'Stanley04'Index links to: Lead / Letter
Families covered: Stanley (Stanleigh) of Awsthwaite, Stanley of Dalegarth, Stanley of Fittleworth, Stanleigh (Stanley) of Greswithen, Stanley of Lee, Stanley of Ponsonby, Stanley of Poultons

                               
John de Stanley of Greswithin (b c1312, a 1347)
1. John Stanleigh of Greswithen
  A. Nicholas Stanleigh of Greswithen, Awsthwaite and Ponsonby (a 1388)
  m. Constance Awsthwaite (dau of Thomas de Awsthwaite, lord of Awsthwaite)
  i. Thomas Stanleigh of Awsthwaite (a 1447)
  a. Nicholas Stanleigh of Awsthwaite
  (1) Thomas Stanley of Dalegarth
  m. Ann Huddleston (dau of Sir Richard Huddleston)
(A) William Stanley of Awsthwaite and Dalegarth (a 1502)
  m. Alice Ducket (dau of Sir Richard Ducket)
  (i) Thomas Stanley of Dalegarth (and Standon)
  m. Margaret Fleming (dau of John Fleming)
  (a) John Stanley of Dalegarth
  m. Margaret Senhouse (dau of Thomas Senhouse)
  ((1)) Thomas Stanley of Dalegarth (a 1577)
  m. Isabel Leake (dau of John Leake of Edmonton)
((A)) Edward Stanley of Dalegarth
  m. Ann Briggs (dau of Thomas Briggs of Cawmire)
  ((i)) John Stanley of Dalegarth - continued below
  m1. Mary Stanley (dau of Thomas Stanley of Lee)
  m2. Dorothy Fetherstonhaugh (dau of Henry Fetherstonhaugh of Fetherstonhaugh)
  (b) Thomas Stanley of Greswithen (a 1570, Master of the Mint)
  (c) Mary Stanley
  m. Sir Edward Herbert of Powys Castle (d 23/5.03.1594)

 

 

John Stanley of Dalegarth - continued above
m1. Mary Stanley (dau of Thomas Stanley of Lee)
m2. Dorothy Fetherstonhaugh (dau of Henry Fetherstonhaugh of Fetherstonhaugh)
Not sure which wife was mother of ...
1. Edward Stanley of Dalegarth, Sheriff of Cumberland
  m. Isabel Curwen (dau of Thomas Curwen of Sella Park)
A. John Stanley of Dalegarth and Ponsonby
  m. Dorothy Holt (dau of Edward Holt of Wigan)
  i. Edward Stanley of Dalegarth and Ponsonby Hall (b 1690, d 1751)
  m. Mildred Fleming (dau of Sir George Fleming, Bishop of Carlisle, Bart)
  a. George Edward Stanley of Ponsonby and Dalegarth, Sheriff of Cumberland (b 21.03.1748)
  m1. (12.08.1774) Dorothy Fleming (d 1786, dau of Sir William Fleming, 3rd Bart of Rydal)
  (1) Mildred Stanley
  (2) Elizabeth Stanley
  m. John Cumberland Hughes
m2. (27.05.1789) Elizabeth Evans (dau of Morris Evans of Middlesex)
  (3) Edward Stanley of Dalegarth and Ponsonby Hall, Sheriff of Cumberland (b 1790, d 19.08.1863) had issue
  m. (12.1821) Mary Douglas (d 17.02.1884, dau of William Douglas, judge)
  b. Dorothy Stanley
  m. Joseph Dacre
  ii. John Stanley (rector of Workington)
  BLG1952 (Christian of Stonerwood Park formerly of Milntown and Ewanrigg) identifies John's wife as Clara, dau of Sir Christopher Philipson of Crook Hall but BLG1952 (Stanley of Dalegarth and Ponsonby Hall) identifies her as ...
  m. Clara Philipson (dau of John Philipson of Calgarth)
  a. Edward Stanley (d 06.05.1810) had issue
  m. (11.11.1769) Julia Christian (b 11.11.1746, d 26.01.1793, dau of John Christian of Ewanrigg)
  iii. Holt Stanley (d unm 1741)
  iv. Elizabeth Stanley probably of this generation
  m. (11.1731) Richard Cooke of Camerton
'A History of the Castles, Mansions, and Manors of Western Sussex' by Dudley George Carey Elwes & Rev. Charles Robinson (1876, 'Stanley of Fittleworth', p99) & CountyGen (Berry, Sussex, p45 & p188) show the following as sons of John of Dalgarth, probably of this generation (but, if so, of which marriage is not known).
2. Sir Thomas Stanley of Fittleworth, Sussex (dsp)
3. Richard Stanley of Fittleworth (d 25.02.1628/1625)
  m(1). ??
  A. Thomas Stanley of Lee in Fittleworth
  m. Constance Baugh (dau of Richard Baugh of Twinning or Twining)
  i.+ issue - Thomas (bpt 07.12.1617), John (b c1622, a 1634), Elizabeth (b c1616, a 1634)
  B. John Stanley of Fittleworth
m. Sarah Page (bur 01.02.1632, dau of John Page of Wadhurst)
  i. Richard Stanley of Lee & Badenham in Fittleworth (a 1667, 2nd son?)
  m. Joyce Davis (dau of William Davis of London)
  a. George Stanley of Poultons (Paulton Park), Southamptonshiew (d 1731)
  m. Sarah Sloane (bpt 01.11.1696, dau/coheir of Sir Hans Sloane, Bart)
  (1) Hans Stanley of Chelsea, Governor of the Isle of Wight (b 1720, dsp 13.01.1780, MP)
  (2) Anne Stanley (b c1725, dsp 07.12.1803)
  m. (20.07.1765) Welbore Ellis, Lord Mendip of Mendip (b 15.12.1713, dsp 02.02.1802, Secretary of State)
  (3) Sarah Stanley (dsp 1795)
  m. Christopher Doyley (MP)
  b.+ other issue - John (bpt 07.09.1654, bur 07.05.1670), Ann (bpt 25.04.1669, bur 12.05.1670)
  ii. William Stanley of Cakeham (a 1680)
  m2. Elizabeth Bowyer (b 10.06.1553, d before 06.02.1629/30, dau of John Bowyer of Lincoln's Inn & Camberwell (by Elizabeth, dau of Robert Draper of Camberwell), widow of John Bynde of Rowdell (who bur 24.07.1600))

Main source(s): BLG1952 (Stanley of Dalegarth and Ponsonby Hall) with input as reported above
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