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James Pierpont 1761–1840 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 4 January 1761

Birth Location: New Haven, Conn, Connecticut, USA

Death Date: 1840

Death Location: Morris, Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States of America

Father: James Pierpoint

Mother: Sarah Breck

Spouse(s): Elizabeth Collins, Lucy Pierpont

Children(s): John Pierpont, Leonard Sr, Sarah Coggeshall, Sally Pierpont, James Pierpont, Abigail Church, Elizabeth Langdon, James Pierpont, Sherman Pierpont

James Pierpont was born in 1761 in New Haven, Conn, Connecticut, USA, the child of James Pierpoint And Sarah Breck. James Pierpont married Elizabeth Collins, Lucy Pierpont, and had children including Abigail Langdon Church, Elizabeth Langdon, James Morris Pierpont, James Pierpont, John Pierpont, Leonard Pierpont Sr, Sally Pierpont, Sarah Brecht Coggeshall, Sherman Pierpont. James Pierpont passed away in 1840 in Morris, Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States of America.

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Biography

  • James Pierpont was born in 1761 in New Haven, Conn, Connecticut, USA, the child of James Pierpoint And Sarah Breck.
  • James Pierpont married Elizabeth Collins, Lucy Pierpont, and had children including Abigail Langdon Church, Elizabeth Langdon, James Morris Pierpont, James Pierpont, John Pierpont, Leonard Pierpont Sr, Sally Pierpont, Sarah Brecht Coggeshall, Sherman Pierpont.
  • James Pierpont passed away in 1840 in Morris, Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States of America.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

James Pierpont's Ancestors

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James Pierpont
1761–1840
Birth Place: New Haven, Conn, Connecticut, USA
Parents
James Pierpoint
1699–1776
New Haven County, Connecticut, United States of America
Sarah Breck
1710–1753
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Grandparents
Rev. (James Pierpoint Founder of) Yale
1659–1714
Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States of America
Mary Hooker
1673–1740
New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Great-Grandparents
John Pierpont
1618–1682
Thankful Stowe
1629–1682
Samuel Hooker
1633–1697
Mary Hooker
1637–1712
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John (teacher)
1581–1643
Elizabeth Bigge*
1581–1638

James Pierpont's Descendants

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James Pierpont (4 January 1761–1840) m. Elizabeth Collins (25 September 1755–28 July 1815) m. Lucy Pierpont (9 June 1778–20 February 1835)
  1. 1. John Pierpont 1785–1866 m. Harriet (Louise) Campbell 1811–1870 m. Mary (Sheldon Lord) (Pierpont) 1787–1855
    1. 1. Caroline (Augusta) Pierpont 1823–1881
    2. 2. James (Lord Pierpont Composer of " Jingle) Bells" 1822–1893 m. Eliza (Jane) Pierpont 1831–1889 m. Millicent Pierpont 1822–1856
      1. 1. Juriah (Harris) Pierpont 1864–1943
      2. 2. James (Lord Pierpont) Jr 1859–1860
      3. 3. Thomas (Purse) Pierpont 1862–1891
      4. 4. Mary (Augusta) Barnum 1847–1937
      5. 5. Lillian Pierpont 1853–1939
    3. 3. John Pierpont 1819–1879
    4. 4. Juliet Pierpont 1816–1884 m. Junius (Spencer) Morgan 1813–1890
      1. 1. John (Pierpont) Morgan 1837–1913 m. Amelia ((Mimi)) Sturges 1835–1862 m. Frances (Louise) Tracy 1842–1924
        1. 1. John (Pierpont Morgan) Jr 1867–1943 m. Jane (Norton) Grew 1868–1925
        2. 2. Juliet (Pierpont Morgan) (Tracy) 1870–1955
        3. 3. Louise Morgan 1866–
        4. 4. Anne (Tracy) Morgan 1873–1952 m. Dr. (Anne Veitch Murray) Galbraight 1878–1929
      2. 2. Juliet (Pierpont) Morgan 1847–1923
      3. 3. Junius (Spencer Morgan) Jr 1846–1858
      4. 4. Sarah (Spencer) Morgan 1839–1896
    5. 5. Mary (E) Pierpont 1812–
    6. 6. William (Alston) Pierpont 1811–1860
  2. 2. Leonard (Pierpont) Sr 1819–1874
  3. 3. Sarah (Brecht) Coggeshall 1794–1822
  4. 4. Sally Pierpont 1786–1794
  5. 5. James (Morris) Pierpont 1800–1839
  6. 6. Abigail (Langdon) Church 1797–1859
  7. 7. Elizabeth Langdon 1792–1825
  8. 8. James Pierpont 1789–1793
  9. 9. Sherman Pierpont 1783–1836

James Pierpont's Timeline

2 Records

1761
4 January 1761
Birth of James Pierpont in New Haven, Conn, Connecticut, USA
New Haven, Conn, Connecticut, USA
1840
1840
Age 79
Death of James Pierpont in Litchfield, Conn, Connecticut, USA
Litchfield, Conn, Connecticut, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 4 January 1761
    Event Place: New Haven, Conn, Connecticut, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1840
    Event Place: Litchfield, Conn, Connecticut, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Morris, Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

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