Puffer Genealogy
PELTON, Phineas
1712 - 1799 (87 years)
Generation: 1
1. PELTON, Phineas was born on 24 May 1712 in Canterbury, CT; died on 24 May 1799 in Chatham, CT; was buried about 30 May 1799 in Chatham, CT. Other Events and Attributes:
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Phineas served in the Militia under General Gates in 1777. He suffered f rom "numb Palsey" for 23 years before his death. Phineas and his brothe r, Johnson, inherited from their father, John Pelton (1682), 400 acres c alled school lot and one half the dwelling house thereon. The old homes tead of John Pelton the 1st, of Saybrook, lies in what is now the Twp o f Portland.
Phineas married MCKEE, Mary on 22 May 1740 in Middletown, CT. Mary (daughter of MCKEE, Andrew and VOSE, Jerusha) was born in 1724 in Manchester, CT; died on 28 Sep 1749. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]