History of the Town of Stonington, County of New London, Connecticut: From Its First Settlement in 1649 to 1900 |
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ABIGAIL Amos Anna April April 19 April 22 Avery Babcock bapt Benjamin Betsey Billings Breed Bridget Brown Capt Charles Chesebrough CHILDREN BY SECOND church Colony Conn Connecticut Daniel daughter David Denison family Dorothy Ebenezer Edward Elias Elisha Eliza Elizabeth England ESTHER EUNICE Frink Gallup George Denison Grant Groton Hannah HARRIET Henry Hewitt Hinckley Holmes Indians Isaac James Noyes Jeremiah Jesse John Denison Jonathan Joseph Joseph Stanton Joshua July July 17 July 22 June June 17 June 20 land Lieut London LUCY LYDIA March March 15 March 20 MARTHA Mary Mason Mass Mystic NANCY Nathan Nehemiah Palmer North Stonington Oliver Pawcatuck Pawcatuck River Peleg Pendleton Pequot PHEBE Phelps POLLY Prentice PRUDENCE Randall Rebecca Rhodes Robert Samuel SARAH Sept Smith Stephen Swan Thomas Miner Thomas Stanton town of Stonington unmarried unto Westerly widow wife William William Denison York young
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