George W. Noyes II (1801 Sep 30-1866 Feb 26) of the Stonington side of Mystic was the great, great grandson of the Rev. James Noyes who was called to be the first Pastor of the Congregational Church (known as the Road Church) of Stonington in 1684. Down through the years the Noyes family married into nearly every prominent family in the Mystic - Stonington area. They were related to the Stantons, Gallups, Denisons, Wheelers, Cheesebroughs, Browns, Holmes, and Tifts to name a few.

George W. Noyes II grew up in the Road Church area of Stonington, which was then the commercial center of Stonington outside of the Borough. Although he joined the 8th Regiment of Infantry of the Connecticut and rose to be Adjutant in the 1820's, he seems to have spent a quiet life in Mystic, starting a small mercantile business, marrying three times, fathering nine children, and taking small shares in whaling and other vessels. He served a stint as Selectman of Stonington in 1838, and was best known as cashier for thirty years until his death, first of the Mystic Bank and then of the Mystic River Bank. He was also an incorporator, trustee and secretary/treasurer of the Groton Savings Bank.

He was probably typical of the many good citizens of Mystic at that time. As his obituary in the "Mystic Pioneer" of March 3, 1866 reads: "An active worker for the welfare of the village"... A man of "genial nature and sterling qualities of heart who gathered round him a large circle of friends." No leader of men, but a man who could be trusted and counted on.