Jonathan Stille
1709 - 1765 (56 years)-
Name Jonathan Stille [1] Birth 1709 Christiana, New Castle County, Delaware 
[2] Gender Male Occupation farmer [2] Death 21 Apr 1765 Brandywine, New Castle County, Delaware [2] Burial Old Swedes Churchyard, Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware [2] Person ID I5741 Hedges Last Modified 8 Jun 2025
Father Jacob Anderson Stille, b. Abt 1675, Christiana, New Castle County, Delaware d. Bef 1774, Christiana, New Castle County, Delaware (Age 98 years) Mother Rebecca Charlesdotter Springer, b. 1687, Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware d. 10 Oct 1784, Williamsburg, New Castle County, Delaware (Age 97 years) Marriage Bef 1710 New Castle, Delaware [1, 3] Family ID F2489 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Magdalena Vandever, b. 5 Nov 1718, New Castle County, Delaware d. 21 Apr 1765, New Castle County, Delaware (Age 46 years) Marriage 17 Apr 1735 Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware [1, 2] - Old Swedes Church [2]
Family ID F2508 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 8 Jun 2025
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Event Map 
Birth - 1709 - Christiana, New Castle County, Delaware 
Marriage - 17 Apr 1735 - Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware 
Death - 21 Apr 1765 - Brandywine, New Castle County, Delaware 
Burial - - Old Swedes Churchyard, Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Notes - Note on Find a Grave:
See membership of Holy Trinity (Old Swedes) church in Wilmington, Delaware - 1764
Jonathan Stille/Stilley, who married Magdalena Vandiver (Van der Veer) at Holy Trinity (Old Swedes) Church on 17 April 1735 (Burr 359).
The 1754 church census showed the Jonathan Stille family living in the "first ward" on the Brandywine Kill.
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JONATHAN and MAGDALENA STILLE
Jonathan Stille was born before 1713 to Jacob Stille of Christiana Hundred, Del. (1)
Married Magdalena Vanderveer. She was the daughter of Jacob and Mary Vanderveer. (2)
Children: (3)
Rebecca, born Jan. 23, 1736. Buried Oct. 5, 1736.
Anna Maria, born Aug. 14, 1737. Married Hans Nebecker.
Magdalena, born about 1738.
Jacob, born Sept. 3, 1739.
John, born about 1742.
Elizabeth, born July 18, 1744. Married Owen Zebley.
Hannah, born about 1746. Married Joseph Gorby.
Dina, born Feb. 27, 1751. Married William Talley Jr.
Sarah, born Feb. 8, 1754. Married Samuel Jordan.
Samuel, born March 21, 1756.
Ephron, born Nov. 14, 1761. Died Nov. 6, 1763.
Another child was born in 1758 but not listed in the church census of 1764.
Jonathan was a farmer in Brandywine Hundred and died of consumption April 21, 1765.
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Sources - [S135] Moses Rowlings, Hedges Migration To Maryland and Virginia, https://web.archive.org/web/20241001001938/http://mosesrawlings.freeservers.com/hedges.html#elizabethstille.
- [S6] Find a Grave.
- [S133] Peter Stebbins Craig, The Stille Fasmily in America 1641-1772, (Swedish American Genealogist, v.6, no.4, 1986.), https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/176170620/anders_olofsson-stille.
- [S135] Moses Rowlings, Hedges Migration To Maryland and Virginia, https://web.archive.org/web/20241001001938/http://mosesrawlings.freeservers.com/hedges.html#elizabethstille.