1870 Census: Penn, Jefferson Co., Iowa
[] RECOMPENCE STANBERY Son ofRecompence born 1672 Southampton, Long Island, NY. Born Oct.19, 1710believe in Scotch Plains, NJ. Died May 20,1777 in Scotch Plains, NJ.Buried Scotch Plains Baptist Church Cemetary. Ist wife unknown name2nd wife Margaret Born unknown date, died Jan. 18, 1812. Buried ScotchPlains Baptist Church Cemetary. She remarried to John Darby in 1780.Recompense is listed as a DAR Patriot for Public Service. Was a memberof the Committe of Correspondence, County of Essex. A founding memberof Scotch Plains Baptist Church in 1747 with a JohnStanbery(brother?). From Two Hundred Years of the Scotch PlainsBaptist Church, written in 1947; The STANBURYS came from KentCounty, England, in the 1600's and were among the earliest settlers onthe Scotch Plains. Recompence, 1710-1777, was a farmer and merchant.An inventory of his estate, made shortly after his death, shows thathe was a wealthy man, though part of his assets was in bonds owed bymany of his neighbors. Some of these bonds were never paid to theheirs as those who had given them had gone to war and neverreturned. Recompence Stanbury was one of the early supporters of theplan to build the Meeting House at Scotch Plains, and was one of thefirst deacons and ruling elders, positions of great trust andresponsibility, for the Church kept strict watch over the welfare ofits members, and the worthy deacons spent many hours with those whosefeet were wandering from the rightful path. When attending to his ownprivate affairs, Recompence Stanbury was busy; as a "shop keeper",farmer, a maritime trader (owning with his sons, a sloop), banker, andin other ways he was the village "Squire". During the early days ofthe Revolutionary War he was a member of the Committee ofCorrespondence, though his decease in 1777 cut short his service tohis country. Of his large family of sons and daughters much could betold. They were an interesting family; the girls as well as the sonswere well educated for that day, and many letters have been kepttelling of their experience during the war years. One daughter,Phebe, married at 15 a young man from Connecticut, Jedidiah Swan, whohad come to live in Scotch Plains some years before. He becameprosperous, owning land, horses and cattle, which he left in the careof his young wife while he was serving as a captain in the army. Herletters to him show ability, intelligence and much wit. RecompenceJr., born in 1758, ran away from home to join the army, as his parent:considered him too young. He became an express rider, carryingmessages of great importance (once to Governor Livingston); stationedin barracks near Woodbridge, he spent little time there, as expressriders were kept busy covering many miles between camps. RecompenceJr. owned his own horse and paid the feed bill from his own funds. Heseems to have enjoyed many of his experiences, and has left thrillingstories of the work of the young riders. After the war he married andsettled down to live the life of a country squire, as his father haddone. He built a fine house on the corner of (the present) Park Avenueand Mountain Avenue in Scotch Plains, though he lived in the old Innfor a few years. As Inn-keeper, he helped the townspeople celebratethe organization of Westfield Township, on January 27th, 1794. Fromthe letter written by a young lady who was present at the celebrationit seems to have been a gala occasion. She wrote, "'an ox was roastedwhole, there were stacks of pies, and doughnuts by the bushel. Theyoung men had a good time wrestling and shooting at marks; there wasplenty of cider for the men" (perhaps the ladies drank tea). All thiswas supposed to have taken place at the old Inn, which was a socialcenter for the area. A few years later the Inn was taken over by JacobStanbury, a younger brother when he learned of the plan to have ScotchPlains made a stopping place for the new Stage Coach Line, "TheSwift-Sure Line", which began its career in the spring of 1799.Diaries and Journals written by travelers who stopped at the Inn fordinner, on their way between New York and Philidelphia, speak of goodmeals and an affable host at the old Inn, which is said first to haveopened its doors in 1737. Jacob Stanbury bequeathed the inn torelatives who soon sold it, and a property that had been in thepossesion of the Stanburys possibly for a hundred years passed intoother hands. The lovely old "Stanbury House" built by Recompence Jr.,to please one of his four wives, was sold about thirty years ago * bythe last one bearing the family name, but to older residents of ScotchPlains it is still the "Stanbury House". * About 1917 An articleabout the Frazee family mentions the following of the Stanburys;"The men cut down the heavy timber and with their slow moving oxendrew it to the "Amboys", where it began its journey to shipyards inOld England, to be used for masts on English men-owar. On the returnjourney they carried provisions for the village merchant, RecompenceStanbury, whose sloop piled the waters of Staten Island Sound and NewYork Bay, bringing many luxuries as well as necessities to be sold toeager housewives." Will ofRecompence Stanbury 1777, May 8. Stanbery, Recompence, of Borough ofElizabeth, Essex Co., Esquire; will of. Wife, Margaret, the use of theplantation where I live, which I bought of Joseph Searing, and the useof my outland, till my children are 21.Son Joseph, L30. Daughters,Margaret Stanbury and Anna Stanbury, L90 to each, when they are 18.Daughters, Phebe Swan, Rhoda Swan, Sarah Trembly, Margaret Stanburyand Anna Stanbury, rest of moveable estate. Son, Recompence, a saltmeadow, adjoining Peter Trembly's Point. of 2 1/2 acres. Son, Isaac,salt meadow, adjoining the Sound, of 5 acres which I bought of JamesHinds; also 1/2 of the boat I have in partership with my said son.Son, Samuel, 2 tracts in Morris Co., one of which I bought of AaronLuzado, on the northeast side of the Great Swap, and the other Ibought of John Wolley, lying on the north side of Long Hill road.Son,Recompence, land I bought of Samuel Drake, in Piscataway Township,Middlesex Co. Son, Jonas, land I bought of John Tucker and JudahParker, being in the Borough aforesaid, part in Somerset Co. and partin Essex, between the mountains, of 120 acres; also-2 lots I bought ofmy brother, Josiah Stanbury, in Bridgewater Township Somerset Co; alsoa piece of land here on the plain, of 13 acres which I bought of IsaacClark. Son, Jacob, the plantation on which I live, bought of JosephSearing, of 85 acres; also land here on the plains, of 8 acres, whichI bought of Jedidiah Swan. Sons, Samuel, Recompence, Jonas and Jacob,the land I bought of William Miller and Samuel Miller, on the northside of Stoney Hill. Executors-friends, William Darby and DavidMorris. Witnesses-Benjamin Stites, Benjamin Miller, 3rd, WilliamColes. Proved Aug.3, 1777. 1777, May 26. Inventory, L3,291.8.7 1/2,made by Isaac Clark and Thomas Woodruff. Lib. 19, p. 239Children by Ist wife JOSEPH born May31,1738, Scotch Plains, NJ A Loyalist, died in New York in 1809,Secratary of an Insurance Co. A will for a Joseph Stanbury is foundwith wife, Susannah Porter sons, Isaac, Joseph and John dated 1805,Rahway, NJ. Believe son Joseph married Margaret Thorp, Oct.21,1798 inRahway Presbyterian Church. He was born about 1775 died May 29,1849 inRahway. Margaret born about 1782 died Jan.30,1848 in Rahway, unknownon children. ISAAC born Dec.30,1739 Scotch Plains, NJ. A loyalist.Believe he married Sarah Mann Nov.3,1780 in New York City. Some of hisland holdings in NJ were seized and sold for his loyalist beliefs.JACOB bornOct.7,1741 Scotch Plains, NJ Nothing further known.Childrren by 2nd wife Margaret PHEBE bornFeb.23,1749 Scotch Plains, N J Married Jedidiah Swan (born Oct.5,1735died June,16,1812 ) 0ct.6,1763 at Scotch Plains She died Jan.2,1806both are buried Scotch Plains Baptist Church Cemetary. No children.RHODA born April 5, 1752 Scotch Plains died March 5, 1831 ScotchPlains Married Amos Swan bother to Jedidiah (born June 23, 1745 diedNovember 16, 1782)Both are buried Scotch Plains Baptist Church Cemt.Their children l; Samuel Swan 1771- August 24, 1844married Aletta Degroot issue; Jedidiah, Eliza Hartwell, Phebe,Frances, Sarah, and Clarissa Swan. 2. Phebe, Sept. 29, 1775 -Mar.16,1867 married Ezra Darby 3. Margaret June 22, 1780-Feb.7, 1852 marriedSamuel B. Miller their children; Mary D., Hannah, Eliza and JedidiahS. Miller. 4. Mehitable married Robert Oliver 5. Amos Jr.Nov.15,1782-Nov.17,1789 Was born the day before his father died, livedonly seven years. RHODA married 2nd Thomas Nesbit Jan.27, 1760-Feb.3,1816 Their children; Hugh, Frances Meeker, Mary Degroot and ElizaMcCarter (as named in will, unknown if those are middle names ormarried names for the females). Hugh Nesbit(born 1795 - diedOct.27,1827) married Mary Ann Rolston (born Mar.3, 1796- died June 27,1855) they had at least one child, John Rolston Nesbit (born Nov.22,1818 - died Nov.21, 1904). John Rolston married Harriet ByrumThompson(born May 2, 1819 - died Nov.12, 1855). Their daughterHughemina married Edson j. Rood and was living on Hilltop Road,Mendham, NJ, Oct.10, 1934 when she applied and was accepted to DAR#286934. SAMUEL born June 26, 1754 believe Scotch Plains died May20, 1823 Stark Co. OH. SARAH born Aug. 23, 1756 Scotch Plains diedNov. 17, 1817 in Rahway, NJ. Married Peter Trembly Jr.unknown onchildren. RECOMPENCE JR. born Sept. 23, 1758 Scotch Plains diedSept. 3, 1839 Buried Scotch Plains Baptist Church Cemetary. Served asexpress rider Revolutionary War, fought Battle of Long Island where hewas severly wounded. Served in Capt. Thomas Morrell's Co & in brotherin law Jedidiah Swan's Co. Ist wife Sarah Chatwood 1760-Apr.28, 1784Buried Scotch Plains Baptist Church Cemt. with their son Recompencedied Nov.12,1794 14 th year.2nd wife Sarah Miller born about 1762 died March 21, 1813Their children; James M. April 9, 1788- May 14, 1815 buried ScotchPlains Baptist Cemt., David M. April 9, 1793- June 9, 1824 buriedScotch Plains Baptist Cemt., Sarah C. married Silas Johnson , at leastone child Sarah Lewisa Johnson., and John Ashton Stanbery marriedSarah Roff. 3rdwife Charity ? born about 1767 did Feb.26, 1820 buried Scotch PlainsBaptist Church Cemt. Unknown any children 4th wife Ann Curry bornAug.27, 1781 died May 1,1868 married Nov. 14, 1820 She is buriedScotch Plains Baptist Church Cemt. with their son William C. Stanberyborn June 17, 1822 died March 14, 1907. William C. married Eliza AnnRunyon at least one son William C. Stanbery Jr.unknown dates. JONASborn Jan. 25, 1761 Scotch Plains married Frances ? Resided New YorkCity 1800 removed to Zanesville, OH in 1814 supposedly had ninechildren have located these; William, Henry who became AttorneyGeneral of the US under President Johnson and defended him atimpeachment, Job and Charles. Seperate section to be made on thisfamily. MARGARET born April4, 1763 Scotch Plains died Sept. 14, 1855 buried Scotch Plains BaptistCemt. Married Joseph Bradford.ANNA (NANCY) born Dec. 23, 1767 died March 10, 1839 Married John DarbyTheir children; Recompence, Catherine Feb. 2, 1792-May 7, 1868, JohnJan. 17,1795-Dec. 24, 1855, Aaron who married Deborah (unk last name),Joseph Stanbury Darby who married Nancy Drake, Margaret who marriedWilliam Cleaver, and Jacob Darby. JACOB born June 8, 1772 ScotchPlains died March 22, 1821 in Essex Co. Married Elizabeth born about1769 died July 17, 1814. Operated Old Inn at Scotch Plains.As you can see there are supposedly two Jacobs ?Also there is a Joseph Stanbury who is born in England and comes toPhilidelphia prior to the Revolution who is also a Loyalist and theremight be some confusion between the two.
[] Resident of Scotch Plains 1791- unpaid for mail.
[] RECOMPENCE STANBERY Son ofRecompence born 1672 Southampton, Long Island, NY. Born Oct.19, 1710believe in Scotch Plains, NJ. Died May 20,1777 in Scotch Plains, NJ.Buried Scotch Plains Baptist Church Cemetary. Ist wife unknown name2nd wife Margaret Born unknown date, died Jan. 18, 1812. Buried ScotchPlains Baptist Church Cemetary. She remarried to John Darby in 1780.Recompense is listed as a DAR Patriot for Public Service. Was a memberof the Committe of Correspondence, County of Essex. A founding memberof Scotch Plains Baptist Church in 1747 with a JohnStanbery(brother?). From Two Hundred Years of the Scotch PlainsBaptist Church, written in 1947; The STANBURYS came from KentCounty, England, in the 1600's and were among the earliest settlers onthe Scotch Plains. Recompence, 1710-1777, was a farmer and merchant.An inventory of his estate, made shortly after his death, shows thathe was a wealthy man, though part of his assets was in bonds owed bymany of his neighbors. Some of these bonds were never paid to theheirs as those who had given them had gone to war and neverreturned. Recompence Stanbury was one of the early supporters of theplan to build the Meeting House at Scotch Plains, and was one of thefirst deacons and ruling elders, positions of great trust andresponsibility, for the Church kept strict watch over the welfare ofits members, and the worthy deacons spent many hours with those whosefeet were wandering from the rightful path. When attending to his ownprivate affairs, Recompence Stanbury was busy; as a "shop keeper",farmer, a maritime trader (owning with his sons, a sloop), banker, andin other ways he was the village "Squire". During the early days ofthe Revolutionary War he was a member of the Committee ofCorrespondence, though his decease in 1777 cut short his service tohis country. Of his large family of sons and daughters much could betold. They were an interesting family; the girls as well as the sonswere well educated for that day, and many letters have been kepttelling of their experience during the war years. One daughter,Phebe, married at 15 a young man from Connecticut, Jedidiah Swan, whohad come to live in Scotch Plains some years before. He becameprosperous, owning land, horses and cattle, which he left in the careof his young wife while he was serving as a captain in the army. Herletters to him show ability, intelligence and much wit. RecompenceJr., born in 1758, ran away from home to join the army, as his parent:considered him too young. He became an express rider, carryingmessages of great importance (once to Governor Livingston); stationedin barracks near Woodbridge, he spent little time there, as expressriders were kept busy covering many miles between camps. RecompenceJr. owned his own horse and paid the feed bill from his own funds. Heseems to have enjoyed many of his experiences, and has left thrillingstories of the work of the young riders. After the war he married andsettled down to live the life of a country squire, as his father haddone. He built a fine house on the corner of (the present) Park Avenueand Mountain Avenue in Scotch Plains, though he lived in the old Innfor a few years. As Inn-keeper, he helped the townspeople celebratethe organization of Westfield Township, on January 27th, 1794. Fromthe letter written by a young lady who was present at the celebrationit seems to have been a gala occasion. She wrote, "'an ox was roastedwhole, there were stacks of pies, and doughnuts by the bushel. Theyoung men had a good time wrestling and shooting at marks; there wasplenty of cider for the men" (perhaps the ladies drank tea). All thiswas supposed to have taken place at the old Inn, which was a socialcenter for the area. A few years later the Inn was taken over by JacobStanbury, a younger brother when he learned of the plan to have ScotchPlains made a stopping place for the new Stage Coach Line, "TheSwift-Sure Line", which began its career in the spring of 1799.Diaries and Journals written by travelers who stopped at the Inn fordinner, on their way between New York and Philidelphia, speak of goodmeals and an affable host at the old Inn, which is said first to haveopened its doors in 1737. Jacob Stanbury bequeathed the inn torelatives who soon sold it, and a property that had been in thepossesion of the Stanburys possibly for a hundred years passed intoother hands. The lovely old "Stanbury House" built by Recompence Jr.,to please one of his four wives, was sold about thirty years ago * bythe last one bearing the family name, but to older residents of ScotchPlains it is still the "Stanbury House". * About 1917 An articleabout the Frazee family mentions the following of the Stanburys;"The men cut down the heavy timber and with their slow moving oxendrew it to the "Amboys", where it began its journey to shipyards inOld England, to be used for masts on English men-owar. On the returnjourney they carried provisions for the village merchant, RecompenceStanbury, whose sloop piled the waters of Staten Island Sound and NewYork Bay, bringing many luxuries as well as necessities to be sold toeager housewives." Will ofRecompence Stanbury 1777, May 8. Stanbery, Recompence, of Borough ofElizabeth, Essex Co., Esquire; will of. Wife, Margaret, the use of theplantation where I live, which I bought of Joseph Searing, and the useof my outland, till my children are 21.Son Joseph, L30. Daughters,Margaret Stanbury and Anna Stanbury, L90 to each, when they are 18.Daughters, Phebe Swan, Rhoda Swan, Sarah Trembly, Margaret Stanburyand Anna Stanbury, rest of moveable estate. Son, Recompence, a saltmeadow, adjoining Peter Trembly's Point. of 2 1/2 acres. Son, Isaac,salt meadow, adjoining the Sound, of 5 acres which I bought of JamesHinds; also 1/2 of the boat I have in partership with my said son.Son, Samuel, 2 tracts in Morris Co., one of which I bought of AaronLuzado, on the northeast side of the Great Swap, and the other Ibought of John Wolley, lying on the north side of Long Hill road.Son,Recompence, land I bought of Samuel Drake, in Piscataway Township,Middlesex Co. Son, Jonas, land I bought of John Tucker and JudahParker, being in the Borough aforesaid, part in Somerset Co. and partin Essex, between the mountains, of 120 acres; also-2 lots I bought ofmy brother, Josiah Stanbury, in Bridgewater Township Somerset Co; alsoa piece of land here on the plain, of 13 acres which I bought of IsaacClark. Son, Jacob, the plantation on which I live, bought of JosephSearing, of 85 acres; also land here on the plains, of 8 acres, whichI bought of Jedidiah Swan. Sons, Samuel, Recompence, Jonas and Jacob,the land I bought of William Miller and Samuel Miller, on the northside of Stoney Hill. Executors-friends, William Darby and DavidMorris. Witnesses-Benjamin Stites, Benjamin Miller, 3rd, WilliamColes. Proved Aug.3, 1777. 1777, May 26. Inventory, L3,291.8.7 1/2,made by Isaac Clark and Thomas Woodruff. Lib. 19, p. 239Children by Ist wife JOSEPH born May31,1738, Scotch Plains, NJ A Loyalist, died in New York in 1809,Secratary of an Insurance Co. A will for a Joseph Stanbury is foundwith wife, Susannah Porter sons, Isaac, Joseph and John dated 1805,Rahway, NJ. Believe son Joseph married Margaret Thorp, Oct.21,1798 inRahway Presbyterian Church. He was born about 1775 died May 29,1849 inRahway. Margaret born about 1782 died Jan.30,1848 in Rahway, unknownon children. ISAAC born Dec.30,1739 Scotch Plains, NJ. A loyalist.Believe he married Sarah Mann Nov.3,1780 in New York City. Some of hisland holdings in NJ were seized and sold for his loyalist beliefs.JACOB bornOct.7,1741 Scotch Plains, NJ Nothing further known.Childrren by 2nd wife Margaret PHEBE bornFeb.23,1749 Scotch Plains, N J Married Jedidiah Swan (born Oct.5,1735died June,16,1812 ) 0ct.6,1763 at Scotch Plains She died Jan.2,1806both are buried Scotch Plains Baptist Church Cemetary. No children.RHODA born April 5, 1752 Scotch Plains died March 5, 1831 ScotchPlains Married Amos Swan bother to Jedidiah (born June 23, 1745 diedNovember 16, 1782)Both are buried Scotch Plains Baptist Church Cemt.Their children l; Samuel Swan 1771- August 24, 1844married Aletta Degroot issue; Jedidiah, Eliza Hartwell, Phebe,Frances, Sarah, and Clarissa Swan. 2. Phebe, Sept. 29, 1775 -Mar.16,1867 married Ezra Darby 3. Margaret June 22, 1780-Feb.7, 1852 marriedSamuel B. Miller their children; Mary D., Hannah, Eliza and JedidiahS. Miller. 4. Mehitable married Robert Oliver 5. Amos Jr.Nov.15,1782-Nov.17,1789 Was born the day before his father died, livedonly seven years. RHODA married 2nd Thomas Nesbit Jan.27, 1760-Feb.3,1816 Their children; Hugh, Frances Meeker, Mary Degroot and ElizaMcCarter (as named in will, unknown if those are middle names ormarried names for the females). Hugh Nesbit(born 1795 - diedOct.27,1827) married Mary Ann Rolston (born Mar.3, 1796- died June 27,1855) they had at least one child, John Rolston Nesbit (born Nov.22,1818 - died Nov.21, 1904). John Rolston married Harriet ByrumThompson(born May 2, 1819 - died Nov.12, 1855). Their daughterHughemina married Edson j. Rood and was living on Hilltop Road,Mendham, NJ, Oct.10, 1934 when she applied and was accepted to DAR#286934. SAMUEL born June 26, 1754 believe Scotch Plains died May20, 1823 Stark Co. OH. SARAH born Aug. 23, 1756 Scotch Plains diedNov. 17, 1817 in Rahway, NJ. Married Peter Trembly Jr.unknown onchildren. RECOMPENCE JR. born Sept. 23, 1758 Scotch Plains diedSept. 3, 1839 Buried Scotch Plains Baptist Church Cemetary. Served asexpress rider Revolutionary War, fought Battle of Long Island where hewas severly wounded. Served in Capt. Thomas Morrell's Co & in brotherin law Jedidiah Swan's Co. Ist wife Sarah Chatwood 1760-Apr.28, 1784Buried Scotch Plains Baptist Church Cemt. with their son Recompencedied Nov.12,1794 14 th year.2nd wife Sarah Miller born about 1762 died March 21, 1813Their children; James M. April 9, 1788- May 14, 1815 buried ScotchPlains Baptist Cemt., David M. April 9, 1793- June 9, 1824 buriedScotch Plains Baptist Cemt., Sarah C. married Silas Johnson , at leastone child Sarah Lewisa Johnson., and John Ashton Stanbery marriedSarah Roff. 3rdwife Charity ? born about 1767 did Feb.26, 1820 buried Scotch PlainsBaptist Church Cemt. Unknown any children 4th wife Ann Curry bornAug.27, 1781 died May 1,1868 married Nov. 14, 1820 She is buriedScotch Plains Baptist Church Cemt. with their son William C. Stanberyborn June 17, 1822 died March 14, 1907. William C. married Eliza AnnRunyon at least one son William C. Stanbery Jr.unknown dates. JONASborn Jan. 25, 1761 Scotch Plains married Frances ? Resided New YorkCity 1800 removed to Zanesville, OH in 1814 supposedly had ninechildren have located these; William, Henry who became AttorneyGeneral of the US under President Johnson and defended him atimpeachment, Job and Charles. Seperate section to be made on thisfamily. MARGARET born April4, 1763 Scotch Plains died Sept. 14, 1855 buried Scotch Plains BaptistCemt. Married Joseph Bradford.ANNA (NANCY) born Dec. 23, 1767 died March 10, 1839 Married John DarbyTheir children; Recompence, Catherine Feb. 2, 1792-May 7, 1868, JohnJan. 17,1795-Dec. 24, 1855, Aaron who married Deborah (unk last name),Joseph Stanbury Darby who married Nancy Drake, Margaret who marriedWilliam Cleaver, and Jacob Darby. JACOB born June 8, 1772 ScotchPlains died March 22, 1821 in Essex Co. Married Elizabeth born about1769 died July 17, 1814. Operated Old Inn at Scotch Plains.As you can see there are supposedly two Jacobs ?Also there is a Joseph Stanbury who is born in England and comes toPhilidelphia prior to the Revolution who is also a Loyalist and theremight be some confusion between the two.
[] Margret was born (date given in Ida Frost Robinson's Items ofAncestry) as July 20, 1729 to Jonas and Mary (Morse) wood, who had aplantation in Elizabeth, NJ. Sometime after her little sister, Sarah,was born, her mother died, and Jonas remarried a second Mary, a widowWinans. There were no children by this marriage. Perhaps Margaretdidn't get along too well with her step-mother, as Margaret named nochild for her own mother, whose name was also Mary (unless a childdied we don't know about). When Margaret was 17 or 18, herstep-mother died (1747) and shortly thereafter in 1747 or 1748Margaret was married to widower Recompense Stanbery Jr., probably bythe minister of the Scotch Plains Baptist Church. He was 38 years old.She therfore moved into a well-established household eith Recompense'ssons by his first wife, Joseph, 10 years old,and Issac who was eight.Jacob would have been seven, although he may have died in infancy.Margaret undoubtedly led a busy life cooking over the fire in thefireplace, making soap, dipping candles, spinning wool and flax, andknitting stockings, to name a few of the chores expected of ahousewife. No doubt she also taught the children their lessons, asrecords show the offspring of Recompense were well educated for theirday in reading and writing. Children were taught at hme in those days.We think her husband was often away from home, so that she had romanage alone. Records show that Recompense transported "provisions andnecessaries" to Savannah, GA., in 1737 and 1739 and probably continuedto do so throughout his career and to visit other coastal cities. Hemay, in fact, have been away when quite a few of his offspring wereborn, leaving Margaret with the responsibility of naming them, as sheinvariably chose those names from her own family. She presentedREcompense with nine children, five girls and four boys. When heryoungest child, Jacob, was five, her husband died (May 20,1777). Shewas 48, and the American Revolution was in full swing. Two of her sonswent to war, Samuel and Recompense III. On Sept. 2, 1780 shemarried Capt. John Darby and lived the rest of her life in the Darbyhome. She died on "Jann ye 18th 1812" in the 83rd year of her age."Far from this world of toil and strife They'represent with the Lord The labors of this mortal lifeEnd in a large reward." (Inscription on her tombstone in ScotchPlains, NJ) "I note in marriages sent by Mr. Greaves in 1946, thata Sarah Wood married a Josiah Stanbery of Mendham, NJ, Feb. 17, 1751,some three or four years after Margaret married Recompense Stanbery.This could have been Margaret's little sister, but who was thisJosiah? Recompense had a brother Josiah, was this he?" We aredescended from Woods NOT Searings! The mystery of Margaret's maidenname solved at last, Febuary 20, 1992 In the 1930's and 1940's aMr Richard P. Greaves of Scotch Plains, NJ, slipped the Stanberydescendants a red herring whrn he asserted that the wife of RecompenseStanbery Jr., was named Margaret Searing. I was surprized, to say theleast, that at last we knew Margaret's maiden name, as none of thesources I had checked gave her family name. But when I pressed Mr.Greaves for his source in 1946, he could only state that "someone told(him her name), so he put it down, hoping that further study mightprove it to be correct".(Why did he want her name to be Searing?) Thiswhen he had been circulating the name as Bible truth! I now thinkno one "told him" at all, but he saw the name Joseph Searing inREcompense's will of 1777 (NJ Archives XXXIV p.492-493, Recompense hadbought property from Searing) and later put "Searing" down, notrelizing where he had come across it. Unfortunately, he circulatedthis surmane far and wide to many diverse Stanbery descendants acrossthe United States, with the result that we almost came to accept thename simply on the basis that it appeared in so many cousin's records(without any source named). I remember felling very angry when Mr.Greaves letter arrived in 1946 admitting there was no source for thename "Searing". Perhaps Margare was communicating with me somehow thather name had been no such thing, and I was not to swallow it hook,line and sinker. Thus I did not provide a surname for Margaret whenwriting to relatives unless I cautioned that it was suspect and boreno proof. It was a relief to me, therefore, when evidence turned upalmost 50 years later to prove Mr. Greaves was wrong and my instinctcorrect. Although I have found no Bible or marriage records to back upmy allegations ( there simply aren't any) -- I think my assertion thatMargaret was a Wood can be at least partly backed up by internalevidence, as the Margaret Wood of whom I an speaking had a fathernamed Jonas, and Margaret had a son named Jonas. Furthermore,Joseph Searing died leaving a will which proved he had NO DAUGHTERNAMED MARGARET. Nor did I find any other Searing wills that mentioneda Margaret. A Mrs. Fratt, a volunteer of the Genealogical Societyof the WEst Fields in New Jersey, was the kind person who called ourattention to the fact that a Jonas Wood-- who had property adjoiningthat of REcompense Stanbery--mentioned an unmarried daughter Margaretin his will of 1745. Mrs. Fratt suggested that the name "Jonas" was atleast "provocative" in view of the fact that Margaret named a sonJonas. I had noticed in Rev. Hatfield's History of Elizabet, NJthat a Jonas wood was one of the original "Associates" of Elizabeth. Iknew there had to be a relationship because the name Jonas had beenused widely in the Stanbery family--but where did the Woods fit in: asancestors of Sarah, wife of REcompense Sr. or of Margaret, wife ofREcompense Jr? The clue should have been, had I been perceptive enoughto register the fact, that the name Jonas didn't appear in theStanbery family until Recompense Jr. married Margaret! After beingspurred into action by the suggestion that Margaret may have been aWood, I consulted the New Jersey Archives (first series) and discoverdwill abstracts that back up my allegation that Margaret was a Wood.These are: 1.Vol.XXX p. 542: wil of Jonas Wood (a descendant of theassociate) and of his widow Mary, and 2.Vol.XXIII p.330: will ofJoseph Morss, father in law of Jonas Wood Jonas Wood died in April1745, leaving wife, Mary, a son Samuel, married daughters Anna andPhebe, and unmarried daughters Margaret and Sarah. He mentionsproperty lying adjacent to that of Recompense Jr. Joseph Morss(Morse/Morris)wil dated 16 March 1726/7, proved 28 July 1729, names inhis will not only his surviving children but also his grandchildrenborn to date. Among these are Mary (Morss), wife of Jonas Wood, andthe mother of Ann, Phebe, Samuel, and Jerimiah Wood. Notice thatMargaret Wood is not mentioned because she hasn't been born yet.Ida Frost Robinson in her 1894 book Items of Ancestry (including theStanbery lineage) gives Margaret ----- Stanbery's dates as follows:born: 20 July 1729 died:18 June 1812 (tombstone says January) (Hertombstone states she "died in her 83rd year") Therefore Morss'seill proves that Margaret Wood is the correct age to be Mrs.Recompense StanberyJr. and there fore must be the same person.Secondary proof lies in the fact that Margaret gave six of herStanbery children names that "coincide" with Wood names. Jonasfor her father and great-grandfather Phebe for her sisterSamuel for her brother and grandfather Wood Margaret forherself(also grandfather Samuel Woode had a wifeMargaret, NJA XXIII p 520) Sarah for her sister Anna forher sister But why didn't Margaret name a child for her mother,Mary Morse Wood? I think the answer lies in the abstract of widow MaryWood's will (same page as husband's) Mary, widow of JOnas Wood,late of Elizabeth, NJ, died in 1747. Her will names only children of aprevious marriage (named Winans) and completely ignores the offspringof Jonas Wood. Perhaps Margaret Wood Stanbery didn't get along toowell with her step-mother and thus wasn't too keen on the name Mary.I believe that Mary Morss (Morse/Morris) was the mother of MargaretWood Stanbery because her son Samuel in later life adopted the name"Morris" for a middle name. For the above reasons I postulate thatthe maiden name of Mrs. Recompense Stanbery Jr. of Elizabeth/ScotchPlains NJ was Wood. All of the aboce from Mary Ann Cummins, 25Forest Ave, Delaware, OH 43015-1620