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Personal data Capt. Joseph Saxton 

• He was born on May 9, 1656 in Boston, Suffolk Co., MA.
• He was christened on May 11, 1656 in Boston, Suffolk Co., MA.
• (note1) .Source 1

  Source: Cherie Ailene Morgan; Dianne Crump Robinson; Scott Lawrence Robinson; et al.

• He died on July 18, 1715 in Stonington, New London Co., CT, he was 59 years old.
• He is buried after July 17, 1715 in Stonington, New London Co., CT (Old Taugwonk Cem.).
• A child of Thomas Saxton and Ann Copp
• This information was last updated on April 4, 2023.

Household of Capt. Joseph Saxton

He is married to Hannah Denison.

They got married on July 15, 1680 at Stonington, New London Co., CT, he was 24 years old.

Child(ren):

1. Mercy Denison Saxton  1686-1791 

Notes about Capt. Joseph Saxton

Joseph Saxton

Sources: Author: Morgan, Cherie Ailene; Robinson, Dianne Crump; Robinson, Scott Lawrence; et al.; Title: "Captain Joseph Saxton," (Publication site: Salt Lk. City UT, Publisher: Family Search, Publication date: xvii Jan MMXXIII)

https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L63R-722

"... Captain Joseph Saxton Last Changed: January 17, 2023 Scott Lawrence Robinson Sex Male Last Changed: December 12, 2013 Dianne Robison

Birth 9 May 1656 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America Last Changed: August 16, 2021 Cherie Ailene Morgan
Christening 11 May 1656 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America
Death 18 July 1715 Stonington, New London, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America
Burial 1715 Stonington, New London, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America Reason: No standard for Old Taugwonk Cemetery. See Cemetery entry below. Std. Place for 1715.

Cemetery 1715 Old Taugwonk Cemetery, Stonington, New London, Connecticut, United States Current Location

Spouses and Children

Captain Joseph Saxton Male 1656 - 1715
Hannah Denison Female 1643 - 1715
Marriage 15 July 1680 Stonington, New London, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America

Children (3)

[1] Mary Saxton Female 1681 - 1750
[2] Jerusha Saxton Female 1683 - 1751
[3] Mercy Denison Saxton Female 1686 - 1791

Parents and Siblings

Thomas Saxton Male 1612 - 1686
Ann Copp Female 1630 - 1661
Marriage 10 March 1652 Boston, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America

Children (7)

[1] Thomas Saxton Male 1652 - 1680
[2] John Saxton Male 1652 - 1690
[3] Samuel Saxton Male 1653 - 1693
[4] Captain Joseph Saxton Male 1656 - 1715
[5] Mary Saxton Female 1658 - 1665
[6] Nathaniel Saxton Male 1658 - 1677
[7] Elizabeth Saxton Female 1661 - 1731

"[Nathaniel Chesebrough] d. Nov. 22, 1678, and July 15, 1680, his widow, Mrs. Hannah Denison Chesebrough, m. Capt. Joseph Saxton, of Stonington, Conn. He was thirteen years younger than his wife. He was b. in Boston, Mass., May 9, 1656, and was the third son of Thomas Saxton, of Boston, and his 2d wife, Ann (Copp) Atwood. He settled in Stonington, and was largely engaged in the West India trade, by which he became very wealthy.

CHILDREN BY SECOND MARRIAGE:

29 MARY, bapt. Sept. 4, 1681, m. Benjamin Miner (No. 53), that family; m. 2d, Joseph Page, March 5, 1713; she d. Oct. 17, 1750.

30 JERUSHA, bapt. Dec. 2, 1683, m. Nehemiah Palmer (No. . 24), Palmer family.

31 MERCY, bapt. May 30, 1686, m. Isaac Bailey of Roxbury, Mass., June 4, 1702; m. 2d, William Dewey of Lebanon, Conn."

History of the Town of Stonington, County of New London, Connecticut: From Its First Settlement in 1649 to 1900, by Richard Anson Wheeler (published 1900), page 293.

Hannah (Denison) Chesebrough Saxton was the daughter of George Denison and his first wife, Bridget (Thompson) Denison."
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