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- Mathew Stanley, the immigrant ancestor, came to Lynn, Massachusetts, from England, about 1646. He was one of the first settlers of Topsfield, Massachusetts, and his descendants have been numerous in that town. He was probably related to Thomas Stanley, who settled in Saugus, near Lynn, and was deputy to the peneral court in 1635, removed to Hartford, Connecticut, and afterward to Hadley, Massachusetts. Thomas Stanley had a brother John who died on his way to New England, and a brother Timothy who settled in Cambridge and removed to Hartford. Children of Mathew, born at Topsfield: Samuel, mentioned below; John, June 21, 1659; Hannah, February 17, 1659-60: Abigail, April 2, 1663; Zerviah, February 14, 1664-65; Rebecca, March 2, 1666-67; Lucy, November 9, 1668; Joseph, December 14, 1671; Benjamin, November 12, 1673.
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