Person:James Stanyarne (1)

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• likely related to Person:John Stanyarne (1)

1. ↑ Abstracts from the Records of the Court of Ordinary of the Province of South Carolina, 1692-1670 (Continued), in South Carolina historical and genealogical magazine. (Charleston, South Carolina: South Carolina Historical Society, 1900-1952)
   12(4, Oct 1911):207-214.

   In December, 1703, Hannah Stanyarne, John Stanyarne, John Hamilton, William Smith and William Edwards executed a bond to Governor Johnson for the proper administration of the estate of James Stanyarne by Hannah and John Stanyarne and John Hamilton, executrix and executors of the last will and testament of said James Stanyarne.
   (Page 81.)

2.   Abstracts from the Records of the Court of Ordinary of the Province of South Carolina, 1692-1670 (Continued), in South Carolina historical and genealogical magazine. (Charleston, South Carolina: South Carolina Historical Society, 1900-1952)
   13(1, Jan 1912):56-63.

   February 12, 1706-7, John Woodward and Richard Woodward executed a bond to Governor Johnson for John Woodward's proper guardianship of James Stanyarne, minor, son of James Stanyarne, late of the province, deceased. (Page 117.)

3.   THE ASHLEY RIVER: ITS SEATS AND SETTLEMENTS - ANDREWS OR LIBERTY HALL, in South Carolina historical and genealogical magazine. (Charleston, South Carolina: South Carolina Historical Society, 1900-1952)
   20:1 (Jan 1919):5.

   ... This Jonathan Fitch appears to have been the son of the first Jonathan Fitch who was in the Province in April 1678, [13] and was termed Jonathan Fitch Sen in March 1683 [14] and who died prior to 1691 leaving a son Jonathan, and at least two daughters ; Sarah who married John Norton, and Rachel who married James Stanyarne. [15] ...

4. ↑ Edgar, Walter B; South Carolina. General Assembly. House of Representatives. Research Committee; N. Louise Bailey; and Alexander Moore. Biographical directory of the South Carolina House of Representatives. (Columbia, South Carolina: University of South Carolina Press, c1974-)
   2:651.

   James Stanyarne, the son of the immigrant Thomas Stanyarne and his wife Mary, arrived in South Carolina as a child in May 1675. Upon reaching adulthood, he obtained through land grants some 1,397 acres of land in Colleton County, 880 of it on the Stono River. In addition he owned three lots in Charleston and was co-owner of the brigantine Endeavor.
   
   A wealthy planter, he also engaged extensively in trade with the Yemassee and Talapoosa Indians. Politically active, Stanyarne in 1685 was one of the members of the unicameral parliament which was established under the Fundamental Constitutions. On 20 November 1685 he was excluded from that body for refusing to sign an oath of allegiance to the Crown. It was about this time that Stanyarne became a supporter of the Goose Creek faction which was opposed to the Lords Proprietors. By giving his support, Stanyarne, a Quaker, opposed his brother John and seemingly contradicted his dissenter status.
   
   He was elected to the First Assembly (1692–1694) of the Commons House for Colleton County. Reelected by Colleton to the Third (1696–1697), Fifth (1700-1702), Sixth (1702–1703), and Seventh (1703-1705) Assemblies, he continued his service to the province.
   
   Colonel Stanyarne, as he was known by his contemporaries, also served as receiver, for raising money for a watch on Sullivan's Island (1690) and agent, to buy Indian slaves (1703).
   
   Stanyarne married Rachel Fitch, daughter of Jonathan Fitch. They had at least four children:
   Elizabeth (m. John Woodward),
   Sarah (m. Richard Woodward),
   James, and
   Thomas.
   
   James Stanyarne died sometime between 24 February 1703 when he was in the House and December 1703 when Hannah and John Stanyarne executed a bond for the administration of his estate.
   
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   SOURCES: Baldwin. Barnwell, The Story of an American Family, p. 23. Maria Locke Bell, The Bells and Allied Families (Columbia, SC, 1953), pp. 60–61. BPRO, 2: 107-11. Crane, p. 120. Moore & Simmons, p. 3. Royal Grants, 38: 271, 306, 361, 500. Sirmans, Colonial SC, p. 42. SCHM, 8: 33-35; 9: 18, 24; 12: 210; 13: 57; 27: 6, 170. SC Statutes, 2: 41, 212. Warrants, pp. 468, 469, 545-46, 562, 588, 597. Wills & Misc. Recs., 52(1687-1710), 86, 122; 1694 1704, 119.