Stanton Family - Ourfolk
Prudence Stanton (Fargo) ABT 1734 - 19 JUL 1818
Prudence was born on ABT 1734 and died on 19 JUL 1818 and was buried in Montville, Conn .
She was the daughter of Thomas Stanton (B: ABT 1710).
Prudence was married to Robert Fargo, Jr on 1 JUL 1756 in New London, Conn..
Robert, Jr was born on ABT 1725 in Montville, New London, Conn and died on 10 APR 1794 in Montville, New London, Conn and was buried in Montville, Conn .
He was the son of Robert Fargo, Sr. (30 SEP 1696 - 12 DEC 1755) and Sarah Camp (Fargo) (1700 - 11 DEC 1755).
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He was called Elder, and was a Baptist Preacher in the old Morse Church,
(later called the Elder Palmer Church)
On a tombstone erected to the memory of a son of that great grandfather in the
cemetery in the town of Montville, Conn., (New London Co.) is the following:
Robert, Jr: email from Jon von Briesen - May 2009
(later called the Elder Palmer Church)
On a tombstone erected to the memory of a son of that great grandfather in the
cemetery in the town of Montville, Conn., (New London Co.) is the following:
'Deacon Robert Fargo Died April 10th 1794 Ages 69 years'. Hence he was born
in the year 1725. He resided in the Town of Montville, was a farmer by
occupation and Deacon of the Rev. Reuben Pulver (or Pulwers) Baptist Church,
Montville... He had one brother and one sister.'
I have a correction to the Fargo information at your website. Deacon Robert Fargo (Jr.), his wife Prudence (nee Stanton), Stanton Fargo (son of the preceding couple), and Fanny Fargo (nee Comstock) are buried NOT in Colchester, but in Montville. Perhaps the original confusion arose; as, the burial ground is a bit off of Old Colchester Rd. The inventory I found for this burial ground at the Raymond Library, in Montville, calls it the 'Congdon-Street Cemetery.' Rev. Reuben Palmer is buried here. The location of the Palmer Ch. is not known. However; it is suggested that this burial ground may well have been the churchyard for that church. Many of the burials are for members of the congregation. The Fargo homestead, if the History of Montville (Baker) is to be believed, must have been in this vicinity, as well. The cemetery is at the back of a small, well-kept mobile home park; and, it is now on the edge of a new development of homes. The stone wall is often topped with enormous slabs of granite, likely requiring several hands and backs for placement. Deacon Robt's stone may be the oldest in the place. It is the only one I saw that had a winged angel/soul figure in the top arch. The rest mostly bore the weeping willow motif. All four Fargo burials have head and foot stones. The older two, alas, are difficult to read, these days. I have the text of the inscriptions somewhere.
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