Some researchers show him as a son of Benjamin & Lucy so I went with it.
But NO definite proof exists that he is the son of Benjamin Standley & Lucy Merrill.
A baptism record at Haverhill is not proof of a tie with this John,
DNA results reject ties of this John with Matthew.
Direct line males of both lines have different paternal haplogroup results.
I have six circumstantial sets of parents for him but none that can be proven.
Master John Standley Senior married Lucy Edwards at Coventry, CT on 14 Nov 1748.
They had five children all born at Coventry, CT:
John Jr. b. 15 Jun 1750
Jerusha b. 3 Mar 1753
Elizabeth b. 8 Mar 1755
Hannah b. 29 Apr 1758
Lucretia b. 4 Apr 1760
21 Apr 1752 he witnessed a deed at Coventry for Thomas Spelman.
Coventry Deeds Vol 4 page 74.
1768 he is on census list at Coventry, CT.
He moved to Shaftsbury Hollow about 1771.
1790 census 1-1-2-0-0 Shaftsbury, VT
The surname Standley later became Stanley.
But NO definite proof exists that he is the son of Benjamin Standley & Lucy Merrill.
A baptism record at Haverhill is not proof of a tie with this John,
DNA results reject ties of this John with Matthew.
Direct line males of both lines have different paternal haplogroup results.
I have six circumstantial sets of parents for him but none that can be proven.
Master John Standley Senior married Lucy Edwards at Coventry, CT on 14 Nov 1748.
They had five children all born at Coventry, CT:
John Jr. b. 15 Jun 1750
Jerusha b. 3 Mar 1753
Elizabeth b. 8 Mar 1755
Hannah b. 29 Apr 1758
Lucretia b. 4 Apr 1760
21 Apr 1752 he witnessed a deed at Coventry for Thomas Spelman.
Coventry Deeds Vol 4 page 74.
1768 he is on census list at Coventry, CT.
He moved to Shaftsbury Hollow about 1771.
1790 census 1-1-2-0-0 Shaftsbury, VT
The surname Standley later became Stanley.
Some researchers show him as a son of Benjamin & Lucy so I went with it.
But NO definite proof exists that he is the son of Benjamin Standley & Lucy Merrill.
A baptism record at Haverhill is not proof of a tie with this John,
DNA results reject ties of this John with Matthew.
Direct line males of both lines have different paternal haplogroup results.
I have six circumstantial sets of parents for him but none that can be proven.
Master John Standley Senior married Lucy Edwards at Coventry, CT on 14 Nov 1748.
They had five children all born at Coventry, CT:
John Jr. b. 15 Jun 1750
Jerusha b. 3 Mar 1753
Elizabeth b. 8 Mar 1755
Hannah b. 29 Apr 1758
Lucretia b. 4 Apr 1760
21 Apr 1752 he witnessed a deed at Coventry for Thomas Spelman.
Coventry Deeds Vol 4 page 74.
1768 he is on census list at Coventry, CT.
He moved to Shaftsbury Hollow about 1771.
1790 census 1-1-2-0-0 Shaftsbury, VT
The surname Standley later became Stanley.
But NO definite proof exists that he is the son of Benjamin Standley & Lucy Merrill.
A baptism record at Haverhill is not proof of a tie with this John,
DNA results reject ties of this John with Matthew.
Direct line males of both lines have different paternal haplogroup results.
I have six circumstantial sets of parents for him but none that can be proven.
Master John Standley Senior married Lucy Edwards at Coventry, CT on 14 Nov 1748.
They had five children all born at Coventry, CT:
John Jr. b. 15 Jun 1750
Jerusha b. 3 Mar 1753
Elizabeth b. 8 Mar 1755
Hannah b. 29 Apr 1758
Lucretia b. 4 Apr 1760
21 Apr 1752 he witnessed a deed at Coventry for Thomas Spelman.
Coventry Deeds Vol 4 page 74.
1768 he is on census list at Coventry, CT.
He moved to Shaftsbury Hollow about 1771.
1790 census 1-1-2-0-0 Shaftsbury, VT
The surname Standley later became Stanley.
Inscription
"In Memory of
Mr. John Standley
he died Sept. 14th
in the 84th year of
his age.
Mrs. Lucy wife of
died Dec 12th 1787
Hannah Standley
died April 07th
1787"
all of above on one marker
Family Members
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