Caleb STANLEY

1674 - 1712  (37 years)

• Name	Caleb STANLEY  [1, 2]
  	He was the first regular surveyor with a compass that resided in any town upon the Connecticut River, having bought a compass a few years before 1700, and that year was appointed Surveyor for Hartford County, being the first man to fill that office under an act of the Court of that date. He served as Clerk of the Hartford County Court and Court of Probate; and as Secretary of the Colony of Connecticut from May, 1709, until his death in 1711-12. His estate amounted to L1747.18.0 at the distribution in 1726-7. He lived in Hartford and was one of the most distinguished men in the colony. [1]
  Birth	6 Sep 1674  [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	4 Jan 1711/2  [1, 2]
  Person ID	I100160	Main Tree
  Last Modified	28 Sep 2020

  
  

  Father	Capt. Caleb STANLEY,   b. Mar 1642   d. 5 May 1718 (Age 76 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Hannah COWLES,   b. Feb 1644, Farmington, Connecticut d. 4 Feb 1689/90, Hartford, Hartford Co., Connecticut (Age 46 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Marriage	Abt 1663  [3]
  Family ID	F19529	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Hannah SPENCER,   b. Jul 1674   d. 5 Dec 1702 (Age 28 years)
  Marriage	13 May 1696  [1, 2]
  Family ID	F41452	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	28 Sep 2020

  
  

  Family 2	Abigail BUNCE,   b. Abt 1676   d. Aft 1712 (Age 37 years)
  Marriage	15 Feb 1704/5  [1, 2]
  Children	1. Caleb STANLEY,   b. 25 May 1707   d. 28 Jun 1789 (Age 82 years)  [Birth] + 2. Jonathan STANLEY,   b. 30 Nov 1709   d. 20 Aug 1788 (Age 78 years)  [Birth] + 3. William STANLEY,   b. Abt 5 Oct 1711   d. 24 Mar 1767, East Hartford, Connecticut (Age 55 years)  [Birth]
  Family ID	F41453	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	28 Sep 2020

  
  

• Sources

  [S12064] Colonel Calvin Duvall Cowles, Genealogy of the Cowles Families in America Vol.I . [S11481] Israel P. Warren, D.D., The Stanley Families of American as Descended from John, Timothy, and Thomas Stanley of Rartford, Ct. 1636. [S3597] Ernest Flagg, "Genealogical Notes on the Founding of New England" My Ancestors Part in that Undertaking.