Maj. Gen. Phineas Stanton, III

General Phineas Stanton (No. 436) removed to Vermont, and at Woodstock, he m. Polly Thomas, a descendant of Arad Thomas, who was a Welshman. He served in the war of 1812 as major of the staff of Gen. Peter Porter; he served in eleven fights. During the engagement at Black Rock his brother Eldredge was killed while fighting under his command. At Queenstown Heights, while going to the aid of Lieut. Col. Winfield Scott, Phineas Stanton was severely wounded, and at Lundy's Lane he was captured and held a prisoner for eleven months. During the war he was a major on the staff of Gen. Scott, and after the war he was placed in command of all the troops of the State militia in Western New York, with the rank of Major General. He d. March 21, 1842.

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. 599-600

Aged 63 yrs'

War of 1812

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