the Unadilla River, west of Edmeston Centre, where they dwelt until the year 1820, when they removed to the western part of the town of New Berlin, Chenango County. (NY), where he died, Aug. 20, 1824, and she Jan. 11, 1844."

Sources

1. ↑ (http://www.aylesworth.net/Confidence_family_DWT_CSS/arthur_aylesworth_book/gen_arthur.htm > Table of Contents > Second Generation > Entry 6 -- accessed 12/9/2017)
2. ↑ 1774 Census

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 27 April 2020, 17:57), entry for Peleg Aylesworth(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:L41N-R22); contributed by various users.
• Aylsworth, Homer Elhanan, Arthur Aylesworth and his Descendants in America: With Notes Historical and Genealogical, Relating to the Family, from Early English Records, edited by James N. Arnold, Narragansett Historical Publishing Company, 1887.

• 1774 Rhode Island Census, Scituate, Page 6, Entry 48 -- Peleg Aylesworth; citing transcription by Linda L. Mathew in Rhode Island Roots 32 p.144, September 2006.

• United States 1800 Census. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. (Original index: United States Census, 1800. FamilySearch, 2015.)

• United States 1820 Census. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. (Original index: United States Census, 1820. FamilySearch, 2015.) https://www.americanancestors.org/DB1561/t/22375/41/441076371

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Fred Goodell for creating Aylsworth-86 on 22 Jul 13. Click the Changes tab for the details on contributions by Fred and others.