Our Two Cousins Named Ebenezer Stanton-Part Two

Part One of this paper about the Revolutionary War Veterans Ebenezer Stanton, two Great-Great Grandsons of New England Stanton Family Progenitor Thomas Stanton Sr. (d.1677), Stonington, New London County, Connecticut is available for viewing at this link, click HERE.     

And Now... The Rest Of The Story.

Reference: STONINGTON DURING THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION - by Norman Francis Boas, M.D. Seaport Autographs, 6 Brandon Lane, Mystic, CT. 1990. p.146.

This citation captures some essential facts in this independent research summary by Dr. Boas as related to Ebenezer Stanton (1757-1811) of Stonington and New London.  However, Dr. Boas does make a couple of statements and apparent assumptions that are partially or totally incorrect as indicated by inserted [sic] notations:

"Stanton, Paymaster Ebenezer. He is one of seven [sic] children of Captain Nathan and Elizabeth Billings Stanton.  He married Mary Smith in 1781. They had four [sic] children. Stanton served in Colonel Henry Sherburne's (Rhode Island) [sic] Regiment from 1777 to 1781 [sic].  He was appointed ensign on February 22, 1777, quartermaster June 1, 1777, 2nd lieutenant November 9, 1779, and paymaster April 13, 1779. He was discharged from service on April 24, 1780."

Dr. Doas' four errors are indicated by a [sic] notation within his text, corrections are cited here in the order written: 1. eight children; 2. six children; 3. Sherburne's 2^nd Additional Regiment of Connecticut Line was totally disbanded effective 1 Jan 1781 to form the new Rhode Island Regiment. Most of Sherburne's officers resigned their commission by late spring 1780 and enlisted men transferred to other regiments (2^nd Lieut. Ebenezer Stanton never served in the new Rhode Island Regiment). 

Case 2 – The younger Ebenezer Stanton (1757-1811), until cited differently, hereafter referred to as #2 Ebenezer in this paper –

#2 Ebenezer, born 5 Nov 1757 the son of Captain Nathan Stanton (d.1786) and Mrs. Elizabeth A. (Billings) Stanton (d.1800), is a 5^th generation descendant of New England Stanton Family progenitor and Stonington, Connecticut Founder Thomas Stanton Sr. (d.1677). #2 Ebenezer's Stanton Family lineage to his colonial progenitor: 4^th generation-Captain Nathan Stanton (d.1786); 3^rd generation-Samuel Stanton II (d.1736); 2^nd generation-Samuel Stanton I (d.1732); 1^st generation Thomas Stanton Sr. (d.1677). On 7 November 1781 in Stonington, Connecticut ceremonies, #2 Ebenezer married the local beauty Ms. Mary "Molly" Smith (1761-1850), the daughter of Revolutionary War New London County Militia Regimental Commander Colonel Oliver Smith (d.1811) and Mrs. Mary Noyes Denison-Smith (d.1800). The couple is blessed with six children over their 40-year marriage.

Ms. Mary "Molly" (Smith) Stanton (1761-1850)
Note:  More details on the life and times of Molly (Smith) Stanton are set out in a more recent BLOG post -- to view and read click HERE. 

The compelling evidence to support the subject identities are two well-documented wills left by #2 Ebenezer and his wife Mary [Smith] Stanton. Mary [Smith] Stanton's federal Widow's Pension documentation contains valuable identity facts that can not be disputed. #2 Ebenezer's Revolutionary War (RW) service was first as an Ensign appointed in Feb 1777; then, promoted to 2^nd Lieutenant junior officer grade in Nov 1777, tasked as regimental quartermaster and paymaster assigned to Colonel Henry Sherburne's Connecticut Line Second Regiment of Light Dragoons. #2 Ebenezer's three-year+ active duty wartime military service dated early 1777 through Apr 1780. Given his regimental tasking, #2 Ebenezer was an obviously articular young man, strongly capable in English communication and mathematics. His gallant Connecticut Line service also includes assignments as a junior company officer under our hero cousin and 6^th Company Commander Captain Amos Stanton (KIA 6 Sep 1781 at the Battle of Groton Heights – Fort Griswold. Groton, Connecticut). In early 1780, General George Washington spearheaded a total reorganization of the Continental Army structure. The rationale behind this reorganization is there were too many understaffed regiments and too many officers.  Basically, a better U.S. Continental Army command and control structure was required, the army command structure had become too divided, over-staffed with too many senior officers and lacking enough enlisted fighting men. Colonel Sherburne's Regiment is among the regiments targeted for disbanding, this officially occurred 1 Jan 1781, but most soldiers were reassigned to other regiments throughout 1780. Regimental officers were allowed to resign their commissions, most in Shelburne's Regiment doing so in the weeks before June 1780. #2 Ebenezer resigned his commission as 2^nd lieutenant in the Connecticut Line effective 18 April 1780.

Top: Officers assigned to COL Sherburne's Regiment; Bottom: May 1780 Officer Resignations

Additional Revolutionary War research found an Ebenezer Stanton appointed Master and Commander of a Connecticut Navy Schooner. In life thereafter, #2 Ebenezer is referred to as Captain Ebenezer Stanton, this prefix now added in this paper to help separate him from the several other Ebenezer Stanton men that are sometimes merged with this battle-tested war veteran. On May 15, 1782, in official continuation of Revolutionary War service to the United States, Captain Ebenezer Stanton is named Master, Commander, and privateer of the Connecticut Navy Schooner Count de Grasse. The vessel is outfitted with two guns and a crew of thirty sailors.  On 25 May 1782, the Count de Grasse was at sea in the Long Island Sound.  She took a boat engaged in illegal trade, that was sailed to the Port of New London, Connecticut,  The prize was libeled on 20 Jun 1782, and tried on 15 Jul 1782.  (Source: "History of maritime Connecticut during the American Revolution, 1775-1783" Vol. II. The Connecticut privateers, p66.
Reference: Ancestry.com subscribers click HERE

A Typical Rebellion-Era Schooner - from a published postage stamp image.

Source: History of Maritime Connecticut during the American Revolution, 1775-1783, Vol II, 

The Connecticut Privateers, page 66.

Following his honorable Rebellion service, #2 Ebenezer becomes an owner-operator and Master and Commander of an ocean-going trading vessel – he then more appropriately addressed as Ship's Master or Ship's Captain in the parlance of the day. #2 Ebenezer's untimely death at age 53 years, on 31 May 1811 is fully documented, leaving a well-documented last will designating wife Mary as his main beneficiary, where his net worth is accounted at about $17,500 in 1811 dollars (about $350,000 2019 inflation-adjusted dollars). His wife Mary Smith-Stanton survives him by nearly four decades and she never remarries, Mary passing 24 Jan 1850, she also leaving her well-documented last will.

Some additional important references include the couple's internment site.  #2 Ebenezer and wife Mary are forever resting side-by-side at Cedar Grove Cemetery, New London, New London County, Connecticut as photo-documented in memorial profiles at Find A Grave.  Their children Mary S., Ebenezer Jr., Edward S., and Elisha D. are also memorialized at the Cedar Grove Stanton Family plot.  Both cemetery monuments of #2 Ebenezer and Mrs. Mary [Smith] Stanton are inscribed with the Capt. prefix, this refers to #2 Ebenezer's postwar employment as a ships' Master and Commander – this is not his wartime Connecticut Line military title.  His last will names beloved wife Mary [Smith] Stanton three times and provides $300 to their only female child, the married daughter Mary S. [Stanton] Richards, the wife of Mr. Francis "Frank" Richards. The last will of #2 Ebenezer clearly states, apparently in his own hand “...all the rest and residue of my estate... I give to my wife and four sons to be equally divided...”  Mary Stanton receives a Revolutionary War Widow's Pension from the mid-1830s until her 24 January 1850 passing. Two widow's pension documents clearly show Mary Stanton's named husband is Ebenezer, cites his military service as Ensign, 2nd Lieutenant, Quartermaster, and Paymaster. The pension papers confirm Mary Stanton's date of death as 24 Jan 1850. Also important to solidify the certain identity of the married couple Captain Ebenezer Stanton (1757-1811) and Mrs. Mary (Smith) Stanton is Mary's last will where she gives and bequeaths several valued items to many relatives, seven of these identified as follows:

• “To Stiles Stanton of Stonington I give and bequeath a miniature likeness of my late husband Ebenezer Stanton deceased.” [#2 Ebenezer's nephew]
• “To Nathaniel Richards of New London I give and bequeath the portrait of his brother Francis Richards deceased.”  Francis Richards is the husband of Mary S. [Stanton] Richards, daughter of #2 Ebenezer and Mrs. Mary Smith-Stanton. In 1811 Francis Richards also is co-executor of #2  Ebenerzer's last will.
• “To Edward Stanton Smith [Mary's nephew] the son of Nathan Smith [Mary's brother] I give and bequeath Fifty dollars.” 
• “To Sarah Smith [Mary's grand niece] the daughter of Nathaniel Smith [Mary's nephew] late of Groton deceased and granddaughter of Denison Smith [Mary's brother] of Groton I give and bequeath five hundred dollars.”
• “To Fanny Smith the widow of my late brother Isaac Smith deceased I give and bequeath one hundred dollars.”
• “To Frances Smith the daughter of my late brother Isaac Smith deceased I give and bequeath one hundred dollars.”
• “To my brother Denison Smith I have previously given the sum of one thousand dollars.”

Mary Stanton's Revolutionary War Widow's Pension Document

Mrs. Mary (Smith) Stanton died in her 89th year, she outlived her six children by a decade or more as born with her husband Captain Ebenezer Stanton.  Logically her last will mentions no children. Communication with a DAR staff genealogist found no DAR applicant claiming the Rebellion military service of Lieutenant and Paymaster Ebenezer Stanton (1757-1811), a logical conclusion since it is now known this battle-tested war veteran and his lovely wife Mary, sadly have no grandchildren -- this Stanton line stopped.   
   

Our Two Cousins Named Ebenezer Stanton-Part One

Rebellion Era 3rd Cousins
One Name, Two Revolutionary Warriors 

One Connecticut Line Officer, One New York Militia Enlisted Soldier

This post is Part One of a two-part piece covering Ebenezer Stanton (1746, Preston, New London Co, CT - 1819 Coeymans, Albany Co, NY).

Part Two of this analysis is published 9 December 2019 as related to Ebenezer Stanton (1757, Stonington, New London Co, CT - 1811, New London, New London Co, CT).
To View Part Two. Click HERE 

Nicknames appear in public official records making research on distant ancestors more difficult: "Jack" or "Jno" for John or Jonathan, "Sally" for Sarah, "Frank" for Francis, "Ettie" for Henrietta, "Polly" or "Molly" for Mary, "Betsy for Elizabeth, etc., etc., etc. Experienced family genealogists know that the nicknames "Eben" and "Eber" are common historical record abbreviations for the given name Ebenezer. This post reports on two middle Eighteenth Century distant cousin contemporaries named Ebenezer Stanton. These two cousins are 5^th generation descendants (Great-Great-Grandsons) of the early New England Stanton Family progenitor and original Stonington, Connecticut founder Mr. Thomas Stanton Sr. (d.1677). The two men named Ebenezer Stanton are misunderstood and confused both in some older SAR and DAR records, and in several current family trees at Ancestry.com, FamilySearch.org, et al.

Note: A significant cause for this cross-merging problem is the subject Ebenezer Stanton cousins are both Revolutionary War Veterans who each married young ladies named Mary. And family tree data on the two wives Mary are likewise interchanged yielding still more published misinformation. A root cause behind current cross-contamination errors is the unfortunate presentation of misleading and wrongly applied Ancestry.com hints. These typically helpful hints can sometimes confuse users when identical hints are presented to the profiles of multiple individuals with the same or similar names. These all-too-helpful Ancestry hints present lesser experienced family genealogists with a direct means toward an unintentional proliferation of ancestral misinformation.

My original very limited distribution email dated 1 Nov 2019 on two Rebellion-Era Ebenezer Stanton men contained a couple of cross-contamination errors – by referring to Ebenezer Stanton (1746-1819, who died at Coeymans, Albany County, NY, USA), addressed wrongly as Captain Ebenezer Stanton, he was never a captain in any context.  This Ebenezer Stanton (1746-1819) is hereafter referred to as #1 Ebenezer in this paper.

Case 1 – The elder #1 Ebenezer –

#1 Ebenezer Stanton (1746-1819), the son of Joseph (d.1798) and Abigail [Freeman] Stanton (d.1806), is a 5^th generation descendant of Stonington, CT Founder Thomas Stanton Sr. (d.1677) [his all-male Stanton lineage: 4-Joseph Stanton (d.1798); 3-John Stanton Jr. (d.1755); 2-Captain John Stanton Sr. (d.1713); 1-Thomas Stanton Sr (d.1677)]. #1 Ebenezer's Revolutionary War (RW) military service is as an enlisted militia soldier in Captain Henry Van Bergen's Company, Colonel Anthony Van Bergen's Eleventh Regiment, Albany County Militia of Foot, as documented in 1777 in official rolls. #1 Ebenezer's three brothers Joseph, Nathan, and James are also documented as members of the same 11^th Albany County Militia Regiment. All Albany County Militia Regiments were called up for various periods of military service in the days and weeks prior to The Battle of Saratoga in September and October 1777, serving with the New York State Brigade of about 3000 men commanded Brigadier General Abraham Ten Broeck. Few, if any, records apparently exist that name the enlisted soldiers who actually saw action at Saratoga. See: “Albany County's Part In The Battle Of Saratoga” – by B.H. Mills.

Reference: [ https://www.jstor.org/stable/42889531 ].

#1 Ebenezer's parents Joseph Stanton (d.1798) and Abigail [Freeman] Stanton (d.1806), and their eight children removed from Connecticut Colony to New York Colony in the mid-1750s when #1 Ebenezer was about age ten years. The SAR applications of Hiram D. Wing (Nat. # 3634) and his brother Edwin W. Wing (Nat. #27021) as approved in 1894 and 1918 respectively, incorrectly cite #1 Ebenezer's Revolutionary War military service as Lieutenant and Paymaster with the active-duty Connecticut Line (this military service citation is NOT #1 Ebenezer.). Rather, this military service is the fully-documented record of the Continental Soldier and Connecticut Line Officer Ebenezer Stanton (1857-.1811) as later presented in Part Two of this paper. This factual military service credit error by the Wing brothers in their approved public domain SAR applications are the likely root source of significant military misinformation on #1 Ebenezer; however, at least one approved DAR lineage record of Mrs. Maria A. Kretsinger (Nat. ID #37274), dated 1901, the last two lines of her approved app simply cites the wrong Ebenezer Stanton.  Internal DAR database records are more correct, in a classic double negative "not incorrect" -- yet remain highly nebulous.   

Annotated SAR public domain app of Edwin Wing is presented as follows:

Maria Kretsinger's annotated public-domain DAR Record is presented as follows:

Current Errors and Corrective Comments in Revolutionary War Veteran Ebenezer Stanton Record (Ancestor # A108691) errors cited as currently presented in DAR Internal GRS Database: 

#1 Ebenezer's wife Mary [Palmer] Stanton (1751/52-1818, Coeymans, Albany County, NY), is with high certainty NOT a daughter of Daniel Palmer (d.1772) and Mrs. Mary [Hewitt] Palmer (d.1787) as wrongly presented in several Ancestry family trees. Several readings of the difficult-to-read Daniel Palmer (d.Aug1772) probate court asset distribution dated March 1773 is completed, this asset distribution document is NOT Daniel's last will as some claim. His will, if any, was deemed lost by the probate court judge. All of Daniel Palmer's known children are mentioned in the asset distribution, his named eldest daughter Mary Stanton (b.1737) is Mary [Palmer] Stanton, the wife of Samuel Stanton (b.1726). The Mary Stanton cited in said asset distribution papers is “Mary 3” (aka Mary [Palmer] Stanton) mentioned in Lynn Alperin's 27 Apr 2016 analysis to Brian Bonner. Note: Daniel's distribution of assets does NOT mention a second daughter named Mary. The probate court asset distribution record, where all Daniel's known children are mentioned, is strong evidence to rule out Daniel Palmer (d.1772) as the father of #1 Ebenezer's wife Mary [Palmer]Stanton (1751/52-1818) of Albany County, NY, USA. The husband of Daniel Palmer's eldest daughter Mary, aka Mrs. Mary [Palmer] Stanton (1737-1815[?], is with strong confidence Samuel Stanton (1726-1803).

#1 Ebenezer's wife Mrs. Mary [Palmer] Stanton (1751/52-1818) parents are probably the weakly-sourced married couple Mr. Thomas Palmer (1725-1752) and Mrs. Mary Wilbor (aka Wilbur, 1723-1775). Errors noted in some Ancestry family trees mention Nathaniel Palmer (d.1790) or Ichabod Palmer (d.1749) as the father of #1 Ebenezer's wife Mrs. Mary Palmer-Stanton (1751/52-1818) – citations that are untrue. Ichabod Palmer's daughter Mary Palmer died unmarried aged 18 in 1754 Stonington, Connecticut; and, Nathaniel Palmer's daughter Mary Palmer, died in 1839 Stonington, Connecticut, she the wife of Jesse Brown Sr. (d.1822). Neither of these two Mary Palmer women, the daughters of Nathaniel Palmer and Ichabod Palmer is the wife Mary [Palmer] Stanton (1751/52-1818) of #1 Ebenezer.

Mary Palmer's father Thomas Palmer (d.1752) has died when she is aged about one year.  Thomas' will or distribution of assets is settled in probate records dated 1769; whereas, the unmarried Mary Palmer and her elder sister Elizabeth Palmer-Wells are mentioned (Mary is the future wife of #1 Ebenezer).  

#1 Ebenezer (d.1819) and his lovely wife Mrs. Mary [Palmer] Stanton (d.1818) lived their entire married life in New York Colony and State where they are interred side-by-side at Stanton Family Burying Ground, Tracey Road, Coeymans Hollow, Albany County, NY, USA, in lands the family then owned.  No record is found suggesting #1 Ebenezer and/or his wife Mary [Palmer] Stanton ever traveled to Connecticut during their married life.

  

It's far better to leave contradicting or possible uncertain genealogical information as unknown blanks in public family trees, much better to write nothing than to unintentionally misinform another family genealogist through the public propagation of misinformation. At a minimum, warnings or cautionary advisories should be tagged as works-in-progress in published public family trees where more research is needed. Please think about posting something like this warning image to preliminary information added to public family trees:

WARNING: Also, be exceedingly careful in accepting Ancestry.com “hints” on #1 Ebenezer, as most hints presented relate to the second Ebenezer Stanton (aka-the real Capt. Ebenezer Stanton 1757-1811). Ancestry.com is now a strong contributor to errors in subscriber family trees via their fuzzy-logic-search criteria in presenting ancestor profile hints.  Capt. Ebenezer Stanton's (1757-1811) case will be detailed in Part Two of this presentation not-later-than mid-December 2019.  

Note: The image at the top of this post is a collage of two Revolutionary War Era men, found by simple Internet search, and depicted here unaltered for non-profit use under the educational fair-use principle. 

A Night Visitor

First lasting snow arrived on Veterans Day November 11, 2019, and

next day we wondered what was making those footprints in the snow

So, our night-vision Wildlife camera was put out...

seems we have our own Pepé Le Pew.

Back and sides almost solid white, a sub-species

not native to Central New York State.

This old fellow sports no small backside white strip.   

More Information On The Connecticut Line Revolutionary War Hero Captain Amos Stanton

New Image Of The Revolutionary War Connecticut Line Hero Captain Amos Stanton's Gravesite. Photo by DJ Paul dated 20 Sep 2019 (not copyrighted) depicts his badly damaged monument.

As a volunteer Revolutionary War Connecticut Line Soldier, Captain Amos Stanton answered a September 6, 1781 alarm issued by local militia commanding officer Lieutenant Colonel William Ledyard, the military commander at Fort Griswold, Groton, Connecticut. Captain Stanton was released from line officer active duty during General Washington's 1780 military reorganization and was then home spending time at his Groton “Highlands” family (lands now renamed the Town of Ledyard). A vastly superior force of 800 British Regular Soldiers, loyalists, et al. attacked the fort this fateful September day in an armed action now named The Battle of Groton Heights. Variously reported among the 165 Fort Griswold Patriot defenders, eighty-eight Patriots are Killed-In-Action (KIA) in less than an hour, thirty-five Patriots are wounded-in-action (some with ghastly wounds died later), twenty-eight Patriots were carried-off as Prisoners-Of-War (some POWs may also be listed among the wounded), thirteen men escaped the fort carnage and presumed unhurt, and William Latham - an aged 12-years boy was captured and outright released by British officers. Our heroic distant cousin Captain Amos Stanton and many other Patriots were Killed-In-Action some minutes after British Forces breached the fort walls in continued severe fighting and following the formal fort surrender by commander Lieutenant Colonel Ledyard.  From his written first-hand after-action-report, POW and Battle of Groton Heights survivor Sergeant Rufus Avery states in footnote 1 (at the bottom of page 32 in reference 1) “...Captain Stanton, a man of almost gigantic stature and herculean strength, on seeing the slaughter continued after the surrender, is said to have seized a heavy musket by the muzzle, and exclaiming, 'My God, must we die so!' sprang upon the platform on the west side of the fort, and nearly cleared it of the enemy before he was brought down by a musket shot." A rarely published fact is the British battle force engaged were not all from England or the UK as some writers may suggest. The 3^rd Battalion of New Jersey Volunteers (mainly colonial-born British loyalists) was engaged as an artillery unit, their several cannon deployed to the eastern side of Fort Griswold at Avery's Hill (see reference 3).  

Captain Amos Stanton's significant early Southeastern Connecticut ancestry is cited as follows [hereafter reported as “Amos”]:

Amos is a 2^nd Great Grandson of original Stonington, Connecticut founder Thomas Stanton Sr. (d.1677) and Ms. Ann Lord-Stanton. His Stanton lineage is cited: 04 - Captain John Stanton Sr. (d.1762) and Ms. Prudence Chesebrough; 03 - Joseph Stanton (d.1751) and Ms. Margaret Chesebrough; 02 – Captain John Stanton Sr. (d. 1713) and Ms. Anna “Hannah” Thompson; 01 - Thomas Stanton Sr. (d.1677) and Ms. Ann Lord.

And secondly--

Amos is also a 2^nd Great Grandson of the famous Mystic, Connecticut original settler Captain George Denison (d.1694) and his first love Ms. Bridget Thompson. His Denison lineage is cited: 04 - Captain John Stanton Sr. (d.1762) and Ms. Prudence Chesebrough; 03 - Joseph Stanton (d.1751) and Ms. Margaret Chesebrough; 02 – Ms. Hannah Denison (d.1715) and Mr. Nathaniel Chesebrough; 01 – Captain George Denison (d.1694) and Ms. Bridget Thompson.

References:

1. “The Battle of Groton Heights.” by William Wallace Harris (1870), revisions by Charles Allyn (1882). New London, CT. For Internet archive version of the battle see -- https://archive.org/details/grotonhieghtscoll00harrrich


2.  Brass plaque casualty list at the main entrance of Fort Griswold Battlefield State Park, Groton, CT.

3. Wikipedia on New Jersey Volunteers - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Jersey_Volunteers

4. Find A Grave Internet web-site - https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/1322042/stanton-cemetery

Brass Plaque "Veteran - 1776" means Revolutionary War Veteran; whereas, some have incorrectly written 1776 as Amos Stanton's year of death.  Photo by DJ Paul dated 20 Sep 2019 (now free use).

Gallantry Remembered By Stanton Family Revolutionary Soldiers

LT Enoch Stanton and SGT Daniel Stanton Monument
Enoch and Daniel Stanton are interred at Stanton-Hull Cemetery, Stonington, New London County, Connecticut (Cemetery ID = 2199057 at FindAGrave.com) 

Many thanks to distant cousin Rick Stanton for reminding us about this important Revolutionary War Battle. Remembering the sacrifice this late August day as the 238th Anniversary approaches of The Battle of Groton Heights, fought September 6, 1781. Distant Stanton Family cousins and patriot soldiers were killed and wounded defending Fort Griswold during this bloody Revolutionary War battle between American and British troops.

Among the known eighty-five men Killed-In-Action defending Fort Griswold and Groton is Captain Amos Stanton (of Groton, New London County, CT) and the brothers Lieutenant Enoch Stanton and Sergeant Daniel Stanton (both of Stonington, New London County, CT). Also, Sergeant Daniel Stanton Jr. and Edward Stanton were wounded and carried off as POWs, they likewise hailed from Stonington, New London County, CT.  Furthermore, an unknown number of soldiers were Mortally-Wounded-In-Action and died in the days and weeks that followed.   

The opposing British Force in New London and Groton Connecticut was commanded that day by the Norwich Connecticut native, and despicable American traitor Benedict Arnold.

Please take a look at this interesting six-minute video presentation by Connecticut Tourism: Click HERE

A more complete and better-written description of the battle is available by Wikipedia.  Click HERE

Sept 10, 2019 update:  Captain Amos Stanton was interred in what appears to be a family burial yard called "Stanton Cemetery" at Ledyard Center, New London County, CT -- aka "Stanton-Williams Cemetery," et al.  Amos Stanton's son John (d.1832), a granddaughter Prudence (d.1843), and other relatives are also interred in Stanton Cemetery.  According to Ledyard Township Police Chief John J. Rich, Stanton Cemetery is found as follows "...there’s an opening/drainage easement at the end of the cul-de-sac on Captain Amos Stanton Drive.  Walk into the woods about 25 yards downhill, and as soon as the terrain flattens, the cemetery is on your right."  Stanton Cemetery has been established at Find A Grave, where a free-use image dated 2014 by a contributor "WMitch6" is uploaded.  This image is copied here showing a badly damaged monument:

A presumed DAR Plaque is inscribed:

 "Capt. Amos Stanton

 Veteran - 1776"

Note:  The source of the monument image displayed at the top of this post is presently unknown, and is inserted here for non-profit, educational use only in accordance with educational free-use copyright doctrine. No alterations are authorized to subject image. 

Why We Support President Donald Trumpand Vice President Mike Pence

Speaking at the 149th NRA Annual Meetings, April 2019, Nashville, Tenn.

"I Promise To Defend The Second Amendment Rights Of Every American, And I Always Will."  -- President Donald J. Trump

Official White House Photo

"President Trump and I are with the NRA today, tomorrow and always, because the National Rifle Association stands for freedom."  -- Vice President Michael R. Pence

Official White House Photo

GO GET 'EM!

A Respectful Remembrance

We should each visit a fallen Military Veteran this
Memorial Day... TODAY.
Remember those deceased veterans who at several times in their military life signed up to give all or made that gallant supreme sacrifice for God, County, Family, Friends, Associates, and their many unknown past, present, and future fellow Americans.

Thank you for your MILITARY SERVICE!   

Dad, Stephen Paul, Jr., U.S. Army (WWII)

Granddad, Stephen Paul, Sr., U.S. Army Coast Artillery

Great-Great Granddad William Moegling, late of the 97th Infantry Regiment New York State Volunteers, American Civil War - Battle of Second Bull Run, Battle of Antietam, et al.

Great-Great Granddad Albert G. Odell, late of the 91st Infantry Regiment of New York State Volunteers, American Civil War - Petersburg Campaign, Appomattox Campaign, et al. (note: National Cemetery staff adds American Flags a few days before Memorial Day and typically removes flags on or about Flag Day in mid-June at Bath National Cemetery, Bath, Steuben County, NY). 

5th Great Granddad Fredrick Smith, Connecticut Continental Soldier, and Navy aboard the vessel  NEW BROOM, a brig commanded by Captain I. Bishop, the Revolutionary War

6th Great Granddad Captain James Smith, Connecticut Continental Company Commander, the Revolutionary War.

7th Great Granddad Captain Gideon Brainerd, Commanding 3rd Company, 7th Regiment of Connecticut Militia, 1745.

...and so many more ancestors back through history including, but not limited to, our 7th Great Grandfather Thomas Sheldon, Mortally Wounded-In-Action, French and Indian War, Battle of Carillion - (aka: 1758 Battle of  Ticonderoga); and, one of our favored distant ancestors the famous southeast Connecticut original settler, Connecticut Legislator, and 10th Great Grandfather Captain George Denison, Cavalry Commander, Oliver Cromwell's Army, British Civil War (1644/45).

[Reference: Click here to read of the incompetent British leadership under Major General James Abercromby at the Battle of Carillion] 

THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR
GALLANT MILITARY SERVICE


Note:  The "I thought the country was divided" cartoon at the top of this post was found by simple Google search and copied here unaltered for non-profit educational purposes only.   

Those Green, Green GrassesNow All White Again

My New Ford F150, XLT, Sport Model

April 5, 2019, 3 PM

OBTW, Those white specs are not dust, just some more frozen rain.  By 3:30 PM, our lands are all covered white once more. 

A couple of late afternoons past, about sixteen White Tail Deer showed-up on our front lawn for their evening feed... deer sure seem to like our grasses.  This is an old story in these parts, but this year we seem to have more of these semi-welcome dinner guests. 

 Northwest View

Northeast View 

That's Not My Corn Syrup!

A Kingly Question For Sure

These recent Bud-Light Commercials are sooooooooo very funny, where a Royal attempts to deliver a large vat of wrongly delivered corn syrup to his castle to the correct light beer brewers Coors and Miller.  Seems the corn industry really has a large knot in their panties and has joined this fight. 

The high-fructose-corn-syrup industry weighed in a couple days ago, whining about those highly funny Bud Light commercials that point out Miller Lite and Coors Light use corn syrup in their Coors and Miller lighter brews.  Syrup supporters argue that most of the syrup is disappears in the brewing process where yeast eats these sugars to produce alcohol.  The corn industry even hired some wacko Ph.D. from a prestigious New England university to make a paid statement certifying this fact behind sugars to alcohol conversion. Not necessary since most of us common folks know that yeast eats sugar and pees alcohol just before they die... this the very essence of the brewing process.

Of course, all of this is true... the fundamental question... why is it necessary to put corn syrup in the beers in the first place (or any processed food for that matter)?  Does cheaper ring anybody's chime?  I don't always drink beer, but when I do -- I drink Bud Light -- and this for over thirty years. I find it great that Bud Light brewmasters use no corn syrup to enhance their nectar-of-the-hop!     

A Very Simple Fact: Bud Light brewmasters do NOT use corn syrup or hop-extract in their brewing process and Coors and Miller do.  I guess the truth really does hurt in most cases.
     

The Two Faces Of Chucky Schumer

Two-Faced Charlie

Got a couple minutes?  Check out Chucky Schumer's 2009 opinion on border security... so what has changed... can anyone spell fellow New Yorker POTUS TRUMP?

To Check Out Click this link: 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8z2L42qedM

An Upstate New Yorker's Question -- Was Charlie Schumer lying in 2009, or is he lying now?  Rational acts seem strictly dependant on POTUS's political affiliation.  

About Google BLOGGER... facts unknown to me.

I've been using this Google-supported BLOG site application "BLOGGER" for almost ten years. Never realized that to successfully record reader comments, contributors need to establish a Google account, an active gmail account for example (yourname@gmail). Furthermore, to successfully add comments to any BLOGGER post, a contributor needs to be logged in to an active personal Google account like gmail, etc. These conditions are apparently true for all Google supported Blogger application accounts. This fact is probably cited in the Google User Licence Agreement (ULA)... but like many of us... very few folks like me actually read and fully understand expressions in most legal language ULAs.

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Understanding The Root Problem

Many undesirable life events seem destined to repeat themselves, and a significant percent of educated "whiz kids" in charge today seem to think there is a growing new problem.  Watching TV's "Nature" program on PBS a few hours ago... some guy whining about the decline in Arctic Fox population... this because Red Fox species is moving north and overpopulating the Arctic and eating the same food previously exclusive to Arctic Fox (all mainly due -- of course -- to Global Warming).  The unstated root problem, again -- and of course -- is animal (or plant) overpopulation, whether the subject is too many rats, rabbits, humans, or crabgrass!  Climate change (aka Global Warming), or at least that portion directly attributable to human activity, is a symptom. It isn't the problem.  When will a significant percentage of changemaker climate scientists wake-up and report overpopulation as the true root problem?  In history, all life without significant life threats will eventually screw themselves and reproduce to a very unpleasant overpopulation death or an unthinkable environment to support future life. 

While their timeline for overpopulation impacts was off a bit, Dr. Paul and Mrs. Anne Ehrlich called it correctly in their scholarly written works The Population Bomb, The Population Explosion, et al.  It is well past time for the "Chicken Little" global warming scientist crowd to understand the negative impact of overpopulation by taking on new comprehension of these Ehrlich writings.  For goodness sake, attacking the symptoms will never fix the underlining root problem. Otherwise put, animals in smaller numbers doing activities that are potentially dangerous to their environment will logically produce a smaller impact on that environment.  A fresh look to resolve the fundamental unlining root problem is absolutely necessary.

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