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grants of land given him by the town of Pequot, now New London. In the early part of the year 1630 he joined a large party of emigrants who came with John Winthrop, Esq., to this country. Mr. Chese- brough located himself in Boston, Mass., and soon after became a member of the First Church.
He was admitted a freeman of the Massachusetts colony in May, 1631, and afterwards took an active part in public affairs. In 1632, Mr. Chesebrough was elected as "one of two" from Boston, to unite with two from every plantation, to confer with the court about raising a public stock, and Prince in his " Annals" says that this seems to pave the way for a house of representation in the General Court. In 1634, Mr. Chesebrough was elected constable of Bos- ton, where he continued to reside for several years. Previous to 1640 he removed to Braintree, and that year was elected deputy to the Massachusetts General Court, soon after which he removed his residence to Rehoboth, Plymouth Colony, where in 1643 his list was returned at four hundred and fifty pounds.
The next year lots were drawn for a division of the woodland near the town, and Mr. Chesebrough re- ceived lot No. 4. During this year the planters of Rehoboth drew up and signed a compact by which they agreed to be governed by nine persons " accord- ing to law and equity," until we shall subject our- selves jointly to some other government. Mr. Chese- brough was a party to that transaction, which was participated in by thirty of the planters of the new settlement. He had taken an active and prominent part in organizing the town of Rehoboth, and at a public meeting held July 12, 1644, his services were recognized by the town in ordering that he "should have division in all lands of Seakunk, for one hun- dred and fifty-three pounds, besides what he is to have for his own proportion, and that in way of con- sideration for the pains and charges he hath been at for setting off this plantation."
He was propounded for freeman at the General Court at Plymouth in 1645, but was not admitted until 1648. Notwithstanding the prominent part he acted in establishing the plantation of Rehoboth, and the recognition of his services by the new town, he was not treated with much favor by the General Court, which ordered him to be arrested for an affray with an Indian by the name of Vasamequine, and ' harshly treated him in other respects. This led him to look farther for a permanent place of abode. About this time John Winthrop, Jr., acting under a commis- sion from the Massachusetts General Court, com- menced a settlement at Nameaug, afterwards called Pequot, and then New London. Mr. Chesebrough visited the place in 1645 for the purpose of making it his future home. He was kindly treated by Mr. Win- throp, and urged to settle there, but finding the place in several respects unsuitable to his expectations, he concluded not to stay. Subsequently he examined the Pawcatuck region, and finally concluded to settle
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at the head of Wequetequoc. Cove. He shared the friendship of Roger Williams, and was encouraged and assisted by him in removing his habitation to Pawcatuck. He did not, however, immediately re- move his family here, and not until he had provided for them a comfortable place of abode. It was during the summer of 1649 that his family came to Weque- tequoc and occupied their new home in the wilder- ness. The marsh land bordering on Wequetequoc Cove furnished hay for his stock in abundance.
He brought his entire family with him, which con- sisted of his wife and four sons, namely, Samuel, Na- thaniel, John, and Elisha. The two eldest and the youngest subsequently married and had families, and after the death of each their widows married again. John died single, 1660. Mr. Chesebrough, like most of the early planters, traded more or less with the In- dians, and was also engaged in trade with the people of Long Island and elsewhere. The first act of the General Court of Connecticut was an order prohibit- ing all persons selling firearms and ammunition to the Indians ; another act was passed in 1642 " forbid- ding smiths from doing any work for the Indians, or selling them any instrument or matter made of iron or steel, without a license from two magistrates." Various other acts were passed regulating and in some cases prohibiting trade with the Indians. Mr. Chese- brough while living at Rehoboth had incurred the displeasure of certain parties in the Plymouth colony, and no sooner was he located here than they informed the General Court of Connecticut that he had removed here for the purpose of selling firearms to the In- dians; whereupon the court, in November, 1649, is- sued a warrant "to the constable of Pequot to repair forthwith to Chesebrough of Long Island (where he was trading at the time), and to let him understand that the government of Connecticut 'doth dislike and distaste the way he is in and trade he doth drive among the Indians,' and that they do require him to desist therefrom immediately, and that he should re- pair to Capt. Mason, of Seabrook, or some of the magistrates upon the river (Connecticut), to give an account to him or them of what he hath done hith- erto."
Mr. Chesebrough at first disregarded this order, claiming that his new home was within the jurisdic- tion of Massachusetts, but subsequently, acting under the advice and assurance of Mr. Winthrop and other friends at Pequot, he so far yielded to the authorities of Connecticut as to engage to appear at the General Court at Hartford in March, 1651, some sixteen months after the issue of said order, and related to them the reason why he had taken up his abode at Wequetequoc, and that he was not engaged in any unlawful trade with the Indians, and assured them that his religious opinions were orthodox, neither did he intend to remain alone in the wilderness, and was in hopes that in a short time he should be able to pro- cure a competent company of desirable persons for the
planting of the place. The court reluctantly per- mitted him to remain on condition that if he would give a bond of £100 not to prosecute any unlawful trade with the Indians, and that he would furnish them with the names of such persons as he could in- duce to settle at Pawcatuck before the next winter, they would not compel him to remove.
While the planters of Pequot were friendly to Mr. Chesebrough, they preferred that he should become an inhabitant of that settlement rather than to estab- lish a new township. In September of the same year Mr. Chesebrough again visited Hartford for the pur- pose of obtaining a legal title to the land he occupied. Mr. Winthrop and the deputies from Pequot engaged that if he would put himself on the footing of an inhabitant of Pequot he should have his lands con- firmed to him by a grant of the town. To this he ac- ceded, but the bounds of Pequot did not include his lands, whereupon, "on request," the court extended the bounds of the settlement to Pawcatuck River, and the town in November following gave him a house- lot at Pequot, which he never occupied. In January, 1652, a large tract of land was given by the town of Pequot, which was afterwards liberally enlarged until it embraced between two and three thousand acres, and was included within the following boundaries, namely, beginning at the harbor of Stonington, run- ning northerly up the same and Lambert's Cove and Stony Brook to the old Post road, thence following said road eastwardly to Anguilla Brook, thence down said brook and Wequetequoc Cove and the Sound to the place of beginning.
Mr. Chesebrough succeeded in drawing around him a sufficient number of "acceptable persons" to satisfy the General Court, and the settlement of the town begun, went on in a flourishing condition until 1654, when the planters here desired a separation for re- ligious as well as civil purposes.
This measure was resisted by the planters at Pequot. Meantime Massachusetts laid claim to the settlement, and the controversy went up to the Court of the Com- missioners of the United Colonies, and terminated in 1658, in awarding all the territory east of Mystic River to the Massachusetts colony, under the name of Southertown, and so remained until 1662, when it was included in the new charter and again became a part of the colony of Connecticut. . In 1665 the name of Southertown was changed to that of Mystic, and in 1666 it was again changed to Stonington.
Mr. Chesebrough was a man of more than ordinary ability, and held positions of trust not only in the Massachusetts colony, but was prominent at the settle- ment of the town of Rehoboth, in Plymouth colony. After his place at Wequetequock was included in the township of Pequot he was elected deputy thereof to the General Court at Hartford in 1653-54-55, and on one occasion rate-maker or assessor.
When, in 1658, the Massachusetts General Court asserted jurisdiction over this town, Mr. Chesebrough
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with others were appointed to manage the prudential affairs thereof, and "one of the commissioners to end small causes and deal in criminal matters." He held the office of townsman (selectman) until Southerton was reannexed to Connecticut, and was the first man elected deputy after the reunion, and succeeded in restoring amicable relations with the court, which had been seriously disturbed by the jurisdictional controversy. After his return he was elected first selectman of the town, and re-elected every year up to the time of his death, which took place June 9, 1667. His dwelling-house stood upon the site formerly occupied by Abel Crandall, Esq.
Children of William and Anna Chesebrough :
Maria, baptized in Boston, England, May 2, 1622; buried June 9, 1622.
Martha, baptized in Boston, England, Sept. 18, 1623; buried Sept. 26, 1623.
David, baptized in Boston, England, Sept. 9, 1624 ; buried Oct. 23, 1624.
Jonathan, twin of David, baptized Sept. 9, 1624; died young.
Samuel, baptized in Boston, England, April 1, 1627.
Andronicus, baptized in Boston, England, Feb. 6, 1629; buried Feb. 8, 1629.
Junice, twin of Andronicus, born and buried Feb. 6, 1629.
Nathaniel, baptized in Boston, England, Jan. 25, 1630.
John, baptized in Boston, Mass., Sept. 2, 1632 ; died at Southertown, 1660.
Jabes, baptized in Boston, Mass., May 3, 1635; died young.
Elisha, baptized in Boston, Mass., June 4, 1637.
Joseph, baptized and born at Braintree, Mass., July 18, 1640 ; died young.
The wills of Mr. and Mrs. William Chesebrough, our first Anglo-Saxon planters, are not to be found on record anywhere in Connecticut, but copies of them have been preserved, and are now in the pos- session of Thomas W. Chesebrough, of Syracuse, N. Y., who kindly furnished copies thereof, and of an amicable adjustment of a controversy that arose between their children and grandchildren in conse- quence of an apparent contradiction of their wills.
" STONINGTON, May ye 23d, 1667.
" The Last will & Testament of William Chesebrough Aged 73 years, as followeth. First I give unto my son Samll all Lands formerly granted to him & taken in by his fence. Nextly, I give unto my sons Nathaniel & Elisha ye neck of Land called Waddawonnet web was formerly granted to them, bounded by ye fence yt crosses ye aforesd neck called Wadda- wonnet, wth their Broken up lands wch they now have in Possession, all other Lands, wch is in my manadging, Broken up or meadow, and two or three acres my son Elisha Improveth this year, I give to my Loving Wife wth commons answering to it during ye time of her Life, & after her Decease I give unto my son Samuel two acres,-next to ye sd Sam- uells now Dwelling IIouss, and ye Remainder of my Broken up Lands and meadow, to be divided equally between my two sons Nathaniel & Elisha : The Little Island I give to my son Nathaniel, and ye pees of meadow Land by Goodman Yorks I give to my son Elisha, and all other Lands yt I had from New London I give to my three sons, every one of them an equal share. And if these do want Advise about ye Dividing of it, I do Ordain my trusty & well Beloved Friends Mr. Amos Richard-
son to be helpfull to them about ye Dividing of it. And yt farm of Land & meadow, Three Hundred and fifty Acres more or less, near to a place called Cowsatuch, I give to my son Samuel's second son William ; For all my Housing I give to my loving Wife to be wholly at her dispossing, to keep or sell, or dispose of as she shall please, & likewise ye pastor by ye Houss, only a pieace, to my son Elisha, from ye place where his House joyneth to mine, throughout ye pastor to ye stone wall, next to ye high- way, and for my son Samuel's Eldest son Samuell and his youngest daughter Saralı, & yt his wife is now wth Child with, I give five pounds a piece, and likewise my son Nathaniel's three children five pounds a piece which is to be paid within six years, all ye rest of my goods & chat- tles, my debts being paid, I give to my loving wife, whom I make full and lawfull Executrix.
" WILLIAM CHESEBROUGH.
" GERSHAM PALMER.
" THOMAS BELL."
" The Last Will & Testament of Anna Chesebrough, aged 75 years or thereabouts.
" I give to my two sons Saml & Nathaniel yt land wch was given to me by my Ilusband upon his Will, yt my son Elisha should have had if he had outlived me.
" I give to my son Nathaniel my Barn, I give to my son Saml my yard, between my Barn & his orchard.
" I give to William Chesebrough, mny son Sam" second son, my Dwell- ing House wth ye pastor to ye yard.
"I give to my sou Samuell, my fifteen acres of land on ye east side of Pawcatuck River, I give to my son Nathaniel one of ye mares yt my son Elisha leased or hired of me, & ye other mare I give to my son Samuell's son William. My bay Horse I give to my son Nathaniell. My Black Horse I give to my Son Samuell. I give to my son Samuell a feather bed.
" I give to my Daughter Abigail & Hannah, my cloaths and linen. The rest of my estate (my debts being paid) I give to my two sons an equal share, whom I make my full & lawfull Executors. Dated in Stonington this 19th of March 16733.
" ANNA A. CHIESEBROUGH.
" her mark and seal
SEAL
" Signed Sealed & D.D. in presence of us
" THOMAS STANTON, Senr. "JAMES NOYES."
" A Court of Assistants held at Hartford, Oct. 7, 1673.
" Il'hereas, ye County Court held at New London Sept. 19, 1673, Recom- mended to this Court a Difference between Mr. Nathaniel Chesebrough & ye Relict & heirs of Mr. Sam" Chesebrough & ye Overseer of Elihu ye only son of Elisha Chesebrough & his Successors weh differences arose by reason of some Contradiction (seemingly at least) between ye last will and testament of Mr. William Chesebrough and Mrs Anu his wife, wch ye Court having considered, after ye serving of ye sd wills, advised ye parties concerned to labor an accommodation between themselves wch they have attempted and presented to ye Court an Agreement, under ye hands. bearing Date October 9th, 1673. This Court having perused ye same do approve thereof, & order it to be recorded amongst ye records as a final issue of ye sd difference.
"It is agreed this 9. of October, 1673, Betwixt Nathaniel Chisebrough in behalf of himself & his children & Abigael Chisebrough, Relict of Sam11 Chisebrough, Deceased, in behalf of herself and children, on ye own part & Mr Amr Richardson & Mr. Thomas Minor, as Gardiants to Elihu ye son of Elisha Chisebrough on ye other Part yt Elihu ye son of Elisha Chisebrough shall have, enjoy, and poses as his own propriaty for ever, to him & his heirs all ye land within ye fence in ye Neck yt Samuell & Nathaniell Chisebrough have bounded out to him, wth ye house and house lot yt Elisha Chisebrough died possessed of, & also yt there shall be laid out unto ye sd Eliliu six hundred acors of ye land, with- out ye fence where of three hundred shall be laid out along as ye Mill Brook runs & to set ye line att ye corner of Elisha his fence leaving four Rods in breadth betwixt ye fence & ye line or beginning of ye Running of ye breadth of this three hundred acres for a constant highway, and ye gd Elihu is to run so far wth a straight line according to ye breadth fore mentioned as may make good three hundred acres, and ye other three hundred acres is to begin at ye bound tree yt divides between Mr. Minor's land & ye land yt was laid out to Mr. Chisebrough, & so to run in breadth ye whole breadth of Mr. Minor's land towards Yorks, & in length by ye stony brook till ye three hundred acres be made up, & ye aforesd trustees or Gardiants in behalf of ye sd Elihu doe relinquish all
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further claims to all of ye estate real of. M' William Chisebrough, de- ceased, it is also agreed by ye sd parties, yt two indifferent men shall be chosen who shall be impowered to judge ye land within ye Neck fence, & to proportion ye fence to Elisha his son according to ye quality, not ac- cording to ye quantity of land within ye Neck fence.
" It be further agreed yt in case ye running of ye line for ye first three hundred acres do not extend so far towards Yorks as to fetch in yt par- cell of meadow yt was given to Elisha, yet yt meadow shall belong to yt three hundred acres, belong to Elihu & his heirs, Provided yt by mutual consent convenient highways are to be laid out yt may answer each parties occasion. In confirmation of ye premises ye parties concerned with ye approbation of ye court of Assistance have hereunto subscribed ye Day and year above written.
"The above written was delivered in Court by ye parties Subscribed & they acknowledge yt subscription before ye court as a list.
" THOMAS MINOR, " AMOS RICHARDSON,
" NATHANIEL CHISEBROUGH, " ABIGAIL CHISEBROUGII.
"We as gardiants to Samuel Chisebrough's children do agree & con- sent to this agreement of ye land spessified herein shall forthwith be laid out to ye son of Elisha Chisebrough by Mr. Thomas Minor & Wil- liam Lord as witness our hands this 19th of December, 1673.
" NATHANIEL CHISEBROUGH,
" THOMAS STANTON, Sen",
" WILLIAM LORD, " RENALD MARVIN."
Thomas Stanton, who became distinguished among the first planters of Stonington, was in his early man- hood in England designed and educated for a cadet, but not liking the profession of arms and taking a deep interest in the religions principles of the mi- grating Puritans, he left his native land, embarking on board of the good ship "Bonaventure" in 1635, sailed for this country and landed in Virginia, but left there almost immediately for Boston, mingling with the natives on his way, and rapidly acquired a thorough knowledge of their language and customs. On his arrival in Boston he was recognized by Win- throp and his associates as a valuable man worthy of the most unlimited confidence, for the very next year he was selected by the Boston authorities to ac- company Mr. Fenwick and Hugh Peters as interpre- ter on a mission to Saybrook, Conn., to hold a con- ference with the Pequot Indians relative to the mur- der of Capt. Stone and Newton. After the close of the conference Mr. Stanton went up to Hartford, and there fixed his permanent abode in 1637. During that year he was married to Anna, daughter of Thomas and Dorothy Lord, of Hartford. Mr. Stanton's ac- curate knowledge of the language and character of the Indians soon gave him prominence in the then new settlements of Connecticut, for the very first year after he came to Hartford the General Court gave him ten pounds for the service he had already done for the country, and declared that he should be a public officer for to attend the court upon all occasions, either general or particular, as also the meetings of the magistrates, to interpret between them and the Indians, at a salary of ten pounds per annum. Mr. Stanton did not always agree with the policy of Capt. Mason and the court relative to the treatment of the Indians, and drew upon himself their displeasure ; but being a man accustomed to speak his own mind and act upon his own convictions, maintained his
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position, though they discontinued his salary for two years, alleging long absence as the cause, and ap- pointing Mr. Gilbert to take his place ; but in 1648 they restored him to the place with the compensation. He became the intimate and especial friend of Gov- ernor Winthrop, of Connecticut, acting as his inter- preter in all of his intercourse with the Indians. It was while thus employed, in an interview with Nini- gret in the Narragansett country, that Mr. Stanton became acquainted with the Pawcatuck Valley and selected it for his future residence. Soon after he petitioned the General Court for liberty to erect a trading-house there, which was granted in February, 1650. In the spring following he came to Pawcatuck and erected his trading-house, and in the fall of the same year removed his family to New London. He received and purchased large tracts of land in Paw- catuck, and having erected a dwelling-house there was joined by his family in 1657. Here he spent the remainder of his days, dying in 1678, aged sixty-eight years.
After the articles of confederation between the New England colonies had been established in 1643, among all of the distinguished interpreters of New England, Mr. Stanton was selected as interpreter- general, to be consulted and relied upon in all emer- gencies. In this capacity and in their behalf he acted as interpreter, especially between the ministers em- ployed by the commissioners of the United Colonies, acting as agents of the London Missionary Society, and the Indians to whom they preached. He also aided the Rev. Abraham Pierson in the translation of his catechism into the Indian tongue, certifying to the same in his official capacity. Mr. Stanton and his sons carried on an extensive trade in furs at his Pawcatuck store, purchasing of the Indians in the region round about, and selling the same at Boston and in the West Indies. After Mr. Stanton became an inhabitant of Pawcatuck, in Stonington, he took an active part in town affairs, became prominent, and was elected to almost every position of public trust in the then new settlement. In 1658, when Pawca- tuck was included in the town of Sonthertown, under the jurisdiction of Massachusetts, he was appointed selectman and magistrate. After Pawcatuck was set to the Connecticut colony by the charter of 1662, Mr. Stanton was appointed magistrate and commissioner, and reappointed every year up to the time of his death. He was elected deputy or representative in 1666, and re-elected every year up to 1675.
When county courts were first established in New London County in 1666, Maj. Mason, Thomas Stan- ton, and Lieut. Pratt, of Saybrook, were appointed judges. Thus it appears that Mr. Stanton acted a prominent part in town, county, and State affairs from 1636, when he acted as interpreter at Saybrook, until near the close of his life; his name is connected with the leading measures of the colony, and with almost every Indian transaction on record. In 1670, Uncas,
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the Mohegan sachem, went from Mohegan to Pawca- tuck for Mr. Stanton to write his will, taking with him a train of his noblest warriors to witness the same, giving to the occasion all the pomp and pageantry of savage royalty.
Children :
1. Thomas Stanton, Jr., born in 1638, and married Sarah Denison, daughter of Capt. George and Bridget Thompson Denison.
2. Mary Stanton, born in 1640, and married Samuel Rogers, of New London, Nov. 17, 1662.
3. John Stanton, born in 1642, and married Han- nah Thompson.
4. Hannah Stanton, born in 1644, and married Ne- hemiah Palmer, Nov. 20, 1662.
5. Joseph Stanton, born in 1646, and married, first, Hannah Mead, June 19, 1673; second, Hannah Lord, Aug. 18, 1678, and subsequently had two other wives.
6. Daniel Stanton, born in 1648, married and went to Barbadoes and died there, leaving an only son, Richard Stanton.
7. Dorothy Stanton, born in 1651, and married Rev. James Noyes, Sept. 11, 1674.
8. Robert Stanton, born 1653, and married Joanna Gardner, Sept. 12, 1677.
9. Sarah Stanton, born in 1654, and married, first, Thomas Prentice, of Massachusetts, April 20, 1675; second, William Denison, son of Capt. George and Ann Borodel Denison, in 1686.
10. Samuel Stanton, born in 1657, and married Borodel, daughter of Capt. George Denison and wife, Ann Borodel, June 15, 1680.
Walter Palmer was born about 1585, and married first in England, and came to this country in the year 1629; landed at Salem, and soon after went with his family to Charlestown, Mass. Subsequently, in 1643, he went to Rehoboth-to reside, and afterwards removed to Southertown, now Stonington, in 1653. Children: Grace Palmer, born in England, and came to this country with her father and family ; went with him to Charlestown, and joined the church there June 1, 1632, and was married to Thomas Minor, April 23, 1634. They resided in Charlestown, Mass., until 1636, where their son John was born and baptized, soon after which they removed their habitation to Hingham, Mass., where four of their children were born and baptized, as follows : Clement Minor, bap- tized March 4, 1638; Thomas Minor, baptized May 10, 1640; Ephraim Minor, baptized May 1, 1642; Joseph Minor, baptized Aug. 25, 1644.
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