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Have A Bright And Respectful Flag Day USA!

Gadsden Flag
(provoke us too far and we will strike) 

First Navy Jack (first appeared about 1775 -- evidently no proof the rattlesnake was added until about 1880) 

First Official USA Flag -- The "Betsy Ross"

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(official flag of a Wisconsin Regiment)

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A Memorial Day Remembrance

Honoring All Fallen Military Heroes, Our American Flag Shall Fly At Half-Staff Until Sundown 30 May 2020, This Day Is Traditional Memorial Day.    

Any American inclined to research their detailed personal ancestry is certain to discover many family military personnel who made the "supreme sacrifice" -- relatives who gave that last full measure in duty to their Country.  In particular today, I'm thinking of these three men we never had the good fortune to meet, three gallant men who directly belong to our strong family military history.

Technical Sergeant (aka TEC4 or T/4) Arthur Leo Muthig (1914-1944).  Maternal second cousin Arthur was Killed-In-Action on 30 July 1944 in France, while in U.S. Army service with the Sixth Armored Division.  Arthur is interred at Florence Cemetery, Lauderdale County, Georgia, USA.

Private Mahlon Barns Zeh (1921-1945).  Paternal third cousin Mahlon was Mortally-Wounded-In-Action, February 1945 in Germany while in U.S. Army service with the Ninth Infantry Division.  He later died from his wounds on 8 February 1945 in a Belgium field hospital.  Mahlon is interred at a WWII Military Cemetery, Henri-Chapelle, Liege, Belgium.

Captain Amos Stanton (1750-1781).  Paternal third cousin Amos was Killed-In-Action on 6 September 1781, during the Revolutionary War Battle of Groton Heights at Fort Griswold, Groton, Connecticut.  Captain Stanton's three+ years of active military service as 6th Company Commander in Colonel Sherburne's Second Regiment of the Connecticut Line was then complete.  On this early September 1781 day, Amos answered an alarm issued by local area militia commander Colonel William Ledyard and Amos was among many killed in the valiant defense of Fort Griswold.   Amos is interred at Stanton Cemetery, Ledyard, Connecticut, USA.  Amos left his beloved wife Thankfull and at least six children, in those days there was then very little government support for those left behind by a war combat death. 

  

A Salute To Our Mothers

A couple years past as Mother's Day approached, four Norway Spruce Trees were planted to honor and thank our four Great Grandmothers.  Planting some trees around Arbor Day is an annual personal activity and the Grandma Memorial Tree planting seemed an appropriate good plan.  Click HERE to check out this earlier 2018 Great Grandma post.  Last fall some fencing was installed to keep our resident deer population away from browsing this planting.  

Dead Tree Killed In Winter 2019/20

Replacement Great Grandma Tree Planted 28 Apr 2020

This year as the winter snows departed, one of the original trees was found dead, the likely work of a hungry forging field mouse. So the departed tree was replaced with a fresh young two-year Norway Spruce.  Three more new trees were also planted in this special location, one each to the honor of our maternal and paternal grandmothers Edna Jane (Seney) Ouellet (d.1963) and Elizabeth Rosella "Bess" (Moegling) Paul (d.1959).  Another added Norway Spruce lives to honor our mother Lillian Agnes (Ouellet) Paul (d.1998).  And OBTW, better-designed protective fencing will be added this fall around each tree to hopefully better keep the rodent population away.  

The Grandma/Mom trees look like this today, but in fifteen years they may appear much like our first planting done in about 2005.  Many of these 2005 Norway Spruce trees have presently reached a height of 25-to-30 feet... and certainly heading for 60+ feet in some future year.

Our Seven Memorial GGMa, Grandma & Mom Trees In 2020  

500 Norway Spruce Tree Planting Done In Spring 2005.
Trees in 2005 were 1 or 2 year seedlings.  

Note: All trees were purchased through the annual reforestation program of NY State Department of Environmental Conservation, Saratoga Tree Nursery, Rt 50 South, Saratoga Springs, New York 12866.  

         

In The Dawn's Early Light

Last week a young woodchuck paid us a visit... “Woody” was seen climbing our west deck steps evidently checking for food. So our large “Have-A-Heart” catch-and-release trap was placed out so Woody might be captured and relocated to other parts. In younger years a simple 22-caliber bullet solution may have been selected, but these advanced years have mellowed this writer. Prefer to say now - "I stopped killing many years ago."   Well, in those infamous words of Gomer Pyle, USMC “...Gall-lee! Surprise, Surprise, Surprise!”

This unwelcome fellow might be a non-native Hooded-Skunk, our own “Pepe le Pew” -- he has been seen making several nocturnal home visits over the past couple years. The top-side and tail of Pepe are totally white and under-side is black, no simple thin white strip on this guy's back. The capture was totally unplanned for the obvious reasons, but absolutely no skunk self-defense order... no spray... has been detected from this animal. This makes me think our visitor is or was someones escaped or intentionally released pet, where his musk-odor spray gland(s) are removed.

Our cage was cautiously approached using a tarp shield, quickly covering the cage with the tarp, and grabbed the cage handle to load it in my ATV trailer. Then drove the ATV perhaps a quarter-mile to our wooded west property line where a small creek flows. The cage door was carefully opened, stepping back a few yards to observe. It took Pepe a few minutes to make his caged exit, he seemed unsure about these relocation events. Still, no foul skunk odor noted, and no attempt to execute his self-defense spray profile as he made his departure across the creek. Watched Pepe for about five minutes as he walked westward toward new territory, he stopped and turned a half-dozen times to look back at his captor, but quickly continued his westward travel – hopefully, to never again be seen.

| Ms. Molly Smith's Denison and Stanton Roots |

Mrs. Mary "Molly" [Smith] Stanton (1761-1850)
Image from the public domain work by Henry Allen Smith,  "A genealogical history of the descendants of the Rev Nehemiah Smith of New London County CT."  Exhibit #61, p.112.

Captain Ebenezer Stanton (1757-1811) married the age twenty Stonington Connecticut beauty Ms. Mary “Molly” Smith (1761-1850) in November 1781 ceremonies. Ebenezer Stanton's three years active-duty military service during the Revolutionary War as an officer and Regimental Paymaster with Colonel Sherburne's Second Regiment of The Connecticut Line was then behind him.  His lovely new bride Molly is the eldest daughter of fifteen children born to the gallant Revolutionary War Veteran and New London County Militia Commander Colonel Oliver Smith and Mrs. Mary Noyes [Denison] Smith.

Molly survived her husband Ebenezer by nearly four decades. Family distress certainly resulted following Captain Ebenezer Stanton's untimely death on May 31, 1811, aged 53 years. Further, Molly's aged 20 son Ebenezer Jr. died in July 1811, and her older brother Edward Smith and father Colonel Smith perished in June and August 1811 respectively.  This personally traumatic 1811 year was later sadly accentuated by the premature deaths of Molly's young adult sons Edward and Elisha, both aged in their early-to-mid twenties. Molly never remarried.  She and her surviving adult children were also likely disheartened by the fact that no children were evidently born to them.  Molly and husband Captain Ebenezer Stanton had no grandchildren to carry on their branch of the Stanton Family as all family children had perished childless before the Fall of 1840.  Molly died on January 24, 1850, aged 88 years and 5 months.  She was interred at the family plot to the right side of her beloved husband Ebenezer at Cedar Grove Cemetery, New London, New London County, Connecticut, USA. 

The following image depicts Mrs. Mary "Molly" [Smith] Stanton's maternal lineage (via her mom Ms. Mary Noyes Denison) linking to her famous 3rd Great Grandfather Captain George Denison (d.1694).  

Additionally, Mrs. Mary "Molly" [Smith] Stanton holds paternal lineages to her Southeastern Connecticut Founding Fathers and 3rd Great Grandfathers Thomas Stanton Sr. (d.1677) and Captain George Denison (d.1694) in accordance with the following image.  A lineage chart depicting the lineage from Molly's husband Captain Ebenezer Stanton to Thomas Stanton Sr. is also provided as appended to the following image. 

For more information on Captain Ebenezer Stanton click HERE -- and, additional facts on Captain George Denison may be viewed by clicking HERE. 

Summary: Details of Molly [Smith] Stanton's linkage to the early Colonial Connecticut Denison and Stanton families were personally undiscovered until very recently.  Strong researchers likely have known of cousin Molly's ancestry, but this researcher did not find a concise genealogical paper that clearly cites Molly's lineage.  It is certain that all family genealogists with a claimed blood-related ancestry link(s) to Thomas Stanton Sr. (d.1677) and/or Captain George Denison (d.1694) may refer to this fine lady Mrs. Mary "Molly" [Smith] Stanton -- our Cousin Molly.       

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.