William STITES, (JR.)
FHL, ANCESTRAL FILE, FAMILY GROUP RECORDS
Biography:Information comes from Gen. Mag. of New Jersey Vol. 9 p. 63 Family: S.L. Gen. Lib. Film # 1033561. Family: "First Settlers of Passaic Valley." by John Littell, p. 409 Family: The New York Gen. and Bio. Rec., Vol. XXIX, Apr. 1898, p. 93 Item: "The Stites and James Genealogy." by Edmund J. James. Church: "Old Mt. Bethel Baptist Church Records." Cemetery: Headstone for Isaac see above church. Family: Journal of the Il State Hist. Soc. Vol. 7 p. 57-59 Conflict:In one source it stated that Isaac took a second wife Sarah the widow of Amos Butler. More research needs to be done to see if he took his own Mother in law as a second wife.
He married Mary Abigail Searing Abt 1750 at of New Jersey . Mary Abigail Searing was born at of New York Abt 1719 .
They were the parents of 4
children:
William Stites, III
born Abt 1750.
John George Stites
born Abt 1752.
Isaac Stites
born 15 Apr 1754.
Searing Stites
born Abt 1759.
William Stites, (Jr.) died 19 Sep 1810 at Springfield, Union, New Jersey .
Mary Abigail Searing died 30 Jul 1761 at Scotch Plains, New Jersey .