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Thomas Stanton
d.11 Apr 1718 Stonington, New London, Connecticut, United States
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m. Abt 1637
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m. 1658
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A Copy of the Inventory of the Personal Estate of Thomas Stanton, Jun. "A True Inventory of all, and singular ye Goods Chattles and Credit of Thomas Stanton Gentleman Deceased Prized att Stonington ye 21 Day of June 1718 by Samll Chesebrough, Snr. and Joseph Palmer both of sd Stonington as followeth ............................. L ... s ... d Imp. His Apparel ... 53 .... 6 ... 5 His purse and in Bills of Cr. 98 15 4 His Plate 58 15 10 To 10 cows and calves 42 10 0 To one pr. of Bull Staggs 6 10 0 Imp. Two two farrow cows at 3:10:0 7 0 0 To three 3 year olds, att. 5 15 0 To 3 heifers and calves 10 10 0 To 10 two year olds, att. 20 00 0 To 7 year olds, att 8 15 0 To one Bull, att 3 0 0 To one Mare 5 0 0 To 66 old sheep and 33 Lambs, att 27 9 6 To one Gun 0 15 0 To one Bed and furniture 8 0 0 To one Bed and furniture, Do 7 0 0 To one Bed and Bedstead 2 0 0 To one old Bed 0 10 0 To one Trundle Bed and Bedstead and Pillows, 2 0 0 To one Rugg and Blankett 0 12 0 To one Cupboard Cloath, I Os 0 1 0 0 To pr. of Cotton and Lining Sheets 0 1 0 0 To I fine sheet 0 1 0 0 To one Table Cloath and pillow Bears 0 3 O@@ To two Pillow bears 0 2 0 To IO napkins and one towel 0 6 0 To I Old Trunk 0 2 6 To I Old Chest 0 2 6 To one Table and a chum 0 8 0 To 6 Chares 0 8 0 To one half Bushill 0 10 6 To I Chest and one Desk 0 1 6 To two old Boxes, att. 0 2 6 (total) 292 7 7" The value of Mr. Thomas Stanton's apparel (L56-6-5) and his plate (:58-15-10) would indicate a stule of living more after the manner of his English cousins than the prevailing style of that day in the colonies. This was also true of his brother Robert. These brothers always styled themselves and were styled by others "Gentlemen." Their tombstones have inscribed after their respective names the word "Gent. " Thomas graduated in Cambridge, Mass, 1654. Institution: Harvard College. Dr. Savage, in his Genealogical Dictionary, has this note: 'Thomas Stanton, Jr., had shown, before the removal of his father from Hartford, such an aptness for the language of the Indians, as to be desired, in 1654, by the Commissioners of the United Colony of New England to be employed in the public service with his younger brother John, by training at Harvard College for interpreter, and seven years the Colony made grants of land and money to the father for the benefit of him and them." He bought property New London, Conn, I I Nov 1698. He bought of Owaneco, chief sachem of Mohegan, a tract of 650 acres, "lying in the North Parish in New London, adjoining to a pond called Obplmtksok (now Gardiner's Lake) a mile or more long." This he sold to Lieut. James Harris and in 1721 Harris sold it to Joseph Otis of new London. From Savage's Genealogical Dictionary THOMAS, Stonington, eldest s[on]. of the preced[ing]. had shown bef[ore]. the rem[oval]. of this f[amily]. from Hartford such an aptn. for the lang[uage]. of the Ind[ians]. as to be desir[ed. 1654, by the Commissn[e]rs. of The Unit[ed]. Col[ony]. of N[ew]. E[ngland]. from his f[ather]. with younger br[other]. John to be empl[oyed]. in the pub[lic]. serv[ice]. by train[ing]. up at Harv[ard]. Coll[ege]. for interpre[tors]. and sev[eral]. y[ea]rs. the Col[ony]. made gr. of money, and lds. to the f[ather]. for the benefit of him and them. See Haz. II. 322. He had by w[ife]. Sarah, eldest d[aughter]. of Capt. George Denison, other ch[ildren]. Dorothy, Sarah, Mary, William, and Samuel; tho[ugh]. instead of William, one acco[unt]. gives Ann; beside Thomas, prob[ably]. eldest, wh[o]. d[ied]. at age of 18 in 1683; but the f[ather]. d[ied]. 1718, aged 80. From It's About Time On 24 May 1666, Thomas Stanton, Jr. was elected sergeant of the trainband in Stonington. The following Stonington town officers were elected, 2 March 1669: Thos. Miner, Jr., clerk; Elihu Palmer, constable; Wm. Chesebro, Thos. Stanton, Sr., and Saml. Chesebrough, commissioners; Thos. Stanton, Jr., and John Gallup, surveyors; and Wm. Chesebrough, clerk of writs. Thomas Stanton, Jr. and John Denison took the oath as grand jurors on 7 January 1678. References
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