| SURNAME: Stilley (Staley) | NAME: Abraham | No.: 4 on Chart: 2 |
| BIRTHDATE: March 1, 1768 | BIRTHPLACE: Pennsylvania (?) | |
| FATHER: Peter (?) | MOTHER: (Unknown) |
| MARRIED TO: Mary McVey (No.: 5 on Chart: 2) | Wedding Date: circa 1793 | |
| Spouse's Birthdate: February 3, 1775 | Spouse's Birthplace: Virginia | |
| Spouse's Father: James McVey, Jr. | Spouse's Mother: Mary McCormack | |
| Spouse Died: March 25, 1841 | Place: Warren Township, Marion County, Indiana | Cemetery: McVey Cemetery, Marion County, Indiana |
| MARRIED TO: Eliza Jumper (2nd wife) | Date: January 12, 1843 | Place: Marion County, Indiana | Church: Married by George McVey, Methodist Episcopal minister |
| DIED: February 27, 1845 | Place: Warren Township, Marion County, Indiana | Cemetery: McVey Cemetery |
| RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION: Probably Primitive Baptist or Methodist |
| RESIDENCES: According to tax records passed down through subsequent generations, Abraham Stilley (Staley) may have been living in Franklin County, Virginia, as early as 1795. However, his first land purchase there is dated August 4, 1805. This purchase, made with James McVey (brother-in-law), was for 140 acres of land lying just south of the Staunton River near the "Island ford" and "Praters Run" (see Map C, page 7 of The Virginia Staleys). He, with his family, moved to Warren Township, Marion County, Indiana, around 1833 where he bought land from Thomas Morton McVey (his nephew, son of John McVey) on January 12, 1838. |
| EDUCATION: He could at least write his own name. |
| OCCUPATION: Farmer |
| CHILDREN: (all with first wife) | ||||||
| GIVEN NAME | BIRTHDATE | BIRTHPLACE | SPOUSE | WEDDING DATE | WEDDING PLACE | DIED |
| Thomas | circa 1794 | Virginia? | | | | 1815? |
| Elizabeth? | circa 1796 | Virginia? | Preston Thomason | May 5, 1816 | Botetourt Co., VA | |
| (Female) | circa 1798 | Virginia? | | | | |
| Isaac | May 20, 1812 | Franklin Co., VA? | Lavina Murphy | July 2, 1829 | Franklin Co., VA | December 28, 1887 |
| Malinda | March 8, 1814 | Franklin Co., VA? | William Reed* | January 22, 1837 | Marion Co., IN | October 18, 1900 |
| *Malinda married a second time: Emmanuel Springer, May 19, 1841, in Marion County, Indiana | ||||||
| SOURCES: Census records, family memorabilia, county records, cemetery records, McVey Family Bible records (DAR), "Early Marriages, Wills & R.W. records of Botetourt County, Virginia," by Worell. Compiled by Jeffrey L. Staley, November 1982 |