Standley, Daniel

Daniel Standley (b 1777 Attleboro, 1793 to Farmington, ME - d 1828 Farmington)

1799 Farmington deed, house joiner
1830 inventory with sash lights and bench tools including moulding tools, cornice and grooving plow

Daniel Standley

Daniel Standley (Jr.) b 4-4-1777 Attleboro, MA -9-12-1828 Farmington, ME

m Mercy Backus in 1802, 11 children b. 1803 to 1828.

House Joiner in Farmington, (Lincoln County, ME), 1799 deed, Daniel Stanly (Sr.) honored father, Attleboro (husb. 1749, blksm. 1778, gent. 1784)

1830 Estate includes 200 lights of sash and a section of tools. Carpenter Tool Section: broad axe, 5 augers, 4 chisels, square, compass, 3 saws, lot of bench tools, box rule, lot of moulding tools including cornice and grooving plow, hammers, hatchets.

History of Farmington; “Daniel Stanley, son of Daniel and Sophronia (Daggett) Stanley was born at Attleborough, Mass. April 4, 1777. He acquired in early life the trade of a carpenter and house-joiner, and came to the township as a single man in 1793. He worked at his trade for some years, and in 1804 purchased of Ward Spooner a part of the farm on the west side of the river, now owned by his son George W. Stanley, and other, to which he removed in 1805, and where the remainder of his life was spent. Mr. Stanley was an excellent mechanic, and was respected for his industry and upright character. He married April 29, 1802, Mercy, daughter of Nathaniel Backus … He died September 12, 1829.”

1799 Deed

1830 Inventory excerpt

14 3/8” long by 1 ½” wide toted sash with beech body and birch tote and birch wedge. Replaced iron.