Lt. Enoch Stanton

Killed in defense of Fort Griswold, September 6, 1781

"Enoch was second in command in Fort Griswold. He had served with the same rank in the Continental Army untill his pay was insufficient to meet the demands of his family, when he resigned and came home. After a while he was by improvements in his fortune able to offer himself and be accepted for the post he was filling at the time of his death. He left a widow and seven children in the language of the official report with no personal estate more than enough to pay the debts a goldsmith and depended upon his trade to support his family"

The Battle of Groton Heights: A Collection of Narratives, Official Reports ...

By William Wallace Harris  p. 263

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. 597

Mayflower 1620 descendant of John Tilley (1593-1673), his daughter Elizabeth Tilley (1607-1687) and her husband John Howland (1593-1673)

Military Service: 1781 Revolutionary War Patriot, served during the Fort Griswold Massacre led by Benedict Arnold of the British forces

Records of the Fort Griswold Massacre says of Enoch: "He asked for quarter and no quarter was given. He fought like a tiger and was shot to pieces." He left seven children under age fifteen.