Polly STANLEY ⁴⁵

  General Notes:

After Polly's first husband died she later married Thomas Clay prior to Oct. 9, 1813. Together the had one daughter Mary in 1814. They are both buried in the Chittenango Falls Village Cemetery. When you go up the stairs directly on right first row is Thomas Clay (Stone is down) footer TC. , To the right of him is Polly (Stone is broken but can be read & footer PC. To the right of her is Phebe wife of S.B. Howard and daughter of Thomas Clay and Phebe(Durand) Clay (Stone is also broken and down).

from Diane Voight:
Madison County Guardianship Records 1806-1818, nos. 93 amd 94.
Entry for James Jones and Sally Jones, minors, Cazenovia names Lemuel Hall as guardian, Letters Bond dated 9 Oct 1813 for $1000. " To surrogate of Madison County: The petition of Polly Clay, formerly Polly Jones, mother of Sally Jones and James Jones respectfully represents that Sally and James are infants and according to the bestof her knowledge and belief ... are entitled to certain personal property in the county of Onondaga." Lemuel Hall of Manlius, Onondaga, to be appointed guardian to Sally and James until they reach the age of fourteen. It is signed in Cazenovia on 9 October 1813 by Polly Clay. It adds " Personally appeared before me Thomas Clay who says Sally Jones was thirteen on the 12 day of August last and that James was nine years of age on 5th of April last.

!CHURCH: (1) First Presbyterian Church, Cazenovia, Madison Co. NY, List of Members; The Christine Atwell Collection ;page 151 !BURIAL: (2) Cemetery Inscriptions of Madison Co., NY.; 1960; by Meyer, Mary K, and Scoot, Joyce C.; Vol. I;page 23.
!WILL: Madison Co., New York Court House 1852, Reg A;278 File#:1507* !DEED: Madison Co., New York Court House 1823, 1 July 1823; Thomas Clay Grantee from Henry Nicholas Book T Page 350.
!DEED: Madison Co., New York Court House 1834, 3 February; Thomas Clay Grantee from Enoch Dikeman Book AH Page 390.
!DEED: Madison Co., New York Court House 1839, 2 January; Thomas Clay Grantee from Johnathan Ledyard Book AS Page 287.
!NEWSPAPER: Pilot (Cazenovia Newspaper) List of Letters at Post Office for Polly Clay; 14 April 1813..

  Noted events in her life were:

• Burial: grave footer, 1852, Chittenango Falls Cem., Madison Co., New York.

Polly married James JONES Jr, son of James JONES Sr and Marlow HOTCHKISS, on 8 Aug 1797 in Farmington, New Haven, Connecticut. (James JONES Jr was born on 30 Aug 1766 in Cheshire, New Haven, Connecticut, USA and died about 1804 in Cazenovia, Madison Co., New York.)

  Marriage Notes:

James Jones of Cheshire & Polly Stanley - Aug. 2, 1797
The town of Berlin was organized in May, 1785, having been a part of Farmington, Wethersfield and Middletown, The Church in Kensington was originally the Second Church of Farmington, It was organized December 10, 1712. From this the New Britain Church was organized in 1758m and the Worthington Church in 1775, The Following cover the Kensington Church records. Rev. Samuel Clark paster from 1756 to 1775.

Polly next married Thomas CLAY, son of CLAY and Unknown, about 1813 in New York. (Thomas CLAY was born in 1777 in New Jersey, USA, christened on 27 Jan 1811 in Presbyterian, Cazenovia, Madison Co., New York, died on 31 Mar 1852 in Fenner, Madison, New York, USA and was buried in Chittenango Falls, Fenner, Madison Co., New York.)