Fayth, Re: your post- > Researching: Allgor, Bennett, Besford, Bishop, Blennerhasset,Borden, Bowne, Clayton, Coleman, Cornwallis, Davis, Fleming, Grover, Haberstick, Layton, Leonard, Lippincott, Matthews, Middleton, Olney, Pashley, Rogers, Stillwell, Stout, Sulliard, Tallman, Throckmorton, White, Wirz, Wright and related families< I posted to the List a great deal of Stout material last week. This was in about five installments. This had biographical material on the family and the Story of Penelope Stout. It showed that Alice-2 Stout (Richard-1) m. John Throckmorton. I don't have any more Throckmorton material. Here's what I have on Stillwell. Patty Myers NOTE: The dates in the two references cited do not agree. I'm not sure which ones to believe. One reference does not have a daughter Mary for Nicholas Stilwell. There is also quite a lot of material on Rootsweb World Connect on this family. One researcher even has ancestry of Ann Van Dyke, but I've not contacted him/her for the source. 1. NICHOLAS1 STILWELL, b. England; d. Dover, on Staten Island 28 Dec 1671, will dated 22 Dec 1671, recorded in Surrogate's office, New York, Liber 1, of Wills, p. 168. He m/1 ABIGAIL HOPTON, d/o Robert Hopton of Wytham, Somersetshire, by whom he had two sons. He m/2 ANN VAN DYKE, who survived him, and she m/2 Gravesend, Long Island, New York 29 Dec 1672 William Wilkins, one of the first settlers and for many years a magistrate of the town of Gravesend. The town records of Gravesend, L.I., state that on the 21st day of June 1672 Ann Stilwell, widow of Nicholas Stilwell of Dover, Staten Island, purchased of John Jansen his house and grounds at Gravesend. William Wilkins d. 1676, and Ann m/3 13 Jan 1679 William Foster of Jamaica, Long Island. Nicholas Stilwell came 1638 and settled on Manhattan Island. It is believed that Central England and especially Surrey County was the early home of the family. He was called "Lieutenant Stilwell" and in some records "Stilwell, the Tobacco Planter." At the time Nicholas settled on Manhattan Island and for several years after, troubles with the Indians occupied the attention of all settlers in and about New Amsterdam. Nicholas soon became famous as an Indian fighter. Upon the formation of a military company for the defense of the settlers, Nicholas was chosen leader, and this relationship was continued as long as occasion demanded. He was made Lieutenant by the Dutch government. Nicholas and his family in 1639 located on Manhattan Island and engaged in raising tobacco. It appears that he was successful in this business, for in the early records he is frequently spoken of as "Stilwell the Tobacco Planter." According to the Dutch, a farm or plantation was called a "Bowery." Five farms, or boweries, were laid out on the east side of Manhattan Island, the upper one extending to a point about opposite the southerly end of Blackwell's Island. It was on this upper bowery, in the vicinity of Deutil or Turtle Bay, that Nicholas Stilwell was located as a tobacco planter. Nicholas Stilwell appears not to have been in the good graces of Governor Kieft, consequently he was obliged to obtain his grant of land from other sources. He is said to have differed with Kieft as to the matter of the treatment of the Indians and upon other points. August 20, 1641 two Englishmen, George Baxter and Walter Hartfoot, purchased of Schepmoes the bowery occupied by Stilwell. They bought it on a land contract, payable in installments, and sold it to Stilwell for cash. The patent was then transferred from Schepmoes to Stilwell, who thus in 1641, for the first time, became the owner of property which he could! call his own. Nicholas erected a stone building as a dwelling for himself and family on the shore of Deutil Bay, upon a point projecting into the river. On account of troubles with the Indians, Nicholas was obliged to abandon his bowery on Deutil Bay, and for fear of other troubles chose a new residence near the fort in New Amsterdam, and purchased a house and lot on the northerly side of Beaver Street, about midway between Broadway and Broad Street. This purchase was in 1643. In June 1643 Lady Deborah Moody, from one of the settlements in New England and who had had religious differences over the question of infant baptism with the church there, removed, with others from the same place, to the Dutch to avoid further trouble. Many other Ana-Baptists removed to the New Netherlands at about the same time. She purchased a tract of land at Gravesend in the westerly part of Long Island and settled there. Nicholas Stilwell and other English settlers who had previously been located around Turtle Bay, and whose plantations had been destroyed by the Indians, also took up lots at Gravesend in the new settlement. In the spring of 1644 Nicholas led a party of men from the New Netherlands to Virginia to aid the colony at Virginia against the Indians. It appears that Nicholas at the close of the campaign had some idea of remaining in Virginia, but found that in order to do so he must conform his views in matters of religion to those of his neighbors, which he was not disposed to do. After a successful termination of the Indian war in Virginia he returned to Gravesend. On his return to New Amsterdam the Indian troubles there had not ended. Parties of Indians roved around Manhattan Island, and a fence, or palisade, was built across the island at the present line of Wall Street. On his return in 1646 Nicholas found the colony nearly ruined. His family, during his absence, had occupied the house on the north side of Beaver Graft. The few men that remained on the Island were clustered around Fort Amsterdam. The English settlements in the neighborhood had been nearly destroyed by the war except that of Lady Moody at Gravesend. In 1648 Nicholas made arrangements to move to Gravesend. He continued to own his Turtle Bay plantation until 1653 when he sold it to Lubbert Von Dincklage. When Nicholas determined to become a resident of Gravesend, he purchased from Richard Dunn "his bargain," so-called in the records of the town. Having thus become eligible to office, in January 1649 he was chosen one of the three magistrates of the town. The others were George Baxter and William Wilkins. On 16 Oct 1649 Nicholas purchased a tract of land for his son Richard. This farm was situated upon what is now known as the Coney Island Road. When New Amsterdam became an English province Nicholas found himself, much to his dislike, under Puritan government, and was not inclined to submit to that jurisdiction. He therefore selected a new home with other English of Gravesend and its vicinity, upon the southeastern shore of Staten Island, as already stated, at a place called Dover. It appears that Nicholas sold his farm at Gravesend December 15, 1663 and a few months later he moved to Staten Island. The will of Nicholas Stilwell, of Staten Island, -- "husbandman, being weak and sick," leaves to his youngest son, Jeremiah, one iron-gray mare. Leaves to his well-beloved and affectionate wife, Ann, all lands, houses and estate and makes her executrix. Letters Testamentary were granted to wife, Ann, 17 Jun 1672. (By Abigail): 2 i Richard Stilwell, b. England c1636; d. 1688; m/1 May 1655 Mary Holmes, d/o Obadiah Holmes; m/2 Mary Cook. Children: John b. 1660, m. Rebecca (____); Nicholas b. 11 Jan 1664, m. Mary Moore, d/o Gersham Moore; Thomas b. Dec 1666, m. Ann Hubbard; Mary b. 13 Jul 1668, m/1 Nathaniel Brittain, m/2 Valentine Dusham; Richard b. 5 Jun 1671, m/1 Deborah Reed, m/2 Mercy Sands, d/o Samuel and Dorothy (Ray) Sands; Jeremiah b. 26 Oct 1678. 3 ii Nicholas Stilwell, b. England c1638; d. 1715; will dated 19 Jan 1715, recorded 5 Mar 1715; m/1 Rebecca Baylis; m/2 6 Feb 1671 Catherine Huybert, widow of Charles Morgan; m/3 Elizabeth (____) possibly Corwin. Children: Nicholas b. 25 Apr 1673; Richard b. 11 May 1677; Elias b. 13 Dec 1685; Thomas b. 16 May 1688; Rebecca b. 1675, m. Abraham Emmons of Gravesend; Anne Catharine b. 15 May 1681, m. Barent Christopher of Staten Island; Mary b. 1683, m. Hendrick Johnson of Brooklyn. (By Ann): 4 iii Ann Stilwell, b. 1639; m. Nathaniel Brittan, who d. 1683. [NOTE by Patty Myers: This is my line. I can expand.] 5 iv Alice or Abigail Stilwell, b. 1645; m/1 26 Oct 1665 Samuel Holmes, b. 1642; d. 1679; lived at Gravesend, L.I. She m/2 1680 William Osborn; m/3 1683 Daniel Lake. Children (HOLMES): Samuel b. 12 Feb 1668; Ann b. 20 Dec 1670; Joseph b. 17 Mar 1672; Catherine b. 15 Jun 1675; Henry; Mary. 6 v Mary Stilwell, m. 1678 Adam Mott. Children (MOTT): Adam m. Elizabeth Mott, d/o Richard and Elizabeth Mott; Jane b. 1680, m. Richard Seaman, s/o Capt. John Seaman; Elizabeth. [NOTE by Patty Myers: I have other references that say Adam Mott married a daughter of William and Ann Bowne of Gravesend and had one son Gershom Mott who was raised by his Bowne relatives. Perhaps Mary Stillwell was a second wife of Adam Mott.] 7 vi Thomas Stilwell, bpt. 9 Jul 1651; d. 1705; m. 8 Jan 1670 Martha (Biyon) Balien, d/o Peter Biyon. She was a widow and m/3 Rev. David DuBonrepos. Thomas left a will dated 21 May 1704, proved 9 May 1705. Children: Thomas b. 1671, m. Mary Poillon; Frances b. 1673, m. Nicholas Brittan, s/o Nathaniel and Ann (Stilwell) Brittan; Ann b. 1675, m. Jacob Billop; Rachel b. 1677, m. William Brittan. 8 vii Daniel Stilwell, bpt. 13 Nov 1653; d. c1720; m. Mary Mott, d/o Adam Mott. Children: Nicholas b. 1678, d. Shrewsbury, NJ in 1759; Samuel b. 1680; d. 1753; settled at Freehold, NJ, where he d. leaving will proved Trenton, NJ 6 Nov 1753; Daniel b. 10 Oct 1687; d. 1766; m. Catherine Larzelear, d/o Nicholas Larzelear; Richard d. 1756. 9 viii William Stilwell, bpt. 1656; d. Cape May, NJ c1720. Children: John b. 1681; Nicholas; Rebecca; William b. 11 May 1678; Daniel; Mary m. Dr. Thomas Walton of New York. 10 ix Jeremiah Stilwell, bpt. 13 Jan 1663; d. c1720; moved to Philadelphia. Children: Thomas; Nicholas b. 1705; Sophia m. Abednego Thomas. (Benj. Marshall Stilwell, Memoirs of the Stilwell Family, Comprising the Life and Times of Nicholas Stilwell, with Some Account of His Brothers John and Jasper, 1878, The National Printing Company, New York, p. 273 et seq.; Dewitt Stilwell and Lamont Stilwell, History and Genealogical Record of One Branch of the Stilwell Family, 1914,