Ann Stanley

• Ann “Nancy” Cogdell Stanly
• BIRTH 7 Sep 1753 - New Bern, Craven County, North Carolina, USA
• DEATH 2 Jul 1789 (aged 35) - New Bern, Craven County, North Carolina, USA
• BURIAL Christ Episcopal Church Cemetery, New Bern, Craven County, North Carolina, USA
• MEMORIAL ID 74028468 · View Source

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The daughter of Col. Richard and Lydia (Duncan) Cogdell. Ann was born at New Bern and baptized by “Mr. Reed”, likely the Rev. James Reed of Christ Episcopal Church of New Bern. The eldest of ten Cogdell children, Ann married John Wright Stanly on June 24, 1773. Family lore states that John Wright Stanly first met Ann at a local ball while on a short stopover during a coastal voyage from Virginia. They fell in love, and that short stopover turned into permanent residency, marriage and family.

Their first child John Stanly was born in April of 1774, with John Wright and Ann going on to have a large family of nine children.

John Wright Stanly became a successful businessman and entrepreneur in New Bern, with much of his later fortune arising from his activity in outfitting privateers to capture British shipping during the American Revolution. Sometime in the 1780s the Stanlys built a fine Georgian home in New Bern, where they lived for a few years until their passing in 1789. The house is open to the public today as one of the Tryon Palace complex of historical buildings, where one can view portraits and possessions of Ann and John Wright and other family members.

Ann and her husband died a few weeks apart during the yellow fever epidemic of 1789. They were both buried in the churchyard of Christ Church, where they had been parishioners.

It is worth noting that although their gravestones both record their surname as “Stanley”, family documents, historical records, genealogies, and biographies, as well as other members of the family, spelled the name “Stanly”, which convention I have retained for Ann’s Find a Grave memorial.

Gravesite Details aged 35 yrs, wife of John W Stanley (D. Stewart)

Many online sources say that Richard Cogdell's daughter Susannah and Elisha Pipkin's wife Hannah are the same person. There is no evidence to support that fact.

Online transcripts of Bible records show that Richard Cogdell's daughter Susannah married Wright Stanley on 21 Sep 1779, and that Susannah and Wright Stanley had five children together between 1782 and 1791.

See: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/craven/bibles/badgerbib.txt and http://ncgenweb.us/nc/craven/records/bible/cigdell-bibles

MEMORIAL PHOTOS 3 FLOWERS 2 The daughter of Col. Richard and Lydia (Duncan) Cogdell. Ann was born at New Bern and baptized by “Mr. Reed”, likely the Rev. James Reed of Christ Episcopal Church of New Bern. The eldest of ten Cogdell children, Ann married John Wright Stanly on June 24, 1773. Family lore states that John Wright Stanly first met Ann at a local ball while on a short stopover during a coastal voyage from Virginia. They fell in love, and that short stopover turned into permanent residency, marriage and family.

Their first child John Stanly was born in April of 1774, with John Wright and Ann going on to have a large family of nine children.

John Wright Stanly became a successful businessman and entrepreneur in New Bern, with much of his later fortune arising from his activity in outfitting privateers to …

Family Members Parents Richard Cogdell 1724–1787

Spouse Photo John Wright Stanley 1742–1789

Siblings Photo Lydia Cogdell Badger 1765–1836

Children Photo John Stanly 1774–1833

Photo Ann Stanly Taylor 1775–1855

Photo James Green Stanly 1783–1858

Photo Margaret Cogdell Stanly Beckwith 1787–1864

Thomas Turner Stanly 1789–1813

Gravesite Details aged 35 yrs, wife of John W Stanley (D. Stewart)

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