Stacyes of Ballifield Descendants

Researched and Compiled by Glenda F. Dobbs

February 14, 2004

 

 

1.         Unknown Stacye b. ca 1514, m. ca 1536, Unknown. 

 

From The Ely, Revell, and Stacye Families by Reuben Pownall Ely 1910: "The name STACYE, according to the author of the Norman People, 'comes from TACEY, Robert and Gervase, Normandy, 1180-95, John TASSI 1272 England, TACY; Rualen de Tissie, Normandy.'  In Lower's Patronymica Britannica, 'STACE from either EUSTACE or STATIUS, is probably of continental origin, as the final E is sometimes accented, and from STACE we get STACY.'

 

         "The family of STACYE, of which Mahlon, the founder of Trenton, was a younger son, was seated at Ballifield Hall, Parish of Handsworth, in the West Riding of Yorkshire bordering Derbyshire certainly from about the year 1330 down to the close of the 19th Century.  Still earlier in 36th year of the reign of King Henry 111, 1252, a cleric of the name Eustace was rector of Handsworth Church. This is confirmed also in Familiae Minorium Gentium, in which is stated the Ballifield family of STACYE was reported to have held that estate from the time of the Norman Conquest.

 

         "The Arms of the Stacyes, as given in Burke's General Armory, are Azure, a fesse between three martletts, or charged with three fleurs de lis.  These arms have never been recorded at the College of Arms, but that may also be stated of the arms of other ancient families in England.  The earliest mention of Stacy arms omits the fleurs de lis and are somewhat similar to the early arms used by the ancient family of Furnival, Lords of Hallamshire, which included Ballifield.  This family was descendants of the Viscount Eustachius of the Domesday period.  These arms differed from those of Stacy only in the number of martletts and the use of the bend instead of the fesse, a common difference.  There was also a family of Eustace, which used the same arms as the Furnivals.  In Scotland, the Ross Herald, Joseph Stacie, bore arms: Azure, on a bend, or, between three owls as many thistles.  These characters and colors also correspond with the English arms.

 

         "The most ancient Arms of the Stacy name in Ireland is described as follows: the Shield is gold with a red cross X; the Crest is a stag, and the motto is 'Cur me persequeris.'

 

         "In the records of the Franciscans at Scarborough, Yorkshire, about fifty miles east of Ballifield, is an inscription in Latin, which translated, reads: 'The most illustrious Lord and King Edward the Second and Regnald, called Molendinarius, were the families of the house of the Brothers Minor of Scarboroughe.  Here are the tombs of the nobles who were buried in said Church of the said Brothers.  And the first called Reginaldi lies under the great altar in the middle choir, also the Lady Avicia Huthrede, also the Lady Matilda Stacy, also the Lady Agnes de Vesey, also Edward Stacy.'

 

         "In 1366, 20th year Edw. II, Yorkshire Arch. Journal, Vol 12, mentions John Stacy de Balifielde and John de Synderhill, witnesses to a deed.  Synderhill was a part of the Ballifield estate and held by the Stacyes.  The name of de Heley or de Helay also occurs frequently at this period in connection with land transfers in the vicinity of Ballifield.

 

         ”Fisher's History of Masham has the following reference: 'Orate pro Domino Johanne Stacy (Prebendary of Banbury in the Cathedral of Lincoln).  He died 1394.'  And in the ancient will of Wm. Harpele, Esquire to the King of England, 10th of May 1392, appears the signature of 'Dom'no Johanne Stacye cum rege.'  In another work found at the Astor Library either in Calendar Etoniensis or a book of early ecclesiastics of England, the name is given 'John de Stacy.'  This same book refers to 'William de Ely or Hely,' the King's Treasurer, also Prebendary of Lincoln in 1207 and of London 1192.

 

         "In Lincolnshire Pedigrees by Maddison, the pedigree is given of the Stacys of Castle Bytham, Lincolnshire with the same arms as used by the Stacyes of Ballifield.

 

         "In Tenterden Church, Kent County, the arms of another branch of the Stacys are to be found or were there, according to one the Histories of Kent.  They were a branch of the Castle Bytham family.

 

         "The Stacyes of Ballifield also owned Bramley Hall, Synderhill, (the name now happily changed to Handsworth Grange) and also leased Dore House, probably of the Duke of Norfolk, all adjoining Ballifield property.  It is stated in the Yorkshire Archaeologist that the family also held Raynor House, probably somewhere in the vicinity.  Another branch of the Ballifield family, of which Robert Stacy was the head in 1666, held at that time the Manor of Owlerton.  This estate is now a part of the City of Sheffield.  A 'Court Baron' was held at Owlerton in 1666, at which Robert Stacy was Lord of the Manor and William Simpson, the Steward.

 

         "About the year 1600 the Rev. John Stacye was appointed Governor and Chaplain of Shrewsbury Hospital in Sheffield, endowed by the Countess of Shrewsbury.  It is quite a remarkable fact, especially to Americans, to find almost three centuries later, another Rev. John Stacye of the same family Governor of the same institution.  The Antiquary, an English publication, gives the following notice of the latter's death in 1889: 'Sheffield and the district around have lost a most worthy Archaeologist in the Rev. J. Stacye, M.A., for thirty-nine years Governor and Chaplain of Shrewsbury Hospital.  He died on December 20th at the age of eighty.'

 

         "In a Pedigree of the Family of Cockayne-Vernon of Derbyshire, mention is made of the marriage of one of the Cockayne family to Elizabeth Stacy, daughter of Sir Thomas Stacy; arms: a fesse between three birds or date about 1520.  If the Stacyes used these arms at that period, the addition of the three fleurs de lis to the shield and the adoption of the crest used by the Elys of Utterly, Lincolnshire may have been due to the intermarriage with that family."

 

         The above is quoted from Reuben Pownall Ely's book and I want to thank him for such a wonderful history of our English ancestry at Ballifield.  He made a visit to Ballifield in 1903 and gives wonderful descriptions of Ballifield Hall, Synderhill House, and says the burying ground is not over forty feet square and only a stone's throw from the old Synderhill House, which in the time of George Fox, was a residence and after that used as a meetinghouse for the Society of Friends.  There are several photos in his book of relics and antiquities once owned by the Stacyes and now held in London in the Victoria and Albert Museum.  This book is a must read for descendants of the Ely, Revell, and Stacye families.  The book is out of print, but Higginson Publishers will make a copy of the book.

 

         Jim Stacy, a direct descendant and Stacy researcher says, "Personally I believe that based on the coats of arms, among other circumstantial evidence, that all English Stacye/Stacy/Staceys/etc. are descended from Roger de Stacy de Ballifield, a French knight granted a fief in Handsworth (Sheffield), York (now West Riding) c. 1243.  Roger claimed descent from Eustace, Count of Boulogne, William the Conqueror's Lieutenant, and probably the chief instigator of William's claim to the English throne.  The English Eustace and Eustices are also descended from the Count.  We know that the Stacyes of Essex were in that county before 1490, not only in Epping but also in nearby Waltham Cross. Simple statistics and probability make the odds that these Stacyes were related greater than that they were not."

 

         The Parish Church of St. Mary's, Handsworth was founded over 800 years ago.  It is the ancestral church of the Stacyes and many are buried at the East End of the church.  Several memorials and arms of the family are located there.  The Parish records are at Handsworth Parish Centre.

 

         C. Ray Stacy says, "The Stacye ancestral home and church are in Handsworth, Sheffield (Yorkshire), England.  The old Manor House, Ballifield Hall, where the Stacyes lived for 600 years, is still in good condition.  An ancient mulberry tree in the garden is still bearing fruit.  Nearby, the Parish Church of St. Mary's, Handsworth contains memorials and arms of the family.  At the East End of the church are graves of many members of the family.  Stacye family records can be seen at the Rectory. The Victoria and Albert Museum have many items presented by Rev. E. V. Stacye.  Legend has it that Eustachius came over with William the Conqueror in 1066 and was given Balle, the Dane's Field."  The Handsworth Genealogy Society notified me that Ballifield is now a children's home and the only large estate left in that area.  C. Ray Stacy says, "there is a theory that a William Stacye/Stacy was the real author hiding behind the name of Diers Plouman."

                         Children:

            2.       i  Richard Stacye b. ca 1538.  Named in his brother's will (John) of 1593.

        +  3.       ii John Stacye b. 1539.

        +  4.      iii Malin (Mahlon) Stacye b. ca 1539.

 

Second Generation

 

1.            John Stacye (1.Unknown1) b. 1539, Handsworth, Sheffield (Yorkshire), Eng,[1] m. 11-May-1557, in Yorkshire, County of, Eng,1  Anne Parker, b. 1543, Whitley Hall (Yorkshire), Eng, (daughter of Thomas Parker and Elizabeth Holmes) d. 13-Jul-1609, Yorkshire, County of, Eng.[2]  John died 13-Apr-1593, Ballifield, Handsworth (Yorkshire), Eng. 

 

From LDS File #0517065, Pedigree of Stacye of Ballifield, Hunter's Hallamshire, P/488: (Hallamshire is a district in the southwestern part of Yorkshire).  "Arms: Azure, on a fess between three falcons, or as many fleur-de-lis of the field.  Crest: A cubit arm habited azure, cuffed argent, charged with three bezants, grasping a fleur-de-lis.

 

         "John Stacye of Ballifield in the Parish of Handsworth, yeoman.  Will dated 03-Apr-1593.  Buried 11 May following.  Married Anne, daughter of Thomas Parker of Whitley Hall, and widow of Thomas Seargill, Buried 13-Jul-1609.

 

         "Richard Stacye named in his brother's will, 1593. (Brother of the above John Stacye).

 

         "Malin Stacye of Sheffield, Mercer, will dated 26-Nov-1589, to be buried in the Church of Sheffield.  He was buried there 14-Apr-1590.  Widow Philippa m. at Sheffield 18-Nov-1596 to Thomas Robinson. (Brother of John and Richard above and same Mahlon Stacye below).

 

         "Children of John and Anne Stacye: 1/Katherine, m. James Ardiron of Treeton; had issue, William, Katherine, Ann and Elizabeth.  2/Elizabeth, Bapt. 27-Jue 1567, m. 12-Jul-1590 to Nicholas Bullowes; had issue Ann and Elizabeth.  3/Anne, Bapt. 08-Nov-1572, made principal heir to her Uncle Malin 1589, m. 18-May-1597 to Richard Faire.  4/Thomas Stacye of Ballifield, gent, Bapt. 24-Feb-1574, Buried 10-Feb-1632, m. Anne, dau. and co-heir of John Booth of Handsworth, Woodhouse, gent; son of Oliver Booth of County Derby, by Elizabeth Hatfield of Whitfield, County Derby, Bapt. 8-Jul-1579, m. at Handsworth 18-May-1597 and 5/Philippa, Bapt. 28-Feb-1577, m. 17-Sep-1598 to Richard Jarvis.

 

         "Children of Thomas and Anne Stacye: 1/John Stacye of Ballifield and Synderhill, gent, Bapt. 28-Jan-1598/9, Buried 20-Sep-1658, m. Mary, dau. of John Fulwood of Eastwood, County Notts, yeoman, by Mary his wife; dau. of Thomas Garland of Todwick m. at Handsworth 16-Dec-1618.  2/Elizabeth, Bapt. 11-Mar-1600, m. (?) Geodrich, by whom John, Benjamin, and William.  3/Helen, Bapt. 7-Apr-1607, m. 13-Feb-1727/8 Alexander Sampson; had issue, Alexander and Thomas.  4/Thomas Stacye, Bapt. 28-May-1609, d. 1669; had issue, John of Sheffield, Thomas, Malin, Mary, and Margaret.  5/Margaret, Bapt. 16-Oct-1611, Buried 31-Mar-1630. 6/Robert Stacye of London, Bapt. 20-Jul-1614; had issue, Anne m. to Thomas Aldham of Warmsworth 26 2 Mo. 1671, Mary m. 22 Mar-1672 to John Kellam and secondly to Francis Smith of Balby at Lydesse (?); Elizabeth d. 11-May 1667, buried in Cemetery at Synderhill.  7/Mary, Bapt. 16-Apr-1616, m. 11-Jul-1658, Richard Farnsworth, and as his widow resided at Ballifield, made her will 03-Nov-1679, proved 08-Feb-1680.  8/Cuthbert Stacye, Bapt. 15-Nov-1618, apprenticed for 7 years in the Company of Culters of Hallamshire 12-Jan-1632.  9/Anne, Bapt. 19-Aug-1627 m. Rhodes of Tickhill, and as his widow, made her will 09-Mar-1669, proved 1670."

 

         I have placed all these names and dates here from the above LDS file to verify names and dates on Stacye's of Ballifield, showing the pedigree of these families.

 

         From material on hand at the Maryland Historical Society: Ancestry of the Children of James William White, M.D., with accounts of Different Families, compiled by William Francis Cregar, Philadelphia 1888, Chapter XIV, Stacy Family, provided to me by C. Ray Stacy: "The family of Stacy or Stacye is said to have been settled in the vicinity of Sheffield in Yorkshire at a very early date, their arms being; Azure, on a fess between three falcons close or as many fleur-de-lis of the first.  Crest, a dexter arm couped at the elbow, habited azure, cuff argent, charge with three bezants and holding in the hand, ppr., a fluer-de-lies.  The first of the family of whom the compiler has found any authentic information was a Stacye of Sheffield, who had issue of three sons; John of Ballifield in the Parish of Handsworth and County of York, gent, ancestor of Mahlon Stacy of Burlington County, NJ, who was buried May 11, 1594, his will being dated Apr 3, 1593.  Richard, mentioned in his brother's will, and Mahlon Stacye, of whom hereafter:

 

         "Mahlon Stacye, Esquire, Lord of the Manor of Owlerton, in the Parish of Sheffield and County of York, was buried in the Parish Church Apr 14, 1590 as directed by his will, which was dated Nov 26, 1589.  He m. Philippa (who m. secondly, Nov 18, 1596 Thomas Robinson), by whom he had issue a son and heir, Robert Stacye, of whom hereafter:

 

         "Robert Stacye, Esquire (son and heir of Mahlon and Philippa), succeeded his father as Lord of the Manor of Owlerton.  He had issue among others, a daughter, Alice who m. John Revell, II, of Whiston, gent."

                         Children:

        +  5.         i     Elizabeth Stacye b. 1567.

           6.       ii     Anne Stacye b. 1572, Ballifield, Handsworth (Yorkshire), Eng,2  Baptized: 08-Nov-1572,2  m. 18-May-1597,2  Richard Eaire/Faire.  Made principal heir of her Uncle Malin (Mahlon) 1589.

        +  7.        iii    Thomas Stacye b. 1574.

        +  8.        iv    Katherine Stacye b. 1575.

            9.        v     Philippa Stacye b. 1577, Ballifield, Handsworth (Yorkshire), Eng,2  Baptized: 28-Feb-1577,2  m. 17-Sep-1598,2  Richard Jarvis.

 

4.      Malin (Mahlon) Stacye (1.Unknown1) b. ca 1539, m. Philippa Unknown.  Malin died Apr 1590, Bur. 14-Apr-1590, Church of Sheffield (Yorkshire), Eng.2   LDS file stated, "Mahlon Stacye, Esquire, Lord of the Manor of Owlerton, in the Parish of Sheffield and County of York, was buried in the Parish Church Apr 14, 1590, as directed by his will, which was dated Nov 26, 1589.  He married Philippa, who married secondly, Nov 18, 1596, Thomas Robinson, by whom he had issue a son and heir, Robert Stacye, of whom hereafter."

                         Children:

        +  10.      i    Robert Stacye b. ca 1562.

 

Third Generation

 

5.      Elizabeth Stacye (3.John2, 1.Unknown1) b. 1567, Ballifield, Handsworth (Yorkshire), Eng,2  Baptized: 27-Jun-1567,2  m. 12-Jul-1590,2  Nicholas Bellowes.

                         Children:

            11.      I      Ann Bellowes.

            12.      ii     Elizabeth Bellowes.

 

7.      Thomas Stacye (3.John2, 1.Unknown1) b. 1574, Ballifield, Handsworth (Yorkshire), Eng,2  Baptized: 24-Feb-1574, Handsworth, Sheffield (Yorkshire), Eng,2  m. 18-May-1597, in Handsworth, Sheffield (Yorkshire), Eng,2  Anne Booth, b. 1579, Ballifield, Handsworth (Yorkshire), Eng,2  Baptized: 08-Jul-1579,2  (daughter of John Booth and Ann Revell) d. 10-Feb-1631/32, Prob Sheffield (Yorkshire), Eng.1   Thomas died 1632, Ballifield, Handsworth (Yorkshire), Eng,2  Bur. 10-Feb-1632.2   Anne: Daughter and co-heir of John Booth of Handsworth, Woodhouse, gent; son of Oliver Booth of County of Derby and Elizabeth Hatfield of Whitfield, County of Derby.

                         Children:

        +  13.      i     John Stacye b. 1598/9.

           14.      ii    Elizabeth Stacye b. 1600, Handsworth, Sheffield (Yorkshire), Eng,2  Baptized: 11-Mar-1600,2  m. Unknown Geodrich.  LDS file stated she married ? Geodrich, by whom she had John, Benjamin, and William.

        +  15.      iii     Helen Stacye b. 1607.

        +  16.      iv     Thomas Stacye b. 1609.

            17.    v     Margaret Stacye b. 1611, Handsworth, Sheffield (Yorkshire), Eng,2  Baptized: 16-Oct-1611,2  d. 1630, Handsworth, Sheffield (Yorkshire), Eng, Bur. 31-Mar-1630.2

            18.    vi     Robert Stacye b. 1614, Handsworth, Sheffield (Yorkshire), Eng,2  Baptized: 20-Jul-1614,2  m. Unknown Sweetapple.  LDS file stated, "Robert Stacye of London had issue; Anne m. to Thomas Aldham of Warmsworth 26 2 Mo. 1671, Mary m. 22-Mar-1672 to John Kellam, and secondly to Francis Smith of Balby, Elizabeth died 11-May-1667, buried in cemetery at Synderhill."

            19.  vii     Mary Stacye b. 1616, Handsworth, Sheffield (Yorkshire), Eng,2  Baptized: 18-Apr-1616,2  m. 11-Jul-1658,2  Richard Farnsworth.  Mary died bef 08-Feb-1680, Handsworth, Sheffield (Yorkshire), Eng.  LDS file stated, "and as his widow resided at Ballifield; made her will on 03-Nov-1679 and proved 08-Feb-1680."

            20.  viii     Cuthbert Stacye b. 1618, Handsworth, Sheffield (Yorkshire), Eng,2  Baptized: 15-Nov-1618.2   LDS file stated, "apprenticed for seven years in the Company of Cutlers of Hallamshire 12-Jan-1632."

            21.   ix    Anne Stacye b. 1627, Handsworth, Sheffield (Yorkshire), Eng,2  Baptized: 19-Aug-1627,2  m. Unknown Rhodes.  Anne died 1670, Handsworth, Sheffield (Yorkshire), Eng.2  LDS file stated, "m. Rhodes of Tickhill, and as his widow, made her will on 09-Mar-1669, proved 1670."

 

8.   Katherine Stacye (3.John2, 1.Unknown1) b. 1575, Ballifield, Handsworth (Yorkshire), Eng,[3] m. James Ardron, b. Treeton (Yorkshire), Eng.

                         Children:

            22.      i     William Ardron.

            23.      ii     Katherine Ardron.

            24.     iii     Ann Ardron.

        +  25.     iv     Elizabeth Ardron.

 

10.    Robert Stacye (4.Malin2, 1.Unknown1) b. ca 1562, m. Unknown.  LDS file stated, "Robert Stacye, Esquire, son and heir of Mahlon and Philippa, succeeded his father as Lord of the Manor of Owlerton.  He had issue among others, a daughter, Alice, who married John Revell, II of Whiston, gent."

                         Children:

        +  26.      i     Alice Stacye b. 1639.

 

Fourth Generation

 

13.    John Stacye (7.Thomas3, 3.John2, 1.Unknown1) b. 1598/9, Ballifield, Handsworth (Yorkshire), Eng,2  Baptized: 28-Jan-1598/9, Handsworth, Sheffield (Yorkshire), Eng,2  m. 16-Dec-1618, in Handsworth, Sheffield (Yorkshire), Eng,2  Mary Fulwood, b. ca 1600, Eastwood (Nottinghamshire), Eng, (daughter of John Fulwood and Maria "Mary" Garland) d. 23-Jan-1682/83, Handsworth, Sheffield (Yorkshire), Eng, Bur. Prob Synderhill (Yorkshire), Eng.  John died 1658, Handsworth, Sheffield (Yorkshire), Eng,2  Bur. 20-Sep-1658, Synderhill, Sheffield (Yorkshire), Eng.2   Apparently the spelling went from Stacye to Stacy when Mahlon Stacye arrived in America in 1678, and then to Stacey in some of our branches.  Handsworth Parish records have the name as Stacye.  Others transposed this spelling to Stayce.  2/DoD 30-Sep-1658.  This is the John noted as John Stacye de Ballifield. Mary: Daughter of John Fulwood of Eastwood, Notts, and Mary Garland, daughter of Thomas Garland of Todwick, Yorks, living 04-Aug-1656, and said to be of Synderhill.  Probably buried in the Quaker Cemetery at Synderhill.

                         Children:

            27.      i   Thomas Stacye b. 1619, Ballifield, Handsworth (Yorkshire), Eng,2  Baptized: 28-Sep-1619,2  m. 12-Dec-1655, in Yorkshire, County of, Eng,2  Judith Clarke, d. 25-Nov-1680, Handsworth, Sheffield (Yorkshire), Eng,2  Bur. Synderhill, Sheffield (Yorkshire), Eng.  Thomas died 19-May-1687, Handsworth, Sheffield (Yorkshire), Eng,2  Bur. Synderhill, Sheffield (Yorkshire), Eng.  LDS file stated, "Mary, the beloved daughter of Thomas Stacye of Ballifield, died 25-Jun-1671." Judith: LDS file had m. 12d 10 Mo. 1655, at the house of Judith Kay in York.  (The 10th month converts to December).

            28.      ii   Mary Stacye b. 1621, Handsworth, Sheffield (Yorkshire), Eng,2  Baptized: 29-Mar-1621,2  d. 23-Jan-1683,2  Bur. Synderhill, Sheffield (Yorkshire), Eng.  LDS file stated she was wife of Abel Tyllie, also of Synderhill.

            29.      iii   John Stacye b. 1623, Handsworth, Sheffield (Yorkshire), Eng,2  Baptized: 1623,2  d. 1642.2

        +  30.      iv   Helen Stacye b. 1626.

          31.      v    Anne Stacye b. 1627/8, Handsworth, Sheffield (Yorkshire), Eng,2  Baptized: 01-Feb-1627/8,2  m. 17-Dec-1645,2  Godfrey Watkinson, b. Handsworth, Sheffield (Yorkshire), Eng.  Anne died 23-Jul-1702.2   LDS file stated, "m. Godfrey Watkinson of Handsworth Woodhouse, who has been Vicar of Clown, County of Derby, but became a Quaker.  She died 23d 5th Mo., 1702, leaving issue."  (The Quaker date converts to Jul 23, 1702).

        +  32.      vi    Robert Stacye b. 1630/1.

           33.     vii    William Stacye b. ca 1633, Handsworth, Sheffield (Yorkshire), Eng.  There is a record that a W. L. Stacye d. 1673 and was buried at Synderhill. I don't know if it is this William.  This William Stacye was supposed to have died young.

            34.     viii    Matthias Stacye b. ca 1635, Handsworth, Sheffield (Yorkshire), Eng, d. died young.

        +  35.      ix     Mahlon Stacye b. 1638.

 

15.    Helen Stacye (7.Thomas3, 3.John2, 1.Unknown1) b. 1607, Handsworth, Sheffield (Yorkshire), Eng,2  Baptized: 07-Apr-1607,2  m. 13-Feb-1627/8, Alexander Sampson.

                         Children:

            36.      i      Alexander Sampson.

            37.      ii     Thomas Sampson.

 

16.    Thomas Stacye (7.Thomas3, 3.John2, 1.Unknown1) b. 1609, Handsworth, Sheffield (Yorkshire), Eng, Baptized: 28-May-1609,2  m. Unknown.  Thomas died 1669, Handsworth, Sheffield (Yorkshire), Eng.

                         Children:

            38.      i     John Stacye b. ca 1632.  LDS File noted he was John of Sheffield.

            39.      ii     Thomas Stacye b. ca 1633.

           40.     iii     Malin Stacye b. ca 1634.  There is a record of a Malin Stacey in Talbot County, Apr Court 1688: Liber SS, P/51 (in Merrick & Co., ag. Hutchinson), Provincial Court Judgements.  I have no other Malin that fits the time period as this one would.

            41.     iv     Mary Stacye b. ca 1635, d. 25-Jun-1671, Bur. Synderhill, Sheffield (Yorkshire), Eng.

            42.      v     Margaret Stacye b. ca 1636.

 

25.    Elizabeth Ardron (8.Katherine3, 3.John2, 1.Unknown1).

                         Children:

            43.      i     Elizabeth Bellowes.

 

26.    Alice Stacye (10.Robert3, 4.Malin2, 1.Unknown1) b. 1639, Handsworth, Sheffield (Yorkshire), Eng,[4] m. 1657, in Handsworth, Sheffield (Yorkshire), Eng,4  John Revell, b. Whiston (Yorkshire), Eng.

                         Children:

        +  44.      i     John Revell b. 1662.

 

Fifth Generation

 

30.    Helen Stacye (13.John4, 7.Thomas3, 3.John2, 1.Unknown1) b. 1626, Handsworth, Sheffield (Yorkshire), Eng,2  Baptized: 02-Apr-1626,2  m. ca 1647, in England, John Frettwell, b. ca 1626, Hucknail Parish (Derbyshire), Eng.  Helen died 1693, Hucknail Parish (Derbyshire), Eng.  John: LDS file had name spelled Fretwell.  Other records have Frettwell.

                         Children:

            45.      i   Peter Frettwell b. ca 1662, m. 06-Sep-1687, in Chesterfield (Burlington), NJ,[5] Elizabeth Wright, b. 09-Apr-1670, Holden (Derbyshire), Eng,5  (daughter of Joshua Wright and Elizabeth Empson) d. 17-Jan-1732/3, Burlington County, NJ.[6]  Elizabeth: Another source has DoD as 24-Feb-1717/18.  Married at the Chesterfield MM.

 

32.         Robert Stacye (13.John4, 7.Thomas3, 3.John2, 1.Unknown1) b. 1630/1, Handsworth, Sheffield (Yorkshire), Eng,2  Baptized: 11-Feb-1630/1,2  Occupation: Tanner, m. ca 1655, Unknown, b. ca 1630.  Robert died 05-Oct-1701, Philadelphia (Philadelphia), PA.5   

 

Ships to America: 1677, The Kent from London departed Mar 1677, arrived at Burlington, New Jersey on Jun 23, 1677, Gregory Marlow, Master. It should be noted that many passengers alleged to have been aboard were from Yorkshire, Northamptonshire, and other northern counties.  They probably loaded at a northern port, perhaps Hull or Liverpool, before the Kent arrived at London, which is why they do not appear in the London loadings.  (Passengers and Ships Prior to 1684, and Penn's Colony, Vol I, by Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr. 1970.  Robert Stacy was on this passenger list and was the brother of Mahlon).

 

         Ships to America: 1677, the fly boat, Martha, from Hull (London), England arrived at the end of summer 1677 bringing 114 passengers for the Yorkshire Tenth at Burlington, New Jersey; Thomas Wildbuys/Wildcup, Master.  Aboard was the family of Robert Stacy.  (Passengers and Ships Prior to 1684 and Penn's Colony, Vol I, by Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr.  From other records published on Mahlon Stacy, we now know these ships actually arrived in 1678 and not 1677 because of the time change).

 

         Keasbey's Courts and Lawyers of New Jersey, Vol I P/147: "A Court at Burlington in 1681 was composed of Robert Stacy, Tho. Olive, Sam'll Jenings, Thomas Budde, John Thompson, Thomas Lambert, Mahlon Stacy, Richard Guy, and Edward Bradway.  William Emley was elected sheriff, and Thomas Revell, register.  The jurisdiction was from St. Pink (Assunpink) to Old Man's Creek."

 

         From History of Trenton 1679-1929, Vol II, Princeton University Press 1929; Learning and Spicer's Grants and Concessions, P/409 FF: "At this stage of the narrative the names of the signers of the Grants and Concessions should, I think be published, so the readers of this history may be informed who were the brave men who subscribed this fearless document which had such a large measure of influence upon our subsequent Constitution and Bill of Rights, and embodies so much of the organic law under which we live and flourish to this day."  (There are 150 names on this list; among them, Robert Stacy, Henry Stacy, Mahlon Stacy, Joshua Wright, John Smith, Thomas Smith, Hipolitas Lefever, John Paine, Daniel Leeds, Thomas Revel, John Pancoast, and John Snowden).

 

         "Incidentally, in the present chapter will be found mention of the names of Robert Stacy and Henry Stacy.  Robert was brother of Mahlon."  (Hunter's History of Hallamshire, P/488: "Hallamshire was a former manor, but has long since disappeared."  This statement is the only proof I have that Robert Stacy was Mahlon's brother).

 

         LDS File #0517065: Will of Robert Stacye of Philadelphia, Tanner, Nov 1699, Probated 18-Oct-1701; excerpts, to dau Mary 30 lbs, to dau Ellin, 200 acres in West Jersey, to dau Elizabeth six shillings, to dau Judith's children, six shillings each, residue to son, John Stacye, Exr.  Wits: Samuel Giddon and Francis Cooke.

 

         LDS File #0517065: Stacys of Burlington MM 13-Sep-1895: 04-Feb-1681, Daniel Leeds and Anne Stacy declare intentions of marriage.  Robert Stacy gave his consent.  07-Dec-1680, Robert, Mahlon, and John Stacy sign address of Burlington MM to Yearly Meeting in London.  06-Apr-1681, John Brown and Ann Stacy declare intentions of marriage.  05-May-1681, Robert Stacy to visit John Dewsbury.  05-Jul-1681, to speak to Daniel Wills.  08-Sep-1681, Tho. B. and Robert Stacy to inquire respecting false reports or scand