Reverend Benjamin Stelle

1683 - 1759  (76 years)

• Name	Reverend Benjamin Stelle  [1]
  Title	Reverend
  Born	1683	New York, Richmond, New York   [1, 2]
  	He was born on the south-west shore of Staten Island to a Huguenot family
  Gender	Male
  Residence	14 Aug 1752	Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey   [3]
  Residence	20 Apr 1758	Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey   [4]
  Will	20 Apr 1758	Middlesex Co., New Jersey   [4]
  	"Present wife" Lydiah. Children - Benjamin, Isaac, Susannah Hull and Rachel Fitzrandolph. Children of dec'd son John. Grandsons - Thomas Stelle and Lewis Stelle. Real and personal estate. Executors - sons Benjamin and Isaac, with Runey Runyon.
  Occupation	1739 - 1759	Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey   [5]
  	Pastor, First Baptist Church
  Died	22 Jan 1759  [1, 5, 6]
  Probate	22 Feb 1759	Middlesex Co., New Jersey   [4]
  	Will proved
  Buried	Edison, Middlesex, New Jersey   [5, 6]
  	Saint James Episcopal Church Cemetery [6]
  		Rev Benjamin Stelle (1683 - 1759) - Find A Grave Memorial Includes biographical information and headstone photo. Maintained by: David Originally Created by: Wade Schultz Record added: Oct 08, 2002 Find A Grave Memorial# 6840100
  Person ID	I2064	Wm L Gann Ancestors
  Last Modified	16 Jun 2016

  
  

  Father	Poncet Stelle,   b. Abt 1650,   d. Aft 20 Mar 1697/8  (Age ~ 48 years)
  Mother	Eugenie Legereau,   b. Saint-Martin-de-Ré, Charente-Maritime, France
  Married	Y  [7]
  	Appear to have been married prior to arriving in Boston, which itself was prior to 27 Nov 1680
  Family ID	F1836	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 1	Mercy Drake,   b. 2 Jan 1680,   d. 21 Dec 1746  (Age 66 years)  [8]
  Married	1708  [2, 8]
  Notes	Birth order of children as given in History of the First Baptist Church of Piscataway
  Children	1. Susanna Stelle,   b. 3 Aug 1710, Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey ,   d. Aft 1746  (Age 36 years)   2. Elizabeth Stelle,   b. 30 Jul 1712, Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey   3. Benjamin Stelle,   b. 30 Sep 1713, Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey ,   d. Aft 1 Oct 1792  (Age 79 years)   4. John Stelle,   b. 7 Feb 1716, Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey ,   d. 30 Jan 1755  (Age 38 years)   5. Isaac Stelle,   b. 6 Feb 1718/9, Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey ,   d. 9 Oct 1781, Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey  (Age 62 years)   6. Rachel Stelle,   b. 11 Dec 1720, Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey ,   d. Aft 20 Apr 1758  (Age 37 years)
  Last Modified	8 Jun 2016
  Family ID	F907	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 2	Lydiah Shotwell,   d. Aft 20 Apr 1758
  Married	14 Aug 1752	New Jersey   [3, 4]
  Last Modified	14 Jun 2016
  Family ID	F1829	Group Sheet

  
  

• Sources

  [S26855] The Hull Family in America, Col. Charles H. Weygant, (The Hull Family Association), 277 (Reliability: 1), 10 Jul 2009. 186. Judge Joseph Hull...was married...to Susanna Stelle, 1710-----, daughter of Rev. Benjamin Stelle, 1638-1759, and his wife Mercy Drake, daughter of George Drake and his wife Mary Oliver. George was son of Capt. Francis Drake and brother of Rev. John Drake. [S100] History of the First Baptist Church of Piscataway, Geo. Drake, P. A. Runyon, W. H. Stelle, (New York: Pakenham & Dowling, 1889), 118 (Reliability: 1), 8 Jun 2016. [S103] New Jersey, Marriage Records, 1683-1802, Ancestry.com, (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011), 358 (Reliability: 2), 14 Jun 2016. [S99] New Jersey, Abstract of Wills, 1670-1817, Ancestry.com, (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011), Volume XXXII, Abstracts of Wills, 1751-1760, p. 307 (Reliability: 2), 8 Jun 2016. [S100] History of the First Baptist Church of Piscataway, Geo. Drake, P. A. Runyon, W. H. Stelle, (New York: Pakenham & Dowling, 1889), 25 (Reliability: 1), 8 Jun 2016. [S40191] Find a Grave, Jim Tipton, founder, (http://www.findagrave.com), Memorial# 6840100 (Reliability: 2), 16 Jun 2016. [S100] History of the First Baptist Church of Piscataway, Geo. Drake, P. A. Runyon, W. H. Stelle, (New York: Pakenham & Dowling, 1889), 117 (Reliability: 1), 15 Jun 2016. [S26855] The Hull Family in America, Col. Charles H. Weygant, (The Hull Family Association), 277 (Reliability: 1), 10 Jul 2009. 186. Judge Joseph Hull, about 1706-1768..., was married first...to Susanna Stelle, 1710-----, daughter of Rev. Benjamin Stelle, 1638-1759, and his wife Mercy Drake, daughter of George Drake and his wife Mary Oliver.