1. Jacob (I) STANLEY Sr. Born ca 1701 in Virginia. Jacob (I) died in Wilkes Co., NC in 1778-1790, he was 77.
1722 Jul 7 - Henrico Co., Va. - Henrico MM - Jacob, Cedar Creek Mtg.[Hanover Co., Va.] reported married out of unity. 1
1723 Mar 3 - Henrico Co., Va. - Henrico MM - Jacob condemned his marriage out of unity, accepted. 1
These are the only 2 mentions of Jacob Stanley in the Quaker Notes. Whether or not it is this Jacob, for sure, is not known. However, this is the only early Jacob Stanley that can be documented among the Virginia Stanleys.
1735 Mar 1735 - Amelia Co., Va. formed from Brunswick and Prince George Cos., Va. 2
1744 Dec 13 - Albemarle Co. , Va. - formed from the western portion of Goochland Co.,Va. 3
1746 May 1746 - Lunenburg Co., Va. created from the western portion of Brunswick County. 4
1750 Jul - Lunenburg Co., Va. - Jacob Stanley pays one poll on the tax list of William Caldwell which is the area "from Little Roanoke[Staunton] up the Fork". 5
1751 Oct - Lunenburg Co., Va. - Clement Read Petioner against JACOB STANDLY, Petioner to recover 2 pounds, 3 shillings, 2 pence. 6
There is also a JAMES STANDLY, on his petition exempted from public & county levies. 7
1752 May 10 - Halifax Co., Va. created from the western portion of Lunnenburg Co., Va. 8
1753 - Amelia Co.,Va. - Jacob is on the tax list in John Nash's District, Nottaway Parish paying one poll. Reuben STANDLEY is also on this tax list. This area is in Nottoway Parish below the Cellar Creek. The taxable age in Virginia during this time period is age 16, placing Jacob and Reuben's birth as born 1737 or before. 9
1753 Sept 18 - Halifax Co., Va. - In debt case of John Watson vs. Jacob Stanley, deft. not found, plt. by Thomas Nash his atty. Granted an alias capias(writ of arrest). 10
1753 Sept 16 - Halifax Co., Va. - In debt case of John Watson vs Jacob Stanley, the alias capias awarded agst deft. was not executed, plt. by his attny. awarded a pluris capias (a third writ when original and Alias writs have not been answered). 11
1753 Oct 16 - Halifax Co., Va. - John Watson vs. Jacob Stanley dismist (dismissed). 12
1754 May 10- Bedford Co.,Va. formed from the northwestern part of Lunnenburg Co.,Va. In 1755 parts of Albemarle and Lunnenburg Co. were added to Bedford Co.,Va. 13
1755 - Albemarle Co.,Va. - Jacob is on the tax list in Col. Randolph's District paying one poll. Familiar Wilkes Co., NC surnames in this district such as Anderson, Angel, Chambers, Coffey and Moore. Reuben STANDLEY also on this same tax list but on Obediah Woodson's list. This area is described as below the Buffalo River to the County line. 14
1766 Jul 21 - Bedford Co., Va. - Deed from George Holland to Jacob STANDLEY for 50 acres south of Staunton[Roanoke] River adjacent George Holland. Witness were William Fuqua, John Eckhols and Merry Carter. This deed was proved on July 22, 1766 and recorded. 15 This land is in present day Franklin Co.,Va. On July 22, 1799, John STANDLEY had 90 acres of land south of Staunton [Roanoke]River surveyed adjacent to Holland's survey. 16 There is not a deed or any evidence of what happened to either of these pieces of land. Franklin County, Va. was created on 1 Jan 1786 from Bedford and Henry Cos., Va. 17
1767 Jul 27 - Bedford Co., Va. - From the court minutes of Bedford Co.,Va. Jeremiah Hatfield and Jacob STANDLEY being bro.[brought] into Court
& being charged with rescuing Elizabeth STANDLEY (she
being then in Custody of Sheriff at the recip[receipt] of the
Church Wardens of Russell in this county) & several
witnesses being sworn & examined in consideration
whereof it [is] in the opinion of the court they be fined
20 pounds & costs & find Ser. [Service] for their good behavr.[behavior] & kept
& in custody till they pay the sd.[said] fine or give serv.[service] for
payment thereof at laying of next Levy. 18
Russell Parrish is a parish created in Bedford County in 1754 by the Church of England or the Episcopal Church. These taxes were paid in addition to the county taxes. "Tax Lists were accessed by the County Commission. . . . and were separate from the parish levy and had nothing to do with the established church."
1778 - Wilkes Co.,NC - Oath of Allegiance signed by Jacob STANDLEY Sr., Jacob STANDLEY,Jr., Harris STANDLEY and John STANDLEY: Memorandon of Disaffected People and Delinquints to wit - Return of Delinquints H. Benj. Herndon Esq. Do[which see] for Jos. Herndon & Jno. Walker Esqr: I, A.B., will bear faithful and true Allegiance to the State of North Carolina, and will truly endeavor to support, maintain, and defend the independent Government thereof, against George the Third, King of Great Britain, and his Successors, and the Attempts of any other Person, Prince, Power, State or Potentate, who by secret Arts, Treasons, Conspiracies, or by open Force, shall attempt to subvert the same, and will in every Respect conduct myself as a peaceful orderly Subject; and that I will disclose And make known to the Governor, some Member of the Council of State, or some Justice of the Superior Courts or of the Peace, all Treasons, Conspiracies, and Attempts, committed or intended against the State, which shall come to my knowledge. 19
Wm. Morgan
Bennett Robards[Roberts]
Thos. Bange[Benge]
William Davies
William Gray
Thomas Evans
Pritchett Alexander
William Wilcock Senr.
J. Gooding Lycan
James Harvel
Reuben Fletcher
Jacob Pate
Edward Pinkston
George McNeil
Joseph Pinson
Timothy Login
Bazell Baker
Hanse Lackin
Charles Busey
HARRIS STANDLEY
Wm. Rysdon
Jos. Sparkes
James Garreson
Samuel Nicholson
Abednego Baker
JOHN STANDLEY
John Mason
John Gray Senr.
Josuah Mason
James Norman
Mark Whitaker
Matthew Sparkes
Silvester Baker
Nathaniel Lewis
Matthias Carpenter
JACOB STANDLEY SENR.
JACOB STANDLEY, JUNR.
William Robards[Roberts]
Benj. Johnson
The above returned by Benj. Berndon[Herndon] Esq. by[marked out] Abner Smalley Esq.
Returns John Goodman as one that neglected to take the Oath of Allegiance &c. 19
The oath of Allegiance or Affirmation, as the case may be, and can be taken by free Male Persons above Sixteen Years of Age. Jacob along with other Wilkes County inhabitants took this oath in front of Benjamin Hendron who signed this oath. This places the birth of Jacob Sr. in 1762 or before.
Jacob died after 1778 -1790 in Wilkes Co.,NC. Jacob Sr.'s name is not seen again in Wilkes County.
Research: JAMES/JACOB
The history is one of peculiar complication. James and Jacob are actually the same name in the Hebrew text of the Bible. In the Greek text the original Hebrew name appears as Jakob for the patriarch and as Jakobos for the five persons(including the two Apostles) bearing it in the New Testament.
The modern name Jacob thus clearly descends from this Hebrew form, passing through the Greek and thence into Latin.
The regular Latin form is Jacobus (with a long o). At some point, however, a colloquial variant developed with a short o and an m for the b-Jacomus. This form took hold in Spain (Jaime), France (Jacques), and Great Britain (James), becoming the vernacular form, with Jacobus remaining as the Latin form, Jacob appearing occasionally as the name of an individual, and generally known as the name of the patriarch.
The history in the Anglo-American tradition is also highly complicated. The popularity of James rested upon several circumstances. It was the name of two Apostles and of three other persons who are prominently mentioned in the New Testament. The great pilgrimage to St. James (Santiago) at Cornpostela in Spain was a kind of major institution in the Middle Ages. Among New Testament names for men, James is, in most English lists, usually exceeded only by John and Thomas.
In Scotland the name was even more popular, since it was the royal name for over a century. This Scottish influence was sufficient to make a showing in America. At Harvard in the late eighteenth century James regularly shows up less strongly than it does at Princeton in the same period sitiation doubtless arising from the fact that Princeton's students were drawn largely from the Scottish and Scotch- Irish settlers of the Middle Colonies.
James maintained its popularity throughout the nineteenth century and the earlier part of the twentieth. In the counterculture it suffered severely, along with most of the other traditional names.
The colloquial variants are commonly Jim and Jimmy in England and in the United States, Jamie in Scotland. But down until the middle of the nineteenth century the English used Jem and Jemmie, forms which seem to have been uncharacteristic of America.
The name's literal meaning in Hebrew is "following-after, supplanter," and it was given to the patriarch (according to the story) because he managed to supplant his twin brother, Esau. Its frequency of use in the New Testament suggests that it had become, by that time, a common name, possibly indicating a second son.20
Jacob (I) married Elizabeth PAGE. Born ca 1701 in Virginia. Elizabeth died in Wilkes Co., NC in 1778-1790, she was 77.
Many researchers believe Elizabeth Page may be Jacob's wife's name.