FIRST GENERATION
“Captain” Matthew Stanley (Son of Benjamin Stanley
and Lucy Merrill and grandson of immigrant ancestor Matthew Stanley
(wife: Ruth Andrews) of Lynn and Topsfield, MA) settled in Concord,
N.H. about 1744. The summer of that year he signed a petition for help
against the Indians, this being the first record of him in New Hampshire.
As shown by the N.H. Adjutant Generals Report of 1866 (Vol.2,pgs.78&79),
he was one of 37 men under command of Captain John Gosse, that were called
out by Governor Tentworth for scouting the woods after an Indian attack
upon Westmoreland. On this expedition Matthew Stanley served from February
28 to April 5, 1745.
At this time Concord (then known as Rumford) was on the
frontier and frequently experienced attacks of greater or lesser violence.
The town was divided into four or five "garrisons", each one consisting
of two or three houses and barns surrounded by a stocka
de. The entire population of the town was divided between these garrisons
and they used it to take refuge and prepare for possible Indian attacks.
Matthew Stanley and his family were assigned to the garrison of Timothy
Walker, Jr.
Matthew Stanley lived in Concord for only a few years,
for in 1747 he was in Hopkinton (the first town west of Concord), as is
shown by a petition signed by the inhabitants of Hopkinton on July 13th
of that year asking for military aid against the Indians. Among the names
on this petition was that of Matthew Stanley.
He was one of the 10 men who incorporated the first church
of Hopkinton. This was on September 8, 1757. The records show that he was
later elected a Deacon of this church. His name appears on a petition dated
Oct.27, 1757, asking for the incorporation of Hopkinton. The
town was later incorporated, and Matthew Stanley and two others formed
the committee to call the first town meeting, which was was held on the
first Monday of March 1765. He acted as the moderator of this meeting,
and was the first selectman to be elected. In this meeting it was voted
that Captain Matthew Stanley (and others) be a Committee to prosecute the
building of a house for the public worship of god.
May 28, 1766, he was put on a "Commity to buld the boat
(a ferryboat) as big as Deacon Hirila fary Boat is at Concord, and take
kear of it till our next annual meeting".
In 1776 he signed a document pledging the fidelity of
himself and his town to the American cause. He probably died not long after
this, for his name does not appear again on the town records.
He is said to have lived in Hopkinton up near the Warnor
line. He owned at one time or another several pieces of real estate, as
shown by several deeds to and from him, recorded in the Secretary of States
Office at Concord. One of those deeds mentions "my father in law
Samuel Putney."
His wife's first name was Mary. Her father Samuel
Putney, whose wife's name was Elizabeth, was born in Salem, Mass., July
13 1689. He moved to Concord N.H. about 1728, and a few years later became
one of the proprietors of Hopkinton. Putney's Hill in that
town was named for this family. Samuel Putney was son of John Putney, Jr.
and Mary, daughter of Hugh Jones of Salem. John Putney ,Jr. was born
in Salem, Sept. 28, 1663, son of John Putney and Judith, daughter of Henry
Cooke. John Putney, Sr. probably came from England. He settled in Salem
where he married Judith Cooke, Nov.18, 1662. Her father Henry Cooke, was
one of the proprietors of Salem in 1638. He married Jane Birdnall in Salem,
June 1, 1639, and died there Dec.25, 1661. He had 10 children. Hugh
Jones , mentioned above as being the father of Mary Jones, who married
John Putney, Jr., was born about 1635 and came to this country from Wincanton,
Somersetshire county, England, about 1650 in employ of Robert Gutch. He
married on June 1660 Hannah, daughter of John and Margaret Tomkins of Salem,
by whom he had eight children, their daughter Mary Jones being the fifth
child, was born in 1665. Hugh Jones married 2nd, Mary Foster, daughter
of John and Martha (Tomkins) Foster, who was cousin to his first wife.
The date of death of Hugh Jones is not known, but there may have been some
mystery connected with it, as during the witchcraft trials of 1692 in Salem,
Elizabeth Boothe deposed that "the specter Hugh Jones assured her that
Mrs. Elizabeth Procter killed him because he had a poght of syder of her,
which he had not paid her for."
Following are the children of Matthew and Mary (Putney)
Stanley, their first five having been born in Concord, N.H., and the remaining
in Hopkinton, N.H.. A duplicate record states that Joseph and John were
born in the "Haverhill Province of the Massachusetts Bay".
1. Samuel, born April 15 1743.
2. Joseph. " April 30 1745
3. John, "
" " "
4. Benjamin, " April 21 1747
5. Holly, "
1749.
6. William "
1751. Signed the Declaration of
Fidelity to the American in 1776 in Hopkinton. The Census of 1790
shows that a William Stanley was then living in Hopkinton at the head of
a family of three females of all ages and one male under 16 years of age
in addition to himself.
7. Rebecca, born in 1754. Died July 10 1754.
8. Betty, born March 29 1757. Probably married Joseph Jones
Dec.9 1779 and moved to Warner.
9. Phineas, born September 13 1759. Said to have moved
to Pennsylvania.
10. Jacob, born Sept.9 1761. Said to have died at about
the age od 14. However, there was a Jacob Stanley living in Hopkinton in
1790, at the head of a family of two males under 16 and three females.
11. Lucy, born April 29 1763.
12. Matthew, born may 3 1763
13. Nathaniel, born April 3 1767. No further record appears of
him. A paper written by my great-grandfather John Stanley states
that Capt. Matthew Stanley of Hopkinton "reared up seven or eight sons,
and names them- Samuel (named for his Grandfather), Joseph, Benjamin, William,
John, Jacob, Matthew and Theoplilus. This does not mention Phineas nor
Nathaniel, and adds Theophilus, who was the oldest grandson of Capt. Matthew.
It is possible that Nathaniel, and not Jacob was the one who died, and
that Phineas having moved to Pennsylvania, was not known to his grandfather.
SECOND GENERATION
2. Samuel Stanley, eldest son of Capt. Matthew
Stanley, was born in Hopkinton Concord, N.H. April 15 1743. He signed the
declaration of fidelity to the American Cause in 1776, but does not appear
to have taken an active part in the Revolutionary War. He was a farmer
and lived in Hopkinton, where as I understand it, he inherited his fathers
homestead. He married Ruth Jewett. He was living in 1790, when according
to the census he was the head of a family of two boys under 16, and four
women. The date of his death does not appear.
His children all born in Hopkinton, were:
1. Theophilus, born October 30 1765.
2. James, went to Maine and was never heard from again.
Many years ago an Indian came to Hopkinton
from Maine
with the story that a James Stanley
had been burned
to death in his cabin there.
3. Betty, born Feb. 1 1769.
4. Molly, " Jan. 27 1771.
5. Mehitable, born June 25 1773.
6. Jonathan, " Mar. 19 1775.
7. Ruth,
" July 27 1777.
8. Samuel, "
April 1 1779. Lived and died in Salem,
Massachusetts.
9. Sarah, born March 15 1781.
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3. Joseph Stanley, second son of Capt. Matthew Stanley,
was born in the vicinity of Haverhill, Mass. or in Concord, N.H. April
30 1745. He signed the declaration of fidelity to the American Cause in
1776, and served in several of the campaigns of the Revolutionary War.
He was a private in Capt. John Parkers Company, Col. Timothy Bedell's
Regiment,
which joined the Northern Army under General Montgomery in 1775, and
went to Canada. He enlisted in Capt. William Stillson's Company, Col. Wingate's
Regiment July 4 1776, which company later was transfered to Col.Issac Wyman's
Regiment, in which company he served as a corporal. At one time he also
served as Quartermaster.
In 1778 he moved with his family to Enfield, N.H. and
in 1790 the census shows him to have been living there at the head of a
family of two males over 16, and five females.
His wife was Martha Rogers, whom he married on date unknown.
She is said to have come from Pigwacket, Maine. She could hardly have been
born there, however, as there was no white settlement there at the time
of her birth. She died December 11 1838, aged 91, in which case her birth
is computed as being in 1747. There was a Martha Rogers born in Amesbury,
Mass., April 30 1747, daughter of Joseph and Abigail (Bracelet) Rogers.
This Joseph Rogers died in Bow, N.H. in 1798-
Bow being an adjoining town to Hopkinton. It seems very likely that
this Martha Rogers was the one who married Joseph Stanley, although definitive
proof is at present lacking.
Mrs. Martha Stanley joined the Shakers in Enfield and
lived with them for eight years, during which time her family was sadly
neglected according to an affidavit which are printed in a "Portrature
of Shakerism" by Mrs. Mary Marshall Dyer, and which are signed both by
Joseph Stanley and Martha Stanley. The "N.H. Patriot" (Concord) under date
of April 26 1824, also contains an affidavit signed by her relative to
the Shakers.
After her eight years with the Shakers, her husband took
her back, and "they lived happily ever after." The "N.H. Patriot" of December
24 1838 contains the following obituary - "In Enfield, 11th Inst., Martha
Stanley aged 92, roliot of Joseph Stanley, who was a soldier of the Revolution.
- Printers in Ohio and Pennsylvania are rrequested, ect." This may indicate
that her daughters, of whom there are no records, moved westward. Her age
in this notice is given as 92 - she would have been had she lived to the
following April 30th. Her son John stated that she lived to be 91
Both Joseph Stanley and his wife were members of the Methodist
Episcopal Church. It is said that he "was known as the Old Patriarch, he
was such a good old man." He died march 18 1853, aged almost 88, while
chopping wood. Both he and his wife were buried in Enfield.
Their children were:
1. Joseph. No record appears of him, except the one of John
Stanley which states that his father
"raised up" three
sons - Joseph, Mathew and John. He does
not appear to
have been living with the family in
1790.
2. Mathew, born Hopkinton, May 4 1771.
3. John, born July 2 1775.
4. Ruth, no further record of.
5. Mary, no further record of.
6. Lovina, "
"
4. John Stanley, son of Capt. Matthew Stanley, was a twin
brother of the above Joseph Stanley. He signed the declaration to the fidelity
of the American Cause in 1776, and served in the Revolutionary War. He
was one of the men from Hopkinton who fought at the battle of Bunker Hill.
He was living in Hopkinton in 1790 at the head of a family of one male
under 16 and five females. He was one of the proprietors of Kearsarge Gore
in Warner, and may have lived there as the records of Hopkinton make no
mention of him after 1790. The dates of birth of his children are not recorded.
In the office of the Recorder of Vital Statistics at Concord, is listed
the death of Moses Stanley, who according to this record was the son of
John and Sarah Stanley. Edward Stanley ( ) and Benton Stanley ( ) say that
this Moses Stanley was a cousin to their grandfather Jonathan Stanley (20).
and that he Moses had sisters, as shown below. The marriage of these sisters
is recorded. From this it appears that the family of John and his wife
Sarah Stanley was as follows, except that there may possibly have been
others.
1. Polly, married Moses Carlton, August 10 1795.
2. Phoebe, married Moses Flanders, November 22 1810
3. Eliza, married James Morgan of Sutton, N.H.
4. Moses, born 1789.
5. Rebecca, did not marry. Kept house for her brother.
6. Betsy, born in Hopkinton, Jan. 19 1796.
7. Nancy, married Wheeler.
5. Benjamin Stanley, son of Capt. Matthew Stanley, was born
in Concord, N.H. April 24 1747. He fought at Bunker Hill. But very little
is known regarding him. There was no Stanley of this name listed in the
1790 census, and as his wife married again it is probable that he died
prior to this date. According to the Peters and Hoyt Genealogies he married
Betsy Hoyt, daughter of Stephen and Abigail (Eastman) Hoyt of Concord,
who was born between 1748 and 1759. Benjamin Stanley of Hopkinton was her
first husband. Her second husband was John Peters, and she married a third
husband - name unknown. The following was probably her son, although definite
proof is lacking:
1. Stephen, (born in Hopkinton according to the death
certificate of hius daughter Eunice.) in 1774. This date is
computed from his being 76 in 1850, according to the
census of that year.
12. Mathew Stanley, son of Capt. Matthew Stanley, was born
in Hopkinton, May 3rd 1763. He married Betsy Harriman in Hopkinton in 1787,
but he appears to have left the state soon after, as there was no Stanley
of this name listed in the N.H. census of 1790. The following two
children were born in Hopkinton:
1. Calvin, born October 2 1787 and 2. Salla (Sally?) born 1789.
THIRD GENERATION
15. Theophilus Stanley, son of Samuel and Ruth (Jewett) Stanley,
was born in Hopkinton, October 30 1765. He married Rebecca Morse. He died
about 1840. He ran the Tavern in Hopkinton for many years. His will is
recorded in the Court House at Concord. Children:
1. Joshua Morse Stanley, b.1796. According to the Morse
Genealogy he married his cousin Prudence Morse, and
died in Cleveland, Ohio, Nov.30 1857. No children.
2. Mary Ann Stanley, born 1800. Married Deacon Nathaniel
Rvane of Hopkinton and Warner. No children.
3. Solon Stanley, born 1802. Was for many years clerk of
the Eagle Hotel at Concord, N.H. He died about 1860-
unmaried.
4. Judith Morse Stanley, born 1806. She lived with her sister
Mrs.Rvane in Warner for many years. She did not marry.
She died in Concord, Jan.5 1881. Her will is filed in the
County Building at Concord.
17. Betty Stanley, eldest daughter of Samuel and Ruth (Jewett)
Stanley, was born in Hopkinton, February 1st 1769. She married Dr. Edmund
Curia, one of the early physicians in Hopkinton, November 27 1788. He died
in Hopkinton in 1811, aged about 44. Their children were:
1. Amos Currier.
2. Edmund Currier, who was a clock maker in Hopkinton.
3. David C. Currier, born in 1794. Was a harness maker
and served in the war of 1812. He married
Dolly Cambell
daughter of Phineas Campbell of Honniker.
He died in
1864. Their children were:
1. Lozaro Currier, born Jan.10 1820. Shoemaker
and farmer. Married Anne Anderson of
Hopkinton, and had children:
1. Ella Anna Currier.
2. Lizzie D. Currier.
3. Willie Anderson Currier.
4. Mary Eliza Currier.
2. Susan V. Currier.
3. Laura (?) Currier.
4. Susan V. Currier.
4. Trueworthy Gilman Currier.
5. Ebenezer B. Currier, who was a piano maker.
6. Ariel S. Currier, born March 20 1803.
18. Molly Stanley, fourth child of Samuel and Ruth Stanley, was
born in Hopkinton , January 27 1771. She married Samuel Chase of Unity.
They had two (possibly more) children, as follows:
1. Horace Chase, born in Warner, Dec.14 1788. Graduated
Dartmouth college in 1814. Read law with the Hon.
Matthew Harvey, and began practicing in Hopkinton
in 1816, where he became prominent. He was for many
years Judge of the Probate Court of Merrimack County.
He married 1st, Dec. 24 1818, Betsy Blanchard, daughter
of Stephen and Betsy (Estabrook) Blanchard; 2nd, Lucy
Blanchard, sister to his first wife; 3rd, widow Ruhama
Clarke, daughter of Joseph Cochran of New Boston.
Children, all by first marriage were:
1. Mary Elizabeth Chase
2. Samuel B. Chase
3. Horace B. Chase, born July 9 1827. Was in the
real estate business in Chicago and became
wealthy. Had a summer house in Hopkinton.
Married and had children.
4. Charles C. Chase
2. Daughter, who married Ezra J. Glidden of Unity.
19. Mehitable Stanley, daughter of Samuel and Ruth Stanley, was born
in Hopkinton, June 25 1773. She married Abiel Virgin of Concord, March
10 1795. Her children were:
1. William Manly Virgin, b. December 13 1795.
2. Charlotte Virgin, b. May 23 1798.
3. Ira Virgin, b. April 7 1800.
4. Charles Virgin, b. Dec. 10 1802.
5. Janette Virgin, b. Sept. 29 1804.
6. Charles Virgin, b. October 11 1806.
7. Samuel Virgin.
20. Johnathan Stanley, son of Samuel and Ruth (Jewett) Stanley was born in Hopkinton, March 19 1775. He was a farmer. He married Rebecca Clough, who died in May 1823. He died Feb.14 1868. Their children, born in Hopkinton, were:
1. Horace Clough Stanley, b. July 10 1806.
2. Sumner Stanley.
3. Stillman Stanley, died about about age 14.
4. Zoroydy Stanley.
5. Julia Stanley.
21. Ruth Stanley, daughter of Samuel and Ruth Stanley, was born in Hopkinton,
July 27 1777. She married Capt.Silas Thayer, 6th child of Joshua and Sarah
Thayer, October 5th 1800. They lived in Harpersberg, Hillsboro County,
N.H. where he was a blacksmith. Their children, according to the Thayer
Genealogy, were:
1. Melissa, b. October 30 1801. Married Francis Williams,
and lived in Danvers, Mass. Children:
1. Charles Thayer Williams.
2. Ann Melissa Williams.
2. Sally H. Thayer, b. July 17 1803. Married Conrad Stiles
and lived in Fort Plain, Mongomery Co. New York.
Children:
1. Ruth Stiles.
2. Peter Stiles.
3. Ruth Ann Stiles.
4. Melissa Stiles.
5. Catherine Stiles.
6. Alonzo Stiles.
3. Lydia Thayer, b. January 30 1905. Died March 1821.
4. Laura Thayer, b. February 17 1807. Died 1820.
5. Mary Thayer, b. Nov. 22 1809. m. Josiah Grey, and lived
in Fort Plain, N.Y. She died in 1856.
Children:
1. Child.
2. Ruth Grey.
3. Silas Grey.
6. Horace Thayer, b. October 1 1811. m. Caroline
Chadsworth in 1835, and settled in Fort Plain, where
he died April 11 1849. Children:
1. Mary Margaret Thayer, b. January 10 1837
m. Gilbert Hawn, a saloon-keeper.
7. Silas Thayer, born Sept. 30 1813. m. Margaret
Thompson, and settled in Lewis County, New York.
No children.
8. Alfred Thayer, b. Nov. 27 1816. m. 1st Eveline Eaton,
who died in 1845. 2nd, Betsy Warner. He was a
carpenter and joiner in Appleton, Onenango County,
N.Y. Children:
1. Augusta Thayer, born 1845.
2. Eugene B. Thayer, born 1847.
9. Samuel Thayer, b. Feb.7 1818. Married Jane Thompson
and settled in Marshalltown, Iowa. Children:
1. Silas Wright Thayer.
2. Eugene Thayer.
3. Charley Acker Thayer.
4. Sarah Elizabeth Thayer.
5. Mary Thayer.
25. Matthew Stanley, son of Joseph and Martha (Rogers), was born in
Hopkinton, May 4 1771. He went with his parents to Enfield about 1778,
where he married Mary Spencer, who was born in Connecticut May 5 1767.
They lived in Enfield until about 1805, when they moved to Strafford, Vermont.
Here he died August 24th 1809, having only lived to be 38 years old. The
land records of Strafford show that real estate was conveyed to Matthew
Stanley in several instances, and that in 1810 "Matthew Stanley administrator
of the estate of Matthew Stanley late of Strafford" conveyed this same
property. In some of the deeds the residence of the administrator is given
as Tunbridge, Vt. (A town adjoining Strafford). The widow Mary Stanley
deeded away her "thirds" in 1813, at which time the family probably left
Strafford. Mary (Spencer) Stanley died March 10 1837. Their children, all
born in Enfield, except the youngest son, were:
1. Mathias Stanley, born January 29 1792. He was
probably the "Mathew Stanley" administrator of
his fathers estate. I have never been able to find
out definitively what became of him, although
he may have been the man my father met in a
Chicago hotel about 1880. Father says of this
man " He was in charge of the coat room- very old
and feeble and poor. He said that he had gone to
Chicago from New York State, and that he knew
my father (Lyman Stanley), whom he said was
his first cousin. His name was Mathias Stanley."
If this was the same man he must have been nearly
90 years old when father saw him.
2. Phineas Stanley, born July 18 1793. He was drowned
in Lake Champlain, when a young man. No children.
3. Abijah Stanley, born Sept. 7 1794.
4. Joseph Stanley, born Sept. 10 1799.
5. A daughter, twin to Joseph, who died in infancy.
6. Daniel Stanley, born January 21 1804.
7. William Stanley, born March 1 1807.
26. John Stanley, son of Joseph and Martha (Rogers) Stanley, was born
in Hopkinton, July 2 1775. He "just grew up", as appears from an affidavit
signed by his mother relative to the Shaker requirements, in which she
says she "left my helpless children destitute of assistance.... By this
belief, I neglected my family, and strove against my husband, who was the
kindest of men to a wife... In this my own house became destitute of every
necessary - we had a large family of children dressed in rags - all things
were deplorable - my children tried to persuade me to stay with them as
a mother", ect. It is said that John Stanley could not sign his name at
the age of 21. He married Anna Currier, eldest child of Squire John Currier
of Canaan, March 3 1802. Her family did not particularly favor this marriage,
and whether or not this had anything to do with it, the fact remains that
shortly after, Mr. and Mrs. Stanley moved up to Lyman New Hampshire. a
cousin of fathers recently gave my little daughter one of Anna Currier
Stanley's wedding spoons - marked A.C. The quality of this spoon would
indicate that her father forgave her for marrying as she did. Soon after
his wedding John Stanley began to "go to school" - perhaps his wife was
his first teacher. At any rate he soon learned how to read and write -
then he mastered arithmetic - then geometry - and finally trigonometry
and surveying. I have his old trigonometry book - and it is not an easy
one to master. Grandfather Stanley, who also became a surveyor, always
regarded him as the best mathematician he ever knew. John Stanley was also
a farmer, and his old place is still in existence in North Monroe. He died
December 19 1853, and his wife March 9 1858. They are buried in the old
cemetery in Monroe.
Children:
1. Julia Stanley, born August 10 1804. Married John Smith,
January 16 1834. She died June 13 1835. No children.
2. Lois Stanley, born Dec. 21 1806.
3. John Currier Stanley, born December 13 1809.
4. Henry Stanley, born June 25 1813.
5. Lyman Stanley, born Sept. 13 1814.
6. James Stanley, born April 14 1819.
7. Nancy Stanley, born April 4 1824.
8. Lavinia Stanley, born Nov, 13 1826.
30. Polly Stanley, daughter of John and Sarah Stanley, was born in or
near Hopkinton. She married Moses Carlton of Hopkinton, August 10 1795.
They lived in Hopkinton and Warner. They had one son Sumner, and possibly
other children, as appears from the will of Moses Stanley
in which he mentions "Hannah Carlton widow of my deceased nephew Sumner
Carlton." Moses Stanley died about 1862.
1. Sumner Carlton. (49 in 1850)
2. ?
31. Phoebe Stanley, daughter of John and Sarah Stanley, was born in or near Hopkinton. She married Moses Flanders in Hopkinton, Nov. 22 1810. They lived in Warner, where she died leaving a will dated August 30 1869, which was proven in April 1870. In this will she mentions Horace Morgan and his wife Mary Ann Morgan of Franklin, Charles Davis and wife Sarah Davis of Warner, Mary Eastman, wife of William Eastman, Nancy Sanborn, wife of Frank Sanborn, Phoebe Moody, wife of Moses Moody, Lovina Sanborn, wife of Issac Sanborn, and two sisters Nancy Wheeler and Betsy Wyman. Some of the above may have been her sisters although the relationship is not given.
32. Eliza Stanley, daughter of John and Sarah Stanley, was born in or
near Hopkinton. She married James Morgan of Sutton. the history of Sutton
shows they had several sons, of whom Horace was the oldest. Benton Stanley
mentions another son Daniel, whom he thinks did not marry. Children:
1. Horace Morgan, b. May 26 1812. Married Mary Ann
Chadwick. They were living in Franklin in 1870.
2. Daniel Morgan.
33. Moses Stanley, son of John and Sarah Stanley, was born in 1789, according to the census of 1850, which gives his age as 61. At that time he was living with Rebecca Stanley, aged 80, who was according to Benton Stanley, his sister. Neither of them married. Moses Stanley was a wheelwright by trade. All of his property was left by will to his niece Hannah Carlton. He died in Hopkinton, March 27 1862. His death certificate states that he was a "widower", but this was not correct in the modern meaning of the word.
35. Betsy Stanley, daughter of John and Sarah Stanley, was born in Hopkinton,
January 19 1796. She married Ebenezer Wyman Sept. 17 1820. They lived in
Deering N.H. where he is said to have been a trader, dealing in anything
from kitchen equipment to a farm. She died in Deering, October 31 1869.
Their children were:
1. Elizabeth S. Wyman.
2. Mehitable C. Wyman, married Joseph W. Reed and died
in Charleston, Mass.
3. John S. Wyman. (John Stanley Wyman - named for
his grandfather Stanley?)
4. Charles Wyman. Died in Hillsboro, N.H.
5. Daniel Wyman. Died young.
6. Abigail Wyman, married Samuel Gregg, and died in
Deering, N.H.
7. Sibyl Wyman.
8. Cynthia Wyman, married Edwin Perley, and died in
Medford, Mass.
9. Daniel Wyman, who was 7th child was born in Deering,
Sept. 10 1829. He married Ann Rebecca Webster on
Nov. 30 1854, and had the three following children -
(and others):
1. Clara Louise Wyman, Married George L.
Lincoln, proprietor of the George L.
Lincoln Furniture Co. of Concord.
2. Ida V. Wyman. Unmarried.
3. Alice Perley Wyman, married Ford T.
Sanborn of Tilton.
10. Almira Wyman.
11. Almena Wyman.
12. Moses Wyman, who is at present living in Golden City
City, Colorado.*
13. Child, died in infancy.
(*This was no doubt true at the time this manuscript was originally
written. It is unlikely Mr. Wyman is still among
the living.)
36. Stephen Stanley, probably son of Benjamin and Betsy Hoyt Stanley,
was born in Hopkinton in 1774, according to the 1850 census, which gives
his age as 76. So far as I have been able to find Stephen was an only son,
although his grandaughter recalls her "Aunt Bean",
who she thinks was his sister. There was a Benjamin Stanley of Hopkinton,
who married Hannah Clough, Dec. 27 1798, and she may have been the Hannah
Stanley who died in Hopkinton, August 24 1861, age 89. This could hardly
have been Benjamin, the father of Stephen, as he was born in 1747, and
as his widow Betsy is said to have later married twice. He may have been
a brother of Stephen, although there is nothing to prove this. Stephen
Stanley moved to Salisbury N.H., where all of his children were born. His
wife was Jane Thurston, daughter of Stephen Thurston, whom he married in
1806. She was born June 27 1788, and died in Warner March 14 1883, age
94 years and 8 months. In 1850 Stephen Stanley was living in Warner, where
he owned real estate to the extent $1100. His children were:
1. Eunice Stanley, born March 21 1810. Died in Warner,
December 12 1880. Unmarried.
2. Stephen Thurston Stanley, b. Dec. 28 1812.
3. Phineas Stanley, twin brother to Stephen T.
4. Benjamin Stanley, b. April 14 1815.
FOURTH GENERATION
72. Horace Clough Stanley, son of Jonathan and Rebecca (Clough)
Stanley was born in Hopkinton, July 10 1806. He was a farmer and carpenter.
He married Mary Ann Kimball, daughter of John and Lydia (Clough) Kimball,
April 22 1827. She died August 26 1853. He married 2nd Pluma P. Savory,
daughter of Daniel Savory of Warner. Horace C. Stanley died March 18 1888.
His children - all by first wife - were:
1. Clinton M. Stanley, born Dec. 5 1830.
2. Helen Isabella Stanley, born 1835. Married Frank B.
Soribner, April 22 1863. Died March 16 1866.
No children.
3. Benton M.B. Stanley, born July 16 1840.
4. Edward W. Stanley, born Sept 20 1848.
73. Sumner Stanley, was born in Hopkinton, the son of Jonathan and Rebecca
(Clough) Stanley. He lived in Wenre and Warner, N.H. He married Ruth Day
of Warner, who survived him. He died intestate, but the probate records
show that at the time of his death he had the following children living
in New Hampshire:
1. David S. Stanley.
2. Mary Ann Stanley. (Wife of Ezekiel Morse).
3. Seba H. Stanley. (Wife of Samuel Morrill).
75. Zoroydy Stanley, daughter of Jonathan and Rebecca (Clough) Stanley,
was born in Hopkinton. Her first husband was Nathan Morgan, by whom she
had three children. Her second husband, by whom she had five children,
was James K. Clough. Children:
1. James Morgan, who married a Miss Robinson of Concord.
He was proprietor of a drug store in Concord for
several years, after which he moved to Pennsyvania.
2. Nathan Morgan, Jr. married Emily Couch of Hopkinton
They lived for the most part in Webster, N.H. He died
a few years ago.* Child:
1. Daughter, married Herbert Call
of Webster. She was born in
1848, and died a few years ago*
leaving two sons.
3. Elizabeth Morgan, who married first william T. Perry of
Hopkinton, and second a Mr. Tyrill. Her children, all by
first husband were:
1. James Perry, who married a
Miss Kelly, and lived on Putney
Hill in Hopkinton. They had
several children.
2. Evelyn Perry, who married
Carlton Tucker of Hopkinton.
3. Etta Perry.
4. William Perry.
4. William Clough, who did not marry.
5. Henry Clough, married Sarah Ordway. They lived in
Salibury. Child:
5. Stillman Clough.
6. Phineas Clough, who had three children. He moved to
Maine. Children:
1. Phineas Clough.
2. Fred Clough.
3. A daughter.
7. Mary A. Clough. Did not marry.
8. Betsy Clough, married Robert upton of Wilmot. No
children. Married 2nd, Dennis Adams of sutton. Son:
1. William Adams.
76. Julia Stanley, daughter of Jonathan and Rebecca (Clough) Stanley,
was born in Hopkinton. She married Moses K. Pingree, April 1st 1833. They
lived in Wilmot N.H., where he died in 1878. Children:
1. Horace Pingree, who married a Miss Parnum and lived in
Wilmot. He died a few years ago. No children.
2. Semalva Pingree, died aged 18 or 20.
3. Olive Pingree. Died young.
4. Harriet Pingree. Died Young.
107. Abijah Stanley, son of Matthew and Mary (Spencer) Stanley, was
born in Enfield, N.H., Sept. 7 1794. He married May Robinson in Lebannon,
N.H., in 1820. Her father had died when she was two years old, and her
mother when she was twelve. Mary Robinson was born Feb. 9 1800, and died
Sept. 24 1865. After his marriage Abijah Stanley moved to Morristown, Vermont,
where all of his children were born. he was a manufacturer of shoes and
pegs. He later moved to Winooski, Vermont, and operated a meat market.
The climate here did not agree with his wife, so about 1855 he moved to
Bangor , New York, where he resumed his meat business. He served in the
War of 1812. He died April 25 1869. Children:
1. Mary Stanley, born Sept. 28 1821. She married William
Prior in 1849, and died Jan.2 1862. No children.
2. Mathias Stanley, born October 24 1823. Married
Charlotte Coffin of Waterbury, Vermont., Jan. 1 1847
He was a merchant in Bangor New York. He died Jan. 31
1884. No children.
3. Harriet Stanley, born Sept. 25 1825.
4. Althora Stanley, born Dec. 2 1827. Married J.B.D. Leavitt,
Sept. 25 1850. She died Dec. 27 1851 in Meredith, N.H.
5. Helen M. Stanley, born March 9 1830.
6. Jeannette Stanley, born March 8 1832.
7. Nancy M. Stanley, born April 8 1835.
8. Myron D. Stanley, born Sept. 13 1837. He was a First
Lieutenant in the Civil War, and was acting Captain
in the last battle of the war. At the conclusion of this
battle he sat down for a rest, and was picked off
by a sharp-shooter. He is buried in the National
cemetery at Gettysburg.
9. Alvira Stanley, born May 10 1841. She married Henry B.
Meigs of Baltimore, Md. Oct 8 1872. She died January
11 1907 or 1908. No children.
108. Joseph Stanley, son of Matthew and Mary (Spencer) Stanley, was
born in Enfield, N.H., Sept. 10 1799. He married Hepzibeth Burnham, who
was born in Ipswich, Mass. March 20 1800, daughter of David and Rachel
(Choate) Burnham. Joseph Stanley died in Enfield, Feb. 13 1880. His wife
died there December 15 1891. He was a cabinet maker and very expert in
his work. Children:
1. Joseph Byron Stanley, born in Enfield July 30 1830.
Married Jane Steward of Franklin. Died in Concord, N.H.
November 24 1884. He was a jeweler.
2. Elbridge Gerry Stanley, born Enfield Jan. 24 1833.
3. Horace Burns Stanley, born Enfield, Jan.24 1836.
4. Marcia Ann Stanley, born May 25 1839. Is now living in
Enfield.*
5. Ellen Francis Stanley, born Enfield, March 8 1843.
6. Imogene Augusta Stanley, born Enfield, Feb. 2 1845.
109. John Stanley, son of Matthew and Mary (Spencer) Stanley, was born
in Enfield, N.H. Jan 14 1802. He settled in Fitchburg, Mass., but lived
in other towns. He was a banker by trade. His wife was Mary Overy, who
was born in Boston May 15 1806. They were Married in Boston. He died at
Ayer Junction, Mass. Date not given. Children:
1. George S. Stanley, born Springfield, Mass. Sept 26 1828.
Died in Fitchburg, August 10 1847.
2. Mary Ellen Stanley, born in Enfield, Conn., August 28
1830.
3. Lydia F. Stanley, born in Barre, Mass. July 28 1832.
4. Caroline O. Stanley, born in Barre, Mass., Jan.4 1835.
5. Narcissus L. Stanley, born Fitchburg, Dec. 4 1838.
6. Susan F. Stanley, born March 1 1840 in Groton, Mass.
Died Fitchburg, Sept. 27 1840.
7. John F. Stanley, born Templeton, Mass., Sept. 18 1841.
Died May 7 1848 in Fitchburg.
8. Angonette F. Stanley, born Templeton, Nov. 7 1843. Died
Fitchburg, August 14 1847.
110. Daniel Stanley, son of Matthew and Mary (Spencer) Stanley. was
born in Enfield, N.H. January 21 1804. He lived in Lebanon, N.H. His wife
was Hannah ____, who came from Vermont. He died in Lebanon, December 1
1883. The census of 1850 names the following children:
1. Allen S. Stanley (female) aged 25 in 1850.
2. Lucy Stanley, aged ? in 1850.
3. Lewis Stanley, aged 19 in 1850. He died when he was
about 21 in the town of Lebanon.
4. Charlotte Stanley, aged 16 in 1850. Mrs. Phelps (176)
says of her "She Married and lived in Addison, Vt. Do
not remember her hubands name. She had one son,
but am quite sure the family have all died since then."
5. Mary Stanley, aged 14 in 1850. She died in Lebanon, July
23 1865. Unmarried.
111. William Stanley, youngest son of Matthew and Mary (Spencer) Stanley, was born in Enfield, March 1 1807. He married and lived in Massachusetts, but I have been unable to find any further records concerning him. According to Mrs. Phelps, he had four sons "Very bright and good-looking, all of them", and one daughter. Mrs Nichols (190) speaks of two or three daughters, but does not mention any sons.
113. Lois Stanley, daughter of John and Anna (Currier) Stanley, was
born in Lyman, N.H. December 21 1806. She married George Hazeltine in April
1832. She died March 7 1861 in Barnet, Vermont, and was buried in Monroe,
N.H. Children:
1. Julia Smith Hazeltine, born 18__. Died Sept. 27 1850.
2. Ellen S. Hazeltine, married George Goodell. No children.
3. Phoebe Jennie Hazeltine. Married Wyman Allen, and
had a large family of children.
4. George Henry Hazeltine.
114. John C. Stanley, son of John and Anna (Currier) Stanley, was born
in Lyman, N.H. December 13 1809. He married Jane Beattie, daughter of James
and Margaret (Gillespie) Beattie, of Ryegate, Vermont, June 22 1843. At
about that time he bought the farm known as the "Wooster Bow" farm in Maidstone,
Vermont. Father tells of how his father and mother were in the wedding
party, which drove from Ryegate to Maidstone - some forty miles or more-
to attend the house-warming. He lived in Maidstone until his death, August
12 1886. He was particularly interested in horses, and bought and raised
many good ones. At one time he sold four for $300 apiece, a very high price
at the time. At the time he bought his farm he gave his note for $3000.
Up to the time of his death the note was still in existence, although he
had paid more than twice its face value in interest. His wife died July
9 1887. Their children were:
1. William John Beattie Stanley, born April 13 1884.
2. Margaret Ann Stanley, born Sept 3 1845.
3. Jennie Katherine Stanley, born Sept 23 1846. Is living at
present with her niece Mrs. Katherine
(Carpenter)
Armstrong in Lancaster, N.H.* She has
furnished many
notes of interest in connection with
these sketches.
4. Robert James Stanley, born March 26 1848.
5. Harriet Elizabeth Stanley, born June 9 1849.
115. Henry Stanley, son of John and Anna (Currier) Stanley, was born
in Lyman, N.H. June 26 1813. He married Chloe Bracelet of Waterford, Vermont,
Feb. 5 1846. He went to California with grandfather Stanley in 1852 or
1853. Later he and grandfather went in to the milling business together
in Barnet. He was something of a mechanical genius and among other things
invented a water-wheel, and a blower used in connection with grain elevators.
He was unfortunate through law-suits and patent troubles, so that he never
profited from his inventions. He lived to be nearly 90 years old. Children:
1. Ellen Francis Stanley, born January 25 1848.
2. Martha Marian Stanley, born April 22 1851. Married Wm.
Kelly. No children.
3. Carrie Louise Stanley, born Nov. 28 1856.
116. Lyman Stanley, son of John and Anna (Currier) Stanley, was born
in Lyman, N.H., Sept. 13 1814. As a boy he attended Newbury Seminary, at
Newbury, Vermont. He was good in mathematics, and later studied surveying
with his father. He taught school for several terms. November 24 1842 he
married Laura Ann Way, daughter of Amos and Sally (Simmons) Way, of Lyman.
In the Office of the Recorder of Vital Statistics at Concord is a card
giving the following data:
"Groom - Mr. Lyman Stanley
Bride - Miss Laura Ann Way
By whom married - Justice of the Peace
Date of Marriage - November 24 1842
Place - Lyman, N.H."
Soon after his marriage he leased the Stevens Hotel in Barnet, which
prior to the construction of the railroad was a "Stage Stop", and quite
a popular hostelry. His health was poor - tuberculosis was feared - and
the doctor recommended a sea voyage. So with his brother Henry and Spafford
Way, they started for California going by way of Panama. His share of their
gold diggings amounted to about $3000 and expenses - they were gone two
years. After returning to Barnet he and his brother bought out a gristmill,
in which business they lost money, and finally had to close it up. Then
he became manager of a woolen mill, located in Barnet. The mill burned
a few years later, after which he became a timber operator for the Hazens
in northern New Hampshire. Later he moved to the farm " on the Hill", and
about 12 or 15 years later moved to the village in Barnet, where he died
March 23 1897. His wife died Feb. 24 1903. Their children were:
1. John Stanley, born Dec. 22 1844. Died Dec. 27 1844.
2. James Stanley, twin. Died Dec. 27 1844.
3. Edgar Lyman Stanley, born January 26 1848.
4. Phoebe Jennie Stanley, born March 25 1850.
5. Charles Almon Stanley, born April 15 1853.
6. Alfred Stanley, born January 2 1857.
7. Albert Henry Stanley, born June 12 1859. Died May 9 1860.
8. Herbert Arthur Stanley, born March 9 1862.
9. Laura Mabel Stanley, born May 12 1864. Died August 11
1865.
117. James Stanley, son of John and Anna (Currier) Stanley, was born
in Lyman, N.H., April 14 1819. He married Julia F. Byron of Maidstone,
Vt. October 28 1857. He stayed at home and inherited his fathers farm in
what is now North Monroe. These farm buildings are still in existence.
He represented the town of Monroe in the State Legislature. He died Feb.
3 1902. His wife died in December 1915. Their children were:
1. Frederic James, born Aug.29 1858. Died Aug.11 1867.
2. Julia Emma, b. Sept.14 1860. Died Aug.31 1867.
3. Stella James Stanley, b. June 16 1869.
4. Susan Lavina Stanley, born Dec. 6 1876. Lived with her
mother in North Monroe until the latters
death, when
she moved to Morn Village, where she
is living with
her sisters daughters.* She has furnished
many
statistics incorporated herein.
5. Fannie Marshall Stanley, born October 19 1870.
118. Nancy Stanley, daughter of John and Anna (Currier) Stanley, was
born in Lyman, N.H., April 4 1824. She married W.S. Hinman, Dec.11 1845.
he died a few years later, and she married Lester S. Richards, March 26
1854. They lived in Barnet and West Concord, Vermont. He went ot the Civil
War, during which time she lived in St. Johnsbury. She died in West Concord,
May 13 1872. Children:
1. Oliver S. Richards, born January 31 1855.
2. William John Richards, born January 7 1860. Died January
26 1864.
3. George Sherman Richards, born July 31 1866. Died April
20 1868.
119. Lavinia Stanley, daughter of John and Anna (Currier) Stanley, was
born in Lyman, N.H., Nov. 13 1826. She married William G. Peddleford, Jan.
27 1848. He died a few years later. October 28 1857, she married Spaffford
A. Way, brother to grandmother Stanley. They lived on his fathers (Amos
Way) place in Lyman, until he sold it to his brother, Samuel Way, when
they moved to Lancaster, N.H., where they lived until he died March 27
1905. She died October 27 1905. Children:
1. Willliam Paddleford, born December 1851. Married
Harriet Hall. Children:
1. Lavinia Paddleford, married Irving
Head and had one daughter.
2. Maurice Paddleford. Had three
children.
2. Frank Amos Way, born Dec. 27 1858. Married Maria
Maria Holden, May 16 1881. They lived
in Princeton,
Mass., and had one daughter born in
1899.
3. Allen Stanley Way, born July 20 1860. Married Georgia
Knight, Nov.5 1884. They lived in Lancaster,
N.H. They
had one son, who enlisted in the American
Army, and
is at present in France.*
4. George Darwin Way, born Feb. 15 1862. Died Nov.20
1862.
5. Anna Lovinia Way, born Jan. 13 1864. Married October
31 1883, Shepard A. Knight, uncle of
Georgia Knight,
mentioned in (233). He died January
2 1914. She lives
in Lancaster.* No children.
6. Ella Maybella Way, born July 4 1866. Died March 27
1867.
140. Stephen Thurston Stanley, son of Stephen and Jane (Thurston) Stanley,
was born in Salisbury, N.H., Dec. 28 1812. He married Sarah Eliza Emerson
of Wakefield, Mass., Dec. 24 1840. they lived for some years in Mass. but
later moved to Warner, N.H. He died in Warner, December 19 1897. Mrs. Stanley
was born Sept. 6 1820, and died April 10 1905. They had the following children:
1. Clara Elisa Stanley, born June 4 1846. died June 4 1847.
2. Sarah Ella Stanley, born October 4 1848. She is living
in Warner, N.H.*
3. Francis Anna Stanley, born June 27 1850. Died Aug.4
1850.
141. Phineas Stanley, twin brother to Stephen Thurston Stanley, lived
in Lowell, Mass. He was twice married, his first wife being Virtue Jones
of Rumney, N.H., whom he married in 1842. His second wife was Mary Wiggin
of Koutonboro, N.H. They were married in 1850. Phineas Stanley died in
Feb. 1897. He had one daughter:
1. Susan Jane Stanley, born about 1843. Married Frank
Andrews of Warner, and had two children, neither
of whom are living. Both she and her husband, as well
as her father, mother and children are buried in
Lowell.
142. Benjamin Stanley, son of Stephen and Jane (Thurston) Stanley, was
born in Sallisbury, N.H., April 14 1815. In 1851 he married Elizabeth Cutting
Of Concord, N.H., by whom he had one son. His second wife was Mrs. Maria
Harvey Of Warner, N.H. He died in Warner in 1900.
His son was:
1. Charles Stanley, who died when a young man.
Unmaried.
FIFTH GENERATION
143. Clinton W. Stanley, son of Horace C. and Mary Ann (Kimbell) Stanley, was born in Hopkinton, December 5 1830. He entered Dartmouth College at the age of 15. the youngest man in his class. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1852, after which he began his practice in Manchester. December 24 1857 he married Almira Woodbury. He was made an associate justice of the Circuit Court in 1874, and subsequently was appointed a Justice of the State Supreme Court, which position he held until his death December 1 1884. He was President of the City National Bank of Manchester, a Trustee of Dartmouth College, and a member of the New England Historical and Genealogical Society.
145. Benton Marion Pulaski Stanley, son of Horace C. and Mary Ann (Kimball),
was born in Hopkinton, N.H., July 16 1840. He married Almira Clough, daughter
of William Clough of Webster, N.H. He settled in New London, N.H.
about 1863, where he lives at the present time.* He is a farmer, and carpenter,
by trade, Children:
1. Mary Sophronia Stanley, born Nov. 15 1864.
2. William E. Stanley, born Oct. 21 1866.
3. Frank Marion Stanley, born Jan. 5 1870.
4. Emma Isabel Stanley, born Dec. 6 1875.
5. Horace Clough Stabley, born April 27 1880.
146. Edward W. Stanley, son of Horace C. and Mary Ann (Kimball) stanley,
was born in Hopkinton Sept. 20 1848. He and his son are the only Stanleys
living in Hopkinton at present.* He has been of considerable assistance
in the preparation of these sketches, and tells many little anecdotes concerning
the Stanleys in Hopkinton a half century ago. He owned a farm out near
West Hopkinton and south of the main road between Hopkinton and Henniker
Villages. Mr. Stanley was twice married. His first wife was Addie S. Pillsbury,
he married April 30 1871. He married Mary E. Clough, April 16 1877, and
she died in 1916. His only son is:
1. Clinton J. Stanley, born May 22 1878.
147. David Stillman Stanley, son of Sumner and Ruth (Dow) Stanley,
was born in Warner. He went out to Wisconsin when a young man and died
in the west leaving the following children:
1. Charles Stanley.
2. Etta Stanley.
3. Herbert Stanley.
148. Mary Ann Stanley, daughter of Sumner and Ruth (Dow) Stanley, was
born in Weare, N.H. She married Ezebiel W. Morser. Children:
1. Etta A. Morse, married Franklin S. Parker. No children.
2. Charles D. Morse, married Mary Stevens, lives in
Meriden, N.H., and has one son:
1. John A. Morse, born about 1903.
3. Harris A. Morse, married Natalie F. Hill. Was Postmaster
at Tilton, N.H., and has one son:
1. Errol S. Morse, born about 1898.
4. Ina Morse, married Leon A. Sanderson. She died in
1911. No children.
149. Seba H. Stanley, daughter of Sumner and Ruth (Dow) Stanley, married
Samuel Morril and lived in Warner. Mr. Morill is dead, but
Mrs. Warner is still living, I believe. They had two children:
1. Robert Morill, died young.
2. Bertha Morril, married Walter B. Flanders. She died in
1911 and left no children.
174. Harriet Stanley, daughter of Abijah and Mary (Robinson) Stanley,
was born in Morristown, Vermont, Sept. 25 1825. She married William R.
Pattingill, Dec. 25 1842. He was a manufacturer of boots and shoes and
settled in Wisconsin. They both died in the town of Omro, Wis., leaving
two children:
1. Frank Pettingill, lived in Sheboygan, Wis. Married
and had children.
2. Alberta Pettingill, married a Mr. Wells and lived in
Wisconsin. Had children.
176. Helen M. Stanley, daughter of Abijah and Mary (Robinson) Stanley,
was born in Morristown, Vermont, March 9 1830. She Married Homer M. Phelps,
Dec. 8 1853. They lived in Monkton, Vt. and Fortsdam, N.Y.
Mr. Phelps was a dealer in stone and granite. He died August 27 1868.
Mrs. Phelps now lives in Burlinton, Vermont,* and has furnished practically
all of the data recorded herin regarding the descendants of Abijah Stanley.
Children:
1. Alice B. Phelps, born Monkton, Vt., Oct. 8 1854. Married
Elihu C. Pierce, Feb. 14 1878. They
Lived in Blair, Neb.,
where he was a merchant. Children:
1. Mary Phelps Pierce, born May 24 1880 at
Blair, Neb. Married William Walter
Wilkinson, June 5 1901. He was a farmer
and real estate operator. Children:
a. Marjorie May Wilkinson, born Aug.
18 1902.
b. Lucy Alice Wilkinson, b. Jan 26 1906.
c. William Thomas Wilkinson, b. March
8 1909.
2. Helen Margaret Pierce, born Nov. 22 1882.
Married Clyde Wills Allen, Oct. 22 1092(?*).
He was a farmer and lived at Fort Calhoun,
Nebraska. Children:
a. Stanley Pierce Allen, b. Aug 2 1903.
b. Helen M. Allen, b. May 23 1905.
c. Winifred Cora Allen, b. Feb. 4 1908.
d. Ruth Way Allen, b. May 14 1911.
e. Margaret Allen, b. Oct. 7 1914.
f. Emily Ann Allen, b. Oct. 24 1917.
3. Cora Alice Pierce, born January 13 1885.
Married , on Nov. 20 1909, Winfield Scott
Rothery. He was the owner of the French
Dry Cleaning works at Omaha, Neb. He
served as business manager for the
Y.W.C.A. at Camp Cody, Denning, N.M.
Children:
a. Helen May Rothary, b. May 28
1915.
b. Homer Frederick Rothery, b. Oct. 14
1916.
4. Stanley Homer Pierce, born April 25 1887.
Married Martha Charlotte Clausen, Oct. 28
1907. He was in business with his father
in Blair. Children:
a. Elihu Clausen Pierce, b. June 17
1908.
b. Robert Stanley Pierce. b. April 6
1910.
5. Bertha Laura Pierce, born May 5 1890.
Married Frederick Albert Abbot, Oct. 10
1908. He served in the Cuban and
Philippines wars, and was a Captain in the
National Guard in the Mexican Border
fights. Children:
a. Frederick Robbins Abbot, b. May
23 1910.
b. Norman Pierce Abbot, b. Sept 18
1912.
2. Willis Stanley Phelps, born Monkton, Vt., Feb. 8 1856.
Married Lillie C. Dubie, April 29 1879.
No childdren.
3. Helen M. Phelps, born Portadam, N.Y., Dec 31 1859.
Married James Jennings, Jan. 10 1884.
She died April
11 1885.
177. Jeannette Stanley, daughter of Abijah and Mary (Robinson) Stanley,
was born March 8 1832. She married Samuel Hallenback of Bangor, New York,
They moved to Omro, Wis., where they both died.
Son:
1. WIlliam Hallenbeck. Was an editor in Montana. No
children.
178. Nancy M. Stanley, daughter of Abijah and Mary (Robinson) Stanley,
was born April 8 1835. She married Seth Carpenter of Bangor, New York.
They moved to Wisconsin and had seven children of whom two sons and three
daughters are living - of these are:
1. Freeman Carpenter. Married. Lived in Dighton, Kansas.
2. Stanley Carpenter. An editor. Lived in Belgrade, Montana.
3. Clara Carpenter. Married. 2 sons that lived in Montana.
4. Loretta Carpenter. Married. Lived in Greenhah, Wisconsin.
No children.
182. Elbridge Gerry Stanley, son of Joseph and Hepzibeth (Burnahm) Stanley,
was born in Enfield, January 24 1833. He married Elizabeth Nutting in Fitchburg,
Mass., Nov. 24 1854. He was a pattern maker for the Putnam Tool Company,
of Fitchburg, and died in that city June 31
1911. Children:
1. William Kendall Stanley.
2. George Frederick Stanley.
3. Byron Archie Stanley.
183. Horace Burns Stanley, son of Joseph and Hepzibeth (Burnaham) Stanley,
was born in enfield, July 21 1836. He married Emaline Almeda Gates. She
was born in Canaan, N.H.. April 24 1840, and died in Enfield, Nov.9 1898.
Mr. Stanley was a jeweler and later a manufacturer of corn planters. He
died in Enfield, Dec. 9 1900. They had one daughter:
1. Grace Leone Stanley, born Enfield, Jan. 27 1862. Married
Fred A. Spencer, Feb.9 1884. They lived in Bristol, where
Mr. Spencer was Treasurer of the Dodge-Davis Co.,
manufacturer of woolens. He died July 1 1915. Mrs
Spencer furnished many detailed notes incorporated
in these sketches. They had one son:
1. Stanley Ashton Spencer, b. May 11
1891 in Bristol, who succeeded his
father in business. He married Helen
Drew Holmes of Bristol, June 18 1914.
They have one child.
185. Ellen Francis Stanley, daughter of Joseph and Hepzibeth (Burnham)
Stanley, was born in enfield, March 8 1843. She married Capt. N.S. Wheeler,
and they lived in Enfield, where she died Oct. 1 1909. Children:
1. William George Wheeler, born Oct. 20 1871. Married
Blanche Page of Fitchburg, Mass. One
son:
1. Stanley Page Wheeler, b. July 15 1903.
2. Harry Stanley Wheeler, born March 21 1874. Died April
28 1910. He was a doctor in New Jersey.
3. Daisy Ellen Wheeler, born May 31 1880. Married Hugh
Young of Sunnpee, N.H.
4. Grace Mildred Wheeler, born May 31 1880. Married
Lester Fogarty, of Enfield
5. Robert Byron Wheeler, born May 31 1880. Married
Sarah Agar of Whippany, New Jersey.
He was
connected with a bank in Newark, New
Jersey.
186. Imogene Augusta Stanley, daughter of Joseph and Hepzibeth (Burnham) Stanley, was born in Enfield, Feb. 2 1845. She married John M. Carpenter of Fitchburg in 1867, and lived there until her death, Dec. 11 1902.
217. Alfred Stanley, son of Lyman and Laura (Way) Stanley, was born
January 2 1857. Married Mary Richmond Boardman. Children:
1. Robert R. Stanley.
2. Herbert W. Stanley.
3. Agnes Stanley.
4. Richard B. Stanley.
5. Mary Stanley (Castikyan).
6. Lyman Stanley.
7. Elizabeth Stanley (Jay).
8. Alfreda Stanley.
SIXTH GENERATION
218. Herbert Wines Stanley, son of Alfred and Mary Richmond (Boardman)
Stanley, was born Dec. 12, 1890. Married Beatrice Moore Potts (who was
born Oct. 12, 1890) on Oct. 8 1914. Herbert Stanley died Decmeber 25 1966;
his wife died January 2, 1967. They had one son:
1. Sherburn Moore Stanley, born August 30, 1915.
SEVENTH GENERATION
219. Sherburn Moore Stanley, son of Robert and Beatrice Moore (Potts)
Stanley, was born August 30, 1915 in Lincoln, Nebraska. He was raised in
New Hampshire. He attended Staunton Military Academy in Virginia, Yale,
and McGill Medical School in Montreal Canada after which he served as a
combat physician in China during World War Two. He Married Helen Stanley
Stone, daughter of Henry Lake Stone, in 1938.
After serving an internship in Detroit. He moved to Asheville, N.C.
where he became a specialist in internal medicine with a private practice
until 1967 when he became the Corporate MEdical Director for the American
INK Co., a position he retained until his retirement in 1980.
In 1968 he married Kathleen Greer, born Feb. 4 1928 in Todd, N.C.,
the daughter of Ralph Greer. In 1971 Sherburn was given the Physician of
the Year Award for North Carolina. Since his retirement in 1980 Mr. Stanley
has dived his time between his residence in South Port Florida and his
wife's ancestral farm in Todd, N.C. He has three sons, two by his
first marriage, and one by his second. The sons are:
1. Douglas Boardman Stanley / Yaacov Stanley Ben
Abraham. Born July 7 1948.
2. Stephen Ranson Stanley. Born November 4 1949.
3. Alvis Anthony Stanley. Born August 27 1955 in Boone
Boone North Carolina. He is the natural
son of Kathleen
Greer and was adopted by Sherburn Stanley.
EIGHTH GENERATION
220. Douglas Boardman Stanley / Yaacov Stanley Ben Abraham,
the son of Sherburn and Helen (Stone) Stanley, was born July 7 1948 in
Detroit, Michigan. In 1967 Douglas, (as he was then known) enlisted in
the Navy and served in the Vietnam War. Upon his return he lived in California
studying music and attending classes at Marian College. In 1975 he traveled
to Israel and at some point within this time period converted to Judaism,
changing his name to Yaacov Ben Abraham. Since that time he
has studied music in the Brooklyn Conservatory , received a Masters degree
in Psychology and done extensive work as a guidance counselor. He is also
an ordained scribe in the Orthodox Judaic Tradition, and is presently heavily
engaged in Rabbinical Studies in New York City, his current home. He has
married three times; 1st, Tzvia Pitzele in 1978; 2nd, Miriam ____
in 1987; and 3rd, Leah ____ in 1990. He has two sons, the first by
Ann Fuller, daughter of Lisa Atherton, and the second by his first wife.
They are:
1. John Richard Stanley. Born Feb. 23 1969 in San Francisco,
California.
2. Yehuda Leib Stanley. Born in New York City.
221. Stephen Ranson Stanley, son of Sherburn and Helen (Stone) Stanley,
was born November 4, 1949 in Asheville, North Carolina and lived there
till he was 18 years old. In 1968 he moved to Panama City, Florida and
there attended, and graduated from Gulf Coast Community College. In 1972
he graduated from the University of West Florida in Pensacola, FL and received
a B.A. in Science-Medical Technology. He then worked in the medical lab
of St. Joseph's Hospital, Asheville NC for a year, then worked as a bacteriologist
at Fletcher Hospital (a 7th Day Adventist Hospital) from 1973-1975.
He moved back to Panama City, FL in 1975 and worked in the Bay County Blood
Bank for two years. In 1977 moved to Gainesville Florida where he studied
Vocational Rehabilitation and received a Masters degree in Health Science
in 1978. He returned to Asheville, NC in 1978 and worked at Asheville-Buncombe
Technical Institute as a vocational counselor, until was accepted as a
postulant for Holy Orders by the Episcopal Diocese of Western North Carolina,
and began theological study at Virginia Theological Seminary in Alexandria,
VA in 1979. At Virginia Seminary he met his future wife Jacqueline
Hamilton, who was there seeking a Master's Degree in Christian Education.
In 1981 he married Jackie Hamilton, daughter of Jack and Jane Hamilton.
In 1982 Stephen and Jackie both graduated from VTS and Stephen was called
as Associate at St. Paul's Episcopal Church and Episcopal Chaplain at Baylor
University. Jackie worked at St. Paul's as a Christian Educator and writer
until their son Brian was born. In 1897 Stephen, Jackie and Brian
moved to Gastonia, North Carolina, where Stephen became rector of All Saints
Parish. In 1990 the family moved to Chapel Hill, N.C. and Stephen became
the Episcopal Chaplain at the Chapel of the Cross adjacent to the campus
of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, a position he still
retains (as of the writing, 1997. Stephen Stanley has co-authored
two books with his wife, commentaries on the Gospel of Luke and the Book
of Genesis. They have one son:
1. Brian Hamilton Stanley. Born August 28 1984, in Waco
Texas.
THE ENGLISH STANLEYS
The records of the English Stanleys in America go back nearly 300 years, and in England for nearly 1000 years. Genealogists have not as yet found the "connecting link" between the English family and the American family, although according to tradition our first American ancestor was the son of an English nobleman. Whether or not that is true, the fact remains that some of the Stanleys have been very prominent in England for centuries. as reference to any of the many books of English peerage will indicate.
Edward V. Stanley of Hopkinton, N.H., has a book entitled "Memoirs Containing a Genealogical and Historical Account of the Ancient and Honorable House of Stanley from the Conquest to the death of James, Late Earl of Derby." This book was written by the household steward of Sir James Stanley, 10th Earl of Derby, and was printed in 1760. This particular earl died in 1975, and it is an interesting comment on the laws of succession that his title went to his sixth cousin, Sir Edward Stanley, who became the 11th Earl. It was apparently necessary to go to such a distant relative because of the absence of male heirs in the more closely related branches of the family.
My great-grandfather John Stanley, who was born in 1775, is said to have held the belief that a title and a lot of money awaited any American Stanley that wanted to go to England and claim it.. Whether or not he had heard this from his father of grandfather about the lack of male Stanleys around the year 1735, we do not know. However it is well for many reasons that John Stanley did not spend much effort in the matter, one of which is that in his day there were several hundred or so Stanley males ahead of him in the right of succession, his being of the "younger son" branch of the family.
The first Stanleys on record were Henry Stanley, who took his name from his estate, which lay in the northern part of Strafford shire and Derby shire, and which was called "Stonley", because of its rough and rocky character, and his brother Thomas Stanley of Strafford. They were living in England at the time of the Norman Conquest.
Henry Stanley had an only daughter and heir, Mabel;, while Thomas had an only daughter and heir, joan. These two girls were thus cousins.
Among those who came to England with William the Conqueror was one Adam de Audithly, who had two sons Adam and Lidulph. Adam Jr. had a son William, and Lidulph had a son Adam, 3rd. William de Audithly married Joan Stanley, and his cousin Adam, 3rd, married Mabel Stanley. Thus Adam de Audithly, 3rd, became the possessor of "Stonely", but later he exchanged this with his cousin William for other property. William de Audithly thereupon became known as the lord of Stoneley, and took "Stanley" for his surname.
The Stanley line thus started, continues down through the centuries for some 25 generations or more. Several of the different lines were given titles, but the most prominent of all the branches was that whose members became the Earls of Derby. Sir Thomas Stanley, who came eleven generations after the above mentioned William and Joan Stanley, was made the first Earl of Derby. His first wife was Elinor, daughter of Richard Nevil, Earl of Salisbury, and sister of Richard Nevil, Earl of Warwick (nick-named "The King-maker"). Thomas Stanleys second wife was Margaret, widow of Edmund Tudor, Earl of Richmond. Her son Henry of Richmond later became King Henry the Seventh, when at the battle of Bosworth Field in 1485 he overcame the forces of King Richard the Third. It was Sir THomas Stanley whom took the crown from the head of the slain King Richard on the battlefield, and placed it on the head of Henry of Richmond (his Step-son), amid loud cries of "Long live King Henry!". Presumably by this act he earned the gratitude of his wife and his step-son for in the same year Sir Thomas became Earl of Derby.
Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby, was succeeded by his grandson thomas, and from him the line continued through six generations to James Stanley, 10th Earl of Derby, upon whose death in 1735 the male line became extinct. He was succeeded by his sixth cousin, Sir Edward Stanley, who became the 11th Earl, and from him the line continues down to the present day. The present Earl of Derby appears to retain the prominence of his ancestors, for it is recalled that several times during the past four or five years he has been mentioned in the newspapers as a possible choice as Prime Minister of England.
Although somewhat of a digression, I am copying from the Stanley book
above referred to a letter written by the 7th Earl of Derby to his son
Charles Stanley, Lord Strange, who later became the 8th Earl. At the time
the old Earl was in prison as the result of some intrigue, and shortly
thereafter he was executed (1650). His son was then living on the Isle
of Man. The letter, although long, is interesting in showing some of the
philosophy of these Earls, and also in showing some of the advice the Stanley
boys of three hundred years ago received from their fathers. The letter
follows:
"You know my former instructions to you were in the first, to fear God, as the beginning of wisdom, and that honesty and religion were the grounds and ends of all mans actions, that all things are written for our instruction; and that no man can be accounted happy in this world that is not wise, for he that is unwise sees most his own unhappiness.
'And I know you are taught these great and good lessons by your excellent tutor Mr. Rupture, for whom may you and I both give thanks to God; he is not only a good teacher to you, but a good friend and companion to both you and me; having nothing at all of the pendant in him; you have profited well in your studies, which is a proof of his labor and care; and without flattery to either, above what I expected; to which the virtuous expectations of you great and good mother, by whose tender care your infancy hat been governed, hath greatly contributed.
'You have already the benfit of her language, and so need not travel as I and some other have done, to spend our times for words, while we lose so much of our life, to have studied men and manners. But your present education under so great and excellent a tutor, gives me assurance rather than hope, that you will so understand yourself, and the true knowledge of your creator and redeemer (without which all others things are vain and miserable) that your youth being guided bey so able a teacher, will furnish you with such divine and moral precepts, as may make your life comfortable, and your death happy. From whose learned instructions, when it shall please God to bless you with children, you may yourself give raise to their teachers; but lest you should forget any of those wise and virtuous precepts, I may prevail with Mr.Rutter, to give you his method of instructing youth in writing, to keep by you, and if others when we are dead pretend to greater knowledge and a new way of teaching, you may compare his great skill with our true loves, of which these and the like endeavors shall be our witness; as I may say something more of my interest in your breeding and travel, ect. But in the meantime I will give you some instructions touching the manner of your house, servants and estate which I hope may prove of service; I have already given you some marks of a good servant, and these following are the badges of a bad one.
My father, upon the death of ny mother growing infirm, and disconsolate, and willing to repose himself of the trouble of the world, purchased a house on the side of the River Dee near Chester, and retired thither, retaining to himnself a thousand pounds a year for life, and put the rest of his estate and revenue in my hands, which I fear I shall not so soon be able to do with you, nor with such lattitude of power; however by observations of the following rules and maxims you may so manage, improve and enlarge your estate as to live with repute, honor and comfort.
'When you shall arrive at mans estate use great caution in the choice of a wife, for as that is well or ill done, so is the whole life likely to be afterwards. It is like a project in war, wherein man can probably err but once. If your estate be good, match near home and at leisure; but id weak or encumbered, marry afar off and quickly. Inquire well into her disposition, and how her parents have been in their youth. Let her not be poor, how generous soever, for a man can buy nothing in the marketplace with gentillity; nor choose an uncomly creature for wealth, for it will cause contempt in others, and loathing with you. Choose not a dwarf or a fool; the children of one will be pigmies, and the other your disgrace by a continual clack, and there is nothing more fulsome than a she fool.
'As to your housekeeping, let it be moderate, rather plentiful than niggardly, for no man ever grew poor by keeling an orderly table. Banish drunkenness as a bane to health, consuming much and making no show. Beware not to spend a fourth of your income, nor above one third of that in your house, for your other two parts will scarce defray your extra ordinaries, which always surmount the ordinary; and remember the needy man can never live happily.
'Bring up your children with learning and obediance, yet without austerity. Praise them openly, and reprehend them secretly. Give them mainteanance agreeable to your ability, otherwise your life will seem their bondage, and at your death they will thank it, and not you for what you leave them.
'I am persuaded that the foolish indulgance of some parents, and the too severe carriage of others, occasion more men and women to take courses than their own inclinations. Marry your daughters in time as a great work, and if your sons are by curiosity inclined to travel, suffer them not to pass the Alps, for there is nothing to be learned there but pride, vice, luxury and atheism, with a few useless words of profit.
'It is good to have provision beforehand for housekeeping, for large demesnes are commodious for that purpose; therefore do not lease any part already in your hand. And live not in the country without corn and cattle, for he that pulleth to his purse for every penny, is like him that keepeth water in a sieve.
'Buy what you want at the best hand, and be not served with kinsmen and friends, for they expect much and do but little; and keep rather too few than one too many; feed and pay them well, and then you may expect service from their hands.
' Let your kindred and friends be welcome at your house, and table, and oblige them by your countenance, which will double the bond of nurture, and raise so many advocates upon occasion. Throw off and disregard all loose and flatering parasites, who are every mans freind in prosperity, but of no more use in adversity than a harbour in winter. Avoid Suretidhip for your best friends, but rather lend the money yourself on good bond, although you borrow it, for that will secure yourself and pleasure your friend. Neither borrow money of a neighbor or a friend, but rather of a stranger, which when paid you will hear no more of, otherwise you will loosen your credit, lose your friend, and yet pay as dear for it.
'Be sure to keep some great man your friend, but trouble him not for trifles. Compliment him often with small gifts of little charge, but if occasion require greater, let it be something that may be daily in sight; otherwise it may be like a hop without pole.
'Towards your superiors, be humble yet generous; with your equals familiar, yet respectful to your inferiors. Show much humanity and some familiarity, as to bow the body, stretch forth your hand, or uncover your head, with such like popular compliments, which will prepare you way to advanvcement, bespeak you a man well bred, and gain a good report, which once got is eaisily kept.
' For civility and humanity take deep root in the minds of the populace. who are easier gained by small courtesies, than by churlish benefits; yet affect not, nor neglect popularity too much.
'Trust not any man with secrets of your mind that may nearly concern your life, honor, credit or estate. For it is the greatest folly so far to discover and enslave yourself to your friend, as if occasion should offer, you should not dare to become his enemy.
'Be not scurrilous in conversation nor satirical in your jests, for when any of them savor too much of truth, they leave a bitterness in the minds of those that are touched by them; and some are so prone to this kind of behavior, that they choose rather to lose their friend than their jest. But I advise you to avoid all such satirical jests as may be disagreeable to the company, engage you in disputes, and draw on you the hatred of friends, if not quarrels also.
'It is very commendable to have comely men serve you, but have none that is either a Puritan or a Jesuit; next to them a musician is very troublesome, and many boys to wait on your servant is sluttish, given to pilfer and steal, and disgrace your house. I would have all those under the yeoman in livery, whether yours or any of your chief retinue. Have a good steward of your house, and clerk of the kitchen, who make themselves awed by the servants, even as much as yourself, and while they serve you well, you must give them countenance. So will your house be orderly.
'I would as much as I could keep my own cash myself, so shall I better husband what I have, as knowing on what occasion I part with it. And as it is a good custom sometimes to reward good servants, consider well before you give what it is, and to whom, and for what, for certainly when you give to a good man because he is good, it is likely to keep him so, and make others good from his example. I would not have any in my house too near a kin, for you will be apt to encourage one too much, for anothers sake; nor would I have many married in the house, for so you may come to have the children also.
'When a servant minds himself more than your business, than you may be sure he is growing rich, gaining reputation at your cost, and then you may observe men making their addresses to him, rather than to;; his followers attend him bare-headed, which puffs him up to slight your service, and if you respect him, maybe he will honor you, otherwise he can live on his own, and may have the vanity to give out it was his fathers legacy, though he came to you as a beggar.
'If servant be prodigal, neglecting his own affairs, assuredly he will neglect yours, and then you may see, if he be needy, a gamester, a company keeper, or otherwise vicious and the like. Dismiss such a one of your house and service.
'Another sort delights to keep you in suits and troubles, that he amy
never want employment, and you cannot want him, exclaiming against all
others as unfit for your service, but in this case the rule of Machiavelli
is to be remembered - Fortiter Caulmniari alquid addet. More dangerous
than this is a flattering servant, who endereth himself to you by applauding
and approving all you like, say, or do, which may prevail you to think
you have one after your own heart, but will in time gnaw you to the very
bone. Yet observe this rule and there is less danger of being deceived
- When any parish you, be jealous you desserve it not, or if you do, think
he does not always love you best that prates you most, and remember the
Italian proverb,
"that after eating salt with one seven years, you may then judge of
his sincerity and how far one may trust him." Those you trust with your
money, or any receipts or disbursements of it, bring often to account,
which will keep them just, and make you easy.
'Most of these misfortunes I have met with in servants, which have given
me great vexation. Therefore, pray than by experience to avoid these as
much as possible. I thought to have enlarged myself on many passages and
observations, wherein I have been exercised enough to have given you examples,
both in pride and corruption in those employed about you, but am loath
to dwell to long on one subject, not knowing how much time I may dwell
here myself, so shall omit them for the present. and only give you a few
aphorisms and maxims in life, for your instruction and observation in the
course of it, which I Exhort you always to remember and practice as a sure
monitor and guide of all your actions, conduct, and behavior to God, your
prince, and your neighbors .
END OF HISTORY