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Peleg Gorton (1750 - 1802)

Peleg Gorton
Born in Swansea, Bristol, Province of Massachusetts Baymap
Ancestors ancestors
Husband of — married 22 Jan 1769 in Coventry, Rhode Islandmap
Descendants descendants
Died at age 52 in Rensselaer County, New York, USAmap
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Biography

1776 Project
Private Peleg Gorton served with 4th Regiment, Albany County Militia, New York Militia during the American Revolution.
Daughters of the American Revolution
Peleg Gorton is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A046322.

Peleg was born 11 Jan 1750 in Swansea, Bristol, Province of Massachusetts Bay. He passed away in 1802. He fought in the Revolutionary War. Peleg is listed in the Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots (A046322 - DAR).

Revolutionary War Service: 1. Col. Kilian Van Rensselaer:s 4th Regt. 2. Albany Co Militia DAR Ancestor AO46322

Peleg Gorton. [1][2][3]

Born 11 JAN 1750. Swansey, Mass.[4][5]

Died 1802 Painted Rock, Steuben, New York, USA. [6]

Residence BET 1683 AND 1896. Steuben, New York, USA. Map: Latitude: N42.264229. Longitude: W77.385399. [7]

Marriage Husband @I123@. Wife @I71@. Marriage 22 JAN 1769. [8]

Sources

  1. Source: #S173 Birth date: 1750 Birth place: New York Link: http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=agbi&h=2981620&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt
  2. Source: #S124 Residence date: 1683-1896 Residence place: Steuben, New York, USA Link: http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=genealogy-glh13549440&h=70&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt
  3. Source: #S139 Book Title: Lineage Book of the Charter Members of the DAR Vol 050
  4. Source: #S173 Birth date: 1750 Birth place: New York Link: http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=agbi&h=2981620&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt
  5. Source: #S139 Book Title: Lineage Book of the Charter Members of the DAR Vol 050
  6. Source: #S139 Book Title: Lineage Book of the Charter Members of the DAR Vol 050
  7. Source: #S124 Residence date: 1683-1896 Residence place: Steuben, New York, USA Link: http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=genealogy-glh13549440&h=70&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt
  8. Source: #S60 Marriage of Peleg Gorton & Dorcas Wood documents marriage Link: familysearch.org/pal:MM9.1.1/F8VP-BJ2:
  • "Samuel Gorton of Rhode Island and His Descendants" by Thomas Gorton, and Ancestry.com research
  • Gorton, Adelos,. The life and times of Samuel Gorton : the founders and the founding of the Republic : a section of early United States history and a history of the colony of Providence and Rhode Island plantations in the Narragansett Indian country now the state of Rhode Island, 1592-1636-1677-1687 : with a genealogy of Samuel Gorton's descendants to the present time. Philadelphia: unknown, 1907.
  • "Rhode Island, Vital Extracts, 1636-1899 for Peleg Gorton." Rhode Island, Vital Extracts, 1636-1899 for Peleg Gorton. N.p., n.d. Web. 28 Nov. 2017. <https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/3897/41384_2421406273_0004-00584/113839?indiv=try&h&db>.
  • Source: S124 Ancestry.com Landmarks of Steuben County, New York Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005.Original data - Landmarks of Steuben County, New York. Syracuse: D. Mason, 1896.Original data: Landmarks of Steuben County, New York. Syracuse: D. Mason, 1896.; Repository: #R1 NOTEIncludes index.
  • Repository: R1 Ancestry.com
  • Source: S139 Ancestry.com North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2016; Repository: #R1
  • Source: S173 Godfrey Memorial Library, comp. American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI) Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999.Original data - Godfrey Memorial Library. American Genealogical-Biographical Index. Middletown, CT, USA: Godfrey Memorial Library.Original data: Godfrey Memorial Library. American Genea; Repository: #R1




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Thanks, Ann, for the merge. Steve
posted by Stephen Gorton
Gorton-892 and Gorton-478 appear to represent the same person because: Birth and death dates are the same. Spouses are the same.
posted by Stephen Gorton