"... there appeared in Dorchester another Thomas Trott, a blacksmith, there as early as 1699, who was the grandson of Robert Stanton, of Dorcester, though the names of father and mother are unknown. His kinsman (uncle), Thomas Stanton, in 1702 gave him six acres of land in Dorcester,which he sold in 1710, ... found in Roxbury as well, but disappeared in 1714. ... The writer has failed to connect him in any way with the rest of his name in Dorchester."
