STANLEY, Captain Jonathan

1711 - 1803  (91 years)  Submit Photo / Document

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• Name	STANLEY, Jonathan
  Prefix	Captain
  Birth	2 May 1711	Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
  Christening	3 Jun 1711	Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
  Gender	Male
  Death	Jan 1803	Jaffrey, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States
  WAC	27 Nov 1931	SGEOR
  _TAG	Reviewed on FS
  Burial	Jaffrey, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States
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  Person ID	I19528	Joseph Smith Sr and Lucy Mack Smith
  Last Modified	19 Aug 2021

  
  

  Father	STANLEY, Samuel ,   b. 24 Oct 1678, Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts, United Statesd. 17 Aug 1724, Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States (Age 45 years)
  Mother	KINNEY, Mary II ,   b. 25 Nov 1683, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United Statesd. 1722, Attleboro, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States (Age 38 years)
  Marriage	2 May 1706
  Family ID	F10132	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	GOULD, Abigale ,   b. 12 Aug 1715, Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, United Statesd. Abt 1757, Jaffrey, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States (Age 41 years)
  Marriage	2 Aug 1737	Essex, Massachusetts, United States
  Family ID	F10127	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Jan 2022

  
  

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  BIOGRAPHY: New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial_ A Record of the ...by William Richard Cutler. Captain Jonathan Stanley. "He married, August 2, 1737, Abigail Gould, a descendant of Zaccheus Gould, the pioneer. They resided first at Lunenburg, Massachusetts, where most of his children were born, and removed to Rindge, New Hampshire, about 1754. He was a prominent citizen of Rindge until he removed to Jaffrey. New Hampshire, in 1773. He was one of the organizers of that town. He settled on lot 19, range 5, north of the village of East Jaffrey, afterward owned by his son Samuel and later by Luke H. Nutting. He not only called the first town meeting, but was chosen its moderator and chairman of the first board of selectmen. He was moderator of the second town meeting also, and chairman of a committee to secure preaching. In 1778 he served on the committee of inspection. He was a purchaser of a pew in the meeting house at the auction sale in 1780. He was highway surveyor in 1786. Soon after the organization of the church in 1780, his wife Abigail be came a member. He was living in Jaffrey in 1791. Children: Abigail, born March 20, 1739, married Colonel Enoch Hale; Mary, born April 20, 1740; Samuel. March 15, 1741; John, mentioned below; Joseph, born December 16, 1745, died young; Jedediah, born January 17, 174Q: Joseph, January 17, 1750, married Lucy Hosmer, of Acton; Hannah, December 1, 1751, married Jonathan Parker; Elizabeth, baptized July 14, 1754.