Jonathan Stanhope, Sr.

Evidence needed to support as son of William Stanhope & Ann Stanhope

Biography

Ensign Jonathan Stanhope, immigrant ancestor, settled early in Sudbury, Massachusetts, where he died 22 October 1702, aged seventy years. Therefore he was born in 1632, doubtless in England. According to A History of Framingham, Massachusetts, the Stanhope place was between Mr. Ezekiel How’s home and the How Tavern.

On April 21, 1676, just five days after his marriage to Susanna Ayres, Jonathan participated in the Sudbury fight of King Philip's War, where a thousand Native American warriors attacked Sudbury. The colonists living west of the Sudbury River fled to garrisons and none of them were captured. The most severe attacks were at the Haynes garrison which was set afire by rolling a wagon full of flax down a hill to it. The colonists were still able to defend it. Eventually soldiers arrived from nearby towns.

Marriages:

1. Husband of Susanna Ayres — married 16 Apr 1656 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony
2. Husband of Sarah Griffin — married 11 May 1674 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony
3. Husband of Mary Parmenter — married after 1694 (to 22 Oct 1702) in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts. She was Richard Burke’s widow, and married John Allen third.

Children with 1st wife, born at Sudbury:

1. Jonathan (born 2 February 1657; died bef 1681
2. Sarah (born 25 March 1658)
3. Hannah (born c.1660; married 1 April 1686, Stephen Jennings)
4. Joseph (born 13 September 1662)
5. Jemima (born 5 June 1665; married 15 October 1689, Thomas Rutter)
6. Mary (born 29 January 1667; married William Wesson)
7. Rebecca (born 29 October 1670)

Children with 2nd wife, born at Sudbury:

1. Isaac (born 27 June 1675). Married 1) Elizabeth Hemingway 2) Anna Bullard
2. Jonathan (5 November 1681 - 19 November 1681) (died young)

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Will

• Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. Middlesex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1648-1871. (American Ancestors, 2014)
• Case 21174 Jonathan Stanhope 1702.
• Will of "Jonathan Stanhop ... being very Sick and weak in body", dateds 28 May 1702, proved 23 Nov 1702, names:
  • wife Mary;
  • son Isaac;
  • Isaac's sister Sarah Stanhop;
  • daughter Jemimah Rutter;
  • Isaac's sister Mary Stanhop;
  • daughter Rebeca Hemenway;
  • son Joseph Stanhop;
  • wife's youngest son Thomas Burt.
  • Deco[n] Joseph Noice and Brother Beniamen Parmenter and cousen Tho's Drury committee to divide moveable estate.
• 3 Nov 1702: Inventory of Ensine Jonathan Stanhope who decesed Octo the 21 1702: not totaled, by Joseph Noyes, Peter King, Richard Moore.
• 8 Nov 1703: Receipt of ye Children of Jonathan Stanhope late of Sudbury for their potion: signed by Hannah Jenning, Mary Stanhope, Joshua Hemenway, Thomas Rutter, Sarah Stanhope.
• 20 Nov 1703: Receipt of John Burt guardian for Thomas Burt of my brother in law Isaac Stanhope for what was given my brother Thomas Burt by my father in law Ensign Jonathan Stanhope late of Sudbury deceased. Similar receipt of Joseph Stanhope.
• 23 Nov 1702: Bond of Joseph Stanhope and Isaac Stanhope sons of Jonath'n Stanhope late of Sudbury dec'd as adm'rs of Jonathan Stanhope late of Sudbury not having name an exec'r in his will.

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Notes

https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Jonathan_Stanhope_%282%29

Barry, William. History of Framingham, Massachusetts, p. 394, incorrectly says son Jonathan m. 1674 Sarah Griffin and had sons Isaac and Jonathan. The father Jonathan's will shows Isaac belonged to the father, and since Isaac's mother was Sarah, that this was the father's 2nd wife, not the wife of the son. Thus the alleged son Jonathan died young (since the father had a second son Jonathan by wife Sarah), so did not marry, and the fsecond son Jonathan also died, accounting for no such son or heirs of such a son being named in the will. His widow was Mary, her son Thomas Buck also named, showing the father married a third time as well.

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Parmenter-135

Notes: Mary's second marriage to Jonathan Stanhope is only confirmed by the contents of his will, leaving a bequest to Thomas Burke, youngest son of his wife Mary. He also posted bond in the guardianship appointments of her children in April 1696, and was appointed guardian to Joseph and Mary Burke. Her third marriage to Mr. Allen, is mentioned in texts, and again is only confirmed in her probate record, when son Jonas Burke is granted administration of the estate of his mother, widow Mary Allen]

Jonathan Stanhope, Sr. and Susannah Ayres Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts

Various spellings of Stanhope Stanape, Stanup, Standhope, Stanhop, Stanop, and Stannup

Sudbury in Middlesex County, Massachusetts was incorporated in 1639 with a population of 476. A major battle of the King Philip's War was fought in Sudbury in 1676.

Ensign Jonathan Stanhope, Sr. and Susannah Ayres were married at Charlestown or Sudbury on April 16, 1656.

Their children were born in Sudbury. According to A History of Framington Massachusetts, the Stanhope place was near How's Tavern.

Jonathan Stanhope, Jr. was born on February 2, 1657, Sarah Stanhope was born on March 25, 1658. Hannah Stanhope Jennings was born about 1660, Joseph Stanhope was born on September 13, 1662, Jemima Stanhope Rutter was born on June 24, 1665, Mary Stanhope was born on January 29, 1667, and Rebecca Stanhope Hemenway was born on October 29, 1670.

On April 21, 1676, Jonathan participated in the Sudbury fight of King Philip's war where Native American warriors attacked Sudbury. The colonists living west of the Sudbury River fled to garrisons and none of them were captured. The most severe attacks were at the Haynes garrison which was set afire by rolling a wagon full of flax down a hill to it. The colonists were still able to defend it. Eventually soldiers arrived from nearby towns.

Susannah died on June 2, 1676 in Sudbury.

Jonathan died in 1702. King Philip’s War was a bloody and costly series of raids and skirmishes in 1675 and 1676 between the Native American people and the colonials. King Philip was the Native American leader Metacom.
Old Style Calendar Before 1752 the year began on Lady Day, March 25th,. Dates between January 1st and March 24th were at the end of the year. Old Style (O.S.) and New Style (N.S.) are used to indicate whether the year has been adjusted. Often both dates are used. During the Indian wars, some colonists were taken captive. They were killed, ransomed, or adopted into the tribe.

Genealogical and Family History of the State of Maine by George Thomas Little, Henry Sweetser Burrage, Albert Roscoe Stubbs published by Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1909

Ensign Jonathan Stanhope, immigrant ancestor, settled early in Sudbury, Massachusetts, where he died October 22, 1702, aged seventy years. Therefore he was born in 1632, doubtless in England. He married, at Charlestown, April 16, 1656, Susanna Ayer.

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Source: < FindAGrave Memorial #52117862 >

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Sources

• Barry, William. A History of Framingham, Massachusetts including the Plantation, from 1640 to the Present Time ; with an Appendix, Containing a Notice of Sudbury and Its First Proprietors, Also, a Register of the Inhabitants of Framingham before 1800, with Genealogical Sketches. Boston: J. Munroe and, 1847. Print.
• Tracy, Cyrus M., and Henry Wheatland. Standard History of Essex County, Massachusetts, Embracing a History of the County from Its First Settlement to the Present Time, with a History and Description of Its Towns and Cities. The Most Historic County of America. Boston: C.F. Jewett &, 1878. Print.
• Tuller, Roberta. "Jonathan Stanhope, Sr. and Susannah Ayres." An American Family History. Roberta Miller Tuller, 2009. Web. 28 Sept. 2011. <http://www.anamericanfamilyhistory.com/Stanhope%20Family/StanhopeJo...>.
• Chapman, Grace Olive, Dorothy Mayo Harvey and Mildred Stanhope. 1981. Jonathan Stanhope's Family, 1632-1980: Jonathan Stanhope of Middlesex County, Sudbury, Massachusetts. Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah.

Further Reading

• Bodge, George M. A Brief History of King Philip's War 1675-1677. Privately printed 1891
• Bodge, George M. Soldiers in King Philip's War. Containing Lists of the Soldiers of Massachusetts Colony, Who Served in the Indian War of 1675-1677. With Sketches of the Principal Officers, and Copies of Ancient Documents and Records Relating to the War. Boston: Printed for the Author, 1891. Print.
• Emery, Helen Fitch. The Puritan Village Evolves: a history of the Town of Wayland, Massachusetts. Wayland Historical Commission (Phoenix Publishing), 1981
• Fuller, Jr., Andrew D. et al. A Brief History of the Towne of Sudbury in Massachusetts: 1639-1939. Federal Writers Project of the Works Progress Administration in Massachusetts, 1939 (revised and reprinted by the Sudbury Historical Society 1968)
• Hudson, Alfred Sereno. The Annals of Sudbury, Wayland and Maynard, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Privately published 1891 (reprinted by Higginson1994)
• Hudson, Alfred Sereno. The History of Sudbury, Massachusetts 1638-1889. The Town of Sudbury, 1889 (republished by the Sudbury Press in 1968)
• Lepore, Jill. The Name of War: King Philip's War and the Origins of American Identity. Vintage Books, 1998 (reprinted 1999)
• Philbrick, Nathaniel. Mayflower: a Story of Courage, Community, and War. New York: Viking, 2006. Print.
• Schultz, Eric B. and Tougias, Michael J. King Philip's War: The History and Legacy of America's Forgotten Conflict. Countryman Press, 1999 (reprinted 2000)
• Scott, Laura. Sudbury: A Pictorial History. The Donning Co., 1989
• Smith, Janet H. (Untitled) Scrapbook of Descriptions and Pictures of Historic Monuments and Houses in Sudbury, MA. Unpublished (Collection of Sudbury Public Library) 1975
• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Stanhope-58
  • Directory of the Ancestral Heads of New England Families, Pg. ccxxv
  • Vital Records of Sudbury, Massachusetts to the Year 1850
  • Probate Records Middlesex Co., Massachusetts File#21174
  • North Cemetery Wayland, MA
• U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 identifies her as "Mrs. Mary Burt"—which explains the mention of Thomas Burt or Bart in the Will. < AncestryImage >
  • Name: Mrs Mary Burt
  • Gender: Female
  • Spouse Name: Jonathan Stanhope
  • Spouse Birth Place: EN
  • Spouse Birth Year: 1631
  • Marriage Year: 1673
• https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/memories/KN7H-T5F
• https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Jonathan_Stanhope_(2)
  • Barry, William. History of Framingham, Massachusetts, p. 394, incorrectly says son Jonathan m. 1674 Sarah Griffin and had sons Isaac and Jonathan. The father Jonathan's will shows Isaac belonged to the father, and since Isaac's mother was Sarah, that this was the father's 2nd wife, not the wife of the son. Thus the alleged son Jonathan died young (since the father had a second son Jonathan by wife Sarah), so did not marry, and the fsecond son Jonathan also died, accounting for no such son or heirs of such a son being named in the will. His widow was Mary, her son Thomas Buck also named, showing the father married a third time as well.
• Reference: Ancestry Genealogy - SmartCopy: May 26 2016, 16:14:20 UTC
• New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Page 700. < AncestryImage >Stanhope, Jonathan ( - 1702) (ae 66 in 1699) & 1/wf Susanna Ayre; 16 Apr 1656; Sudbury. & 2/wf 11 May 1674; Sudbury
• Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data:Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook). < AncestryImage > Sudbury Births. Stanhope [Stanape, Standhope, Stanhope, Stanhup, Stannup, Stanop, Stanhope]
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/52117862/jonathan-stanhope