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- From Olof Persson Stille and his Family
by Dr. Peter Stebbins Craig
Johan Stille, born in America in 1646, married about 1683 Gertrude, daughter of Mårten Gerritsen and Christina Lom of New Castle County. They had twelve children: Christina (born 1684), Anna (1685), Olof [William] (1687), Sarah (1690), John (1692), Brigitta (1693), Barbara (1697), Peter (1699), Gertrude (1701), Morton (1704), Helena (1705) and Allemisha (1709). Johan Stille inherited the Moyamensing plantation, where he died in 1722. His widow died in 1744.
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- John Stille, was born near Tinicum, in the year 1646, and died April 24, 1722, aged about 76 years, and was buried in the graveyard of the Swedes' Church at Wicacoa, where his tombstone still remains. He was one of the original trustees of that church, and the pastor, in recording his death, adds: "He lived a goodly life in this world."
Chester (and its vicinity,) Delaware County, in Pennsylvania: with genealogical sketches of some old families. By John Hill Martin. 1877.
https://archive.org/details/chesteranditsvic00mart/page/510/mode/2up
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- John Stille, only son of Oloff Stille, was for many years a trustee of the Swedish Church, at Wicaceo, from the records of which it appears he died April 22, 1722, aged about seventy-six years, "having lived a Godly life in this World." His widow, Gertrude, survived him many years, dying January 16, 1744, aged about eighty years.
Issue of John and Gertrude Stille:
Christine Stille, b.1685; m. Jan. 24, 1705, Zaccheus Cocks.
Anna Stille, b.1686; m. Sept. 5, 1705, Peter Svenson.
Oloff (William), b.1687; d. April 9, 1739.
Sarah Stille, b.1691; m. Nov. 7, 1709, Sven Johnson.
John Stille, b.1693; d. Dec. 20, 1746.
Brightta (or Bridget) Stille, b.1694; m. May 13, 1724, Philip Vandevere.
Peter Stille, b. April 11, 1899; d. June 28, 1767; of whom presently.
Gertrude Stille, b. March 18, 1701; m. July 1, 1730, Samuel Hesselius, pastor of Swedish church, at Christina.
Morton Stille, b. Feb 1704; of whom presently.
Helena Stille, b. Oct. 27, 1705
Allemky, b. Dec. 1709; m. May 1, 1723, Samuel Smith.
Morton Stille, fourth son of John and Gertrude Stille, was born in Philadelphia, February, 1704. He married Mary Holton, of Gloucester county, New Jersey, and settled in that county, where he died in 1753. He had among other children, a son, John Stille born in Philadelphia, 1767 and succeeded his father as merchant in that city, where he died December 5, 1842. He married December 19m, 1811, Maria, born May 17, 1786, died October 28, 1858, daughter of John and Mary (Ritz) Wagner, of Philadelphia . . .
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Peter Stille, son of John and Gertrude Stille, born in the present limits of Philadelphia, April 11, 1699, inherited from his father, part of the land originally taken up by Oloff Stille, a generation before the founding of Pennsylvania by William Penn, and it passed to his only son, John, by devise and deeds from his sisters. Peter Stille also owned a farm on raccoon creek, New Jersey, where the town of Swedesboro now stands, though he spent his whole life in Philadelphia, dying there, June 28, 1767.
Peter married (first), at Wicacoe Church (Old Swedes'), to Sarah Campion, July 12, 1725, (second), at Christ Church, April 17, 1749, to Margaret, widow of William Pocklington, and daughter of Jonas Jones, who survived him. The will of Peter Stille, dated July 1, 1766, proved July 1, 1767, devises certain estate to his son, John, should he "return to this Province"' and the remainder of his estate to his widow, Margaret, and daughters, Sarah, wife of Edward Yorke, and Elizabeth, wife of Isaac Course. Later conveyance by the daughters and their husbands to their brother, John Stille, show that he did "return to this Province."
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Colonial Families of Philadelphia
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