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Descendants of George Standley

 

| Generation 1 | Generation 2 | Generation 3 | Generation 4 | Generation 5 |

Generation No. 1
1. GEORGE1 STANDLEY was born Abt. 1635 and died 1698 in Beverly, Massachusetts. He married BETHIA LOVETT in 1671, daughter of JOHN LOVETT and MARY. She was born 1652 in Salem, Massachusetts.
Children of GEORGE STANDLEY and BETHIA LOVETT are:
2. i. GEORGE2 STANDLEY, b. Abt. 1671; d. December 1715, Beverly, Massachusetts.
3. ii. JOHN2 STANDLEY, b. February 24, 1670/71, Beverly, Massachusetts; d. 1758, Beverly, Massachusetts.
  iii. BETHIA STANDLEY, b. May 24, 1674, Beverly, Massachusetts.
4. iv. SANDS2 STANDLEY, b. November 12, 1676, Beverly, Massachusetts; d. April 26, 1702, Jamaica.
  v. JONATHAN STANDLEY, b. January 28, 1679/80, Beverly, Massachusetts; m. ELIZABETH FOSTER, January 25, 1703/04.
  vi. DAVID STANDLEY, b. June 6, 1681, Beverly, Massachusetts.
  vii. DOROTHY STANDLEY, b. March 2, 1683/84, Beverly, Massachusetts.
  viii. SAMUEL STANDLEY, b. October 29, 1686, Beverly, Massachusetts; d. November 13, 1714, Beverly, Massachusetts.
  ix. RHODA STANDLEY, b. August 1688, Beverly, Massachusetts; m. JACOB SMITH, October 30, 1716, Beverly, Massachusetts.
  x. KEZIA STANDLEY, b. August 17, 1690, Beverly, Massachusetts.
  xi. MARY STANDLEY, b. May 16, 1693, Beverly, Massachusetts; m. NICHOLAS LUCAS, January 27, 1714/15, Beverly, Massachusetts.

Generation No. 2
2. GEORGE2 STANDLEY (GEORGE1) was born Abt. 1671, baptized November 9, 1673 and died December 1715 in Beverly, Massachusetts. He married JEAN STACY November 4, 1692 in Beverly, Massachusetts.
Children of GEORGE STANDLEY and JEAN STACY are:
  i. SAMUEL STANDLEY, b. August 4, 1693, Beverly, Massachusetts; d. November 13, 1714, Beverly, Massachusetts.
  ii. MARCY STANDLEY, b. February 20, 1694/95, Beverly, Massachusetts; m. PHILLIP CURNE of Marblehead, Massachusetts, September 20, 1730, Beverly, Massachusetts.
5. iii. GEORGE3 STANDLEY, b. November 16, 1697, Beverly, Massachusetts; d. April 29, 1769, Beverly, Massachusetts.
  iv. JEAN (JANE) STANDLEY, b. November 4, 1699, Beverly, Massachusetts; m. JOHN MORSE, December 24, 1724, Beverly, Massachusetts.
6. v. JOSEPH3 STANDLEY, b. November 11, 1701, Beverly, Massachusetts; d. February 14, 1791, Beverly, Massachusetts.
  vi. BENJAMIN STANDLEY, b. March 7, 1703/04, Beverly, Massachusetts; m. (1) HANNAH WELLS, March 19, 1726/27, Beverly, Massachusetts; m. (2) PHEBE STONE, October 23, 1741, Beverly, Massachusetts.
  vii. DAVID STANDLEY, b. April 23, 1706, Beverly, Massachusetts; m. MARY FLUANT, November 12, 1730, Beverly, Massachusetts.
7. viii. JONATHAN3 STANDLEY, b. March 7, 1709/10, Beverly, Massachusetts.
  ix. SAMUEL STANDLEY, bpt. July 24, 1715, Beverly, Massachusetts; d. August 6, 1715, Beverly, Massachusetts.
3. JOHN2 STANDLEY (GEORGE1) was born February 24, 1670/71 and baptized November 9, 1673 in Beverly, Massachusetts, and died 1758 in Beverly, Massachusetts. He married REBECCA LARCOM Abt. 1695, daughter of MORDICAI LARCOM and ELIZABETH. She was born February 24, 1670/71 in Beverly, Massachusetts, and died Bet. July and December 12, 1734 in Beverly, Massachusetts.
Children of JOHN STANDLEY and REBECCA LARCOM are:
8. i. WILLIAM3 STANDLEY, b. August 31, 1700, Beverly, Massachusetts; d. October 7, 1778, Beverly, Massachusetts.
  ii. REBEKAH STANDLEY, b. september 30, 1703.
  iii. BETHIA STANDLEY, b. February 25, 1706/07, Beverly, Massachusetts; d. July 5, 1785, Beverly, Massachusetts.
  iv. REBEKAH STANDLEY, b. March 6, 1708/09, Beverly, Massachusetts; m. RICHARD COY of Ipswich, Massachusetts, January 14, 1731/32, Beverly, Massachusetts.
  v. ELIZABETH STANDLEY, b. December 5, 1712, Beverly, Massachusetts; m. THOMAS PATCH, December 30, 1736, Beverly, Massachusetts.
4. SANDS2 STANDLEY (GEORGE1) was born November 12, 1676 in Beverly, Massachusetts, and died April 26, 1702 in Jamaica. He married ABIGAIL HASKELL Abt. 1701.
Child of SANDS STANDLEY and ABIGAIL HASKELL is:
  i. SANDS STANDLEY, b. September 14, 1702.

Generation No. 3
5. GEORGE3 STANDLEY (GEORGE2, GEORGE1) was born November 16, 1697 in Beverly, Massachusetts, and died April 29, 1769 in Beverly, Massachusetts. He married ABIGAIL MORGAN April 8, 1720 in Beverly, Massachusetts, daughter of ROBERT MORGAN and ANN OBER. She was baptized April 19, 1702 in Beverly, Massachusetts, and died April 29, 1764 in Beverly, Massachusetts.
Children of GEORGE STANDLEY and ABIGAIL MORGAN are:
  i. SAMUEL STANDLEY, b. January 24, 1721/22.
  ii. BETHIAH STANDLEY, b. February 3, 1722/23.
6. JOSEPH3 STANDLEY (GEORGE2, GEORGE1) was born November 11, 1701 in Beverly, Massachusetts, and died February 14, 1791 in Beverly, Massachusetts. He maried MARY SALLOWS December 31, 1724 in Beverly, Massachusetts, daughter of ROBERT SALLOWS and MARY THISTLE. She was born November 18, 1700 in Beverly, Massachusetts, and died May 12, 1779 in Beverly, Massachusetts.
Children of JOSEPH STANDLEY and MARY SALLOWS are:
9. i. ROBERT4 STANDLEY, b. August 23, 1734, Beverly, Massachusetts; d. January 16, 1821, Beverly, Massachusetts.
  ii. JEAN (JANE) STANDLEY, b. April 20, 1726, Beverly, Massachusetts.
  iii. ANDREW STANDLEY, b. April 22, 1728, Beverly, Massachusetts; d. 1760; m. MARGARET ELLIOTT, July 31, 1750, Beverly, Massachusetts.
  iv. MATTHEW STANDLEY, b. January 2, 1730/31, Beverly, Massachusetts; d. June 26, 1743, Beverly, Massachusetts.
  v. ABIGAIL STANDLEY, b. April 28, 1737, Beverly, Massachusetts.
  vi. GEORGE STANDLEY, b. June 22, 1738, Beverly, Massachusetts.
7. JONATHAN3 STANDLEY (GEORGE2, GEORGE1) was born March 7, 1709/10 in Beverly, Massachusetts. He married MERCY SALLOWS November 21, 1734 in Beverly, Massachusetts, daughter of ROBERT SALLOWS and MARY THISTLE. She was born November 30, 1710 in Beverly, Massachusetts, and died February 28, 1780 in Beverly, Massachusetts.
Children of JONATHAN STANDLEY and MERCY SALLOWS are:
  i. ABIGAIL STANDLEY, b. July 13, 1735.
  ii. MERCY STANDLEY, bpt. October 26, 1735.
  iii. ROBERT STANDLEY, b. May 20, 1737, Beverly, Massachusetts; d. June 5, 1737, Beverly, Massachusetts.
  iv. ELIZABETH STANDLEY, b. November 7, 1738, Beverly, Massachusetts; d. January 1, 1812, Beverly, Massachusetts; m. DAVID STANDLEY of Beverly, Massachusetts, May 7, 1767, Beverly, Massachusetts; bpt. September 4, 1743, Beverly, Massachusetts; d. July 3, 1831, Beverly, Massachusetts.
  v. ROBERT STANDLEY, bpt. April 25, 1742, Beverly, Massachusetts.
  vi. REBECCA STANDLEY, bpt. June 3, 1744, Beverly, Massachusetts.
10. vii. JONATHAN4 STANDLEY, b. April 12, 1747, Beverly, Massachusetts; d. October 13, 1810, Beverly, Massachusetts.
  viii. MARCY STANDLEY, bpt. September 16, 1749, Beverly, Massachusetts.
8. WILLIAM3 STANDLEY (JOHN2, GEORGE1) was born August 31, 1700 in Beverly, Massachusetts, and died October 7, 1778 in Beverly, Massachusetts. He married HANNAH STONE September 2, 1724 in Beverly, Massachusetts, daughter of NATHANIEL STONE and MARY BALCH. She was baptized May 24, 1702 in Beverly, Massachusetts, and died 1752 in Beverly, Massachusetts.
Children of WILLIAM STANDLEY and HANNAH STONE are:
  i. HANNAH STANDLEY, b. July 27, 1725, Beverly, Massachusetts; d. January 28, 1779, Beverly, Massachusetts.
  ii. KEZIAH STANDLEY, b. February 16, 1726/27.
  iii. JOHN STANDLEY, b. May 1, 1730, Beverly, Massachusetts; d. 1751 at sea.
Notes for JOHN STANDLEY:
    The following letter is from the collection of the Beverly Historical Society, Beverly, Massachusetts.

"Kingston Jamaica January the 12 day 1750/51

My dear Joanna Thorndicke I took this oprtunity to rite these few lins to you hoping that thay will find you well and in good health as I am at present and blesed be god for it I am not a littel overjoyed that the opprtunity is put in my hand whereby I have leave to Express I am conserned thou not forugitfull in which I maid your promas and dought not but you Expect I would fullfill it in which I dont intend nothing elces wecn I return my dear our absents from Each other has caused a great truble in my mind when I call to mind the pleasurs I Enjoyed in your sweat compny and --- which I hop to haue at my arivall home --- and so no more at preasent

My dear we are a taking in a frait of shugurs and logwood all and all spise and we ar bound to Bristoll and we Expet to saill in about fiue weaks and we dont Expet to gitt home before July --- and so no more at preasent --- and so I reamain your loving loving friend until death ---

John Standley"

Note that John Standley died at sea before reaching his beloved. It appears that after his death she married his brother, William (see No. 11).
11. iv. WILLIAM4 STANDLEY, b. September 17, 1733, Beverly, Massachusetts; d. June 27, 1818, Beverly, Massachusetts.
12. v. RICHARD4 STANDLEY, bpt. March 27, 1737, Beverly, Massachusetts.
vi. SANS STANDLEY
vii. DAVID STANDLEY, bpt. September 4, 1743, Beverly, Massachusetts; d. July 3, 1831, Beverly, Massachusetts; m. ELIZABETH STANDLEY, May 7, 1767, Beverly, Massachusetts; b. November 7, 1738, Beverly, Massachusetts; d. January 1, 1812, Beverly, Massachusetts.

Generation No. 4
9. ROBERT4 STANDLEY (JOSEPH3, GEORGE2, GEORGE1) was born August 23, 1734 in Beverly, Massachusetts, and died January 16, 1821 in Beverly, Massachusetts. He married (1) LYDIA OBER November 18, 1756 in Beverly, Massachusetts, daughter of PETER OBER and LYDIA FOSTER. She was born June 30, 1735 in Beverly, Massachusetts, and died January 20, 1779 in Beverly, Massachusetts. He married (2) MARY LOVETT December 5, 1779 in Beverly, Massachusetts, daughter of EBENEZER LOVETT and JOANNA THORNDIKE. She was born July 7, 1740 in Beverly, Massachusetts, and died August 10, 1812 in Beverly, Massachusetts.
Children of ROBERT STANDLEY and LYDIA OBER are:
  i. JANE STANDLEY, b. May 20, 1758, Beverly, Massachusetts; m. RICHARD OBER 3RD, April 27, 1780, Beverly, Massachusetts; b. February 24, 1744/45, Beverly, Massachusetts; d. February 9, 1821, Beverly, Massachusetts.
  ii. JOSEPH STANDLEY, b. November 21, 1760, Beverly, Massachusetts; d. December 3, 1776, Beverly, Massachusetts.
  iii. PETER STANDLEY, b. September 9, 1767, Beverly, Massachusetts; m. ELIZABETH PRESCOTT, June 3, 1788.
  iv. EZRA STANDLEY, b. December 11, 1770, Beverly, Massachusetts.
  v. PAUL STANDLEY, b. December 26, 1772, Beverly, Massachusetts.
  vi. [NAME UNKNOWN] STANDLEY, b. October 1778.
  vii. ROBERT STANDLEY, b. December 9, 1763, Beverly, Massachusetts.
Child of ROBERT STANDLEY and MARY LOVETT is:
  viii. LYDIA STANDLEY, b. December 21, 1780, Beverly, Massachusetts; d. June 6, 1853, Beverly, Massachusetts.
10. JONATHAN4 STANDLEY (JONATHAN3, GEORGE2, GEORGE1) was born April 12, 1747 in Beverly, Massachusetts, and died October 13, 1810 in Beverly, Massachusetts. He married LYDIA PRESTON April 17, 1766 in Beverly, Massachusetts, daughter of NEHEMIAH PRESTON and ABIGAIL ALLEN. She was born September 10, 1745 in Beverly, Massachusetts, and died May 10, 1812, in Beverly, Massachusetts.
Children of JONATHAN STANDLEY and LYDIA PRESTON are:
13. i. ROBERT5 STANDLEY, b. September 12, 1766, Beverly, Massachusetts.
  ii. JONATHAN STANDLEY, b. May 11, 1768.
  iii. NEHEMIAH STANDLEY, b. May 22, 1770, Beverly, Massachusetts; m. (1) LUCY DODGE, November 7, 1793, Wenham, Massachusetts; b. June 24, 1772, Wenham, Massachusetts; d. July 1, 1807, Wenham, Massachusetts; m. (2) CHARITY KNOWLTON, November 26, 1807, Wenham, Massachusetts.
  iv. NABBY STANDLEY, b. August 30, 1772, Beverly, Massachusetts; m. FRANCIS WOODBURY LARCOM, January 14, 1796, Beverly, Massachusetts; b. August 11, 1772, Beverly, Massachusetts; d. January 1, 1801, at sea.
  v. ELIZABETH STANDLEY, bpt. March 30, 1777, Beverly, Massachusetts.
  vi. HITTY STANDLEY, b. march 26, 1777, Beverly, Massachusetts; d. September 11, 1848, Beverly, Massachusetts; m. NATHANIEL HASKELL, November 29, 1798, Beverly, Massachusetts.
  vii. STEPHEN STANDLEY, bpt. August 1, 1779, Beverly, Massachusetts.
  viii. REBECCA STANDLEY, b. Abt. 1781, Beverly, Massachusetts; d. November 12, 1811, Beverly, Massachusetts.
  ix. MOLLY STANDLEY, b. August 13, 1783, Beverly, Massachusetts; m. ANDREW LARCOM, July 24, 1803, Beverly, Massachusetts.
  x. BETSY STANDLEY, b. November 26, 1785, Beverly, Massachusetts; m. WILLIAM HASKELL, December 8, 1807, Beverly, Massachusetts.
  xi. NATHANIEL STANDLEY, bpt. February 24, 1789, Beverly, Massachusetts.
11. WILLIAM4 STANDLEY (WILLIAM3, JOHN2, GEORGE1) was born September 17, 1733 in Beverly, Massachusetts, and died June 27, 1818 in Beverly, Massachusetts. He married JOANNA THORNDIKE November 28, 1753 in Beverly, Massachusetts, daughter of HERBERT THORNDIKE and ABIGAIL OBER. She was born November 23, 1731 in Beverly, Massachusetts, and died February 20, 1809 in Beverly, Massachusetts.
Notes for JOANNA THORNDIKE:
    Beverly Vital Records state that she died "by a burn on her face, neck, and breast, occasioned by her falling into the fire".
Children of WILLIAM STANDLEY and JOANNA THORNDIKE are:
  i. JOHN STANDLEY, b. April 17, 1754, Beverly, Massachusetts.
  ii. HANNAH STANDLEY, b. December 29, 1755, Beverly, Massachusetts; d. November 21, 1774, Beverly, Massachusetts.
  iii. WILLIAM STANDLEY, b. December 15, 1757, Beverly, Massachusetts; d. April 14, 1840, Beverly, Massachusetts.
  iv. HERBERT STANDLEY, b. June 11, 1760.
  v. ABIGAIL STANDLEY, b. April 10, 1762.
  vi. NICHOLAS STANDLEY, b. May 7, 1764.
  vii. SANDS STANDLEY, bpt. March 9, 1766, Beverly, Massachusetts.
14. viii. SANDS5 STANDLEY, b. May 2, 1767, Beverly, Massachusetts; d. December 25, 1836, Beverly, Massachusetts.
  ix. TIMOTHY STANDLEY, b. June 3, 1769.
  x. JOHN STANDLEY, b. June 6, 1771.
12. RICHARD4 STANDLEY (WILLIAM3, JOHN2, GEORGE1) was baptized March 27, 1737 in Beverly, Massachusetts. He married SARAH LOVETT May 26, 1761 in Beverly, Massachusetts.
Children of RICHARD STANDLEY and SARAH LOVETT are:
  i. ESTHER STANDLEY, b. May 4, 1762.
  ii. SARAH STANDLEY, b. September 20, 1764.
  iii. REBECKAH STANDLEY, b. May 3, 1768, Beverly, Massachusetts.
  iv. JOANNA STANDLEY, b. September 6, 1770, Beverly, Massachusetts; d. February 24, 1845, Beverly, Massachusetts.
  v. JOHN STANDLEY, b. March 16, 1773.

Generation No. 5
13. ROBERT5 STANDLEY (JONATHAN4, JONATHAN3, GEORGE2, GEORGE1) was born September 12, 1766 in Beverly, Massachusetts. He married HANNAH MORGAN September 15, 1786 in Beverly, Massachusetts, daughter of JOSIAH MORGAN and HANNAH STANDLEY. She was born October 8, 1768, and died July 11, 1844 in Beverly, Massachusetts.
Children of ROBERT STANDLEY and HANNAH MORGAN are:
  i. MAHALY STANDLEY, b. February 10, 1787, Beverly, Massachusetts; m. JOHN PICKETT, JR., February 8, 1818, Beverly, Massachusetts.
  ii. HANNAH STANDLEY, b. July 9, 1789, Beverly, Massachusetts; m. (1) ASA ANDREWS; m. (2) WILLIAM WYATT; m. (3) JOHN LOWELL.
  iii. TIMOTHY STANDLEY, b. May 29, 1791, Beverly, Massachusetts; m. PATTY HULL, July 25, 1813, Beverly, Massachusetts.
  iv. ROBERT STANDLEY, b. November 12, 1792, Beverly, Massachusetts; d. June 1813, at sea.
Notes for ROBERT STANDLEY:
    Robert Standley was "killed in the frigate Chesapeake, taken by the British frigate Shannon, after a bloody battle of eleven minutes, in which 200 men in both frigates were killed or wounded. The action was seen from the hills and houses in this town."--Beverly Vital Records
  v. LYDIA STANDLEY, b. October 12, 1794, Beverly, Massachusetts.
  vi. JONATHAN STANDLEY, b. September 12, 1796, Beverly, Massachusetts; m. ELIZABETH PIERCE, March 7, 1816, Beverly, Massachusetts.
  vii. THOMAS STANDLEY, b. October 8, 1797, Beverly, Massachusetts; m. MARGARET ABBOT, May 7, 1835, Beverly, Massachusetts.
  viii. JOSIAH STANDLEY, b. January 9, 1800, Beverly, Massachusetts.
  ix. EBENEZER STANDLEY, b. October 1, 1801, Beverly, Massachusetts.
  x. SALLY STANDLEY, b. December 30, 1802, Beverly, Massachusetts; m. JOHN ANDREWS, May 24, 1827, Beverly, Massachusetts.
  xi. ABIGAIL STANDLEY, b. October 15, 1806, Beverly, Massachusetts; m. JAMES F. BUTMAN of Wenham, Massachusetts, October 5, 1828, Beverly, Massachusetts.
  xii. THIRZA STANDLEY, b. December 30, 1808, Beverly, Massachusetts; m. FITZGERALD.
  xiii. BETSY STANDLEY, b. October 12, 1810, Beverly, Massachusetts; m. JOSEPH TWIST.
14. SANDS5 STANDLEY (WILLIAM4, WILLIAM3, JOHN2, GEORGE1) was born May 2, 1767 in Beverly, Massachusetts, and died December 25, 1836 in Beverly, Massachusetts. He married JOANNA STANDLEY December 17, 1789 in Beverly, Massachusetts, daughter of RICHARD STANDLEY and SARAH LOVETT. She was born September 6, 1770 in Beverly, Massachusetts, and died Februray 24, 1845 in Beverly, Massachusetts.
Children of SANDS STANDLEY and JOANNA STANDLEY are:
  i. WILLIAM STANDLEY, 3RD, b. January 10, 1807, bpt. June 28, 1807, Beverly, Massachusetts; d. May 21, 1881, Beverly, Massachusetts; m. (1) ANNA FOSTER, March 21, 1831, Beverly, Massachusetts; b. January 19, 1810, Beverly, Massachusetts; d. October 4, 1836, Beverly, Massachusetts; m. (2) JANE OBER FOSTER, February 21, 1839, Beverly, Massachusetts; b. August 28, 1814, Beverly, Massachusetts.
  ii. ABIGAIL STANDLEY, b. 1812, bpt. July 4, 1813, Beverly, Massachusetts.
  iii. HERBERT SMITH STANDLEY, b. February 8, 1809, bpt. July 30, 1809, Beverly, Massachusetts.
  iv. ELIZA STANDLEY, b. December 10, 1802, Beverly, Massachusetts; m. EDMUND MUNROE of Danvers, Massachusetts, March 14, 1830, Beverly, Massachusetts.
  v. HANNAH STANDLEY, b. Apri 8, 1790, Beverly, Massachusetts; m. JEDEDIAH STILES, June 24, 1817, Beverly, Massachusetts.
  vi. RICHARD STANDLEY, b. February 10, 1800.
  vii. SANDS STANDLEY, b. December 28, 1797, Beverly, Massachusetts; m. REBECCA THISSEL, May 15, 1823, Beverly, Massachusetts.
  viii. SARAH STANDLEY, b. July 13, 1794.
  ix. JOANNA STANDLEY, b. Februrary 19, 1792.
Sources:
1. The Standley Family of Beverly by Stephen P. Hall
2. New England Marriages Before 1700 by Torrey
3. Salem Vital Records
4. Beverly Vital Records
5. Wenham Vital Records
6. City of Beverly Original Records
7. Descendants of John Thorndike of Essex County Massachusetts by Morgan Hewitt Stafford
9. Personal Records of Shirley E. Stephens, including birth, marriage, and death records

 
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