Early Life and Ancestry
Edwards Pierrepont was born in North Haven, Connecticut on March 4, 1817. His was the son of Giles Pierepont and Eunice Munson Pierepont. Giles Pierepont was a New England descendant of James Pierepont, a cofounder of Yale University. Pierrpont's baptised name was Munson Edwards Pierepont, however, he changed his name to Edwards Pierrepont, droping Munson and adding an extra "r" to his last name. Pierrepont was an earlier version of his family name.
Pierrepont attend several schools in the North Haven area, enrolled at Yale University, having graduated in 1837. After graduation, Edwards traveled and explored the West, however, he returned to North Haven and enrolled and studied at New Haven Law School, having passed the bar in 1840. Pierrepont was a tutor at Yale University from 1840 to 1841. After his completion as tutor, Pierrepont moved to Columbus, Ohio where he practiced law from 1840 to 1845 under an extremely talented attorney Phineas B. Wilcox. In 1846, Pierrepont moved to New York and set up his own private law practice.
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