Rev. Lorenzo Dow Stansbury and Sarah Prudence Valentine
Husband Rev. Lorenzo Dow Stansbury [7013]
Born: Abt 1799 - Flushing, Queens, New York, United States Christened: Died: 6 Dec 1852 - Westchester, New York, United States Buried: FamilySearch ID: 98GP-Q23
Father: John Stansbury [12271] ( - ) Mother: Rachel [12272] ( - )
Marriage: 1826 - Flushing, Queens, New York, United StatesEvents
• Event: 1836. Old Sands Street Methodist Episcopal Church, of Brooklyn, N.Y.
by Edwin Warriner
page 47
Class Leaders
1836 Lorenzo Stansbury.• He appeared on the Federal census in 1840 in Yorktown, Westchester, New York, United States. name:
Lorenzo Stansbury
residence:Yorktown, Westchester, New York
page number:210
nara publication number:M704
nara roll number:353
film number:0017210
digital folder number:004410816
image number:01272. • Event: Oct 1846. Report of the Prison Association of New York
page 90
SING SING STATE PRISON
Table XIX.--Salaries, Fees, Emoluments, etc., of Officers of the State Prison at Sing Sing.
Males.
Names Office Age When appointed Salaries per Annum Nature of Fees and Emoluments, and Amounts thereof.
...
Lorenzo Stansbury Assistant Keeper 39 Oct. 1846 500.00.• Event: 1847. Annual Report, Volumes 1-3 by Correctional Association of New York, page 70-71
Lorenzo Stansbury. -- Have been a keeper in the kitchen in Mount Pleasant Prison since the 22nd day of October last. When I first came into the kitchen, I took up the same plan as I had understood my predecessors had adopted. But I found that the boiled rice was not generally eaten, but returned. I commenced, however, giving them dry rations, bread and meat, which they seemed to like better. When I first went in we had but few vegetables of any kind, except turnips. Now we have potatoes, beets, carrots, onions, and cabbage. When I came in there were 35 barels of pork shoulders, which the men complained of, and which I did not consider was quite what it ought to be. The morning meal now is bread, meat, and rye-coffee: the dinner is beef or pork, with potatoes or some other vegetables, beets or carrots. They have had fresh meat about twice in ten days-- a little oftener than once a week. The meat has been beef, consisting of "cargo", "clean meat", "shin", and "check." There is a ration of bread: the ration consists of half a pound of bread. Such convicts as require more, are served with extra rations of bread. The quantity of meal is increased about one-half. The ration in the morning is the same in quantity as at noon, being about three quarters of a pound to each meal. There were four or five tierces of bad rice, which had worms, which I endeavored to clean by sifting, and then I mixed about one-third of that with other good rice. The quantity of molasses is 15 gallons to 700 men-- being a little less than half a gill to each man. The quantity of much is at least three pints to a common ration-- the extra, two quarts. The evening meal is mush and molasses, without any change.
As to the barrels, Mr. Radford gave me to understand that if I could take care of the good ones for him, I might have the old ones. As to any meat or other articles which I might want, I was to keep an account and pay for the same. The rice I have not used for about a month, as the Inspectors said it was not good. LORENZO STANSBURY.• Event: 7 Jan 1848. Documents of the Senate of the State of New York, Volume 2, by New York (State). Legislature. Senate.
page 86-87
Table, Of cash expended on accountof appropriation for "building new shops" at Sing Sing Prison, to January 7th, 1848.
1847, January 1, Lorenzo Stansbury, Assistant Keeper and master carpenter, voucher 70, 41.66
August 1, Lorenzo Stansbury, Assistant Keeper and master carpenter, voucher 238, 41.66
.• He worked as an architect and builder.
• Biography: William Knight Smith's biography in "Portrait and Biographical Record of Orange County, New York, Part 1", page 794.
...
The parents of our subject, David C. and Cornelia (Conklin) Smith, were among the earliest settlers of the Upper Clove. The father was a son of David and Abbie (Clark) Smith, and the latter a daughter of Davaid and Fannie (Knight) Conklin. During his residence in Brooklyn, February 9, 1854, William K. Smith was united in marriage with Miss Rachel Ann Stansbury, who was born in Peekskill, N.Y. When she was a girl of twelve years her parents, Lorenzo D. and Sarah P. (Valentine) Stansbury, moved to Brooklyn, where her father was engaged as an architect and builder, an occupation that seems to have been a favorite one in the family for many generations back.
Lorenzo D. Stansbury was a son of John and Rachel Stansbury, and his wife was a daughter of John and Ann (Fosdick) Valentine. THe maternal grandfather of Mrs. Smith, Mr. Valentine, was born in Flushing, L.I., and was impressed by the British into their army during the Revolutionary War. At the earliest opportunity he escaped to American lines, and going to General Washington offered to serve for his own country. It was a hazardous undertaking, as he did not know bu that he might be executed for wearing British uniform, but his offer was accepted and he entered the Colonial ranks. He served in a cavalry regiment for seven years and six months, and was honorably discharged at the close of the war after which he returned to Long Island.
The wife of this revolutionary hero was born at Oyster Bay, L.I. in 1764 and died September 16, 1827. She was one of six children born to Samuel Fosdick, Jr., and his first wife, Deborah, daughter of Morris and Deborah Shadbolt, the former of whome was a man of prominence in Colonial days. Mr. Fosdick was born in New Longon, Conn., March 11, 1710, and was eight years old when his father moved to Charlestown, Mass., and twenty when he settled at Oyster Bay, L.I. His occupation was that of a carpenter and builder.• He died on 8 Dec 1852. Index to Marriages and Deaths in the New York Herald
1835-1855
page 516
Stansbury, Lorenzo 12/8/52.• His obituary was published. Old Sands Street Methodist Episcopal Church of Brooklyn, N.Y.
by Edwin Warriner
Obituary, page 498-499
*Stansbury, Lorenzo, cl. ldr.; conv. at a camp-meeting in Croton, N.Y.; j. Sands-st. ch. by c., 1826, aged about 18. Rem. by c. to Carlton ave. (now Simpson) ch., 1846, where he continued to be cl. ldr.; received the fullness of the love of God at a camp-meeting in Northport in 1851. He was known in business circles as a man of industry and integrity, at home as a kind Xn. husband and father, in the ch. as a useful and powerful exh., wonderfully gifted in prayer. After a few months of painless illness, he d. Dec. 6, 1852, age about 44. He gave dying counsels to his class, his family, and his unconverted friends; last words, "I want to rest." [S.A. Seaman, in Ch. Ad.]-- *Sara, his w.; rem. by c., 1846; d. of pneumonia 1882, age 82; a Meth. 66 yrs. A son of the above is the Rev. J. H. Stansbury, of the N. York East Conf.
Wife Sarah Prudence Valentine [4017] 1 2
Born: 1 Jan 1801 - Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States 1 Christened: Died: 14 Nov 1882 - Ramapo, Rockland, New York, United States 1 Cause of Death: pneumonia Buried: 17 Nov 1882 - Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States FamilySearch ID: LWV2-WFV
Father: John Valentine [12268] (Abt 1755- ) Mother: Anna Fosdick [12267] (1764-1827)
Other Spouse: John Lewis Becraft 1 3 [3974] (1800-1885) - 2 Dec 1869 - Methodist Episcopal Church, Sloatsburg, Rockland Co, NYEvents
• She appeared on the Federal census in 1850 in Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States. name:
Sarah Stansbery
event:Census
event date:1850
event place:Brooklyn, ward 7, Kings, New York, United States
gender:Female
age:45
marital status:
race (original):
race (standardized):
birthplace:New York
estimated birth year:1805
dwelling house number:233
family number:306
line number:42
nara publication number:M432
nara roll number:519
film number:17095
digital folder number:004197492
image number:00323
Household Gender Age Birthplace Stansbery M 43 New York Sarah Stansbery F 45 New York Theadore Stansberry M 21 New York Rachael Stansberry M 17 New York Cornelia Stansberry F 13 New York James Stansberry M 8 New York Maria L Stansberry F 6 New York Davis Hodgison M 16 New York. • She appeared on the Federal census in 1860 in Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States. name:
Sarah P Stansbury
residence:, Kings, New York
ward:1st Dist 8th Ward Brooklyn
age:55 years
estimated birth year:1805
birthplace:New York
gender:Female
page:66
family number:470
film number:803767
dgs number:4235935
image number:00376
nara number:M653. • She appeared on the Federal census in 1870 in Ramapo, Rockland, New York, United States. page 115
John age 69, farmer, real property value $3000, personal property value $200, born NY; Sarah age 66, keeping house, born NY.
.• Biography: 1891. http://www.ebooksread.com/authors-eng/lewis-l-fosdick/fosdick-family-the-oyster-bay-branch-1583-1891--a-record-of-the-ancestry-and--dso/page-5-fosdick-family-the-oyster-bay-branch-1583-1891--a-record-of-the-ancestry-and--dso.shtml
Lewis L Fosdick.
Fosdick family, the Oyster Bay branch, 1583-1891 : a record of the ancestry and descendants of Samuel Fosdick 3d. of Oyster Bay, L.I
. (page 5 of 8)
7. SARAH PRUDENCE VALENTINE, b. Janu-
ary 1, 1801 ; m. 1, Rev. Lorenzo Stansbury, in 1826,
and lived in Flushing in 1827, when her mother died ;
m. 2, John Becraft, in 1871, and lived at Sloatsburgh,
1. Queensbury Letter, 1812.
94 ANNA FOSDICK VALENTINE AND HEE DESCENDANTS.
New York, where slie died November 14, 1882, buried
in Greenwood. She was a devout Christian and a
zealous member of the Methodist Church, and had
more than ordinary energy and vivacity. In 1880, she
visited her cousin, Fanny H. Craft, at Eockaway,
whom she had not seen for a great many years. The
meeting between them was regarded by both as the
last, and was deeply interesting to both, and touching
to those who were present. She had six chn. \emdash 1,
John H. Stansbury (Kev.), b. October 16, 1827 ; m.
Mary Jane Barber ; is a clergyman of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, now at Bay Shore, Long Island ;
four chn.; 1, John Henry Jr.; 2, Joseph Lorenzo, m.
Emielie Fisher, Brooklyn ; 3, Eobert Pettit, b. 1860,
and 4, Cecelia, m. George M. Burr, of Camac, Long
Island \emdash 2, Charles Theodore Stansbury, b. October
31, 1829 ; m. 1, Sarah Barber, s. d. July 28, 1882, in
Brooklyn, buried Hempstead, Long Island ; m. 2,
Mrs. Alma La Kosa; four chn.; 1, Edmond G., carpen-
ter, Jamaica, Long Island ; 2, James, m. Mary Strick-
land, of Lawrence, Long Island ; 3, Chauncey Smith,
and 4, Mary Jane, m. Isaac U. Hyatt, Jamaica \emdash 3,
Eachel Ann Stansbury, b. April 14, 1833, m. William
K. Smith, 1. Monroe, New York, three chn.; 1, Sarah
E., m. Jeremiah T. Earl, h. d. April 18, 1891 ; (five
chn.; 1, WilUam S., b. December 3, 1875, at Port
Jervis; 2, Theodore C, b. September 22, 1877, at Port
Jervis ; 3, Frank G., b. April 1, 1879, at Goshen ; 4,
Floyd, b. November 10, 1883, and 5, Ethel, b. March
16, 1891) ; 2, Fannie C, m. Theodore Weygant, Jr., of
Highland MiUs, May 9, 1883, (three chn.; 1, WiUard
B., b. October 4, 1884 ; 2, Ealph, b. July 13, 1888,
and 3, Eoxana, b. July 30, 1891); 3, Flora M.\emdash 4,
Cornelia Amanda Stansbury, b. August 6, 1836, m.
Benjamin Sanford Bedell, Brooklyn, two chn.; 1,
ANNA FOSDICK VALENTINE AND HER DESCENDANTS. 95
Francis Warren, and 2, Mary Emma \emdash 5, James Y.
Stansbuky, b. October 18, 1840, m. Eliza , s. b.
February 19, 1839, h. d. May 10, 1888, at North Attle-
boro, Massachusetts, bur. there, widow 1. there, four
chn.; 1, Julia E., b. November 4, 1861; 2, Sandford L.,
b. March 31, 1877 ; 3, Carrie L., b. September 21,
1879, and 4, Gracie F., b. April 8, 1882, d. April 17,
1885\emdash 6, Makia L. Stansbuky, b. July 8, 1844, m.
Jacob Provost Cooke, Brooklyn, four chn.: 1, Carrie
Louisa, b. May 18, 1866 ; 2, George Lansing, b. Octo-
ber 4, 1867 ; 3, Freddie Stansbury, d., and 4, Jennie
Parker, d.
Children
1 M Rev. John Henry Stansbury [12273]
Born: 16 Oct 1827 - Flushing, Queens, New York, United States Christened: Died: 10 May 1904 - Northport, Suffolk Co, NY Buried: - Northport Rural Cemetery, Northport, Suffolk, New York, United States 4 FamilySearch ID: G91B-L35Spouse: Mary Jane Barber 4 [12279] (1829-1914) Marr: 24 Oct 1848 - Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States
2 M Charles Theodore Stansbury [12274]
Born: 31 Oct 1829 - Flushing, Queens, New York, United States Christened: Died: 27 Jun 1900 - Jamaica, Queens Co, NY Buried: 30 Jun 1900 - Greenfield Cemetery, Uniondale, Nassau Co, NY FamilySearch ID: G4S5-YXQSpouse: Sarah Barber [12280] (1833-1882)Spouse: Alma La Rosa [12281] ( - )
3 F Rachel Ann Stansbury [12275]
Born: 14 Apr 1833 - Flushing, Queens, New York, United States Christened: Died: Buried: FamilySearch ID: LLCJ-1ZBSpouse: William Knight Smith [12282] (1829-1892) Marr: 9 Feb 1854 - Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States
4 F Cornelia Amanda Stansbury [12276] 5
Born: 6 Aug 1836 - Flushing, Queens, New York, United States Christened: Died: 27 Jun 1900 - Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States 6 Buried: - Cypress Hills Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States 6 FamilySearch ID: G91B-71WSpouse: Benjamin Sanford Bedell [12283] ( - )
5 M James Y Stansbury [12277]
Born: 18 Oct 1840 - Flushing, Queens, New York, United States Christened: Died: 10 May 1888 - North Attleboro, , MA Buried: FamilySearch ID: G91B-QZTSpouse: Eliza [12284] (1839- )
6 F Maria Louise Stansbury [12278] 7
Born: 8 Jul 1844 - Flushing, Queens, New York, United States Christened: Died: 3 Mar 1923 - New York City, New York County, New York, United States 7 Buried: 6 Mar 1923 - Cypress Hills Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States 7 FamilySearch ID: L5NV-KB2Spouse: Jacob Provost Cooke [12285] (1834- ) Marr: Abt 1865 7
Burial Notes: Wife - Sarah Prudence Valentine
Lot 14058 Sec 124
1
davidmw00@yahoo.com (David Wallace
email: davidmw00@yahoo.com).
2 Majorie Smeltzor-Stevenot, Families of the Ramapos: Becraft, Call, Charleston, Hogencamp, Pitt, Starr and related families (N.p.: FamilySearch International, n.d.), 8.
3 Majorie Smeltzor-Stevenot, Families of the Ramapos: Becraft, Call, Charleston, Hogencamp, Pitt, Starr and related families (N.p.: FamilySearch International, n.d.), 7.
4 Findagrave.com.
5 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 22 Nov 2025), entry for Cornela Amanda Stansbury, person ID G91B-71W.
6 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 22 Nov 2025), entry for Cornelia Amanda Stansbury, person ID G91B-71W.
7
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 22 Nov 2025), entry for Maria L Stansbury, person ID L5NV-KB2.
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