Elizabeth (Stanton) Denison (1783 - 1825)

Born 1783 in Stonington, Connecticut

Ancestors

Wife of Charles Wheeler Denison — married 24 Nov 1805 in Stonington, Connecticut

Died 8 Aug 1825 at about age 42 in Stonington, Connecticut

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Biography

Elizabeth Stanton was born in 1783 at Stonington, Connecticut. She was the third child of Zebulon Stanton and Esther Gray.

She married 24 Nov 1805 @ Stonington, Connecticut, Charles W. Denison; they had 5 children, all born in or near Stonington:

1. Eliza Denison, b. 30 Aug 1806; married J. E. Culver
2. Charles W. Denison [Rev.], b. 1808; married twice: 1) Mary Palmer; 2) Mary A. Andrews
3. Elisha Denison, b. 1810; died young
4. Sarah Denison, b. 1812; married Nathan Storrs
5. Harriet Denison, b. 1814

Elizabeth (Stanton) Denison passed away 8 Aug 1825 at Stonington.

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. 1312: https://archive.org/details/denisongenealogy00deni/page/88/mode/1up

• Wheeler, Richard Anson. History of the Town of Stonington, County of New London, Connecticut, p. 360, no. 462: https://archive.org/stream/historyoftownofs00whee_1#page/n382/mode/1up; p. 598, no. 404: https://archive.org/stream/historyoftownofs00whee_1#page/n620/mode/1up