Capt. Nathaniel Stillman, Jr.

"The Captain Nathaniel Stillman, Jr. House was built in 1743 and is located on Main Street in Wethersfield, Connecticut, USA in the Old Wethersfield Historic District. Captain Stillman was one of General George Washington’s Life Guards – a unit charged with Washington’s safety during the Revolutionary War.
Officially designated as “His Excellency’s Guards” or the “General’s Guards”, enlisted men referred to the unit as “The Washington Life Guards”. These were a select group of men, four chosen from each regiment, to become General Washington’s personal guards.
The Life Guards motto was “Conquer or Die”, and their mission was “to protect General Washington, the army’s cash, and official papers.”
General Washington had specific criteria to be followed in selecting these men, including a height between 5’8″ and 5’10” (quite tall for the times), known for their sobriety, good behavior, honesty, and cleanliness.
Wethersfield, CT served as a meeting place for Washington and French General Rochambeau in 1781. Washington lodged at the Joseph Webb home on Main Street in Wethersfield for five nights, and he conferred with Rochambeau in the front parlor of the house on May 21st and 22nd. It was here that the two devised a strategy for the French-American alliance to conquer the British in the War."
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"Children of Captain Nathaniel Stillman, Jr.
and Mehitable Deming
daughter of Lieutenant David Deming and Martha Russell
Captain Nathaniel Stillman was a sea captain.
Lieutenant David Deming was a decendent of John Deming, one of the Patentees of the 1662 Royal Charter of Connecticut which was hidden in the Charter Oak Tree in 1687.
Martha Russell was a decendent of Francis Russell, the 4th Earl of Bedford, England.

Children:

-Annar Stillman
Born: 6 Aug 1748
Place: Wethersfield, CT
Died: 2 Jan 1829
Place: Glastonbury, CT
Married:1) Asa Talcott
Born: Glastonbury, CT
Place: 15 Oct 1750
Died: 8 Jan 1785
Place: Glastonbury, CT
Date Married: 19 Nov 1772
Married:2) Abijah Ramsey
Born: Sheffield, MA
Place:
Died:
Place:
Date Married:
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-Mehitable Stillman
Born: 23 Sep 1750
Place: Wethersfield, CT
Died: 10 Aug 1830
Place: Wethersfield, CT
Married: Peter Deming
Born: 22 Dec 1733
Place: Wethersfield, CT
Died: 27 Sep 1813
Place: Wethersfield, CT
Date Married: 10 Nov 1793

-Nathaniel Stillman III
Born: 27 Nov 1752
Place: Wethersfield, CT
Died: 26 Aug 1838
Place: Wethersfield, CT
Married: Martha Hanmer
Born: 6 Jan 1753
Place: Wethersfield, CT
Died: 11 Oct 1813
Place: Wethersfield, CT
Date Married: 18 Jan 1781

-Southmayd Stillman
Born: 8 Nov 1754
Place: Wethersfield, CT
Died: young
Place: at sea

-Allyn Stillman
Born: 12 Dec 1756
Place: Wethersfield, CT
Died: 12 Nov 1818
Place: Wethersfield, CT
Married: Elizabeth Deming
Born: 28 Nov 1756
Place: Wethersfield, CT
Died: 3 July 1841
Place: Wethersfield, CT
Date Married: 23 Dec 1784

-William Stillman
Born: 3 Nov 1759
Place: Wethersfield, CT
Died: 7 Sep 1813
Place: Sheffield, MA
Married: Mary Goodrich
Born: 19 Apr 1763
Place: Glastonbury, CT
Died: 4 May 1834
Place: Sheffield, MA
Date Married: 15 Dec 1785

-David Stillman
Born: 3 Jan 1762
Place: Wethersfield, CT
Died: 1830
Place:
Married: Prudence Hurlbut
Born: 1761
Place:
Died: 29 Sep 1847
Place: Sheffield, MA
Date Married: 11 Jan 1787

-Captain Simeon Stillman
Born: 12 Jan 1764
Place: Wethersfield, CT
Died: 22 Apr 1847
Place:
Married:1) Rebecca Deming
Born: 1767
Place: Wethersfield, CT
Died: 9 Nov 1829
Place: Wethersfield, CT
Date Married: 9 Nov 1792
Married:2) Nancy L. Deming
Born: 11 Jan 1781
Place: Wethersfield, CT
Died: 19 Aug 1864
Place:
Date Married: 27 Nov 1831

-Giles Stillman
Born: 15 Jan 1766
Place: Wethersfield, CT
Died: 1796
Place: Cape Francois, WI

-James Stillman
Born: 9 Sep 1770
Place: Wethersfield, CT
Died: 27 Sep 1854
Place: Wethersfield, CT
Married: Elizabeth Webster
Born: East Hartford, CT
Place: 18 Dec 1772
Died: 9 Sep 1845
Place:Wethersfield, CT
Date Married: 26 Feb 1795
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