Reverend James Noyes

1640 - 1719  (79 years)  Submit Photo / Document    Has 49 ancestors and 7 descendants in this family tree.

• Name	James Noyes
  Prefix	Reverend
  Birth	11 Mar 1640	Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
  Gender	Male
  Death	30 Dec 1719	Stonington, New London, Connecticut, United States
  Initiatory (LDS)	5 May 1897	MANTI
  FamilySearch ID	LCVT-JF9
  Burial	Wequetequock Burial Ground, Stonington, New London, Connecticut, United States
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  Person ID	I1058	mytree
  Last Modified	25 Feb 2024

  
  

  Father	Reverend James Noyes,   b. 22 Oct 1608, Cholderton, Wiltshire, England d. 22 Oct 1656, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States (Age 48 years)
  Mother	Sarah Browne,   b. 1610, Southampton, Hampshire, England d. 13 Sep 1691, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States (Age 81 years)
  Marriage	21 Mar 1633	Romsey, Hampshire, England
  Family ID	F879	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Dorothy Stanton,   b. Abt 1650, Stonington, New London, Connecticut, United States d. 19 Jan 1742, Stonington, New London, Connecticut, United States (Age 92 years)
  Marriage	12 Sep 1674	Stonington, New London, Connecticut, United States
  Children	1. John Noyes,   b. 13 Jan 1685, Stonington, New London, Connecticut, United States d. 17 Sep 1751, Stonington, New London, Connecticut, United States (Age 66 years)   2. Joseph Noyes,   b. 16 Oct 1688, Stonington, New London, Connecticut, United States d. 14 Jun 1761, New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States (Age 72 years)   3. Moses Noyes,   b. 19 Mar 1692, Stonington, New London, Connecticut, United States d. 30 Apr 1692, Stonington, New London, Connecticut, United States (Age 0 years)   4. Dorothy Noyes,   b. 20 Jan 1676   d. 6 Dec 1714, Preston, New London, Connecticut, United States (Age 38 years)   5. Anna Noyes,   b. 16 Apr 1682   d. 28 Jun 1694, Stonington, New London, Connecticut, United States (Age 12 years)   6. James Noyes,   c. 21 Oct 1677, Stonington, New London, Connecticut, United States bur. 1718, Connecticut, United States (Age ~ 40 years)   7. Thomas Noyes,   b. 15 Aug 1679   d. 26 Jun 1755, Stonington, New London, Connecticut, United States (Age 75 years)
  Family ID	F890	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	5 May 2024

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 11 Mar 1640 - Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Marriage - 12 Sep 1674 - Stonington, New London, Connecticut, United States Death - 30 Dec 1719 - Stonington, New London, Connecticut, United States Initiatory (LDS) - 5 May 1897 - MANTI Burial - - Wequetequock Burial Ground, Stonington, New London, Connecticut, United States  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  He graduated from Harvard in 1659 and was ordained minister and pasto r o f "The Road Church", First Congregational Church Stonington, on Sept. 11,1 674. The next day he married Dorothy Stanton, b. 1651 d. 1741/42. Th ey ha d six children and many descendants who became members of the clerg y. H e served as Chaplin under Capt. George Denison in the Narragansett W ar an d was a founder of Yale University, serving as a trustee from Oct . 1701 u ntil his death. His grave has a very large pier slab with the in scriptio n that follows. It was relettered "mid-19th cen." at Doty's marb le works. James Noyes II (born 11 March 1640, Newbury – 30 December 1719, Stoningt o n, Connecticut) was also a clergyman and founded Yale College. He gradu at ed from Harvard in 1659, began to preach in 1664, and was pastor of th e c hurch in Stonington, Connecticut from 1674 until his death. A council or i n civil affairs in the critical periods of his colony, James Noyes I I als o practiced medicine with success. (Wikipedia) Inscription In expectation of a joyful resurrection to eternal life here lyeth inter r ed the body of the Rev. Mr. James Noyes aged 80 years who after a faith fu l living of the Church of Christ in this place for more than 55 year s dec eased Dec. ye 30, 1719-20. Majesty, meekness and humilty here mee t in on e with greatest charity. He was first pastor of the Road Church a nd Socie ty