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- https://archive.org/details/earlymemoirsofst00stil
Early memoirs of the Stilwell family, comprising the life and times of Nicholas Stilwell, the common ancestor of the numerous families bearing that surname, with some account of his brothers John and Jasper and incidentally a sketch of the history of Manhattan island and its vicinity, under the Dutch, with some contributions to a genealogy of the family
by Stilwell, Benjamin Marshall, Publication date 1878.
ANNIE, (eldest daughter of Nicholas Stilwell, the first of the name), born in New Amsterdam, in 1643. In 1660, married Nathaniel Brittain, and settled on Anthony Jansen's bowery on Long Island, purchased by her father; and in 1664, removed to Staten Island, where her husband took up 144 acres of land, for which a patent was granted him, September 29, 1677. (Lib. 1 Patents, p. 133.) ,
Nathaniel Brittain died in 1683, at Old Town, on Staten Island, leaving five children:
1. Nathaniel Brittain, born 1662
2. Sarah, born 1664
3. Rebecca, born 1668; married March 9, 1693, to Abraham Cole. (See License, Lib. 5 of Wills, p. 101, New York)
4. Richard Brittain, born 1670
5. Abigail Brittain, born 1674;
His will is recorded (Lib. B. of Wills, page 1, Richmond County).
Ann Stillwell (1642-1709) born in New York, died in Staten Island - dates and locations from findagrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/48528396/anne-britton
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Stillwell-265 Biography
Born 1643 New Amsterdam, New York, NY or VA.
Note: New Amsterdam is now New York City, NY.
Died 1709 Staten Island, Richmond, New York
FTM-US/International Marriage Record 1560-1900: Lists her birth year 1643, marriage year 1653
BIR-MAR-DEA: Arc. Rec (My poss) submitted by Miss Amanda I. Roundy, 146 S. University Ave., Provo, Utah about 1957. Ref. are N.Y. K 2 C P. 50 B 9 F 4 P. 102,151; B 6 B6 P. 3,4,6,7;A 15 Z 120, p. 278 (BRI ARC REC 003)
BIR: Arc. Rec (my poss) submitted by Marguerite Sahler of San Francisco, CA abt. 1916, ref. NY K2 e. p. 275-578-282;A 7 E 6 - p. 6-7-14-15-87-88;B9 F4, p. 145-149; (BRI ARC REC 014)
MAR: "Line of Ann Stillwell Britton" from Stillwell Geneology, Vol. 1, p. 43; "Early Central Pennsylvania Lineages" by Fisher, p. 69 (BRI HIS 003)
HIS: Ann Stillwell was the eldest daughter of Nicholas Stillwell who came from Birmingham England to Kings County, New York. In 1644 he bought for his home 144 acres the site of Perrin House, Staten Island. The Brittain lands lay in what is known as Dongan Hills between Liberty and Jefferson Avenues, and the Stillwell lands lay to the east. (Miller and Pursel Families A1 #5, 1939, compiled by Vida Mill-Pursel)
Anne Stillwell may have ben born about 1635-40, probably in Virginia, where her father was sojourning at this date. Her childhood was largely spent in Gravesend, Long Island, where she became the wife of Nathaniel Britton, a dry goods merchant, who sold his stores in all the villages on the west end of the Island, and who joined farming and occassionally tapping, to his other industries. [Britton Genealogy p. 4]
Sources
Genealogy of the Family of Longstreet Completed. Edward Mayes. Circa 1935. Privately published. Clark T. Thornton, editor. Reprinted 2009. Pages 89, 91 - 92.
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