Sans Stanley (1766)

Born 21 Sep 1766 in Marblehead, Essex, Massachusetts Bay

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"Family tradition that Sans and family lived at Cranberry Isles until #3, Lydia was 2 yrs. old. Hence first 4 children b C.I." B. T. Williton. page 62 ACAD 6514, Sawtelle Papers.

"Mrs. Sarah Robinson and her son and family live in the Reuben Billings house, which is on the lot and almost on the same site of one built there before 1820 by the first Sans Stanley, whose wife was Elizabeth Mayo. The house was inherited by John Elisha Billings and his only daughter, Mrs. Sarah Billings Robinson, came into possession of it on the death of her parents. Reuben Billings was the father of John Elisha."

"The house now owned and occupied by Hiram Hadlock was built by his father, Epps Hadlock, in 1858. The cellar had been dug by Enoch Newman and Mr. Hadlock purchased the lot and built the house. The land was half of the hundred acre lot once owned by the first Sans Stanley. "

Sans Stanley [Jr], son of Sans Stanley and Eliz Mayo, and his wife, [m. 31 Jan 1818] Fanny (Spurling) Stanley sold the Lot to their son, Simeon Stanley [mariner]. Deed was acknowledged 9 July 1842. [One of the boundries is given as "... the Lot called Hio on the West..."

"There were several houses in the woods west of the village of Manset. On the ridge of land where Mount Height Cemetery now is, a man by the name of Ohio Gros lived and the high land in that vicinity from him got the appelation of Hio, which it has been called for many years. The stone wall which Mr. Gros built around his home still stands around his crumbling cellar." History of Southwest Harbor [page] 183 page 200; Traditions and Records [Southwest Harbor, Maine] by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton

Cautionary Note : Joseph Stanley bp. Sept. 21, 1766 is sometimes given as the brother of Sans Stanley-5479. He is Joseph Stanley, son of Sans Stanley-2925 and Margaret Homan Stanley, bp. Sept. 21, 1766. CR1 Vital Records of Marblehead page 485

Research Notes

There is a partial list of other children: from page 106 of The Stanley Genealogy by William O Sawtelle [typed copy]

Isaac Stanley [b 18 Aug 1800] m Eliza Jordan

Sans b 19 May 1791 m Fanny Spurling 31 Jan 1818

Rebecca Stanley [b 15 Oct 1789] m James Whitmore

Abigail Stanley [b 10 May 1805] m George N Jordan 20 Mar 1829

A larger list of children is found on ACAD 6514 page 62 [hand-written copy]

Lydia b 1 Jan 1793 m Isaac Jordan 6 Feb 1816

Margaret b 24 July 1794

Joanna b 22 May 1794 m. Joseph Moore 31 Oct 1816

Joshua b 28 Dec 1798 m Abigail Spurling 22 Jan 1824

Elizabeth b 8 Oct 1802 [d. 22 Jan 1891 Southwest Harbor] m Bejamin [A] Moore 7 Jan 1825

John b12 Sept 1806 m Fanny Newman

Peter b 5 Jun 1808 m Sarah Newman Dec 1833

Sources

• The Stanley Genealogy by William O. Sawtelle page 106 & page 62 ACAD 6514

William O. Sawtelle Curatorial Center, Acadia National Park

• VR Marblehead Births page 485 bp. Sept. 21, 1766. C.R.I.

https://archive.org/stream/traditionsrecord00mrss#page/200/mode/2up/search/stanley

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