Elijah PINNEY

1775 - 1855  (79 years)

• Name	Elijah PINNEY
  Birth	26 Oct 1775	Simsbury, CT
  Gender	Male
  Death	24 Aug 1855	Erie, PA
  Person ID	I1825	Descendants of Francis Barnard
  Last Modified	1 Feb 2026

  
  

  Family ID

  F562

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  Family	Mahala GRANT
  Marriage	9 Oct 1806
  Children	+ 1. Ann PINNEY,   b. 25 Sep 1807   d. 20 Jan 1878 (Age 70 years) + 2. Roswell Grant PINNEY,   b. 30 Mar 1809   d. 23 Jun 1882 (Age 73 years) + 3. Elijah Orson PINNEY,   b. 2 Mar 1813   d. 1899 (Age 85 years) + 4. Horace L. PINNEY,   b. 14 Apr 1815   d. 20 Feb 1878, Erie Co., PA (Age 62 years) + 5. Milo E. PINNEY,   b. 12 Apr 1821   d. 22 Apr 1882, Memphis, MO (Age 61 years)
  Family ID	F730	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Feb 2026

  
  

• Notes

  Elijah Pinney (died 24 Aug. 1855) twin of Elisha, per Stiles, II, p. 612 and 615 Elijah Pinney (26 Oct. 1775 Simsbury, CT - 24 Aug. 1855 Erie, PA; interred Erie, Erie Co., PA), per Strong Family History Update, Vol. III, p. 446, 450 Elijah was a farmer, per Strong Family History Update, Vol. III, p. 450 Elijah married Mahala Grant on 9 Oct. 1806; they removed to PA, per Stiles, II, p. 615 Elijah married Mahala Grant (31 July 1785 Norfolk, CT - 29 June 1865 Colebrook, CT), daughter of Roswell Grant (18 Aug.1762 Litchfield, CT -1837) and Anna Coy (ca. 1760 -Stonington, CT - 18 Mar. 1810), per FTM Charles-Loring-Grant Internet They resided in Winchester and Barkhamsted, CT; removed 1835 to Erie, PA per FTM Charles-Loring-Grant Internet Elijah married Mahala Grant (31 July 1785 Norfolk, CT - 29 June 1865 Colebrook, CT; interred Erie, Erie Co., PA), daughter of Roswell Grant and Anna Coy, 9 Oct. 1806 Berkshire Co., MA, per Strong Family History Update, Vol. III, p. 450 Mahala Grant (1558,20), daughter of Roswell Grant and (Unknown) Coy, b. Norfolk, July 31, 1785; d. Colebrook, June 29, 1865; bur. Erie, Pa.; m. Oct. 9, 1806, Elijah Pinney [b. Winchester, Oct. 12, 1775; d. E., Aug. 24, 1855; s. of Lieut. Abraham Pinney and Lucretia Barnard]; res. W. and Barkhamsted; rem. 1835 to E.+ , per Grant, Arthur Hastings, 1898, The Grant Family: Press of A. V. Haight, Poughkeepsie, NY, p. 53 The 1850 federal census for Harbor Creek, Erie Co., PA, Part 1, microfilm 777, census p. 100, census date 12 Nov. 1850 (Broderbund FTM CD #305, Disk #4, p. 19667), lists the following: Dwelling #227, Family #232 Elijah Pinney, 75 yrs., male, farmer, $5400 real estate, born CT Mahala Pinney, 64 [or 66] yrs., female, born CT