John Stille

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Name John Stille Gender Male Person ID I5756 Hedges Last Modified 7 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, Willamsburg, New Castle County, Delaware
(Age 97 years)
Marriage Bef 1710 New Castle, Delaware [1, 2]
Family ID F2489 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Elizabeth Ogle Marriage 26 Sep 1754 Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware [2]
- Old Swedes Church [2]
Family ID F2516 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 7 Jun 2025
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Notes - On the 13th day of April, 1685, Broor Sinnexsen conveyed to Humphrey Bert and Edward Green two hundred and twenty acres, and to Christian Juriansen, his son-in-law, one hundred acres, both being parts of a tract containing three hundred and twenty acres, called Water Land. Humphrey Bert and Edward Green sold half of theirs to John Crampton, and Juriansen's portion finally came into the possession of William Keith. On October 14, 1683, there was surveyed, for John Ogle, a tract of four hundred and thirty acres, called "Hop Yards," situated on the north side of a branch of Christiana Creek, called White Clay Creek. On December 11th, of the same year, William Welch obtained a warrant for one thousand acres of land on the north side of White Clay Creek.... In February, 1666, Colonel Richard Nichols granted to Sergeant Thomas Wollaston, John Ogle, John Hendrick and Harman Jansen a warrant for a tract of land containing three hundred acres lying "in White Clay Kill, near unto Christiana Kill, bounded on the east by land of Hans Boner, on the south by James Crawford's land, on the West by Fresh or Rum Creek (now Mill Creek), and on the north by the waters at the head of Bread and Cheese Island." John Ogle resided at New Castle and vicinity until his death, in 1684.]
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- On the 13th day of April, 1685, Broor Sinnexsen conveyed to Humphrey Bert and Edward Green two hundred and twenty acres, and to Christian Juriansen, his son-in-law, one hundred acres, both being parts of a tract containing three hundred and twenty acres, called Water Land. Humphrey Bert and Edward Green sold half of theirs to John Crampton, and Juriansen's portion finally came into the possession of William Keith. On October 14, 1683, there was surveyed, for John Ogle, a tract of four hundred and thirty acres, called "Hop Yards," situated on the north side of a branch of Christiana Creek, called White Clay Creek. On December 11th, of the same year, William Welch obtained a warrant for one thousand acres of land on the north side of White Clay Creek.... In February, 1666, Colonel Richard Nichols granted to Sergeant Thomas Wollaston, John Ogle, John Hendrick and Harman Jansen a warrant for a tract of land containing three hundred acres lying "in White Clay Kill, near unto Christiana Kill, bounded on the east by land of Hans Boner, on the south by James Crawford's land, on the West by Fresh or Rum Creek (now Mill Creek), and on the north by the waters at the head of Bread and Cheese Island." John Ogle resided at New Castle and vicinity until his death, in 1684.]
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Sources - [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.
- [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.