William
Stanley
aka Stanly
Born about in Bradfield, Yorkshire, England
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Hannah (Crookes) Brookes
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Ann (Stanley) Wood, Mary (Stanley) Burgess, Martin Stanley, Rachel (Stanley) Crookes, William Stanley, Frances (Stanley) Barber, Martha (Stanley) Hague and Thomas Stanley
Died
at about age 66
in Ecclesfield, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Profile last modified
| Created 19 Jul 2020
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Biography
This profile is part of the Stanley Name Study.
William Stanley was born in Yorkshire, England.
William was born about 1779 in Bradfield, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom. This estimate is based on his stated age of 50 in the 1841 census where he is working as a farmer and living with his wife, Hannah and 7 children at Hunter House Farm, Ecclesfield, Yorkshire.[1]
William married Hannah Crookes in about 1821, based on the ages of their first-born children.
William died on 20 February 1845 at Hunter House Farm[2] and was buried on 24 February 1845 at St Nicholas church, Bradfield.[3]
Sources
- ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1841," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQPP-ZWZ : 23 May 2019), William Stanly, Ecclesfield, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom; from "1841 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO HO 107, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
- ↑ England & Wales General Register Office, GRO Online Index - Death (https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content : accessed 19 July 2020), database entry for Stanley, William, Age at death: 65. GRO Reference: 1845 Mar Quarter in Wortley Union, Volume 22, Page 521.
- ↑ "England Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J8WP-9Z5 : 15 March 2020), William Stanley, 1845.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William 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 William:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William 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 William:
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~6.25%
~12.50%
Maureen (Fearn) Wilkins 
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