Bill’s Family - Person Sheet
Bill’s Family - Person Sheet
OccupationSurgeon
FlagsLived in UK, Lived in US
Cause of deathOld Age
Immigration1653, Plymouth/Hempstead, LI, NY, US Age: 57
FatherRichard Stites , 1665, M (1570-)
Mother(Stites) , 1666, F (~1570-)
Misc. Notes
John Stites, a Surgeon in Oliver Cromwell's army, after witnessing the beheading of King Charles 2nd, fled to safety to the New Land. He landed in New England but settled later in New Hempstead L.I. N.Y. He was born in 1595 and lived to 1717 to be 122 years old which has been officially documented as true. He brought one son from England with him, Richard born in London in 1640.
Surgeon in Col. John Hampden's Regiment in the Revolution of 1640. John Stites was said to have been one of the physicians designated to certify the death of Charles I. He was excepted from the Amnesty Proclamation of Charles II (this could be verified by looking at the Proclamation?) and had to flee for his life to Holland. Came to Plymouth, Mass. in 1653, and then to Hempstead, LI in 1657. He was a surgeon and physician to the colonists.
- from the Abridged Compendium of American Genealogy
"Edmund Titus, born in England in 1630, came from Massachusetts to Long Island in 1650 in company with one William Stites, then upwards of 100 years old, who, it is said, came on foot from Seekonk to this place, Hempstead, where he lived to the great age of 116 years."
- from THE HISTORY of LONG ISLAND, by Benjamin F. Thompson, NY, 1843, Vol. 2 in footnote, pages 53-54.
!Colonial Families of the United States of America: Volume 3 page 382
[p.382] JOHN CORTLANDT PARKER, known throughout his business life as Cortlandt PARKER, b. 27th June, 1818, at Perth Amboy; d. 29th July, 1907, at Newark, N. J. He was recognized as the foremost lawyer in New Jersey. A member of Trinity Church, Newark, for seventy years, and a Vestryman for fifty years. Entered Rutgers College, 1832, at fourteen years of age, and graduated with first honors in 1836. Studied law in the office of Hon. Theodore FREYLINGHUYSEN, and admitted to the Bar in 1839. Was offered the post of Justice of the State Supreme Court, and also a Judgeship in the Court for settling the Alabama Claim, which he declined. President HAYES tendered him the mission to Russia, and President ARTHUR that to Vienna. These and a nomination to Congress he also declined. To him New Jersey is largely responsible for the passage of the General Railroad Law. He was six times a Deputy to the General Convention of the P. E. Church. His scholarly attainments and literary labors won for him the degree of LL. D. from Rutgers College, and from Princeton University. m. at Morristown, N. J., 15th Sept. 1847, Elisabeth Wolcott STITES, b. at Savannah, Ga., 11th Apr. 1827, d. at Newark, N. J., 1st Jan. 1907, dau. of Richard Wayne STTTES, b. 24th Nov. 1802, d. 7th July, 1877, m. 31st Aug. 1824, Elizabeth COOKE. He was the son of Richard Montgomery and Mary (WAYNE) STITES. Richard Montgomery STITES was the son of Richard STITES, wounded at the Battle of Long Island, d. Sept. 1776, descended from John STITES, b. in England, 1595, d. in Hempstead, L. I., 1717, aetat. 122 years.
Surgeon in Col. John Hampden's Regiment in the Revolution of 1640. John Stites was said to have been one of the physicians designated to certify the death of Charles I. He was excepted from the Amnesty Proclamation of Charles II (this could be verified by looking at the Proclamation?) and had to flee for his life to Holland. Came to Plymouth, Mass. in 1653, and then to Hempstead, LI in 1657. He was a surgeon and physician to the colonists.
- from the Abridged Compendium of American Genealogy
"Edmund Titus, born in England in 1630, came from Massachusetts to Long Island in 1650 in company with one William Stites, then upwards of 100 years old, who, it is said, came on foot from Seekonk to this place, Hempstead, where he lived to the great age of 116 years."
- from THE HISTORY of LONG ISLAND, by Benjamin F. Thompson, NY, 1843, Vol. 2 in footnote, pages 53-54.
!Colonial Families of the United States of America: Volume 3 page 382
[p.382] JOHN CORTLANDT PARKER, known throughout his business life as Cortlandt PARKER, b. 27th June, 1818, at Perth Amboy; d. 29th July, 1907, at Newark, N. J. He was recognized as the foremost lawyer in New Jersey. A member of Trinity Church, Newark, for seventy years, and a Vestryman for fifty years. Entered Rutgers College, 1832, at fourteen years of age, and graduated with first honors in 1836. Studied law in the office of Hon. Theodore FREYLINGHUYSEN, and admitted to the Bar in 1839. Was offered the post of Justice of the State Supreme Court, and also a Judgeship in the Court for settling the Alabama Claim, which he declined. President HAYES tendered him the mission to Russia, and President ARTHUR that to Vienna. These and a nomination to Congress he also declined. To him New Jersey is largely responsible for the passage of the General Railroad Law. He was six times a Deputy to the General Convention of the P. E. Church. His scholarly attainments and literary labors won for him the degree of LL. D. from Rutgers College, and from Princeton University. m. at Morristown, N. J., 15th Sept. 1847, Elisabeth Wolcott STITES, b. at Savannah, Ga., 11th Apr. 1827, d. at Newark, N. J., 1st Jan. 1907, dau. of Richard Wayne STTTES, b. 24th Nov. 1802, d. 7th July, 1877, m. 31st Aug. 1824, Elizabeth COOKE. He was the son of Richard Montgomery and Mary (WAYNE) STITES. Richard Montgomery STITES was the son of Richard STITES, wounded at the Battle of Long Island, d. Sept. 1776, descended from John STITES, b. in England, 1595, d. in Hempstead, L. I., 1717, aetat. 122 years.
Misc. Notes
Generation No. 1
1. John STOTE/STITES was born 1595 in England, and died 1717 in Long Island, NY. He married Alice STOTE?.
Children of John STOTES/STITES and Alice STOTE? are:
(a). John STOTE, born Abt. 1623 in of Lyndhurst, Hampshire, England.
(b). Ann STOTE, born Abt. 1625 in of Lyndhurst, Hampshire, England.
(c). Richard STOTES/STITES in 1640; died 1702 in Hempstead, Long Island, NY.
Shirley R. Wilcoxon
1. John STOTE/STITES was born 1595 in England, and died 1717 in Long Island, NY. He married Alice STOTE?.
Children of John STOTES/STITES and Alice STOTE? are:
(a). John STOTE, born Abt. 1623 in of Lyndhurst, Hampshire, England.
(b). Ann STOTE, born Abt. 1625 in of Lyndhurst, Hampshire, England.
(c). Richard STOTES/STITES in 1640; died 1702 in Hempstead, Long Island, NY.
Shirley R. Wilcoxon