Deacon Deacon John STILLMAN

1693 - 1775  (81 years)

• Name	Deacon John STILLMAN  [1]
  Prefix	Deacon
  Birth	19 Feb 1693	Hadley, Hampshire, MA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Note	From Foote History and Genealogy: DANIEL FOOTE, b. Apr. 27, 1724; m. Jan. 14, 1748, Martha, dau. of Dea. John Stillman, and great-grand-dau. of Lieut. Phillip Smith, of Hadley, Mass. She d. July 24, 1794; ae. 64. He removed from Simsbury, Ct., about 1764 to Washington, Mass., and cleared away the forest and made a farm. He moved next to Dalton, Mass.; purchased land and brought into cultivation a valuable farm. This he sold to Daniel, his oldest son, and moved to Middlebury, Vt., and bought one thousand acres of wild land, on which he built mills, felled the forest, and resided for many years. About 1783 he bought all of the land that is now in the village of Middlebury on the west side of the river and erected a grist mill and saw mill. This property was given by him to his sons Stillman and John, the latter selling his interest to Appleton in 1792. They built dwellings and improved the property. (See History of Middlebury.) Daniel Foote built the first bridge at Middlebury Falls. About 1801 he divided his property at Middlebury among his children, and went to Canton, N. Y., his son Stillman having moved there a short time before. In passing through Montreal, he took the small-pox and died a few days after he arrived in Canton. He was a man of great industry and indominable perseverance, and peculiarly fitted for a pioneer in a new country. He d. May 10, 1801, and was buried in an elm bark coffin. All of his twelve children were members of the church. His sons also were pioneers, and their children are now widely scattered over the United States.
  Death	1775  [1]
  Person ID	I8571	MM
  Last Modified	27 Jan 2015

  
  

  Father	George STILLMAN,   b. Abt 1654   d. 17 Nov 1728 (Age 74 years)
  Mother	Rebecca SMITH,   b. 1668   d. 7 Oct 1750 (Age 82 years)
  Family ID	F1086	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary WOLCOTT   d. 2 Jul 1777
  Marriage	26 May 1715  [1]
  Family ID	F2335	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	23 Jul 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 19 Feb 1693 - Hadley, Hampshire, MA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S179] Foote, Abram W., Foote Family, (Marble City Press, The Tuttle Co., Rutland, Vermont, 1907-1932), 179.