Nymphas Stacy was the great-grandson of the immigrant Simon Stacy and the father of Col. William Stacy. He was the son of John Stacy and grandson of Thomas Stacy. Nymphas was born about 1699, it is believed in Ipswich. He was a Cordwainer (shoemaker) and for many years was a Deacon of the First Church in Gloucester.
The odd name "Nymphas" was a family name of the Simon Stacy branch from Bocking, England. It had existed in England in the earlier generations and it persisted in America for several. Generations. It comes from a chance reference in Collosians of the Apostle Paul, Collosians, Chapter IV, verse 15 reads:
"Salute the brethren which are in Laodicea, and Nymphas, and the Church which is in his house."
The Bible Encyclopedia states the name as Nymphas - a wealthy and zealous citizen of Laodicea. His House was used for a place of assembly for the Christians.
The first mention of Nymphas is in Gloucester where he probably came with his parents, John and Mary Clarke Stacy, in 1723. There he became a shoemaker and worked at this trade the remainder of his life which was spent in Gloucester. The next year on November 19, 1724, he married Hannah LittlehaIe of Gloucester. They were married by the Rev. John White. Hannah was the daughter of Isaac LittlehaIe and Elizabeth Davis. Her mother was left a widow in 178 and she married again to John Stacy, November 5, 1720, the father of Nymphas, so that Hannah LittlehaIe had married her stepbrother.
Col. William Stacy; Revolutionary War Hero, Cordwainer, Minuteman, Prisoner of War, Pioneer - 1993 - by Leo L. Lemonds, DVD, Page 11
The odd name "Nymphas" was a family name of the Simon Stacy branch from Bocking, England. It had existed in England in the earlier generations and it persisted in America for several. Generations. It comes from a chance reference in Collosians of the Apostle Paul, Collosians, Chapter IV, verse 15 reads:
"Salute the brethren which are in Laodicea, and Nymphas, and the Church which is in his house."
The Bible Encyclopedia states the name as Nymphas - a wealthy and zealous citizen of Laodicea. His House was used for a place of assembly for the Christians.
The first mention of Nymphas is in Gloucester where he probably came with his parents, John and Mary Clarke Stacy, in 1723. There he became a shoemaker and worked at this trade the remainder of his life which was spent in Gloucester. The next year on November 19, 1724, he married Hannah LittlehaIe of Gloucester. They were married by the Rev. John White. Hannah was the daughter of Isaac LittlehaIe and Elizabeth Davis. Her mother was left a widow in 178 and she married again to John Stacy, November 5, 1720, the father of Nymphas, so that Hannah LittlehaIe had married her stepbrother.
Col. William Stacy; Revolutionary War Hero, Cordwainer, Minuteman, Prisoner of War, Pioneer - 1993 - by Leo L. Lemonds, DVD, Page 11
Nymphas Stacy was the great-grandson of the immigrant Simon Stacy and the father of Col. William Stacy. He was the son of John Stacy and grandson of Thomas Stacy. Nymphas was born about 1699, it is believed in Ipswich. He was a Cordwainer (shoemaker) and for many years was a Deacon of the First Church in Gloucester.
The odd name "Nymphas" was a family name of the Simon Stacy branch from Bocking, England. It had existed in England in the earlier generations and it persisted in America for several. Generations. It comes from a chance reference in Collosians of the Apostle Paul, Collosians, Chapter IV, verse 15 reads:
"Salute the brethren which are in Laodicea, and Nymphas, and the Church which is in his house."
The Bible Encyclopedia states the name as Nymphas - a wealthy and zealous citizen of Laodicea. His House was used for a place of assembly for the Christians.
The first mention of Nymphas is in Gloucester where he probably came with his parents, John and Mary Clarke Stacy, in 1723. There he became a shoemaker and worked at this trade the remainder of his life which was spent in Gloucester. The next year on November 19, 1724, he married Hannah LittlehaIe of Gloucester. They were married by the Rev. John White. Hannah was the daughter of Isaac LittlehaIe and Elizabeth Davis. Her mother was left a widow in 178 and she married again to John Stacy, November 5, 1720, the father of Nymphas, so that Hannah LittlehaIe had married her stepbrother.
Col. William Stacy; Revolutionary War Hero, Cordwainer, Minuteman, Prisoner of War, Pioneer - 1993 - by Leo L. Lemonds, DVD, Page 11
The odd name "Nymphas" was a family name of the Simon Stacy branch from Bocking, England. It had existed in England in the earlier generations and it persisted in America for several. Generations. It comes from a chance reference in Collosians of the Apostle Paul, Collosians, Chapter IV, verse 15 reads:
"Salute the brethren which are in Laodicea, and Nymphas, and the Church which is in his house."
The Bible Encyclopedia states the name as Nymphas - a wealthy and zealous citizen of Laodicea. His House was used for a place of assembly for the Christians.
The first mention of Nymphas is in Gloucester where he probably came with his parents, John and Mary Clarke Stacy, in 1723. There he became a shoemaker and worked at this trade the remainder of his life which was spent in Gloucester. The next year on November 19, 1724, he married Hannah LittlehaIe of Gloucester. They were married by the Rev. John White. Hannah was the daughter of Isaac LittlehaIe and Elizabeth Davis. Her mother was left a widow in 178 and she married again to John Stacy, November 5, 1720, the father of Nymphas, so that Hannah LittlehaIe had married her stepbrother.
Col. William Stacy; Revolutionary War Hero, Cordwainer, Minuteman, Prisoner of War, Pioneer - 1993 - by Leo L. Lemonds, DVD, Page 11
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In Memory of
Deacn NYMPHAS STACY.
who died Novr 14th
1774
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