The Stanley families of America : as descended from John, Timothy, and Thomas Stanley of Hartford, Conn., 1636. . b. April 11, 1814; m. Elvira A. Conkling. 1099 Timothy Wadsworth, b. July 13, 1817 ; m. twice. 1100 Lot, b. July 8, 1820 ; d. Nov. 12, 1839, aged nineteen. 1101 Martha, b. Aug. 11, 1822 ; m. Augustus W. North. 1102 Amelia, b. Jan. 1, 1825 ; m. Henry Walter. 1103 Mary Antoinette, b. Sept. 22, 1828 ; d. May 16, 1838. Lot Stanley, the father of Amon, was one of the first manufac-turers of fur hats in Connecticut. When his son Amon came ofage, the business was carried on by them jointl
The Stanley families of America : as descended from John, Timothy, and Thomas Stanley of Hartford, Conn., 1636. . b. April 11, 1814; m. Elvira A. Conkling. 1099 Timothy Wadsworth, b. July 13, 1817 ; m. twice. 1100 Lot, b. July 8, 1820 ; d. Nov. 12, 1839, aged nineteen. 1101 Martha, b. Aug. 11, 1822 ; m. Augustus W. North. 1102 Amelia, b. Jan. 1, 1825 ; m. Henry Walter. 1103 Mary Antoinette, b. Sept. 22, 1828 ; d. May 16, 1838. Lot Stanley, the father of Amon, was one of the first manufac-turers of fur hats in Connecticut. When his son Amon came ofage, the business was carried on by them jointly, and after thedeath of the father, by Amon alone. He employed several hands,and every winter made one or more journeys to what was then the West, embracing Central and Western New York. He wasaccustomed to take with him a load of hats, which he exchangedfor beaver, and other furs that were then plentiful in all that re-gion. There was also something of a home market, but as thebodies of the hats were made of beaver fur well felted together,they lasted a lifetime. It needed, therefore, a large territory to. MRS. AMON STANLEY DESCENDANTS OF JOHN STANLEY. 145 make a sufficient market for the goods. An old-fashioned bell-crowned hat would astonish the boys of the present generation. Mr. Stanley bought out his fathers homestead and farm fromthe other heirs, and there being fourteen of the children, his ownportion was so small that it was nearly the same as buying a newfarm. The price he paid for it was high. For one piece of twelveacres, which he bought of his brother Lot, he paid twelve hundreddollars. At the present time it would not bring five also carried on the business of distilling cider-brandy, havinglarge orchards of apples which were worth little for any otherpurpose. The business was then considered perfectly wife, however, a sister of the brothers James, Seth, Alvin, andHenry North, had many scruples about its being right. At lengthshe went t
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