Thomas Staunton and Ann Lord

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Husband Thomas Staunton ¹

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            AKA: Thomas Stanton 2 3
           Born: Abt 1614
     Christened: 
           Died: 2 Dec 1676 1
         Buried: 

       Marriage: 

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Wife Ann Lord ²

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           Born: Abt 1621
     Christened: 
           Died: 1688 2
         Buried: 

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         Father: Thomas Lord (      -      ) 2
         Mother: Dorothy [Unk] (      -      ) 2

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Children

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1 M Thomas Staunton ²

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           Born: 1638 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 11 Apr 1718 2
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Sarah Denison (      -      ) 2

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2 M John Stanton ²

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            AKA: John Staunton 2
           Born: 1641 - Hartford, Hartford Co, CT 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 31 Oct 1713 - Stonington, New London Co, CT 2
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Hannah Thompson (      -      ) 2
           Marr: 1664 2

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3 F Mary Staunton ²

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           Born: 1643 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Samuel Rogers (      -      ) 2
           Marr: 17 Nov 1662 2

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4 F Hannah Staunton ²

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           Born: 1644 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Nehemiah Palmer (      -      ) 2
           Marr: 20 Nov 1662 2

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5 M Joseph Staunton ²

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           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 1714 2
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Hannah Mead (      -      ) 2
           Marr: 19 Jun 1673 2

         Spouse: Hannah Lord (      -      ) 2
           Marr: 23 Aug 1677 2

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6 M Daniel Staunton ²

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           Born: 1648 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

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7 F Dorothy Staunton ²

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           Born: 1651 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 19 Jan 1742 2
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Rev. James Noyes (      -      ) 2
           Marr: 11 Sep 1674 2

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8 M Robert Staunton ²

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           Born: 1653 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 25 Oct 1724 2
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Joanna Gardiner (      -      ) 2
           Marr: 12 Nov 1677 2

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9 F Sarah Staunton ²

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           Born: 1655 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 1713 2
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Thomas Prentice (      -      ) 2

         Spouse: William Denison (      -      ) 2

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10 M Samuel Staunton ²

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           Born: 1657 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Borodell Denison (      -      ) 2
           Marr: 16 Jun 1680 2

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General Notes: Husband - Thomas Staunton

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This surname is said to be derived from two Anglo-Saxon words meaning Stone-town. It is spelled Staunton or Stanton, and in the present family some of the descendants spell it the one way, some the other.

January 2, 1635, he took passage for Virginia in the merchantman "Bonaventura." If he ever went to Virginia, in the modern sense of the term, his stay was very short; yet there is some slight indication of such a residence. In 1636 he was a magistrate in Boston. In the Pequot war, he acted as interpreter and was a soldier, and after this war, he returned to Boston, but settled soon in Hartford, Connecticut. He acted as interpreter in the treaty of purchase of New Haven from the Indians. At Hartford, he was an official of the court. He was appointed in 1650 to assist, presumably as interpreter, in preaching among the Indians. In 1650 he also established a trading house at Stonington, Connecticut. It was probably in 1651 that he removed with his family to Pequot (New London), Connecticut, and in 1658 that he finally settled at Stonington, or rather, two and a half miles east of the village; this settlement was then in the jurisdiction of Massachusetts, but was given to Connecticut in 1662. He was the first white inhabitant on the Pawcatuck river. At Stonington, especially, he was much employed about Indian affairs, his knowledge of their tongue making him a valuable citizen. Whenever a court, conference, or treaty was to be held, his services were indispensable, and he was connected with almost every Indian transaction on record. Uncas visited him in 1670 with a train of warriors and captains, to get him to write his will. He was also prominent in other public affairs, and received large grants of land; in October, 1667, the general court granted him, for his services, two hundred and fifty acres in what became the town of Preston, New London county. He took an active part in King Philip's war; served as commissioner of Indian affairs; in 1665 was made a commissioner of Stonington, with authority to hold a semi-annual court at New London, to which office he was annually re-elected until his death, twelve years later. In 1666 he was elected a member of the general court of Connecticut, and he was repeatedly re-elected until 1675. He held other offices beside these. In the organizing of the First Congregational church at Stonington, he was a leader, and his name was the first on its roll.

1 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 121.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 122.

3 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (NW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 354.