Brief Life History of Nathan
When Nathan Stanton was born on 2 April 1732, in Stonington, New London, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Samuel Stanton Jr., was 48 and his mother, Lois Cobb, was 36. He married Elizabeth Billings about 1755, in Stonington, New London, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. He died on 3 July 1786, in At Sea, at the age of 54, and was buried in Rixtown Cemetery, Griswold, Preston, New London, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America.
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- Nathan Stanton, "Connecticut, Births and Christenings, 1649-1906"
- Nathan Stanton, "Find A Grave Index"
- Nathan Stanton, "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850"
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Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of numerous places in England called Stanton or Staunton, especially Stanton in Staffordshire and Staunton in Worcestershire, all named with Old English stān ‘stone’ + tūn ‘farmstead, estate’. Most of the placenames come from their situation on stony ground, but in the case of Stanton Harcourt in Oxfordshire and Stanton Drew in Avon the reference is to the proximity of prehistoric stone monuments. The name has also sometimes been chosen by Ashkenazic Jews as an Americanized form of various like-sounding Jewish surnames. This surname has also long been established in Ireland (especially Mayo).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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