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Note: https://www.ncpedia.org/biography/stanly-john-wright Stanly, John Wrightby Mary S. Hessel, 199418 Dec. 1742–1 June 1789
John Wright Stanly, merchant and Revolutionary Patriot, maintained a fleet of trading and privateering vessels that brought in supplies vital to North Carolina's wartime strength. A native of Charles City County, Va., he arrived in New Bern in 1772, in time to become an early member of the town's Committee of Safety and to be among the first to send raiders from that port.
Stanly began life as the oldest son of Dancey, a lawyer and small planter, and his wife, Elizabeth Wright Stanley, of Isle of Wight County.
Despite their modest circumstances, the Stanleys had a proud tradition of direct descent from an earl of Derby. Dancey died when John had barely reached the age of fifteen, and Elizabeth promptly remarried. The boy left home to apprentice himself to a Scottish trader in Petersburg from whom he learned the intricacies and disadvantages of colonial commerce under the British mercantile system. The deaths of both his mentor and his mother within two years left him desolate. He worked in Williamsburg (probably as a clerk) until he was twenty-one and could claim his inheritance. Just prior to that time he got into serious trouble leading to an accusation of counterfeiting. His innocence was established before he could come to trial, but his experience in the Williamsburg jail impelled him to leave Virginia as soon as he had sold his property and had a small capital in hand.
Having some acquaintance with Kingston merchants, he began trading in Jamaica, where he had an initial success. This attracted the attention of a Philadelphia merchant, Jonathan Cowpland, who brought a ship regularly to Kingston. He persuaded Stanly (who had dropped the e from his name) to enter into a partnership and then attempted to take over the entire operation. Cowpland accused Stanly of defrauding him and, to blacken the Virginian's name, bruited it about that Stanly had been tried for counterfeiting. But too many people in Jamaica stood ready to defend the young man, so Cowpland took him by force to Philadelphia, where Stanly spent a year in debtors' prison. He managed, finally, to prove that he was the injured party, with Cowpland in his debt, and could once more make a fresh start.
A miniature portrait of Richard Cogdell's daughter Ann Cogdell, who married John Wright Stanly. Image courtesy of Tryon Palace.This time he chose Charleston as his base of operations and sailed for that city. A storm off Cape Hatteras brought him to New Bern, instead. Acquaintance with, courtship of, and marriage to Ann Cogdell kept him there. Her father, Richard Cogdell, an ardent Whig, brought Stanly into the group pressing for revolt against the repressive measures of Lord North's government. Risking prosecution as traitors, they did all in their power to induce others to rebel, and Stanly was among the most persuasive.
By the time hostilities broke out, he was ready to send out vessels to harass British shipping and to bring in the sinews of war lacking to the Americans. The most famous of his early privateers, the Sturdy Beggar, despoiled numerous English merchantmen. Stanly worked particularly hard during the bitter winter of 1777–78 to get supplies to the men at Valley Forge, and later his General Nash took prizes, after the Battle of Camden, which helped to replace material lost by General Horatio Gates's forces. Far more numerous than those successes were the losses he suffered—privateers reckoned on the capture or wreck of four vessels to the return of one. Stanly managed, however, to make enough money to give substantial financial aid to General Nathanael Greene in 1780, when Greene marched south with a token army and no funds for its equipment.
As the conflict drew nearer to New Bern, Stanly prepared to shift his operations to Philadelphia and took his family there. Before he could get settled, he learned of the capture of St. Eustatius by the British, which meant the loss of fourteen Stanly vessels loading at Oranjestad, Netherlands Antilles. Then came news that a Tory privateer from New York had seized the brig bringing part of the family's possessions to Philadelphia. Worse trouble followed: in that summer of 1781 Tory raiders and British troops entered New Bern and burned all of Stanly's warehouses as well as dismantling his vessels at anchor. In spite of these setbacks, he invested in eleven Philadelphia privateers that sailed within the year, helping to keep British ships occupied on patrol instead of attacking American ports.
Stanly returned to New Bern with his family in 1782 and at war's end started a coastwide shipping operation that he later reduced, as he found the distillery business more profitable. He had two tremendous satisfactions: appointment as judge of the Admiralty Court of Beaufort and completion of the handsome house in New Bern that still remains as a memorial to him. But enjoyment of both title and house lasted for only a few short years. He succumbed to yellow fever in June 1789—just a month before his wife. They left six living children (three had died in infancy) of whom the eldest, John, became a member of Congress and a leader of the North Carolina bar.
John Stanly Wright House, New Bern. 1936. Image courtesy of Library of Congress.References:
G. W. Allen, State Navies and Privateers in the Revolution (1913).
Amelia County, Va., Wills and Deeds (Courthouse, Amelia).
Charles Biddle, Autobiography, 1745–1821 (1883).
Gertrude S. Carraway, The Stanly (Stanley) Family and the Historic John Wright Stanly House(1969).
Walter Clark, ed., State Records of North Carolina, vols. 11, 13–15, 17–18, 24 (1895–1905).
Craven County, N.C., Wills and Deeds (Courthouse, New Bern).
Alonzo T. Dill, "Eighteenth-Century New Bern," North Carolina Historical Review 22 (1945).
Edenton, State Gazette of North Carolina, 18 June 1789.
Naval Documents of the American Revolution, vol. 4 (1969).
Naval Records of the American Revolution, 1775–1788 (1906).
William L. Saunders, ed., Colonial Records of North Carolina, vols. 9–10 (1890).
John D. Whitford, "Notes on John Wright Stanly of North Carolina," Publications of the Southern Historical Association 4 (November 1900).
Williamsburg, Virginia Gazette, 6 Apr. 1776.
Additional Resources:
Stanly House, Tryon Palace: http://www.tryonpalace.org/stanly_house.php
"John Wright Stanly House." N.C. Highway Historical Marker C-1, N.C. Office of Archives & History. http://www.ncmarkers.com/Markers.aspx?sp=Markers&k=Markers&sv=C-1(accessed May 8, 2013).
Colonial and State Record Documents by Stanly, John Wright, 1742-1789 in Documenting the American South, UNC Libraries: http://docsouth.unc.edu/csr/index.html/creators/csr11055
Stanly, John Wright 1742-1789 in WorldCat: http://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-nr90-4615
Image Credits:
"Portrait. Picture., Accession #: P.TP.1972.041.001." North Carolina Tryon Palace.
"Miniature Portrait [Ann Stanly]. Picture., Accession #: P.TP.1972.041.002B." North Carolina Tryon Palace. (accessed January 21, 2014).
John Stanly Wright House, New Bern. 1936. Image courtesy of Library of Congress. Available from http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/csas200802492/ (accessed May 8, 2013).
Subjects: American Revolution (1763-1789)BiographyBusiness leadersJudgesMilitary personnelUNC PressAuthors: Hessel, Mary S.Origin - location: New BernFrom: Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.1 January 1994 | Hessel, Mary S.
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CRAVEN COUNTY, NC - Bible - Badger Bible.
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This file was contributed by: Guy Potts <gpotts1@@mindspring.com> Apr 2000==========================================================================
Early Cogdells of Eastern North CarolinaResearch made and records compiled by Marybelle Delamar, Raleigh, NC, 1946**********************Posted with the permission of Mr William Delamar, Raleigh, NC, great-nephew of Marybelle Delamar.**********************
BADGER BIBLE
These records are from a copy of the original Badger Bible records made about 1900 by the late Col John Whitford, the Bible then being in the possession of descendants of Mrs Thomas Badger (Lydia Cogdell). The Whitford copy is now in the Whitford Collection at the North Carolina State Department of Archives and History.
BIRTHS
Rd Cogdell, 8th July 1724
Ann Cogdell, 1st Sept 1726
Margaret Cogdell, 17th Nov 1728
Hannah Cogdell, 22nd Oct 1730
George Cogdell, 18th Sept 1732
Rachel Cogdell, 8th day May 1734
Mary Cogdell, 7th July 1736
George Cogdell, 22 Nov 1738
Ross Cogdell, 18th Jan'y 1740
Francis Cogdell, 3rd Nov 1744
Abigill Cogdell, 12 Oct 1746
Charles Cogdell, 13th Dec 1748
Sarah Cogdell, 3rd Mch 1751
David Cogdell, 18th June 1753
DEATHS
Richard Cogdell Sr died May 10th on Thursday morning, half past seven o'clock, aged 62 years, 11 months, 1787.
Ann Stanly, Senior, died 2nd July 1789 on Thursday, aged 35 years, 11 months wanting five days.
This begins with my father Richard Cogdell the eldest child of my Grandmother. My Grandfather was George Cogdell. He married Margaret Bell.
L. Badger
BIRTHS
Children's ages.
Ann, born Friday, 7th of September, 2 o'clock in the morning 1753. Baptized by Mr Reed.
Margaret, born Monday 24th February, 1755, 10 o'clock afternoon.
Phebe, born Friday 8th October, 1756, 4 o'clock in the morning. Baptized by Michael Smythe and died up Neuse at my fathers.
Richard, born Saturday 9th May, 1758, 12 o'clock at night, baptized by Mr Reed, Mr Caswell surety.
Sarah, born on Friday 10th January, 1760, 6 o'clock in the morning, and died on Monday morning 25th inst. Buried in the Churchyard.
Suzannah was born 27th March, 1761, Easter Monday, 11 o'clock at night. Baptized by Mr Stewart.
Charles was born 27th of April, 1762, Thursday at 2 o'clock, baptized by Mr Reed, Charles Cogdell surety.
John was born Monday 8th September, 1763 and died the Monday following.
Lydia was born Wednesday 16th January, 1765, 5 o'clock in the morning.
Charles, born Thursday 21st April, 1768, 8 o'clock in the after noon.
By Lydia Cogdell, married July 8th, 1752.
These were the children of Richard & Lydia Cogdell and are entered in this Bible.
L. Badger
George E Badger and Mary B Polk were married on the 9th of November, 1826.
Catherine Mallen, daughter of Mary B and George E Badger was born 9th of August, 1827, between three and four o'clock PM. Baptized by Bishop Ravenscroft.
Lydia Badger (Cogdell), daughter of Mary B and George E Badger was born March 29th, 1829, 10 o'clock on Sunday morning, was baptized by Rev Mr Elliott on Saturday the 13th of June, 1829, and departed this life on Friday the 19th of June, 1829.
Death may the bonds of Life unclose, But can't dissolve my love Millions of infant souls compose The family above
Sarah, daughter of G E and Mary B Badger born May 28th, 1833, AM.
BIRTHS
Richard Cogdell was born at Beaufort, NC, 8th July, 1724.
Lydia Duncan was born the 27th of March, 1730 in Massachusetts.
John Wright Stanly, son of Dancy and Elizabeth Stanly of Virginia was born in Charles City County, 18th December, 1742.
Wright Stanly, son of Elizabeth and Dancy Stanly, and brother of John Wright Stanly was born in Charles City County, Virginia, on the 7th of September, 1751.
DEATHS
Hamilton Stanly Ward died at Newbern, October 1st, 1824.
Rebecca Badger died in Raleigh at Mr Thomas Devereux's, 9th June, 1824, and buried in Raleigh burying ground.
Let the eternal Lord be praised The rock on whose defense I rest, To highest heaven His name be raised Who me with His Salvation blest.
Departed this life on Sunday the 13th of June at 2 o'clock in the morning Miss Lydia Allen, aged 17, and on Monday evening following her eldest sister Frances Julia Allen, aged 19, daughters of Vine and Lydia Allen, deceased, of Newbern, 1830-Raleigh.
Earth has its due-to Heaven above Their gentle spirits rise; And angels chant with songs of love, Their welcome to the skies.
Departed this life at Newbern, N C on the 11th day of April, 1836, Lydia Bagder, relict of Thomas Badger, Esq.
BIRTHS
James Green was born in the year 1727 in North Carolina.
Thomas Badger, son of Edmond & Lucretia Badger, was born at Windham, Connecticut on the 27th of June, 1766.
James Cutting was born 2nd of November, 1765 in New York.
James Taylor
William Ward
John Beckwith
Eliza Franks
Frances Caroline Lawrence was born at Newbern on the 24th day of March, in the year, 1787, being Saturday.
Nancy Ormond
Vine Allen born 4th October, 1779 in Connecticut.
Thomas Turner October 1748.
Thomas Birming McNean was born 26th June, 1766, and died in December 1786.
The children of Vine and Lydia Foster Allen were born at the times annexed to their names.
Nancy Stanly, 24th March, 1803
Frances Margaret, 25th September, 1804
James Green, 25th September, 1804
Albert Vine, 23rd October, 1806
Julia Ann, 22 March, 1808
The children of Bela and Susannah Badger were born at the times annexed to their names.
Lucretia Abbey Badger was born 23rd January, 1795.
Hervey Abner Allen, son of Lydia and Vine Allen, bornSeptember, 15th, 1809.
Julia Frances Allen born June 7th, 1811.
Mary Lydia born 20th December, 1812.
Hervey Stanly, son of James G Stanly and Eliz was born 22ndSeptember, 1809.
George born 27th August, 1811.
James born January, 3rd, 1813.
Rebecca Turner, daughter of James and Polly Turner, was born on Wednesday the 5th of June 1799 in Warrenton, NC.
The children of John Wright Stanly and Ann were born at the times annexed to their names.
John, Saturday, 9th April, 1774, 4 o'clock in the morning
Ann, Wednesday 8th November, 1775, 10 o'clock in the morning
Lydia, Friday 5th June 1777
Richard Dancy, Wednesday 25th August, AD, 1778
Wright, 29th April 1780
Elizabeth, 23rd July 1781 in Philadelphia
James Green, 2nd July 1783
Margaret Cogdell, 26th Mar, 1787
Thomas Turner, 17th March, 1789
MARRIAGES
Richard Cogdell and Lydia Duncan were married 8th July, 1752.
John Wright Stanly and Ann Cogdell were married 24th June, 1773.
James Green and Margaret Cogdell were married 21st October, 1777.
Wright Stanly and Susannah Cogdell were married 21st September, 1779.
Richard Cogdell and Nancy Ormond were married in Bath, 1782.
Thomas Badger and Lydia Cogdell were married 6th June, 1793.
John Stanly and Eliza Franks were married...
James S Cutting and Lydia F Green were married 4th February, 1796.
Richard Stanly and Frances Lawrence were married May, 1802.
James Taylor and Ann Stanly were married 1804.
William Ward and Lydia Duncan Stanly were married November, 1807.
John Beckwith and Margaret Stanly were married December, 1807.
Thomas Turner and Margaret Green, widow of James Green, were married 2nd April, 1793.
Vine Allen and Lydia Cutting, widow of James Cutting, were married December 13th, 1801.
Bela Badger and Susannah Stanly, widow of Wright Stanly, were married Wednesday 2nd April, 1794.
James Green Stanly and Elizabeth Hervey were married 14th December, 1808.
Elizabeth Ann Badger and Ichabod Wetmore were married January 23rd, 1817 by Rev Minton Thrift and on Saturday 19th July, left New Berne for Connecticut.
Geo E Badger and Rebecca Turner were married December 24th, being Thursday AD 1818.
Married at the Sand Hills near Fayetteville by the Rev J B Buxton on the 6th of June, 1841, Capt Theophilus Holmes of 7th Regiment US Army, to Laura Jane Wetmore, daughter of Ichabod and Elizabeth Ann Wetmore.
Married at Fayetteville by the Rev Jarvis Buxton on the 2nd Sept, 1841, Samuel I Hinsdale of Buffalo, NY to Elizabeth Wetmore, daughter of Ichabod and Elizabeth Ann Wetmore.
Married at Fayetteville by the Rev Jarvis B Buxton on the 3rd of February, 1842, William G Broadfoot to Frances R Wetmore, daughter of Ichabod and Elizabeth Ann Wetmore.
BIRTHS
The children of Wright Stanly and Susannah his wife, were born on the times annexed to their names.
Susannah, Tuesday, 1st September, 1782, 4 o'clock in the morning Elizabeth Wright, Tuesday 22nd February, 1784, 5 o'clock in the morning Wright Cogdell, Friday 5th January, 1786 Lydia Duncan, Friday 5th September, 1788 John Wright, Wednesday 13th January, 1791, 11 o'clock in the morning
The children of James and Margaret Green were born at the times annexed to their names.
Lydia Foster, Thursday 25th November, 1778 John Wright, Friday 8th February, 1781 James Edmondson, Tuesday 28th January, 1782
The children of Thomas Badger and Lydia his wife were born at the times annexed to their names.
George Edmond, Friday 17th April, 1795 Elizabeth Ann, Thursday 22nd February, 1797 Frances Lucretia, Saturday 4th May, 1799
The children of John and Eliza Stanly were born at the time annexed to their names.
Nancy Eliza Mary John Lydia Catherine Cornelius Alfred Frank Edward Alexander Hamilton Fabius Maximus Cicero Marcus Junius James Green Mary
The children of James and Lydia Cutting were born at the times annexed to their names.
Margaret Turner, 19th November, 1796 Leonard Mitchell, 6th March, 1798
The children of Richard and Frances Stanly were born at the times annexed to their names.
Caroline Catherine, 29th November in the year 1804 Richard Lawrence, 21st April in the year 1808 Both born at New Berne
Frances Stanly, widow of Richard Stanly died January, 1829.
Laura Jane, daughter of Ichabod and Elizabeth Ann Wetmore was born in New London, Connecticut on the 16th day of October, 1817.
Elizabeth, daughter of Ichabod and Elizabeth Ann Wetmore, born in New Berne, NC, on Saturday the 6th of March, AD 1819.
Thomas Badger Wetmore was born on the 7th April, 1821 in New Berne.
BIRTHS
George Badger, son of Ichabod and Elizabeth Wetmore was born the 18th day of February, AD 1823 at 2 o'clock in the morning in New Berne.
Frances Rebecca, 4th March, 1825 in Raleigh, daughter of Ichabod and Elizabeth Wetmore baptized by Bishop Ravenscroft.
Lydia Cogdell, daughter of Ichabod and Elizabeth Wetmore was born 28th November, 1820 in Raleigh, baptized by the Rev George W Freeman.
William Robards, son of Ichabod and Elizabeth Wetmore was born 8th November, 1824 in Raleigh, baptized by Rev George W Freeman.
DEATHS
Richard Cogdell Sr, died the 10th May, 1787, aged 63 years.
Ann Stanly, died 2nd July, 1789.
John W Stanly died 1st June, 1789, aged 47 years.
James Green died 17th March, 1784, aged 47 years.
Wright Stanly - 24th January, 1792, aged 40 years, 4 mo 17 days.
Thomas Badger, 10th October, 1799, aged 33 years, 4 mo 4 days.
Thomas Turner, 17 April 1807.
Donum Montford - born 1771
Abram Moody Rupel Allen, born 14th, 1795.
DEATHS
The children of John Wright and Nancy Stanly died at the different times annexed to their names.
Lydia, 10th November, 1778 Wright, 20th June, 1871 Elizabeth, 23rd July, 1781
The children of James and Margaret Green died at the times annexed to their names.
John Wright, 2nd July, 1784 James Edmondson, 14th August, 1784
The children of Wright Stanly and Susannah his wife died at the times annexed to their names.
Susannah, 28th November, 1783 Elizabeth Wright, 26th September, 1785 John Wright, 9th March, 1795
The children of John and Eliza Stanly died at the times annexed to their names.
Nancy Lydia Catherine
The children of James and Lydia Cutting died at the times annexed to their names.
Margaret, December 27th, 1797 Leonard Mitchell, August 30th, 1798
Nancy Allen died 7th April 1803 aged 15 days, daughter of Vine and Lydia Allen.
Frances Margaret Allen, daughter of Vine and Lydia Allen, died 20th December, 1805.
Julia Ann, daughter of Vine and Lydia Allen, died July 20th, 1810.
Harvey Abner died May 12th, 1812.
Lucretia Abbey Badger, daughter of Bela and Susahhan Badger died the 5th March, 1795.
Lydia Cogdell, died the 2nd April, 1806.
Richard Lawrence Stanly departed this life at New Berne October 31, 1822 aged 14 years, 6 months and 10 days.
Our life is ever on the wing, And death is ever nigh; The moment when our lives begin, We all begin to die.
Richard Cogdell, son of Lydia and Richard Cogdell died on the 6th March, 1811, at Baltimore.
Margaret Turner departed this life 17th August, 1812.
Let this vain world engage no more Behold the gaping tomb; It bids us seize the present hour; Tomorrow Death may come.
Oh let us fly, to Jesus fly, Whose powerful Arm can save; Then shall our hopes ascend on high And triump o'er the grave.
Lydia Foster Allen died 20th January, 1813; left four children, the youngest five months old.
Thomas T Stanly was killed in a duel February 1813, the duel fought in Virginia. Lewis Henry made his escape to New York, and the body of Thomas was buried in New Berne burying ground, a promising young man much lamented, and never to be forgotten. L B.
Susan Foster departed this life January 31st, 1821, aged 59 years, eight months.
Eliza Ann, daughter of William and Lydia Ward, died in June, aged ten months.
William Ward departed this life on 19th October, 1821, aged...
James Beckwith, son of John and Margaret Beckwith died at Salisbury October 22nd, 1821, a promising child.
Must friends and kindred droop and die, And helpers be withdrawn, While sorrow with a weeping eye, Counts all our comforts gone ?
Be Thou our comfort, Mighty God, Our Helper and Our Friend; Nor leave us in this dangerous road Till all our trials end.
Frances Lucretia Badger departed this life at Oakville near Warrenton, October 6th, 1822 at 2 o'clock PM aged 23 years, five months and two days.
Great God, is this our certain doom? And are we still secure? Still walking downward to the tomb, And yet prepared no more?
Frances L Badger's remains are deposited in New Berne burying ground.
BIRTHS
Elizabeth Wetmore, daughter of Theophilus and Laura J Holmes was born Monday the 16th May, 1842, baptized by Mr Everest.
Mary Holmes, daughter of the same, was born December 23rd, 1843 and died Decembeer 25th, 1843.
Charles Wetmore Broadfoot, son of William G and Frances R Broadfoot was born Sunday, November 13th, 1843, baptized by Mr Buxton.
George Broadfoot, son of the same, was born 2nd October, 1844.
John Wetmore, son of Samuel I and Elizabeth Hinsdale was born February, 4th, 1843.
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Biography info from another resource:
John Wright Stanly was born 1742 in Charles City County, Virginia, the son of Dancy and Elizabeth Wright Stanly. Other children of Dancy and Elizabeth Stanly were Dancy, Jr., Richard Dancy, Susannah, and Wright who was born in 1751.
His father, Dancy Stanly, was the son of Major John Stanly of Talbot County, Maryland. Major John Stanly is said to be the son of William Stanly, also of Talbot County, who was a direct descendant of the Earl of Derby.
John [Wright Stanly] is established as having fourteen children, nine of which can be accounted for by the North Carolina State Library: *John, born 1774; *Ann, 1775; *Lydia, 1777; *Richard, 1778; *Wright, 1779; *Alexander Hamilton; *Fabius; *Frank, who lived at Danville, Virginia; and *Major Alfred, of Alabama who was touted as being a Confederate Guerrilla. Of the other five children, one is mentioned below, *Thomas.
John Wright Stanly settled in New Bern, North Carolina in 1773 after failing in a business venture in Honduras. (He had been put in jail in Philadelphia in 1772 for bad debts) He prospered after settling in Craven County, and built a house in New Bern that cost $20,000. This house still stands as a public library and showplace. He owned thirteen privateers; one of them named the General Nash was famous on the high seas during the War of 1812. He lost most of his ships to the British Navy during the war. He acquired a large wharf and distillery, and owned sixty‑nine slaves, which made him one of the largest slaveholders in North America. Stanly County, North Carolina was named for him. He had wealth, position and influence in North Carolina. He died at the age of forty‑seven.
In 1802 his son *John Wright Stanly [II], who at age twenty‑three had already held office in his county, killed in a duel ex‑Governor Richard Dobbs Spaugh, age fifty‑five, over political views. The duel was fought behind the present Masonic Lodge Hall in New Bern. Each man used a one‑shot flintlock pistol. Each man reloaded and fired four times. Stanly had a bullet in his coat collar. On the fourth shot, the ex‑Governor was killed. The duel destroyed the good name of Stanly in North Carolina since Spaugh was a very popular man.
Another son, *Thomas Stanly, sitting at a banquet table in New Bern, was insulted when a piece of bread thrown across the table fell in his cup of tea and splashed tea on his vest. He challenged the bread thrower, Louis D. Henry, and was killed in the duel that followed.
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John Wright Stanly was born on December 18, 1742 the son of Dancey and Elizabeth Wright Stanley, in Charles City County, Virginia. After his father's death and his mother's remarriage when he was fifteen, Stanly apprenticed himself to learn the merchant trade working in Petersburg and then Williamsburg, Virginia. After receiving his inheritance at twenty-one he went into trade with Kingston, Jamaica merchantmen. His first base was in Philadelphia. After Philadelphia, merchant Jonathan Cowpland falsely accused Stanly of defrauding him and left Stanly to spend a year in debtors prison. Stanly then chose to relocate to Charleston. On his journey south, his ship was struck in a storm off the coast of North Carolina and Stanly ended up in New Bern where he met and married Ann Cogdell.
After arriving in New Bern in 1772, John Wright Stanly established his mercantile business. During the American Revolution he supported the patriots outfitting privateers and working to acquire supplies for the Continental army. When the fighting approached eastern North Carolina Stanly moved his family to Philadelphia. By the war's end he had returned to New Bern and begun construction on a new home. The stately Georgian style home located on a full city block in New Bern, was only used by John Wright Stanly and his family for a short time. In 1789 both he and his wife contracted yellow fever and passed away within a month of each other leaving behind six children. Stanly had one other known son with an enslaved Ebo woman, John Carruthers Stanly. John Carruthers Stanly was born into slavery but was educated and manumitted at twenty-one by his owners, the Stewart family. Carruthers Stanly went on to great financial success and eventually became one of the largest slave owners in Craven County, North Carolina.
Ann Cogdell Stanly was born in New Bern, North Carolina the daughter of Richard Cogdell and Lydia Duncan. Both of her parents were members of Christ Church, the town's first established congregation. Her father was born in Beaufort and came to New Bern to expand his mercantile business. He was a member of three of North Carolina's provincial congresses and acted as postmaster for North Carolina. She married John Wright Stanly, a merchant and supporter of the American Revolution.
The couple resided primarily in New Bern but for a time during the war relocated to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to further John Wright Stanly's business interests. When they returned to New Bern construction on their new home was nearly complete. They moved into the house in 1782. The family only enjoyed the home for a few years. Ann Cogdell Stanly died a month after her husband in 1789. She left six living children, three had died in infancy.
Lydia Cogdell Badger was the daughter of Richard Cogdell and Lydia Duncan, and sister of Ann Cogdell Stanly. Born in New Bern, North Carolina Lydia married prominent local attorney Thomas Badger. After her sister's death Thomas Badger taught John Stanly, the eldest son of Ann Cogdell Stanly and John Wright Stanly the practice of law.
The Stanly's had nine children. Three died in infancy but six were still living when their parents succumbed to yellow fever in 1789.
John Stanly was born April 9, 1774 in New Bern to John Wright Stanly and Ann Cogdell Stanly. After his parents death in 1789 he began to clerk for his father's business partner, Thomas Turner. In 1795 Stanly set off on his own career and married Elizabeth Franks of Jones County. Stanly went on to become a noted Federalist congressman and legislator whose career was marred by the death of Richard Dobbs Spaight in a duel they fought in 1802. In 1827 Stanly suffered a paralytic stroke and fell into declining health. He passed away on August 2, 1833 and is buried in Cedar Grove Cemetery.
Elizabeth Franck Stanly was born in Jones County and inherited a substantial amount of property from her father. She married John Stanly, son of John Wright Stanly and Ann Cogdell Stanly. The couple resided for most of their married lives in New Bern, NC at the Stanly family home. They had 14 children, five died in infancy and of the remaining nine there was one daughter, Elizabeth Mary Stanly Armistead, and the eight boys: John (idiotic from birth), Alfred, Frank, Edward (served as military governor of North Carolina 1862-1863), Alexander Hamilton, Fabius Maximus, Marcus Cicero, and James Green. In 1827 John Stanly suffered a stroke and his health rapidly deteriorated as did the financial health of the family. Elizabeth Franck Stanly cared for her husband until his death in 1833 and was forced to advertise for boarders in order to pay off debts. After her husband’s death she moved into her daughter’s home in Virginia where she died in 1843. Elizabeth Franck Stanly is buried in the Armistead family cemetery.
John Wright Stanly
B: Birth
18 Dec 1742 • Charles City, Charles, Virginia, United States
D: Death
1 Jun 1789 • New Bern, Craven County, North Carolina, USA
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Family
Spouse & Children
Anne Cogsdell 1753-1789
John Carruthers Stanley 1773-1845
John Wright Stanly, Jr. 1774-1834
Elizabeth Stanley 1775-1803
Ann Stanly 1775-1855
Lydia Stanly 1777-
Richard Dancy Stanly 1778-
James Green Stanly 1783-1858
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