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SOUSO, ANTHONY, emigrated in 1682, and took the oath of allegiance in Brn in 1687.
SOUTHARD Or SOUTHART, THOMAS, of Gd, (sup.) English, m. Annica da. of Anthony Jansen from Salee. Bought Dec. 20, 1650, of Thomas Applegate the one half of the lot Apple- gate bought of Randell Hunt, as per Gd rec. Owned plan- tation-lot No. 11 in Gd in 1653. He quarrelled with his father-in-law Anthony Jansen about the ownership of cattle, on which Anthony was imprisoned by the local court of Gd, but released by the higher one of the colony, as per p. 136 of Calendar of Dutch Man. He appears to have removed to Hempstead, where he resided in 1670, having sons Thomas Jun' and John, whose descendants reside in that locality. He was also probably the ancestor of the Southards of N. J. Abraham, son of Thomas Jun', settled in Bernardstown, N. J., whose grandson, the Hon. Samuel L. Southard, repre- sented N. J. as Senator in the Congress of 1821, in 1823 was Secretary of the Navy, in 1841 chosen president of the Senate, and on the death of Harrison, in April of that year, acting Vice-President, as per p. 47 of Vol 2 of Thompson's L. I. Made his mark to documents.
SPARSE or SPARARE, THOMAS. His house in N. U. referred to, as situated adjoining the boundary line of Br", on p. 232 of Lib. 2 of Con., being probably a tenant on the Van Dyck property.
SPICER, JACOB, of Flds in 1648, and of Gd in 1656, as per Thompson's L. I. The Spicers removed to N. J., where a Jacob Spicer was a member of the Provincial Assembly in 1709, and where a Jacob Spicer was born in Cape May Co. in 1716, who was a merchant and surveyor and held im- portant offices.
Abraham, d. July 26, 1679, as per p. 39 of Vol. VII. of Gen. S Rec. 3. 60- 27.1666.
Michall, Michael, or Mactel, sold his house and lot in Gd to Carston Johnson, who sold the same Feb. 17, 1697, to Jacobus Emans. Nov. 25, 1665, for 125 gl. wampum value Elbert Elbertse Stoothoff bought of "Mactel (Michael) Spicer" " Meautelaer's," now known as Bergen's, Island in Flds, as per p. 247 of the Bergen Genealogy. Michall was probably a s. of Thomas Spicer. Made his mark to docu- ments.
Samuel, a Quaker of Gd in 1656, of which town he was a mag. in 1673. He m. Esther da. of John Tilton of Gd. Mar. 3, 1663, he bought of Ralph Cardell plantation-lot No. 6 of
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said town, as per Gd rec. He sold to Bartel Claessen (Van Ruynen) at vendue 10 morgens located on the plains in Flds, as per deed of said Claessen to Aucke Jans Van Nuyse of Oct. 15, 1681, on p. 142 of Lib. AA of Flh rec. He was also interested with his neighbors in the tract they pur- chased in Monmouth Co., N. J., to which he probably re- moved. Had issue, as per p. 186 of Vol. III. of the Gen. Rec .:- Abraham, b. Oct. 27, 1666; Jacob, b. Mar. 29, 1668; Mary, b. Oct. 20, 1671; Sarah, b. June 14, 1674; Martha, b. Jan. 27, 1676; Sarah, b. Feb. 20, 1677; and Abigal, b. Mar. 26, 1683. Signed his name "Samuell Spicer."
Thomas, resided at first on Manhattan I .; was one of the first settlers of Gd in 1643, and as a patentee allotted a plan- tation-lot Feb. 20, 1646, as per town rec. He resided on the plains in Flds Dec. 17, 1646, while driven from Gd by the Indians, as per Col. Rec .; and d. in 1658, in which year he was one of the mag. of Gd. His will is da. Sept. 30, 1658; pro. Nov. 4, 1658; and recorded on the Gd rec., in which he devises his real estate to his wife and sons, sub- ject to legacies to his daughters. Issue :- Michael; Samuel ;. Ann, m. John Lake ; and Susanna, m. Ist Willem Wathens, m. 2ª Henry Bresier. Signed his name "Thomas Spicer."
SPIEGELAER, JAN, emigrated in 1662, and m. Geertje Was a mem. of the R. D. ch. of Flh in 1677, where he owned land, which he sold to Catharine Bayard, and where in 1687 he took the oath of allegiance. Jan. 17, 1696, his wid. was about to marry Peter Bijhou or Biljou of S. I. Signed his name "Jan Spiegelaer."
SPRAT, JAN, a merchant in 1691, as per Stoothoff papers.
SPRINGSTEEN, CASPER (sup. s. of Joost), m. Ist Maria da. of Derick Storm; m. 2ª, Aug. 9, 1693, in N. Y., Wyntie Jurex of Albany; m. 3ª, July 28, 1695, in N. Y., Jannetje Jacobs; d. May 21, 1729. Resided at first in Buk, from which place he removed to Westchester Co. or the Highlands, and in 1700 to Newtown. Issue :- Joost; Derick, who settled in Kent Co. on the Delaware; Abraham, m. Abigal Betts; David, m. Mary Alburtus; Gertrude, m. Wm Miller; and Melie, bp. Jan. 31, 1694, in N. Y.
Johannes Casparse, emigrated in 1652 with his mother Geertje Jans and brother Joost Casparse, and among the first settlers of Buk in 1661. He m. Maria Johannes or Maria Theunis; took the oath of allegiance in Bra in 1687,
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residing at one period at the Cripplebush in said town. Will da. Apl. 4, 1676, as per p. 3 of Lib. 2 of Con. Issue :- Barbara; Jannetje, bp. Jan. 5, 1667; and Anna Maria, bp. Oct. 4, 1676-all bp. in N. Y.
Joost Casparse, emigrated in 1652 with his mother and brother from Groningen, and in 1661 among the first set- tlers of Buk. He m. Ist, June 10, 1663, Catharine da. of Abm Lothie and wid. of Pieter Praa; m.2ª Magdalena Jans or Joosten; living as late as 1687, in which year he took the oath of allegiance in Buk. Owned land in Br" in 1678; bought Feb. 17, 1677-8, of Minne Johannes wood-lot No. 8 in the New Lotts of Flh, as per p. 25 of Lib. AA of Flu rec., which he sold Oct. 30, 1684, to Jan Dircksen Vander Vliet, as per p. 176 of Lib. C of Flh rec. There was a Casper Springsteen, miller, of Schenectady in 1707, whose descend- ants reside in that vicinity and in that of Albany. Issue :- (sup.) Casper; Johannes, bp. Mar. 16, 1679, in FI1; Cath- arine, bp. Feb. 6, 1681, and d. young; Catharine, who m. Oct. 5, 1700, in N. Y., Johannes Texsel; and Jannetje, bp. Apl. 6, 1684-all bp. in Br". Made his mark "K" to docu- ments. There was a Mellen and a Jury Springsteen among the freeholders of Dutchess Co. in 1714, as per p. 100 of Smith's His. of said co.
SPRONG Or SPRUNGH, COERT (s. of Jan or Johannes), con- veyed May 8, 1697, with others 26 A. in Flds, as per p. 134 of Lib. 2 of Con.
David (Janse), m. Dec. 13, 1694, in N. Y., Rachel Luquier of Buk, he being a resident of Flushing at date of marriage, as per rec. of R. D. ch. of N. Y. By another account he also m. Rachel Onderdonk. Settled in Buk, and on ass. roll of said town of 1683 and cen. of 1698. Will da. Oct. 23, 1731; pro. May 16, 1739; rec. p. 203 of Lib. 13 of N. Y. surr. off. Issue :- Antje, bp. Mar. 29, 1696, in Brn, m. Cors Van Cott; John, b. Feb. 6, 1697; David Jun", b. Oct. 29, 1700; Ragel or Rachel, b. Dec. 12, 1702; Gerret, b. Mar. 13, 1705; Crys- tine, bp. Oct. 26, 1707, in Br"; Gabriel, b. Aug. 21, 17II; Catrina, b. Oct. 15, 1713, (sup.) m. Johannes Van Kats or Cott; Marya, b. Oct. 15, 1713; and Folkert of Flds, bp. Jan. 18, 1718, m. Yannetje Schenck.
David Jun', b. Oct. 29, 1700, m. Nov. 10, 1742, Sytie da. of Jacobus Van Deventer. Resided in Flds. Issue :- Phebe, b. 1746, m. John Suydam; Femmetje, bp. July 5, 1747; Elizabeth, bp. Oct. 25, 1749; Barent, bp. July 19, 1752; and Jacobus, bp. July 11, 1756.
Gabriel (Janse) of Buk, m. May 28, 1692, Geertruy Dirckse
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Woertman. On ass. roll of Buk of 1693 and cen. of 1698. Issue :- Annetje, bp. May 5, 1695, m. Simon Duryea of Buk; Eightje, bp. Dec. 13, 1696; Yan, bp. Nov. 27, 1698, m. Sara Hansen; Lucas, bp. June 27, 1701; Marytje, bp. Aug. 7, 1705 -all bp. in Br"; and Gabriel.
Gerret (Janse) of Brn, bp. Sept. 2, 1663; m. Apl. 16, 1687, Anneke or Annatje Teunissen (Coevert) of Bedford. On ass. roll of Br] of 1693 and cen. of 1698. Issue :- Barbara, bp. Oct. 11, 1689; Jan, bp. Nov. 27, 1692, m. Elizabeth Dyke- man; Tunis, bp. July 29, 1694; Mouris, bp. Dec. 25, 1698; and Echje, bp. June 8, 1701-all in Br].
Jan or Johannes, the common ancestor of the family, a soldier from Bon in the Province of Drenthe, m. Oct. 23, 1660, Anna or Johanna Sodelaers from Connex in Bergen, Norway, and d. prior to Sept. 15, 1694, for at that date his wid. was m. to Claes Tunisse Clear. Was a smith by trade, residing at first in N. A. and afterwards at Flushing, and while a resident of the latter place he bought May 29, 1679, of Catharine Van Werven wid. of Do. Polhemius for 3300 gl. a house and outbuildings with 5 house-lots in the village of Flh, as per p. 63 of Lib. AA of Flb rec., to which he probably removed and joined the R. D. ch. of said town. In 1689 he bought a lot of Derick Woertman at the ferry, as per p. 137 of Lib. I of Con. He finally removed to Buk. Issue :- Barbara, bp. July 27, 1661, in N. A., m. Lucas Tu- nis Coevers; Gerret, bp. Apl. 2, 1663, in N. A .; Coert; Ga- briel; Catharine, m. Tunis Dircksen Woertman; John or Johannes, bp. Feb. 16, 1667, in N. Y .; David; Abraham, bp. July 18, 1668, in N. Y .; and Lucas. Signed his name "Jo- hannis Sprungh."
Lucas (s. of Jan or Johannes), conveyed May 8, 1697, with John Sprungh, Albert Stevense, John Kiersted, Barne Vrianse, Alexander Sympson, and Albert Terhune, 26 A. in Flds to Gerret Coerten (Voorhees).
STAATS, JAN JANSE, of Gowanus, m. Ist Catharine Corsen; m. 2ª, June 11, 1682, Jonica or Annatie Janse, or Annatie Pieters wid. of Andries Janse Juriansz, and previously wid. of Jan Evertse Bout. Took the oath of allegiance in Br" in 1687 as a native. Issue :- Jan Janse Junr of Gowanus; Pieter Janse of Gowanus; and (sup.) Ann Janse. Made his mark to documents. An Abraham Staats, surgeon, came to Rensellaerwick in 1642, who has numerous de- scendants residing in that vicinity, but have seen no evi- dence of their connection with the Gowanus family.
Jan Pieterse of Gowanus, the common ancestor of the Gowanus family, known as old Jan Pieterse, m. 1st, May 16,
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1652, Grietje Jans; m. 2ª, Nov. 15, 1663, the wid. of Fred- erick Jansen, ship-carpenter; d. about 1714. Owned and oc- cupied the farm at Gowanus late of Adriance Van Brunt. On ass. rolls of Br" of 1675 and '83 and cen. of 1698. Issue :- Pieter Jansen; Jan Jansen; Neeltje Jansen; and Sarah Jansen.
Johannes Pieterse (s. of Pieter Janse), m. Annetje ... There was a Jan Pieterse and Geertruy his w., of Yellow Hoek, on a deed of Feb. 2, 1708-9. Issue :- Mary, bp. Feb. 3, 1689, in Br".
Pieter Janse of Gowanus, m. Ist Annatie Pieterse Praa; m. 2ª Antie Janse Van Dyck. In 1673 he petitioned Gov. Colve for a piece of land on Staten I. opposite Amboy, the matter being postponed until the Gov. could obtain knowl- edge of the premises. Oct. 20, 1674, he and his sons Jan and Peter Petersen obtained a patent for the land applied for, as per p. 31 of Cal. of Eng. Man. In 1694 he sold his Gowanus farm of 30 morgens, located between land of Gerbrand Claasen and that of Cors Van Duyn, to his s. Pieter Pieterse for £200, as per p. 37 of Lib. 2 of Con. Took the oath of allegiance in Bra in 1687 as a native. Issue (by 2ª w.) :- Geesje, bp. Dec. 18, 1661, in Br"; Pieter Pieterse, bp. July 8, 1663, in Br"; Annetje Pieterse, m. Cornelis Jorise of the ferry; Neeltje Pieterse, m. Harmen Jorisen; and Johannes Pieterse. Made his mark to docu- ments.
Pieter Pieterse, bp. July 8, 1663; m. Lysbeth Aersen Mid- dagh. Moved from Gowanus and resided in Richmond Co. in 1694. Issue :- Pieter, bp. Feb. 16, 1690, in Flh; and John. Made his mark to documents.
Pieter (s. of Pieter Pieterse and Lysbeth), bp. Feb. 16, 1690; m. Ist, Aug. 29, 1712, Lammetje Veghte; m. 2ª (sup.) Rebecca Ditmas. Resided at Gowanus. Will da. Oct. 4, 1760; pro. Sept. 2, 1761; rec. p. 118, Lib. 23, N. Y. surr. off. Issue :- Pieter, bp. May 21, 1721, in N. U., (sup.) m. Jan- netje dau. of Johannes Ditmas; and (sup.) John. Signed his name "Piter Staats."
STANSON or STAUSIE, HENDRICK CORNELISE, of Gd, sold land in Flds in 1676 to Jan Janse ver Rhyn, as per Stoot- hoff papers. Made his mark to documents.
STEALMAN, JOHN, (English). See Jan Hendrick Stelman.
STEENDAM, JACOB, emigrated about 1650; m. Sara de Bosjou. Obtained a patent Nov. 12, 1652, for a plantation in Flds, which he sold June 17, 1660, to Albert Albertsen
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Terhune. Bought Jan. 7, 1658, of Claude Barbier and An- thony Jeroe a tract in Buk on the W. side of Mespath Kil, originally granted to Adam Mott, as per p. 367 of Cal. of Dutch Man. Issue :- Dredegind, bp. Apl. 4, 1655; Samuel, bp. Nov. 18, 1657; and Jacob, bp. Dec. 4, 1658-all bp. in N. A.
STEENHUYS or STEENHUYSEN, ENGELBERT, tailor, emi- grated in 1659 from Soest in Westphalia, and resided at first in N. A .; d. about 1678. Obtained a farm in Flb, which he sold Feb. 19, 1661, to Derick Jansen, cooper, with the plain and meadow land thereto belonging, and a house and village-plot, as per p. 52 of Lib. B of Fl1 rec. July 22, 1670, he obtained a patent of Gov. Carteret of N. J. for 7 tracts in Bergen, N. J., to which he removed shortly after the sale of his Flh property, and of which place he was li- censed to teach school by Gov. Stuyvesant in 1662. Issue :- Stephen; Joost; and Pieter, as per p. 91 of Winfield's Land Titles of Hudson Co., N. J. Signed his name "Engelbert Steenhuys.".
STEINMETS. Members of this family at an early period resided in and owned land in Gd and meadow-lots on Coney I. The ancestor of the family was Casper Stymats or Stein- mets, who settled in Hudson Co., N. J., and had 9 children bp. in N. A., as per p. 812 of Valentine's Manual of 1863. See p. 78 of Winfield's Land Titles of Hudson Co.
STEGGELLER, JEAN, paid 2 gl. 9 st., minister's salary, in Flb in 1680, as per town rec.
STELMAN, JAN HENDRICKSE, (English,) in 1651 rented Herry Breser's plantation in Br". Mar. 7, 1652, he bought of Frederick Lubbertse 15 morgens in Br", as per Col. Man. Of Buk in 1665, as per town rec .; in 1665 represented said town in the Hempstead Convention, and in 1668 a mag.
STEPHENS Or STEPHENSE ABRAHAM, ALBERT, COURT, JAN, and LUCAS, see Vorhees.
Egbert, on ass. roll of Brn of 1675.
Jan, bought Oct. 21, 1681, of Jan Aucke Van Nuyse the farm which Van Nuyse bought Oct. 15, 1681, of Bartel Claesen and Claesen bought Feb. 15 of that year of Stoffel Probasco, located in Flh and bounded on the S. side by land of Jan Strycker, N. side by land of Dirck Janse Vander Vliet, W. side by the common highway, and on the E. side
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by Coerlars Flats, as per p. 38 of Lib. A and pp. 122 and 123 of Lib. AA of Flª rec.
Oloffe of city of N. Y., where he took the oath of alle- giance to the English in 1664, sold Apl. 9, 1670, to Wm Goulding all his right in plantation-lot No. 16 in Gd, as per town rec. This is probably Oliffe Stephense Van Cortland. Signed his name "Oloffe Stevense" in 1674.
Thomas, in 1651 in partnership with J. H. Stelman rented Breser's plantation in Br". See p. 130 of Cal. of Dutch Man. He afterwards removed to Middleburgh (Newtown, L. I.), as per p. 148 of said Cal. A Thomas Stephensen m. Aug. 15, 1645, in N. A., Maria Bernards, wid.
Thomas, b. 1615. Resided in 1653 in Buk on the planta- tion of David Jochems, late of Jan Messerole Sen".
STEPPER, HARMEN, m. Neltye Jansen. Assessed Jan. 13, 1666, in Buk for payment of the clergyman's salary, as per town rec .; a mag. in 1667.
STIGER, DANIEL, and Hans Jongh obtained Aug. 25, 1657; a patent for a lot at Br" ferry.
STILLE, CORNELIS JACOBSE, sometimes written "Cornelis Jacobse alias Stille" (or the silent), of N. A. in 1639, m. Ist Claesje Theunis ; m. 2ª, July 28, 1669, in N. A., Tryntje Walings of Amsterdam. Occupied the plantation in Buk, afterwards in Williamsburgh, adjoining that of Hans Han- sen Bergen in Br", which he sold July 29, 1641, to Lambert
Huybertsen Moll, as per p. 16 of Cal. of Dutch Man.
Mar.
10, 1661, with others petitioned for a piece of woodland in Bedford lying in the rear of Rapalje's plantation. In 1664 he took the oath of allegiance in N. Y. to the English. Issue :- Jacob Cornelisen, m. Mar. 11, 1671, in N. Y., Aeltje Fred- ericks from Brazil; Aefje, bp. Apl. 2, 1646; Neeltje, bp. Dec. 13, 1649; Waling, bp. Oct. 6, 1660; Tymen, bp. Aug. 21, 1672; Frederick, bp. Jan. 24, 1680; Frans, bp. July 14, 1689; and Rachel, bp. Apl. 17, 1692-all bp. in N. A. and N. Y. Made his mark to documents.
STILLWELL, DAVID (s. of Nicholas the emigrant), bp. Nov. 13, 1653, in N. A .; m. Maria or Mary dau. of Adam Mott; d. about 1720. Left Gd about 1664 and removed to S. I., where he obtained grants for about 279 A. of land, and from there removed to Middlesex Co., N. J. Issue :- Nicholas 5th of N. J., b. 1678; Samuel of Freehold, b. 1680, d. 1753; Daniel of N. J., b. Dec. 10, 1687, m. Catharine
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Larzelere, d. 1766; and Richard, a physician of Monmouth Co., N. J., d. 1756 .*
Elias (s. of Nicholas the emigrant) of Gd. Name on ass. roll of Gd of 1683 and cen. of 1698. Owned a tide-mill in Gd in 1696, as per Gd rec. Jan. 13, 1698-9, he sold his dwelling-house and two garden-plots in Gd, one of which he had purchased of his brother Richard, to John Poling, as per Gd rec. Mar. 12, 1698, he sold lot No. 13 on Gis- bert's I. of 2 A. to Reynier Van Sicklen. Signed his name in 1697 "Elias Stilwill." No account of his issue.
Elias (s. of Nicholas 2d), b. Dec. 13, 1685; m. Anne Bur- bank of S. I. Settled on S. I. Issue :- Thomas, bp. June 30, 1726, m. Deborah Martling; Daniel, bp. Mar. 24, 1728; and John, bp. Mar. 17, 1730, m. Helen Van Name-all of S. I.
Jeremiah (s. of Nicholas the emigrant), bp. Jan. 13, 1663, in N. A .; m. Maria -; d. about 1720. On ass. roll of Gd of 1683 and cen. of 1698; owned several plots of land in said town, as per Gd rec. Removed from Gd to S. I., and finally joined the Quakers and settled in Phila. Issue :- Thomas, b. 1701, m. Sarah Van Name; Nicholas of White- house, Hunterdon Co., N. J., b. 1705, d. 1780; and Sophia, m. Abednego Thomas of Phila. Signed his name "Jeremiah Stillwell."
Jeremiah (s. of Richard Ist and Mary Holmes), b. Oct. 26, 1678; d. about 1750; m. Removed from Gd to Aquackanonck, N. J., and from thence to Hancock, Md. Issue :- Richard, b. 1712 and settled at Mecklenburg, N. C .; William, b. 1715; John, b. 1718; and Jeremiah, b. 1725 and settled at Montgomery, Va .- all as per p. 282 of Memoirs of the Stillwell Family.
John (s. of Richard Ist and Mary Holmes), b. May 18, 1660; m. It Elizabeth -, whose name appears on the Gd rec. in 1693 as his w .; m. 2ª Rebecca Throckmorton; d. 1724. Left Gd, settled on S. I., was sheriff of Richmond Co. in 1693, as per p. 27 of Vol. IV. of Doc. of Col. His .; member of the Colonial Assembly from 1702 to 1716, as per P. III of N. Y. civil list; and in 1701 an opponent of the Leislerian faction. Will da. Aug. 29, 1724; pro. Jan. 1725-6; rec. p. 140, Lib. 10, N. Y. surr. off. Issue :- Rich- ard of N. Y., who d. 1748; John of Middlesex Co., N. J .; Joseph of Porrassye or Norrophyd; Thomas, d. 1760; Re- becca, b. 1693, m. Ebenezer Salters; Mary, b. 1696, m. Dan1 Seabrook; Abagail, b. 1706; and Daniel of Rhode Island,
* The compiler is indebted for some of the information relating to the Stillwell family to B. M. Stillwell's " Memoirs of the Stillwell Family," published in 1878; and to Dr. J. E. Stillwell of the city of N. Y.
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b. May 10, 1720, d. May 20, 1770. Signed his name "John Stillwell."
Nicholas, the emigrant and ancestor of the Stillwells of this vicinity (English), came to this country about 1638 from Holland, and settled at first on Manhattan I. He m. Ist Abagail dau. of Robert Hopton; m. 2ª Ann Van Dyke of Holland; d. Dec. 22, 1671, at Dover, S. I. His wid. m. 2ª Wm Wilkins. In 1639 he located a tobacco plantation on Manhattan I., and in 1643 purchased a house and lot on the present Beaver St. in N. A. When the Lady Mody in 1643, accompanied by several Englishmen from Massachusetts, undertook the settlement of Gª (" Gravenzande"), he with other Englishmen who had previously settled on Manhat- tan I. joined her and took up lots in the new settlement. In the Indian war which took place shortly after the com- mencement of the settlement, and caused its temporary abandonment, as Lieut. Stillwell he defended the place, and afterwards appears to have returned to N. A. In 1648 he bought of Richard Dunn the village lot in Gd which Dunn had bought of Ralph Cardell, this being the first account of his owning land in said town after its abandonment during the Indian war, his name not appearing among the associates who in 1646, '47, and '48 were allotted plantation- lots of 50 A. Oct. 6, 1649, he bought of George Homes, for his s. Richard, Homes's plantation-lot, for which he agreed to pay 900 lb. of good merchantable tobacco. This planta- tion he agreed Oct. 10, 1650, to sell to Richard Cluffe for the use of Thomas Doxsey. By O'Callaghan's Register he was a mag. of Gd in 1650 and '51, a mag. of Flds in 1654 and '55, where he probably resided at that date, and a mag. of Gª in 1657 and '64. Dec. 27, 1657, he sold to John Bowne 12 A. lying on the " Cellers Neck" (Sellers Neck), being part of plantation-lot No. 40, which lot No. 40 he bought Aug. 25, 1654, of the agent of William Hallet. Aug. 29, 1659, he sold John Wilson a part of plantation-lot No. 40-all as per Gd rec. Feb. 9, 1660, he bought of Anthony Jansen from Salee his patent of 100 morgens. Apl. 2, 1660, he sold to Richard Aste 12 A. of the E. end of the planta- tion he bought of Anthony Johnson, as per Gª rec. Jan. 15, 1663, he sold to Mr. Francoys de Bruynne, for 700 gl. in wampum, the balance of said plantation; reasonable satis- faction to be made by said Francoys to "my son in law Nathaniell Brittanie at or upon the 25th of March next for the house and housing which hee the said Nathaniell built upon said land." All the above Gd and N. U. purchases copied from the Gª town rec., on which numerous other purchases and sales of Nicholas are entered. Nicholas
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Stillwell is entitled to credit for never swerving from his allegiance to the Dutch government, which is more than can be said of many of his English neighbors, who, on what they supposed to be the first favorable opportunity, proved themselves to be traitors to the colony to which they fled from persecution, and to which they were indebted for pro- tection and the enjoyment of religious liberty. In 1663 he was an ensign in the Esopus expedition against the In- dians, and the same year commissioned as lieut., as per Col. Man. He finally removed to Dover, S. I., where he d. Dec. 22, 1671, his will being da. Dec. 22, 1671; pro. June 17, 1672; and rec. p. 161, Lib. 1, N. Y. surr. off. His wid., Ann Still- well of Dover, bought June 21, 1672, of Jan Jansen Ver Rhyn plantation-lot No. 18, with the buildings in Gd, as per town rec. Issue by Ist w., as per Memoirs of Stillwell Family :- Richard, b. 1634; Nicholas 2ª, b. 1636; (by 2ª w.) Anne, b. 1643, m. 1660 Nathaniel Brittan; Ales or Abagail, b. 1645, m. Oct. 26, 1665, Samuel Holmes; William, bp. May II, 1648; Thomas, bp. July 9, 1651; Daniel, bp. Nov. 1, 1653, in N. A .; Jeremiah, bp. Jan. 13, 1663, in N. A .; and Elias. Made his mark to manuscripts with a bungling reversed "N," in no manner resembling that which would be made by a scholar with his left hand, who had had the misfortune of losing his right one as has been claimed. Dr. J. E. Stillwell of N. Y., in behalf of the claim that Nicholas made his mark in consequence of the loss of his right arm, has exhibited to the compiler of this work an original and genuine document (stating that he had seen another) on which his name was subscribed in full in a good and legible hand. Against this evidence are documents of a prior date, with numerous ones later, with the bungling mark, from which it may fairly be inferred that the name on the document exhibited had been written by some other person at Nicholas's request, as is occasionally done at the present day.
Nicholas 2ª (s. of Nicholas the emigrant), came over with his father in 1638 from Holland; b. 1636; m. 18t, Nov. 6, 1671, by Justice James Hubbard, Catharine wid. of Charles Morgan of Gd, who was living as late as 1693; m. 2ª, in 1703, Elizabeth Corwin or Cornell; d. in Gd in 1715. By occupation a farmer; a justice of the peace in 1685, '88, '89, and '93; from 1691 to '94 a member of the Colonial Assem- bly for Kings Co., as per N. Y. civil list; and capt. of the militia of Gª in 1689, as per p. 190 of Cal. of Eng. Man. In 1693, as capt. of the Kings Co. contingent of 50 men, he accompanied Gov. Fletcher's expedition against the French and Indians, as per p. 15 of Vol. IV. of Doc. of Col. His.
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On ass. roll of Gd of 1683 and cen. of 1698. Jan. 2, 1670, he commenced a suit in the sessions against Wm Compton for trespass done by his hogs in his cornfield on " Sellers Neck," as per Gd rec., from which it is evident that the Stillwells at this date owned at least a part if not the whole of said neck. Will da. Jan. 19, 1715; pro. Mar. 5, 1715; rec. p. 394, Lib. 8, N. Y. surr. off. Issue :- Nicholas 3ª, b. Apl. 25, 1673; Rebecca, b. 1675, m. Oct. 20, 1693, Abm Emans of Gd; Richard, b. May 11, 1677; John, of whom no further trace; Anna Catharine, b. May 15, 1681, m. 1720 Barent Christo- pher of S. I .; Mary, b. 1683, m. Hendrick Johnson of Br"; Elias, b. Dec. 13, 1685; and Thomas 3ª, b. May 16, 1688. Signed his name "Nicolaes Stillwell" in 1662.
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