Children of Waite Stillman
and Weltha Chloe Maxson

daughter of David Maxson and Abigail Greenman

Waite Stillman was a Private in the Rhode Island Militia in 1777 - 1778

1776

Living in Stephentown, went to serve in American Revolution.
"N. Y. in Revolution," p. 227, lists him as in 6th Regiment, Albany County Militia, Land Bounty Rights. Cowell's "Spirit of '76" lists him as a private in Colonel Topham's Regiment in 1776.
Stephentown was settled in 1766, chiefly by inhabitants from Rhode Island. Other groups came from Rhode Island in 1772, 1776, 1780. Part of Stephentown became Petersburg in 1791, and Albany County was divided. This part became Renssalaer County in 1791.

1780

Seventh Day Baptist Church organized, Waite one of first members

1790

U.S. Census shows Waite had eight children

1791

1791 Recorded "earmarks" in Petersburg

1806

Berlin formed from parts of Petersburg, Stephentown, and Schodak; Waite a first settler.

1820

Overseer of Highways and Fenceviewers

1829 - 1831

Name appears on road assessments list.

1833

Died, buried in Stillman Village Cemetery, one mile west of Petersburg

1843

Nov. 23, will filed in Surrogate's office, Troy, by youngest son, Perry, administrator, saying Waite Stillman died 14th Feb. 1833, and "left widow now deceased". He gave certain life rights to his widow in his farm in Petersburg and one in Berlin "where I now live"; after her to be divided among his surviving sons, of whom Paul and Perry continued to live in Berlin

Other Waite Stillman's sometimes confused with him;
1. His son Waite died at age 16.
2. His grandson Wait, son of Benjamin, "killed with cannon at general training" Sept. 2, 1839, age 23. Buried with parents in Lorraine, Jefferson County, New York
3. His grandson Waite, son of David, who settled in Alfred, N. Y., and died before his father. Waite was living with his grandfather when will was made. He was known in Berlin as Waite, Jr., and written up as a prominent citizen in "Landmarks of Renssalaer County." He is buried in Troy, New York.

The preceding was written by Hannah Amelia Stillman Bradfield in FAMILY HISTORY OF HANNAH STILLMAN (MRS. RICHARD) BRADFIELD dated November 1, 1963 - edited for this page

Benjamin Stillman
Born: 8 Oct 1781
Place: Hopkinton, RI
Died: 24 Oct 1868
Place: Lorraine, NY
Married: Polly Maxson
Born: 21 Jul 1782
Place:
Died: 31 May 1850
Place: Lorraine, NY
Date Married: 1800

Abigail Stillman
Born: 11 Mar 1783
Place:
Died: 11 Mar 1807
Place: New Brunswick, NJ
Married: William Burdick
Born: 12 Dec 1775
Place:
Died: 17 Jul 1854
Place: Alfred, NY
Date Married:

Mary Stillman
Born: 20 Nov 1784
Place:
Died: 4 Jun 1853
Place: Petersburg, NY
Married: Benjamin Clarke
Born: 4 Jun 1781
Place: Westerly, RI
Died: 17 Feb 1861
Place: Petersburg, NY
Date Married: 9 Mar 1803

Eunice Stillman
Born: 1786
Place:
Died: 6 Mar 1855
Place: Alfred, NY
Married:1) William Potter
Born: circa 1784
Place:
Died:
Place:
Date Married: circa 1809
Married:2) Robert West
Born: 11 May 1765
Place: Westerly, RI
Died: 3 Apr 1833
Place: Alfred, NY
Date Married:

"The Sabbath Recorder", Vol 11, No 40, p 159, Mar. 15, 1855.
In Alfred, of apoplexy, March 6th, in the 69th year of her age, Eunice, wife of Robert West. She was the daughter of Waite and Wealthy Stillman, deceased, late of Berlin, Rensselaer County, N. Y.
The subject of this notice, according to the best knowledge of the writer, was born in the State of Rhode Island, from which place she was early removed to Rensselaer County, this State, where she made a profession of faith in Christ. Afterwards she came to reside in Allegany County, where she united with the 1st Church of Alfred, but subsequently she became a member of the 2d Church, of which she was an acceptable member, in the judgment of charity, at the time of her death. N. V. H.

"The Protestant Sentinel", Vol 4, No 1, p 3, Apr. 17, 1833.
In Alfred, on the 3d inst. suddenly Mr. Robert West, aged 68 years.

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David Maxson Stillman
Born: 28 Jul 1788
Place: Petersburg, NY
Died: 13 Nov 1827
Place: Troy, NY
Married: Susan Powers
Born: 1792
Place: Petersburg, NY
Died: 1874
Place: Troy, NY
Date Married: 1810

Paul Stillman
Born: 4 May 1790
Place: Rensselaer, County, NY
Died: 4 Jan 1867
Place: Petersburg, NY - buried in Worthington/Moses Cemetery
Married: Elizabeth (Betsey) Niles
Born: 15 Sep 1800
Place: Rensselaer County, NY
Died: 10 Dec 1876
Place: Berlin, NY - buried in Worthington/Moses Cemetery
Date Married: circa 1817

Weltha Stillman
Born: 27 Jan 1792
Place: Petersburg, NY
Died: 16 May 1880
Place: Hornellsville, NY
Married: Benjamin Hall
Born: circa 1790
Place:
Died: 1845
Place:
Date Married: circa 1817

Elizabeth Stillman
Born: 1793
Place: Rensselaer County, NY
Died: 23 Dec 1857
Place: Albion, NY
Married: Daniel O. Burdick, Jr.
Born: 14 Apr 1792
Place: Petersburg, NY
Died: 3 Jun 1828
Place: Lincklaen, NY
Date Married: 1812

Ephraim Stillman
Born: 17 Sep 1795
Place: Petersburg, NY
Died: 28 Jun 1862
Place: Fulton, WI
Married: Deborah Vincent
Born: 23 Oct 1875
Place: Petersburg, NY
Died: 23 Apr/Nov 1880
Place: Edgerton, NY
Date Married: 20 Jan 1817

Waite S. Stillman
Born: circa 1797
Place: Petersburg, NY
Died: circa 1813
Place: Petersburg, NY

Perry G. Stillman
Born: 17 Dec 1800
Place: Petersburg, NY
Died: 28 Feb 1893
Place: Nortonville, KS
Married: Asenath Maxson
Born: 11 Sep 1805
Place: Warren, NY
Died: 11 Nov 1881
Place: Nortonville, KS
Date Married: 26 Feb 1825/1826

"The Sabbath Recorder", Vol 37, No 47, p 8, Nov. 24, 1881.
At home, Pardee, Kan., Nov. 11, 1881, Asenith, wife of Perry Stillman, aged 76 years and 2 months. The subject of this notice was born in Rensselaer county, N. Y., Sept. 11, 1805. Thence with her family she moved to West Hallock, Ill., in 1850, and came to Pardee, Kan, in 1864. She professed Christ some forty years ago, and has lived a quiet and peaceable life, full of sympathy for others, and a great worker for the comfort of her household and all others about her. In her later years she took much comfort in reading the Bible, which she always kept on the window shelf close at hand. Life had been gradually fading for several months, and at last, quietly, and apparently unconscious of all surrounding objects, she ceased to breathe. "Her children rise up and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her." Prov. 31: 28. S. R. W.

"The Sabbath Recorder", Vol 49, No 11, p 176, Mar. 16, 1893.
At the home of his son, M. P. Stillman, near Nortonville, Kan., Feb. 28, 1893, Perry Stillman, in his 93d year.
He was born in Petersburgh, N. Y., Dec. 17, 1800, married in 1825 to Miss Asenath Maxson, moved to Illinois in 1850, and to Kansas in 1864. His wife died in 1881, since which time he has lived with his sons. He was a member of the Seventh-day Baptist Church, a good neighbor, and an upright man. His faculties were well retained to the last sickness. Short services were held at the residence, conducted by the pastor, and he was laid in his last resting place by the side of his wife. G. M. C.

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Clarissa Stillman
Born: circa 1802
Place: Petersburg, NY
Lived:
Place: Berlin, NY
Married: Joseph Allen Greene
Born: circa 1800
Place:
Died:
Place:
Date Married: circa 1827

FAMILY HISTORY OF HANNAH STILLMAN (MRS. RICHARD) BRADFIELD dated November 1, 1963 has been provided by William M. Morgan of Washington, USA