Stanley

Note: Estimates ca are provided throughout this lineage for the generation convenience only, and does not necessarily reflect a close estimate. The Stanley name is very ancient, dating back to the first Adam de Aldithley (b. ca 1005) of Hooton, Cheshire, England who had a son: .

William de Alditheley, b. ca 1040, had issue:

William de Aldithley b. 1082 Hooton, m. Joan Stanley, daughter of Thomas Stanley, and had issue:

William Stanley de Stoneley b. 1124 Hooton, Cheshire, England, had issue:

William Stanley b. 1166 Hooton, Cheshire, England. Issue:

Adam Stanley b. ca 1208, resident of Leek, Staffordshire, England. Issue:

William de Stanley b. ca 1234, lived Hooton, Cheshire, England. Issue:

Walter de Stanley b. ca 1260 Hooton, Cheshire, England. Issue:

William Stanley of Hooton, Cheshire, England, d. ca 1311, m. 27 Sept. 1282 in the Church of Asbury, Cheshire, England, Joan de Baumville. Issue: Sarah of Storeton; Adam of Wirral Forest; and John of Hooton.

John de Stanley of Hooton, Cheshire, England, m. ca 1311, Storeton, Cheshire, England, Mable Hawksket, daughter of James Hawksket. Issue: John of Grestwithen, Cumberland, England and William of Storeton, Cheshire, England.

William Stanley d. 1398, m. Timperley, Cheshire, England, Alice Massey, daughter of Hamon Massey and his wife, Matilda Timperley. Issue: Matilda, William, John (d. 6 Jan 1413/1414) and Henry.

John de Stanley d. 6 Jan 1413/1414, m. Isabel Lathom of Lancashire, England, daughter of Thomas De Latham and his wife, Isabella Pilkington. Issue: John Stanley d. 27 Nov 1437 Anslesey, Wales; Henry Stanley of Sourton, Cheshire, England; Isabel Stanely of Stourton, Cheshire, England; Thomas Stanley, d. May 1463; Margaret Stanley of Stourton, Cheshire, England; Ralph Stanley of Stourton, Cheshire, England; James Stanley, Archdeacon of Chester; and Nicholas Stanley.

John Stanley d. 27 Nov 1437 Anslesey, Wales m. Isabel Harrington, daughter of Robert de Haverington and his wife, Isabel Loring, of Hornby, Lancashire, England. Issue: Thomas Stanley d. 11 Feb 1458/1459 Knowlesley, Lancashire, England; Isabel Stanley of Lathom, Lancashire, England; Richard Stanley of Lathom, Lancashire, England; Edward Stanley of Lathom, Lancashire, England; Alice Stanley d. 26 Nov 1477 Dutton, Cheshire, England; William Stanley; and John Stanley.

Thomas Stanley d. 11 Feb 1448/1459 Knowlesley, Lancashire, England, m. 1427 Joan Goushill of Hoveringham, Nottinghamshire, England. Issue: Elizabeth; Catherine d. 1498 Clifton, Cheshire, England; Margaret; William; John; James; Thomas b. 1435 Lathom, Lancashire, England, d. 28 Jul 1504 Lathom, Lancashire, England; Jane; Catherine; Anne; James d. 22 Mar 1525; Margaret; Alice; and Agnes.

Thomas Stanley b. 1435 Lathom, Lancashire, England, d. 28 Jul 1504 Lathom, Lancashire, England, buried in the Priory of Burscough Church, Lancashire, England, m. after 1457 Eleanor Neville (d. 1504, buried St. James Garlickhithe, London, England, daughter of Richard Neville, the Earl of Salisbury, and his wife, Alice Montagu. Issue: John; George d. 5 Dec 1503 Derby House, St. Paul's Wharf, London, England, buried at St. James Garlickhithe, London, England; William; Thomas; Edward, d. 7 Apr 1523 at Hornby Castle, Hornby, Lancashire, England, buried St. Margarets Chapel, Hornby, England; and Richard.

Sir Edward Stanley of the famous Hornby Castle in Lancashire, d. 7 Apr 1523 Hornby Castle, Hornby, Lancashire, England, buried in St. Margaret's Chapel at Hornby. St. Margaret's Church was built for Sir Edward Stanley in 1514. He was the first Lord Monteagle, being awarded that tiel after the Battle of Flodden Field.

The description of the breathless scenery surrounding Hornby Castle was described by George Routledge in his book, The Pictorial History of the County of Lancaster ," published in London, in 1854:

"Hornby is nine miles from Lancaster, and had the grant of a market as early as 1292; the population is about four hundred; a small inconsequential place delightfully located. The castle and scenery are eminently beautiful and of remote antiquity."

"But how shall we do justice to the scenery;-upon ascending the high ground near, and still further on at Melling, where the prospects are truly noble; where nature appears to have grouped in one place and brought into the picture in another all she can contribute to rural grace, to the pleasing, the extended, the beautiful, and the magnificent. We look along the vale of the Lune, filled with every object that can be combined to enrich a surface which presents never-failing novelty, and charms by the very order of nature's disorder-deep groves, flashing waters, the richest pasturage, farms, villas, cottages, in one direction-dark ploughed fields speckling the emerald turf, in which the colours of the well-shaped cattle seem as highly polished as in one of Polembergs figures; in another, brown heathy summits, making the azure above look yet more intense; the Yorkshire hills still in view, and foremost of them Ingleborough in all its majesty, looming darkly against the serene of the heavens, and here and there distant mountain summits, that the eye with difficulty separates from a few light clouds gauzing the cerulean sky."

Issue:

Thomas Stanley b. 25 May 1507 Hornby Castle, Lancashire, England, d. 25 Aug 1560 Hornby Castle, buried 16 Sept 1560 Melling, Lancashire, England. He m. Mary Brandon, b. 1510, d. 1540/1544, from Bishop's Lynn, Norfolk, England, a daughter of Charles Brandon and his wife, Anne Browne. Issue:

William Stanley, Lord Monteagle, d. 10 Nov 1581 m. Anne Spencer.

End of this tracing.

Resuming the lineage from Thomas Stanley, b. 1438, d. 28 Jul 1504 Lathom, Lancashire, and his wife, Eleanor Neville, having issue:

George Stanley of Knowsley, Lancashire, England, d. 5 Dec 1503 at Derby House, St. Paul's Wharf, London, England m. Joan Le Strange b. 1463-4 of Knockin, Shropshire, England, d. 20 Mar 1513/14 Colham Green, London, England. Issue:

James Stanley of Knockin, Shropshire, England, m. in 1510 Margaret Stanley, b. 1536 Bickestaffe, Lancashire, England, d. ca 1613 Aughton, England. Issue:

Henry Stanley b. 1515 Cross Hall, Aughton, Lancaster, England, d. 23 Jul 1598 Bickerstaffe, Lancashire England, m. 26 Sept 1583 Ormskirk, Lancaster, England. Issue:

Edward Stanley b. 14 Dec 1576 Bickerstaff, Ormskirk, Lancashire, England, d. 2 May 1640 Bickerstaff, Ormskirk, Lancashire, England m. Isabel Warburton, b. 1592. Issue:

Thomas Stanley b. 1616, d. May 1653 m. Elizabeth Bosville of Bickerstaffe, Lancashire, England. Issue:

Sir Edward Stanley, Baronet, b. 1643 Bickerstaffe, Lancashire, England, buried 16 Oct 1671 Ormskirk, Lancashire, England, m. 25 Dec 1663 Elizabeth Bosville. Issue:

Thomas Stanley was chr. 27 Sept 1670 Bickerstaffe, Ormskirk, Lancashire, England, d. in New Kent Co., Va. He came to Hanover Co. Va. before 1686, then later to St. Peter's Parish. His three children were: Thomas Stanley, Jr., b. 4/15/1688 St. Peter's Parish Register, New Kent Co., Va. and had: Margery, Mary, Thomas, Pleasant, Zachariah, John, Sarah, Anne, Nathan, and Joseph; James Stanley, b. 11/23/1689 St. Peters Parish Register, New Kent Co., Va., m. 3/5/1728 Henrico Co. Va. Miss Catherine Hutchins, the daughter of Nicholas Hutchins of Henrico Co. Va. and had: William, James, Mary, Martha, Micajah, Agnes, Strangeman, and Elijah, settled New Garden and Deep River Quaker communities, Guilford Co., N. C.; and John Stanley, b. 10/11/1691 St. Peter's Parish Register, New Kent Co. Va., d. 7/17/1783.

John Stanley, b. 10/11/1691 St. Peter's Parish, New Kent Co. Va., d. 7/17/1783, md. 2d Martha Hutchins in 1743, the daughter of Nicholas Hutchins. Issue: Mary Stanley, b. ca 1716 Cedar Creek Quaker Meeting, Hanover Co., Va., d. N. C., m. 11/9/1733, David Crew; John Stanley, b. ca 1725 Cedar Creek, Hanover Co., Va. m. 10/16/1754 Edey Hutchins, daughter of Strange man Hutchins; Shadrack Stanley, b. 1735 Cedar Creek Quaker Meeting, Hanover Co. Va., d. 9/4/1792 Guilford Co. N. C., m. Agnes Ladd; Alice Stanley, b. ca 1735 Cedar Creek Mgeting, Hanover Co., Va.; Ursula Stanley, b. ca 1744 Hanover Co. Va. m. 9/12/1769 William Stanley; Milly Stanley, b. Hanover Co. Va., m. 6/12/1765 John Stanley; Joshua Stanley, b. Hanover Co. Va. m. Elizabeth Stanley, and 2nd in 1798, Rachel Harris; Thomas Stanley, b. Hanover Co., Va. m. 12/12/1780, Unity Crew, daughter of James and Judith Crew. P. 98, Wilkes Co. Ga. Wills, Adms, Thomas Stanley given PIA on Thom.~ Terrell to m~ke titles to all land he has a right to in Ga., dtd 8/23/1791; and Agatha Stanley, b. Hanover Co. Va., m. 12/15/1746 Ashley Johnson.

Shadrack Stanley was b. 1735 Hanover Co., Va., later Caroline Co., Va., m. Agnes Ladd, d. 9/4/1792 Guilford Co., N. C., where he had removed 9/1784. He m. 2/12/1764, Charles City Co., Va., Agnes Ladd, daughter of James Ladd and the granddaughter of William Ladd. Agnes' mother, Judith Elyson. Issue:

I. Robert Stanley, b. ca 1771 Caroline Co. Va., drew in 1805 Ga. Land Lottery, in Tattnall Co. Listed 1820 Tattnall Co. Ga. Census, d. Tattnall Co. Ga. in 1836. Receipt, Tattnall Estates, 7/4/1836, paid to Susan Stanley.

II. Judith Stanley, b. ca 1778 Caroline Co., Va. m.. 1798 Richard Thombrugh, Guilford Co. N. C.

III. Mary Stanley, b. ca 1779 Caroline Co. Va. m. 1799 James Stanley.

IV. Richard Henry Stanley, b. Caroline Co. Va.

V. Jesse Stanley b. 1773 Hanover Co., Virginia m. 1792 in Guilford Co., N. C., Anna Worth, the daughter of Francis Wortl1 and Mary Gardner Worth from Nantucket, Massachusetts, granddaughter of Richard Worth, great-granddaughter of John Worth. Jesse Stanley listed on 1800 Guilford Co.,N. C. Census; 1805 Georgia Land Lottery, in Tattnall Co; 1820 Tattnall Co. Census. Issue: Hannah, b. 1/29/1793, Guilford Co. N. C. bur. Deep River Cemetery, d. 1/1/1868, m.. 1814 Guilford Co. N. C. Asa Macy, b. 3/28/1793 New Garden, N. C., d. 10/23/1859, bur. Deep River Cemetery, Guilford Co. N. C.

VI. Edward Stanley, b. Caroline Co. Va. moo 1804 Abigail Thornbrugh.

VII. Anna Elizabeth Stanley, b. Caroline Co. Va. m. Henry Thombrugh.

VIII. Agnes Stanley, b. 1785 New Garden, Guilford Co. N. C., m. 2/5/1806 Jonathan Dillon.

IX. Shadrack Stanley, b. 1787 New Garden, Guilford Co., N. C., listed on 1820 Tattnall Co. Census. Early Tattnall Co. deeds, 1803 and 1804, place him in tl1at co. Issue:

1. Shadrack Stanley, Jr., b. 1813 Tattnall Co., Ga., m. Lavincy Smith 8/4/1833 Tattnall Co, who was alive in 1870. Tattnall Co. Annual Returns 1866-84, P. 18, Inv. Est. of Shadrack Stanley, produced by extrx. Lavincy Stanley, dtd 6/1/1867. P. 70, distribution of cattle belonging to his estate was made to E. C. Stanley; F. B. Shumans: Lavincy Stanley; H. H. Stanley; W. W. Stanley; and W. D. Shumans, 10/11/1867. Issue:

a. Robert Stanley, b. 1837 Tattnall Co. Ga.

b. Louisa Stanley, b. 1841 Tattnall Co. Ga.

c. Harrison Stanley, b. 1843 Tattnall Co. Ga.

d. Ethelinda Stanley, b. 1845 Tattnall Co. Ga.

e. Taylor Stanley, b. 1847 Tattnall Co. Ga.

f. Frances Stanley, b. 1849 Tattnall Co. Ga.

g. Wiley W. Stanley, b. 3/9/1852 Tattnall Co. Ga., d. 8/4/1903, Toombs Co., Ga. m. Anna E. Merriman, b. 2/27/1856 New Haven, Ct., d. 6/9/1933 Toombs Co., Ga., daughter of George Isaac Merriman and Parnelle Eliza Scranton; granddaughter of Caleb Merriman of New Haven, Ct. Issue: Shadrack Harrison Stanley, b. 10/29/1884 Ga., d. 7/13/1969, m. Frances Irene Holland, b. 6/4/1890 Ga., d. 11/13/1969 Atlanta, Ga.and they had India Stanley, b. 9/29/1910 Toombs Co., Ga. m. 12/8/1930, Mr. New.

h. Shadrack Stanley, b. 1831 Tattnall Co. Ga., living with family of Dolly Sharp, age 74, 1850 Tattnall Co. Census.

St. Peter's Parish was established in 1679.


Sir Edward Stanley of Hornby Castle.

Tattnall County, Georgia DB DEF, P. 597, Shadrack Stanley to Harrison Stanley, deed of gift, for natural love and affection for his son, 342 acres on waters of Rocky Creek, 3/15/1867.

Ref: Hinshaw's Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy; Probate records, Guilford Co. N. C.; Virginia Quaker Stanleys by Celeste T. Barnhill; A Stanley Notebook, by Walter Weston Folger; 1820-1850 Tattnall Co., Ga. Census; Tattnall Co. Marriages; St. Peters Parish Register, New Kent Co., Virginia; Bickerstaff Parish Register, Lancashire; Cross Hall Parish Register, Lancashire; Bishops Lynn Parish Register, Lancashire; Brimton Parish Register, Lancashire; St. James Garickth Parish, London; Derby House, St. Paul's Wharf Parish Register, London; St. Margarets Chapel, Hornby, England; Knowlesley Parish, Lancashire; Tattnall Co., Ga. Deeds & Estates; St. Peters Parish Register, New Kent Co., Virginia; New Hanover Co., Virginia Marriages.