Elizabeth Stanton (1722 - 1814)

Born 10 Jun 1722 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut Colony

Ancestors

Wife of Phineas Stanton Sr. — married 7 Jan 1740 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut Colony

Descendants

Died 9 Mar 1814 at age 91 in Stonington, New London County, Connecticut, United States

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Biography

Elizabeth Stanton was born 10 Jun 1722 in Stonington, Connecticut, the fifth child of Thomas Stanton and Thankful (Denison) Stanton. Her baptism was 14 Oct 1722 at First Congregational Church, Stonington, New London County, Connecticut.

She married on 7 Jan 1739/40 Capt Phineas Stanton in her hometown. They had 14 children during the timespan through March 1770:

1. Stanton (Jr) 1741–1802
2. Elizabeth Stanton 1743–1766
3. Enoch Stanton (1745 - 1781)
4. Jabez Stanton (1747 - 1777)
5. Zebulon Stanton (1750 - 1752)
6. Unnamed Stanton, b. & d. 1752
7. Zebulon Stanton (10 Jun 1753 - 18 Jul 1828)
8. Daniel Stanton (1755 - 1781)
9. Unknown Stanton, b. & d. 1756
10. Anna Stanton, b. 5 Sep 1758; d. 27 Sep 1825
11. Samuel Stanton (1761 - 1838)
12. Infant Daughter Stanton (1764 - 1764)
13. Martha E. Stanton Prentice/Gallup (1766 - 1818)
14. Asa Stanton (1770 - 1849)

Elizabeth (Stanton) Stanton died on March 9, 1814, in Stonington, Connecticut at the impressive age of 91, and was buried there: Find A Grave: Memorial #20847088

Sources

• 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. 195: https://archive.org/details/denisongenealogy00deni/page/8/mode/1up

• Title: Genealogy of the Descendants of William Chesebrough, Founder of Stonington, Ct. Author: Anna Chesebrough Wildey Publication: New York: Press of T. A. Wright 1903. Pages 61 and 62.

• Connecticut Town Birth Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) Stonington Vital Records 1658-1854. p. 357.

• Connecticut Church Records, State Library Index, Stonington First Congregational Church (The Road Church) 1674-1925. Connecticut State Library 1961. p. 376

• Wheeler, Richard Anson. History of the Town of Stonington, County of New London, Connecticut, p. 593, no. 277: https://archive.org/stream/historyoftownofs00whee_1#page/n615/mode/1up

• U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970

• Godfrey Memorial Library. American Genealogical-Biographical Index. Middletown, CT, USA: Godfrey Memorial Library. Thomas Stanton, of Stonington, Ct. Recd. Of his des. By john D. Baldwin, Worcester, Ms. 1882. (52p.):41-2, 49

• Thomas Stanton, of Connecticut, and His Descendants, 1635-1891, A Record, Genealogical, Biographical, Statistical, of Author: William A Stanton, Ph. D., D. D. Publication: Albany, NY, Joel Munsell's Sons, 1891. Pages 498 and 501.

• Ancestry.com. Connecticut, Hale Collection of Cemetery Inscriptions and Newspaper Notices, 1629-1934 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. Original data: The Charles R. Hale Collection. Hale Collection of Connecticut Cemetery Inscriptions. Hartford, Connecticut: Connecticut State Library.

41 Stanton-Hull Cemetery, p. 352

Stanton, Phineas, died Feb. 3, 1790, age 70

Stanton, Elizabeth, wife of Phineas, died Mar. 9, 1814, age 92

Acknowledgements

WikiTree profile Stanton-952 created through the import of LarryChesebro.GED on Sep 28, 2012 by William Chesebrough

Merged with profile created through the import of dyermaeettaaug2010.ged on 11 September 2010.