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THE STANTON FAMILY, of Huntington, have long resided in Hampshire County; and many of its members are well known in that section of the State. They are descendants of Thomas Stanton, who emigrated from England to the Colony of Virginia in 1636. Thence he went to Boston, and later to Hartford, Conn., where in 1637 he settled, and established a trading post. He married Ann Lord and became the father of twelve children. He died December 2, 1676. His second son, Captain John Stanton, was born in Hartford in 1641, and was educated for the ministry. He served as Captain in King Philip’s War, and became prominent in framing the laws of the colony. He died October 13, 1713. His wife, whose maiden name was Hannah Thompson, became the mother of six children. John Stanton, Jr., first son of Captain John Stanton, was born May 22, 1665. He received land from his father, upon which he resided until his death. He raised a family of eleven children, and his seventh son, Jabez Stanton, was born December 19, 1718. He resided in Preston, Conn., and died March 2, 1804. His wife, Sarah Morse, was the mother of eleven children. Abel Stanton, fourth son of Jabez Stanton, was born December 29, 1748. When a young man he settled upon a tract of land in Norwich, Mass., where he followed agriculture until his death, which occurred in 1821. He married Olive Reed, and had a family of twelve children, as follows: Abel, Jabez, Thomas, Asher, James, Joseph, Waldon, Deborah, Sarah, Peleg, Daniel, and Seth.

Deacon Joseph Stanton, sixth son of Abel Stanton, was born in Connecticut, July 18, 1783. He came to Huntington in youth with his father, resided there during the remainder of his life, and died at the old Stanton homestead, March 12, 1870. His wife, who before her marriage was Grace Winchell, of Chester, became the mother of eight children; namely, Luke W., Jabez, Harmon, Fannie, Henry, Joseph, Adeline, and Catherine. She died in November, 1875. Luke W., first son of Deacon Joseph Stanton, was born in Huntington, April 17, 1806. He graduated from Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Me., and became a practising physician in Amenia, N.Y., where he died February 5, 1869. He married Harriet Paine. Jabez Stanton was born July 16, 1808. He became station agent for the Boston & Albany Railroad in Huntington, a position which he satisfactorily filled for many years. He died November 14, 1872. He married Rachel Hatch, and was the father of two children; namely, Atherton and Adeline. Atherton is now manager of a brewery in Pittston, Pa. He has been twice married; and his second wife, who was Ella Collins, has borne him one son, Wilson. Adeline married H. Wilson Munson, and resides in Huntington. Harmon, third son of Deacon Joseph Stanton, was born December 4, 1810. He followed agriculture in Iowa for a time, and later moved to Oakland, Cal. He married for his first wife Catherine Stevens, who died; and he wedded for his second wife Hannah Elder, who bore him two children, namely, James E. and Emma A. Harmon Stanton died in California. His widow is still living. Fannie M. Stanton, daughter of Deacon Joseph Stanton, was born February 12, 1813. She married for her first husband Hiram Chapman, by whom she had three children, namely: Henry S., now of New York; Emerson, who died in Salisbury Prison while a soldier; and Irving, of New York. Her first husband having died, she wedded for her second Moses Fisk, and died in January, 1879.

Henry, the fifth child of Deacon Joseph Stanton, was born April 5, 1815. He engaged in the lumber business, which he followed for many years with varying fortune, but, on the whole, was fairly successful. He became prominent in public affairs, and represented his district in the legislature in 1853. He was an active member of the Baptist church, was deeply interested in church work, and was Deacon many years. Henry Stanton was accidentally killed in Huntington by being thrown from a load of logs, December 26, 1874. He married Rosamond F. Knight in 1840. She was born June 30, 1819, daughter of Erastus Knight, of Norwich. She died August 23, 1889. Henry Stanton was by her the father of nine children. Four of them were as follows: Ellen R., who died November 3, 1854; Lowell M., who is a gardener in Springfield, is married to Mary A. Hill, and had three children, namely, Grace B. and Lowell E. (both deceased since 1882), and Walter D.; Flora Lucinda, born September 15, 1851, residing in Huntington; and Willie P., born February 12, 1854, who died September 10, 1856.

Henry Ellsworth Stanton, the second child of Henry and Rosamond Stanton, was born in Knightville, January 23, 1846. At the age of seven years his parents moved to Middlefield, where he resided until 1861, when they removed to the old Stanton homestead in Huntington. On July 20, 1864, he enlisted in Company H, Eighth Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, for one hundred days’ service in the Civil War, and was discharged November 10 of that year. In the spring of 1866 he went to Amenia, N.Y., where he took charge of his uncle’s farm, and remained there for several months. He then learned the carriage-maker’s trade; and returning to Huntington carried on that business until 1870, when he purchased the Huntington Mills. Later he sold the grist-mill, but still continued to operate the saw-mill. Since 1885 he has engaged in contracting to a considerable extent. He constructed a portion of the water works at Springfield and at Meriden, Conn., and has built several miles of State roads. He was formerly a Republican in politics, but since 1885 has acted with the Prohibition party. He has served as Tax Collector and Constable for several years. He united with the Baptist church in 1865, and has been a Deacon since 1890. On November 21, 1871, he married Eliza A. Smith, who was born in Middlefield, Mass., May 20, 1846, and they had three children, namely: Emory E.; Robert H., who died September 27, 1877; and Luke W.

Frederick Potter Stanton, the sixth child of Henry Stanton, was born in Middlefield, Mass., March 21, 1858. He grew to manhood at the Stanton homestead in Huntington, and after the death of his father he opened a coal and wood yard. He subsequently dealt in ice, stone, brick, cement, etc., besides undertaking extensive contracts, in all of which enterprises he has been successful. He has always been an active Republican in politics, and is a member of the Baptist church. On May 7, 1888, he married Hattie L. Smith, who was born in Middlefield, May 8, 1859, and has two children; namely, Helen L. and Louisa R. Albert H. Stanton, Henry Stanton’s seventh child, was born January 23, 1860. He has always followed mercantile pursuits, and is now Auditor of the town of Huntington. Edward W. Stanton, the eighth, was born January 9, 1862. He is a professional book-keeper, and was a member of the School Board of Huntington. George Knight Stanton, the ninth, was born September 28, 1864. He learned the trade of a carpenter, which he followed for some time. He now owns the Stanton homestead, and devotes his energies to gardening and the milk business.