Fourth Generation  

12. William STANGER [3847] (James³, William Thomas², Thomas¹) was born on 5 Mar 1715 in Harringworth Northamptonshire England and died on 23 Jul 1790 in Harringworth Northamptonshire England at age 75.

General Notes: William lived at Harringworth in Northamptonshire. He was an Apocethary and a Baptist Minister at Morcott in Leicestershire (Rutland). from Geoffrey Stanger, Aug. 8, 1989. ...
In an e-Mail received from Joyce [Pickering] Trousdale in September, 2012, she included a Copy of the Lincoln, Rutland and Stamford Mercury [Newspaper], dated April 15, 1859. Interestingly, the Newspaper included a Column headed "Gleanings from The Mercury and other Periodicals", beneath which was the Sub-Heading, "1790", included in which was the following:
July 23. --- Died, Mr. Stanger, aged 75, generally styled the "Harringworth Doctor", in which village he resided. He was a preacher of the Baptist persuasion, and gratuitously attended meetings at Morcott, Rutland.

William married Sarah PRIDMORE [3848] [MRIN: 2415], daughter of Unknown and Unknown, on 27 Oct 1737 in Harringworth Northamptonshire England.

Children from this marriage were:

+ 24 M    i. James STANGER [3838] was born in 1739 in Tixover Rutland England, died on 29 Nov 1806 in Long Sutton Lincolnshire England at age 67, and was buried about Nov 1806 in Fleet Baptist Chapel Fleet Hargate Lincolnshire England.

   25 F    ii. Mary STANGER [3846] was born in 1742 and died in 1793 at age 51.

+ 26 M    iii. William STANGER [91989] was born in 1754 and died in 1855 at age 101.

14. Thomas STANGER [3861] (William Thomas (Rev.)⁵, William Thomas², Thomas¹) was born in 1706 in Moulton Northamptonshire England and died on 22 May 1768 in Holcot Northamptonshire England at age 62.

General Notes: In a Stanger Family File from Mark Ward in April 208, Mark included:-

Thomas was the eldest of William's eight children, was brought up on his father's farm at Moulton. He was a General Baptist, who began preaching publicly in 1748 - his son John later described him as "warm and Ernest in his preaching although a plain unlettered preacher. Within the Baptist Church this time there was a move away from the beliefs of the General Baptists towards the Calvinism of the Particular Baptists - move which was to be reflected in John's own career as a pastor, and this is perhaps the reason why John would later speak of his father's stiffness and tenacity in maintaining his sentiments on every religious subject, contrary to that fair investigation and candid enquiry, which would have rendered him much more respectable in the view ofthose from whom he differed -a characteristic which John termed "one of the most prominent foibles in his religious character".

Chiefly by Thomas's efforts a Meeting House was built at Mounton in 1750 ( to be rebuilt in 1787), of which Thomas was later ordained pastor.

In his will Thomas is described as a yeoman. he farmed at Moulton, at first with his father, for over thirty years and then for the last ten years of his life at Holcott, two miles away. Moulton farm was 140 acres at a rent of £40 per annum.

Thomas married Sarah MASON [3863] [MRIN: 2442], daughter of Thomas MASON [52721] and Unknown,. Sarah was born in 1706 in Moulton Northamptonshire England and died in 1781 in Moulton Northamptonshire England at age 75.

General Notes: In a Stanger Family File from Mark Ward in April 208, Mark included:-

Sarah was daughter of Thomas, Mason of Burton Latimer, Sarah, although a devout Baptist was opposed to narrow interpretations of religion and to bigotry.

Children from this marriage were:

+ 27 M    i. William STANGER [43004] was born in 1735 in Holcot Northamptonshire England and died in 1793 at age 58.

   28 F    ii. Elizabeth STANGER [43005] was born in 1737 and died in 1768 at age 31.

Elizabeth married Richard GREEN [43009] [MRIN: 15496].

   29 F    iii. Mary STANGER [43006] was born in 1739 and died in 1793 at age 54.

   30 F    iv. Sarah STANGER [43007] was born in 1741 and died in 1798 at age 57.

Sarah married John ROGERS [43010] [MRIN: 15497]. John died in 1772 in Great Gransden Huntingdonshire England.

+ 31 M    v. Rev John STANGER [3862] was born on 18 Jan 1743 in Moulton Northamptonshire England and died on 15 Apr 1823 in Sevenoaks Kent England at age 80.

   32 F    vi. Ann STANGER [43008] was born in 1746 and died in 1803 at age 57.

Ann married John LAWS [43011] [MRIN: 15498]. John died in 1818.