On Tuesday, July 5, 2016 at 7:34:08 AM UTC-7, Paulo Canedo wrote: > We all know that many famous americans are descendants of the immigrant > Timothy Stanley , it is known that his father was John Stanley and his > grandfather Peter Stanley but the ancestry of Peter Stanley is > controversial , many genealogy websites make him the son or grandson > of Thomas Stanley 2nd Earl of Derby but I don´t see any evidence for > that , but it seems of general consensus that him was descendant of > the great Stanley family but is there some evidence about his ancestry. I know nothing about the specifics here, but 'general consensus' is an extremely poor guide in such questions. Of course, descendants are going to agree that they descend from the most important family of the surname. If there is no evidence, general consensus is completely worthless. taf

Em terça-feira, 5 de julho de 2016 15:53:27 UTC+1, taf escreveu: > On Tuesday, July 5, 2016 at 7:34:08 AM UTC-7, Paulo Canedo wrote: > > We all know that many famous americans are descendants of the immigrant > > Timothy Stanley , it is known that his father was John Stanley and his > > grandfather Peter Stanley but the ancestry of Peter Stanley is > > controversial , many genealogy websites make him the son or grandson > > of Thomas Stanley 2nd Earl of Derby but I don´t see any evidence for > > that , but it seems of general consensus that him was descendant of > > the great Stanley family but is there some evidence about his ancestry. > > I know nothing about the specifics here, but 'general consensus' is an extremely poor guide in such questions. Of course, descendants are going to agree that they descend from the most important family of the surname. If there is no evidence, general consensus is completely worthless. > > taf Oh I saw just now http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~stanfam/tenterden.htm that shows that Timothy and his brothers were NOT sons of John but of Robert Stanley and Ruth Garland.