Abt 1687 - 1717 (~ 30 years)
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Name |
James Stanyarne |
Birth |
Abt 1687 |
South Carolina, USA |
Gender |
Male |
Death |
1717 |
Person ID |
I139244 |
My Genealogy |
Last Modified |
28 Jun 2015 |
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Notes |
- James Stanyarne. Son of James Stanyarne (d.1703); son-in-law of John
Godfrey (d.1717); brother-in-law of John Godfrey (d.1722), John Woodward,
and Richard Woodward.
James Stanyarne , the son of James Stanyarne and Rachel Fitch, was born
in South Carolina. Still a minor when his father died in 1703, he was of
age by 1710 when he was elected to the Commons House. A planter,
Stanyarne obtained through a grant 1,590 acres on the Ashepoo River in
Berkely County. He had 34 slaves on his resident plantation (600 acres).
Colleton County elected him to the Twelfth (1710-1711) and Thirteenth
(1711-1712) Assemblies, but he declined to serve in the latter assembly.
He represented Berkely and Craven counties in the Fifteenth Assembly
(1716-1717). As a member of this last Assembly, he signed a petition to
the Crown asking for relief from the Lords Proprietors. Married to Jane
Godfrey, the daughter of John Godfrey and Elizabeth Rixam, he was the
father of one son, Benjamin. James Stanyarne died sometime between 23
March 1716 when he wrote his will and 9 May 1717 when it was proved.
Sources: Baldwin. BPRO , 6; 258-60. Royal Grants, 38:389. SCHM, 8: 33-35;
12: 210; 13: 57; 16: 57; 20: 90; 27: 171. Wills & Misc. Recs., 1722-1724,
272-77, 318-20.
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