Elijah STITES

Birth:
7 Jul 1720
Hempstead, Nassau, New York
Death:
14 Nov 1765
Scotch Plains, Union, New Jersey
Marriage:
Abt 1744
of Scotch Plains, Union, New Jersey
Mother:
Mary HALL
Sources:
Ancestral File (TM)
Notes:
                   RESEARCH NOT COMPLETE.  VERIFY NAMES AND DATES.  SCUDDER FAMILY IN NEW JERSEY FHL 929.273SCUKR

Family: Gen. Mag of NJ Vol. 36 p. 91.
Family:  Film # 849581.
Family: Data base from Jim Stites lists a Rachel Stites who md an Elijah Hand
       a Mary Stites and a Male Child Asinth Stites. If Rachel Stites who md an
       Elijah Hand is the same Rachel who Md an Elijah Hand in 1758 she would
       need to be born abt 1740 which would be right for the family of Elijah.
       The data from Jim Stites was the first source which listed these children
       more research needs to be done to prove or disprove them.
Mary LAING
Birth:
Abt 1724
Union, New Jersey
Death:
5 Jan 1772
Scotch Plains, Union, New Jersey
Father:
Blocked
Mother:
Blocked
Sources:
Ancestral File (TM)
Notes:
                   FHL ANCESTRAL FILE AND IGI.  MARY WAS 43 YEARS OF AGE AT TIME OF DEATH ACCORDING TO HER GRAVESTONE AS PER UNION COUNTY COUNTY GRAVESTONES.  HER WILL WAS PROBATED 15 NOVEMBER 1773 AND PROVED 22 MAY 1784 AS PER NEW JERSEY CALENDAR OF WILLS, 1781-1785, PAGE 374-375.  TO HER SONS, ELIJAH AND ABNER, SHE GAVE FIVE SHILLINGS EACH.  TO HER DAUGHTERS PRUDENCE RYNO AND CHLOE STITES SHE GAVE HER REAL ESTATE.  ADMINISTRATOR WAS ELIAS MILLS AND FELOW BONDSMAN WAS DAVID MILLS, BOTH FROM WESTFIELD, ESSEX, NEW JERSEY.  WHY OTHER CHILDREN WERE NOT INCLUDED IN HER WILL IS NOT KNOWN BY ME.
Children
Marriage
1
Rebecca STITES
Birth:
Abt 1744
Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey
Death:
3 Feb 1828
Scotch Plains, Union, New Jersey
Richard SCUDDER 
Marr:
31 Jan 1764
Presbyterian Church, Westfield 
Notes:
                   FHL, ANCESTRAL FILE, FAMILY GROUP RECORDS
2
Nancy Anna STITES
Birth:
5 Nov 1748
Union, New Jersey
Death:
5 Oct 1822
Westfield, Union, New Jersey
David ROSS 
Marr:
1 Jun 1766
Westfield, Union, New Jersey 
Notes:
                   FHL, ANCESTRAL FILE, FAMILY GROUP RECORDS
3
Hannah STITES
Birth:
Abt 1748
Union, New Jersey
Death:
1822
David Jr. ROSS 
Marr:
Abt 1768
of Union, New Jersey 
Notes:
                   FHL, ANCESTRAL FILE, FAMILY GROUP RECORDS
4
Prudence STITES
Birth:
Abt 1750
Union, New Jersey
Death:
 
Marr:
 
Notes:
                   FHL, ANCESTRAL FILE, FAMILY GROUP RECORDS
5
Chloe STITES
Birth:
Abt 1755
Union, New Jersey
Death:
Elias MILLS 
Marr:
22 Feb 1778
Presbyterian Church, Westfield 
Notes:
                   FHL, ANCESTRAL FILE, FAMILY GROUP RECORDS
6
Abner STITES
Birth:
5 Dec 1763
Scotch Plains, Union, New Jersey
Death:
29 Aug 1831
New Providence, Union, New Jersey
Huldah CRANE 
Marr:
18 Feb 1786
New Providence, Union, New Jer 
Notes:
                   Family: The New York. Gen. and Biog. Reg.
Family: Gen. Mag. of NJ Vol. 3 p. 52.
Family: Gen. Mag. of NJ Vol. 9 p. 68.
Family: Archive Sheet where name is spelled Stiles.
Family: Stephen Crane Rec. from Crane Gen. Vol. 2 p. 486.

Children:in one source a child named Miller Stites was listed in no other record  can any mention of a child named Miller be found.

FHL, ANCESTRAL FILE, FAMILY GROUP RECORDS
FCID:5995:1638
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Elijah Stites - Mary Laing

Elijah Stites was born at Hempstead, Nassau, New York 7 Jul 1720. His parents were William Stites and Mary Hall.

He married Mary Laing Abt 1744 at of Scotch Plains, Union, New Jersey . Mary Laing was born at Union, New Jersey Abt 1724 .

They were the parents of 6 children:
Rebecca Stites born Abt 1744.
Nancy Anna Stites born 5 Nov 1748.
Hannah Stites born Abt 1748.
Prudence Stites born Abt 1750.
Chloe Stites born Abt 1755.
Abner Stites born 5 Dec 1763.

Elijah Stites died 14 Nov 1765 at Scotch Plains, Union, New Jersey .

Mary Laing died 5 Jan 1772 at Scotch Plains, Union, New Jersey .