Rev. James NOYES, Jr.

1640 - 1719  (79 years)

• Name	James NOYES  [1, 3]
  	Rev. James Noyes came to Stonington to preach on an invitation of the town in 1664. The meeting house in which he preached was a short distance southwesterly of the present residence off Mr. Henry M. Palmer, west of Montauk avenue. Traditionally, we learn that he resided in the family of Thomas Stanton, Sr., until he was ordained Sept. 11, 1674, and the next day he was married to Miss Dorothy Stanton, daughter of Thomas and Ann Lord Stanton. He made his permanent place of abode upon a large tract of land in Stonington, Conn., which he purchased of Samuel Willis of Hartford, Conn., where he erected him a dwelling house on the site of the present first house, south of Anguilla on the highway from there to Wequetequock, which became the first parsonage of the First Congregational Church of Stonington, where he lived the remainder of his life, dying Dec. 30, 1719. For the first ten years of his ministry he preached as a licentiate, and the last 45 years as an ordained clergyman. He was chaplain with Capt. George Denison's expedition that captured Canonchet, chief sachem of the Narragansett Indians, April, 1676. [1] He graduated from Harvard in 1659 and was ordained minister and pastor of "The Road Church", First Congregational Church Stonington, on Sept.11,1674. The next day he married Dorothy Stanton, b. 1651 d. 1741/42. They had six children and many descendants who became members of the clergy. He served as Chaplin under Capt. George Denison in the Narragansett War and was a founder of Yale University, serving as a trustee from Oct. 1701 until his death. His grave has a very large pier slab with the inscription that follows. It was relettered "mid-19th cen." at Doty's marble works. Inscription In expectation of a joyful resurrection to eternal life here lyeth interred the body of the Rev. Mr. James Noyes aged 80 years who after a faithful living of the Church of Christ in this place for more than 55 years deceased Dec. ye 30, 1719-20. Majesty, meekness and humilty here meet in one with greatest charity. He was first pastor of the Road Church and Society [2]
  Prefix	Rev.
  Suffix	Jr.
  Birth	11 Mar 1640	Newbury Old Town, Essex Co., Massachusetts   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	30 Dec 1719	Stonington, New London, Connecticut, USA   [3, 4]
  Person ID	I41665	Main Tree
  Last Modified	17 Oct 2022

  
  

  Father	Rev. James NOYES,   b. 22 Oct 1608, Cholderton, Wiltshire, England d. 22 Oct 1656, Newbury Old Town, Essex Co., Massachusetts (Age 48 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Sarah BROWNE,   b. 1610, South Hampton, Hampshire, England d. 13 Sep 1691, Newbury Old Town, Essex Co., Massachusetts (Age 81 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Marriage	Bef 1634	Cholderton, Wiltshire, England   [1, 5]
  Family ID	F03303	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Dorothy STANTON,   b. 1651, Pequoit, New London Co., Connecticut d. 19 Jan 1742/3, Stonington, New London, Connecticut, USA (Age 92 years)
  Marriage	11 Sep 1674	Stonington, New London, Connecticut, USA   [3, 4]
  Pastor	Samuel Willis, Asst.   [4]
  Children	1. Dorothy NOYES,   b. 20 Jun 1675, Stonington, New London, Connecticut, USA d. 06 Dec 1714, Preston City, New London, Connecticut, USA (Age 39 years)  [Birth]   2. Dr. James NOYES, III,   b. 02 Aug 1677, Stonington, New London, Connecticut, USA d. 1718, Noyes' Beach, Newport, Newport Co., Rhode Island (Age 40 years)  [Birth] + 3. Capt. Thomas NOYES,   b. 15 Aug 1679, Stonington, New London, Connecticut, USA d. 26 Jun 1755, Stonington, New London, Connecticut, USA (Age 75 years)  [Birth]   4. Ann NOYES,   b. 16 Apr 1682, Stonington, New London, Connecticut, USA  [Birth] + 5. John NOYES,   b. 13 Jan 1684/85, Stonington, New London, Connecticut, USA d. 17 Sep 1751, Stonington, New London, Connecticut, USA (Age 66 years)  [Birth] + 6. Rev. Joseph NOYES,   b. 16 Oct 1688, Stonington, New London, Connecticut, USA d. 14 Jun 1761 (Age 72 years)  [Birth]   7. Moses NOYES,   b. 19 Mar 1692, Stonington, New London, Connecticut, USA d. 30 Apr 1692, Stonington, New London, Connecticut, USA (Age 0 years)  [Birth]
  Family ID	F03302	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Feb 2022

  
  

• Headstones

  Rev. James Noyes II Headstone James, son of James Noyes and Sarah Browne, is the husband of Dorothy Stanton. He is buried in the Wequetequock Burial Ground in Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut. Created by: Shirley Stanton Photo added by: John Beckstein

  
  

• Sources

  [S9214] Richard Anson Wheeler, History of the Town of Stonington, County of New London, Connecticut. [S02329] Find A Grave Website. [S9777] Nathaniel Goodwin, Genealogical Notes or Contributions to the Family History of Some of the First Settlers of Connecticut and Massachusetts, (New England Historic Genealogical Society). [S03430] The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records: Stonington. [S12642] Col. Henry E. Noyes, and Miss Harriette E. Noyes, Genealogical Record of Some of The NOYES Descendants of James, Nicholas and Peter Noyes Vol. I and II.