Lt. Nicholas Stilwell
Frederic Coddington Updike’s
6th Great Grandfather
Anne
Van Dyke
1607-1686
(2nd wife Van Dyke)
Anne
Stilwell
1643-1683
Abigail Alice
Stilwell
1645-1679
William
Stilwell
1648-1720
Thomas
Stilwell
1651-1705
Martha
Billiou
1652-1735
Daniel David
Stilwell
1653-1719
Nicholas
Stillwell, Lt.
1603-1671
NICHOLAS STILWELLL, the first of the name, and common
ancestor of the family, born in England. Married, 1st,
Abigail, daughter of Robert Hopton, of Wytham, Somersetshire, by whom ho had two sons :
Mary "
Poillon
1679-1718
Ann
Stilwell
1675-1753
Rachel
Stilwell
1677-1767
Jeremiah
Stilwell
1661-1671
Rebecca
Stillwell
1693-1747
Mary
Stillwell
1701-1777
Clement
Hooper
1699-1778
C) William, baptized May 11, 1648;
D) Thomas, baptized July 9, 1651 ;
E) Daniel, baptized November 13, 1653;
F) Jeremiah, baptized January 13, 1661 ;
G) Anne, born in 1643;
H) Abigail, born in 1645.
Nicholas
Stilwell
1692-1756
John
Stillwell
1662-1724
Elizabeth
HUBBARD
1660-1693
Richard
Stillwell
1634-1688
Nicholas
Stillwell
1664-1725
John
Stillwell
1699-
Thomas
Stilwell
1700-1757
Nicholas died at Dover, on Staten Island, Dec. 28th, 1671,
His will, dated Dec. 22d, 1671, is recorded in the Surrogate's
office, New York, Liber 1, of Wills, p. 168.
His widow survived him; and from the Town Records of
Gravesend it appears that on the 21st of June, 1672, Ann Stilwell
of Dover, upon Staton Island, bought from John Jansen his
house and grounds, at Gravesend ; and that on the 29th of December, 1672, she was there married to William Wilkins, one of
the first settlers, and for many years a magistrate of the town.
The record of the marriage is as follows :
Hannah
Frazee
1735-1808
Nicholas
Hooper
1726-
Stephen
Hooper
1759-
Jane
Hooper
1760-1812
Jeremiah
Hooper
1760-
Anne
Hooper
1729-1815
Mary
Hooper
1763-
Nicholas
Stilwell
1636-1715
Mary
Stillwell
1668-1703
Richard
Stillwell
1671-1743
Jeremiah
Stillwell
1678-1750
Joseph
Stillwell
1705-1760
Alice
Stillwell
1706-1738
Richard
Stillwell
1708-
Daniel
Stillwell
1710-
Marie
Stillwell
1714-1766
Anne
Stilwell
1700-1751
Martha
Hooper
1730-1800
James
Hooper
1732-1834
Thomas
Hooper
1734-1816
Martha
Hooper
1764-
John
Hooper
1765-
Pontius
Hooper
1772-1854
Nancy
Fontain
1726-
Lawrence
Hooper
1773-1829
Ann (
Stillwell
1752-
1. John, born May 18, 1660;
2. Nicholas, born January 11, 1664;
3. Thomas, born December 4, 1666;
4. Richard, born June 25, 1671;
5. Jeremiah, born October 26, J678;
6. Mary, born July 13, 1668.
James L.
Stilwell Sgt.
1755-1836
Catherine
Loundsbury
1762-1844
Richard died intestate and his lands descended to his elder
son, John, who, however, made provision for the younger children. (See deed, Richmond County’s Clerk Office, Lib. B., Page
575.) This inventory of his estate was filed Feb. 12th, I688-9.
Caroline
Hoos
1773-1845
"1672, Dec 29. William Wilkins and Ann Stilwell, widow,
both of Gravesend, were pronounced man and wife, by Capt.
James Hubbard, Justice."
RICHARD STILWELL, called Captain Richard was
the eldest son of Nicholas, the first of the name, born in Holland in 1634, was brought to America by his father in 1638. ln
1649 his father purchased for him a plantation at Gravesend,
Long Island, where he settled and married, 1st, in May, 1655,
Mart, daughter of Obadiah Holmes, of Salem, 2nd, his cousin Feeelove (who subsequently assumed the name of Mercy),
daughter of John Cooke, the regicide.
In 1664 he was appointed, under the Duke of York, one of
the Justices of the West Riding of Yorkshire, comprising Staten Island and the western portion of Long Island. In 1630 he
removed to Staten Island, where he took up 160 acres of land,
upon which his uncle and father-in-law, John Cooke, had
originally located. He died at Dover, on Staten Island, in
1688-9, leaving six children :
Rachael
Hooper
1735-
Elias
Stillwell
1747-
William
Hooper
1757-1814
Thomas
Stillwell
1666-1726
Sarah
Van Nemen
1697-
Thomas
Stilwell
1723-1777
Steven
Hooper
1724-1808
Freelove Mary
Cooke
1639-1679
Frances
Stilwell
1681-1748
A) Richard, born 1634 ;
B) Nicholas, born 1636 ;
In 1638, in company with las two brothers, John and Jasper,
he emigrated to America, bringing with him his two sons, and
settled on Manhattan Island, where he married, 2d, Ann Van
Dyke, a Hollander, by whom he had six children :
(1st wife Hopton)
Mary
Holmes
1638-1690
Rebecca
Throckmorton
1671-1726
Thomas
Stilwell
1671-1703
Abigail
Hopton
1610-1638
Jennie Sue Potter’s
7th Great Grandfather
James J.
Stilwell II
1783-1862
Harriett W.
Holmes
1787-1859
Ira Isaac
Stilwell
1807–1877
Debbie
Turner
1807–1896
Edward L
Stillwell
1786-1846
Stephen
Stillwell
1788-1870
Richard L
Stilwell
1792-1866
Jacob
Stillwell
1795-1865
Mary (Polly)
Stillwell
1798-1850
Cornelius
Stilwell
1800-1875
Thomas
Stilwell
1803-1852
Elizabeth
Stilwell
1805-
Hester
Stilwell
1807-
The record of the baptism of the children of Nicholas is
preserved in the Dutch Church, New York.
Martha
Hooper
1789-1819
For an account of the children of John Stilwell and Jasper
Stilwell, the two brothers of Nicholas — see ante, pages 2-38.
Albert
Updike
1825-1912
Rensselaer
Updike
1827-1892
Elijah
Updike
1829-1895
Caroline S.
Updike
1830-1891
John
Updike
1834-1922
Sarah Ann
Coddington
1849-1913
Minerva
Updike
1836-1889
Lorrinda
Updike
1837-1905
Rensselaer
Hooper
1790-
Allvah
Updike
1839-1918
Hiley
Hooper
1793-1838
Mary Jane
Updike
1841-1913
John
Hooper
1800-1829
Grover
Updike
1843-1905
Abraham Grover
Updike
1800-1881
Edwin
Updike
1845-1889
Lorinda Hoos
Hooper
1807-1880
Herman
Updike
1847-1911
Martha
Updike
1849-1889
Jane
Turner
1830-1855
James
Stilwell
1831-1876
Susan
Stillwell
1786-1846
Susan M.
Stillwell
1833-
Lewis
Stillwell
1788-1870
Harriet
Stillwell
1834-1923
Salinas P.
Stilwell
1792-1866
John Wesley
Stilwell
1837-1895
Jacob
Stillwell
1795-1865
Evaline
Stillwell
1840-1913
John
Stillwell
1798-1850
Elihu
Stillwell
1841-1927
Isaac
Stilwell
1800-1875
Charles T.
Potter
1842-1913
Jane
Stilwell
1803-1852
Eunice A.
Stilwell
1843-1906
Harry
Stilwell
1805-
Ira Isaac Jr.
Stilwell
1846-1893
Marvin D.
Stilwell
1807-
Jane C
Stillwell
1809-1903
Matilda
Stilwell
1812-