Stanton Hewitt (1760 - 1844)

Born 8 Oct 1760 in Stonington, Connecticut

Ancestors

Husband of Lucinda (Grant) Hewitt — married 15 May 1784 in Stonington, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 13 May 1844 at age 83 in North Stonington, Connecticut, United States of America

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Biography

Stanton Hewitt, born 8 Oct 1760, was the third child of Hannah (Stanton) Hewitt (1736-1805) and Charles Hewitt (1730-1804) of Stonington, Connecticut.

DESCENDANTS OF CAPTAIN THOMAS HEWITT OF STONINGTON, CONN. Compiled by Virginia Hewitt Watterson, 1996. Found in the Joseph Smith Library, Salt Lake City, Ut. Page 74: Stanton Hewitt born in Stonington, Conn., 8 Oct 1760 (VR), son of Charles Hewitt and Hannah Stanton; died in North Stonington, Conn., 13 May 1844, age 84 years (Tombstone & Bible). Stanton married LUCINDA GRANT, 13 May 1784, at North Stonington (VR & Bible). Lucinda was born in Stonington, 3 Oct 1766 (VR & Bible), daughter of Oliver Grant and Ann Borodell Billings; she died in North Stonington, 7 Jan 1847, age 80 years (tombstone & Bible). Both she and Stanton were buried at the Hewitt Cemetery in Stonington.

Stanton and Lucinda resided in North Stonington, Conn. where all of their children were born. He was a farmer, and held several public offices in the town, and was elected Representative from North Stonington in 1818 and 1825.

Stanton Hewitt died 13 May 1844 in North Stonington ^[1]. His grave is in Hewitt Cemetery, North Stonington, New London County, Connecticut, USA ^[2].

No will has been found for Stanton but an inventory was taken on 31 July 1844 (North Stonington Probate Records). The family Bible has survived and is now located in the Connecticut State Library at Hartford, Connecticut.

Sources

1. ↑ "Connecticut, Deaths, 1640-1955", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7J1-GVC : 11 June 2020), Stanton Hewitt, 1844.
2. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #20780667

• Grant, THE GRANT FAMILY (1898), pp. 41, 79 & 80: https://archive.org/details/grantfamilygenea00gran/page/n41/mode/1up

• Vital Records of Stonington and North Stonington, Conn.

• Bible Record of Stanton and Lucinda Hewitt, Conn. State Library.

• Denison Genealogy: Ancestors and Descendants of Captain George Denison; E. Glenn Denison, Josephine M. Peck and Donald L. Jacobus; Gateway Press, Inc. Baltimore, MD 1993 [Originally published, Pequot Press 1963; Reprinted, Baltimore, MD 1978, 1982, 1993], no. 24-93: https://archive.org/details/denisongenealogy00deni/page/309/mode/1up

• North Stonington Probate Records, LDS film #1,309,961.

• North Stonington Town Records, LDS film #1,309,964.

• Wheeler, Richard Anson. History of the Town of Stonington, County of New London, Connecticut., pp. 402, 424: https://archive.org/stream/historyoftownofs00whee_1#page/n446/mode/1up; p. 545: https://archive.org/stream/historyoftownofs00whee_1#page/n567/mode/1up; p. 594: https://archive.org/stream/historyoftownofs00whee_1#page/n616/mode/1up

• Conn. Cemetery Records, LDS film #3139.

• US Census 1790-1850.

• Rootsweb: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nanc/breed/aqwg09.htm

Acknowledgements

Stanley Wood contributed to this profile.