Obadiah Stillwell

Ancestors

Husband of Phebe (Ketcham) Stillwell — married 13 Jun 1761 in Monmouth County, New Jersey

Died about 1771 in Monmouth County, New Jersey

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Biography

John E. Stillwell wrote^[1]:

"Obadiah Stillwell, son of Nicholas Stillwell, 14, married Phoebe Ketchum, of Monmouth County, N. J., by license dated June 13, 1761. He died about 1771, for Sept. 17, of that year, he was spoken of as Obadiah Stillwell, late of Monmouth County, when administration was granted on his estate to Daniel Ketchum and William Stillwell; the former evidently some relative of his wife, and the latter, doubtless, his brother. Samuel Osborn, bondsman, and William Taylor witness.

His wife Phoebe died many years later at an advanced age. She was buried in the Golden graveyard, in Middletown, N. J., where her tombstone recites: “Phebe, wife of Obadiah Stillwell died Oct. 17, 1826, aged about 87 years;” hence born about 1739.

Asher Taylor, an old man when I was young, and the local antiquary, said Obadiah Stillwell was a son of John Stillwell.

1764. Obadiah Stillwell was on the Assessors’ List, Poor Rate, Shrewsbury, N. J., and taxed £0.0.10.

1764, 1765, 1766, 1767 and 1768. He was taxed, in Shrewsbury, N. J., amounts varying from nine shillings to two pounds. Like his neighbors, he had little ready cash and was delinquent in paying his taxes.

1770. Obadiah Stillwell, of Middletown, had a child apprenticed to him.

1771. Obadiah Stillwell, a delinquent taxpayer, appears on the Shrewsbury Town Poor Book. He was then recently deceased.

1772. Obadiah Stillwell recorded his earmark. (May this not rather refer to his widow rather than to another individual?)

The lands of Nicholas Stillwell, 14, were so divided that those lying in the vicinity of Shrewsbury passed to his sons Obadiah Stillwell, 56, and William Stillwell, 62, while the lands at Freehold passed to his two youngest sons Elias Stillwell, 63, and Joseph Stillwell, 64; hence it is that we find these children in these respective localities.

Issue:

139 Elias Stillwell

140 Capt. John O. Stillwell

141 Obadiah Stillwell, supposed. See Unattached Families."

Sources

1. ↑ John E. Stillwell, "The History of Captain Nicholas Stillwell", New York, (1930). (https://archive.org/stream/stillwellgenealo03stil/stillwellgenealo03stil_djvu.txt)