Abt 1665 - Yes, date unknown
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Name |
John Stanyarne |
Birth |
Abt 1665 |
Gender |
Male |
Death |
Yes, date unknown |
Person ID |
I139252 |
My Genealogy |
Last Modified |
28 Jun 2015 |
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Notes |
- John Stanyarne, brother of James Stanyarne (d.1703); brother-in-law of
John Ladson (d.1698).
John Stanyarne, planter in Colleton County, was the son of immigrants
Thomas and Mary Stanyarne. He was the recipient of grants totalling 1,210
acres on the Stono River and Bohicket Creek in Colleton County, 610 acres
in Granville County, and 2,000 acres on the Pee Dee and Winyah Rivers in
Craven County.
Commons House service began for Stanyarne when Colleton County elected
him to the Third Assembly (1696-1697), and he continued to represent
Colleton in the Sixth (1702-1703), Seventh (1703-1705), and the Tenth
(1707-1708) Assemblies. When elected by his home county to the Twelfth
Assembly (1710-1711), he declined to serve. A Quaker, Stanyarne on 23
February 1703 walked out of the Sixth Royal Assembly along with other
dissenters in protest of the Anglican faction and later exhibited his
dissenting views by opposing the Church Act of 1704. He, unlike his
brother James, supported proprietary rule throughout his political life,
although he did in 1716 sign the petition to the Crown which complained
of the poor conditions in Carolina. He returned to the Commons House as a
member of the SEventeenth Assembly (1720-1721), the last assembly under
proprietary rule. Local offices held by John Stanyarne included tax
assessor, for raising money for the defense of the province (1702); road
commissioner, for Johns Island (1705); bridge commissioner, for Wapoo Cut
(1712); bridge commissioner, for Stono Bridge (1713); and Commissioner of
the High Roads for Johns Island, St. Paul Parish (1721).
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