Pelot Family Genealogy Table of Contents Dedication ...................................................... i Table of Contents ............................................... ii Preface ......................................................... xv Explanation of the Numbering System ............................. xix Acknowledgments ................................................. xix Part I Swiss Ancestry of Jonas Pelot ................................ 1 A. The Lineage of Jonas Pelot .................................. 1 I. Niquilly Pellot ......................................... 2 II. Perraud Pillot .......................................... 2 III. Imer Pellot ............................................. 2 IV. Jehanete Pellot ......................................... 2 V. Jehan Pellot ............................................ 6 VI. Pierre Pellot ........................................... 6 VII. Imer Pelot .............................................. 7 VIII. Jehan Pelot ............................................. 8 IX. Imer Pelot .............................................. 8 X. Jonas Pelot ............................................. 9 XI. Pierre Pelot ............................................ 9 XII. Pétremand (Petermann) Pelot ............................. 10 XIII. Jonas Pelot ............................................. 10 XIV. Jean (Jehan) Pelot ...................................... 10 XV. Isaac Pelot ............................................. 11 XVI. Jean Jacques Pelot ...................................... 11 XVII. Pierre Pelot ............................................ 12 XVIII. Jean Pelot .............................................. 13 XIX. Jonas Pelot ............................................. 14 XX. Isaac Pelot ............................................. 14 XXI. Jean Pierre Pelot ....................................... 14 XXII. Jean Jacques Pelot ...................................... 14 XXIII. Jonas Henri Pelot ....................................... 14 XXIV. Jean Pierre Pelot . ...................................... 14 XXV. Charles Henri Pelot ..................................... 15 XXVI. Samuel Pelot ............................................ 15 XXVII. Jean Jacques Pelot ...................................... 15 XXVIII. Jacques Frédéric Pelot ................................... 15 XXIX. Jean Pierre Pelot ....................................... 15 XXX. Marianne Julie Pelot .................................... 16 XXXII. Sophie Elise Pelot ...................................... 16 XXXIII. Jean Frédéric Pelot ..................................... 16 XXXIV. Jean Pierre Pelot ....................................... 16 XXXV. François Charles Pelot .................................. 16 XXXVII. Louis Auguste Pelot ..................................... 16 XXXVIII. Auguste Frédéric Pelot .................................. 17 XXXIX. Maximilien Pelot ........................................ 17 XL. Charles Frédéric Pelot .................................. 17 XLV. Henri Auguste Pelot ..................................... 17 XLVI. Gustave Arnold Pelot .................................... 17 XLVII. Charles François Pelot .................................. 18 XLIX. Theophile Arthur Pelot .................................. 18 LI. Adrien Theophile Pelot .................................. 18 LII. Jacques Adrien Pelot .................................... 18 LIII. Samuel Pelot ............................................ 19 LIV. Eric Pelot .............................................. 19 B. Pelot Coat of Arms .......................................... 20 Part II The Descendants of Jonas Pelot of South Carolina .......... 23 First Generation in America ...................................... 23 1 Jonas Pelot .............................................. 23 Second Generation ............................................... 31 3 (John) Francis Pelot ..................................... 31 7 Marianne Pelot ........................................... 39 Third Generation ................................................ 43 10 John Pelot ............................................... 43 12 James Pelot .............................................. 46 18 Major Charles Pelot ...................................... 50 21 Sarah or Sarah Catherine Pelot ........................... 52 Fourth Generation ............................................... 55 29 Richard Pelot, Esquire ................................... 55 31 Major James Pelot ........................................ 59 32 Samuel George Pelot ...................................... 62 33 Mary Martha Pelot ........................................ 64 34 Sarah Bulia Pelot ........................................ 68 35 Joseph Sealy Pelot, Esquire .............................. 74 36 Charles Moore Pelot ...................................... 76 37 Sarah Julia Pelot ........................................ 78 38 John Francis Pelot ....................................... 78 Fifth Generation ................................................ 80 50 Joseph F. Pelot .......................................... 80 51 Richard W. Pelot ......................................... 81 52 William B. Pelot ......................................... 84 56 Henrietta Cornelia Pelot ................................. 85 57 (Elizabeth) Lavinia Pelot ................................ 85 58 Colonel John Cooper Pelot ................................ 87 59 Dr. James Decatur Pelot .................................. 93 60 "Major" Charles Harrison Pelot ........................... 94 85 William Maxwell Pelot .................................... 95 86 Joseph Alma Pelot ........................................ 98 87 Eugene B. Pelot .......................................... 101 88 Elizabeth Mary Pelot ..................................... 103 89 Stephen Elliot Pelot ..................................... 103 90 Hetty Habersham Pelot .................................... 104 92 Susan Jane Pelot ......................................... 106 93 Benjamin Sealy ............................................ 106 98 Joseph Ford Pelot ........................................ 107 99 Margaret Cornelia Pelot .................................. 108 104 James Malachi Pelot ...................................... 110 106 Thomas Postell Pelot ..................................... 111 108 Sarah Caroline Pelot ..................................... 112 109 Martha Julia Pelot ....................................... 112 115 Francis Lewellen (Llewellyn) Pelot ....................... 113 Part III Continuation of Line of Joseph F. Pelot ................... 115 Sixth Generation ............................................. 115 222 John Francis Pelot ..................................... 115 223 James Calhoun Pelot .................................... 115 226 David Maxwell Pelot .................................... 116 Part IV Continuation of Line of Richard W. Pelot ................... 117 Sixth Generation ............................................. 117 233 Alexander Hamilton Pelot ............................... 117 235 David S. Pelot ......................................... 117 Seventh Generation ........................................... 118 435 Josiah P. Pelot ........................................ 118 436 George A. Pelot ........................................ 118 437 Richard W. Pelot ....................................... 119 444 John Holland Pelot ..................................... 119 624 Margaret Pelot ......................................... 119 Part V Continuation of Line of Colonel John Cooper Pelot ........... 121 Sixth Generation ............................................... 121 258 James Cooper Pelot ....................................... 121 259 Dr. John Crews Pelot ..................................... 122 260 Susan Marion Pelot ....................................... 132 261 Mary Elizabeth Pelot ..................................... 135 262 Sarah Ann Pelot .......................................... 137 263 Adeline Jane Pelot ....................................... 141 264 Charles Edmund Pelot ..................................... 147 265 Julia Frances Pelot ...................................... 148 267 Christiana Rebecca Pelot ................................. 150 268 Abram William Pelot ...................................... 151 274 Alice J. Pelot ........................................... 153 275 Walter Pierce Pelot ...................................... 153 277 Eugene Cooper Pelot ...................................... 154 Seventh Generation .............................................. 155 446 Hannah (Anna) Nowlan Pelot ............................... 155 448 John James Francis Pelot ................................. 159 474 Beulah C. Pelot (Adopted) ................................ 163 480 Sally Evelyn Pelot ....................................... 163 481 John Williams Pelot ...................................... 163 484 Dora Williams Pelot ...................................... 164 Eighth Generation ............................................... 167 634 John Crews Pelot ......................................... 167 635 Francis (Frank) Cooper Pelot ............................. 168 636 Julia Beatrice Pelot ..................................... 170 637 Mary Elizabeth Pelot ..................................... 175 638 Lillian Kathleen Pelot ................................... 176 646 Joy Hill Pelot ........................................... 178 647 Iris Elaine Pelot ........................................ 178 648 Jeanne Marie Pelot ....................................... 178 Ninth Generation ................................................ 179 793 John Allen Pelot ......................................... 179 794 Kent Barry Pelot ......................................... 180 795 Elaine Celeste Pelot ..................................... 181 796 Robert Lawrence Pelot .................................... 182 797 Mary Helen Pelot ......................................... 184 798 Peggy Joan Pelot ......................................... 185 Tenth Generation ................................................ 186 953 John Allen Pelot Jr. ..................................... 186 954 Charles Edward Kelly Pelot ............................... 186 955 Joanna Jane Michelle Pelot ............................... 186 Part VI Continuation of Line of William Maxwell Pelot ................ 187 Sixth Generation ............................................. 187 280 William Wilfred ........................................ 187 285 Edward Eugene Pelot .................................... 187 287 Thomas du Pont Pelot ................................... 188 Seventh Generation ........................................... 188 496 William du Pont Pelot .................................. 188 497 Irving Bonner Pelot .................................... 190 501 Francis (Frank) du Pont Pelot .......................... 191 502 Russell Alma (Edward) Pelot ............................ 191 Eighth Generation ............................................ 191 654 Jack Pelot ............................................. 191 656 Vivian Ruth Pelot ...................................... 191 657 William Du Pont Pelot Jr. ............................... 192 658 Lillian Clyde Pelot .................................... 192 659 Ella Lucretia Pelot .................................... 192 662 Florence Pelot ......................................... 193 664 Margaret (Marion) Pelot ................................ 193 665 William Edward Pelot ................................... 194 668 Russell Edward Pelot Jr. ............................... 194 Ninth Generation ............................................. 194 828 Charles Pelot .......................................... 194 832 Robert Frank Pelot ..................................... 194 833 Priscilla Jean Pelot ................................... 194 834 William Charles ........................................ 195 842 William Edward Pelot II ................................ 195 843 Marcia Ann Pelot ........................................ 195 844 Russell Edward Pelot Jr. ............................... 195 Part VII Continuation of Line of Joseph Alma Pelot ................. 196 Sixth Generation ............................................. 196 292 William J. Pelot ....................................... 196 Part VIII Continuation of Line of Eugene B. Pelot .................. 197 Sixth Generation ............................................. 197 293 Joseph J. Pelot ........................................ 197 294 William Evans Pelot .................................... 197 295 Stephen C. Pelot ....................................... 198 Seventh Generation ........................................... 198 528 Reuben Nisbet Pelot .................................... 198 529 Benjamin Henry Pelot ................................... 201 Eighth Generation ............................................ 202 686 Mary Lucille Pelot ..................................... 202 687 Reuben Nisbet Pelot Jr. ................................. 202 689 William Lee Pelot ...................................... 203 690 Lyman Walker ............................................ 203 691 Ben Audrey .............................................. 204 692 Leon Maddox Pelot ...................................... 204 Ninth Generation ............................................. 204 875 Joan Pelot ............................................. 204 876 Reuben Nisbet Pelot III ................................. 204 877 Patricia Ozburn Pelot .................................. 205 878 William Lee Pelot Jr. .................................. 205 879 Rebecca Ann Pelot ...................................... 205 880 Lyman Walker Pelot Jr. .................................. 206 881 Edwin Raymond Pelot .................................... 206 882 James Curry Pelot ...................................... 206 883 Ben Audrey Pelot Jr. .................................... 206 884 Peggy O'Neil Pelot ..................................... 207 Tenth Generation ............................................. 207 1036 Lisa Maree Pelot ...................................... 207 1037 Laurie Ann Pelot ...................................... 207 1038 Lynda Carol Pelot ..................................... 207 1039 Reuben Nisbet Pelot IV ................................ 208 1048 Priscilla Dian Pelot .................................. 208 1049 Lyman Walker Pelot III ................................. 208 1050 Victoria Lynn Pelot ................................... 208 1055 Rebecca Lynn Pelot .................................... 209 1056 Terri Ann Pelot ....................................... 209 1057 Clay Howard Pelot ..................................... 209 Part IX Continuation of Line of Steven Elliot Pelot .................. 210 Sixth Generation ............................................... 210 304 Percy Pelot .............................................. 210 305 John Walter Pelot ........................................ 212 306 Mari Ella Pelot .......................................... 213 Seventh Generation ............................................. 213 539 Flora Nelle Pelot ......................................... 213 Part X Continuation of Line of Francis Lewellen (Llewellyn) Pelot .... 215 Sixth Generation ............................................... 215 342 Emma Pelot ............................................... 215 343 Carlyle (Cal) Lewellen (Llewellyn) Pelot ................. 215 344 William Lee Pelot ........................................ 218 346 Henry J. Pelot ........................................... 218 Seventh Generation ............................................. 219 566 Lewellen (Llewellyn) (Lew) Carlyle Pelot .................. 219 567 Helen Heald Pelot ........................................ 220 571 Henry Carlyle Pelot ...................................... 223 572 Colonel Joseph Halley Pelot .............................. 223 574 Annie Laurie Pelot ....................................... 223 575 Francis Leicester Pelot .................................. 224 576 Mary Elizabeth Pelot ..................................... 224 577 Margaret Lucille Pelot ................................... 224 578 Dr. Harry Hopkins Pelot .................................. 225 579 Dr. William Leverette Pelot .............................. 226 580 Catherine Rebekah Pelot .................................. 226 Eighth Generation .............................................. 227 726 Ellis James Pelot ........................................ 227 737 Betty Lou Pelot .......................................... 227 738 Mary Jane Pelot .......................................... 228 739 Marceline Hall Pelot ..................................... 228 740 Mary Agnes Pelot ......................................... 229 742 Francis Leicester Pelot Jr. .............................. 229 743 John Suggett Pelot ....................................... 229 748 Douglas Brandon Pelot .................................... 230 750 Patsy Jean Pelot ......................................... 230 Ninth Generation ............................................... 230 903 Dorothy Ann Pelot ........................................ 230 904 Dolores Jane Pelot ....................................... 231 905 Ida Marie Pelot .......................................... 231 907 Carlyle Lewellen (Llewellyn) Pelot ....................... 232 908 Alfred James Pelot ....................................... 232 909 Janet Mae Pelot .......................................... 232 910 Mark Alan Pelot .......................................... 233 911 Betty Jean Pelot ......................................... 233 922 Julia Ann Pelot .......................................... 233 923 Michale Ann Pelot ........................................ 233 924 Stephen Miears Pelot ..................................... 234 925 Gayle Ellen Pelot ........................................ 234 Appendices I. Additional Information on Descendants of Jonas Pelot A. James Pelot (#12) 1. The E. Dale Joyner Nature Preserve at Pelotes Island . 238 B. Dr. James Decatur Pelot (23959) 1. Pelot-Babcock Duel .................................. 239 C. Dr. John Crews Pelot .................................... 243 1. Letter from Jefferson Medical College ................ 243 2. Account of Reconnaissance on Amelia Island ........... 244 3. Officer of Day Report, Andersonville Prison .......... 246 4. Letter from Andersonville to Mother .................. 247 5. Article in Defense of Capt. Wirz ..................... 248 D. John James Francis Pelot ................................. 255 1. Petition for Appointment of Special Guardian ......... 255 2. Editorial Concerning Bradenton, Florida .............. 257 3. "Doc" Pelot Recalls Pioneer Days ..................... 259 4. Memorabilia .......................................... 261 E. Professor James M. Stewart (Stuart) ...................... 264 1. Pioneer Educator of Florida .......................... 264 2. Business Card of Sarah Ann Stewart .................. 268 F. Kirby Pelot Stewart ...................................... 269 1. Stewart Memorabilia .................................. 269 G. Julia Beatrice Pelot .................................... 270 1. Ahnentafel of Mrs. Meredith Bright Colket, Jr. ..... 270 2. National Genealogy Hall of Fame for husband Dr. Meredith Bright Colket, Jr. ........ 271 H. Beulah C. Pelot .......................................... 274 1. Memorial to Rev. Francis Edwin Steinmeyer ............ 274 II. Other Pelot Families in America .............................. 277 A. Switzerland - Pelots Descended from Niquilly Pelot, but not Descended from Jonas Pelot ...................... 277 S1-1 François Charles Pelot [XXXI] ...................... 278 S2-1 Charles Adolphe Pelot [XXXVI] ..................... 279 S3-1 Charles Frédéric Pelot [XLI] ...................... 279 S4-1 Paul Alcide Pelot [XLIII] ......................... 281 S5-1 Nestor Eugene Pelot [XLIV] ........................ 281 S1-3 François Charles Pelot ............................ 281 S2-5 Harry McClellan Pelot ............................. 282 S4-3 Louis Alexandre Pelot .............................. 283 S1-3 Louis Pelot ........................................ 283 S2-6 George Miller Pelot ................................ 283 S2-13 Lyle Eugene Pelot .................................. 284 B. Switzerland - Swiss Pelots of Unknown Origin ............. 285 Z1-1 Charles Pelott .................................... 285 Z2-1 Charles Paul Pelot ................................ 285 Z3-1 Albert Pelo ........................................ 285 Z4-1 Charles Pelot ...................................... 286 C. France ................................................... 286 F1-1 Pierre Pelot ....................................... 286 F2-1 John Pelot .......................................... 286 F3-1 Peter Pelot ......................................... 286 F1-2 Pierre Maurice Pelot .............................. 287 F1-8 Timothée Pelot ..................................... 287 D. Poland ................................................... 287 P1-1 Gotlieb Pelot ...................................... 287 P2-1 John Pelot ......................................... 288 E. East Prussia and Russia .................................. 288 R1-1 Gottlieb Pelot ..................................... 288 R2-1 Regina Pelot ....................................... 288 R3-1 Gustav Pelot ....................................... 288 R4-1 Wilhelm Pelot ...................................... 288 R5-1 Frederick Pelot .................................... 288 F. African America .......................................... 289 A1-1 Dora Pelot .......................................... 289 G. Native America ........................................... 290 N1.1 Alexander Pelott ................................... 290 N2-1 Ignace Pelott ..................................... 290 III. Allied or Related Families A. Bessant ................................................. 294 B. Chisholm ................................................ 298 C. Colket .................................................. 299 D. Cooper .................................................. 327 E. Gates ................................................... 345 F. Gignilliat .............................................. 351 G. Johnson ................................................. 357 H. Lofton .................................................. 390 I. Marion (Marian).......................................... 391 J. Sealy ................................................... 392 K. Vaughan ................................................. 394 IV. Pelot Distribution in America .............................. 396 V. Pelots on Social Security Death Index ....................... 411 VI. Index ...................................................... 417 Illustrations Perraud Pillot fils de Niquilly Pillot, bourgeois de La Neuveville 3 The Swiss Ancestry, Male Descendants with Male Descendants, Surname Pelot (Pellot) .......................................... 5 La Neuveville as it looked in 1671 with the Castle Schlossberg on an elevation at the left and Lake of Bienne in the foreground. Courtesy of Town of La Neuveville, Switzerland. ................ 12 Pelot Coat of Arms, Art work by Hans D. Birk of Toronto, Canada, in the style of fig. 161, p. 42 of Dr. Olivier Clottu, "Armorial de La Neuveville: Armoires des familles bourgeoises anciennes (1970)." Courtesy Henry L. P. Beckwith, Jr. and the Committee on Heraldry, New England Historic Genealogical Society, by which it was enrolled as 699. ................................ 21 Map showing Places of Residence of Early Pelots Drawn for the original article in "The Genealogist" by Mr. Gordon Colket, now digitized ................................ 22 First five generations of Pelots in America (male lines) ........ 25 Huguenot Cross where Swiss landed in 1733, Purysburg, South Carolina 27 Record copy, 1764 land grant for 2050 acres, King George III to Rev. Francis Pelot. Courtesy South Carolina Department of Archives and History, Columbia, South Carolina ................ 30 Example of a 29 foot cypress plantation barge or oar boat, the primary means of transportation of South Carolina coastal planters in Pre-Civil War days. Collection of the Charleston Museum, Charleston, S.C. Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art .................................................... 42 Logo from Pelot & Cole's Photographic Gallery ..................... 101 Braden Castle, Bradenton, Florida ................................. 120 Second Five Generations of Pelots in America, the Descendants of Colonel John Cooper Pelot (#58) ................ 123 Second Five Generations of Pelots in America, the Descendants of William Maxwell Pelot (#85) .................... 189 Second Five Generations of Pelots in America, the Descendants of Eugene B. Pelot (#87) .......................... 199 Second Five Generations of Pelots in America, the Descendants of Francis Lewellen Pelot (#115) .................. 217 Major General Butler Letters to Consul of France and Swiss Consul Regarding Charles Frédéric Pelot .................................. 280 The Bessant Ancestry ............................................. 295 The Colket Ancestry Male Descendants with Male Descendants, Surname Colcord ....... 301 The Colket Ancestry Male Descendants with Male Descendants, Surname Colket ........ 313 The Cooper Ancestry .............................................. 331 The Johnson Ancestry .............................................. 359 Pictures Picture of compiler, Mrs. Julia Pelot Colket, standing in the town center of La Neuveville, Switzerland ............ front endpaper Colonel John Cooper Pelot ................................ 89 Members Secession Convention of Florida .................. 90 William Maxwell Pelot .................................... 96 Elvira Rosalie (Du Pont) Pelot ........................... 97 James D. Cole, son of Hetty Habersham Pelot and James D. Cole 105 Dr. John Crews Pelot ..................................... 124 Mary Elizabeth (Cooper) Pelot ............................ 125 Catherine (Katie) (Gates) Pelot .......................... 126 Mary Cooper (Minnie) Pelot ............................... 129 Charles E. Pelot and Lalla (Jordan) Pelot ................. 130 Professor James Mondell Stewart .......................... 138 Mary Leonora (Hough) Stewart ............................. 139 Charles Edmund Pelot ..................................... 148 Miss Julia Frances Pelot ................................. 149 William Abram and Carrie Lanetta (Williams) Pelot ........ 152 John James Francis Pelot ................................. 161 Mary Apaline Johnson ..................................... 162 Family of John Crews Pelot ............................... 168 Francis (Frank) Cooper Pelot and Blanche Eleanor Lewis .... 169 Family of Julia Beatrice (Pelot) Colket .................. 170 Family of William Currie Colket .......................... 172 Family of Dr. Meredith (Med) Bright Colket III ............ 173 John Pelot Colket and Marilee Cunningham .................. 174 Mary Elizabeth Pelot ..................................... 175 Lillian Kathleen (Pelot) Floyd and Joe Floyd ............. 176 Mary Carolyn Floyd ....................................... 177 Family of John Allen Pelot ............................... 179 Family of Kent Barry Pelot ............................... 180 Family of Robert Lawrence Pelot .......................... 183 Family of Mary Helen (Pelot) Kermode 184 Susan Ella Nixon ......................................... 188 Brothers Irving Bonner Pelot and Frank Du Pont Pelot ..... 190 Reuben Nisbet Pelot ...................................... 200 Family of Reuben Nisbet Pelot ............................ 201 Children of Reuben Nisbet Pelot- Reuben Nisbet Pelot Jr., Mary Lucille (Pelot) VanValkenburg, Evelyn Patrick (Pelot) Cunningham, and William Lee Pelot .. 203 Pearl Cole Pelot ........................................ 211 John Walter Pelot with wife Francis Ardelle (Riley) Pelot and daughter Flora Nelle Pelot ...................... 212 Lewellen (Llewellyn) (Lew) Carlyle Pelot (Napoleon Peanuts) 220 Tristram Coffin Colket (Colcord) ......................... 310 Meredith Bright Colket Jr. ............................... 321 Mary D. Cooper ............................................ 334 General James Gignilliat Cooper ........................... 336 Pharaba (Fereby) Jane Vaughan, wife of General James Gignilliat Cooper ............... 337 James Gignilliat Portrait ................................ 351 Charlotte Pepper Gignilliat Portrait ..................... 353 Enos Emory Johnson ....................................... 358 Rollo Harold Johnson ..................................... 364