Peleg Randall

During the American Revolution, Peleg
served as an Army Lieutenant. At the
Second Battle of Saratoga, which began
7 October 1777, Peleg took command of
his company, after his capatin had
been killed. The battle resulted in
the 17 October surrender of British
General John Burgoyne and his 5,000
troops, to the American General
Horatio Gates, and was responsible for
bringing France into the war as an
American ally. On 29 March 1773 Peleg
had purchased 70 acres of land from
his father. In 1783 he purchased
additional land from Benjamin Palmer,
presumably a relative of his wife.
Peleg was united with the Baptist
Church at Voluntown in 1784. He was
licensed to preach 18 January 1789,
and was ordained a minister 25 October
1792. He was an elder at the
Fourteenth Baptist Church of
Stonington in 1793. Peleg preached at
the First Church of North Stonington
for nearly 23 years. On 23 March 1814
Peleg sold his land at Voluntown to
Moses Pendleton, and moved to Madison
County, New York.