Ann Elizabeth (Gardner) Standley (1725 - 1775)

Born 1725 in Bertie, North Carolina

Ancestors

Wife of Jonathan Standley Jr. — married before Jun 1769 in Bertie, North Carolina

Died 17 Jun 1775 at about age 50 in Bertie, North Carolina

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ANN GARDNER, d. Bef. Aug 1775, Bertie Co., NC; m. : JONATHAN STANDLEY; d. Bef. Jun 1775.

Last Will & Testament

>From Wills of Bertie County, North Carolina, 1761-1780, pages 100-101:

ANN STANDLY (pages 38, 39): In the Name of God Amen I ANN STANDLY of the County of Bertie County in the provence of North Carolina Calling to mind the Mortality of my Body and yt and yet it is appointed for all woman once to die I do make this my Last Will and Testament as followeth.

First of all I give and recommend my Soul into the hands of Gad that gav it and as to the Worldly Estate that it hath pleased God to give to me I give and bequeath in the manner and form following: I give and bequeth unto my sister ELIZABETH JERNIGAN ten pounds prock money And Secondly I leave my three Negroes Pegg, Mingo and Nance with all my household goods and Chattels to be Equally divided between MARTIN GARDNER and JOHN GARDNER and JAMES GARDNER my Brothers and sisters ANNE SPARKMAN and JANE PERVIS

Now it is the True intent and meaning of the my Last Will and Testament that if my Brothers or Sisters or any other claiming under or for them or any of them shall be any ways discontented at this my Last Will and Testamt so as to bring any Suit in the Law or take any of the Good by me left to another that such person so offending shall forfit all their part of my Estate and be cut off with one Shilling Sterling & their part shall have been theirs shall be divided among my other Brothers and Sisters by Joseph Holland and JOHN GARDNER whom I do constitute appoint and Impower to be my true and Lawful Executors of this my Last Will and Testament and I do hereby utterly disallow & disannull all and every other former will and Testament in wintess where of I have hereunto set my hand and fixed my seal this seventeenth day of June in the Year of our Lord Christ Seventeen hundred and Seventy five and in the fifteenth year of the Reign of our Sovereign King George the third.

Signed: ANN (X) STANDLY (seal)Witnesses: Benjamin Carter, Jurt, JAMES GARDNER, Jurt, SAMUEL GARDNER Bertie County August Court 1775: proved by Benjamin Carter and JAMES GARDNER. Test. John Johnston, CJC.

Sources

• Nowers, Deborah Kimball. George¹ Standley of Beverly, Massachusetts, and His Children, The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 2009) Vol. 163, WN 649, Page 49.
• Source: S153 Title: Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.; Repository: #R1 NOTEThis information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. This source citation points you to a current version of those files. Note: The owners of these tree files may have removed or changed information since this source citation was created.
• https://www.ourfamtree.org/browse.php/Ann-Gardner/p57692
• https://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=7213&id=I24394
• https://books.google.com/books?id=D_ktpnNHcbIC&pg=PA267&lpg=PA267&dq=Jonathan+Standley+Ann+Gardner+genealogy&source=bl&ots=j2NAtf9k6i&sig=_iI_yZKBJ8Q72FwDjGnO_I1Mv_I&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiv4-C7jo7eAhXLHDQIHQIsCKcQ6AEwBXoECAUQAQ#v=onepage&q=Jonathan%20Standley%20Ann%20Gardner%20genealogy&f=false