Else (Stillwell) Walling (abt. 1715 - 1753)

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Biography

Biography by John E. Stillwell:^[1]

"Alice Stillwell, daughter of Thomas Stillwell, is mentioned in Micheau's Account Book, 1727, and in Holmes' Account Book, 1735 and 1736. Therein she is proclaimed the sister of Mary Stillwell, who, in the same books, is proclaimed the sister of Thomas Stillwell, Jr., who we know was the son of Thomas Stillwell Sr., but whether these three children were of full blood, or half blood, to each other, I do not know.

1735/6 March 16 - Else Stillwell to Balance of Accpts - 0- 6- 0

1737 June 2: - Else Stillwell to 3/4 yd pertion at 9/ Pr yd. To Silk 6d & 2 bonnet papers 9d. and thread 3d: D D yr. Sister Mary - 0- 8- 3

1737 July 25 - Else Stillwell To 15 yds. Crape at 3/4 - 2 -10- 0

There was a James Walling whose first wife was Susannah ____, who was born 1710, and died 1740. He married, second, by license dated Dec. 26, 1752, Alice Stillwell, and if she be the Alice Walling buried in the Walling graveyard, as wife of James, to which I opine, she was then, as per her tombstone record, born 1715, and died 1753. The bondsman on their marriage license was Jeremiah Stillwell, which further establishes the correctness of the deduction that both she, Alice, and Jeremiah, were children of Thomas Stillwell, yet it is well to remember that Capt. John Stillwell, of Staten Island, likewise had a daughter Alice, a knowledge of whose carreer is limited, yet he had no son Jeremiah, and the birth of this last mentioned Alice Stillwell, if she was the daughter of Captain John Stillwell, would, in all likelihood, have occurred prior to 1715. Further, in the marriage bond, James Walling and Alice Stillwell were both called of Middletown."

Sources

1. ↑ John E Stillwell, "The History of Captain Richard Stillwell", New York City (1930), page 74.