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23. RECOMPENSE⁵ STANBERY (RECOMPENSE⁴, JOSIAH³ STANBOROUGH, JOSIAH², WILLIAM S.¹) was born October 19, 1710 in NJ ?, and died May 20, 1777 in Scotch Plains, NJ. He married (1) FIRST WIFE UNK. He married (2) MARGARET WOOD Abt. 1748 in bel Scotch Plains, NJ, daughter of JONAS WOOD and MARY MORSE.

Notes for RECOMPENSE STANBERY:
RECOMPENCE STANBERY

Son of Recompence born 1672 Southampton, Long Island, NY. Born Oct.19, 1710 believe in Scotch Plains, NJ. Died May 20,1777 in Scotch Plains, NJ. Buried Scotch Plains Baptist Church Cemetery. 1st wife unknown name 2nd wife Margaret Born unknown date, died Jan. 18, 1812. Buried Scotch Plains Baptist Church Cemetery. She remarried to John Darby in 1780. Recompense is listed as a DAR Patriot for Public Service. Was a member of the Committee of Correspondence, County of Essex. A founding member of Scotch Plains Baptist Church in 1747 with a John Stanbery(brother?).

From Two Hundred Years of the Scotch Plains Baptist Church, written in 1947;

The STANBURYS came from Kent County, England, in the 1600's and were among the earliest settlers on the Scotch Plains. Recompence, 1710-1777, was a farmer and merchant. An inventory of his estate, made shortly after his death, hows that he was a wealthy man, though part of his assets was in bonds owed by many of his neighbors. Some of these bonds were never paid to the heirs as those who had given them had gone to war and never returned.
Recompence Stanbury was one of the early supporters of the plan to build the Meeting House at Scotch Plains, and was one of the first deacons and ruling elders, positions of great trust and responsibility, for the Church kept strict watch over the welfare of its members, and the worthy deacons spent many hours with those whose feet were wandering from the rightful path. When attending to his own private affairs, Recompence Stanbury was busy; as a "shop keeper", farmer, a maritime trader (owning with his sons, a sloop), banker, and in other ways he was the village "Squire". During the early days of the Revolutionary War he was a member of the Committee of Correspondence, though his decease in 1777 cut short his service to his country. Of his large family of sons and daughters much could be told. They were an interesting family; the girls as well as the sons were well educated for that day, and many letters have been kept telling of their experience during the war years. One daughter, Phebe, married at 15 a young man from Connecticut, Jedidiah Swan, who had come to live in Scotch Plains some years before. He became prosperous, owning land, horses and cattle, which he left in the care of his young wife while he was serving as a captain in the army. Her letters to him show ability, intelligence and much wit. Recompence Jr., born in 1758, ran away from home to join the army, as his parent: considered him too young. He became an express rider, carrying messages of great importance (once to Governor Livingston); stationed in barracks near Woodbridge, he spent little time there, as express riders were kept busy covering many miles between camps. Recompence Jr. owned his own horse and paid the feed bill from his own funds. He seems to have enjoyed many of his experiences, and has left thrilling stories of the work of the young riders. After the war he married and settled down to live the life of a country squire, as his father had done. He built a fine house on the corner of (the present) Park Avenue and Mountain Avenue in Scotch Plains, though he lived in the old Inn for a few years. As Inn-keeper, he helped the townspeople celebrate the organization of Westfield Township, on January 27th, 1794. From the letter written by a young lady who was present at the celebration it seems to have been a gala occasion. She wrote, "'an ox was roasted whole, there were stacks of pies, and doughnuts by the bushel. The young men had a good time wrestling and shooting at marks; there was plenty of cider for the men" (perhaps the ladies drank tea). All this was supposed to have taken place at the old Inn, which was a social center for the area. A few years later the Inn was taken over by Jacob Stanbury, a younger brother when he learned of the plan to have Scotch Plains made a stopping place for the new Stage Coach Line, "The Swift-Sure Line", which began its career in the spring of 1799. Diaries and Journals written by travelers who stopped at the Inn for dinner, on their way between New York and Philadelphia, speak of good meals and an affable host at the old Inn, which is said first to have opened its doors in 1737. Jacob Stanbury bequeathed the inn to relatives who soon sold it, and a property that had been in the possession of the Stanburys possibly for a hundred years passed into other hands. The lovely old "Stanbury House" built by Recompence Jr., to please one of his four wives, was sold about thirty years ago * by the last one bearing the family name, but to older residents of Scotch Plains it is still the "Stanbury House". * About 1917 An article about the Frazee family mentions the following of the Stanburys; "The men cut down the heavy timber and with their slow moving oxen drew it to the "Amboys", where it began its journey to shipyards in Old England, to be used for masts on English men-owar. On the return journey they carried provisions for the village merchant, Recompence Stanbury, whose sloop piled the waters of Staten Island Sound and New York Bay, bringing many luxuries as well as necessities to be sold to eager housewives."

Will of Recompence Stanbury

1777, May 8. Stanbery, Recompence, of Borough of Elizabeth, Essex Co., Esquire; will of. Wife, Margaret, the use of the plantation where I live, which I bought of Joseph Searing, and the use of my outland, till my children are 21.Son Joseph, L30. Daughters, Margaret Stanbury and Anna Stanbury, L90 to each, when they are 18. Daughters, Phebe Swan, Rhoda Swan, Sarah Trembly, Margaret Stanbury and Anna Stanbury, rest of moveable estate.

Son, Recompence, a salt meadow, adjoining Peter Trembly's Point. of 2 1/2 acres. Son, Isaac, salt meadow, adjoining the Sound, of 5 acres which I bought of James Hinds; also 1/2 of the boat I have in partnership with my said son. Son, Samuel, 2 tracts in Morris Co., one of which I bought of Aaron Luzado, on the northeast side of the Great Swap, and the other I bought of John Wolley, lying on the north side of Long Hill road.Son, Recompence, land I bought of Samuel Drake, in Piscataway Township, Middlesex Co. Son, Jonas, land I bought of John Tucker and Judah Parker, being in the Borough aforesaid, part in Somerset Co. and part in Essex, between the mountains, of 120 acres; also-2 lots I bought of my brother, Josiah Stanbury, in Bridgewater Township Somerset Co; also a piece of land here on the plain, of 13 acres which I bought of Isaac Clark. Son, Jacob, the plantation on which I live, bought of Joseph Searing, of 85 acres; also land here on the plains, of 8 acres, which I bought of Jedidiah Swan. Sons, Samuel, Recompence, Jonas and Jacob, the land I bought of William Miller and Samuel Miller, on the north side of Stoney Hill. Executors-friends, William Darby and David Morris. Witnesses-Benjamin Stites, Benjamin Miller, 3rd, William Coles. Proved Aug.3, 1777. 1777, May 26. Inventory, L3,291.8.7 1/2, made by Isaac Clark and Thomas Woodruff. Lib. 19, p. 239

Children by 1st wife

JOSEPH born May 31,1738, Scotch Plains, NJ A Loyalist, died in New York in 1809, Secretary of an Insurance Co. A will for a Joseph Stanbury is found with wife, Susannah Porter sons, Isaac, Joseph and John dated 1805, Rahway, NJ. Believe son Joseph married Margaret Thorp, Oct.21,1798 in Rahway Presbyterian Church. He was born about 1775 died May 29,1849 in Rahway. Margaret born about 1782 died Jan.30,1848 in Rahway, unknown on children.

ISAAC born Dec.30,1739 Scotch Plains, NJ. A loyalist. Believe he married Sarah Mann Nov.3,1780 in New York City. Some of his land holdings in NJ were seized and sold for his loyalist beliefs.

JACOB born Oct.7,1741 Scotch Plains, NJ Nothing further known.

Children by 2nd wife Margaret

PHEBE born Feb.23,1749 Scotch Plains, N J Married Jedidiah Swan (born Oct.5,1735 died June,16,1812 ) 0ct.6,1763 at Scotch Plains She died Jan.2,1806 both are buried Scotch Plains Baptist Church Cemetery. No children.

RHODA born April 5, 1752 Scotch Plains died March 5, 1831 Scotch Plains Married Amos Swan bother to Jedidiah (born June 23, 1745 died November 16, 1782)Both are buried Scotch Plains Baptist Church Cemetery. Their children 1.; Samuel Swan 1771- August 24, 1844 Aletta Degroot issue; Jedidiah, Eliza Hartwell, Phebe, Frances, Sarah, and Clarissa Swan. 2. Phebe, Sept. 29, 1775 -Mar.16, 1867 married Ezra Darby 3. Margaret June 22, 1780-Feb.7, 1852 married Samuel B. Miller their children; Mary D., Hannah, Eliza and Jedidiah S. Miller. 4. Mehitable married Robert Oliver 5. Amos Jr. Nov.15,1782-Nov.17,1789 Was born the day before his father died, lived only seven years. RHODA married 2nd Thomas Nesbit Jan.27, 1760-Feb.3, 1816 Their children; Hugh, Frances Meeker, Mary Degroot and Eliza McCarter (as named in will, unknown if those are middle names or married names for the females). Hugh Nesbit(born 1795 - died Oct.27,1827) married Mary Ann Rolston (born Mar.3, 1796- died June 27, 1855) they had at least one child, John Rolston Nesbit (born Nov.22, 1818 - died Nov.21, 1904). John Rolston married Harriet Byrum Thompson(born May 2, 1819 - died Nov.12, 1855). Their daughter Hughemina married Edson J. Rood and was living on Hilltop Road, Mendham, NJ, Oct.10, 1934 when she applied and was accepted to DAR #286934.

SAMUEL born June 26, 1754 believe Scotch Plains died May 20, 1823 Stark Co. OH.

SARAH born Aug. 23, 1756 Scotch Plains died Nov. 17, 1817 in Rahway, NJ. Married Peter Trembly Jr.unknown on children.

RECOMPENCE JR. born Sept. 23, 1758 Scotch Plains died Sept. 3, 1839 Buried Scotch Plains Baptist Church Cemetery. Served as express rider Revolutionary War, fought Battle of Long Island where he was severely wounded. Served in Capt. Thomas Morrell's Co & in brother in law Jedidiah Swan's Co. 1st wife Sarah Chatwood 1760-Apr.28, 1784 Buried Scotch Plains Baptist Church Cemetery. with their son Recompence died Nov.12,1794 14 th year.

2nd wife Sarah Miller born about 1762 died March 21, 1813 Their children; James M. April 9, 1788- May 14, 1815 buried Scotch Plains Baptist Cemetery., David M. April 9, 1793- June 9, 1824 buried Scotch Plains Baptist Cemetery., Sarah C. married Silas Johnson , at least one child Sarah Lewisa Johnson., and John Ashton Stanbery married Sarah Roff.

3rd wife Charity ? born about 1767 did Feb.26, 1820 buried Scotch Plains Baptist Church Cemetery. Unknown any children

4th wife Ann Curry born Aug.27, 1781 died May 1,1868 married Nov. 14, 1820 She is buried Scotch Plains Baptist Church Cemetery. with their son William C. Stanbery born June 17, 1822 died March 14, 1907. William C. married Eliza Ann Runyon at least one son William C. Stanbery Jr.unknown dates.

JONAS born Jan. 25, 1761 Scotch Plains married Frances ? Resided New York City 1800 removed to Zanesville, OH in 1814 supposedly had nine children have located these; William, Henry who became Attorney General of the US under President Johnson and defended him at impeachment, Job and Charles. Separate section to be made on this family.

MARGARET born April 4, 1763 Scotch Plains died Sept. 14, 1855 buried Scotch Plains Baptist Cemetery. Married Joseph Bradford.

ANNA (NANCY) born Dec. 23, 1767 died March 10, 1839 Married John Darby Their children; Recompence, Catherine Feb. 2, 1792-May 7, 1868, John Jan. 17,1795-Dec. 24, 1855, Aaron who married Deborah (unk last name), Joseph Stanbury Darby who married Nancy Drake, Margaret who married William Cleaver, and Jacob Darby.

JACOB born June 8, 1772 Scotch Plains died March 22, 1821 in Essex Co. Married Elizabeth born about 1769 died July 17, 1814. Operated Old Inn at Scotch Plains.

As you can see there are supposedly two Jacobs ? Also there is a Joseph Stanbury who is born in England and comes to Philadelphia prior to the Revolution who is also a Loyalist and there might be some confusion between the two.

From Genealogical Magazine of New Jersey, Union County Gravestones;

Stanbery, Recompence, died May 20, 1777, in 67th year, wife Margaret, died January 18, 1812, in 83rd year.

From Genealogical Magazine of New Jersey, Scotch Plains Baptist Church Members, 1747-1814

1747, August 5, (lists) Recompense Stanbery - died May 20, 1777 and John Stanbery (pos his brother?)

From the History of Elizabeth, New Jersey, p. 412;

Recompense Stanbury a member of the Committee of Correspondence with son-in-law Jedediah Swan.

From
First Settlers of Piscataway and Woodbridge, p. 553

Freeholders of Essex County, 1755 lists Recompence Stanberry and Nathan Stanberry

Gravestones Scotch Plains Baptist Church
Margaret (formerly wife of Recompence Stansberry Esq. and late wife of Capt. John Darby) died Jan. 18, 1812, age 83

II
Recompence Stanbery freeholder Essex Co. 1755

Recompence Stanbery wi11 5/8/177 Elizabeth Essex Co
wife, Margaret Sons,Joseph,Recompence, Isaac,
Samuel,Jonas, Jacob,Daus,Margaret S., Anna S.
Phebe Swan, Sarah Trembly,Brother Josiah
D. 5/20/1777 listed member Scotch Plains Baptist
Church 8/5/1747
Recompence D 5/20/1777 67th yr wife Margaret D 1/18/1812
83rd yr Scotch Plains Bapt Ch #10 #107 128
Recompence listed father of Phebe D 1/2/1806 56th yr SC
Plains Bapt Ch #10
Essex Co CT index 1745 #48
Listed as village merchant History Scotch Plains #63
Bio of Scotch Plains History #64
Listed as trustee of church 25 yrs or more #73
Rec member Scotch Plains Bapt Ch 1747 #19 #74
Committee of Correspondence 1774 #78
Families of Recompense Stanbery 1689 came to Scotch
Plains listed as first member church 1742 with John #95
Freeholder Essex co 1755 with Nathan #103
Listed as brother will of Nathan 1762 Woodbridge Twp
Middlesex Co #129
Recompence will of 1777 #130
Co #131
Mentioned will 1745 #148
Exc will 1752 #149
Inv will 1770 #151
Exc will 1764 #152
Inv will 1759 #154
Mentioned will 1762 & 1766 #155

Mentioned will 1768 #156
Inv will 1766 Wit will 1761 #157
Inv will 1772 #158
Mentioned will 1770 #159
Mentioned will 1751-1760 #176
Plains History #245
Rec II daughters of #246
Member of church 1747 #251
Elder of church #252
Contributor to church unk year #253
Committee Correspondence #258 272
Rec listed as father in law Jedidiah Swan #268
Bio Rec 1710-1777 #277
Widow of Rec mar John Darby #281
Nancy daughter of Rec B 12/23/1767 D 3/10/1839 mar John
Darby Jr. list of their children #281
Bio of Rec 1710-1777 #282
Letter from Rec permission for daughter Phebe to mar
Jedidiah Swan #286
Epitaph Rec Scotch Plains #490
Committee Correspondence #493 ,
Recompence Stanbery named as brother to Nathan D 1762

More About RECOMPENSE STANBERY:
Comment 1: "Here lies our Friend in Mouldring Dust
Comment 2: Whom Christ will Raise to Life we trust
Comment 3: But Mourning Say his loss born Great
Comment 4: To Family, to Church and State."
Ethnicity/Relig.: Scotch Plains Baptist Church
Occupation: Inn Keeper, Merchant
Residence: Scotch Plains, NJ

Notes for MARGARET WOOD:
Margret was born (date given in Ida Frost Robinson's Items of Ancestry) as July 20, 1729 to Jonas and Mary (Morse) wood, who had a plantation in Elizabeth, NJ. Sometime after her little sister, Sarah, was born, her mother died, and Jonas remarried a second Mary, a widow Winans. There were no children by this marriage.
Perhaps Margaret didn't get along too well with her step-mother, as Margaret named no child for her own mother, whose name was also Mary (unless a child died we don't know about).
When Margaret was 17 or 18, her step-mother died (1747) and shortly thereafter in 1747 or 1748 Margaret was married to widower Recompense Stanbery Jr., probably by the minister of the Scotch Plains Baptist Church. He was 38 years old. She therefore moved into a well-established household with Recompense's sons by his first wife, Joseph, 10 years old,and Issac who was eight. Jacob would have been seven, although he may have died in infancy.
Margaret undoubtedly led a busy life cooking over the fire in the fireplace, making soap, dipping candles, spinning wool and flax, and knitting stockings, to name a few of the chores expected of a housewife. No doubt she also taught the children their lessons, as records show the offspring of Recompense were well educated for their day in reading and writing. Children were taught at home in those days.
We think her husband was often away from home, so that she had to manage alone. Records show that Recompense transported "provisions and necessaries" to Savannah, GA., in 1737 and 1739 and probably continued to do so throughout his career and to visit other coastal cities. He may, in fact, have been away when quite a few of his offspring were born, leaving Margaret with the responsibility of naming them, as she invariably chose those names from her own family.
She presented Recompense with nine children, five girls and four boys. When her youngest child, Jacob, was five, her husband died (May 20,1777). She was 48, and the American Revolution was in full swing. Two of her sons went to war, Samuel and Recompense III.
On Sept. 2, 1780 she married Capt. John Darby and lived the rest of her life in the Darby home.
She died on "Jann ye 18th 1812" in the 83rd year of her age.
"Far from this world of toil and strife
They're present with the Lord
The labors of this mortal life
End in a large reward."
(Inscription on her tombstone in Scotch Plains, NJ)

"I note in marriages sent by Mr. Greaves in 1946, that a Sarah Wood married a Josiah Stanbery of Mendham, NJ, Feb. 17, 1751, some three or four years after Margaret married Recompense Stanbery. This could have been Margaret's little sister, but who was this Josiah? Recompense had a brother Josiah, was this he?"

We are descended from Woods NOT Searings!
The mystery of Margaret's maiden name solved at last, February 20, 1992

In the 1930's and 1940's a Mr Richard P. Greaves of Scotch Plains, NJ, slipped the Stanbery descendants a red herring when he asserted that the wife of Recompense Stanbery Jr., was named Margaret Searing. I was surprised, to say the least, that at last we knew Margaret's maiden name, as none of the sources I had checked gave her family name. But when I pressed Mr. Greaves for his source in 1946, he could only state that "someone told (him her name), so he put it down, hoping that further study might prove it to be correct".(Why did he want her name to be Searing?) This when he had been circulating the name as Bible truth!
I now think no one "told him" at all, but he saw the name Joseph Searing in Recompense will of 1777 (NJ Archives XXXIV p.492-493, Recompense had bought property from Searing) and later put "Searing" down, not realizing where he had come across it. Unfortunately, he circulated this Surname far and wide to many diverse Stanbery descendants across the United States, with the result that we almost came to accept the name simply on the basis that it appeared in so many cousin's records (without any source named).
I remember felling very angry when Mr. Greaves letter arrived in 1946 admitting there was no source for the name "Searing". Perhaps Margare was communicating with me somehow that her name had been no such thing, and I was not to swallow it hook, line and sinker. Thus I did not provide a surname for Margaret when writing to relatives unless I cautioned that it was suspect and bore no proof.
It was a relief to me, therefore, when evidence turned up almost 50 years later to prove Mr. Greaves was wrong and my instinct correct. Although I have found no Bible or marriage records to back up my allegations ( there simply aren't any) -- I think my assertion that Margaret was a Wood can be at least partly backed up by internal evidence, as the Margaret Wood of whom I an speaking had a father named Jonas, and Margaret had a son named Jonas.
Furthermore, Joseph Searing died leaving a will which proved he had NO DAUGHTER NAMED MARGARET. Nor did I find any other Searing wills that mentioned a Margaret.
A Mrs. Fratt, a volunteer of the Genealogical Society of the West Fields in New Jersey, was the kind person who called our attention to the fact that a Jonas Wood-- who had property adjoining that of Recompense Stanbery--mentioned an unmarried daughter Margaret in his will of 1745. Mrs. Fratt suggested that the name "Jonas" was at least "provocative" in view of the fact that Margaret named a son Jonas.
I had noticed in Rev. Hatfield's History of Elizabet, NJ that a Jonas wood was one of the original "Associates" of Elizabeth. I knew there had to be a relationship because the name Jonas had been used widely in the Stanbery family--but where did the Woods fit in: as ancestors of Sarah, wife of Recompense Sr. or of Margaret, wife of Recompense Jr? The clue should have been, had I been perceptive enough to register the fact, that the name Jonas didn't appear in the Stanbery family until Recompense Jr. married Margaret!
After being spurred into action by the suggestion that Margaret may have been a Wood, I consulted the New Jersey Archives (first series) and discovered will abstracts that back up my allegation that Margaret was a Wood. These are:
1.Vol.XXX p. 542: Will of Jonas Wood (a descendant of the associate) and of his widow Mary, and
2.Vol.XXIII p.330: will of Joseph Morss, father in law of Jonas Wood

Jonas Wood died in April 1745, leaving wife, Mary, a son Samuel, married daughters Anna and Phebe, and unmarried daughters Margaret and Sarah. He mentions property lying adjacent to that of Recompense Jr.
Joseph Morss (Morse/Morris)Will dated 16 March 1726/7, proved 28 July 1729, names in his will not only his surviving children but also his grandchildren born to date. Among these are Mary (Morss), wife of Jonas Wood, and the mother of Ann, Phebe, Samuel, and Jerimiah Wood. Notice that Margaret Wood is not mentioned because she hasn't been born yet.
Ida Frost Robinson in her 1894 book Items of Ancestry (including the Stanbery lineage) gives Margaret ----- Stanbery's dates as follows: born: 20 July 1729 died:18 June 1812 (tombstone says January)
(Her tombstone states she "died in her 83rd year")
Therefore Morss's will proves that Margaret Wood is the correct age to be Mrs. Recompense Stanbery Jr. and there fore must be the same person.
Secondary proof lies in the fact that Margaret gave six of her Stanbery children names that "coincide" with Wood names.
Jonas for her father and great-grandfather
Phebe for her sister
Samuel for her brother and grandfather Wood
Margaret for herself(also grandfather Samuel Woode had a wife
Margaret, NJA XXIII p 520)
Sarah for her sister
Anna for her sister

But why didn't Margaret name a child for her mother, Mary Morse Wood? I think the answer lies in the abstract of widow Mary Wood's will (same page as husband's)
Mary, widow of Jonas Wood, late of Elizabeth, NJ, died in 1747. Her will names only children of a previous marriage (named Winans) and completely ignores the offspring of Jonas Wood. Perhaps Margaret Wood Stanbery didn't get along too well with her step-mother and thus wasn't too keen on the name Mary.
I believe that Mary Morss (Morse/Morris) was the mother of Margaret Wood Stanbery because her son Samuel in later life adopted the name "Morris" for a middle name.
For the above reasons I postulate that the maiden name of Mrs. Recompense Stanbery Jr. of Elizabeth/Scotch Plains NJ was Wood.

All of the above from Mary Ann Cummins, 25 Forest Ave, Delaware, OH
43015-1620

More About MARGARET WOOD:
Comment 1: Last name src. Pat Butler

Children of RECOMPENSE STANBERY and FIRST UNK are:

29.	i.		JOSEPH⁶ STANBERY, b. May 31, 1738, Scotch Plains, NJ; d. Abt. 1805, Bel Rahway, NJ.
	ii.		ISAAC STANBERY, b. December 30, 1739; m. SARAH MANN, November 3, 1780, New York City, NY.

Notes for ISAAC STANBERY:
Isaac Stanbury was a Loyalist, judgement against him 1778-9
According to The Blew Hills, by Mrs. Rawson, p. 177, " In 1778 " inquisitions were returned for seven men in the vicinity and surrounds, for joining the army of the King of Great Britain and other treasonable practices" and these included Richard Miller, John Stites, four of the Hetfields, and Isaac Stanbery. "

From New York Marriages-
Isaac Stanbury Margarie Elizabeth Snell 1783, Nov. 7.

iii.

JACOB STANBERY, b. October 7, 1741.

Notes for JACOB STANBERY:
Resident of Scotch Plains 1791- unpaid for mail.

Children of RECOMPENSE STANBERY and MARGARET WOOD are:

iv.

PHEBE⁶ STANBERY, b. February 23, 1748/49; d. January 2, 1806, Union Co. NJ Scotch Plains Bapt. Cem.; m. JEDEDIAH SWAN, October 6, 1763.

Notes for PHEBE STANBERY:
From Union County Gravestones, Gen. Mag. of New Jersey
Swan, Col. Jedidiah, Esq., d. June 16, 1812, in 76th year; wife, Phebe Stansberry, dau. of Recompence, d. Jan. 2, 1806, in 59th year.

From Scotch Plains Baptist Church, article by Reignette Marsh-
"Of his(Recompence) large family; the girls as well as the sons were well educated for the day, and many letters have been kept telling of their experiences during the war years. One daughter, Phebe, married at 15 a young man from Connecticut, Jedediah Swan, who had come to live in Scotch Plains, some years before. He became prosperous, owning land, horses and cattle, which he left in the care of his young wife while he was serving as a captain in the Army. Her letters to him show ability,intelligence and much wit."

From The Blew Hills by Mrs. Rawson-
" Amos (Swan) had a brother, Jedidiah, and both of them married daughters of Recompence Stanbery II. Jedidiah was a man of some means and importance in the village life and a captain in the Revolutionary War, but although more outstanding than Amos in his day, his day was shorter, for he died childless while Amos gave five children to the world to carry on after his day was over."

Phebe Stanbery dau of Recompence 1710-1777 mar Jedidah
Swan 10/6/1763 both of Elizabeth she d 1/2/1806 '
59 yrs he d 6/16/1812 76 yrs buried Union Co
she mar at age 15 #10 #282 #64 #285
death date #287
listed as daug will of Rec #130

More About PHEBE STANBERY:
Comment 1: Married age 15

Notes for JEDEDIAH SWAN:
From New Jersey Ratables, March 1779 and February 1780, Essex County, Elizabeth Township, Westfield Ward;

Jedediah Swan 57 (acres); 2h (horses); 3c (cows); 1p (pig); ex (exempt); L 60 (amount out at interest); (2c; L 450) ( ) indicate changes

From The History of Union County, p. 374;

Another active captain was Jedediah Swan, already mentioned, who lived west of the Scotch Plains church and organized a company in that vicinity, which, however, also had several men from the present Plainfield, including Peter Covert. This company fought at Long Island, and Recompence Stanbery, the Captain's brother-in-law, was severly wounded there. Stanbery later joined Laing's company and, still later, Capt. Samuel Meeker's Light Horse.

More About JEDEDIAH SWAN:
Comment 1: No children

30.	v.	RHODA STANBERY, b. April 5, 1752, Scotch Plains, NJ; d. March 5, 1831, Scotch Plains, NJ Bapt. Cem..
31.	vi.	SAMUEL STANBERY, b. June 26, 1754, NJ; d. May 20, 1823, Canton, Ohio.
	vii.	SARAH STANBERY, b. August 23, 1756; d. November 17, 1817, Rahway, NJ; m. PETER (JR.) TREMBLEY.

Notes for SARAH STANBERY:
1797, May 10, Trembley, Peter Jr., of Essex Co, Int. Adm'rs- Peter Trembley and Recompence Stanbery. Fellowbondsmen-Daniel Marsh; all of said Co.
1797, May 9. Renunciation by Sarah Trembley, the widow in favor of her father-in-law, Peter Trembley, and her brother, Recompence Stanbery.
1797, May 11. Inventory L332.11.3; made by Ezekiel Ross and Abraham Miller.

1797, May 13. Trembley, Peter, Sr. of Bridgewater, Somerset Co.; will of.
Wife, Hannah, possession of home plantation, while widow. To the children of son, Peter, Dec'd, plantation in Essex Co., given testator by his father and whereon said son, Peter, did live, with 6 acres adjoining bought of Abrahm Clark, Executor of Thomas Scudder, and 6 acres of salt meadow on Trembley's Point adjoining land of Daniel Tembley; the sons 2 shares to daughters 1 share; and Sarah (widow of son Peter) to enjoy possession of whole, while widow. Granddaughter, Anna Taft, L60. To children of daughter, Susannah (wife of Tunis Ten Eyck), 1/2 of home plantation, after wife's decease. To children of daughter, Hannah, other 1/2 of home plantation. Grandson, John (oldest son of granddaughter, Rachel, Dec'd, late wife of Hendrick Smock), L30, when 21. Salt meadow in Essex Co. purchased of Joseph Bird to be sold; and moveable estate to be sold after wife's decease and divided between the children of the 2 daughters. Executors-Abraham Staats and James Dunn. Witnesses-Jonathan Ford Morris, Jacob Sebring and John Harris. Proved June 6, 1797.
1797, June 1. Inventory L515.7.7; made by Abraham Sebring and Jacob DeGroot.

Sarah Trembly daug of Rec in will 1777 #130

32.	viii.	RECOMPENSE (JR.) STANBERY, b. September 23, 1758, Scotch Plains, NJ; d. September 3, 1839, Scotch Plains, NJ.
33.	ix.	JONAS (DR.) STANBERY, b. January 25, 1761, Scotch Plains, NJ; d. February 23, 1840, Zanesville, OH.
	x.	MARGARET STANBERY, b. April 4, 1763, Scotch Plains, NJ; d. September 14, 1855, Scotch Plains, NJ Union Co.; m. JOSEPH BRADFORD.

Notes for MARGARET STANBERY:
From Genealogical Magazine of New Jersey, Union County Gravestones;

Bradford, Joseph, died May 5, 1846, in 82nd year; wife, Margaret Stanberry, daughter of Recompence and Margaret Stanberry, died September 14, 1855, in 93rd year.

34.	xi.		ANNA (NANCY) STANBERY, b. December 23, 1767; d. March 10, 1839.
	xii.		JACOB STANBERY, b. June 8, 1772, Scotch Plains, NJ; d. March 22, 1821, Essex Co. NJ; m. ELIZABETH.

Notes for JACOB STANBERY:
From Genealogical Magazine of New Jersey, Union County Gravestones;

Stanbery, Jacob, died March 22, 1821, in 49th year; wife Elizabeth, died July 17, 1814, aged 42 years 8 months.

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Comment 1: Address Scotch Plains 1791

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