Sunday, January 19, 2020

52 Ancestors Week 3: Long Line

I was trying to be creative with this week's prompt from Amy Johnson Crow's 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks, but nothing was coming to me.  Something is better than nothing, so I will forge ahead with something basic.

My Stanley ancestors resided for nearly 300 years in the Beverly/Manchester area of Essex County, Massachusetts.  My mother has broken the chain.







George Standley (1635- abt 1698) is the origin of this line.  It is not known where he was born, but the first mention of him in Beverly is in 1668 when he and, by then, his wife, Bethia Lovett, were fined for fornication before marriage.  Quite an auspicious beginning.  George and Bethiah had 11 children, the eldest being George, whose birth proved the sin of fornication before marriage! 

My line is as follows:
George (1635-abt 1698) died Beverly
George (1668-1721) born/died Beverly
Joseph (1701-1791) born/died Beverly
Robert (1734-1821) born/died Beverly
Peter (1767-unk) born/most likely died Beverly
Paul (1795-1832) born Beverly/died Manchester
Paul (1821/2-1894) born/died Beverly
Otis (1846-1931) born/died Manchester
Howard (1880-1962) born/died Manchester
Grandfather (1905-1992) born/died Manchester
Mother (1937-) born Manchester

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