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Anthony Stanyan

Also Known As: "Stanyon"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: England
Death: before February 21, 1688
Exeter, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, British Colonial America
Immediate Family:

Husband of Mary Stanyan and Ann Stanyan
Father of John Stanyan and Mary Pickering

Occupation: Glover, tavern keeper
Immigration: 1635 on the ship "The Planter"
Offices: Clerk of the Writs
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About Anthony Stanyan


Anthony Stanyan

  • Birth: Circa 1608 - England
  • Death: before 21 Feb 1688 before about age 80 in Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire
  • Parents: unknown
  • Spouses: 1) Mary 2) Anne Spicer, widow of William Partridge
  • Children: John Stanyan, Mary Pickering (born Stanyan)

Biography

glover, tavern keeper, Clerk of the Writs

Our Immigrant ancestor came to America in 1635 on the ship "The Planter" and settled near Boston. His occupation was Glover. He soon moved to Exeter, N.H. He took the Oath of Freeman in 1644, was Town Clerk of Exeter, in 1647. Anthony moved to Hampton in 1648 and became Deputy to General Court from Hampton, in 1654. Info. found in New Hampshire Genealogy Record p. 143-144, Vol.s 5-7.

Anthony married Mary ? and secondly the widow Ann Spicer.

An inventory of his estate was taken 21 February 1688/89, totaled L45 18s. 2d, with no real estate.

Family

Anthony Stanyan married twice. By 1642, he was married to Mary (Unknown). On January 1, 1655/6, he married Ann Spicer Partridge, the widow of William Partridge. She survived him and died at Hampton on July 10, 1689.

He held various offices in Exeter and Hampton, including clerk, constable, juror, and but he must have been hot-tempered, as he was fined twice for striking other men.

Anthony and Mary had two children:

  1. John, born in Boston on July 16, 1642. He married at Hampton on December 15, 1663, Mary Bradbury, daughter of Thomas Bradbury. "John the sonne of Anthony Stanion & Mary his wife was borne 16 (5) 1642.[1]
  2. Mary, born about 1644. She married John Pickering, son of John Pickering, on January 10, 1665/6.

References

  1. * https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:L4W2-4VC
  2. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Unknown-532932 cites
    1. "Records of Boston" New England Historical and Genealogical Register 2:401 (1848) "John the sonne of Anthony Stanion & Mary his wife was borne 16 (5) 1642.
    2. Torrey, New England Marriages Prior to 1700 Accessed at < Ancestry ($) >
    3. Birth of son John, 1642. "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCWL-XXK : 15 January 2020), Mary in entry for John Stanion, 1642.
  3. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Stanyan-2 cites
    1. Noyes, Sybil; Charles Thornton Libby; Walter Goodwin Davis. Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire
    2. Robert Charles Anderson's The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume VI, R-S. “ Anthony Stanyan.” pages 479-86. (document attached); < AmericanAncestors >
    3. Filby, P. William, ed. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s (Gale Research, Farmington Hills, MI, USA, 2012)
    4. Brown, Warren. History of Hampton Falls, New Hampshire (John R. Clarke, Manchester, New Hampshire, 1900) Vol. 1, Page 229. < GoogleBooks >
    5. Noyes, Sybil; Charles Thornton Libby; Walter Goodwin Davis. Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire
    6. Bell, Charles Henry. History of the Town of Exeter, New Hampshire (J.J. Little & Co., Astor Place, New York, 1889) Page 34-5 < GoogleBooks >
    7. Henry, Marian S., Hannah Partridge, Wife of Edward2 Gove of Hampton, New Hampshire, The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 2010) Vol. 164, WN 653, Page 19. "Anthony Stanyan, died apparently in 1684 or early 1685..."
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Anthony Stanyan's Timeline

1608
1608
England
1642
July 16, 1642
Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
1644
1644
Exeter, New Hampshire, Colonial America
1688
February 21, 1688
Age 80
Exeter, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, British Colonial America