Family Group Record

Husband: Robert Stanton 1
Born: 1653 Place: Pequot, Connecticut
Died: 25 OCT 1724 Place: Pawcatuck, Stonington, Connecticut 2
Married: 12 SEP 1677 Place:
Buried: Place: Wicketquack Cove 3
Father: Thomas Stanton
Mother: Anne Lord
Other Spouses:
Wife: Joanna Gardner
Born: 25 JAN 1656/57 Place:
Died: AFT. 1724 Place:
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Father: Thomas Gardner
Mother: Lucy Smith
Other Spouses:
Children
Child 1 (F): Joanna Stanton 4
Born: 5 JUN 1679 Place: Stonington, New London, Connecticut
Died: 1715 Place:
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Spouses: Robert Denison
Child 2 (F): Lucy Stanton 5
Born: 16 SEP 1681 Place:
Died: SEP 1687 Place:
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Child 3 (F): Anna Stanton 6
Born: 26 OCT 1684 Place: Stonington, Connecticut
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Spouses: William Stanton
Child 4 (F): Mary Stanton 7
Born: 3 FEB 1686/87 Place: Stonington, New London, Connecticut
Died: 2 SEP 1724 Place:
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Spouses: Daniel Denison
Child 5 (M): Robert Stanton 8
Born: 7 DEC 1689 Place:
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Child 6 (M): Thomas Stanton 9
Born: 9 JAN 1692/93 Place:
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Spouses: Thankful Denison
Child 7 (F): Lucy Stanton 10
Born: 3 MAY 1696 Place:
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Spouses: James McDowell
Child 8 (M): Gardiner Stanton 11
Born: 27 MAY 1701 Place:
Died: FEB 1703/04 Place:
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HUSBAND NOTES:
Robert Stanton was in the military in Connecticut in 1675. He was a soldier in King Philip's War which broke out when Indians tried to reclaim land settled by the whites. It was a bloody affair and one out of every 16 white males of military age was killed. The Europeans won. Robert Stanton took Chief Canonchet as prisoner, he was the chief sachem of all the Narragansets.

BIOGRAPHY: Robert Stanton was the youngest son of Thomas Stanton. He was mentioned in the Charter of 1677. He was a youthful soldier in 1676 to which the Indian Captain, Prince Nanunteno made reproachful answers as Hubbard tells. He married Joanna Gardner on 12 Sep 1677. His children are: (a) Joanna Stanton, b. 5 Jan 1679. (b) Lucy Stanton, b. 16 Sep 1681. (c) Ann Stanton, b. 26 Oct 1684. (d) Mary Stanton, b. 3 Feb 1687. (e) Robert Stanton, b. 7 Dec 1689. (f) Thomas Stanton, b. 9 Jan 1693. (g) Lucy Stanton, b. 3 May 1693 (as listed) (h) Gardner Stanton, b. 27 May 1701. Samuel Stanton, one of Roberts brothers married Borrodel Dennison on 15 Jun 1680. She was the daughter of Captain George Dennison. They had a son Samuel Stanton b. 16 Jun 1683, Daniel Stanton b. 4 Nov 1685, Ann Stanton b. 2 Jul 1688 (Genealogical Directory of the First Settlers of New England, Volume IV, page 166-168).

!PARENTS-SPOUSE-CHILDREN-BIOGRAPHY: Genealogical Directory of the First Settlers of New England, Volume IV, by James Savage, Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Company, 1990, page 166-168.

!PARENTS-SPOUSE-CHILDREN: Family tree chart prepared by Stanwood E Flitner, Englewood, New Jersey, 1934 for Orlando Nelson Dana and Clara H. Lequin. Copies in possession of Diane Blanton Bargeron and June Blanton.

!BIRTH-DEATH-PARENTS-MARRIAGE-SPOUSE: Broderbund World Family Tree CD ROM, Volume I, File # 3972.


WIFE NOTES:
Joanna GARDNER (1657-?) Sources: (1) Family tree chart prepared by Stanwood E Flitner, Englewood, New Jersey, 1934 for Orlando Nelson Dana and Clara H. Lequin. Copies in possession of Diane Blanton Bargeron and June Blanton. (2) Genealogical Directory of the First Settlers of New England Showing Three Generations of those who came before May 1692 on the basis of farmers register, Volume II, by James Savage, Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Company, 1990. (page 230), (Tifton Tifton, Tift Public Library, Tifton, Georgia.) (3) Colonial Families of the United States of America, edited by George Norbury Mackenzie, Volume III, Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore, Maryland, 1966. page 587 (Tifton Tifton, Tift Public Library, Tifton, Georgia.)


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Posted By:
Tommy Bargeron
721 West 12th Street
Tifton, Georgia 31794

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