Hatsiel Pelton and Hannah Stiles

GENEALOGY
OF THE
PELTON FAMILY
IN AMERICA.
BEING A RECORD OF THE DESCENDANTS OF JOHN PELRTON
WHO SETTLED IN BOSTON, MASS., ABOUT 1630-1632,
AND DIED IN DORCHESTER, MASS.,
JANUARY 23d, 1681
____________
By
J. M. PELTON.
____________
ALBANY, N. Y.
Joel Munsell's Sons, Publishers.
1892
pages 397-401

submitted & transcribed by Linda Boorom

Descendants of Hatsiel Pelton and Hannah Stiles
pages 397-401

352. Hatsiel Pelton, eighth son of Joseph⁴, John³, Samuel², John¹, born at Chatham, now Portland, Conn., October 23, 1772; married there, about 1793, Hannah Stiles. Removed by ox teams, in 1802, to Woodstock, Vt., where he lived, and there died in September, 1806 (see death notice). Farmer. Children, all but the last two, born in Connecticut:

	I	Sarah, born Dec. 13, 1794; died in Pennsylvania.
	II	Charlotte, born Dec. 21, 1796; died Jan., 1854.
398	III	Amos, b. Feb. 19, 1799; m. (1) Mar. 5, 1820, Betsey Sterling; (2) April 1, 1838, Betsey H. Call; d. Nov. 12, 1870 (1).
	IV	Rachel, born April 27, 1801; died Dec. 25, 1851.
400	V	Jonathan, b. Apr. 18, 1803; m. Oct. 22, 1826, Sally Wood.
	VI	Hannah, born Woodstock, Vt., Apr. 30, 1805; died in Michigan

397. Amos Pelton, first son of Hatsiel, Joseph, John, Samuel, John, born at Chatham (now Portland), Conn., February 19, 1799; removed with his father to Woodstock, Vt.; married there, (1) March 5, 1820, Betsey Sterling, daughter of Seth Sterling; (2) April 1, 1838, Betsey H., daughter of John M. Call of Woodstock, Vt. Farmer. Lived at Woodstock, Vt., and there died, November 12, 1870. Children, born at Woodstock, Vt:

399	I	Frederic A., b. Mar. 23, 1821; m. Jan. 22, 1849, Jane A. B. English; d. Jan. 24, 1873.
	II	Malvina, born Nov. 21, 1823; died, unmarried, Aug. 2, 1849.
	III	Huldah E., born Apr. 4, 1829; married Henry Clark. Residence, in 1878, Weymouth, Mass.
399	IV	George S., b. Sept. 20, 1832; m. Aug. 16, 1853, Charlotte B. Fillemore.
	V	Erastus C., born Apr. 9, 1839.
	VI	Melinda C., born Oct. 25, 1841.
	VII	Betsey C., born July 2, 1844; married Jan. 21, 1867, Samuel W. Soule, of Milwaukee, Wis. Machinist and inventor, who died in Brooklyn, N. Y., July, 1874. Children, one son and one daughter.
	VIII	Lucy E. C., born July 18, 1847; married July 3, 1862, Frederic A. Holt, of Woodstock, Vt. Farmer. Children, four boys and two girls.

398. Frederic A. Pelton, first son of Amos, Hatsiel, Joseph, John, Samuel, John, born at Woodstock, Vt., March 23, 1821; married at Hartland, Vt., January 22, 1849, Jane A. B. English, daughter of Eli English of that place. Machinist, pattern and model maker. Died at Ayer, Mass., January 24, 1873. Address of Mrs. Pelton in 1878, Ayer's Junction, Mass. Children:

	I	Louis O., born Feb. 16, 1852. Lived, in 1878, at Little, Mass.
	II	LeRoy A, born July 29, 1855. Lived, in 1878, at Ayer's Junction, Mass.

398. George S. Pelton, second son of Amos, Hatsiel, Joseph, John, Samuel, John, born at Woodstock, Vt., September 20, 1832; married at Rutland, Vt., August 16, 1853, Charlotte B. Fillmore, of that place. Residence, in 1878, at Turner's Junction, Ill. Children:

	I	Eva, born at Rutland, Vt., Aug. 7, 1854; died at Shrewsbury, Vt., May 4, 1855.
	II	Ida M., born at Coral, Ill., Aug. 17, 1856; died there, Mar. 30, 1858
	III	Milly Estella, born at Union, Ill., Nov. 11, 1859; died there, Dec. 30, 1859.
	IV	Wmma V., born at Union, Ill., Apr. 23, 1861; married Sept. 16, 1877, William R. Ward.
	V	Lottie, born at Turner, Du Page Co., Ill., Jan. 17, 1869.
	VI	Flora E., born at Turner, Ill., Mar. 24, 1876

400. Jonathan Pelton, second son of Hatsiel, Joseph, John, Samuel, John, born at Woodstock, Vt., April 18, 1803; married there, October 22, 1826, Sally C. Wood, daughter of William Wood, of that place. Farmer. In 1878, lived at Woodstock, Vt. Children, born at Woodstock:

	I	Sarah Maria, born Aug. 27, 1827.
400	II	William Wood, b. Feb. 5, 1829; m. Dec. 5, 1859, Emily A. Shaw.

400. William Wood Pelton, only son of Jonathan, Hatsiel, Joseph, John, Samuel, John, born at Woodstock, Vt., February 5, 1829; married at Northfield, Vt., December 5, 1859, Emily A. Shaw, daughter of Alonzo Shaw, of that place. Farmer. Lived, in 1878, at Woodstock, Vt. Capt. Pelton, in response to the call for 75,000 men, marched to the war of the Great Rebellion, as captain of Co. B, 1st Regt. of Vt. Vol. Inf'y; ordered out April 28, 1861; mustered into the United States service, on May 2d, and left for the front, passing through* New York city, May 4th, on the way to Fortress Monroe, which they reached just in time to save it from th rebels. The regiment fought at Big Bethel and occupied Newport News, where Capt. Pelton was the first to land. In the James River Campaign he was invalided by dumb ague, and, not being able to re-enlist at the end of the three months term, he was selected by Lieut. Col. P. F. Washburn (afterward governor of Vermont), who had been appointed adjutant-general of the State, to assist in raising and organizing all troops required to fill the quota of the State in future calls. Children:

	I	Lucy Maria, born Mar. 31, 1861.
	II	William Herbert, born Aug. 23, 1863.
	III	Henry Wood, born July 22, 1865.
	IV	Mary Louisa, born Apr. 12, 1870; died July 5, 1872.
	VII	Anna May, born Apr. 28, 1874.

*The writer well remembers the march of the 1st Vermont Regiment past his place of buisiness, 841 Broadway, New York city, and the cheers that greeted it. -- J. M. P.

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