Daughter of Capt. Thomas Stillwell and Martha Billiou.
Dewitt Stillwell, History and Genealogical Record of One Branch of the Stillwell Family (Solvay, N.Y.: Martin Press, 1914), p.43.
Rachel Stillwell was born in 1677.
Ibid.
Married William Britton, son of William Britton and Ann, circa 1705.
Ibid.
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 30.
Rachel Stillwell was named in her father's will dated on 21 May 1704.
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.
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.
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
She and William Britton were members of the at Abington Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1711.
Ibid., page 30.
Rachel Stillwell was named in her mother's will on 3 March 1734 (daughter Rachel Brittain).
Will dated 3 March 1733/34 proved 23 Oct 1736. Martha De Bonrepos, of Staten Island, widow, being very sick. All my estate is to be sold by my executors, except two beds, two brass kettles, a negro girl and an old negro wench. I leave to my daughter Rachel, my negro wench, and a large brass kettle, and I leave to her daughter Mary my best bed and brass kettle. I leave to my son-in-law Jacobus Billve, all that he owes me, and a silver cup of £5 value. And a cup of same value, to my children, Martha Brittain, William Brittain, and to Nicholas Brittain's daughter Martha, and to Jacobus Billvee's daughter Martha, and to Peter Le Count's daughter Martha. All the rest of my estate to myy children Francis Brittain, Annie Billve, Rachel Brittain, and to Thomas Stillwell's three children, Nicholas, Anne Michaud, and to Mary Hopper's two eldest daughters, Mary Jurne and Elizabeth Jurne. I make John Le Count and Richard Stillwell executors. Witnesses: William Richman, Susannah Ramah, Ebenezer Salter.
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 213. And see vol. 16, page 128 for corrections.
Children by William Britton b. ca. 1685, d. 1766:
Martha Britton
Mary Britton
Bio includes data from The Brouwer Genealogy Database.
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~brouwergenealogydata/surname_index.htm
Dewitt Stillwell, History and Genealogical Record of One Branch of the Stillwell Family (Solvay, N.Y.: Martin Press, 1914), p.43.
Rachel Stillwell was born in 1677.
Ibid.
Married William Britton, son of William Britton and Ann, circa 1705.
Ibid.
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 30.
Rachel Stillwell was named in her father's will dated on 21 May 1704.
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.
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.
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
She and William Britton were members of the at Abington Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1711.
Ibid., page 30.
Rachel Stillwell was named in her mother's will on 3 March 1734 (daughter Rachel Brittain).
Will dated 3 March 1733/34 proved 23 Oct 1736. Martha De Bonrepos, of Staten Island, widow, being very sick. All my estate is to be sold by my executors, except two beds, two brass kettles, a negro girl and an old negro wench. I leave to my daughter Rachel, my negro wench, and a large brass kettle, and I leave to her daughter Mary my best bed and brass kettle. I leave to my son-in-law Jacobus Billve, all that he owes me, and a silver cup of £5 value. And a cup of same value, to my children, Martha Brittain, William Brittain, and to Nicholas Brittain's daughter Martha, and to Jacobus Billvee's daughter Martha, and to Peter Le Count's daughter Martha. All the rest of my estate to myy children Francis Brittain, Annie Billve, Rachel Brittain, and to Thomas Stillwell's three children, Nicholas, Anne Michaud, and to Mary Hopper's two eldest daughters, Mary Jurne and Elizabeth Jurne. I make John Le Count and Richard Stillwell executors. Witnesses: William Richman, Susannah Ramah, Ebenezer Salter.
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 213. And see vol. 16, page 128 for corrections.
Children by William Britton b. ca. 1685, d. 1766:
Martha Britton
Mary Britton
Bio includes data from The Brouwer Genealogy Database.
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~brouwergenealogydata/surname_index.htm
Daughter of Capt. Thomas Stillwell and Martha Billiou.
Dewitt Stillwell, History and Genealogical Record of One Branch of the Stillwell Family (Solvay, N.Y.: Martin Press, 1914), p.43.
Rachel Stillwell was born in 1677.
Ibid.
Married William Britton, son of William Britton and Ann, circa 1705.
Ibid.
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 30.
Rachel Stillwell was named in her father's will dated on 21 May 1704.
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.
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.
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
She and William Britton were members of the at Abington Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1711.
Ibid., page 30.
Rachel Stillwell was named in her mother's will on 3 March 1734 (daughter Rachel Brittain).
Will dated 3 March 1733/34 proved 23 Oct 1736. Martha De Bonrepos, of Staten Island, widow, being very sick. All my estate is to be sold by my executors, except two beds, two brass kettles, a negro girl and an old negro wench. I leave to my daughter Rachel, my negro wench, and a large brass kettle, and I leave to her daughter Mary my best bed and brass kettle. I leave to my son-in-law Jacobus Billve, all that he owes me, and a silver cup of £5 value. And a cup of same value, to my children, Martha Brittain, William Brittain, and to Nicholas Brittain's daughter Martha, and to Jacobus Billvee's daughter Martha, and to Peter Le Count's daughter Martha. All the rest of my estate to myy children Francis Brittain, Annie Billve, Rachel Brittain, and to Thomas Stillwell's three children, Nicholas, Anne Michaud, and to Mary Hopper's two eldest daughters, Mary Jurne and Elizabeth Jurne. I make John Le Count and Richard Stillwell executors. Witnesses: William Richman, Susannah Ramah, Ebenezer Salter.
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 213. And see vol. 16, page 128 for corrections.
Children by William Britton b. ca. 1685, d. 1766:
Martha Britton
Mary Britton
Bio includes data from The Brouwer Genealogy Database.
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~brouwergenealogydata/surname_index.htm
Dewitt Stillwell, History and Genealogical Record of One Branch of the Stillwell Family (Solvay, N.Y.: Martin Press, 1914), p.43.
Rachel Stillwell was born in 1677.
Ibid.
Married William Britton, son of William Britton and Ann, circa 1705.
Ibid.
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 30.
Rachel Stillwell was named in her father's will dated on 21 May 1704.
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.
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.
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
She and William Britton were members of the at Abington Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1711.
Ibid., page 30.
Rachel Stillwell was named in her mother's will on 3 March 1734 (daughter Rachel Brittain).
Will dated 3 March 1733/34 proved 23 Oct 1736. Martha De Bonrepos, of Staten Island, widow, being very sick. All my estate is to be sold by my executors, except two beds, two brass kettles, a negro girl and an old negro wench. I leave to my daughter Rachel, my negro wench, and a large brass kettle, and I leave to her daughter Mary my best bed and brass kettle. I leave to my son-in-law Jacobus Billve, all that he owes me, and a silver cup of £5 value. And a cup of same value, to my children, Martha Brittain, William Brittain, and to Nicholas Brittain's daughter Martha, and to Jacobus Billvee's daughter Martha, and to Peter Le Count's daughter Martha. All the rest of my estate to myy children Francis Brittain, Annie Billve, Rachel Brittain, and to Thomas Stillwell's three children, Nicholas, Anne Michaud, and to Mary Hopper's two eldest daughters, Mary Jurne and Elizabeth Jurne. I make John Le Count and Richard Stillwell executors. Witnesses: William Richman, Susannah Ramah, Ebenezer Salter.
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 213. And see vol. 16, page 128 for corrections.
Children by William Britton b. ca. 1685, d. 1766:
Martha Britton
Mary Britton
Bio includes data from The Brouwer Genealogy Database.
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~brouwergenealogydata/surname_index.htm
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