The following notes are taken from documents kindly supplied to
me on September 09, 2002 by Shirley Shields 515 Lyndon Ave.
Greenfield, Ohio 45123 sshields@dragonbbs.com 1. Source:
HISTORY OF NICHOLAS COUNTY, KENTUCKY Compiles and Edited by
Joan Weissinger Conley Nicholas County Historical Society, Inc.
Carlisle, Kentucky 1976 Page 419: STANDIFORD The Standiford
family presently in Nicholas County are of English descent,
having first settled in Baltimore County, Maryland. The
immigrant ancestor was William Standiford, an adult in 1687. The
Standiford estate was named Hopewell, according to Calvert Rent
Rolls. His wife's name is unknown, but he was the father of
John, Samuel, Jemima, Mary, James, Ephriam, and William II.
William II was married three times, first to Anne Hutchings,
second to Christina Wright, third to Elizabeth Carlisle. By
wife Christina he had children: Aquilla "b. 1740" Arvilla "b.
1741" and Abraham "b. 1745". Aquilla, a Methodist minister,
married Sarah Clark and migrated to Kentucky in 1784, locating
first at Hopewell or Paris. At the time only three families
lived in log cabins there: Standiford and Hildreths were two
of them. They remained there until the population increased
and game became scarce, then moved on to the Blue Lick Springs
area in what is now Nicholas County. Today some of the
original land owned by Aquilla is still in the family. Aquilla
and Sarah were parents of 12 children: Cassandra, a daughter,
married James Standiford. they were parents of John, Robert,
Jarvis Taylor, Aquilla, America, Sarah, Susanna, and George.
George "b. 1823" married Cynthia McCabe and they were parents
of James Franklin, John Bruce, Robert Fristo, William McCabe,
and Charley Baker. James Franklin Standiford "b. 1850" married
Sarah Von Hildreth and had one son Simon Kenton Standiford "b.
1874". This son married Etna Mullikin of Robertson County.
They became the parents of Louise and James Albert. Louise
married Meredith Linville, and they have one son Arthur Kenton
Linville, who married Janet Kuhnheim and has a son and daughter,
Meredith Scott and Karen Gayle. James Albert Standiford "b.
1905" married Thelma Sampson, and they have a daughter and son:
Geraldine Gorrell and James Albert, Jr. Geraldine and James
Albert each have two sons, who presently live in Fayette and
Bourbon County. Their names are John Warren and James Melborne
Gorrell and Larry James and Stephen Dale Standiford.
--------by Thelma Sampson Standiford, Route 1, Ewing, Kentucky
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- William was on the Muster Roll of Capt. Tobias Stanbury's
Company, French & Indian War, 1758-1759;

• Married: 8 DEC 1740 in Baltimore County, Maryland

1. Averilla STANDIFORD b: 24 AUG 1741
2. Aquilla STANDIFORD b: 25 AUG 1741 in Baltimore County, Maryland
3. William STANDIFORD III b: NOV 1742
4. Abraham STANDIFORD b: 18 MAY 1745 in Maryland