A HISTORY AND GENEALOGY

OF THE STANCLIFF FAMILY IN AMERICA

"THE DESCENDANTS OF JAMES STANCLIFT OF MIDDLETOWN, CONNECTICUT and ALLIED FAMILIES"

By Sherry Smith Stancliff and Robert C. Stancliff

Published by S. S. Research, Library of Congress No. 95-78956, Copyright 1995

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This book is a comprehensive genealogy and history of American Stancliff, Stancliffe and Stanclift (and other spellings) descendants of immigrant ancestors from Middletown, CT; Philadelphia, PA; Lake County, IL; Pittsburgh, PA; and New York City. It follows the migration of the families throughout the United States including AL, AR, AZ, CA, Canada, CO, FL, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MT, NC, ND, NE, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, and WV. "The Book" includes family stories and descriptions of the political and historical events of the time. Over 250 copies of this book have been purchased by Descendants, Libraries, and Genealogical and Historical Societies.

Over 2650 individuals named Stancliff /Stancliffe /Stanclift including children of married Stancliff women have been identified and related to their ancestors. The index lists an estimated 7,500 individuals. This genealogy includes about 175 "Allied" families from which spouses are descended. The book is fully name and place indexed and source referenced with a coat of arms and sketch of the house built by James Stanclift in about 1690. It contains over 550 pages and is hard cloth bound and of "library" quality.

Surnames of families "Allied" to the Stancliffs and cited four or more times in the text are listed on the home page.

The majority of the ten plus generations of Stancliff's in America are descended from the immigrant Yorkshire, England stone cutter named James Stanclift of Middletown, CT. James was first found in the Old Lyme, CT in 1684. In about 1690 he was the first settler (the founder) to build a house and live in what is now Portland, CT a fact commerated by a Connecticut State sign by the Portland Court House. He opened the famous Portland, CT brownstone quarries that were later the source of stone for the brownstone mansions of New York, Philadelphia and Boston. The Washington Monument in Washington D.C. was to be built with stones from each of the states. The stone from CT was from what was once the Stanclift brownstone quarry. The campaigns and battles that Revolutionary War and Civil War soldier's units participated in during the time of their service are provided.

The Stancliff/Stancliffe/Stanclift surname originated in 1274 when surnames were first becoming established in the Shibden Valley, near Halifax, West Yorkshire, England. The first head of the family was known as John de Stanclyf or John of the stone cliff. It is believed that nearly all individuals of that name and similar spellings in both America and England are descended from this ancestor and thus are all cousins. The family grew in the Halifax area and owned at least three large land holdings known as Scout, Hagstocks, and New Hey. Scout Hall built in 1680 on the site of the first Stancliff houses named Scout still exists.

The Connecticut Society of Genealogists, Inc. awarded this genealogy its 1996 Literary Awards Contest Grand Prize. The CSG Newsletter, July/August 1996 states "This splendid book contains highly detailed text which traces descendants for ten generations; the extensive research is not only replete with history but also very interesting reading. The book is far more than "bare bones"; the Allied Families in Appendix A, is a most unexpected bonus.....". The Registrar General of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution accepted for membership a descendant of a Stancliff Revolutionary War Soldier based upon research provided in this book saying "The genealogy James Stanclift of Middletown, CT is a well documented work citing sources."   The Ohio Genealogical Society awarded this genealogy its 1997 William H. and Benjamin Harrison Award for an Ohio Related Family History.

The price for this genealogy is $45.00 plus $4.50 for shipping and handling for a total of $49.50. Ohio residents please add state sales tax of 5.5% ($2.48) for a total of $51.98. Please allow 10 days for mailing after receipt of order. If you are not satisfied with this genealogy, we will refund what you have paid less $4.50 for shipping and handling upon your return of the book in a undamaged condition.

March 20, 1999

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