The Elisha Stillman House, at 99 Wells Road in Wethersfield, was built around 1775. The property had been owned by Lt. John Stillman, who sold it to his brother, Elisha Stillman, in 1773. Their father, Deacon John Stillman, was married to Mary Wolcott, whose father Samuel Wolcott had owned the land on which the Joseph Webb (1752) and Silas Deane (c. 1770) Houses were later built on Main Street. In 1765, either John or Elisha Stillman sold Deane the land where he later built his home. The Stillman House later became part of the Silas W. Robbins farm property in the nineteenth century.
Elisha Stillman House (1775)
It’s wonderful to see this home preserved.
Elisha Stillman and his wife, Abigail Nash, were my fourth great grandparents. Their daughter, Abilgail Stillman (b. 1761), and so 14 years old when they moved into this newly constructed house, was my third great grandmother.