General Notes

New Englan Families and Genealogical Memorial: Vol IV



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CALEB STANLEY.
(1 TIMOTHY.)
Fourth child of Timothy and Elizabeth Stanley, the emigrants, left an ancient Bible, now in the possession of Theoodore Stanley (No. 374), printed in 1633, containing the following:--


"Record of the Stanley Family."
"My Honoured Father. Timothy Stanly left it in writing that he was born in the year of our Lord 1603, in March, and that my Mother was about the same age. My Father, Timothy Stanly dyed in April 1648, being 45 years old. My hon'd Mother Elizabeth Stanly, alias Bacon, dyed Feb'y 23 1678, being about 76 years of age. In the year 1642, I, Caleb Stanly, was born, in March. My wife, Hannah Stanly was born about one year and a half after.


The Age of Caleb Stanly's Children.
26 March 6 1664. My first child was born, a dafter.

27 Oct. 13, 1666. My dafter Hannah was born.

28 Oct. 24 1669. My dafter Elizabeth was born.

29 March 7 1672.3. My fourth child was born, a son. (Joseph).

30 Sept, 6 1674. My son Caleb was born.

My son Caleb, my dafters, Hannah and Elizabeth, was baptized by the Rev. Joseph Haynes.

My first born and my other son, the one was still born, the other dyed within a few hours after it was burn, not baptized, Sept. 12 1683.

31, 32 Sept. 12 1683. My two twins were born, being dafters: one of them dyed the next day, and the other of them dyed the 19:h of the same month.

33, 34 June 14 1692. My two twins, Anna and Mary, were born and baptized (June 19 1692) not in the record.

May 2 1685. My son Roger Pitkins eldest child (Hannah) was born.

Augt. 19 1687, his son Caleb was born, and both baptized (by Mr. Wm. Woodbridge.)

Dec. 30 1689, his dafter Mary was born.

Dec 14 1692, his dafter Rachel was born.

August 30, 1687, My son Wm. Pitkins eldest child was born, named Elizabeth, baptized bv Rev. Mr. Woodbridge.

August 19 1689, his 2d dafter was born, also named Elizabeth, as the 1st born babe was dead.

Feb. 28 1691, his 3d dafter was born named Martha."

The above record is incomplete. He had subsequently two more "dafters," viz.:

35 Feb. 24 1695, Abigail, m. James Church.

36 July 1 1696, Ruth, m. James Bidwell, and 2d, probably a Palmer.

Caleb Stanley had three wives: 1st, Hannah, daughter of John Cowles, who died February 4, 1690, aged 44 2d, September 24, 1690, Mrs. Sarah (Foster) Long, widow of Zechariah, whose first husband was Benjamin Moore. She died August 30, 1698, aged 44. 3d, September 14, 1699, Mrs., Lydia (Cole) Willson, widow of Dea. John, daughter of "John Cole the carpenter." She died in 1732. Caleb Stanley died May 5, 1718, aged 75.

November 14, 1688, Caleb Stanley was appointed to the very responsible office of keeping the town's ammunition, and signs a promise to "keep it in safe custody for the use of the towne, extriordinary causalltyes onely excepted, and not to be disposed off without the order or aprobation of sum of the selectmen of the towne." June 13, 1689, 14 lbs. were delivered "for the great guns when King William and Queen Mary was proclaimed in Hartford." March 22, 1700, the selectmen receive the ammunition from Capt. Caleb Stanley, and give him acquittal. It was "laid up in store in the South meeting??house," and consisted of 1326 wt. of lead and bullets, two barrels and about 8 lbs. of gunpowder, 680 flints, etc.

June 3, 1718. Will of Capt. Caleb Stanley, dated March 7, 1716. Inventory
402. 08. 03. Includes a gold ring 30s., a large silver tankard
17. 10. 0., four silver spoons, one porringer and chain
4. 2. 6.


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LOIS STANLEY.
(1 TIMOTHY.)
Fifth child of Timothy and Elizabeth Stanley, the emigrants, born in Hartford, August 23, 1645; married Thomas, eldest son of Thomas and Sarah (Hart) Porter, who were of the first settlers of Farmington, and received to the church there October 13, 1652. Their rank was sixth among the families. He died in 1711; she survived him.

           Their children were:


   37  TIMOTHY PORTER, b. Nov. 4, 1672. He was a deacon in
           East Hartford, and from him was descended through
           a regular succession of deacons the Rev. Ebenezer
           Porter D.D., of Andover.
   38  LOIS PORTER, b. 1670.; m. Nathaniel Goodwin, and died
           June 15, 1697, aged 27, leaving four children. He
           married, 2d, Sarah Easton, and died March 12, 1746,
           aged 79. N. G. was son of Nathaniel and Sarah,
           daughter of John Cowles; so he was cousin to Caleb,
           Stanley jr., as also his wife Lois.

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HANNAH STANLEY.
(1 TIMOTHY, 5 CALEB.)
Second child of Caleb and Hannah (Cowles) Stanley, born October 13, 1666; married, in 1683. Capt. Roger Pitkin, eldest child of William and Hannah (Goodwin) Pitkin. He owned the covenant November 22, 1685. Both received to full communion in 1st church in Hartford, August 14, 1692. She died November 1, 1703, aged 37. He died November 24, 1748, aged 87.
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          Their children were:


   39  HANNAH PITKIN, b. May 30, 1684; m. John Bidwell.
   40  CALEB PITKIN, b. Aug. 19, 1687; m. Dorothy, daughter
          of Jonathan Hills; d. Jan. 16, 1773.
   41  MARY PITKIN, b. Dec. 30, 1689; m. Timothy Porter, and
          died Nov. 13, 1724, aged 34.
   42  RACHEL PITKIN, b. Dec. 14, 1692; m. Joseph House.
   43  MABEL PITKIN, b. Dec. 5, 1695; d. Dec. 19, 1695.
   44  JONATHAN PITKIN, b. March 1, 1697; m. Rebecca, daughter
          of Philip Smith.
   45  MABEL PITKIN, b. March 23, 1701; m. James Porter.
   46  ROGER PITKIN, b. Oct. 29, 1703; m. Esther Cowles,
          daughter of William Cowles. He died April 8, 1759;
          she died Jan. 3, 1807, aged 73.


William Pitkin came from London in 1659, and was a lawyer in Hartford. He married Hannah, daughter of Ozias Goodwin [brother of Elder William Goodwin), and died Dec. 16, 1694. She died Feb. 12, 1724, aged 86.

        Their children were:


   1  ROGER, m. Hannah Stanley.
   2  WILLIAM, m. Elizabeth Stanley.
   3  HANNAH, m. Dea. Timothy Cowles, son of Samuel Cowles and Abigail
         Stanley.
   4  JOHN, unmarried; d. 1706.
   5  NATHANI??L, d. Feb. 20, 1732.
   6  GEORGE, b. Sept., 1667.
   7  ELIZABETH, m. Capt. John Marsh, of Hartford.
   8  OZIAS, b. Sept., 1679; d. Aug. 29, 1744.



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ELIZABETH STANLEY.
(1 TIMOTHY, 5 CALEB.)
Third child of Caleb and Hannah (Cowles) Stanley, born October 24, 1669; married William Pitkin, and died February 12, 1751. He died April 5, 1723, aged 58. He was a man of distinction, Assistant, Judge of the County and Superior Courts, and Chief Judge of the latter. He owned the covenant September 4, 1687. Both were received to full communion in the first church of Hartford, August 14, 1692.

          Their children were:


   47  ELIZABETH PITKIN, b. Aug. 30, 1687; d. Sept. 17, 1688.
   48  ELIZABETH PITKIN, b. Aug. 18, 1689; m. Rev. Benjamin
           Colton, of West Hartford, who died March 1, 1759,
           aged 69. She died Oct. 11, 1760, aged 71.