John E. Stillwell

Historical and Genealogical Miscellany: New York and New Jersey. in Five Volumes. Volume Iv John E. Stillwell

This monumental five-volume set, commonly referred to as Stillwell, contains genealogical records of early New Jersey and New York (principally Staten Island) and genealogies of the families of the early settlers of New Jersey, with lineages and records of thousands of their descendants. Volume VI contain genealogies of the families of: : Morford ; Morris ; Mott ; Mount ; Murphy ; Ogborne ; Potter ; Salter ; Seabrook ; Shepard ; Spricer ; Stout. Each volume has a full name and subject index, so the labor of searching is reduced to a matter of seconds. The awesome publication contains references to upwards of 100,000 persons and subjects.

"'Stillwell's Miscellany' has long been the first book to check for records of Staten Island, or of Monmouth, Burlington, or Cape May County, New Jersey, or for competent genealogical studies of certain families, mostly of Monmouth County . . . Every library with a genealogical collection and every genealogist specializing in Staten Island or New Jersey families will need this set."--New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, Vol. 101, p. 246.