Elias (Stillwell) Stilwell (1685)

Born 13 Dec 1685 in Long Island City, Queens, New York

Husband of Ann (Burbank) Stillwell — married 1723 in New Jersey

Died [date unknown] in Monmouth, New Jersey

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Biography

The parents of Elias Stillwell are unknown.

Benjamin Stilwell wrote:^[1]

"ELIAS STILWELL, (third son of Nicholas), born at Gravesend, Dec. 13, 1685; married ANNE BURBANK of Staten Island, and left children:

A. Thomas b baptized June 30 1726; married DEBORAH MARTLING, and had a son ELIAS;

B. Daniel, baptized March 24 1728;

C. John baptized May 17 1730; married HELEN VAN NAME, of Staten Island, and had a son Elias, baptized June 24 1752."

Elias Stillwell could not have been the son of Nicholas Stillwell. Elias, the son of Nicholas Stillwell was deceased when Nicholas wrote his will in 1715.

Dewitt Stilwell suggested that Elias might have been a son of Nicholas' son Elias:^[2]

[ Elias ] "could not have been the Elias Stilwell who married Ann Barbank of Staten Island, as given in some records of the Stilwell family. It was possibly a son of his by the name of Elias who married Ann Barbank and had children:

1. Elias Stilwell, baptized January 30, 1725.

2. Daniel Stilwell, baptized March 24, 1727.

3. John Stilwell, baptized May 17, 1730."

No evidence has been presented to suggest that Elias was the son of Elias.

Elias Stillwell, of Staten Island, b. say 1701 (not 13 Dec. 1685), living 1730 and doubtless beyond; we have found no will for him on file.

He and his wife baptized three sons, Thomas (1726), Daniel (1728), and John (1730), the first two definitely in the Dutch Church of Port Richmond, Staten Island, and the third possibly in the same place although the family record gives only the date, not the place, and no such entry can be found in the surviving church registers (which however exhibit many gaps).

they were clearly also the parents of the Nicholas Stillwell who baptized three children in the New York Dutch Church between 1749 and 1752.

Elias Stillwell was considerably beyond the normal age at first marriage when he married Anna Burbank say 1723, but there does not seem to be doubt as to his identification. He m. before 1728, and probably before 1724,

Note

Note:  !NAME:Early Settlers of Kings County,Teunis G. Bergen,p 278

Sources

1. ↑ Benj. Marshall Stilwell, "Early Memoirs of the Stilwell Family Comprising the Life and Times of Nicholas Stilwell", The National Printing Company, New York (1878), page 283.
2. ↑ Dewitt Stilwell, "History and Genealogical Record of One Branch of the Stillwell Family", The Martin Press, New York, 1914.