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O 0 (A > 1 (A V. z ~ n i V n I X "N ei' > s N a ds <$> 2 Is r> 9D H. Sm 52 \ x: (N z 5 s Z £ P ft. ^22222 5 Vs d o o Q o s. X >>> k C\ ?. \ Cs (f| S \ S) V ^ C: V zz DC \ H« III ZD niA n> a az o (A I' Ca' t ^fv 0 g ^ ^ Si, 1 n V \ I . 0 0 ::s <> ^ ^ 'k ^ I 1 •« 'd i t. M iVr i: ^ ■ , M it s tK ^' ■- ^ ! rx'"^ S ^i . ^ ' 51 ^ ! I! I^i c,'! ^ L_ r ^ V 2) feN N k -Si ci S i'i*' fhtynfS Ji-2,„Uy THE STANLEY FAMILIES OF AMERICA A3 DE8CENDBD FROM JOHN,TIMOTHY, AND THOMAS STANLEY OF HARTFORD, CT. 1636. -', «• 5, COMPILED BY ISRAEL p. WARREN, D.D. fc \ •V.':'.'-!.-; S' PORTLAND, MAINE PRINTED BY B. THURSTON & CO. •t .Vy PREFACE. At the urgent request of members of the Stanley family in New Britain, Conn., I was persuaded to undertake the preparation of this volume. It is true that researches of the kind were not alto gether uncongenial to my taste, and I had.from time to time gathered a good many materials suitable to a place in such a s; work. But occupied as I was by an absorbing profession, which demanded all my resources of time and strength, I really was unable to give to this that patient, protracted, I may add, expensive course of investigation which the nature of the under : !! taking required. Those who have had experience in such labors will know full well what I mean; those who have not, will scarcely appreciate them, however fully described. In now giving the results of my work to those interested in them, I have only to say that I have done the best I could. I have not attempted to make it as exhaustive as some similar volumes have been. My aim has not been to follow the ramifica tions of descent outside of the Stanley name. The Stanley daughters, who by marriage lost that name, became, by so doing, incorporated into other family lines, many of them of high position and repute, the exhibition of which would be extremely interesting, but the magnitude of the task involved in tracing them out for this purpose, would be greater than I could assume. Neither was it practicable to include, in connection with the vari ous names, a large mass-of biographical and historical matter which had been collected. The members of this family, though PREFACE. iv PREFACE. less conspicuous on the page of history in this country than in OTHER STANLEY FAMILIES. England, have, nevertheless, as a whole, been inferior to few In the progress of the inquiries connected with this undertak descended from the Puritan emigration of the same date. ing, it soon became apparent that there were other Stanleys in It would, of course, be idle to pretend to entire accuracy in a America than those of the Hartford families.) It was for a time work of this kind. Some typographical errors were discovered my purpose to include these in the present volume, and a large before the press work was completed. Others have been disclosed amount of material was gathered with relation to it. It was found by fuller returns received since the manuscript was compiled. at last, however, that the work would become unreasonably large These are noted in an Appendix. Here also have been placed by doing so, and be attended with a cost, both of labor and 5 ^ whatever additions have come to my knowledge since the printing expense, beyond what I could well afford to give; hence I con S.< • /' was begun. Doubtless many more addenda of both sorts will cluded at length to issue this volume as it is, reserving the facts need be made hereafter, which, if deemed important, may, as in relating to other lines for separate use, if there shall ever be a many similar cases, be supplied in a supplementary sheet. sufficient call for them. Of these other families of Stanleys there It is my pleasure and duty alike to acknowledge the assistance were three which may be briefly indicated here. which has been rendered to this undertaking by Mr. Allyn Stanley Kellogg, of Hartford, Conn. He had been doing something in the way of collecting data respecting the branch of the family to MATTHEW STANLEY. which he belongs, but very kindly put them at my service in the I He was of Lynn, Mass., in 1646, where it is recorded of him, in Mass. Hist. Coll., as follows:" Matthew Stanley was fined ;^5, with larger task I had undertaken. His help has been invaluable also 2S. 6d cost,for winning the affections of John Tarbox his daughter in correcting proofs, and by counsel in arranging and verifying the without her parents' consent. The latter were allowed 6s for their materials. He is entitled to the earnest thanks of all the Stanleys attendance in court for 3 days." Samuel Stanley, a son of Mat for his aid. thew, born in 1656, was of Topsfield, Mass. He had eight chil I should mention also in the same line of acknowledgment, dren, of whom six sons went to Attleborough and settled near the the aid of Isaac L. Stanley esq., of Dubuque, la., who seems to Falls. One son, Benjamin, removed to Haverhill. From these possess a large share of the facts, traditional and othei^vise, per have descended a large number of families residing in Eastern taining to the late generations of the family in New Britain and Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut, and in later gen Farmington. Had I inserted all the anecdotes and recollections erations in New Hampshire and Maine, especially in the latter. of individuals furnished by him, the volume would have been much larger than it is. : 1 v/| preface. GEORGE STANLEY Was of Essex, Mass.,in the latter part of the seventeenth cen THE STANLEY FAMILIES. tury. He was a shipmaster, but resided in Essex, where he left an estate. His descendants spread through Northern New England, I ; The first question that arises with those who bear the and are now found most abundantly in the western part of Maine. a name of STANLEY in this country often is, "Are we re Prof. Richard C. Stanley, of Bates College, is of this family. flated to the noble family of Lord Derby in England ? And JOHN WRIGHT STANLEY lif so, can the relationship be clearly proven to this, or any Resided in Newbern, N. C., in 1780. where he was a merchant bthe^ branch of the great English Family" ? 5 i 1 It is a cause of much regret that the question cannot be S '. ^ and an extensive owner of shipping. He married a daughter of Janswered with all the certainty desirable. The emigrant Richard Coydell, so prominent in die early days of the Revolution,Iancestors of the various families of the name, so far as we and had two sons, John and James G. John Stanley was a lawyer ^know left no record of their English homes or connections. and member of Congress in 180.-3, and .S09-.., and had iThe separation to which they doomed themselves from their Edward, who was a Whig member of Congress in .836-42! .849- iwhole preceding lives was as complete as if it had been made 53 • removed to San Francisco in .853, where he was military Tby death. Neither have there been discovered sufficient Governor of the State, and died in .875. A brother of his is Idata in the mother country to positively identify them there, lalthough, as will presently be shown, there seems to be in Commodore Fabius Stanley, of the U. S. Navy. A large number Pone case a very strong probability in their favor. Nor should of descendants of this family are found principally in the Southern ^this surprise us even if we knew, what cannot at all be \ States, i Idoubted, that they were from some branch of the eminent J Ifamily whose name they bear.