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-, who died April 14, 1753. Children : John, Ilannah, Constance, Jonathan, William, Elizabeth, Susannah, Jonas, mentioned below ; Martha, born December 6, 1710; Marrett, De- cember 6, 1713.
(XX) Jonas, son of John Munroe, was born in Lexington, Massachusetts, November 22, 1707. He was a lieutenant of the Lexington militia company. He married (first), August 3, 1733, Joanna, daughter of Joseph and Mary (Hoad) Locke; she was born February 2, 1713, died September 17, 1748. He married (second), 1750, Rebecca White, of Chelsea. He died November 9, 1765, and his widow married, April 19, 1773, John Muzzy, of Lex- ington, grandson of the first settler, and as his second wife. Children of first wife: Jonas, born November 2, 1735: John, February I, 1737; Stephen, October 25. 1739; Jonathan, May 25, 1742: Joanna, April 12, 1747. Chil- dren of second wife: Ebenezer, mentioned be- low : Rebecca, June 17, 1755 ; Martha, Septem- ber 12, 1758.
(XXI) Lieutenant Ebenezer Munroe, son of Jonas Munroe, was born April 20, 1752, and was in the Lexington company of minute- men who turned out April 19, 1775, and he is said to have fired the first shot on the Ameri- can side. Ile also took part in the Jersey cam- paign in 1776, after which he retired with the rank of lieutenant. He removed to Ashburn- ham about 1782, and became a prominent citi-
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zen. His home was in the south part of the town. In 1787 he was lieutenant of militia, and subsequently was moderator of town meetings and selectman for several years. He died May 25, 1825. He married, April IO, 1780, Lucy ( Muzzey) Simonds, of Woburn. Children : Charles, mentioned below : Eben- ezer, February 25, 1785; Jonas, May 27, 1790: John, October 4, 1793; Rebecca, June 7, 1798; Kerrick, November 1, 1802; Lucy, November 1, 1802.
(XXII) Charles, son of Ebenezer Munroe, was born in Lexington, September 12, 1781, and went with the family to Ashburnham, Worcester county, Massachusetts. He was a member of the Ashburnham light infantry, and served in the war of 1812. Ilis home was in the south village. He was one of the pioneer chair manufacturers of the town, and with this industry, which was intimately asso- ciated with the growth and prosperity of Ash- burnham, he was an influential factor. He lied October 26, 1834. He married, June 9, 1808, Lydia, daughter of John Conn; she died March 9, 1837. Children born at Ashburn- ham: 1. Lydia, August 30, 1809, died Novem- ber 21, 1835; married June 21, 1832, Sylvester Winship, of Westminster, and had a son John. 2. John, born December 24, 1812. 3. Mary Farwell, born May 3, 1814; married, Septem- ber 14, 1833, John Winship, and had Mary Jane, born December 21, 1834: Ellen Susan, October 19, 1846; Sarah L., May 16, 1847. 4. Charles, November 19, 1817 ; removed to New York state, where he died in 1882. 5. Lucy. born March 5, 1820; married, July 1, 1840, Sylvester Winship, and had : Charles MI., No- vember 15. 1840, died May 30, 1843: Lydia, February 27, 1843; Harriet E., October 26, 1850: Susan M., June 10, 1852. 6. Ivers, May 30, 1823. 7. Loring, mentioned below : 8. Harriet Arvilla, born July 20, 1829: mar- ried, September 19. 1853. Timothy Addison Tenney, and had: Lucia, June 23, 1854 ; Hat- tie E., April 3, 1860, and Charles II. Tenney. January 23. 1864.
(XXIII) Loring, son of Charles Munroe, was born in Ashburnham, June 12, 1826. He was left an orphan when a boy, and worked for three years as a farm hand. He attended the district schools of his native town and the academy at Ashburnham. For a short time he taught school. When he was twenty years old he went to Cleveland, Oswego county, New York, where he became financially interested in
the manufacture of glass, and afterward was an owner in the American Glass Company, the factory of which was at Bernhards Bay, New York. In 1861 he purchased the Dun- barton glass plant at Verona, New York, and for sixteen years conducted it successfully. In the meantime he became a partner in the firm of Barnes, Stark & Munroe, bankers, of Oneida, and so continued for five years. For a number of years he was trustee of the Oneida Savings Bank. He came to Oneida in 1877, and lived there the remainder of his life. He built and owned the building occupied by the Farmers and Merchants' Bank, of which he was president, and he also owned much valua- ble real estate in the village. In politics he was a Republican, and he served the town of Lenox in the board of supervisors, and the vil- lage in the board of trustees. He was one of the original stockholders of the First Na- tional Bank of Oneida. Mr. Munroe accumu- lated a fortune entirely by his own exertions and wise investments, and was always liberal and public spirited. In 1898 he built a Me- morial Chapel and presented it to the Glen- wood Cemetery Association, of Oneidą. He married Jane Corwarden, born in Jackson, New Jersey, ; she died December 5, 1904. He died January 25, 1901. Children : George L., mentioned below ; Charles I., Anthony B., El- len, died in 1875, aged twenty-one years ; Jen- nie and Martha, died in childhood.
(XXI\') George L., son of Loring Munroe, was born in Cleveland, Oswego county, New York, March 25, 1850. He received a common school education, and after leaving school worked for several years as an apprentice in the manufactory of window glass at Dun- barton, and in 1877. in partnership with his brother Charles, llenry Felker and O. H. 1 Fess, engaged in the manufacture of glass under the firm name of Munroe & Company, and con -- tinued until 1888, when his business became a part of the United Glass Company. Mr. Munroe became superintendent of the factory at Dunbarton. In 1898 he retired. He is a member of F. & A. M. Masonic Lodge and Chapter, and of the Methodist church. In politics he is a Republican. He married, Sep- tember 21, 1870, Clara 1. Hees, born at State Bridge, Verona. Oneida county, New York. December 15, 1849, daughter of Archibald L. Hees. Children : 1. Jennie H., born at Verona, June 15, 1871, died February 18, 1898; mar- ried, January 5, 1892, Dr. Thomas E. Bam-
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ford. 2. Daisy Cook, born August 22, 1872; married, December 28, 1901, William A. Rob- erts, of Oneida ; children : Wellesely, born Oc- tober 9, 1902; Lucille Clare, April 15, 1905; Cordelia Ketchum, November 29, 1906; George Bailey, July 7, 1908. 3. Ella May, born July 29, 1874; married, November 17, 1906, Roy F. Hicks, of Canastota. 4. Mand F., born July 17, 1876, died September 19, 1877. 5. Cora I., born February 26, 1878. 6. Alice Pearl, born October 9, 1880. Mrs. Mun- roe and her daughters are Daughters of the American Revolution, and members of the Twentieth Century Club and the Madison County Historical Society.
(XXIV) Charles I., son of Loring Mun- roe, was born in Cleveland, Oswego county, August 19, 1851. He attended the public schools of his native town. He went with his father to Dunbarton and served an apprentice- ship as a glasscutter, and for a time worked at that trade as a journeyman. He engaged in business as a glass manufacturer on his own account, and afterward succeeded his father in business, and continued until 1883. when he sold out. He returned to work as a journey- man for a time, and in 1897 entered partner- ship in the firm of Baldwin & Munroe, in the undertaking business, and continued in that firm to the end of his life. He was a member of Oneida Lodge, No. 270, Free Masons, and he and his wife belonged to the Order of the Eastern Star. He was also a member of the Lodge of Odd Fellows, of the Elks and the Knights of Pythias. In politics he was a Re- publican. He married, November 18, 1874, Barbara Miller, born on Tilden Hill, Verona, Oneida county, Angust 29, 1854, daughter of George and Barbara (Sprang) Miller. Her father was a native of Alsace, Germany. Chil- dren : I. Loring M., born 1875, died April 17, 1897: was a banker. 2. Charles Frederick, mentioned below.
(XXV) Charles Frederick, son of Charles I. Munroe, was born March 7, 1878, and received his early education in the public schools of Oneida. He studied dentistry, and was grad- tated from the Dental School of Buffalo Uni- versity in the class of 1901. He practiced his profession in Buffalo until 1907. He was then in business for a time as a wholesale baker. After his father died he succeeded to the un- dertaking business, which has since been con- ducted at Oneida under the firm name of Munroe & Dunhar. Mr. Munroe is president
of the Porter Cable Machine Company, of Syracuse. He is a member of Oneida Lodge, No. 270, of Free Masons, of the Elks and sev- eral college fraternities. He married, June 25, 1904, Mary Gwynn Ross, born at Auburn, January 8, 1876, daughter of Napoleon and Jennette (Stanley ) Ross. They have one child, Helen Ross, born May 9, 1905.
(XXIV) Anthony B., son of Loring Mun- roe, was born in Bernhards Bay, Oswego county, New York, March 13, 1861. He re- ceived his education in the public schools, and when a young man became assistant secretary of the Oneida Savings Bank. After several years he resigned to engage in the clothing business in the firm of Munroe & Parsons, and in this business has been very successful. He is president of the Farmers and Merchants State Bank of Oneida. In politics he is a Republican. Ile is a member of the Pres- byterian church. He married, October 24. 1884. Louise M. Walrath, born in Oneida, daughter of C. A. and Mary G. (Stevens) Walrath. Children : Marjory L., married Earl M. McGuinness ; Stewart W.
John Clarke, of Westhorpe, CLARKE county Suffolk, England, died in 1559, and was buried March
3, 1559. Children : John, mentioned below ; Thomas, born January 4, 1543, buried May 10, 1 588.
(Il) John (2), son of John ( 1) Clarke, was born at Westhorpe, county Suffolk, Eng- land, and baptized February 11, 1541. He died April 4, and was buried April 7, 1598. He married Catharine, daughter of John Cooke; she was baptized February 11, 1541, died March 27, buried March 30, 1598. Children : John, horn April 25, 1569; Thomas, mentioned below ; baptismal dates: Carewe, August 17, 1572; Christopher, December 6, 1574: John, March 17, 1577; Margaret, June 8. 1579; Mary, September 21, 1581.
(III) Thomas, son of John (2) Clarke, was born at Westhorpe, England, November I, 1570, All Saints' Day, and baptized Novem- ber 3, 1570. He died July 29, buried July 30, 1627. He married Rose Herridge (or Ker- idge), who died September 29, 1627. Children ; Margaret, born February 1, 1600; Carewe, immigrant, February 3, 1602; Thomas, immi- grant, March 31, 1605; Mary, baptized July 17, 1607: John, immigrant, born October 8,
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1609; William, baptized February 11, 1611 ; Joseph, mentioned below.
(IV) Joseph, son of Thomas Clarke, was the immigrant ancestor in this line, and came from Westhorpe, county Suffolk, England, about 1637. He was born December 9, 1618. and baptized December 16, 1618. Ile died June 1, 1694, at Newport, Rhode Island. He married (first) ,and (second) Mar-
garet -, who died at Newport, 1694. He settled in Rhode Island, being admitted an in- habitant of the island Aquidneck, Newport, 1638. He was present at the general court of election in 1640, and was made freeman March 17, 1641. He became one of the original men- bers of the First Baptist church of Newport in 1644. In 1648 he was a member of the court of trials ; in 1655 a freeman of the col- ony ; commissioner, 1655-57-58-59; assistant in 1658-63-64-65-78-80-90. His name was on the charter granted to Rhode Island by King Charles HI, July 8, 1663. He was made free- man at Westerly in 1668, and was deputy to the general assembly, 1668-69-70-71-72-90. On May 18, 1669, he was on the list of inhabi- tants of Westerly, and in 1677 he was on the court of justices of the peace, to attend to a matter of injurious and illegal acting of the Connecticut Colony. In 1679 he was one of thirty-three who gave the oath of allegiance to Westerly. In 1680 he was taxed in Newport. On September 25, 1685, he and his wife Mar- garet, of Newport, sold to Francis Brinley, of Newport, a 1-154 part of Coanicut Island, 89 acres and a 1-154 part of Dutch Island. In 1690 he was one of those chosen to apportion taxes to the respective towns. He seems to have lived at Westerly for a time, and then to have returned to Newport. The names of his children were found on a memorandum to the will of Thomas Clarke, his brother. Children : Joseph, mentioned below : William, Mary, died 1695 : Sarah, born January 29, 1663 ; John, Su- sannah, Joshua, Thomas, Carew, Elizabeth, married Rev. William Peckham, of Newport.
(V), Joseph (2), son of Joseph (1) Clarke. was born February II, 1642, and died Janu- ary II, 1726-27, at Westerly, Rhode Island. Hle married (first), November 16, 1664, Bethiah, daughter of Samuel and Tacy (Cooper ) Hub- bard ; she was born December 19, 1646, died April 17, 1707 (or 1717). He married ( sec- ond) Hannah, widow of Thomas Peckham, and daughter of William Weeden. She had married (first) William Clarke, brother of 27-C
Joseph Clarke, her third husband. He must have moved early from Newport to Westerly, for in 1669 he was town clerk of Westerly, and kept that position until 1700. In July, 1675, he and his family went to the home of Rev. Samuel Hubbard, in Newport, for shel- ter from the Indian war. In 1680 he was taken by force and carried from Westerly to Hartford, Connecticut, where he was fined fio by the authorities of the colony, but was reimbursed £13 Ios. by Rhode Island assem- by for this payment. May 20, 1696, Benedict Arnold, of Newport, deeded him two hun- dred acres of land at South Kingston, Rhode Island, and this was recorded December 22. 1707 there. On November 30, 1696, he deeded John Seagar one hundred acres of land at South Kingston, which was also recorded there December 22, 1707. In 1698-1700-2-4-6-8 he was deputy to the general assembly. In 1710 Joseph Clarke and Joseph Clarke, Jr., were invited by the Sabbatarian church at Westerly. On July 20, 1715, and January 4, 1717, he deeded land to his son Samuel, and February 4. 1718, land to his son-in-law Thomas Hiscox, all in Westerly. In March, 1722, he and his wife, late wife of Thomas Peckham, brought suit against Philip Peckham for three pounds annuity. October 5. 1725, he deeded land at Westerly to his son William. His will was dated October 5, 1725, proved February 27. 1727, bequeathed to daughters Mary Champlin. Judith Maxson, Susanna Babcock, Bethiah Hiscox. to grandsons, eldest sons of Joseph and Joshua Clarke, and a shilling each to sons Thomas, William and Samuel, who already had their portions. Children: Judith, born October 12, 1667; Joseph, April 14, 1670; Samuel, September 29. 1672: John, August 25. 1675: Bethiah, April 11, 1678; Mary, Decem- ber 27. 1680: Susanna, August 31, 1683: Thomas, mentioned below : William, April 21. 1688. Judith and John were born in Newport, the others in Westerly.
(VI) Thomas, son of Joseph (2) Clarke, was born at Westerly, March 17, 1686, and died November 26, 1767, at Hopkinton, Rhode Island, aged eighty-two years. He married, in 1710, Elizabeth Babcock, daughter of Cap- tain James and Elizabeth ( Babbett ) Babcock ; she was born February 8, 1691, at Westerly. Thomas Clarke was baptized in 1706, and was on the list of the Baptist church at Westerly in 1718 and 1740. February 27. 1718, he and his wife deeded to Captain Samuel Babcock
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land at Westerly, and March 23, 1718, he gave a deed of Stonington land. On August 26, 1735, he was ordained deacon of church. He (leeded land to his son Thomas, February 17, 1740, at Westerly, which had been given him by his father. October 2, 1750, he was chosen assistant elder. He deeded land in Westerly, January 25, 1765, to son Joseph. His will, dated August 10, 1766, proved January 25, 1768, recorded at Westerly, January 25. 1768, mentions granddaughter Mary, wife of Peleg Saunders, his son Joshua and Joseph and daughter Sarah, wife of Edward Burdick. Children : Sarah, born at Westerly, May 11, 1712; Thomas, born at Westerly, March 4. 1715; Joshua, mentioned below ; James, born at Westerly, March 3, 1720, died young; Jo- seph, born September 14, 1728.
(VII) Rev. Joshua Clarke, son of Eller Thomas Clarke, was born at Westerly, April 26, 1717, and died March 8, 1793, aged sev- enty-six. He was buried in the First Hop- kinton cemetery. He married, about 1738, Hannah Cottrell, born 1719, died November 4, 1808, aged ninety years. December 20, 1747, he and his wife deeded land at Westerly to Thomas Lawton, and January 7, 1753, he deeded land there to Edmond Pendleton. He and his wife, April 5. 1753. deeded land at Westerly to Nathaniel Lewis, of Charlestown. August 24, 1756, he declined to serve as deacon of the Sabbatarian church. lle deeded land in Hopkinton, where he lived, November 8. 1757, to the colony of Rhode Island, and No- vember 16, 1762, he decded land there to his son Joshua. He was ordained elder in May, 1768, and in 1774 appears on the census as of Hopkinton with a family of four males over sixteen, four under sixteen, three females over sixteen, and one negro servant. His will, dated July 31, 1792, proved at Hopkinton, April I. 1793, son Phineas executor, mentions wife Hannah, sons Ethan, Thomas, Arnold, Henry, Willett and Joseph Bennett, daughters Hannah and Elizabeth Maxson, grandsons Joshua, son of Phineas, and Joshua C. Maxson, son of Jesse Maxson, and granddaughter Hannah, daughter of Phineas. He was a member of the legisla- ture and a trustee of Brown University. He served in the colonial and revolutionary wars. Children: Phineas, born February 23, 1740; Joshua, August 17, 1741, died 1764; Ethan, born March 7, 1745: Hannah, May 4, 1747; Thomas, June 10, 1749; Elizabeth, November 14, 1751; Arnold, March 17, 1754; Henry,
mentioned below; Willett, October 20, 1759; Nathan, February 7, 1762, died May 11, 1776; Joseph Bennett, May 13, 1765.
(VIHI) Rev. Henry Clarke, son of Rev. Joshua Clarke, was born at Hopkinton, De- cember 2, 1756, and died at Brookfield, New York, March 22, 1831. He married, Decem- ber 5, 1776, Catherine Pendleton, born March 13. 1757, at Westerly, died September 4, 1824, at Brookfield. He married ( second) Lydia, widow of Elisha Burdick. September 19. 1776, he and Joshua Clarke were signers to the declaration of patriotism at Hopkinton. When a boy he worked on his father's farm, and later learned the trade of a blacksmith. June 19, 1779. he and his wife joined the Hopkin- ton Baptist church. He and "Caty," his wife, ceeded land at Hopkinton on December 9, 1782. In 1788 he was ordained deacon, and an evangelist on September 3. 1793. He lived over ten years at Hopkinton, and at least four in Stonington, and May 2, 1795, settled in Brookfield, New York, on a large farm where he remained thirty-six years. In October he was installed pastor of the First Seventh Day Baptist church of Brookfield, and kept this position until April, 1822, although he preached in the church occasionally until his death. In 1811 he published "A History of the Sab- batarians or Seventh Day Baptists in Amer- ica." Another work of his, never printed, was ".A Scriptural and Reasonable System of Re- ligion." Children by first wife born at Hop- kinton : Henry. December 16, 1777: Phebe, September 28, 1779: Sarah, July 25, 1781 : Oliver Pendleton, March 29, 1783; John Ve- lot, April 14, 1785; Elizabeth M., April 30, 1787 : Ethan, mentioned below ; at Stonington, Connecticut : Welcome Arnold, April 25, 1791, and Catherine, April 17, 1793; Joshua, at Brookfield, New York, July 20, 1795 ; Samuel Ray, November 6, 1800.
(IX) Ethan, son of Rev. Henry Clarke, was born at Hopkinton, Rhode Island, March 30, 1789, and died at Oxford, New York, Feb- ruary 8, 1857. He married (first), October 14, 1810, Lucy, daughter of Reuben and Ilan- nah ( Johnson) Wilcox ; she died August 30, 1812, and he married ( second ), September 5. 1814. Rachel, daughter of Peter and Eliza- beth (Cowell) Case, who died August 25. 1854. He was a merchant in Oxford from about 1831 until his death. For a time he conducted business under the firm name of Balcom & Clarke, and later Clarke & Sons.
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He had a hotel in Oxford, besides his business, and also owned and operated stage lines from Oxford to Binghamton, from Oxford to Cats- kill and from Oxford to Sherburne. Child by first wife: Lucy Wilcox, born August 30, 1812, at Brookfield. Children by second wife : James Willard, born at Brookfield, July 20, 1815, died at Oxford, June 30, 1878; Eliza- beth Ann, at Plainfield, April 27, 1817, died at Rochester, January 29, 1887, married Novem- bcr 9, 1847, Rev. John Van Ingen ; Dwight Henry, at Plainfield, March 2, 1819, died April 17, 1874; Ethan Case, at Plainfield, December 16, 1820, died October 4, 1889: Hannah Henry, at Oxford, October 7, 1822, died at Clinton, New York, August 13, 1880, married August 2, 1843, George McNeil; Peter Wel- come, at Oxford, April 14, 1826, died at Ox- ford, September 10, 1889; John Ray, at Ox- ford, April 9, 1828, died at Binghamton, August 19, 1890; Francis George, mentioned below.
(X) Francis George, son of Ethan Clarke, was born at Oxford, New York, November 22, 1830, and died there May 12, 1910. He was educated in Oxford Academy and was asso- ciated in business with his father in the gen- eral store for a time, and later succeeding to the ownership of the business, from which he retired in 1900. About 1885 he engaged in the stone business at Oxford, later founding the F. G. Clarke Bluestone Company, which continued until 1907, when its business was wound up. He was one of the founders and directors of the First National Bank of Ox- ford, and for several years its vice-president. His brother James was its first president. In politics he was a Republican. He was a mem- ber of Oxford Lodge of Free Masons and was a communicant and vestryman of the Protestant Episcopal church, and at the time of his death its senior warden. He married (first), August 15, 1860, Clarissa Maria Bockee, born July 10, 1837, died September 13. 1882, daughter of Isaac and Clarissa ( Ran- dall) Bockee. He married (second ). Septem- ber 9. 1884, Laura Bemis Chapin, daughter of Thaddeus and Rebecca ( Bemis) Chapin. C'hil- dren by first wife : Francis Bockee, born Feb- ruary 17, 1863, died September 18, 1863; Henry Bockee, September 8, 1864, died De- cember 23, 1889 ; Herbert William, mentioned below ; James Winslow, November 7, 1869, an Episcopal clergyman, at present residing in Utica, New York.
( Xl) Herbert William, son of Francis George Clarke, was born April 16, 1867, at Oxford, New York. He attended Oxford Academy and later engaged in business with his father. He was a partner in the F. G. Clarke Bluestone Company from 1892 to 1907. In 1904 he came to Norwich, New York, where he organized the firm of Clarke, Conroy & Company. In June, 1910, the business was incorporated under the name of Clarke-Con- roy Company, of which Mr. Clarke is presi- dlent and treasurer. While living in Oxford he was a director of the First National Bank of Oxford. He is a member of Oxford Lodge of Free Masons, of Oxford, and of Oxford Chapter, Royal Arch Masons. In politics he is a Republican, and he has been active in pol- itics and public affairs, but has never accepted public office.
He married, August 29, 1893, Margaret Stanton, of Norwich, born September 5, 1871, daughter of Captain Robert Augustus and Elizabeth Packer ( Pendleton ) Stanton (sec Stanton ). Children : Francis Stanton, March 22, 1898; Elizabeth Pendleton, August 24. 1902 ; both born at Oxford.
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( 11) Thomas (2) Stanton, son of Thomas ( I ) Stanton (q. v.), was born in Hartford, Connecticut, in 1638, and died in Stonington, Connecticut, AApril 11. 1718. He married Sarah, daughter of Captain George Denison, of Stonington ; she was born March 20, 1641, died December 19, 1701. Thomas and his brother John received their father's lands in Preston. He was chosen by the commission- ers of the United Colony of New England, with his brother John, as an interpreter of the Indian language, to teach it at Harvard Col- lege.
(111) William, son of Thomas (2) Stan- ton, was baptized May 6, 1677. He married, May 7, 1701, Anna, daughter of Robert and Joanna ( Gardiner ) Stanton; they lived in Stonington.
( IV) Joshua, son of William Stanton, was born June 26, 1721, and died at Stonington, October 25, 1819. He married, in 1746, llannah, daughter of John and Dorothy ( Cott- rell ) Randall ; she was born January 13. 1728. He married (second ) Mary Davis, by whom he had a son Lodowick. He had nine children by the first wife.
(V) Henry, son of Joshua Stanton, was
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born in 1756 in Stonington, and died October 25, 1819. He married Martha Davis, who died December, 1844, at Caton, Steuben county, New York.
(VI) Nathan Davis, son of Henry Stan- ton, was born at Stonington, May 3, 1792, and died January 2, 1865, in Norwich, New York. He served in the New London militia in the war of 1812. He married. January 18, 1817, Phoebe Lewis, who died February 22, 1864.
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