Nathan Stanton (1732 - 1786)

Born 2 Apr 1732 in Stonington, New London County, Connecticut

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Died 3 Jul 1786 at age 54 in At Sea

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Biography

Nathan Stanton was born 3 Apr 1732^[1] at Stonington, Connecticut. He was the fifth and final child of Lois (Cobb), the second wife of Samuel Stanton.

He married Elizabeth Billings. They had 7 children:

1. Lois (Stanton) Palmer (abt.1754-1817); b. 1754; married Asa Palmer
2. Ebenezer Stanton (abt.1757-1811), b. abt. 14 Nov 1757; married Mary Smith
3. Mary (Stanton) Denison (abt.1758-), b. abt. 5 Nov 1758; may have married ___ Denison
4. Samuel Stanton (1760-1823), b. 1760; married 1) Mary Noyes; 2) Hannah Russell
5. Edward Stanton (1763-), b. 3 Jul 1763
6. Andrew Stanton (abt.1764-), b. 26 Aug 1764
7. Elizabeth (Stanton) Noyes (abt.1765-), b. abt. 1765; married John B. Noyes

Capt. Nathan Stanton was lost at sea, 3 Jul 1786.

Sources

1. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F74Q-LVK : 3 December 2014), Nathan Stanton, 02 Apr 1732; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.

• Connecticut Town Birth Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection); American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI); Connecticut, Church Record Abstracts, 1630-1920; U.S. Revolutionary War Rolls, 177501783.

• 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. 48-9: https://archive.org/details/denisongenealogy00deni/page/343/mode/1up

• Wheeler, Richard Anson. History of the Town of Stonington, County of New London, Connecticut, p. 595, no. 342: https://archive.org/stream/historyoftownofs00whee_1#page/n617/mode/1up

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