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Capt. Thomas Stillwell Veteran

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Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA Add to Map
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Son of Lieut. Nicholas Stillwell and Ann Van Dyke.
John E. Stillwell, The History of Lieutenant Nicholas Stillwell, Progenitor of the Stillwell Family In America (New York: n.pub., 1929), p.88.
Benjamin Marshall Stilwell, Early Memoirs of the Stilwell Family, Comprising the Life and Times of Nicholas Stilwell (New York: The National Printing Company, 1878), page 273.

Baptized on 9 July 1651 at Reformed Dutch Church, New Amsterdam, sponsors Thomas Hall, Marritie Geerards, Susanna Bresert.
"Records of the Reformed Dutch Church in New York", New York Genealogical and Biographical Record Vols.5- (1874-): 5:96.

He married Martha Billiou, daughter of Pierre Billiou and Francoise DuBois, at Gravesend, Kings Co., Long Island, New York, on 8 January 1670.
Tunis G. Bergen, "Marriage Records, Gravesend, L. I.", New York Genealogical and Biographical Record Vol. 4, no. 4, p. 199 (1873): 4:199. Thomas Stillwell of Gravesend to Martha Balein of Staten Island.
John E. Stillwell, The History of Lieutenant Nicholas Stillwell, Progenitor of the Stillwell Family In America (New York: n.pub., 1929), p.88.
Dewitt Stillwell, History and Genealogical Record of One Branch of the Stillwell Family (Solvay, N.Y.: Martin Press, 1914), p.43.

On 9 January 1702/3 Thomas Stillwell of Gravesend deeds one half part of lot of land to Steven Coerte next to land of John Emans. Signed. Wit.: Samuel Gerretse, Reyneer Vansycklyn. Ack. Feb 5, 1702/03 before Nicholas Stillwell, Justice and Rec'd. Feb 13, 1702/03 by Henry ffilkin, Reg.
Josephine C. Frost, "Genealogical Gleanings from Book No. 2 of Conveyances, Brooklyn, Kings Co., N. Y.", New York Genealogical and Biographical Record Vol. 54, pp. 241-251 (1923): 54:315. Abstracting Lib. 2, p. 260.

Will dated 21 May 1704 proved 9 May 1705. Thomas Stillwell, of Staten Island, Esq., being sick and weak. I leave to Nicholas Stillwell, son of my son, Thomas Stillwell, deceased, all that plantation or farm, commonly called Wallbours' farm, lying on the east side of Old Town, and also one half of the meadow that lies next to the ditch. And the said Nicholas is to pay to his two sisters, Mary and Anne Stillwell, £50 each, when they come to the age of eighteen. And he is to pay to Martha Brittan, daughter of Benjamin Brittan, £__. If he die under age, then the land is to go to his sisters Mary and Anne, and they are to pay to Martha Brittan, £100. I leave to my daughter Frances, wife of Nicholas Brittan, 60 acres of land joining to the land I now live on, as it is now in his possession, during her life, and then to her son, Nicholas Brittan, and he is to pay to his sister, Mary Brittan, £25. I leave to my daughters, Anne and Rachel Stillwell, the messuage and tenatent with all the housing and buildingsand all the lot, and three quarters of a lot of land, with a lot of salt meadow at the Great Kill, marked No. 2, which is the land I now live upon, after my wife's decease, and they are to pay to my daughter Frances Brittan, £50. I leave to my wife Martha, the use of all the estate I now live upon for life or during her widowhood, and make her sole executor, and my loving frineds, John Stillwell and Abraham Taylor, Esq., and Richard Stillwell, Sr., overseers. Witnesses: Nathaniel Whitman, Ellis Dusebury, Ales Stuart.
New York (County) Surrogate's Court Abstracts of Wills on file in the Surrogate's Office, City of New York (Volume I. 1665-1707), Collections of the New York Historical Society (New York: Printed for the Society, 1892), page 404.

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 Martha Billiou d. between 3 Mar 1734 and 23 Oct 1736:
Thomas Stillwell b. 1671, d. 1703
Frances Stillwell b. 1673
Ann Stillwell b. 1675
Rachel Stillwell b. 1677
Dewitt Stillwell, History and Genealogical Record of One Branch of the Stillwell Family (Solvay, N.Y.: Martin Press, 1914), p.43.

Capt. Thomas Stillwell died between 21 May 1704 and 9 May 1705; (dates of will and proving).

Bio includes data from The Brouwer Genealogy Database.
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~brouwergenealogydata/surname_index.htm
Son of Lieut. Nicholas Stillwell and Ann Van Dyke.
John E. Stillwell, The History of Lieutenant Nicholas Stillwell, Progenitor of the Stillwell Family In America (New York: n.pub., 1929), p.88.
Benjamin Marshall Stilwell, Early Memoirs of the Stilwell Family, Comprising the Life and Times of Nicholas Stilwell (New York: The National Printing Company, 1878), page 273.

Baptized on 9 July 1651 at Reformed Dutch Church, New Amsterdam, sponsors Thomas Hall, Marritie Geerards, Susanna Bresert.
"Records of the Reformed Dutch Church in New York", New York Genealogical and Biographical Record Vols.5- (1874-): 5:96.

He married Martha Billiou, daughter of Pierre Billiou and Francoise DuBois, at Gravesend, Kings Co., Long Island, New York, on 8 January 1670.
Tunis G. Bergen, "Marriage Records, Gravesend, L. I.", New York Genealogical and Biographical Record Vol. 4, no. 4, p. 199 (1873): 4:199. Thomas Stillwell of Gravesend to Martha Balein of Staten Island.
John E. Stillwell, The History of Lieutenant Nicholas Stillwell, Progenitor of the Stillwell Family In America (New York: n.pub., 1929), p.88.
Dewitt Stillwell, History and Genealogical Record of One Branch of the Stillwell Family (Solvay, N.Y.: Martin Press, 1914), p.43.

On 9 January 1702/3 Thomas Stillwell of Gravesend deeds one half part of lot of land to Steven Coerte next to land of John Emans. Signed. Wit.: Samuel Gerretse, Reyneer Vansycklyn. Ack. Feb 5, 1702/03 before Nicholas Stillwell, Justice and Rec'd. Feb 13, 1702/03 by Henry ffilkin, Reg.
Josephine C. Frost, "Genealogical Gleanings from Book No. 2 of Conveyances, Brooklyn, Kings Co., N. Y.", New York Genealogical and Biographical Record Vol. 54, pp. 241-251 (1923): 54:315. Abstracting Lib. 2, p. 260.

Will dated 21 May 1704 proved 9 May 1705. Thomas Stillwell, of Staten Island, Esq., being sick and weak. I leave to Nicholas Stillwell, son of my son, Thomas Stillwell, deceased, all that plantation or farm, commonly called Wallbours' farm, lying on the east side of Old Town, and also one half of the meadow that lies next to the ditch. And the said Nicholas is to pay to his two sisters, Mary and Anne Stillwell, £50 each, when they come to the age of eighteen. And he is to pay to Martha Brittan, daughter of Benjamin Brittan, £__. If he die under age, then the land is to go to his sisters Mary and Anne, and they are to pay to Martha Brittan, £100. I leave to my daughter Frances, wife of Nicholas Brittan, 60 acres of land joining to the land I now live on, as it is now in his possession, during her life, and then to her son, Nicholas Brittan, and he is to pay to his sister, Mary Brittan, £25. I leave to my daughters, Anne and Rachel Stillwell, the messuage and tenatent with all the housing and buildingsand all the lot, and three quarters of a lot of land, with a lot of salt meadow at the Great Kill, marked No. 2, which is the land I now live upon, after my wife's decease, and they are to pay to my daughter Frances Brittan, £50. I leave to my wife Martha, the use of all the estate I now live upon for life or during her widowhood, and make her sole executor, and my loving frineds, John Stillwell and Abraham Taylor, Esq., and Richard Stillwell, Sr., overseers. Witnesses: Nathaniel Whitman, Ellis Dusebury, Ales Stuart.
New York (County) Surrogate's Court Abstracts of Wills on file in the Surrogate's Office, City of New York (Volume I. 1665-1707), Collections of the New York Historical Society (New York: Printed for the Society, 1892), page 404.

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 Martha Billiou d. between 3 Mar 1734 and 23 Oct 1736:
Thomas Stillwell b. 1671, d. 1703
Frances Stillwell b. 1673
Ann Stillwell b. 1675
Rachel Stillwell b. 1677
Dewitt Stillwell, History and Genealogical Record of One Branch of the Stillwell Family (Solvay, N.Y.: Martin Press, 1914), p.43.

Capt. Thomas Stillwell died between 21 May 1704 and 9 May 1705; (dates of will and proving).

Bio includes data from The Brouwer Genealogy Database.
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~brouwergenealogydata/surname_index.htm


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