Thomas Stanton Society

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DENISON GENEALOGY, ANCESTORS AND DESCENDANTS OF CAPTAIN GEORGE DENISON, Of Stonington Connecticut, by John Denison Baldwin and William Clift, Worcester, MA, 1881, p 6,7

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HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF STONINGTON, county of New London, Connecticut, from its first settlement in 1649 to 1900, by Richard Anson Wheeler, New London, CT, 1900, p. 336, 578

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Residence: Hartford, CT and Stonington, CT.

1654- "He and his younger brother John showed such an aptness for the Native American language that the Commissioners of the United Colony of New England desired that they be employed in the public service by training at Harvard College for interpreter, and seven years the Colony made grant of land and money to the father Thomas Stanton, Sr. for the benefit of them.'

1683, October and 1689, September- Deputy for Stonington, CT.

1698- Justice for New London County, CT.

Siblings: John born 1641, Mary born 1643, Hannah born 1644, Joseph born 1646, Daniel born 1648, Dorothy born 1651, Robert born 1653, Sarah born 1654, and Samuel born 1657.

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From findagrave.com:

Birth: 1638, Hartford, Hartford Co, CT, USA

Death: Apr 11 1718, Stonington, New London Co, CT, USA

Came to Stonington when he was 9 &, in 1659, m Sarah Denison, dtr of Capt George Denison & Bridget Thompson, w/whom he had 7 children. He was involved with his father's trading business.

Parents:

Thomas Stanton (1615-1677)

Anna Lord Stanton (1614-1688)

Spouse: Sarah Denison Stanton (1640-1701)

Burial: Wequetequock Burial Grnd, Stonington, New London Co, CT, USA

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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.

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A Modern History of Windham County, Connecticut, 1920 Thomas Stanton, Jr., who was one of their ten children, was born in the town of Hartford in 1638 and there married Sarah Denison. daughter of Captain George Denlson, of Stonington, Connecticut. She was born March 20, 1641, and died December 19, 1701, while her husbands death occurred April 11, 1718. History says: Thomas Stanton, Jr., had shown so great aptitude for the language of the Indians as to be desired m 1654 by the commissioners of the United Colony of New England to be employed in the public service with his younger brother by training at Harvard College for interpreter, and seven years this colony made grant of land and money to the father for the benefit of him and them. On the 11th of November, 1698, Thomas Stanton bought of Owaneco, chief sachem of the Mohegans, a tract of six hundred and fifty acres lying in the north parish of New London, which land he afterward sold to Lieutenant James Harris in 1721.

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Thomas came to Stonington when he was nine. About 12 yrs later,1659, he married Sarah Denison, daughter of Capt. George Denison and Bridget Thompson, with whom he had 7 children. He was involved with his father's trading business and inherited his father's homestead in Stonington. Their daughter, Anna, married their nephew Thomas Stanton, son of Capt. John in 1692.

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