Samuel Pelton (abt. 1646 - 1712)

Born about 1646 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Smith) Pelton — married 16 May 1673 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 16 Mar 1712 at about age 66 in Seekonk, Bristol, Massachusetts

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Biography

Samuel Pelton, son of John Pelton was born in late 1645 or early 1646 in Dorchester, Massachusetts. He was christened on 25 Jan 1646.^[1]

He was married on May 16, 1673, by Mr. Stroughton to Mary Smith daughter of John Smith, Quartermaster, of Dorchester, a mariner. He lived in Dorchester down to about 1687 when, as appears by Bristol, R. I. (then Mass.), records, he lived there on the Mount Hope farm. After the birth of three or more children, he went to Seekonk, Massachusetts.^[2]

The Church Records of Dorchester show Mary Smith, in a record: “Samuel Pelton’s wife, owned the covenant,” Oct. 22, 1682.^[2]

Samuel's name appears; in the land records of Suffolk county (Boston), Massachusetts, in a deed of 1699, as "of Bristol, New England," and in a deed of 1713 as "of Seekonk, New England", and then disappears from those records, and is replaced by that of his son "Samuel and Sarah his wife," of Nassau (Long Island), in the Province of New York, in a deed dated May 24, 1714.^[2]

The 1713 deed is curious as Samuel appears to have died 16 March 1712 in Seekong. He is buried there at Seekonk Cemetery, Seekonk and has a memorial. It lists just birth and death information and has a link to his wife's.^[3] Mary had died ten years earlier, in 1703. She is buried in Centerville^[2][4]

Children of Samuel and Mary Smith

1. Samuel, born Jan. 26, 1675,Dorchester, Massachusetts, married Sarah ; date unknown; d. date unknown.^[2]
2. Mary, born May 29, 1678 Dorchester, Massachusetts; married, (Dedham Records), Dec. 12—-24, 1712, Nathaniel Colburn. He seems to have removed soon after from the town and nothing is known of their fate.^[2]
3. Deliverance, born July 31, 168o Dorchester, Massachusetts; nothing further known.^[2]
4. John, b. Jan. 9, 1682; m. about 1705, Jemima — ; d. July 15, 1735.^[2]
5. Ithamar, b. (probably May), 1686, Dorchester, Massachusetts; m.unknown; d. previous to Apr. 25, 1749.^[2]
6. Henry, b. Bristol, R. I., Dec. 10, 1690; married Apr. 29, 1712, Mary Rose; died 1763.^[2]
7. Sarah, born Mar. 23, 1693, Bristol, R. I.,“Thursday, 10 o’clock, A. M.” no other record.^[2]
8. Benjamin, born Bristol, Sept. 3, 1698; m. Keziah ; d. Hopewell, N. J., 1775; wife in 1780.^[2]

NOTE.— Bristol Church Records give Robert “a youth,” baptized Apr. 30, 1687, and Susannah, Sept. 6,1702. These were evidently children of his brother John.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCQT-389 : 4 December 2014), Samuell Pellton, ; citing , ; FHL microfilm 1,260,863.
2. ↑ ^{2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12} J. M. Pelton. Genealogy of the Pelton family in America : being a record of the descendants of John Pelton who settled in Boston, Mass., about 1630-1632, and died in Dorchester, Mass., January 23rd, 1681. Albany, N.Y.: Joel Munsell's Sons, 1892. p. 29-34. Available at Ancestry.com. and at Archive .org. Genealogy of the Pelton Family
3. ↑ Samuel Pelton memorial at Find A Grave.
4. ↑ Mary Smith Pelton memorial at Find A Grave.

Acknowledgements

• WikiTree profile Pelton-73 created through the import of Ferguson-Private.GED on Jan 27, 2012 by Diane Ferguson.

• WikiTree profile Pelton-48 created through the import of Iak Family Tree.ged on Jun 14, 2011 by William Iak.