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It isn’t as if the family’s migration from Sandisfield to Colebrook was a big deal, in a geographical sense. But when the Stillmans had had so much to do with the founding of the Massachusetts community, it’s a bit curious that they should all flock to the new one in Connecticut.

Were they maybe afflicted with familial wanderlust? Or just drawn by irresistible business opportunities? I’m given to understand that nobody today bears the Stillman name in either town.
Appleton
Grandpa Appleton Stillman lies only a few feet from his parents’ grave in Colebrook.
“In memory of
Mr Appleton Stillman,
who Died
July 16, 1817
in the 60th Year
of his age”
STILLMAN, APPLETON. Private, Capt. Elijah Deming’s co., Col. Ashley’s (Berkshire Co.) regt.; entered service April 26 1777; discharged May 20, 1777; service, 25 days, at Ticonderoga; company called out at request of Maj. Gen. Gates and ordered to Saratoga; also, same co. and regt.; entered service July 8, 1777; discharged July 28, 1777; service, 20 days; company called out at request of Maj. Gen Schuyler and ordered to march to Fort Edward.1
1Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War. Boston: Wright & Potter Printing Co., State Printers, 18 Post Office Square. 1907:Volume 15, p. 25.

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