Descendants of Thomas "Thom" STANTON III
Generation No. 1
1. THOMAS "THOM"1 STANTON III1,2,3 was born 30 Jul 1616 in Wolverton, Warwickshire, England, and died 02 Dec 1677 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut. He married ANNA LORD4,5,6 1637 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut. She was born Bef. 18 Sep 1614 in Towcester, Northamptonshire, England, and died 1688 in Anquilla, Stonington, New London, Connecticut.
Notes for THOMAS "THOM" STANTON III:
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Our recording of Thomas' ancestors was once thought to be incorrect based on the following:
In "The American Genealogists" Volume XIV, D. L. Jacobus, New Haven, Conn. 1937, is an article by Clarence Almon Torrey, PH. B of Dorchester, Mass - The Stanton-Washington Ancestry". Almon consulted published works on Oxford students and John Burke's "A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland". From these records "it is evident that Thomas Stanton, son of Thomas and Katherine (Washington) Stanton, remained in England; that he entered Oxford, aged 17 years, in 1634; that he married Elizabeth Cookes and had a son Thomas,
who was 17 in 1664, when he was admitted to Oxford."
But we believed the ancestry was correct according to the following:
Anna Chesebrough Wildey, page 535, sources the pedigree of Thomas Stanton's ancestors from page 277 of the "Visitation of the County of Warwick in 1619, Taken by William Camden Clarendieux, King of Arms; Harleian Miscellany 55 - 1167", Edited
by John Fetherstone, F. S. A.; London: 1877; Vol. XII of "Harleian Miscellany Soc'y", Est. 1869. This information was provided her by Dr. George Dallas Stanton of Stonington. The pedigree:
1 Thomas (1) Stanton de Longbridg, County Warwick, whose son,
2 John (2), m. Elizabeth filia Townsend de Wallis.
5 Their son, Thomas (3), 2d filius de Woolverton, m. Maria seniora
George Pudsey, in Langley, in County Warwick.
10 Thomas (4), fil. et haeres bap. 1619, aet 24 m. Katherine Washington,
filia Walteri Washington de Radway, in County Warwick. Children:
+ Thomas (5) fil et haeres, aet. 3, 1619.
Alicia (5) aet. 6 diurnum, 1610, sept. 3.
Thomas, the immigrant, would be 17-18 years of age in 1634 and 18-19 years of age when he arrived in America in 1635. So then, who was the Thomas that attended Oxford? Thomas, the immigrant, may well have left Oxford shortly after enrolling.
Thomas, referenced by Torrey and now known as "Lord of the Manor" was born in 1620/21, was only 13-14 years of age, and had not been born at the time of the Visitation previously quoted.
We searched for more definitive information to determine, one way or the other, the correct lineage of Thomas Stanton the immigrant and his family in England. Meanwhile, we recorded information of Thomas' ancestors as recorded by Anna Chesebrough Wildey.
Now, we have been rewarded with confirmation that Anna Chesebrough Wildey was correct! The Thomas Stanton Society Newsletter, Number 4, May 1999 states the following (with references to Clarence Terry, author of the article in "The American Genealogist" that quoted the Torrey article mentioned above):
"Terry begins his case by quoting 'The Visitation of Warwickshire in 1619' in which the parenthood of Thomas is given as Thomas Stanton Sr., and Katherine. They had two children: Thomas Jr., heir, born in 1616 and Alice born 6 days before the visitation. To this point we are all in agreement.
We learn from Terry that an Oxford alumni society has provided enrollment records involving three generations of Stantons: Thomas Sr., Thomas Jr., and a third Thomas whom we claim has been wrongly identified. The reasons for our opinion lies on the Stanton memorials found on the wall of Wolverton's Church, St. Mary the Virgin. Here, Thomas Stanton, Lord of the Manor, was born in 1621 and died in 1664. His birth was two years AFTER the visitation. This Thomas married Elizabeth Cooks, the daughter of Edward (This was so noted by Terry in referring to the chart 'Staunton of Longbridge, 1835'). It was also found on the church memorial. Another memorial notes the birth of Thomas, son and heir of Thomas and Elizabeth, born 1646, died 1715 (He was the third Stanton on the Oxford list).
Terry was not aware of the church memorial that revealed a second Stanton child in the family to carry the name Thomas.
Oxford records as quoted by Terry, tell of Thomas Stanton Sr. born in 1595, enrolling in Jan. 1610 at age 15. He was the father of Thomas Stanton (Staunton) Jr., 1st son of Thomas of Wolverton, enrolled July 1634 at age 17. A third Thomas, 'son of Tho. Of Wolverton, co. Warwickshire, gent' was born. He claims him the son of Thomas and Elizabeth. That makes him the nephew of our Thomas, not the son as reported.
We now have two Thomas Stantons born of Thomas and Katherine (Washington) Stanton. The first son Thomas is spelled out in the visitation chart. The second son Thomas is called out in the 'Staunton of Longbridge' chart; in addition, he is identified as the spouse of Elizabeth Cooks. Clarence Torrey finishes his case by declaring 'these details make it necessary to abandon the theory that the Stonington, Conn., settler was the son of Thomas and Katherine (Washington) Stanton.'
He further states, 'A search for his true origin might prove difficult but certainly not a hopeless undertaking.'
Thomas Stanton's Last Will and Testament could not be found for over 300 years; we have found it. Two memorials have been hanging on the wall of St. Mary the Virgin Church in Wolverton for well over 200 years. We have found them also.
They substantiate the Stanton pedigree. Thomas Stanton the Stonington, Conn. Settler, is indeed the son of Thomas and Katherine (Washington) Stanton.
The undertaking was 'difficult' but certainly not 'hopeless'.
Bernard J. Stanton
April, 1999"
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1. Thomas, in many documents, sailed to Virginia from London in 1635 aboard the "Bonaventura", went to Boston, Massachusetts in 1636 and removed to Hartford, Connecticut in 1637. His arrival in America at Virginia is now believed incorrect. Bernard Stanton, president of the Thomas Stanton Society in "The Thomas Stanton Society Newsletter", Number 15, February, 2002 article "Thomas Stanton's 1635 Voyage to America" includes:
"The schedule was to sail for Johnstown, Virginia. At least that was what was shown in print."
"The long journey exceeded 3000 miles and had taken a full two months. Thom would view this as an experience of a lifetime.
There is no record of him ever repeating it.
Excitement began to swell at the first glimpse of Boston Harbor. The ship maneuvered thru several others anchored in the maze.
Thom's heart would quicken as the Bonaventura eased up to the dock."
2. On January 25, 1649 Thomas, fluent in the Indian tongue and prominent as an interpreter was appointed official Indian Interpreter - $25 annual salary.
From The Cambridge Press: 1638-1692, Books for Libraries Press, Freeport, New York; , Copyright 1946, University of Pennsylvania Press, Reprinted 1968 by Arrangement. References to Thomas Stanton, interpreter and opinion of Eliot.
Pages 157-8
'Mr. Eliot is preparing to print a Cattichisme of the Indian Langwige which wee shall further (as wee may) by disbursing the charge of paper and printing out of the stock but by some due allowance shall Indeavor to Incurrage Thomas Stanton to assist in the worke; who is the most able Interpreter wee have in the countrey for that Langwige that the worke may bee the more perfectly carried on; Wee have advised Mr. Eliot etcet: that if heerafter they publish anythinge about the worke of God upon the Indians they send it to the Corporation and leave the dedication to them which wee hope will be attended.
It is left to the two Commissioners for the Massachusetts to give order for the printing of five hundred or a Thousand Catechismes in the Indian langwige and to allow paper and the charge of printing: and that the worke may bee carried on the more exactly and to better satisfaction It is ordered that Thomas Stanton's healp be used in the same.'
The reference to Stanton is significant. It shows that from the beginning those who were best informed about affairs had doubts regarding Eliot's mastery of the language into which he was courageously and confidently translating the Word of God. Stanton was a frontiersman who made his headquarters in the Narragansett country, trafficking with the natives who lived west of the bay of that name. The English authorities repeatedly had occasion to realize that he possessed an unusual understanding of what the natives thought as well as what they said. He was highly valued as an irreplaceable intermediary who had proved himself in many delicate negotiations. He did not, however, possess an equally sympathetic appreciation of the thoughts and aspirations of the Apostle and those who supported Eliot in what he desired to convey to the heathen. Even the Commissioners, who were worldly-wise men of affairs, occasionally found both the form and the substance of Stanton's language inconsistent with a proper regard for their own dignity. As a collaborator in the delicate task of expressing in a language hitherto unwritten what the words of the Sacred Scriptures meant to a seventeenth-century Protestant divine, Stanton lacked essential qualifications. The persistence of the Commissioners in trying to utilize his knowledge culminated in an interview before them at which Stanton was asked to express his opinion of Eliot's translation in the presence of the translator and other local clergymen. The frontiersman's opening remarks led the ministers to leave the room abruptly, sending back word that never again would they permit him to enter their presence. The civil authorities could not dispense with his services so easily. Within a decade the Commissioners paid for printing another catechism adapted with Stanton's help for the use of the natives living near New Haven."
Page. 173 -
"The commissioners meanwhile, getting no encouragement from London, endeavored to induce Eliot to accept assistance from those who had known the natives more intimately, with what result appears from a letter to him dated September 25, 1654:
'We desired that Thomas Stanton's help might have been used in the Catechism printed and wish that no inconvenience be foudn through the want thereof; and shell now advise that before you proceed in Translating the Scriptures of any parte of them you improve the best hleps the country affords for the Indian language that if it may be these south west Indians (some of whom as we are now informed desire help both for reading and to be instructed in the things of God and Christ may understand and have the benefit of what is printed.'"
3. In 1650, with his family remaining in Hartford, Thomas built a trading post on the west bank of the Pawcatuck. In 1651 Thomas joined William Chesebrough, the first white settler in 1649, as one of the early settlers and planters in what would become Stonington, New London County, Connecticut. Thomas' family removed to Stonington in 1657 living in a house close to his trading post.
4. In 1656 Thomas purchased what was to become known as the "ancestral Stanton farm" on which only his descendants lived on until Joseph Stanton Williams, his 4th great-grandson. The original deed for the farm follows:
"Know all men by these presents that we Thomas Beebe and Nathaniel Beebe of Pequot do sell and make over all our land at Mystic to Thomas Stanton, for him and his heirs forever, that is to say the farm adjoining to Captain Denison on the south and with John Gallups on the north butting towards the river on the west Mystic River, and on the east end Captain Denisons; this tract of upland is in estimation two hundred acres more or less, with eight acres of meadow more or less adjoining to the aforementioned said land which forementioned land, with all appurtenances belonging thereunto, we firmly sell and deliver to Thomas Stanton and his heirs forever to enjoy and posses quietly without disturbances from us or our heirs or assignes, and do bind ourselves to free the said Thomas Stanton from any molestation or claims or demands whatsoever in or about the aforesaid land to the true performance hereof we bind ourselves, heirs, executors, administrators or assigns firmly by these presents this second of January 1656.
Thomas Beebe
Nathaniel Beebe
Witnesses
George Hared
John Beebe
Samuel Beebe
A true copy as appears of record in Vol 4 of Stonington Land Records: Attest,
March 18th 1885
Moses A Pendleton
Town Clerk"
5. Thomas and/or Samuel Chesebrough, Sr. are believed to have originated the word "Stonington" as the name for what became the town of Stonington.
"New England Magazine", New Series, Vol. 20, Mar-Aug 1899, p. 244, Warren F. Kellogg, Publisher, 5 Park Square, Boston, MA
6. For many years Thomas' will was believed to have been destroyed by fire during the Revolutionary War, even possibly the responsibility of Benedict Arnold. Many historians and genealogists unsuccessfully searched for it. Finally it was accidently discovered in the Hartford, CT state library in 1987.
Probate approval did not occur for more than 40 years because of continued controversy. From "The Thomas Stanton Society Newsletter", Number 28, June-July, 2005:
"Land holdings were vast and scattered, and boundaries were unclear. Terms of the will were loaded with ambiguities. Too much emphasis had been put on good intentions and mutual understanding among the many beneficiaries. Brothers were told to share the homestead equally, sisters were told to equally divide 400 acres between two rivers, and Anna his wife was instructed to sell off land as she 'sees fit'. Anna was also appointed as the arbitrator in disputes and to seek the guidance of two sons-in-law. Much trouble ensued, as happens in most families, and there were other complications, outside the family, that took years to untangle.
Daniel Stanton sold a tract of land to his brother Thomas in 1681. It was duly witnessed by their mother Anna, but not acknowledged before a magistrate and its validity was questioned.
In still another instance during those unsettled times, 55 Mohegan Indians claimed in 1714 that their sachem Oweneco had oversold the western part of their lands. The area in dispute included the 20 acres in New London that Thomas had left to his son Joseph on the west side of the river, the lands given to his daughter Mary Roges at Green Harbor and Robin Hoods Bay, and the 40 acres given to her in Groton, on the river.
During the long period of controversy, tracts of land changed ownership as if the titles were clear. Anna, wife of Thomas died within 12 years and the children themselves grew old. In 1709 Nehemiah Palmer, husband of Hannah, made an effort to
administer "some parts" of the estate. He was rebuffed and withdrew. One by one the children died, Daniel, Joseph, John and Sarah. Finally on April 11, 1718 the oldest child Thomas died. Rev. James Noyce applied renewed effort and two months later got an agreement from what was left of the family. It was June 11, 1718; the will was approved and duly recorded. It had been in contention for 40 years, 6 months and 9 days, truly remarkable."
Thomas' will, filed on microfilm in the Private Controversy Collections, Series #2, Volume 24, pages 148a, b, c, and d and the Probate order for recording is filed under Journal Book No. 2, page 29, New London, CT:
The Last Will and Testament of Mr. Thomas Stanton, know all men by these presents that I, Thomas Stanton Senior of the town of Stonington in the colony of Connecticut do declare this following to be my Last Will and Testament (viz) that I resign up my soul to God, that for it and my body to the grave to be buried in hope of a glorious resurrection with the saints, to receive both soul and body and inheritance amongst those that are sanctified and that are as Christian. I may make due provision for my loving wife and dear children after my departure out of this world.
I give to my eldest son Thomas Stanton Senior a hundred and fifty acres of land where he now dwells (viz) beginning at a brook near a miry swamp lying south eastwardly of said swamp and taking in the river runs to the northern bounds of my land which butts upon land which was Mr. Amos Richardson's and is said how to belong unto his son Stephen Richardson, and so holding the same Breth from the river southwesterly towards the meadows until the whole hundred and fifty acres is completed.
Also I give the said Thomas ten acres of meadow I bought from Goodman Elderkin beginning next to the upland which lies northeastwardly and so running southwesterly until the whole ten acres of meadow are up.
Further I give a hundred acres of land to the said Thomas of my land lying next to his lands given to him by the town lying upon Pawcatuck River a little way above Shunock River.
Unto my son Daniel I give a piece of land, upland and meadow, a line being run straight from the brook called the Hot House brook to the other bounds of the land, and Thomas his southerly line provided it is not to exceed forty acres in the whole; provided also that if the said Daniel see good to sell the said tract of land he is to give his neighbouring brothers Thomas, Robert and Samuel the refuseing of the purchase of the same, any one of them or all of them jointly. Giving as another would give the remainder of my tract of land not disposed of to Thomas and Daniel.
Where I now live is to be equally divided betwixt my two sons Robert and Samuel. The plowfields, meadows, pasture lands, feeding land without fence and fences and all appurtinances, only particularly the new house to the southward of the old house, and southern orchard is to be Roberts, provided in consideration of all Robert hath Robert is to pay to his mother Anna Stanton 4 pounds a year in current merchantable pay of the country during his said mothers' life.
The other house and northern orchard and nursery of young trees and garden I give to my loving wife during her life and my son Samuel when he comes of age may improve the above said half of uplands, meadows, pastures, fences, unfenced lands, paying yearly unto his mother as his mother and he can agree, not exceeding 3 pounds in the currant pay of the country. The barn is half Robert's and half Samuel's when Samuel is of age and if my wife see cause to let Samuel, whilest she lives, to enjoy the house and orchard the said Samuel is to pay his mother 4 pounds for his whole improvement in the currant pay of this county yearly and after my wifes decease the whole as above said to be equally divided betwixt Robert and Samuel and theirs forever without any payment.
The household stuff and lumber in the house I leave to my loving wife; only unto Robert, Samuel and Daniel each of them I give a feather bed. The lumber without doors for cartwheels, chairs I give to be divided between Robert and Samuel.
To my son John Stanton I give the two hundred acres of meadow upland he lives upon with all the appurtinances thereof besides what he hath received in other things which land lies upon mystic River and to his eldest son John I give that hundred acres of land that lies up in the woods near Goodman Wheeler's land, which land he mortgaged tome in consideration of 19 pounds in money I paid for him to Arthur Mason of Boston.
To Joseph Stanton I give the house and orchard at Quanacontog and all the upland and meadow, the whole farm with its appurtinances bounded as the deed of gift expresseth provided that he do not sell it without good advice from this mother and brothers while they live. And also I give to my son Joseph 10 acres of upland near Goodman Mede's land in New London besides what he hath already received and the stock, when all debts are paid, to be divided equally betwixt my wife, Robert and Samuel
(viz) cattle, horses, swine.
To my daughter Mary Rogers at New London a hundred pounds being already paid to her husband and another hundred pounds conditionally engaged at my decease. I order my tracts of land at New London (viz) 40 acres of land more or less lying on the east side of New London River and another tract on the west of New London River at Greene Harbour, and another tract of land at a place called Robbin Hoods Bay, and another tract of land within old Goodman Roger's his fence or near his fence, which tract was lately laid out to me by the town of New London. What other land not above disposed of or shall not be particularly disposed of afterwards to my children in my will to make good the said obligation if the conditions be performed and it appears to be due.
To my daughter Sarah Prentiss I give two hundred acres of land lying northward of the meeting house butting upon the Minor's land.
Unto my daughters Hannah Palmer and Dorothy Noyes I give two hundred acres of land apiece of the lands lying between Shunock and Ashawog River, to make up which fifty acres is yet to lay out bought of Gershom Palmer.
Also I give to Daniel the Ashawog farm upland and meadow which farm Goodman Yoemans lived upon.
Further I order my wife to give Daniel a hundred acres of land undisposed of where she shall see best.
Also it's provided that convenient highways be allowed through the lands give to my son Thomas (viz) his hundred and fifty acres, the highways to be convenient for Robert, Samuel and Daniel.
The sheep wearing cloaths, my servants, and my farm near Thomas Parks, his upon Pachog River containing 200 acres more or less, I leave to be my wife's and to be at her disposal, and my estate or other lands undisposed of and particularly my share in the mortgaged land in the Narraganset.
If any of my children die under age the portion belonging to him is to be divided equally betwixt the surviving brethren. If any of my children die without heirs a third part of the portion of him or hers is to be divided also betwixt the surviving brethren.
I make my dear and loving wife Anna Stanton sole executrix, to bring up my children, pay my debts and my children their portions with the advice of my son Thomas and son-in-law James Noyce and Nehemiah Palmer. And in token that this day is my Last Will and Testament I having my perfect understanding and will knowing and considering what I do I have signed and sealed the same in the year of our Lord one thousand, six hundred seventy seven in the month of October, the four and twentieth day in the presence of us as witnesses.
Ephraim Morse ----Thomas Stanton Senior
Henry O. Eliot
(his mark)
The Last Will and Testament of Mr. Thomas Stanton deceased was exhibited in court September 20, 1678, accepted and ordered to be recorded.
Attest. John Burchard
A true copy extracted from the first book of wills for the district of New London, folio (83) 84 this 2 day of April, Anno Domini 1796.
Stephen Hempstead, Clerk of Probate
More About THOMAS "THOM" STANTON III:
Burial: Unknown, Wequetequock Burial Ground, Stonington, New London County, CT
College: Jul 1634, enrolled at Oxford College, age 17, where he learned Greek and Latin but only stayed one year
Immigration: Abt. Mar 1635, after a 2 days 4 horse coach trip from Wolverton to the Port of London City December 1634, departed Greenwich dock January 2, 1634/35 in the Elizabeth Bonventura, scheduled for Johnstown, VA but sailed to Boston Harbor by Captain James Ricrofte
Will: 24 Oct 1677, received in Probate September 20, 1678 but not approved and recorded until 11 Jun 1718
Notes for ANNA LORD:
1. Ann was bequeathed "her mother's great brass pan and family bible".
2. Until her death, Ann lived with her daughter, Dorothy, and son-in-law James Noyes after the death of Thomas.
More About ANNA LORD:
Baptism: 18 Sep 1614, Towcester, Northhamptonshire, England
Burial: Unknown, Wequetequock Burial Ground, Stonington, New London, Connecticut
Immigration: Jul 1635, Aboard the Elizabeth and Anne, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
Children of THOMAS STANTON and ANNA LORD are:
i. THOMAS2 STANTON IV7,8,9,10, b. 1638, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut; d. 11 Apr 1718, Stonington, New London, Connecticut.
Notes for THOMAS STANTON IV:
1. Thomas graduated from Harvard College, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1654. He bought property in New London, Connecticut, November 11, 1698. Thomas and his brother John received from their father his lands in Preston, Connecticut.
ii. CAPT. JOHN STANTON, SR11,12, b. 1641, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut; d. 31 Oct 1713, Stonington, New London, Connecticut.
Notes for CAPT. JOHN STANTON, SR:
1. John had studied at Harvard but never graduated. He was a pupil of the famous old school teacher of the Puritans, Elijah Corlet. In 1654, he and John Minor, son of Thomas Minor, were selected by the Court of Commissioners to be educated for teachers of the Gospel to the Indians. Both left their studies and followed other pursuits
2. In 1664 John became the first Recorder of Southertown, Massachusetts which later became Stonington, Connecticut.
3. February 18, 1675, John was commissioned captain of one of the four Connecticut Regiments in King Philip's War. His command captured Canochet, the Chief Sachem of the Narragansetts Indians. During this year John and four other selectmen presented a petition and protest to the General Assembly of Connecticut, on behalf of Stonington about laws unjust to their rights, peace and property. For doing so Captain George Denison was fined 10 pounds and forbidden to hold office and John "the towne's agent, for management of his agency, is fined ten pounds for that boldness, to be paid at the latter end of summer, at Boston, in money or corn, according to order." King Philip's War ended and May, 1677 the fine had not been paid and was revoked.
4. May 10, 1710, a deed of trust was executed in favor of Captain John Stanton and four others, by which the eastern part of the Mohegan Indian lands was forever settled on the Mohegan tribe, under the regulations of said five and their successors, "so long as there shall be any Mohegans found or known of alive in the world."
5. A few years before his death, John gave son Joseph the homestead farm in Stonington, and sons John and Thomas all the land in Preston, Connecticut. Theophilus was living at the time. His will confirms these gifts of land. In 1737 his son John applied to the New London probate court for an equitable division of the Preston lands between him and his brother Thomas. The homestead farm in Stonington was on the banks of the Mystic River where the mansion was still standing ca 1891. The farm, of 300 acres, adjoined John Gallup's on the west and Captain George Denison's on the north. The pe-quot-se-pos brook was the dividing line between the Stanton and Denison lands. A few years before 1891, while opening a gravel bank near the site of John's house, laborers found bones in a space of about six or eight feet and well stoned. Doctor George D. Stanton visited the location and believed it was the burying place of John and his family.
More About CAPT. JOHN STANTON, SR:
Burial: Unknown, on his homestead farm, Stonington, New London, Connecticut
Military service: King Philip's War
Will: 1713
iii. MARY STANTON13,14,15, b. 1643, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut; d. 1683, Montville Center, New London, Connecticut.
iv. HANNAH LORD STANTON16,17,18,19, b. 1644, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut; d. 17 Oct 1727, Stonington, New London, Connecticut
v. JOSEPH STANTON, SR20,21, b. Bef. 21 Mar 1646, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut; d. 21 Mar 1714, Stonington, New London, Connecticut at age 68.
Notes for JOSEPH STANTON, SR:
1. Joseph by 1669 had removed with his parents from Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut to Stonington, New London, Connecticut where he settled on a great tract of land which his father Thomas had bought from a Narranganseet sachem for a half bushel of wampum. The sachem's child was a captive and was redeemed by the aid of Thomas for which the land was part repayment.
While in Stonington, Joseph was appointed assistant magistrate to hold court in New London, New London, Connecticut with his father who was magistrate.
2. Boston records describe Joseph as "Joseph Stanton of Squanicot, Narranganset county, King's Province" and on a lease dated November 20, 1685 "half the farm or neck named Quannecontague, where I do now live". This land, then part of Charlestown, Washington, Rhode Island later became part of Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island.
3. May 1714, Ben Uncas and 54 other Mohegans signed a paper affirming Oweneco had wrongfully sold a great part (western) of their lands and they then consigned what was left to a "Joseph Stanton" and 4 others. It is not know if this Joseph was Joseph Senior or Joseph Junior but the land continued to be owned by descendants of Joseph through at least 1858.
4. Joseph received half of the estate of his father-in-law's (Joseph Mead) will of 1683. The other half went to Joseph's mother-in-law. In the will, Joseph was charged £20 for clothing furnished to Joseph's daughter Hannah.
More About JOSEPH STANTON, SR:
Baptism: 21 Mar 1646, First Church, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut
Military service: King Philip's War
vi. DANIEL STANTON22, b. 1648, Hartford, Hartford County, CT; d. 1687, Barbados, British Colony, now independant member of the English Commonwealth.
2. vii. DOROTHY STANTON, b. 1651, Pequoit, New London, Connecticut; d. 18 Jan 1743, Stonington, New London, Connecticut.
3. viii. ROBERT STANTON, SR, b. 1653, Pequoit, New London, Connecticut; d. 24 Oct 1724, Pawcatuck, New London, Connecticut.
4. ix. SARAH STANTON, b. 1655, Pawcatuck, New London, Connecticut; d. 07 Aug 1713, New London, New London, Connecticut.
x. SAMUEL STANTON, SR23,24,25,26, b. Bet. 1656 - 1657, Pequoit, New London, Connecticut; d. Aft. 30 Jan 1698, Stonington, on the portion of the Stanton ancestral estate called "Osbrook", New London, Connecticut.
Notes for SAMUEL STANTON, SR:
1. Samuel's date of death was after the following record:
"Jan. 30, 1698, William Champlin, of Westerly, R. I., paid to Thomas, Sen., Robert, Sen., of Quonacontaug, money for
land lying between Quonacontaug and Pawcatuck river."
Generation No. 2
2. DOROTHY2 STANTON (THOMAS "THOM"1)27,28 was born 1651 in Pequoit, New London, Connecticut, and died 18 Jan 1743 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut. She married REV. JAMES NOYES, JR29,30,31 11 Sep 1674 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut. He was born 11 Mar 1640 in Newbury Old Town, Essex County, MA, and died 30 Dec 1719 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut in his 80th year of age.
Notes for DOROTHY STANTON:
1. Dorothy died in her 91st year.
Notes for REV.
