Falk Relations: Stanborough Family

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William Stanborough♦ (d. by 1 May 1647, Canons Ashby, Northamptonshire)

Josiah Stanborough♦ (b. 20 May 1616, Canons Ashby, Northamptonshire, d. 1661, Southampton NY), 1m. 1636 at London, England to Frances Gransden (bap. 22 Nov. 1618, Tonbridge, Kent, d. by 1657), 2m. by 1657 to Alce ---

Peregrine Stanborough♦ (b. 1640, Southampton NY, d. 15 Jan. 1702, Southampton NY), m. 15 Dec. 1664 at Southampton NY to Sarah James (b. 1648, Southampton NY, d. after 2 Sep. 1702, Southampton NY)

John Stanborough♦ (b. 11 Dec. 1665, Southampton NY, d. 13 Sep. 1725, Southampton NY), m. by 1690 to Martha --- (b. 1667, Southampton NY, d. 1729, Southampton NY)

Josiah Stanborough (b. 1690, New York, d. 4 May 1738, Charleston SC)
Abigail Stanborough (b. c. 1700, Southampton NY, d. 1789, Voluntown CT), m. 1717 at Voluntown CT to Obadiah Rhodes (b. 13 May 1693, Lynn MA, d. 18 Oct. 1781, Voluntown CT)
John Stanborough
Peregrine Stanborough
Eleazar Stanborough, m. to Mehitable ---
Martha Stanborough
Mary Stanborough

Ruth Stanborough (b. 4 June 1668, Southampton NY, d. 19 Dec. 1717), m. to Jeremiah Halsey (b. c. 1665, d. 29 Dec. 1737)
Olive Stanborough (b. 18 July 1670)
Mary Stanborough (b. 14 Oct. 1672), m. to Jonathan Strickland
Hannah Stanborough (b. 28 Jan. 1674), m. to John Lupton
Sarah Stanborough (b. 26 May 1677), m. to James Herrick
James Stanborough (b. 28 Oct. 1679), m. 16 Nov. 1703 to Sarah Edwards
Eunice Stanborough (b. 8 Nov. 1682, d. 1 Nov. 1701)
Elizabeth Stanborough (b. 24 Jan. 1686)
Ann Stanborough
Martha Stanborough

Sarah Stanborough (b. c. 1642)
Mary Stanborough (b. 1642, d. 17 Mar. 1702, East Hampton NY), m. 24 July 1670 at East Hampton NY to John Edwards (b. 1640, d. 23 Jan. 1688, East Hampton NY)
Josiah Stanborough (b. c. 1645), m. to Anna Chatfield

Mary Stanborough, m. to Robert Rainsford

Our Descent

William Stanborough (--1647)

Josiah Stanborough (1600-c1661), m. 1636 to Frances Gransden (1618-c1657)

Peregrine Stanborough (1640-1702), m. 1664 to Sarah James (1648-c1702)

John Stanborough (1665-1725), m. by 1690 to Martha --- (1667-1729)

Abigail Stanborough (c1700-1789), m. 1717 to Obadiah Rhodes (1693-1781)

Abigail Rhodes (1719--), m. 1737 to Joseph Button (1702-1750)

Mary Button (1750-1826), m. by 1782 to Abraham Jackson (1751-1833)

Jerusha Steele Jackson (1790-1863), m. 1812 to Benjamin Felch (1790-1864)

Mary Jane Felch (1820-1898), m. 1837 to Horatio Higgins (1812-1890)

Harvey Alva Higgins (1864-1928), m. 1889 to Lillian Belle Agee (1868-1947)

Elsie Laura Higgins (1895-1959), m. 1915 to George Washington Falk (1895-1969)

Documentation ♦

John Stanborough (1665-1725): m. Martha --- (1667-1729)

Ackerly, Orville B., "Early Easthampton Wills", New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 55:200-208, 1901. On p. 208, "Thomas James (Rev.) (p. 123), will of June 5, 1696, eldest dau. Sarah, wife of Peregrine Stanborough ... eldest gr. son John M. Stanborough ... Recorded in Liber A of Deeds in the Office of the County Clerk of Suffolk."
Cutter, William Richard, Genealogical and Family History of Central New York, 1912. In 1:456, "John, eldest son of Peregrine Stanborough, inherited his father's homestead at Sagaponack, Long Island. He married Martha ---; children: Josiah, John, Peregrine, Eleazer, see forward; Abigail, married --- Rhodes; Martha, Mary."

Josiah Stanborough (1600-1661): 1m. Frances Gransden (1618-c1657), 2m. Alce ---

5 Jan. 1664, "At a Court Held at New Haven January 5th 1663 ... Thomas Wheeler Senior, at the desire of Thomas Barnes, declared in Court, yt he delivered up all his right in ye land & meadow, on ye east side, which he bought of Mr Augur formerly, unto Thomas Barnes aforesd, he haveing bought it of Thomas Stanborough sonne in Law to Thomas Wheeler aforesd."
Banta, Theodore Melvin, Sayre Family: Lineage of Thomas Sayre, a Founder of Southampton, 1901. On p. 26, "Francis Sayre was born probably in Bedfordshire. He lived at the North End in Southampton, L.I.; married Sarah (probably Wheeler). She was doubtless the daughter of Thomas Wheeler and Alice, his wife, of New Haven, Conn. The latter, after the death of her first husband, married Josiah Stanborough, of East Hampton, L.I., and died about December, 1673, as appears from the following from Suffolk Co., N.Y., Records, Sessions Book No. 1, page 288: 'The estate of Widow Alice Stanborough was inventoried Dec. 22, 1673. After the inventory is the following: 'We John Wheeler Francis Sayre and Joshua Horton have divided the goods belonging to her estate to our satisfaction. ... They call themselves brothers and speak of Alice Stanborough as 'our mother.' The date of above agreement was January 9, 1673/4."
Cutter, William Richard, Genealogical and Family History of Central New York, 1912. In 1:455, "Stanbrough. THis is one of the oldest English families on Long Island, or even in the state of New York, as Josiah Stanborough (the original form of the family name), the ancestor, was one of the original 'undertakers,' or promoters, and settlers of the town settled in the state. He came from Stanstead, Kent, England. His rank and position are known as 'Mr.' and 'Gentleman,' at a time when only a very few had any claim to those titles. With the rest of the original settlers he came to Lynn, Massachusetts, and while there made an agreement to purchase land and found a new colony on Long Island. They sailed from Lynn and landed on Long Island at a place called North Sea, in the town of Southampton, June 12, 1640. Like all the rest, he had his home lot on the main street of Southampton, but about 1656 he purchased several lots of land at a place called Sagaponack, which is the southeast part of the town of Southampton, a region noted for the fertility of its soil, and lying next to the ocean. March 9, 1658, his house in that place is mentioned, and that was the first mentioned in what is now known as the flourishing village of Bridgehampton. Shortly after settling there his wife died. He then married Alce, widow of Thomas Wheeler, of New Haven, who brought with her two children, John and Mary Wheeler. The following is an abstract of the will of Josiah Stanborough, which is the first will recorded in Suffolk county: 'In the name of God, Amen. I Josiah Stanborough, being sick in body, but of perfect memory do make and ordain this my last will and testament this 6 of July, 1661. I commit my Soul to Almighty God and my body to be buried at Sagaponack by my former wife. I leave to my wife Alce, one-third of my land within fence, during her life and then to my sone Peregrine Stanborough. To my daughter Sarah, 12 head of cattle. To my daughter Mary, 10 head of cattle and 20 sheep. To my son Josiah all my land unfenced and 10 head of cattle and 20 sheep. To the poor of Southampton, £5. I make my son Peregrine, executor.' This will was proved September 3, 1661. Mary Stanborough married John Edwards, of East Hampton. Whether her sister Sarah married is not known."
French, Miss Elizabeth, "Genealogical Research in England", New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 63:159-166, 1909. On p. 166, "The Will of William Stanborowe of Canons Ashby in the County of Northampton, yeoman, 19 Nov. 1642. To son Josias Stanborow my house, messuage, and tenement, with the appurtenances as they are now used, lying in the town of Banbury in the County of Oxford on the south side of a street called 'ye Beastmarket,' and now in the use and occupation of William Sanedge, stuffweaver ... Proved 1 May 1647 ... '15 (9) 1647 Josias Stanborrough granted unto Hezekiah Usher of Boston bookseller a fre Attr ... to aske &c: the rents of a house & garden in Banbury ... given & bequeathed to him by the last will &c of Wm Stanborrough his Father late of Cannons Ashbie in Northamptonshire deceased.' (Aspinwall's Notarial Records, p. 104.) E.F.]"
Howell, George Rogers, The Early History of Southampton, L.I. New York, with Genealogies, 1866. On p. 15, "It is certain that most of the settlers came from Lynn. ... In 1637, were also ... Josiah Stanborough ... The original 'undertakers,' eight in number, purchased a sloop for the transportation of their families and their goods for £80, of which ... Josiah Stanborough ... [contributed] £5." On p. 27, "The names of the eight original 'undertakers' are as follows: ... Josiah Stanborough ..." On p. 29, "The two following lists are found in Liber A, No. 1, 'A List of the ffreemen inhabiting The Towne of Southampton. March ye 8th, 1649:' ... Josiah Stanborough ... A list of all the townsmen, May the 10th, 1649 ... Josiah Stanborough" On p. 30-32, "List of Inhabitants in 1657. This is found in the Town Records ... Eastern Men ... 50. Peregernie Stanbrough, 51. Josiah Stanbrough ... After laying out the land in Sagg, or Sagabonack as it was called, into forty-one lots, they were taken up by the proprietors ... Feb., 1654 ... 8. Edward Howell, 100, and Mrs. Stanborough in Right of Thomas Post, a fifty ... 33. Mr. Stanborough ..." On p. 89, "Freemen. 'South on the 8th of the 8th month, 1647. It is ordered by this general Court that if any many be chosen to be freeman of this towne shall refuse it shall pay fortie shilling for his fine. Imprimous, at his instance General Court, that Richard Odell gentleman was chosen freeman and Edward Joanes Josiah Strambro and John White.'" On p. 280-281, "Josiah Stanborough, or Stanbrough, or Stansbrough, as it is variously written, was an inhabitant of Lynn in 1637, and was made freeman in Southampton in 1647. In 1638 he has 100 acres of land in Lynn. He died at his residence in Sagg about 1661, leaving 2d w Alce or Alice, and ch. 2 Josiah and 3 Peregrine, and four small children by his 2d w Alice ..."
Ross, Peter, and William Smith Pelletreau, A History of Long Island: From its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time, 1905. In 2:353, "Thomas Wheeler, of New Haven, had wife Alice. He died before 1661, and she then married Josiah Stanborough, of Southampton. Thomas Wheeler left three children, John, Thomas, and Mary ..."

Peregrine Stanborough (1640-1702): m. Sarah James (1648--)

Ackerly, Orville B., "Early Easthampton Wills", New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 55:200-208, 1901. On p. 208, "Thomas James (Rev.) (p. 123), will of June 5, 1696, eldest dau. Sarah, wife of Peregrine Stanborough ... eldest gr. son John M. Stanborough ... Recorded in Liber A of Deeds in the Office of the County Clerk of Suffolk."
Cutter, William Richard, Genealogical and Family History of Central New York, 1912. In 1:455-456, "Peregrine Stanborough lived and died on the homestead of his father, situated at the south end of the street of Sagaponack, and still bears the name of 'Stanborough Lot.' In the ancient burying ground at Sagaponack is a tombstone with this inscription: 'Mr. Peregrine Stanborough, Deacon in ye Parish, departed this Life, Jan. ye 4, 1701, in ye 62 yeare of his Age.' The will of Peregrine Stanborough is recorded in the 'Lester Will Book,' in Suffolk county clerk's office, and is printed in Pelletreau's 'Early Long Island Wills.' The year 1701 should be 1702 according to the 'new style,' or present style of reckoning. From this it appears that he was born in the same year that the town was settled, and it is a tradition that he was the first child born in the town. Peregrine Stanborough married Sarah, daughter of Rev. Thomas James, the first minister of East Hampton, December 15, 1664 ..."
Howell, George Rogers, The Early History of Southampton, L.I. New York, with Genealogies, 1866. On p. 30-31, "List of Inhabitants in 1657. This is found in the Town Records ... Eastern Men ... 50. Peregernie Stanbrough, 51. Josiah Stanbrough" On p. 32-43, "'A list of ye Inhabitants of ye Towne of Southampton, old and young Christians and Hethen ffreemen and servants, white and black. Anno. 1698.' From Doc. Hist., New York, Vol. 1, p. 665 ... 345 Peregrin Stanbrough, 346 James Stanbrough ... 383 John Stanbrough, 384 John Stanbrough, Jr. ... Ffeamales ... 310 Sarah Stanbrough, 311 Oliive Stanbrough, 312 Eunis Stanbrough, 313 Ellisabeth Stanbrough ... 345 Martha Stanbrough, 346 Martha Stanbrough" On p. 46, "'The Estemate of the Towne of Southampton for the yeare 1683.' From Doc. Hist. of N.Y., Vol. 2, page 536 ... 2 [polls] Peregrine Stanbrough £320, 16s, 8d"

William Stanborough (--1647)

French, Miss Elizabeth, "Genealogical Research in England", New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 63:159-166, 1909. On p. 166, "The Will of William Stanborowe of Canons Ashby in the County of Northampton, yeoman, 19 Nov. 1642. To son Josias Stanborow my house, messuage, and tenement, with the appurtenances as they are now used, lying in the town of Banbury in the County of Oxford on the south side of a street called 'ye Beastmarket,' and now in the use and occupation of William Sanedge, stuffweaver. To brother James Stanborow all wearing apparel. To son-in-law Robert Raynford and Mary his wife, and the heirs of the said Mary, the other house with the appurtenances as they are now used, lying in the said town of Banbury and adjoining to the house on the Beastmarket aforesaid, and now in the use and occupation of Raph Laurance, day labourer. Son Robert Rainsford residuary legatee and executor [Signed] William Stanbarrow. Witnesses: Wm. Sprigg and Wm. Allen. Proved 1 May 1647 by Robert Rainsford. (P.C.C., Fines, 108.) ['Will: Stanborowe' witnessed the will of Richarde Warde of Canons Ashbye, 12 September 1630. (Waters's Gleanings, p. 1443.) '15 (9) 1647 Josias Stanborrough granted unto Hezekiah Usher of Boston bookseller a fre Attr ... to aske &c: the rents of a house & garden in Banbury ... given & bequeathed to him by the last will &c of Wm Stanborrough his Father late of Cannons Ashbie in Northamptonshire deceased.' (Aspinwall's Notarial Records, p. 104.) E.F.]"