New Britain herald., 1929-08-24
STANLEYS CAME ID
 AMERICA IN l634
Family Prominent in This Vicln-
 ity for Many Generations

Believing that the movement for funds for a municipal golf course now going on, justifies a wider in- terest in the family of the man who has given the land for that purpose, a friend of the Herald who asks that the authorship of the story be not divuiged has compiled a hts- tory of the Stanley family in this section. The genealogy covers d period from the time the first Stan ley settled n America, nearly l5O years before the Revolutionary war to the present time.
 The history is as follows:
 John Stanley, from whom most O. the Berlin, Pennington and New Britain Stanleys are directly de- scended, was born in England in January, 1924. In 1884, his father with John and his younger sister, Ruth. left England for America. His father died on the passage, and soon after Johns arrival in Massa- chusetts, he was placed in charge of his uncle, Thomas, with whom he came to Hartford in 163G. On De- cember 5, 1G45. he married Sarah Scott and shortly after moved to Pennington where he acquired con- siderable property. His wife died June 26, 1861. and on April 20, 1683, he married Sarah Fletcher of Milford.
 He served as a deputy to the gen eral court. with hardly a break, from 1859 to 1896. He was con- stable in 1854. He was active m military affairs, being sergeant of the Pennington train band in 16h", ensign in 1874. and captain in 1G7G. He took part in the expedition against the Pequot Indians and in King Phillips war. He was the father of eight children, one or them, Thomas Stanley. He died December 19, lT06.
 Thomas Stanley was born Noven'- her 1, 1G49. Little is known of him beyond the fact that on May |. 1890. he married Anna Peck.
 They had several children among them a son. Thomas, born October 31, 1896. On January ?, 171S, he married Esther Cowles of kensing- ton. He lived in Stanley Quarter, but at the organization Of the New Britain society in 1754, his house and farm were excluded. He was q very wealthy man, owning consld- erabla land in Pennington, New Britain and New Cambridge (Bris- toD. He also owned several negro slaves whom he willed to his wife and children.
 He had eight children, amols them being Cad and Thomas, Thomas being the great great t-great- grandfather of the present AllN w. Stanley.
 Colonel Cad Stanley. the youngest son of Thomas and Esther CoWles Stanley, was born March 21, 1I35. He did farming on q large scale, ln- heriting part of his fathers estate and by energy and thrift he added considerably to his inheritance. By his fathers will, he was to have house in New Cambridge (BrlstoD to be built by his brothers in con- sideration Of their having the old homestead; but inasmuch as his brothers, Noah and Timothy, were married and already had th@ir homes in Stanley Quarter, he took the old homestead. Some years later, he built larger and better house on the same site. This house is still standing and is known as the Colonel Cad Stanley homestead.
 On October 29, 1767. he mari ed Mary Judd, granddaughter of Rev William Burnham, the first pastor Of the Great Swamp church and So- ciety.
 He was a leader in the parish and held many offices of trust and re- sponsibility. He represented Farm ington in the general assembly from 177S to 17S2, and Berlin from 1I%a to 1894. He was active in secGr- ing the incorporation of Berlin as a separate town. He was civil mag's- trate for many years and was enc of the two wealthiest men in the parish.
 He was captain of the local militia and in the days preceding inc Revolutionary war, he warmly es'- poused the cause of the colonies. He