Life History
15th Jan 1793 |
(most likely) |
1794 |
Born in Connecticut.4 (less likely) |
about 1812 |
Married Harriet STANLEY in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut.1,1 |
1817 |
Birth of daughter Mary Ann MANSFIELD in Southington, Hartford, Connecticut.7,5 |
28th Aug 1827 |
Death of Harriet STANLEY in New Haven County, Connecticut.1 |
Apr 1846 |
Death of daughter Mary Ann MANSFIELD in Murray County, Georgia.5,6,1 |
1850 |
Resident in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut.4 |
between 1860 and 1870 |
Resident in New Haven Ward 6, New Haven, Connecticut.2,3 |
15th Jul 1875 |
Died in New Haven County, Connecticut.1 |
Notes
- Giles married twice. His first wife Harriet Stanley died in 1827, and he remarried.
Children reported from the first marriage are:
Mary Ann b 1817
George S b 1818
John W b 1820
Emily H b 8 October 1821
Harriet b 1827
Mary Ann is the one I follow as she married George C Terry in my family line. His second wife is reported in some genealogies as Elizabeth Mary Deming, One genealogy, by Ed Deming, reports that Elizabeth and Giles married on 29 December 1852. If this is right, then she died before 1860.
Giles has no wife in the censuses of 1850, 1860 and 1870. Another genealogy is somewhat confused, giving the name of Harriet Stanley for both wives, but the date of the second marriage is 16 June 1828. This would match a remarriage after the death of the first wife Harriet. Three children are shown from this marriage:
Theodore b 1829
Henry b 1831
Joseph b 1833
In the 1850 census living among the Terrys is a widow Jane Mansfield, who appears to be a sister-in-law of Mary Ann, Jane Mansfield, age 54 (born about 1808) in South Carolina. The Mansfield genealogies I have seen report Mary Ann as the oldest child, born in 1817. This Jane who married a Mansfield was born in 1808, which would indicate her husband was likely born 1805-8.
This could have been a cousin of Mary Ann's. Perhaps one of her father Giles' brothers moved his family to Georgia and Mary Ann went down there with them. Giles and his wife, as well as some of their children, died in Connecticut, where they and Mary Ann were born.
Giles MANSFIELD
Sex: M
Birth: 15 Jan 1793 in New Haven, CT
Death: 15 Jul 1875 in New Haven, CT
Marriage 1 Harriet STANLEY b: 23 Apr 1796 in Hartford, CT
Married: 16 Jun 1828 in Cheshire, CT
-- Ancestry Trees, James K Stanley, http://awtc.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jamkstan&id=I3384
Sources
- 1. Ancestry Trees
- 2. 1870 Federal Census, New Haven County, Connecticut
- 9 July, Ward 6, New Haven City, page 561, Hse #624, Fam #875
- 3. 1860 Federal Census, New Haven County, Connecticut
- 29 June, Ward 6, New Haven, page 71 (scan p927), Hse #429, Fam #559
- 4. 1850 Federal Census, New Haven County, Connecticut
- 1 August, New Haven City, page 229 (scan p111), Hse # 78, Fam # 115
- 5. Family Data Collection - Individual Records
- 6. 1850 Federal Census, Murray County, Georgia
- 13 November, page 532, Hse/Fam #1590
- 7. Ancestry Trees
- James K Stanley, http://awtc.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jamkstan&id=I3384