The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-07-08

ssS t55 III STANLEY, 1880. ;,} ", III IA
FL It Is not 80 certain that the 4stantoys
IN America arc direct descendants, OF Sir
William Stanley, OF Chester county, Eng
land, Who was crea led baron 4 III 1902,
and married Charlotte, daughter 0t \ Sir
Richard sMolynenx, Of Lancaster County,
from whom descended sir John Massey
Stanley, who married Mary, daughter Of
Thomas Clifton, OF Lancaster county (8ee
Burke, Peerage). Yet we give the arms
81 this branch, rs the names Of John.
Thomas and William are also to be found
here II Is commonly accepted BY the
5VirGinia family that there ]wero three
brothers--Jo John, Thomas anu James--Wllo
are reported to have come from Preston,
Lancaster county, England and settled
! IN Hanove county Va, ! 7c5. 1t Ii seen
that veral OF the English family were
ibarorls, WHO married In Lancaster county,
England, some Of their descendants hav-
Ing settled there. We think 1t likely that
the tradi ton Is true, and, II SO, \ the Vir-
gnid family are entitled to the arms here
presented, though they lay no cujm to
them.
The three brothers referred to wtte Of
that peculiar scot called Friends who
were once quite numerous In Virglnin.
Mordecai In his "R richmond Of t3ysone
Days. = speaks Of the old Injecting House
Of the Friends, which stood near the
river. The record or the Stanley family;
here given, lis taken from the !. Friends
Record Book OF Monthly Meetings at
Cedar Creek Church, Hanover County,
Va, which forms d most ~ IN crest ting,
document Of the early settlers iil4iheI
county. To establish tho claim, Of the
Stanleys as among the earliest settlers
in the county the following abstracts from
the Virginia Land Office are given: II.
4 Thomas, ST., James and Thomas STAN
ley, Jrut George, etc. To all, etc. Know
ye, that tor& divers good causes and
considerations. but moro especially for
and IN consideration OF the lmpor-l
.tation q &c persons to dwell within
this our colony Of Virginia. whose names
are William Porter, William Hold kinson,t
Richard Baker, Henry ISlplin, Adam N ew-.
man, William sclade, Thomas SNtillot,I
Isaac Palmer, r Robert Doodle, j Ohm Draper
Peter Bryan. John Haley, Daniel Hughes,
William Bogling, j ohm - lgflal aud Peter
Clark. We liavo given, granted and con-
firmed by these presents, for us, our
heirs and successors, and do give, grant
and confirm unto Thomas Stanley, sr.,i
James Stanley and Thomas Stanley, Jr.,i
one certain tract or parcel OF land, con-
.talnlng 800 acres, lying and being OH both
sides Of Cedar Creek. In ST. Paul's Par
ish, New Kent county. Witness our
trusty and we'll beloved Alexander Spots.
wood. Governor, at williamsburg, this
10th day OF Decmeber. TIA. II
"a. SsPoTsWooD.'",g 5
Thomas Stanley sr..as for 49, Efi lingsi
251 acres on both sides Of Cawthorn's
Branch In Hanover county and adjoin-
ing his line. and that Of John williamson
William Harris. Morris and Ch!sweIl.
,t,a. l17ti
HUGH DRY DALE."
john Stanley, 10 acres on the west
branch OF Cedar Creek 1. in a63 Hanover
county. and beginning at Thomas stan.
leys llne,3 for tho inportatio OF ono
person, John Atkinson, Februaryi1S, 1722.
*. y, s.s III. d. Cow
5.Jrhn Stanley, Is acres on the west
ishilllngs 400 acres on both gldes Of the
north branch Of New Found River, Feb.
ruslry a. 724. Fl. DRYSDALE."} -
John Stanley for the gum Of forty
shillings 400 acres on both sides Of
Chiswels Swamp, February Fl, 1924. 3sl
John Stanley for the sum OF forty-five.
shllings, $50 acres In Louisa county, on
Peters and 11iccory Creeks. AUGUST lc,.
1855 ROBT.@ 2. ''sa$
Jarnes Stanley for tile sum OF forty
lshtllings 400 ncliss In i Louisa county on
10th sides Of Cark's Road Il ana on a
branch Of Great Creek. beginning at
liam BrIggs's corner, "a gths t 4 s, 1856.
R.SD1NWIDDIE,J
r$$ ~ # Lleitenant Governor e &
~ The above extracts show, this manner
of acquiring land under what was called
5"IIead rights" being 80 much allowed
each a.ttler for bringing other persons
into tho colony at their own expense
even though many OF these were mere
5laborets or servants for the planters.
They also afterwards acquired land OF
THEIR own and became prominent citl-
zens, Thomas, Stanley Sr married seI.i
leral times, nhma OF his fist wife not
known, but his children BY her were
Maddox. born September II. Ills; Y Eliza.
beth, born March 20. IT'S. "a :'5. i.., a
His second wife was named Elizabeth
by whom were Margery, born Bel tember
1. 1872; Mary, born, July. s. 81 1905 Thomas,
born February o; 1881 Pleasan ts,| 81 born
April Is, 1881 JohnS born January q, 1881
Zaclla rlah, born October O. 1881; II sarp h
born January 0. 1880; Apne, born July
Z, 174l; Nathan, horn January l743;
Joseph. born ootobe4 81. 1747,s ssS
\ James Stanley, his brother. married
Catherine, Their children were william,
born July 4, 1870; James born March 60
l7sl; Mary. born July q, ga; Martha,
born March 81, 1896; Mioajah born April
~ t'upt ia S'v NJ
man, born November 4. 1745; Etjah, born
October 7, 1880 These two brothers'
Thomas and James Stanley, settled on
Cedar Creek Hanover county, 17l4, as
shown by the above grants.
The marriages as taken from the minute
took Of Cedar Greek meeting arc interest,
ing; In many cases. the elders OF the
Fniends would dsown thetr members for
'1,fa1rying out"--that Is, for marrying
che not a member Of their church. Hence
these marriages would not be recorded
and the record is thus intonple tsst l1nolig1
Is given to show the different fnHl'l,ns
in which the stanleys married,
ldttleburry, son OF Thomas Stanley, ana
Agathan Stanley, daughter of a.Jott!n
Stanley. We're married at CeSiary Gree :.
March q, 1857, l.lttlebnrry Crew lso1,4 af
James and JUDITH Crew. and Hnldan
Stanley. daughter OF John and Mllle q
Stanley. were married at Cedar Greek
August II, 1907. e 81 3&2t i, l !,
Joshua stanley, son Of John Stanley 2 and p
Rachel Harris daughter q John HafflJl
tgaeeassd, We're marrled isat Gsduf q ess
yDecember ~ 1888, is 33