Nathaniel Stanley

  Noted events in his life were:

• lived. We lived in Farmington until the summer of 1742 when we removed to Goshen, Connecticut.

• Occupation: professor of religion.

• purchase, 1741. ⁵⁴⁰ In 1741 he purchased of Joseph Hicock of Goshen, for the consideration of L1,055 - one fifty acre lot exclusive of one half-quarter of an acre, which I have granted to the town of Goshen for a burying place, with a mansion house and barn standing thereon, etc. This mansion house was merelya log cabin sitated somewhere near where the present buildings are. the fifty acre lot is the same now owned and occupied by Adam Bentley, whose dwelling house, built by William Stanley, Jr. in the summer of 1805, stand on the east side of East street, directly at the end of the road leading from Goshen meeting house to East street.

He says, We came to Goshen June the 8th 1742. he followed to some extent the buisness of tanning. At the county Court held at Hartford November 1, 1748, I obtained license for Tanning, by Lieutenant pettibone.

he became a large landholder in Goshen, attending himself to his surveys and owning as set in the list at one time, 728 1/2 acres. he was frequently called to fill various offices, selectman, etc, and continued a prosperous and useful inhabitant to his old age.

In regard to mental ability he was doubtless somewhat above mediocrity. His habit was to write much more than other men of his day. the books and papers left by him and by his father, Deacon John are at this time matters of great curiosity andinterest, being highly illustrative of former men and things. he was a man of respected piety and of evangelical sentiments.

• Biography. Nathaniel, fourth child of Deacon John and Esther (Newell) Stanley, was bo rn September 25, 1679, at Farmington, and married Sarah, eldest daught er of Samuel and Sarah Smith, December 2, 1714. He lived in Farmington, n ow Avon, till the summer of 1742, when he removed to Goshen, Conn., whe re he died March 2, 1770, aged ninety-one. His wife was dismissed to the c hurch in North Canaan in 1770, and afterwards returned to Goshen, and di ed March 16, 1772, aged eighty-two. She was born August 2, 1689. Both we re professors of religion before they came to Goshen. Both are interr ed in the East street graveyard.

In 1741 he purchased of Joseph Hicock of Goshen, for the considerati on of œ1,055--one fifty acre lot exclusive of one half-quarter of an acr e, which I have granted to the town of Goshen for a burying place, wi th a mansion house and barn standing thereon, etc. This "mansion house" w as merely a log cabin situated somewhere near the present buildings. The f ifty acre lot is the same now (1843) owned and occupied by Adam Bentley, w hose dwelling-house, built by William Stanley jr., in the summer of 180 5, stands on the east side of East street, directly at the end of the ro ad leading from Goshen meeting-house to East street.

He says, "We came to Goshen June the 8th, 1742." He followed to some exte nt the business of tanning. "Att the County Courte held at Hartford Novemb er 1, 1748, I obtained license for Tanning, by Lieut. Pettibone. Court fe es œ0. 10. 6. Money, old tenor, Nath'l Stanley."

He became a large landholder in Goshen, attending himself to his survey s, and owning, as set in the list at one time, 728 1/2 acres. He was frequ ently called to fill various offices, selectman, etc., and continued a pro sperous and useful inhabitant to his old age.

In regard to mental ability he was doubtless somewhat above mediocrity. H is habit was to write much more than other men of his day. The books and p apers left by him, and by his father, Deacon J. S., are at this time matte rs of great curiosity and interest, being highly illustrative of former m en and things. He was a man of respected piety and of evangelical sentimen ts.

L. M. N.

Source: The Stanley Families of America as Descended From John, Timoth y, and Thomas Stanley of Hartford, CT. 1635. Compiled by Israel P. Warre n, Portland, Maine. Printed by B. Thurston & Co. 1887.

Nathaniel married Sarah Smith, daughter of Unknown and Unknown, on 2 Dec 1714 in Farmington, Connecticut. (Sarah Smith was born on 2 Aug 1689, died on 16 Mar 1772 in Goshen, Connecticut and was buried in East Street Graveyeard, Goshen, Litchfield County, Connecticut.)