Person:Peleg Wetmore (1)

Peleg Wetmore was born in Litchfield, Connecticut, 23 March 1782, and probably died in Monroe County, New York about 1830 or shortly after. He married Rebecca Rice, probably in Ontario County, New York, about 1811. Their burial place is unknown, Other than their birth records, the Census records of 1810, 1820 and 1830, and the record Peleg's sale pf land left to him under his father's will, no public, contemporary records have been found.

Peleg must have been living in another household at the time of the census of 1800, as he is not counted in his father's household. In 1810 he was reported as head of household in Livonia, Ontario (now Livingston) County, New York. The household consisted of two males under ten, one male 26-44 (peleg was 28 in 1810), two females under ten, one female 10-15, and one female 26-44. The oldest child of Peleg and Rebecca (Rice) Wetmore was not born until 1812. While it is possible that this family represents a first marriage for Peleg, he would have had to marry as young as 17 or 18 to have sired the eldest child. It also seems unlikely that half siblings would have been forgotten by the family. The family members in this census, other than Peleg remain a mystery.

On June 3, 1816, Peleg, "of Groveland, Ontario (mow Livingston) county, New York," signed in Ontario County a deed selling, for $79., 4.5 acres in Middlefield, Connecticut, to Selah Camp. This was the land distributed to him under the terms of his father's will. The 1820 census of Ontario County lists Peleg as head of household in the town of Freeport (now Conesus). It is quite possible that all three of these town designations should represent a single place of residence somewhere around the south end of Lake Conesus in what is now Livingston County.

1. ↑ George C. Woodruff. A Genealogical Register of the Inhabitants of the Town of Litchfield, Conn.. (CT, 1845)
   p. 237.
2. ↑ Compiler: Debra F. Wilmes. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, Vol 23, Litchfield 1719-1854. (Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 2000)
   v. 1, p. 207, Peleg, s. Joseph & Beaty.
3. ↑ Lillian A. McClelland. Personal letter Lillian McClelland, dated June 14, 1964., Author Address: Princeton, Idaho. (June 14, 1964).
4. ↑ Year: 1810; Census Place: Livonia, Ontario, New York; Roll: 23; Page: 742; Image: 60.

   Males: Under 10: 2, 26-44: 1 Females: Under 10: 2, 10-15:1, 26-44: 1, 16-25: 1, 26-44: 1 Enngaged in Agriculture: 2

5. ↑ Year: 1820; Census Place: Freeport, Ontario, New York; Roll: M33 32; Page: 742; Image: 00200; Family History Library Film: 0181367.

   Males: Under 10: 3, 10-15: 1, 26-44: 1; Females: Under 10: 1, 10-15: 1,

6. ↑ 1830; Census Place: Penfield, Monroe, New York; Series: M19; Roll: 94; Page:329; Family History Library Film: 0017154.

   Males: 10-14: 1, 15-19: 2, 40-49: 1

7. ↑ Harold B. Whitmore, "The Family of Joseph Wetmore of Middlefield and Litchfield, Connecticut, " The Connecticut Nutmegger, 42:3 (Dec. 2009), p. 209.

   Sold for $70. 4.5 acres of land in Middlefield, Conn. which was left to him under his father's will.

8. ↑ He was living at the time of the 1830 census, when reported in the town of Penfield, Monroe County, New York, as head of household. According to family tradition, as reported by McClelland, he died soon after his wife, whose death occured in 1827. Therefore his death must have occured not long after this census.