William Stilwell MMFMF

[ElizabethHerts]

MMFMF

Name - "official" name and what they were known as
William Stilwell

Date and place of birth
early 1801 Linchmere Sussex

Names of parents
Abraham and Elizabeth Stilwell née Andrews

Date and place of baptism - if applicable
10 May 1801 Linchmere Sussex

Details of each of his or her marriages - if any
Catherine Hannah Harding
30 July 1838 Frensham Surrey

Children
Elizabeth 1838
Abraham 1840 died 1841

William Stilwell Harding/William Stilwell, born 1835, before the marriage of William and Catherine was probably not William's child. In his will he is called "the son of the testator's widow". However, he took the Stilwell name and seems to have been treated as William's son. However, he was baptised as "William Stilwell Harding" so there is the chance of him being William's natural child.

Occupation(s) - if any
Farmer and coal merchant, rate collector

Addresses where they lived (including county if in UK) - and please list
which censuses you have or haven't found him/her on (if s/he lived in census times!).
1841 Census
Shottermill Linchmere
William Stilwell 40 Farmer Y
Catherine 30 N
Elizabeth 2 N

1851 Census
Stones Linchmere Sussex
William Stilwell Head Mar 49 Coal Merchant & farmer employing 2 men Sussex Linchmere
Catherine Wife Mar 36 Farmer’s wife Surrey Frensham
William Son 15 Farmer’s Son Surrey Frensham
Elizabeth Daur 12 Scholar Surrey Frensham
Louisa Voller Serv U 16 General servant Sussex Linchmere
Daniel Stevens Serv U 256 General Servant Hants Bramshott

1861 Census
Shotter Mill St Linchmere
William Stilwell Head Mar 58 Collector of Parochial Rates Sussex Linchmere
Catherine Wife Mar 46 Surrey Frensham

1871 Census
Linchmere Sussex
William Stilwell Head Mar 69 Coal Merchant Sussex Linchmere
Catherine Stilwell Wife Mar 55 Surrey Frensham

Date, place and cause of death
26 February 1873 Linchmere
71 years Coal Merchant
Disease of Brain and Heart Certified
Informant William Stilwell Harding Present at the Death Fernhurst

Date and place of burial
Feb/March 1873 Linchmere, Sussex
The grave of William and that of his wife Catherine still stand side by side in Linchmere church graveyard

Details of will / administration of their estate - if applicable
Willl signed 5th July 1867
Proved at London 22nd May 1873 by the oath of William Stilwell Harding (son of testator’s widow Catherine Stilwell) one of the Executors to whom Admon was granted Power reserved of making the like grant to Daniel Knight the other Executor.
Effects under £200

Memorial inscription - if any

SACRED
TO
THE MEMORY OF
WILLIAM STILWELL
(OF SHOTTERMILL)
WHO DIED FEB 26TH 1873
IN HIS 72ND YEAR