Benjamin Stelle

1713 - Aft 1792  (79 years)

• Name	Benjamin Stelle  [1]
  Born	30 Sep 1713	Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1 Oct 1792	Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey   [3]
  Will	1 Oct 1792	Middlesex Co., New Jersey   [3]
  	Wife, Ruth, £50; choice of furniture, 2 cows, 1 horse and riding chair; also privileges of the house and interest from £250 yearly. Son, Isaac, ½ moiety in 2 lots of Salt Meadow in Woodbridge and Piscataway. Son, Samuel, home plantation, a bay horse, and farming utensils; he to pay £150. Son, Asher, £50, and 5 acres of woodland adjoining lands of Benjamin Foster and John Randolph. Daughters, Mary Manning, Rachel Randolph, Mercy Pyatt, and Elizabeth Stelle, each £225. To the First Day Baptist Church in Piscataway, £10. Residue to be divided between children. Executors - friends, John Runyon and Reune Runyon.
  Died	Aft 1 Oct 1792
  Person ID	I4052	Wm L Gann Ancestors
  Last Modified	16 Jun 2016

  
  

  Father	Benjamin Stelle,   b. 1683, New York, Richmond, New York ,   d. 22 Jan 1759  (Age 76 years)
  Mother	Mercy Drake,   b. 2 Jan 1680,   d. 21 Dec 1746  (Age 66 years)
  Married	1708  [4, 5]
  Notes	Birth order of children as given in History of the First Baptist Church of Piscataway
  Family ID	F907	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 1	Johanna Shotwell,   d. Aft 31 Oct 1743
  Married	2 Oct 1739	New Jersey   [5, 6]
  Notes	Four sons: Asher (m. Mary Drake), Isaac (m. Margaret Manning), Benjamin, Samuel (m. Elizabeth Bishop) Four daughters: Mary (m. Andrew Manning), Mercy (m. Ephraim Piatt), Elizabeth (m. Joseph Stelle), Rachel (m. 1st Ephraim Fitz Randolph, 2nd Samuel Fitz Randolph) [5]
  Last Modified	14 Jun 2016
  Family ID	F1831	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 2	Ruth,   d. Aft 1 Oct 1792
  Last Modified	14 Jun 2016
  Family ID	F1835	Group Sheet

  
  

• Sources

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