This genealogy is a compilation of many genealogists. Much of the later generations information comes from the genealogy of Grace Newell Paris, courtesy of Herman Standiford. I have used many items from Grace's resource notes on this website. For later generations, dates and sources were not provided.  I have included the descendant   information anyway.  Ms. Paris, b. May 11, 1883, researched for many years on the family genealogy and finished it while in her eighties. She had a love for genealogy and it shows! Ms. Paris was descended from Aquilla and Martha Akers Standiford. She is to be commended for this study which she began in the 1930s.
Hopefully, others will be able to add to this and verify the information provided herein.

Many genealogists believe William1 (listed below) was the son of William Stanfort, the immigrant.  If this is the case, the William Standiford II here is actually William Standiford III.

Generation No. 1

1. WILLIAM² STANDIFORD II (WILLIAM¹,) was born 1708 in Hopewell, Maryland, and died 1776. He married (1) ANN HUTCHINS May 28, 1731 in Baltimore County, Maryland, daughter of THOMAS HUTCHINS. He married (2) CHRISTIANA ENLOES WRIGHT December 08, 1740 in Baltimore County, Maryland, daughter of ABRAHAM ENLOES and ELIZABETH UNKNOWN. He married (3) ELIZABETH CARLISLE July 16, 1750 in Baltimore County, Maryland.

Click here to view Will (Liber 3, Folio 330, Baltimore Co., MD)

*William had seventeen children.

From Baltimore County Families by Barnes:
On August 16, 1734 William administered the estate of James Hicks; on 19 July 1740, 16 April 1742 and 8 Jan 1743 he and wife Christiana administered the estate of Thomas Wright; in 1750 owned 100 acres part Hutchins' Addition.

Baltimore County Deed book, Vol. 2, by Davis, p. 206:
p. 24: William Standifer witnessed a deed on May 17, 1732 from Thomas, Nicholas, Elizabeth and Ann Hutchins (children of Thomas Hutchins, deceased), of Baltimore County, MD to their young sister, Susannah Hutchins, of same, chattel goods. Signed: Thomas Hutchins, Nicholas Hutchins, Elizabeth Hutchins and Ann Hutchins. Witness: William Standifer and John Elliott and Thomas Cutchin.

February 25, 1742:  Benjamin Tasker, for Thomas Bladen leases to William and Christina Standford, and their son, Aquila Standford, of Baltimore Co., MD, 220 acres....Cornelius Branch. Signed Benjamin Tasker, Thomas Bladen and William Standford. Witness: James Moore and Christiana (X) Standford.

p. 362: William Standiford finds horse: May 2, 1753.

Note: Church records are important to this genealogy and can be found here under Baltimore County, MD.

More about CHRISTIANA ENLOES WRIGHT:

Fact 1: Widow of Thomas Wright.

Children of WILLIAM STANDIFORD and ANN HUTCHINS are:

i. HUTCHENS STANDIFORD, b. September 03, 1733

ii. PRISCILLA STANDIFORD, b. December 17, 1735; m. FRANCIS MOORE

iii. ANNE STANDIFORD, b. 1737; m. JAMES MOORE

Children of WILLIAM STANDIFORD and CHRISTIANA WRIGHT are:

iv. AQUILLA STANDIFORD, b. August 24, 1741, Baltimore County, Maryland; d. 1799, Mason County, Kentucky.

v. AVERILLA STANDIFORD, b. August 24, 1741, Baltimore County, Maryland; m. JOHN JAMES, April 14, 1761, Baltimore County, Maryland.

vi. WILLIAM STANDIFORD III, b. November 1742; m. REBECCA DEASON, May 27, 1767, Baltimore County, Maryland.

Notes for WILLIAM STANDIFORD III:
Baltimore Deed Records, Vol. III, p. 242:
October 12, 1773, William Standford of Baltimore County, MD assignment of lease to James Gittings of same, L/310.5, 220 acres. Signed William Standford. Wit: John Beale Howard and George Thorton.

p. 165:
Deason, Edmund, son of William, b. 30 March 1721 m. Elizabeth ____, b. c 1725; in 1742 leased part of My Lady's Manor, the lease to run for the lifetimes of the lessee, age 22, his wife Elizabeth, age 17 and their daughter, Rebecca then about 2 months old; had issue Rebecca, b. 27 Nov 1743; may be the Rebecca Deason who married William Standiford, JR on 27 May 1767; Eliza, b. November 1745

vii. ABRAHAM STANDIFORD, b. May 18, 1745, Maryland; d. 1776

Children of WILLIAM STANDIFORD and ELIZABETH CARLISLE are:

                              viii. BENJAMIN STANDIFORD, b. aft. 1750, Maryland

ix. DAVID STANDIFORD, b. September 03, 1758, Baltimore County, Maryland; d. January 27, 1822, Shelby County, Kentucky.

x. JAMES STANDIFORD, b. 1751; m. SARAH STEWART, December 17, 1782

xi. JOHN STANDIFORD, b. 1752

xii. MARY STANDIFORD, b. 1752; m. JACOB MARSHALL

xiii. DELAH STANDIFORD, b. 1754; m. JOHN BULL

xiv. SARAH STANDIFORD, b. 1756; m. DAVID JOHNSON
Click here for Sarah Standiford Johnson's Lineage

xv. SUSANNA STANDIFORD, b. 1758; m. JAMES AMOS

xvi. ELIZABETH STANDIFORD, b. 1760; d. 1841, Greencastle, Indiana; b. Forest Hill Cemetery.

xvii. ELEANOR STANDIFORD, b. 1762

Generation No. 2

2. AQUILLA³ STANDIFORD (WILLIAM II¹, WILLIAM¹) was born August 24, 1741 in Baltimore County, Maryland, and died 1799 in Mason County, Kentucky. He married SARAH CLARK December 27, 1764 in Baltimore County, Maryland, daughter of JOHN CLARK and HANNAH UNKNOWN.

Notes for AQUILLA STANDIFORD:

Marriage Records, Baltimore County, MD by Barnes. p. 169.

Deed Records, Baltimore County, Vol. III, p. 221:
In 1771 Aquila Standford reported stray livestock.

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Click here for Bible Records.

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Aquilla and Sarah migrated to Kentucky about 1784, probably going to Shelby County first and later to Mason Co. (Now Nicholas Co.) and settled on Licking River Valley.

Aquilla, Elijah, George and Nathan "Standeford" are on the 1800 Tax List in Mason County, KY. They are also on the 1800 Tax List of Nicholas County, KY.

More About AQUILLA STANDIFORD:
Fact 1: Twin.

Children of AQUILLA STANDIFORD and SARAH CLARK are:

i. HANNAH STANDIFORD, b. 1766

ii. MILOAH (MILCAH) STANDIFORD, b. January 21, 1767; m. JAMES LITTLE, September 05, 1787, Bourbon County, Kentucky

iii. NATHAN STANDIFORD, b. July 08, 1768

Notes for NATHAN STANDIFORD:

This could be the Nathan Standiford who married Polly Neal on November 1, 1790 in Bourbon County, KY. Some of his siblings were married in this county.

iv. GEORGE STANDIFORD, b. July 08, 1770

v. SARAH STANDIFORD, b. April 28, 1773

vi. MARY STANDIFORD, b. April 21, 1775; m. UNKNOWN SMITH

vii. REBECCA STANDIFORD, b. August 06, 1776; d. September 11, 1780.  She married Ebenezer Bartlett.  Click here to visit Robert Aiken's Info. on Ancestry to learn more.

viii. ELIJAH STANDIFORD, b. January 13, 1778

ix. AQUILLA STANDIFORD II, b. June 03, 1780, Maryland; d. 1857, Harrison County, Indiana.

x. REBECCA STANDIFORD, b. July 27, 1782

xi. JOHN "JACK" STANDIFORD, b. January 27, 1785, Maryland.

xii. CASSANDRA STANDIFORD, b. November 07, 1789, Maryland

3. ABRAHAM³ STANDIFORD (WILLIAM II², WILLIAM¹) was born May 18, 1745 in Maryland, and died 1776. He married SUSANNAH CHAMBERLAIN October 08, 1769 in Baltimore County, Maryland, daughter of JOHN CHAMBERLAIN and MARGARET GITTINGS.

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Notes for ABRAHAM STANDIFORD:

Baltimore County Deed Book, Vol. III, p. 74:
March 9, 1770, John Darrimore, of Balitmore County, MD assignment to lease to Abraham Standford, son of William, of same, L/10, leased of Thomas and Ann Johnson of Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, MD. Signed John Darrimore and Abraham Standford. Wit.: John Moale and Richard Clark.

 p. 211: December 15, 1772, William and Susannah Brown, Jr., Samuel and Sarah Bond, Samuel and Elizabeth Rhodes, John and Jean Brown and Israel Morris, of Philadelphia, PA to Abraham Standford, of Balitmore County, MD, 331.7 pounds 141 acres....called Carters Rest. Signed William Brown, Susannah Brown, Samuel Bond, Sarah Bond, Samuel Rhodes, Elizabeth Rhodes, John Brown, Jean Brown and Israel Morris. Wit; Joseph Russell, Elyah Brown, Blanch Howard and John Beale Howard.

Abraham and his family went to Kentucky about the time or soon after his brother, Aquilla, about 1784. He settled near Padukah, KY and was a large slaveholder in Maryland. He had large woolen mills in Padukah and often talked of his boyhood in Maryland.

Children of ABRAHAM STANDIFORD and SUSANNAH CHAMBERLAIN are:

i. SAMUEL STANDIFORD, b. January 25, 1771

ii. ELIZABETH STANDIFORD, b. January 12, 1773; m. WILLIAM PATTERSON (?)

iii. WILLIAM STANDIFORD, b. November 20, 1774

iv. AQUILLA STANDIFORD, b. November 20, 1774

v. MARY STANDIFORD, b. October 28, 1778

vi. PRISCILLA STANDIFORD, b. December 28, 1780

vii. FRANCIS ASBURY STANDIFORD, b. February 04, 1784, LaPorte County, Indiana

viii.   JAMES STANDIFORD, b. October 1784, Maryland; d. October 10, 1871

4. BENJAMIN³ STANDIFORD (WILLIAM II², WILLIAM¹) was born aft. 1750 in Maryland. He married RACHEL AMOS January 09, 1798, daughter of MORDECAI AMOS and MARTHA RICHARDSON.

Children of BENJAMIN STANDIFORD and RACHEL AMOS are:

i. WILLIAM AMOS STANDIFORD, b. February 28, 1798

More About WILLIAM AMOS STANDIFORD:

Fact 1: Record of St. James Parish.

ii. JAMES ADOLPHUS STANDIFORD, b. February 28, 1804; d. August 01, 1873, York Co, PA; b. Shrewsbury Cemetery.

iii. SARAH H. STANDIFORD, b. November 24, 1808.

iv. BENJAMIN ISSAC STANDIFORD, b. August 24, 1814; d. August 24, 1896, b. Maryland Line, Baltimore Co., MD.

5. DAVID³ STANDIFORD (WILLIAM II², WILLIAM¹) was born September 03, 1758 in Baltimore County, Maryland, and died January 27, 1822 in Shelby County, Kentucky. He married FRANCES (MARY) ASHLEY.

Click here to view the lineage of David and Frances Standiford.

6. ELIZABETH³ STANDIFORD (WILLIAM II², WILLIAM¹) was born 1760, and died 1841 in Greencastle, Indiana; b. Forest Hill Cemetery. She married REV. EDWARD TALBOT, JR 1783 in Harford County, MD, son of EDWARD TALBOT and MARGARET SLADE.

Notes for REV. EDWARD TALBOT, JR and ELIZABETH STANDIFORD:

Elizabeth Sandiford married Rev. Edward Talbott in 1783 in Hartford County, Maryland, son of Edward Talbott and Margaret Slade. The Talbotts were from Baltimore Co., MD and migrated to Illinois. She died in 1841 and is buried in Forest Hill cemetery in Greencastle, IN.

Said to have had eight sons when they moved to Shelby Co., KY. They were active in the early history of the Methodist Church in KY. Only two children are included in this data sent to Grace Paris.

i. WILLIAM TALBOTT, b. September 15, 1784, Baltimore County, Maryland; d. September 27, 1872, Putnam County, Indiana.

ii. DAVID STANDIFORD TALBOTT, b. 1786; d. 1867; m. HARRIET HARDING.

7. ELEANOR³ STANDIFORD (WILLIAM II², WILLIAM¹) was born 1762. She married UNKNOWN ALSWORTH.

Children of ELEANOR STANDIFORD and UNKNOWN ALSWORTH are:

i. RACHEL ALSWORTH

ii. ELIZABETH ALSWORTH

iii. JOHN ALSWORTH

Generation No. 3

8. HANNAH⁴ STANDIFORD (AQUILLA³, WILLIAM II², WILLIAM¹) was born 1766. She married SAMUEL HAWKINS February 04, 1784 in Harford County, Maryland.

i. NANCY HAWKINS

9. GEORGE⁴ STANDIFORD (AQUILLA³, WILLIAM II², WILLIAM¹) was born July 08, 1770. He married MARY MCCARTY July 16, 1804.

Children of GEORGE STANDIFORD and MARY MCCARTY are:

i. SARAH "SALLEE" STANDIFORD, b. September 16, 1806

ii. ABRAHAM STANDIFORD, b. September 08, 1808

iii. ELIZABETH STANDIFORD, b. August 13, 1809; m. AMOS SULLIVAN

iv. MARY E. STANDIFORD, b. May 22, 1811

v. CASSANDRA STANDIFORD, b. October 22, 1812

vi. GEORGE STANDIFORD, JR., b. August 07, 1814

vii. AQUILLA STANDIFORD, b. November 18, 1815

viii. MAHALA STANDIFORD, b. August 02, 1817; m. NELSON MCCORD

ix. SUSANNAH STANDIFORD, b. April 08, 1822

10. SARAH⁴ STANDIFORD (AQUILLA³, WILLIAM II², WILLIAM¹) was born April 28, 1773. She married SQUIRE HILDRETH.

i. AQUILLA HILDRETH

11. AQUILLA⁴ STANDIFORD II (AQUILLA³, WILLIAM II², WILLIAM¹) was born June 03, 1780 in Maryland, and died 1857 in Harrison County, Indiana. He married (1) ELIZABETH GEOHEGAN December 27, 1803 in Harrison County, Indiana, daughter of JOHN GEOHEGAN and DIANA HARRIS. He married (2) ANNE PHILLIPS November 22, 1819 in Harrison County, Indiana.

Notes for AQUILLA STANDIFORD II:

By Mrs. Grace Paris: Aquilla Standiford, II was born in Maryland and came with his parents to Kentucky as a child. He grew up in Kentucky in Licking Creek Valley. His parents were neighbors of William Bartlett, who came from Virginia, and John Geohegan, who had been a revolutionary soldier in Maryland.

William Bartlett was one of ten men, among who was Daniel Boone, who built pioneer homes in Mason County (later called Nicholas Co.) The children of these pioneer neighbors grew up and intermarried. Elizabeth Geohegan, daughter of John and Diana Harris Geohegan, married Aquilla Standiford, II.

* Diana Harris was the first wife of John Geohegan and probably died in Maryland. All of his children were by his second wife.

Aquilla and his wife, Elizabeth, came to Harrison County, Indiana in 1817 with their seven children. His obituary reads: "They came to Indiana when it was a wilderness country. He was a local preacher and exhorter and the itinerant preacher soon found his log cabin and meetings were held there until a church was built."

The Standifords settled in Harrison County where Elizabeth died in 1817, the first year in their new home. When she died a burial ground was located near the home. It was the custom of pioneers to find a spring and build a house on the hill near the spring and start the family burial ground on the next hill. Elizabeth died leaving seven orphaned children and her husband, Aquilla. She had two Negro slaves, Uncle Remus and Aunt Judy, who took care of the family until Aquilla married a second time to Anne Phillips.

The old home site is near the town of Palmyra, Indiana. Aquilla donated land for a church site near the family burial ground but the church was built later about two miles away.

In the family cemetery plot are buried, slaves Uncle Remus and Aunt Judy. Aquilla is buried here also among other members of the family.

Aquilla left his home site to son Aquilla Thompson Standiford, born of the marriage to Anne Phillips, with the understanding that the young Aquilla, JR would take care of his mother after Aquilla's death. It was forever known as "Uncle Quill's place".

"Uncle Quill's place" still stands with the cemetery nearby. Old Snyder's Chapel, where they attended church still stands but is no longer in use as a place of worship but is preserved by descendants of pioneers who have an annual homecoming. In the Sydner Chapel cemetery are graves of the pioneers and descendants.

*The marriage of the children of Aquilla Standiford, II were taken from a family bible. Dates were not recorded.

i. NATHAN STANDIFORD, b. September 28, 1804, Harrison County, Indiana

ii. MARY ANN STANDIFORD, b. 1805, Harrison County, Indiana

iii. SQUIRE HILDRETH STANDIFORD, b. June 28, 1808, Harrison County, Indiana; d. April 02, 1867, Harrison County, Indiana.

iv. SARAH CLARK STANDIFORD, b. 1810, Harrison County, Indiana; m. DEUSE (DEMSEY) ELROD, August 11, 1832, Harrison County, Indiana.

v. MICHAEL GEOHEGAN STANDIFORD, b. 1812, Harrison County, Indiana; m. MATHILDA HYMER, February 07, 1837, Montgomery County, Indiana

vi. MARTHA STANDIFORD, b. 1814

vii. ELIZABETH STANDIFORD, b. 1816

viii. AQUILLA THOMPSON STANDIFORD, b. April 03, 1824, Harrison County, Indiana; d. November 06, 1901, Harrison County, Indiana; b. New Borden cemetery.

ix. JOHN F. STANDIFORD, b. August 05, 1820, Harrison County, Indiana.

x. PRISCILLA MCKNIGHT STANDIFORD, b. 1822, Harrison County, Indiana; m. THOMAS STUCKER, November 14, 1850, Harrison Co., IN.  He died in the Civil War March 20, 1862.  Priscilla married 2nd: Isaac Ransom September 6, 1866.  She died September 5, 1896 in KS.
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xi. SAMUEL STANDIFORD, b. 1829.

12. REBECCA⁴ STANDIFORD (AQUILLA³, WILLIAM II², WILLIAM¹) was born July 27, 1782. She married EBENEZER BARTLETT.

Children of REBECCA STANDIFORD and EBENEZER BARTLETT are:

i. LUCINDA BARTLETT, b. November 30, 1807

ii. MALINDA BARTLETT, b. November 12, 1820; d. November 1903

iii. SARAH BARTLETT

iv. JANE BARTLETT, m. JAMES LEGRANDE STANFORD

v. HENRY BARTLETT

vi. FRANKLIN BARTLETT

vii. ELIZABETH BARTLETT

viii. SILAS BARTLETT

13. JOHN "JACK"⁴ STANDIFORD (AQUILLA³, WILLIAM II², WILLIAM¹) was born January 27, 1785 in Maryland. He married HANNAH BINGHAM November 04, 1846 in Nicholas County, Kentucky, daughter of UNKNOWN BINGHAM and NANCY HAWKINS.

i. JOHN STANDIFORD

ii. PELAGIA STANDIFORD

iii. WILLIAM WALLACE STANDIFORD

iv. SALLIE STANDIFORD, m. L. C. SIMMS

v. ANNE STANDIFORD, m. CHARLEY CLARK

vi. R. CLARK STANDIFORD, m. (1) ORA HUMPHRY; m. (2) ANNE HICKMAN

14. CASSANDRA⁴ STANDIFORD (AQUILLA³, WILLIAM II², WILLIAM¹) was born November 7, 1789 in Maryland. She married JAMES STANDIFORD September 21, 1812 in Nicholas County, Kentucky. James was the son of ABRAHAM STANDIFORD and SUSANNAH CHAMBERLAIN.

i. GEORGE STANDIFORD, b. 1823; d. 1903

ii. ROBERT STANDIFORD

iii. TAYLOR STANDIFORD

iv. AQUILLA STANDIFORD, m. ELIZABETH ATCHISON

v. AMERICA STANDIFORD, m. HATTON T. BENTLEY, March 09, 1837, Nicholas County, Kentucky

vi. SUSANNE STANDIFORD, m. DAVID HUMPHREY

vii. SARAH STANDIFORD, m. BEN MIDLIKM

15. FRANCIS ASBURY⁴ STANDIFORD (ABRAHAM³, WILLIAM II², WILLIAM¹) was born February 04, 1784 in LaPorte County, Indiana. He married (1) REBECCA SMITH, daughter of CAPTAIN THOMAS SMITH. He married (2) NANCY NORVALL.

Notes for FRANCIS ASBURY STANDIFORD:

Came to KY in 1806. It is noted in his son's (Abram) biography that Francis had two sons and one daughter. Abram was the youngest.

More About FRANCIS ASBURY STANDIFORD:
Fact 1: A Methodist Preacher. He freed his own slaves.

Notes for REBECCA SMITH:
She was lineal descendant of Revolutionary heroes, and her father, Captain Thomas Smith, was a soldier in the Revolutionary war under General Washington.

Notes for NANCY NORVALL:
Nancy was a friend of Francis' first wife, Rebecca Smith.

i. ABRAM G. STANDIFORD, b. January 27, 1816

ii. ROBERT STANDIFORD

iii. SUSAN STANDIFORD

iv. DAVID STANDIFORD

v. FRANCIS WILBURN STANDIFORD

vi. ANNE STANDIFORD

16. JAMES⁴ STANDIFORD (ABRAHAM³, WILLIAM II², WILLIAM¹) was born October 1784 in Maryland, and died October 10, 1871. He married CASSANDRA STANDIFORD September 21, 1812 in Nicholas County, Kentucky, daughter of AQUILLA STANDIFORD and SARAH CLARK.

Children of JAMES STANDIFORD and CASSANDRA STANDIFORD are:

i. GEORGE STANDIFORD, b. 1823; d. 1903

ii. ROBERT STANDIFORD

iii. TAYLOR STANDIFORD

iv. AQUILLA STANDIFORD, m. ELIZABETH ATCHISON

v. AMERICA STANDIFORD, m. HATTON T. BENTLEY, March 09, 1837, Nicholas County, Kentucky

vi. SUSANNE STANDIFORD, m. DAVID HUMPHREY

vii. SARAH STANDIFORD, m. BEN MIDLIKM

17. JAMES ADOLPHUS⁴ STANDIFORD (BENJAMIN³, WILLIAM II²,WILLIAM¹) was born February 28, 1804, and died August 01, 1873 in York Co, PA; b. Shrewsbury cemetery. He married SARAH LOWE December 1836 in Pennsylvania, daughter of JOSHIA LOWE and ROSANNA FREDERIC.

Notes for JAMES ADOLPHUS STANDIFORD:

Click here for James' photo and biography

Children of JAMES STANDIFORD and SARAH LOWE are:

i. ADOLPHUS STANDIFORD, b. May 19, 1837; d. June 21, 1888

ii. MOLLY JANE STANDIFORD

iii. JAMES THOMAS STANDIFORD, b. 1849; d. April 22, 1867, York Co, PA; b. Shrewsbury cemetery.

iv. DANIEL L. STANDIFORD, d. York Co, PA; b. Shrewsbury cemetery

v. HARRIET STANDIFORD, b. July 18, 1853; d. February 24, 1854, York Co, PA; b. Shrewsbury cemetery.

18. SARAH⁴ H. STANDIFORD (BENJAMIN³, WILLIAM II², WILLIAM¹) was born November 24, 1808. She married ELISHA MILLER.

Children of SARAH STANDIFORD and ELISHA MILLER are:

i. ELIZABETH MILLER, b. February 1828; d. November 05, 1873; m. HENRY ATWELL, 1850

ii. RACHEL MILLER, b. November 30, 1831; d. March 05, 1873; m. JACOB MACDONALD

iii. THOMAS E. MILLER, b. December 26, 1833; d. January 01, 1903; m. RACHEL CARDINE EBAUGH

iv. SARAH MILLER, b. 1836

v. MARY JANE MILLER, b. 1844; d. 1922; m. FRANCIS BLASSER, 1860

19. BENJAMIN ISSAC⁴ STANDIFORD (BENJAMIN³, WILLIAM II², WILLIAM¹) was born August 24, 1814, and died August 24, 1896 in b. Maryland Line, Baltimore Co., MD. He married JANE MILLER.

i. RACHEL A. STANDIFORD, b. January 18, 1844; d. July 06, 1909; m. PETER BARTHOLOMEW MACCUBBIN, February 20, 1836

ii. ELIZABETH MILLER STANDIFORD, b. March 28, 1846; d. 1885; m. ADAM NONNEMAKER

iii. LAURA VIRGINIA STANDIFORD, b. September 14, 1848; d. December 09, 1924; m. BENJAMIN H. BOWSER

iv. MARY CATHERINE STANDIFORD, b. October 31, 1850; d. 1918; m. EDWARD RINOHL

v. BANANNA STANDIFORD, b. July 08, 1852; d. 1926; m. JOHN MACCUBBIN

vi. CALVIN STANDIFORD, b. December 25, 1857; d. September 30, 1904; m. ELLA BARBARA THOMPSON

20. SARAH⁴ STANDIFORD (DAVID³, WILLIAM II², WILLIAM¹) was born August 25, 1785 in Shelby County, Kentucky, and died November 25, 1863 in Putnam County, Indiana. She married WILLIAM TALBOTT April 28, 1805 in Shelby County, Kentucky, son of REV. TALBOT and ELIZABETH STANDIFORD.

Notes for WILLIAM TALBOTT:
William and family moved to Putnam Co., IN.

Children of SARAH STANDIFORD and WILLIAM TALBOTT are:

i. JAMES W. TALBOTT

ii. JOHN C. TALBOTT

iii. MARCUS TALBOTT

iv. MARY FRANCES TALBOTT

v. SUSAN C. TALBOTT

vi. ELIZABETH TALBOTT, b. 1806

vii. ELZEY TALBOTT, b. 1808

viii. FRANCIS TALBOTT, b. 1809

ix. WILLIAM ADAMS TALBOTT, b. 1811

x. DAVID STANDIFORD TALBOTT, b. abt. 1812

xi. EDWARD ASBURY TALBOTT, b. 1814

xii. ANN REBECCA TALBOTT, b. 1818

xiii. JOHN WESLEY TALBOTT, b. February 08, 1822, Shelby County, Kentucky; d. January 23, 1893, Tuscola, Illinois.

xiv. SARAH JANE TALBOTT, b. 1830

21. JOHN⁴ STANDIFORD (DAVID³, WILLIAM II², WILLIAM¹) was born 1795, and died 1822 in Indiana. He met HANNAH CRESAP COLLIER November 05, 1818 in Shelby County, Kentucky, daughter of ISSAC CRESAP and ELIZABETH PARKER.

Notes for JOHN STANDIFORD:

From the notes of Grace Paris as submitted to her from Mrs. Florence Wells Bell in the 1930s:

"I am descended from Issac Collier and his second wife Elizabeth Cresap Parker, oldest daughter of Hanna Cresap Parker, daughter of Colonel Thomas Cresap. The Colliers and the Parker's lived in Cresaptown, MD and left there when the children were small. Issac Collier went to Shelby Co., KY and the Parker's went to Gallatin, TN. My grandmother, Hannah Cresap Collier married John Standiford, son of David Standiford and his wife, Francis Ashby, born near Martinsburg, VA. This grandmother often told me the story of her grandfather Col. Thomas Cresap. David Standiford and his wife came to Shelby Co., KY, then Gov. of VA. With his children, he moved when the Indians became hostile to the fort in Louisville, KY where a daughter, Susan, was born on the 1st day of the 1st week 1st day of the month, 1st day of the year, 1st day of the century: January 1, 1800. She married Joe Collier, my grandmother's brother who died in California. I knew them well. They and my mother's brother all went to California in the 1850s. My great grandfather believed in emancipation and freed his slaves. His will is on record in Shelby Co., KY, Shelbyville. He died about 1831.

My grandfather, Thomas Wells bought the Standiford farm, which was in his family for over 100 years. My grandfather, John Standiford and his wife Hannah Cresap Collier Standiford hated slavery so much that they moved to Greencastle, IN when the children were young. Two of the daughters of John and Hannah Standiford were sent back to Shelbyville to school. One was my mother Sarah Standiford who married William Wells, son of Thomas Wells. The daughter of Hannah Cresap Collier who married John Standiford left six children." (end of letter).

Miss Grace Paris notes: "Mrs. Bell lists the children and descendants of John and Hannah down to herself. However, Mr. Bernard Cresap says there are some errors. Mr. Cresap has collected data on the Cresap family and the Cresap society has published a book on the family. They have the line of John and Hannah in the book and I am including this data here."

i. AMANDA C. STANDIFORD, b. 1819; d. 1900

ii. MARY FRANCES STANDIFORD, m. DR. WILLIAM NATHAN

iii. WILLIAM STANDIFORD

iv. SARAH STANDIFORD

v. JOSEPH STANDIFORD, m. NANNIE SECRES

More About JOSEPH STANDIFORD:
Fact 1: Lived in California

vi. DAVID STANDIFORD

22. WILLIAM⁴ STANDIFORD (DAVID³, WILLIAM II², WILLIAM¹) was born November 03, 1797, and died November 19, 1869. He married HULDAH BELLE CHILES November 18, 1824 in Shelby County, Kentucky.

i. DAVID WALTER STANDIFORD, b. 1825; d. 1915

23. WILLIAM⁴ TALBOTT (ELIZABETH³ STANDIFORD, WILLIAM², WILLIAM¹) was born September 15, 1784 in Baltimore County, Maryland, and died September 27, 1872 in Putnam County, Indiana. He married SARAH STANDIFORD April 28, 1805 in Shelby County, Kentucky, daughter of DAVID STANDIFORD and FRANCIS ASHLEY.

Notes for WILLIAM TALBOTT:
William and family moved to Putnam Co., IN.

Children of WILLIAM TALBOTT and SARAH STANDIFORD are:

i. JAMES W. TALBOTT

ii. JOHN C. TALBOTT

iii. MARCUS TALBOTT

iv. MARY FRANCES TALBOTT

v. SUSAN C. TALBOTT

vi. ELIZABETH TALBOTT, b. 1806

vii. ELZEY TALBOTT, b. 1808

viii. FRANCIS TALBOTT, b. 1809

ix. WILLIAM ADAMS TALBOTT, b. 1811

x. DAVID STANDIFORD TALBOTT, b. Abt. 1812

xi. EDWARD ASBURY TALBOTT, b. 1814

xii. ANN REBECCA TALBOTT, b. 1818

xiii. JOHN WESLEY TALBOTT, b. February 08, 1822, Shelby County, Kentucky; d. January 23, 1893, Tuscola, Illinois.

xiv. SARAH JANE TALBOTT, b. 1830

Generation No. 4

24. NANCY⁵ HAWKINS (HANNAH⁴ STANDIFORD, AQUILLA³, WILLIAM II², WILLIAM¹) She married UNKNOWN BINGHAM

Child of NANCY HAWKINS and UNKNOWN BINGHAM is:

i. HANNAH BINGHAM

25. SARAH "SALLEE"⁵ STANDIFORD (GEORGE⁴, AQUILLA³, WILLIAM II², WILLIAM¹) was born September 16, 1806. She married GEORGE MCLEAN.

Children of SARAH STANDIFORD and GEORGE MCLEAN are:

i. LILLIAN MCLEAN

ii. MIMMIE MCLEAN

26. AQUILLA⁵ STANDIFORD (GEORGE⁴, AQUILLA³, WILLIAM II², WILLIAM¹) was born November 18, 1815. He married FANNY FAULKNER.

Children of AQUILLA STANDIFORD and FANNY FAULKNER are:

i. ELIJAH STANDIFORD, b. January 27, 1838

ii. JOHN P. STANDIFORD, b. May 16, 1841

iii. GEORGE STANDIFORD, b. May 05, 1841

iv. AQUILLA STANDIFORD, b. September 07, 1845

v. FRANCIS MARION STANDIFORD, b. March 19, 1853

vi. ANN ELIZA STANDIFORD, b. November 25, 1854

27. AQUILLA⁵ HILDRETH (SARAH⁴ STANDIFORD, AQUILLA³, WILLIAM II², WILLIAM¹). Wife unknown.

Child of AQUILLA HILDRETH is:

i. SARAH HILDRETH, b. January 10, 1858; d. 1941, Nicholas County, Kentucky

28. NATHAN⁵ STANDIFORD (AQUILLA⁴, AQUILLA³, WILLIAM II², WILLIAM¹) was born September 28, 1804 in Harrison County, Indiana. He married 1. MARY WILSON April 04, 1833 in Floyd County, Indiana, daughter of JAMES WILSON and DOREAS BARTLETT. He married 2. MARY BECK AKERS, widow of Martin Akers in 1853 in Floyd Co

Notes for NATHAN STANDIFORD:

From Grace Paris:
Nathan Standiford, son of Aquilla Standiford, II and wife, Elizabeth, came to Harrison county, IN at the age of 13. He grew up there except for a short time when he lived in a nearby county (Floyd Co.). The "History of Indiana:" calls him a schoolteacher and a farmer in Floyd Co.

Nathan married 1. Mary Wilson. Her death date is not known. He married 2. Mary Beck Akers, widow of Martin Akers in 1853 in Floyd Co. She had young children by her first husband who she brought to the marriage.

He was in Harrison Co. during the Civil War. Nathan was too old for service, but he had three sons, a stepson and a son-in-law in service. Two of his sons were killed and a stepson died of illness in service and his son-in-law was killed.

Nathan helped to care for families of sons in service, especially of his son Aquilla. He was evidently a widower at the time and was like his father, a local preacher and exhorter. He was known in the community as "Uncle Nat" and to his grandchildren, he was the beloved "Grandpa Standiford".

A paper read in the 1930s at the Snyder Chapel homecoming told of "Uncle Nat" going to the post office each Wednesday for mail, bringing news from "the front", and of his going often out to the crossroads to see travelers to get the news because there were no telephones.

When Martha, wife of his son Aquila, died in Knox County, Indiana, Grandpa Standiford came to aid the grief stricken family. He was deeply religious and was loved and respected by all who knew him. Wherever he was visiting, he was always invited to preach in the local church. The date of his death is not known by his descendants.

In about 1890, there was great excitement among the children of Aquilla, son of Nathan, over an advertisement for "Heirs of William Bartlett who died in Kentucky in 1821". William Bartlett had leased a large tract of land for 99 years to one ___Biddinger. The lease had expired and search was being made for the rightful heirs to the property who presented proof of relationship. No one in the family knew of any relationship with William Bartlett. Charles Wesley Standiford, "Uncle Wes" then went to Kentucky and visited in the home of George Standiford in Licking River Valley in Nicholas County. George told Uncle Wes that he knew about the lease and that the children of Uncle Quill were heirs but did not know exactly how they were related to Bartlett.

In 1930, Uncle George's family was found to be heirs also. A lawyer in Kansas, working on the case, died before he unraveled the mystery and no one was ever able to benefit. The land included Blue Lick Springs. At that time a company was bottling mineral water, later in the dispute and litigation of some of the known heirs the spring was shot and the flow of the salt water to day is but a trickle. The land is near the town of Bartlettsville.

Grace Paris and others visited the neglected springs in 1930 and a State Park with Museum is on part of the land.

i. JAMES STANDIFORD

More About JAMES STANDIFORD:
Fact 1: Killed in the Civil War.

ii. JOHN STANDIFORD

More About JOHN STANDIFORD:
Fact 1: Killed in the Civil War.

iii. ELIJAH STANDIFORD

More About ELIJAH STANDIFORD:
Fact 1: Served in the Civil War.
Fact 2: Buried at Maysville, IN

iv. NANCY STANDIFORD

More About NANCY STANDIFORD:
Fact 1: Unmarried.

v. AMELIA STANDIFORD

More About AMELIA STANDIFORD:
Fact 1: Known as "Aunt Mele". She and Nancy may be one and the same person.
Fact 2: Never married.

vi. KETURA STANDIFORD, m. DAVID HOTTLE

vii. AQUILLA STANDIFORD, b. April 19, 1830, Harrison County, Indiana; d. September 02, 1882, Davis County, Indiana.

viii. TABITHA STANDIFORD, m. ANDY COPELAND

More About ANDY COPELAND:
Fact 1: Killed in the Civil War.

ix. CORNELIUS STANDIFORD, b. September 09, 1837, Floyd County, Indiana; d. April 25, 1875
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29. MARY ANN⁵ STANDIFORD (AQUILLA⁴, AQUILLA³, WILLIAM II², WILLIAM¹) was born 1805 in Harrison County, Indiana. She married ISSAC WILCOXSON February 20, 1829.

Children of MARY STANDIFORD and ISSAC WILCOXSON are:

i. JOHNSON WILCOXSON, d. Abt. 1938, Washington County, IN

More About JOHNSON WILCOXSON:
Fact 1: Died at an advanced age. Described as a "very saintly" man.

ii. HARRISON WILCOXSON

30. SQUIRE HILDRETH⁵ STANDIFORD (AQUILLA⁴, AQUILLA³, WILLIAM II², WILLIAM¹) was born June 28, 1808 in Harrison County, Indiana, and died April 02, 1867 in Harrison County, Indiana. He married MARY STUCKER August 06, 1835 in Harrison County, Indiana.

More About SQUIRE HILDRETH STANDIFORD:

Fact 1: Was a licensed minister.

Children of SQUIRE STANDIFORD and MARY STUCKER are:

                              i.       ELIZABETH JANE STANDIFORD

ii. JAMES NATHAN STANDIFORD, m. ELIZABETH BAKER

Notes for JAMES NATHAN STANDIFORD:
James Nathan Standiford had an illegitimate son who took the name Standiford. This son married a local girl, Reese Huff, and they lived in Colorado.

More About JAMES NATHAN STANDIFORD:
Fact 1: No children with Elizabeth.

iii. JOSEPH STANDIFORD

More About JOSEPH STANDIFORD:
Fact 1: Died as an infant.

iv. WILLIAM THOMPSON STANDIFORD, m. LEALINE PLUMMER

More About WILLIAM THOMPSON STANDIFORD:
Fact 1: Two sons who died in infancy.

v. LYDIA ANN STANDIFORD, b. 1840

vi. SARAH ELIZA STANDIFORD, b. 1845; d. 1857

vii. SUSANNAH STANDIFORD, b. 1851

viii. EMMA CATHERINE STANDIFORD, b. November 14, 1854; d. April 29, 1912

ix. MARTHA STANDIFORD, b. 1857; d. 1858

x. MARY EVALIN STANDIFORD, b. 1863; d. 1904.

31. MARTHA⁵ STANDIFORD (AQUILLA⁴, AQUILLA³, WILLIAM², WILLIAM¹) was born 1814. She married PRESTON STUCKER November 11, 1837 in Washington County, IN.

i. ASBURY STUCKER

ii. JOHN STUCKER

32. AQUILLA THOMPSON⁵ STANDIFORD (AQUILLA⁴, AQUILLA³, WILLIAM II², WILLIAM¹) was born April 03, 1824 in Harrison County, Indiana, and died November 06, 1901 in Harrison County, Indiana; b. New Borden cemetery. He married ELIZABTH LITTELL.

Click here for the lineage of Aquilla Thompson Standiford

33. LUCINDA⁵ BARTLETT (REBECCA⁴ STANDIFORD, AQUILLA³, WILLIAM II², WILLIAM¹) was born November 30, 1807. She married ROBERT FRISTOE May 11, 1824.

i. ELIZABETH HILDRETH FRISTOE, b. August 20, 1826; d. December 04, 1919

ii. JAMES BAILEY FRISTOE, b. April 10, 1828

iii. SILAS FRANKLIN FRISTOE, b. April 30, 1833

34. MALINDA⁵ BARTLETT (REBECCA⁴ STANDIFORD, AQUILLA³, WILLIAM II², WILLIAM¹) was born November 12, 1820, and died November 1903. She married (1) W. P. DUNCAN. She married (2) ELIAS BOWER.

Children of MALINDA BARTLETT and W. DUNCAN are:

i. JAMES FRANKLIN DUNCAN, b. 1839; d. 1934

ii. SARAH DUNCAN, b. December 08, 1841; d. April 26, 1934

iii. AMANDA DUNCAN, d. 1847

35. ELIZABETH⁵ BARTLETT (REBECCA⁴ STANDIFORD, AQUILLA³, WILLIAM II², WILLIAM¹). She married JOSIAH MCCABE 1829.

i. CYNTHIA MCCABE, b. November 16, 1827, Nicholas County, Kentucky; d. March 25, 1905.

36. JOHN⁵ STANDIFORD (JOHN "JACK"⁴, AQUILLA³, WILLIAM II², WILLIAM¹). He married PINK MCCARTHY.

i. JOHNNY "JACK" STANDIFORD

37. PELAGIA⁵ STANDIFORD (JOHN "JACK"⁴, AQUILLA³, WILLIAM², WILLIAM¹). She married WILL HILDRETH.

Children of PELAGIA STANDIFORD and WILL HILDRETH are:

i. THOMAS HILDRETH, m. IVA HILDRETH

Notes for THOMAS HILDRETH:
Married his cousin.

ii. ROBERT MCVEY HILDRETH

iii. PRICE MEBDIA HILDRETH

iv. JOSEPH HILDRETH

v. MURLIA HILDRETH

38. WILLIAM WALLACE⁵ STANDIFORD (JOHN "JACK"⁴, AQUILLA³, WILLIAM II², WILLIAM¹). Wife Unknown.

i. ALBERT WALKER STANDIFORD

ii. ANNIE MAY STANDIFORD, m. WILLIAM THOMAS VANDYKE

iii. ADACASE STANDIFORD

iv. WILLIAM WESLEY STANDIFORD

v. CYNTHIA ROWENA STANDIFORD, m. JAMES JOHNSON

vi. ELIAS ROBERT STANDIFORD

39. GEORGE⁵ STANDIFORD (JAMES⁴, ABRAHAM³, WILLIAM II², WILLIAM¹) was born 1823, and died 1903. He married CYNTHIA MCCABE July 12, 1849 in Nicholas County, Kentucky, daughter of JOSIAH MCCABE and ELIZABETH BARTLETT.

Children of GEORGE STANDIFORD and CYNTHIA MCCABE are:

i. JAMES FRANKLIN STANDIFORD, b. April 21, 1850; d. 1941, Nicholas County, Kentucky.

ii. JOHN BRUCE STANDIFORD, b. May 19, 1854; d. April 18, 1917

More About JOHN BRUCE STANDIFORD:
Fact 1: No children.

iii. WILLIAM STANDIFORD

iv. ROBERT STANDIFORD, m. DOROTHY HICKMAN

v. CHARLES BAKER STANDIFORD, b. October 15, 1868

vi. REBECCA ANN STANDIFORD, b. August 30, 1865; d. October 06, 1866

40. ROBERT⁵ STANDIFORD (JAMES⁴, ABRAHAM³, WILLIAM², WILLIAM¹) He married ROWENA PAXTON.

i. LAURA STANDIFORD

ii. JAMES TOM STANDIFORD

41. TAYLOR⁵ STANDIFORD (JAMES⁴, ABRAHAM³, WILLIAM II², WILLIAM¹) He married LUCINDA MYERS.

i. JOHN STANDIFORD.

42. ABRAM G.⁵ STANDIFORD (FRANCIS ASBURY⁴, ABRAHAM³, WILLIAM², WILLIAM¹,) was born January 27, 1816 in Shelbyville, Kentucky. He married MARTHA REYNOLDS December 07, 1844 in La Porte County, Indiana, daughter of ABRAM REYNOLDS and MARY BILLINGTON.

Notes for ABRAM G. STANDIFORD:

Click her to view Abram's biography.

It is noted in the biography that he had four children, one son and three daughters. Only one daughter was noted in the biography: Clara M., the wife of Clarence D. Hess.

Abraham was a medical doctor and was described as a gentleman of high honor.

Notes for MARTHA REYNOLDS:
Martha was born in St. Lawrence county, New York, March 13, 1825, a daughter of Abram and Mary Billington Reynolds.

i. CLARA M. STANDIFORD

ii. WILLIAM F. STANDIFORD, b. July 30, 1850; m. ANNIE E. FLOOD, February 26, 1876, Indiana.

Notes for WILLIAM F. STANDIFORD:
William was a medical doctor, practicing medicine in Indiana and Texas.

Click here to view William's Biography.

43. DAVID⁵ STANDIFORD (FRANCIS ASBURY⁴, ABRAHAM³, WILLIAM II², WILLIAM¹)

Notes for DAVID STANDIFORD:
Wives Unknown. Children listed are by his second wife.

Children of DAVID STANDIFORD are:

i. MALCOM STANDIFORD

ii. ADELA STANDIFORD

iii. GRACE STANDIFORD

iv. NORVALL STANDIFORD

44. ADOLPHUS⁵ STANDIFORD (JAMES ADOLPHUS⁴, BENJAMIN³, WILLIAM II², WILLIAM¹) was born May 19, 1837, and died June 21, 1888. He married SARAH E. MACKEY.

i. KELSO MACKEY STANDIFORD, b. January 22, 1875; d. February 19, 1880

ii. EDITH STANDIFORD

iii. JAMES RICHARD STANDIFORD, b. September 06, 1871; d. March 16, 1940; m. ELSIE RIDER

iv. LIDA STANDIFORD

45. SARAH⁵ MILLER (SARAH H.⁴ STANDIFORD, BENJAMIN³, WILLIAM II², WILLIAM¹) was born 1836. She married JOHN STANDIFORD.

Child of SARAH MILLER and JOHN STANDIFORD is:

i. WILLIAM STANDIFORD, b. 1856; d. 1892

46. AMANDA C.⁵ STANDIFORD (JOHN⁴, DAVID³, WILLIAM II², WILLIAM¹) was born 1819, and died 1900. She married CYRUS NUTT.

Notes for CYRUS NUTT:
Cyrus was a D. D., President of the I.U. in 1900

i. JAMES S. NUTT, b. 1859; d. 1891; m. SARAH PECK

47. WILLIAM⁵ STANDIFORD (JOHN⁴, DAVID³, WILLIAM II², WILLIAM¹). Wife Unknown.

i. WILLIAM STANDIFORD

48. SARAH⁵ STANDIFORD (JOHN⁴, DAVID³, WILLIAM², WILLIAM¹) She married WILLIAM WELLS.

i. JOHN WELLS.

ii. THOMAS WELLS.

iii. ELIZABETH WELLS.

iv. FLORENCE WELLS.

49. DAVID⁵ STANDIFORD (JOHN⁴, DAVID³, WILLIAM II², WILLIAM¹) Wife Unknown.

i. LULA STANDIFORD.

ii. ADA STANDIFORD.

iii. JOSIE STANDIFORD.

50. DAVID WALTER⁵ STANDIFORD (WILLIAM⁴, DAVID³, WILLIAM II², WILLIAM¹) was born 1825, and died 1915. Wife Unknown.

i. JOHN STANDIFORD

ii. MARY STANDIFORD, b. 1856; m. E. R. ERVIN

iii. VIRGINIA STANDIFORD, b. 1856

iv. EMILY TUBMAN STANDIFORD

v. NARCISSA STANDIFORD

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