Stanley
Gower
Born in Farnham, Richmond, Colony of Virginia, America
Ancestors 
Son of Francis Gower II
and Anne (Clarke) Gower
Brother of
Francis Gower and John Gower
Husband of
Sarah (Jackson) Gower
— married
1698 [location unknown]
Husband of
Winifred (Greene) Gower
— married
1 Jun 1714 (to 1718) in North Farnham Parish, Rappahannock, Virginia
Descendants 
Father of
Ann (Gower) Singleton and Anne (Gower) Sisson
Died about
at about age 38
in Richmond, Colony of Virginia, America
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Biography
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Stanley Gower was born in Farnham Parish, Old Rappahannock County, Colony of Virginia on 17 Nov 1679[2] to Francis Gower, Jr. and Ann Clark.[3]
April 6, 1693 - Stanley Gower, infant son of Francis Gower, summoned to answer the bill of James Orchard.[4]
It appears that Stanley married twice, first to Sarah before 18 Oct 1701 when they sold a 350-acre tract of land, "formerly in the tenure of Henry Clarke decd which land was divided per consent and good liking of Angell Jacobus & my father Francis Gower decd." On 2 Dec 1701, Sarah is referred to as now wife of Stanley Gower when she appoints Samuel Bayley to be her attorney and acknowledges her right to dower in the 350-acre tract of land, suggesting she may have previously been married. [5]
Sarah died before 1 Jun 1714, when Stanley married Winifred (Green) Spencer, widow of Edward Spencer in Richmond County, Virginia.[6][7] Winifred was the sister of Esther Green who married Stanley's brother John Gower.
Will
Will of Stanley Gower[8]
Gower, Stanley. 5 Nov., 1718. Son-in-law [step-son] Edward Spencer; Anne Gower; daughter to John Gower; all his estate to brother John Grimes and my brother's daughter Margaret Gower. John Gower executor.
Research Notes
Could there have been an earlier Stanley Gower?
WESTMORELAND COUNTY
Orders 1675-89, "26 September 1688, Stanley Gower vs. an Indian George. This Indian servant having run away from the complaintant severall moneths and taken with him severall goods ... serve his master after all former contracts performed four yeares, with which judgment George doth freely comply."[9]
Per Virginia Vital Records Wills of Richmond Virginia Virginia Gen Society Quarterly Virginia Compiled Marriages Virginia Marriages of the Northern Neck
October 2, 1692 - Stanley Gower being now dead, Angell Jacobus, who married Elizabeth, aunt to the orphans by their mother's side, to perform all the trust was given to Stanley Gower by the will of Francis Gower. Capt. William Taylor and John Taverner mentioned.
April 6, 1693 - Stanley Gower, infant son of Francis Gower, summoned to answer the bill of James Orchard. [10]
Sources
- ↑ Gower-399 was created by Mary Ellen Stephens through the import of Mary Stephens family tree_2014-11-26.ged on Nov 26, 2014. This comment and citation should be deleted after a short biography has been added and primary sources have been cited.
- ↑ Extracts From North Farnham Parish Register. The Clerk's Office At Warsaw
- ↑ Virginia Vital Records from The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, the William and Mary College Quarterly, and Tyler's Quarterly. Indexed by Judith McGhan. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. (1984). p. 450.
- "Born, Stanley, son of Francis & Ann Gower, Nov. 17, 1679."
- ↑ Richmond Co., VA - Abstracts from Court Records (Order Books 1-5). Richmond County, Virginia 1692-1708.
- ↑ Brewer, Mary Marshall. Abstracts of Land Records of Richmond County, Virginia 1692-1704. Deed Book 3, p. 75. Colonial Roots (2001).
- ↑ Dodd, Jordan. Virginia, U.S., Compiled Marriages, 1660-1800 [database online]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1997. Original data: Dodd, Jordan, comp.. Virginia Marriages to 1800. Electronic transcription of marriage records held by the individual counties in Virginia.
- ↑ NYVAGENEALOGY.
- ↑ "Abstracts from Records of Richmond County, Virginia. Will Book 4. The William and Mary Quarterly, vol. 17, no. 3 (Jan 1909). p. 183. JSTOR.
- ↑ http://www.houseofancestry.org/30-1-indian-ancestry-court-records/
- ↑ http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/richmond/court/misc0000.txt
- [1]Will of Stanley Gower. Richmond Co. VA. Will Book 5, p. 274 & 275.
Also, see:
- Stanley Gower.
- American Genealogical-Bio Index
Richmond County Records Virginia Vital Records Virginia Marriages of the Northern Neck Virginia Wills 1654-1800
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Stanley by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Stanley:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Stanley by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Stanley:
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Wills of Rappahannock County, Virginia, 1656-1692 page 75.
WESTMORELAND COUNTY
Orders 1675-89, 26 September 1688, Stanley Gower vs. an Indian George. This Indian servant haveing run away from the complaintant severall moneths and taken with him severall goods ... serve his master after all former contracts performed four yeares, with which judgment George doth freely comply.
http://www.houseofancestry.org/30-1-indian-ancestry-court-records/
The reason I am confused is there may have been an earlier Stanley Gower. See dates.