John Stanley III (1647 - 1729)

Born 4 Nov 1647 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut

Ancestors

Husband of Esther (Newell) Stanley — married 18 Nov 1669 in Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 16 May 1729 at age 81 in Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut

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Biography

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John Stanley III was a Connecticuter.

Birth

Date: 3rd or 4th Nov 1647 Place: Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut. ^[1]

Death

16 May 1729 Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut

Published 1889

John Stanley, son of Capt. John and Sarah (Scott) Stanley, was born Nov. 4, 1647, in Hartford. His parents removed to Farmington, Connecticut, where John grew up and married Nov. 18, 1669, Esther Newell. They in Farmington, but left about 1678 with others to settle Mattatuck (Waterbury). He was one of the assignees of the first Indian grant of lands. He helped lay out the lots of the first settlers, and was generally important in town affairs. He was a Capt? of the Waterbury train band, and served as Waterbury's representative to the General Court. He returned to Farmington in 1695, where he was justice of the peace in 1704, and deacon of the church in 1711. He died May 16, 1729. ^[2]

Children:^[2]

1. Esther, b. Sept. 3, 1673, d. April 11, 1676;
2. John, b. April 9, 1675, d. August 12, 1676;
3. Samuel, b. June 7, 1677, m. July 15, 1703, Elizabeth Bronson;
4. Nathaniel, b. Sept. 35, 1679, m. Dec. 3, 1714, Sarah Smith
5. John, b. Feb. 17, 1683, m. Aug. 1710, Hannah Porter, and (3), Dec. 9,1714, Mary Wright;
6. Thomas, b. Feb. 1684;
7. Sarah, b. 1686, m. Daniel Hooker;
8. Timothy, b. June 6, 1689, m. Dec. 35, 1718, Martha Smith;
9. Ruth.

Sources

1. ↑ White, Lorraine Cook, ed. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records. Vol. 1-55, Hartford. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994-2002.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} History of New Britain, with sketches of Farmington and Berlin, Connecticut. 1640-1889. by Camp, David N. (David Nelson), publ 1889

• "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F74Q-VL2 : 7 January 2020), John Standla, 1647.
• Historical Catalogue of the First Church in Hartford. 1633-1885 (First Church, Hartford, Conn., 1885) Page 156.
• The Stanley families of America: as descended from John, Timothy, and Thomas Stanley of Hartford, Conn., 1636. by Israel P. Warren, 1887. https://archive.org/details/stanleyfamilieso00byuwarr/page/36/