Zerviah (Gray) Stanley (1742 - 1828)

Born 9 Jul 1742 in Tolland, Connecticut Colony

Ancestors

Wife of Amos Stanley — married 18 Nov 1762 in West Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 19 Aug 1828 at age 86 in Shoreham, Addison, Vermont, United States

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Biography

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Zeviah (Gray) Stanley was a Connecticuter.

ZERVIAH GRAY, b. at Tolland, 9 Jul 1742^[1] daughter of Abiel and Zerviah (Hatch) Gray;^[2] d. at Shoreham, VT, 19 Aug 1828;^[3] m. at West Hartford, 18 Nov 1762, AMOS STANLEY, baptized at Hartford, 26 Aug 1739 son of Samuel and Anne (Bracey) Stanley;^[4] Amos d. at Becket, MA (burial at Lenox), 25 Jan 1811.^[5]

Zerviah and Amos were married in Connecticut and started their family there. They relocated to Lenox, Massachusetts and then to Becket where Amos died. After her husband’s death, Zerviah went with her son Amos to Shoreham, Vermont where she died.

Amos was a prominent citizen of Lenox serving as surveyor of highways, tythingman, moderator of town meetings, and member of the committee on correspondence.^[6] Amos was one of the originating members of the Congregational church at Lenox and one of the first deacons.^[7]

In his will written 4 June 1802 (proved 7 July 1812), Amos Stanley of Becket bequeathed to beloved wife Zerviah one-third of the real and personal estates during her life and the great bible. Son John G. Stanley receives a piece of land in Lenox which was reasonably deeded to Amos by Calvin Burnham and another lot of land on which John G. now lives. John G. is to pay $840, the amount of a note John owes to his father, to the other children to be equally divided among them: Amos Stanley, Jr., Zerviah Weeks, and Amanda Falley. The remainder of the estate both real and personal is to be equally divided among Amos, Zerviah, and Amanda. Son John G. Stanley was named executor. Real estate was valued at $1,810.^[8]

Children

Zerviah Gray and Amos Stanley were parents of five children.

i ZEVIAH GRAY STANLEY, b. at West Hartford, 8 Oct 1763; d. at Margaretta, OH, 25 May 1838; m. 1st about 1782, CURTIS LEWIS, b. estimate 1750; Curtis d. perhaps at sea, about 1800. Zeviah m. 2nd JACOB WEEEKS, b estimate 1759; Jacob d. at Troy, NY, 1822 (probate 24 August 1822).

ii AMOS STANLEY, baptized at Hartford, 8 Jun 1766; d. at Shoreham, VT, 29 Jul 1830; m. about 1790, ANNA NORTHRUP, b. at Lenox, MA, 1770 daughter of Samuel and Phebe (Beecher) Northrup; Anna d. at Shoreham, 19 Dec 1862. Anna married second Ezekiel Gardner. Amos and Anna had no children of their own but adopted several children.^[9]

iii AMANDA STANLEY, b. at Lenox, MA, 18 Aug 1771; d. at Margaretta, OH, 29 Nov 1850; m. about 1794, RICHARD FALLEY, b. at Westfield, MA, 15 Sep 1768 son of Richard and Margaret (Hitchcock) Falley; Richard d. at Castalia, OH, 28 Feb 1835.

iv JOHN GRAY STANLEY, b. at Lenox, 30 Sep 1778; d. at Lenox, 25 Oct 1835; m. at Lee, MA, 27 Jan 1803, ORRILLA BREWSTER, b. at Becket, 27 Jan 1782 daughter of Oliver and Jerusha (Badger) Brewster; Orrilla d. at Lenox, 21 Sep 1860.

v ABIEL HATCH STANLEY, b. at Lenox, Feb 1785; d. Mar 1785.

Sources

1. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7WN-5X1 : 7 January 2020), Zerviah Gray, 1742.
2. ↑ The will of Zerviah's brother Abiel (who died without marrying) includes bequests to his honored father Abiel and to his sister Zerviah Stanley as well as his other siblings. Connecticut. Probate Court (Hartford District); Probate Place: Hartford, Connecticut, volume 23, pp 206-207
3. ↑ "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V89S-SQ4 : 19 February 2021), Zeviah Stanley, 1828.
4. ↑ Connecticut Church Record Abstracts, West Hartford, First Congregational Church, Part 3, O-Z, p 939
5. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVVK-25KG : 27 July 2019), Amos Stanly, 1811; Burial, Lenox, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States of America, Church On the Hill Cemetery; citing record ID 18328488, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
6. ↑ Falley, “Richard Falle-Falley and Some of His Descendants”, p 195
7. ↑ Warren, The Stanley Families in America, p 73
8. ↑ Berkshire County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1761-1917.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2017. Case 2923
9. ↑ Warren, The Stanley Families in America, p 122

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• Falley, Margaret Dickinson. 1954. "Richard Falle-Falley and Some of His Descendants Including Grover Cleveland." New England Historical and Genealogical Register 108: 39-46; 96-105; 193-201.

• Warren, Israel. The Stanley Families of America (B. Thurston & Co., Portland, ME, 1887) Page 54.