Godfritz Stull (abt. 1735 - 1821)

Born about 2 Nov 1735 in Hannover, Niedersachsen, Germany

Husband of Barbara Ann (Carman) Stull — married about 1780 in York County, Pennsylvania

Descendants

Died 25 Dec 1821 at about age 86 in Palatinate Hollow, Virginia, United States

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Biography

Godfrey and Barbara Stull

About 1735, Gottfried “Godfrey” STOLLE was born either in Hanover, in Lower Saxony, or the Palatine in Bavaria (he later called his property in Virginia “Palatine Hollow).”

In 1743, according to family lore, Godfrey, at the age of eight, travelled to America. Also according to family lore, Godfrey was a cousin or nephew of Colonel John Stull, a prominent person in Maryland before and during the Revolutionary War and the two crossed the Atlantic from Holland together. (Sometime soon after arriving in America, GOTTFRIED STOLLE began using an Americanized version of his name: GODFREY STULL. Other versions of his surname found in records are Stahl, Stalle, Stoll, Steele and Stulle.)

About 1756 Barbara Ann Carmen/Carman was probably born, probably in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Based on dates provided by her grandson, Elliott Morris, she was born in either in 1756 or 1759. With a birth date of 1758 or 1759, she would have turned 21 and married Godfrey Stull in 1776 or 1777. Using the 1810 U. S. Census as an indicator, Barbara was born between 1765 and 1784. But Barbara had two daughters born and baptized at Holy Trinity Church in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania in 1777 and 1779 so she had to have been born much earlier than the 1810 Census would indicate. Also, she was an indentured servant and had to finish her servitude before she could marry. It is therefore likely that the age column in the 1810 Census was incorrectly marked. According to the 1820 U. S. Census, Barbara (the oldest female and listed in the 26-44 column) would have been born before 1776. Conflicting evidence indicates she was born about 1748 in Carlisle, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. According to her grandson, Elliott Morris, Barbara was bound out as a domestic servant at age sixteen to a family in York County, Pennsylvania, for a period of five years, finishing her servitude and marrying at the age of 21. If her first child was born in 1777 when she was say 22, then her birth occurred about 1755 consistent with the information supplied by her grandson.

In 1778, probably at Heidelberg Township, York County, Pennsylvania, Godfrey married Barbara Carmen.

Godfrey and Barbara had two daughters, Maria Elisabetha Stull, born 20 November 1777 and baptized on 22 March 1778, and Barbara Stull, born 21 January 1779 and baptized on 9 March 1779. The girls were baptized at the Trinity Lutheran Church in Lancaster Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania German Church Records of Births, Baptisms, Marriages, Burials, etc.” with and introduction by Don Yoder, Volume 1, published in 1983 by the Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc.) The church was organized in 1733 and consecrated 28 October 1730.

In August 1779 muster rolls listed Godfrey as Gottfried Stolle, Private, Captain George Schaffner’s Chasseur Co., of the Independent Corps commanded by Colonel Armand (Pennsylvania).

On 1 September 1779, Godfrey enlisted as a private in Capt. George Schaffner’s Chasseur Company of the Independent Corps Commanded by Colonel Armand (Pennsylvania), though the August 1779 muster roll for the same company lists Godfrey (listed as Gottfried Stolle) already a member. The Armand Corps, also called “Light Dragoons,” was part of the Pulaske Legion. When General Casimir Pulaski died on 11 October 1779 form wounds suffered in battle, Colonel Armand succeeded him and the Pulaski Legion was re-designated “Armand’s Partisan Corps.” Family lore suggests that Godfrey had experience as a sailor but served seven years in the Revolutionary Army.

On 6 September 1779, Godfrey (listed as Gotfried Stolle) appeared on a New Jersey muster roll.

In 1779 and 1780 Godfrey (listed as Godfrey Stoll) appeared on the List of Taxable, Heidelberg Township, York County, Pennsylvania. In 1779 Godfrey owned one head of cattle, no horses or land, and owed a tax of 4.0.0. The following year he owned one head of cattle and owed a tax of 1.17.6.

On 18 February 1780 Godfrey Stull of “York County in the State of Pennsylvania” acquired “all that lott or portion of ground situate in Middletown in Frederick County and State of Maryland aforesaid know and distinguished by Number Ten and containing sixty six feet more or less in breadth and three hundred and thirty feet in length.” The lot was purchased from Peter Keefhaver for “one thousand and twenty five pounds current money of the state of Maryland.”

Between 1781 and 1786 Godfrey and Barbara baptized five children at the Lutheran Church of Zion, Middletown, Frederick County, Maryland.

On 29 July 1788 Godfrey (listed as Gottfried Stole) sold his lot in Middletown to John Nicholas Oar for “eighty pound good and lawful money.” The deed stated that “Barbara wife of the aforesaid Godfriet Stull….relinquished her right of dower as the law directs.”

On 20 August 1788, “Godfrey Stull of Frederick County in the State of Maryland” acquired 100 acres in Bullskin Township, Fayette Coutny, Pennsylvania. He purchased the land from “George Batchelor of Bullskin Township” for “seventy pounds lawful money.”

In the 1790 U. S. Census Godfrey Stull was enumerated in Bullskin Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania. The census listed his household as one male 16 and up, two males under 16, and four females. This matches well with Godfrey’s family: Godfrey, 55, Barbara, 32; sons: John, 10, and Henry, 3; and daughters: Anna Maria, 9, Elizabeth, 5, and Mary Magdalena, 4. Also enumerated in the same township was a Paull Stull (one male 16 and up, three males under 16 and four females).

On May 12, 1791, “Godfrey Stoll” sold his 100 acres for 120o pounds to Emmanuel Vantrees, and moved his family to German Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania.

Sometime between 1793 and 1795 the family moved west to Washington (Greene) County, Pennsylvania

In December 1795 “Godfrey Stull of the County of Washington and State Pennsylvania” bought 100 acres of land in Monongalia (Marion) County, (West) Virginia. According to family records, the family made the move to (West) Virginia in 1796, settling near the Monongalia River. Godfrey named his new home “Palatine Hollow” perhaps a salute to his homeland in Germany. It was located in the extreme northern part of Gran Magisterial District, about 6 miles northwest of Morgantown and about 20 miles from Fairmont.

In the 1810 U. S. Census, Godfrey was enumerated in Monongalia (Marion) County, (West) Virginia.

In the 1820 U. S. Census, Godfrey was enumerated in Monongalia (Marion) County, (West) Virginia.

25 December 1821 Godfrey died at “Palatine Hollow,” Dent’s Run, Monongalia (Marion) County, (West) Virginia.

On 1 February 1822 Godfrey’s estate, valued at $231.70¾ was settled in Morgantown, Monongalia (Marion) County, (West) Virginia. Godfrey’s son-in-law, Richard Morris, and his widow, Barbara Stull, were named administators.

In 2 February 1822 Godfrey was buried at Palatine Hollow, Monongalia (Marion) County, (West) Virginia leaving Barbara a widow.

On 15 April 1824 Barbara remarried, at Monongalia (Marion) County, (West) Virginia, to Thomas Knight (who died early in 1830).

In 1844 Barbara died in Monongalia (Marion) County, (West) Virginia. In one letter Elliott Morris, Barbara’s grandson, placed her death at his father’s home when he was six years old, which would make the date of her death fall somewhere between 1 April 1842 and 21 March 1843. In another letter he wrote that she died in 1847 at almost 84 years of age.

Children of Godfrey and Barbara Stull Godfrey and Barbara had at least fifteen children and maybe more. The first eight are established by baptismal records while the rest are taken from census records of Monongalia (Marion) County, (West) Virginia. The children are as follows:

• 1 Maria Elizabeth Stull was born on 20 November, 1777, at Carlisle, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
• 2 Barbara Stull was born on 21 January 1779, at Carlisle, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
• 3 Mary Ann “Anna Maria” Stull was born on 29 November 1781, at Middletown, Frederick County, Maryland. She died on 10 May 1857, at Jake’s Run, Monongalia (Marion) County, (West) Virginia and is buried at Stephens Cemetery.
• 4 Johannes “John” Stull was born on 9 March 1782 at Middletown, Frederick County, Maryland. He was christened on 9 March 1782 at the Lutheran Church of Zion, Middletown, Maryland and his sponsors were Mr. and Mrs. Balthaser Wissinger. John died on 13 April 1843 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and was buried in the Francisville Cemetery on 14 April 1843.
• 5 Jacob Stull was born on 23 April 1783 at Middletown, Frederick County, Maryland. He was baptized on 7 September 1783 at the Lutheran Church of Zion, Middletown, Maryland. He died before 1790.
• 6 Elizabeth Stull was born on 27 July 1785 at Middletown, Frederick County, Maryland. She was christened on 4 September 1785 at the Lutheran Church of Zion, Middletown, Maryland and her sponsor was Margareta Cronin. She died about 1829 at Monongalia (Marion) County, (West) Virginia.
• 7 Mary Magdalena Stull was born on 7 February 1786 at Middletown, Frederick County, Maryland. She was christened on 11 March 1786 at the Lutheran Church of Zion, Middletown, Maryland and her sponsors were Michael Ulrich and his wife Magdalena.
• 8 Henry “Johann Henrich” Stull was born 29 November 1788 at Fayette County, Pennsylvania. He served in the War of 1812. He died 25 March 1875 at South Bend, St. Joseph County, Indiana, and is buried at Riverview Cemetery.
• 9 Susannah “Susan” Stull was born on 8 September 1791 at Fayette County, Pennsylvania. She died 19 May 1859 at Monongalia (Marion) County, (West) Virginia, and is buried in the Morris Cemetery there.
• 10 Catrine “Catherine” Stull was born on 7 May 1793 at German Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania. She was baptized at the Jacob Evangelical Lutheran Church and her sponsors were George Jacob and Elizabeth Oster. She died in 1798 at German Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania. She probably died young.
• 11 William “Joseph” Stull was born in 1795 at Starbane Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania. He died after 1870 at Monongalia (Marion) County, (West) Virginia.
• 12 Unknown Female Stull was born in 1796.
• 13 Samuel Stull was born in 1801 at Morgantown, Monongalia (Marion) County, (West) Virginia. He died on 20 August 1880 at Monongalia (Marion) County, (West) Virginia and is buried at Mt. Herman Cemetery.
• 14 James Stull was born in 1804 and died young, before 1820.
• 15 Unknown Female Stull was born about 1806 and died young, before 1820.

Gotfried was born in 1735. He passed away in 1821.

Sources

• Source: S4 Repository: #REPO1 Title: Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Abbreviation: Ancestry Family Trees Note: This information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. This source citation points you to a current version of those files. Note: The owners of these tree files may have removed or changed information since this source citation was created.1 _APID 1030::0 Master Listing Source: Y Page: Ancestry Family Trees Note: 2 _APID 1030::0 Data: Text: http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=2410046&pid=219539772 Repository: REPO1 Name: Ancestry.com Address: http://www.Ancestry.com

• Family Search page: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LDGV-RC4

• http://hackerscreek.com/norman/STULL.htm

Acknowledgments

• WikiTree profile Stull-137 created through the import of Hiemstra_Dyer Family Tree.ged.ged on Oct 25, 2011 by John Hiemstra. See the Changes page for the details of edits by John and others.