John Stanley (1703 - abt. 1769)

Born 11 Sep 1703 in Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Hannah (Freeman) Stanley — married 17 Aug 1728 in Attleborough, Bristol County, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died about 8 Mar 1769 at about age 65 in Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts

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Biography

This profile is part of the Stanley Name Study.

John Stanley was a Massachusettsan.

John Stanley was born on September 11, 1703, in Topsfield, Essex County, Massachusetts, to Corporal Samuel T. Stanley and Johanna Towne Stanley ^[1].

On December 27, 1718, John was christened^[2].

On January 2, 1728/29 John married Hannah E. Freeman in Attleborough, Massachusetts^[3][4].

They had nine children.

From his death record, John Stanley of Attleborough, Massachusetts, was born in about 1703. He is assumed to be the John Stanley who was born in Topsfield, Massachusetts, on 11 September 1703, recorded as the son of Corp. Samuell and Johanah Stanley.^[5] Several members of the Stanley family relocated from Topsfield to Attleborough in the early decades of the 1700s.^[6]

John Stanley, Jr., and Hannah Freeman, both of Attleborough, were married in Attleborough, Massachusetts, on 2 January 1728/9.^[7] The town records show the couple had 9 children:

1. Jeremiah b October 18 1729^[8]
2. John b November 21 1731^[9]
3. Anne b April 4 1734^[10]
4. Ichabod b March 22 1735^[11]
5. ___ Stanley b March 26 1738^[12]
6. Thomas b April 26 1740^[13]
7. Benjamin b October 4 1742^[14]
8. Hannah b February 21 1744^[15]
9. Sarah b March 13 1747^[16]

John Stanley died in Attleborough, Massachusetts, on 8 March 1769, "in his 66th year."^[17]

Research Notes

From Daggett, John. A Sketch of the History of Attleborough: From Its Settlement to the Division. Attleboro, Mass.: Press of S. Usher, 1894.
Regarding the Stanley family from Topsfield settling in Attleborough (quotation from page 279 of book):

Elder Elihu Daggett was the first preacher [of the South Baptist Church]. ... He was the son of Deacon Mayhew Daggett of this town. His wife was Rebeccah Stanley, daughter of Jacob Stanley, one of the first of that name who came here from Topsfield. He had two sons, Ichabod and Mayhew, in the French War. He was interred in the north burying ground. On his gravestone is the following inscription: "Sacred to the memory of Elder Elihu Daggett who died August 29th 1769 in the 60th year of his age" and "Sacred to the memory of Mrs Rebeccah Daggett his widow who died September 20th 1799 in the 85th year of her age."
"What we left behind us others possess
What ice gave to the poor we carried with us."

Another passage about the Stanley family (from page 591-592):

STANLEY

The first of this name who emigrated from England was one Matthew Stanley who settled in Martha's Vineyard. Some members of his family went to Connecticut Colony and some to Topsfield, this State, and from the latter branch came the ancestors of the Stanleys in this town. Six men came here from Topsfield very early. They were Thomas, Nathaniel, Joseph, Samuel, Jacob and John, the last three being brothers. The first and the fourth are known to have been here in 1707, and all settled near the Falls. Jacob, one of the three brothers mentioned, came here about 1717. He married Elizabeth Guild and had ten children. ... (continues)

Note: The statements about the early origins of the family in Martha's Vineyard, etc., should not be accepted at face value. More recent genealogical research that I've seen has discredited some traditional accounts of the Stanley families. However, I see this as a basis for inferring that Samuel of Topsfield and his son John relocated to Attleborough. - Smith-62120 18:26, 28 July 2019 (UTC); note corrected by same member on 12 Feb 2022.

Sources

1. ↑ https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2495/images/41254_265619-00097?usePUB=true&_phsrc=Pga81&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true&pId=81448985 Original data: Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook).
2. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCPP-4BG : 15 January 2020), John Stanly in entry for John Stanly, 1718.
3. ↑ https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/61401/images/dvm_primsrc000010-00561?treeid=&personid=&hintid=&queryId=5e0efc2df611d6eaa21a33d920f13a3c&usePUB=true&_phsrc=Pga85&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true&pId=1647466 Essex Institute; Salem, Massachusetts; Vital Records of Attleborough, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849
4. ↑ https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2495/images/40904_263709__0003-00068?usePUB=true&_phsrc=Pga87&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true&pId=71307917 Original data: Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook).
5. ↑ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016). [https://www.americanancestors.org/DB190/i/11946/97/142334596 Topsfield, vol. 1, page 97.
6. ↑ Daggett, John. A Sketch of the History of Attleborough: From Its Settlement to the Division. Attleboro, Mass.: Press of S. Usher, 1894. Pages 591-592.
7. ↑ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016). Attleborough, Vol. 1, page 562: STANLEY, John [jr. int.], and Hannah [E. int.] Freeman [both of A. int.], Jan. 2, 1728-9.
8. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQDB-7RJ : 10 February 2018), John Stanley in entry for Jeremiah Stanley, 18 Oct 1729; citing ATTLEBORO,BRISTOL,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0982348 IT 1.
9. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQDY-1LY : 10 February 2018), John Stanley in entry for John Stanley, 21 Nov 1731; citing ATTLEBORO,BRISTOL,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0982348 IT 1.
10. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQDY-LY4 : 10 February 2018), John Stanley in entry for Anne Stanley, 04 Apr 1734; citing ATTLEBORO,BRISTOL,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0982348 IT 1.
11. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQDB-4YK : 10 February 2018), John Stanley in entry for Ichabod Stanley, 22 Mar 1735; citing ATTLEBORO, BRISTOL, MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0982348 IT 1.
12. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQDY-R5K : 10 February 2018), John Stanley in entry for Stanley, 26 Mar 1738; citing ATTLEBORO,BRISTOL,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0982348 IT 1.
13. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQDB-Q4Y : 10 February 2018), John Stanley in entry for Thomas Stanley, 26 Apr 1740; citing ATTLEBORO,BRISTOL,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0982348 IT 1.
14. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQDB-7W1 : 10 February 2018), John Stanley in entry for Benjamin Stanley, 04 Oct 1742; citing ATTLEBORO,BRISTOL,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0982348 IT 1.
15. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQDY-PNR : 10 February 2018), John Stanley in entry for Hannah Stanley, 21 Feb 1744; citing ATTLEBORO,BRISTOL,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0982348 IT 1.
16. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQDY-2BF : 10 February 2018), John Stanley in entry for Sarah Stanley, 13 Mar 1747; citing ATTLEBORO,BRISTOL,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0982348 IT 1.
17. ↑ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016). Attleborough, Vol. 1, page 720.

• "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910, 1921-1924", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCQH-G8M : 28 July 2021), John Stanley, 1728.
• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2S9-J1X5 : 5 August 2020), John Stanley, ; Burial, North Attleboro, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States of America, Robinson Cemetery; citing record ID 155448724, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2S9-J1X5 : 15 March 2016), John Stanley, 1769; Burial, North Attleboro, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States of America, Robinson Cemetery; citing record ID 155448724, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.