Oldest gravestone at Moravian Cemetery
History of Richmond County, New York, 1887
Britton Family
This family is of French descent, and their name was originally written Breton, another example of the change of French names into English. The earliest mention of the name in connection Genealogy with the island, is that of Captain, sometimes called Colonel Nicklos, who was born in 1679, and died January 12, 1740.
The following is a copy of the inscription upon the tombstones of Colonel Nicklos Britten and his wife on Long Island, the one a Ten Eyck, the other a Hageman, and then purchased land and removed here.
"Here lies ye Body of Col. Nicklos Britten, aged 61 years, Deceased Jan. 12, 1740. Here lies a man of tender hart
Unto the poor in every part
He never sent the poor away
Which well is nown unto this Day."
"Here Lyes ye Body of Frances, wife of Col. Nicholas Britton, aged 66 years, Deceased May ye 7, 1748.
This Woman who is buried here
This county has nown for many a year
A loving mistress, a faithful wife
A Tender mother all her Life."
These stones are still standing in the Moravian cemetery.∼Son of William Britton and Mary.
Elmer Garfield Van Name, Britton Genealogy: Early Generations from Somerset, England to Staten Island, New York (Woodbury, New Jersey: Gloucester County Historical Society, 1970), page 33.
Baptized on 17 October 1680.
Ibid., page 29.
He married Frances Stillwell, daughter of Capt. Thomas Stillwell and Martha Billiou, circa 1701.
Dewitt Stillwell, History and Genealogical Record of One Branch of the Stillwell Family (Solvay, N.Y.: Martin Press, 1914), p.43.
Elmer Garfield Van Name, Britton Genealogy: Early Generations from Somerset, England to Staten Island, New York (Woodbury, New Jersey: Gloucester County Historical Society, 1970), page 33.
In 1709 Nicholas received a deed from Ann Van Pelt for her 1/3 interest in the Billiou-Stillwell property, she making a reservation of a place to dwell. In 1713, Rachel Britton transferred her share to Nicholas without reservation.
Ibid.
Will dated 5 January 1740/41 proved 27 Feb 1740/41. Nicholas Brittain of Richmond County, Gent., being very sick. My wife Francke is to have a good and sufficient maintainance, and to be furnished with good clothes, and a good horse and saddle when she wants to go abroad, also a negro man, with the proviso that she surrender and relinquish the 60 acres of land that she claims to be her own. I leave to my two daughters, Martha Moore and Rachel Brittain, all my lands, messuages, and tenements, and other estate, and they are to pay my son Nathaniel's 3 daughters, Mary, Francke and Natalie Brittain, £50 each when of age. They are also to give Randal Slive, my apprentice, a good horse, saddle and bridle. I make Samuel Moore and Samuel Holmes, and my two daughters, executors. Witnesses: Richard Stillwell, Vincent Fountain, Salem Comes.
New York (County) Surrogate's Court Abstracts of Wills on File in the Surrogate's Office, City of New York (Vol. III 1730-1744), Collections of the New York Historical Society (New York: Printed for the Society, 1894), page 287.
The Billiou-Stillwell house, located at 1476 Richmond Road in Dongan Hills (Staten Island), was built about 1670 by Pierre Billiou. It was enlarged by Thomas Stillwell about 1680, and may have been enlarged further by Nicholas Britten. It was restored in 1943-1951 by the Staten Island Historical Society.
Elmer Garfield Van Name, Britton Genealogy: Early Generations from Somerset, England to Staten Island, New York (Woodbury, New Jersey: Gloucester County Historical Society, 1970), page 33.
Children by Frances Stillwell b. 1673:
Rachel Britton
Nathaniel Britton
Martha Britton
Nicholas Britton died on 12 January 1740/41.1
Mary Britton
William Britton
New York (County) Surrogate's Court Abstracts of Wills on File in the Surrogate's Office, City of New York (Vol. III 1730-1744), Collections of the New York Historical Society (New York: Printed for the Society, 1894), page 287.
Elmer Garfield Van Name, Britton Genealogy: Early Generations from Somerset, England to Staten Island, New York (Woodbury, New Jersey: Gloucester County Historical Society, 1970), page 33.
Nicholas Britton died on 12 January 1740/41.
Ibid.
Bio includes data from The Brouwer Genealogy Database.
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~brouwergenealogydata/surname_index.htm
History of Richmond County, New York, 1887
Britton Family
This family is of French descent, and their name was originally written Breton, another example of the change of French names into English. The earliest mention of the name in connection Genealogy with the island, is that of Captain, sometimes called Colonel Nicklos, who was born in 1679, and died January 12, 1740.
The following is a copy of the inscription upon the tombstones of Colonel Nicklos Britten and his wife on Long Island, the one a Ten Eyck, the other a Hageman, and then purchased land and removed here.
"Here lies ye Body of Col. Nicklos Britten, aged 61 years, Deceased Jan. 12, 1740. Here lies a man of tender hart
Unto the poor in every part
He never sent the poor away
Which well is nown unto this Day."
"Here Lyes ye Body of Frances, wife of Col. Nicholas Britton, aged 66 years, Deceased May ye 7, 1748.
This Woman who is buried here
This county has nown for many a year
A loving mistress, a faithful wife
A Tender mother all her Life."
These stones are still standing in the Moravian cemetery.∼Son of William Britton and Mary.
Elmer Garfield Van Name, Britton Genealogy: Early Generations from Somerset, England to Staten Island, New York (Woodbury, New Jersey: Gloucester County Historical Society, 1970), page 33.
Baptized on 17 October 1680.
Ibid., page 29.
He married Frances Stillwell, daughter of Capt. Thomas Stillwell and Martha Billiou, circa 1701.
Dewitt Stillwell, History and Genealogical Record of One Branch of the Stillwell Family (Solvay, N.Y.: Martin Press, 1914), p.43.
Elmer Garfield Van Name, Britton Genealogy: Early Generations from Somerset, England to Staten Island, New York (Woodbury, New Jersey: Gloucester County Historical Society, 1970), page 33.
In 1709 Nicholas received a deed from Ann Van Pelt for her 1/3 interest in the Billiou-Stillwell property, she making a reservation of a place to dwell. In 1713, Rachel Britton transferred her share to Nicholas without reservation.
Ibid.
Will dated 5 January 1740/41 proved 27 Feb 1740/41. Nicholas Brittain of Richmond County, Gent., being very sick. My wife Francke is to have a good and sufficient maintainance, and to be furnished with good clothes, and a good horse and saddle when she wants to go abroad, also a negro man, with the proviso that she surrender and relinquish the 60 acres of land that she claims to be her own. I leave to my two daughters, Martha Moore and Rachel Brittain, all my lands, messuages, and tenements, and other estate, and they are to pay my son Nathaniel's 3 daughters, Mary, Francke and Natalie Brittain, £50 each when of age. They are also to give Randal Slive, my apprentice, a good horse, saddle and bridle. I make Samuel Moore and Samuel Holmes, and my two daughters, executors. Witnesses: Richard Stillwell, Vincent Fountain, Salem Comes.
New York (County) Surrogate's Court Abstracts of Wills on File in the Surrogate's Office, City of New York (Vol. III 1730-1744), Collections of the New York Historical Society (New York: Printed for the Society, 1894), page 287.
The Billiou-Stillwell house, located at 1476 Richmond Road in Dongan Hills (Staten Island), was built about 1670 by Pierre Billiou. It was enlarged by Thomas Stillwell about 1680, and may have been enlarged further by Nicholas Britten. It was restored in 1943-1951 by the Staten Island Historical Society.
Elmer Garfield Van Name, Britton Genealogy: Early Generations from Somerset, England to Staten Island, New York (Woodbury, New Jersey: Gloucester County Historical Society, 1970), page 33.
Children by Frances Stillwell b. 1673:
Rachel Britton
Nathaniel Britton
Martha Britton
Nicholas Britton died on 12 January 1740/41.1
Mary Britton
William Britton
New York (County) Surrogate's Court Abstracts of Wills on File in the Surrogate's Office, City of New York (Vol. III 1730-1744), Collections of the New York Historical Society (New York: Printed for the Society, 1894), page 287.
Elmer Garfield Van Name, Britton Genealogy: Early Generations from Somerset, England to Staten Island, New York (Woodbury, New Jersey: Gloucester County Historical Society, 1970), page 33.
Nicholas Britton died on 12 January 1740/41.
Ibid.
Bio includes data from The Brouwer Genealogy Database.
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~brouwergenealogydata/surname_index.htm
Oldest gravestone at Moravian Cemetery
History of Richmond County, New York, 1887
Britton Family
This family is of French descent, and their name was originally written Breton, another example of the change of French names into English. The earliest mention of the name in connection Genealogy with the island, is that of Captain, sometimes called Colonel Nicklos, who was born in 1679, and died January 12, 1740.
The following is a copy of the inscription upon the tombstones of Colonel Nicklos Britten and his wife on Long Island, the one a Ten Eyck, the other a Hageman, and then purchased land and removed here.
"Here lies ye Body of Col. Nicklos Britten, aged 61 years, Deceased Jan. 12, 1740. Here lies a man of tender hart
Unto the poor in every part
He never sent the poor away
Which well is nown unto this Day."
"Here Lyes ye Body of Frances, wife of Col. Nicholas Britton, aged 66 years, Deceased May ye 7, 1748.
This Woman who is buried here
This county has nown for many a year
A loving mistress, a faithful wife
A Tender mother all her Life."
These stones are still standing in the Moravian cemetery.∼Son of William Britton and Mary.
Elmer Garfield Van Name, Britton Genealogy: Early Generations from Somerset, England to Staten Island, New York (Woodbury, New Jersey: Gloucester County Historical Society, 1970), page 33.
Baptized on 17 October 1680.
Ibid., page 29.
He married Frances Stillwell, daughter of Capt. Thomas Stillwell and Martha Billiou, circa 1701.
Dewitt Stillwell, History and Genealogical Record of One Branch of the Stillwell Family (Solvay, N.Y.: Martin Press, 1914), p.43.
Elmer Garfield Van Name, Britton Genealogy: Early Generations from Somerset, England to Staten Island, New York (Woodbury, New Jersey: Gloucester County Historical Society, 1970), page 33.
In 1709 Nicholas received a deed from Ann Van Pelt for her 1/3 interest in the Billiou-Stillwell property, she making a reservation of a place to dwell. In 1713, Rachel Britton transferred her share to Nicholas without reservation.
Ibid.
Will dated 5 January 1740/41 proved 27 Feb 1740/41. Nicholas Brittain of Richmond County, Gent., being very sick. My wife Francke is to have a good and sufficient maintainance, and to be furnished with good clothes, and a good horse and saddle when she wants to go abroad, also a negro man, with the proviso that she surrender and relinquish the 60 acres of land that she claims to be her own. I leave to my two daughters, Martha Moore and Rachel Brittain, all my lands, messuages, and tenements, and other estate, and they are to pay my son Nathaniel's 3 daughters, Mary, Francke and Natalie Brittain, £50 each when of age. They are also to give Randal Slive, my apprentice, a good horse, saddle and bridle. I make Samuel Moore and Samuel Holmes, and my two daughters, executors. Witnesses: Richard Stillwell, Vincent Fountain, Salem Comes.
New York (County) Surrogate's Court Abstracts of Wills on File in the Surrogate's Office, City of New York (Vol. III 1730-1744), Collections of the New York Historical Society (New York: Printed for the Society, 1894), page 287.
The Billiou-Stillwell house, located at 1476 Richmond Road in Dongan Hills (Staten Island), was built about 1670 by Pierre Billiou. It was enlarged by Thomas Stillwell about 1680, and may have been enlarged further by Nicholas Britten. It was restored in 1943-1951 by the Staten Island Historical Society.
Elmer Garfield Van Name, Britton Genealogy: Early Generations from Somerset, England to Staten Island, New York (Woodbury, New Jersey: Gloucester County Historical Society, 1970), page 33.
Children by Frances Stillwell b. 1673:
Rachel Britton
Nathaniel Britton
Martha Britton
Nicholas Britton died on 12 January 1740/41.1
Mary Britton
William Britton
New York (County) Surrogate's Court Abstracts of Wills on File in the Surrogate's Office, City of New York (Vol. III 1730-1744), Collections of the New York Historical Society (New York: Printed for the Society, 1894), page 287.
Elmer Garfield Van Name, Britton Genealogy: Early Generations from Somerset, England to Staten Island, New York (Woodbury, New Jersey: Gloucester County Historical Society, 1970), page 33.
Nicholas Britton died on 12 January 1740/41.
Ibid.
Bio includes data from The Brouwer Genealogy Database.
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~brouwergenealogydata/surname_index.htm
History of Richmond County, New York, 1887
Britton Family
This family is of French descent, and their name was originally written Breton, another example of the change of French names into English. The earliest mention of the name in connection Genealogy with the island, is that of Captain, sometimes called Colonel Nicklos, who was born in 1679, and died January 12, 1740.
The following is a copy of the inscription upon the tombstones of Colonel Nicklos Britten and his wife on Long Island, the one a Ten Eyck, the other a Hageman, and then purchased land and removed here.
"Here lies ye Body of Col. Nicklos Britten, aged 61 years, Deceased Jan. 12, 1740. Here lies a man of tender hart
Unto the poor in every part
He never sent the poor away
Which well is nown unto this Day."
"Here Lyes ye Body of Frances, wife of Col. Nicholas Britton, aged 66 years, Deceased May ye 7, 1748.
This Woman who is buried here
This county has nown for many a year
A loving mistress, a faithful wife
A Tender mother all her Life."
These stones are still standing in the Moravian cemetery.∼Son of William Britton and Mary.
Elmer Garfield Van Name, Britton Genealogy: Early Generations from Somerset, England to Staten Island, New York (Woodbury, New Jersey: Gloucester County Historical Society, 1970), page 33.
Baptized on 17 October 1680.
Ibid., page 29.
He married Frances Stillwell, daughter of Capt. Thomas Stillwell and Martha Billiou, circa 1701.
Dewitt Stillwell, History and Genealogical Record of One Branch of the Stillwell Family (Solvay, N.Y.: Martin Press, 1914), p.43.
Elmer Garfield Van Name, Britton Genealogy: Early Generations from Somerset, England to Staten Island, New York (Woodbury, New Jersey: Gloucester County Historical Society, 1970), page 33.
In 1709 Nicholas received a deed from Ann Van Pelt for her 1/3 interest in the Billiou-Stillwell property, she making a reservation of a place to dwell. In 1713, Rachel Britton transferred her share to Nicholas without reservation.
Ibid.
Will dated 5 January 1740/41 proved 27 Feb 1740/41. Nicholas Brittain of Richmond County, Gent., being very sick. My wife Francke is to have a good and sufficient maintainance, and to be furnished with good clothes, and a good horse and saddle when she wants to go abroad, also a negro man, with the proviso that she surrender and relinquish the 60 acres of land that she claims to be her own. I leave to my two daughters, Martha Moore and Rachel Brittain, all my lands, messuages, and tenements, and other estate, and they are to pay my son Nathaniel's 3 daughters, Mary, Francke and Natalie Brittain, £50 each when of age. They are also to give Randal Slive, my apprentice, a good horse, saddle and bridle. I make Samuel Moore and Samuel Holmes, and my two daughters, executors. Witnesses: Richard Stillwell, Vincent Fountain, Salem Comes.
New York (County) Surrogate's Court Abstracts of Wills on File in the Surrogate's Office, City of New York (Vol. III 1730-1744), Collections of the New York Historical Society (New York: Printed for the Society, 1894), page 287.
The Billiou-Stillwell house, located at 1476 Richmond Road in Dongan Hills (Staten Island), was built about 1670 by Pierre Billiou. It was enlarged by Thomas Stillwell about 1680, and may have been enlarged further by Nicholas Britten. It was restored in 1943-1951 by the Staten Island Historical Society.
Elmer Garfield Van Name, Britton Genealogy: Early Generations from Somerset, England to Staten Island, New York (Woodbury, New Jersey: Gloucester County Historical Society, 1970), page 33.
Children by Frances Stillwell b. 1673:
Rachel Britton
Nathaniel Britton
Martha Britton
Nicholas Britton died on 12 January 1740/41.1
Mary Britton
William Britton
New York (County) Surrogate's Court Abstracts of Wills on File in the Surrogate's Office, City of New York (Vol. III 1730-1744), Collections of the New York Historical Society (New York: Printed for the Society, 1894), page 287.
Elmer Garfield Van Name, Britton Genealogy: Early Generations from Somerset, England to Staten Island, New York (Woodbury, New Jersey: Gloucester County Historical Society, 1970), page 33.
Nicholas Britton died on 12 January 1740/41.
Ibid.
Bio includes data from The Brouwer Genealogy Database.
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~brouwergenealogydata/surname_index.htm
Inscription
According to "Morris's Memorial History of Staten Island" inscription reads " Here lies ye Body of Col. Nicklas Britten, aged 61 years. Deceased January 12, 1740. " Here lies a man of tender heart Unto the poor in every part He never sent the poor away Which well is nown unto this Day."
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