John
Stanton
Born in Stonington, Connecticut
Ancestors 
Son of Joseph Stanton
and Margaret (Chesebrough) Stanton
Brother of
Hannah (Stanton) Morgan, Margaret (Stanton) Copp, Zerviah (Stanton) Mason, Sarah (Stanton) Halsey, Anna (Stanton) Avery, Dorothy Stanton, Joseph Stanton and Nathaniel Stanton
Husband of
Prudence (Chesebrough) Stanton
— married
about 27 Feb 1737 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut
Descendants 
Father of
Sarah Chesebrough (Stanton) Billings, Zerviah (Stanton) Fanning, John Stanton Jr., Samuel Stanton, Amos Stanton, Robert Stanton, Prudence (Stanton) Williams, James Stanton and Cassandra (Stanton) Geer
Died
at age 48
in Havana, Cuba
Profile last modified
| Created 13 Sep 2010
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Biography
John Stanton, born 29 Sep 1714 @ Stonington, Connecticut, was the eighth child of Margaret Chesebrough & Joseph Stanton.
He married 27 Feb 1737/38 Prudence Chesebrough. They had 9 children as profiled, all born at Groton, Connecticut.
John Stanton died 16 Nov 1762 at Havana, Cuba, apparently during the Anglo-Spanish War.
His final child, Cassandra Stanton, was born posthumously to his demise.
Sources
- 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
Profile History
This profile was created on 13 September 2010 through the import of 124-DeCoursey.ged. Stanley Wood contributed to this profile.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
- Zac Stanton
:
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 12 markers, haplogroup R-M269, FTDNA kit #N20592
- Jaki Erdoes :
Family Tree DNA mtDNA Test HVR1 and HVR2, haplogroup T2b5a, FTDNA kit #395953, MitoYDNA ID T17681 [compare]
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~0.78%
Roberta Klepper :
23andMe, GEDmatch M056415 [compare]
+
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A850861 [compare], Ancestry member robertabear
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~0.78%
Michael Klepper :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A444535 [compare], Ancestry member robertabear
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~0.39%
~0.39%
Jessica (Owen) Cash :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A492764 [compare], Ancestry member Jessica_TFD
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~0.39%
Joseph Huntley :
AncestryDNA
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Categories: Anglo-Spanish War (1761-63)