Avis Stanton

Not a daughter of Christopher Almy (1580-1624) and his wife Anne Clarke (1575-1622)
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Biography

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Robert Stanton married Avis ________ by 1638.[2] The given name of his wife is also found in Quaker records. (citation?)

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Robert Stanton (1599-1672) married Avis, whose maiden name is unknown, and to them a son Robert was born in 1627. Robert and Avis immigrated to America some time between 1627 and 1638. The family account states that their son Robert accompanied them.

Her name is given as Avis ALMY in Ancestral Records and Portraits, Vol. 1, but old DAR lineages are considered unreliable and many lineages have been updated.[5]

Marriage

Avis, who's maiden name is Unknown, married Robert Stanton about 1626 in England.[4]

Children:

1. Sarah (Stanton) Tibbetts
2. John Stanton
3. Mary (Stanton) Whitford
4. Daniel
5. Prudence

Undocumented Child

Robert is left in place here [at Wikitree] as undocumented because he appears in much speculative genealogy absent any documentation.

Robert, born about 1627 in England. According to this reference, "The family account states that their son Robert accompanied them" [to New England];[3] however no citations are shown for his birth, and no record of him in Rhode Island has been found.

Sources

1. Chamberlain, George Walter. The English Ancestry of William Almy of Portsmouth, R.I., The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 1917) Vol. 71, Page 320
2. Torrey, Clarence Almon. New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1985. Page 701
3. Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, showing three generations of those who came before May, 1692. Volume IV. Boston. 1861. pg 166
4. Stanton, William Henry. "A Book Called Our Ancestors The Stantons." Philadelphia, Priv. print. for W. H. Stanton. 1922.[1]
5. Ancestral Records and Portraits, Vol. 1 Page 113
6. Find A Grave: Memorial #37974470 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/37974470/avis-stanton (shows family The daughter of CHRISTOPHER & ANNE (CLARK) ALMY and the sister of William Almy, she was the wife of ROBERT STANTON, without supporting evidence)
7. HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF STONINGTON, county of New London, Connecticut, from its first settlement in 1649 to 1900, by Richard Anson Wheeler, New London, CT, 1900, p. 601