Thomas STANTON 1 2 3 4 5 6
- Born: 1616, Wolverton, Warwickshire, England
- Marriage: Ann LORD in 1637 in Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut
- Died: 2 Dec 1677, Stonington, New London County, Connecticut at age 61
Noted events in his life were:
• Immigration: on Jan. 2, 1635 to Virginia in the merchantman Bonaventura. 2
• Research Notes: Stonington Historical Society, In Search of the First Settlers. 7 "Thomas Stanton, had sailed to Virginia on the Bonaventura in 1635 and had made his way to Hartford via Boston by 1637, in time to become one of the original proprietors and earn a listing on the founders' monument. Thomas Stanton acquired a knowledge of the Algonquian language and was an Indian interpreter for Connecticut Governor John Winthrop, Jr., before the Pequot War. He served in the Pequot War and rendered valuable services at Saybrook Fort. He was an Indian interpreter to the General Court in all cases where the controversy was between the whites and the Indians. He bore the title "Interpreter General to the United Colonies." Thomas Stanton and his sons engaged in extensive trading with Boston and Plymouth Colony. By 1670 they had developed a successful commerce in the West Indies, particularly Barbados, and Daniel Stanton went there to live in order to manage their business affairs more effectively. They exchanged salt fish, corn, and flour, food for the big sugar plantations, for sugar, molasses, and rum. In 1680 Daniel Stanton and others had a 41-foot sloop, the Alexander and Martha, built on the Pawcatuck River. The Stantons remained active in the West Indian trade for more than a century.Thomas Stanton was busily engaged in fur trading with the Indians on the Pawcatuck River."
• Research Notes: Lord, Thomas; Genealogy of the Descendants by Kenneth Lord; 1946. 3 "Thomas Stanton, had sailed to Virginia on the Bonaventura in 1635 and had made his way to Hartford via Boston by 1637, in time to become one of the original proprietors and earn a listing on the founders' monument. Thomas Stanton acquired a knowledge of the Algonquian language and was an Indian interpreter for Connecticut Governor John Winthrop, Jr., before the Pequot War. He served in the Pequot War and rendered valuable services at Saybrook Fort. He was an Indian interpreter to the General Court in all cases where the controversy was between the whites and the Indians. He bore the title "Interpreter General to the United Colonies." Thomas Stanton and his sons engaged in extensive trading with Boston and Plymouth Colony. By 1670 they had developed a successful commerce in the West Indies, particularly Barbados, and Daniel Stanton went there to live in order to manage their business affairs more effectively. They exchanged salt fish, corn, and flour, food for the big sugar plantations, for sugar, molasses, and rum. In 1680 Daniel Stanton and others had a 41-foot sloop, the Alexander and Martha, built on the Pawcatuck River. The Stantons remained active in the West Indian trade for more than a century.Thomas Stanton was busily engaged in fur trading with the Indians on the Pawcatuck River."
Thomas married Ann LORD, daughter of Thomas LORD and Dorothy BIRD, in 1637 in Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut. (Ann LORD was born in 1614 in England, christened on 18 Sep 1614 in Towcester, Northton County, England and died in 1688 in Stonington, New London County, Connecticut.)
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