John Stacey, son
of Thomas Stacey, and John Stacey the Junior, a Timeline
1690
John Stacey is in St Mary's,
served
for 2 years on a Provencial Council with members of
who would come into contact
with two of his
sons in Maryland.It is also a likely year in which
John was born.
1694
John
Stacey has moved from St. Mary's, MD to Chowan County, NC with his father who,
in
September 1694,has purchased land in the
amount of 100 acres on the
Albemarle sound on the NC coast was one
of many waterways along the east coast of
that provided transportation by water
for colonists who traveled.
1702
John
Stacey at the age of about 12 is found in a list of Tithables
taken by James Cole on
January 30. He was
there with Will White who was paying for himself and for John Stacey.
John's brother,
Thomas Stacey was on the same list appearing with William Horton who's
father was
paying for the three of them.
1709
John
Stacey's brother Charles Stacey is found on a Calvert County,
as
having received a fee for services rendered. It is important to note that other
familiar
names
appear on this probate record. Kenelm Cheseldyn, Thomas Tench,
Esq and John Coode
appear
on this probate record. These two men served on Council with Thomas Stacey.
1710
John
Stacey is now 21 years old and has moved back to
record
of 1712 shows his wife, Anne
Stacey was a laundress for John Parsons and was shown as a
creditor
in the settlement of his estate. John Parsons owned 200 acres of land in St. Mary’s
County,
according to ‘Settlers of
Earned 50 acres
from working an indenture and another 150 acres of land in St Mary’s for
bringing
his
family. John Parson shows up on probate records in
convincing
evidence that John Stacey from
at
this time.
1716
John
Stacey is a witness on the will of Thomas Cooke of St. Mary's. To lend
credibility to this
witness
it is necessary to understand that John Stacey's father, Thomas Stacey, had
previously
served
on Council with Thomas
Cooke in 1691. He was a family friend.
1721
John
Stacey made payment with other on January 8, 1721 to Daniel Smith of St. Mary's
County.
Hard currency was
very hard to come by in the early colonies. Many colonists such as John
Stacey, set up
lines of credit and paid his debts many times using tobacco as currency.
Important Note: From 1737 to 1760, the John Stacey shown on the
resource records is probably John Stacey
the Junior. It is unlikely that the Senior
would have lived as long as 1760 since he was
born in
1677.
1737
John
Stasey and another familiar name, Philip Key are shown on
October 4, 1737 to make payment
to Thomas Hunt of St.Mary's County,
1745
John
Stacey is a payer to Philemon Vadery on August 7,
1745. Again, we see the name of Philip Key,
but
in this instance payment is being made to him.
1751
John
Stacey along with other familiar names such as Kenelmn Cheseldine
make payment to Thomas
Shanks on april 30, 1751. Again, a portion
of this payment goes to the familiar name of Philip Key
and
John Mason. John Mason was a witness with John Stacey on the will of Thomas Cooke
in 1715/1716.
1751
John
Stacey is the only person making a payment on this invoice to James Dunbar on
November
19,
1751. Some of the parties being paid are Philip Key, Kenelm Chesildine
and John Coode.
All three are names
that constantly appear on invoices with a Stacey family member.
1759
A
change comes in this year with John Stacey who appears in a list of hundreds of
people on
Philip Key's Inventory,
of
on which we find
both John Stacey and his brother, Benedict (Bennet) Stacey. Both are
farming
now and
both are using credit through Philip Key. Many familiar names appear on this
inventory,
including Haskins, and Bullock family's who had a family member marry into the
Stacey family.
1769
John
Stacey and brother, Bennet Stacey appear on the
inventory of Richard Chew
on October 30, 1769.
By this date Philip Key had died. It
was now necessary to find a new line of Tobacco
Currency Credit.
Like other farmers, they found what they needed in the estate of Richard
Chew of Ann Arundel
county, MD.