Brief Life History of John
John Standley Sr. was born about 1723. He married Lucy Edwards on 14 November 1748, in Coventry, Windham, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 4 daughters. He died on 14 September 1807, in Shaftsbury, Bennington, Vermont, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Center Shaftsbury Cemetery, Shaftsbury Center, Shaftsbury, Bennington, Vermont, United States.
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- John Stanley, "United States Census, 1790"
- Legacy NFS Source: John Stanley - Published information: birth-name: John Stanley
- John Stanley, "Connecticut Marriages, 1630-1997"
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1765
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1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1776 · The Declaration to the King
"""At the end of the Second Continental Congress the 13 colonies came together to petition independence from King George III. With no opposing votes, the Declaration of Independence was drafted and ready for all delegates to sign on the Fourth of July 1776. While many think the Declaration was to tell the King that they were becoming independent, its true purpose was to be a formal explanation of why the Congress voted together to declare their independence from Britain. The Declaration also is home to one of the best-known sentences in the English language, stating, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."""""""
Name Meaning
English: variant of Stanley .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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