James(2) Pinneo (‘’James’’(1)) born Apr. 20, 1708, Bristol, RI, died Apr. 16, 1789 Lebanon, CT, and is buried in the Old yard, Columbia, CT. He married June 16, 1631 Lebanon, CT, Priscilla Newcomb, dau. of Capt. Joseph & Joyce (Butler) Newcomb. … James was known as Deacon James Pinneo and he served as such in the North Parish Church of Lebanon, CT. He was a prominent man there serving as constable in 1747-47, and was moderator of a meeting in 1767 which unsuccessfully invited Rev. Eleazer Wheelock, the founder of Moor’s Indian Charity School and Dartmouth college, to stay there in Lebanon. Although James Pinneo is listed as a farmer when he married, he eventually lived in better style than his neighbors as his house was the first in the town to have paper on the walls. James’ gravestone reads: In memory of Deacon James Pinneo / Who Departed this Life / Apr. 18th, 1789 / In the 81st/ Year of his Age. / The Sweet Remembrance / Of the Just / shall Flourish When / They Sleep in Dust.
