The Founders of Hartford
Thomas Stanton came from Virginia, whither in 1635 lie had gone from London, a. 20 ; an original proprietor
of Hartford; his home-lot, in 1639, was on the north bank of the Little River, about where the Jewell Belting Works
now are. He served in the Pequot War; in 1638 he was appointed by the General Court a public officer, or county marshal,
to attend the Court upon all occasions, either general or particular, and also meetings of the magistrates to
interpret between them and the Indians, with a salary of £l0 per annum. In 1646 he was absent and his place was filled
by Jonathan Gilbert ; but in 1648 he was reappointed to attend the Court, or magistrates in any of the three
towns, Hartford, Windsor, and Wethersfield, as an interpreter, and to have £5 yearly. He was a merchant, made
trading voyages to Virginia, and, in 1649, the General Court granted him liberty to build a trading-house at
Pawcatuck; appointed Commissioner at Mystic and Pawcatuck, Oct. 13, 1664. He removed to Stonington, perhaps, 1658;
he was deputy, from Stouington, 1666; d. 1678. He m., about 1637, Ann, dau. of Thomas Lord, of Hartford, who d. 1688.
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