General Notes

Church records for Tenterden, Kent, England (a few miles southwest ofAshford), may have answered the question of where, and from whom, the"Hartford" Stanley line is descended.

Robart Standley was a glazier who moved from Tonbridge to Tenterden about1590, probably to take advantage of the flourishing iron trade there.Tenterden had a population of 357 in 1663, so it was probably about thesame size, or smaller, six decades earlier. Robart was a yeoman and doingrather well. When he died (31 May 1605) the inventory of his goods alonehad a value of 51 Pounds. He had a servant, Thomas Glover, and small"whete" farm (which, with his work place, were not incuded in the 51Pounds).

The farm had hens and geese, swine, sheep, three kine and a calf. Theshop had iron and steel, a pair of bellows and an anvil. In Tenterden hewas a "whitesmith." This is defined as "a worker in white iron(tin-plate), a tinsmith, or, one who polishes or finishes metal goods, asdistinguished from one who forges them."

Robart married Ruthe, and they had John, Thomas, Timothy (the brother'swho emigrated to America, two of whom were among the founders ofHartford, CT.), Patience, Robart, William and Ruthe. On 16 September1605, just four months after Robarts death, Ruthe married one HumphrieUredge.
John, who was just six at the time of his mothers second marriage, laterapparently married Humphrie's daughter, step-daughter or other relative,Elysabeth Uredge, on 14 October 1623 at Benenden (about five miles fromTenterden), (not unlike his son, John (the third "Hartford" Stanleyfounder), who, orphaned at ten during the voyage to America, grew up withSara Scott next door and married her when they both came of age -proximity was apparently a door to affection). The church records fromTenterden also carry a burial of Elizabeth, wife of John Stanley on 12Dec 1632. (*)

Other Standleys are cited in local records as having children in the1564-1580 period. So far their relationship to our family is unknown,although the reoccurring names of Robart, John and Tymothy do suggest afamilial tie-in.

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(*) This information gratefully provided by Roy Morgan Stanley II.Researcher: Ms. Elizabeth A. Finn, Research Archivist, Centre for KentishStudies.

NOTE: a lot of information in this file is not proven
-Dale A. Updike

Church records for Tenterden, Kent, England (a few miles southwest ofAshford), may have answered the question of where, and from whom, the"Hartford" Stanley line is descended.

Robart Standley was a glazier who moved from Tonbridge to Tenterden about1590, probably to take advantage of the flourishing iron trade there.Tenterden had a population of 357 in 1663, so it was probably about thesame size, or smaller, six decades earlier. Robart was a yeoman and doingrather well. When he died (31 May 1605) the inventory of his goods alonehad a value of 51 Pounds. He had a servant, Thomas Glover, and small"whete" farm (which, with his work place, were not incuded in the 51Pounds).

The farm had hens and geese, swine, sheep, three kine and a calf. Theshop had iron and steel, a pair of bellows and an anvil. In Tenterden hewas a "whitesmith." This is defined as "a worker in white iron(tin-plate), a tinsmith, or, one who polishes or finishes metal goods, asdistinguished from one who forges them."

Robart married Ruthe, and they had John, Thomas, Timothy (the brother'swho emigrated to America, two of whom were among the founders ofHartford, CT.), Patience, Robart, William and Ruthe. On 16 September1605, just four months after Robarts death, Ruthe married one HumphrieUredge.
John, who was just six at the time of his mothers second marriage, laterapparently married Humphrie's daughter, step-daughter or other relative,Elysabeth Uredge, on 14 October 1623 at Benenden (about five miles fromTenterden), (not unlike his son, John (the third "Hartford" Stanleyfounder), who, orphaned at ten during the voyage t