Mary Stanley
about 1759–about 1788 (Age 29)
Virginia, British Colonial America
The Life Summary of Mary
When Mary Stanley was born about 1759, in Virginia, British Colonial America, her father, William Moses Stanley Jr., was 39 and her mother, Judith Hanna, was 35. She died about 1788, in Virginia, United States, at the age of 29.
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Family Time Line
William Moses Stanley Jr.
1720–1784
Judith Hanna
1724–1790
William Stanley III
1746–1840
Hannar Robert Stanley
1752–1793
Mary Stanley
1759–1788
Ann Stanley
1763–1839
Sarah Mullins
1770–1840
John Stanley
1748–1804
Richard Stanley
1750–1838
Moses Standley
1752–1841
Jane Stanley
1756–1831
Joseph Stanley
1757–1860
Judy Standley
1761–1840
Jessee Stanley
1765–
Parents and Siblings
1720–1784Male
1724–1790Female
Siblings
(12)
1746–1840Male
1748–1804Male
1750–1838Male
1752–1793Male
1752–1841Male
+7 More Children
World Events (5)
1775
Age 16
1775
Age 16
"Patrick Henry made his ""Give me Liberty or Give me Death"" speech in Richmond Virginia."
1776
Age 17
1776
Age 17
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1780 · Richmond Becomes the Capital
Age 21
1780 · Richmond Becomes the Capital
Age 21
On April 18, 1780 Richmond became the capital of Virginia. It was the temporary capital from 1780-1788.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of various places called Stanley, including those in Yorkshire, Staffordshire, Derbyshire, Durham, Gloucestershire, and Wiltshire, named with Old English stān ‘stone, rock’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’. This English name has been established in Ireland since the 13th century where it was Gaelicized as de Stainléigh.English: possibly also a variant of Stoneley, a habitational name from Stoneley Green in Burland (Cheshire), Stoneleigh (Warwickshire), or Stonely in Kimbolton (Huntingdonshire), all named with Old English stān ‘stone, rock’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’.Americanized form of any of various like-sounding names in other languages, for example Polish Stanislawski , Greek Anastasiou , and Serbian Stojadinov (patronymic from the personal name Stojadin).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Stanislawski
Standley
Sources (3)
- Will of William Stanley, written 17 August 1784, proved 25 October 1784
- William Standley and Descendants, by John F. Vallentine, 2013, pp. 1-7: First Generation, William Standley (1720)
- Descendants of William Stanley by Darrell Stanley - children
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