STANCLIFF FAMILY GENEALOGY

From book "Descendants of James Stanclift of Middletown, Connecticut and Allied Families", By Robert C. and Sherry [Smith] Stancliff

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(3) MARTHA² STANCLIFT (James¹)

Daughter of James and Mary [Tinker] Waller Stanclift born Dec. 12, 1688 while the family was living in Lyme, New London County, CT, birth registered in Middletown, CT records⁽¹⁾ baptized Mar. 4, 1684 First Congregational Church Middletown, CT⁽²⁾, died Nov. 8, 1725⁽³⁾, buried Old Quarry Cemetery. Her gravestone was unique and cut by her brother, William. It has a full face skull and decoration on the side panels. She married before 1710, as his second wife, THOMAS BEVIN son of Arthur and Mary [____] Bevin born July 15, 1682 while family lived Martha's Vineyard, MA⁽⁴⁾, died Haddam, CT May 17, 1742⁽⁵⁾. Thomas married 1.Abigail Blake by whom he had a daughter Eunice and he married 3. Mary Hubbard.

CHILDREN: Thomas and Martha [Stanclift] Bevin⁽⁶⁾, all born East Middletown⁽⁷⁾, CT

1. ABIGAIL BEVIN born Mar. 3, 1710/11 died Hartford, CT Sept. 30, 1801 married Nov. 2, 1729⁽⁸⁾ SAMUEL EGGLESTON son of Samuel and Patience [Payne] Eggleston born East Middletown, CT Jan. 2, 1706 died East Middletown, CT Jan. 19, 1784⁽⁹⁾.

2. THOMAS BEVIN born May 8, 1713 baptized May 24, 1713

3. MARTHA N. BEVIN born July 1715 married ____ BAILEY and lived Haddam, CT.

4. MARY BEVIN born Nov. 1719 died in Spencertown, NY married before 1745 JOEL SPENCER son of John and Mary Spencer of Spencertown, NY⁽¹⁰⁾. She was evidently living with Elizabeth Blake in 1735/6 and was mentioned in her will. Elizabeth Blake was a sister of Thomas Bevin's first wife, Abigail Blake.

5. BENJAMIN BEVIN born Sept. 1, 1721 baptized Oct. 14, 1722 died Apr. 20, 1787 buried Farm Hill Cemetery married Jun. 16, 1747 SARAH BANKS who was possibly daughter of John and Elizabeth Banks⁽¹¹⁾.

6. JOSEPH BEVIN born Aug. 5, 1725 baptized Aug. 8, 1725

See Appendix A: BEVIN

Footnotes:

1. .Middletown Vital Records, Land Book I, page 20.

2. .Original Church Records, Archives Section, CT State Library, page 18

3. .Middletown Vital Records, Land Book II, page 7.

4. .HISTORY OF MARTHA'S VINEYARD by Charles E. Banks, Vol.III, page 521

5. .HALE, HOUSE and RELATED FAMILIES by Donald Lines Jacobus and Edgar Francis Waterman, Originally published 1952, Reprint 1978, page 31.

6. .Personal Notes of Frank Farnsworth Starr, Middlesex Historical Society, Middletown, CT

7. .Children's births, Middletown Vital Records, Land Book II, page 7

8. .Middletown Vital Records, Vol. 1, page 47

9. .OUR EGGLESTON & RELATED FAMILIES by Elsie B. Kempton

10. .HERBERT E. SPENCER, HIS ANCESTORS AND DESCENDANTS by Floyd Mallory Shumway, 1964.

11. .Frank Farnsworth Starr notes had a ? following the parents of Sarah Banks

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