William Sisson Champlin

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• Alternate birth: 16 Apr 1794, West Green River, Vermont
• Alternate birth: 16 Apr 1794, Shelburne, Chittenden, Vermont

Notes:

Note that no town called "West Green River" or "Green River" exists in New Hampshire. There is a river called the Green River in Vermont.

Wikipedia page about the Haun's Mill massacre here.

Posted to ancestry.com by "genealogy_man":

1836. William Sisson CHAMPLIN (Mercy SISSON, William, William, Thomas, George, Richard) was born 16 Apr 1794 in Shelburne, Vermont. He died 29 Jan 1861 in Lehi, Utah, Utah.

From Cheri Hardisty:

William Sisson Champlin and his family joined the Mormon Church in the 1830's and migrated to Missouri. He was the son of Joseph Champlin of Westerly, Rhode Island, and Mercy Sisson of Stonington, CT.

The Sissons settled in Independence, Missouri, and were driven out of that area along with the other Mormons. They subsequently located themselves in Clay County Missouri until the Mormons were driven out of there, and then located in Caldwell County, Missouri. Caldwell County was set up at that time by the government, as a county specifically for the Mormons to live in, in order to avoid further conflicts. However, there were some of the old settlers who remained in the county, and they were not happy to have the Mormons as neighbors. You see, Missouri was a slave state, and the Mormons were opposed to slavery. So the aim of the old settlers was to expel the Mormons from the state to ensure the state remained pro-slavery.

William Sisson and his family lived at a place called Haun's Mill. It was a Mormon settlement, but not a very large one. The largest Mormon settlement in Caldwell County was Far West which had about 5,000 residents. The Mormons were aware of the rising hostilities against them, and as a result, the Prophet Joseph Smith counseled those at Haun's Mill to come to Far West for safety. It was October 30th, 1838. William and his family were concerned about having food to last them through the winter at Far West, and so in preparation to go there, they were digging up carrots that day. As they did so, the mob rode in on horseback, and a massacre ensued. A couple of days after the massacre, the Governor of Missouri, Governor Boggs, issued his famous "extermination order" which resulted in the Mormons fleeing to Illinois for safety. The extermination order called for the Mormons to be driven from the state, or exterminated if necessary. (After Joseph Smith was murdered in Illinois, Brigham Young took the reins of leadership of the church, and in 1847, the Mormons began their famous pioneer trek to Salt Lake City, an area which was not desirable to others, in hopes that at last they would be able to live in peace.)

When the mob arrived at Haun's Mill, the women and children fled into the woods for safety, and the men ran into the blacksmith shop, and attempted to defend the settlement from that position. The blacksmith shop, however, was made of hewn logs, and there were cracks (the crack width being about 2") between the logs. The Mob came right up to the blacksmith shop and poked the barrels of their rifles through those cracks and opened fire on those inside. William Sisson Champlin was inside. And when the massacre was over, there were only two survivors from inside the blacksmith shop.

William was a smart man. When he saw what was happening, he laid down on the floor, and as his comrades fell to the ground, dead, he pulled their bodies over the top of his own, and pretended he was dead. When the mob rushed into the blacksmith shop after opening fire, they saw that William had new boots on his feet, and they wanted those boots. He allowed them to take the boots, all the while pretending he was dead, and as a result, he lived, and for the rest of his days, he was known as "Old Possum". His wife and children who had fled into the woods also survived.

William married Mary RING "Polly", daughter of Reuben RING and Anna, on 28 Mar 1816 in Hartland, Windsor, Vermont. They had the following children:

3724 F i
Sarah CHAMPLIN.
3725 M ii
William Jefferson CHAMPLIN was born 1820.
3726 M iii
Joseph Albert CHAMPLIN was born 1825.
3727 M iv
Alonzo CHAMPLIN was born 1827.
3728 F v
Angelina Avilda CHAMPLIN was born 8 Jan 1828 in Hartland, Vinson, Vermont.
+ 3729 F vi
Mary Jane CHAMPLIN was born 20 May 1830 and died 1 Nov 1906.
3730 F vii
Margaret Emma CHAMPLIN was born about 1833.

William married Mary Ring on 28 Mar 1816 in Hartland, Windsor, Vermont. Mary (daughter of Reuben French Ring and Nancy Reed) was born in 1794 in Old Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts; died on 3 Apr 1871 in Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Angelina Avilda Champlin was born on 8 Jan 1820 in Hartland, Windsor, Vermont; died on 7 Jan 1893 in Colonia Juárez, Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, Mexico; was buried in New Colonia Juarez Cemetery, Colonia Juarez, Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, Mexico.

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• Alternate birth: of Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island

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Joseph Champlin and Mercy Sisson were first cousins once removed, he being a grandson of John Noyes and Mary Gallup, and her being a great-granddaughter of the same couple.

Joseph married Mercy Sisson in 1790. Mercy (daughter of William Sisson and Mercy Noyes) was born on 15 Apr 1771 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Joseph Champlin and Mercy Sisson were first cousins once removed, he being a grandson of John Noyes and Mary Gallup, and her being a great-granddaughter of the same couple.

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He commanded the militia that, in 1775, prevented the British ship Rose from landing at Stonington Point. His first wife was Rebecca Chesebrough.

Joseph married Mary Noyes on 8 Feb 1753 in First Congregational Church, Stonington, New London, Connecticut. Mary (daughter of Deacon John Noyes and Mary Gallup) was born on 14 Aug 1725 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut; was christened on 26 Sep 1725 in First Congregational Church, Stonington, New London, Connecticut; died in Dec 1808 in Windham, Windham, Connecticut; was buried in Windham Center Cemetery, Windham, Windham, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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She was baptized by the Rev. Ebenezer Rosseter.

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• Alternate birth: 17 Jul 1744, Stonington, New London, Connecticut

William married Mercy Noyes on 10 Apr 1766 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut. Mercy (daughter of John Noyes and Mercy Breed) was born on 7 Jan 1748 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut; died on 8 Dec 1824; was buried in Great Plain Cemetery, North Stonington, New London, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Also called Mary Noyes.

Christopher married Elizabeth Denison on 5 Dec 1705 in Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island. Elizabeth (daughter of George Denison and Mercy Gorham) was born on 11 Sep 1689 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut; was christened on 11 May 1690 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut; died on 22 Nov 1749 in Charlestown, Washington, Rhode Island. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate death: 23 Nov 1749, Charlestown, Washington, Rhode Island

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• Alternate birth: 3 Jun 1685
• Alternate death: 13 May 1751
• Alternate death: 17 Sep 1753, Stonington, New London, Connecticut

Notes:

He was baptized by his father, the Rev. James Noyes.

Deacon married Mary Gallup on 16 Mar 1715 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut. Mary (daughter of Lt. William Gallup and Sarah Chesebrough) was born on 12 Feb 1695 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut; was christened on 1 Apr 1695 in First Congregational Church, Stonington, New London, Connecticut; died on 13 May 1736 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut; was buried in Wequetequock Burial Ground, Stonington, New London, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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She was baptized by her future father-in-law, the Rev. James Noyes.

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They were married by his father, the Rev. James Noyes, who had baptized both of them in infancy.

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Admitted as a freeman in Westerly, November 1737.

William married Hannah. Hannah died after 17 Sep 1775. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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He was baptized by his grandfather, the Rev. James Noyes (1640-1719). The date of his death is unknown; his tombstone in South Guilford was gone by 1889, not having been seen for many years.

John married Mercy Breed on 30 May 1744 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut. Mercy (daughter of John Breed and Mary Prentice) was born on 3 Aug 1727 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut; died on 5 Aug 1811; was buried on 5 Aug 1811 in Guilford, Windham, Vermont. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Or Mary.

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• Alternate birth: of Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island

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• Alternate birth: 16 Jul 1653, New London, New London, Connecticut

George married Mercy Gorham about 1677 in Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts. Mercy (daughter of Capt. John Gorham and Desire Howland) was born on 20 Jan 1658 in Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts; died on 24 Sep 1725 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

"Graduated at Harvard College and was ordained as pastor of the Congregational church in Stonington the day before his marriage. He was ordained 10 September 1674. He was associated with the First church from 1665-1719. He was a chaplain, 1676, in King Philip's War; Commissioner on Boundary with Rhode Island, 1699 and 1701. He was one of the trustees mentioned in the Act of 1701 that established Yale and was a Fellow of Yale 1700-1719." [Stanton Genealogy Database, citation details below]

Anderson, Great Migration, confirms Harvard College 1659.

"The Reverend James Noyes resided with the family of Thomas Stanton, Sr., until ordained 11 September 1674. The following day Rev. Noyes married Miss Dorothy Stanton, daughter of Thomas and Ann (Lord) Stanton. Rev. James Noyes was chaplain with Captain George Denison's expedition that captured Canonchet, Chief sachem of the Narragansett Indians, April 1676." [From http://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:James_Noyes_%282%29, quoting It's About Time: Chronological, Historical, and Genealogical Research Notes on Some of the Maternal Ancestors and Descendants of America (Spilman) Mears (1846-1935), compiled by William L. Decoursey.] Another participant in that expedition was Capt. James Pendleton, a 10X-great grandfather of TNH, who was also present at the Rev. Noyes's ordination on 10 (or 11) Sep 1674. In Everett Hall Pendleton's 1956 volume Early New England Pendletons, With Some Account of the Three Groups who Took the Name Pembleton, and Notices of Other Pendletons of Later Origin in the United States, we read about the aftermath of that expedition: "While [Pendleton] seems to have had something substantial out of this adventure, his spiritual advisor, the Rev. James Noyes, of Stonington, was not so fortunate. Six months later he sent a long and rambling letter of complaint to John Allyn, the colony's secretary at Hartford, alleging that although he had been engaged 'three times in the warr service' he had received no compensation whatever, either in money or in prisoners. And he seemed particularly annoyed that some captive girl of fourteen years had not been sent him as requested, such a prize, no doubt, commanding a premium in the slave market."

Also from http://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:James_Noyes_%282%29:

The First Congregational Church (later called the Old Road Church) of Stonington, Connecticut was established, 3 June 1674, with nine members: Rev. James Noyes, Thomas Stanton, Sr., Thomas Stanton, Jr., Nathaniel Chesebrough, Thomas Miner and his son Ephraim Miner, the brothers Nehemiah and Moses Palmer, and Thomas Wheeler. Thomas Miner was the first deacon.

The pier slab that for over a century has been over the grave of Rev. James Noyes of the old Wetequequock burying ground, Stonington, Conn., was relettered at Doty's marble works in the 1890s. The following is the inscription on it:

"In expectation of a joyful resurrection to eternal life here lyeth interred the body of the Rev. Mr. James Noyes aged 80 years who after a faithful living of the Church of Christ in this place for more than 55 years deceased Dec. ye 30, 1719-20. Majesty, meekness and humility here meet in one with greatest charity. He was first pastor of the Road Church and Society."

James married Dorothy Stanton on 11 Sep 1674 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut. Dorothy (daughter of Thomas Stanton and Anna Lord) was born in 1651 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut; died on 18 Jan 1743 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut; was buried in Wequetequock Burial Ground, Stonington, New London, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate death: 19 Jan 1743, Stonington, New London, Connecticut
• Alternate death: 19 Jan 1744, Stonington, New London, Connecticut

Notes:

They were married the day after the Rev. Noyes's ordination. Their wedding was officiated by Samuel Wyllys.

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Represented Stonington at the General Court, 1703, 1708, and 1715.

William married Sarah Chesebrough on 4 Jan 1687 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut. Sarah (daughter of Nathaniel Chesebrough and Hannah Denison) was born on 30 Jan 1662 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut; died on 9 Sep 1729 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut; was buried in White Hall Graveyard, Mystic, New London, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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The marriage was officiated by Capt. George Denison, J.P.

Thomas married Jane in 1714 in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island. Jane died after 31 May 1758 in Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Variously reported as a daughter of William Freeman or of Josiah Card.

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• Alternate birth: 3 Jun 1685
• Alternate death: 13 May 1751
• Alternate death: 17 Sep 1753, Stonington, New London, Connecticut

Notes:

He was baptized by his father, the Rev. James Noyes.

Deacon married Mary Gallup on 16 Mar 1715 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut. Mary (daughter of Lt. William Gallup and Sarah Chesebrough) was born on 12 Feb 1695 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut; was christened on 1 Apr 1695 in First Congregational Church, Stonington, New London, Connecticut; died on 13 May 1736 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut; was buried in Wequetequock Burial Ground, Stonington, New London, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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She was baptized by her future father-in-law, the Rev. James Noyes.

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They were married by his father, the Rev. James Noyes, who had baptized both of them in infancy.

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"In 1736, John Breed, Junior, was made Captain of the 3rd Military Company at Stonington. He was also a Deacon of the church. [...] Capt. John Breed served as Representative from Stonington in 1735, 1741, and 1746. He was a Selectman in 1736, 1740, and 1764." [Marcia Wiswall Lindberg, citation details below.]

John married Mary Prentice on 14 Aug 1725 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut. Mary (daughter of Samuel Prentice and Esther Hammond) was born on 12 Apr 1706 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut; died on 5 Nov 1799 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut; was buried in Stonington, New London, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate birth: of Newport, Newport, Rhode Island

Jeffrey married Ulalia Garde. Ulalia (daughter of John Garde and Rebecca Copp) was born before 5 Feb 1633 in Biddeford, Devon, England; was christened on 5 Feb 1633 in Biddeford, Devon, England; died about 1657 in Rhode Island. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Emigrated in 1631 with his parents and brothers. Settled at Roxbury, Massachusetts. Married Bridget Thompson, 1641. She died two years later, whereupon he returned to England to take up arms for Parliament. Was injured and (possibly) captured and escaped, a sequence of events that somehow resulted in him returning to Massachusetts in 1645 with a second wife, Ann Borodell. Removed to New London, 1651; served on the New London war committees in 1653 and 1654, when the Dutch threatened war. Removed to Stonington, 1654. Two decades later, we find him as captain of the New London County forces in King Philip's War, where he fought in and survived the Great Swamp Fight in Rhode Island, 19 Dec 1675. In 1676 he is "Provo-Marshall" of New London, pursuing remnants of the Narragansett and Wampanaug. He captured Chief Canonchet and worked with Pequot chiefs to "control the remnant of their tribe."

"We would premise, that William Denison, came to Roxbury, Mass., in company with Rev. John Eliot, in 1631, bringing with him his wife and three sons, Daniel, Edward and George. The last named married in 1640, Bridget Thompson, supposed to have been a sister of Rev. William Thompson, of Braintree. His wife died in 1643. Mr. Denison visited his native country the same year, 'and engaged in the civil conflict with which the kingdom was convulsed.' On his return to this country, about two years afterwards, he brought with him his second wife, Ann, daughter of John Borrowdale, or Borrodel, of Cork, Ireland. Mr. D. emigrated to Connecticut as early as 1651, and in 1654 settled in what is now Stonington, to which the name of Southerton was given in 1658, when the territory was annexed to the County of Suffolk, Mass. He filled acceptably many offices of public trust, and was particularly distinguished as a leader in King Philip's war. He died at Hartford, Oct. 23d, 1694, during the session of the General Court, and was there buried. His age, according to the inscription on his grave stone, was 76." [Introduction to "Will of George Denison,--1693", New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume 13, 1859, p. 73.]

"My Brother George buried his first Wife in the year 1643, went to England, was a soldier there about a year, was at the Battle of York or Marston Moor where he did good service, was afterward taken prisoner, but got free, and having married a second Wife, he returned to New England the year before our Mother died, and not long afterward removed himself to New London, near whereunto at Stonington he now liveth." ["Autobiography of Major-General Daniel Denison." The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 46:127, April 1892.]

Along with TNH ancestors William Chesebrough, Walter Palmer, and Thomas Stanton, he was one of the founders of Stonington, Connecticut.

George married Ann Borodell about 1645 in England. Ann (daughter of John Borodell) was born about 1615; died on 26 Sep 1712 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut; was buried in Elm Grove Cemetery, Mystic, New London, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Or Borodale, Borrowdale, etc.; sources vary. Same for her father. She is mentioned in the 2 Sep 1667 will of her brother "John Borrodale of London, gentleman," as "Anne Denison," one of his "loving sisters." (NEHGR 49:503)

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• Alternate death: Bef 5 Feb 1675, Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts
• Buried: 5 Feb 1675, Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts

Notes:

Grantee in Plymouth 18 Dec 1638. Captain of a company in King Philip’s War, 1675.

Despite persistent assertions to the contrary, there is no evidence that he was the son of Ralph Gorham of Benefield, Northamptonshire, baptized there 28 Jan 1621. There was a Ralph Gorham in Benefield, who had a son John baptized on that date; and there was a Ralph Gorham in Plymouth between 2 Oct 1637 and 5 Apr 1642. But there is no evidence that the Ralph seen briefly in Plymouth was the Ralph of Benefield, or that Capt. John Gorham who married Desire Howland was connected to either the Benefield man or to Ralph of Plymouth.

In 1737, Capt. John Gorham’s great-grandson Col. John Gorham (Shubael³, John², Capt. John¹), in command of a brigantine bound for London, made several notes in his journal of things to do while in that city. The journal survives. One of the notes was “to Look out for y^e Gorhams Coat of Armes. Came from Huntingtunshear”. A later entry in the same notebook lists expenditures made in London, including 7s 6d to “Herralds office”. A further 1s 6d “paid a man for Looking out the Gorhams in the citty.” Several years later, during the 1745 siege of Louisbourg (present-day Cape Breton Island), Col. Gorham wrote further notes on his family history in a separate journal, which also survives:

My Great Great Grand father & Family Came out of Some part of England and Lived att Marshfield and Had one Son Nam’d aftr him John Gorum, alias Gorham—which Son aftr Having Marryed With an Howland and Had Sevrall Children Went home to England and Returnd Soone again to his family—

His Father Lived & Dyed att Marshfield and Whats Remarkable He Was a Joyner and Made his Coffin himself for sevrall Year before he Dyed and Used to Keep apples In It as a Chest Untill he dyed & used t

the Soon John that maryd Desire Howland and Went to England Moved from Marshfieeld to Barnstable and Settled there in ordr to begin a township aftrwards Called Barnstable. Built Mills—tan fatts &c

[All of the above is abstracted and/or quoted from George Ernest Bowman, “Col. John Gorham’s ‘Wast Book’ and His ‘Dayly Journal’,” Mayflower Descendant 5:172, 1903.]

Capt. John Gorham (d. 1675) = Desire Howland (1624-1683)
Desire Gorham (b. 1644) = Capt. John Hawes (1635-1701)
Elizabeth Hawes (1662-1732) = Capt. Thomas Daggett (1658-1726)
Jemima Daggett (1694-1732) = Malachi Butler (1689-1770)
Zephaniah Butler (1727-1800) = Abigail Cilley
Capt. John Butler (1782-1819) = Charlotte Ellison
Gen. Benjamin Franklin Butler (1818-1893)

Capt. John Gorham (d. 1675) = Desire Howland (1624-1683)
Shubael Gorham (1667-1750) = Puella Hussey (b. 1677)
Lydia Gorham (1701-1793) = Joseph Worth (1698-1790)
Anna Worth (1721-1795) = Abraham Macy (1715-1746)
Abraham Macy (1739-1820) = Priscilla Bunker (1746-1819)
Eunice May (1773-1851) = Thaddeus Coleman (1771-1847)
Judith Coleman (1804-1839) = Elijah Pound (1802-1891)
Thaddeus Coleman Pound (1833-1914) = Susan Angevine Loomis (d. 1923)
Homer Loomis Pound (1858-1942) = Isabel Weston (1860-1948)
Ezra Pound [Ezra Weston Loomis Pound] (1885-1972)

John married Desire Howland before 1644 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts. Desire (daughter of John Howland and Elizabeth Tilley) was born about 1624 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts; died on 13 Oct 1683 in Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate birth: 1623, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts
• Alternate birth: Abt 1625, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts
• Alternate birth: Abt 1626, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts

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• Alternate birth: of Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts
• Alternate death: 21 Oct 1656, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts

Notes:

Matriculated at Brasenose College, Oxford; according to Noyes-Gilman Ancestry (citation details below), he did not graduate. Emigrated 1634 on the Mary & John. First at Ipswich, then at Newbury, where he was a founder.

His writings include The Temple Measured (London, 1647), A Cathechism for Children (1641), Catechism (1650), and Moses and Aaron, or, The Rights of Church and State (1661).

James married Sarah Browne on 21 Mar 1634 in Romsey, Hampshire, England. Sarah (daughter of Joseph Browne) was born in of Southampton, Hampshire, England; died on 13 Sep 1691 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: Abt 1610

Notes:

Along with TNH ancestors William Chesebrough, Walter Palmer, and George Denison, he was one of the founders of Stonington, Connecticut. He was also a founder of Hartford; his name is on the Founders Monument there.

From Wikipedia:

Thomas Stanton (1616?-1677) was a trader and an accomplished Indian interpreter and negotiator in the colony of Connecticut. One of the original settlers of Hartford, he was also one of four founders of Stonington, Connecticut, along with William Chesebrough, Thomas Miner, and Walter Palmer.

He first appears in the historical record as an interpreter for John Winthrop, Jr. in 1636. He fought in the Pequot War, nearly losing his life in the Fairfield Swamp Fight in 1637. In 1638 he was a delegate at the Treaty of Hartford, which ended that war. In 1643, the United Colonies of New England appointed Stanton as Indian Interpreter.

Following the war, Stanton returned to Hartford, where he married and became a successful trader. In 1649, Stanton settled a tract of land alongside the Pawcatuck River in what is present-day Stonington. In 1649 or 1650 he was given permission to establish a trading post on the river and was granted a 3 year monopoly over Indian trade in the area. The trading house was built in 1651. During this time, Stanton's family remained in Hartford or New London, joining him in Stonington in about 1657 after the trading venture had become established and a suitable house constructed.

From Eugene C. Zubrinsky, "The Immigration and Early Whereabouts of in America of Thomas Stanton of Connecticut" (citation details below):

The available evidence provides neither complete details nor absolute certainty as to [Thomas] Stanton's immigration to and initial whereabouts in America. We may nevertheless be completely confident in discarding more than 150 years of virtually unsupported (yet, incredibly, uncontested) assertions about these matters. Careful analysis of existing records leads inexorably to the conclusion that Thomas Stanton immigrated directly to Massachusetts by 1635 (ship unknown); landed probably at Boston (the point of all but a handful of Bay Colony arrivals) but went soon (if not immediately) to Cambridge; and after spending time trading with the Indians in Connecticut, migrated to Hartford by June 1636. On 6 February 1649[/50], the General Court granted Stanton "libberty to erect a trading howse" at Pawcatuck, an outlying, practically unpopulated section of Pequot (New London) that would become part of the eventual tow of Stonington. By July 1651, he and, presumably, his family had removed from Hartford to the settlement at Pequot. The grant there of Stanton's six-acre house lot is recorded without date but would have been made no later than 19 October 1650, when he received 20 acres of upland "upen scull plain." His next Pequot grant, two acres of salt marsh "at sandie Coave," was made on 28 March 1651. Other grants followed, including one, dated 18 June (not in March) 1652, of 300 acres near his Pawcatuck trading post. Stanton was of Pawcatuck on 25 or 28 January 1657[ 8?], when he sold his Pequot dwelling house, home lot, and orchard to George Tong[ue]. A founder and leading citizen of Stonington, he died there on 2 December 1677.

Thomas married Anna Lord about 1637. Anna (daughter of Thomas Lord and Dorothy Bird) was born before 18 Sep 1614 in Towcester, Northamptonshire, England; was christened on 18 Sep 1614 in Towcester, Northamptonshire, England; died in 1688 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut; was buried in Wequetequock Burial Ground, Stonington, New London, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Emigrated with her parents after 29 Apr 1635 on the Elizabeth & Ann.

After her husband's death, she lived with her daughter Dorothy Stanton Noyes.

Notes:

Killed in the Great Swamp Fight in King Philip's War.

John Gallup (1621-1675) = Hannah Lake (1621-1674)
Elizabeth Gallup (b. 1663) = Henry Stevens (d. ~1726)
Henry Stevens (b. 1681) = Elizabeth Fellows (b. 1685)
Lucy Stevens (~1717-1806) = Ephraim Smith (1704-1774)
Dr. Sanford Smith (1760-1815) = Priscilla Whipple (~1763-1838)
Harriet Smith (1800-1869) = Obadiah N. Bush (1797-1851)
Rev. James Smith Bush (1825-1889) = Harriet Eleanor Fay (1829-1924)
Samuel Prescott Bush (1883-1894) = Flora Sheldon (1872-1920)
Sen. Prescott Sheldon Bush (1895-1972) = Dorothy Wear Walker (1901-1992)
George Herbert Walker Bush (1924-2018) = Barbara Pierce (1925-2018)
George Walker Bush (1946- )

John married Hannah Lake before 1644. Hannah (daughter of John Lake and Margaret Reade) was born before 3 Jul 1621 in North Benfleet, Essex, England; was christened on 3 Jul 1621 in North Benfleet, Essex, England; died on 19 Dec 1674 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Christened Ann; called Hannah in New England records. Emigrated with her mother.

Notes:

Served in King Philip's War; one of the first nine members of the First Church at Stonington; signer of the Pawcatuck Articles, 1658; selectman of Stonington 1675.

Nathaniel married Hannah Denison in 1659 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut. Hannah (daughter of Capt. George Denison and Bridget Thompson) was born on 20 May 1643 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts; was christened on 21 May 1643 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts; died on 18 Aug 1715 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Said in some sources to have died 30 Sep 1677 in Roxbury, but her will was dated 8 Oct 1715 in Stonington.

George married Sarah Lawton on 1 Aug 1667 in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island. Sarah (daughter of Thomas Lawton and Elizabeth Salisbury) died on 5 Jul 1718 in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

"Graduated at Harvard College and was ordained as pastor of the Congregational church in Stonington the day before his marriage. He was ordained 10 September 1674. He was associated with the First church from 1665-1719. He was a chaplain, 1676, in King Philip's War; Commissioner on Boundary with Rhode Island, 1699 and 1701. He was one of the trustees mentioned in the Act of 1701 that established Yale and was a Fellow of Yale 1700-1719." [Stanton Genealogy Database, citation details below]

Anderson, Great Migration, confirms Harvard College 1659.

"The Reverend James Noyes resided with the family of Thomas Stanton, Sr., until ordained 11 September 1674. The following day Rev. Noyes married Miss Dorothy Stanton, daughter of Thomas and Ann (Lord) Stanton. Rev. James Noyes was chaplain with Captain George Denison's expedition that captured Canonchet, Chief sachem of the Narragansett Indians, April 1676." [From http://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:James_Noyes_%282%29, quoting It's About Time: Chronological, Historical, and Genealogical Research Notes on Some of the Maternal Ancestors and Descendants of America (Spilman) Mears (1846-1935), compiled by William L. Decoursey.] Another participant in that expedition was Capt. James Pendleton, a 10X-great grandfather of TNH, who was also present at the Rev. Noyes's ordination on 10 (or 11) Sep 1674. In Everett Hall Pendleton's 1956 volume Early New England Pendletons, With Some Account of the Three Groups who Took the Name Pembleton, and Notices of Other Pendletons of Later Origin in the United States, we read about the aftermath of that expedition: "While [Pendleton] seems to have had something substantial out of this adventure, his spiritual advisor, the Rev. James Noyes, of Stonington, was not so fortunate. Six months later he sent a long and rambling letter of complaint to John Allyn, the colony's secretary at Hartford, alleging that although he had been engaged 'three times in the warr service' he had received no compensation whatever, either in money or in prisoners. And he seemed particularly annoyed that some captive girl of fourteen years had not been sent him as requested, such a prize, no doubt, commanding a premium in the slave market."

Also from http://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:James_Noyes_%282%29:

The First Congregational Church (later called the Old Road Church) of Stonington, Connecticut was established, 3 June 1674, with nine members: Rev. James Noyes, Thomas Stanton, Sr., Thomas Stanton, Jr., Nathaniel Chesebrough, Thomas Miner and his son Ephraim Miner, the brothers Nehemiah and Moses Palmer, and Thomas Wheeler. Thomas Miner was the first deacon.

The pier slab that for over a century has been over the grave of Rev. James Noyes of the old Wetequequock burying ground, Stonington, Conn., was relettered at Doty's marble works in the 1890s. The following is the inscription on it:

"In expectation of a joyful resurrection to eternal life here lyeth interred the body of the Rev. Mr. James Noyes aged 80 years who after a faithful living of the Church of Christ in this place for more than 55 years deceased Dec. ye 30, 1719-20. Majesty, meekness and humility here meet in one with greatest charity. He was first pastor of the Road Church and Society."

James married Dorothy Stanton on 11 Sep 1674 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut. Dorothy (daughter of Thomas Stanton and Anna Lord) was born in 1651 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut; died on 18 Jan 1743 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut; was buried in Wequetequock Burial Ground, Stonington, New London, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: 19 Jan 1743, Stonington, New London, Connecticut
• Alternate death: 19 Jan 1744, Stonington, New London, Connecticut

Notes:

They were married the day after the Rev. Noyes's ordination. Their wedding was officiated by Samuel Wyllys.

Notes:

Represented Stonington at the General Court, 1703, 1708, and 1715.

William married Sarah Chesebrough on 4 Jan 1687 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut. Sarah (daughter of Nathaniel Chesebrough and Hannah Denison) was born on 30 Jan 1662 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut; died on 9 Sep 1729 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut; was buried in White Hall Graveyard, Mystic, New London, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The marriage was officiated by Capt. George Denison, J.P.

Notes:

"John Breed was the 10th settler at Stonington, buying land from his future father-in-law, Gershom Palmer. He was a leather tanner by trade." [Marcia Wiswall Lindberg, citation details below.]

From "Ancient Burial-Ground at Stonington, Connecticut", citation details below:

The tombstone of Mr. John Breed is a large upright slab of blue slate stone, the inscription being as clear and distinct as it was the day it was cut. It is as follows:

In memory of a pious pair
This carved stone is erected here
viz. of Mr. JOHN BREED & his wife
MERCY who lived together in ye
marriage state in a most religious manner
about 64 years & then decd leaving
a numerous offspring, he in ye year
1751 about 90 years of age & she in
ye year 1752 about 83. erected in ye
year 1772. 6 of their children then
living.

Behold th' Righteous live long on earth
And in old Age resign their Breath
They & their Ofspring here are blest
When don with life they go to rest.

John married Mercy Palmer on 11 Apr 1689 in First Congregational Church, Stonington, New London, Connecticut. Mercy (daughter of Deacon Gershom Palmer and Ann Denison) was born in 1668 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut; died on 28 Jan 1752 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: Abt 1669
• Alternate birth: 8 Sep 1670, Stonington, New London, Connecticut

Notes:

"The Breed Family" (citation details below) says they were married 8 June 1691, but Buys (citations details below) gives the date and place we show, citing the records of the First Congregational Church (the "Road Church") in Stonington.

Samuel married Esther Hammond in 1701. Esther (daughter of Nathaniel Hammond and Mary Griffin) was born about 1684 in Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]