The Stanleys came from England and they were Earls of Derby and Lord Stanleys there. I come directly through them as follows: my mother was Clara Belle Douglass (of Red Douglass clan of Scotland) and her grandmother Douglass Francis Jester Hardy whose ancestor John Hardy came 1660 to Isle of Wight County, Virginia, from England. They go back to Sir John Hardy Lord Mayor of London whose wife was Margaret de la Pole, daughter of Richard de La Pole, Earl of Suffolk and his wife Lady Mary de Stanley, daughter of George de Stanley, Earl of Derby, Surety of Magna Charta. You can find in Burke’s Peerage, this line with coat of arms, etc.

From a book, "Scots in the Carolinas" by Dobson:
Three children of John Johnstone of Stapleton and his wife Elizabeth Belcher came to NC.
1. Elizabeth Johnstone wife of Thomas Kenan and son Kenneth b 1740. Emigrated via Ireland to Wilmington, NC 1733
2. Gabriel Johnston, Gov NC 1733-1752 b Dundee, Angus. m Frances??? Their daughter was Penelope. Note Frances m John Rutherford after Gabriel died.
3. Gilbert Johnston, b in Scotland (3rd son of John of Johnstone and Elizabeth Belcher) He was father of Gilbert, Henry and Robert. Jacobite in 1745, emigrated to Cape Fear, NC 1746, d 1775

........ 2 Elizabeth Johnstone
............ +Thomas Kenan 1700 - Abt 1765
................... 3 James Kenan
................... 3 Owen Kenan
................... 3 Michael Johnston Kenan
................... 3 Arabella Kenan
................... 3 Elizabeth Kenan
................... 3 Thomas Kenan
................... 3 Penelope Kenan
................... 3 Jane Kenan

Updated October 31, 2011