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CHILDREN:
266 JOANNA, b. June 5, 1677, m. Robert Denison (No. 52), Denison family.
267 LUCY, b. Sept. 16, 1681, d. Sept., 1687.
268 ANNA, b. Oct. 26, 1684, m. William Stanton (No. 16).
269 MARY, b. Feb. 3, 1687, m. Daniel Denison (No. 54), Denison family.
270 REV. ROBERT, b. Dec. 7, 1689. He was graduated at Harvard College in 1712, and was ordained pastor of the East Church in Salem, Mass., Rev. Cotton Mather, D. D., preaching the ordination sermon. This celebrated minister married him to Katherine Simpkins of Boston May 5, 1719. He d. in Salem, Mass., May 3, 1727, and May 5 would have been his eighth wedding anniversary.
271 THOMAS, b. June 9, 1693, m. Thankful Denison.
272 LUCY, b. May 3, 1696, m. James McDowell May 7, 1715.
273 GARDINER, b. May 27, 1701, d. Feb., 1704.
593
THOMAS STANTON FAMILY.
Thomas Stanton (No. 271) m. Thankful Denison Dec. 30, 1713 (No. 65), Denison family, both of Stonington ; m. 2d, Mrs. Sarah (Hillard) Fish (No. 10) Rossiter family.
CHILDREN:
274 ROBERT, b. Nov. 14, 1716, m. Anna Stanton.
275 THANKFUL, b. July 21, 1718, m. Col. Elias Thompson March 24, 1736.
276 MARY, b. May 21, 1720, m. Nathan Babcock .
277 ELIZABETH, b. June 10, 1722, m. Phineas Stanton (No. 347).
278 MERCY, b. June 14, 1724, m. Ebenezer Goddard of Groton March 3, 1751. 279 PRUDENCE, b. April 22, 1726, m. 1st, Juda Coleman; m. 2d, Col. Giles Russell (No. 15), that family.
280 NATHAN, b. June 19, 1728, d. in infancy.
281 THOMAS, b. Dec. 20, 1729, m. Sarah Chesebrough.
282 REBECCA, b. in 1731.
283 ANNA, b. March 22, 1732, m. Nathan Chesebrough (No. 147), Chese- brough family.
284 DESIRE, b. April 22, 1734, m. Amos Hallam Oct. 18, 1758 (No. 9), Hallam family.
285 HANNAH, b. Sept. 29, 1736, m. Robert Potter, Esq., Aug. 28, 1754.
Robert Stanton (No. 274) m. Anna Stanton May 26, 1736 (No. 348), that family. They lived in Stonington, Conn.
CHILDREN:
286 CYNTHIA, b. Oct. 16, 1737, d. unmarried.
287 ROBERT, b. March 16, 1739, m. Sabra Palmer Dec. 2, 1764.
288 MARY, b. Nov. 8, 1741, m. Col. Henry Babcock Dec. 2, 1764 (No. 77). 289 ANNA, b. Aug. 25, 1745.
290 ABIGAIL, b. May 1, 1748, m. Samuel Hazard Nov. 23, 1766, son of Esther Stanton Hazard (No. 225).
291 THOMAS, b. in 1750, m. Elizabeth Chesebrough April 25, 1771 (No. 172), Chesebrough family.
292 THANKFUL, b. in 1752, m. Lodowick Stanton Aug. 20, 1772.
Prudence Stanton (No. 279), m. Ist, Juda Coleman March 4, 1747. After the death of Mr. Coleman she m. for her 2d hus- band, Col. Giles Russell (No. 15), that family, Dec. 8, 1762.
CHILDREN BY FIRST MARRIAGE:
293 MERCY COLEMAN, b. July 18, 1748, m. Capt. Elnathan Rossiter (No. 8), that family.
294 ROBERT COLEMAN, b. Oct. 26, 1749.
CHILD BY SECOND MARRIAGE:
295 HANNAH RUSSELL, b. Jan. 20, 1764, m. Samuel Stanton (No. 358).
Thomas Stanton (No. 281) m. Sarah Chesebrough Jan. 10, 175I (No. 148), Chesebrough family. She d. June 9, 1789. He d. July 30, 1799. They lived in Stonington, Conn.
CHILDREN:
296 SARAH, b. Nov. 12, 1751, m. Simeon Palmer Dec. 19, 1773 (No. 223), Palmer family.
297 PELEG, b. Nov. 10, 1752, d. young.
298 BRIDGET, b. Jan. 18, 1756, m. Nathaniel Chesebrough Oct. 14, 1787 (No. 255), Chesebrough family.
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HISTORY OF STONINGTON.
299 PELEG, b. March 13, 1758, m. Lydia Hewitt.
300 MERCY, b. July 6, 1760, m. Prentice Breed Dec. 7, 1780 (No. 32), Breed family.
301 ROWLAND, b. Aug. 10, 1762, d. young.
302 THANKFUL, b. Jan. 27, 1764, m. Chesebro Miner Oct. 29, 1797.
303 THOMAS, b. June 1, 1766, m. Thankful Noyes Feb. 28, 1793 (No. 169), Noyes family.
304 NATHAN, b. Oct. 15, 1768, killed Jan. 6, 1804, by falling from a haymow in a barn on the farm now owned by Sanford N. Billings of Ston- ington.
305 ROBERT, b. June 7, 1771, d. in infancy.
306 HANNAH, b. Oct. 17, 1772, m. Richard Palmer Feb. 16, 1794 (No. 297), Palmer family.
Lieut. Peleg Stanton (No. 299) m. Lydia Hewitt (No. 105), that family, of Stonington, Conn, June 10, 1781. He d. April 28, 1799, and his widow m. Capt. Joshua Brown (No. 77), Brown family.
CHILDREN:
307 LYDIA, b. in 1782, m. Gurdon Crandall in 1799, and d. in 1800, aged 18 years. No children.
308 SOPHIA, b. in 1784, m. Enoch Crandall, third wife.
309 BRIDGET, b. in 1786, m. Isaac Pendleton in 1808.
310 ABBY, b. in 1787, m. Enoch Crandall, second wife.
311 ELIAS, b. May 2, 1787, m. Nancy Davis (No. 25), that family.
312 EZRA, b. 1791, m. Lucinda Hewitt (No. 191), Hewitt family.
313 ROWLAND, b., 1793, m. 1st, Maria Palmer; 2d wife, Hannah Hewitt.
314 ISAAC, b. in 1799, m. Nancy H. Smith May 18, 1831; 2d, Anna Stark Sept. 29, 1832.
Abby Stanton (No. 310) m. Enoch Crandall, his second wife. CHILD:
315 ABBY S., b. - -, m. 1st, Perez Hewitt (No. 213), that family; 2d, Richard H. Maine of North Stonington.
Sophia Stanton (No. 308) m. Enoch, son of Enoch and Mercy (Pendleton) Crandall of Charlestown, R. I. His first wife was Abby Gardner, who d. childless. His second wife was Abby (No. 310); and Sophia (No. 308) was his third wife.
CHILDREN:
316 GURDON S. CRANDALL, b. June 26, 1808, m. Elizabeth W. Avery Dec. 2, 1828 (No. 236), that family.
317 JAMES, b. about 1810, m. Betsey Hewitt.
318 CHARLOTTE, b. - , m. Sept. 20, 1835, her cousin, Lewis Crandall, son of Lewis and Bathsheba (Crandall) Crandall. Bathsheba Crandall was the third child of Enoch and Mercy (Pendleton) Crandall. 319 FRANK, b. - -, d. aged 20 years.
Elias Stanton (No. 31I) m. Nancy Davis Nov. 27, 1812 (No. 25), that family.
CHILDREN:
320 NANCY B., b. Dec. 20, 1813, m. Warren D. Rowley Oct. 20, 1835.
321 HARRIET, b. Oct. 20, 1815, d. Oct. 4, 1816.
322 MARIA, b. May 21, 1817, m. Charles H. Smith (No. 107), that family.
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THOMAS STANTON FAMILY.
323 ELIAS, b. Aug. 5, 1819, m. Catherine C. Savage Feb. 28, 1843.
324 ABBY E., b. Aug. 15, 1822, m. Orrin Curry Oct. 18, 1842.
325 JANE C., b. Dec. 12, 1825, m. N. Curtiss White July 30, 1850.
326 LYDIA SOPHIA, b. April 30, 1830, m. Dudley W. Rhodes Oct. 3, 1854.
327 MARY, b. June 2, 1832, d. Oct. 31, 1850, unmarried.
328 WARREN J., b. April 8, 1836, m. Maria E. Merrill March 18, 1856.
Rowland Stanton (No. 313) m. Maria Palmer (No. 332), that family ; m. 2d, Hannah Hewitt (No. 209), that family.
CHILD BY FIRST MARRIAGE: :
329 MARIA E., b. - , m. Daniel P. Collins (No. 45), that family.
CHILDREN BY SECOND MARRIAGE:
330 HANNAH, b.
-.
331 JOHN, b.
332 SOPHIA, b.
Samuel Stanton (No. II) m. Borodel Denison June 16, 1680 (No. 41), that family. He lived in Stonington on that portion of the Stanton ancestral estate now known as Osbrook, extending southward to Pawcatuck Bay with Pawcatuck River on the east. He served in the early Colonial wars. She d. Jan. II, 1702.
CHILDREN:
332a SAMUEL, b. June 16, 1683, m. Sarah Gardner; 2d, Lois Cobb (No. 19), that family.
333 DANIEL, b. Nov. 4, 1695, m. Mary Chesebrough.
334 ANNA, b. July 2, 1688, m. Lieut. Thomas Jackson.
Samuel Stanton (No. 332a) m. Sarah Gardner, daughter of Capt. Thomas Gardner of Brookline, Mass., May 20, 17II. They lived in Stonington, Conn. She d. Nov. 11, 1716. Samuel m. for his second wife Lois Cobb (No. 19), that family, March 19, 1718.
CHILDREN BY FIRST MARRIAGE:
335 BORODEL, b. March 28, 1712, m. Simeon Sparhawk Oct. 22, 1730. 336 SARAH, b. Oct. 10, 1714, m. Joshua Thompson of Charlestown, R. I. 337 MARY, b. Nov. 5, 1716, m. Samuel Frink, Jr., Feb. 19, 1741. CHILDREN BY SECOND MARRIAGE:
338 SAMUEL, b. March 14, 1719, m. Susanna Champlin Nov. 5, 1742.
339 ANDREW, b. July 4, 1721, m. Sarah Noyes, June 24, 1747 (No. 127), Noyes family.
340 LOIS, b. April 9, 1725, m. Edward Denison Dec. 19, 1750 (No. 231), Deni- son family; m. 2d, Nathaniel Miner April 19, 1769; she d. without children.
341 EUNICE, b. July 1, 1728, m. John Denison, Jr., Dec. 19, 1750 (No. 232), Denison family.
342 NATHAN, b. April 3, 1732, m. Elizabeth Billings.
Lieut. Daniel Stanton (No. 333) m. Mary Chesebrough in 1712 (No. 47), Chesebrough family. They lived in Stonington, Conn. He d. Jan. 31, 1769 ; she d. Sept. 4, 1783, aged 91 years.
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HISTORY OF STONINGTON.
CHILDREN:
343 MARY, b. Dec. 30, 1713, d. young.
344 MARY, b. Aug. 24, 1715, m. Samuel Mason Jan. 9, 1738.
345 DANIEL, b. Sept. 4, 1716, m. Mary Eldridge.
346 A daughter, b. and d. in 1718.
347 PHINEAS, b. Oct. 28, 1719, m. Elizabeth Stanton.
348 ANNA, b. - , m. Robert Stanton (No. 274).
349 AMARIAH, b. Jan. 19, 1724, m. Delight Champlin Dec. 17, 1750.
Samuel Stanton of Stonington (No. 338) m. Susanna Champ- lin Nov. 14, 1719, daughter of William and Mary (Clark) Champ- lin of Westerly, R. I. He served in the French war as a com- missioned officer, and was buried in 1756, with military honors, at Fort Edward, between Lake George and the Hudson. His home was in Stonington.
CHILDREN:
350 SAMUEL, b. June 24, 1743. He and his uncle Edward Denison were drowned in sight of home while returning from New London.
351 WILLIAM, b. Sept. 19, 1744, m. Eunice Palmer Dec. 8, 1768.
352 ANDREW, b. March 15, 1750.
353 EUNICE, b. Dec. 5, 1752, m. Nathaniel Tripp Nov. 24, 1774.
Capt. Nathan Stanton (No. 342) m. Elizabeth, daughter of Ebenezer and Mary Noyes Billings (No. 95), Billings family, date not recorded. He was lost at sea.
CHILDREN:
354 LOIS, bapt. Nov. 5, 1758, m. Capt. Asa Palmer March 10, 1776.
355 ELIZABETH, b. -, m. John Noyes (No. 202), Noyes family.
356 MARY, b. Nov. 5, 1758, m. - Denison; went to New York State.
357 EBENEZER, bapt. Nov. 5, 1758, m. Mary Smith Nov. 7, 1781.
358 SAMUEL, b. in 1760, m. twice.
359 EDWARD, b. July 3, 1763.
360 ANDREW, b. Aug. 26, 1764.
Daniel Stanton (No. 345) m. Mary Eldridge Oct. 6, 1740, both of Stonington, Conn. He d. Aug. 2, 1791.
CHILDREN:
361 MARY, b. June 1, 1742, m. Edward Williams in 1759 (No. 181), that family.
362 DANIEL, b. Feb. 12, 1743, d. young.
363 JAMES, b. Feb. 17, 1745, m. James Stanton.
364 ABIGAIL, b. March 6, 1748, d. young.
365 DANIEL, b. July 30, 1750, d. 1750.
366 PHEBE, b. July 25, 1751, d. young.
367 PHEBE, b. March 9, 1754, d. Jan. 15, 1844.
368 DANIEL, b. Dec. 20, 1757, m. Catherine Page Jan. 4, 1781 (No. 22), that family.
369 ANNA, b. Jan 5, 1759, m. Wareham Williams (No. 200), that family.
370 EDWARD, b. June 10, 1761, d. July 27, 1832, m. Martha Page (No. 25), that family.
371 DAVID, b. May 6, 1764, d. young.
372 LUCY, b. - , m. Daniel Eldridge Nov. 12, 1780.
597
THOMAS STANTON FAMILY.
Phineas Stanton (No. 347) m. Elizabeth Stanton (No. 277) Jan. 7, 1740, both of Stonington, Conn. She d. March 9, 1814, aged 92 years. He d. Feb. 3, 1790, aged 71 years. Capt. Phi- neas served as captain in the Cape Breton campaign of the war with the French in 1745. From 1760 to 1771 he was a deputy from Stonington, Conn.
CHILDREN:
373 PHINEAS, b. Aug. 9, 1741, m. Zerviah Eldredge; 2d, Esther Gallup.
374 ELIZABETH, b. Sept. 10, 1743, m. - Eldredge.
375 ENOCH, b. Sept. 15, 1745, m. Waity Dyer.
376 JABEZ, b. Oct. 7, 1747, d. Aug., 1777, unmarried.
377 ZEBULON, b. March 3, 1750, d. Nov. 12, 1752.
378 ZEBULON, b. June 10, 1753, m. Esther Gray.
379 A daughter, b. and d. in 1752.
380 DANIEL, b. Nov. 14, 1755, killed at Fort Griswold Sept. 6, 1781, unm.
381 ANNA, b. Sept. 5, 1758, m. Nathan Stanton (No. 149).
382 SAMUEL, b. April 16, 1760, m. Hannah Palmer.
383 MARTHA E., b. June 17, 1766, m. Thomas Prentice (No. 51), that family; 2d, Christopher Gallup (No. 127), that family.
384 ASA, b. March 11, 1770, d. Feb. 4, 1849, unmarried.
Amariah Stanton (No. 349) m. Delight Champlin Dec. 17, 1750. He d. Jan. II, 1754.
CHILDREN:
385 AMARIAH, b. July 14, 1751, m. Dorothy Whipple Oct. 13, 1774.
386 DELIGHT, b. Feb. 19, 1753, d. young.
387 JONATHAN, b. - , m. Amelia Chesebrough (No. 253), that family.
Capt. Ebenezer Stanton (No. 357) m. Mary Smith March I, 1781.
CHILDREN:
388 NATHAN S., b. Aug. 1, 1782, m. Eliza Smith; 2d, Mary Brown.
389 MARY, b. Jan. 11, 1788, m. Frank Richards.
390 EBENEZER, b. July 15, 1791.
391 EDWARD, b. May 10, 1793, d. young.
Samuel Stanton (No. 358) m. Hannah Russell (No. 25), Rus- sell family (No. 295), Stanton family, Dec. 15, 1782. She d. about 1799. He m. 2d, Mary Noyes (No. 174), Noyes family, who d. May 4, 1849. He d. March 9, 1823.
CHILD BY FIRST MARRIAGE:
392 HANNAH R., b. in 1792, m. Denison Noyes (No. 175), Noyes family. CHILDREN BY SECOND MARRIAGE:
393 STILES, b. March 27, 1803, m. Abby W. Lee June 2, 1828, d. 1881. 394 SAMUEL B., b. -, m. Lydia Conrad.
395 MARY, b. March 27, 1807, m. Franklin Williams July 20, 1835 (No. 349), Williams family.
396 HARRIET, b. -, d. April 3, 1870, unmarried.
397 BETSEY, b. , d. Feb. 22, 1840, unmarried.
398 EDMUND, b. 1805, d. Oct. 5, 1825.
Lieut Enoch Stanton (No. 375) was killed in the massacre at First Griswold Sept. 6, 1781. He m. Waity Dyer of Newport,
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HISTORY OF STONINGTON.
R. I. Date of m. and date of the births of their seven children, at the time of his death, do not appear on record, only the names of three of their children are known.
CHILDREN:
399 LODOWICK, b.
400 MARTHA, b. 1771, m. Ebenezer Cobb Jan. 12, 1794 (No. 37), that family.
401 BETSEY, b. -- , m. Amos Palmer Jan. 12, 1786 (No. 229).
Zebulon Stanton (No. 378) m. Esther Gray Feb. 5, 1778, who d. April 30, 1837. He d. July 18, 1828. They lived at Stonington, Conn.
CHILDREN:
402 JABEZ, b. in 1779, m. Fanny Potter.
403 HENRY, b. 1781, lost at sea, March, 1798.
404 ELIZABETH, b. 1783, m. Charles W. Denison (No. 462), Denison family.
405 ZEBULON, b. 1788, d. Sept. 25, 1819.
406 JONATHAN GRAY, b. 1791, m. Ruth Gardiner; 2d, Fanny Pendleton (No. 82), that family; 3d, Lucy A. Stanton (No. 100).
407 BENJAMIN F., b. 1792, d. young.
408 NATHAN, b. 1794, drowned off Nantucket, unmarried.
409 MARY M., b. 1795, m. Charles W. Smith Oct. 10, 1813.
410 ESTHER C., b. 1797, d. March 27, 1827, unmarried.
411 GEORGE W., b. 1800, d. in New Orleans Sept. 3, 1830, unmarried.
412 A child, b. and d. in 1802.
413 SAMUEL GRAY, b. April 24, 1804, m. Mary G. Hillman Sept. 2, 1833.
Samuel Stanton (No. 382) m. Hannah Palmer Feb. 20, 1788 (No. 323), Palmer family. He d. Feb. 4, 1838. She d. June 30, 1843, both of Stonington, Conn.
CHILDREN:
414 SAMUEL, b. Aug. 16, 1789, d. Feb. 27, 1861, unmarried.
415 MARY ROSSITER, b. May 2, 1791, m. Jedediah Leeds Nov. 15, 1821.
416 PHINEAS, b. Dec. 17, 1795, m. Fanny, daughter of Dudley Babcock, April 6,1826.
417 CHARLES THOMPSON, b. Dec. 8, 1797, m. Ann A. Palmer Oct. 4, 1827 (No. 475). She d. May 3, 1833. He m. 2d, Nancy L. Palmer, sister of his first wife, Oct. 17, 1836 (No. 482), Palmer family. He was a pros- perous shipmaster. He served in the war of 1812, and d. April 21, 1880. 418 JOSEPH WARREN, b. Oct. 18, 1800, m. Grace N. Palmer (No. 476), that family, Nov. 1, 1821; m. 2d, Emeline Palmer Dec. 27, 1871 (No. 442), that family. He d. at Washington, D. C., Jan. 19, 1879.
419 THOMAS PALMER, b. April 30, 1803, m. Martha Babcock (No. 192), that family.
420 HORATIO NELSON, b. 1803, d. unmarried in New Orleans Sept., 1839. 421 ALEXANDER HAMILTON, b. 1808, d. unmarried Nov. 8, 1842.
422 BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, b. -
-, m. Sarah Wheeler (No. 486), Wheeler family.
William Stanton (No. 351) m. Eunice Palmer Dec. 8, 1768 (No. 197), that family. He d. Feb. 23, 18II, aged 67. She d. Feb. 10, 1835, aged 85.
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THOMAS STANTON FAMILY.
CHILDREN:
423 POLLY or MARY, b. Sept. 8, 1770, m. Capt. Thomas Ash.
424 PRUDENCE, b. Aug. 21, 1774, m. Nathan Stanton (No. 43).
425 SAMUEL, b. Jan. 17, 1776, was drowned June 27, 1792.
426 LOIS, b. Sept. 3, 1778, m. James Noyes, Jr. (No. 214), Noyes family.
427 JAMES, b. Feb. 22, 1782, m. Desire Palmer Aug. 2, 1805.
428 EUNICE, b. Aug. 1, 1786, d. in 1873, unmarried.
429 ANDREW, b. Aug. 9, 1790, m. Elizabeth Chapman.
Phineas Stanton (No. 373), b. in Stonington, Conn., Aug. 9, 1741, m. Zerviah Eldridge Jan. 24, 1764, both then being resi- dents of Groton. She d. March 13, 1766. He m. 2d, Esther Gallup April 2, 1768. They lived in Stonington, and removed to New York State.
CHILD BY FIRST MARRIAGE:
430 ZERVIAH, b. Nov. 27, 1765, m. Reuben Palmer May 17, 1785. CHILDREN BY SECOND MARRIAGE:
431 ELDREDGE, b. Dec. 31, 1769, was killed Dec. 31, 1813, in the battle at Black Rock, near Buffalo, N. Y., and was buried at Wyoming, N. Y.
432 PHINEAS, b. Dec. 27, 1771, d. Jan. 30, 1776.
433 ESTHER, b. May 14, 1773.
434 POLLY, b. Dec. 13, 1775, d. Sept. 17, 1776.
435 POLLY, b. Oct. 18, 1777, d. Aug., 1840.
436 PHINEAS, b. May 21, 1780, m. Polly Thomas.
437 DANIEL, b. March 22, 1783.
438 ELIZABETH, b. Sept. 8, 1785.
439 MERCY, b. May 3, 1788.
440 ZERVIAH, b. Aug. 23, 1791.
441 EUNICE, b. Nov. 5, 1795, d. July 25, 1829.
Capt. Jabez Stanton (No. 402) m. Fanny Potter in 1806. He d. April 5, 1816. She d. Oct. 27, 1846. He was a sea captain.
CHILDREN:
442 FANNY, b. in 1807, m. Joseph Cottrell (No. 54), that family.
443 MARY, b. Nov. 24, 1808, d. Nov. 24, 1825.
444 JABEZ OSCAR, b. 1810, d. Sept. 9, 1811.
445 JABEZ OSCAR, b. 1811, d. Oct. 14, 1831, aged 20 years.
445a ROBERT H., b. 180-, d. Feb. 20, 1815.
General Phineas Stanton (No. 436) removed to Vermont, and at Woodstock, he m. Polly Thomas, a descendant of Arad Thomas, who was a Welshman. He was a soldier in the Revo- lutionary war, and fought at the battle of Saratoga. He served in the war of 1812 as major of the staff of Gen. Peter Porter; he served in eleven fights. During the engagement at Black Rock his brother Eldredge was killed while fighting under his com- mand. At Queenstown Heights, while going to the aid of Lieut. Col. Winfield Scott, Phineas Stanton was severely wounded, and at Lundy's Lane he was captured and held a prisoner for eleven months. During the war he was a major on the staff of Gen.
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HISTORY OF STONINGTON.
Scott, and after the war he was placed in command of all the troops of the State militia in Western New York, with the rank of Major General. He d. March 21, 1842.
CHILDREN:
446 MARIA, b. Aug. 2, 1804, m. David Scott Feb. 5, 1822.
447 ESTHER, b. Sept. 1, 1806, m. Col. Wales Cheney.
448 ELIAS T., b. April 28, 1809, m. Julia M. Collar.
449 ABIGAIL T., b. Oct. 11, 1812, d. unmarried.
450 PERSIS T., b. Feb. 10, 1815, m. Edward Peck.
451 PHINEAS, b. Sept. 23, 1817, m. Emily E. Ingham.
452 ELIZA ANN, b. May 9, 1820, m. Merrick.
453 MARY JANE, b. Dec. 2, 1822, m. Rev. R. H. Dexter.
454 GEORGE, b. July 31, 1828, unmarried.
455 AMELIA, b. Nov. 27, 1828, m. Julius A. Hayes April 20, 1852.
Daniel Stanton (No. 368) m. Catherine Page (No. 22); that family, Jan. 4, 1781. No children. His brother, Edward Stan- ton (No. 370) m. Martha Page (No. 25), that family, sister of Catharine, Jan. 14, 1798. They were both desperately wounded in the Fort Griswold massacre Sept. 6, 1781.
CHILDREN OF EDWARD AND MARTHA STANTON.
456 EDWARD, b. June 10, 1799, d. Feb., 1804.
457 ELISHA, b. 1800, d. in 1800.
458 MARTHA, b. 1801, d. Sept. 1, 1861, unmarried.
459 DAVID, b. 1804, m. Mrs. Mary (Whiting) Parks.
460 LUCY, b. Dec. 19, 1806, m. Joseph Wheeler (No. 383), Wheeler family.
461 EDWARD, b. -, 1810, d. unmarried Dec. 18, 1883.
ROBERT STANTON FAMILY.
Among the early settlers of New England were Robert Stan- ton and Thomas Stanton, supposed by some genealogists to have been brothers, but no proof of such relation exists.
I. ROBERT STANTON was b. in England in the year 1599, and came to this country and settled in Newport, R. I., in 1638, where he continued to reside until his death, which took place Aug. 5, 1672. He m. Avis -, family name and date of m. not of record.
CHILDREN:
2 ROBERT, b. in 1640, m. Henry Tibbetts.
3 MARY, b. in 1642. No other record.
4 JOHN, b. Aug., 1645, m. Mary Harndel in 1667, m. 2d, Mrs. Mary Cran- ston, widow of Gov. John Cranston, and daughter of Gov. Jeremiah Clark. He d. in 1783, aged 83.
CHILDREN :
5 MARY, b. June 4, 1668.
6 HANNAH, b. Nov. 7, 1670.
7 PATIENCE, b. Sept. 10, 1672.
8 JOHN, b. April 22, 1674, m. Elizabeth Clark; 2d, Susanna Lamphere.
9 CONTENT, b. Dec. 20, 1675.
10 ROBERT, b. May 4, 1677.
11 BENJAMIN, b. March 13, 1684.
CHILD BY SECOND MARRIAGE:
12 HENRY, b. May 22, 1688; was the ancestor of the Hon. Edwin M. Stan- ton, Secretary of War, under President Lincoln.
John Stanton (No. 8) commenced business life as a merchant, but did not succeed as such. He continued to reside in Newport until 1733, when he removed his family to Westerly, R. I., now the town of Richmond, and settled on what is known as the Stanton purchase. Previous to this he purchased land in Stoning- ton, Conn., of John Breed and others, situated on the northern slope of Cosatuc Hill. It is supposed that he had in contempla- tion a change of residence to Stonington when he purchased this land. If so, he abandoned it soon after, for in less than a month he sold it to Francis Robertson of Kingston, R. I. He m. Eliza- beth, daughter of Latham Clark of Portsmouth, R. I., Feb. 9,.
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HISTORY OF STONINGTON.
1698. Mrs. Stanton d. at Newport Sept. 10, 1730, aged 50 years. In 1734, in his 61st year he m. Susanna Lamphere, aged 19 years. He d. at Richmond, Jan. 22, 1762, aged 89 years. His wife sur- vived him and m. Peter Ross, whom she survived. She d. at Richmond Sept. 25, 1807, in her 92d year.
CHILDREN BY FIRST MARRIAGE:
12a HANNAH, b. Oct. 4, 1698, m. Easton, d. March 30, 1729.
13 JOHN, b. July 7, 1700, d. Feb., 1741.
14 ROBERT, b. Dec. 27, 1701, d. young.
15 MARY, b. Dec. 12, 1703, d. young.
16 JOSEPH, b. Dec. 12, 1705, d. July 8, 1707.
17 SAMUEL, b. March 25, 1708, d. on passage from Surinam in 1743.
18 DANIEL, b. May 5, 1710, d. July 13, 1717.
19 LATHAM, b. Aug. 12, 1712, d. in Jamaica, 1749.
20 ELIZABETH, b. Sept. 18, 1714, m. - Taylor; d. June 21, 1742.
21 JOSEPH, b. June 6, 1717, d. June 7, 1718.
22 JONATHAN, b. May 5, 1719, d. June 6, 1745.
23 DAVID, b. Dec. 22, 1721.
CHILDREN BY SECOND MARRIAGE:
24 ROBERT, b. at Westerly Aug. 18, 1735. He was a reputable farmer and judge of the Court of Common Pleas; d. in 1802.
25 JOB, b. Feb. 3, 1737, m. Elizabeth Belcher; 2d, Mrs. Amy Bell.
26 SUSANNAH, b. at Westerly Aug. 10, 1738, m. Samuel Clark.
27 BENJAMIN, b. at Charlestown July 4, 1740, d. Oct. 20, 1776.
28 HANNAH, b. at Charlestown July, 1742, d. young.
29 ELIZABETH, b. at Charlestown 1743, m. Peleg Kenyon.
30 SAMUEL, b. at Charlestown Oct. 10, 1745, d. in South Kingston.
31 JOHN, b. May 4, 1749, moved to New York State.
32 MARY, b. Jan. 11, 1750, d. young.
33 SABRA, b. Dec. 4, 1752, m. Jonathan Barber, d. aged 70 years.
34 MARY, b. Nov. 23, 1754, m. Samuel Peckham.
35 JOSEPH, b. March 26, 1757.
36 HANNAH, b. in 1759, m. Joseph Lewis.
Job Stanton (No. 25) m. Ist, Elizabeth Belcher Nov. 11, 1764. He located at Stonington, Conn. His wife d. Dec. 29, 1773. He m. 2d, Mrs. Amy Bell, June 2, 1774, the widow of John Bell and daughter of Nathaniel and Amy (Hewitt) Williams (No. 69), Wil- liams family. He d. March 2, 1708. Mrs. Amy d. Aug. 11, 1833.
CHILDREN BY FIRST MARRIAGE:
37 CHRISTOPHER, b. Nov. 29, 1766, m. Anna Yeomans Jan. 9, 1791, d. 1811. 38 ELIZABETH, b. March 16, 1769, d. March 29, 1774.
39 HANNAH, b. July 17, 1771, m. Joseph Pendleton (No. 65), Pendleton family.
CHILDREN BY SECOND MARRIAGE:
40 ABIGAIL, b. Feb. 20, 1775, m. Abel Pendleton, d. July 26, 1844 (No. 64), Pendleton family.
41 JOHN BELL, b. April 23, 1776, m. Hannah Crandall, d. March 25, 1835.
42 NATHANIEL, b. April 22, 1778, m. Katharine Pendleton.
43 CHARLES, b. May 14, 1780, d. April 1, 1782.
44 BENJAMIN F., b. Feb. 25, 1782, m. Maria Davis.
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ROBERT STANTON FAMILY.
John Bell Stanton (No. 41) m. Hannah Crandall, daughter of Enoch and Mercy Crandall of Charlestown, R. I., Nov. 9, 1800. She d. Nov. 19, 1865. He d. March 25, 1835.
CHILDREN:
45 BATHSHEBA, b. Dec. 21, 1801, d. Dec. 29, 1827.
46 GRACE, b. May 14, 1803, d. unmarried in 1899.
47 ENOCH, b. Oct. 24, 1804, m. Lucy Jane Shepard Feb. 16, 1829.
48 HANNAH, b. April 26, 1806, d. Aug. 11, 1881.
49 CHARLES, b. Aug. 16, 1808, m. Frances Mason in Norway, N. Y., May 28,1834.
50 JOHN BELL, b. Aug. 27, 1812, d. Aug. 9, 1814.
51 WILLIAM FRANKLIN, b. May 27, 1814, m. Abbie Fosdick Billings June 7, 1846, Trenton, N. Y.
52 HENRY SHEPARD, b. in 1816, m. Mary Feller Sept. 28, 1853. 53 FANNY, b. June 21, 1818.
54 OLIVER WOLCOTT, b. Oct. 4, 1820, m. Emma M. Gregory Sept. 27, 1855. 55 JANE, b. Sept. 26, 1823.
56 JOHN BELL, b. Sept. 29, 1825.
Nathaniel Stanton (No. 42) m. Katharine Pendleton, daughter of Capt. Amos Pendleton, Jr., (No. 36), of that family, and Kath- arine Davis of Westerly, R. I. She d. April 7, 1840. He d. at Trinidad March 15, 1807.
CHILDREN:
57 AMOS, b. Dec. 27, 1802, m. Olivia White Aug. 6, 1829.
58 MARIA S., b. May 13, 1804, m. Oregon Perkins March 9, 1829.
59 NATHANIEL, b. Dec. 9, 1806, m. Mary Hall Sutton July 10, 1851.
Benjamin F. Stanton (No. 44) m. Maria Davis (No. 24), Davis family, Sept., 1808. He commenced life in Stonington. In the spring of 1819 he removed to Fishers Island, N. Y., where he carried on an extensive farming business until 1823, when he re- turned to Stonington and occupied a farm which he had pre- viously purchased, where he resided until his death, Dec. 13, 1836. Besides farming he was largely engaged in other pursuits, by which he accumulated a competency. He was highly esteemed as a man and neighbor.
CHILDREN:
60 JOHN DAVIS, b. March 25, 1809, d. Sept. 19, 1882.
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