Austin Pierpont (1791 - 1848)

Born 19 May 1791 in Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah (Beecher) Pierpont — married 20 Feb 1812 in Waterbury, Connecticut, USA

Descendants

Died 23 Jun 1848 at age 57 in Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut, United States

Biography

m2. May 19, 1847 Emily (____) Sperry of Bethany. (Hartford Courant)

Name

Austin Pierpont

Birth

19 May 1791 Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut (Barbour Collection)

Marriage

20 Feb 1812 Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut (Barbour Collection)

Death

23 Jun 1848 Killed by Lightning (Republican Farmer)

Burial

East Farms Cemetery, Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut (Find A Grave)

Sources

• Jacobus, Donald Lines. The Pierponts of North Haven, Conn., The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Mass., 1921) Vol. 75, Page 93
• Smith, Stephen R. Record of Service of Connecticut Men (Hartford, Connecticut, 1889) Page 102: Connecticut Militia, War of 1812: Private. Aug. 3, 1813, to Sep. 16, 1813. Sep. 8, 1814 to Oct. 20, 1814. Commander John Buckingham.
• Republican Farmer (Bridgeport, CT) Tuesday, July 4, 1848 Volume: XXXVIII Issue: 1994 Page: 2

• "Death by Lightning. -- During the thunderstorm of Friday evening last, as Mr. Austin Pierpont, of Waterbury, was sitting with his family, by his hearth, the lightning came down by the chimney, and killed him instantly. He was aged about 60. A son, sitting near him at the time, did not recover from the shock in half an hour."

• Constitution (Middletown, Connecticut) Mortuary Notice: Wednesday, July 5, 1848 Volume: XI Issue: 549 Page: 2. "...It perforated his hat, and burst out through one of his shoes." "He has left a wife and six children..."
• The Herald, Newburyport, Massachusetts, (Thursday Morning, June 29, 1848)

• "Death by Lightning. On Friday evening, Mr. Austin Pierpont was struck by lightning in the eastern part of the town of Waterbury, Ct. of which place he was a resident, and instantly killed. He was a very respectable man, a near connection of Mr. Elias Pierpont, of this city. He had just entered his house, and taken a seat near the hearth, when the bolt descended, doing much damage to the fire place and striking Mr. Pierpont. It perforated his hat, and burt out through one of his shoes. On the top of his the blood was settled in a small spot immediately beneath the hole in his hat. He has left a wife and six children. One of his sons sitting near him, was so much affected by the electricity, as to be unable to move his legs for half an hour, one of htem being deprived of all sensation."

• Anderson, Joseph. The Town and City of Waterbury, Connecticut, From the Aboriginal Period to the Year Eighteen Hundred and Ninety-Five (The Price & Lee company, New Haven, 1895) Vol. 1.

• Page AP17: "Sally Beecher m. Austin Pierpont, 1812."
• Page AP102: both marriages and all children listed.

• Hartford Courant (Hartford, Connecticut, 26 May 1847) Page 2: "At Waterbury, on the 19th inst., Mr. Austin Pierpont and Mrs. Emily Sperry, of Bethany"
• Find A Grave: Memorial #53032273
• Burpee, Charles Winslow. The Military History of Waterbury (Price, Lee & Adkins Co., New Haven, Conn., 1891)

• Page 24: "The War of 1812", Privates: Luther Pierpont, Austin Pierpont, Seabury Pierpont. They served Aug. 3 or 13 to Sept 16 or 20, 1813, and again Sept. 8 to Oct. 20, 1814.

• The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records (NEHGS, Boston, 2011) Vol. Waterbury, Page 228.