Mercy Griffin Pelton 1774 to 1844

Mercy Griffin was born in Killingworth, Connecticut on April 3 1774. She was the 2nd child born to Samuel Griffin and his third wife Mercy Bailey. She joined the Griffin clan in the house on Roast Meat Hill. There is a very faint trail for her existence in Killingworth. Her parent’s marriage is found in the Congregational Second Society ledger, which notes the marriage of Samuel Griffin to the widow Mercy “Bailey” Stevens. Notice of her birth is also found in the Second Society records, as is her marriage to Ithamar Pelton from nearby Essex. Recently we have been investigating the Episcopal and Congregational records from North Madison. North Madison and Killingworth share a boundary line. In many ways the far north of Killingworth and North Madison were one community. There were two Congregational Societies in Madison. In the North Society there is a record that indicates that the Peltons were granted Full Communion on August 12th 1792. At some time soon after Mercy and Ithamar made the move with her father to Essex, Vermont, as did a number of Ithamar’s kin. Pelton family records suggest that their oldest child Eunice was born in Essex in 1792 but there is a chance that she was actually born in North Madison. Such may be the case for some of their other children as well. We have a baptismal record from the North Madison, at that time named North Bristol, Congregational Society for the birth of "Betsy" daughter of Ithamar and Mercy. Is Betsy actually Flora or is this another child? Flora 1793, Oritta 1795. By 1797 when Achsah was born I think the Peltons were definitely living in Essex, Vermont as part of the growing Griffin Clan. Family records show four more children born in Essex, Josiah 1799, Lester 1801, Elizabeth 1803, and named after his grandfather, Samuel Griffin Pelton in 1805. By the time Hiram was born in 1807 family history indicates that the family had made the move to Gustavus, Ohio. In Ohio four more children were born Albert in 1809, Lucius 1822, Ithamar 1816 and Charles in 1818. The Pelton family established a generational presence in Gustavus and the surrounding area and maintains an active family history. Mercy and Ithamar’s headstones can be found online at Ancestrtry.Com