Kinney Stanley (1750 - 1816)

Born 17 Sep 1750 in Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Biggs) Stanley — married 31 May 1776 in Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Descendants

Died 4 Apr 1816 at age 65 in Sedgwick, Hancock, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

This profile is part of the Stanley Name Study.

Kinney Stanley was a Massachusettsan.

Kinney Stanley; b. 17 Sep 1750 ^[1]at Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts; m. Elizabeth Biggs, daughter of Robert Biggs and Ruth Presson, 17 Jul 1776^[2]; d. 4 Apr 1816 at Sedgwick, Hancock, Maine, at age 65; he was buried at Old Birchland Cemtery, Brooklin, Hancock, Maine. ^[3]

Known children of Kinney Stanley and Elizabeth Biggs all b. at Sedgwick, Hancock, Maine, were as follows:

• i. BENJAMIN ASHBEE; b. 30 Jan 1777; m. Abigail Weed Nov 1797.
• ii. RUTH; b. 24 May 1783; b. 24 May 1786 at Brooksville, Hancock, Maine; m. Joshua F. Grindle, son of Joshua Grindle and Anna Lowell, 9 Nov 1798 at Brooksville, Hancock, Maine; d. 12 Dec 1848 at Brooksville, Hancock, Maine, at age 65; she was buried at Mount Rest Cemetery, Brooksville, Hancock, Maine.
• iii. ZEBULON; b. 14 Nov 1786; m. Barbara Cooper, daughter of Thomas Cooper, 27 Sep 1813 at Vinalhaven, Knox, Maine; m. Nancy Jackson 15 Aug 1842 at Sedgwick, Hancock, Maine; d. 19 Jul 1856 at age 69; Æ 68y 8m; he was buried at Old Birchland Cemtery, Brooklin, Hancock, Maine. He was also known as Arebulon Stanley. He appeared on the census of 24 Aug 1850 at Brooklin, Hancock, Maine.
• iv. SARAH; b. 13 Aug 1789; m. James N. Seavey, son of James Seavey and Elizabeth Davis; d. 30 Mar 1865 at Sedgwick, Hancock, Maine, at age 75; she was buried at Rural Cemetery, Sedgwick, Hancock, Maine.
• v. JOANNA; b. 13 Aug 1789; d. 4 Jan 1810 at Brooklin, Hancock, Maine, at age 20.
• vi. JOHN; b. 7 Jun 1791; m. Polly Allen, daughter of Peter Allen, 26 Nov 1815 at Penobscot, Hancock, Maine; d. 23 Feb 1874 at Brooklin, Hancock, Maine, at age 82. He appeared on the census of 20 Aug 1850 at Brooklin, Hancock, Maine.
• vii. BETSEY; b. 15 Apr 1793.
• viii. ELIZABETH; b. 15 Apr 1793; m. Abner J. Gray, son of Reuben Gray Jr. and Sarah Goodwin Herrick, 1 May 1820 at Penobscot, Hancock, Maine; d. 8 Mar 1860 at Brooksville, Hancock, Maine, at age 66; she was buried at Gray Family Cemetery, Cape Rosier, Hancock, Maine.
• ix. WILLIAM; b. 8 Mar 1795; m. Eunice Dodge, daughter of Peter Dodge and Sarah Hale; d. 1837; he was buried at Old Birchland Cemtery, Brooklin, Hancock, Maine.
• x. MELINDA; b. 11 May 1797.
  

  Private Kinney Stanley served with 8th Regiment, Essex County Militia, Massachusetts Militia during the American Revolution.
  

  Kinney Stanley is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A108508.

Kenny Stanley served as a private for Massachusetts during the American Revolution with Capt Larkin Thorndyke Thorndike-113 (8th Regt. Essex) , John Low, Col. Mansfield and Lt Col. Israel Hutchinson. His wife is Elizabeth Biggs. ^[4]

Sources

• Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files (NARA microfilm publication M804, 2,670 rolls). Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs, Record Group 15. National Archives, Washington, D.C.

1. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29L-PYC9 : 25 September 2017), Kinney Standley, 17 Sep 1750; citing Birth, Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 760,604.
2. ↑ Vital records of Beverly, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849
3. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #114016442
4. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 2 Oct 2021), "Record of Stanley, Kenny", Ancestor # A108508.

Acknowledgments

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