John Stuart (Stewart) Stanley

Spouse of Francis Griffith son of John Carruthers and Elizabeth (Kitty). Grandchild of John Wright Stanley and Ebo (Slave)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Carruthers_Stanly

One of the first people Stanly bought out of slavery was his wife Kitty, who was a member of the Green family, another prominent mixed-race family in New Bern born into slavery. According to North Carolina marriage records, John legally married Kitty Green on March 26, 1805. Their marriage was properly witnessed and bonded by the white bondsman, Marcus C. Stephen, for the purpose of again petitioning the State General Assembly in order to establish that his family had "all the rights and privileges of freedom, as though they and each of them had been born free".[1] They had nine children together, among whom were Charles Stewart Stanly, John Florence Stanly, Kitty (Catherine) Green Stanly, Eunice Carruthers Stanly, and Alexander Stewart Stanly, and educator John Stuart (Stewart) Stanley, who changed the spelling of his middle name and added the original "e" back to his last name that his grandfather removed for unknown reasons. John S. Stanley was also the father of Sara G. Stanley and Stanly gave her the middle name from his Stanly adopted family.[3]

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References

• Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Sep 22 2022, 21:32:25 UTC
• Find A Grave;https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/170986862/john-stewart-stanley
• Sullivan, Elizabeth (January 12, 2019). "Blacks' Journey to Cleveland Laid Groundwork for Success". Cleveland.com. < link >

Family Bible;

https://cpclib.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p16241coll1/id...

Findagrave:

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/170986862/john-stewart-stanley

FamilySearch:

https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/MR4X-X1D

Wikitree:

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Stanly-82

Notes:

According to is Grandfather's Will and Probate records his middle name is spelt,"Sturde". Changing it will cause confusion,so listing as a reference only

https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/1933060?mark=47b35c988853c0dca79a5...