Prudence (Chesebrough) Stanton (abt. 1722 - 1798)

Born about 28 Feb 1722 in Stonington, New London County, Connecticut

Ancestors

Wife of John Stanton — married about 27 Feb 1737 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut

Descendants

Died Dec 1798 at about age 76 in Ledyard, New London County, Connecticut, United States

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Biography

Prudence Chesebrough was born in 1721/22 at Stonington, Connecticut. She was a daughter of Samuel Chesebrough and Priscilla Alden, and probably was their last child.

Prudence married John Stanton, son of Joseph and Margaret (Chesebrough) Stanton, on 27 Feb 1736/37 at Stonington, New London County, Connecticut. They lived in Groton, where they had 9 children.

Prudence delivered their last child 29 Jan 1762/63, two months after her husband had been killed in Havana, Cuba, presumably as a result of conflict during the Anglo-Spanish War. Prudence thereafter was left on her own to raise all nine of their children. Occurrences such as these, which were not rare, formed popular sentiments against supporting the British empire that increasingly tracted colonial resources (men and materials) to fight "Europe's wars".

Prudence (Chesebrough) Stanton passed away in 1798 at Ledyard, Connecticut.

Sources

• CT Town Birth Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection)

• CT Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection)

• Wheeler, Richard Anson. History of the Town of Stonington, County of New London, Connecticut, p. 583, no. 134: https://archive.org/stream/historyoftownofs00whee_1#page/n605/mode/1up

Acknowledgements

This profile was created on 13 September 2010 through the import of 124-DeCoursey.ged.

Merged with profile created through the import of master 11_12.ged on 21 October 2010.

Stanley Wood contributed to this profile.