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Note: JONAS STANBERY
Son of Recompence 1710-1777, brother to Samuel 1754-1823. Jonas was born Jan.25, 1761 probably in Scotch Plains, NJ. He was a doctor. His wife's name was Frances, unknown last name. In 1800 census they are in New York City. Believe they remained there until they moved to Zanesville, OH in 1814. In 1906, a reporter from the "Plainfield Courier"(NJ) told of an interesting interview he had with the late Mr. Stanbery, a "Real Son of the Revolution". Mr. Stanbery said that his father was Recompence Stanbery(Jr.); that his family always spelled their name Stanbery; that his father's brother, Jonas-a doctor had lived in Wheatsheaf near, Rahway, but had removed to Newark, Ohio in 1814; had nine children, one of whom-Henry-became Attorney General for Ohio. That his uncle's home was called Oakland Hall, etc. This from A History of Scotch Plains, NJ by Reignette Marsh, 1936. Jonas may have ended up in Newark but he came first to Zanesville. I've only found four of the reported nine children, but I haven't done a lot of research on this branch. I thought I would include what I'd found so far. Children;
WILLIAM born Sept.10, 1795 Essex Co. NJ died Jan.23, 1873 in Newark, OH, buried there. Married Mary Shipley, born Feb.26,1795 in NJ died Mar.19, 1873 in Newark, OH buried there. Was an attorney and Judge. Was elected to state senate from Licking Co. 1822-1825. Elected 1828 & 1830 state senate from 8th district. Another account has it that he was a Representative in Congress from Ohio, 1827-1833, where a personal assault was made upon him by Gen. Sam Houston, of Texas, for words uttered in debate. Their children- I. James R. born Mar.24, 1810 in New York City died Oct 24, 1890 in Newark, buried there. Married Eliza Scofield born 1812 died Jan.9, 1891 buried Newark. He was an attorney in Licking Co. Was elected in 1863 to Ohio Senate, served two years. Also elected a Presidential elector in 1864 and cast the vote of his district for Abraham Lincoln. Was postmaster of Newark 1867-1869. Had at least four children, three of whom the names are; James, Henry and William (Henry & William never married) All four buried Newark, OH.
II.Wellington born Jan.27, 1812 died May 18, 1888 in Pataskala,OH buried in Newark. Was a doctor. Married Rebecca Hendrew, Feb.27, 1841. She died Feb.17, 1892 age 72 yrs 4 months 17 days. Unknown on any children.
III.Byron born Oct.26, 1824 died March 10,1897 was youngest child single, farmer, soldier. Buried in Newark. Served 18 months Mexican War.
IV.Frances married Robert Impey Oct.5, 1840 in St. Luke's Church. They had at least three children; 1. Frances who married Dr. Speer, their children; Roderick, Anna Louise, Ruth Arlington, Julian and Douglas Speer. 2. Robert E. 3. Cecelia born March 1, 1842 who married Charles R. Woods, their children, William E., Robert I., George H. and Frances B. Woods.
V. Edward a doctor, wife's name Harriet.
HENRY born Feb.20, 1803 in New York City died about 1881 in Cinncinati, OH. Married first Frances Beecher a daughter of Philemon Beecher of Fairfield Co. OH. Believe Frances may have died before 1850 as census that year shows Mary (second wife?) See Franklin Co. for Biography.
Children of Henry; 1. Philemon Beecher Stanbery born May 5 1832 married Margaret Maria Hart, Nov.20,,1867, their children, Cecilia, Henry, Philemon and Hart Stanbery. 2. Henry (Jr.) born 1836. 3.George born 1838.
JOB born unknown died 1863.Married Dorcas Catherine Clark March 16, 1814 in ZanesvilIe,OH.She died 1875.
CHARLES born about 1809 Married Mary born about 1819. Their children; 1. Clara married Geoge Neff. 2. John Stanbery born 1836. 3. Charles Stanbery born 1844. 4. Edward Stanbery born 1846. 5. Frank Stanbery born 1848.
Source Mary Ann Cummins; Jonas buried Greenwood Cemetery in Zanesville(Mary Ann Cummins) Married first to Frances Winans Jan. 1875 divorced 1796. Children; Elias born 1786 died Jan. 27, 1814 Licking Co OH was single, however had a family that took his name.
William born Aug. 10 or 2,1788 died Jan 23, 1873 Newark, Licking Co OH.
New Jersey Colonial Documents, p. 370
1785, Sept. 1. Stanbery, Phebe, of Middlesex Co. Ward. Daughter of David Stanbery, of said Co., deceased. Said ward makes choice of Jonas Stanbery, as her guardian. 1785, Sept. 1. Guardian - Jonas Stanbery, of Essex Co. Fellowbondsman - Enoch Decamp, of Middlesex Co. Witness - William Sickles. Lib. 27, p. 250
Jonas Stanbery son of Recompence 1710-1777 has address of Elizabethtown 1790, is Dr., wife Frances moved to Zanesville Ohio 1814 from NYC Son; William (Hon) b. 1785 New York d. 1/23/1873 Newark, OH , mar Mary Shipley Son; Henry b. 2/20/1803 NYC d. 1881 Cinncinati another account says died 1883 80 yrs NYC was Attorney General of US 1866.acted as counsel Andrew Johnson impeachment hearings mar 1st dau of Philemon Beecher unk name
David Stanbery-wife Phebe Campbell have dau Phebe . Dr, Jonas appointed guardian #133 & #180
Jonas was a Doctor in New York City and is the father of US Congressman, William Stanbery, Find A Grave Memorial# 6853148 and Henry Stanbery, Find A Grave Memorial# 14759057 the first A.G, from Ohio and the the U.S. A.G. under Andrew Johnson. Burial: Greenwood Cemetery Zanesville Muskingum County Ohio, USA Buried Greenwood Cemetery, Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio
Mary Anne Denison Cummins- JONAS STANBERY was born, probably in the "plantation" in Scotch Plains, Essex Co., N.J., on January 25, 1761. He probably received a good education, as it has been noted that all the children including the girls were well educated for that day. Perhaps he, along with the other boys in the area, enjoyed wrestling and shooting at marks.
It was long supposed that Joseph and Isaac, sons of Recompence by his first wife and half brothers of Jonas, were loyalists in the Revolutionary War. However, the Joseph Stansbury with whom Jonas's brother was confused--and who wrote songs and verses and was admittedly a loyalist--was born in England of British parents and emigrated to New York City in 1767. However, neither Joseph nor Isaac seems to have a military record, so they may have been none too enthusiastic about the Revolution.
Samuel and Recompence, full brothers of Jonas, were both soldiers of the revolution and thus away from home. Jonas's father died in 1777 when he was sixteen, and perhaps it fell on his shoulders to manage the farm and shop and keep an eye on the girls' behavior. At some time during his youth he received training as a physician, which probably meant that he bled people with his lancet and physicked them. Doctors were not held in high repute in this era, and no doubt Jonas was eager to take up some other occupation.
In 1784 a Fanny Winans of Elizabeth Town inherited some property from her uncle Elias1 and became a good prospect for a wife. Accordingly, Jonas made advances to her, proposed, and was accepted. (Perhaps she was a relative of Recompence's first wife and members of the family "got them together.")
At any rate Jonas and Fanny were married in January of 1795 [1785?] and lived happily for seven years, during which time they had four boys: Elias, Job, William, and Jonas, Jr.
At this time Jonas was beginning to speculate in selling land and had become prosperous. He was often away from home on business in New York City. One night (August 20, 1791) he was delayed by business but decided to go home anyway, arriving in the wee hours of the morning. Being cautious not to make a clatter and rouse the household, he lit a candle and, proceeding to the bedroom, he was about to climb into bed, when to his "great grief and astonishment" he discovered another person in bed with his wife--his own little brother, Jacob Stanbery, who had lived a few months in the family. Without waking them, he withdrew from the room and brought one of his laboring men in to be witness to the scene when the culprits were awakened.
Jonas continued to live with her for another eighteen months, and then sued for divorce because, as he stated to the court, her conduct didn't improve in that time.
Fanny, in her deposition to the court, claimed that Jonas had devised the circumstances relative to her having been found in bed with Jacob Stanbery and stated that in the time after the alleged adultery he had continued to live with her, and she had borne him two more children (daughters Frances and Catherine). She further stated that she had sacrificed her youth, beauty, and fortune to Jonas, and suggested that it would be a very convenient thing for him to divorce her and marry another woman with an even more ample fortune (did Ann Lucy have a fortune ??).2
However, the court, having heard the witnesses and the evidence, granted Jonas the divorce from Fanny and gave him custody of the six children. Jonas was ordered to return to Fanny the two pieces of property she brought to him in marriage (which she had inherited from Uncle Elias) and to pay her $125 at the time of release and $175 yearly on the third Monday in August at the Court House in Elizabeth Town between 10 and 12 a.m. during her lifetime. He was also ordered to pay a penal sum of $2500 as security for the payment of the annuity. The first payment was due in 1797 (August).
On March 5, 1797, Jonas and Ann Lucy McReady,3 widow of Robert Seaman, were married in New York City by Rev. Dr. Foster (from the card file: Newspaper Marriages, N.Y. State Library, Albany, N.Y.). It was Ann Lucy who brought up the six children of the first wife and bore Jonas seven more children (she had a daughter, Eliza, by her first husband).
Jonas is in the 1800 New York census4 in the city of New York, p. 96A:8. When his son Charles was born (Aug. 10, 1809), the family lived on 21st Street.
Jonas was, in the meantime, busy buying and selling land in Ohio. He sold the acreage to the settlers of Worthington, Ohio, and also was a patron for the first library there (unfortunately these books were sold off at public auction many years ago and few from the original collection can now be located). He sold Granville, Ohio, to the settlers from the Licking Land Company in Granville, Massachusetts; these people sent a coach to Hartford and New York City to bring him and John Rathbone, the speculators, to Massachusetts for closing the deal. Jonas paid his first visit to the village of Granville, Ohio, in 1809 and commented on the military bearing of the men, how they turned on their heels, and remarked facetiously that everyone seemed to have rank, ranging from high-fifer to captain.
In 1814 Jonas moved his family to Zanesville, Ohio.
Jonas was involved in sales of land in Licking County and one of the purchasers was John Denison in 1816! William Stanbery, Jonas's son, was a witness to the deed. I suppose they shook hands on the deal and exchanged a few remarks. Did Jonas go home and tell Ann Lucy, "I met the nicest young man today who bought some of that refugee property over in Licking County. He plans to clear the land, build a cabin, and construct a grist mill. He's a sober, straight-laced Methodist but an awfully nice fellow at that."
All of Jonas's children were well educated. Henry graduated from Washington College (now Washington and Jefferson) in Pennsylvania. Charles went to Ohio University in Athens. George died at sixteen when he was a student at the same institution in 1828. (Augustus died when he was ten.)
By tradition, Jonas was very "jealous" of any other male that Ann Lucy even glanced at. Having been deceived by a woman once, Jonas wasn't taking any chances on its happening a second time.
Another tradition is that Jonas kept a barrel of large pennies in the house from which the children and grandchildren were invited to help themselves.
Jonas made his will on May 4, 1839, and died on February 23, 1840, in Zanesville. Ann Lucy died on May 8, 1849. They are buried in Arch Section, row 34. of Greenwood Cemetery on Greenwood Ave. (route 40) in Zanesville.
Jonas's children were:
By first wife, Fanny Winans:
Elias b. 1786 in Scotch Plains. He lived in Licking Co. in 1812 and 1813 but had died by Feb. 11, 1821, according to deeds. He is not the one who married Jane S. Hole. William b. Aug. 10, 1788, d. Jan. 23, 1873. Mar. Mary Shippy. Was a lawyer and congressman. Job b. ca. 1789 (?) Was a witness to John McIntire's will in Zanesville. Jonas, Jr., b. ca. 1790, d. Mar. 17, 1849 ae. 59. Probably unm. Bur. with Jonas and Ann Lucy. Maybe he was the one who remained unmarried in order to care for Ann Lucy. Frances b. ca. 1792. Mar. Nathan Findlay. Catherine b. ca. 1794. Mar. ----- Wise.
By second wife, Ann Lucy McReady:
(She had a daughter Eliza Seaman who mar. 1) Ebenezer Granger on July 13, 1815. He d. Sept. 17, 1822, and she had mar. 2) ----- Flanner by May 4, 1839, when Jonas mentioned her in his will.):
Ann Lucy b. 1798 in N.Y.C. Mar. Maj. Thomas L. Pierce. Henry b. Feb. 20, 1803, N.Y.C. d. June 26, 1881. Mar. 1) Frances E. Beecher and 2) Cecelia Bond. Edward b. 1806, N.Y.C. A physician in Newark, Ohio. Mar. Augusta ----- (from deeds). No children. Augustus b. 1808 in N.Y.C., d. 1818 at 10 years. Charles -- next ancestor George b. 1812 in N.Y.C.; d. 1828 at 16 while attending Ohio University. Howard b. 1814 d. Sept. 25, 1893. Mar. Catherine Van Buren (Bur. Woodlawn Cem., Section W, Upper Portion, Zanesville)
Find A Grave Dr Jonas Stanbery Birth 25 Jan 1761 Scotch Plains, Union County, New Jersey, USA Death 23 Feb 1840 (aged 79) Muskingum County, Ohio, USA Burial Greenwood Cemetery Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio, USA Memorial ID 57148174 ยท View Source
Jonas was a Doctor in New York City and is the father of US Congressman, William Stanbery, Find A Grave Memorial# 6853148 and Henry Stanbery, Find A Grave Memorial# 14759057 the first A.G, from Ohio and the the U.S. A.G. under Andrew Johnson. courtesy of - Wes Hart
Jonas Stanbery was the son of Recompence Stanbery, a wealthy New Jersey maritime merchant and tavern/inn keeper, who traded American products, such as lumber and tobacco, with Europe, and plowed his profits into the acquisition of land.
Jonas was born 25 Jan 1761 in Scotch Plains, in the Borough of Elizabeth, Essex County (today Union County), in the Colony of New Jersey, Recompence's fifth child (of 8) and 3rd son by his second wife, Margaret Wood. He was named after his grandfather, Jonas Wood, a neighboring property owner.
During the Rev. War, Recompence was on the Committee of Correspondence and "raised a troop of Jersey Blues" at the liberty pole in front of the inn, according to a sign placed by the DAR. But his service to his country was cut short, as he died 20 May 1777, when Jonas was still a boy of 16. In contradiction to widely-circulated and unsourced "facts," likely stemming from a poorly-researched county history book, Jonas never served in the Rev. War (although older brothers, Samuel and Recompence Jr., did). Neither did he serve in the War of 1812.
Recompence's ample wealth was demonstrated by the value of his inventoried estate-over 3,291 pounds-and by his vast land holdings, which were passed on to his sons. Jonas was given close to 200 acres. This inherited wealth allowed him to invest in a high quality education. He was trained as a medical doctor, but seemed to take after his father, with a good head for real estate speculation.
He married first Frances "Fanny" Winans of Elizabeth Town, whose uncle had just left her a large tract of land. Jonas no doubt had his eye on the real estate, as well as the woman. They married, supposedly in January of 1785, and lived happily for about seven years, during which time she bore him four sons: Elias (1786), Hon. William (1788), Job (1789) and Jonas Jr. (1790).
The marriage then devolved into the classic he-said she-said argument, culminating in one of the rare divorces of the period.
Jonas claimed that he had returned home late on the night of 20 Aug 1791 from a New York City business trip to find Frances asleep in bed with his own younger brother. About 18 months later (as the story goes)- after the birth of daughters Frances (1791) and Catharine (1792)-he proceeded to petition the court for a divorce.
Fanny claimed, in her defense, that the story of her supposed cuckoldry had been invented by Jonas, that she had sacrificed to him her youth, beauty, and fortune (the property that she had brought into the marriage), and that it would be a very convenient thing for him to now divorce her and marry a younger woman.
Perhaps her argument partially swayed the judge. Jonas was granted the divorce, but he was ordered to return her property and to pay her, each year, a large sum of money. He was also given custody of the children. Frances eventually remarried to Thomas Findlay-a wealthy Princeton professor, and headmaster of Newark Academy, one of the most prestigious private schools in the country-and lived to an estimated 105 (see her bio).
On 5 Mar 1797, Jonas married Ann Lucy (McCready) Seaman, the daughter of Scottish immigrant Dennis McCready (described as an "earl from bonnie Scotland") and widow of Robert Seaman (1770-1795), in New York City.++ And what a "Brady bunch" this was! Jonas brought the six children from his marriage to Frances, and Ann Lucy brought her daughter, Eliza Seaman (1795), from her marriage to Robert. To this already-large family were added another seven children. (All are listed below, with exception of Augustus, 1808-1818, and George, 1812-1828, who can't be located.)
Jonas and other investors from New York and Connecticut formed the Scioto Company+++ to purchase land in the Northwest Territory, including the future state of Ohio. He and a dozen other members of the company are honored in the "Founder's Circle" of Old Worthington, Ohio, as the 13 original founders. Jonas was also the benefactor who founded the Worthington Library. (The library once had a Stanbery Room, although its fate is uncertain after the recent remodeling.)
Jonas also bought land in his own right, or in partnership with other New York City men. They bought not just lots, but entire sections (4000 acres) or entire townships (16,000 acres) of U.S. Military lands. A preliminary estimate from as-yet-unfinished research shows that Jonas owned close to 200,000 acres of Ohio lands across more than ten counties, as well as lands in other states.
Numerous sources say the family arrived in Zanesville in 1814. It must have been after the birth of Howard, the youngest child, who was born 14 Mar 1814 in New York City. This does seem to fit the available data, as various Licking and Muskingum County, Ohio, records date to early 1815.
Notes kept in a journal by his son, Hon. Henry Stanbery, state that "...almost to the end of his life [Jonas] lived in rented houses. When at last, by the urgent solicitation of my Mother [Ann Lucy] he did purchase a residence, it seemed to open to him a new source of enjoyment. But even then he seemed rather to occupy it as a tenant than as an owner. It was too late in life for the formation of new habits and new tastes. He did not acquire and realize that sense of enjoyment which makes one's own home so pleasant and self-satisfying."
Jonas died on 23 Feb 1840 in Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio. According to the same journal kept by Henry, "He had hardly any of the infirmities of age, bodily or mental. No rheumatism, no shakings of nerves or muscles, no chronic diseases..." This is evident in the fact that his land purchases continued right up to his death (probably in the midst of a signature on a deed).
++ See Ann Lucy's bio for notes about spelling of her maiden name. See bio of daughter Eliza (Seaman) Granger Flanner for notes about spelling of Robert's surname. +++ Not to be confused with La Compagnie du Scioto, a group of French hucksters who defrauded people, also erroneously called 'The Scioto Company'
----Broo #48601467 Family Members Parents
Recompence Stanbery
1710-1777 Margaret Wood Stanbery
1729-1812
Spouses Ann Lucy McCready Stanbery
1772-1849 (m. 1797) Frances Winans Findlay*
1766-1871 (m. 1785)
Siblings
Phebe Stanbery Swan*
1747-1806 Rhoda Stanbery Nesbitt*
1752-1831 Samuel Stanbery*
1754-1823 Sarah Stanbery Trembly*
1756-1817 Recompence Stanbery*
1758-1839 Margaret Stanbery Bradford*
1763-1855 Anna Stanbery Darby*
1767-1839 Jacob Stanbery*
1772-1821
Children
Jonas Stanbery*
unknown-1849 William Stanbery*
1788-1873 Catharine Elizabeth Stanbery Wise*
1792 - unknown Ann Lucy Stanbery Peirce*
1797-1857 Henry Stanbery*
1803-1881 Edward Stanbery*
1806-1854 Charles Stanbery*
1809-1892 Howard C. Stanbery*
1814-1893
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