Nathaniel STANLEY

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• Fact: Son of Thomas Stanley and Benet Tritton

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He was an Assistant of the Colony, Judge of the County Court, etc., a man of wealth and influence.

Eldest son of Thomas and Benett Stanley, born in Hartford about 1638; removed with his father to Hadley in 1659, and was townsman there in 16665. He returned to Hartford the same year, and was chosen a townsman there February 16, 1665-6; was a deputy to the General Court; an Assistant 1690-1712; Judge of the County court and court of Probate. hH married, June 2, 1759, Sarah, daughter of James and Alice Boosey, of Wethersfield, who was born November 12, 1643, and died August 18, 1716, aged seventy-six. Both were received to the Second church in Hartford March 31, 1678. He died November 14, 1712. His estate amounted to L1,618.19.0.

Nathaniel married Sarah BOOSEY on 2 Jun 1659. Sarah (daughter of Lieut. James BOOSEY and Alice ?) was born on 12 Nov 1643; died on 18 Aug 1716. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Mary STANLEY was born on 8 Oct 1677 in Hartford, Hartford Co., Connecticut; died on 23 Aug 1753.
2. Nathaniel STANLEY was born on 9 Jul 1683; died on 17 Aug 1755.

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• Fact: Son of John Stanley and Susan Lancock

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He probably arrived in May, 1634, (Love's Colonial History of Hartford, p. 2), though he is generally said to have come from London in the ship "Planter", 1635 and registered at the Custom House as 16; but this evidently refers to someone else of the same name, for he was much older. He and his brother Timothy were made Freemen of Massachusetts, March 4, 1634/5. His wife was born in 1609 and he was Deputy to the General Court from Lynn, Sep. 2, 1635, when the removal to Connecticut was decided upon. Moreover, he came with his brothers, John and Timothy who did not come in the "Planter." At Hartford he was Constable in the years 1644, 48 and 53. He joined the first party for the settlement of Hartford, known as the "Adventurers," who went the year before the main body of Mr. Hooker's congregation. He had been chosen Constable at Lynn and was fined 10 shillings at a Court held in Salem, for not being present June 27, 1636. He was an original proprietor at Hartford and his home lot in 1639 was on what is now Main Street just north of Little River, extending to the present Center Church. He removed to Hadley in 1659 and it has been said he was Townsman there but his name is not included in the list of Hadley's Selectmen.

Though a young man at this time, Mr. Stanley soon took an important position in the affairs of the town. He was a juryman in 1639 and 1643, and a constable in 1644, 1647, 1648, and 1653. This office was then one of the most responsible in the settlement, combining the duties of the modern sheriff and policeman, and being charged in general with preserving the order and decorum of the place. it devolved on him to summon the courts, General and Particular, to their sessions, and the freemen to their elections, to execute the decrees of the courts and the laws, to enforce order in public worship, to arrest and confine offenders, to administer the frequent whippings which were ordered in punishment of petty crimes, inflicting so many lashes "well laid on," a duty requiring a steady nerve and a strong arm.

In the year 1659, Thomas Stanley and his family, with some others, removed from Hartford, and commenced a new settlement at Hadley, Mass.

Though Thomas Stanley and his family removed from Hartford, he did not dispose of his house and lands there. At his death he left them to his only son, Nathaniel, who after the de3cease of his mother, returned and made his home there. They remained in the line of his descendants until they were bequeathed by his grandson William to the second church in1726. He died January 31, 1663, and was buried at Hadley. His will which is on record in Northampton, gives us interesting particulars as to his home and his family.

Thomas married Benedicta TRITTON on 3 Aug 1630. Benedicta was born on 30 Jul 1609 in Parish Reg., Ashford, Kent, England; died in Jan 1664/5. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Fact: Dau. of Daniel Tritton and Alice Goldhatch

John married Susan LANCOCK. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]