Lt. Nicholas Stillwell

Summary

This is the farthest back ancestor that I've so far been able to trace. He was Cece's (great x 10) grandfather.

There's a lot of uncertainty about dates and lineage, especially about Capt. Nicholas Stillwell, as he does not appear in some genealogies.

• Linda Schreiber WikiTree
• John Parker WikiTree
• Robert Adams WikiTree
• Don Harris WikiTree
• "Orphaned" WikiTree
• John Stillwell & Joane Shudd
• The Ancestors of Vickie Beard Thompson & those others related by marriage!!!
• Stillwell Genealogy (the best record)
• Web Site of Forrest and Jean Ladd
• The Quist Family Genealogy
• Stillwell Roots

Here's one version of Cece's ancestry going back 16 generations (I've pieced it together from various reports)

Nicholas Stillwell (1638, Surrey , England) & Rebecca Bayless (1645, Queens, New York)
Elias Stillwell (1663, Gravesend, Kings, NY) % Miss Stanley (aft 1863)

-3 John Stillwell (15 Aug 1515 - 12 Aug 1558) m. Joane Shudd in 1538, d. 10 Jan 1560
-2 John Stillwell, Jr. (5 Sep 1539 - 9 Feb 1584, ) m. Jane Parle on 26 May 1562
-1 Nicolas Stillwell (2 Oct 1570 - 13 May 1647), m. Alice Holmes
0 Lt. Nicholas STILLWELL, Jr. b. 1603 d. 1672, m. Ann Van Dyke 
1  Capt. Nicholas STILLWELL  b. 1638 d. Abt 1715
     Rebecca BAYLESS  b. 24 Nov 1645 d. Abt 1670
     2  Elias STILLWELL  b. Abt 1663 d. Bef 30 Nov 1715
          Ann Burbank STANLEY  b. Aft 1663 d. Y
          3  Elias STILLWELL  b. Abt 1708 d. 4 Feb 1792
               Meriam EDDY  b. 29 Jan 1709 d. 19 Oct 1803
               4  Elizabeth STILLWELL  b. 20 Apr 1732 d. 3 Oct 1804
                    James Thomas GRAHAM  b. Abt 1730 d. 12 Jun 1779
                    5  Rebecca GRAHAM  b. Abt 1757 d. Bef 1786
                         Joseph PITTMAN  b. Abt 1753 d. 11 Jun 1829
                         6  James PITMAN  b. 14 May 1775 d. 12 Feb 1863
                              Rachel McGREW  b. Abt 1770 d. Aft 1860
                              7  Rebecca PITMAN  b. 1798 d. Aft 1870
                                   William M. BENNETT  b. 1785-1787 d. 19 Aug 1860
                                   8  Harrison BENNETT  b. 22 May 1832 d. 21 Jun 1858
                                        Katherine "Kitty" GRIMES  b. 1835 d. 1910
                                        9  William BENNETT 
                                             Elizabeth HAMMOND  
                                             10 Samuel Bennett
                                                  Hattie Riester
                                                  11 Damon Bennett
                                                       Gloria Wert
                                                       12 Cecelia Bennett

Nicholas Stillwell ( - 1672) m. Ann UNKNOWN)
    Nicholas Stillwell (1640 - 1715) m. Rebecca Bayles
        Elias Stillwell (December 13, 1665 - 1713) m. Ann Burbank Stanley
            Elias Stillwell (1708 - February 4, 1792) m. Meriam Eddy
                Elizabeth Stillwell (April 20, 1732 - October 3, 1804) m. James Thomas Graham
                    Rebecca Graham (1757 - 1786) m. Joseph Pittman
                        James Pittman (May 14, 1776 - February 12, 1863) m. Rachel McGrew 
                           Rebecca Pittman (1797 - ) m. William M Bennett 

Rebecca Bayless Stillwell

Rebecca Bailey Bayless (daughter of John Bayles and Rebecca Vincent Whitney) was born 24 Nov 1645 in Jamaica, Queens County, New York, and died 1672 in Jamaica, Long Island, New York. She married Nicholas Stillwell on 1665 in Richmond, Staten Island, New York, son of Nicholas Stillwell and Abigail Hopton.[Hopton not necessarily correct]

• http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/h/o/r/Jody-Horrocks/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0405.html

Ann Burbank Stanley

Ann Burbank Stanley (daughter of Richard Stanley and Sarah Smith Cottrell) was born Bet. 1676 - 1685, and died date unknown in . She married Elias Stillwell on Abt. 1698 in New Jersey, son of Nicholas Stillwell and Rebecca Bailey Bayless.

• http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/h/o/r/Jody-Horrocks/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0397.html

Elias Stillwell (II)

1708 - Feb. 4, 1792

• Grave info

Meriam Eddy Stillwell

Cece's great x 7 grandmother. That makes John Neil at the top of this tree Cece's great x 11 grandfather.

According to a family tree at familysearch.org, this line traces back to Duncan I, King of Scotland and beyond.

My loving maite I did survive
And true my age was great
I lived the years of 95
But here behold my fate.

"She was a Scotch woman who was a great doctress, and who judging by her handwriting was a woman of education and culture."

1  John Neil  b. Abt 1600
        2  John Neil  b. Jun 1626
              Jeane Gibsone  b. Abt 1630
                3  Allison Neil  b. May 1658
                      James Edwards  b. Abt 1650
                        4  Elizabeth Edwards  b. Abt 1682 d. Bef 1731
                              John Eddie, Sr.  c. 23 Dec 1680 d. Bef Mar 1751
                                5  Meriam Eddy  b. 29 Jan 1709 d. 19 Oct 1803

• Meriam EDDY
• Grave

James Thomas Graham

Birth: 1730
Monmouth County
New Jersey, USA
Death: Jun. 12, 1779
Gettysburg
Adams County
Pennsylvania, USA

Lt. Col. Rev War.
Husband of Elizabeth Stillwell. Son of John Graham.

Son of John Graham and brother of Sarah Graham, married Joseph McGrew

• http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=82307188

Rebecca Graham Pittman

Birth: 1757
Warfordsburg
Fulton County
Pennsylvania, USA
Death: 1786
Fulton County
Pennsylvania, USA

Wife of Joseph Pittman. Daughter of James Graham & Elizabeth Stillwell. Death date is approximate.

• Grave info