Lydia Chapman was a descendent of William Chapman, an immigrant before 1657

Lydia Elvira Stillman
Born: 27 Jul 1824
Place: Petersburg, NY
Died: 20 Apr 1879
Place: Alfred, NY
Married: Doctor Henry Chapman Coon
Born: 28 Jan 1828
Place: West Edmeston, NY
Died: 9 May 1898
Place: Alfred, NY
Date Married: 21 Nov 1851

Hannah Esther Stillman
Born: 10 Jan 1828
Place: Alfred, NY
Died: 3 Jan 1858
Place: Rockville, RI
Married: Reverend Stephen Burdick
Born: 13 Mar 1827
Place: Preston, NY
Died: 21 Dec 1905
Place: Alfred, NY
Date Married: 23 Jun 1857

"The Sabbath Recorder", Vol 14, No 34, p 135, Jan. 21, 1858.
In Rockville, R. I., on the morning of Jan. 3d, Mrs. Hannah E. Burdick, wife of Eld. Stephen Burdick, and daughter of Maxson and Lydia Stillman, in the 30th year of her age. Her devoted life, and unshaken faith in her Redeemer, at its close, leave to her bereaved husband and friends the consoling assurance that what is their loss, is the infinite gain of the departed.


"The Sabbath Recorder", Vol 62, No 1, p 13, Jan. 1, 1906.
Stephen Burdick, the fifth of eight children born to Enos P. and Fannie Peckham Burdick, was born at Preston, N. Y., March 13, 1827.
When he was twelve years old, the family came to Alfred, settling in Lamphere Valley. He united with the Second Alfred Church in 1847, being baptized by the pastor, Elder James H. Cochran. He graduated at Alfred Academy in 1856, and entered the theological class at Oberlin, in Ohio, the following autumn. He was taken sick and was forced to leave, but attended Rochester Theological Seminary a few months. June 21, 1857, he was ordained to the ministry at Alfred, and two days later was married to Miss Hannah E. Stillman, daughter of Maxson and Lydia Chapman Stillman. She died the following February, at Rockville, R. I., where they went immediately after their marriage, to enter on his first pastorate. June 2, 1859, he was married to Susan Maxson, daughter of George and Phebe Wells Maxson. Together they went happily through life's partnership until it was broken by her death, after nearly forty years. They had four children, three of whom survive, Dr. George Burdick of Andover, Dr. Alfred S. Burdick of Chicago, and Merle M. Burdick of Peoria, Ill. Elder Burdick's first pastorate, at Rockville, R. I., commenced July 10, 1857. Since then he has been almost continuously in the ministerial harness, until his retirement from the pastorate of the Andover church, two years ago. From Rockville he went to Leonardsville, N. Y., about 1860, and was there three and a half years. Giving up preaching for a brief time. on account of his health, he went to his father-in-law's farm for about a year, then went to De Ruyter as pastor. During 1866-7 he was Principal of De Ruyter Institute. After leaving De Ruyter, for a brief time he did home missionary work in Minnesota, organizing one of the churches there. He then returned to Leonardsville, N. Y., for his second pastorate, in which he remained more than fourteen years, or, all told, about eighteen years as pastor of the Leonardsville church. From there he went to West Hallock, Ill., in 1887, where he remained pastor for ten years. He then accepted a call to Andover, also supplying Wellsville and Scio, for a time. He closed his ministerial work about two years ago, to devote his time to some historical writing, which he had planned. While at Leonardsville, he became identified with the work of the Tract Society, and during most of his second pastorate was its treasurer. After the death of Elder N. V. Hull, he served for a brief time as editor of the Sabbath Recorder.

The past two years have been very happily spent by him in the homes of his married sons, and with his sisters. He has enjoyed excellent health, loving companionship and the literary work to which he has given himself with real zest. Last Wednesday he had a severe attack of neuralgia of the heart, from which he seemed to recover, and passed that night into a quiet sleep, the waking from which was in the eternal morning. Services were held in the First Alfred church, Sabbath afternoon, December 23, 1905. Dr. Gamble read appropriate scripture selections. Elder B. F. Rogers offered prayer. Pastor L. C. Randolph preached the sermon using as his text II Tim. 4: 7, 8 and II Tom. 2: 1-3, pointing out the strong characteristics of the fight which had been fought, the course which had been finished, the faith which had been kept and appealing to those who receive the trust from Mr. Burdick's hands to be faithful to it. He found the key note of Elder Burdick's life in reverence, - reverence for his own body as the temple of the Holy Ghost, for the moral laws of the universe, for the Bible, for God and for his own mission. President Davis followed the sermon by words of appreciation. He also read a tribute to Mr. Burdick's memory, adopted by the Seventh-day Baptist Education Society.  L. C. R.
Provided by Jon Saunders July 2008

Jarius Maxson Stillman
Born: 20 Feb 1834
Place: Alfred, NY
Died: 20 Feb 1917
Place: Milton, WI
Married: Clara Lenore Langworthy
Born: 28 Nov 1848
Place: Potter Hill, RI
Died: 3 Mar 1869
Place: Hopkinton, RI
Date Married: 8 Dec 1867

Chester Benton Stillman
Born: 10 Apr 1840
Place: Alfred, NY
Died: 15 May 1931
Place: Alfred, NY
Married: Jennie Burdick
Born: 28 Sep 1849
Place: Westerly, RI
Died: 10 Apr 1915
Place: Alfred, NY
Date Married: 17 Jul 1875

Mary Alcemena Stillman
Born: 1 Dec 1844
Place: Alfred, NY
Died: 5 Nov 1845
Place: Alfred, NY

Harriet Stillman
Born: 10 Apr 1851
Place: Alfred, NY
Died: 30 Mar 1928
Place: Nutley, NJ
Married: William Russell Clarke
Born: 30 Aug 1859
Place: Alfred, NY
Died: 21 Jul 1948
Place: New York, NY
Date Married: 8 Sep 1897

Melissa Jane Stillman [adopted]
Born: 8 Oct 1847
Place: New York, NY
Died: 14 Dec 1934
Place: Alfred, NY
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Harriet Stillman Clarke, William Russell Clarke and Melissa Jane Stillman are buried in Alfred, NY

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