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Rev. James Noyes Jr.
Born Jan 22, 1639 Stonington CT
Died Dec 6, 1714 Preston, New London Co. CT

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SPOUSE CHILDREN
Dorothy Stanton

m. Sep 12, 1674
Stonington CT
b. 1651
Hartford CT
d. Jan 19, 1742
Stonington CT 		Dorothy

b. Jan 22, 1675/6
Stonington CT
d. Dec 5, 1714
Preston CT 		Joseph

b. 1676
Stonington CT

James III

b. 1677
Stonington CT
d. 1718
Moses

b. 1678
Stonington CT

Capt. Thomas

b. 1679
Stonington CT
d. 1755
Anna

b. 1682
Stonington CT
d. 1694
John Stanton

b. 1685
Stonington CT
d. 1783
Joseph

b. 1688
Stonington CT
d. 1761
Moses

b. 1692
Stonington CT
d. 1692
James was the first trustee and one of the founders of Yale University in Hartford CT.
Birth record of James Noyes, born in Newbury MA.
In 1686, Thomas Parke, Thomas Tracy, and several others petitioned for and were granted by the Connecticut General Court authority to establish a plantation seven miles square to the east of Norwich and north of New London and Stonington. A Mohegan named Owaneco gave a "confirmatory deed" for the land in 1687. In October of that same year, the town was formally incorporated as Preston, named for the English city of Preston, Lancashire.
The gravestone of Rev. James Noyes in the Wequetequock Burial Ground in Stonington CT reads:

In Expectation
of a Joyful Resurrection
to Eternal Life
Here Lyeth Interred y Body
of the Rev'd Mr. James Noyes
Aged 80 Years
Who after a Faithful Serving
of the Church of Christ
In this Place
For more then 55 years
Deceased Dec. y. 30: 1719/20
Majesty, Meekness & Humility
Here Meet in one with greatest Charity.
Sources:
Ancestry.com, Index of Obituaries 1704-1800, from: U.S. Newspaper Extractions, Provo, UT, p. 182.
"Joseph Richardson Family", Rockingham County NC History, entry #894, 1976.
Wequetequock Burial Ground, Stonington, New London Co. CT, findagrave, website.
Mass. U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988,database on-line, Provo, UT.
"Will of Jonathan Richardson", dated 5 Oct. 1772, proven May 24, 1773, Abstract of Bedford County, Va. Wills and Inventories and Accounts 1754-1787, pp 183-184.