CHAPTER 1. FIRST GENERATION: WILLIAM STANDLEY (1720), HIS FAMILY, HIS ORIGINS WILLIAM1 STANDLEY was b. about 1720 [also variously estimated from 1715 to 1729], poss. in Va.; res. in Henry Co., Va.; d. 1784 in Henry Co. (now Franklin Co)., Va.; poss. bur. in Mullins Family Cem., located in Franklin Co. south of Haw Patch Hill and east of Hwy. #606; md. abt 1744 to JUDITH “JUDY” (maiden surname unknown), b. abt 1724 and d. abt 1790 in Franklin Co. Children (Stanley):