Josiah P. Pelton

Biography

Gustavus And Vernon, O. page 153

Josiah Pelton, fifth son of John4, John3, Samuel2, John1, born Essex, Conn., August 15, 1745; married (1) December 10, 1767, Mary Griswold, daughter of (supposed) giles Griswold, of East Guilford, Conn. (d. Mar. 7, 1811, aged 64); (2) August 20, 1811, Widow Chloe Gilder, formerly of Hartford, Conn. (b. July 22, 1768; d. July 27, 1838).

Ship-carpenter and farmer. Lived at Killingworth, Conn., but in the spring of 1800 went with his son Jesse to Ohio to survey the north half of the Township of Gustavus, Trumbull Co., O., which he had bought. In the spring of 1802 he removed his family to Ohio, stopping first at Vernon, while preparations were being made in Gustavus for a home; and in the summer passed through the wilderness to Gustavus where he and they settled on new lands, forming, with his sons, quite a colony of Peltons, and where he died September 3, 1818.

Children: 155 I Ithamar, b. Oct. 26, 1769; m. Mercy Griffin; d. Mar. 16, 1832. II Lydia, born Mar. 7, 1772; married John Lane. 164 III Elias, b. Feb. 3, 1774; m. Mary Folsom; d. Feb., 1823.

Born in Saybrook, Connecticut. Son of John and Elizabeth (Champion) Pelton. Husband of Mary (Griswold) Pelton.

Father of Jesse, Harvey, Elias, Zenus, Ithemaur, and Julius, Zilpha (Pelton) Perkins, Lydia (Pelton) Lane. Harvey died in Geauga county, Zenas moved to Michigan with his sons when an old man, and Jesse died in Pennsylvania.

Occupation - farmer and ships carpenter from Killingsworth or Essex, Connecticut, purchased 6,605 acres of land from Colonel Lemuel Starrs in 1800 for $7,788.78.

Josiah Pelton set up the first saw mill to operate in Gustavus. He sawed out plank for the houses, which soon replaced the log cabins.

Josiah and Mary had fourteen children born between 1769 and 1794 in Essex, Connecticut, all came to Gustavus to live.

In August 1811 Josiah married Chloe Gilder, widow of Obediah.

Sources

• History of Trumbull and Mahoning Counties vol 2 page 473
• The Gustavus Story 1800-1965 Compiled By Mary Case Hoskins
• findagrave record

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Male BIRTH 15 August 1745 Saybrook, Middlesex, Connecticut

DEATH 3 September 1818 Gustavus Twp., Trumbull Co., OH

BURIAL September 1818 Gustavus Twp., Trumbull Co., OH

PARENTS FATHER John PELTON

MOTHER Elizabeth CHAMPION

MARRIAGES (3)

SPOUSE Mary GRISWOLD

MARRIAGE 10 December 1767 Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut

SPOUSE Chloe GILDER

MARRIAGE 20 August 1811 Gustavus, Trumbull Co., OH

SPOUSE Chleo (Widow) GILDER

MARRIAGE 20 August 1811

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Born in Saybrook, Connecticut. Son of John and Elizabeth (Champion) Pelton. Husband of Mary (Griswold) Pelton.

Father of Jesse, Harvey, Elias, Zenus, Ithemaur, and Julius, Zilpha (Pelton) Perkins, Lydia (Pelton) Lane. Harvey died in Geauga county, Zenas moved to Michigan with his sons when an old man, and Jesse died in Pennsylvania.

Occupation - farmer and ships carpenter from Killingsworth or Essex, Connecticut, purchased 6,605 acres of land from Colonel Lemuel Starrs in 1800 for $7,788.78.

Josiah Pelton set up the first saw meil to operate in Gustavus. He sawed out plank for the houses, which soon replaced the log cabins.

Josiah and Mary had fourteen childrenborn between 1769 and 1794 in Essex, Connecticut, all came to Gustavus to live.

In August 1811 Josiah married Chole Gilder, widow of Obediah.

"History of Trumbull and Mahoning Counties" vol 2 page 473 "The Gustavus Story" 1800-1965 Compiled By Mary Case Hoskins

The following info sent by Vi Parsons (#46623336) The Barbour Collection Index page 112, PELTON families, shows that Josiah, son of John and Elizabeth, was born Aug 15, 1745, recorded in Vol 6, page 326.* Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Apr 5 2019, 17:38:11 UTC