Elias Stillwell (bef. 1766)

Born before 1766 in Bedford County, Pennsylvania

Ancestors

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Biography

The will of Elias Stillwell, dated August 30, 1785, mentions 4 grandchildren who were the children of Obadiah Stillwell deceased: Elias Stillwell, Elenor Stillwell, Susanne Stillwell, and Obadiah Stillwell.

"At an Orphans court held at Bedford in and for the County of Bedford the twenty sixth day of August the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred eighty before James Martin Thomas Paxton Moses Reed Esquires Justices of the same County Came into Court Elias Stillwell eldest son of Obadiah Stillwell deceased a Minor above the age of fourteen years and choose Edward Coombe and Jeremiah Stillwell to be Guardians over his person and Estate. ~ Also at the request of Eleanor Warford late Widow of the above named Obadiah Stillwell deceased the Court appoint Edward Coombe and Jeremiah Stillwell to be Guardians over the persons & Estates of Eleanor Susannah & Obadiah Stillwell Minor Children of the said Obadiah Stillwell deceased under the age of fourteen years. ~"

"Orphans Court Bedford 23 March 1782, James Martin Gideon Ritchie } Esquires David Espy James Warford and Eleanor his wife appeared in Court and Exhibited and account of their Administration on the Estate of Obadiah Stillwell deceased and had the same passed by the Register and allowed by the said Court by which it appears to the Court by the said Account that a Ballance [sic] L 90 s7 -2 remains in the hands of the Accountants and distribution being made there appears to be due Elias the eldest son of the said deceased."^[1]

Possibly: 1800 US Census - Linton Hundred, Washington County, Pennsylvania:

Elias Stillwell: Males: 1 (26<45), 2 (10<16), 4 (<10)

Females: 1 (26<45), 1 (16<26), 1 (10<16), 1 (<10)

Sources

1. ↑ Pennsylvania State Archives, Orphans Court Dockets (microfilm), Volume 1-3, 1772-1824