Ancestry of
Melvil Dewey

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Thomas Stanley

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• • 5th Great-grandfather of Melvil Dewey — 8th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 138 
  • Father:
  • Robert Stanley 
  • Mother:
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  • Birth Date:
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  • Birth Location:
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  • Christening Date:
  • 12 Apr 1601 
  • Christening Location:
  • Tenterden, Kent, England 
  • Death Date:
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  • Death Location:
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  • Burial Date:
  • 30 Jan 1663/1664 
  • Burial Location:
  • Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Bennett Tritton
  • Marriage Date:
  • 3 Aug 1630 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Ashford, Kent, England 
  • Children:
  
  

  Thomas Stanley

  Mary Stanley

  Nathaniel Stanley

  Sarah Stanley

  Hannah Stanley (Ahnentafel No:69 )

  • Notes: 

  • In publications prior to 2005, the parents of Thomas Stanley are often given as John Stanley and Susan Lancock. This is incorrect. The correct parentage of Thomas Stanley is given in The American Genealogist, Vol. 80, pp. 217-223.

• Sources for Thomas Stanley

  • ¹ The American Genealogist, 2005, Vol. 80, pp. 220-221.
  • ² The American Genealogist, 1945, Vol. 22, p. 129.
  • ³ The American Genealogist, 1955, Vol. 32, p. 199.
  • ⁴ The American Genealogist, 1959, Vol. 35, p. 25.
  • ⁵ The American Genealogist, 1939, Vol. 16, pp. 52-53.
  • ⁶ Anderson, Robert Charles, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Vol. 3, P-W, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (1995), 1895.
  • ⁷ Anderson, Robert Charles, The Great Migration Directory: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1640, A Concise Compendium, Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2015), 317.
  • ⁸ Anderson, Robert Charles, The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England 1634-1635, Vol. VI, R-S, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2009), 456-462, 466.
  • ⁹ Andrews, Henry Porter, The Descendants of John Porter of Windsor, Conn. 1635-9, Vol. 1, Saratoga Springs: G. W. Ball, Book and Job Printer (1893), 4.
  • ¹⁰ Roberts, Gary Boyd, "#58 Royal Descents, Notable Kin, and Printed Sources: Elizabeth Boyd Roberts: A Genealogical Tribute with 50 New . . .", (accessed 07/08/2017).
  • ¹¹ Roberts, Gary Boyd, Notable Kin, Volume 1, Santa Clarita, California: Carl Boyer, 3rd (1998), 141.
  • ¹² Roberts, Gary Boyd, Notable Kin, Volume 2, Santa Clarita, California: Carl Boyer, 3rd (1999), 37, 118, gives incorrect parentage for Thomas Stanley.
  • ¹³ Roberts, Gary Boyd, comp., Ancestors of American Presidents, 2009 Edition, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2009), 461.
  • ¹⁴ Watkins, Walter K. and Eben Putnam, New England Ancestry of Grover Cleveland, President of the United States, Salem, Massachusetts: The Salem Press (1892), 11.