Nicholas Stillwell (1570 - 1647)

Born 2 Oct 1570 in Dorking, Surrey, England

Ancestors

Husband of Alice (Holmes) Stillwell — married 1591 in Surrey, England

Descendants

Died 13 May 1647 at age 76 in Dorking, Surrey, England

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Biography

Nicholas Stillwell Sr. was born on 2 Oct 1570 in Dorking, Surrey, England ^[1] to parents John Stillwell and Jane Parle. He married Alice Holmes in 1595 in Dorking, England. Children: Mabel, Elizabeth, John, Emma, Edmond, Nicholas Jr., Jasper. He died on 13 May 1647 in Dorking, Surrey, England.

"The Collickmoor Farm is an historic Stillwell residence located south and west of Dorking. It has gone by several names, including Colletmoor, Collopmore, Collet Moor, and other sound-similar names. It is now (2008) the residence of M J Shiers. It is named Collickmoor Farmhouse and is at Logmore Lane, Dorking, Surrey. Nicholas and his wife Alice resided on the farm rearing their 4 children. Nicholas was born in 1570 and passed away in 1647 in Surrey England.

Some of his children (John, his son, (Hayden, p 146), Jasper, his son, John Cooke, his sister, Mabel's son, Nicholas Jr, his son and two of his sons, Nicholas III, and Richard in 1638)^[2]came to New Amsterdam in 1640. The Stillwells eventually settled at Graves End on Long Island with the Lady Moody colonists. His son, Lt. Nicholas Stillwell, Jr. commanded forces against the Indians in Virginia and later aided Governor Claybourne in Maryland. He owned one of the original 20-acre farms at Graves End and eventually resided on 200 acres near Graves End. He was a lieutenant and commander in charge of the expedition against the Indians in the Esopus war. After completing that mission successfully he returned to New Amsterdam and served as a friend and confident of Gov. Peter Stuyvesant, the last of the Dutch governors before the English takeover of New Amsterdam.

His grandson, Capt. Nicholas Stillwell, commanded the King's County contingent of men against the French and the Indians in 1693. (Source: Genealogical and Family History of the Wyoming and Lackawanna Valleys, Pennsylvania, vol. II, pp146-147.)"

Sources

1. ↑ Parish Register Dorking St Martin/ 1538-1647. No parents listed. Ancestry UK
2. ↑ Stillwell, S. B. The Stillwell Family in England and America. Scranton, Pa. Dec 1899. Page 16 http://worldcat.org/digitalarchive/content/server16079.contentdm.oclc.org/DPL/p16079coll31/WPVolume1/doc_2017_473.pdf

• England Births and Christenings, Nicholas Stillwell

• Hayden, Horace Edwin, etal. Genealogical and Family History of the Wyoming and Lackawanna Valleys, Pennsylvania, Vol. II, New York, Chicago. Lewis Publishing Company:1906. pp 146-147. https://archive.org/details/genealogicalfami02hayd/page/146

• The Stillwell Family in England and America: http://worldcat.org/digitalarchive/content/server16079.contentdm.oclc.org/DPL/p16079coll31/WPVolume1/doc_2017_473.pdf

Acknowledgments

• Created by: Vicky Record added: Jan 13, 2013. Stillwell-449 was created by Ronald Rideout through the import of Stilwell family 2014.ged on Sep 26, 2014.