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Dec 3, 2025 12 min

The Stillwell Sisters

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Learn about the sisters who single handedly stopped the British from coming on their New Jersey shore during the Revolutionary War. Sources: 1. www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=92392 historical marker data base Rebecca and Sara Stillwell, Women Heritage Trail 2. Dolin, Eric. Rebels At Sea. 30 May 2022. Highbridge. 3. Dorwart, Jeffrey. Cape May County, New Jersey: The Making of an American Resort Community 4. Mirnick, Barbara. New Jersey in the American Revolution 5. Mayers, Robert. Revolutionary New Jersey; Forgotten Towns and Crossroads. 6. Moses Griffin 1745-1802. www.wikitree.com/Griffing-290 7. Shomette, Donald. Privateers of the Revolutionary War on the New Jersey Coast. 8. Smith, Sally. The Women of ‘76. Ontario. June 1976. 9. Women Patriots of the Revolution: A Biographical Dictionary.

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