Henry, According to my records, James Stanton who married Hannah Alexander was the nephew of my Phineas Stanton, Sr. His ancestry is Thomas Stanton>Samuel Stanton, m. Boradell Denison>Daniel Stanton, m. Mary Chesebrough>Daniel Stanton, m. Mary Eldridge. Their son, James Stanton, married m. Hanah Alexander December 17, 1777 in Groton, CT. That's all I have in my database, but I'll see what I can dig up. I know that Valerie Stanton is also researching your line. Valerie, are you on this list? Pat Sabin New London County CTGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~ctnewlon Dynasty wrote: > > I was talking to my wife's uncle Harry Stanton about some of the ancestors > before it is too late. (He is 96 and they have taken away his driver's > license so he just bought himself an electric cart). He said he remembers > his grandfather, James Alva Stanton (born 1822 in Crown Point, NY) very > well. Harry was a teen ager when his grandfather died and lived just down > the road. He says that he always went to grandpa's at the first of the > month because grandpa got his Civil War Pension at that time and always > treated he and his sisters to sweets or something. > > Anyway, he says that his grandpa told him that grandpa's father was Elisha > Stanton and that grandpa's mother was Jerusha. Uncle Harry says that these > people were already dead when he was born. > > He said that grandpa told him that grandpa's grandfather was James Stanton > for whom he was named and that his grandmother was named Hannah. Harry says > these people were already dead when he was born. > > In William Stanton's book, he says that he could not prove whether James A. > Stanton of Iowa was descended from Thomas Stanton or not. I have been > trying to prove this. Does anyone know if there any records showing the > marriage of James Stanton of Stonington, CT and Hannah Alexander. They were > purportedly married in Groton, CT but when I wrote to Groton town clerk, I > was told no records existed at their office but that all their old records > had been transferred to the State Library. The State Library denies this. > > How about service by James Stanton in the Revolutionary War, maybe from New > York state? > > Can anyone help? > > Henry Hoover > dynasty@cwnet.com