Born in Pennsylvania
Born into the established Quaker community of colonial Pennsylvania, where Friends had been settled since William Penn's founding generation.
1708–1770 · Pennsylvania
Daniel Stanton
Faithful Pennsylvania minister and contemporary of Woolman
“I found my mind drawn to visit the meetings of Friends in the love of the Gospel.” — Daniel Stanton
Life & Ministry
Acknowledged as Minister
Recognized by his meeting as a minister of the Gospel, Stanton began traveling in the ministry among Friends in Pennsylvania and neighboring colonies.
Travels in the Ministry to England
Crossed the Atlantic to visit Friends in England and Ireland, strengthening the transatlantic bonds that connected American and British Quakerism.
Philadelphia Reform Period
Active during the critical period when Philadelphia Yearly Meeting confronted slaveholding among Friends, alongside Woolman, Churchman, and Benezet.
Death in Pennsylvania
Died in Pennsylvania. His journal was published posthumously, preserving the record of a faithful minister during a transformative era in American Quakerism.
Connections & Relationships
JW
John Woolman
Fellow MinisterContemporaries in Philadelphia Yearly Meeting during the great reform period, both laboring faithfully as traveling ministers in the American colonies.
JC
John Churchman
Fellow ReformerBoth served as ministers in Pennsylvania during the mid-eighteenth-century reformation of American Quakerism.
Available Works
A Journal of the Life, Travels, and Gospel Labours of Daniel Stanton
ProposedStanton's posthumous journal records decades of ministry in colonial Pennsylvania and transatlantic travel during the reform era of American Quakerism.