From
Ancestry and Descendants of the Nassau-Siegen Immigrants to Virginia,
1714-1750
By B. C. Holtsclaw
The Stuell
(Steull, Still) Family of Klafeld and Seelbach
In what follows, "A" will be used for
Boettger's "Auf den Huetten," a history of Weidenau; and
"K" for Boettger and Busch, "Geschichte der Gemeinde Klafeld-Geisweid",
a history of the Klafeld township.
The name Stuell or Steull seems to have originated
in the District of Burbach in the Free Ground, just south of Nassau-Siegen,
where it appears as early as the late 1400's. It appears in Nassau-Siegen in
various places in the 16th century (K 213). There are various spellings of the
name in the early records. It is always spelled Still at the present time. Hans
Stuell of Weidenau, and Hans and Henrich Stuell of the adjacent township of
Klafeld, all appear in the records 1563-66, and were probably related. Anna
Stuell, wife of Johannes Otterbach of Trupbach, was descended from Hans Stuell
of Klafeld, but we shall deal briefly first with the family of Hans Stuell of
Weidenau and his brother, Kurt Stuell of Eiserfeld. These two brothers, along
with Hans's wife, Kunigund, joined in a deed in 1559, selling a meadow that
belonged to them at Buschgotthardshuetten in the Weidenau township. Hans Stuell
was probably born about 1525, as he was young enough to be in the militia at
Weidenau in 1572. His wife, Kunigund, may have 'been a Zinner. In the records
of Weidenau, 1563-1583, he is called both Hans Stuell and Hans Schneider, and
last appears there in 1583. He seems to have been the father of Johann Trupbach
of Weidenau, who was also called Schneider. In 1597 Hermann Schneider of
Trupbach, son of Johann Schneider of Weidenau, decd., was appointed an
associate justice of the Hain Court, and continued to live at Trupbach until
his death in 1637. We have indicated that the Otterbach family of Trupbach may
have been descended from him. In Weidenau the descendants of Johann Trupbach‑Schnider
were usually called Trupbach, but occasionally Schneider (A 34-35, also 44-45).
Thus the name Stuell seems to have died out at Weidenau and been replaced by
Schneider at Trupbach, and Trupbach at Weidenau.
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