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- This is from The Genealogical dictionary of New England Settlers:
Volume 4, page 167
Stanton, Daniel, Stonington, s. of the first Thomas, may first have liv. at Westerly 1669, by w. Eliz. had, as the rec. of Friends at Newport shows, Eliz. b. 20 June 1676; Martha, 3 June 1678; Sarah, 27 Feb. 1680; Daniel, 19 Apr. 1683; and Ruth, Apr. 1687; m. prob. in Barbados, there d. leav. wid. and one ch. *JOHN, Stonington, s. of Thomas the first, was wish. by the Conn. governm. to be educ. for an Ind. interpret. and teacher, and sent by his f. to Harv. Coll. 1661, but not long eno. stud. thee to partake in the honors. He prob. learn. more by practice and exper. of acquaint. with the unlet. natives; was freem. 1666, liv. at S. 1670-9, prob. had s. of the same name, as he was call. sen. a capt. in Philip's war, and much employ. in every thing relat. to the Ind. By w. Hannah he had John, b. 22 May 1665; Joseph, 22 Jan. 1668; Thomas, Apr. 1670; Ann, 1 Oct. 1673; Theophilus, 16 Jan. 1676; and Dorothy, wh. d. 28 Apr. 1699. *JOHN, prob. s. of Robert of Newport, had by Mary, d. of John Harndel of Newprt, Robert, b. 4 May 1667; Benjamin; Mary, 4 June 1668; and Hannah, 7 Nov. 1670, as in the will of their gr.f. 9 Feb. 1685, may be seen; beside these, Patience, b. 10 Sept. 1672; Joseph; John, 22 Apr. 1674; and Content, 20 Dec. 1675; wh. may all have been d. when the will was made. He was rep. 1690; and d. 3 Oct. 1713, at the age of 72. JOSEPH, Stonington, younger br. of the preced. was yet old eno. to be propound. for freem. 1669, may be, tho. not prob. that s.-in-law of William Mead of Roxbury, in whose will of 1683 he is nam. "tho. undutiful," for we can hardly doubt, that our Stonington man had some yrs. bef. m. Hannah Lord, or even third w. a Prentice. But no ch. is giv. him. ROBERT, Newport, adm. an inhab. early in 1639, on the freem.'s list 1655, by w. Avis had John b. Aug. 1645. He was perhaps br. of the elder Thomas, yet we must not be too confident, for Farmer ment. a ROBERT of Dorchester wh. as I find had Thomas, and whose d. Prudence was b. 14 June 1659; but he was of town's poor 1689. ROBERT, s. f the first Thomas his youngest but one, the ch. mem. of 1677, was that youthful soldier, 1676, to wh. the Ind. capt. prince Nanunteno made reproachf. ansr. as Hubbard tells. He d. 25 Oct. 1724, aged 70, had Robert, b. 7 Dec. 1689, [p.167] H. C. 1712. But other ch. bef. and aft. he had, as he m. 12 Sept. 1677, Joanna Gardner, and issue were Joanna, b. 5 Jan. 1679; Lucy, 16 Sept. 1681; Ann, 26 Oct. 1684; Mary, 3 Feb. 1687; Thomas, 9 Jan. 1693; Lucy, again, 3 May 1696; and Gardner, 27 May 1701. SAMUEL, Stonington, younger ch. of the first Thomas, m. 15 June 1680, Borrodel, d. of Capt. George Denison, had Samuel, b. 16 June 1683; Daniel, 4 Nov. 1685; and Ann, 2 July 1688. *THOMAS, Stonington, came from Virginia, whither, in 1635, he had gone from London, at the age of 20, was one of the orig. proprs. of Hartford, and there resid. many yrs. for it is thot. that all of his nine ch. were b. at that place; yet with a traveller's spirit learn. the lang. of the Ind. and so was of prime import. as an interp. He seems to have shown his ability first in this kind 1637, when Stoughton, in his advice of Aug. on the first exped. ment. his serv. Perhaps a. 1658 he sett. at S. with w. Ann, d. of Thomas Lord the first, by wh. as is inferr. by Miss Caulkins, aft. diling. inq. he had Thomas, b. prob. 1639; John, 1641; Hannah; Mary; Joseph, bapt. 21 Mar. 1647; Daniel, or David; Dorothy, 1652; Robert, 1653; Samuel, and Sarah, a. 1655. Hannah m. 20 Nov. 1662, Nehemiah Palmer; Mary m. 17 Nov. 1664, tho. in ano. p. Caulkins says 1662, Samuel Rogers; Dorothy m. 11 Sept. 1674, Rev. James Noyes, and d. 19 Jan. 1742, aged 90; Sarah m. first Thomas Prentice, and next, Capt. William Denison, and d. 1713, aged 59. He was rep. 1666, and aft. the chief inhab. active in the founda. of ch. 3 June 1674, and obtain. ordina. of Rev. Mr. Noyes in Sept. foll. his name being first, and that of Thomas Jr. sixth, and of addit. to the ch. in 1675, is sec. name of Mrs. Ann his w. wh. d. 1688. He d. 1678, his will being pro. in June of that yr. THOMAS, Stoninton, eldest s. of the preced. had shown bef. the rem. of his f. from Hartford such an aptn. for the lang. of the Ind. as to be desir. 1654, by the Commissnrs. of the Unit. Col. of N. E. from his f. with younger br. John to be empl. in the pub. serv. by train. up at Harv. Coll. for interpr. and sev. yrs. the Col. made gr. of money, and lds. to the f. for the benefit of him and them. See Haz. II. 322. He had by w. Sarah, eldest d. of Capt. George Denison, other ch. Dorothy, Sarah, Mary, William, and Samuel; tho. instead of William, one acco. gives Ann; beside Thomas, prob. eldest, wh. d. at age of 18 in 1683; but the f. d. 1718, aged 80.
And this is from Genealogical and Family History of the State of Connecticut, Vol. I-IV
Genealogical and Family History of the State of Connecticut: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of a Commonwealth and the Founding of a Nation. Volume IV
John Stanton , son of Robert and Avis Stanton , was born August, 1645 , married (first) Mary , daughter of John Harndel , in 1667 , and (second) Mrs. Mary Cranston , widow of Governor John Cranston and daughter of Governor Jeremiah Clarke . He was ancestor of the Hon. Edwin M. Stanton , secretary of war under President Lincoln . His son, John Stanton , born April 22, 1674 , by his first wife, Mary Harndell , married (second) Susanna Lamphere and was father of Sabra .
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, d. 1684, Newport, Newport, RI, New England