Family of Stanly, John Wright and Cogdell, Ann
Families
| Married | Husband | Stanly, John Wright ( * December 18, 1742 + June 1, 1789 ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Married | Wife | Cogdell, Ann ( * September 7, 1753 + July 2, 1789 ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Name | Birth Date | Death Date |
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| Stanly, John Wright | April 9, 1774 | August 2, 1833 |
| Stanly, Ann | November 8, 1775 | |
| Stanly, Lydia | June 5, 1777 | |
| Stanly, Richard Dancy | August 25, 1778 | |
| Stanly, Wright | April 29, 1780 | |
| Stanly, Elizabeth | July 23, 1781 | |
| Stanly, James Green | July 2, 1783 | May 1, 1858 |
| Stanly, Margaret Cogdell | May 25, 1787 | January 7, 1864 |
| Stanly, Thomas Turner | March 17, 1789 | February 14, 1813 |
Narrative
According to Doug Williams @ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/74028468/ann-stanley
The daughter of Col. Richard and Lydia (Duncan) Cogdell. Ann was born at New Bern and baptized by “Mr. Reed”, likely the Rev. James Reed of Christ Episcopal Church of New Bern. The eldest of ten Cogdell children, Ann married John Wright Stanly on June 24, 1773. Family lore states that John Wright Stanly first met Ann at a local ball while on a short stopover during a coastal voyage from Virginia. They fell in love, and that short stopover turned into permanent residency, marriage and family.
Their first child John Stanly was born in April of 1774, with John Wright and Ann going on to have a large family of nine children.
John Wright Stanly became a successful businessman and entrepreneur in New Bern, with much of his later fortune arising from his activity in outfitting privateers to capture British shipping during the American Revolution. Sometime in the 1780s the Stanlys built a fine Georgian home in New Bern, where they lived for a few years until their passing in 1789. The house is open to the public today as one of the Tryon Palace complex of historical buildings, where one can view portraits and possessions of Ann and John Wright and other family members.
Ann and her husband died a few weeks apart during the yellow fever epidemic of 1789. They were both buried in the churchyard of Christ Church, where they had been parishioners.
It is worth noting that although their gravestones both record their surname as “Stanley”, family documents, historical records, genealogies and biographies, as well as other members of the family, spelled the name “Stanly”, which convention I have retained for Ann’s Find a Grave memorial.
