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Peter Colt

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Lyme, New London, Connecticut
Death: March 17, 1824 (79)
Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut
Immediate Family:

Son of Dea. Benjamin Colt, Sr. and Miriam Colt
Husband of Sarah Colt
Father of Roswell Lyman Colt; Catharine Wadsworth Colt; John Colt; Mary Devereux; Julia Boudinot Pierson and 2 others
Brother of John Colt; Joseph Colt, Sr.; Mary Giddings; Sarah Harvey; Capt. Harris Colt and 4 others

Managed by: William Tully
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About Peter Colt

  • Peter's years of birth and death are noted at https://researchworks.oclc.org/archivegrid/collection/data/122582932
  • From the above URL: "Note: Peter Colt was a Connecticut resident until 1793 when he moved to Paterson to superintend the Society for Establishing Useful Manufactures (until its initial failure in 1796); from 1797 he lived in New York State at Rome (including a number of years as a farmer) before returning to New Jersey in 1810 where he resided first in Newark and then, from 1813, in Paterson. Like Peter Colt, family members Elisha Boudinot (a lawyer and judge), John Colt (a cotton manufacturer) and E. Boudinot Colt (also a cotton manufacturer) each served as an officer of the Society for Establishing Useful Manufactures."
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Peter Colt's Timeline

1744
March 28, 1744
Lyme, New London, Connecticut
1779
March 28, 1779
Connecticut, United States
1781
1781
Connecticut, United States
1784
May 16, 1784
Connecticut, United States
1786
June 11, 1786
Connecticut, United States
June 11, 1786
Connecticut, United States
1788
June 12, 1788
1795
1795
1824
March 17, 1824
Age 79
Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut