Thomas Stancliff and Polly Ann Peck

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Husband Thomas Stancliff ^{1 2}

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           Born: 1797 - Connecticut 2
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         Father: John Stancliff (      -      ) 2
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Wife Polly Ann Peck ²

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            AKA: Mary P. [Unk] 1
           Born: 1797 2
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Children

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1 F Lavinia Stancliff ²

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2 M Alden Stancliff ^{1 2}

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           Born: 30 Aug 1823 - Collins, Erie Co, NY 1 2
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         Spouse: Amelia Brooks (      -1901) 2
           Marr: 1846 1

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3 M Ellsworth Stancliff ²

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4 M Thomas Stancliff ²

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5 F Lorinda Stancliff ²

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            AKA: Lorina Stancliff 1
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6 M Joseph Stancliff ²

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General Notes: Husband - Thomas Stancliff

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A native of Canada, he came with his family to Erie County, Pennsylvania, in 1835. He was a prominent farmer. He was a member of the M. E. Church, and took a great interest in church matters. His father was a soldier of the Revolutionary war. He and his wife were the parents of six children, five were living in 1884. [HEC 1884, 230]

With other members of his family he removed to Erie County, New York, and from thence to Sharp's Corners, Erie County, Pennsylvania, arriving at that point, February 28, 1835. The journey, which was a dangerous and trying one, was made with the help of ox teams to transport their household possessions, and they made their final location on land four and a half miles west of Waterford. Their nearest neighbor was at a distance of a mile, and the location was considered on the frontiers of civilization. Thomas and his brother Timothy secured a tract of land one hundred acres in extent, near Sharp's Corners, and the road which passed the place was named in their honor. Thomas Stancliff became a man of much importance in the community. He served as justice of the peace for many years, did all the surveying and deeding of land in his section, was an active member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and was buried in Sharp's cemetery, which he had laid out.

1 —, History of Erie County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner, Beers & Co., 1884), Bios 230.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 1764.