Susan, >From the book, History of the STANLEY Family in England, Origins and Rise of the STANLEY Family. Complied by Alvin L. Anderson, Ph. D. 1996 of OH. The first Thomas was Sir Thomas Stanley born 1406 in England. The Thomas Stanley Jr. b. 1689 was from VA . Delores -----Original Message----- From: Susan E. Smith <sandjsmith@earthlink.net> To: CREWS-L@rootsweb.com <CREWS-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Sunday, September 26, 1999 3:22 PM Subject: [CREWS-L] Re: Crews/Stanley/ >Hi, Delores-- > I don't think I connect to any of your CREWS lines but I am curious about >your STANLEYs (I have both also but they never intermarried). The name >"Thomas" didn't show up in the STANLEY line until the 1900s but they've been >in the U.S. since at least the 1790s. Where was your Thomas Jr. born in >1689? Thanks. > >Susan E. (Payne) Smith > > >Other Crews that are connected to my Stanley line . >Thomas Stanley Jr. born 1689 & first m. Elizabeth Maddox had 2 children. >Second m. Elizabeth CREWS and they had 10 children. One of their sons, >Thomas Stanley lll, b. 1731 d. 1797; married 1755, a Sarah CREWS, b. 1728 d. >1805. I have no idea who the parents of this Sarah CREWS are. > >Would you believe it, I have still another CREWS mystery. Brother to Thomas >Jr. above is Zechariah Stanley, b. 1737 d. 1810, marr. 1st. Susannah >Mendenhall and had 3 children. 2nd. marr. Sarah Crews, b.--- d. 1795 and >they had 4 children. Does any one have matching surnames of these CREWS? > >Delores > > > >