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THE STILES FAMILY IN AMERICA.
GENEALOGIES
OF THE
CONNECTICUT FAMILY
DESCENDANTS OF
JOHN STILES, OF WINDSOR, CONN., AND OF MR FRANCIS
STILES, OF WINDSOR AND STRATFORD, CONN.,
1(>35-1894; .\LSO THE CONNECTICUT NEW
JERSEY FAMILIES, 172(t-18<)4 ;
AND THE
SOUTHERN (OR BERMUDA-GEORGIA) FA^ULY, KWJS-ISIU.
WITH
CojfTRIBUnONS TO THE GENEALOGIES OF SOME NeW YoltK AND
Penxsylvani.\ Families.
An Appendix, containing Information Concernimj the /•Jiif/Hsfi
Families of (he Xante.
Bv HENRY REED STILES, A. M.; M. D.,
or New Youk City.
JERSEY CITY:
DOAN & PlI.SON, P11INTEH.S, 54 MONTOOMEUY StBEET.
1895.
Entered According to Act of Congress in the year 189.",, l,y
HENRY REED STILES, M. D.,
In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.
HAROLD B. LEE LTBRARy
BRIGHAM YOUNG UNiVFRSFTV
PROYO, UTAH
To My Dauohter
ELLIOTT
(MRS. FREDERIC E. TRUESD.VLE),
OF HILL VIEW, WABBEN CO., S. Y.,
IN BECOCSNITION OF
HKK VAI.r.^ni.E ASSISTANCE, IN PAST YEAK.S, .\S AMANUENSIS, I'KDOF-
IlEADER AND INIJEX->f AKER, IN THIS, AS WELL AS
MUCH OF MY OTHER HISTORK'.U-
ANI> (iENEALOGICAL WORK,
THIS VOLUME IS MOST .iFFECTION.\TELY I)KDIC.\TEI).
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CONTENTS.
I'AGK.
Prefatohv Note, - - - - - - - i-xii
The Remote Origin of the N.^J«E and Family, - '2-8
The Connecticut (Emigrant) Famit-y, - - . 9-28
Henry Stiles, the Emignuit, - - - - 29-34
Thomas Stiles, the Emigi-fiut, - - - HB-'M)
John Stiles, tlie Eiiii;j;riiiit, . . - - 40-42
His Descemhiuts, in Line of liis Ehlest Son.
Heuiy, ------ 4:^
His Desceudauts, in Line of liis Second Son,
John, ------ 80
His Descouihmts, in Line of his Third Son,
Isaac, ...... 407
Mr. Francis Stiles, tlie Emigrant, - - - 402-471
His Descendants, .... - 471-504
The New Jersey Branch of the Connecticut Family, 505-602
The Essex and Union Counties, N. J. Branch, - 603-623
A Connecticut a)id New Jersey Family, - - 624-631
Descendants of Robert Stiles, of Pliihidelphia, Pa.,
and Gloucester, N. J., 1680. By Mrs. Sarah M.
Needles, of Haddonfield, N. J., . . . 632-650
An Ulster County, N. Y. Family, 1743-1895, - 651-660
The Bermuda Stiles Family. (The Philadelphia,
Georgia and Virginia Families), - . - 661-696
Appendix I. History and Antiquities of the English
Family of Stylles, Stylle and Stiles, - - 697 721
English Stiles Coats-of-Arms, - - - - 721-727
Appendix II. Sir Richard Saltoustall's Letter to Gov.
AVinthrop, - - - ,- - - - 728-730
Errata et Addenda, ------ 731-754
Index, of Christian Names of the American Stiles
Families, 755-772
Index, of Names Connected with tiie Stiles Family
by Marriage, ------ 773-782
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ILLUSTRATIONS.
PAGE.
Portrjiit (if President EzR.\ Stiles, - - - Fruniinplece.
Fiic-simile of a pencil sketch of Puesident Stiles,
1763, -------- 10
Portrait of NouMAN C. Stiles, of Miildletowu, Conu., 70
Portrait of Rev. Abel Stiles, of Woodstock, Conn., - 125
Portraits (sillionette) of President Stiles and wife, 1767, 158
Fac-simile of Pen and Ink Sketch of President Stiles,
and his daughter Elizabeth, . . . . 181
The Rector's House, New Haven, Coini., occupiecl hy
President Stiles, ------ 188
Portrait of Mrs. Ruth (Stiles) Gannett, of Cambridge,
Mass., 211
Portrait of Rev. Ezua Stiles Gannett, D.D., of Boston,
Mass., - 212
Portrait of Mr. Samuel Stiles, of New York City, - 280
Portrait of Henuy R. Stiles, M. D., of New York City. 32!>
Portrait of Joseph C. Stiles, D. D., |
Portrait of Col and Hon. WiLLlAM I of Virginia, 688
Henry Stiles, J
Stiles Faniilv Arms, ------- 724
PREFATORY NOTE.
In 1857, I became interested in my family genealogy, and
while pursuing my investigations at AViudsor, Conn., where my
ancestors settled in 1635, 1 became much more interested in the
history of that old town. In 1859, I published my History and
Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Conn.: and' of the Stiles Gene-
alogy, which filled thirty pages of that work, I issued 100
copies in pamphlet form. In 1863, I published a small
quarto of 48 pages, entitled, Conirihutions Towards a Gene-
alogy of the [Massachusetts) Family of Stiles, descended from Rob-
ert, of Rowley, 1659-1860, made up of material collected in the
course of my explorations in the Connecticut family, and with
which no connection had been found. In 1882, a copy of this
little work came into the hands of Mes. Mary Stiles Paul Guild,
then of Lynn (but now of North Cambridge), Mass., who belonged
to the Massachusetts Family, and who immediately put herself in
communication with me, at the same time stating her iuteutiou to
take up the work where I had left it and enlarge it to the best of
lier ability. As I was about re-commencing my studies on the
Connecticut Family, I proposed that we should co-operate, to some
extent; and offered to publish her (Massachusetts) work with my
own (Connecticut) at some future time. She accepted the sugges-
tion, and we set to work in our respective fields of labor. It proved
to be the beginningof an acquaintance which was mutuallj' helpful
and pleasant, and which has deepened into a personal and family
friendship which I value as one of the most valuable of my life.
lu 1883, 1884 and 1885, I i.ssued circulars announcing my in-
tention of publishing a new History of the Stiles Family in
England and .\merica, in an octavo volume of not less than 300
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pages: and in December, 1885, tbe first signature of my Connec-
ticut work was printed. Meanwhile, Mrs. Guild's manuscript
was growing apace — as was mj own; and it gradually dawned
upon us that the joint work could not, by anj- possibilitj-, be
squeezed into the originally proposed limits. It was determined
therefore, to publish each work separately — especially as I could
not finish mine in time to be puljlished with hers; and her sub-
scribers were clamoring against the delay. So, in 1892, she
issued her Genealogies of the Mas.sachcsetts Family, Descendants
of Robert Stiles of Rowley, Mass., I'JoiJ-lHDl: and the Dover, M. H.,
Famija, Descendants of William Stiles of Dover, i\. H., 1702-1891;
683 pages. To this I contributed (as being of common interest
to all brandies of the Stiles Family in America) the "Prefatory
Chapter on the Origin of the Family and Name," and the " Ap-
pendix on the Stiles Family in England," which the reader will
find in this volume.
The jDrogress of tlie Connecticut Stiles history, however,
has been sadly delayed since it was commenced, by the necessity
which I was under of giving my time and attention to other more
pressing matters, both of a professional and literary character.
Among these latter, the most important was a new edition of my
History of Ancient Windsor (now expanded from the 1,056 pages
of the first edition to two volumes, comprising altogether 1,817
pages), in which a Stiles Genealogy again appeared, enlai'ged to
21 pages. Financial circumstances, also, have couti'ibuted
largely towards delaj^ and towards certain imperfections iu
in the work itself; and I liave frequently felt discouraged and
ashamed at the way in which my hands seemed to be tied, in the
matter of advancing it to completion. But for the kindly patience
of my printers, I should long ago have been tempted to throw it
up altogether.
At last it is printed and read}' for the subscribers — -or, at
least for such of them as remain alive unto this day, or still re-
tain sufficient interest in their ancestry to purchase a copy. I
trust they will all feel (as I do, with all my sense of its imper-
PREFA TORY NO T E. xi
fections) that they have "got theii" money's worth." If they
have the slightest doubts on the subject, I suggest their imiler-
taking a simihir work, under the same adverse circumstances
whicli have attended me in the preparation of this volume; and
I am quite sure they will agree with me — and feel some sym-
pathy with me.
Few families have been so fortunate as ours (the Connec-
ticut) in having, in its earlier generations, so careful a Historian
as was President EzKA Stiles, of Yale College, and for the loan
to me of his personal papers, etc. — the foundation-stone of this
Genealogy — the whole family of Stiles, as well as myself, are
indebted to his great-graudaughter, Mrs. Kate Gannett Wells,
of Boston, Mass. Then, in Old Windsor, Conn., the first
seat of the Connecticut Family, I gleaned priceless stores of
tradition and personal knowledge from the quartette of aged
Stiles Sisters, whose virtues I have endeavored to com-
memorate on Page 263. lu the unusually tangled and per-
plexing lines of the New Jersey branch, descended from "Loug
Jonathan" of the Connecticut Family, I was greatly assisted by
Lewis Ogden Stiles, the proprietor of The Jersey man newspaper,
at Morristowu, N. J., by Miss Helen H'TBER.of Philadelphia, Pa.,
and Lafe Stiles Pence, Esq., of Leb;iuon, Ky.; and in the other
New Jersey lines by Mr. Abner Passell Stiles, of Springfield,
N. J., and Mrs. Sarah M. Needles, of Haddoufield, N. J. In
the Southern Stiles lines, (Bermuda, Georgia, etc.), I desire to
thank Mr. Albert W. Stiles, of Washington, 1). C; Maj. Robert
A. Stiles, of Eichmond, Va., and Mrs. Margaret W. Stiles, of
Malboup, Ga., for tlieir contributions; and ray sketch of the
Soutlieru Famil}' has been corroborated by a perusal of manu-
scripts kindly forwarded to me by Dr. J. W. BuLLOCK, of Savan-
nah, Ga. Nor must I omit tiie very great help received from
my In-otlior, S. Edward Stiles, M. D., of Brooklyn, N. Y., es-
pecially in the tracing of the Euglisli family of Stiles, presented
in Appendix I.
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TH£ STILES GENEALOGY.
There are, of course, many others who have cordially as-
sisted in their own individual family lines; and such I have en-
deavored punctiliously to credit in the bodj' of the work. The
correspondence which I have had with many, and the acquaint-
ance formed with some of them, has been very pleasant to me;
as, also, is the memory of some who have passed away, and
whose unobstrusive help was often rendered in collecting "Stiles
items," in tracing clues, and in assisting to disentangle some
awful genealogical "snarls." Of such, Imay especially remember
my friends, the late eminent genealogist D. Williams Patterson,
of Newark Valley, N. Y., and the venerable Royal Paine, of
Brooklyn, N. T., both of whom died in 1893. To myself, the
value of my historical and genealogical work consists mainly in
the friendships and the memories of friendships which it has
bi'ought to me.
And so, with a warm cousinly greeting to all good men and
women of the Family, who may become interested in these
pages, I remain.
Their friend and well-wisher.
August 8, 1895.
111-113 William St.,
New York City.
.^■T^dr
THE R E M O T P: O R I G 1 X
NAME AND FA MIL Y OF STILES.
The Stiles Family is of Ajij^lo-Saxon origin. If other families
chiiiii that their ancestors "came into England with William the
Couqnoi'or," ours may rest assured that it was in Britain Jiefore the
Conquest.
This is evident from tlie name, and fnjrn the most ancient
localities of the families which bore it.
Fii'st, !us to the name. Lower, in his EmjJink Surnames, (p. 84).
mentions, "'among names which describe the nature or situation of
the original bearer's residence, such ius Hill, Dale, Wood," etc., that
of Stile, Styi,es, given in the old Subsidy lioll of the liape of
Lewes, Co. Sussex, 12!)(;, as "Will" at Stighele," and " Kich" atte
Stighele."* A writer in the (SM-wra; Archa'ol<ifjical CoUecliims, (Vol.
ii., p. 292), says: " The word ' attt;,' or ' ater,' as it is sometimes
written, seems in all cases, to denote the dwelling place, as in the
names reduced to modern spelling, in towns, at the steeple, at the
stair, at the style," ttc. The same authority, (p. 292), says, the
Saxon " Stighele means at the style, or steps, or lising jiath." So
that "Will" " or "Rich"" "atto Stighele," simply designates a cer-
tain William and Richard who lived near a stile ; ;i ])riniitive and
simple method of distinguishing individuals, at a period when family
surnames were not as common as they now are. Thus, by use ami
• Style (Latin sttfhis, stilm^ for *Hghi*, from a root stig, to pique, which Is In stimulus, for
stlKUlUH. neodle. ^c.) — Larousco'a Urnml IHrtiunnairr Vnirrrital, p. 1.158.
Style, (Fr. ttylr, it. ttilr, Sp. anil Pg. rtlilu. Lat. an<l Gr. tlyhii. tUlm. a pillar, n atyli' or
wrlllnK limtruincnt). — Webster's MV/.
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ill course of time, AVilliain jit the Style, Lecauie Williaui Stile. '^^
■■ From Stile was foniieil Stvleiuau," also says Lower, (]>. 90) ; anil it
is not improbable that Stili- is another form of the iiame,t as also
Styel, Styell.
Secoml, as to locnh' of the Stiles Family in Enj^laiul. This, as
evidenced by the historical memoranda which we have accumulated
in the followinsj; pages, was jtrincipally — if not altoffether — in the
South-eastern corner of England, viz., in the present counties of
Suffolk, Norfolk, Kent, Essex, Sussex and Noiihamjiton. This was
the very portion of the original Britain which was first conquered,
(A. D. 4;4i'-450i, by the hordes of Jutes, Engles an<l Saxons, who
swai-med over from the European mainland, and finally coalesced
(A. D. 829), under King Ecgberght, as the English peojile, oecu])ying
what since ha.s been know as E.\'gl.\nd — (/. c, the land of the Englt^s
— ^our Fatherland.
But, for the real fatherland of the English race, — and, of course,
for that of the Stiles name and family, — we must look still further
away, beyond England itself.
If the reader will consult a map of Northern Eiu'ope, he will thei'e
see this remoter fatherland. In the Fifth Century A. D., the nortli-
em portion of the peninsula, now known as Jutland, and which
ili'vides the North Sea, or German Ocean, from the Baltic Sea, was
occupied by a wanior tribe, called Jutes, who were probably akin to
the race that was fringing the opposite shores of Scauthuavia, and
settling among the Danish isles.
From the south of the same peninsula of Jutland, the tiibe of
Soj-onif spread over the sand-Hats of Holsteiu, and along the marshes
* " stile " seems used by Chaucer in an extendei sense, as in some measure representing
the country, in contrast with "slreet," which is used to represent the town :
*• Is it swiche i>eril with liim for to mete,
I shal him seke by stile and eke by slrete.'*
— Pardonere't Tate, 126.
Sutsa ArcK. OoU., vol. viii., p. 188.
t lu the Uuit. of iff Cnirerxity of Camhridgi^, by Edm*d Carter, pub. 1735. mention is made,
(p. 444), of John Styli., B. D., 1570, Fellow of Christ's Coll.. as among the Preachers of Cam-
bridge. " The first design of these Preachers was to instruct the ignorant, n'»t only in and about
Cambridge, but in many other places : but afterwards, learned Ministers being api.oiute(l in all
places to instruct the unlearned, they are now, by their OCQce, to preach a Latin Sermon called
Omcin ail Clmrum, before the University, the Day before the Term begins; and others in English,
at appointed Times, before that learned Body, in the Church of Great St. Marie's, in Cam-
bridge." .John Still, (probably the same), is also mentioned, (p. 411), as one of the Vice Chan-
cellors of the rnivcrsir>' of Cambridge, in 1.575. He was then of St. John's College. He is also
biographized iu Thomas Fuller's WortJuKJS of England, (Vol. ii., p. 12, edition of 1816).
ORIGIN OF NAME AND FAMIIY. 3
of Frieslanrl uiul the Ell)t>. Ami, l)et\voeii tho Jntcs iiml Saxons, in
tho very lu':ii't of the ji"iiiiisul;i, \v,is a district, whifli \v(> now call
Sloswick, but which was then known as .Im/cbi, or tiie P^nglesiand.
These three tribes were so closely united, as to be known by
iKMLfldioi-inii; jicople under tlie common name of Englishmen; a name
which nidicates, also, the Au<;les as beuijf, at the time when tlieir
history opens to lis, the most powerful of the three.
It was by successive invasions of these closely related tribes,
that the eastern and sontheasteni parts of Uritain were lirst perma-
nently occui)ied, and ultimately nnuU^ England. First, about 449-
4")0, A. D., the Jutes, under their ealdormsu (earls) Henpest and
Hoi'sa, invaded and held what is now known as the County of Kent.
Their success invited a miglitier foe to the work of inva.sion, the free-
booter Saxons, innn the Friesland and Holstein shores — pirates,
whose \ou<x jtilhiLjinu; and ravairintc of the eastern shore of Britain,
from tlie Wasli to tlie Soleut, t;-ave it its name of "the Saxon shore."
In 477, bands of tliese jurates made a landinu. wliich became the
liasis of a ))ermanent occupation of tiiat distn<'t now known as the
Siiires of Norfolk and Sutlolk, and gave to the foreigner the whole
shore of Britain, from the Wash to Southampton Water. Then,
(500-r)7(> A. 1).), the Engles, most jiowerful of all, slowly but stead-
ily ]iressed forward and occupied Mid-Britain, from the Humber to
the Forth. From the desert state of the district from which the
Engles came, on the mainland, as men saw it hundreds of years
aft(^rwards, it would seem that, unlike their Saxon neighbors, the
bulk of whom remained in their own homesteads, the whole Engle
])eople must have forsaken their earlier seats for the soil of Britain.
Such a transf(>r only would sufHciently account for the wide area of
their con(]ucsts in Britain ; and for the fact tliat their name event-
ually absorbed that of the Jutes and Saxons, and stamped itself on
the ])eo])le wliicli sprang from the union of the conquerors, as in the
lands whicli they won.
Concerning this conquest, J. Richard Green, tlius speaks in his
/fi'xlorif of the Emjlisli Pco/ih': "The English Conquest was a
siieer disposse.ssiou and slaughter of the people whom the English
conquered. It was, indeed, only partly wrought out after two cen-
turies of bitter warfare. But it was just througli the long and mer-
ciless nature of the struggle tiiat of all tlu^ (iermmi coni]uests, this
jn-oved tlie most thorough and com])lete. At its close Britain had
4 THE STII ES GEHEAfOCr.
become £ii,h1hiuI ; ;i bind Unit is, not of Britons, Imt of Eu^lisluuen.
It is ])ossil)le tliut a few of the vanqaislied jicojilc may liave liufrered
aroniul tlio lioiiiesteails of their English con(|nerors, ami a few of
their honseholil words, lif these wen^ not brou.nht in at a later time),
niinp;led oddly with the English ton<;ue. But doubtful exceptions,
sucli as these, leave the main facts untouched. AVlien tiie steady
j)rogress of English concjuest was stayed iov a while by civil wars of
Ji century and a lialf, ai'ter Aylesford, the Briton had disappeared
from the greater pai't of the land which had been his own, and the
tongue, the religion, the laws of his English conqueror reigned with-
out a rival from Essex to the Severn, and from the British Channel
to the Firth of Forth. '■■ "'■■ -' "•■' ^^'hat strikes us at
once in the new England is, that it was the one purely German
nation that rose upon the wjeck of Rome. .In other lands, in Spain,
ov Gaul, or Italy, though they were ecpially conquered by German
peojiles, religion, social life, administrative order, still remained
Roman. In Britain, alone, Rome died into a vague tiadition of the
])ast. The whole organization of govermneut and society dis-
appeared with the peo])le who used it. The villas, the mosaics, the
coins which we dig wyi in our fields, are no relics of our English
fathers, but of a Roman world wliieh our father's sword utterly swept
away. Its law, its literature, its manners, its faith, went with it.
The new England was a heathen country. The religion of Woden
and Tlnmder triumphed over the religion of Christ. '•■ * River,
and homestead, and boundary, the very days of the week, bore the
names of the new gods who displaced C^hrist. But if England
seemed tor tlie moment a waste from which all the civilization of the
earth had fled away, it contained within itself the germs of a nobler
life than that which had been destroyed. The base of the new
English society was the freeman, whom we have seen tilling, judging
or sacrificing for himself Ijy the Northern Sea. However roughly he
dealt, while the struggle went on with the material civihzation of
Britain, it was impossible that such a man could be a mere destroyer.
AVar was no sooner over than the warrior settled down into the
farmer, and the home of the peasant churl rose beside the heap of
g<)l)lin-haunted stones that marked the site of the villa he had bm-ned.
The Euglisli kinsfolk settled in gioups over the conqiiered country,
as the lot fell to each ; no longer kinsfolk only, but dwellers in the
same plot, kn;t together by their connnon holding within the same
ORIGIN OF NAME AND FAMILY. 5
iMniiuls. Eacli little villiijj;e-r<)iiiiiion\veiiltli lived tlie same life in
Biitiiin jis its fanners had lived at home. Each had its " moot-hill," or
sacred tree, as a centre : its ■'mark,' as a 1 older; each jnd}<ed by
witness of the kinsfolk, and made its laws in the assembly of its
wise men, and chose its own leaders among the "eorls' for peace or
war. In two ways onlv was this ])rimitive or^janization of Enf^lisli
s(jciety affected by its ti-ansfer to the soil of Britain. War bef,'at
the Kiiui. * ■■■" * And, as it bej^at the King, and the
military noble, so it all but begat the slave — a class of the "unfree,"
such as captives of war, debtors, criminals — " not such a slaveiy ius
that we have known in modern times, for stripes and bonds were
rare."
But enough upon this point. If our readers feel that interest
which seems natural, in the origin, character and development of the
i-ace from which they .sprang, we commend them to the fascinating
jKiges of Green's vohmie. The Mukiiuj i\f Eii<iJ<iiiil. Our simple
object in the ])recediaig ])ages has been to enable them, as members
of the Stiles Family, to trace bat'k their blood origin, through two
and a half centuiies of (American) New England life, (ISSo-KiBf)
A. I). I, and through nearly thirteen centuries, (l()3o-4ut) A. O. ), of
Old England life; and from thence, through the "unfathomable
mists" of Time, whicih envelope their iuicestry in that still older
England of all — the old, old Eath(u-land, which lies in and around
the Jutland peninsula, the Weser, Lower Hanover, and Oldenburg -
the cradle of the Anglo-Saxon race.
With the subsetiuent com-se of English history, (excejyt as its
gi-adual and splendid develo})ment must have insensibly, but surtily,
affected the condition, social surroundings and character of oin-
auce.stiy during succeeding centuries), we have little to do in these
pages. (Jn both sides of the Atlantic, the Stii.es Family has held
a respectable, though not an exalted jjositioii. Li England, it has
embraced two lines of baronetcy, one (now long extinct), .•ind pre-
•sents a fair anay of names respectably eminent hi theologj' and lit-
eratme, a.s well iis in the public Military, Naval and Civil Service of
the Kingdom. On this side of the water, its record is merely that of
"simj)le folk, ' — mostly faimei-s, with a fair spriidvling of clergymen,
])hysicians, etc., — enterjjrising, intelligent, .self-reliant, ])atriotic and
God-fearing. .Indeed, making due allowance for differences of sur-
roimdings, education and oi)poiiunities of develnjiment, we of tin-
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Aincrii'.ui Ih'iur-Iics lii\',' rcisou to feel that our reeonl will redeet no
discredit upon our Eiinlisii cousins; while their record is certainlj' as
creditaUle to th'iu as it is interestinif to us.
The iiit'oriuatioii presented in Appendix I., eonci'rning the His-
I'DliV AND AYriQUiriES OF THE EXGLISH FaMIIA' OF StILES, StYLE, OH
SiVLKs, was iiK-;deutall_v collected during my genealogical I'esearclies ;
and is simply offered as a matter of legitimate interest to the mem-
bers of the American Family. No mil ticfincd proof of coimcctioii
has yet hccii dincoverc.l hftir-cii ///•■ Miv/lisli aiul .liir-rirnii fmiiilifs if
Ike name. *
It has seemed to me that the finding of such |)roof was not alto-
gether imi)o.ssiule ; but, pleasant as it would be to establish the
connection, I have been unable to command the time, the eyesight,
and, especially, the means which such a search would requii-e. Nor
would anything be gained by such proof of connection, except the
satisfaction of a laudable curiosity. I have, as regards this matter,
very much of tlu^ feding displayed in the following letter t from our
distiugiiished progenitor, and first Family Historian, the Rev. EzitA
S'l'ii.Es, D.D., addressed to Sir Francis Haskins Eyles Stiles, Bart., oi
London, upon a croguate subjc^ct, viz., that of the Family Arms:
Newport, Rh. Isld, Nov. 15, 171U.
Siu:
I havin!< 11 little i-uriosit.y to know if any Cjat of Arms belongs to tli.it Branch
of the Family of Stiles from which I am descended, and finding in your Name you
have combined the names of Frnaris & Henri/, which have from the Beginning been
l>reserved in the Family in ,\merica, Itho'tit probable we might both descend from
Bi-auches which concur in the same stem or common Ancestor, after receding to some
Distant A remote Descents. For this Reason, Sir, I take the liberty to address
myself to you, requesting that you would do me the favor to give me the informa-
tion I ask. I am descendeil from one of four Brothers, whf> came to New Englanil
1034, I su))pose from Milbrook, near Ampthill, in Bedfordshire; for tho' Heury Stiles.
the oldest Br., was then Carpenter & Citizen of London, yet his Br. Tho. Stiles
was of s ' Milbroke, Husbandman, as I find by som« Fam. Memoirs. This Tho.
* Except, perhaps, in the case of the Bermuda Branch, now representerl in tlin Georjiia.
Virginia and Pennsylvania F.ainilies of llie name,
t Copierl from tiic orltriiial MSS.
ORIGIN OF NAME AND FAMIIY. 7
procured «^ sent to Henry a '"I'V "f l!a]itiKiiis. 1 suppose from Clili. Iteeiirds of
Milbroke, Feb. 15, 1H34:
Hcnrie Stiles, baptized 27 Nov. 1593 -came to X. E. li;;«.
.lohii Stiles, •• 25 Dec. 1595' -came to N. E.. fr. wlioiii I am ilescended .
Christr Stiles. ■■ 2S Mar. IHOtl.
Ffraucis Stiles. •■ 1 Aiif?. lfi()2— oune to N. E.
'I'ho Stiles, •■ 7 Feb. ir>12— came to N. E.
JIarie Stiles. ■ l2 Mar. 1591.
Joane Stiles. " 13 Jan. 1004.
Elizabeth Stiles. ■• 28 Dec. H;(l7.
B.v a parchment Rescript it api)eai-s that Heurv Stiles was admitted to the Free-
dom of the City of London, 10 Apr. in Sth year of Charles I., or 1032, (leorKe Whit-
iiiore, llayor, iV Kobt. Batcmau, Chamberlain.
I suppose the Family made no Figure at XLlbrok. bein^;, as I sn|)pose, plain
country farmei's. and snch they have fjenerally continued in America. There may,
however, be possibly a Coat of .\rnis annmg some of their remote Ancestors, which
accord'^ to the Rules of Heraldry, any of us may assume. You will by these notices
be able to know whether yon are of tlie same family: & it you are, you can give me
the Information I desire. Your own .\rms lus Baronet is pcrhai)s a thing acqviired
from lfi34, but if not is .vet limited. It is not this, therefore, I request; but any
Coat of Arms descending to yon from Ancestors who comprehend me among their
ofifspring. I have one belonging to the name of S^Vc w'' I procured in 1751, from the
Heraldry Office, London, but am doubtful whether I have any right t.o it. And,
indeed, I am not well instructed as (to) the Descents of these Ensigns of Honor,
or whether they are assuumble by all the offspring ijromiscuously. or by the Male
only, or whether the tlescent is cast & passes in a Line of Single Heirs. It will be
a gratification to me if you please t:) give me some Information on this Head.
My (treat-Grandfather Wiis \)orn in Eng. about 1(133. for his father, John Stiles,
bro't him away a sucking child, 1()34. He married about llilil). In the first Century
from his marriage have l)een among his offspring 397 Births, 1(17 Deaths, SS mar-
riages, it 290 living at End of the Century. The offspring occurred one Third in
first 75 years & two Thirds last 25 years. The Diffusion of Blood is now going on
with great rapidity; there may be now 20 Nativities a year. Of 32 Births, 20 live to
marry — not above one quarter die in Infancy. I judge there have sprung from the
four Brothers above Three (near four) Thousand souls, in 13'( yeirs since their
Accession to .\merica, A in another cent^' may be 100,000.
There is a Difference in the Orthography- Stoil, Stile, Stiles, Stiils, and Styles.
I do not know whether they are all originally one name; Some of the New Eng.
family did antiently spell Styles, but their true Name is Stiles. There is similitude
of Features with which most of the Blood here are impressed; if you have a Metzo-
tinto Picture of yourself or any of your ancestors, permit nie to ask the favor
of one.
You uiuy perhaps think I have views of Interest in these Impiiries; but I assure
yon, Sir, I have no view but to gratify my curiositv, and to collect scmie Memoirs of
my ancestors, or a short Family History for the Knowledge A contemplation of my
Posterity, especially as I with pleiusnre trace them up to pure English original.
jThe ancestors of the First <ien. in New Englaud retaineil in the Memory of Per-
sons now living nniny English words in antient u.se, but now for two ages obsolete.
f^ THE STILES GENEA' OGY.
There nre yet retJiine 1 several little fiistoms of 5 ov 700 years antiquity; sueh, how-
ever as iudicate the family habituated to low and rural Lift; from Generation to
Generation. Of the 4 Brs. that came to N. E., Franeis discerned an active, enter-
prisin<; Spirit— but the others were c mtented with small sjiheres of Industry A
plain Life.]*
You will not conceive of me, Sir. !i.s a Person of any Consequeiicu. tho' I do my-
self the Honor of addressing a Gentleman of your Distinction A- Figure in Life.
Should you condescend to favor me with an Answer, you will very much oblige. Sir,
Your most obedient tho'
unknown Humble Servant.
EzBA Stiles.
To Sir Francis Haskins Eyles Styles. Baronet.
London.
_ Forwarded by Hon. .Vlex. Grant, who sailed
from Newport in the Ship Cap.
Lyndsey, for London, Nov. 23, 1764.
• Marked in the MSS. copy as "omitted in the Transcript."
&=i^-2^^^
THE
Connecticut Family.
W'T^rm^
Facsimili' of a i»-ncil-sh'/ih (in iiossessiou dl' JIi's. Kale
Gannett Wr-Us, of Boston), signed and
dated in anlngraph as above.
T H E
CONNECTICUT STILES FAMILY.
—i^ —
The first iiivestigiitor into the history of the Stiles fiimily of
Conuecticut, \\;is the liev. Ezra Stiles, then pastor of thd Hecoud
{'Iiiirch, in N<'\\poit, Kliode Isliiud, rtJid iiftorwurds the distiii^aiished
Pn^sidcnit of Yiik' Collcjfc!, New Haveu, Couu. From his earliest
youth, (as is evidenced by the pages of his memorandiim books, still
])reserved by his descendants), he had the liabit of carefully noting
dates and facts concerning his own imuuHliate relatives. His first
efforts, however, in the direction of compiling the general statistics
of the family, seem to have been made in, or about, the j^ear ITti'i;
and its results were embodied in his ovn\ liandwriting in a small
(|uarto-si/,(!d blank volume, sewTi into a stiff brown paper cover; very
many of its entries' being evidently first made in i)encil, and after-
wards, (as they were confirmcid, or as leisure pennitted), traced ovei'
in ink. This little volume bore the following rather pretentious title-
page :
A (ieneiiloj.;icid Culleeticiii of that
Family of Stiles which
('niiip from Milliroke in Beilfoidsliire
In (licat Britain I(i;i4
iind settled iit Windsor in the Colony
of Ciinnectiout in New Enj^lnml, IKili,
at 11 Tinio when
In twelve yeiirs from l('i2!l to Ifill
Four Thousimd Men with about Three Thousand Families
Imjilvint,' Fifteen or Twenty Tliousand Souls
For th(! sai<e of free Exercise of I'ure Religion
Fled out of Eui^land from tlie Tyranny A" I'erseeution
of Kinp; Charles the first and A U P Laud *
and settled in New En}.'land
Where their Posterity
In the year ITfiO the year of the Euj^lish Conquest
of Canada, were increased to half a Million Souls.
Our Family of Stiles was one of this
Oriftinal .Vccession & purely
En./lish Hl..od:
• .\re)i))lH)l(>|i.
12 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
I, Ezra Stiles of Ehode Isla^d and
FoiTuerly of Connecticut, being the third Generation
Born in New Enfjiand, began to compile
This Account 1762rtwo years after
The Death of my Father Eer. Isaac Stiles, a>t. (i:i:
and nine years after the Death of my Grandfather;
and one hundred A twenty eight years
after the accession of the Family into America.
The President, iu bis coiTespondence and his travels, evidently
l)iu-sued these genealogical investigations with great zeal and pleasure ;
and the results were soon formulated with greater precision and care
ui another similar blauk-book, which seems to have been virtually
completed about the year 1764; although there are e\'idences that
additional entries and con-ections were occasionally made to it, dur-
ing subsequent years. Of this collection the title w;is, by the Presi-
dent's good taste, abbre\-iated to this form :
A Genealogical Collection
of that Family of Stiles which in 1C34
Came from Milbroke in Bedfordshire
In England,
To Dorchester in New England; 1635 or 163i.
And settled in Windsor in the Colony of Connectioitt
In New England 1036.
Collected chiefly A. D., 1764
By Ezra Stiles of Newport Khode Island,
the fourth from John Stiles, inclusive, who was brought an
Infant out of England 163-1, and the fifth
from his Father John Stiles I.
' Censuxi bislituil, liein saluhen-bnam lantofuluro Tmperix." — Livij Hist. l!om.
This Collection or Genealogy
I give to my son Isaac Stiles.
Ezra Stiles, Pr. Yal. CoU."
* It will be seen tbat the title of 1762 is more correct than that ol 17G4, as to the original
settlement ol the emigrant Stiles Family, which (as will be seen furtlier on). <iid not locate flrst
at Dorchester. Also, that in the second title, the President corrected the generations of his
descent from the flrst settler, from that given in the earlier copy.
THE CONNECTICUT FAMIIY. 13
Both of these m.iimscript voIhhm's have twit-e been loaiu'd me
for purposes of cxaiiiinutioii aiid tnuiscriptioii ; oiicc, in 18')1(, hy the
Lite llev. EzuA Stiles Ganneit, J).1)., of Boston, Mass., p-amlson of
the President; and, again, in 1884, by liis dau^iiter, Mrs. Ka'ie CIan-
NI'-'IT Wj'.I.LS, of Boston, in wliosc possession tlicy arc at jircsciit,
most hifj:hly pi'ized lieirlooms.
It is a matter of con<j;ratulation to tlie members of the Conneeti-
eut family of Htiles, that so early in the American history of the
family, its befjiniiinfj;s were so thorou<i;hly investi<;ate<l l.j- one well
calculated, as was President Stiles, by education, intelliLcent curiosity
and deep reverence for ancestral ties, to undertake sncli a work. AVe
have him to thaidc for the securin;^- of many facts and ]ioints in the
early history of the family which, had tliey been left unstated and
unfomid until the present day, would now be nnattainalile.
It was this ]\[SS. (Icmealo^y of the President's which i'orme(l
the basis of the (icnealojiy published in IS")'.), in the Hinliinj (ind
Genealogk's of ^Incicnt Windtiar, ('(iiiii.,niu\ wliiili, indeed, led to my
undertakini:; tliat history.'^
Tlu! President's MSS. Genc^alo^'y of the Connecticut Pamily,
commences with the follovvin<^ " Summary Account," which I have
thought best to jiresent rcrlm/itii rf li/fj-n/iiii :
SuMMAitv Account of thk Family at its OiiiciiNAi-
Accession to \i:\\ Encland.
As I was searching for some Memoirs of the Family, among
others I a])plied to Mr. Jonathan Stiles of Windsor born l(i87 ; son
of Henry Stiles b. Ki'iil; son of John Stiles, one of the four Brothers
that came out of England in HV.i-i. In his hands I found several
original Papers which I transcribed in 17()'2. One of which I tak<'
to be an extract from the li(H-or<ls of Baptisms in Milbroke ])i-ocure(l
by Tiiomas Stih^s A' sent to his Hrother Hcmy in Ijondon just beftu'e
their Embarkation for America; and is thus
" Heniiie Stii.es Wiis bai)ti.sed the seven and Tweiitie of Novciubcr
one Thou.sand fivi; hundnMl Ninetie Three.
* Soo Preface to lUflory and (ffwahgwx nf Anrif^l Wimtum', ci. n also led, iucldeiitally, It>
tlio rollocllon of the VnxRnrhtwttit /•'amiln nf Stilm OenoaloKy. wllli'h I lUlbllshefl 111 IHIW; alKl
wlilob {prcaily ('hla)-;.'i-il nntl imiiri.vctl by the zonlouM labors of Mr.s. .Mary stiles Paul (iiillil. of
Jj^'lin, Mass.) Lsojliljiliieil In UiIh vnlunii'.
]4 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
"John Sitt.es whs liaptisinl the five iV: tweiitie oi December One
Tlioasaiid five liumlreil Xinetie five.
" (^HitisTOPHEK Stiles was baptised the eight ami Twentie of March
One Thousand Six huudi-ed.
" FriiAXfis Stiles was baptised the first of Aguste one Thousand Six
hundred and Tow.
" Thomas Stiles was baptised the seven day of Februai-ie One Thou-
sand six hniubed and xij.
" Mai-je Stiles was baptised the xii t)f March One Thousand Five
Hundred and Xinetie One.
" JoANE STrr.Es was baptised the xiii of Januarie One Thousand Six
hundred and tV)iu-.
"Eijzeheath Stiles was Ijapt. the viij and twentie of December One
Thousand six hundred and Seven." •
" Brother my hearty love remembered imto you all hoi)ing to
" God you eare in good health us I am at the wiighting hearof, aaid
"I would entreate you to send me Worde the next Return of the
"Canier when I shall come up and I am in Worke and I would stay
"as long as may be and I did ask Goodman Goddie for your Cow but
" he ■ftdll not dehver it me so with my love to you all I rest yom' lov-
"ing Brother
and yom- loving
Thomas Stiles y. Friend William
" Ffeburarie tlie XV . Hawkins"
1634
I suppose tliis William Hawkins was a Minister of the Parish,
and that Thomas Stiles who signed with his Mark applied to him for
the Record of Baptisms and to write this Letter for him. The Paper
is superscribed: "To my Loving Friend Henrie Stiles at London
give this with speed." It appears by this they were reaily to em-
l)ark the Spring of lG:J-i. Foiu' Brothers, Henry, John, Frsuicis &
Thomas, came and settled in Xew England, arriving at Boston and
sitting down fii-st at Dorchester, the Summer or Fall of 1634, and.
removing to Windsor 1636.* There is also a Tradition that one or
more of the Sisters came over, but of these I have no information ;
■ See nolo on pa^e 12.
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 15
there is a Family of Stiles in Dorchester which, perhajis, are de-
scemlmits of Christopher, Imt neither of this am I iuformoil.
Hi'.NiiY Stiles, the Oldest Drothcr, was a Cari)enter in Ijoiidtui,
as appears hj a Parchment in which he received the freedom of the
City of London. From the Original in tlie hands of Mr. Jonathan
Stiles, I selected this Extract :
" Ifeiirints Sliles rie Ciril. IjOnd. C<irpent<v nibiiix.iu.i fiiil hi Liherintnn ])''irriim el
" inralus Tempore lyeortjii W'liiliiiore Major el liiilierii Halenniii Oitnerari! el inlrnlus in
" Lihro SiijMil Intra d: de Emptionilmx Liherlat. et Admissionibus Liliernrum, vizK ileeiiiia
" Die Aprilis Anno lieijni Regis Cnroli AngVw d'c, Oclai-o, fn rujnx Rei Te.sliinoniiini Sii/il-
'* htm o^rii Chmerarii Cinlalis projdrilfte prwsentibus est appen.suin Dnt. in Cuuiern, A'l'."
" — die et anno supradirto. "
I also found two original ludeutmes iu the hands of the ssiid
iiged Mr. Jonathan Stiles ; in one of which, dated March (Uli, lti:-i4-
iu the Tenth yeare of Iv. Charles I, "Samuel lukley of Carlliee, in
"the Coimtj' of Lincohi Husbandman doth pnt himself apprentice to
"Henr}' Stiles Citizen & Caii)enter of London and now (hy the
"providence of Ood) outward bound in the good Ship called the
"C'/iris/idn of Ltmdou for the Plantation in New England to learn
"the said art of a Caiiienter ttc. Term six years from the twentieth
"of Maicli then next.
In the other Indentiu-e of the same date, "Tho-Mas Stiles, i>/
" MiUrroke in the Count;/ of Bedford Hmhandinan, doth put himself
" a]>])rentici> to Henry Stiles Citizen A" Carpenter of London, and
"uow(b3' the ])r()videncu of Citxl) outward bound in the good sliip
" called the Christian of Lcmdon for the Plantation in New England
" to learn the said Art of a Carpenter \' with him the said Henry
"Stiles after the manner of an A]>prentice to dwell iV seiTe from tJie
"twentieth of March now next \-c" for the Term of five yeare, signed
" Thomas Stiles." y. This Thomas Stiles by the foregoing Letter
appeai-s to be Brother of Henry Stiles, and being bom Feb. 7, Kil'J
nmst have lieen Twenty Two years old in Kl.'J-J: when he bound iiim-
self im Apprentice — which must have been not with a riew so nmcli
of learning the Trade of a ('arpenter ibeing already brought uj) at
Husbandry which I sui>pose Wiis tlie Family ICmployment) lus jier-
haps to be iussisted in removing to America. But whatever were the
design k use of these Papei-s T think tliey evidence that the Famih
came originally from Milbroke in Bedfordshire in England.
IC, THE STIIES GENEALOGY.
Heniiy Stilfs d\vi\ a Bac-lielor Oi-f" ?>. 1G51 as I fiiul upon Wind-
sor liecoi-ils. Thomas Stiles his Biotlier it is said removed from
Windsor to Flnsliin^ on Lonj:; Island and there had two Daughters
liut no Won.
John Srii.Es and Fkancis Stiles brought Wives with them out
of England; and tlie \\'ife of John was the first Person that stept
ashore at Comiei'tic-utt when the Plantation begun in 1636.*
Goveinor Wooleott of Windsor in 1764 told me he was in the
Eighty seventh year of his Age, aiul that he was well at-ijuainted ^\•ith
many of the original Settlers of Windsor. He told me that FiiAXiTs
Stiles was Stewjird to Sir Pdehard Saltoustall and by him employed
in l)uilding a I'ark at the U])i)er End of Windsor. ,\nd I found the
Tradition that Francis was au active Man, a Cariienter it a Man of
great Business, tV: had to keep & maintain thirty Men to build a Park
for Gentlemen in England ; but failing became so involved that he
removed to Stratftjrd where he left three Sous.
Only John Stiles continued at Windsor, where he died about
liSiVl, ;pt 07. I have seen his will dated May 30, 1662 in which he
mentions his four Children Henry, John, Isaac, Sarah. The two
first were born in England as appears from hence : Henry the Sou ■
of John was the Father of Jonathan Stiles now living & who shewed
me a Memoir he made of his Father's death wluch was Aug' 22 172i
aged Ninety five, heni-e born 1629 about five year's before the Removal
to America."
The record of births of this Emigi-ant Family of Stiles, which
President Stiles found in the possession of Jonathan Stiles, of Wind-
sor, Conn., in 1762, was confirmed by Mr. Jas. Savage, in his GJenn-
imis for Xe>c En</hui(/ Hinfunj, Mass. Hist. Coll., 3d Series, vol. ^oii.,
p. 366. For the ixncestor of the family of Pres. Stiles of Yale College,
Bev. tleo. Carter Cardale, of Millbrook, near Aiupthill, in Bedford-
shii-e, searched the parish register from 1564 for names of aU the
family, down to KioO, and gave him the transcript, as follows:
"1581, Rychaud S'ITLLEs, sonne of Ey chard Stylles, was bap-
tized 20th of June.
^ savaf^i', (.v. Eiuj. finnnl. Itict.. iv.. p. 195), Bays, i,t this tradition, that it is "as reasonable as
the similar stories fur Mary ('hilt<in at Plymouth, and ,\iin Pollard, of Boston:"' but, (in errata^
p. TDK), adds, " but the the story of Stiles is far less jirobable."
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 17
"l.')!)l, M.viiiA Stvi.i.f.s, (1;iiij,'htpr of Tlios. Stylles, was baptized
7tli M:livli.
" 1 59;"), John Stylijjs, souue of Tlios. Stylles, was Christianed
the 25tli ilav of Deceuiber.
" ICOO, C'liitYSToniKi! Styi.les, the sonne of Tlios. Stylles, was
baptized tiie 2Stii day of JIarcli.
" 1()02, Francis Styixes, souue of Thos. Stylles, w;is baptized
1st day of Anj^nst.
1()(U, .ToANE Stylles, daufihter of Thos. St\lles and Maria his
Wyfe, wjis baptized the Sth day of Jauuai'Ie.
"1005, .ToANE Stylles, wife of Thos. S., was huricd *2'2d of
Jaimnrie.
" 1607, Elyzaueth Styxles, dau. of Thos. and ^laiia his Wyfe,
was liai^tized 28th of Deceuiber.
"1()12, Thomas Styxles, souue of Thos. Stylles, was baptized
the 7th of February.
" 1014. Wyddow Stylles wjus buried ye 20th of March."
It was snbsccinciitly coiitii'iiied by uiyself, iu a hasty visit to
^Milbroke, in December, 1881, dnriufj; which I had the plea.sure of
exaniiniiii,' not only the old records, in tlie keepinti of the Rector of
the Parish ( 'lunch, but of visitintj the old Church itself; the hamlet
of Milbroke, and the neifihboriufj; town aud Church of Auipthill.
!Milbroke lies nestled in a lovely vale, richly timbered, soft and
dr<'aiuy in all its lines aud curves. The little villafje street, or road,
winds curving alou^ the base of quite a liigli ascent, ui)on which
stands the old church, dominatui^ the whole laudscjijje. Li its few
clustered Iionses — some of comjniratively modern date, but mostlj- of
the old stoue-aud-plastered, straw-thatched construction of bygone
days, this street presents a scene of English niral life — exceedingly
(plaint, novl aud interesting to the eye of an American. It needed
little, or no, imagination to feel that it looks now, quite as it must
have looked — two centuries and a half ago — when our ancestor,
"Tliomas, flip ciirpi'iiffi;" aud his sons, (the future iuicestoi's of
generations I)oyoud tlic seal, dwelt here. From the l{ector3-, a rather
modem building, in the domestic-gothic style, we jjassed across the
road to where a wicket-gate opened upon a very steep pathway lead-
18 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
iii<;' up the side of the hill, on the l)ro\v of which stands the church,
surrounded by its ancient "God's-acre," where the "rude forefathers
of tlie hamlet sleep." The edifice is evidently' of two dates of cou-
struetion, an older portion, conijirising the chancel, and a later one,
(thoii<i;h old enough to the stranger "fi'om beyond seas"), making up
tiie gi-eater portion of the body of the church, with the square tower.
Externally, its appearence, though jilain, is venerable and attractive,
ami its walls heavily clad with "ivy gi-een." Internally, it is as
" l)lain as a pike-statf," presenting nothing of interest except one or
two uionunaental l)usts of noble patrons, jJaced, (as they should not
be\ irilhiii the altar-rail. The view from the front of the old cluu'ch-
tower, looking down upon the sleepy hamlet below, and the lovely
vale of Bedfonl stretching away into the dim distance, was one of
those exquisite glimjises of natural scenery peculiar to Old England.
Near by, on tlie high land overlooking the valley, are the beauti-
ful ruins of Houghton House, a mansion belonging to the Dukes of
Bedford, which was dismantled after the death of a Marquis of
Tavistock, about a century ago. He was killed while out hunting,
and the Duke ordered all the mansion to be abandoned. It has
gradually fallen into decay, and a considerable portion has
lately, (between 1877 and 188))), fallen down. It is a place of
some historical interest, having been builded in the time of Queen
Elizabeth, by the celebrated Countess of Pembroke — Ben Jonson's
Coimtess, (" Sidney's sister, Pembroke's mother," etc. ) Her mouo-
gi-am is still visible on the facade of the ruined hall. It stands upon
the border of Am])thill Park, magnificent though somewhat neglecteil
grounds, with a noble avenue of monstrous oaks and elms. In the
Park, also, stands "Queen Catherine's Cross."
So little change has evidently taken jjlace wthin the past cen-
tmy, in this little hamlet, that its present condition may be almost
as well described in the words of LvsoN,* who m-ote in 1801 :
" MiLiJUouK. in [the Comity of Bedfordi] in the hundred of
Eedbomstoke and deanery of Flitt, is a small village, scarcely a mile
fi'om Ampthill. At this place was a cell of Benedictine monks be-
longing to the aljbey of St. Alban's, which was removed iibout the
* Mitsiiiil Brillflnir,,. IftOi;, vol. 1, pji. IIT-IIK.
t BEDFciRrsHIUK Ik Jill inland pounty, 1 ■■iniilril cm lliv inst liy Ilip i-muillcs nl' IIunliiig(li>ii
and CanilnitlKc: south liy Hei'tfordshire: wust by Buc-kirii.'hanisliiiv. ami nurili by N<.iMliani|i-
lonshlre. — Batohpioi'*s Aifrirnlturi' nf Cn. tinlfttrit .
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 19
year 1110, by Geffiey, the ICth .•il)l>i)tt of tliat iiioiuustcry. to :M«)(l<lry.
otherwise BejiiiHeii, in Hertfordsliire,--' the ])rior of which \i\iU-e hail
rt grant of free warren in Milbrook, in 1294.+
"The manor havinji; belonj^ed successively to the St. Amands and
Beuncliamps, wius j)urch;i.sed of the latter by Sir Jolni Cornwall, who
in 1442, was created Baron of Milbrook. Not lonj< after the deatli
of this brave ofiicer, who was better known by his other title of Lord
Fanhope, Milbrook became vested in the Crown, and was ainiexed
to the honor of Ampthill. The le;use of the manor is now vested in
the Earl of Tapper Ossory, in consequence of an exchange with the
late Duke of Bedford, who was lessee of the honor of Ampthill.
" The parish church st;mds on a hiU which overhangs the village.
From the chiu-ch-yard is an extensive prospect over the vale of Bed-
ford. In the church windows are the arms of the Fanhopes, with
the gai-ter. In the chancel is a tablet to the memory of Dr. George
Lawson, rector, who died in 1()84. He wjus employed in several
confidential messages relating to the Restoratiim. The parish has
lj<>en inclosed by an Act of Parliament passed in 1795, when a small
allotment of Imid was given to the rect(n% who was farther compen-
sated by a corn-rent, charged on hinds allotted to the Earl of Ossory,
who is patron of the rectory. The rector had an allotment also in
lieu of feni, on Milbrook Warren, and there was an allotment to the
ixx)r for fuel."
^lilbrook, (according to the report made to Parliament in IHOl,
of the number oi houses, families and pei-sons in each parish of Bed-
fordshire), hiul G7 inhabited houses; uninhabited houses, none; fam-
ilies, 71; persons, 327.
Gorton's To/xii/rapltical Dirlioiinrif thus describes it in 1829:
" Mii.i.im<M)K. Co. Hfilfiml, P. T. .\uii)tliill, 1 ni. AV. ri>i>. 411.'). A parish in the
hunilrcd of Reilborni- Stoke; liWnf;, n rectorj- in the an-h-deanerv of Beilfonl and
diocese of Lincoln: valiied in K. B. £9 His. 3d.; church dedicated to St. Michael:
patron Lord HoUiind."
During the year 1884, in order to assure myself that these
records had been conectly transcriljed, and that no other items of
interest had been overlooked, I caused suiother carefid examination to
be made, b}- an experienced genealogical searcher, in the Milbrooke
• Lives ot Ihe Ablxitis ot SI. AlbauH, annexed to Mat. Paris, 1008.
t Cnrt. ■>.; Kilw. I.
•20 THE STIIES GENEALOGY.
Parish records; smd received the followino;, duly authenticated by tlie
rcrtilicate of the ]iresoiit rector, Rev. Laurence E. Wlii^haui : *
M 1 1. 13 R O O Iv E
S'nXLE EXTRACTS Y\\m\ THE PAlilSH HEGISTEHS.
[I] — 20 June, 1581. Hvchaku IStvlles the sonne ot Eychard
iStylles was baptised the xx*" of Jime.
fll]— 12th :March 159]. Makie Stylles the dau-hter of Thomas
Stylles was baptized the xij of March.
[Here in the record, bid rrosned out /ii/ ti pen line draicn
//t?-o?«//( /7, is this entry : "1592. John Stylles, the sonne
of Tlionias Stylles was baptized."]
I III] — 27th November 1593. Hentue Stylles, the sonne of Thomas
Stylles was baptized the xxvij of November.
I IV] — 25 December, 1595. John Stylles tlie soune of Thomas
Stylles was christened tlie 25 of December.
[V] — 28 March, KiOO. Chi!Istophei! Styles the sonne of Thomas
Stylles was baptized the 28 day of Marche.
I TI] — 1 August 1602. Ffeannces Styxles the sonne of Thomas
Stylles was Baptized the firste of August.
I VII] — 13 Jan. lGO-1:. Jonne Stylles the daughter of Thomas
Stylles and marie his wyife was Baptized the xiii"" day of
Januarie.
|Vin] — 22 Januarie 1605. Jonne Styxles, the wyffe of Thomas
Stylles was buried the 22 day of Januarie.
[IX]— 28 December, 1607. Elizabeth Stylles tlie daugliter of
Thomas Stylles and mar^ye his wyfe was baptized the 28
day of December.
[X]— 7 Feb. 1612. Thomas Styles the souue of Thomas Styles
was baptized the 7 of febiuarii.
[XI] — 7 March 1()14. Thomas Styles carpenter was buried the
() dg"i- Marche.
[XII]— 20 Marche 1614. Widdowe Styxes was buried the 20 of
Marche.
* The numerals prefixed in bi-ackets, thus [ ] have been supi>Lied by ourselves, for pur-
poses of convenient reference in the following pages,
t This not clearly decipherable in the original.
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 21
I, L;um'iu-e Ii. AVhigluiiii, Rwtor i>f Millhiook, hereby certify
tluit tlie aliovc are true extnu-ts from the Ro-^ister Books of tlie said
I'arish Clmic-h, so far ius I cau read them, (iiveu uuder my haud
this twciitietli day of December, 1884.
LAlliKNCE E. WHlt!H.\.M,
lleet(jr of Millbrook, in the Couuty of Bedford.
Also, "fi'oni memoranda at the end of a book," in one of the
le^istiy books of ^lilbrooke Parisii, were taken the followinjj;, rehit-
ing to this family :
"A note [;us to] what the Church-wiU'dens are yearlie to re-
ceive :
[ Xni] — TudMAS S'l'^XLEs is to paye for the conunon of his lease
xviii''
[XIVJ — Thomas 8tylles pmo''* for his garden ij
1624
[XVJ — 13 Jan. KJ^o. William Heddye & Joune Sfi/les married.
This transcript of 1884, it will be seen, agrees substantially with
that made for Mr. Sava<j;e, in 184'2, (and j^ven on pa<;es KJ and 17\
except that it furnishes some additional items. On comparison,
however, with the Familj' Record as presened in Tliomsus Styles'
letter to his broth(>r Henry, (psij^es 13 and 14"), it presented some
genealogical conundrinus which, at first sight, were rather puzzling.
For example, there is a record [viii.], of the death of "Jonue
Stylles the wiife of Thomtis Studies'' in 1605; whereas it is evident
fnjin the jireceding and succeeding records, that Mai'ie was the
motliej- of all of Thomas" children. Then there are traces, in records
[xmj and [xiv] of a Thomas Stylles who had a gju'deu. Sec, in
1624; and'who could not have been Tiionuus, the gardener and the
father of all thi-sc chiltlien, who unist have been dead [see XlJ long
years agone; nor, could it have been his son Thomas, the young-
est Emigrant, for in 1624 he was but twelve yeai*s of age. Then,
* Promised?
22 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
there is a record [xv] of a Joane Stiles who niaiiied WiUiaiu
Heddye, in 1634-5; and who, (although the ages agi-ee fairly enough),
foiild not have been the same Joane, horn 1004, who accompanied
her l)rothers to America — see Passenger List of tlie vessel in whicli
they came hither, page 25. For, married in January, 1(584^5, it i^
not proliahle that she embarked under her maiden name, and left her
liusl )aud Ijehiud — of whom, indeed, we have no subsequent trace on
this side the Atlantic.
So, by a careful analysis of these three documents, viz., the Let-
ter of Thomas Styles, (page 13), the Passenger List of the vessel in
which they came to America, ( jiage 25 1, and the Extracts fronj the
Parish Registers of !Milbrooke, (page 20), and by "reading between
the lines " in a way which (jnly comes to genealogists by dint of
long expeiience m sucli matters, we have at length reached this con-
chision:
First- That tlie Milbiooke Parish Register i)reserves for us the rec-
ords more or less complete, of three distinct (and probably
related* /Vf//(///r.s of the name of Stiles, viz.:
(1) A Richard Styles wIk.) had a son Ricliard, Ik mi in 1581.
1 21 A Th<imas, who had the garden, etc., [xiii, xrv]; who was
the husband of the Joanne [viii] who died in 1605; which Thomas
and .Toanne were the parents of Joan wlio married William Heddye.
(3) A Thomas, " the caiiienter," and his wife Maria, Ijotli of whom
died in 1()14. well in years, and wdio were the parents of eight chil-
dren, of whom four sons and one daughter, came to America in 1635
— from which emigration originated the Connecticut Family of Stiles.
Si'ciiti(l — It is very f'\ident that the family was not of Bedfordshire
origin. It appears upon the ^lilbroke register in 1581;
and it entii'ely disajipears from there with the emigi-ation
to America of Thomas Stdes" cliildren in 1635, having
dwelt there altogether for a period of 54 years. Neither
in this, or the adjoining ])arish of Am])thill, does the name
ever subseijuently appeal:
THE CONNECTICUT FAMIIY. 2?,
This ^lilbiooke fjiinily, of which Tljomas and Marie were the
jiarents, aiul from which we are descended, was — at the time when
our knowh^df^e of it begins (February, 1635) — pretty well broken up.
Tiie ])!uents had been dead for some twenty years; and the sous,
most of whom had followed their father's ti'ade of caiiienteriug, etc.,
liad souj^ht their fortunes api)arently in London; where Hexjiy and
.T41HN had already become reputably established as master carj)enters
and buildeis, and were freemen of that city. John and CuKisTOl'HEii
were likewise away from Milbrooke, and, very jiossilily, were also in
London. Tiiom.\s, the youngest of the family, and apparently an
husbandman by occupation, was the oidy one left in Milbrooke, as
a])pi'ai-s by his letter (p. l-±), to his elder brother Henry. Of the s;s-
teis, Jo.\x and Eliz.vbeth, we have no knowledge; they were probably
inan-ied, or residing in Loudon with some of their brothers.
In London, Fuan'CIs Stiles, who seems to have been of a more
active and enterprising si)irit tlum the others, in some way fell in
with, or attracted the attention of Sir- Kichard Saltonstall, one of a
company of English noblemen, who, having become tJioroughly dis-
satisfied with the conduct of affairs under the then reigning monarch.
King Charles I., had deternmied to seek a new home across the sea,
and had obtained a patent for a broad extent of territory in America,
whereon to found a nenv commonwealth. This )>ateut, which had
been gi-ante.d, by the Eail of Warwick, in Ibol, under Charles L, to
the Viscoimt Say and Seal, Lord Brook, Lord Kich, Charles Fiennes,
Sir Nathaniel Eich, Sir I'icliard Saltonstall, liichard Knightly, John
Pym, -John Hampden, John Humphrey and Henry Pelliam, may !<'■
described, in round terms, as embracing the greater portion of the
))resent State of Connecticut, and extending Westward to the Pacific
Ocean.*
The leadei-s of this enteiinuse were of the choicest of England's
sons; men of means, enterprise^ and broad views, both as to matters
jjolitical {uid religious. Theii- plauuiugs and prepai-atious, their
* Or. n-s Prrfiflcnt Clapp. nf Vnin rollp^ri-. drscrllios It: "All That [lart of \<*w F.iifrland
which llfs west fpini Narra},'aiisctl riv«T, a hiimlrrd and twi-nty niili's on the sea otaHt: and
ri-itni llicnrr In latttiidi' and )iri-ad(h afffi-sald to tin' «i'a. which anww extended from Point
■Unllth to New Y<>rk ; and from Ihcncc In a west line l<i the South Sea: and If we take Narra^an-
sett river In lt» whole leneth, ihla tiact will e.xtend at* far as Worcesler. [Mass, ). and cimiprc-
tiends the whole of the Colony of Conneetloul, and innch luore."
The Earl of Warwick, the k'ranlor of IliU pnlenl. had rii-elved Ihe llth' In liUll from llif
Plyinoulh Colony of KiiKland. to whom had lieen cralited In Nov.. injIP. hy KIni: JnnK'S I., an
lininense territory, then di'Slifnaled as *• New KiiKland In America:" and of whi<-h this (Vmnec-
Ilcut patt'lit of llVtl wa.-* a slice.
24 THE STIIES CENEAIOGY.
.s(^lei'ti(>ii (if settlers, ;ii;eiits and officers, slioweil tliat \ho\ full}' coni-
jirelieiuleil what was needed in the lavhi^u: of tlie foundations of a
coimuDiiwealth. But tliis is a matter of j;eiiei'al history. We liave
siiiijily to follow the foituiies of onr own. It was a stirrint; time
amou^Li,- the En.u'lisli race — this ])(U'ioil when, as Pros. 8tiles sa.ys,
(Ji. Ill: "Til twelve years, from lCi'2!) to KJ-l'J, fonr tiiousand men,
with about three thonsand families, inij)l_vin.u: fifteen to twenty thou-
sand sotds, for the sake of free exercise of jini'e relii^ion, tied out of
En<>;la.nil, fi'om the tyrainiy and perseention of Kini;- Charles First,
and Archbishop Laud, and settled in oNew Euiiland."
Tn all this stii' of emit'ratiou, Franc-is Stiles foun<l his opportu-
nity, in some way, to tlie notice of Sir llichard Saltonstidl and tlie
otiier gentlemen who were associated with him in their contemplated
settlement on the Connecticut River, and he was selected as steward,
or manager, to precede them thither, and to jjrepare the necessary
houses, grounds, etc., against tlieir arrival. President Stiles (Gen-
(rili)i/ic(rJ d/iS'S'. >, says : "Cxovenier Woolcott, of Windsor, in 17(i4,
told me he was in the Eighty-seventh year of his age, and that lie
was well ac(iuainted with many of the original settlers of Windsor.
Me told me that Francis Stiles was Steward to Sir Piicliard Salton-
stall, and by him emjiloyed in Imilding a Park at the up]>er end of
Windsor. And I found the tradition that Francis was an active man, a
carpenter and a man of great business, and had to keep and maintain
men to build a Park for Gentlemen in England; but, failing, became
so involved that he removed to Stratford, where he left three sons."
Li his own good fortune, Francis Styles forgot not that of his
family. His elder brother, Henry, then established in London, and
•Tohn, and Thomas, who was "in worke" at Milbrooke, and the sis-
ter Joane, ^\ ere all included in his plans for a new home. The other
brother, Christopher, seems, for some leasou, to have preferred to
remain behind. Of him we have no further record, save that, in
1(551, he, (mentioned as "hee in England"), was one who was
allowed a portion in the distribution of his brother Henry's estate
in Windsor.
By Februaiy the 15th, 1(534-5, the prejiarations of the Salton-
stall party, under Francis Stiles, weve evidently very nearly com-
jileted, and they were awaiting oiders to sail; for, at this juncture,
Henry Stiles wrote up from London to his younger brother, Thomas,
then of Milbrooke, asking him to inocure a copy of the records of
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. Of,
tlio fiuiiilv l)iitlis fidiii tlx' P.-irisli Rejjcisters; whidi Thoiuas pioi-med
and si'iit to liiiii, .■idiliiiic at the same time several little items of
family Imsiiicss. and i(M|ncstini; to be informed, as soon as possible,
wlien lie should liiinself ^'o np to London to meet them, as he had a
job of work and was anxious to continue in it as lonp; as possible.
Whether, as is ])rol)al)le, H(>nrv Stiles sent for this ])aroehia] eertifi-
eate of the family births for jmrjioses of rej^isti'ation reejnired of all
those who were allowed to leave the Kinjjdom, (for those were troub-
lous times\ oi- from a thonglitful and v(>ry natural wish in one who
was, (in age, at least I, the head of i\w family, to preserve the
authentic record of their births and orij^in, we know not. But
thankful we are, in this day and (generation, that the record was
secured, which forms so indubitable a startin<; point for our family
«i;enealoj,'y.
Fortunately, also, documentary evidence connects with this let-
ter, and enables us to identify every mend)er of the Saltonstall party,
and to trace their course from the shores of England to those of the
Connecticut River.
At the Augmentation OfHce (so called \ in Rolls Court, West-
minster Hall, London, is a small folio manuscriiit volume, in a vellum
wi-apper or trover. This volume contains the names of persons per-
mitted to embark at tiie port of London, after Christmas, 1()34, to
some period in the following j'ear, kept geuerall}' in regular succes-
sion. On the cover is the following :
"The Eefrfstpr of the naniPK
'of all ye Passengerls] \vb
Passed from .v« Port of
London for iiu whole
yeare ending at
Xinas Kl:)."). "*
* See .v. E. Grn. Rrffiglrr, Vol. xlv. : also Drake'H •• Itfitiilf nf Rexrarches among Ihf Britixh
Archivrit /or Information rflativr, to the Founilrrt of .V. A'." Boston, 186(): 4TO. J>. 14: and Ma*t. Hist.
.«oc. Collrction.1, 3(1 ScrlcK. Vol. vlll., p. 25'2.
"PassongefH wlh Passed from ye Port of Lond. Post frstum Natalls Chrlstl 1634, uwje ad*
festuin Na. Chrlstl, lfi.35." — Is the title as given In the volume of (iriyinal Liit* of Persons nf
Qualiti/, Kmigranlic, Krliijioux KTilfit, I*nliticat Rfhflg, dr., rfr.. who wrnt out from lirrnt Britain In thr
Amrricnn rianlalion.i. lliflll— 17IHI. Hy John Camden Hotten. New York. 1K77.
'2() THE ST/LES GENEALOGY.
Among till' tirst oiitries is the followin.ir :
16 Marcij 1634. Thcis yuder-writteii names are to be traiisimrted to New Eng-
land inibarqued 2ii_;v^'>n\s/(mi_(le Lo: Jol' White Jlr Ijonnd thither, the Men have
taken ye oath [of] Allegeanee &■ An\n-eniM-'\(:^Mihh-<".l Bredslrrl.*
veres '
flfvancis Stih-s 3,5
Tho: Bassett .'{y
Tho: Style.s 2()
Tho: Bar'.H.i- 2i
Jo : D.ver 28
Jo : Harris 28
James Horwood 30
Jo : Reeves 19
Tho: ffonlfoot 22
James Busket 2S
Tho: Coopt ....'..' 18
Edward Preston iJ
Jo: Ciibb 30
George Chappell • 20
Robert Kobinson a,5
Edward Patteson :■!.■)
ffrancis Marshall :!i I
Kie.e Heylei t 2'2
Tho: Halford 20
Tho: Haukseworth 23
Jo: Stiles 35
Henrie Stiles .10
Jane Worden** 30
Joan Stiles 3,5
Henry Stiles 3
Jo : Stiles '.) mo.
Rachell Stiles 28
As appears from tlie above, the party consisted of twenty-two
adult males, three adult females and two children, (two of the women
and both the children l)elon<^inp; to the Stiles family), and wiis under
the charge and direction of Mr. Francis Stiles, to whom, (or to his
elder brothei-, Henry, also a master carpenter and a freeman of Lon-
don), nearly all the males were apprenticed, some before and some
after their coming to America.
Notes by S. G. Dr.ike.
* [These italicized words are in tho margin of this list, and show from what parish they
brought certitJcates of their confornilly to the rules and discipline of the Church of EiiKlaud.]
St. Mildreds was destroyed by the great tiro of 1666, and was rebuilt by Sir Christopher Wreu,
t Probably Cooper, but the .l/.S'.V. Is as above, without abbreviation mark.
t The JM.V. appears to me plain.
** Drake makes this Mordcn.
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 27
Their v(>ssi'l, the shiji Christian, of London, John White, mas-
ter, s.iilin<,' from London, March Ki, 1(535, anived at Boston on the
Kltii of June, ;is we learn from (rovernor Wintlnop's .Tonnial, in
wliich, nnder date of '• Sixteentli day of the Fourtii A^^nth.■' ;'. <-..
June, lie says: "A I'ark of fonrty tun arrived, set fouiih with
twenty servants Uy Sir IJicliard Saltonstall to ^'o ])hiiit at C'onnec-ti-
cott." lU'mainiu'^ tiiere aliout ten days, they tlieii set sail for Hal-
ttmstall's plantations, near what is now known as Windsor, Conn., on
the Connectieut lliver, whieh they reached ahout Jidv 1st, KJ/io.
The only actual white settlers at tiiat time in that jjlace, were the
occiijMints of the Plyn)f)uth tradinj^ house, unler Cai)t. John Holmes.
A ]iarty of men, however, had come overland, only a few days 1 )efore,
from the Massachusetts L5ay Colony, "prospecting;" but, at the time
of Stiles' an-ival', were exploring furtlier up the river, near the pi"es-
ent Longuieadow. in ijuest of a suitable location. Acting imder
Saltonstall's uistructions. Stiles lauded his ])arty and stores on the
west hank of the river, near what is now known as the "Chief "Justice
]"311sworth pliice;" and lost no time in getting to work. Hardly had
he conniienced, however, before the Massachusetts men, who had
found no place above quite so much to their liking as the neigjibor-
IioihI of the Plymouth traders, returned; and their jealousy w;us
immediately excited by the presence of Mr. Stiles as the agent of a
rival cor])oration; and, under a claim that they were witliin the juris-
diction of Mas.sacliusetts, they jn'oceeded to put a stop to bis settle-
ment and imi)r()V(!ments. The disjiute was hmg, and (if we may
l)elieve Saltonstall's letter,- which he sent to Gov. Winthrop, the next
yean, an angry one; and we know that Mr. Francis Stiles was not of
a tcMiiper wliich would easily brook any interference with his patron's
rights, or his own. Eventually, however, thwarted by superior mnn-
bers, (for the emigi-ation from Dorchester, in the Massachusetts
Colony, had already set iiHj he had to content himself with landing
liis stores, sending his vessel back to England, and awaiting orders
from Sir llichard as to the course he should pursue.
We know not as much as we should desire, concerning the final
issue of this matter; but the little we do know is discreditable to
those who directi!d the councils of the Massachusetts Colony. Sal-
tonstall was jnit to much loss, not only by the thwai-ting of his plsuis
* See Appendix II.
28 THE STUES GEtlEfit OGY.
t'oi' a scttleiiK'ut on tlu^ river, wliicli he ami his co-pateutees had ilone
so intu'h to secure and defend for the use of tiie En.uHsh: but, l)v loss
of the ])rovisions ;iud stores, " anionutin^ to above £.")00,"" whieh
were cousunied while this was goin<i on; iiud, also, by the loss of the
pinnaee, (sent at his ])rivate cost " t)f almost £1 ,()()it"" i, wliieh was
cast away, upon lier return voyage,* by reason, as Saltonstall says,
"of their detaiuiut; her so longe before she eoulde unlade."
The matter wjus eventually coniiiromised, however; and the Htiles
family with many of their cdinpfKious i/e voyw/t', Ijecame merged iu
the Windsor settlement, which had l)een effected by the I'arty which
came, overland, from Dorchester, in the JMassachusetts Bay, in Octo-
ber of the same year. Their iudivi(biality as members of a separate
emigration, however, was not altogether lost sight of in the little
community for some time; as we find them incidentally mentioned iu
(\)urt and other records as "the s(>rvauts," /. c, of Sir Richard Sal-
tonstall.
In the first laying out anil allotment of lands among the settlers
of Windsor, the Stiles brothers, as was natural, seem to have been
located near to one another: Francis Stiles upon the "Chief Justice
Ellsworth place," (which, indeed, seems to have been the first land-
ing jilace of the Saltonstall party, under his charge ), and Thomas,
Henry and John Stiles, (iu the order as named), to the south of him,
along the road which ran along the upland, their lauds extending
from this road straight east to the river, and including Ijoth uplanil
and meadow. It is probable, while the question of Sir Kichard
Saltonstall's rights as a i)ropnetor were stdl in abeyance, and await-
ing the result of discussion between him aud the Massachusetts
Bay people, that "his servants," (as Francis Stiles' party were
called), were allowed to locate where they had first landed; aud
that, as it gradually became evident that there was little chance
of a satisfiictory adjustment being arrived at, lie sold to Francis Stiles
a portion of the jiroperty; and that this sale, or transfer, was vir-
tually " winked at" by the authorities ui the apportionment of lauds
and home-lots at Windsor — the Stiles party becoming in coiu'se of
time assimilated with and uicorporated in the commimity formed by
the emiOTatitni from Dorchester.
» rpon the Isle Sable.— IViii<*rnp'« USS.
HENRY STILES.
Henry Stiles, the eldest brotlun- of the fuiuily, was bom iu
Jlilliroke, IJeilfonlsliire, Eiiiilaml, wliere lie was ba])ti/.etl November
27, lyi):^; was admitted u citizen of Loudou, ou the "id Tuesdaj' of
April, 1(532; aud was a carpenter by trade.* He was forty-two yeai-s
of niio at tlie time of the family emifiration to Ameiica. He was the fu-st
jjerson tried by the Court iu CouuiK-tieut for the fault of selliut; a gun
to the Indians, at which Coiu't, held at Newtown, (Hartford), April 26,
HV.W), complaint wa.s made "that Henry Stiles of Dorchester, [?'. e.,
Windsor] or some of 'the ser| vants'Jt had traded a jnece with the
Indians for com." Situated as they were iu a new countiy, and sur-
rounded by Indians, with wlioni their iutercoui'se was necessaiily
guarded, tliis act was justly deemeil a grave offence, and one that
impt^i'iled the public safety. It was therefore "ordered that the
[saidj Henry Stiles shall, between [this] and the next Com-t, regain
the piece from the Indians iu a fair and legal way, or else this Court
will take it into fiirtlii'r consideration;" and an order was issued that
no one shall tnide with the natives, any "piece, or pistol, or
gun," \c.X
He was killed October '■>, 1651, at the age of 58 years, by the
accidental discharge of a gun in the hands of Thomas (sou of Matthew )
.\iiyn, of Windsor, and as tradition says, ou a "training-day" at
Hartford.** The records of the Particular Courtti- (Vol. II, fol. 29),
wliicii met at Hartford ou the first Thursday of December, 1651, contain
the following proceedings of "The(Trand luquest iipjion the death
t)f Henry Stile.s." The Jiu-y consisted of " Edw. Stebbing, John
Drake, John White, Hnmi)hrey Pinney, WiU. Gibbons, Steph: Terry,
Johu M(X)re, Antho: Howkins, Pidi: Goodman, Peter tilltou." The
followuig is the record of tliis case :
• See pnpe 15. t Servants of Sir Rlchartl Saltonstall.
t TrunibuM's llislory Cnnn., 1. 64; Col. Rte., Vol. I., p. 1.
*• "As I ol>serve<l HF.SKV dieil a Baclielor Oct. 3, 1051: anil the Traaillon Is that he was
accidentally killed by the discharge of a Gun In a military Train waiting upon Gov. Wlnthrop
when lie wa.s eiiiharktiiK for England to procure C«>nnectlcutt Charter which he obtained 1662.
(Prea. Slllea .W.V.v.)
t] Those Uecords of the Particular Court cover the lime between March 1649-50 to May 166^1.
30 THE STII.ES GENEAIOGY.
"iNDrrEMENT OF THiiMAS ALIAX.
" Thomas AUyn, thou ai-t imliteil by the name of Thomis AUyu,
not haviui; that due fear of (to.1 befoiv^ thine eyes for tlie preserva-
tion of the life oi thy neighl)or, didst suddenly, neijli.m'ntly, care-
lessly cock thy ])iec-e, and eairy the piet-e just behind thy neigho''
\v'''']iieee bein;^ ehart^eil and going off in thine hand, slew thy
neigld)"" to the great dishono'Df God. breach of the peju-e, and loss of
a member of this Coninidinvealth. «liat saist thou, art thoa guilty or
not guilty ?"
" The luditement being confessed, you are to Inquire whether
you tinde the fact to bee manslaughter, or Homicide by misad-
venture."
" The said Thomas Allyn, lieing Indited for the fact, the Jury
tiudes the same t.) hie. Hjmicide by misadventure."
"The Couii adjudge the said Thomas Allyn to pay to the
Count}- as a f_\nie £20 fur his sinfull neglect and careless carriages in
the premises and that liee shall be bomid to his good behavio"" for
a twelvemonth, and that hee shall not beare Armes for the same
t^rine."
" M itthew Allyn Acknowledgeth himself bound to this Com-
monwealth, in a Iiecognizance of £10, that his sonue Thomas Allyn
shall carry his good behaviom* for the spase of a yeare next ensuing."
There was exhibited imto this Coiui " ailso, an Inveutoiy of the
estate of Henry Styles, deceased."' " The courte gi-ants John Styles
to administer, and hee doth ingage his whole estate to jjay such i)ro-
porcons to the other brothei-s as the com-te shall apjioiute."
" The distribution of the estate of Henry Styles by the com-te as
may appeare by the records thereof the fii-st Thm-sday of Decemb'' 1651
is as followeth :"
" To Francis Styles and to hee at Long Island, [Thomas],
and to hee in England, [Christopher], £26 13s. -Id. apiece,
w^'h John Styles is to pay them, and if that brother in England bee
de:ul then liis proporcon shall be equally devided between the siir-
Yi^•ing brothers.''
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 31
IXVENTOEY OF THE ESTATE OF HENRY STILES.
Fi-iiiii Hi'cui'd.i of Ihc I'lirHnihir I'nnrl. II irl/nril. •iMc. 1(1.")1.
Xdiu-iiihr i;tli. in"il.
A tnii- luuiiitury taktii of the whole estate of Henry Styles inUabitaiit of Wynd-
sor, late tleceawd. living' iiitfstatf. either in Lands, Cuttle or any kiuil of estiite.
K s. 1).
Injif the >erar with u stalle A harne and parte of yc homelott within the
pale* and '.I aeres of meadow adjoininj^. valued at It.")? 11(1 (III
It. The other parte of home lott beiu^' i'l ai'res valued at IMI7 (Id (Ml
It. Allso ;{.» aeres of Woodland Ivint; against Pine Meadow valued at. . . . (Mil (Ml ml
It. .\llso ouer the ^reat riuer "it rojd in bredth & from the riuer runuinj,'
east a myles valued at (i:ill (10 (HI
It. two oxen valued at (IIH (HI (HI
It. two steeres valued at (M).5 (M) (Ht
It. two calues valued nt (H12 0(1 IM)
It. of come in wheat, pease k IndiJin eoi-ne as wee judge DO bushells. . (Mil (II (Ml
It. of Winter come in ground, 3 acres 'A quarters wch is one halfe of it
Henryes at (Kll (lli (HI
It. two uioowes of oates tH)2 DO (HI
It. one old frame of timber 0(14 (HI 0(1
It. one grinding stone and 3 laders (HIO 1(1 (H)
It. six loade and halfe of hay (Mi:i (Ml (Ml
It. 17 lb. tobaeko, 3 hiigsheads with diuei-s other things together (Mil ii;i ill
It. two ehests, :\ little boxes (MHI is (Ml
It, 17 kniues with other small thinges (hMi \i (Ml
It. p<>w<ier. lead, and shott (HHI l:i 111
It. one carte and tackling belonginj& one tinibr chaine IMIi (K) (Hi
It. in .\rmes one niuskitt and fowling peece two swords and other things
pertaining IK)4 (i:i (Ml
It. in (Carpenters tooles, one whipsawe, two thwnrte sawes with diners
perticulars 003 05 OK
It. in tooles lo,- Husbandry, two shares, one coulter, wedges and other
thinges ■ 002 OS) 00
It. 2 ]>aire of silk garters, one silke girdle, one wrought purse, some
ribbin with other small thinges, A uicmey A wampums 4s. Id. all-
together " (MI2 (Ml 07
It, in bedding and waring clonths 014 111 (HI
It. 211 of pumpkins, halfe a cannooe with two measures (HHI i:i ihi
It. one little kettle 0(JO 04 00
If. in debts owing to him 002 03 09
Total! sum is 181 07 00
Allso wee finde for the present in debts that he owes to seuerall men. . . 053 Oil 06
127 17 0(i
The names of the nn^n imployed in the taking of this Inventory
William (iaylord.
William Heyihm.
Humphry I'innye.
* " Pale." I. r., the Pallzitdn, or that part of the settlement which vii\» surrouniled with pall-
Hades for defence. There were two of these defeoUed ceulros. See stiles' Hi$l. of AnrimI
WiniUor, r'onn., po^ea 120, Vil, VH,
82 THE STIIES GENEALOGY.
AN ACCOU.Vr OF DEBTS DUE FROM HEMtY STYLES, SENIOli, TO
THOMAS UILLBURT.
£ s. D.
Iniii"; Ri'ckoutil tlie ihth Man-li 11)41) and then all aeeiits being leuieil. there
remaiued due at the 2'2th Aprill uext eusviing from Hemy Styles to
the said Thouias liillbuit tine jiounds. I say due to me the said
Thomas Gillljurt 05 00 00
Siuce line for die't lieginuing the 22th Aprill, 1(>4'J to ye 3d Novembr 1051.
hee being by covenant to jiay three shillings "Jji weeke for his diett.
the sum whereof amounting to nineteen pounds sixteene shillings,
I say I'J 10 00
To y® said Heni-y :
Lent in wheat two bush A 3 pecks 00 11 (X>
Lent in pease 4 l)ush. ' ., & half e j)eck (K) 13 10
Lent 4 bush. t)f oates to him (M) OS (K)
paid to Thn. Hosskins for him tM) 12 00
paid to .Teames Eglesttm for him 00 12 00
for 8 yards of cloth and making of two shirts 01 01 00
paid to John Bancroft for him (M) 01 (HI
for a biUl calfe that I sould him , 00 10 00
againe paid to Jeames Egleston (K) 04 08
paid to John Drake, junior for him (K) 01 06
lent to him one bushell of Indian come IM) 02 t16
paid to John Deuslow for him 01 0(5 Og
paid to Leiftcnnant Cooke for him (H) 02 06
paid to ilr. Pincheon for pills for him 00 01 02
for cloth for two shirts IK) 14 00
for a cotton jaekett I sould him : 00 08 00
due to mee for twenty eight dayes work about building of his cowe house
and sellar 02 02 00
for eight dayes of myself & cattle to draw timber, stone, and strawe about
ye building 01 12 00
for thirty three dayes work about fencing 02 09 06
for four dayes works of myself e & cattle to draw fencing stuffe 00 16 00
for getting setting & drawing of fencing stuffe ouer the riuer 00 14 00
|jaid to John Griffin for him 00 08 06
paid to Richard Saxton for him 00 12 fX)
for thirty weekes diett of John Burton at three shillings sixpence 1^ weeke
whereof hee is to pay the one half e, the sum whereof is 02 12 06
due to me for John Burtons wages since the eight of Aprill 1651 he being
to pay the one halfe 01 06 07
lent to him 5 It. of iron 00 01 08
due to mee for dieting of harucst men for him at two haruest seasons. ... 00 10 00
paid to goodman Griswold for him 00 01 06
for halfe a bushell of i-ye to sowe 00 01 06
4.5 14 07
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 33
A noiite (if wliiit 1 hnne receiueil and mil to hvv acoountjible for to Ueurv Styles
or his asKit;nes.
£ s I).
Inpr rioeiiud of Roli.-rt M'littsoii (H) 10 (H)
Rcciiiieil of thi- nfoivsiiid Heiirv Stiles 22 liush. of Indian eorne 02 15 (HI
Keceiiied of him 18 bunhells of jiease 02 14 00
Receiiied IS bush, more of l)rtd peiise at 2.s. Gd. "(jf 02 O'l (HI
for Indian eorne bought of hiui "O 1" '"'
Rereived of him H hush. <if wheat 01 12 0(1
Reeeiucd more in corne 02 00 (Id
Ueeeiued of John Griffin for plowing 26s. 3d. one halfe due to the said
H.iiry (10 13 01 '._.
Reeeiued for norke that -lohii linrtou wrought alxmt 17s. 4d. one halfe
due to the said Hcurv 00 OS 08
due to him for j dayes worki- of liimselfo and cattle to draw wood 01 00 00
Suninia totalis HO" 09"^
the marke of
Thomas ^^ Gillburt.
Siil)sp(]ni>iitlv, as ai>]H^ars from (folio 57 of same volmiie^ the
reconls of " A I'aiticiilar t'oiirt, lu^lil at Pt'iiuott, 24th of March,
1653-54," !iu attempt was made to fsisteu the blame of this accidental
dt^atli of Hoiirv Stiles, uj)oii irilrhcra/f. and an Indictment was made
a.^ainstoue Lydia Uillturt. as follows:
"Lydea Gilbnrt, thou art herein indited by that name of Ijyd<>a
(xilliurt, that, not havin<^ the feare of God before thine eyes, tliou
hast of Lite yeares, or still dost give Entertainment to Sathat[an],
the great Enemy of (xod, and mankinde, and by his helpe hast killed
the body of Heni-y Styles, besidi^s other witchcrafts, for which,
according to the law of (lod, and the Established law of tliis Com-
monwealth, thou desc^rvest to dye."
The charge to the Grand Jury* preceding the record of Lydia
Gilbert's indictment is :
"You shall swear by the ever-lining God that you will dili-
gently eni^nire and faithfully jn-esent to this court whatsoever you
* Whether the court at wliicli she was tried wn-s (he Ilrnl Thursday of Sept<\iuber 16.'»1. or
Nov. 28 ICil f8 not absolutely certain. It the former date, the maKlstrates were Mr. Wells, Depu-
tOov.] Mr. Woleott, Mr. Clark, Mr. Taloou. The naiuesof the grand Jury are not glveu at either
• late, but there is a list <<t the crand Jury l.sl Thursday 7th of Deeeinber KVV*.
34 THE S TILES GEN Efi LOGY.
know to 1)1' 11 lirciicli ot ;UiV cstiilihsluMl l;nv of this jnvisilictioii, so
fur lis lUiiT coikIium' to the t;loiy of Clod ;iiul i\w f;ooil of tliis Coinon-
wpiilth, us iilso \vli;it criiuinal offences you sliull juil.^e meet to be
j)r('seiite(l as joii expect Jielj) from God in Jesus Christ."
The record furtlier says "ye party above mentioned in fniiinl
(jHllfji (if iritrlirrdft hy y'" Jury." But of the subsequent issue of tlie
tiial, or the fate of tlie unha])py Lj'cha Gilburt, no further mention is
found. It is a part of that mystery which seems to envelope the
history of all cases of witchcraft in the Colony of Connecticut.
Tlie items in this "Account ot debts due from Henry Stiles,
Sen., to Thomas (iilburt," (paye 32), throw some light upon the con-
nection of Lydia Gilburt, (a member of Gilburt's family), with Stiles'
death. They show that Henry Stiles, being a bachelor, boarded
with Gilburt; that the last setttlement made between the two, prior
to Stiles' death, was on March 25, KUi); and that he was paying Gil-
buit "three shilling per week for diet." Gilburt also had charges
for his own ser\'ice "about building his [Stiles'J cowhouse," 28 days
(" Is. (hI; also one half of the services, and halt the diet of John
Jjiuton, (prol)ably Stiles' 'hired man'), since April, 1(551, and for
dieting harvest hands, two harvest seasons, etc. Gilburt was living, it
must be remembered, in the house which he had purcliased, in 1(547,
of Francis Stiles, and which was separated only by an 18-rod wide
lot of William Gaylord, Jr., from Henry Stiles" lot. Stiles and Gil-
l)urt were evidently intimately associated iu their daily work and
interests; and it is quite ])ossible that Lydia Gilbtnt may have taken
some offence with their boarder, and that this ill-feeling was suffi-
ciently known to their neighbors to bring her under the suspicion,
(so common iu those days), of having invoked the aid of witchcraft to
compass his death. What relationship Ljclia bore to Thomas Gil-
burt, we do not know; for, dying at Hartford, 1659, he seems to have
had no children bom to him, nor mention of any wife. She may
have been his sister; but, whoever she was, we are left to infer that
she bore not the best of reputation in the community, since the record
of her indictment says "thou hast, nf luie years, and still dost give
entertainment to Sathan, "■•■ * * and by his help hast
killed the liody of Henry Stiles, besides other ■witchcraft."
THOMAS STILES.
Thomas Stiles, the youngest brother of the Emigrant
Family, was lioi-n in Mi!I)roke, Bedfordshire, Enghind, where he was
baptized Fel)riiary 7th, l(il"2; was an liiisl)andnian l)y oceu])ation,
and the bust of the family, las appears by his letter on page 14), to
leave Millbroke, joining his brothers in London, just before their
sailing from thence. On Mareli (Ith, ICii-'i, only ten days befoie
sailing, he indentured himself i»s an apprentice to his elder brother
Heiny, "Citizen and ("ai-penter of London," then "outwanl bound
in the good ship called the C'lnisliun, of Loudon, for the Plantation
in New England."* This was probably done, (in view of the restric-
tions at that time ])laced upon emigration by the Government), for
the pnr))o.se of securing a free exit from England, he being then aged
oidy twenty-two years.
He seems to have received a lot of gi-ouud in the earliest distri-
bution of lands among the first settlei-s of Windsor, which was situ-
ated near those of his brothers. But, as a young, unmairied man,
he undoubtedly resided with one of his mamed brothei-s, John, or
"Mr." Francis Stiles, according to the law of the time, enacted by
the (leneral Court, in lii:!7, that "no young man that is not married,
nor hath any servant, and be no public oHicer, shall keep by himself
witliout consent of the town where he lives first had. under ])enalty
of 'iO shillings per week."
He was one of the fifteen men who are certainly kno^^^l to have
formed a ]);irt of Windsor's quota, (of 'M)), for the Pe(]uot expedition,
a7id w^ius a partici])ant in the bloody tight at Fort Mystic, as appeiu's
from the jiublished account of the expedition by its leader, Capt.
John Miuson, wherein he nariates as among " the memorable tiud
wonderful providences" which that day happened, that "Two men,
being one man's servants, namely, John Dver and Thomas Stiles,
were both of them shot in the knots of theii" handkeichiefs, being
about their necks, and received no hurt.''
Of Thomas' Windsor life, wliicli was brief, we have no further
• See page irt.
.SC) THE STILES GENEALOGY.
item of iufDiiniitiou. He uext turns u]) tit Flusliiug, on Long Island,
I wliicli, from the l)(!st attainable data, appears to have been first set-
tled about KU.'i, and eharten'd by Gov. Kieft, in 1045), as one of the
twenty-one original patentees of that to\vn. Although under the
Dutch government of the New Netherlands, the little connnmiity of
Flushing had a liberal admixture of Englishmen, from the New Eng-
land colonies, and of Friends, or (Quakers, from Holland. Tlie pre-
vious experience of this class of Flushing settlers in civil and ])olitical
liberty, and their sturdy independence, naturally led them to i-esist
any encroachments of the Dutch Governor and his Council upon
what they considered to be their vested rights; and to refuse to ren-
der to the Colony ;iny assistance other than that nominated in the
bond of their charter. Ha^'ing felt the keen blasts of proscription
and outlawry on account of their religious views, and having sought
this place as a permanent refuge, relying upon the well accredited
liberality of the goverinnent of Holland, which had pm-chaseil for its
subjects the price of religious liberty at a teirible cost of blood and
treasure, and which was disposed to accord the privileges it had
gjuned to the op])ressed of every nation — the people of Flushing were
surprised to find, within three years from the date of theii' charter,
that Governor Kieft was about to enforce ujjon them arbitrary and
uncalled for restrictions in civil matters, as well as to impose iijion
them the maintainance t)f a minister of the Reformed (State) Dutch
Church. As his su])j)ort would have to be made a tax upon the peo-
ple, the Quakers resisted; and in this they were evidently joined by
the English element in the conuuunity.
On January 17, Kii.S, accoi'ding to an original document in the
Secretary of State's office, at Albany, N. Y., "John Townsend, Ed-
ward Hart, T/iojiKi.s Slilc.s, John Lawrence and John Hicks, inhal)i-
taiits of Flushing, in New Netherlands, with a few others, who are
2)riucii)a.l oppcjnents who resist the votes of their neighbcji's, so |l)oth,
(". ('.., as well as I in contributing their share to the maintenance of the
Christian and pious Reformed miuistei-, and also [in the matter] of
the nomination of the Sheriff, pretending [alleging] that it is contrary
to the custom of the Fatherland to nominate only a single individual,
and then to request the Director and Council to [ ] him;" the
said persons were summoned before the Coiut of January 23rd next;
[1648] imder j^eualty of pro.secutiou.*
* Sec. Slatt't Office Rec. vll., 116.
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 37
The iuliahitants of Flushing were orrlered to obfv tlie order for
an election of Siierift" Jaumuy 17, 1G48.*
This election ])rol)a1>ly passed off ]ieaceal)ly, for, on the 1st of
February, KilS, William Harck. Slicrirt'of Flushiufj, iu Ijehalf of the
inhalntants of that town, and TIiokihx SUlcx, John Lam-ens, ami
William Teuuis "of the opposite pai-ty," a])peared before the Coun-
cil, and solicited that " the Director General and Council would favor
them witii a pious, learned and Kefbrmed minister of the Gospel,
and would then make such refj^ilations that every inhabitant of
Flushing should contribute to promot(! such a godly work [accord-
ing] to his al)ilities; so that there might be an end to their present
contentions, which would promote the peace, concord and hannony
of Siiid village." Their petition was granted.'!'
The feud, however, seems to have broken out again, for, x\pril
Sth, 1648, we find tliat : " Toman Sfeyh, being heard on the written
complaint of the Director General, acknowledges that he threw tlie
Slieritl' Harck to the ground, and confesses that he did wrong, and
Mi'ver Ijefore so nnich; and ja'omises to conduct himself in future as
a good citizen ought, and, therefore, begs 'that the Diiector and
Council will take this int<j consideration."
"The confession and petiti(jn of Tomas Steyls, together with
his promise to conduct himself better in future, having been heard
by the Council, iwJth the exception of the Du'ector), he is therefore,
this time, giaciousl} pardoned, provided he pays here in the office of
the West India Company, the 50 stivers^ which he promised at Flis-
seugen, [Flushing |, .said sum to be applied at the discretion of the
Dii'ector General and Council; and provided he l)egs God's forgive-
ness. Done on thij 8th Apiil, 1648, iu Fort Amsterdam, in New
Xetherland."
"Thomas Hall, of Flissengen, [Flushing], being accused of
aiding Steyls resistance to the Sheriff," iiekuowledged that " he kept
the door shut, so that no one might a-ssist the Sheriff," and pronif
i.sed to do so no more, expressed his sornjw, and was fined 25
.stivers.**
The arrest of Townsend, Hart, Stiles and others, was followed
Ijy a series of jjetty jjci-secutions on the part of the Governor,
whose obstinacj-, iu attempting to force a State Church ujx)u
• *•.'. .5M/c'« Office Hrc, vll.. ViU. t /'/'•it. t £M. Hx. X"!. " A'""- «"-.. vll.. p. 144.
38 THE STIIES GENEAI OGY.
the settlers of Flusliiiifi;, (;iltli<nifi;li hi direct violiitioii of their charter
ris^hts), and his enmity to tlr," Eni^lish settlers, datiui; l);ick io the
events of 1648 and KJjjH, destroyed tlie synijiathy ;ind loyalty to
the States General, of many who were iutlincd to lie L^iatefnl for
]iast favors; so that, in KKi'i, Flnslnnu; hecanic one of the English
towns whieli oHeied their allegiance to, and wtu'e accejited by the
British Colony of ( Vmnecticut.
Our next extract, from tlie' records of the English (iovernnieut
of New Nethei-jands, then called New York, certainly does not re-
flect credit upon the nioi'al cliaracter of Thomas Htiles :
"Wakkant to the Magistrates of fflushiug, for y'' restoring of the
Wife of John Wood."
Whereas, I am iufoj'nied that Ann the wife of John AVood, of
lioad Island, is and hath been for y'' space of abont two years past,
harboured by Thomas Styles, of the town of I'lusliing, who in her
absence from her Husband hath had two children [by herj. These
are to require yo" to make incjuiry into tde business, and to prevent
farther Scandall, that yo" cause the said Ann to be restored to her
Husband, with what goods are in the Custody of Thomas Styles,
belonging to the said John \^'ood, oi- his wife, and for so doing this
shall be yo"'' warrant, (xiven under my hand at ti'ort James, in New
York, this 6tli day of December, lUGi.
Richard Nicholls.'"
[Governor] *
" To the Magistrates of Flushing,
upon Long Island."
Again, on August 30, 107:!, ^\•hen the Dutch retook the country,
we find the name of " Thomas Styles of Flushing " among tlie inhab-
itants of the English Villages who took the oath of allegiance to the
States of New Netherland, and the Prince of Orange.
-\nd here the curtain falls upon the history of Thomas Styles.
What we have thus gleaned concerning him, verifies Pres. Styles'
statement {\). IG) that he "removed from Windsor to Flushing, on
Long Island." The President's further statement that he "there
had two daughters, but no son," is partly corroljorated by the
* (hunril -W/hiiMv. i., ]^. 72.
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 39
fiiet tliat ill the (roufirmatory pateut to the "present Freeholders
!iud Iiiiialjitiiiits" of the Town of Flushing, in IfiSo, by yov. Dongan,
we fiiiil tlie iijiiiie of Mnnjaref Stiles among the patentees thei-ein
named. Evidently this was one of Thomas' daughters, who held
her rights as a ])ateutee from her father, who must, therefore,
have died between 1072 and 1085. The destniction of the earliest
records of the Town of Flushing, diu-ing the lievolutionary War,
places an insuperable bar to our further knowledge of Thomas Stiles'
legitimate descendants.
JOHN' STILES."
John^ Stiles, th'^ secoml son (if the Millbroke Family, \vns
liiiptizetl iu St. Michael's Chmch, Milhroke, Bedfordshire, Euglaud,
the ^oth of J^eeeiiiber, l.")il5, (see pai^e 17); niavr'ed Eachel ,+
and was forty years of age when he came to Windsor, Conn.
He had a home lot, next south of that of his l)rothers Francis
twelve rods wide, along the east side oF the highway. In llido, this
was in possession of his eldest son Henry, who resided thereon until
1()7H, when he exchanged places with John (son of William) Gaylord.
In l()(i(), John Stiles, Ji'., had from his father, twelve acres wide, of
the north side of Heniy's lot, next the ferry road, [Bissell's Feiiy
l{oadJ, wliich he sold, in 1(553, to Nathaniel Bissell, "that I, John
Stiles, formerly lived upon."
In the seating of the Meeting-house, at \Mndsor, iu Ki.lil-tlO,
among those who "have paid and and were placed in the long seats
when they ]iaid," were "John Stiles, Senr.," and his wife,:|: as is
evidenced by the (Is. set opposite his name, that being the price for
a man and wife.
John Stiles died at Windsor, Coim., June 4, 1662-3, aged 67.
His widow died Se])t. H, 1674. In regard to her see also page 16 ante,
and Mathew (iraut's OA/ (Jhnrcli Rn-oril.*'"
THE LAST WILL OF -lOHX STILES OF WINDSOR.
I John Stiles being we.olce of Bmly but of peri'eut uieiuorv appreheiidinf,' my day
is neere at an enile my sdule waitinf; for the salvation of Gorl doe make this my last
Will and Testament.
Imp''. I beipieath my soiile to god that gave it to me. and my body to a Christian
Uiiriall. as for my worldly goods I thns disjiose of them. I give to my wife Rachel
all my estate for as long a.s shee lives in a widowhood condition. But if it j)lease
* We lake the same view of Ihe order of Generation tllat President Stiles riid. In his .\ISS.,
wherein be says : " .\lUio .John Stiles II. (b. lG:i3) Ije the .\uce6tor of the Subseiiuent Collections
.vel. I consider .John Stiles I. born \'iWa as Iruely the first .Ancestor who came to America. I mean
New Enfrland."
t The mention of her name In his will, corrects Savage's supposition (.V. E. tlan-al. Oict.
iv.. ItU). that It was the ■' .Joan, aped :t.5." of the Passenger List given on'jiage 26.
: Stiles' llisl. Anri,iil n'mdsor. pp. 14i>-15ll. ** Afrm. p. ».50.
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 41
God tbiit shfe chiiDf; her rundition into a married relation then my Will is that the
estate that she then stands possessed of shall be divided & my wife shall have n third
part it ys rest of my estate shall he equally divided amongst my four children;
That is to say: Henry John Isaac and .Sarah Steward. Also my will is that when
my wife dies the estate that she stands then j)ossessed of shal be equally di\nded
amonfpit my foure children. Also my will is that if my son Henry can answer the
former legacies to my other three children after my wife's decease according to ye
true ])r())iortion of their parts then it shall he in my son Henry's liberty to keep all
y« Lands intire to himself. And I desire my Loving friends Jacob Drake and John
Guylord and John Bissell Junf to be my Overseers to see this my will pr formed
acciirdiug to ye premises aforesaid. This being my full desire and Last Will made
and subscribed the last dav of May U>l)2.
JOHN f-i STILES.
Testis,
John Gkiffix,
John B.\n'croft.
* The Intestory of the Est.\te of Jno. Stiles, Sen' who died 4 June 1662.
Taken Aug. 6, G2:
£. s. D.
Iiiiiir His ovchyrd, barne with home lott 34 (X) tW
On y other side the highway 22 Ac™ 22 (K) 00
It. 'J acres of meadow 45 00 00
ffor corne on ye ground 10 00 00
Corne in ye house 01 00 00
Wearing ajiparell together 04 00 00
In cattle 46 00 00
In bedding, linnen, and 5 Quishions 13 OH 00
in pewf Brass, Inm, Tin, Wooden Ware 06 02 00
Instruments about the fire 01 00 00
Tools, Sacks and Jleasures 06 02 00
Chests, Chairs, T ibles, p lyles, Bible, Pistols 03 02 00
ff uruiture for ridting A husbandry 0.5 12 00
In Lumber about ye housing 02 18 00
In Cotton <t Linnen Cloth 05 00 00
Sum 222 04 00
The Estate Indebted, 27:19:6.
WlLLLVM GaTLOKD,
Matthew Grant,
Children, (mentioned " in his will, dated May 30, 1662, of which
I have seen the original." — Pres. Stiles' MSS.):
•2. I. Henry,'^ bom in England, about 1629; d. Aug. 22, 1724;
m. (1) Mrs. Ketch; m. (2) Elizabeth Wilcoxson.
Family 2.
• This Win ami Inventory of John Stiles were "presented, niiprovert and noi'eptml l>y y
(tv>urt of] AsslatanW " at WIndsiir, Sept. 11, 1662. Kec. Particular Cmirl, 11.. n».
42 TH£ STILES GENEALOGY.
3. n. John,- bom in England, about 1633; d. Dec. S, 1(583;
m. Dorcas Biu-t. Fajiily 3.
4. m. IsAAC,^ born in Windsor, Conn.; d. 1714-15; m. Hannah
. Family 4. f v>f o a^ .
5. IV. Sarah,- born in Windsor, Conn.; m. (1 ) John Stewart,*
of Springfield, Mass.; m. (2) John Sacket, of Westfield,
Mass. No issue.
* Named Sarah Steward in her father's will, as also In Pres. Stiles' MSS. Ooihren. (Hist.
Woodbury, Conn.), gives date of Uer first marriage as "about 1650," and of second as 1691; and
Sacket's residence as NorlKamplon, Mass.
Descendants of Jolin^ Stiles, the Emigrant,
IN THE LINE OF HIS ELDEST SON HENEY.'
FAMILY 2.
6. Sergeaut Henry' Stiles,' [2J (JoJin,^) was born in England,
about 1029 ;* resiiled at AA'iiidsor, Conn., and was twice married,
(1) to Mrs. Ketch, of Stratford, Conn,, about 1658; (2) to Eliza-
beth (dan. of William) Wilcoxsoii, of Stratford,t Ajnil 16, 1663. His
rateable estate, in 1716, was =£7!) 2s. 6d., " north of the [Farmington]
rivulet;" on this list he is called "Sergeant."
He was one of those who occnined the "short seats" of the
Windsor Meeting House, in January, l()59-()().:j: As these seats were
rated at Ss. a person, and 7.s-. for a man and wife, and as he bad a 3s.
seat, it was evich'nt that liis first wife, whom he had married in 1658,
was then dead.
He is also thus mentioned in the records of the Quarter
Court, at Harttord, Dec. 1, 1664 : " Hanna Bancroft pi. contra Henry
Stiles deft. In an action of defamation to the damage of Twenty-
five ])onnds, the ])lt. ajipeareth not."
July 3, 1667, during some Indian troubles up the Comiecticut
Vidley, we find his name among " those of the (b'agoons that have
received ])ouclies of Thomas Dibble, which he got made and is to be
paid by the town — Henry Stiles, one." **
In Sept., 1696, "(Jorporal" Stiles, as he was then called, :ind
John Hosford were the master wcn-kmen employed in the building of
a residence for the Ilev. Timothy EdAvards, at " Windsor Farmes,"
now East Windsoi'. In this work he was assisted by liis son Joseph
(afterwards "Lieut.") then a young man of some 20 years.tt From
this we infer that both father and son followed the family calling of
carpenters and builders.
• " ThlV.^]lui'$tlle9 was falhor of Mr. .Ton itli-i'i SMles. or Win Wor, now living, a>. Tii, who in
17fi2 Bhowed mo a Mi>niolr lip had made of Ills F.iUkm'r diviili. May 'J'2. 1724, hk'''! ill')) Slm-ty-
flv(( yeans, lnuiro ho must Imvo boon bom in Knfslaiid, 1(12'.1, about II vo years before his renir)val
to New Enitland," (I'm. SlihA- .l/.V.V., nr.3l.
t Pres. Slilos Rives tlie name as " Wlleox," of Ouilford.
J Stiles' Hist. Ani-lrnt Wiivhnr, iJii. Hit, 1.5U.
■" Ibid., p. l.-,7.
tt Slonghton's \yin'lsor Farmrs, p. 47.
44 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
lu tax list of 1()75, levied for su])port of the Kivulet feiTy, at
Wiuilsor, he is noted as having " fauiilj and horse."*
His name is among those proprietors and inhabitants on the
East side of the Connecticut River, (present East Windsor), who, in
1680, petitioned the General Assembly for a new town, to be set off
from Windsor, t
Children {by first marriaxje) :
7. I. Henry." Familv 3.
( By second marriage) :
8. n. Elizabeth," born Nov. 30, 166-t; m. John Denslow, iu
Mch., 1720-1. She died without issue, Sejit. 13, 1752,
se. 88.
9. m. IMaegaeEt," bom Feb. 6, 1G66; died about 1690,
10, IV. Maky," bom Sept. 28, 1669 ; married Isaac Eggleston,
Mar. 21, 1694-5; resided in the present town of
Bloomtield, Ct., a few rods N. of the Old Brick School
House, Issiie :
11, i. Isaac," born Dec. 30, 1G95; died Feb. 10, 1716-174
12, ii, Maky,'' born July 20, 1697; man-ied Shepard.J
13, . iii. .John,-' bom Sept. 10, 1700; died Jan. 12, 1701. J
14, iv. Nathaniel, •• b. Jan. 8, 1702-3; m. Goodw-in, 1736;
settled at Windsor, Ct,, had Nathaniel,' Isaac, » and a
dau,, none of whom were married in 1764. — (Pres,
StUes' MSS.
15, V. Daniel,'' b, June 12, J 170.5; m. Loomis, 1731; had
Daniel Loomis," who m., (1) Manley, 17G3, set-
tled at Wintonbury, Ct., and had Mary," Elizabeth ;«
In. (2) Ashly, by whom he had four or fire sons
and daus.— (Pres. Stiles' MSS.)
Mrs. Maiy (Stiles) Eggleston, according to Pi-es,
Stiles, was Uving in 1764, se. 95 cir. Mr. Eggles-
ton died about 1735,
* StUes* Ancient WindtoTt p. 62, and 6, Supplement,
t Ibia., p. 86S.
t Dates from Stiles' Ancient Wiruhor, p. 691-2.
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. J,,',
1(1. \. MiNDWELL," lunii Dec-. Ill, KiTl; died Nov. C), IGH,").
]7. W. S.s.MiKiv' boiu May 1(>, 1074; .li.'d Der. 171'2, m. :\r;utli:i /
Ellswoith. Family 4.
IH. VII. .)(isKi'H,''( Lieut.) He (lied uiiuiiLniiMl An^'. -iS, 17r>(;. "A
tr!ifj;ical iucident of his early lii'e cast a shadow ovit
his reuiaiiiin;^ days, tlioni^h he hved to ohl aije. PTc
had an en<;ii^'emeiit of mamaj^e with a yoiui^ lady, a
near neif^hhor of his, of the family of Stoii^hton.
The day of the weddiuu; was fixed, his house fitted u])
in an expensive style very unusual in that day; and
the sun of prosperity shone brightly on him juid his
intended bride. At this time they were invited to
attend a gay ])arty in East Windsor, and he was veiy
desirous of going. The young lady's mother was lui-
willing her diiughter should !!0, as on her return they
would have to cross the I'iver at night. He urged
' and she consented. He told her if her daughter
drowned he should die with hei-. On their return
fn)m the party the boat sank in the ri\er, and he
attem])ted to swim with her to the shore, and sup-
ported her until he lost his consciousness. They
were taken from the water, both a]iparently dead, but
lier spirit had imleed tleil forever. [Timoth}' Loomis
MSS. records this imfortunate occuixence as follows :
■June 3, 1714, at night, Dorothy Stoughton, of Wind-
sor, and John Allyn, of Enfield, were ilrowned in the
great River, against Sgt. [Joseph] Styles.']
" He never married, but kept house while he lived,
in very liberal style. He was hos|)itable and gener-
ous in his house, making everything jileasaiit to his
friends, particularly to his young relations, when they
visited him. He was kind and benevolent, and, ac-
cording to traditiim, was anxious for the improvement
and education of the young, (a tiling little attended to
in that day"), and gave a pai't of his jiroperty fo)- tlie
\ise of schools in the town of Windsor.
" The house of Joseph Stiles, the foimdation
stones of which were plowed up in the sjningof IHoH,
4:() THE STILES GENEALOGY.
stood :i few rods iioi'tli (if the ]in'sent house of Maj.
^fnrtiu l511s\vortli. Most of the Stiles land has passed
iuto the ])ossessiou of the Ellsworths.
" There is now standing (1858) on these premises,
!iu ancient cedar tree, which once stood near the door
of Joseph Stiles' honse. This tree, in the earliest
times, was the rallyinu; point of the hunters, and my
grandmother could remember wlien there was a huge
pair of deer's horns limig on the highest branch, and
it liad hung there from the time the first dwelling was.
built there." — Lftlcr of Jfiss Lncirfid Slileft, of Wind-
sor, Ct, 1858).
The tree above referred to as standing near the
northern end of the mansion known, during tlie pres-
ent century, as " the Chief Justice Ellsworth House,''
in Winds<}r, was blown down a few jears ago. The
main ])()rtion of its trunii has been carefully retained
on, or near its original site; while its branches and
Ijoughs have been worked up into chairs and other
forms of ornament or use, and distributed among the
different families of the Ellsworth name.
I'.i. VriT. Benjamin,'' dieil unmarried May, 1757. Pres. Stiles
says he settled at Derby, Ct.
•20. IX. JoHN,^ (Sgt.) l)()rn about 1088; died Nov. 12, 1728; m.
Elizabeth Taylor. Family 5.
21. X. Jonathan,'' (Dea.) born alnmt 1687;* died Dec. 30, 1775;
m. Sarah Eggleston. Family 6.
FAMILY 3.
•>•>
Henry' Stiles, [7] {SgL Hennj^ John,^) married
He re.sided nortli nf the Rivulet, in Windsor, Conn., where he died
"in. oil'. 70." (Pres. Stile.s' MSS.)
('■iillilrcn:
23. I. Thomas,^ born Aug. 12, 1690; died unmarried, se. abt. 70;
is probably the one thus mentioned by the late Miss
■'■ Pres. StllHs says, in 17tU. that tin was then living, aged 77 years.
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 47
I
Lucretia Stiles, of Windsor, Ct.: "There was a man
bj the name of Thomas Stiles, that my grandmother
used to call uncle when she spoke of him. He had a
farm and a lonelj- house on Rocky Hill. I do ni>t
know JUS he ever had a family; but I know that, in the
after part of his life he lived almost alone there. His
house was standinj^ when I was a child, and I used
to visit it often. It w:us a ruin then."
•2-i. n. Hemsv,' bom Feb. 19, 1093, "a worthy man, died with-
out issue — extinct." — (Pres. Stiles iMSS. 1
25. m. R.\CHEL,' bom June 21, 169G; m. (1) John Bancrof-t, isun
of Ephraim Bancroft and his wife Sarah, dauiihter of
John- Stiles), who was b. 19 Dec, 1690, and d. 21
May, 17;")5.* She m. (2) Thomas Parsons. /v.s;/<' ift?/
first marriage):
26. i. Rachel (Bancroft), bom 21 Aug. 1723; d. 3 July, 17:i-").
(Old E. W. Burying Ground m Sottlh Windsor, Conn. J
27. rV. JoNAH,^ born June 21, 1700; m. Wid. Rachel Brown.
F.\.MILY 7.
28.' V. Amos,^ bom Feb. 14, 1702-3; m. Lydia Cooley. Fam
ILY 8. ' •
29. VI. Sarah,^ bom : m. John Osborn, of Wind.sor,
Conn., Apl. 15, 1780. Uiue:
30. i. JoHN.s born Jan. 20, 1731-2;t d. m. 5.
31. ii. John, 5 bom Feb. 7, 1736-7 ;t d. iE. 3.
32. iii. Sarah,* bom June 30, 1738. t
33. iv. RACHKi,»bom July 6, 1741.t
34. V. Ann 5.» bom Oct. 1, 1743. f
35. Ti. John,* bom Nov. 23, 1746 ;t d. ae. 2.
36. vii. Miriam,* bom Nov. 30, 1750. f— (Pres. Stiles' MSS.)
• will exhibited 7 July, 175S, by widow Kacbel. Executrix.
t Dates from Stiles' Ancient Wmdtm, 729.
48 THE STIl.ES GENEALOGY.
FAMILY 4.
H7. Samuel' Stiles, [17] (.%/. H,nini;' John,') b. May 16,
l()7-4; resided in Windsor, Ct. ; married Martha Ellsworth, of W., Dee.
1701. He died Dec. 1712, and his widow married George Norton,
Jr., of SnfHeld, Conn., (son of George Norton, of Iiiswich), May 14,
1717, and moved to Snffield, with her only daut^hter, Elizabeth.
ChihJ ri'n :
■is. I. Maktha,' born Apl. 1, 1702; d. mmianied.
;^'.). II. Samuel,' (Lieut.) born January 15, 1705-0. Family 9.
40. III. EiJZUiETH,' born Oct. 14, 170S-9; m. Daniel Spencer.
of yuffield, Coun., Dec. 22, 1726. I.sme:
41. i. jERCSHA.'i h. 173(1; m. Paul Steward, civ. 17.V2, and
settled at Glascow, near Westfield; had several chil-
dren.
42. ii. Samuel, • m. Speedy Olds, in 17-tS; settled at Suttield, Ct. :
had Experienceii (Spencer), Calvin" (Spenceri, Luther'
(Spencer), Samuel^ (Spencer), Jerusha* (Spencer), Mar-
tha," (Spenoer), Mary^ (Spencer).
4:i. iii. Daniel,^ m. Patience Olds; had Daniel" (Spencer),
Augustin" (Spencer), Patience" (Sijeijcer), Martha"
(Spencer) d. ie. 18.
■U. iv. Elizabeth, ■■ b. cir. 174(1— (Pres. Stiles' MSS.)
Mrs. Elizabeth (Stiles) Spencer died Januaiy 28,
1803, X. 95.
FAMILY 5.
45. Sergeant * J oh n'' Sti les, [20] (Sgt Henry, ^ John,'} h. about
1()83, resided at Winels(jr, Coun. He married Elizabeth Taylor, at
W., May 19, l724, and died Nov. 12, 1728, se. 45. His widow be-
came the second wife of his cousin, "Long Jonathan" Stiles, for-
merly oj: Stratford, Ct., but then of "the Jersies," and the ancestor of
a laige branch of the family in that State. In 1716, Sergeant John
Stiles" rati 'able estate was £21 15s.
'^ So (;alle<l in Town Kfcorrls, aiKi on his gravestone.
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 49
I aiii iiicliiieil to think tliiit he was i\w Jolin Htilcs who,
with six others, executed tlie curious "Pewinau's Bouil," Dec.
lit, 1718, m the sum of £") •ua^li, under tlie provisions of
wliicli they were permitted, Ijy vote of the Ecclesiastical (Old or
First) Society of Windsor, to "make a pew over the women's stairs,
jinnided they fill the said pew, and don't hinder the li^ht." This
bond bound "all and every one of them, their hears and administra-
tors, to well and tiiily i)ay, or cause to be paid, his or their rateable
part of buildiii<^ a pew, whicli we are now about to build in the <j;al-
li'iy of tlic Meeting,' house." None wc^re to sell out their right with-
out the consent of all the rest; and none to sell it for more or less
than its original cost.* This John seems to have been the only one
of the name, of family estate, then residing in Windsor proper, and
was prob;d)ly the one named.
Chll<l:
4(j. 1. John,' born May 0, 1729; died unmarried in 1750,
SB. 25.t
FAMHjY 6.
47. Dea. Jonathan' Stiles, [21] (Syt. Henry, ^ John, ^)hQra
alxjut 1()S7, was a ])romiiient man in Windsor, Conn., in his day; and a
d(!acon in the church dm-ing the pastorate of the Rev. Mr. Jonathan
Marsh, the third pastor. His dwelling house still (1886) stands on
the eiist side of the road to Windsor Locks, just north of the present
Hissell's Ferry Koad.
In 17.5(> he was taxed thus: "One head, 18; house hind, 3
acres, Oli; meadow land, Kli [acres], 07:17:0(5; upland, 3^ acres,
04:15; bush land, 6 acres, 12s.: one horse, (13; two cows, Ofi; two
pigs, one yr old, 12. Total i:42:()4:U(i."
He was one of the seven persons who, on 3d of September,
17(il, were, by act of the ConsociatioTi of the North District, in the
County oi Hartford, (Unbodied into a church state, known as the
"North," or "7th," or "4th" Society, of Windsor; being a seces-
sion of those residing noi-th of the Farmington llivulct. and who
• SUIOS' Amrient WiiuUor p. ;jo7, nolf.
t " In nici Uk! Court at Harlfonl uiipolriliil Tnnatlinn StIIcs ami Ellzalitlh, his wife, for
morly of SIratrnni, then lately of Hanover, in New West .I<!rfley, to ho, giianlianR to John Stiles,
then of Windsor, aged abotit 4 years, son of the said Ellzahutli."— i//i'nn<rrii .l/.v.v.)
50 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
chose the Kev. Theodore Hiusdiile as their psistor. Mr. Jouathiiu
Stiles was Deacon of this church.*
He niarricl Sarah E-^deston, of Windsor, Ct., Jan. 12, 170S.
Deacon Jonathan Stiles (hed at W., Dec. 30, 1775; his widow died
Fell, li), 17S1.
ChihlrcH :
4S. I. S.utAH,' born July 27, 1711; (unmarried in 17f)B, accord-
ing^ to Pres. Stiles 3fSS., wlio says she was bom
• "cir, 1716.")
4'.). II. Jonathan,' born AjjI. 28, 1722; (according to Pres. Stiles,
died 1727.)
.")(». III. Jonathan,* bom Mar. 18, 1725-fi; died Sept. 8, 177r);
was a bachelor as late as 1703, twcording to Pres.
Stiles. He lived "north of the llivulet," and was
taxed thus in 1720: "1 head, homestead, 4 acres
meadow, 2 cowa, and one yearling, £31:10:0.
FAMILY 7.
51. Jonah' Stiles, \'27] {Henry-^ Sgt. Henry'^John,^) bom Jmie
24, 1700; married Widow Rachel Brown, of Westfield, Mass., Jan. 1,
1728-29.1- He removed to Westfield, Mass., about 1730, where he
was a first settler in the distiict known as "Longj'ard," and was the
ancestor of the elder branch of the Westfield (Mass.) Family of
Stiles.
Children [horn cd Windsor, Conn.):
52. I. LrcY,= bom, Oct. 5, 1729; m. (1) Gurdon Munsell, of
Windsor, Ct., Nov. 7, 1751. Issue :
t
53. i. GuED)N,» bora Oct. 31, 1752; died (K-t. ITr,-!.;!;
54. ii. Solomon," born Aiiril 'i, 1754. J
.5.5. iii. Lucv," burn November 131, 17.5.5.'J;
56. iv. Maey,6 bom Sept. 30, 1757.1
* Stiles' Hist. Anclenl Windsor, pp. 362, 363, 874.
t .Jonah Stiles and Rachel Brown "Widow" have given in their names willi intention of mar-
riage upon the 23d November, 1728.
Jonah Stiles anrl Widow Rachel Brown, both of Westfield, above named, were joined in
marriage by .John .\shley, Esqr., Justice of the Peace. Jan. 1. 172«-[21>]. f Wt^tfii'hl Rcctn-th).
t Dates from Stiles' Ancient Windsor, p. 712.
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 51
.',7. V. GUBDON," Ciili liciin Oct. 27. 17t;0. i Prts StiU s .1/>N. i
Mrs. Lucy (Stiles) Mnnsell; m. (2) Nathaiiii'l Morton.
Chilli It}! {Iiorii at Wenlfiahl, Mir.ss.):
.")S. II. diBEON',' (Lieut.) bovu Aiii;. H\ 1731. F.vmilv 10.
.")'.». III. Jonah/ honi Aii^,'. 7, 17:^4; died Jan. 4, 175(5, ;e. 22;
"d. in the second yc^ir of the Wai', in the army, un-
married." ( Pres. Stiles" J/,S'-S'. )""
(10. l\. SHrR.\ET„-' 1)orn Aug. 11, 1736; died 1753, ae. 17.*
()1. V. Eluklm,' born Aug. 22, 1738; "was killed in this 'Old
French] War, by the Indians, 7 miles from [Fort]
William Heniy." (Pres. Stiles' 3fSS., 1764.)*
62. VI. R.wiiEL,'' bom Oct. 1, 1740; m. Samuel Owen, about
1755); "had issue.'" (Pre.s. Stdes' 3ISH. I
63. YII. Alice,-'!- born Feb. 2, 1743; died 1754, ae. 11 years.*
FAMILY 8.
64. Amos' Stiles, [28] (Henry," S<jt. Henry- John,') born
Fell. 14, 1702-3, resid<!d in Windsor, Conn., married Lydia (daughter
of Ijenjamin and Abigail) C'ooley, of Springfield, Mass., cii\ 1725.
He is supposed to have died about 1758.
Mrs. Lydia (Cooley) Stiles died at Whately, Mass., Sejit. 15,
1775, !i\ 66.
(jliililren :
65. I. Henhy,'* (Capt); married . Family 11.
66. II. Lydia;' married .
67. III. Mahgaket;'^ " mamed, and died lying in, and her hifant
daughter, too." (Pres. Stiles' MSS. )
6S. lY. /nu;"' "married Othiel Sykes, of Springfield, Miu^s.,
iUid had two chikh-en." (Pi"es. Stiles' MSS., 1764i.
* In Oonealogy of Stiles Family given In Cothren's Hut. of Ancimi ll'Di.id.mi/, romi.. It l.i
Htatt'fl thni ilioao wore " killed by the Indians In 1756."
t Call.Ml " F.llls," cm Ihi- UVs/yicW HemnU.
52 THE STIIES GENEAI OGY.
()9. V. Rachel;'^ married Thomas Parsons, of Windsoi, Comi.;
had a son aud two daiigliters. (Pres. Stiles" MSS.)
Sprintj field Reronis give " intention of marriage be-
tween Thomas PiU-sous and llachel Stiles, both of
S]irin<;-field, Oct. '20, 175fi:" and " nian-ied 11 Nov.,
1756."
FAMILY 9.
70. Lieut." Samuel' Stiles. [39] iS'nnuel,' SrjI. Hcnn/,-4
John,') born Jan. 15, 1705-6; resided hi Windsor, Conn. He mar-
ried Mary Phelps, of Windsor, Feb. 19, 1729-30. Their grave-
stones, of red sandstone, in the Windsor graveyard, preserve their
epitaphs, sis follows :
"In Memory of Lieu* Samuel j Stiles, who Died ' FehrJ': 17"i X. D. 1792 1 in the
(SGth Year j of his Age. ] Here lies Bnrie.l in the dust , One that in .Jesus put his
Trnst."
■'In Memory of 1 MJrs. Mary wife of | Lieut. Samuel Stiles | who died Oct 6'h
1799 I aged 93 years,"
The tax list of 1736 gives this exhibition of his taxable
property: "One head, 18; house land, 3 acres, 03; meadow land,
42 acres, 31:00; upland, 9 acres, 14:10; five horses, 15; one of
two yrs. old 02; two oxen, 08; two of 2 yrs. old, 04; three cows, 09;
swine of one yr. old, 07; one swine, 01. Total, £103:00.
That he was a person of good social position is evidenced not
only by family correspondence, yet extant, but by various articles of
personal use which have been handed down to his descendants.
Among these are a cm-ious leather pocket-book, or wallet, now in
possession of the author of this Genealogy, stam]ied on one side
with his name "L^ SAIMYEL STILES,"' and on the other with
the date, 1736; and, in the possession of Miss Mary Stiles, of Wind-
sor, Conn., a small letter box, and also a case, containing a pair of
scales, with weights, for the weighing of coin — both covered with
red leather, handsomely stamjjed in gilt.
Children (born at Windsor, Conn.) :
71. I. Maktha,= born Api-il 9, 1731; m. Elijah Parker, of Belch-
ertown, Mass., 1753, and died about 1782. Issue :
■ So called on Town Records, as well as on gravestone.
THE CONNECTICUT FAMtl.Y. 53
7-.'.
i.
Maktha.^
7:i.
ii.
R0XANA.«
74.
iii.
Jebosha."
(5.
iv.
Tabith A. '■
7(1.
V.
Esther.
77.
TI.
M.\i!Y.^ borii
1734; (lied at Wiiiils.ir, Ct.. Apl. 18,
1817. Inventory, taken iSept. '23, 1817; auionnt,
$1,794 75; mention niaile of "a lot at Kocky HiU, on
the Plain," and meadow "called tbe Old Field."
(Hfitiforil Co. Prohafe Records).
78. III. Hannah,^ born 1735; married her cousin, Ashbel,
son of llev. Isaac Stiles, of North Haven, Conn., Feb.
7, 17o9.
79. IV. Samiel,'* bap.* May 15, 1737; died Dec. 21, 1757, *. 20.
80 V. Elizabeth,'^ bap.* Sept. 9, 1739 ; m. Elijah Norton, of
West Hampton,t Aug. 4, 1768. hme :
SI. i. AnBELiA,<= b. Nov. 18, 17(19.
S'2. ii. Benjamin,6 h.
s:i. iii. Enj.\H,« b. Feb. fi, 1 77:i.
H4. iv. .T(i8EPH,6 b. Aug. 8, 1777.
Mr. Elijah Norton died Mar. 15, 1797. Mrs. Eliza-
beth (Stiles) Norton died Mar. 15, 1828, ap. 86.
K5. VI. Margaret,' bap.* Dec. 2(i, 1741; d. ae. 3 weeks.
m. VII. Mabgarct,' bap.* Jan. 2, 1742-3; d. at W., Oct. 28, 1822,
se. 78.
87. TiXl. Benjamin,' bom April 26, bap. 28, 1745; died suddenly
of disease of the heart, ae. 19.
88. IX. Abigail,^ bom Oct. 15, 1749; died July 23, 1817. ap. 66.
•Baptisms from Rrcnrit of Windtor firtt Churrh. .Mso, Oct. II. 1741, baptlWHl ■• .Van/.i,
!«amu«l Stylos, his Nogrn, bap. on his own account."
t One authority says HuOlold, Conn.
54 THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY.
FAMILY 10.
S'.». Lieut. Gideon"' Stiles, r^-l] {JnnaJi,^ Henrn;' Si/f. Ht-nni,-
Jdlni,') lioni Anu;. 10, 1781; resided in AVestfield, Mass., and man-icd
Sarah Taylor, of Sheffield, Conn.
The first book of S'lii/lnric!,' iMukk) Taini /?«-o/v/.s connnences
in 1771, shortly after tVie incorporation of tlie town, whieh l)efore
tliat had formed a part of Westfield. It is mostly filled with a
record of the business transactions at the Town Meetings; a few-
pages at the end lieiuj;- devoN'd to "Intentions of Marriage," etc.
The first mention of tin- name of Stiles is in 1775, when, March l'.2th.
"at a Legal Meeting of Freeholders of Southwick," "Gedeon" Stiles
was chosen one of three selectmen; and. May 29 of same year, one of
a committee to ]irovlde powder a,n<l lead; and, again, Nov. Hi, one of
a committee "to set out the destrects of scooling." March 11, 1777,
he was chosen Selectman; Aug. !), one of a committee to " find a
])ouud," and lat"r in the year he was chosen a committee "to regu-
late the past IPe.st] House." He is then called "Lieut."
March 10, 177M, "geileon" Stiles was again chosen Selectman;
'24th March, one of a, co:n'uittee of five " to iuqnier into the bapts
fBiiptistJ ndnester's Rate," and, Nov. 9, one of a committee of four
" to answer how many of the /ki/i/h Be dismest of said rats." May
17, 1779, " at a legal meeting," &v., he was one of a committee of
four "to treat with Mr. Forward [Rev. Abel]; June 29, same
year, "on a couuuittee to indemnify Mr. Forward, <fec., to-
wards the settlement."* Oct. (i, 1781, "Liei;t. Gideon Stiles"
was a committaeman "to adjust town debts;" 19th Sept., 1782, "to
tind the center of the town" 1781 and 1785 he was Assessor; 1786,
was on a couuuittee to settle a dispute in the Southeast District, and
from th;d date until 1797 or "98, he constantly appears as holding
s(jmo jiositidn of trust in connectiou with town affairs.
C/iili/ri'ii [h'n-ii tit W'lxljiiil, JA/.w. ) .■
90. I. AlK'K,'' died in infancy.
91. II. Jonah,'' liorn Si-pt. 1, 1759-GO; m. Sophia Brooker.
Family 12.
■'■ Tliis scttkMin^nl lines not im-aii llic seltliu^ of a pastor; as the towu voteil, 1775 " in git Mr.
Forwar.i's wnoil Ijy donation" : ami tlie number of cords supiilietl him in 177s was ih: aurl. in
1780. it was voter! to raise money to pay Mr. F's xi't.th'iiif.nf..
THE STILES GENEALOGY. 65
02. III. Alke," boiu May 10, 1701. iP/t.*.-. Stiks MSS.)
!t:i IV. Shubael," lioni Jiiu. 17, 17(;3; m. Euuice Owen. Fam-
ily 13.
!)4. V. Donrs,'"' born July 17(;."j; ni. 8;illy Barker. Fa.mii.v 14.
il.'). YI. Betsy;'' died in infancy.
m. VII. SALLV,M):)rn Jan. 21, 1771; m. Isatic Coit; d. Nov. 9,
1838, a?. 72.
!)7. Vm. KoXENA," born ; died in infancy.
98. IX. KoXENA,'^ born ; ni. Solomon Smith.
99. X. Betsy,'' born Jan. 19, 1778; ni. Samuel ison of her cousin
Samuel) Owen.
100. XL Haxnah," l)orn Jan. 11, 17S(); m. Oliver Smith.
101. XII. OlDEON,''' born Ajnil . 1782; ni. (li Diantha Noble;
(2 1 Mary Bush. Family 15.
FAMILY 11.
102. Captain Henry' Stiles, [fiSJ (Amon,' Henn/;' Si/.
Ili'nri/^' Jolni,^) was born in Windsor, Coim. He was, during his
youth, much in the military service during the French and Indian
Wai-s. He was in Capt. Ephraim Williams' company, at Fort Miis-
sachusetts, Sept. 23, 17ij4 ; in 'Capt. Israel Williams" company,
Dec. 11, 175") to March 10, 175(;; in Capt. John Burke's company,
in the expedition to Crown Point, Mar. 29 to Dec. 30, 1756 ; Ser-
geant in Ca])t. Isaac Wynian's coni])any, Dec. 25, 1750, to Jan. 2(5,
1757 ; Sergeant in Capt. John Burke's company, in the expedition
to Fort WilUam Hemy, Feb. 12 to Nov. 4, 1757.
He had married, Nov. 4, 1747, Ruth i Wells) Kellogg, widow of
Ezra, and after the war (17(14) they settleil in that part of Hattield'
Mass., now known as Whately, where he built a house southeast of
Lyman Dickinson's present ( 1885 ) house, and ea«t of the highway;
He was a prominent man among the first settlers of Whately ;
was appointed Constable at the first meeting for tht^ election of Town
officei-s, held at the iiouse of John ^lorton, innholder. May (i, 1771 :
and, in Mav of same year, was rateil on the List of Polls and Estates
,5(j THE STILES GENEALOGY.
of the town, thus: 1 pull; 1 ilwelliii^ house; 1 horse; '2 cows; (>4
bushels of grain ; 4 iicres tillage land.
When hostiliti(\s coinuieuced lietween the colonies and Great
Britain, his ])atriotic spirit and his long military ex[ierience n)ad<'
hini fortMuost in the confidence of his fellow townsmen ; and he was
chosen as Captain of the coiiijiany of "Minute men," which staiied
fmm Whately for LeN^ington, April "21, 1775. Tliey marched that
day and the next forenoon, 40 miles ; when, receiving intelligence
that the British had retreated, and that their services would n()t be
I'ecjuil'ed, they returned ln)nie on the 23d.
June !), 17iS;-3, the Town chose Captain Henry Htiles and Nathan-
iel Coleman delegates to "a Convention to be holden at Siiringlidd,
on the second Wednesday' of June inst."
Lydia Stiles (mother of Capt. Hem-y) and Ruth his wife, are
mentioned among those who "consented'" to the covenant ot the Hrst
church est^d)lished in Whately, at a meeting held for formation of
said church, Aug. 21, 1771.
Mrs. Kuth Wells (Kellogg) Stiles, died at Whately, July ;">, 1S12.
iE. 86 years.
(Viptain Henry Stiles died at Whately, April 20, ISIO, a^ Sd.-"
Cliildmi :
PE(i(iV.''
ZiLi'AH," m. Peter Clark.
Lvr)iA,'' m. Feb. 4, 17S1, Jacob Allen Faxon. I-
Lewis;'* m. Electa Pomeroy. FAmiA K!.
EsTHKi;;" m. Levi Baker.
FAMILY 12.
lOS. Jonah'' Stiles, |S'l | ((rii/''<>Hj' Joaa/t,' ifmri/,'' Si//. Hcint/^'
John') born Sept. 1. l7r)9-()0. at Westfield, Mass.; m. Soi)hia Brooker,
of Washington, Mass., Nov. 17, 17S4. About the year 1794. he re-
moved I'rom Kujiert. Vt., to Solon, Onondaga (now Truxton, Cortland i
Co., N. Y., of which he was one of the first settlers. He located on
' Fur ilir nialurials ot this biography of Capt. Honry Stiles and Family, we are Inrleljlod lo
Temple's Kirlfsiasliail Uisl. Wlml lii. am! the ///..(. of WhnMy.
t Farun Irrtli-lllfiiif/, p. H.'i.
lo:!.
I.
104.
II.
105.
III.
km;.
IV.
107.
Y.
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 57
Lot 4, aud purchased one Imiulrod acres, now owned and ocenpied by
Samuel Freeman. In 1809, witli Alvin Pease, he erected the second
gi'ist-mill in town. In 1810, they erected a carding machine mill.
These mills afterwards j)asK{'d into the Jiands of Otis and Jonah Stiles.
The latt(M-, however, soon sold out to Sauuiel Stiles; and, finally, the
hitter's interest was ])urchased by Otis, who, in 1814, added to his
business another branch, that of cloth-dressing. In ISSfi, Mr. Stiles
reliuilt, and engaged niore largely in the manufacture of cloth. In
18I-J7, he added improved machinery. In 1888, Almerin W. Crane
became an active partner, and in 1848, sole proprietor.
Mr. Jonah Stiles accumulated a handsome property; \\as es-
teemed for liis social and benevolent qualities; held many town oftices
of trust, etc. He was also a soldier of the Revolution. He received
a jiensiou for his services. His grandson, Sanniel Keyes Stiles, of
Otego, Otsego Co., N. Y., has now in his possession a sword which
was given to Mr. Jonah Stiles, from the military stores taken at Bur-
goyne's siuTender.
The records of the U. S. Pension Office, at Washington, D. C,
furnish the following details of the services of Jonah Stiles (No.
'28,;")8(), on the Pension IJolls^, from which we learn that he was;
"In January, 1884, of Truxton, Cortland Co., N. Y., and states
that he was bom in Soutliwick, Mass,. Sept. 1, 17G0, wliei'e he was
living hi August, 177(), when he enlisttnl for 4 mos. with Capt. Gray,
marclieel to Ticonderoga, N. Y., there joining tlie Mass. llegt. of
Col. Woodbridge. At the time of the idarni in the Spring of 1777,
caused by the advance of Gen. I'urgoyne from Canada, he turned out,
and agam at the time of the battle of Dennington, Yt., ( Aug. 16, 1777 );
Wcis absent both time.s 2 wejks. In Sjpt., 1777, he w.us ordered out
in the Co. of Capt. Fowler, to reinforce the Nortliern Army at
Saratoga, and was jjresent .at the surrender of tin; British army under
Gen. BurgoyiK! — absc^nt (! weeks. H(i w;xs drafted in Oct., 1778, for
3 mos. into C^apt. Stc^bbins' Co., to guard public property at Boston.
About 8 years after the war he removed to Rupert, Bennington Co.,
Vt., remaning 4 years ; then to Cortland Co., N. 1'., where he has
since resided. Shubael Stihis, a brother of Jonah, was a witness &
living Se])t., 1838, at Soufhwick, Mai-s., aged 70 years."
He diiHl March It), 1840, in Truxton, N. Y. His wife died Feb.
6 (or 7), 183().
58 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
CInhhrn.
KH). I. Otis,' bom at 8outliwick, Mass,, Dec. 22, 1787; m.
Deborah Wood, of Coleraiue, Mass.; had three
children. Eesided (1859) iu Truxtou, N. Y., now
(1886) deceased.
110. II. Soi'HiA,' born at Honthwick, Mass., Dec. 12, 1789; m.
Alexiuider Forbes, of Litchfiekl, Ohio; had sixteen
children. Eesided (1859) iu Medina County, Ohio.
111. III. Jonas,'* born at Eupert, Vt., May 16, 1791 ; m. Maria
(dau. of Samuel) Oweu; had two children. Eesided
(1859) at Westfield, Ohio.
112. IV. Julia," born in Eupert, Vt., Feb. 10, 1794; m. John
Wicks, of Truxtou, N. Y.; had seven chikben, of
whom John D. Wicks, of Traxton, N. Y, (1885),
was one.
Mrs. Julia (Stiles) Wicks died March 10, 1869, ae. 75.
113. V. HAiUiiET,'' born at Solon (now Truxtou) N. Y., June 12,
1797; m. Eobert Wilson, of Truxton, N. Y. Both
had deceased iu 1859; had foiu' childreu.
114. VI. Samuel," born at Solon (now Truxton) N. Y., May 12,
1798; ni. Eachel Wilder. Family 17.
115. VII. Electa,' born at Solon (now Truxton) N. Y., Oct. 29,
1801; died Nov. 3, 1803.
FAMILY 13.
116. ShubaeK' Stiles, [93] {Lieut. Gideon,'' Jonah,* Henry ;^ Sgf.
Hcnryj- JoJnt^ ) hoi-n nt Westfield, Mass., Jan. 17, 1763; ni. Eunice
Oweu, Feb., 1782. He died Nov. 17, 1845. She died May 17,
1840. She was oue who helpt^d to organize a uew church in S., iu
1805.t
The Westfield, (Mass.), Town Eecords show Shuba-il Stiles to
have been a man of much public business. March 8, 1785, he was
chosen one of the surveyors; March 14, "field driver;" March, 1788,
* Letter of John D. Wicks, of Truxton, N. ¥., says " Jonah.'
t Hisl. Conn. Valleij, p. 1,091.
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 59
"fence viewer;"' April 4, 1791, a selectman; Nov., 1792, on commit-
tee " to see where the Meeting-house shiill be moved;" March 12,
1793, cliosen Moderator, School-Committee, Selectman and Assessor;
Sept., 179i, one of a committee " to thgnify (('. e., allot t the pews in
the Meeting-hoase;" Nov. 17, 1795, on a Com. "to divide the school
money; " March 8, 1796, Fence Viewer, School Com., and to
"atljnst the town debt ;" Oct. 26, 1797, Selectman; from that
date to 1803 occupying the same offices, (except that he was
e.xcused fi-om the last in 1803); Api-il 2, 180-1, chosen a Selectman
and named "Lieut;" Selectman and Assessor in 1805. In same
year, "at a legal meeting," itc, Dec. 15,. he was one of a committee
of five, on the Baptist side, against a simUar committee on the Pres-
byterian, " to propose someway by which the two denominations
can be reconciled relative to the differences concerning the Meeting-
house." In 1806 he was chosen a Selectman; in 1807, an Assessor;
in 1809, chosen Selectman, but excused himself from sei-vice; in
1810, chosen a Sul•^•eyor of Highways, and on a committee " to
(hvide the time as to the Meeting-house between the Baptist and
Standing Order," and in 1813, upon a similar committee — the final
couclusiou being that the Baptist commence occupA'ing the House
"from May 5, 1813, three months, and then Presbyterian Order
three months on alternately; Provided, that the other regular socie-
ties may occupy the Meeting-hoase tlicu- proportionable jjart of
time, by giving sufficient notice to the Denomination then occupy-
ing." Tliis lasted until 1821, when we find Mr. Stiles again ap-
pointed on a coumiittee " to lay out and receive a conveyance of land
fi-om Enos Foote for the piu-jjose of building a meeting-house. The
recoi'd of his service in various town offices continues imtil 1832.
Maj' (), 1812, he was chosen a Representative fi'om Southwick to the
Genend Court.
Children :
117. I. RowEN.\,' bom June 22, 1782; m. Philip Nelson, Nov.,
1805; died March 6, 1840.
118. IT. Theodosi.\,' bom March 7, 1784; m. "Warren Boynton,
Feb., 1800.
119. III. IvEZiAH," bom Dec. 30, 1785; died Dec. 1, 1852; un-
manied, in Southwick.
60 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
120. IV. Shubael," born , Time 27, 1787; m. (1) Elmira Bills; (2)
Margaret Parsons. F.vjiily 18.
121. V. Eunice," boru April 17, 1790; m. William Hosmer, Oct.
10, 1811.
122. VI. KiLBOUEN-E," born May 9, 1792; died Aug. 15, 1803.
123. VII. Alice,' born Jan. 28, 1794; died April 22, 1804.
124. VIII. C'.A.XDACE," boru Aug. 17, 1797; m. Bement Parker, A])ril
IS, 1820; died June 17, 1840.
125. IX. Milton,' boru Oct. 24, 1799; died Aug. 6, 1803.
FAMILY 14.
12(). Dorus" Stiles, [94] (lAeut. Gideon,' Jonali,^ Henry,^ S(jt.
Henry- John,^) bom at "Westfield, Mass., July, 1765; was a powder
manufacturer, at W., where he built the fii-st powder mill erected in
the State of Massachusetts.
According to Southwick (Mass.) Records he was chosen March,
1785, Hog Reef; 1792, Fence Viewer; 1796, Selectman and Tythmg-
man; 1800, on School Committee; 1807, on Town Committee; 1808,
Sm'veyor of Highways; 1810, To^v^l Clerk; 1813, Selectman and
Assessor; 1824, subscriber to the building of Congregational Church;
1805, chosen Constable.
He was a man of extraordinary parts. His early education was
scant, but he nevertheless became a great reader, and remarkably
conversant with history. He was the leading man in the town of
Southwick, which he represented in the State Legislature three
times, and was thirteen times ( 1794-6, 1802-13) chosen as Select-
man of his native town. He was a man of brains; (jl)serving,
thoughtful; quiet in habit, rduiost taciturn; was often called iipon to
decide personal disputes and to arl)itrate between his neighbors, and
was what is called a "natural born lawyer." He had the reputation
of being an epicm-e, and was geuerous to a fault.
He married Sally Barker, of a leading Suflield (Conn.) family,
and died May 29, 1836, fe. 71. His widow died Nov. 9, 1836, ae. 72.
Children {horn at Soidlariek, then a part of Westfield, Mass. :)
127. I. Henry," bom Aju-il 2, 1785; m. Sally Avery. Fam-
ily 19.
130.
IV.
131.
V.
132.
VI,
133.
VII,
THE STILES GENEALOGY. 61
1'2S. II. Eliakim," horn Feb. i, 17iS>S; in. Mary P. Holcuuili.
Family '20.
129. III. Anson," bom 1789; diod Jmi. 1, 1818, jb. 29; killc.l in a
powder mill.
IV. CuiOTssJ bom 1792; d. May 7, ISlf!, fe. 24.
S.u.i,v,' born Oct. % 1793; m. llichard Mather. In 1857
was living in Soutliwit-k.
Milton; bom 1794; d. Oct. 9 (or 23), 1805, ip. 11.
Milton," born — ; m. Catherine Nelson, of iSontli-
wick, Mass., Oct. 14, 183(5. (Intention pub. Hei)t.
10, 1836). Kes. (1859) Spencer, Ohio.
184. Vin. NoMLW',' born Jan. 20, 1798; ui. 9 Mch., 1820, Phebo
B. Hamiston. lu 1824 was a snl)scriber towards the
erection of the Congi-egational Chm-ch of South-
wick; 1831, April 4, chosen Fence Viewer; 1832 and
"34, Hog lleef; 1833, Field Driver. He died 2d Dec,
185().
135. IX. DoRUs," married Wid. Huldah LaHin. Mrs. L iHiu w is
the dau. of Gideon and Eunic(! ( AVhitnev) l^oot, and
was boru 19 Jan., 1805. She m. (1), Feb., 1827,
Lester (sou of Major Hemau and Clarissa Rising)
Latliu, of Southwick, who was drowned iu Sebago
Ponils, Me., June, 1828. She m. (2), 1832, Mr.
Dorus Stiles. He died 5 Nov., 1832, sine prole.
She m. (3), 1840, Allen (son of Ham aud Lizzie
Allen) Loomis, of Suttidd, Ct., who died about 18(14,
Kine prole. Mrs. Hiild ih I Latliu-Stiles) L joai^s
died at Chicago, 111., about 187!)-80.
13C). X. Betsy,' bom Oct. 1, 1802; m., Jan. 24, 1829, Dr. Levi
W. Humphrey, of Southwick, Mass. She was his
si'cond wife, and bore him four ciiildren.* Mrs. Betsy
(Stiles) Humphrey ri^s. (1885) Southwick, Miiss.
137. XI. Jakvis," born Nov. 15, 1807; m. Fannie Ely. Family 21.
• The Oenwili))iy of lli« /fiimplirn/g' Family contains the full reooril nt Uils family (Fam. 01.,
11. 211-'il2). II also Klvea thf yrar nt thn lilrth of Mi». Bntsy |Stll08| Huinpliri'V, as IWII.
(52 THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY.
188. Xn. Maku," born Sept. 3, 1809; m. Jeiliitlian Clark, of
Southainptou, Mass., Nov. 8, 1831, (mtention pub-
lisbed 7 Oct.); no issue. Mrs. Maria (Stiles) Clark,
now a Avidow, resides ( 1885 ), at Mesopotamia, Ohio.
F.^JNITLT 15.
139. Gideon" Stiles, iy^l]\L;euLGi<lenn,'' Jonah* Henry ^ Sgt.
Henry,- Jolni.,^] born at Westlield, Mass., 23 April, 1782; m. (1),
Diantha Noble, Nov. 28, 1802;* m. (2), Maiy (dau. of and
Martha Judd) Bush, of Westfield, Aug. 25, 1817, who was bom 3
Nov., 1797, and is still li\-ing (1885), in Soiithwick, Mass., '^ith her
daughter, Mrs. Wells Fowler.
Mr. Gideon Stiles wa.s chosen Selectman of South wick, Mass.,
in 1815," 16, '17, '18, '19, '20, "21, '26, '34, "36, '52, "59, '60.t He
represented the town in the Genei-al Assembly in 1818, 1829; in
1832, received 143 votes for Senator; in 1824, was one of the sub-
scribers for building the Congi'egational Meeting house; in 1825 and
'26, was chosen one of three Trustees of the Dickenson School Fund;
was fi-equently Moderator of the Town Meetings, and occupied
many minor offices and places on committees.
He thed in Southwick, Mass, Aug. 9, 1860, ge. 78 years and 4
months.
Child {by first marriage) horn in Southimck, 3Iass.:
140. I. E.\EELi>E,' bom Oct. 30, 1803; m. Julius Harmon, of
W. Suffield, Conn., May 21, 1823. Issue:
141. i. S.U!AHE.,~m. Denlson; res. (18861 in South-
wick; husband and (only) son dead.
142. ii. Son;"* ; d., OD. 9 yr.
{By second marriage):
143. II. DiAXTHA Noble," bom Dee. 23, 1817; m. Wells Fowler,
of Westfield, Mass., June 29, 1842. Issue:
144. i. Eloisa," b. May 1, 1844.
* This, accordiug to Southwick records, was the date of Intention of marriage.
t The absence of date of death of Gideon Stiles' father, (Gideon), and the remarlsabte
share which he took in public matters, renders it possible that we may have awarded to the son
some ofiaces, etc., which belonged to the father.
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 63
145. III. Gideon Anson," bom Feb. 9, 1819; m. Elizubetli Gibbs.
F.\MILY 22.
146. lY. Jonah," bom March 17, 1885; in. Muiy A. Kellogg.
Family 23.
FAjNIILY 16.
147. Lewis" Stiles,"-' [106] {dipt. Hmrii,'' Amos* Henrys''
Sg(. Henry j^ John,^) man-ied Electa Pomeroy, of Whately, Mass.
Children :
148. I. SoPHL\,' married Jere. Edson.
149. II. Hakky,' bom Aug. 8, 1789; died.
150. in. Horace," bom Oct. 17, 1791.
151. IV. H.utiiY," bom April 21, 1793.
FAMILY 17.
152. Samuel' Stiles, [H^] {Jonali,^ Lieut. GiilconJ' Jonah,^
Henry, "^ St/t. Henry;' John,') born at Solon, N. Y., May 12, 1798; m.
Rachel Wilder, of Sherburne, N. Y., June 14, 1836. Farmer tmd
manufacturer of woolen goods. At the age of 50, his health fidlLug'
he relinquished mauufactui-iug, and coufiued his attention to fann-
ing, imtil his death, July 27, 1884, at Otego, Otsego Co., N. i'.
Mrs. Rachel (Wilder) Stiles died March 26, 1882.
Children :
153. I. Sophia,'* bom at Truxton, N. Y., July 7, 1837; mmiar-
ried; resides (^1885) at Otego, Otsego Co., N. Y.
154. II. Catheuine WiLDEii,'* Ijorn at Sherburne, N. Y., Nov. 3,
1839; unmarried; resides (1885) at Otego, Otsego
Co., N. Y.
155. III. SAMfEL Keves,'' born at West Burlington, N. Y., Jan.
21, 1851. Is a farmer. Resides, unmarried, (^1885)
at Otego, Otsego Co., N. Y.
• Hi>t. of WhaUly, Mass., 219.
G4: THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY.
FAMILY 18.
1")(>. Shllbael' Stiles, [120] (Slmbael,^ Lieut. Gideon,^ Jonah*
Hcnrn-' Sijf. Hnirii,' .John,') born at Westfield, Mass., June 27, 1787;
inavried (1) July 15, 180!', Elvira (daogliter of Erastus and Aseuath
Norton) Bills,* who died June 27, 1820; m. (2) Jan. 2.'5, 1825,
Marj^'iin^t Parsons, of SnfHeld, Conn.i"
He resided at Soutll^^dck, Mass., where he died Sept. 22, 1874,
!E. 89. — (Souihwich Toivn Bee.)
Children:
157. I. KiLBontN,*' bom Dec. 17, 1809; married Olivia Bush.
Family 24.
158. II. Milton,*" bom May 25, 1813; married Mary E. Porter.
F.uiiLY 25.
159. III. Lucy E.,"* bom July 30, 1815; m. Horace Birge, Dec. 26,
1843.
160. rV. James," bom Feb. 25, 1818; died unmarried.
IHl. V. Edwls'," born Dec. 27, 1820; died immarried.
FAMILY 19.
1G2. Henry" Stiles, L127J (Dorus," Lieut. Gideon,^ Jonah,*
Heriryj^ Sgt. Henri/j' John,') born at Southwick, Mass., April 2, 1785;
married Sally Avery, of Groton, Conn., Dec. 30, 1819. She was
born March 4, 1801. He was a whip manufacturer and farmer.
Mr. Hem-y Stiles tlied at Meriden, Conn., Dec. 23, 186(3, x. 81.,
Mrs. Sally (Avery) Stiles died at M., March 5, 1867, x. 66.
Children {all horn at Feedimj Hills, Aggmvam, Southwick,
3Iass.:)
163. I. Sakah L.," bom Aug. 29, 1820; m. Eastou Q., is. of Abra-
ham, and Claude) Rising, of Southwick, May 21,
1848.1 Issue :
164. i. Eliot II., a b. May 7, 1845; d. April N, 184(i.
* Bills GeneaUgy. t Suffield Records.
t Soiifh irick Records say June 9, 1845.
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 65
lfi5. ii. Annette E.,»b. Sept. 17, 184y: m. J. H. Enlow, May22,
1877; has Henry Rising (Enlow), b. Sept. 24, 1879.
166. II. Curtis H.,** bom Sei)t. lo, 1822; m. Mary Gayloicl.
Family 26.
167. in. Doitrs A.," bom June 17, 1824; in., July 5, 1847, in
Meriilen, Coim., Betsy Ann (daughter of John P.
smtl Betsy) Wanier, bom al; Westfielcl, Mass., July
5, 1828. Has been a tin-plate and iron-worker;
now ( 1886 ) retired from business. No issue. Re-
sides at Eurham, Ccnn.
168. IV. Lucy A.," bom Nov. 5, 1826; m. Benjamin L. Van
Horn, May 31, 1843; resides (1886) Fairbault, Minn.
Issue:
lfi9. i. Henry Benjamin," b. Mfirch 10, 1856.
170. ii. Lulu STiLEs,9b. March 30, 18(51.
171.- V. Annette M.,'* bom Jan. 14,1829; m. Charles Warner.
Resides (1886) Meriden, Conn.
172. Yl. Maky A.,« bom May 12, 1832; m. Henry Herschberg.
Died Dec. 18, 1863, se. 31.
173. ' VII. NoiiMAN C.,** bom June 18, 1834; m. Sarah M. Smith.
Family 27.
174. \Hl. Phede B.,« bom July 25, 1836; m. John Benzaqun,
July 13; died Dec. 19, 1858, .-e. 22.
FAMILY 20.
175. Eliakim" Stiles, [128] ( /A^/vw," Lieut, (ridemi^ Jonah*
Henry^ S'jt. lli iii\i/,- Jd/tit,') born at Southwick, Mass., Feb. 4, 1788.
Was eugi^ed, for a time, in the manufacture of powder, afterwards
in whijvniaking. In 1S24, subscribed to a fund for building the Con-
gregational Church in Southwick, Mass.
When about 35 yeai-s of jige, was married to Mary P. ( daughter
of Esq. Scth) Holconib, of Granby, Conn., to which town Mr. StUes
removed, shortly after his marriage, and where he resided, i-ngiiged
mostly in farming, until his removal, in 1860, to Ottumwa, Iowa,
whon^ he died, June 8, 1871, at the residence of his son, Hon. Ed-
ward H. Stiles.
(J6 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
Although of jiiipareiith- delicate physical powers, he possessed
a wonderful endurance and tenacity of life, and retaiued his mental
powers miiui])aired to the last hour of his life. He advanced to the
"seventh age" without maiufestiug its usual childishness. He was
an incessant reader, and up to within two days of his death gleaned
from the newsjiapers the general news of the day, which he compre-
hended and retained with clearness and memory most extraordinary.
Although sutt'ering from difficulty of breathmg, and conscious of ap-
])roacliing dissolution, he talked with perfect clearness to within five
minutes of his death.
His life was like his nature — unassuming and unobtrusive.
Though of a nervous temperament, and a somewhat passionate tlispo-
sition, he could look back over his life and enjoy the reflection that
he had not by any unwarranted act of his, a single enemy living or
dead. The soul of honor, he bitterly despised the ingrate; generous
and forgi^•iug in his disposition, he cherished settled resentment
against no one, and for the iiapjiiness of his friends he was ever ready
to sacrifice his own. With a heart as tender as a child's, he was
easily moved to conqiassion, and his moments of highest passion
were wrought by indignation over the wi-ongs of others. He wsis
ever ready to drop a tear for human misery, and give a word of cheer
to those with heavy Imrdens.
Bending under the weight of years, coeval with the government
itself — living through every administration from that of George Wash-
ington to the present — looking 1 )ack over a sjiotless and inoffensive life,
he approached death "like one who wra]>s the drapery of his couch
about him and lies do^vn to pleasant di'eams."
Mrs. Mary P. (Holcoml)) Stiles died at the residence of her
son in Ottumwa, Iowa, Dec. 27th, 1872, aged 76 years. "The de-
ceased was bom, as were her ancestors for several generations, in
Grauby, Connecticut, and was the daughter of Seth Holcomb, Esq.,
whose only sister, Susanna, a woman of great character, was the
mother of those distinguished lawyers and statesmen. Judge Oliver
Forward, of Buflklo, N. Y. ; Walter Forward, a distinguished lawyer,
of Pittsburg, Pa., and Secretary of the U. S. Treasury under President
Harrison; and Chauncey Forward, of Somerset Co., Pa., a leading
lawyer and member of Congi'ess, and whose daughter ( stiU living)
became the wife of the late Jeremiah Black, President Buchanan's
famous Secretfiry of State. The deceased w:is early in life united to
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. (57
her late Imsbaiul, with whom she Hved luider the most pleasant
relations for a period of fifty years, and after whose death she con-
tinued to decline till the time of her decease. For the most of this
])eri()il they resided in (lonnecticiit until 18fi0, when, after seeing three
children one after another consigned to the grave, the}' consented to
leave the old homestciwl and their friends and relatives in order that
they might spend the remainder of their days with their son and only
remaining child in this city. She was a gi-eat reader and deep thinker,
and though of a quiet and unostentatious chtu-aeter, mtuitiou was
veiy large, and she was a keen observer and judge of persons and mo-
tives. These characteristics were combined with a strong resolution
!ind masculine common sense. In July, 1872, she, in connection with
her s<m's family, paid a visit to Connecticut, and while her declining
health seriously interi'ered with her enjojTiient, she was nevertheless
enabled to see and bid allien to many of the sui-A'iving friends of
earlier years, the scenes of her j-outh and the graves of her childi'en
and friends. Returning in SepteTuber, she continued gi-adually to
decline, clu'ered by a Christian resignation and hope that she should
find a resting place where pain and son-ow have no entrance and where
friends shall never part." — Olfumwa ilowa) Daily Courier.
Children :
176. I. CAROLINE G.," bom Sept. 1, 1823; died, immarried, May
1, 1831.
177. II. C.vmKiUNE M.,- born Dec. 1, 1825; ni. Aaron Pinney,
Sept. 20, 1846. Issue :
178 i. LoiisA,' b. Feb. 22, 1H47; d. Feb. lo, lS.-)7.
179 ii. Aaron,* b. Dec. 12, 1849; died uniiiniritd.
180 iii. Catheuine.''
Mrs. Catharine ( Stiles) Pinney died Nov. 8, 1853.
181. ni. Caeoline G.,' born March 19, 1831; died immarried,
Oct. 9, 1851.
182. IV. Edward H.,*' born Oct. 8, 1836; m. Emma M. Vernon.
Family 28.
68 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
FAMILY 21.
183. Jarvis' Stiles, [137] {Dorm,^ Lieu/. Gideon;' Joaali,'
Henry^ Sgt. Henri/^^ John,^) born at Southvvick, Mass., Nov. 15,
1807; married, Nov. 15, 1827,"- Fanay (daughter of Edmund) Ely,
born at West Springfield, Mass., Dec. 14, 1798.
In 1824 be was a subscribsr for building a Congregational
Church in Southwick. In 1846 was liable to do military duty.
Children {horn at Jf'cs/Jield, 3Ia.ss.):
184. I. J.\MEs,'' l)oru Aug. 2(), 1828, at Granby, Conn. ; married
Jan. 8, 1862, Lucy M. (daughter of James and Lydia
M.t Cowell) Sikes, born at Kussell, Mass., May 2,
1835. Resides (1886) Westfield, Mass. No issue.
185. II. Mai!Y Frances,'' born July 24, 1832, at Granby, Conn. ;
d. April 12, 1839, at Southwick, Mass.
186. III. Edward Ely,^ born- July 4, 1834, at Canton, Conn., and
died there Dec. 15, 1835.
187. IV. Edmund Ely," born June 12, 183(), at Canton, Conn.;
married Eluiira C. Kendall. Family 29.
188. V. Chaeles Henky," born June 3, 1839, at Southwick,
Mass. ; man-ied Mary E. Tilliston. Family 30.
FAMILY 22.
189. Gideon Anson" Stiles, [145] {Gideon,^ Lieut. Gideon,^
JoiiaJi,' Henry;' S'jf. Henry^' Julni,') born at Southn-ick, Mass., Feb.
9, 1819; married "(1) Mary Elizabeth Gibbs, of Harpersfield, N. Y.,
Dec. 31, 1852, who died Sept. 5, 1879, a?. 51. He married (2) in S.,
Feb. 19, 1882, Elvira (Bills) Easton, b. atS. about 1823, dau. of Cyras
and Charlotte Bills, of Southwick. He ^\■as Selectman, May 12,
1859. Resides (1885) at Southwick, Mass. Is a farmer.
* "The intentions of marriage between Jarvis Stiles, of Soutliwick. and Fanny Ely, of
Wc's Ifleld.'were entered In this office on the 27th day of Sept., 1827, and notification thereof in
writing was posted upon the Congo. Meeting-house in the said Westfleld on the Sunday follow-
ing, to wit., 30th day of Sept., 1827: ceniflcate issued Oct. 5, 1827."— !■ Wesl/klil Records.)
t We&tfiekt Rt'cords say " Nancy M."
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 69
Children {biyrn at Soulliuick, JIa.ss.):
190. I. LrcY Ell.\," bora Oct. 30, 1853; dieil Feb. 11, 1875.
191. II. Frank," born Nov. 24, 1855; died Feb. 23, 1857.
192. III. Helen Louisa,'* bora March 27, 1858; she was a teacher;
man-ied Nov. 27, 1SS4, Frank J. (son of Edwai'd
and Eliza D. i Demond, a native of Montague, Mass.
Resides (1885) North Adams, Mass.
193. I\'. Sarah C," bom May 28, 1860. Teacher. Resides
(1885) in Springfield, Mass.
194. V. UBEim G.,' bora Dec. 29, 1864. Resides (1885) in
Olean, N. Y.
195. VI. HowAED W.," bom Oct. 16, 1866. Resides 1 1885 ) in
Port%-i]le, N. Y.
FAMILY 23.
196. Jonah" Stiles, [1-46] (Gideon,'^ Lieut. Gideon,^ Jonah *
Henry ;^ S<j/. Hcnrj/,- Ji>hn,^s boru March 17, 1835; married, Feb. 9,
1870, in Northampton, Mass., Mary Ann (daughter of Wilson and
EUzabeth Adair i Kellogg, who was bom at East Granby, Conn.,
March 12, 1840.
Mr. Stiles was enrolled, Aug. 26, 1862, at Springfield, Mass., in
Co. E, 46th Reg. Mass. Vol.; term of service expired July 29, 1863;
re-enlisted July 7, 1864, in Co. H, 42d Reg. Mass. Vol.; made Cor-
poral July 16; discharged Nov. 11, 1864, at Readville, Mass. He is
at present. Mid for seven or eight years past lias been, in charge of
the steam power machinery of the laundry of the State Asylum for
the Insane, at Middletown, Conn.
Children [honi at Spnnrifield, Mass) :
197. I. M.AKY ELiz.\BETH,''bora Nov. 10, 1871; d. Aug. 25, 1872.
198. n. M.AitY Eliz.vbeth," born April 12, 1873; d. Jan. 6, 1875.
199. III. ," bom and died June 25, 1875.
70 THE STILES GENEALOCr.
FAMILY '24.
200. Kilbourn" Stiles, [lo7| {Shubael,' ShubatJ:' Lkuf.
Gideon,^ Jutiu/i,' ILnirii^' Sijt. Hcnri/^' JoJni^) born Dec. 17, 1809;
married Olivia Bush, Oct. 15, 1835.
He was liable to do military duty in 1846, '54 and 57.
Mr. Kilbourn Stilos died at Westfield, Mass., Oct. 8,* 188'2,
:iged 73.
Children {horn in Sordhirick, Jfuns.):
201. I. Albert V.," born , 1839; died Oct. 11, 1840.
202. II. YiCTORL\ A.,^ born ; married, iu S., .Houzo J.
(son of James B. and Hannah) Taylor, Jan. 25,
1853.
203. III. ELvniA," . " Alvira C." died April 0, 18fi9.—
( IVestfeJd Eec.)
204. lY. Is.ujORA," born July 1, 1846; married Han-y Randall,
Jan. 7, 1874.t "
FAMILY 25.
205. Milton' Stiles, [158] i)'A«/«c?," ^//MAoe?," Lli'id. Gideon;
t/onah,* Henri/,' Syl. Henri/,' Jolni,^) boru May 25, 1813; manied, De-
cember, 1840; Mary Elizabeth (daughter of Shubael and Mary
Hosmer) Porter, of Guilford, Medina Co., Ohio.
Ml-. Milton Stiles died Aug. 3, 1882. i His widow is resiiliug
(1885) in BrookljTi, N. Y.
Children (born in Guilford, Bledina Co., Ohio) :
206. I. Herbert Lin-wood," bom May 22, 1842; man-ied Mai-y
I Loomis Porter. Family 31.
207. II. James Porter," born July 2, 1844; immanied. Is in
employ of Domestic Se^ving iMachine Co., 22 Clin-
ton Place, N. Y.
* WtstfifM Records say "18."
t Weslfifld Records say " 10."
t Snuflnvick- Toicn iftTOrrfs give " July 31."
^^
nrCatluryPMNtahuySiEnfmviny CoChuiUf))
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 71
FAMILY 20).
208. Curtis Henry' Stiles,[166|(fle»ry,'Z?orMs,''LlV»/^
Gideon;' Jonah,' Hennj;' Scjt. Hem ij;' John,' ) born Sept. 15, 1822;
married Mary Gavlord, Nov. 26, 1846. He was a cigar maker
ami farmer.
Mr. Curtis H. Stiles died Nov. 8, 1856, -.v. 3-i. His widow
married, Dee. 13, 1866, Oliver Parsons Olds, and died May 11,
1867.
Children {born at Feeding Hills, Mass.):
209. I. Frank Henry,' born Sept. 11, 1847; married Mar<:li
30, 1870, Sara Louise, (daughter of Joseph and
Eoxaiiua Marble) Sherer, who was born iu New
Salem, Mass , March 13, 1850; no issue. He is
(1885) a commercial traveler. Resides, Globe
Hotel, Syracuse, N. Y.
210. II. GiLBERTG.'LYLORD,'boruMay22, 1850; married Nancy
G. Smith. F.VMnA' 32.
211. III. Norman,' born May 6, 1852; unmarried; in employ of
the Stiles & Parker Press Co., Middletown, Conn.
212. IV. Mary Annette,' born Feb. 23, 1855. Resided (1885)
at Charlestown, Mass. Deceased before 1895.
FAMILY 27.
213. Norman C/ Stiles, |173| {Henry;' Dor^; Licnt.
Gideon,^ Jonah,* Henry:' Sfjt. Henry,' John,' ) was born at Feeding
Hills, a village of Agawam, Mass., June 18, 1834. His fatlier liad
a farm, raised tobaoco and also manufactured wliip-laslies, an
important branch of industry at that time, in Western Massa-
72 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
cliusetts. Business misfortunes, however, overtook him and lim-
ited to some extent his plans for the education of his children —
though they obtained -what is termed "a rrood common-school
education."' Young Norman, the sixth child in this family, early
developed a marked degree of inventive and mechanical ability.
One of his earliest essays in this direction was u]ion an unused
clock which fell in his way when he was but ten years old. Some
defect in its works having stopped it, it had been thrown aside
as worthless ; but the boy's curiosity was aroused, his careful
examination revealed the nature of the trouble, which he reme-
died, and with compnrative ease restored the timepiece to good
running order. When he was but twelve years did, he built an
ell to his father's house, doing all the work of designing, carpen-
tering, painting, etc., quite unaided and with perfect success.
Among his other boyish constructions, may also be mentioned a
miniature steam-engine, a miniature fire-engine and a violin, all
marvels of accuracy and finish, although made with the simplest
tools.
In 1850, when sixteen years old, he engaged, at Meriden,
Conn., in the manufacture of tin-ware, at which he was soon able
to earn the highest of wages; but it offered no suflicient oppor-
tunity for the development of his mechanical tasfes; and so he
took a position in the American Machine Works, at Springfield,
Mas.s., where he remained until he was of age, fully mastering
every detail of the machinist's art. After a brief service with a
Mr. Osgood, contractor for the Holyoke Machine Co., he went
to Meriden and entered the employ of Snow, Brooks & Co., (now
Parker Bros. & Co.), whei'e he was employed in making dies and
other fine work, requiring great skill and ingenuity. While here,
he made his first invention, a sash-fastener for car windows,
which, though efi'ective, did not come into general iise, owing to
the failure of the party to whom the patent was sold. He en-
tered subsequently the employ of Messrs. Edward Miller & Co.,
at Meriden, with whom he remained until 1857, when, having
saved a little money, he determined upon independent effort.
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 73
He began by liiri)ig bench-room from Mr. B. S. Stedman, a prac-
tical maeliinist at Meriden, and soon afterwards be bought ont
his stock and tools. In 18G0 he invented a toe-and-instep
stretcher, which immediately found favor with the boot and shoe
mauufac'turers, and had a great success. In 1862, and iu the midst
of a great pressure of bnsiuess, his factory was destvoj'ed by fire;
involving a heavy loss, from which, however, his energy and
perseverance soon enabled him to recover. He soon resumed
business, taking in as a special partner Mr. Alden Clark, who re-
tired shortly afterwards, in favor of his nephew, Mr. George L.
Clark, who continued in association with Mi-. Stiles until 1867,
when the partnership was dissolved. The business by this time
had acquired proportions which rendered additional facilities im-
perative, and Mr. Stiles transferred the works to Middletown,
Conn., iu 1867, where they remained twenty-five years, ranking
among the most important industries iu the State.
One of Mr. Stiles' principal inventions — indeed, the one upon
which his chief fame as an inventor may be said to rest — is his
stamping and punching machine. To tliis machine, perfected
by him and first brouglit forward in 1(S64, he added several val-
ualile improvements previous to establisiiing his business at
Middletown, among theni being what is known technically as an
"eccentric adjusttnent," which he patented in 1864. This "ad-
justment" gave his machine a decided advantage over all other
pnnc-hiiig machines tlien in use, an advantage which it still re-
tains. Other manufactui'ers were not slow to perceive its value,
and Messrs. Parker Brothers, of Meriden, manufacturers of a
rival punching machine, known as "Tin; Fowler Press," adopted
Mr. Stiles' invention. Mr. Stiles claimed an infringeni(>nt of liis
patent, anil took the matter at owi'p into court, and a long and
ex]iensive litigation followed. A comjiromise was finally reached
by the consolidation of both firms, the new organization taking
the name of The Stiles A Parker Press Company. The l)usi-
ness of this company was practically controlled by Mr. Stiles,
who was tiie largest owner of the stock, and who filled the dual
74 THE STILES GENEALOGY,
position of Treasurer and General Manager; his second son, Mi\
Edmund S. Stiles, being the Secretary and Sujierinteuderit.
Besides the presses named, the corapiiny manufactured dies,
drop-hammers, and general sheet-metal tools; also designed and
constructed to order special machinery of every kind. As the
directing and responsible head of the business, Mr. Stiles dis-
played high intelligence, rare executive ability, and unflagging
energy, which so promoted the continuous and rapid growth
of the business, as to make it desirable, in 1885, to establish a
branch factory and office in the City of New York, which was
maintained there until 1890, at which time Mr. Stiles received
from the E. W. Bliss Co., one of his competitors, of Brooklyn,
N. Y., a very flattering offer for the business which his skill
and industry had established. A sale was effected, but he de-
clined their offer of a position with them for five years at a
salary of .fT.SOO per year, preferring to retire from active par-
ticipation in the lousiness. His son, Edmund S. Stiles, went witli
the Bliss Co. as Supei-intendent, which position lie had held
previous to the transfer.
In 1873, Mr. Stiles was appointed a State Commissioner
from Connecticut to the Vienna Exposition, an honor which he
was compelled to decline because he was an exhibitor of his
own machines and inventions at that Exhibition.
At the International Centennial Exposition, held inPhiladel-
phia, in 1876, his acknowledged ability as an inventor, engineer
and expert was again recognized by his official appointment as a
member of the Advisory Committee to the Board of Commission-
ers, and his services in this cajiacity gave high satisfaction botli
at home and abroad. At the International Exhil)itiou at Paris,
in 1889, Mr. Stiles' invention was awarded the Gold Medal of
Honor, the highest prize conferred. By steady advances the
Stiles presses have made their way to every quarter of the globe,
and are now in use in the navy yards and armories of the United
States, as well as in those of Germany, Austria, Sweden, Turkey,
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 74a
Egypt, Mexico, aud France. Other rnanufactures of the com-
pany have likewise secured a large foreign as well as domestic
market. For some years Mr. Stiles has been a member and one
of the seven directors of the United States Patent Association,
including upon its roll the examiners in the Government Patent
Office, solicitors of patents, and inventors. He is also a member
of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, of the Engi-
neers' Club, of Cyrene Commaudery, Knights Templar; of tiie
(P. E.) Church of the Holy Trinity, aud charter member of the
Church Club of the Diocese of Connecticut. He has interested
himself to some extent in the jiublic aifairs of Middletown, and
has served two years in its Board of Aldermen.
Mr. Norman C. Stiles married Sarah M. (daughter of Hen-
ry and Lucy) Smith, of Middletown, Conn., March 23, 1864; and
togetlier they occupy a leading place, and liave a record of kiudh"
aud unostentatious usefulness which endears them to a large
circle in the social life of the city.
Children :
214. I. Henuy Kanney,' born July 7, 1865; graduated M. D.,
Medical Department of Yale University, 1888;
appointed Nov., 1892, to surgeoncy in U. S. A.;
married Lovina Agues (daughter of Fisk and
Cynthia Toinie) Brainard, June 16, 1891.
215. II. EDMrxn S.mith,' born March 12, 1867; married
Nov. 28, 1893, Monterey Watson (dau. of Addison
Townsend) Kandall, of Baltimore, Md., wliose
widow married (2) Dr. James Davidson Igle-
hart, of Baltimore. Resides in Brooklyn, N.
Y. Issue: Norman Camp, born at Brooklyn,
N. Y., Sept. 2, 1894.
216. III. Millie Butleu,'' bom January 9, 1869; married
Nov. 1, 1894, John Smith Baird, of Watertown,
N. Y.
74?) THE STILES GENEALOGY.
FAMILY 28.
217. Hon. Edward Holcomb^ Stiles, [1«2] (Eliakim/
Donin,'' Lienf. Gideon,'' Joiiuh,^ Heiirtj^'' S(/t. Jlcnry,' Johii,^ } boru at
Grauby, Conn., Oct. 8, 1836, was partially prepared for college,
but, foreseniug that a collegiate education would dr.iw too heav-
ily upon the modest competence ou which his parents, in their
old age, mig];t have to rely, he resolved to relinquish his cher-
ished plans, and strike out for himself. Accordingly, in Decem-
ber, 1856, being then twenty years of age, he turned his face
westward, and became a resident of Ottumwa, Wapello County,
Iowa, then amere hamlet, reachedonlyby the We stern stage coach,
but now boasting a population of 12,000 and communicating with
" the rest of the world" by no less thao five lines of railroad.
The "New Purchase," as it was then called, of the Sacs and
Foxes, had only been made and the country opened for settle-
ment by the whites thirteen yeai's before, in 1843. During his
first winter there (1856) Mr. Stiles taught school; and having,
before coming West, commenced the study of law, he resumed
it, in the Spring of 1857, in the office of Col. S. W. Summers,
then a leading lawyer of Ottumwa. In December of the saiue
year he was admitted to the bar; immediately' formed a partner-
ship with his preceptor, and soon found himself in the full tide
of professional success. In 1858 he was chosen a member of the
City Council, and in 1859, City Solicitor. A natural talent for
public speaking, iinited with a disposition sufficiently impetuous,
soon drew him into the heated political strife which finally cul-
minated in the defeat of Douglas, the election of Lincoln, and
the outbreak of the War of the Rebellion. In this active cam-
paign, Mr. Stiles became somewhat conspicuous; like most of
his forefathers, he had been a Democrat (not of the Calhoun-
Breckenridge school) and believed in exhausting every expedient to
avert the coming contest; and, though he had heartily espoused the
cause of Hon. Stephen A. Douglas, yet, after the opening of the re-
bellion he deemed it liis duty to ally himself witli the Republican
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 75
party in its attempt to preserve the Union, and has ever since been
au earnest Republican.
In January, 1H61, at the first session of tlie Board of Super-
visors of Wapello County, he was elected the Attoi'ney of the Board,
and a year later was i-e-elected. In Jaiiiiarj^ 18fi4, despite the
opposition of some local leaders, who distrusted him on account of his
Democratic antecedents, he was selected by the Republicans of his
county, as their candidate for the State Lefj;islature. The county
had always been overwhelmingly Democratic. Being but a short
distance from the Missouri border and the scenes there enacted, iind
having been constantlj' exposed to guerilla invasion and annoyance,
the political contest in this county was natm-ally a close and most
exciting one. Mr. Stiles was finally elected by a small majority,
and sei-ved with distinction upon the important standing commit-
tees on Finance and on the Judiciary, as well as ujion a notable
sjiecial committee on a Prohibitory Liquor Law. At the expiration
of his term in the House, in 18(55, he was nominated to the Senate
for a four years' term, and elected over his former law partner,
Col. Summers, being again prominent as a member of the Judiciaiy
and Finance Committees, and of a Joint Committee of the Legisla-
ture, on the Swamp Land Fund of the State. At the end of two
years (18G6 ) he resigned his seat, to accept the position of Reporter
of decisions of the Sujireme Court, an office which had just then
been mjide elective, an innovation which had been streiaiously op-
posed bj' Mr. Stiles as imwise, but of which, by the nomination of
the State Republican Convention, he thus became the first incum-
bent. The ofSce was a lucrative one, was in the line of his pro-
fession, and congenial to his tastes. It opeiied to him, also, a door
to retire with good grace from the turmoil of active politics into
which he had been drawn during the war, and which had lost much
of its interest to him. In Octoljer, 1870, he was re-elected to the
same office, and at the end of his second term he positively declined
re-nomination and retired. He thenceforth devoted himself closely to'
his profession, having acuiuired a large and increasing practice. At the
fall election of 1888, however, ho was induc(xl to ai-cej)t the Re])ublican
nomination for Congress in this District — a stronghold of Greenback-
ers, who, with the Democrats, presented a fusion majority of 5,000
to be overcome. It was a "forlorn hope" and ^Ir. Stiles was beaten;
76 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
but he bad the satisfaction of knowing that he bad reduced the
fusion majority of the previous year ( 5,000 ) to '241.
Mr. Stiles has a fine, commamliug presence, is a gentleman of wide
culture, rare native abilities and great energy of character. Even a
strong political antagonist, in the face of bis nomination, character-
ized him as " standing at the head of the Ottumwa bar, the living ex-
jionent of true i-epublicanism , a standing menance to bossism, a rep-
resentative man of the county. "' * * The embodiment of liberal
ideas, a bulwark against fanaticism. * * * It will be a decided
honor to the Democracy to bear the credit of defeating such a man." *
As Reporter of the Supreme Court, Mr. Stiles published six-
teen volumes (Numbers 'I'l to 'M , inchrsive) of the "Iowa Reports,'''
which take high rank among the law reports of this countiy.
His clear, analytical mind enabled him to seize iipon the veiy
point decided by the Com-t, :md to present it in the headnotes,
without being incumbered by any extraneous matter. Consequently
his Lncd Rcmris are standard all over the laud, as the best of legal
authority. In 1873, he prepared and published a new Iowa " Digest,"
in two volumes, a work projected by Mr. Stiles' predecessor in the
office of Reporter, who was early compelled to rebnquish its prepar-
ation, in consequence of an important ]3rofessioual engagement in an-
other State. He has now in press Volume III, of this " Digest,"
the three volumes being a complete digest of the "Iowa Repoiis,"
from the first case reported down to and including Volume XL VI.
The " Digest," like liis " Rei^orts," is a woik of great merit, i^lacing
the bar of the State imder many obligations to him for the cax-e, labor
and skill l,estowed upon it. He is now (1886) engaged upon a
History of thi^ Bench inid Bar of tlie State of loivn, a work for which
he is eminently qiialified, and which will undoubtedly add largely
to his reputation.
As a lawyer, Mr. Stiles is in the foremost rank and with
a reputation which extends far beyond the confines of his own
County and State. His familiarity with the "Reiwrts," acquired
during the eight years he was Reporter, and in the preparation of the
three volums of his " Digest," enables bim to be one of the best case
lawyers; while liis extensive and careful reatling has given him an
accurate kno\\ ledge of the ] rinci]3les of the law. Careful and pains-
* ottumwa Daily Dnmicral, Sept. 18, 1S83.
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taking in the preparation of a ctuse for trial or for arjj^iiuient; if lie has
any fanlt, it is a peculiarity of his which often prompts hiui to re.uard
his o^-u side of the ease as the weak one, growing' out of tlie fact
that he studies with care everythiuj:,' that he can iuia>,'iiie uuj^'lit lie
brought against him l)y his oi)])onent; but, when once he has settled
down to an opinion, it is with difficulty he is shaken in it. As an
advocate, he is forcible, agi-eeable and persuasive; having considerable
natural talent as an orator, his extensive reading and practice of
twenty years enable him to present his case eitlier to the Court or
jury clearly, ;ind often with great force and power. As a politician,
Mr. Stnes is an active worker, well known and justly esteemed by
his party throughout the State.
Mr. Stiles married, Sept. 19, 1861, Emma M. Yenion, of Ches-
ter Co., Pa., whose ancestry, of Quaker stock,^weie of William Penu's
company of settlers of that State.
Children (all horn at Ottunuai, Lnvu) :
218. I. Mary Holcomb,' born July 28, 1S()2 ; ched Nov. 29,
1870.
219. II. Eugenia Veexox," born July 17, 186-1; died March 21,
1866.
220. III. Beetha Verxon," born Aug. 23, 1866.
221. IV. Edward Holcomb," born Jan. 15, 1870.
222. V. Emma Veknon,' bora Feb. 13, 1875.
223. VI. Maris Vernon," born March 29, 1879.
FAMILY 29.
224. Edmund Ely' Stiles, |187] iJamW />„/•< Lieuf.
Gideon,^ Jonali,^ Ilviiri/,'' Si/L Jlcnri/,' ./<*//»,') born at Westtield, Miuss.,
June 12, 1836; married, at South Framingiiaiii, Mass., July 15, 1868,
Elmira Catharine (daughter of James and Caroline Partridge) Ken-
dall, born at Ipswich, Mass., Aug. (>, 1840. Is in the enii)loy of
Joel Goldthwait it Co., 1()7 and 1''9 Wiushiugtou Street, Boston.
Residence (1886) Stouington, Conn.
78 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
Children :
225. I. HiBERT Kendall," bom at Cambridge, Mass., April 14,
ISfifl.
226. II. Percy Goldthw.ute," bom at Newtonville, July 1,
1S75.
FAMILY 30.
227. Charles Henry' Stiles, [188] (Jan-is,' D«rus,' Lieut.
Gideon,^ Jonah,'' Henry;'' Syl. Henryj^ John,^) born at "Westfield,
Mass., June 3, 1839: raanied, Sept. 25, 1872, Mary Elizabeth (dau.
of Everett Bloomfield and Mary Ann Pratt") Tillotson, bom July 30,
1853, at Lenox, Mass. He is a farmer, at Westfield, Mass.
Children (born at Westfield, Mass.):
228. I. Hexuy,^ horn Dec. 2, 1875.
229. II. DkYm^ bom April 22, 1876.
230. III. GE.4CE Mabel," born Aug. 22, 1877.
FAMILY 31.
231. Herbert Linwood" Stiles, [206] yMiit.m.: Shvhaei'
Shubael," Lieut. Gideon,^ Jonah* Henry, ^ Sgt. Henry i' John,'') bom
in Guilford, Medina Co., Ohio, May 22, 1842; married, Feb. 19,
1869, Maiy Loomis (daughter of Elijah and Mary Loomisi Porter,
who died Oct. 28, 1882. Mr. Stiles is Inspector for the Douglass
Axe Co., East Douglass, Mass. Piesides at East Douglass, Mass.
Children (hwn at Cleveland, Ohio) :
232. I. Anna Walton,'" born Jan. 8, 1870.
233. TI. Mary Loomis,'" born Nov. 16, 1872.
234. III. Ellen Poutek,'" bom Nov. 23, 1874.
FAMILY 32.
235. Gilbert Gaylord' Stiles, [210] {Cm-tis H.,' Henry,'
Dorus,'' Lieut. Gideon,^ Jonah,* Henry,^ Sgt. Henry^ John,^) bom
May 22, 1850, at Feeding Hills, Mass.; mamied, Dec. 23, 1874,
I
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 79
Nancy Giluian (daughter of Daniel and Marion) Smith, who was
born in Leicester, Mass., May 18, 1855. His business is that of a
die sinker, in the employ of the Morgan Silver Plate Co., Boston,
Mass. Residence (1885) 2(5 Prescott Street, Somerville, Mass.
Children :
'236. I. Walter Gilbert,'" born iu Merideu, Conn., June 29,
1876.
237. II. Curtis Henry,'" born in New Bedford, Mass., May 15,
1881.
Descendants of John' Stiles, the Emigrant,
IN THE LINE OF HIS SECOND SON JOHN.'^
FAMILY 2.
6. John'" Stiles, |'>| («/"///(,') born in England about 1633.
Pies. Stiles, his i(reat-giandson, gives in his 3IS. Genealogy, the fam-
ily tradition, "that a woman and her child paid only a single passage,
but double if [the child were] weaned; and tho' John Stiles was old
enough to wean when they came from England, l(i34, yet his mother
suckled him [during] the voyage, and so gained his passage."
Jolm Stiles, Jr., coming to man's estate, settled at Windsor, Conn.
!iud seems to have been a citizen of good character and repute among
his to\rasmen. lu 165(5 (June 5), before the Quarterly Court at
Hartford, we find " Jolm Bissell pit. cont. John Stiles defend', in
an Action of the Case for Carraing passengers over tlie river to the
dainniage of £2 10 slullings;" the issue thereof thus recorded. "In
tlie action be' John Bissell p\t. cont. John Stiles defend' the jury find
for the defen' costs of Oourte." ■■'"
In a tax-list, taken in 1675, for the pui'pose of raising a tax for
the su]i]ii)rt of the Rivulet Ferry, at Windsor, with a design of levj-
inj; it npoa s:iuh psr-ious and property as would be most bsnefited
thereby, Jolm Stiles is mentioned as one of those owning "family,
horse and 4 oxen.'"!"
He married Dorcas (daughter of Henry) Burt, of Springfield,
Mass., Oct. '28, 1658 (1657, according to letter of R. H. Burnham,
who says she was liorn in 1638). President Stiles' 3IS. Genealogy
records a "tradition in the family, that the mother of Dorcas Burt,
before she came over, was laid out for dead in England, put into the
coffin; but — at her fimeral, signs of life appeared, and she recovered,
came to New England, settled at Springfield, and here in America had
nineteen children (ten of whom, at least, lived to have families) one
of wliich was this Dorcas."
* Rec. Particular CI., II., tol. fll, 92. t Stiles' Hist. .Inc. Windsor, p. 62 aud p. 6 of Suppl't.
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. yi
Mr. John- Stiles died jit "NN'indsor, Conn., Dec. S, 108.3, sc. aljout
oO. His widow jirobably niiin-ied again, as a "Darkis" Stiles mamed
John Shethar, at Killingworth, Conn., Jan. 7, 1712-13.
Chihlren :
7. Sakah,'' bom at Springfield, Mass., Sept. 12, 1661 ;■'■ married
(1) E])liraini Bancroft, of Windsor, Ct., May ">, 1081.
He died 1727, iv. GO. She m. (2) Thomas Phillips.
Issue {all by Baixcrofl):
a i. EPHR.UM,' b. Feb. 8, lf,9,'i.-\—Wbidsor nist, 327.
9. ii. .loHX,^ b. Feb. 8, 1085; d. infant.
10. iii. S.U!AH,J b. Feb. 2(j, 1086-7; m. Thomas Phelps, of
Windsor, (probably Thomas,* p. 743. Ilisl. of . W'iml-
sor, a.); d. 1727, m. cir. 40. J
♦ "Sarah Stiles, daii. of John Stiles, born the 12 of ye 7 mon. 1661." — .V. E. Om. Rtgitler,
-WIIL. 148.
t EPHUAIM Bancroft settled at Windsor, ami when an old bachelor married France.s
I'helpB. abt. 171.i, by whom he IwiU (1) Harah : (2) Benjamin, both unmariiril in 17M; (3) Efihraim,
Jr., living 17i;t, U-. 82: |4)/.<n.i/-; (.)| Haniiall, <1. maiden 17.i7. le M: {6} Uuth, d inf.
El'HllAIM, .IB. (3) settled at W. : ni. Eatlier tilea-son ; abl. 1782, removed to Torrlnglon. Issue,
ID Trii.hena, b. Aug. 10. 17411: abt. 170), m. Samuel Pease, of Eufleld; had .\blel (Pea.se), b. May
27,1761. (21 Alice, b. Mar. 4, 1742: Ob. 17511 aet. 8; (3) Esther, b. 1744; (4) Ruth, b. 174C: (5) E|ihraim,
ob. .luly 6, 17511, aet. 1'..., luf ; (6) Ephrolm, b. Feb. 24, 1751: (7) N adiab, b. Dec, 1753: (8| Oliver,
b. .luly, 17.57.
Isaac (4I m. AblKall Eggleston, abt. 1740; settled at upper Windsor. Issue, (li Isaac, b.
1741: (21 .\blgail; (3| Eunice; (4) Jerusha: (.5) Lois; (6) Hannah. — Fnrrgninij /mm Prft. Slilfs' M.SS.)
t Children of Thomas /'Ae/pn and Sarah Bancroft: (1) Thomas, b. abt. 1712, or so<jncr: (2) Ben-
jamin, a liachelor;(3)Noa lah;'(4) Hannah, d. 1756 a?, cir. 4.5: (5) Mlndwell, b. about 1720: d. 1700;
aet 40; ii.i I,y la, b. dr. 1722: d. 1760, aet. 38; (7) Sarah, d. about 1750, rather 1754: (8) Margaret,
d without issue.
Thomas (11 m. Watson. Issue. (1| Sarah b. cir. 1742: ni. 1763, Hezekiah .\damsof Synis-
bury, cir. 1763, whose Ilrst wife was Lydia Phelps, her father's sjlster: (2)Tliomas: (3) Margaret:
(4) Lois: (5) Hannah; (6) Job: (7) Mary.
NoA»iAH(3)m. Case; Issue, (1) Shubael, b. cir. 1710, ob. 1701. aet. 21. bachelor: (2)
Xoadlah. b. dr. 1743.
Hannah (4) m. Cornelius Phelps, and d. 1756, aet. 40 cir. Is ue, (1) Cornelius, b. cir. 1745,
ob. Inf.: (2) Hannah: (3) CorneIlu.s.
MiNDWKi.i. (5i m. .lona. yl(/«mj: d. 1700, aet. dr. 40; Issue (1) Phcbe, b. 1740; (2)'Rachel; (31
.Mercy; (4 1 Sarah, d. young: (5) Triphene, d. young; 16— 8>, two sons and adau., all d. Inf.
LVDIA i6i m. Hezeklah ^tdami; d. 1760, aet. dr. 38. Issue, (1) LydIa: (2) Dorcas; (31 Liiclna:
(4) twin sons, ob. Inf.
SARAH (7) m. Tlmo. .Vnsf.t, of Sym.ibury. Issue, di Timothy, b. 1731; (2) Sarah: m. Isaac
Orlmes had a son and dau.; (3) Aarnn; (4) Elisha: (5) Vlah, a dau. b. cir. 1743; m. Ellsha
Orlines 1763, le. 20; hal Ellsha, b. dr. 1703; (6) Martin; (71 Kezla; (8) Dorcas; (9) LydIa, b. 1751
dr.
TIMOTHY Mosra.d) m. Humphrey." litur, (I) Timothy, ob. dr. 1758; (2) Vlah, a
dau. ; (31 Sarah : 4) Timothy.
.\ARON Moses. (3) m. SeymtiUi;: had a son k two daus.
Elisha Mobe.s, (41 m. Humphrey; had son & adau. {Foregoing from Pre>..SUIa' .VS.S.)
82 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
11- iv. Benjamin,' b. May 10, 1694; drowned March 29, 1716,
!B. 21.
12. V. JoHN,^b. Dec. 19, 1690; m. Rachel^ (dau. Of Henry' Stiles).
Kaohel, the only issue of this marriage, died an in-
fant.—(Pre.v. StUes MK) See No. 25, p. 47.
13. vi. NATHANiEL.^b. 1698; (living 17i;4|; in. (1) Dorothy Phelps,
by whom he had Mary" (Bancroft), who ajt. 25, Jan-
1754.*; m. (2) Esther Gillett, by whom he had two
sons and two daughters, all still-born. —C/'yes. Stiles'
MSS.
14. vii. Daniel, -I b. July, nui.f (living 1764).
15. viii. Thomas, ■• b, Dec. 14, 1703; (living 1764).J
Mrs. Sarah (Stiles) Bancroft, alias Phillips, died 1727.
16. II. H.A.NNAH,'' born at Windsor, Conu., March 23, 1664-5,
(only 8f months before her brother John — Pres.
Siiles^ 3ISS.): married Samuel Bliss, of Springfield,
Mass., Jan. 21, 1687. *''^ Issue:
17. i. Hannah, -"b. May 1, ICSSl.tt
18. ii. Sakah,'' b. July 6, 1692; died le. 15.
19. iii. LrpiA,'' b. Nov. 24, 1695. Jt
* This Mary Bancroft in. Daviii Attm; died in cliildbed, leaving Natlianiel. (Pree. Stiles'
MSS. 1764.)
t July 16, 1700.— (Stiles' Ancient Windsor, \>. .527).
t THOMAS Banceoft, settled at Windsor, Ct., m. Mercy Thompson, Jan. 18, 1728. Issue, (1)
Sarah, b Dec. 1729; (2) John, b. 1732; (3) Thomas, b. Oct. 1731— ilied in the war, 1758 u Baihelor;
(4) Ed»ard, b. July, 1737; (5) Abel, b Ju y 25, 1740; (6) Ann, b. Oct. 1744; (7) Nathaniel, b. Oct.
1748.
Saeah (1) m. Jacob Munsell, of Windsor, in Jan. 1751. Issue, (1) Silas, b. June 2 1751, ob. 1753,
aet. 2; (2) dau., b. Mar. 15, 1753, ob. 1753, aet. 1 day; (3) Sarah, b. Apl. 23, 1754; ^4) Ellis, (dau.) b.
March 12, 1756; (5) Silas, b. Mar. 27, 1758; (6) Abigail, b. Oct. 15, 1760; (7) Eunice, b. Apl. 30,
1763.
JOHN (2), settled at Windsor, Ct. ; m. Ann Phelps. Issue, (1) Anna, ta. Oct. 22, 1762.— (y/ic
Foregoing from Pres. Stiks' MSS., 1764).
*=* Springfield {Mass.) Rec. say Jan. 1, 1686-7, and call him "Samuel Bliss, 3rd."
ft Hannah Bliss m. Joseph Warrener, of Springfield, Mass. Issue, (1) Joseph, d. inf.; (2)
Hannah, d. le. 7; (3) Joseph; (4) Hannah; (6) Lydia, d. cir. 1759, Be. oir. 28; (6) Sarah, unmarried
in 1764.
Joseph Wakrener (3) m. Sarah Howard, cir. 1748. Issue, (1) Joseph, b. 1750; (2) William;
(3) Nathan; (4) Lydia, (5) dau., stillborn; (6) son stillborn; (7) dau., d. Inf. m. 1 yr.
Hannah Warrener"(4) m. Dr. Porter of Hadley, or Hampton, Mass., abt. 1741; had 4 child.,
by 1764 — one of whom was named Hezekiah.
XX Lydia Bliss m. Daniel Inger&oU, had Sarah; m. (_2) Nathan Collins, and had two sons
twins) d. inf.— (Pres. Stiks' MSS.)
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. R3
20. iv. Samuel,' b. March 2',l, 1701.*
Mrs. Hannah Bliss died Dec, 1704.— (Pjt.s. Stiles'
MSS.) '
21. II[. John' bom at Windsor, Comi., Dec. 10, 1605; mamed
(1) Ruth Bauc-ioft; m. (2) Sarah Eumrill. Fam-
ily 3.
22. IV. EpHiiAiM,^ married Abi^^ail Xeal. Family 4.
28. V. Thomas,' "Settled, I thmk, in Windsor, and m. Betliiali
Hanmer, from Scitnate, near Boston, or in the Old
Colony of Plymouth; died about 1740, or '45, ae. 67;
no issue."—; f /-e.s. Sllle.H' MSS.)-f
FAMILY 3.
24. Mr. John' Stiles, [21] (John,'' John,') bom Dec. 10,
1665; settled at Windsor, Conn. He married (1) Ruth Bancroft,:!:
dau of Samuel, of Westfield, Mass., who died in childbed, 1714; m.
(2) Widow Sarah Rumrill, who died about 1743, by whom he bad
no children. After her death, he left Windsor, and lived the greater
part of his remaining years with his sou. Rev. Isaac Stiles, at North
Haven,** where he died. May 20, 1753,tt re. 88 years.
The cluu-ch records of Rev. Timothy Edwards, first pastor of
the First Church of East Windsor, Conn., give evidence that John
Stiles was an actual settler (and the first of the name) on the east
side of the Great River — then known as " Windsor Farmcs " — prob-
ably in 1699 or 1700.
• Samiiei. Blisw settled In Springfield, Majw.: m. (1) Elizabeth Chapln, dr. 1723: had (I)
A'atton .- (2) Elizaljoth: (3) Hannah: (4) Samuel, il. dr. 4'j yrs.; (5) Samuel, <1, clr. 2',: (C)
Oarah, d. Inf., mi: m. Ci) Sllenee HItohcoek; had (7) Samuel, b. 1754: (S) Sarah, b. 1716: (9, .Ins-
tin, b. nM.—iPret. Slilrt' MSS.)
Nathan Bliss settled at Springfield, Mass,; m. Abigail Burt, tir. 1762; had Ohloe, b. I76:l,
{Pret. SliUt- .tf.<r,^.i
t In Pres. Stiles' .M.S. Gntfalnjiy, at this ijotnt, occurs the following note : " Here ends the
Second Generation consisting of thirty one Souls of which Six died In Infancy. Total of this
Generation Thirty one Souls, being Six times the number of the first."
X " Being loft an orphan at an early age, was given to Mr. Fowler, of Westfield to bring up.
When of'age she lived at Kev, Mr. Glover's, In Sprlngllelil, and was In the fortified house when
It was besieged by the Indians In 1G75 " — /V'-ji. Stiht' .VS. a^nettlogy. She w/is among the
members In full communion belonging to " ye 2il. Church of Christ In Windsor," (i.e. the first
Church In En«t Windsor], under "late of 1700.— Stiles Hitl. Anciml yVimUnr, \>. «7()
** Memorandum by Pres. Stiles', made when a boy, "Feb. 11, 174.')-4, Grandfather StUee came
down," I. '. to North Haven.
tt Memorandum made by Pros. Stiles. '
84 THE STILES ■GENEALOGY.
Pres. Stiles {MS. Itinerary, vol. v., Yale College Libraiy) says:
"Osbom, Bissell ami Fitcli, three first settlers of East Windsor.
Osborii owned three ruiles long iind a half [mile] in -nidth on Con-
necticut Eiver. Grandfatlier Jno. -Stiles among first and with Os-
born. Osborn first above Scantic Eiver, Bissell below, and Fitch at
South end."
His gi'tuidson, the Pi-esident, thus describes him; "my Grand-
father was a small man short of stature & rather lean than fat; an
honest man, tho" of an ordinary capacity & imderstauding — a plain
Farmer, naturally rather dull and cloudy make; his passions quick
tho' not often disturbed — at times melancholy tho' often social.
Tho' he had little evil about him, yet he had nothing extraor-
dinai-y good. Had no ambition to be distinguished beyond a
veiy small sphere. And least of all had he anything Enter-
prising in his Make. Not very active nor very Indolent; if he
coidd in Summer lay up for Winter so as to feed his numerous
Family, he sought no more. He took uo pains to acquire an Estate,
ha^dng laud eno' to raise provision for the support of his Famil}'.
The Family of Bancroft [his wife's] are of a brisk, smart, quick,
sensible & lively cast. Grandmother communicated her family spirit
to all his children, but to none in so high a degi-ee as to her son my
Father, the Eev. Isaac Stiles, & jierhaps her daughter Ilutli. In
general in all the childi-en there was a manifest Superiority of Mind
to Grandfather's. They were all possessed of Sensibility, Spirit,
(.Quickness & Judgement far superior to their Father. One com-
mon luth-mity inseparably attended the whole Family, Violence of
Passions: not one but was quick k passionate to a high degree,
which was of great Disadvantage especially to the two, viz. my
Father A' Uncle Abel who were concerned in public Life. Boister-
iousness, Impetuosity and Ungoveiiaableness of then* passions, in-
volved them in man}' Trials, w*". Men of more Meekness and Con-
descenscion had avoided.
With all tliese Infirmities of Passions about them, the Family
was not addicted to Vices, but were honest, upright & faithful it
had in their Dispositions a natm-al Hospitahty and Generosity
which would have appeared more had not Lidigeuce, or at least a
want of Affluence, prevented it.
Not only my Grandfather, but the Family of Stiles in other
Branches, in general, were a small Breed, low of Statme." -"
* Excepting Jonathan Stiles, knowQ as *- Long Jonatlian."
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. _ 85
ChUilren (t/ie Jirat six prohablij bom at Old Windsor, Conn.; the
rcinaindfi- in East JVindsor) :
25. I. RiTH,' boni Feb. "), l()i)l; in;uTiotl Nathaniel Taylor, of
Wimlsor, Ct., (uot a relatiou of the liev. Eilwaiil, of
Wostfiekl), May 81, 1711. He died May 6, 1730.
She is characterized by her nephew, the President, as
" a very worthy woman with a considerable Greatness
of Mind tlio' somewhat troubled with family Tem-
per." She (as well as her brother, the Rev. Isa;ici
was of a taller statui'e than the rest of the famil}\
She died 11 Dec, 1760. Issue:
'2>'t. i. Ruth; ^ bom .\pril ;t, 1712.*
•27. ii. JEr.fsHA.'bornMar. 15, 1713-ll;t 111. Solomon Doolittle,
of Wall;ngford, Conn.; had David" (Doolittle), b.
1737, who m. Tapher Doolittle, 17G1; settled in New-
Cheshire. —/'res. Slilex' MSS.
lli-s. .lerusha (Taylor) Doolittle died Feb. 4, 1792.
28. iii. Stephen," d. inf.
2!i. iv. Stephen,' b. 1718. J
30. V. Elizabeth, b. Jan. 21, 1720.**
31. v-i. Abigail, sft torn Feb. 10, 1721-2.Xt
32. vii. MARo.iKET,5 b. Oct., 1725;*** m. Elijah Caylord.ttt
33. viii. Keziah,* b. Oct. 23, 172t;; JJJ: m. Elisha Munsell, of
Enfield.
• Ruth Taylor m. Simeon Piermn, of Onshon. Issue, 1 Ruth, b. clr. 1739: m. St«phen
Smith, of Ooshon, dr. 1758, and hiid Xacmil Smltlii !>. dr. nriii, Lovlsa; '2 BiMiJaniln, 1). 1741.
ob. at Now York, Nov. 171)2, on reluru from Coniiuesl of Ilavanna,— bachelor; ^3 Ezra, h. 1744;
4) Mose.s, b. 1«46.— </'iv». Slilrs' .USS.)
t. Stiles' //is/. WimlAcr, p. 812.
t STEPHEN TAYLOK. sottlivl I think. In Torrlngton, Ct,: m. Sarah Hadlock. I».sue, (1)
.lerusha, b. dr. 1745: (2i .Tohn. b. 174'.): (3) Stephen, b. 1,52; (4) Nathanlol: (a) .NIosi-s: (fi) Samuol.
Mr. Stephen Taylor d. Oct. 10. 170(1, a; 42.— (I'm. .«i(.-«' M.S.'-:)
*• Elizabeth Taylor m. Obcd Lnmli<rlmi, of Windsor, Ct. Issue, (1) Obcd, b Nov. 2. 1T47:
(21 Nathanli'l, b. Oct. 14, 1749, ob. n.'),— aet. I: (3) Kezla, b. .July :tl, 1751: (4) Nathanlol, b. Kcb. 2,
1743: (5i Elizabeth, b. Sept. 24, 1757: dJi Mabel, b. Nov. n, 1761: Moses, b. clr. 1765.— (/"'•<•». A7.7m'
.I/.SS.I
t1 ABIGAIL m. Elijah Fitch, ot Asbtord, Conn. Issue, 11) Ebenezor, b. dr. 1746; (2) Kezla, l>.
1758; (3\ a son d. Inf. : (4i a dau., d. Inf.— /V«. .«i7«' .VS.S.)
U Slile,' Hint. ]rituhar. *•• /IM. ttt Ihiil.
t:{ Keziah m. Ellsha .Vumrll. of Enlleld. Issue, di Hi'zi>klah, ob. Inf.-; (21 llezeklali, b. .Ian.
nsS; (3| .Joel, b. Aug. 3, 1755; (4) Naomi, b. April, 1,58; (5, Bathsheba. b. Dec. 1701).— /V^*. Slilr.<'
MSS.)
86 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
34. jx. MosES.s (1. in War, Nov. 29, 1756; unmarried.
35. X. JoHN,^ d. in War, Jan. (5, 17.57, se. 24, unmairied.
Mrs. Euth (Stiles) Taylor A. at Tomugton, Coun.,
Dec. 11, 1760, X. lO.—Pres. Stiles' MSS. ■
36. II. JoHN,^ b. Dec. 17, 1692; married Mary Osborn, of Wind-
sor, Conn. Family 5.
37. III. Makgaeet,^ bom Feb. 23, 169J:-.5; married Joseph Peck,
of Windsor, Coun., who afterwards removed to Tol-
land, Conn., and who died in Litchfield County, Fel).
23, 1714-1.5. Issjie :
38. i. Son, d. inf.
39. ii. .Joseph, = *
40 iii. MAiKiABET,'b. 17111-20. t
41. * iv. EBENEZER,*b. 1721; m. cir. 1754, at Kent, Conn.; had 5
or (i children. —Pres. Siiks' MSS.
42. V. Ruth,' b. 1723; m. Mr. Delano, of Tolland, Conn. ; had
(onlylsonGideon'' (Delano), b. 1742.— P;-es. Slile.t' .1/.S.S'.
43. vi. Benoni,5 b. 172fi; m. Mehitable Millard; settled at Corn-
wall, Conn., and (17(-i4) had 5 dau's. — Pre.s. Slile.s' MSS.
Mrs. Margaret (Stiles) Peck d. cu-. 1726, se. 32.
44. IV. (Kev.) IsAAC,^ bom July 30, 1697; m. (1) Keziah Taylor;
(2) Esther Hooker. Family 6.
45. V. SoN,^ )
V twins; both died in infancy.
46. VI. Daughtek,^ )
47. VII. EBENEZER,Mjorn April 7, 1701 ;J m. (1) Ann Drake; m.
(2) Sarah Pinney. Family 7.
* JOSEPH PECK m. Elizabeth Abbot, settled at Tolland: d. 1741 se. clr. 22. Issue, John, b.
Aug. 24, 1740: m. Rebecca Ca5e, Dec. 3, 1761: had dau„ Sarah, b. Oct. 14, 1762.— (Pres. Stiks'
MSS.)
t MABGAEET PEfK, m. Ichabod S<imp»on, of Tolland. Issue. Stephen, b. dr. 1740; Sarah;
Noah, Ob. 1762, as. clr. 17; Joseph; Ruth: Joel: Margaret; Lois: Gideon.— Pres. SUles' MSS.)
i Mentioned by Rev. Timothy Edwards, Pastor of First Ch. of East Windsor, as baptized by
him In nOO.— [Stiles' Hist, of Ancienl Windsor, p. 871.)
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 87
4S. VIIT. Noah/ bom Jmi. 31, 170.3;* m. Abigail Gaines. Fam-
ily S.
49. IX. AiiEL/ (1. iufant.
twins,
50. X. HANNAH.n
51. XL ,' ]
52. XII. (Kev.) AuEL,^ bom March 10, 1708-9; m. Alethea Robin-
sou. Family 9.
53. XTII. Hannah,' bom Oct. 9, 1711; married Isaac Hayden, of
Windsor, Conn., Nov. 19, 1736. Her nephew, the
President, says of her that " she had a flaming black
eye ; of Sense & Smartness, a good economist, of a
generous & noble spirit, tho' a little tinged with
gloom. Tho' she had the family Temper, yet she
was possessed of more Prudence & Discretion than
' any one of the Family." Lssite :
54. i. Hannah,* b. 1737; m. Hezekiiih PhelpS, of Simsbury,
Conn.; had Hannah.'^ and another. — Pres. UlUes' MSS
55. ii. Lucy," born March 5, 173!); d. March 10, 1748.
56. iii. Isaac,-' born Nov. 2(1, 1741; d. inf.
.57. iv. EzKA, ■ bom Dee. 20, 1742; d. Jan. 23, 1742-3.
58. V. Anna, born March 25, 1744; m. Dibble, of Tor-
rinj^ford, Conn.
59. vi. Miriam,* ) 1 d. inf.
V twins, b. Nov. 2G, 1746; -
60. vii. Mabel," ) ) d. July 25, 1750.
Mrs. Hannah (Stiles) Hayden died Sept., 1750, se.
39.— Pres. SHles' 3fSS. Stiles' Am: Wiudmr, p.
654, gives date as Aug. '27, which is probably cor-
rect; also supplies dates of cliildren's births.
61. XIV. Benoni,^ bom 1714; d. se. 3 months.
• Porhnpa thlsshoiiUI be 1702 — 3, as Rev. Timothy Edwanls, first pastor of the first Church
In East WiiHisor, roconls It (In his " Account of tho children of those belon^lUK to this So*
cloty baptlzcil by me, ") thus ; " Jno. Stiles' Child 170'2 In ye winter as we take It, Noah." (StiUt'
Hill. Ancient Windtor, p. 872.)
88 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
FAMILY 4.
62. Ephraim' Stiles, ['22] {Jolm,' Jo/ni,')hoin ; mar-
ried Aug. 2, ItlDJ: [Spriiujjidd, Jlua.'i., Bee.) Abigail Neal, of West-
field, Mass., where he settled, and afterwards removed to Springfield,
Mass. He was the ancestor of the yoimger (and larger) Westfield
branch, and of the Pittsfield branch of the Family.
He ched about 1755, net. cu-. 85. — {Pres. Slilef.) Pittsjield Bee.
Bk. 7, p. 21, give the death of an Ephraim Stiles, Oct. 31, 1765, from
" Pleurisy,", who may have been this Ephraim.
ChUdrcn (frtnn }r<-s/Jic'JJ, il/a.s.s., Bceords):
()3. I. Eachel,' born at Westfield, Mass., May 21, 1695; died
cir. 1750, without issue.
til. II. Is.iAC,^ bom at Westfield, Mass., Oct. G, 1696; m. (1)
Mary Brooks; (2) Deborah Hermon. F.uniLy 10.
65. III. Ephraui,^ boru at Westfield, Mass., Dec. 5, 1699; m.
(1) Mary Fowler; (2) Jemima Meacham. Family 11.
66. TV. Abigail,' bom at Springfield, Mass., Mai-ch 15, 1704;
died fe. 10 years.
67. V. Hannah,^ bom at Springfield, Mass., July 31, 1708;
manied David Jones, of Springfield, Mass., about
1740.* Issue :
68. i. David, 5 b. 1743.
69. ii. HAXSAHjSb. .
70. iii. Asa, 5 b. .
71. iv. ,5 .1. inf.
Mrs. Hannah (Stiles) Jones, died 1763, se. 58.+
* So says Prcs. Stiles, but Springfield (ilass.j JUc. gives their intention of marriage as Nov.
4, 1734.
t A* this point in Pres. Stiles' MS. Gaifalngy, occurs the following : " Here ends the Third
Generation, consisting of Otie humtmi and Tw^ty-three Souls: Sixty-one Males and Sixty Two
females; of which twenty nine, or Nearly one Quarter died in Infancy. The Third Gen. is four
times the Number of the Second ; and proceed from Nineteen Marriages of the second. Of this
Gen. by 1764, are Hfty three Marriages already, of which only one barren, 7 (lead, 7 done bearing,
leaving thirty eight bearing families for l';64."
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 89
FAMILY 5.
Tl. Lieut. John* Stiles, [36] (Jo/m,^Jo/i?t,- Jo/m,') boni at
Windsor, Conn., Dec. 17, 169'2; marrierl Mary Osborn, of Windsor,
May 7, 1713. He resided ou the East side of "the Great Eiver"
(Connecticut I in that part of the old town of Windsor, now known as
Scan tic Parish, in the present town of East Windsor. As early as
1716, his estate, rated at £81 16s., was designated as being on the
" East side the Great River."
" Uncle John was full of the Stiles and full of the Bancroft [see
p. 84] <fr tho' a Man of Sense <t Judgment yet made his numerous
family uneasy A- liimself unhappy by pei-petual finding' Fault, tho" he
had a notable Wife, a -^ooil Econoujist who consulted his Temper
with gi-eat Prudence.'' In person he was " larger than middUng, and
pretty plump and round." He was a mason and farmer.
He died at East Windsor, Couu., July '20, 1763, and is
l)uried in Scantic burying gi-ouud. His gi'avestone, of red sandstone,
bears the following inscription: "In memory of Lieu' | John
Stiles who | Died July the '20"' | A. D. 1763, iiged 74 Years."*
Children {all horn in Scantic Parish, East Windsor, Conn. ):
73. I. JoHN,'^ bom May 1'2, 1714. (^Pres. Stiles says, " bachelor,
1764.")
74. II. Maktha," bom Feb. 1717; mjuried Joseph Osborn, Dec.
30,1736. Issue:
75. i. Martha.6 b. .Tan. IS, 17;W.t
76. ii. .It.sEPH,6 b. Feb. 13, 1739; m. Ann Waters, Nov., 1762;
settled in Windsor; bud Hnldab (Osborn), b. May 2,
1763.- Pre.?. t^tUes MSS.
77. iii. MiNDWELL,* b. Feb. 28, 1742.
78. iv. David,« b. Sept. 23, 1745. t
79. V. Abel,6 b. Feb. 11, 1747;** d. 1751, m. 3 or 3'^ years.
80. vi. ABEL,6b. April 8, 1752. tt
81. vii. DoBCAs,8 b. Nov. 23, 1754.^1
82. viii. MABOABKT,«b. Jan. 22, 1759.***
• EvliliMit y liKxirreci. i\s soon by dale of his birth,
i Sllli's' .liiriVn/ ll'iji/aor gives .Ian 1:|, 17:«.
1 Stiles' In. i>/in»V(i./«<)i-. TW '* fliid.TiV. >IIMil.lr>l. tt /''"''. «*• //mt
90 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
S3. III. Israel,'' born Sept. 13, 1719; married Mai-tha Kockwell.
Family 12.
84. IV. Maky,' bom 1720; unmamed, 1764
85. V. BENONi,H)om 1726; died in the Freuch War, 17fi(»; no
issue.
86. VI. Ann,'' bom ; married Moses Bissell, of Windsor,
Conn. Issii£ :
H7. i. IsilAEL OSBORN,'' li. .Inl.v, 17r)L
KK. ii. Daii.," a. 1 cluy old.
SH. • iii. Irene,'' b. cir. 1755.
Wl. iv. Anna," b. .
91. V. Abel," d. 1700, inf.
92. vi. Beulah," b. Aug., 1761.
93. VII. Elizabeth,^ born ; unmarried Ln 1764, as recorded
by Pres. Stiles, but she afterward married Ebenezer
Clark,* of Ellington, Conn., when she was 52 and he
62 years old. She was his second wife, and lived
with him 28 years, and 1^ after his death.
No issue. '
* A son of Simon, of Halifax, Mass.. son of Richard, son of John, (all of Rowi-y, Mass. > sun of
Richard Clark, h. at Plymouth, Eng., 1590. landed in Am. Nov. 1], 1620 Mayflower) Was
the first white man who stepped on what is now known as "Clark's Island," one league from
Plymouth, Mass.
Ebenezee. 1). at Rowley. Mass., Oct. 15, 1717, m. Anna Dlmock of Mansfield, Ct., Sept. 2, 1740,
she being then 16 ye.ars and nearly si.x mouths old. Lived nearly :Jy years in Mausfleid, where
.til their 1:1 ch. were b. They then sold their farm and rem. to Ellington, Ct., where she d. Feb.
15, 177;t, in her .56th year, and a ra ^tuber of the Pre ^byterlan Church, .\bout two years after, he
m, Elizabeth Stiles of E. Windsor, by whom he had no issue. H« never accumulated much
property but always obtained a good support for his family. Was remarkable, even in his old
age, for agility and sprlghtilness; was very honest, moral and exemplary, and a member of the
Presbyterian Church. Was living Jan. 1 , 1804. — A MSS. Gi-malogy nf the tUnctndants of Richard CFarJi,
In possession of Mrs. Frances Stiles Sheldon, of Oswego, N. Y., Oct., 1872.
THE CONNECTICUT FAUILY. 91
FAMILY 6.
94. Kev. Isaac' Stiles,* [-44] Uohn^ John^ John,') "was
bom at [Eiist] \Viinls()i-, iu the County of Hartford, in the Colony of
Counecticutt on the 30*" clay of July O. S. in the yeai- 1697. He
wa-s brought up to the business of a weaver till he wa.s towards 20
years of age,+ wiien he applied to Leamhig, and under the Tuition of
the Reverend Timothy Edwards the Minister of [East ] Windsor, he
iniKle such pi-ofifiencv as to enter Yale College at sis weeks before the
commencement of the year 17! 9. Here ho continued till 17'12 when
he proceeded Biu-helor of Arts, J and Ma.ster of Ai-ts iu 1725, being the
first of the name and l)lond that had a liberal education in .\nierica.
He wa.s a good clii-ssiciil scholai", especially in Jjatin, few exceeding him
eitlier before or since, much addicted to the study of Oi-atory and the
Hible all his Life. The valedictory Oration he mafle at the Exami-
nation, 1722, is a piece of elegant Latin. The oM Logic, Philoscv
]iliv A- Metaphysics he read, but never imderstood, because unintel-
li'^ble. The Mathemetics he was ignorant of beyond the 5 first
Kules of Arithmetic. He had a Ta.ste for ]iolite Wntiiigs in prose &
Poetry es])ecially the latter. He deliglited in the Spectator, Guju'd-
ian, in Pojie <t Swift's works — he was sublimely tired with Dr. Watts'
Lyrics, but aliove all with Milton and Young. With all but the last
he was acipiainted at College. Tlie Newtonian Science had not passed
the Atlantic; and after its Arrival he had no Tast<» or Genius for moie
than a superficial knolwedge of it. After he had gi~aduated iu 1722 —
that year in which Dr. Cutler A: others apostatized to Prelacj' — he
reiui some Divinity and becam'e tolerably acquainted with the Sys-
tem contained in the Westminster Confession. Having begim to
preach he traveled into the Jereies, being sent to by a destitute Chh.
After this hv i-etunied to New England — kept School at Westtield,
IMiiss.] where he preached on probation A: hml a call to settle in the
Ministry, the Reverend Edward Taylor being super-annuated; which
he declined,"** as the church and society were not so united on him
* Tbis biographical skeicb was prepared by bis son, Uie President, under dale of June is,
17fiO. ontlllprt : *■ Vnnoirf if Aif-tlnt^n nf th' Life nf /A** R^r^rnt't haac Stilfs — tntrar'tn farming n jnxl
t'tra of hit real rharaetrr a* a Christian. f>rau>n up Ol/ his son, Eiya StiUs." The MS. Ih in i:08m(<h-
Mlonof Mph. Kiilc (J. Wrlli*. of Boston. Mass.
+ "II IH st'iid that he, in one alul the san)«* May. tietl n pUnx* Into the l<MUn an>l wove out
(oiirieon .vanls."— /Vm. stiles' .V.ss.
t " He reslrU' I in (>»IIr;;e JumI ilin'e years f<)r the Senior Sopiilsis g«t home In .luly."— //«'/.
** HeferenceMlo ibU^, under dales i>r July ami August. 17*2:1, will l>e founii in the exiraetH rroni
tbe Town Reconls of WestHeld, (]Uoted In the .Xobte tfenentoffj/, IINS.
92 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
jis be desired. He was also the second choice in Bolton, Conn., in May
1723, when that church called Jonathan Edwards, likewise a son of
East Windsor.
" Diiriuf; this Residence [in Westfield,] he became acquainted
with Miss Kcziali Taylor, * Daughter of the Rev. Mr. Taylor,
whom he aftiTwards married."
Ill Jamiaiy, 1724, he began to ])reach to the chm-ch in the North
] lavish of New Haven mow North Haven), which lia<l been left
vacant since the withdrawal of the Rev. James Wetmore (Y. C. 1714)
a year before. After a trial (jf liis gifts he was called to settle on an
annual salary of £70, to be raised gradually to £120, and was ordained
Nov. 11, 1724, as his son remarks, ' with absolute uu-iuimity."
" He was of above medium stature (the largest of the Family)
u])riglit, alert A* active, unbowed to the day of his Death. Had a
small jiierciug black eye, which at Times he tilled with Flame &
Veugenc-e. Quick in his Temper & passionate to the last Degi-ee.
On occasion none could be more cheerful & merry in Company — but
when alone, or with his Family only, he was gloomy or per-
petually repining. He would not have enjoyed himself easy in
affluent circumstances — much less in his narrow living & under
some peculiar & pressing trials. Books ife friends gave him some
Relief ifc Respite. He did little at secular labor & always kept
much at home & in his Study. He r'ead much, but digested
almost nothing. His mind was stored with rich & valuable
Ideas, but classed in no Order, like good Books thrown in con-
fusion in a Library Room. This was owing to a Volatility &
hasty Transition of Genius, the sallies of which he could never con-
troll, it which he has given in plentiful Abundance to his Childi'en,
and especially to me. Hence he was deUghted with good Reasoning &
could discern its force, yet he was no Reasoner himself. His Dis-
courses were in the Declamatory Way. In the Pulpit he was some-
times a most charming Preacher & seemed as if he would irresistibly
deforce away yoiu' Affection to Christ & his Religion; & one woidd
judge him to be a complete Saint high advanced in Piety; at other
Times his Sermons & prayers would be vastly disagreeable to the
Audience. None could give more animated Descriptions of Heaven
* Born April 4, 1702.
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 93
& Hell, the Joys of the one, & Damnation of the other. * In common
Life he would be sometimes extremely social & pleasant, it you
would judge the most hiunane & benevolent — k so he was for the
present; the nest Day, perhajis, if not the next Hour, you might find
him in such a Frame that he might pass for Dean Swift : he could
conceal nothing, every Sentiment being felt so delicately as to blaze
forth in his Eyes <fc Countenance «fe alxjve iill flowed oflf without
much Reserve thro' his Li])s. He had high notions of Subordination
which he sucked in from Mr. Edwards, Dr. Cutler A: Mr. AVhittelsey;
it he exacted the same from his Inferioi-s, and their not rendering it
with Fjicility has many Times thrown him into Passion.
"His delicjicy of percei)tions were such both mental it sensitive,
that it was impossible for him to feel easy cfe imrepiniug. According
to Pope, his senses external it internal were so delicately exquisite
that 'tremblingly all o"er' he would 'smart it agonize at eveiy
pore.' His constitution was such that he could not possibly pass
this world at best but in a very great degree of peii)etual Torment: he
felt evei-y Thing it had httle Respite from painful sensations ifc
Reflexion. Their was vei-y little but what would give him l^neasi-
ness, nay his pleasures were delightfully painful. Such Wiis his make
that every Thing in the World was too much for him : Vanity itself
became to him an important jiainful nothing. Had his mind been
phiced in a robust Body where external Textiu-e had been thick &
gross it CiiUous, it had made quite a different appearance. But the
Body w"*. was prepared for him was of such a degree of Delicacy <fe
made him continually percipient."
As to temporal mattere, "he possessed a house and 150 acres of
Land, pf which 100 [was] cleai-ed; and besides that had a salary of
£60 L. M., or £40 Sterling from the parish; and had a numerous
Family."
"Li 1739 he made shift to buy a Negio man ct woman used to
a farm & proposed to facihtate his subsistence by farming. He
himself imderstood little of the matter. My mother understanding
• or Ills plain, out-spoken manner of hanilllnf; matters In the pulpit, we may Judge from
the following aiiec<lote: "Once on a lime." during Intermission on Sunday, he saw one of his
congregation stealing his melons. In his afternoon sermon he referred to the taking In a man-
ner somewhat personal. After treating of that particular sin (theft) said he, "no longer than
this I^)r(rs (lay noon (pointing to a person In the gallery), I saw you, John Johnson, thou son of
Belial, thou child of the devil, enter my ganlen and steal my melons." Rather close preach-
ing that, but characU'rlstlc of the times, I 8U|i|io8e. This anecilotu has been han e<l down In
the family from my boyhood.— £<«<t o/ Ezra Slita, Etq., of N. Harm, CI., 1856.
94 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
it very well, the Thing seemed pretty well, /. >-. as well as it could
when the most of it passed thro" the hauds of indolent sen'ants, not
under the Eye of a Man of Business. For my father intermeddled
not in secular Business, save to repine at an ill-conducted, or not
very well conducted field husbandry. However, my Brothei-s grow-
ing up ivr ktboring on" the fana, my Fathers Family were thencefor-
ward coiufortably subsisteil with the i^roduce of the Farm in addition
to about £()0 lu'oc. Salary from his pple."'
"His public Heputatiou was happj' as a celebrated Preacher,
till 1740 — whea Mr. Whitefield opened the Deluge of New
Lightisiu on our Chhs. Mj- Father Jieard him all his first preach-
ing ec it was a wonder a man of so mercmial & natur-
ally enthusiastic passionate [temper] should have been so little
caught with the public Euthusiasm. [It was probaUy owing]
to his Intimacy with Re\-^. Mess"^. Moyes, Whittlesey ct Bug-
gies, that he was soon engaged in an oppo.sition to what was
then called ' the good work.' Truly the Excesses were so gieat, that
being engaged he had matter eno." From the B^^ginning of Whitfield-
ianism he commenced an Old Light & a violent Opposer. For what-
ever he engaged in he did with all his Might, Zeal it Violence.
But about 15 or 20 psons in his own parish were deeply caught; A:
in 1 741 I remember for the whole Summer they came & visited my
father incessantly »t he conversed ^dtli them, from Breakfast to 12
o'clock at night. That is, when one Comp*. was gone away, another
came till it was usually late at night. Sometimes he reasoned with
them coolly — but generally with heated Zeal ag"^. Extravagances. He
was not calculated to convince Gaiusa^ers with Gentleness. In
May 1742, Gov. Law appointed him to jireach the Election Sermon
at Hartford — where he was the first that ventured to oppose New
Light at the Election. The forepart of his Sermon was such that
the New Lights took him to be of their side, & that themselves had
been mistaken in conceiving him an opposer — accordingly one woman
screamed out in the Assembly. But before he had done they found
their mistake. For in aU New Light Times never was preached a
more severe Sermon ag'. that Way."
"The piiuting of it was opposed b}- some of the A-ssembly, and
when it came into print, it fixed his Character ever after. Accord-
ingly he was the object of highest Detestation among the New
Lights, wliile he was caressed as a bold Champion by the Old Lights.
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. i)5
He was so warm a man in his preaching, tliat Mr. Hall of Chosliire
iised to aixy if Mr. Stilus had turned New Light, there would liiive
been no standing before him, & that he would have exceeded the
wannest New Lights in preaching Terror, &c."
" At the freeman's Meeting at N. Haven, where it has been the
immemorial Custom to preach, it came to my Fathers Turn in April,
1743, wh(ai he preaehed from these words, ' Fear God & the King, &
UKnliUe not with them that are given to change' — iu o])position to a
New Light scheme in the Gov', to turn out of the Magistracy all
op]K)sei-s of the good work. This Serninn being printed gave high
disgust to the New Jjights. He preached much A- boldly in his own
pulpit & elsewhere for 4 or 5 years against the Whitfieldian Excesses
& the madness of Exorters & Separate Meetings; and tho' he was
intemperately warm & Zealous, yet I look upon it that he herein
signally served the Cause of Chiist; he was earnest against Enthusi-
asm in Connecticut, as Dr. Cliauncey was in Massachusetts. ProW-
dence dirt'cted his zeal and lu-e to serve a useful Purpose. After the
heat of these Times, he confined himself very much to his own pple,
& gi-adually dropping the partizan preaching, he resumed his old
course of preaching & persuading concerning the Things of the King-
dom of Christ. He delighted gi-eath-, in ju-eaching, in persuading
men to be reconciled to Christ & live holy lives & not trust to Im-
pulses & entlmsiastic Experiences, but to substantial Goodness of
Heart & Life."
" About the year 1745 & onward his Intimate Friends, Messrs.
Whittelsey, Noyes, Hall, Buggies, Todd, c*tc. had entered (m reading
the new Authors in Divinity, such as Taylor, Scott, Benson, Pierce,
&c. Dr. Chauncey's Acquaintance with Mr. Whittelsey, who had
married the Dr's. Aunt, very much began a liberal Inquiry with
Mr. Whittlesey. Conversation & Bead"-' dift'used it to several of
his Acquaintance, & my Father among the rest. Mr. Chauncey
Whitt(>lsey, son of Mr. Sam'. Dr.. & Mr. Darling, Son in-law
of Mr. Noyes, were stigmatized as Armenians, because thro"
free enquu-y they had dropped the Bigidity of Calvinism. Thus,
Mr. Whittelsey & Mr. Noyes became moderated & catholic
in S])'. w''. they diflused to my father. I, his son, being inti-
mate with, & with himself having a good & high opinion of Mr.
C. W., and Mr. D , all this put together, my Father, with the
rest of his intimate Friends freely read what were called the Armin-
i)0 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
iaii Books & in a general way, I believe, were much better pleased
with their descriptions of Christianity than with Westminster, &c.,
&c., The' we never espoused but always disclaimed those sentiments
& principles which, under the appellation of Arminianism were
fathered u])on us. Particularly from an intimate personal acquaint-
ance with these Gentlemen, I am confident all of them firmh' be-
lieved the Universal Depravity of Human nature and its utter ina-
bility to recover itself; the vicarious Atonement of Jesus Christ, as the
Basis of Justification; the necessitj' of Regeneration & Faith; & the
powerful Influences of the Sp'., &c., &c."
" However--it came to ])ass that, from 175' i to his death, my
Father was called an Aiininian; & he had doubtless altered his sen-
timents in some Thinj^s, in latter part of his Life. But he lived to
the last, & died a firm Believer in Eevelation, in the Divinity &
Aton' of X, Influences of Sp'., &c., &c., even bejoud what most of
the orthodox pretend to. But the change of his reputation was not
so much owing to real alterations of Sentiment, as to the Hocus
pocus of political New Lightism. In the course of a dozen years
New Lightism had tinged a Majority of New England Ministers, &
pple with a tender affection for the g' & good work. And when
they became powerful they resumed their old Weapons & declaimed
heresy ag' all that spoke against that Way. And the Old Light
Ministers now generally thro' N. Eng'' are obliged to submit to the
invidious appellation of Heretics, A)m^, Allans, &c., because the
New Lights ha^'e no other weapons so powerful; & in using this
they are very honest — for it is easy with an Enthusiast to p'suade
liimself any measures are just with a heretic, if severe."
The Eev. Isaac Stiles was one of twenty-six pastors who peti-
tioned the Conn. Legislature, May 9, 1754, for an Ecclesiastical
Council, for explaining the law of God relative to incestuous mar-
riages— especially whether a man can marry his niece.*
Also, one of 20 ministers opposed to new measiu-es, such as
"young men's taking ujion them to preach without license, and con-
trary to order, by Ministers entering into other Parishes besides
their own, and preaching in a disorderly manner," etc. May 13,
174'2.t
* Docs. 264-5, Conn. Archives, vol. xil.
1 Doc. 250, Conn. Archives, vol. vii.
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 97
A disjnito which arose in the congregation at Wallingford,
Conn., after the death of their pastor, Mr. Whittlesey; and concern-
ing the choice of Eev. Mr. Dana as his successor (detailed by the
President at too gi-eat a length for our pages.) brought trouble upon
the Rev. Isaxic Stiles fur having acted as one of the Council which
finally ordained Mr. Dana, in Oct. 1758.* " A warm controvei'sy en-
sued, in which my father took no great part, Sc was but little warmed,
considering the warmth of his Temper. The violent measures
adopted by the Consociation ag' him with the rest of the oi-dainiug
Council, excited him only to lay the matter of his assis' in said ord-
ination before his own Chmch. The malcontents at Wallingford being
in connexion with three families at North Haven, excited them to
exliibit to the Consociation a complaint signed by themselves & to
the number of not exceeding 8 families out of about 170, against my
father for heresy A- some Instances of what they called mal-adminis-
tration in Chh. Discipline which he had transacted with concmTcnce
& at the Discretion of his Chh. about 1742 in the heat of the New
Light. This effort was made but a few months before his Death, ct
the Consociation did nothing upon it.
" The depreciation of paper money & scantiness of Salaiy, was
tnily the source of the only difference of any conseqiience between
my father and his people during his whole ministry. His intemi^er-
ate Disputes with his pple on this head, rendered him disagi-eeable
to them at Times, tho' they ever esteemed him as an excellent
Preacher to his Death, except a few who were new-lighted, <fc fond
of Exhorters.t
* Against the interdict of the Consociation to «blcb the Wallingford Church belonged : the
Rev. Isaoo Stiles " often said afterwards that he never was clearer In the Expediency of any
onllnatlon."
, t This statement of his son's Is corroboratefl by the following notes kindly furnished to us
by tho present Pastor of this church. Rev. H'. T. Rr\innl,U, under date of May, 1886.
" In the dirtcuHsiou of terms which preceded his solt'lement, Mr. Stiles proposed tliat the
Society Hliould give liim for a settlement, * tho living ' that was his predecessor's, or its e^iutva-
lent anil pay £7o yearly, continually Increasing it ten pounds annually until it should amount
to £10(1 and never to bo less. But, It seems to have been agreed alsn that, if tho ' list rose,' then
the salary should rise In proper ion until It amouuted to £1'20 anil to continue at that sum until
his death, oxtraonlinary tases excepted, to be i>aid in money, or gniln, at prices stated in their
last note, ■ inchnling his firewood'. And, before ho was ordained, even, the Society iK^gan to ful-
fil their partof the contract, by the purchase of Mr. Wetmore's 'living': ami. in November, 1724,
the house liarn and living bought of Mr. Wetmore were formally transferred to Ifr. Stiles. This
bous<! was taken down in 18.W.
" The ri'Inlions of Mr. Stiles and the society and church were much disturbed during all his
minlstr}' by the fluctuations and depreciation of the Colonial currency. I Oud in the Society's
Reo^rds fre<]uent references to matters connected with his support. Special meetings were
98 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
Tu liis domestic relatious he hail more thau the usual share of
joys aud atilictious. He was the father of eleven children, but lived to
stand by the graves of sis, from the age of a few months to the young-
girl of fifteen — his daughter Eutli, whose deati],iu 1759, was a heavy
stroke to him — for his affections were iDeculiarly bound u]) in her;
and from that time he never seemed to rally in heart or strength.
Thenceforth, he seemed to "retire from the "World & lived in soli-
tude," never leaving his parish, save to visit his eldest (aud married)
daughter, to pour out to her his sorrows and troubles.
" Thro' increasing Infirmities lie yet attended his Ministry to
the last, preached the Sabbath before his Death, on Mondaj' went 3
miles to the fimeral of one of his parish, and at the same time made
a friendly & reconciling visit to those families who had complained
against him, & was remarked to have behaved towards tliem in a
manner singularly Xtian & forgiving. And frtnu visiting his
Enemies & attending the last offices of Mourning to a deceased
neighbor he retm'ned home. The next da}' he was taken ill; and
after a few days of increasing weakness, he died, 14 May, 1760, se.
63 years, and in the 36th year of his Mmistry."
Of the gi-owth of the church during his administration, we have
no records, except that his parish had increased from 55 families
(in 1724) to 175, of which 15 were Episcopal. A new meeting-
house was erected in 1739 and finished in 1741, which was occupied
by the Societ_)4 until 1837, when it was taken down.
In ijublic ecclesiastical affairs in the Colony of Connecticut,
Mr. Stiles was much engaged and esteemed for his sound views aud
judgment. For his ability aud character as a preacher, theologian
and scholar, we may also refer to Prof. Kingsley's Life of President
Stiles, (in Sparks'' American ^Biography), aud to Prof. Fisher's Hist,
Discourse of Yale College.
called to consider the matter. The trouble seems to have reached a critical point in six years
after his settlement. It was, at one time, voted to increase his salary to £1-10 pounds for tliat
year and continue it from year to year, ' as long as money continues under its present decay;
but, in case its value should rise, then retract proportionaiiy to its rise tiil it come to £120 accord-
ing to onr first agreement.' Then it was proposed to give up tlte old bargain and form a now
one. The society exerted itself to remove the trouble aud voted, at one time, four hundred and
and at another, eight hundred and fifty pounds (old Tenor, as payment of his salary. But in
vain. In March 1757, the Committee of the Society was compelled to warn a meeting of the
Society, "the occasion" of whicli was, "that Mr. Stiles had sued the Society," A committee
was apiiointed " to answer the writ and to have an attorney." The matter was compromised
without going to the Court. But the controversy was only settle 1 after his death, by his execu-
tors, whose receipt is still preserved."
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 99
The sermon published at his death was entitled :
"The Rif^hteous perishinf;;, and no Man layin<; it to Heart, illus-
trated. Two occasional Sermons, delivered at North Haven, June 1,
1760, soon after the death of the Rev. Isaac Stiles, late Pastor of
tiie Church there; and in a time of Mortality among them. Pub-
lished at the desire of the Bereaved Family, and a number of hearers,
to whom they are humlily dedicated. By Theoi^hilus Hall, V. D. M.,
Pastor of the C'hiU'ch in Meriden. A poor wise man, by his ^\-isdom
delivered the city; yet no Man remembered the same poor Man. —
Solomon. The Time cometh that whosoever killeth you, will tliink
that he doeth God service. — St. John. Printed by Parker and
Company.
His published works were :
1. k Prospect of the City of .Jerusalem, in its Spiritual Buildini;, Beaiity ami Glory.
The Election Sermon [from Ps. cxlvii, 2] 1742. N. London, 1742. 16 mo., pp.
iii, .59.
Of this Mr. Dexter (Annals Y. C.) says: "This has much
more sj>rightliness than was usual in the publications of that class;
it is also bitterly sai-castic in its references to the New Lights in
theology."
2. A LookinR-glnss for Changlings. A Seiusonable Caveat against Meddling with them
that are given to change. In a Sermon [from Prov. xxiv. 21] preached at the
Free-men's Meeting at New Haven, April 11, 1743. By Isaac Stiles, A. M.,
Pastor of the Church of Christ in North Haven. Published at the Desire and
Cost of a number of the Hearers. .Job xxxiv, 30: That the Hypocrite reign
not, lest the People be ensnared.
Hie primeum fortvina (idem mutata novavit
Quic mentem insania mntat?
Nunc te fata impia, Tangunt. — Virgil.
N. London, Printed and Sold by T. Green, 1743. 44 pages, 16 mo.
3. The Character and Duty of Soldiers. Illustrated in \ Sermon [from 2 Sam. x, 12]
Preached May 25, 175.5, in New Haven; at the Desire of Col. Nathan 'Whiting,
to the Military Company under his Command in the present Expedition, for the
Defence of the British Dominions in .\merica. New Haven, 1755. 10 mo.
pp. iii, 28.
4. A Sermon preached by the Rev. Isaac Stiles, A. M., Pastor of the Church in
North Haven, at the ordination of his son, Ezra Stiles, \. M., to the Pastoral
charge of the Church and Congregation met in Clark street, Newport, Octo-
ber 22, 1755. The Lord is jny Strength. — Hab., iii, 19. Wait on the Lord;
be of good Courage, and he shall strengthen thine Heart: Wait, I say, on the
Lord. — Psalm xxvii, 14. Without me, ye can do nothing. — John xv, 5. New-
port, Rhode Island, Printed by .J. Franklin, at the town School House. 33
pages. 8vo. iii
100 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
i>. The Dc'claratiou of the Association of the Comity of New Haven, February I'J,
174i-5 Concerning the Rev. Mr. George Whitetield, His Conduct and the
State of Keligion at this Day. Boston, 1745, 8vo. pp. 8.
Maoay of his MS. sermons are in the Library of the Massachus-
etts Historical Society, and Tale College Libraiy has, in MS. a curi-
ous poetical love-letter to Miss Keziah Taylor, dated 1724:.
The Monument of the Rev. Isaac Stiles, at North Haven, Conn.,
bears the foUow'ing inscription :
"This Monument is erected
To the Memory of
The Eevd Is.iAC Stiles, A. M.
who was born in Windsor, July SOth^ 1697
Received a liberal education
at Yale College ;
Ordained to the Pastoral Office
In the Chm-ch of North Haven,
Novr 11, 1724,
Where he served in the ministry 36 years.
And died May 14, 1700, a;tat 63.
Having a Jlind enabled
with Sublime it Venerable conceptions
of the Glories of the Most High,
and the perfect order tt Happiness of the Universe ;
Illuminated with Di\-ine Views
of the .aSconomy of that part of it
Under the Mediatorial Dominion
of Jesds Chkist; *
Also
Being Intimately Acquainted with
the Sacred Oracles ;
and having a natural Gift of
Elocution,
He preached the Gospel with
Fervour and Fidelity
A Friend to pure and 'undefiled
Religion
with a charitable benevolence
to All Mankind,
Mors mild vita est. "
* In Uie original draft of this epitaph, prepared in the handwriting of his son, the President,
and labelled " Dec. 5, 17G2. This copied for engraving " (i. e. on the stone], the following lines
are used at this point. " Being endowed with a florid Elocution, | And natural Oratory | En-
riched with an intimate Knowledge | of the Sacred Oracles; | Ho devoted Himself to the evan-
gelical Ministry | with Fervor and Fidelity; .\pproving -Himself an apostolic Preacher,
I Eloquent & mighty In the Scr ptures | A friend of pure and un-leflled Religion, an hones*
dvocate for Virtue | Liberty & the Eights of Conscience; | with the amiable & generous Senti-
ment I of Charity to the Christian World, | and Benevolence to all Mankind."
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 101
Rev. IscUic Stiles manied ( 1 1 Jime 1, 1725, Kezia ( Dau<<liter
of Kev. EiUvanl, aucl his wife Ruth Wylhs) Taylor, of Westtiekl,
Mass., who tiled in childbed, Dec. 4, 1727, ae. 25 yeai-s, "or," as
records her son, the President, " after midnight of the Sabbath in
which I was baptised — aged 25yeai-s and 7 ujonths." In a vellum-
covered volume, once belonging to his father, her son Ezi-.i, for
whose life she gave her own, has entered his description of his
mother, thus : " She was of light complexion, slender tho" rather tall
in statiue, giey eye, of a delicate shght make, ingenious to a gieat
degi-ee in needlework & several other Things of a mechauick nature,
in painting and cutting Flowers & Escutcheons on paper. She ob-
tained a good Report of all — had an insinuating, alfable Turn to
make hei-self agi-eeable to rich and poor; she was gi'eatly re-spected
& beloved by the Parish of North Haven, & by pei-sons of poUte
Taste. As she was ]iossessed of a natui-al, amiable courtesy and
Humanity, so she wiis exemi^larily religious, siucei'e, devout and
j)ioiis. I never yet could learn one single objection or Blemish in
her character, and I have enquii-ed of those acquainted with her,
both of those who were Friends, & those who proved Enemies to
my Father the latter part of his Life, & all agreed in reverencing
her Character & Memory. I truly esteem her to have been tm ex-
traordinary Person of her Age. She died, leaving me, her only
surviving babe, earnestly & piously with repeated Prayei-s las my
Father and others have often told me ) commeuding me to the Bless-
ing & Protection of Heaven."
"From what I can learn she had the Delicacy, Humanity &
Elegance of the Tf /////.v Family, with the mechanick Ingenuity &
Curiosity of her Father, with the rational & sober, sinq^re Piety of
both."
Rev. Isaac Stiles manned (2) Esiljer"^! daughter of Samuel ■ ^'^^'^
Hooker, Jr.), of Farmingtou, Conn., Oct. 172S. ^ "^ 3 "1;. -ft-tVi-a
He died at North Haven, Conn., May li, 1760, se. 63. Mrs. ^^"'^^^^^ °{
Esther (Hooker) Stiles died January 2, 1779, a?. 77. vVW- ^^oerv<v«L-*
Child il)y first tci/e, boin at North Haven, Conn.):
95. I. (Rev.) Ezra,'' (S. T. D.) bom Nov. 29, 1727; m. (1) Eliz-
abeth Hubbard; (2) ili-s. Mary Checkley. Fam-
ily i:{.
y
99.
ii.
lUO.
iii.
101.
iv.
102.
V.
102 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
Children, hij neeond irife {horn at North Haven, Coring:
9G. II. liSAAC,' bom Sei^t. 5, 1729; married Mabel Clark. F.\m-
ILY 14.
97. III. Kezia/' bom Aug. 6,1731; married Basil Munson, of
Camiel, Ct., May 2, 1751. Issue :
98. i. Job Lucianus," b. Sept. 20, fi, 17.52, ("the year of change
of Old to New Style," Kays Pres. Stiles' MSS.)
Titus," b. March 1, 17.55.
EzRA,« b. May 15, 1757.
Isaac Stiles.o b. Sept. 2, 1760.
Kezia,o b. March fi, 17(;3.
Mrs. Kezia (Stiles) Mnnson died Oct. 17, 1768, se.
■S7.—Prcs. StUes' MSS.
103. IV. AsHBEL,^ bom Aug. 30, 1734; tlied Nov. same year, ae.
10 weeks. "He died ou a Thanksgiving, as my
mother was agittiug him ready to go w"^ her to
meeting."— Pres. Stiles' 3ISS.
104. V. AsHBEL,'bom Sept. 11, 1735; m. Hannah Stiles. Fam-
ily 15.
105. VI. Esther,' bom Dec. 1, 1736; died Aug. 8, 1737, sb. 8
mos. and 8 days.
106. VII. Job,' bom July 1, 1738; d. Oct. 5, 1738, x. 3 mos. and
5 days.
107. VIII. Esther,' bom Aug. 8, 1739; married Lemuel Bradley,
of Carmel, Conn. Issue:
108. ■ i. CHADNCEY,e b. 1760; d. 1780, at Long Island.
109. ii. Esther Stiles," b. 1762; d. July 21, 1783, at North
Haven, Conn.
110. iii. LncY,6 b. May 16, 1768.
111. iv. Levekett,« b. Sept. 17, 1769.
112. V. Hamlin,!^ b. April, 1771. (These three last named re-
moved with their mother to Nova Scotia, and settled
on St. John's Eiver, May, 1783.— Pres. SUk6' MSS.)
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 103
118. IX. Jon,'^ bom Nov. 4 (bap. 5), 1741; died Aug. 15, 1751, a\
9 yre. 9 uios.
114. X. Klth,' born June 13, 1744; died Aug. 31, 1759, se.
15J years. Her sorrowing father thus si)eaks
of her, iu a letter announciug her death to her
bi-other, the President : " I hope you will follow
lluth as she followed Chi-ist; her humbleness of
mind, contentment, meek and quiet s])irit, cheerful
temper, inn(x*ent, iuoti'eusive, luiblamcable, amiable,
winning & endearing, & in all respects virtuous
behavior, is worthy imitation."
115. XI. LrcY,' born April 20, 174G; died Sejit. 7, 1751, a>. 5
yrs. and 5 mos.
FAMILY 7.
116. Ebenezer' Stiles, [47] [Jokn^ John- Jolm,^) born at
Windsor, Conn., April 7, 1701; married (1) Ann Drake, at Windsor,
Nov. 2, 1725. She died July 7, 1726. He married (2t Sarah Piu-
ney, at Windsor, Conn., Jan. 28, 1729-30. He settled fii-st at Wind-
sor; then removed to Tolland, and last to Coventiy, Conn., where he
bought a farm iu 1739. After that he bought and sold land in So.
Coventry until 1753; and, from 1766 to 1779, gave and sold to his
sou Keuben, certain real estate; also, in 1766, gave land to his
daughter Sarah.*
His estate was settled in 1779; inventory amounting to £1,748
16s. 9d. It mentions, among others, a gi-and-daughter, "Annie
Grant,'' probably the married name of the eldest daughter of his
daughter Ruth.
"Uncle Eben," says his nephew, the President, "had a Manli-
ness & Genei'osity of Soul beyond any of the Family and once in- -
tended something great as to Iliches it Figure, but disappointments
iu some of his children discouraged him. He was a brisk Fiu-mer
at Coventiy — in person, larger than middling, and prettj^ plump &
round."
Mr. Ebenezer Stiles died at Coventry, Comi., May 21, 1779,
in his 8oth yeai-. Mrs. Sarah (Puiney) Stiles died Aug. 14, 1776,
iu her 70th year.
* Suutli Ooveutry Land Records.
104 THE STILES GENEALOGY
Children {all by second loife):
117. Saeah/ born May 25, 1732; inan-ied Davis. Oiily
Issue :
118. i. Eleazek," (or Isaac?) h. cir. IT-IS; in. Rebecca TUrlen.
1773, and had a dau.— Pees. SlUes' MSS.
119. 11. AxN,M)om July 20, 1733; married (1) Hezekiah Her-
rick, of Coventry, Conn.; maiiied (2|, Philip Smith,
of Windsor, Conn. Issue:
120.
i. Ann* (Herrick), b. cir. 17-51; m. Simeon 1-liifit
of Coventry, Nov., 1772.
121. ii. Stephen (Smith).
122. iii. S.\RAH'5 (Smith), d. inf.
123. iv. PHTLipe (Smith).
124. V. Reuben Stiles^ (Smith), b. Jan. 1763.
12.5. vi. S.iR.4H6 (Smith), b. May, 17B5.— Frcs. StUe.i' MfiS.
12G. III. EcTH,= bom Jan. 23, 1735; maii-ied Amos Richardson,
of Coventry, Conn., Jime, 1752. Issue:
127. i. Ann,6 b. March, 1753.
128. ii. Hezekiah,"^ b. Jan., 17.55.
129. iii. Zebulon," b. Feb., 17.58.
130. iv. Rei-bex.'s d. inf., 1762, 3 days old.
131. V. Ruth,'! b. JIarch, 17G5.— Pre.«. Stiles' MSS.
132. IV. Eeltben,^ (Asst. Quaiiermaster ), bom Marcb 25, 1737,
" after his return from the conquest of Havanna, in
Cuba, 1762, married, Nov., 176-4, Submit (daughter
of Capt. Ehphalet) Caqjenter, of Coventry." Pres-
Stiles, who gives this account, says, also, that Reu-
ben "was a Quartermaster in the American Army
during the Revolution, and died in the service."
In the records of the U. S. Pension Office, at Wash-
ington, however, we have the means of coiTectiug
this statement. From this dej)osition, made in
September, 1836, by his widow, then le. 93 years,
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 105
we leiirn tluit Reuben Stiles was an Assistant Com-
missaij- of Issues in tlie Iievolutionary service; was
ou duty ill tiie Commissary Department at the siege
of Boston, 1775; in New York City, 1776; and was
Magazine Keeper from 1777 to 1779, at Daubury,
Conn., and at AVhite Plains, N. Y.; also in sernce
after 1779. He was married, at Coventry, Conn.,
Dec. 12, 17()9, to Submit Carpenter, and resided in
Coventry until, becoming much embarrassed by
debts, for which he feared arrest, he removed to
New Jersey, in 1789, and there engaged in school-
teaching, until liis death, which occurred "about
twenty years or more prior to 1836, as it was gen-
erally understood."
Her father made provision by his will, in 1775,
of his estate, to which he added a codicil in 1789,
giving to Submit Stiles during her natural life "the
use and improvement of the east room in the low
part of his new dwelling house for her and nobody
else with her," with some other house and farm
privileges. She was daughter of Ehsha [not Eliph-
alet, as stated by Pres. Stiles] Carpenter, and she
died Dec. 20, 1837, re. 95 years.
133.. V. Hannah," born Sept. 18, 1739; married Eliphaz Hunt,
North Parish of Coventry, Conn., April, 1764.*
Issue :
134. i. Ebknezer," b. July 2, 17f>G.
135. ii. Eleazer," b. April 18, 1772.
13(i. iii. Hannah," b. Sept. 30, 1774.
137. iv. Ruth," b. July 2, 1771).
138. VI. Stephen," born Aug. 18, 1743; died July 14, 1759, »e.
16 yeai-s.
• Till- Dwiylil Omralngy, I. .134, snys Hniiimb. h. Jim. 25. 1730, ni. Elliihaz Hunt, Mny 21. 17(S1;
il. .Inn. 3, 1815.
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FAMILY 8.
139. Noah' Stiles, [48] {John? John? John?) bom at
Windsor, Coun., Jau. 31, 1703; marrieil Abigail Gaines, of Enfield,
Conn., Jan., 1735. He wiis a farmer, and is characterized by liis
nephew, the President, as "gloomy, splenetic, full of complaints,
bnt an honest man."
Chihl:
140. I. NoAH,= born m Windsor, Conn., March 8, 1735-6; mar-
ried his cousin Martha (daughter of and
Mai-tha Stiles) Osbom, Nov. 1, 1761; according to
Pres. Stiles, was " of the same gloomy k plaintive
disposition as his father."
HI- i. ,'■■ dau., stillborn.
1-1-. ii. ,<i .son, d. infant.
FAMILY 9.
143. Piev. Abel ^ Stiles, [52] [John," John? John?) born
in Windsor, Conn., March 10, 17ii8-9; received a liberal education
at Yale College, where he proceeded A. B., 1733, and A. M., 1736,
and wiis for a short time one of the Tutors ui that College.
Oct. 12, 1736, he was licensed to preach by the Windham Co.
Association of Ministers, and in the early pari of the year 1737, re-
ceived a call from the Chmch in Woodstock, Conn., but then in
Massachusetts. The death of its former jiastor, Mr. Throop, on the
10th of Sept., 1735, after an eight years' pastorate, had been followed
by a long and liitter ^^Tangle in the Society over the selection of a
succe.ssor. But, in March 28, 1736-7, it was voted in To-n-n Meeting,
duly assembled, "To concur with what the chiu-ch had laid before the
town, ^^z.: To send to New Haven to invite Mr. Abel Stiles to preach
with them by way of probation; and if he can't be obtained, to send
for Mr. Hawes; and if he can't be obtained, to send for Mr. Swift; and
if he can't be obtained, to send for Mr. Brown." Mr. Stiles icas
obtained, and made a favorable imijression. Gi'eat unanimity was
now manifested, and a desire that aU persons might be satisfied.
At a Town Meeting, May 9, it was agieed, "That if there be ten that
appear to desire to hear fai'ther, the town are willing oblige them."
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 107
Ten not nppearinjr, the question was pnt, "Whether tlie town is so
well siitistied with the ministerial ijert'orniauces and (jualificatious of
Mr. Abel Stiles, that they ai-e willing the church should make choice
oi him for a minister, and it passed in the affirmitive by 51 to 4.
" At a church meeting," also " reasonably warned for the sup-
plying the pulpit," and held the same day with the Town's Meeting,
after debating and some methods used "to -know the minds of the
brethren, it was voted unanimously that the Com""' make application
to M'' Styles of New Haven to preach with us in way of probation
for the space of one month at Least," etc.
He soon after received a regular call as Pastor, which he ac-
cepted, and on the Church Records we find, under date of Jvme 22,
1737, his Letter of Acceptance :
To the Church of Christ in Wooihiock.
Dearly Beloved in our Lord Jesus:
I have maturely Considered your Invitation, & Regular Call to Settle w-ith you
in the work of ye (Jospel Ministry; and have addressed God the fountnine of wis-
dom, for light and Direction in the affair, and have taken other means, y' God has
allowed me in order to understiind my Duty in this Important affair; and having
concluded that it is the will of (iod, I should comply with your Call, I do now with
Dependance on Christ the King of His Church, for needed assistance, hereby Signifie
to you my acceptance thereof, not Doubting but that as you have by your notes
Signified your Disposition to do for my Support as you did for your last Kevd .
Pastor, so you will Continue to do for me as there shall be need — and I eai'nestly ask
your Constant and fervent prayers for me yt I may be able to act toward you, as
becomes a minister of the Gospel, to ye honor of God, and our mutual Comfort,
and Edification.
I am yr affectionate Brother & Servt in Christ Jesus.
Abel Sttles.
Woodstock June yo 22, 1737.
MR. STILES' DECLAKATION OF PRINCIPLES.
To ye Comtee of ye Church of Woodstock, who are appointed to Receive my answer
to the late Call of sd Chiirch and Town to ye work of ye ministry there.
Brethem Beloved in Our Lord.
As to my principles relating to Church governments, I shall honestly endeavor
to take ye Bible for my Infallible rule, and shall endeavor to make use of all other
helps which God in his providence shall favor me with, in order to my acting in
y' affair agreeable to y* word of God which is our only Infalliable rule — I shall En-
deavor not to tisurj) any power and authority, which Christ has not Invested his
ministers with and as far shall I be from Endeavoring to Deprive the Church of one
Jot or Tittle of their rights — I shall Endeavor practically to remember y' a minister
should not Lord it over God's heritixge, but should be an Example to his flock — but
since I conclude ye Essentialls of Church governments may yet differ in some modes
108 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
and circumstances of Small Imiuirtance, I would add, yt I sbull be fav from beiuj;
Disposed to luake alterations of any Innoeent modea though differing from some
other Churches in this province.
I am yr Brother & Servt in Christ,
Abel Stiles.
Woodstock June ye 22, 1737.
The newl}- cho.s«ii j)astoi% both by native abiUty, culture, ami
social couuection, seemed well calculatetl to please. In one respect
alone, were the people of Woodstock unsatisfied aliout him. As a
S^raduate of Yale, and a licentiate of the Windliani County Association,
it was feared that his sympathies might be with Connecticut Church
government. He did not, however, explicitly refuse to sign the cov-
enant adopted by the church in 1727, and the foregoing written
statement of his own views and principles which he presented was
deemed satisfactory. A town meeting was called, July 4, 1737,
when it was agreed, " that all that were of the mind to concur with
the church in the ordination of Mr. Stiles, should move into the
men's body of seats, and all that non-concurred into the ^\■()men's
seats." Thirty-nine moved into the former and eight into the latter,
and the call was confii-med and accepted. A committee was ap])ointed
to make j^rovision for tlie reception and entertainment of the ordain-
ing council, " honorable but not extravagant." Mr. Stiles was or-
dained July 27, 1737, and £1 was allowed to Mrs. Throop (widow of
his predecessor) for the entertainment.*
Notwithstanding the jiains which his people had taken to exjiress
their own sentiments respecting chiu-ch government,t and assure them-
selves of his symjiathy, it was soon evident that he was inclined to
the Say brook form of discipline. Unlike their previous pastors, " who
had been members of the Association of the neighboring ministers
in Massachusetts Bay, and had no right, or vocation anywheie else."
Mr. Stiles asked leave to attend the meeting of the Windham
County Association in Connecticut, but, before he could obtain
liberty was obliged " to declare in the presence of the church, that
he had no meaning to sit among them as a member, nor to have any
concern with them other than purely for his information and satis-
* Miss I.arned's Hist, of Windham, Conn., 1., p. 371-372.
+ 1737 [8] Feb. 1.5, " Voted yt all persons who have beeu Ijaittizeil in this church when they
came to Adult years shall be esteemed proper subjects of Church Discipline, and shall te dealt
with as such by y^ church.
ABEL Stiles, Pastor.
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 10'.)
faction." Yet, iiotwitlistiindiug tlie restriction lie was under, and
the assurance lie liad given the people of his innocent intentions,
Ml". Stiles appeared Ijel'ore the Association at its meeting in Killiiigly,
Aug. 1740, and "desired to be admitted as a inemher," but a.s
Woodstock, was in Mass., and Association limits coutined to the
district of tlie county, he could not be received without any resen'e,
but "was admitted to such privileges and benefits as were consistent
with our civil establishment." This ecclesiastical connection excited
much jealousy and apprehension, and Mr. Stiles was suspected of at-
tempting to set up their method of administration and clinrch govern-
ment among bis people. Still greater uneiusiness was occiusioued l)y
the question of salary. The to.\vii had agreed to give him "the same
as they gave Mr. Throop," but so unsettled was the currency that it
was very diflicult to ascertain the jjresent worth of money. In less
than six mouths after his settlement, Mr. Stiles was constrained to
ask the selectmen to call a town meeting to ccmsider their last vote
respecting his salary and settlement, and concert and agree n])ousome
measure for a just and honest fulfillment of wiiat the town h;ul voted.
At this meeting, December 5, 1737, Mr. Stiles sent the following
letter :
To Vie Town of Windnlock, Assembled:
Bretliren beloved — I have lately been made sensible that what you have prom-
ised is not equal to what you gave llr. Throop; did not think that I should have so
disiigreeable a task as to say anything about my support; did not wish to be diverted
from my beloved studies to enter upon disputes and debates about my support
which would much discourage and dishearten me, and entreat you to do by me as
you did by Mr. Throop, viz: to have some suitable person by whome we may know
what silver is an ounce, that justice and equity might take place.
Judge Chandler, Capt. Payson, John May, Edward Morris and
Nath. Sanger were thereupon chosen to wait u])<)n the liev. Abel
Stiles, and try and compromise yni\\ him. Mr. Stiles " bad gtxnl
evidence that silver Wiis twenty-seven shillings an ounce, and that
would satisfy him," and njjon that basis their money afl'airs were
adjusted. Mr. Stiles was married in 17r!M, and, as family burdens
increased, wsis again constrained to ap])eal to the town :
Dec. 25, 1741. I take this opi)ortuuity to give the town a public in-
formation of a personal difficulty, which jurhaps yon are not sufficiently acip\aintid
with. In a wonl. the case is this viz., what the town has been pleased to vote for
my sup]>ort I lind to be not sufficient for that ])uqiose. What I now inform you is
not a matt«r of mere opinion, or of guess, but a matter of real experience and cer-
110 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
tain knowlfilfje. I h.Ave honestly endeiivored to miike it answer the end (in some
tolerable decree at least), hut I find it impossiljle to be done, and I am almost as-
sured you cannot much wonder at this if you duly consider the following things, viz.,
my necessary large expense, the great discount made upon all bills, the extraordinary
price of all the necessaries and comforts of life. Add to all these, the unreasonable
unhappy manner in which I have received what the town has voted me from time
to time. This one thing has contributed greatly to my disadvantage, not only
the last year, but also every year since I have been settled. This, the past and
present treasurer, the past and present constables, can easily witness to. I do as-
sure you that nothing but great necessity could force me to give you information.
I am mi, re sorry I am obliged to do this at a season in which I well know your
burdens are ver^' heavy, as you are a part of a Province now groaning under very sore
calamities. I am sure I am unwilling to make any needless addition to your present
burden if I could avoid it. I had much rather make it less than greater if I were able.
/ win first observe one plain inilli, viz; Either T must he snpjiorfed 'ji/ the town, or some
oilier way, or I must not he supported ai all. * But I doubt not there is goodness,
I'ompassion, honor and religion in Woodstock enough to incline you to consider
that I have oflfered, and in a proper time to act upon it that which will be suit-
able in itself and abundantly satisfactory to me, who begs your prayers that he
may be more and more able and willing to spend and be spent for your souls' good.
ABEL STILES
After long debate upon this communication, some seeming not
to understand its meaning, the to-^Ti voted to refer it to Maj' meetmg
for consideration, and apjDointed a committee to deshe Mr. Stiles to
explain his meaning, and whether he desired some addition to his
salary, or what he would have. Mr. Stiles explained. May 17, 1742,
" That he did not send a petition, but remonstrance and information;
'had not a gospel support from his salary, presents and land; would
not say what he did want, l)ut what he would not have: 1. Unchrist-
ian warm debates. 2. Anything that woidd cause imeasiness. "The
town thought the law now stauchng regulated the value of silver, and
that they ought to govern themselves by it ia paying Mr. Stiles'
salary, but voted "forty poimds to make him easier," and asked
" if he were satisfied." Mr. Stiles replied, " That so far from beiug
satisfied he was exceedingly dissatisfied. " The town wished the
matter might be "righted and the uneasiness removed," but was at
a loss how to direct. Much unpleasant feeling was manifested;
gentlemen were sure that they could be heard elsewhere and the
difficulty arranged. At a town meeting called September 5, to con-
sider the matter, Mr. Stiles sent a message, begging them to act
* The Italics are our own— as Indicating the characteristic fashion of plain speaking which
the older Stiles' seem to have had.— Ed.
TH£ CONNECTICUT FAMILY. HI
nothing till he had come into the meeting, and then desired that
there might not be any warm debate, declared that he had no de-
mands on the town and freely gave nji all. The town ordered the
salary made out at "'2(Js.,sd. per ounce" and made no further gi-ant
or addition.*
Mr. Stiles was one of the organizers of the " United Society or
Company for Propagating Christian and Useful Knowledge" in
Windham County, (1739); and, despite his "insufficient salary" and
"pecuniary embarrassments," was in IT-tfi, the largest subscriber
to the "English Liln-ary" established by the Society for the benefit
of the towns of Woodstock, Pomfret, Mortlake and KiUingly, and
the western part of Thompson Parish. " Abel Stiles, clerk "
appears on the subscription, against tlie sum of thirty poiuids ! This
library was subsequently divided between the above named towns.
Mr. Stiles was a gi-eat lover of learning and communicated his
enthusiasm for his beloved studies to som^ of his townsmen and
parishioners, so that several of the young men were fitted for college
under his supenasion ; among whom we may mention the following
graduates of Yale College : Nathaniel Draper and Thomas Brad-
bury Chandler ( en t. 1741 ); Joshua Chandler, Jr., (ent. 1743 ); Stephen
Holmes (ent. 1748); Jeremiah Child (ent, l753).t
Against the great " Separatist" movement of 1740-00, he seems
to have taken no active part; having, perhaps, enough troubles of
his own on hand during that period to fully occupy his active and
somewhat belligerent sjiirit. From the Woodstock First Socit'lifs
Records, we glean the following items, some of which seem to indi-
cate a rather strained condition of things between him and his
people :
1741, Sept. — "On the question whether the Society would
Chuse any person to tune the Psalms in Publick, and they mani-
fested their minds by a vote that they desired that M*" Stiles would
do it if he pleased."
Nov. 24, 1746 — "My Negi-o Servant Pomp(!y and my Negro
Servant Ann were Joyned in marriiige by me.
Abel Shles, Pastor."
• Larned'8 llitl. WiruUiam, 1., 379-382.
t LarDed'8 IIM. Windham County, I., 184.
112 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
1749-50, JaiP' IG — " A warrant for meeting to I'aise money (if
YOU see Cause) to j)uicliase firewood for the Kev'' Mr. Abel Stiles,
(or bring wood if yon see cause) suiticient for his fire for one, two
• or three years, ( or forever, if you see cause), in order to remove in
Some measure the present Grief and Uneasiness of your Rev'' Pas-
tor." Penuel Bowen, Clerk [ p. 31 ).
1750, Sept. 3— "In answer to y"" letter sent l)y Mr. Stiles to j""
first society in Woodstock, We Say that as to the article firewood,
Seperate from y"^ £110 in the Contract, as a Society we Know noth-
ing aljout it — itt was always y"^ practice of this people to do as tiiey
])leased about Wood, and it is so yet." Penuel Bowen, Clvrk,
(p. 34).
1750-51, Feb. 1'2.— "Voted that four hundred and 40 pounds
old tenor be given Mr. Stiles for the present year, and it past in tiie
Negative. Voted 430 A* it past in the alHruiative. Another vote in
the Negative, by a great Majority." (]>. ;i;)i.
In the qiiestiou of the transfei' of their civil allegiance from the
government of the Massachusetts to that of the Connecticut C(jlony
which, from 1745-60, agitated the "indented towais,"* (Enfield, Som-
ers and Woodsfocl-,) Mr. Stiles warmly favored the movement, "and
was ever ready to remind his people of the burdens laid upon them,
as part of this afflicted Pi-ovince."!' The dispute as to jurisdiction
finally resulted in their revolt from ^Massachusetts, though the mat-
ter was not definitely settled until 17(J(i, since which time they have
been to\vns of Connecticut.
In 1754-5, Woodstock suffered severely from the epidemic of
disease which swe[)t over the New England States, and Mr. Stiles
lost two of his children, of whom he tenderly writes, Sophia "who
took the way of the spirits unencumbered with fiesli, " and Abel
"who slipped away from the l;<,nd of the dying to the land of the
living. " I Their death was a severe blow, and extant letters to his
nephew. Rev. Ezra Stiles, reveal a spirit Ijowed down in dee2Dest
grief, yet submissive to the Divine will, with a child-like trustful-
ness.
* So called from the fact, as will bo seen by reference to the older maps, that these towns
while in Massachusetts, sensibly projected themselves into, or inilfnlpd, the boundary line
between that colony and Connecticut.
t lliid. 1. 487 t Il'i'l- i *!"■'■
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 113
Domestic afflictions were uot tlie only clomls upon liis pathway.
He Wiis alrea<ly tlriftia.i^ into another and serious ecclesiastical con-
troversy with his people, whlcli was to embitter the remaintler of
his ministerial career. We would willingly forego its uan-ation; but
it forms so intimate a portion of his life and is so characteristic of
the man luid of the times in which he acteil his part, that it must
needs be told, as briefly as may be. The full particulars of this con-
troversy, extending over the years 175(5, T)!, '58, '59 and '(iO, ma}-
be gleaned (b}' any one desirous of stmlying the natural history of a
real old fashioned New England Church quarrel) from a mass of
musty documents " of learned length and thtnidering sound. "
(numbered 158-203, vol. xi; '2'21-'2'2::i, vol. xii, Titlt: Erchsiastkal) in
the arcliives of the Conn., State Library. See also Lai-ned's Hist.
IVimUunn Connl//.
It seems that the early suspicion of Mr. StUes' Saybrook
Platform procHvities, entertained by his parisliioners, had been con-
siderably heightened by the transference of Woodstock to the juris-
diction of Connecticut, and its consequent inclusion within the limits
of the Windham County Association. The Woodstock Chui-ch
was gi-eatly opposed to the Church Estal)lishment of the Connecticut
Colony, having formally manifested its determination to abide by
the Cambridge Platform on which it was founded. Notwithstanding
Mr. Stiles' assm-ance "of his innocent intentions" in joining the
Windham Co. Association, he had proceeded t<j act with that body
as a member, and endeavored to bring his church imder its juris-
diction. Little is known of the early stages of the difKculty,* but
• The following extracts from the Woodstock, Church Raords perhaps atTord a clew as to these
early slagps, "July 2, 1751, " to enquire Into & consider ye grounds, & causes why ye Sacrement
of ye Lord's Supper had been so long omltuvl by this Church " whereu|>on, " The Pastor dis-
tinctly laid before the Church the particular grounds and reasons," etc., "Among other
things, the Pastor put the following question to ye Brethren, viz., whether they thought this
Church were now in a proper Condition for the administration of the Lord's Supper ? (o which
no annwer wot made, " Evidently a " home thrust, "
At a subsequent meeting, Aug. 20, 17.51, " whereas some diniculty has arisen and continues
from some expressions In a letter from the Society to tliilr Piiatnr, <lritccl Fob. 11, last. In order
to see If ye Church were of the same opinion with what was contained In sd letter, this question
was put, v\z., wli^thfr it bf. ye opinion of this Chh., that their Pastor has so great regard to his own
Seeular interests, antl so tittle regard to their spiritual interests yt could he be secured o/ fire-wooil he would
be eery indiJferentwheUier his public ministry was attended or noli' passd In ye Negative and In regard
towbat ye Pastor hasofteredtoexcusehlnomltting to mention ye Sacrament &c.,and yt without
Consulting ye Chun h. their opinion was sIgnlBed by passing the following vote, viz., Tho' we
apprehend It would have been [irudent had ye pastor consulted the Church, as what we judge
we have a right to expect from him, yet we don't supiK>se the omission or Indiscretion so great
as to break Communion, or to prevent the Lonl's Supper, as soon as It can be convenient. "
I
114 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
by 1752, it liml become so serious that a council was held, iu which
nine specific poiuts of diflerouce were presented, aud with great care
and pains, satisfactorily adjusted. A mutual afji'eement wasadojited,
amnesty declared, aud all discovils aud difficulties appareutlj' bmied.
Yet, iu less than a year, tlie coutroversy was re-opened by an overt
act of Ml'. Stiles. Himself a strict disciplinarian, and favoring a
strong church government, he had been greatly anuoyed from his
fii-st connection with tiie Woodstock Chuich by its lat-k of an explicit
covenant and rales of discijiliue. Mr. Dwight had kejit possession
of the origiu-xl records of th^ church, aud the ])aper sigued by Mr.
Throop was simply a promise, without specifications, "That the
church shoidd bs mioitested or carriel on after the form in which it
was gathered." Attempts to introduce a more detiuite form aud rales
had been hitherto unsuccessful, but uow Mr. S., taking advantage of
the unusual cjuiet and harmony, procured, in some way, "a copy of
the original church covenant, aud having added to it a postscript,
adopting the substivnce of Cambridge Platform," without pre^aous
warning or discussion, he presented it to the church, March, 1753, and
called upon the brethren to receive it and subscribe to it. How Mr.
Stiles procured this " copy " of a dociuuent which, more than a
quarter of a ceutury before, had beeu carried out of Woodstock and
must have beeu consumed with Mr. D wight's other papers in the
" dissolution of his house by fire," and why it was necessaiy to add
to it " a postscript embodying the substance of the Cambridge Plat-
form," when it was simply an acknowledgement of that very Plat-
form— were poiuts which he did not attempt to elucidate, and
which gi-eatly jjerplexed the gi-eater part of the church members.
To them it seemed very unlike theii- original Constitution and
very siiuilnr to the obnoxious Saylnook. A majority of those present
"would by no means consent" to sign this paper, w-hereupon Mr.
S., without giving time to consider and discuss so imjjortant a
matter, or calling for a vote of the chm-ch, proceeded to sign
it, with a small number of the brethren, and declared its adoption
as the covenant of the church.
This "strange and unprecedented act" of Mr. StUes opened a
breach that was never healed. His opponents rallied in great force
against this doubtful covenant, and resolutely refused to acknowledge
it. Mr. S., with gi-eat spirit, declined to make explanation or con-
cession. Political and sectional feuds added bitterness to the con-
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. il5
trovei'sy. Those geutleuieii who li.ul protesttMl against secession
from the Massachusetts Government n(iw took \\\i urnis tor the
original uhnvcli covenant, while Connecticut sympathisers ilefemled
Mr. S. and his amendment, and soon "all peace, unity and good
agreeme,nt were wholly destroyed and gone fiom among the pe()])le
of the society and members of the church." The aggrieved ineth-
reu withdrew from Mr. S.'s preaching, and held meetings by them-
selves, and as the ministers hired liy them were oi)posed to the
Saybrook Platform, they were stigmatized by the Stiles party as
" Separates." Couni-ils were called, whose earnest endeavors to
accommodate matters were frustrated, it is said, " mainly by the
conduct and influence t)f the pastor," who openly declared, "That
he would never pull off his coat and then ask leave whether he
shoiild put it t)u again." To his nephew, Ezra Stiles, afterwards
President of Yale College, he writes, (June 25, 1753):
"The spring of the controversy appears to be this — certnin of my Lord
Brethren, extremely fearful of being Priest-ridden, are attempting to be themselves
tluis priest-riders, the madness of which attempt may aiipear in the fable of Pha?ton,
but have already found it difficult to bridle, saddle, and ride the priest, according
to their humor. Indeed they seem as angry with ye Priest as Balaam with his ass,
and for no better reason. I endeavored to rebuke the meanest of my riders, but
Solomon tells us of a certain creature that hateth reproof. "
Mr. Stiles was very eager to institute a course of discipline
with these refractory members, and in 175-4 submitted to the Wind-
ham Association, " Whether the aggrieved members of the First
Church in Woodstock, who had for some time absented themselves
from the worship and communion of that clim-ch, are speedily to be
censured for such withch-awal ?" The Association, probably con-
scioiis that this withdrawal was not without cause, promptly replied
in the negative, and upon the reiteration of this request, positively
enjoined, "That the church wait awhile longer upon them, and pro-
ceed not to censure without a coimcil." After three yeai-s of strife
and contention, the breach continually widening, the aggiieved
brethren, seeing no possibility of reunion, felt it their duty to assert
their rights and privileges, and obtain recognition as the First
Church of Woodstock. A venerable coiuicil of churches carefidly
considered the circimastances, and having unsuccessfully attempted
a coalition between the contending parties, advised to this com-se,
and March 18, 1756, met in the meeting house and " set off" 23
brethren and 21 sisters, as a " Chiu'ch in regular form according to
116 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
usuiil metliod." A committee was cluxseu to procure " souie meet
person to labor auioug us iu word aud doctriue," aud '' their iirst
choice fell somewhat imfortuuately upon Mr. Curtis, of New London,
a minister of well-known Separate proclivities. PubUc worship was
now carried on bj them in a constant manner and the ordinances of
the Gospel administered among them by sympathizing neighboring
ministers. Their meetings were well attended, their members in-
creased, and it was claimed that nearly halt the society attended
with them. Petitions prott'ered to the General Asseuilily, asking for a
release from paying Mr. Stiles' salary and also for .society privileges,
received a prompt rejection.
This ''amazing conduct"" obliged Jii-. Stiles to call a council,
which declared " said incorporation to lie null and void and too
much like tritiiug with things sacred and momentous"' and solemnly
called upon the Separating brethren to rejjeut and return to their
duty ;" but all to no purpose," for " they continued their Separate
meetings in private houses, contrary to Gospel rule and the good
laws of the Colony, sadly affecting the peace of the Church and
Society."" In this lamentable situation, Mr. Stdes and his adherents
" knew not what better to do than to direct their eyes, under God,
to the Hon. Assembly of Connecticut,"" and after assuring it that he
had never in one instance deprived the brethren of any pri^•ilege
allowed them b}' the Cambridge Platform, but had taken great care
to preserve the original constitution of the Clnu-ch, adjured it to in-
terfere " so far as to appoint an Ecclesiastic Council of ministers and
delegates to hear and determine the differences. "' Their opponents
also appeared before this October session of the Assembly with a
petition, signed by seventy-one members of the society, in which
the}' forcibly detailed their grievance with Mr. Stiles and resumption
of chiu'ch estate upon the basis of the first covenant; and, as they
were now so large a society as to be well able to maintain and sup-
port the Gospel in two places — their rates amounting to nearly thir-
teen thousand pounds — prayed for a distinct separate society.
This simple solution of a troublesome difficulty was rejected by
the Assembly, "which taking into consideration their melancholy,
divided estate, was of opinion that dividing them into two ecclesiastic
societies will not tend to remove the difficulties, but will be prejudicial
to both civil and religious uiterests,"" and reccomended both parties " to
agree in calling a council of elders and messengers that have not
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hitherto beeu apphed to by either. '" The lai-ge uuuiber of coiuicils
ah'eady held m Woodstock, made it somewhat difficult to comply
with this suggestiou of the assembly, but haviug sm-moimted that
obstacle its coiiveutiou was rendered useless by a technical point
that could uot be adjusted. Mr. Stiles after secm-ing his quota
of fresh messeugers and elders, hi\'ited his oppoueuts as "Separatiug
bretlneu" to apjjear before them. These brethi'eu, uow formally
recognized ;is the representatives of the original chm-ch of Woodstock,
would nut compromise their standing by accepting this oj)i)robious
appellation, and after much quibbling and sparring the council
came to naught. In the foUowing Jsmuary, the Old- Covenant Piutj'
agreed to imite in calling a council, "provided the same shall consist
of Congi-egatioual C'hiu'ches, such as are settled upon and regulated
by Cambridge Platform — which constitution and no other, we ac-
knowlege ourselves to be under. " Mr. Stiles in reply showed:
"L That they calleil acouucil.inviteil the people and made proposals which were
refused.
"II. We have repeatedly otiered to join with yon in a Congregational Council
and never proposed any other, and are still desirous to join with you in calling a
Council not hither applied to by either."
He further expressed his uufeigaed sorrow that the wounds were not he.iled;
considered them visible Christian brethren; as Christians have an interest neither
essentially separate. "Our interest is to unite in the love and service of Christ and
each other. Many things in the aspect of Providence at this time [the war, prevail-
ing sickness, the death of his own children and brother ministers] unite, and lift
up their voices and beseech us to sheath the sword and prevent the bitterness of
mutual destruction. Under a solemn sense of these mighty and interesting truths,
let us determine that nothing on either side shall be lacking to effectuate accomo-
dation. "
Had Mr. Stiles followed his own precepts, accommodation
might, perhaps, even then beeu effected ; but this very document was
marred by chsingenuous quibbling. His opponents had refused to
join in the prescribed council because he had persisted in calling
them to it imder a title which tiiej' could not acknowledge, and his
councils of Saybrook Platform chiurhes were not Congregational as
they understood the term. The indignant brethren accused Mr-
Stiles of a want of honesty in his statements, and wished him to de-
fine what he meant by Congregationalism.
They meant "Congregational churches settled upon Cambridge Platform, or such
as acknowleged such Plattonii for their nUe without any special regard for any
other rule of h>iman institution, though they do not come up to it in every article —
which constitution the Woodstock church agreed to in the first settlement till tbfi
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late alteration made by yourselves, which we think very unwarrantable and un-
justifiably clone * * « * and we desire you to understand that we shall not ad-
mit of any pereons or churches to sit as a council on this present controversy but
those of our own constitution, and hope you will give over imy futiire thoiight
that we shall be brought to consent to do ourselves so much wrong as to comply
with an}' other proposal.
Mr. Stiles saw by this reply, "That they were fully deterniiued
not to comply with the direction of the General Assembly." On the
contrary, declare the brethren, "We have always wished a coun-
cil of Congi-e<j;ational churches, ami di^sire you would meet us at the
raeetino-house, March 9, 1757." Mr. 8tiles stated conditions such
as the brethren " had always denied and could not comply with."
The brethren insisted upon points which Mr. Stiles would in no
measure aji^'ee to — especially with refeieuce to overhauliuf^ the dif-
ferences prior to the settlement of 1752. Failing in all attempts
even to initiate negotiaticm, both parties again repaired to the As-
sembly and represented their several hardships. The Old Covenant
adherents declared that they only persisted in adhering to the
above-said ancient covenant, while the adverse party had actually
gone off therefrom and assumed another form of discipline essen-
tially different, " the same being obvious to every inquiring mind
without much labor to come at the knowledge of it," and begged the
Assembly
"To consider the inconsistency of the thing in its own nature, and the violence
that must be done to our consciences, in that we should be compelled to uniformity
with a minister and his adherents who have so far departed from the ancient order,
and be made to suffer for aliiding in the same after so long an usage therein in con-
formity with the sister churches throughout the Province of which we were a part
when first embodied in chiarch estate, and wei'e since the changing government still
conscientiously holding the same form of worship. "
Thus circumstanced, they had confidence in the Act allowing
certain privileges to dissenting churches, and as the first society in
Woodstock was sufficient in numbers and abilities to compose two
societies,
"Prayed and entreated to be set off as a distinct society, both in respect of civil
and ecclesiastical order, liberty, and privilege, or, if you disapprove that, into two
societies locally divided, though this expedient might not remove all the troubles
your petitioners are groaning under. "
Mr. stiles solemnly reiterated his denial of having in any man-
ner departed from the original constitution of the church, and fur-
ther testified :
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" That the separating brethren continuetl their separate meetings in a private
house, contraiy to the hjws of this Government and for a length of time have em-
ployed Mr. Curtis for their Teacher, whose praise in times past has been at New
London and New Haven and no less now at Woodstock. Moreover they publicly
boast their resolution of speedily building a meeting-house and have already pro-
vided materials, and c:vrried considerable quantities of timber to the very place where
a meeting-house is to be erected and is not all this a denwn.ilralion of their utmost re-
luclanee to any method of procedure not r.omUenanced and warranted by the Asseinbly.
And though they mention their submission to the jurisdiction of this Govern-
ment, they almost compel us to say that it is well known some of their leaders and
principal managers, since their forced submission to this Government, discovered a
like dissatisfaction to its ftinV ciinatitalitm as to the original constitution of this church,
and from what was openly .spoken at Freeman's meeting here last month, we have
good reason to conclude 'it will be no part of their sorrow if next Thureday should
discover a mournful demise of some who deservedly til! the principal seats of the
Legislature.' An impartial council, to examine all matters of grievances that have
fallen out since our settlement in 17.j'2 * * « * would best subserve the interests of
rehgion. "
Quite likely, Mr. Stiles, with all his tact ami shrewdness, some-
vfliat over-reached himself iu these insinuations against the loyalty
and orthodoxy of his oppouuuts. The Government of Connecticut
misj;ht be more dispose I by them to conciliate a people so recently
received imder its jurisdiction, and of whose " suddenness and reso-
lution of temper" it had such abundant proof; nor could it scarceh'
be made to believe that a movement led by such men as Chandler,
Holmes, Paj-son, Morse and Skinner, was nothing more than a mere
Separate outbreak. So serious seemed the difficulty, that it nomi-
nated a number of prominent ministers — the Reverend Messrs.
Peter Reynolds, of Enfield: Elnathau Whitman, of Hartford; James
Lockwood, of Weather.sfield ; Freegi-ace Leavett, of Somers, and
Ebenezer Gay, of Suffield, to repair to Woodstock with messengers
from their several chiu-ches, as a council to hear the contenchng par-
ties. The coimcil convened, Sei)tember 6, 1757, tmd came to this
result :
"It seems to us that Mr. Stiles has been guilty of imprudence in several in-
stances, has treated some of the aggrieved with too much harehness and severity
both in public and private. Brethren not to be justified for withdrawing. Mr. Stiles
guilty of no offence disijualifying him for the miuistrv; advises Mr. Stiles to make
some reflections upon himself for his imprudent conduct, and endeavor to avoid all
occasion of offence in future by treating all his people as becomes a minister of the
Gospel, with condescension and respect; advises the aggrieved brethren to return to
the communion of the church again. If .Joseph Griggs will publicly own in presence
of this council the confession contained in the result of a former council, the church
will take off his censure and restore him to communion. Reccommend pastor and
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brethren to live in the nintunl exercise of forbearance and staily things that make
for peace. Mr. Stiles to say — ' I fi-eely own that in several instances I have been im-
prudent in my conduct towards my people luid have treated some of them with verj'
nnbecominf; ra.shness and severity, and been wanting in the exercise of that meek-
ness and gentleness which becomes a Gospel minister, which I desire may be over-
looked and forgiven, and it shall be my care and endeavor to give no occasion to any
to be offended with me. ' But in case this advice does not attain the desired end, as
the peace of the church is of great importance, and these ditticulties have been of
long continuance and appear to us very great, after waiting three months to see if
peace cannot be obtained, they would advise Mr. Stiles to resign his oftice among the
people as a means to promote their peace and edification. Advise all parties to avoid
everything that may have a tendency to inflame the divisions or increase the aliena-
tion and use their utmost earnest endeavors to promote a happy union.
Sept. 27, 1757. "
This excellent advice, as might be expected, had no mfluence
whatever, and was almost unheeded. Mr. Stiles did tiot make the
liuml)le little confession ])rescribed, nor take off Joseph Grigg's
censure, nor even read the result of the Council to his congregation;
nor did the aggrieved brethren make any overtures of reconciliation.
Only one attempt was made to effectuate accommodation. Though the
Council did not formfdly pronounce judgment upon the rejected Stiles-
covenant, they examined it in private, and "for peace's sake" drafted
a substitute which they hoped might suit all parties, and accordingly
near the expiration of the three months the following letter was sent
to the committee, "to commimicate to Separates":
"Whereas, in your memorial you complain of our departing from the original
constitution respecting discipline as a principal ground and reason of your petition,
and whereas an ecclesiastic council did publicly acquit ns — notwithstanding, said
council were pleased to draft a covenant for us. Therefore we inform you that we
have examined the same and are willing to accept it, on condition of your returning
to the worship and communion of the church, and on your return promise to receive
you. If you desire a conference we are willing to attend it at any proper time and
place.
Abel Stiles, Der,. 7. 1757.
This proposition was not even considered by the Old-Covenant
party. They were now utterly opposed to reunion uj^on any terms
whatsoever, and had Mr. Stiles signified his wilUngness to sign the
Throop agi-eement, or even the Cambridge Platform itself, they would
scarcely have gone back to him. It was not a question of Platform,
but of will and sections. The South fought for division and the North
for union, and each section was determined to have its own way. A
majority of the church members apparently favored Mr. Stiles, but
in the society parties were nearly balanced. Three months having
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passed without the retuin of peace, acconling to the advice of the
Council, Mr. Stiles was to resif;;u his ministerial office, but that was
•agreeable neither to him or his adherents.* At a society meeting,
Dee. 12, the Stiles party "by a b ire majority, " elected the com-
mitter and proceeded to Y<jte the nsual sum for his support. The
church adhering to him, also voted Dec. 17, "That it would not be
for our peace and edificatitm for Rev. Mr. Stiles to be dismissed, but
the contrary. " A request was immediately sent to the society com-
mittee to warn a meeting "that the minds might be known about Mr.
Stiles' dismission, " at which, after fair and open debate, it was voted
"That Mr. Stiles should resujn, by a majority of more than two to one."
Flushed by this ti'iumph, the anti-Stiles party asked for another
meeting to reconsider the vote of Dec. 12, and take some care for
supplying the pulpit, but the committee refused to warn it, whereby
public affairs were uivolved in gi-eat confusion. In Ma}-, both parties
again appealed to the Assembly, each giving its own version, anc
declaring, "That not we, but the other parties are the only cause that
peace is not i-estored. " The Assembly declined to remove Mr.
Stiles, nullify the salaiy vote, or divide the society, but took no
measure " to vindicate the Result of CouncQ, and order the same to
be carried into effect. " Thus left to themselves, the strife
waxed hotter and fiercer. The anti-StUes party, embracing most of
the inhabitants of Woodstock Hill and South Woodstock, gained
upon their opponents. Their conventions for pubUc worship on the
Lord's day, but a few steps from the meetiug-hoiLse, greatly dis-
tm'bed Mr. Stiles and his diminishing congregation, t At the an-
* .January 15, 17oV). Voted to enquire on what terms Mr. Stiles will resign.
Answer: I am willing to quit and Resign my Pastoral relation to all In this place who
now desire I should do so, upon Coudlliou those who do not now Desire it are made Easie i
Satisfied with my resignation and my Temix>ral Damage in Removing be .\djusted.
Signed, ABEL STILES.
W. First Soc. Eec.
t Mr. Stiles seems, at this time, to have tendere 1 his resignation, as appears by extracts
from the Church Records. *' At a Chh. meeting. December 27, 1757, To consider and give Ihelr
opinion with respect to the pastor's resignation of his ofQce kc. After prayer to God and
serious deliberation upon the affair. The Brethren by unanimous vote came Into ye following
resolve, viz: We are abundently satisfied (and as we think upon good reason which we are
ready to give when properly requested that it will not be for our peace and edification for the
Rev. Mr. Stiles, our pastor, to be dismissed, but of the contrary tendency; for this and many
other reasons, we can by no means consent thai he should resign bis pastoral ofQce among us. "
TttU. ABEL Stiles, Pastor.
N. B.— The Resolve above was in consequence to a question then put to the Brethren, by the
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uiuil society meeting iu December, it was voted, by a majority of onv,
" That they would not graut auy tax ou said iuhabitauts for the pay-
ment of Kev. Mr. Stiles' salary. " At their next meeting they went
a step further, and voted to assess all the estates for the sujiport of
a minister, and iu spite of i)rotest and resistance proceeded to collect
it fi-om all the inhabitants. The belligerents now broke out into
open warfare. Tlie Stiles party were in turn forced to pay for the
support of their opponents. Collectors levied taxes from the whole
society, and applied the same to " jmyate use of majority." Appeals
to the County Court were unsuccessful, that body judging the as-
sessments unlawful, but that the Assembly only could give relief.
Again in December, 1759, the society refused to pay Mr. Stiles'
salary, and gi'anted a rate for society exijenses. Gaining boldness
with numbers it now threatened to take possession of the meeting-
house, liicliard Flynn was chosen key-keeper, and Samuel Chandler
and Col. John Payson a committee to wait upon Mr. Cooper, and
to desii'e him to deliver up the key of the meeting-house — and if
he refuses, to demand the same. Mr. Cooper refusing both request
and demand, Zebidou Dodge was requested to .take ofl' the lock, and
put on another, and deliver the key to Mr. Flynn, the npjiointed
keeper of the meeting-house. Tlie friends of Mr. Stiles now hmnd
it extremely difficult to maintain their footing, obliged, iis they weie
to pay society rates and their o\\Ti church expenses. The fiercest
bitterness, rancor and enmity prevailed. Well might Mr. Stiles
exclaim, " I sojourn in Mesheck, and dwell in the tents of Kedar. * ••" *
My lot is yet among the Amorites, encompassed with storms, and
the Zauzummins, whose arms appear to be that of pricks in my
eyes, and thoms in my side. Nothing saves me from ruin but the
hon-id, iniquitous measures taken to destroy me." Yet notwith-
standing "the scourge of malignant tongues," Mr. Stiles "had no
thought of attempting to leave his jjeople, for in general they ap-
peared friendly, and the better sort resolutely attached to him " —
but unflinchingly maintained his ground, even when the meeting-
house and pulpit were invaded. At a meeting of the inhabitants
pastor, in these words, viz., are you so far satisfied it wili be for your peace and edification for
me to resign my pastoral relation, as that you are willing to join with me in calling a Council
for yt purpose?
On the 27th of December, 1780. the Rev. .Toshua .lohnson was ordained as ''/»//.«//«'• pastor
wltli Rev. Mr. Stiles, the members of the church, at that time, in full communion, numbering 7(1.
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of the First Society' of Woodstock, Feburai-y 4, 1760, it was voted :
" I. That the Society meet in the meeting-house on Lord's diiy for public wor-
ship for the future.
II. That there be a committee chosen to supply the pulpit, till further orders,
in the place of Mr. Stiles.
III. That Mr. Samuel Chandler be a committee to supply the pulpit with some
suital lie person to preach, and that the clerk serve Mr. Stiles with a copy of the
transactions of this Society, that he may know the minds of the Society, and so not
presume to go into the desk on Lord's day to disturb the Society in the public wor-
ship, as he has heretofore done. "
This cict of ejectiou -was forcibly canied out. In the face of
this injuiictiou, Mr. Stiles (//(/ presume to go iuto the desk, akeady
apjiropriated by the Society's minister, and tradition reports a
disf^raceful collision — angi-y belligerents attempting to haul the rival
ministers from the pulpit; — a free fight raging through the contested
meeting-house; the women joining in the fray, exchanging cutis,
pulling off caps and bonnets till the Stiles party, overcome by
numbers, were forced to A'ield jjossession. This rencontre cleared
the ail' and" ^^rtually ended the controversy. The fiiends of Mr.
Stiles at length saw the foUy of coercion, and reluctantly yielded to
the will of the majority. In response to a petition asking for the
annulment of rates, the Assemlily ordered all further proceedings
suspended, and appointed William Pitkin, Jabez Hamlin and
William Wolcot to use their best endeavors to accomodate and make
a settlement. The committee met on July 10, and fully heard the
matters of difference. No jjrospect appeai-ed that the whole society
would be tmited in, or content with the present minister, but on the
contrary, both parties were willing to facilitate division. Under any
circumstances, this di^-isiou could be defen-ed but a few yesu's, and
the committee judged it expedient to effect it at once, and arranged
the following terms :
" I. .Vll that part of first society lying north of an Ciust and west line dividing
between the north and south proprietors, shall be a distinct ecclesiastic society to
maintain and support the Kev. Mr. Stiles during his continuing their minister.
Inhabitants of north part pay to Mr. Stiles such of his salary after the expiration of
the jiresent yearly service, until the said north part shall be constituted a society,
and then the inhabitants shall pay their tax to sticli society to which they belong,
yet any such person to have liberty to attend divine serWce in the other society, that
they shall not be accounted disorderly therein.
II. That nut of the money already granted by first society Mr. Stiles be paid his
Inst year's salary.
III. As to meeting-house now standing in first society, said first society, south
part, shall pay and refund to north part, after constituted a society, a hnndred
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pounds as their part and proportion of the meeting-house, viz. : fifty pounds when
north society shall have their meeting-house raised, and fifty mure «heu meeting-
house is covered and enclosed.
IV. As soon as the General .\sseiiib1y shall constitute north part a society, the
meeting-hoiise shall be reliniiuished by north society to south, so that neither north
part or their minister shall have any further right or calling therein.
V. All the utensils belonging to church and communion-table shall be equally
divided between the two societies.
The subscriber, present pastor of said tirst church in Woodstock, hereby mani-
fest my free consent to the diWsion of said society on terms above expressed, but
yet would not be understood to have the former covenant between me and society
.any way altered or vacated until such division be accomplished.
Abel Stiles.
We, the subscribers appointed by tirst society, having considered the impossi-
bility of having matters of difference settled while wc remain in our ])resent situa-
tion, in order to have peace restored, and mutual luve and friendship for the future
subsist amongst us, come into the foregoing agreement.
Isaac Johnson, Jhhn Mobse,
Pakkee Mouse, Nathaniel Child,
John May, Ellsha Child.
Woodstock, Juli/ 20, 17G0."
The report of the committee was accepted by the Assembly, auil
the North Society of Woodstock dul}' set otf aud incoii)ovated in the
followiug October. Thus, after so main' years (jf stiife, the ditbcul-
ties were adjusted. Apparently the settlement was as equitable as
could have been devised. The North part had the minister and the
South ]iart the meeting house; the Ncnth took the church, the South
the society records, and both retained the title of the " First Church"
of Woodstock.*
Mr. Stiles remained jiastor of the North Parish, called Muddy
Brook, in what is now known as East Woodstock, imtil the
failure of his health ( always infiiTU i rendered some assistance neces-
sary, and the Ilev. Joshua Johnson [Y. C. 177oj was ordained as his
colleague, December 27, 178(1. For several years l)efore his death,
the aged pastors soul, through bodily indisposition, was enveloped
in clouds of doubts and temi^tatious, painful to himself and to his
acquaintances; and, during this period, he voluntarily relinquished
the maintenance due from his people, and for which he felt that he
was imable to render them an equivalent service.
The house in which ]Mi-. Stiles hved, in East Woodstock, is still
standing, within a few rods of the church and directly opposite to the
* Lamed's Hisl. «/ WindhamtCo., CI. T. 1.
REV. ABEL STILES,
PASTOR OF THE CHURCH IN WOODSTOCK, CT.
'737-'783-
From the original painting by John Trunnbu!!,
in possession of Dr. N. M, Freeman,
New York City.
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grave-yard. It is a large, square house \v\i\\ au "L" additiou; has
always been kept in good repair, and is to-day equal to any of the
modem houses in the ])laee. It is now (188G) owned and occupied
by Mr. Herbert S. Gifford, merchant, llegistrar of Deeds and Town
Clerk.
His nephew, the President, thus freely sketches him in the
Family MSS.:
" A man of little statiu-e, a most passionate, impatient & unhappy
Temper — full f)f Fire, Sarcasm it Hatii'c, which he dealt unmerci-
fully to all around him, especially to those who excited his liesent-
ment. This brought upon him much ill Treatment from his ] pie A-
Clih., which made him very unha))py. He was a man of Integrity,
Learning \' Good Beuse, ct would have d(jue nmch good if he could
have governed his Temper. He had a Talent at Telling humoroas
& entertaining Stinies, and so, indeed, had all the family, wliicli
makes me think they took this fiom their Mother, for the i3ancr()fts
have a Turn for Stor^' telling of au innocent and humorous kind. At
Seasons of Festivity, no man was more cheerful & social. He lost
all his children but one, at which none ever mourned more deeply;
he received the gi'eatest Insults, under which none ever shewed less
Patience or more incensed Pieseutment. In a word all his Passions
of every kind were intense to the highest degree. He gathered an
Estate of above a Thousand Pounds Sterliug [mentioned at £1,7481,
which was gi-eater than ever a Stiles possessed."*
Yet, notwithstanding the long years of strife between him and
his jjeople, which had so signally emphasized these defects in his
character, it is evident that he largely' enjoyed their respect. The
following tribute paid to him, at his death, in the Ncic LdmUni
Gazette, August 22, 1783, would ])robably have been accepted as cor-
rect and truthful, even by liis late parochial antagonists :
" Li him uncommon strength of genius and superior capacity
were refined and bi-ighteued by a learned education; by application
his classic knowledge became extensive, liis acquirements in natural
and moral jjhilosphy considei'able, in divinity eminent. Diligent
and critical in his researches into the holy scriptvu'es, he Avas hereby
fui-nished for doctrine, for leproof, for coiTcctiou, for instruction in
righteousness, and singulai'ly for prayer, in which he became wiser
* Ezoejit, Mr. Francis Stiles, at Wooilbury.
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than all his teachers. As u preacher, his descriptions were clear, his
aihiioiiitions weit^'htv, his exhortations solemn; and both his prayers
and diseourses strikingly adapted to unexpected and incidental occa-
sions. He proved himself the scribe well instructed unto the king-
dom— apt to teach — instructivi^ in conversation, the sincere, steady
friend, parent and husband; and although hasty in his natural tem-
per, yet sensible of this constitutional defect, and frequently reflect-
ing on himself with penitence and prayer, he showed the tender,
compassionate, benevolent, good man."
A number of his letters, preserved among the J\ISS. of his
nephew. President Stiles, iu Yale College Library, give ample evi-
dence of the mingled sprightliness and pathos of his nature, his
strong family affection, sincei'e piety and sterling sense. He loved
classical literature and all curious lore, and many of his letters are
largely written in the Latin, which he wrote freely although not with
the elegance of his brother, the Eev. Isaac, or his nephew, the Rev.
Ezra. One of these letters we have thought fit to present our
readers, on account of its references to the ecclesiastical warfare
which he had so long waged, as well as for its humorous and sympa-
thetic tone. It is addressed to his nephew Ezra, then a pastor at
Newport, R. I., and refers to a project which the latter then had on
hand, but which he never fully comjileted, of writing an Ecclesiastical
History of New England :
WcioDsTdcK, Feb. IS, 17C4.
IIevD Sib & Deau Kinsman:
The Books you sent me, I have, & return yon Thanks— Quanipluriniiis. Like-
wise your Letter reached lue about 2, months after y" day of its Date. Tlie Books I
have perused with no small satisfaction, tho' it ajipears to me that you & I don't
think exactly alike about Cambridge Platform —and, if you shall be continued, as
God grant you may, till you are as gray as your Uncle Abel, perhaps you'll alter
■some of your sentiments relative to Ecclesiastical Government. I will bear in mind
that youn^ Elihn wisely remai'ked the mistakes of those who were older than he ;
yet, I trust Elihu learned the longer he livd it so will Ezra no doubt— As to your
request, yt I would Collect & send you y^ Kesults of Councils in this County, for
y^ last 50 years, and yt you have thoughts of writing a brief history of Ecclesiastical
Councils in N. England, I will bi'iefly reply, viz, : I have sundry Results by me of
Woodstock Councils for nearly 20 years past, and suppose I could, in time, collect
ye greater part of the Results in ye County. But let me query, suppose you had all
the Results iu N. England for y<^ last .50 years: In ye Name of Sixpence, I pray tell
me what sort of Alembiek would you make use of in order to produce what you call
a brief history of N. England Councils. Surely j'ou must have a Chymical Talent
to perfection, if you can make your History less contracted than ye voluminous
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY 127
SjTiopsis Criticorum —for, should yon confine your history to the Councils in Wood-
stock afored. theyd furnish A suggest matter enon<<h for a volume equal to Father
Cooper's Anatomy — enjo what would you find wide enough to Contain the Books to
be wrote on the remiunins Results ? As to Results in Woodstock since 1 came here
they appear to me as contrary lus the Good A Bad Figs in Jeremiah's Vision, some of
ym very Good, others very bad. Nor do I think it is in ye power of mortjils to pre-
vent EiToneous & Injurious Results. In a word, were I half so sure that a History
of N. England Councils would prevent future mistakes, as I am of having been
epeatedly injured by past results, I should with utmost cheerfulness send you all
ye Results yt I am able to Collect.— But, perhaps, yon can give me that Ught as to
your design as will quite alter my present sentiments.
Touching my i)ersonal & Domestiek circumstances they are Comfortable— the
long uproar with resjieut to me hath ceased, since the Division of the Society — I
am at peace with my people.
Pray let me hear from you once in a while, and oftanerif you can. Mrs. Stiles
and .\lethea Joyn me in salutations to you & Mrs. Stiles. * * * * In your next
don't fail of sending me an Exa?t List of how many Duzen Children you have by
this time. But ye time fails A- 1 must break off —with peace b? with you anl yours
always, thus prays your true &. real
Abel Stiles.
Mr. Stiles' only published works were :
I. " A Sermon [from Eph. iii. 8] preached at Rehoboth. (in the Province of
Massachusetts Bay, | Jlay 11. 176(;: at the Ordination of the Reverend Mr. Ephraim
Hyde, Pastor of the First Church in that Town. By .\bel Stiles, M. k.. and Pastor
of the First Church in Woodstock. Providence, in New England: Printed by Sarah
Goddard and Company, 1767." 24 pages.
II. Death God's Monitor to the Living, Illustrated and improved, in a Sermon
[from Hebr. xi. 4] Occasioned by the sudden Death of Mr. Elisha Lyon, and deliv-
ered the Sabbath next after his Death, Oct. 1«, 17G7. Providence, 176«. 8vo.
In the old bur\-ing-groimd at East Woodstock are the tomb-
stones of the Eev. Abel, his wife and daughter. " The stones are
erect, clean and remarkably well preserved, the inscrijjtions being as
plain as the day they were cut. The monuments are each about
three feet high and decorated, after the manner of that day, at the
top, with the heads of angels with the anatomical peciJiarity of wuigs
in the place of ears." {.Letter of Dr. Geo. A. Boiren; 3\\\y 30th,
1886 J. The inscriptions are as follows :
Sacred to the Memorv of
the Revd Abel Stiles
who was ordained to the Gofjiel
Miniftry in this Town AD 1737
having ferved God A his Generation
thro' a eourfe of 46 years Ministry
he refted from his labors .luly 25"'
.\D 1783 in the 7.5tli year of his .\ge.
The Memorv of the -lust
fhall beBlefsed!
128 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
In llemorv of
Mi'K Alithea Stiles
Eelict o£ the late
Revd Abel Stiles
Who ilejiartecl this life
Fehn; 17th 1786
In the 79t'i Year
of her k"e
This Jlonument is Sacred
To the Memory of
Mrs Alithea Wlarcy
only ila\it,'hter A' child of
tiie Eev<l Abil Stiles
who departed this Life
Janry 2711; AD: 1784,
in the 39*1; Year of her Age
Princes this clay must be your bed
In spite of all your Tow'rs,
the tall, the wise, the Kev<l head,
must lie as low as Ours.
Mrs. Stiles was the datigliter of Rev. John Robinson (Harv. 1695)
and his ynie Hannah Wiswall, of Kingston, near Plymouth, Mass.
She was born in Daxbiiry, Mass., and was married to Mr. Stiles in
1740, her parents being then residents of Lebanon, Conn. Mrs.
Stiles was admitted to the Church at Woodstock, October 2, 1744,
by letter from the Churcli at Dudley.
The Rev. Mr. Stiles' will, dated July 28, 1773, gives to his
daughter, Althea L. Marcy, £0.20s.0d; to his wife his real and per-
sonal estate. Witnesses, Peter Child, Stephen May, Nathaniel Child.
By a codicil, he gives to his gi-aud-daughter, Sophia Marcy. Witness,
Nathaniel Child, Joshua Johnson, Asa Child.
Children {all horn in Woodstoclc, Conn. ) :
144. I. Abel,' born June 6, 1741, (bap. 7th); died Aug. 29, 1744.
145. II. Alethea,^ born 4 (bap. 30th) July, 1743; died Aug. 22,
1744.
146. III. Alethea,^ born 9 (bap. 14th) July, 1745; was very care-
fully educated by her father, who even taught her in
the Latin language. In Yale College Library, among
the Pres. Stiles' MSS., is a charming letter addressed
)->
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 129
to liim by this little girl (for she was then but ten
and a half years old), dated Dec. 22, 1755, in which
she says : " Since I came home my tender father
keeps me to my books and I have once more
gone thi'ow Eutropius and am now in Cornelins Ne-
pos. My father has made a short History from
Eutropius by way of Quest & Answer and set me to
get it by heart. In wich short History I have
learned the following things, \\z.: [She then proceeds
in childish language to narrate some of the historical
data which she had acquired, and concludes] I am
with regard your little cousin who lives while my
brother and sister are dead,
AiiETHEA Stiles.
Slie was admitted to the Woodstock Chiu-ch 30
May, 1762; and married { " imhapiiily," says Dexter
Yale Blog. and Annals) 29 Oct., 1764, Hadlock
Marcy (Y. C. 1761), of Woodstock. Issue:
147. i. Sophia-,'^ m. Sfaj. Fox, 17h;{.
Mrs. Alethea (Stiles) Marcy died Jan., 1784, se 39.
148. IV. AisEL,' born 11 (bap. 13) March, 1748; died Dec. 13,
1754.
149. V. SoPHLV,' born 20 (bap. 25) March, 1749-50; died Dec.
4, 1754.
FAjNHLY 10.
150. Isaac' Stiles, U'-i] ^Ephraim^ John'^ John,^) bom at
Westfield, Mass., Oct. 6, 16UG; married (1) Mary Bi'ooks, his cousin,
Dec. 22, 1721),* who died Oct. 21, 1734. He married (2) Deborah
Hermon,t of Suffield, Coim., May, 1757. He resided in Westfield,
Mass., and died Oct. 4, (or 9 ?) 1790, se. 94.
• " Isaac Stllea aud Mary Brooks had their names entered with their Intention of marriage,
and also publication made as the law directs upon Nov. 12, 1720. Isaac Stiles and Mary Brooks
above mentioned were Joined In marriage by John Ashley, ot Westfield, Justice of the Peace,
upon Dec. 22, lT2i).~n'>-iitjieUl Recnrdt..
t Westfield Reoorda (1885) read Warmon (doubtful?) ; Intention of marriage entered May 1,
1757.
130 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
Children {all by first wife, and all born af IVestfield, Mass.):*
151. I. Abigail," liom March 2(5, 17'24 ; raan-ied Thomas
Hanchitt, of Westfiekl, Mass., Sept. 20, 1753, aud
(liod A])nl 7, 1754. Inxw- :
152. i. .\Di«ArL,fi b. Feb. 2(i, I7.")4. who died Sejit. 9, 1756. — Prcs.
StUes' MSS.
153. II. Ts.\AC,' born June 23, 172(); nianied (1) Exjjerience
Lancktou ; married ( 2 ) "Wid. Mabel Bancroft.
Family 16.
154. III. MaKtin,^ born July 17, 1728; married Dorcas Adams.
Family 17.
155. lY. Daniel,^ born Oct. 17, 172'.); died Oct. 12, 1731.
156. Y. Isn.vEL," born May 27,1731; married Dorcas White.
Family 18.
157. YI. Daniel,' bom Jan. 2i I, 1732-3; married Amy Hilly er-
Family 19.
158. YII. MABYf born Sept. 6, 173-4; married d) David Birch,
of Simsbury, Conn., May 24, 1757; no issue. She
man-ied (2) Phiuebas Southwell, of Sufiield, Conn.,
1762. Issue:
159. i. Phinehas,g b. 17(53.
Mrs. Mary (Stiles) Southwell died Feb. 25, 1801.
FAMILY 11.
160. Ephraim^ Stiles, [65], iEphraim,^ John^ Jnhn,'^) bom
at Westfield, Mass., Dec. 5, 1699; married (1) Mary Fowler, of
Westfield, Jan., 1723,t who died Feb. 1, 1735-6; he married (2)
Aug. 5, 1736,1 Jemima Meacham, of Enfield, Conn., born 12
AprO, 1709, and removed from Westfield to Pi ttsfield, Ma.ss., about
1758, according to Pres. Stiles' MSS. ; but the Hisf. of Western Mass.
* " The nativities of his children I extracted from the Westfield Records, confirmed to me
iiy himself In 1764 " Pres. S(i7.-s' .VSS.): further couflrmed by me in 18S5.— H. ff. S.
t Intention of marriage entered Dec. 1.5. 17'i2. — Wfstjiftd R^ccnrda.
t Intention of marriage entered July 17,1736. •■Ephraim Stiles and .Jemima Meacham
were joined In marriage by the Bev. Peter Reynolds, of Enleld, Aug 3, 1136." — iVtstfidd R'cords.
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 131
(ii. p. 548) names liiui aiuoug those who, in 1754, fled from Pittslield
to Stockbiidge for safety before an Indian invasion, and the Hini. of
Piftsjield (p. 112) gives him as among those who signed a petition to
the General Court, Nov., 1757, asking to he allowed to build a fort
to protect their lands and families from the Indians; he was (p. 119)
appointed Sept. 1(5, 1758, on a committee to hire a minister. Among
th(^ names of tlie eight per.sons who signed the first Confession of
Faith and Covenant of the " Church of Chi-ist in Pittsfield," Feb. 7,
17f)4, is that of E[)]n-aim Stiles. He was probably the Ephraim who,
in 17G5, paid £2.10s. for a seat in the meeting-house at P., although
it may have been his son Ephraim.* Oct. 31, 1765 : " departed
this Life Ephraim Stiles, of Pleurisy."t (CJ>. Record). Mrs. eJemima
(Meacham) Stiles died 8 Jan., 1777, se G8.|
Children by first iri/e (born in WeMfield, 3Iass.):**
161. I. Zebediah,'' born Sept. 15, 1723; married Experience
Wells. Family 20.
162. II. Mercy,^ born Jan. 10, died Feb. 10, 1724-25.
163. III. Simeon,'' born May 12, 1726; married Experience Root.
Family 21.
164. rV. Mercy,' bom Jan. 28, 1727; married (1) Abel Old, July
23, 1747, who settled in Westfield, Mass. Issue :
165. i. ExpBBiENCE,6 b. Jan., 1750.
166. ii. Lydia,« b. Feb. 11, 1752.
She married (2) Reuben Cunn, May 6, 1756. Issue:
167. iii. Wabham,« b. Dec. 26, 1757.
168. iv. Ans,6 b. June 22, 1760.
169. V. Hannah.* (Pres. StUes' MSB.)
170. V. Experience,' bom March 26, 1730; married Eldad
• Hist. PitltMd, and Church Records.
t PitlAfii'ld Cong. Church Recordt.
t Family liibtn.
•• Kocorila In a " part of a Family Blblo," communicated by Mrs, Ertwanl N, Bobbins, of
Plttsflolil, Mass,, Doc, 1, 1S85, give the following mriatiom from dates as given by Town Records,
viz.: Eiihralm (160j duatli, Oct, 28; Ephraim (174) birth, 1732; Bethlah'B (176) birth, 1735; Ell's
(181) birth, 1745,
132 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
Palmer, of Wostrielil, Mass., Sept. 1, 1756. Insue :
171. i. Levi,'' b. Juoe 24, 17.57.
172. , ii. WrLLiAM.G b. .July lit, 17.>;i.
17.3. iii. Lvdia" b. July 18, 17fi2.
174. VI. ErHR.\iM,= bom Oct. 10, 1731, settled in Pittstield, M ass. ;
man-ied Martha Wiueliell, of Hnliield, Ct., 1759.* No
issue, accordiiifi: to Pres. Stiles, in 17()4. He was
))robably the Ephraini who had five persons in his
family Nov. IG, 177'2; and as we learn from the
Hist, itf PiltsfieJd, was in the Kevolutionary
service, viz.: from Dec. 10, 177(), enlisted in Lt.
James Hubbard's Co., inarched to Ticouderoga, was
dismissed March 16, 1777; August 17, 1777, was in
Lt. Hubbard's Co., went to Bennington, dismissed
Aug. 24, 1777;t Sept. 6, 1777, enlisted in Capt.
John Strong's Co., which marched to Skenesborough,
and was dismissed Oct. 1, 1777, every man having
"ahorse and meal bag."t He died, according to
Family Bible record, 31 March, 1781, se 49. Pitts-
field Beconh, bk. 7, p. 51, and the P. Church Records
give the marriage, Nov. 19, 1784, of Mr. John Con-
nelly and " Mrs. Martha Stiles," probably widow of
Ephraim.
175. VII. Bethiah,^! born June 27, 1733; manied Mr. Goodwin,
of Hartford, Conn., about 1758 (was his second
wife). Issue :
176. i. ,^ daughter.
Children, by second wife :
177. VIII. Jemima,^ bom May 30,** 1737; died Jan. 28, 1784.
178. IX. Elizabeth,^ bom June 17, 1739; married Timothy
Walker, of Housatouic, No. 4, June, 1758. Issue:
3 childi-en by 1764. (Pres. Stiles' MSS.)
I
• Intention of marriage (in whicli lie Is named as " Epbralm Stiles, ]unr., of Pontoosuck")
entered .Tune 24, 1159. — Weslfield llecnrds.
1 //is/. PitUfii-hl, 11. 489, 493, 494.
% Wi'stfu'M IttxorfU say " BaXhshtba."
** " 3 " ( Wat/wM Records.)
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 133
179. X. A.VROX,^ bom Juue 14, 1741; luamed Margaret .
Family 22.
180. XI. MosEs,^ boru March 12, 1743-4; probably the Moses
whose uaiiie appears in the II'iHf. of PUfsJirhl i\)ime
495 ) in a list of Coutiuental soldiers raised in that
town dm-iug the Revolutiouary War, who served for
three years. He was enlisted for the war in Cajjt.
McKain's Co., Col. Van Schaack's Eegiiueut. He
voluuteered iu the " Lexington alarm" April 22,
1775, under Capt. Noble, marched to Cambridge,
and served six months.
181. XII. Eli,^ born May 22, 174G ; married Sarah .
Fajiilv 23.
182. Xni. Selah,' [Silas •>]* boru Dec. 4, 1747.
183. XIV. Eachel,' boiu Jan. 3, 1750; died cir., 1752.
FAMILY 12.
184 Israel ^ Stiles, [83J, John* John^ Jolin^- Juhn,^} born in
East Windsor, Conn., Sept. 13, 1719; settled in Scantic Parish (near
present ^■illage of Broad Brook) and married Martha Eock well, about
1748. He died Sept. 13, 1794. His wife died Dec. 3, 1790. Their
gravestones (of red sandstone i iu tlie old Scantic gi-aveyard, East
Windsor, bear the following mscriptions :
In MemoF)' ot Mrs | Martha ye Wife of j Mr Israel Stiles | who Died Deceuibr
i the 3<i AD. 1790 i in the 70Ui Year ] of her Age |
In Memory of i Mr Israel Stiles [ who Died Septembr ye U | AD 1794 in ye 761''
Year of | His Age ]
He, and his brother Benoni, were among the petitiouei-s of
North, or Scantic Parish, for a new ferry across the Connecticut, from
tlie S. E. corner of Samuel Watson's farm on east side, in May,
1755.t
» In the Hist, of Pltusfleld (11. |i. 493) l8 mentioned a .Slim Sltlos, wlio mnrclied, July 'io, 17711,
under Lieut. Joel SteveuH, to Ne » Haven, Conn., and was dl8ml8He<l Aur. 'i^, 1779. I think thlw
Sllns Ut have been the same as Selab ; and that the name wa« probably Sitan. But W. KecordM
(18t«) any .'i-lak.
t Stiles' flisl Ancinl tyimltnr. pp. 467 and 46'J.
185.
I.
186.
II.
187.
III.
134 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
Children (all born in East Wimlsor, Conn.) :*
Ann,' boi-n Sept. 10, 1749; died 1751.
L<RAEL,' bom April 16, 1751.
As.iHFX.VCapt.), boru May 2, 1753: mairied Trvpbena
Cbapin. F.\MrLY 24.
188. IV. John,' bom Sept. 15, 1755; maiTied(l') Haiinah Cham-
berlaiu; manied (2) . F.\raLY 25.
189. Y. Samuel,'* (Capt.\ bom Dec. 28, 1758; manied Jenett
Haiper; died of consuuii)tion Jan. 9, I8l3. No issue.
Capt. Samuel Stiles left the sum of S^l.OOO to the
Scsmtic Parish (East AVindsor) tis a fimd for the
support of the Gospel ministry in that parish. + He
was also a prominent Free ]Mason. The follo^ving
are the inscriptions on his gravestone, and that of
his wife, in the Ii'eland St. graveyard in E. W.:
"Capt I Samuel Stiles | died of a consumption
I 9"" of January A.D. 1813 | His name will ever be
gi-acious to all who knew him, especially to the con-
gregation with whom he habitually assembled for
divine worship. As a tribute of gratitude and as a
testimony of respect to his beloved memoiy this
stone is raised by smwiviug fiiends to mark the
place where his body rests in the silence of the
grave."
" Mi-s. Jennet, wife of Capt. Samuel Stiles, died
Feb; 26, 1824, ae 62, as a testimony of respect to her
beloved memoiy this stone is raised to mark the
spot where her body rests, till it shall arise at the
call of him who conquered death."
190. YI. Maetha,= bom March 13, 1760; married Sept. 23, 1778,
Thomas (son of Eev. Thomas) Potwine, of East
Windsor, Conn. She died July 9, 1822. Issue :
191. i. Maktha,6 b. 9 Oct,, 1779; m. Simeon Barber.
192. ii. JoHN,«b. 17 Aug., 1781; m. Mary Benton.
* Extracted trom his Family Record, by Pres. Stiles, 17M. + Hisl. Ancient WimUor, p. 320.
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 135
H(3. iii. Thomas," b. 17 Jiiu., ITrfl; m. Samh Stmighton.
VM. iv. Israel/ 1). 23 March, 178G; m. Mary F. Potwiuu.
195. V. Benjamin,' b. 24 July, 178S; m. Cornelin Curtis.
19fi. vi. ABiQAii,,6b. 24 Sept., 17'.lli-, m. Dr. Heury A. Porter.
r,)7. vii. LYDiA,«b. 9 Nov., 1792; ui. (l)Epbriuii Wight; (2i Simeon
Van Aukin.
19y. viii. William," b. 1 Feb.. 17'.>-"); m. \urtliii Speiir.
199. ix. Nathaniel, « b. 4. Jan.. 179S; m. Sophia M. Cliirk.
20l>. X. Sarah," b. 4 .\ng., ISOO; cl. sin le. 7 .\nK., 1«25.
201. xi. .\NS,|' b. Ill Dec, 18112; m. Orrin Clark.
202. YII. Benoni,'' bom July 15, 17()3; married Hauiifih Harper
(sister of his brother Samuers wife). Family 2().
203. YIII. A.NX,-' born X\n\\ 9, ITGG; luarried Beujamiu Ellsworth.
Mrs. Aiiu (Stiles) Ellsworth, died Nov. 9, LSHl,
». 67.
FAMILY 13.
204 Eev. Ezra" Stiles, [95] [Rev. haac,* John;' Johu,~ Juini,')
A. M. (Yale et Harv.); D. D. (Dartmouth et Nassau-Hall); S, T. D.
Edin.; L. L. D. Nassau-Hall; CouiJi-ehor of the Aniuican Philo-
sophical Society; Fellow of the Americau Academy of Arts and
Sciences; Corresponding Member of the Connecticut Academy of
Arts and Sciences; Corresponding Member of the Massachusetts
Historical Society; Professor of Ecclesiastical History and President
of Yale College, from 1772 to 1795.
The biogi-aphy of this learned man, the most eminent of his
name, since the coming of the family to America in 1(535, has re-
ceived due attention at the hands of several competent writers. The
Rev. Abiel Holmes, his son-in-law;* Prof. James L. Kingsley, in
Spark's Americau Bingrnpli//; and the Rev. Dr. Win. B. S]irague, in
Annals of the American Pulpit, (i. 47(1-479) are iiis princi}>al l)it)gra-
phei-s, while in Allen's and all subsequent biographical dictionaries
and encyclopsBdias lie has received the honor to wliich he was en-
* THE I.IIT. OF Ezin STlLF.s, D. D , LL.D. By Ablel Holmes. A. M.. P.uMtor of Ihe FU-st
Church In 0(1 nbrlilgo. Binton ; Printed by Thomm ,'c Anilrews, Pauat!* StJitue. No. l.l New-
bury St., Miiy. 17!W' 8vo. : portrait. 404 | agei<.
13(; THE STILES GENEALOGY.
titled. Upon tli('st> and otluT printed sources,* we have freely
drawn in the conjpilntion of this memoir; but, most of all, upon his
own MSS. memoranda, letters, etc., iu the Libiary of Yale College,
and especially those now in possession of his great-granddaughter,
Mrs. Kate Gannett Wells, of Boston, Mass. From these, it has
been our aim to select the most characteristic passages, and thus to
make the President, lus far as possible, his own biographer. In do-
ing this we have adopted the chronological order, as being the most
natural and i^s exhibiting the man, like himself, "attending to a vast
variety of researches and pursuits, with an activity and comprehen-
sion seldom imited; and with a rapidity of transition which, tlujugh it
might derange the plans and obstruct the improvement of most men,
was, iu this instance, connected with order and unity, and ^\■ith a
singular progress in knowledge and virtue."t
" AVechiesday, Nov-- 29th, A. D. 1727, about Nine of the Clock
iu the Morning, EziiA Stiles was bom & was baptized the next Sab-
bath, w' was Dec'' 3, 1737. His Mother, the Night after that Sab-
bath morning, Slept in Jesus, & Dec'' 5th, 1727, she was buried.
She was Ijorn \\n\\ 4, 1702.";1;
"I was put to Nurse to Mrs. Abigail Ray, the wife of M"" Caleb
Ray, an excellent woman, who died Nov. 19, 1740, whom I fondly
loved for native sweetness of temper, Pleasantness & Kindness &
Piety."
To this, his own recorded histoiy of his birth and infancy, can
only be added the fact that the frailty of his constitution, diu-ing his
earliest years, afforded but little hope of his survival to adult life.
Of his childhood we know only the tradition in his native
place, " That he was distinguished fi-om all the other children of his
age, by his good humor and engaging maimers; that he had a strong
memoi-j-, from his childhood; that though he did not, at fu'st, dis-
cover a fondness for study, he was no sooner initiated in the rudi-
ments of knowledge, than he became delighted with his book; and
* Dr. Dana's, Dr. Trumbull's and Mr. Patten's Funeral Discourses on Dr. Stiles' Death.
Dr. .lames Dana's Heavenly Mansions, N. Y., 1795, 8 vo; Prof. MelgB' Funeral Address on Pres.
Stiles, at the Commencement after his Death; Duyckinck's Cycloprsdia nf Ameriatn Literature,
1.158 and Index: Am Quarterly Register. vm.,a\,\m: Spirit of the Pilgrims, v., 340: J/rws.
Hi^t. Sncietj Collections. X. Ist Series. Prof. -James L. King ley, I'lle Record and Atwater's /fist, of
.Yew Harm, 171-173; Yale Lit. Magazine, lf,ol, xxii.. 169, article " H .roe Stiles-lana." Atlantic
Montlily, August, 1884, " An Old New England Divine," by Mrs. Kate G. Wells.
t Holmes, i See, also, page 101.
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 137
that liis proftress was so rapid, as to allow ium considerable time
for the assistance of his school-fellows, and for his own amuse-
ment."*
Be^iuuing to learn his Latin grammar at the age of nine years,
he had, at the age of twelve, so far Huished his preparatory studies,
under his father's instruction, that he was prepared to enter college.t
But his youth, as well as his slender health, which had already
caused several interruptions to his studies, rendered it inexpedient
that he should then undertake the academic coiu-se; and so it was
not until three years later, when he was in his fifteenth year, as he
has himself recorded it, " Thursday, Sept. 9, 174:'i, Ezra Stiles was
examined at Yale College and accepted."
A small estate in CTbustonbur}' descending to him in right of his
mother, his father (whose means were but slender) sold it, in 1741,
to defray the expenses of his education; but, from some cause now
unknown, he failed to receive all tlie proceeds until 1747. Hence
he was rendered dependent, in a degi'ee, while at college, upon the
patronsige of his father's friends and of those whom his own genius,
amiability and promising character attracted to him. Among these
may be named Thomas Darling, his principal tutor, a man of science
and abihties, smd President Clap, whom he terms his "beneficent
MfBcenas," both of whom by various acts of friendship, lessened the
expenses of his tuition, and gi'eatly advanced his interests.
Though his progress while at college cannot now be easily
traced, yet the trend of his tastes and futui-e researches ai"e discern-
ible in certain careful observations on comets, made in the beginning
of his Sophomore jear; in numerous geometrical mensurations iind
calculations of eclipses; and in a very copious chronological com-
pendium of Old and New Testament history. At the conclusion of
his academic coui-se, by appointment of the President, he delivered
(July 17th, 1746) the Cliosophic Oration in the College Hall, at the
public examination of his class for the degree of Bachelor of Arts —
an appointment which, alone, affords presumptive evidence of his
general scholarship; "for it was required of the orator, to whom this
part was assigned, to exhibit a view of the cycloptedia of literature
• Holmoe.
t " Ezra Stiles began to Learn about Nov. 1736 & again August 26. 1738." Is the record found
In his Juvenile handwriting. The "again," preceding the latter date, evidently marks the
resumption o( his studies attar one of the Interruptions by Illness to w hlch, as we know from
what he has elsewhere noted, bis childhood was subject.
138 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
which hail liceu the subject of chissieal stuiUes, iu the several stages
of education at tlie university." At the ensuing Ooiunieucement,
Sej)t. 3cl, 1746, at the age of nineteen, he receivrd the degree of
Bachelor of Arts. " On this occasion, he had as distinguished a part
as a syllogistic exorcise would admit; and, at that period, the can-
didates for the first degi'ee had no higher exei'cise at Comiueuce-
inent, except a salutatory oration. He was respondent in defence of
the following //((■</>■, which was afterwaid sanctioned by his matui'er
judgment, and defended by his abler pen : Jus regurn non est jure
divino luvreilitarium. " The hereditary right of kiuL'S is not of
divine authority." " While an undergraduate, he stood," says Prof.
Meigs, " if not the first, yet among the first of his contemporaries;
and when he proceeded Bachelor of Arts, he was esteemed one of the
most perfect scholars that had ever received the honors of this semi-
nary."
" Apprehending his rehgious i^rinciples to be settled, and im-
pressed with a sense of the duty and importance of making a Cln-is-
tiau profession, he was ou the 28dof November, after his graduation,
admitted by his father, a member of the Church in North Haven."
"I early delighted," he says, " in Literature &. Virtue & Mr.
Whittlesey & Mr. Darling, my Tutors at College, had inspired me
with an ardent Desire for Usefulness.* When I graduated Bachelor
of Arts, 1740, I took a gloomy & final leave of Yale College, never
exjaectiug to reside there more. But a kind Providence soon opened
a way for my Eeturn. — in 1747, a residence in New Haven at Capt.
Wooster'si" near College — iu 1748, President Clap kindly procured
me the Butlership; and thro' his influence the Corporation, [Aj^ril
1749], chose me Tutor in College, into which office I was inaugurated
May 25, 1749, at first worth £23 ster. & at last when Senior Tutor,
£30 ster. per annum. This was the height of my wislies as to Col-
lege Residence," as he observes, " truly, not so much for the honor
* In one ot his boyish note-books, we And the following verse :
" The slgnlflcallou of Ezra is a helper.
" If that au Helper, Ezra be
Lord grant an Helper I may be
To those in need k In Distresse
And comfort all the Comfortless."
t Afterwards General Wocster, who distinguished himself In the Revolutionary War; a
graduate ot Y. C. 1738; mortally wounded at the Battle of Danbury, in 1777. He was a son-in-
law of Pres. Clap; Invited young Stiles to reside in his family during his absence on the Louls-
burg Expedition and was ever a revered counsellor and friend.
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of the office, as for the advantage of a longer residence at the Seat of
the Muses."
In the Spring of 1749, Dr. Franklin who had, dniing tiie two
preceding yeai-s, made his fii-st experiments in electricity at Phila-
delphia, sent an electrical ajiparatiis to Yale College. Mr. Stiles
e;igerly availed him.self of this opportunity and, in connection with
his fellow tutors, made a variety of curious experiments, above twenty
of which are entered in his manuscripts, and which were the first
made in New England.
Having heeu duly examined and licensed, May 30th, 1749, by
the New Haven .\ssociation, sitting at Milford, he preached his first
sermon at West Haven in June following; and in April, 1750, having
preached to the Housatonic Indians, at Stockbridge, Mass., was in-
vited by the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel among the
Indians to succeed the Rev. Mr. Sergeant in that mission, but de-
clined.
On the 12th of December following he pronounced a Funeral
Oration, in Latin, upon Governor Law, who had died on the 6th of
the preceding month. This was printed and is characterized by
Prof. Meigs as furnishing " a pleasing proof of his classical taste, of
his oratorical talents, and of his familiar ;u!quaintance with the Latin
language," which he wrote " with a surjjrising facihty and with a
purity and elegance that would have honored the age of Augustus."
" In 1751 the Dysenteiy raged at New Haven. I was seized
with it [July 24] & bro't to the Gates of Death, but it pleased God
I recovered.* In the summer of 1752, I declined vnWi a Consump-
tion. This Wiis the 50th year of the foundation of Yale College [or
rather from the first Commencement held Sept. 1702], «fe at the
• Among Pret. Slil't' MSS. In Tale College Library we find the following letter, connected
with his Illness. It Is addressed to his father :
Sepu, 1751.
Hoj» 8r— I Intended to have come home ft tarried this week: but tho't It best upon the
whole to tarry till the next. If you'll p'ease send a Horse by somebody next Monday. I'll
endeavor to come up on Tuesday— unless upon seeing PhilUs you should think it beet to defer
my coming till the latter end of the week.
Phlllls. byscdulous k unwearle<l attendance, I look upon, next under Heaven, the Pre-
server of my Life — and altho' an Xthloplan Servant, I hoi>e you'll treat her with Kindness, as
she has been faithfully lender of the Life of him who wishes to deserve your afTectlon Sc the
Title of your dutiful son. St, Paul disdained not to commend to Philemon Oneslmus the faith-
ful servant.— I am by the Blessing of Heaven
Your reooverlng
Dutiful Son
RETD I. STILES K. S'HLES.
140 THE STILES GENEALOGf.
Presideut's Desire I made a public Hiilf-Ceutm_v Onitiou [in Latin]
at the Coiiimeiicemeiit, [Sept. "iOtli, N. S.] But was jst) deep in De-
cline that Mr. Hillliouse my Fellow Tutor had committed to memoi-y
my Oration t(j delivei' it for me, but with difficulty I delivered it
myself — but my ghostly Look surprised the Auilitory. However,
froin that Comiueucement Day I began to recovei-.
Li Dec, 1751, he was invited to ;i settlement over the chnich at
Kensington, Conn.,* but the state of his health ft)rl)ade; and he
" determined for the Law, it a])plied a little to the study of it & Nov.
14th, 1753, took the Attorney's Oath [before the County Court at
New Haven] & practiced till 1755; yet preaching occasionally :dl
the while."
During this ])eriod, he read the best Institutes, and the princjial
Re])orts. He examined the Jus Ciciic; but chiefly studied the
Common Law of England, it being most used in the Colonies. He
acquainted himself with the law practice in Connecticut. He also
learned the political constitutions, and the judicial procedures, of all
the thirteen British provinces; and, to facilitate the acquisition of
this knowledge, in his journeys through five of these provinces, he
sought interviews with the gentlemen of the law. Not limiting his
researches to statute books, and local systems of jurisprudence,
he examined the great principles of the laws of nature and of nations;
the forms of ancient governments, and the actually existing constitu-
tions of the various empires of the world, in order to obtain just
conceptions of the nature and extent of the science of that profes-
sion which he had chosen as his own."
" What appeared to be merely incidental was providentially de-
signed to conti-ibute towards his more extensive qualification for
public usefulness. The legal and political knowledge thus acquked,
enabled him afterward, when in the presidency, to give, wath peculiar
advantage, occasional lectures on Law and Government to the uni-
versity at large; and, at the same time, to guide the studies, and
facilitate the progi-ess, of such particular- students as were destined
for the bar.'"i"
" During the whole of this lie-siew the Kev. Mr. Noyes of New
Haven was my friend (V: welcomed me to his House. The Rev? D''
George Berkly Bp of Cloyn in Ireland died 1753; he had made a
* General and EcOuiastical HUt. of New Britain, Conn. By Allred Andrews, 1867, p. 50.
t Holmes.
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Doiijitiou of about X800 ster. iu Lands & £200 in iJooks to Yale
Colletj;e — & at the pub. Commc' [13tli Sept.J 1758, I niaile a (Latin]
fuueral Oration. All tiiis Review I was suspected of Ainioniauisni. In
1754 my Constitution gaining a little ahead, I resolved to try Riding
effectually, and in May rode from College to Ueerfield 101 miles, —
in July from College thro Newport to Boston, 140 miles & took a
Degi-ee A. M. at C'auj bridge, which Pnwident Holyoke conferred giatn-
itously — & returned c'm Springfield — iu Sepf \'acation from Collej^e
to Philadelphia liiO Miles, thro' New York & Newark, wherti
attended Jersey College C'ommeuc' President Biu'r. Thus in long
Journeys I rode near one Thousand Miles in five Months, besides fre-
quent daily excursions."
On the 5th of February, 1755, he pronoimced a Latin Oration
iu the College Hall, iu presence of aud in compliment to Doi-tor
Benjamin Franklin, who was then on a visit to New Haven, in which
he recounted in eloquent terms the philosopher's interesting discov-
eries aud with prophetic assurance foretold the triumphs of ydence
iu this New World.
" In April 1755 I was invited to ride [&J preach the Vacancy at
N'jwport to the Cougre.;'' latj of Rl!V. Jauies Searing deceased. For
the Jourue}' sake I went as I tokl the messenger & with no view of
Settlement.' In May, the Chh <fe Society gave me a unanimous call
to settle in the Ministry — this I was not pleased with, because it em-
barrassed me while I was fully deteruiined for & m the practice of
the Law. The Rev. Dr. Eliot of Killingworth was tiie means of this.
My Father's Inclination at bottom always was that I should settle in
the Ministry if my health would allow. Xud. this by Joiuiieys I had
recovered in considerable degree. Tho' I retiuiied to College in
three weeks, fully determined nt)t to settle — yet my most valuable
Friends advised — my Father said little, but wisher — all urged
another Ride to Newport after July Examinsition when my class or
pupils would be taken care of. By letters I advised with Rev. Dr.
Chauncy of Boston, who urged my compliance. At length jMirtly my
friends, and especially my Father's Inclination and Advice, partly iui
agreeable Town & the Redwood Library, partly the voice of Provi-
•dence in the unanimity of the people, ])artly my Love of jweaching
<fe prosj)oct of Leisure &. Books for pursuing Study more than I could
expect in the Law i which however I love to this day ) I at length
yielded."
14-2 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
" I returaeJ to New Hav^a ami lield my last Commencement in
SeptT 1755, when I resigned the Tiitoi-ship after five yeai-s k a half,
:iiid [Sept. lOJ finished my College Eesidence of thirteen years, where
1)}' the kindness of Providence I had Advantages for a considerable
progiess in Literature."
This ofKce he had filled " with singular usefulness and dignity,
and with the higliest respect and affeotiou of his pupils. * * He had
the tutorial care of five classes, four of which he conducted through
a coui-se of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy. The whole num-
ber of his immediate pupils was 110," and of about one hundred tutors
who, up to the time of his death in 1795, had taught in Tale CoUege,
since its foundation, " not more than five or six had continued so
lojg in office."*
Valuable as had been the time thus sj^ent by him amid the lit-
erary advantages and associations of his Alma Mater, it had also
been the most critical, perhaps the most instnictive, of his whole
life. " It was the most critical, because it was a period in which his
religious principles were most severely tried, and in wliich he was in
imminent danger of making shipwreck of his ftuth. It is peculiarly
instructive, as it furnishes an example of a fair and diHgent inquiry
concerning the Divine authority of the Sacred Scriptui-es; of an
ingenuous openness of mind to conviction according to the degree of
evidence; of the maintenance of a good conscience under very ti-ying
tem2:)tations; and of an idtimate estabUshmeut in the tmth, o-s it is
in Jesus, to his gi-eat comfort in life and hope in death."t
In the year 1767, he wrote "A Birtlidati Memoir," including an
account of that memorable jieriod of his history, 1747 to 1754, and
which is largely quoted in his Life, as written by his son-in-law, Dr.
Holmes. We jjrefer, however, for the pm-poses of this Genealogy,
to use the somewhat similar narrative of his reUgious experiences
contained in the Genealogical MSS. which we have made the basis
of oui" labors. It is quite possible (indeed probable ) that our MS.
version was the original, afterwards amplified in the " Birthday
Memoii-," refen-ed to.t From it we quote the following character-
istic account of his religious experiences prior to his settlement in
the ministry at Newport.
* Holmes. + Ibid.
t Although much given to carefully noting facts, dates, etc., which attracted his attention
or seemed worthy of preservation, he admits In the preface to tills : " Early prepossessed
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 143
[" lu the years 17-10, 1747 aud 1748, I luul not iiuleoil a disbe-
lief, but I was in a state of skepticism, aud ardently sought a cleai'
belief of the lU'imj ami Attriliutvs of God." In 1^48 I read Dr.
Clark's Demonstrations of the Being of God, <fe Evidence of natural
& revealed lleligion — the latter was of peculiar service to me. At
the same time I read among a multitude of other Books, !Shaftsl)ury"s
Characteristics, Pope's Essay on Miiu, Watts on the Glory of Christ,
& Nicol Scott's Sermons. The Divinity of Christ was, I saw, a
Scripture Doctrine, but I doubted the Athanasian sense. Au inge-
nious Deist in 1749 excittul Doubts about Kevelatiou. We had been
taught b}' the Newtonian Demonstrations to discard the authority of
great Names & ingenious Hyjiothesis in Philosophy; in my free Con-
versation I did the same in religion, and particularly said that the
Westminster Confession of Faith was no authoiative standard of
Truth. Most judged me hence an Enemy to the Calvinistic Doctiines
— not knowing that my mind labored with a matter of higher conse-
quence [ J that of the defence of llevelatiou itself. After I
engaged in the Law I stmlied my Bible with imprejudiced attention,
being concerned only to find out the Truth for my own use. I \\ent
thro' a l.ibiji'ious Examination of the Scriptures, especially on Lord's
Days, under a comparison with ])rofaue Histoiy. The Eesult of
which was that I could find no material objections against the Bible,
those advaiiced by the Deists I would solve to my own satisfaction;
equal objections lay against natural Religion : — The Autiquity A"
Genuineness of the Hebrew it N. Test. Si-ri])tures I was convinced
of, at the least the former to the age of the LXX., the latter to the
Apostolic Age — one ]iroi)hecy was certainly jiievious to the fulfill-
ment, viz., of the Dis])ersionof the Jews : The New Test, scheme was
grand & excellent in itself, the character of the lledeemer excellent,
many of his miracles allowed by Celsus — if the Gospel was true, it
was the most august it gloritjus sc-lieme ever conceived by Mjm. At
this time I was possessed of the Boylean Lectures 3 vol. Folio; Bp.
BiMer''s Anafo;///, which is a capital Book. On the whole jiure
Xtianity was the best im igiued system, in many things superior to
Platonism which I esteemed. I adopted the Morals ot the Gospel,
the .sentiment, then delivered of the nature, Designs & .\dministra-
tiou of the Most High; that as great iV: astonishing llevolutions were
to take place over Man, the Scripture accounts were most j)robably
truly pro])hetic. The Influences of the Spirit I did not doubt; the
Atonement aud Expiation of Sin was difficult — otherwise thau the
against diaries, as beltiK hypocritical, and containing rather what we would wish to be esteemed
by others, than what wo aro or have been : I have very much avoided to commit to writing the
religious stnt<> at my soul, and llio c<)urse of those experiences lu the dlvlno life, with which it
has itlciised OfKl to tiless nie. Howt^vcr, I puri)0»e now to t^ilce a summary review of my life."
Ho continued afterwards to ttilnk more favorably of diaries and commended Ihem to some of
his liuplls.— //fi/m>',<' Li/r 11/ Prrs. Xlitet.
14.4 THB STILES GtNEALOGY.
worth & value of the mediatorial Character should be the Basis of
deriving' JMi'ssiiigs on those in ct)niiexiou with the Son of Gi)d by
Faith, Luve A- 01)edience. After all I became a Cliristian rather
ius a Believer in a well imagined it most beautiful moral System,
than as feelini; tiie evidence of a certain real derivation from God.
I however sincerely made choice of it for the llule oi my Life it the
foundation of uiy Trust for Immortality; lK)j)iug for furtlier & clearer
vie«-s of Truth from the Father of Lights, to whom I failed not to
render my daily Houiage it prayer. I seldom found much ditiiculty
in understaiiding tlie Scriptures, it I read very little in Tlieological
systems, tlio" I was not wholly miacquainted with them — but
I found more satisfaction in recurring at once to the Original.
My Deistical turn gave me a very thorough Disgust against the
Aiithorit^' of Councils and Decretals — where anyone argued from the
Scriptni'es I was pleased, but for protestants to adduce the ojiinious
of fallible men in support of infallible Truth, did ever disgust me;
and my alledging the authority of the Cathohc as of equal weight
with tlie ])rotestants, my friends were apt to suspect it ovAj artifice
to cover Heresy — -whereas I was little concerned about Calvinism or
Arininianism or any other lain. This was perfectly consistent with
a Scejjtical state of mind, that at most rested alone in Scripture. I
wished to see the Biljle true before I could feel any solicitude about
any of the various Christian Sects or Writings. Fiom the cursory
view I made of Eccl. Hist., I tho"t all the protestant chhs as well as
all the Xtian chlis since the first age, had many usages and Doctrines
which I did not find iu the Bible — yet I found sincere good men in
all chhs catholic and protestant. Hence I adopted and professed an
extensive & universal charity; I readily saw the mode of Worship in
the N. Eng. chhs was as conformable to the Bible as any in the
World, and I tho't more so.
Hence, when in Januaiy 1755, the Episcopal Chh at Stratford
invited me by a unanimous vote to turn Episcopalian & take Orders
to succeed Dr Johnson, president of Kings College, their Invitation
made no impression on me for this great Reason that I was satisfac-
torily certain in my own mind that Episcopacy was not jure divino,
nor the Litm-gy nor the rest of the Constitution of the Chh. of
England — which appeared to me except in the Worship of Images &
Saints to be of a similar constitution of Eome, with the Difference
that the King was the vicarious Head of the one & the pope of the
other. The prospect offered me was £50 ster. fi'om the Society for
prop" the Gospel £50 ster. from the people : to £100 ster. pr. arm.
with a handsome chh & genteel organ, & 1000 pretty Things be-
sides, or even to be a Bishop in America before I had done. But I
can now thank God, I now recollect that all these fine Things made
almost no Impression on me, & for this principal Reason that Epis-
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. I45
copac^- I knew was uot the Sciiptiu'e scheme.* I had been treated
ill for being suspected of Aruieuiauism — k therefore the chh that
tney could give me — k even uxy friends were doubtful of me (uot
knowing the true Labors of my heart) that the}- left me iutirely to
myself: — Tho" I n^plied imediately in the negative to this £pisc°:
application, yet on the urgent lecjuest of the Chh ^Vardens A: in res-
pect to tlie Chh in whosj name they ajjplied, I took their liecjuest
into consideration for about a waek; au 1 iluring that Teim I do not
remember that one of my Friends endeavored to disuade me, uot
even the president, Mess" Xoyes, Whittlesey, Darling, Hillhouse,
Hopkins & all strong ])resbyterians. I then jjcvceived they tho't
me wavering, were doubtful of me, & rather tho't I woiild acce]>t.
But they knew not the Darrier in my heart. Here are copies of
three Letters on th's afftvir:
"Stratfobd Jan'v 2, 1755.
"SlB
"These lines are to acquaint jou with the proceedings of the Chh. Wardens A
Vtstery of the Church of England in Stratford, on the 1st day of this Instant Jan>'
by the advice of the Kevd II'' Beach. We have voted that application be made to
your Self directly to see wheather yon could be prevailed with to come to us & Read
praj'ers in our (!hurch for us & see wheather you & we can so agree as that you may
in Some Time here after take Orders for us, to be our Minister: A it was also voted
that Mr Timothy Shearman, one of the Church Wardens, shoulil acquaint you with
these proceedings as soon as possable. Eijphj»lkt CrRTi.s.s,
Ttmothy Shearman,
Church Wardens.
Edmuito Lewis, Elnathak Treat,
John Bexjajon, Nathan Osborn,
Nathan Ccbtiss, Samuel Wilson,
Vestry Men."
This was bro't to me at my Cham1)ers in Yale College the day after
the Date by Mr. Shearman accompanied by Col. Joseph Wooster of
the same C'hh. They spent the afternoon with me & treated me
witii humanity & respect. In the course of the conversation they
paid their address chiefly to my extensive Charity & univei-sal
Benevolence — urging that the odium of Armenianism, preventing my
usefulness in the presb. \\<\y. a door was now ojjen for me in tiie
Episcopal way. They were ])lea.sed to say that I had Talents for
the ministry which it was a pity should be buried in the Law; that
the Estensiveness of my Chiuity peculiarly recommended me to
them, as it woidd promote their church more than a contracted
Charity. Tlie}^ assm-ed an honorable support, & that I might count
on £100 ster. jn-. ann. and they mentioned other finer things to flatter
• " I kiu>w Ptncesaii Ei'Iacopacy was uot Instituted by Christ or ills Apostles ^ whatever I
triaod In, I woulil uot trllle In Iti'Ilglon."
146 THE STILES GtNEALOOr.
in}' Ambitiou, iiitiuuitiui^- that D"" Jolmsou & liis Sou the Lawyer,
with both whom I was intimately acquaiuteil had spokeu honorable
Tilings of my Abilities & the piosjiect of Dignitit's ami Figure that
I might assure myself in their church. I rei)lie(l that with all my
Reputation of Heresy aliout me I had received Invitations to Settle
in our chhs particularly at Kensington in 1752: — that tho' I knew the
odium I was imder about Principles, yet I had more weighty Rea-
sons for my pursuing the Law, than any Taken from this Odium;
my Scepticism I could not mention, but my health was a Sufticieut,
tho" to all an unsatisfactory Reason — this I mentioned. As to
Charity I said, I was in Chai-ity truly with all men, & wished well
to the world — that I was too cliarilahle for their purpose: for if I was to
turn Episcopalian, it would not be because I was con^inced that
Episcopacy was more of divine right than presbytery; but believing
all Sects of protestauts uuscriptui'al in many of their doctrines &
forms of VVorshiji & so none pfect, yet I considered them all as so
many different Schools to exercise & ti'aiu up men to Virtue and
Piety — & in proportion as they served this End each was valuable.
That I did not look on it as a matter of so much consequence how
men became virtuous, if they were truly made so: — And supposing
I were to try to get into the Ministry in any Denomination, & indif-
ferent which, so that I could but be useful in promoting Christianity
— yet it was questionable whether I should subserve the cause of
Episcopacy in general or their Gongi'eg" in particular — for was I to
take Episcopal orders I should profess & preach up that the pres-
byterian Churclies & members were as regular & truly christian as
the Episcopal, & that men might prepare for heaven as well in the
one as the other — and as, according to their proposition, my preach-
ing these & such-like catholic sentiments procured me censure
among my own denomination, so I believed the Episc" at Stratford
would be as little pleased with so extensive a charity. I perceived
that this would go rather too far for them — however they said they
chose a charitable man, & was not concerned about my being exces-
sive, if tliey would once engage me. I further told tliem I was no
Episcopalian in sentiment, tho' I had a highest value for the writings
of many Epis° Divines. Tho' Ct)l. Wooster was a man of sober &
judicious Reading & both honest men, yet they said nothing to me
from Scripture: all their Arguments were taken from another
Quarter. As to the opportunity of going to London & the Advant-
age of Ti-avels — the jirospect of Dignities, &c. &c. &. they really in
tliis connection had but very little weight upon me; & the Gentle-
men perceived, much less than they expected. After receiving tlieir
whole Artillery, and returned it in this manner, I th<i"t I had con-
vinced them that I was not a man to their purposes; I gave my
answer directly in the negative. But they begged not to receive it;
and desii'ed me to consider their address till the next week. To
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gi-atify them, I did it & at their desii-e wrote the following letter:
"New Haven, Jan'ry 3. 1755.
" To the Church Wai-ilens &. Vestrymen
of the Chh. of England in Stratford
" Gentlemen
By Mr. Shearman I have yonr
Invitation to read prayers in your Chh. for the present with a view of hereafter
Taking Orders for you. Having heretofore found preaching very prejudicial! to my
Health, I have for some Time past laid it aside; am naturally of a very infirm con-
stitution; add to this am engaging A entering upon another Coui-se of Life, which I
tho't would suit me better than that of a Clergyman, Tho' 1 acknowledge their Invi-
tation with Respect, yet for these, and many other Reivsons, you'll please to excuse
my giving you a full answer, which you may expect next week, when I shall have
further considered on the matter. I am a Friend to all Constitutions and Societies
for the promoting unsuperstitious Religion and the true principles of moral virtue
among Mankind. I heartily wish peace, unanimity and Christian Love may con-
tinue the ornament & Glory of the Church. I am. Gentlemen,
Your most obedient
Very humble servant
EzB.\ Stiles. "
I s:uv not, nor heard from my father in this time, & I believe he
knew not that application liad been made to me till I tjave my
fiual Answer. As I said before M'' Noyes & all my friends were
doubtful of me, & left me to myself. They knew me & my Reading
& maimer of Thinking too well to know or tiiink that au}' thing
would piepoudeiate & intiuence me to E])iscopaoy, but the odinm
of heresy & the £lnO ster. ; but they had seen so uiany give way to
the latter, tliat they doubted me. Self-determined at first I w;is left
to self-deteruirnati(m at last: tho' I had no struggle in the Case.
And when waited ujiou the week after, wrote the following, laconic
& final answer.
New Haven, Jan'y 11, 1753.
Gentlemen
In full answer to your of '2d inst. give me Leave to say, that after d<ie
consideration of your Application to me to read prayers in your Church, with a view
of holy Orders hereafter, I am obliged (for Reasons mentioned in my Letter to you
of 3d Inst, and many others I might mention of moment A importance) to give you
my full answer in the negative. I am. Gentlemen
Your most obedt.
Very humble Servt,
EzBA Stiles.
To the Chh. Wardens & Vestrymen
of the Chh. at Stratford.
Thns ended this affair. I had been in some measure prepared for
this (tho' unknowii to the World) by a Rencounter I had sustained
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in \l'->% tlie tirst Time I was at Newport. The Rev'' M'' Honeyuiaii
the Missiouavv to tlie Episc" Clili. iu Newport beiuj,' dead, tliere was
a vac-aucv, a handsome C'lili., the lari^est E])ise° Contj^c^ition in New
England, a tine OrLtan, and ClOl) Ster. besides Offerings, an Elegant
Time, iV: the it m1 wood Library. On a ride for my Health, I was at
Newport ()ct'' 17;')2, having then just resolveil to dro]) preaching &
take the Law. llev. M"' Loaining, with whom I had lived eotempo-
rary three years at College, was Schoolmaster & Assistant y)reaclier.
He tjok me to his rtchoolhouse, & dismissed or gave a play to his
School the wh()l:> Afteruixm & spent it with me alone, incessantly
on the affair of ])ro-i(>lyting me to Episcopacy. He gave me ti> under-
stand, that tlie t'hh. had their Eyes upon me & intended an applica-
tion & that he was (upon my coming into Townlilesired by the
priuci))al G^>nt. of the Cldi. to see if I wonld be prevaihid upon to
take iEpisc" Orders for their Ohh, & to assure me that I might de-
pend on a genteel and honoral)le Kujiport, which I tliiidv he accounted
'£150 Ster. at least,-' intimating further that Terms Should not part
us on a llei]uisiti(m of much greater Sum. He was pleased to say
they had so conceived of my Aljilities k Pie])utation, that biding a
rich Society they wonld not scruple any sum that would gain me.
And, I must confess, this was the most s])lendid offer I had ever
made me. He insisted that T should lodge with him, and incessantly
pressed my Oonformity to the Chh. by every iMotive he could recol-
lect— we talked till ])ast midnight. The next day I went out of
Town — having tirst convinced him that all his Art A' Address & fine
offers were ineffectual u])on me. t was indeed at this Time inclined
to D.^ism, but I thank God I was not disposed to profess a Religion
or Mode of Religion which I did not believe for the sake of a Living.
If Cln-i.sfianili/ was true, it was no doubt with me, whether Episco-
pal/ d the Litnrijy were a part of it '? If the former rested on divine
Authority, the litter I was cei'tain rested on human.
Being dete m'neil to the L uv, I read Coke's InsStit^s, "Wood's
Instit. Lord Holt's Re]i. Cokes, Ld Raymonds & Salkeld & others
Reports. I looked a little into the Jus Civile, but chiefly studied
the common Lain of E)xr\innd as most used in the Colonies — I ac-
quainted myself with the Law ])ractice in Connecticutt & collected
cojiies of Forms of all Declarations & pleadings in use there. I also
informed myself [u)ion] the political Constitutions k the judicial
Proceduresin all the 13 British provinces; and in my Journeyings thro'
five of the Cokinies iu the year 1754:, I sought Interviews with the
Gentlemen of the Law in each, which I improved to this End. As
I found many of these of a deistical Turn, who also jjcrceived me
sceptical, I had also an Opp° of collecting the wdiole Force of Deism.
One observation I then & have all along made, that I found no dif-
i I since recollect that Ihe whole Living was £200 ster. p. ann.
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ficnlty in obviatinj^ every deistical objection, so far as this, that any
and all of them of any wei^lit niijiiit ])ossil)ly lye j^ainst a ival it
tme Revelation. They tiierefore did not ovei-set my mind, hut only
sus])ended it, till I could find jxisitive & deterininatin;.^ Evidenee,
which I sou<i;ht witu .yreat Attention & )i<>ir with very little preju-
dice, unless it was toward the relij^on of the Itohe which I now
found to he that of LI I5()lin«^l)roke, Pojie, Tindal, Naturahsm. I
liad liith'rto in Life l>een only at a Pre.shy" meetini,'. I determined
to know all sects & denom"' of Christians. At New]iort 1754, 1 went
to th" Qiiakei-s Meetin'^'. When at Boston IToi for the first Time I
went to an Episcopal Chli, heard the Litnr-jy service & an organ in
pul)lic Worship. It so hapjiene I that on the same Lordsday I at-
tended four services two Congi-e^ational it two Episcopal. The same
year at New York I went to an K/>i!n°Clili in Hie foi-enoon; & to the
DkIiIi chh in afteruo(m & iigain at night. Tho I understood not a
Word of the Prayers an<l services which were in Dutch, yet I was
)ile!ised to see tlie manner of W^oi-sliiji of one of the foreign reformed
Chhs. The same year at Philnd" I went to the Rmnish Chapel in
that City in the forenoon, when their service was pei-foniied by some
in Latin, by othei-s in English — A- a Sermon in English, well coni-
])osed k well delivered by the ])riest: in the afternoon I went to D''
Alison's presbyteiian Meeting in that City. Thus Immoved my
Jonrneyings for health k to gain Knowledge ]K)litical, civil, religious,
philosoi)hical, &c. The E]>iscopalians tho't I was coming over to
tiiem — but I niiule all the Reviews iV Inquiries as a ])hilosopher, in
respect of Religion unsollicitous about any Thing bnt only the Truth
for my own use. At New York I conversed very freely, deejjly it
largely on Latv k especially on Jlrlii/inn, particularly the Jurispru-
dential Relidon. with .M"" William Smith, Sen'', M'' W" Livingston,
M"" W" Smith, Juu^ M"" Jn" Morin Scott, all Gentlemen of Enidi-
tion it Politeness it Lawyei-s of the finest Abilities in that province.
My provincial Travels were of great semce — it travelling in the
character of a Lawyer I had freer access to the hearts of others &
their real undisguised sentiTuents. This, joyned with my Reading
the Bible as a Critic, Historian it ])hiloso])her, pretty well settled
my nnnd in favor of Revelation in th(> year 1754, which I look upon
the most memorable v'ear of mv' Life. I was then in the Twenty-
seyenth year of my age. .Et '22, I began to Scruple: ret 24, I really
doubted it for the 2 yi-s 1752 it 1758 I was in a state of Scepticism
Imt under a vigorous it diligent Inquiry: in 1754, set 27, had carried
my Examination so far as that the deistical objections began to loose
their Force it the Evideiices of Cin'istianity began to tuni the scale
it. preponderate. I had wnnpared the Moi-als of Revelation with
thosi' of Socrates, Plato. Confucius, Cicero it ShaftsL-ury, it was con-
vinced those of the Bible were as pure it Sublime, or more so than
nnv. Btit T now begjvn to embrace Revelation, not as an excellent
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System of. moral philosojjliy conceived by the Efforts of the human
Mind, but as of a more determinate authority than the clearest In-
vestigation of Eeason. The Mediatorial Scheme of Reconciliation
<fe Moral Govemment, the Dominion of Jesus the jirince Royal of the
Universe it the Hierarchy of Angels & Seraphs subordinate to him
& concerned under him entei-prising <fe completing his Virtue Happ,
& Exaltation of Man — were Ideas august & Sublime in themselves,
& delivered in Revelation with a precision as well as harmony in dis-
tant ages as seemed to imply a familiar acquaintance with a deep &.
thoro' Insight into the Polity & nionarchial Economy of the Universe,
of which Astronomy had convinced me this World was a very
iiiinutessimal ]!art. I could not say any Thing against the fultilment
of jirojjhscy & tli'.' Ciiiistiau Miracles, but what would equally over-
turn the Credit of all llistorJ^ And it' there was as much Evidence
of the R 'appear.mce & Ascentiou of Christ as of his Crucifixion
— why should we believe the one & not the other? Deists univer-
sally allow if the Resin-rection was a fact, Revolution is sujiported.
By 17o5, my doubts having given away, I coald honestly de-
vote my-self to the service of the gi'eat Eiumannel. Just as I had
emerged from Deism, or rather the Darkness of Sce])ticism (for I
never was a Disbeliever — I only wanted light) — it jileased the great
Hesid of tlie church to oj)en a door at Newport, & contrary to my
views, being then fully bent for the Law, & having two Doors open
& iuviting my immediate settlement"iu that profession, with a good
prospect of success in either. I thank God I ever revered his Prov-
idence, \' submitted myself to its over-ruling Guidance — I had now
little objection on the head of Incredulity, the clouds of Scepticism
having Vanished. In a word, I eyed the providence of God in hith-
erto withholding my entrance into the ministry; and being always
ready to serve my God, I hope from truly religious views, I acce]iled
a unanimous invitation of the church and congregation, tliough
on a small salary, [of only £60 ster. pr. aun.] & my Fire-
wood."]
" I removed then to Newport in Rhode Island, where I was
ordained Oct. 2'2, 1755, xi. 28, my Father preaching the Ord° Ser-
mon which was printed. He was now fet. 58. God was pleased to
guard nie thro' the various Temptations of youth, so that I passed &
escaped them with great Purity: tho' my Passions & Appetites were
vigorous."
This Ordination Sermon, which his venerable father must h^ye
preached with something of Da\'id's joyful emotion at the coronation
of his son Solomon, was from the text, 2 Tim., ii. 1, " Thou, therefore,
my son, be strong in the grace which is in Christ Jesus.^' In it he
speaks of his son as " the Person whose solemn separation to the
Service of the Sanctuary' is now before us;" bids him " hold Bigotry
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iu abhoneuce aiid behave respectfully towiU'ds the several Deuomiua-
tious of professmpt Christiaus who dou't happen to view things in just
the same Light that we do, for Bigotry is the Poison and Bane of
Social Virtue." He tells the chiu-ch to be friendly to his sou, " for
the Work, take it m all the Compass, more than any other Kind of
Labor tends to exhaust the radical Moisture, waste and drink up the
animal Spirits, dry the Bones, Consume the Flesh and Boily, break
the vital Cord, and deprive Men of the Residue of their Years.
Properly supj)ort him, for Ministers cannot live upon the air nor
command that Stones be made Bread for the Work." These were
words evidently drawn from the depths of his own pastoral ex-
perience.
Mr. Stiles, on the 10th of February, 1757, was married to Eliz-
abeth (the eldest daughter of Col. John) Hubbard, of New Haven, a
woman of excellent accomplishments and good character, ixnd who
made it her life-work to relieve her husband of domestic care. " Mr.
Stiles, in retui-n," says their gi-eat-granddaughter, Mrs. Kate G.
Wells, " dutifully informed his father-in-law of all the vaiious births
and sicknesses in the family ; but — what modem wife would allow her
husband to write thus to an aged parent :
Newtobt, May 31, 1773.
Honoured Sir, — This acknowledges your kind Letter to my Wife. It was very
agreeable to find under the Decay of Nature such a specimen of the Continuance
and Strength of your Mental Powers, and that you enjoy the Comforts of Religion
amidst your Infirmities of the Outward Tabernacle. We all unite in our Duty to
you and to Mother. Y^ dutiful son,
EzKA Stilbs.
The residence at Newport, upon which he had now entered,
opened a new and wiiler field for all his mental activities than he had
before enjoyed. Devoting himself assiduously and with heartfelt
interest to the work of the ministry, he also found ojiportiuiity (by
that careful economy of time which so especially distinguished him)
to cany on and extend those literary and scientific investigations in
which he so delighted. The Redwood Library, at Newixjrt, \\hich
consisted at the time of his settlement there of some 1,500 volumes,
and which wjis afterwards much enlarged by books imported from
Europe under his own selection, was a groat delight to this insatiable
scholar. He enjoyed its benefits for over twenty years of residence
there, and was its librarian; and it cannot be doubted that its priv-
ileges contributed largely to his preparation for the presideutiid cluiir
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to which h(> w;is ;il'ter\v;inl (billed. His :iilv;iutai;('S, also, at this time
were ^I'eat, for Np\v])ort was a wealtliy ami cultured town, auil as the
admired and beloved pastor of a liberal aud intellectual congi-egatioii,
he found himself surrounded by every ailvantafj;!' and influence which
could contribute to his mental and social gi-owth and enjoyment.
Consequently, all his literary activities came into ftill play; nothing
seemed to esca])e the attention of his inquisitive luind. He wrote a
letter in Latin to the Principal of the Jesuits College in IMesico to
ascertain what discoveries had been made on the American conti-
nent north of California. By means of a corres-|-)oudence in London,
lie endeavored to obtain the earliest intelligence of luiropean travel
and discovery on the northwest coast. Meeting with a learned Jew
from Syria, he wrote in Latin to a Greek ecclesiastic in that coni^try
to obtain, if ])ossible, an exact geogi-aphical deseri]iti(m of Palestine,
a maji of the region, and an account of the religions rites and ]iolit-
ical condition of the inhabitants of Central and Southwestern Asia.
The design of this inquiry was to discover, if ]v)ssible, the ten lost
ti'ibes of Israel, a favorite subject of his researches. He directed his
attention to the ohai-acter and customs of the North American Indians,
and commenced a course of experiments in chemistry.
On the 2.3d of April, 1760, he delivered before the Convention
of Congi-egational ministers of Eliode Island, assembled at Bristol,
" A Discom-se on the Clu-istian Union," [Text Phillip])ians iii, 16]
which was printed and which atti-acted much attention and com-
mendation, both at home and abroad for the good sense and learn-
ing, the impartial love of lilierty, and the spirit of Catholicism to-
ward all ]iarties, which it displayed. Pieferriug in his MS. Birthday
Reflec/ions, 1767, to this sermon, he says: "To pass innumerable
instances of a kindly interjiosing Providence, I mention a most mem-
orable one in deli^•ering me from the malicious designs of my ene-
mies in the days of the Stamp Act, 1765. The Episcopalians of New-
port are my inveterate foes. As a body they were for the Stamp
Act. From 1755 to 1760, while they labored & flattered my Cour
formity, they were friends aud treated me with vast kindness. My
sermon on the Xtian Union, 1760, disobliged them by showing their
number in New England a Trifle compared with the Dissenters, and
the ntter im])rolial)ility that the Episcopacy should swallow u]i the
other sects of Xtiaus, a Thing which they had bruited abroad. From
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this time tbey continued uiy Euemies, ct uotbiiig (but ImmoraHty
of wbicb tbey could nevei' accuse nie) was too vile to attribute to
me. AccoiJiugly tbeir principal Pillars ascribed to me all the vio-
lence committed here iu Augt. 1765, in wbicb I bad not the least
part. Not contented with a.sjiei-sing my Reputation here, tbey trans-
mitted to tbe Lords of tbc Treasury in Loudon, iu 17(55, an accusa-
tion k capital charge, designing as tbey Siiid to take my Life for
Treason. And bad not tliat uubajipy Act been repealed, I should
have been sent for & carried home iu chains to sustain a Trial for
my Life. How far thej' might bave earned it I know not, but tbeir
Malice was high, equal to tbe subornation of Witnesses to support
any accusation. At all events tbey intended to have me involved in
great Danger. I wrote a letter to Dr. Franklin which was laid
before their Lordships with effect, ;uid a merciful God by the Repeal
of the Act, bro"t about the Deliverance of me & my country." " This?
sermon shows to what gieat extent he bswl, at this early period, pushed
bis inquiries concerning tbe ]);ist history- and the present state of tbe
reformed churches, at home and abroad. No man, perhaps, was
better qualitied than be to estimate tbe differences and the agi-eemeuts
among Churches, especially in New England, and to point the way to
Christian fellowship and union." This sermon as i)rinted consisted of
128 pages, of which, fortunately for his jiearei-s, forty were not dehvered
in tbe preaching.
On the occasion of a public Thanksgiving, observed iu Rhode
Island, Nov. 20, 17(50, by order of the Assembly of that Colony, on
the capture of Montreal and the reduction of Canada, Mr. Stiles in
a discoui-se then delivered, mentions tbe probability of a political
event little contemplated, at that time, by the most sanguine advo-
cates for liberty, but which he lived to see fulfilled. In considering
the advantages of America, compared with Europe, having observed,
that " we are i)lanting an emi)ire for better laws and rebgion;" be
adds, " it is probable that, in time, there will be formed a Provincial
Con/ederacij, and a Common Council, standing on free j^rovincial
suffnige. And this may, in time, terminate iu an imjieriid diet,*
when tbe imperial dominion will subsist, as it omjht, in ELEcnox."
This deep insight into tbe political tendencies of the times are still
* Alluding, probably, to the (;:oTorumont of Qermany. composed (though not by election) of
the heads of the several States belonging to that Empire, and forming one great Confederacy,
Imperial diet Is but another name for Continental Conuuess.
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fiirtlior i-eveiileil bv the pniphetic wonls to which he gave nttciance,
in his (liseonrse on the occasion of tlie death of King George II., and
the ascension of George III., preached January 20"" 1761. After
a review of tlie administration of the late king, paying the respect of
a dutiful subject to his uiemory, and noticing the auspicious circum-
stances attending the ascension of his successor, he adds : "What
remains, but that we leligiously implore the divine sujierintendence
and blessing on his future reign ? * * * Since much will depend,
still, on the jiuit exercise of the prerogative, with which, by the Brit-
ish constitution, and univei-sal explicit suffrage of our empire, he is
now vested; it will not be ungrateful to him to know, that he is,
every Lord's day, accompanied to the throne of gi-ace, with the fer-
vent addresses of half a million of loyal Christians, in New England,
for that supernal iutiueuce on his royal mind from the Supreme
King of the universe, by whom subordinate kings reign, and princes
decree justice. This will be the more necessary for us to continue,
on our part, not only from the ethcacy of joint and ardent supplica-
tion, l)ut from the possible exigencies of New England, which may
FALL wrrniN the peeiod of his majesty's reign. As there are men,
who have a mighty opinion of retrenching the liberties of these colo-
nies, or throwing a net of policy over them, which may amount to a
deprivation; so, if these, with their projections, should gain access
to his Majesty's ears, mistaken representations may induce his
majesty to accede to measures of unhappy consequence to the
. Liberty of America."
This year (1761) he commenced a course of chemical experi-
ments, which he continued for several succeeding years. He also
began those inquiries respecting the number of Indians in North
America, their national customs and religious rites, which he long
prosecuted with ardent curiosity and unwearied diligence.
In 1763, Dr. Franklin having lately presented him with a Fahr-
enheit thermometer, he began (Jan. 1st) a series of thermometi-ical
and meteorological observations which he continued with very little
interruption, with his own hand, till within two days of his death.
They compose a rich treasure in this department of science, and are
contained in six quai-to volumes of manuscript, now in the library of
Yale College. This year he also commenced a coiTespondeuce with
the learned Dr. Lai'duer, of London, which he maintained vei-y nearly
to the time of his death. He also commenced experiments for the
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raising of silk worms, and for the culture of silk; aud wrote letters
tibroiul to obtain infonnatiou ou the subject from the silk maiiufac-
tui'ei-s. He kept a journal, iji which he interspei-sed remarks selected
from various authors on the silk culture, particularly after the Italian
a'id Chinese m.anner; and as he continued to make experiments, and,
witli great assiduity, to invite the attention of the community to the
subject, for a series of years his journal, collectively, constitutes a
quarto volume of the series of his manuscript, now in Yale College
Library.
He also interested himself extensively in securing for the Red-
wood Library', which had been largely designed for the benefit of the
ministers in Newjiort and its immediate jieighborhood, a collection
of theological writings, especially of those of the Fathers, and of
ecclesiastical history; aud in the spring of the next year ( 1764:) we find
him soliciting from some of his foreign scientific correspondents,
contributions for refuinishiug the librar)' of Harvard College, which
liad recently been consumed by fire.
In 17C5, he adtliessed a letter of inquiry (in Latin) to the Pre-
fect of the University of Copenhagen, in reference to some very an-
cient Hebraic and Arabic manuscripts, which had i-ecently come into
possession of that institution; his expectation and hojje evidently
being that a copy of the Vedas (the ancient and sacred books of the
Hindoos) in the Sanscrit, were among these manuscripts. On the
28th of March of this year, 17(55, he i-eceived (through the influ-
ence of Doctor Benjamin Franklin) the Degree of Doctor in Divin-
ity, the diploma of which he received in '22d November following.*
In gi'ateful acknowledgement of the honor thus unexpectedly- shown
him, he addressed a letter, in Latin, to Dr. Robertson, and to the
Senatus Academicus, in that classical style and courtly manner for
which his writings are distinguished. But, while he could not fail
deeply to value such a mark of distinction, it does not seem to have
turned his head. In a letter to his friend, Rev. Dr. Dana, congratu-
* Id an entry In bis MS., Pres. Stiles says, Benjamin Fraukllu, " unknown to me, procured
from the University of E*IlnburKh and sent me a diploma 8. S. T. D. I bad been personally
acquainted with blm from nri5. During his residoiico In Lomlon as AKenl for tbe Province of
Pennsylvania, he corrospoiuled with the Uov. Dr. William Itobertsoii, Principal of the Univer-
sity of Ecllnburgb, who Issuod my Diploma, dated 176n, March '2Hlb, signed by tbe Senatus
Academicus, Seventeen Names antl settled with tlie UnlTersity Seol.
Dr. Fruniclln forwarded it in tbe .tfi'n^rra, tbe ship ou which Sir Henry Moore, Baronet, Qov-
ernor, arrived at Ne v York. I received it Novr 22, 1763, having not tbe leost notice of it till It
arrived at New|)ort. March 21, 178(!, atat. 3a."
I.k; the stiles genealogy
latiug liiui upou having received the same degree, from the same
honored source, lie says : " But, dear sir, what is this elevation,
what the highest academical honor, compared to that of a humble
disciple, a faithful minister of the blessed Jesus ? What the honour
of being eurolled in tli j supreme order of Utsriiry merit, and regis-
tered in the archives of Edinburgh and Cambridge, to that of having
our Muiu's wri'kni in flic Ltiiiih'.s Imok of life."
Jn the beginning of the year 17(iG we find Doctor Stiles corres-
ponding with those in England who were well acquainted with the
people, laws, etc., of Hindoostan; especially as to the chnniology
and nature of the Shastas (the saci'ed book of the Gentoos); and as
to whether the Jews, at Cochin and at Patna, were in possession of
a Hebrew Pentateuch, and, through all these inquiries, there anjiears
his inappeasable desire to trace, if possible, the Ten Lost Tribes
of Israel.
A design on the ]iart of President Clapp, of Yale College, to
resign his ofhce, seems to have immediately directed the attention of
the Corjioratioii of that institution toward Dr. Stiles as a most fitting
successor. A letter from a confidential friend, sounding him as to his
views upon such a contingency, elicited from him the following char-
acteristic re])ly : " You ask a delicate queston. I well know the dif-
ficulties of that important office, and my inability to discharge it with
advantage and honour. The title of a President, though eminent and
honoiu'able, is a laurel interwoven with thorns. If there are many
flattering and agi-eeable things in such an employment, they are more
than balanced by the difficulties attending it, as, indeed, is the case of
all public offices whatever, of any considerable eminence. — I am not
calculated for gi-eat usefulness; there are princi^iles in my nature,
chiefly my passions, which would defeat such an aim. To become a
little useful, to be disciplined into a seraphic jiurity of soul, and to
become sincerely jjious, is all the glory of my life; but my choice is a
retirement and obscurity, even beyond what I have hitherto been able
to attain; in which, however, I purpose, by the leave of Providence, to
be moi'e and more enveloped; especially as I judge the less we have
to do TOth the world and public life, the more we may perfect our-
selves in the divine life, the life hid icith Christ in God, which I
have long determined shall be my chief aim. I conceive it infinitely
difficiilt for the governor of a province, or the president of a college,
to be conversant with, and prudently to adjust himself to, a great
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variety of coiitraiy viows, (lisixisitions, tempers, pui-siiits, and
chaructei-s, uiaiij' of theui very inii><ntaiit, ami uot entlauger the firiii-
uess of the moral jniuciple. — I know so little of myself, incleed, that
T may, peihaps, lie unable to previously to jnouounce the part I
might take, on a contingeucj', which, in my apprehension, is impt)s-
sihle; though I am at no loss what would be a wise conduct."
Alumt the same time, also, he courteously Imt finnly decliued the
office to which he wius elected, of a Fellow of llhode Island College,
although solicited by repeated deputations from the Coiporation to
accept it.
This year, also, he copied f(jr the fii-st time, the curious inscrip-
tion in the Dightou rock, which thus far has baffled all autiquanans
to decijiher.
When nearly forty-one yeai-s of age. Dr. Stiles imdei-took
a new study. Though the Hebrew langu.ige was taught at Yale
College, while be was a student there; yet, not then expecting to
enter the ministry, to which profession only this language was
thought to be of use, he gi-eatly neglected it. After his settlement
at Newjioi-t, where he was curious tb investigate the sense of some
capital Hebrew w(jrds, he used to find, in Moutiuius' Hebrew Bible
first the Latin word, then the Hebrew over it; then he compared the
same word in different texts, and guessed the sense. This, with the
help of Poll Si/nopsi/i, gave him what trifling a.ssistance he could
gather from the Hebrew. Some light, indeed, he derived from the
Jews at Newport, particularly from their Huzzans, or teachers, by
asking them the import of these Hebrew words, which stood for par-
ticular passages in the Bible. Proceeding in the study of the Scrip-
tures and of di\-inity, he felt the necessitj- of the knowledge of the
Hebrew. His frequent attendance at the Jews' synagogue increa.sed
his wish to possess at least so much of it, as to see a little of their
books and service. On receiving a diploma from Edinbui'gh his
ambition was touched, or rather a sense of shame excited, that a
Doctor of Divinity should not understand a language so important,
and so eiusily acquired. But the delight of other studies, and
the drudgery of learning a dead language, conspired to the con-
tinuance of his neglect. At length, however, in May 1767,
though advanced into the 40th year of his age, he concluded to
attempt at least to read the language. At this time he knew but ten
of the Hebrew letters. Having walked a few times on the paiade
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REV DR. EZRA STILES. MRS. ELIZABETH STILES.
These are re luce I from llfe-.Riznd silhouettes, f>ne bearing the inddrseraent In Dr. Stiles' own
handwrlllng. " Profile of Ezr.i Stiles, aet. 41), bare-headel. Taken by Henry Marehanl, Esq.,
.Tan'y 27, 17B7 " the other endorsed by Dr. SUles. •• Elizabeth My Wife, aet afi, 17(!7." Probably
taken at the same time and by the same person. In possession of Mrs. Kate Ganuet Wells, of
Boston, Mass.,
with the Hiizzaii, who ^ave him tlie tine iiower of tlie letters aud
vowels, he hegau to spell and leiid the Psalter. In the first five days
he I'ead to the XlXtli Psalm. Encouraged by his success, he soon
found himself able to read about ten pages every morning after
Ijieakfast. ISot long after, the Huzzan wrote for him the alphabet,
with tiie vowels; gave him the sounds, and heard him spell most of
the first Psalm. He also gave him the Rabbinical letters. This
was his chief assistance. When he had read the Psalter, he began
to translate it into Latin, and finished it in one month. After trans-
lating a number of Psalms into English, he began to read and trans-
late Genesis. During this period, he examined many passages and
critical, important words, by comparing them, as used in different
parts of Scripture, " with great profit and satisfaction." He also
examined other writings in Chaldee, and Rabbinical Hebrew; and
the Samaritan character, in which the Scripture Hebrew was origin-
ally written; "the present Hebrew Bible being in Hebraic language,
indeed, but in the Chaldaic letter, in which Ezra transcribed it."
Having read part of Genesis, all of Exodus, and the book of Ezra
for the sake of the Chaldee in it, aud much of the Chaldee in Daniel:
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on the bust of .Tanuiiiy, 17GS, lie bcf^'iui the tniiishition of Genesis,
and finished thiit hook, and Exodus, by the I'ith of May. Thns,
almost entirely unaided, ^^•ithin one yeai\ he " unexjiectedly accom-
plished the translation of the Psalms, Genesis, and Exodns." This
year he also reml (considerable in Arabic; and learned the Syriac;
and remarked " I doubt not it is easier to acquire all the oriental
languages, especially the dialect of the Hebrew, than any one modern
European langujige. I could learn Hebrew, Arabic, Syriac, Armen-
ian, with less pains than the Latin only."
He wa.s this year elected a meml)er of the American Philosophi-
cal Society.
On the 1st of January, 17G9, he commenced a Literary Diary,
in which he recorded whatever appeared to him most worthy of
preseiTation, in bis conversations with pei"sons of literature, or in his
various and extensive i-eading. It records much curious and useful
information on history, phOosophy, religion, politics, war, and on
every subject interesting to man. This valuable collection, contained
in fifteen quarto volumes, each consisting of above 300 pages, is now
one of the principal treasures of Yale College Library. The Doctor
seldom jiermitted a day to pass without some addition to its pages;
and the date of the last entry is only six days before his death.
At this time, also, he began to write an Ecclesiastical History
of New England, materials for which he assiduously collected for
many years pre^nous. It is gi-eatly to be regretted that he did not
altogether complete a work, for which, in the opinion of the best
judges, he was singularly well qualified. But, the confusion of the
war, which soon occasioned his exile from Newport; and the subse-
quent complex cares and business of the college presidency, never
allowed him to resume it. The manuscript, however, has been
preser^'ed.*
His way of life, at the time, was very orderly. "The day
began and closed with family and secret prayers and Bible reading
in Greek or Hebrew — one chajiter or more, in course, in the Hebrew
Bible, and a portion of Arjibic every morning, except on the Lord's
day. Then he walked abroad and visited his flock before and after
• Hl8 Bon-ln-law and blnRrnphflr, Dr. Holmes, »ay»; •' Toward Ihe latter part of hl8 life 1
asked him If he did not purpose to nnlflh this history. Ho said he did not expect II. and added:
'■ I am BO prone to leave things unflniahed that I shaU leave the (creat business of Ute undoiiu."
160 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
diniier, aud iu tlio intervals studied and wrote iimiimoralile Latin
letters aud diaries. " I liave for my auiuseuieut ti.iuslated into
Euj^lish, Eutj-chii Orif^ines Ecelesia Alexaudriua irinii the orif^iual
Arabie, k can now n^■ld Arabic pretty freely."' In his annual Biithday
ReHeetions about this time, he says : " I have made but little pro-
gress iu the divine life, though I have endeavored daily to surrender
myself up to God, but an annliilation of myself and entii'e submission
to the infinitely holy will of God is not [yet] thoroughly effeuttul. The
most of last winter I s])ent in compiling the Ecclesiastical History
of New England and English America. The Sunnner and Fall have
been, perhaj)s, too nnieh consiimed in making observations upon the
transit of Venus and Mercury and the Comet aud numerous mathe-
matical calculations n])on them. TGrod has mercifully spared to me
my wife. May she be long continued a Blessing to me and my fam-
ily. * * * I have altered my sentiments as to the time when to
begin the 2300 Evenings and mornings, and 1290 days iu Daniel."
Although Dr. Stiles' salary was small, his peojile by frequent
gratuities, provided a decent and honorable support for his family.
On the evening of Monday, Jan. 15, 1770, he instituted in his con-
gregation, and at his own house, a monthly meeting of ]>raise and
devotional service, which was regularly luaiutained until the disper-
sion of the church, in 1775, by the advent of the Revolutionary war.
In October, he finished the reading of the Hebrew Bible, which he
had commenced the year before; and his literary diary l)ears this
witness to the faithfulness of the English translation of the Bible;
" I have all along compared the English and Hebrew together, and
am able, from my own knowledge, to say, that the English transla-
tion, now in use, is an excellent and very just translation, and needs
very few corrections." He now entered upon the reading of the
Rabbinical writings, of 's\hicli he made an exhaustive chgest. The
year was, also, blessed to him in the fruits of his ministry. He
speaks of having this year " considerable success iu the ministry &
admitted 28 Communicants," and of having " above six hundred
souls Whites & inclusive of Blacks, about seven hundred souls"
under his pastoral care, "for which I must account to the Great
Shepherd at last."
In the year 1771 his portrait was taken — which shows, in a
remarkable degree, the character of his genius aud taste, together
with a certain curious vanity, from which even so great a mind was
i
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not ;ilt<)fietlier free. The portrait, foUowiii'^ the niiiiute directions
which he iiimself }<;ive, is ch;irjj;ed witii enihlenis, which lie judged to
l>e more descriptive of his mind, tliau the portrait, perhajis, is of his
fiice. He is drawn in a teaching attitude, with tlie right hand ou
the bre;ust, and the left holding a Bible. iJehind, and at his left is
jiart of a library, showing folios, among which can be desciied,
Eusebius, Livj','DnHaldes's History of China, the Zohar, Selomo
Jarclii, Rabbi Moses Ben Maimon ami .Moreh Nevochim, etc., all denot-
ing his t;iste for liistory, esi)ecially that of the lioman Empire, of the
Churcli dining the first three centuries, and of the lietormatiou.
Ou another shelf are Newton's Principia, Plato, Watts, Doddridge,
Oiidwortlfs Intellectual System, and the New England divines,
Hooker, Chauncey, Davenport, Mather, Cotton. At his right
hand stands a j)illar ; on its shaft is a circle, and one trajectory
ai'ound a solar jxiint, jus an eml)lem of the Newtonian, or Pythagorean,
system of tlie Sun, jilanets and comets. At the to.p of the visible
part of the ])iliar, and on the side of th<> wall, is an emblem of the
Intellectual AVorld, viz.: in a central glory, the name niiT. surround-
ed with white sjjots, or a field of azure. From ea.:h spot ascend
three hair lines, denoting the tendencies of mind to the Deity, iind
conununion with tlic Trinity in the Divine light. Thest; spots denote
systems of worhls and their tendencies toward the Eternal, Central,
yet Omnijwteut light. The motto is. All H.\rrY i.s God, " for, as
there are imly two worlds known to have i-evolted, they count as infi-
nitesimal coini)are<l with other dimensions." At a little distance on
the left hand is a black spot, 7'iN*"", the receptacle of fallen angels,
and the finally wicked, etc., etc. If the.se emblems may seem to have
hiul their origin in a vivid imagination, it is certiiin that a common
mind would never have devised them ; and they were evidently con-
nected in his mind with sentiments of Deit}', and of the divine gov-
ernment, which were of tlu^ most elevated and sublimest nature.
In August, 177"2, we find him among other literary and niiniste-
rial pursuits, devoting much time to j>reparing a letter in Latin, of
ten (jiiarto pjiges, addressed to the Rev. Mr. Busch, a Moravian mis-
sionaiy in Astracan, near the Ciispian Sea; or to any of the I'nited
Brethren laboring about Sarejjta, near the Wolga — the purjiose of
which was to gain from them any informaticm which they might pos-
sibly aft'ord concerumg the lost Ten Tribes of Israel. Convinceil by
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tlif ])rophecifs tliat these tribes would vet be restored to tlie Holy
Land; and led to believe by his previous iiivesti^'atioiis that they
would be iV)und within the reii;iou traversed by these missionaries,
and that they nii.nht be found among the loving hordes of Tartars,
he compiled a coui})endiuni list of (juestions as to their laws, religion,
etc., etc., which could not fail, as he li(jped, to elicit some light upon
this long vexed subject. The epistle closes thus: " ^May God
Almighty inospcr, may the belova 1 Nazareue prosper, the indefat-
igable labors of the brethren, espeiiially yours, in preaching the
Gospel to the Gentiles, in recalling the miserable sinners of the hea-
then, let me add, the lost sheep of the House of IsiM.el to the Hheep-
fold of the divine Jesus.
" Such were his views of ])olitical and Christian liberty, that he
considered all human beings, of whatever color, tribe, sect, or nation
as brethren of one common family ; and all Christians as fellow-dis-
ci])les of the same Divine Master. In Newport there weie many
African slaves. Of 80 commnnicants in his church there were, at
this time, 7 negroes. These occasionally met, by his direction, in
his study, when he discoursed to them on the great thinL;s of the
divine life, and eternal salvation; counseling and encouraging them,
and earnestly 2)ressing them to make their calling and election sure,
and to walk worthily of their holy ]>rofession. Then, falling on
their knees together, he ])oured out fervent su])]ilications at the
throne of grace, imploring the divine blessing upon them, and com-
mending himself and them to the Most Hij^h.''
On his return, in October, from a visit to Connecticut with his
wife, he found his congregation " all in the flames by the preaching
of one Mr. Murray. This was one of the most distressing scenes I
ever met with, being in great danger of having my flock alienated
from me and so my comfort and usefulness at an end. A sore trial.
But it pleased God to compose all in Serenity and peace."
The burning of the ]3ritish armed schooner Gaspce, and the
investigation of the affair by the Crown Commissioner at Newport,
in January, 1773, greatly interested so active an observer of ])ublic
events as Dr. Stiles. He animadverted strongly in his correspond-
ence, upon the appointment of that Commissit)n, as l)eing " arbi-
trary, justly obnoxious and alarming ;" and speaking of the Commit-
tees of Gorrespond(>nce which were immediately appointed by the
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sevenil Colonial Assemblies, aiul the " liesolutions aiul Measures "
then baiiig circ:iliiteil .iiuoiii^ them, he adds in tiie true spirit of jiolit-
ical i)'0))hecy, ivs the event afterward jiroved: " Thesk AssK.Miii.Y
Committees will finally terminate in a General Congress, than
wliicli notliin^,' can be more alurniiii^ to the ministry.'' Indeed, his
letters and mannscrii)ts, iit this time, ft)reshado\ved with great clear-
ness the important ]iolitical events which were so near at hand.
At tiiis time, also, he made the a('([iiaintanee of Haijm Isaac
Carigal, a Jewish Ilabbi, then bn visit to Newport. This person, a
miui of varied learning and observation, who was perfectly familiar
by travel and residence, with the Holy Ijand, and with all parts of the
Continental Europe, was a most congcniial companion; and it can be
imagineil with what keen delight the Doctor enjoyed his society, in
the study of the Hebrew, the discussion of abstract points in the
Sciiptures, the usages of the modern Jews, and the tracing of the
destiny of tliat j)ecnliar jieople, l)y the light of pro]>hecy. Tliey were
chosen friends while together, and coiTesponded in Hebrew while
apart ; one of Dr. Stiles' Hebicw lett(!rs on the Divinity of the Mes-
siah and the ghny of his kingdom occuj)ies 2'2 quarto pages. The
Ilabbi listened, by invitation, to a glowing sermon preached by the
Doctor on the subject, from Psalm CYI., 4, /), iuid the Doctor-vei-y
frequently attended the worshij) of the Jewisii synagogue at New-
port, both at this time and afterward. His relations to the other
Rjibbies and to the Jews generally in Newport were most pleasant.
" Such rare and unexpected attentions from a Ciiristiau minister of
distinction, coul<l not but afford ])eculiar giatification to a people
conscious of being a ' proverb and a by-word among all nations."
To him they accrordingly jiaid every attention in retui-n, and expressed
a peculiar pleasure in admitting him into their families, and into
their synsigogue."
In 177'5, which he mentions as "a Year of Singular Trials," he
had a renewal of the trouble in his church, from which he had suf-
fered as before mentioned, 177'2. " From my settlement in the
Ministry at Newport in 17")5 to the Fall of 1772, there subsisted the
great(!st Love; & Harmony between me &. my congregation. Being
absent on a journey in Sept. 1772, at that time one Mr. Murray, a
silk-weaver, having come to America (S: set uj) ]>reaciiing at Jerseys,
Traveled hither k appearing in Character of a Minister some of my
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C )iuinitfcee iaviteil him t(i jn-eacli on Lord's day in my jjiilpit —
wliicli he did ti) aniazhi;^ ac'.cei)tance & put tlie Cou^ref^ation into a
Frenzy & Distiat'tion. On my return, I found his character doubt-
ful & j^ently discountenanced liiiii, \\li'ch p;ave ^reat oii'ense to my
Ci)Ugre,i;ation. Ho\v(!V(>r, he went awaj' & I said but httle and thiups
coole(i down. However, in Oct. last |1773] he returned a.iiain &
kindled up the old Flame. He holds univers;d ^a.lvation, is cinming,
suWtle, artful & calculated to seduce. As a faithful Shepherd I have
o]iposed him openly. I expected to have disgusted the most of them,
hut perliaps a dozen families (4 or 5 of them are my ]>i'iuci]ia.l su]i-
]iort) ar(> irreconcilealily offended. I had thought when I entered
the Ministry that a minister with jn-udence and condescension could
secure the affections of his ]ieople, hut I am convinced that Ct(x1 has
•holy ends in view in letting loose the Adversary. I cannot recollect
any material impi-udence in my own conduct ; nor was it charged
u])on me. It is a dark day with me. I connnit myself and my tlock
to God, and desire to walk humlily, yet testify the truth undauntedly. "
In January, 1774, he was one Lord's day, unable to perform
the duties of the sanctuary — a fact which he notes as being the only
instance of the kind since his ss^ttlemeiit in the Ministry. ]iut, as
his biogra]iher observes, " There is reason to lielieve that too close a
conlinenient, and an intense application to his studies, contributed to
this illness ; for it appears by his diary, that, on the day pieceediug
his seizure, he was in his study twelve hours !"
On the 30th of June, observed throughout the Colony of Rhode
Island as a day of Public Fasting and Prayer, in view of the threat-
ening aspect of puljlic affairs (es]iecially the acts of Parlianjent re-
specting America, and particularly the blocking u]) of the port of
Boston) he preached a very eloquent and forcible sermon from the
text Esther IV., 3 — "And in every Province, whithersoever the King's
commandment anil his decree came, there was great moui'ning among
the Jews, and fasting, and weeping, and wailing, and many hiy in
sackcloth and ashes."
His views of these measures of the British Ministry, etc., are
fullv indicted by the following abstract from a letter to Rev. D'"
Rodgers, of New York : "We have lived to see and feel heavier
oppressions than our forefathers ever felt in America. Heretofore,
we had a King only to struggle with — now, the united force of the
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Pailiaiiiciit, army ami iiavv. May tli« God of our jiions juiccs-
tors il(^liver us! Dr /ir^iii/tlirii win fst ilfsjicrmtihun. We are not
tlishejirtened. * * The whole of the ]>resent system of Parlia-
mentary (loiiiinatinii stands on the sinj^le (picstionof Tn.rdlion trilhunl
lifjin'sciifnlion. This is too great a question for the future niillious
of America ever to suffer to be finally determined in the affirmative."
To his friend ^Irs. ^Maeauley (the autlioressi in England, he
writes (July 80): " The last and recent stroke of Parliament at our
lilx'i ties, has astonished America into a real and eftioacioiis union,
which it is heyonil the |M)\ver of Europe to dissolve. * * Not a
jwlitician in Eurojje, not even a single man in America, believes that
the increasing millions of this continent will alwaj's submit to" des-
jKitism. There are many means of redre.ss. "NVe shall not be discour-
aged if all ])rove unsuccessful, till we come to the la.st, the success of ■
w.liich is indubital)le. We shall continue our (at ])resent) useless
and repulsed supplications to our King: remembering that the hearts
of princes are in the hand of the most High, and that He Inrmlli
(Ill-Ill ir/iitln'fsorvi'r He irill. Hut, if op])ression proceeds, despotism
m;iy force an animal Congress: and a jiublic spirit of enterjirise
may originate an .Vmerican .'ifii'/nn ('luirhi, and l'>ill of Rights, sup-
)>ortiug with such intrepid and |)ersevering impoitunity, as even sov-
ereignty niay, hereafter, judge it not wise to withstand. There will
h' a Ri'XEMKDK in Aim^rica."
• This year he writes : " The stare of my Flock is more
com])osed and eouifortable, though it luis not quite recovered from
the shock it received. My son Ezra is now 151, I have initiated
him into some acquaintance? with the Oriental languages. He has
trauslated 101) ])salnis in the H(!brew ])salter and learned some Clial-
de(s Kyriac. and Arabic. I5y reading myself the Targums of Onkelos
and Jonathan in the Syi-iac N. T. and in the Zohar I have gaim^d
great Lights in Divinity."
In the early part of 1775, the jniblic commotions which agitated
his jiatriotic heait, were siqierseded in jiart by the shadow of a gr«>at
domestic trial. His beloved wife — for some time afflicted with a
pulmonary comjilaint — was called by death on the '29th of Maj-, w 44,
leaving him overwhelmed with the deejiest sorrow. While her )iri-
vate virtues had endeared her. in the highest degree, to her husband.
children and domestics ; lier beneficence juid <liffusive charities had
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secured tlio esteem of the Societ}-, who joined with the fiimily in
payiug au afft'ctioiiiite tribute to lior memory. " My kind people,"
the Doctor p;ratet'ully notices, " elotlied tlie whole family, and were
at the A'hole expense of the funeral." He says in his r>ulli(lay
R'f lectio lis : " Hhe was au Honor to her Sex, luid it will be an honor
to her posterit}' to have descended fi'om a woman of so much merit
& excellence."
From the <^riei into which he was thus tluown he was now for-
tunately aroused by the imminent pressure of ])ublic events. On
July 20th, at the recommendation of the Continental Congress, a
Continental Fast was observed throughout tlu^ Colonies, on which
occasion ])i'. Stiles preached two sermons (A. M. from Amos III., 1-
1 ; P. M. 2 Chron. XX., 11-13) to the most crowded assembly he
had ever addressed from his own pulpit. It was proposed that the
afternoon discour.se should be ])rinted ; but, witli liis usual leluctance
to the publication of his own works, he declined tlie proposal.
In Sejitember, he visited the camp at Cambridge, and s])ent sev-
eral days there, and in its vicinity ; during which time he look an
accurate draught of the American encampment ; a list of comniand-
iug officers, according to their different divisions ; an estimate of the
number and pay of the troops ; aud wliatever interested his inquisi-
tive mind. It may here be remarked, that this was his custom,
during the entire course of the war which followed, whenever, by
personal inspection, or by reliable information he could procuie'the
data for such rough sketches, or maps and estimates : and his Diary
is full of these memoranda, which h ave already i)roved of great
value and interest to modern histograjihers, in dealing with the mili-
tary movements of the American Revolution.
During the mouth of October Newj)ort was directly menaced bp
a British fleet ; and evacuated by one-half of its iuhaliitants, com-
prising two-thirds of his congregation ; and on the 23d the renniant
of his Society met, aud judged it expedient to discontinue public
worship during the winter, in consideration of the present evacuated,
distressed and tumultous state of the town ; and recommended Dr.
Stiles' removal to Bristol, for present safety. The very next day,
however, it appears that, reluctant to a separation from their beloved
Pastor, they circulated a subscription, and collected a com])etent
sum for his support. This very derauged state of his cougregation
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(lid not iutcrnipt his active services for the promotion of their relig-
ious interests.
From the beginning of November, nntil the middle of March,
1776, he remained in the now nearly deserted and sorely threatened
town, p.^ssing with his "orphan family ," jvs he says, "a Dreary Win-
der amidst Poverty k Distress ;" revolving in his mind many plans
as to what he should do — either in tefiching, or in serving some
vacant churcli, "Till it might please divine Providence to re-assemble
his ilear scattered Hock." During this time he frequently preached
to tiie soldiers.
Finally, however, .seeing that a war was inevitable, he sorrow-
fully left Newjnnt, as thus reconled: "I, Ezra Stiles DD., removed
with my family from Newport & sat down at Dighton 15 March
1776 to eseajje the Dangers at Newjiort dining the Calamities of
the i^resent unnatural and cruel Civil Wai-."
While at Dighton, he recived two calls, one to the pastorate of
the Congregatiounl Churcli at Providence, E. I., and the other from
the Church at Taunton, Mass., both of which he declined — as hop-
ing that it niiglit please God that his flock at Newport might yet be
re-gatherel.
In his traiicjuil retreat he carefully obsei-ved, as he had at New-
port, every jmblic occurrence, and was iussiduous to acejuire authen-
tic intelligence from every source. So long as Newpcn-t was the seat
of war, he had fnujuent access to the officers of the American army,
and to tilt? most eminent political charactens, and the knowledge
which he thus gained, he daily recorded, with singular exactness, in
a ([uarto volume of nearly 400 pages, now in tlie Library of Yale
("olleg.-.
Tn September of this year he commenced a comparison of the
New Testament with the Syriac Testament ; having previously fin-
ished a comparison of the Old Testament with the Hebrew original.
The year 1777 opened tranquilly for him, engaged as he was
ill the jierformance of such pulpit service as offered in Dighton,
(though occasionally to the remnant of his flock in Newport); and,
as his hiogiajilier says, " O|)portunities for taking j>art in several
respectable ecclesiastical connextions, were designedly neglected."
" Foreseeing," says he, " the lengths their systems would can-y me, I
stopped, and am, perhaps, more than any man of my extensive
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acqiiaiutance and correspondeuce, alone iu the world ; while I have
tliu pure and daily ])le:isnre of a conscious and coidial uui(JU with all
the good — with tiiose who love and those who hate nje — with the
numerous millions who know me not — with the whole collection of
characters in all nations, of every kind and degree of exceJlence, lit-
erary or moral; above all, my son! unites most sincerely with the
wliole body of the mistical church — with all, that in every nation
fear God, and love our Lord Jesus Christ. These, stript of all the
))eculiarities, which externally separate them from one another, and
from me, I embrace with a true spirit of imivei-sal love. But, to
love a whole character, or a whole church, or any whole fraternity,
whether literary, religious or political, I do not find within me.
Entering into whatever scene, I meet with man)- incongi'uities, smd
am disgusted too much for acquiesence in any here below. I never
shall cordially and exteniallj- unite with mankind, in any of their
affairs, enterprises, and resolutions. There is a preference of s)s-
tems, but no pei-fect one on earth. I expect no great fellowship and
open communication with mankind, but intend to become more and
more the recluse ; waiting for the Eest of Paradise, where, I foresee,
my soul will unite with perfection, and acquiesce in eternal univereal
harmony."
March lith he thus records the divine goochiess toward him and
his family, since their removal to Dightou. " This day, my family
have been a year at Dighton. A gracious Providence has so sup-
plied us, that I am not in debt for subsistence (he year past : iind
blessed be God, there is some meal in the ban-el, and some oil in
the cruise. Beside my pastoral em]iloymcnt among this people, I
have two invitations to jjreach elsewhere — [vacant churches in Bos-
ton and Iloxbiu'y, which desired his assistance.*] Thus, while it
has pleased God to frown u])(m me, in the disjjersion of my Congre-
gregation at Newport, yet his loving kindness he hath not utterly
taken from me."
On the 21st of April he received a unanimous call from the
Church at Portsmouth, N. H., with what seemed to be an adequate
compensation and the expenses of his removal. " Certainly God
* Besides this, the Rev. Dr. Chancer, of Boston, wrote to him to coine to that city and Tolun-
uirily offered him half of what was weekly contributed to his own support, if he would assist
him iu his ministerial work.
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 169
liiitl) ])iit it into their lieiirts to tlius provide for luo in exile— praised
be his name !" lie says, in acoeptinf^ tiie offer on the 2ud, " I again
removed \i\y Family & sat down with them ui Portsmoutli N. Hamj)-
shire May "29 1777, where I ministered to the first Congregational
Clinrch tiiere for ahove a year."* He gratefully acknowledges the
liberality of his new parisliiom^rs, who "furnished a good house for
the reception of his family, and received him with all the kindness
he could wish.'"
But, liappdy situated as he mow was, even to the completion of
ills wishes that he migiit be restored to his own flock, Providence .vas
opening the way for his introduction into a more extensive s])here of
public usefulness. Tiie liev. Dr. Daggett had recently resigned tiie
Presideucy of Yale College. In July, at a conference of the Corjra-
ration, with a Coiumittee of tiie General Assembly of (\innecticut,
cho.sen from eiicii county ( of sucli importance iu those days, were
the mterests of the College), the sul)ject of the choice of a Presi-
dent being introduced, that Committee mentioned Di-. Stiles " as
the most jiroper person ; as one who would be the most acceptable
to all ranks, so far as they had had the oi)))ortuiiity to know tlic
public o])inioii, in ditl'erent parts of tiie State ; and strongly recom-
mended iiini to till' Corporation. "t On S('])temb('r lOtli he received
a letter from his friend, the Wvw Mr. Whittlesey, of New Haven,
informing him of his election, on September Uth, to this office,
which was su|)plemeiited (on the 'i7th,) by the official notice,
preseutcnl to iiim in person, at Portsmouth, by the Eev. Mr. Joliii-
sou, (me of the Fellows of the College. In liis reply, dated October
2d, he expresses his own grcvit distiustfuliiess of his qualifications
for so great a trust, and says that he thinks it prudent to have a
personal interview with the Corporation, as well as to ascertain more
fully tiie state of jiublic sentiment on the matter, before accepting
the offer. True to his love for his Newport congregation, he
• Mast. nut. Colls. Sorlps I., Vol. X.. [). »2. " Account of tho Itollglous Societies In Porls-
moulli. N. U. The lato Dr. Slllos, ( from Church Rotvinln,) proachml his tlrst sormon In the
North Pnrlsh, April 6, 1777, am\ (vgroyd to roinovo U> PortHinoulh. ami carry on tho work of the
ministry for our your, or until h" should return to his (lock In Newport. Ho accordingly, on
the 'JUth of May following, hroiight his family to this place, and slald 1111 the summer of the
next year, when he repaired to New Haven, having been previously chosen I'resldenl of Vale
College. From the heneili (if his Instructions and example, and from the acquaintance which
the ptv)ple formed with liltn during his conMnuance here, his namo will long be mentioned
with respect In this part of the country."
t Lotter of Kev. Dr Dana
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iimiiediiitely wrote to tlieiii asking tlie Society to call a meeting, at
which he might lay before them his call to the Presifleucj'. On the
'iOtli of the mouth he set out for Connecticut : and on the 5th of
>Joveml)er was iutroiluced to the Corporation, which, on the follow-
ing day nnanimonsly elected him Piofessor of Ecclesiastical History,
in conjunction witli the Presidency. He " v(>ry fully laid before
them all liis own deficiencies, and what they must not expect from
him. particnlaily Ids infirm healtli, want of talents for government,
and i^oubts of becoming acce]itab]e to the ministei's, the Assembly,
and tlic ])ublic. He also coiiniiunicatccl to tlicm liis sentiments in
religion, both witii i-espect to the system of theology, and ecclesias-
tical polity, and desired them particularly to consider wlierein he
coincided with and differed from others. " I did this," saith he,
" with all sincerity, as in the presence of God. I requested them
to take full knowledge of me, on the.se and all other accounts, and
to interrogate me to their full satisfaction." He was thus carefiil to
come to a full and perfect understanding with them, because, as he
wi-ites iu his Birthday Reflcclions, " This call was entirely un-
ex[)ected,* especially sis I tlio't myself rather obnoxious to the
venerable Corporation and Ministers, paiiicularly on account of my
conduct in some ecclesiastical matters. ]iut thei-e has been a
wonderful alteration in the public opinion :"' and again, in speaking
of this journey, " I am evei-ywhere told the Body of the Pastors and
citizens in that State appi-ove the choice."
Passing tlirough Lebanon, on liis ivturn to Portsmouth, he
waite<l on (iovcrnor Trniiiljnll. Invitccl to an im])ortant office
witlnn tlie State over whicli lie ])i-esi(led, he " held it his duty to
pay Ills ivsjiRcts to the first magisti'ate, and refer himself to his
wisdom and advice in the affair." The Governor, with great coi-dial-
ity, a]>])roved the choice, and w^ished him to accejit it ; assuring him
of all tlie kind offices in his power, and his influence with the
Assembly. Dr. Sliles, yet distrustful of his duty, also consulted the
ministers of Boston, among whom he had many intimate friends ;
and the ministers of his own I Rhode Island ) Associaticm ; and
employed every pro]ier and delicate precaution to find out what the
]mblic and Providence thought; he asked counsel nf judicious and
* That Is, as he says in his Diary, " not but that it has been talked of for years jiast : but I
knew such reasons as made it. In my view, morally imiiossible that I should be elected."
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 171
Cliristiiin friends, iiud of God, — feeliiij^ for his own ])art, that as he
liad "a wliolc eternity in wiiieh to rest, wliy should he not now j^ird
ui> iiis loins and assnniti tlie hiborious orti(;e ?"" He spent days in
fastin-,' and prayer. Meanwliile, tVesii eoni])Heations jirose from a
very j)ressin}j; invitation from the Portsmouth C'hnrcii, whieli he was
tiieu serviiifj, to become their peimaueut pastor.* But, finally, he
writes. "I am convinced that another door of usefulness has lieeh
opened to me. Providence has so ordered things that I scarcely
have an option jus to secular motives." He goes to New Haveu,
believing tliat his "election is jigreeable to the ]\rinistry, the General
As.sendily, the State, and to God, and dee])ly imjni'ssed with the
responsii>ility of taking charge of a college which was pi-imai'ily
designed as a school of the ])ro])hets to train uj) pastors lor the
(tliMrciies :" for, as he had become " less a Newtonian and more a
(^hr'stian "' i>re;u-liiiig was to him a serious duty.
On March lOtli, 1778, he relinquished his ]iastoral ehaige j'tNew-
poit. and bade farewell to his churcli and congregation at Newjjort.
his valedictory being repli^te with (^xjire.ssions of ])aternal tender-
ness, and exhibiting in a most interesting manner his niinistciial
charai^ter.
As a ])r(viclier, his (■arliei- discourses were ])liilo.so])hical and
moral, noi' did he tiieii excel in prayer or oossess that holy freedom
for which he was ai'tei-waids so distinguished. His natuial abilities
were assi(hiously cultivated by reading, meilitation and ))rayer : and
the rich treasures of le.irniug which he had accunuiliited were made
tributary, though without ostentation, to the elucidation of religious
truth. Faith and liepentanc^^ the doctrines of the Trinity in I'nity,
the Divinity and Atonement of Christ, were his favorite themes,
handl(!d in a ])lain, jiractical and jningent manner. " He used great
])laiiMiess of sjxiech in his ])ublic discourses, dis])ensing with those
ornaments of language which are better calculated to entertain the
hearer, thau to render liim wise to salvation. To the cai'eless juid
])rofane he was a Son of Thunder ; to the thoughtfid and serious, a
Son of Consolation. He preached with commanding eloquence and
fervor ; his sermons were instructive and pathetic, !icceptal)le and
im|n-oving to the learned, and intelligible and i)ractically useful to
the ignorant. He was a favorite with the lower classes : and
Iiimmry '.'7. n"«.— Cnllert In Oh. Poruimoiitli. Mnrcli !«.— ni'clliif>il rail lo P.— A'n^ llimk.
172 THB STILES GENEALOGY.
especiiilly during; liis Presidciicv, he in-cfeiTed obscure villnijes, jis the
scene of his occasional ministrations, to tlie more poHte and wealtliy
towns. As a i)astor lie was accessihle, and had a happy manner, in
condiictinfj; house to house visitation among his ]ieople, as well as
of seizint; opportunities to renund them, in various ways, of their
duty to God. His manner with childi-en, especially, was tender and
judi(,-ious. It was said of liiin, as of his Master, that he " j^athered
tile lambs with Ids arm and carried them in his bosom." In tlie
disci])line of the cliureh \\r united zeal with disei'etioii : " most
uiiitters,"" he observed, " may be .settled in a private way, without
hazarding brotlieily love ;" but if censure became needt'iil. he
administered it with tenderness, yet with the dignity of one having
authority. In the otliees of devotion, es])ecially on e.xtraordinary
occasions, he was remarliably pertinent, co])ious and fervent and
eminent in ])rayer, in which, indeed, " lie often seemed to be
singularly warmed and raised to a noble degiee of earnestness and
devotion, as thougli the sjiirit of adoption was poured out upon
iiim." His s])irit of Catholicism — singularly broad for the day in
which he lived — we have already adverted to : but it never led him
to countenance jirevailing enors, or to aifect the slightest indif-
ference to religious sentiments; "averse to disputation and scholastic
sulitilities in divinity, iiistead of discussing theological subjects
controversially, he chose the happier method of refuting Error by
maintaining Truth."
On the l')th of A] nil, 1778, having foriually accejjted the call
to Tale College; in settling his atlixirs preparatory to removal, he
delil)erately manumitted his negro man-servant, Newport.
The story of the purchase of this black servant, and of its
consequences still lives in family tradition. Shortly after his settle-
ment at Newjiort, and after his marriage and commencement
of housekeeping, one of his parishioners, who was fitting ont a vessel
for the Guinea trade kindly proposed to him that he should send a
" venture " in that vessel and purchase a boy at no other expense
thiin the prime cost in Africa. The simple hearted pastor accepted
the offer with due thanldulness, and a small keg of New England
rum was put on board as his "venture" in the voyage. In due time
the ship returned, and in the cargo was a little blackamoor, who was
taken into the ministers household in the capacity of a servant of all
work, and who, his original and heathen name having been lost,
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 173
received the name of " Newport," or, as he was sometimes called for
shortness, " Newp." He was a uatnrally intellij^eut aud tractable boy,
aud soon became affectionately attached to his new home, to his
new mastei', and his family. After he had learned to express his
thoiif^lits in Kn>^lish. it iia])iiened one day tliat his kind ninstcn-.
pivssinjj; thronj^ii the kitchen, found him sittinj^ there alone, and in
tears. " What is the matter, Newjjort? What are yon cryini.; forV"
The poor lioy's answer was that he was thinkinjj; of his poor motlier
and father, from whom he had been stolen. Like a shaft nf light-
uinji; that answer went thron<;h the soul of Ezra Stiles. "What had
he done? Thenceforth he needed no arjinmont to convince him that
tiie .slave trade is w^ron^. From tliat moment lie felt that he owed
to the ])oor boy Newport a debt that could never be paid.
Speakini,' of this mannmissioii in his liirflnlay Bcflecikms, Dec-
eml)er 10, 1778, (dated at New Haven) the President says: "Such
was the lil)erality of my Portsmouth congregation that they more
tiian paid all my del)ts. I was enabled to relieve the uneasiness of
my conscience by the Liberation aud Manumission of my Negro
Servant, whom I left at Newport, sui Juris, a freed m:m; like Onesi-
mus by the grace of God I had made him a Cbristian. I believe
him to have experienced a saving ciiange, a work of Grace on his
heart. He never asked me for his Freedom. He was the best
of Servants. It was only my conviction of the Injustice and
Barbarity of the African Slave Trade, in which I had imjiorted
him from Guinea, in 1757, that determined my conduct."
Such was Ne\vporfs attachment to the family that, a few years
after their removal from Portsmouth, he followed them to New
Haven and, a.s an hired servant lie again entered into their service.
He remained with them for years after; and used to recount with
pride how Madam Stiles, when she was dying, commended the
Doctor and the cliildren to his faithful care. How highly the
Doctor estimated the charsvcter of this faithful servant appeai-s from
the following anecdote: As he was retimiing from the Church on a
Lord's Day, after the commimion, not long before his death, seeing
this domestic walking home from the same sacred service, "There"
said he, "is Newjiort; if he dies as he has lived, I would rather be
NewjMJrt than Aurengzebe."
Aniving with his family at New Haven, June 20th, 1778, in
carrifiges sent to Portsmouth for the use of himself aud family,
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by the Corporiitiou of the College, he euteretl ;it ouce upon his new
duties, as thus ohronicleil in the Conncdicui Journal:
New Haven, July 15tU, 1778.
On Wt'cliiesday the Hth, inst., the Rev. Ezra Stiles, D. D., was inilncted aud
iiiauHUi'ati'il into the jn-esiileiicy of Yale College, in this town.
The formalities of this installation were condneteil in the following manner:
At half after ten in the forenoon, the stuileuts were assenihleil into the Chapel,
whence the procession was formed, consisting of the Undergraduates and Bachelors.
At the tolling of the bell they moved forward to the President's house to receive
and escort the Rev. Coqjoration and the President-elect, hy whom lieing joined, the
procession returned to the Chapel in the following order:
The tour classes of Undergraduates, consisting of
116 students, present.
Bachelors of Ai'ts.
The Beadle and Butler,
carrying
The College Charter, Records, Key and Seal.
The Senior Presiding Fellow.
One of the Hon. Council, and the President-Elect.
The Reverend Corporation.
The Professors of Divinity .'ind Natural l'liilosii]il,)^v.
The Tutors.
The Reverend Ministers.
Masters of Art,
Respectable CTentlemen.
Tile Rev. Eliphalet Williams, Senior and Presiding Fellow, began the solemnity
witli prayer. The oatli of fidelity to this State was then administered to the Presi-
dent-elect by the Hon. Jabez Hamlin, Esq., one of the Council of the State; which
being done, the President-elect publicly gave his consent to the Ecclesiastical Con-
stilution of this Government, and thereupon the Presiding Fellow delivered a Latin
oration well adapted to the occasion; in which he committed the care, instruction,
and (Toverninent of the college to the President-elect, and in the name and by the
authority of the Rev. Corporation, constituted him President of Yale Colleije in yew
llaren, and Pv(>fen.sor of Ecdesiaslicnl History, and delivered to him the charter,
records, key and seal of the college. The President being seated in the chair Sir
Dana, one of the Senior Bachelors, addressed him in the Auditory, in a beautiful
Latin (U'ation, delivered in a graceful manner. Then the President arose and
))olitely addressed the audience in an elegant, learned and animated oration in
Latin, upon the CydnprKdin or general system of universal literature; which for the
beauty of classical diction, elevation of thought, and importance to the cause of
learning in general, was worthy its author. After which an anthem, the l'22nd
Psalm set to music, was sung by the students; and the President closed the
S'llemnity with a blessing.
The Rev. Corporation, Officers of the Institution, Ministers, and other respectable
gentlemen, after a short recess in the Library, dined together in the College Hall; an
e'lt 'rt'iinment 'uiving been provided for the occasion.
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War's rude nliiriiis soon invudcil tlie Dot-tor's rctrt'iit. Tlie
lirief occiipatiou of New Havou hy the Hritish, July otli to 7tli,
1779, distnibeil tbe c'onef,'e routine, and the President sent his
f.iiiiily, togetlier with the college records, jiajiers, etc., and his own
nianuscrij)ts, to a jJace of safety out of the town.
A corres[)ondenee between the Doctor and General Tryon, in
which he Imj^s the return of a chest of President Clap's n>anu-
scri])ts, whicli had been purloined by the soldiery, is e<]nally
creditable to the character of both.
The following lulvertisenient froju a New Haven pajier, throws
a side light upon some of the peculiar difficulties of his ]>osition
at this time:
Yale College, .Jtinunn,- 2'J, 1779.
The Ktii<leiits of Yale College are hereby notified thiit the present winter
vacjition is exti-mled a fortnight from the -Ith of next month. As this is occasioned
by the difficulty which the steward finds in procuring flour or bread, at is earnestly
requested of the parents that they would assist in fiimishing the necessarj' sui)plies.
Ezra Stiles, President.
In the Spring vacation of I7H0, he visited Newjiort, now
evacuated by the Bi-itisli, and being there on the memorable
" Dark Day," be attentively recorded its plK'nomena, and h's
jiccount of it wtus published in the next day's Gazette. Here,
also, he had a meeting with the Church and Society which still
clung to him as their ]>astor ( having only employed a temjioraiT
su]>]ily since he had left themi, and obtained from them a
generoas, but satl relesise of their claims upon his pastoral care.
He visited also, among then), ministering to them counsel, encourivge-*
ment and comfort ; worshipped with them on the Sabbath amid the
ruins of their de.secrated chiuvh edifice; administered to them the
Lord's Su]>))er, and bade them " a melancholy farewell."
Nearly 300 homes had been destroyed. " The town," he says,
" is in ruins. But with Nehemiah, I could prefer the very dust of
Zion to the Gardens of Persia, and the broken walls of Jerusalem
to the palaces of Shushan."
During his autumnal vacation this year, he again visited New-
port, when he wa.s introduced to Count de Rochambeau, Com-
mander-in-Chief of the Allied Army, to Marquis de Chastt^Uux, to
the principal French ofticei-s, and the Minister of France, Chevalier
de la Luzerne, all of whom treated hun with great jx)liteues8, the
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ffciicriils piic'li iiivitiiijj; liiiii to spleiulicl diiiiicis. Tliis fjivoralilt^
opportunity of iuldiiif; to tlic stock of his inilitiuy, politiciil and
scientific information was not neglected.
In Ht'ptoniher, at tlie coiiinii'iicenient of Daitniontli College, he
received from the Corpoiation of that institution, the degree of
Doctor of Divinity. Tlu! deatli of Prof. Daggett, in Noveud)er,
devolved upon President Htifes the ihities of the Professorship of
Divinity; and, besides his FjCclesiastical Lectures, he gave weekly
one or two dissertations on some philosophical or astrouoniical
Huliject; and a private lecture on tlieolog\' every Saturday afternoon,
to a select number of graduates and students. In addition to these
labois, owing to the illness of another professor, besides his daily
instruction of the Seniors, he attended a daily j-ecitation of the
Jmiior class in jjhilosojihy, thus filling, in effect, the offices of these
professorships, and of the presidency at the same time.
On the 5th of January, 1781, he was elected a Counsellor of
the American Philosophical Society; and, on the 31st, a Fellow of
the American Acadi^my of Arts and Sciences. An attempt which
was made about tliis time, to withdraw the legislative patronage of
the State from Yale College, gave liim some anxiety; and led to
reflections inscribed in his Literary Diary, which are very illustra-
tive of his character; and of the leading principles which, actuating
his conduct through life, enabled him, amidst the conflict of jarring
interests and jjassions, to preserve at once a good conscience, and
the general esteem of mankind. " It hath Iseen the ordering of a
holy Providence, that I have been called to meet with trials from
those nearly connected with me in office, almost through life. I
have been obliged to conduct wth singular caution and prudence.
When a 3'oaiig caudidate for the ministry, there were those who
aspersed me with suspicions of heresy. I treated them with respect
and benevolence. AVhen I settled in the ministry at Newport,
Mr. , the Cougi-egational minister of the other church, was
suspicious and cold toward me. I disarmed him by silence and
benevolence. When his ministry was ended, I hoped for a successor
in whom 1 might be happy as a cordial brother. There was a
pi'(jspect of this in an ingenious young man, Mr. A . But the
church finally settled on Mr. H , of some sentiments very different
fiom mine, while we agreed very well in the general system of
oithodoxy. As the providence of God had brought us into a
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counexion, I tleteiiuined to learn and get all tbe good I could from
liini; treat hiiu with res|)ect and benevolence; and endeavour, as far
as were agreed, to co-ojjerate with him in hnihling up the
Redeemer's kingdom. Ami we lived together in jieace and love.
"It has been a principh^ with me, for thirtv-five years jiast, to
walk and live in a decent, civil, and respectful communication with
all; although in some of our sentiments in ])hilosophy, religicm and
])olitics, of diametrically o))posite opinions. Hence, I can freely
live, and converse in civil frieudshij), with Jews, llomanists, and all
the sects of Protestants, and even with Deists. I am, all along,
blamed by ])igots for this libcndity, though I think none impeach
me now of hypocrisy; becau.se I most fieely, fully, and i)lainly.
give my seutimeutK on every thing, in science, religion and politics.
I have my own judgment and do not conceal it. 1 liave no secrets.
I hold it beneath the dignity of a philosojiher, to suppre.-s his
sentiments upon anything. It is indeed unworthy of iiim to make
up hast}' opinions on evei-y new subject which occui-s. l';>''-n these,
therefore, he should discourse, in the way of seiiich and incjiiiry,
till he has formed his judgment; tlum let him express it; but
without rejirobatiug others, or treating them with aciimouious
reflections, because the}- think ditfiii-ntly. 'J'hfre is no jjassing
through life without many undesirable connections. I will endeavor
to enjoy my present situation, do the work faithfully, and leave the
i.ssue with the Most High, the supreme and all-wi^e Disjjoser of all
events."
A letter, written in Latin, about this time, to M. de Sevigny, a
chaplain in the French army, gives a new proof of his generous
and catholic sjjirit, and of his avidity for improvement in science
and virtue. In this letter he observ<.'s, that he ha-< ncipiiied much
knowledge from great and learned men, of all snts of Christianity;
nay, from Deists, from .\Iah(jmedaiis, and even fronj the discipli^s of
the Bonzes and Brahmins; that the time has, or ought to have
arrived, when religious disputes should be contemned, so far iis
either b}- an jnimical or imiuisitorial influence, they prevent a
philosophical lu'banity, and a most ample progress of the sciences,
etc.
This year, 1781. after an interval of seven y«';iis, caused by
"war's rude alarms," the { "onimencement of Yale College was
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celebi-ated in public. Ou this interesting occasion, Dr. Stile.s
iutrotlnced the literary exercises, in the momiug bv a Hebrew
oration, on Hebrew Literature; ami, in the afternoon by a Latin
oration. In his usual Birthday Eefiectious, he this year records
that "the college htus bjen studious, orderly, and to an agreeable
degree, religious, the j^ear past." I take great pains to look carefully
into the interior state of the college, and to converse with the
students, seorsim, [apart] both scientifically, and religiously. — I
have endeavored to preach the unsearchable riches of C/o"/*/." Speak-
ing of his many duties, he says; "So that I have an amazing work.
The good Lord strengthen me to it. I am priucijially concerned,
lesb I should instil some errors into the numerous j-outli. For, by
the admission of 90 Freshmen, we have a college of 224 imder-
graduates. May God give me gi'ace to go in and out before them,
in such a manner as shall be most for His gloiy."
January 2d, 1782 the Professorship of Mathematics and Natural
History having been vacated by resignation, the President gave a
public lecture ou Natural Philosophy, in the chapel; and continued
to give occasional lectures on the subject until the Professorial chair
was again filled by appointment.
During the vacancy in the Professorship of Divinity, he took
the stated care of the college chiu'ch; and, beside the public exercises
of the Lord's day, he dehvered a discom-se to the merabere of that
church, on some evening in the week preceding the communion.
These preparatory discourses were verv' solemn and pathetic; and
delivered with all the tenderness of pastoral and parental affection.
The induction into oftice of a new Professor of Divinity, in June of
this year, reheved the good President of this adcUtion to his other
varied and complicated cares. On the 17th of October, Dr. Stiles was
married to his second wife; Mrs. Maiy (relict of Esq. William) Check-
ley, of Providence, l\. I.
Ou the 8th of May, 1783, by the appointment of His Excellency
Governor Trumbull, the President preached the Election Sermon.
In view of the fact that a cessation of hostilities ou the part of Great
Britian had ah-eady taken place, and that a Treaty of Peace, (the
preliminary articles of which had been signed in January) now
promised the termination of a war which had lasted for eight
years, it was not surprising that so ardent a patriot as Dr. Stiles
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 17<)
shoulil select as the theme of his discourse, on this auspicious
occasion, " Tljo Uniteil States elevated to Glow and Honour." This
Sermon, which was printed, was founded on the text in Deutero-
nomy, xxvi., 19, and sets forth whatreiison there is to expect that, by
the blessing of Gt)d, these States will attain that elevation; that
our system of dominion and civil polity, would be imperfect with-
out the true Religion; or that from tiie difi'iision of virtue among the
people of auv' community, would rise their greatest secular hap])i-
ness, which will terminate in this conclusion, that holiness ought to
be the end of all civil govemment. Of this Sermon it has been
well said that, to examine it, "or, indeed, any of his compositions,
by the rigid laws of Criticism, wnmld do it an injustice. I'ufettereil
by rule, his manner was entirely his own. Absorbed by his subject,
he never ]iaused to select his words, or to balance his jieriods.
From the plentitude of his mind, encircled with a viust variety of
knowledge, 'he pours out a negligent ])rofusion; certain of the
weight, but careless of the stamp.'"* "President Stiles may be
compared to a deep, yet rapid stream, flowing along over an irregular
course, often breaking over its banks, and enricliing while it inundates
all the adjacent fields." " His style," says Prof. Meigs, in his funeral
oration, "was ])olite and copious, though, perhajis, in s(mie instances,
rather too diffuse. Eitlicr in speaking or writing on interesting
subjects, the ardent fire of his geuius, and strength of his conceptions,
sometimes lifted him abovi^ those rules of art, in compliance with
A'hich others ma}- be very learnedly', critically, and exactly, dull
and insipid. Let his Election Sermon be read with an equitable
regard to the peculiarit}' of the gt^nius and talents of its author, and
it will not fail to interest the politician, the scholar, and tlu; Clhris-
tian; for it contains a fund of political, scientific and theologicjil
truths." The college at this time had 270 undergraduates and the
college church had also enjoj-cd a wonderful work of grace.
In August 17SJ:, the President was severely afflicted in the death
of his eldest son, Ezra, a young man of geuius aud talents, well qualifled
to make a distinguished figin-e in his profession at the bar. He
left a wife and two daughters.
In September, Dr. Stiles attended the Commencement at
* JobnsoD.
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Nassau Hall (Princctou College) New Jersey, on wliieli oecasion, the
CorixH'atiou of that college eoiifeired ou him the degree of Doctoi'
of Divinity, and the degree of Doctor in Civil and Common Laws.
On tliis journey, also, he visited Long Island, New York, Philadel-
phia, and tlie Moravian Fraternity at Bethlehem, keeping memoranda,
after liis usual mauni-r, of whatever seemed worthy of preservation.
Age seemed, in no degree, to diminish his avidity for improve-
ment. A ))roof of this, and of the facility with which he still
acquired knowU^dge, appears in liis ready acquisition, June of this
ye.u-, of the French language. Having attended to it, at his leisure,
from the middle of July, under the direction of a French teacher, in
November, he read through the tiivit volume of llobertson's History
of America, in French, in five days; and, soon after, Telemachus, in
six weeks. He learned this language very opportunely; for, about
that time, Mr. Jefferson, then Ambassador at Paris, with whom he
corresponded, sent him several volumes of French books; and, in
1787, M. de Marquis de CUiastellux sent him his "Voyages dans
L' Ainericjue Septentrionale."
In tiie Spring vacation of 1785, he visited Newport, where he
preached the sermon (Text, Haggai ii., 9) on the opening of the
newly repaireil church edifice of his old and dearly beloved congre-
gation. At Bristol, also, he assisted in the renewal of the Rhode
Island Convention of Congregational Pastors, of which he had been
the former Scribe, and was made a permanent member. He also
j)reached the Convention Sermcm. His solicitude lor the destitute
churches in the Southern States, prompted him this year to counsel
his son-in-law, Ilev. Al)el Holmes, then residing for his health in
South Carolina, to begin to i)reach the Gosjjel in those paits. He
offered every aid relative to his consecration for the work of the
ministry, and by his advice, aj^plication was made by Mr. Holmes to
the Corporation of Yale College, which formed an Ecclesiastical
CouiK'il, and ordained him on the nu)niing after commencement, in
the College Chapel, the President making the ordaining prayer.
The year 178(j opened in sorrow and mouraing to the now aged
man i (i!)) on account of the recent death of his second daughter, Mrs.
Keziah Taylor Sturges; and yet he willingly took upon himself the
duties of the theological professorship — which chair had been tempo-
rail y vacated bv the illness of its incumbent.
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181
111 Mil}-, tho pastoral ri'lutioii, wliicli had existed up t« tliis
time witii tiio Newjjort Clmrcli, was dissolved 1)}' iiiiitual consent,
ill
FaCHlmllleof a pen and Ink sketch
of Prc^I'renl StUes. by Si. John Honey-
wood, 17H6.*
Facslmllle of a pen and Ink sketch
of Mrs. Ellzftbeth Silles*. by St. John
Honeywood, 1780.*
and he assisted at the histalhition of the Eev. William Patten, who
had been chosen Jis his successor.t
* These likenesses are selected from among a number of portialt sketches of the President
and his family, executed by Mr. St John Honoywood, a young gentleman of Ingenious talent,
wh'» was for many years an Inmate of the Sltles*household. They are done In several slylefc,
In India Ink, pen and Ink, and some are more or less finished as miniatures. The two which
are here pn-stMited are farsimiiirf of what appear to be the original pen and Ink sketches, for a
«:<»uple of highly flnlnhed portraits of Dr. and Mrs. Stiles whirli appear In tho collectlt.u;
and have been pretiTred to the latter on account of thdr greater and an i extreme delicacy of
oiiillne. Ill the lliiisbed India Ink copies, tho portraits are each supported by graceful
allegf»rlcal female Mgures. and rest upon enlalilatures. In tho panels of which are symbolic
designs or piclnres, logether with appropriate Greek ami Ljillii nioilr»os. and Inscribed,
" S. J. Hr>neywood, felct. ITHfi." This collection lathe projierty of Mrs. KateGanset WELL«,
of IloHion, Mass , who also i ossesses carefully executed miniature- of two of President Stiles'
daughters, and a curious "Meinorlam" jdece representing a female figure standing by a
tomb, two female forms near b; in attitude of grief, while, from the clonds above, the good
President and his children who ha I already died, look sympaihlzlngly down upon the scene
of mortal woo. This Is surposed to have commomoraled Ruth's death
In Vid. X. (»f President SiIIcm' .Wji. IHary, in Yale College Library ( page IGO , is a full length
jKiriralt by lIoneywiKMl, of Ihn president In full College dress (gown, wig, etc. D<*comber 30,
17H(»; on page 171, acurloiiM clasnlcal bunt of the President surmounting a small column; and
on page lOti, a sketch of Kzra Stiles, -Ir.. " ao 'J*2. of Vi-rmont, September i:i, 178a." In a Ms.
Vol , In same Library, entUltHl "Hebrew anri Arabic." tliere Is an engraved portrait of the
Pnwldent, '• lIoneywiKMl, dtd," See als<), tlie ski>tch on page 10 of this V(dume,
It will be noticed that Mrs Stiles, whose portrait Is above given. Is the President's /rjrf
wife: n<) iiortrall seems to have been preserved of his second companion.
t And who preached before this congregation a Funeral Discourse, on the occasion of the'
President's death. Published at Exter, N. U., 17%. 8 vo. IG pp.
182 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
In tlio fall of this year ho uiaile a trip to Alljauj, Ft. Edwarcl
ami Lake George. An incident of this trip is thus related by
a youn"; uiau, (a Mr. Honey wood), a forujer student and inuuite
of the President's family, who aeeonipaiiied liim ou a part of
this trip. Speaking of their visit to the battle ground of
Bennington, where Count Baum, of the Hessians, was defeated in
1777, he says : " Here occurred an instance of the President's
humanity. At one of the houses, where we called to inquire
coucerniug the battle, a gentleman showed us several human
bones, which had been picked up in the fields. The tear of pity
stole into the eye of my venerable comjiauion; 'These, Sir,' said he
to the person who showed them, ' are the remains of some uiiha]ii\Y
mortal. The desire of glor}*, or jierhaps the commands of a
tyrant, led him here. He is now no more. Let us forgive the
enemy, and respect the man. Perhaps he has left a mother, a
sister, or even a tender connexion, who, at this moment, is lamenting
his loss. How exquisite must their feelings be, did they know,
that his bones lie thus neglected and miburied. For the honor of
humanity, Sir, I will give your servant a reasonable compensation,
if you w'iU let him bur}' them in the earth.' Tlie man to wdiom
this pathetic request was addressed, .seemed to feel liut little, though
he was very clever and obliging. I have, however, the satisfaction
to assure you, that, on my return from Bennington, I enforced this
request, and saw these remains of mortality interred in the jiarent
dust." In regard to the visit to De Baum's grave, the same writer
says; " We were disappointed to see the grave of this gi'eat com-
mander so wretchedly neglected; and first thought of opening a
subscrii^tion for the purpose of erecting a decent stone, but being
informed that his mother is living in Germany, the President
adopted the resolutions of writing to her, through the channel of Sir
William Howe."
In May, 1787, he was chosen a Corresjionding Secretary of the
Connecticut Society of Arts and Sciencies, of which he had, the
previous year, been elected a member. His worthy and esteemed
friend, Eev. Mr. Whittlesey, dying this year, received from the
President the tribute due to his memory, iii a most feeling Funeral
Discourse, which was ijublished.
1788. Dr. Stiles', fonduesss for investigation, and his acquaint-
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183
ance with histon- anil antitinitj-, apjieai-s in a correspondence
between him and Noali Wcbstei', Esq., (well known bv bis philo-
logical and vaiions other pul)lic-ations), on the subject of the fortifi-
cations then recently discovered- in the western country. This
correspondence ap]iearcd in tli(> Amerk-an Mafinzine in 1788.
He wjis this year admitted txs an honorarj* member of the New
York Society for the Manumission of Slaves.
In 1789, convinced, by obsei-vation and experiments, that
the culture of silk might be canied on with success and profit
in New England, he took great pains for the extensive distribution
of mulbern' seed, as the first step toward its manufacture. He sent
an estimated quantity of seed to 80 ministei-s in Connecticut, with
a printed circular letter, desiring them, by themselves, or by such
persons as they might employ in their parishes, to sow, each, a
nursery of 4,000 trees in a parish, on this condition : That at the
end of three yeai-s thi-ee-quarters of the trees then living belong to
the plantei-s, and one-quarter to l)e distribuited graiis in the respect-
ive parishes.
About midnight of June 10th, his home was strack by lightning
which tore out a rafter in the garret, splintered one of the floors.
The Kwtor'8 House, occupied by Dr. Stiles during his Presidency.
and did otiier mischief, but without harm to any of tlie inmates — of
which nuTciful deliverance he makes fj'cliiig acknowledgement in his
Diar)'. Tliis house was the old College Rector s house, which since
the later jiart of President's Clap's term of service had been used
as the official residence of the College President. We present
184 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
herewith, a view of this edifice, which we owe to the courtesy of
F. Holt & Co., publishers of Tin- Yah Book.
Ou the occasion of Geu. Prosideut Wiushiufjitou's tonr thronph
the Eastern States, and his visit to New Haveu, ( October 17th,)
President Stiles, (who had previously made his acquaintance in New
York), composed and presented a respectful address in behalf, and
at the head of the Congregational Miuistei-s iu New Haven.
In August, 1790, he assisted iu forming a Society for the
Abolition of Slavery; and with fourteen others, signed its consti-
tution.
Ou the day after the iMiblic commencement, September 15, 1791,
the President attended at the College Chapel, as a delegate, at a Con-
vention of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the
United States, and of the General Association of the State of Con-
necticut, convened for the establishment of an explicit uuioit aud
intercoiu-se between these two ecclesiastical bodies, aud the churches
with which they are connected, an object which, as can be easily un-
derstood, was very dear to his heart.
In April, 1792, the President addressed to the learned traveler,
Mr. Bruce, (whose works he had read with avidity, and had made
extracts from, and copies of the maps into his Literary Diary), a
letter full of explicit aud minute inquuies concerning Abyssinian
geography, histor\ and reUgions.
This year, also, the General Assembly of Connecticut, passed
an " Act '' for enlarging the Powers, and increasing the funds of
Yale College; wherein, as the condition of a very generous donation,
the Governor, Lieut. Governor and six senior Counsellors were
associated with its Corporation, in the government of the College.
The President, who had not expected such proposals from the
Legislature as would meet the views of the Corporation, or coincide
with theii' judgment of the original intention of the charter, was
agreeably impressed with this Act — considering it " a grand, and
liberal donation, and a noble condecensiou," which "may be
mutually beneficial, by preserving a religious magistracy, aud a more
catholic clergy. It \nll unite Mosses aud Aaron. It will extinguish
the jealousy of the civilians towards the clergy, and promote a
friendly disposition towards the College throughout the State."*
• Lit. Diary.
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Tlio President was cliosen oue of a Committee of four to tlie
Geuenil Assembly, to solicit its suuctiou of a general coustitiitioii
throughout the State, for the jiurpose of supplying missionaries to
the northern and western ]>arts of the United States — an ol)j(tt
which was successfully initiated. In October, he was elected a
corres])on(ling member of the Massachusetts Historical Society.
A letter received by him in 1793, from a gentleman in Soutii
Caiolina, on the subject of la-ecting a monument to the memory of
John Dixwell, Est]., one of King Charles' Judges, who lies buried
in New Haven, "led the President to bestow jiarticulur attention to
the history of the three patriotic exiles, AVhaley, Goti'e and Dixwell.
So jjrofomid a secrecy had been uniformly preserved concerning
these unfortunate men, (the mention of whose names, when living,
might have exposed them to death, or the discovery oi whose gi-aves,
when dead, might have rendered their ashes liable to violation i, as
had occasioned the stor}' of their adventures, and of their sufi'erings,
to be almost wholly unknown. The .select few, to whom the secret
was origiuafly entrusted, handed it down with singular caie, by
vei-bal tradition; and from the present living depo.sitories it remained
to be recovered. Contemplating witli admiration tlie chaiacter of
these men, whom he considered as the martyrs of liberty, the
President had been ft)r many years assiduously collecting, in dif-
ferent i)art,s of New England, all tlie notices of them which he ct)uld
possibly disccj\er. The reason for .secrecy no longer existed — and
the task which, twenty yeajs before, would have been impracticable,
was now undertaken with a ])i-os}iect of succe.ss, and furnished an
agreeable occupation to a mind jia-ssiouately delighted with investi-
gation, and glowing with the love of Liberty. Thus i.ssued his
"Histcu'}- of the three Judges," ])ublished in 17'.)").
About this time, also, Ik; translated from the Greek two letters
of Dionysius the Areoj)agite, on the miraculous eclipse of the sun
at the Saviour's crucifixion; and wrote a Dissertation on the authen-
ticity of these letters — which writings \v<>re found sealed in his
cabinet after his death, dii-ecti^l to his son-in-law, l\ev. Mr. Holmes,
for coii-ection and publii'ution.
In January, 17!)4, he opened a <'orivs]i()ndenc(> with the cele-
brated Oriental scholar. Sir William Jones, with a view of seeming
a copy of the Hebrew Pentateuch, which he sui)})osed might j>ossibly
be found .-iinoiig the Jewish colony in Cochin. His active mind eoiild
ly(5 THE STILES GENEALOGT.
uot lie Ihuitt'il to a single iuquirv. Sir AVilliaiii's l;il)oi-s bait
rekindled an ardent desire, wliieli the President had had f<ir niauv
yeai's, for a more tlioron-^li and ett'ectnal search after the Lost
Tril)es; as, from the juojiiieeies, he had no doiilit of their futnre
re-gathering and of the re-sussembly of the whole Twelve Tribes
into the Holy Laud. It will be uot surprising, therefore, to the
reader, to know that tliis literary epistle amounted to over seventy
pages in quarto. Unfortunately, before it reached Calcutta, the
great scholar to whonr it was addressed was dead; but the letter
was, by his administrators, forwarded to the Eoyal Asiatic Society,
and was to have been answered by its President, Sir John Shore,
iis soon cus he could have received replies to enquiries which he
liad instituted at Cochin juid Cranganore, respecting the poiiits
mentioned in it. Unfortunately the correspondence in regard to
this nuitter reached New Haven a few months after the President's
death.
The tK'curreuce of two alarming epidemics in New Haven, in
the Spring and Summer of this yeai', led to the temporary dismissal
of the students; but so far abated in Se]>teniber, as to allow of the
])ublie celebration of the Commencement exercises. ItseiTcd, more-
over, to' aH'ord a new proof of the aflfection of his distant friends,
who offered an asylum for himself and family at Newport, at Say-
brook and elsewhei'e; whicli, howevei', was not availed of, until
during the later ejiidemic.
Tliis year, also, the President was relieved of one of the princi-
]ial burdens which had for son)e time devolved upon him. by the
election of Mr. Josiah Meigs to the Professorship of Mathematics
and Natural Philoso])hy. To liim, on his induction into ofHce,
December itli, tlie President, in a Latin oration, delivered the keys
of the Philosoiihy Chamber and of the appai'atus.
1795. Receiving from the learned Ebeling, Professor of
History at Hamlnugh, a copy of his Geography and History of
America, with a letter soliciting information concerning the State
of Connecticut ( of whicli no authentic history then existed ),
President Stiles replied, giving him as much of the Histoiy of tlie
State " as his avocations and incessant labours of ofKce would
admit." This histoiy, which we should now be glad to possess, filled
eighty-six quarto pages of mannscript, and was written in such
fragments of time as he could redeem, in the space of four weeks,
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from liis otlici- ;iiul varied tliitifs. No wonder that Elit-liiig, in liis
letter to auolber of bis Aiuericau corresjOTiideiits, speaks of ])r.
Btiles as his " worthy and uuconniionly ohhgiug correspoudent."
On tlie first of May he eoinmeueed tlie seiiii-aiinnal exaiiiiiia-
tiou of students, and announceil the results on the fifth; on the
sixth he exttniin(;d candidates for the Dean Buckley Prize, on which
occasion the Prt)fessors and Tutors dined at the President's house;
and reniaiked no diminution of his accustomed vivacity and energy.
The vacation began tlie same day, and the leisure wiiich it gave him
was speedily iiujiroved, within a few days, in transferring to his
Literary Diary, several ])agt>s of verbal information Avhich he had
lately obtained from a traveler who had visited Egy]it, the Holy
Laud, etc.; an account of the ex]iorts of the United States, foi- tlie
year 175)4, and extracts from Millar on the English Government.
On Friday, May 8th, 17'.).'), President Htiles was seized with a
violent bilious fever, which he was soon convinced would teiminafe
in deatli. But for this event he was not un))re))are(l. '" I do not
doubt," said he, " the sutHciency of the Piedeemer, or the mercy of
God, but the want of i>urity makes me afraid to appear before a
God of hijiiillv ])urity." This fear, however, was of brief duration.
He continued, indeed, to jiant after more of the holiness t)f heaven;
but h's views of the \ipi)er world grew brighter, tlie neajer he
a])proached it. On the afternoon of Tuesday, the Pith, he took an
affecting leave of each member of his family who was present, and
sent dying messages to his al s( iit children. To two students of the
college, he said, as he called them to his bedside, " above all, seek
religion, read the Bil)le, and follow the exani])le of Christ. AVliat I
now say t(J you I say to all the college. Tell the scholars what I
tell you, that I wish them hai)l'y, and hope they will have a better
President than I have bei-n." He survived until about half past
eight in tlu^ mening, and then in perfect tran(iuility, breathed his
last. His funeral Wius attended on 'I'hursday following, when the
llev. ])r. Dana, pn-ached the sermon from the text, "In my Father's
house are man}- mansions," (John xiv., 2,) which was afterwards
jmblished.
"Pivsident Stiles was a man of low and small stature; of a
very delicate structure; and of a well proportioned form.* His eyes
• From nu'mornndii kppl 1 y him. we loam till Aiirll 28, 176fi, Ills wplght wiis 137 imtiiidH,
lii'iKlitli .'• fi. 1', In.; glrili i ri. "■, nniunil lioily iiiid 2 ft. 10 In. anitiiiil ilu' flifst.
188 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
wei'P of ;i (lark givy ct)lor; aud, in the moment of contemplation,
singularly penetrating. His voice was clear and energetic. His
couuteuanoe, especially in eoniniiseration, was expressive of mild-
ness and benignity: Imt if occasion leipiired, it became the index
of majesty and autliorit}'.
"The delicacy of his frame required a special care of his health;
he was prudently attentive, amidst his nndti]ilied studies aud
labours, to its preservation. Always temperate, he found it easy,
when necessary, to be abstemious. Having carefully studied his
own condition, he was generally his own physician. To his own
prudent care, under Providence, was due the jirolongation of iiis
busy and useful life. During a great part of his life, he was
subject to wakeful nights. At these sleepless seasons he rose from
his bed, and repaired to his study, where he either perused some
favorite book, or, more commonly, walked an hour or two, absorbed
in contemplation; or, sometimes walked abroad and " kindled his
devotion at the stars." He accustomed himself to the exercise of
walking in the open air; aud often walked within doors, in a very
contemplative manner, especially on Saturday evenings aud on the
Lord's da\'.
His passions were naturally strong and impetuous; but, by
prayerful self control he h;ul well masteied them, as was evident
when put to the test of temptation, as well as from the general
equality of his de])ortment. "On the reception of injuries he was
patient and ])lacable, and ever willing to 1 e reconciled to those
who, having done liim an injury, were disjiosed to alienation.
When assaulted with viiulence. as he was in some instances from
the press, he made it an inflexible rule to ofier no public reply;
and his private behaviour, in such instances, evinced a superiority
to insult, and the divine temper of Christian forgiveness. Some-
times he briefly recorded the injury in his diary, and, without one
acrimonious reflection, made it subservient to new imjirovement in
knowledge and virtue; observing, with one of the ancients, Fas est
i-t <th hdslc ilocrri, ' it is lawful to be taught, even by an enemy.'
" With a rare felicity, he united, in his address and manners,
familiarity with dignity; accessible to all. communicative, hospitable
and polite." His society was highly agreeable, and when he took
leave of company, all perceived a void which their sociability could
T HE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 189
not fill 11]). ' He Wiis !i j^ooil listener as well as a good conversa-
tionalist.
We have already seen bow profound, diversilied and extensive
were his literary awiuiienieuts, as well as his linf,'nistic attainments.
Th('ol()j,'y, sacred literature, history and astronomy were his favorite
studies. " For his extensive acquisitions of knowledge he was
indebted to a mind at once active and comprehensive; to a memory
quick to receive, and faithful to retain; and to a diligence niarvel-
ously patient and iiidefatigalile. He Wius a rapid, yet ajipreciative
reader. If the book was not his own, and especially if rare and
valuable, he copied its most interesting passages in his Literary
l>iary. If his own, he entered his annotations upon its margins.
Ki always carried a pencil in his pocket, and a small quarto sheet of
blank pa]>er, doubled l(>ngtlnvise, on which he minuted every noticeable
occurrence and item of useful information. W hen he traveled, he
carried several blank sheets folded in the same uianKer, and a])i)lied
them to the same piu-jiose. "When tlici^e nitir.i randa foi nicd materials
sufficient for a volume, he had them bound; iiud the}-, collectively,
conqwse four curious volumes of ' Itineraries,' preserved in his
cabinet of manuscri])ts.'" His conespondence was very extensive,
and when we reflect that Franklin, .Misim, Wiuthrop, Chauncey,
Hut<-liins()n, Adams and Jefi'ei-son, were among the Americans, and
Furuoaux, Lardner, Pries, Macauley, Er.skine among his foreign
correspondents, we can well believe that it was a rich source of
intelligence and improvement. Yeneratetl at home for his
knowledge and J^iety; he was " acknowle<lged by men of genius and
learning, Initli in England and Scotland, to have gieat merit for his
literary improsements;" and, as we have already seen various
Univei-sities and Academies selected him as a proper subject for
their highest honoi-s.
With him, the jjresidency of a College, was indeed, no sinecure.
Not only by his personal conchict of the Senior class, by his weekly
lectures, his Saturday evening chapel pmyers, and the Seniors"
annual examinations, on which ho devoted a day to each cla.ss, he
acquainteil himself with great jirecision, as to the scholai-sbip and
character of each student before he left the College. He ixissessed,
moreover, in a siugidar degi-ee, the art of adapting himself to
• Rev Mr. DcToUon's letter to Or. Bolmea.
100 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
every one, as his genius, temper and conduct might require; and
wliile he aimed to call every ingenious power to the aid of leaiiiiug,
he inculcated diligence and fidelity by the solemn and weighty
sanctions of religion. He often used to say: "I wish to have a
virtuous and religious college, as vmW as a leained one."
In official acts of disci])line he united forbeartince and
sensibility with firmness. " In the exercise of a discretionary
power he was prompt, judicious and decisive. If he discovered any
indecorum, ho instantl>- noticed and corrected it. On the Lord's
day he was peculiarly attentive to the ^^reservation of order and
decency; and, to this end strictly enjoined it on the tutors to visit
the chambers of the students on that day. ^Vhen the Professor of
Divinity began his sennon in the chajoel, the President rose and
cast his eyes, with minute attention, over all the students, first on
one side of the chapel, and then on the other, to see that they were
properly seated and decently attentive. By such vigilant inspection
he ]n'eserved a stillness and solemnity, which the eminent talents of
the Professor might not alone, have uniforndy insured."
" It was his early resolution, to receive no gifts, directly or
indirectly, from the students. In many instances, their parents sent
him articles of ])rovision, as gratuities, for which, as appeals by his
account books, he uniformly gave credit in their quarterly bills.
He manifested ii paternal concern for such of his pupils as found
it difficult to defray the expenses of their education; enquired
and Jiscertained their exigencies ; and in numerous instances,
gratuitously remitted their bills for quarterly tuition." Many of his
seasonable and liberal gratuities to his pujnls and others were only
divulged after his death. These were inspiied and regulated by a
Christian princii)le. President Fitch, ( of Williams College), a
tutor of Yale during Dr. Stiles' presidency, in a letter to the Doctor's
biographer, .speaks of several instances of Dr. Stiles' liberality to
])c>or students, which were intiaided to be concealed, which came to
his knowledge." I took occasion once, to hint to him, that perhaps
the situation of his f;ni]ily made it I'ather a duty to lay up some-
tliing for them, than to give so much, as I apprehend he did, to
needy students. H*; gave me directly to understand, that early in
lite, he had devoted a tenth of his income to the gix'ai McJcluKnlec—
this was his exj)ression — and he seemed determined to adhere to his
resolution. He ajipeared unwilling to say nmch upon the subject;
and I never introduced the delicate topic again."
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He was always cai-cfiil to visit any student wlio was taken ill,
Jind made liiiuself useful to tlieni as op);ortunity ottered. "He
carefully attended to the age, dispositions and eliaractei's of his
pujiils, and made some of tlieui suliservient to the imprtnement (jf
others. If he found sueh as were young, in danger fiom the
cout;igious influence of dissipated eoui])auions, he took care to locate
theui with those of mature years, and more fixed character. The
idle he located with the diligent; the gay with the serious; the
mercurial and turbulent with the phlegmatic and the stesuly, — an
arrauge:uent, which coutributed to individual benefit, and to general
order."
A*; the public commencements he pi-esided with peculiar dignitj".
Entering the church with gi'acefulness and majesty, his whole
address was, at once, so animated and dignified, as to arrest the
attenticm, and preserve the order, of the crowded assembly, while
this anniversary statedly convened. "No one," justly remarked his
eulogist,* " has exercised the arduous office of President of this
College with moi'e dignity, and with a greater share of tlie affection
and regard of the stii leuts. They universally treated him with
singular respect and veneration. For this he was, in a great
meiisure, indebted to that singular politeness of manners, and that
Innnanity with which he conciliated the affections of all whom he
addressed."
Of his otti -ial relations to the history of Yale College, we (juote
(in condensed form) what is said by the Historian of that institution,
Prof. J. L. Kingsley, in Atwater's Ilislory of the ('ill/ of Xt-w HuiTn.
"The ])rospects of the college were never more gloomy than at
the time of the resignation of his predecessor Dr. Daggett. Public
attention was al)sorbed by the necessity of repelling a hostile
inv.isiou from Canada, under General Burgovne. So serious was
the danger, that Connecticut, with a population of only 200,000, had
that ye ir twenty-two full regiments at the front. - But even this
absortpion of the ])ul)lic attention wa.s not the only source of dis-
couragement to the friends of the College. There was throughout
the State a great deal of positive hostility to tlie institution. Many-
influential men, to whom it ought naturally to have been able to
look for suj)port, were alienated from it on acc(junt of the religious
• Prof. Mf^les Funeral Discourse.
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test laws of President Clap; while others were jealous of it because
he had so triumphautly vindicated its iudepeudence of any control
by the Legislature. It was fortunate, therefore, that at this critical
period the corjioratiou were able to unite their votes on one of the
alumni of the college in whom wei-e combined so many of those
qualities wliirli were needed at this time in a presiding ofKcei*.
Ezra Stiles was a New Haven man by birth; imbued with all the
traditions of the place; had held a tutorship for over six years; and
had acquired a high reputation as a college officer. He had also
become known as the most learned man in America.
The good i)olicy of the choice thus made by the corporation
was at once apparent, in the satisfaction manifested even by those
who had Ijeen the bitter enemies of President Clap. Dr. Stiles was
known to be neither a religious nor an ecclesiastical partisan. He
was attached to the traditional forms of church organization which
had become common in New England from the first; but he cher-
ished a kindly feeling for all who gave evidence of Christian
character, however much they might differ from him in their scheme
of faith. He was also strongly opjiosed to the imposition of creeds.
Accordingly he did not accept the office tendered to him until after he
had visited New Haven, and in a conference Avith the corporation
obtained from them a promise to repeal the religious test act of
1753. He also obtained from them a promise to assist him in an
effort to secure, as soon as possible, permanent professors for the
college. In addition, he called upon several prominent gentlemen
of the town, and satisfied liimsijlf that if he came to New Haven he
should obtained their co-operation and support.
Everything having been thus ar-ranged to meet his views, he was
formally inaugurated president of the college in July 1778. The
number of undergraduates at tiiat time was one hundred and thirty-
two; and the instructors, besides the president, were a Professor of
Divinity, a Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy, and
thiee tutors.
Tlie new president set himself to work with all his character-
istic enthusiasm. But the war of the devolution went on, and the
unfortunate state of the country for the next six years effectually
prevented his carrying out the enl;i,rged views wliicli he had enter-
tained ,vhen he accepted the office.
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'■ lu 1783 the war came to a close; but the (lifticiilties undor
which the ctjllego labored were by no means at an end. The
institution wjus still very unpopular hi the State. The repeal by
the coi-poration of the religious test law of 1753, had allayed the
hostility of some of those who luul become disaffected; but the
success of President Claj) in assorting the independence of the
college of all State control had sown the seeds of discontent and
jealousy, which had now ripened and borne fruit. I'epoi-ts were
everywhere in circulation that the affairs of the college wei-e poorly
managed. Complaints were made that it was controlled by a board
of trustees composed entirely of clergymen; and that the course of
instruction was arranged, in the spirit of bigotry, with special refer-
ence to the education of those who were to become clergymen. So
strong w!is the opposition to the college, that it was even proposed
to establish a rival institution.
" President Stiles had labored from the first to allay this feeling of
hostility. Additional funds were absolutely necessai"y to enable him
tocaiTV out his views with regard to the* im])rovement of the college.
But as long as there was such a want of confidence in its management
among the leading men in the State and in the Legislature, it was
idle to expect any assistiince from the public treasury. He had, ac-
cordingly, repeated conferences with individuals, and with com-
mittees of the Legislature, in which he sought to allay their preju-
dices and to excite their interest in the college. But during nearly the
whole term of his jjresidency he was unsuccessful. At last, however,
his long-continued efforts were crowned with success. In May,
1792, a committee of the Legislature, after a conference with the
corporation, and a full examination of the conditi(m of the college,
made a favorable rejiort, in whicii they commended in high terms
the efficiency with whicli all the interests of the institutifm were ad-
ministered. In connection with this rejOTrt a plan which had been
prepared by the treasurer of th(^ college, Hon. James Hillhouse, was
submitted to the Lt^gislature, which was at once adopted. According
to this plan, tiie balances of certain taxes, not yet collected, which
were not needed for the original object for which i\wy were imposed,
were to be ])aid into the hands of commissioners and applied to the
improvement of the eoll(>g<^ ; and the trustees of the college, in com-
pensation for what was thus done b}' tiio State, were to receive into
the coi-poration the Governor, the Lieutenant-Governor, and "six
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senior iissistants in the council of the State for tlie time being," who
were to constitute, with the President and fellows, and their suc-
cessors, one corporation.
" It was in this way that President Stiles succeeded at last in
bringing to lui end the long estrangement which bad existed be-
tween the college and the Legislature. A part of the funds thus
seciu-ed were at once aj)propriated to the proper endowment of the
professorship of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy; and in
December, 1794, Mr. Josiah Meigs was inducted into the chair. A
new dormitory, which was much needed, was also commenced, and
was finished in July, 1794, and received the name of " Union Hall,"
in commemoration of the "imion,"' now so happily completed, of
civilians with the old Board of Trustees. But it was not permitted
to President Stiles to carry out further the plan which he had pro-
posed to himself when he accejited the presidenc}-. In less than a
year from the comjjletion of the building now called South College,"
he died.
" The college, during his administration, had been, on the whole,
very prosperous, notwithstanding the difficulties with which it had
to contend in consequence of the War and the depression of business
which lasted many years after peace was secui'ed. But (he special
claim (if President Stiles on the gratitude of the alumni, is his sxiccess
in brimjimj the college hack into the line of its traditions, ami to its
historic place in harmony with the Legislature and tvith all classes of
people in the State. His character as a scholar gave the college
reputation and dignity at home and abroad. He was an ardent
patriot and devotedly attached to the college. He was a trulj-
academic man, thoroughly imbued with the spirit of the place, and
disposed to maintain all its tiaditious. No officer of the institution
ever labored with more zeal for its prosperity."
To the poor he w^as as a father, and to the children of sorrow a
sympathetic and consoling friend. Aware of the delicate sensibili-
ties of Poverty, he was careful never to excite the blush of conscious
obligation. In many instances he entrusted his bounties confiden-
tially to others, to be bestowed at their discretion. The Piev. Dr.
Trumbull, successor to the President's father, at North Haven, had a
deposit entrusted to him, by the President, for the four widows of
that church; together with the donation of a silver baptismal basin
of above -£11 value, for the use of that Society.
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In tlie relations of husband and father he was no less estimable
than in his pnl)lic character. Ho made himself, amid all his cares,
the friond and instructor of his children, and seemed to live every
day among them, in the spirit of that passage in his Diary, written
April 2, 1795, only little more than a month before his death, which
says : "I am soon to go the way of all the earth: and it is my most
ardeot desire, and daily prayer, that I and my children may meet in
a better world, and be ]irepared for the solemnities of eternity."
Piety, indeed, like a golden chain, served, at once, to give a
connection iuid ornament to the qualities of Dr. Stiles' character,
which mere genius, learning and the most refined morality, could
never have furnished. Were any one of his Christian graces to be
discriminated, it should, perhajis, be his humility; a virtue seldom
attached to gieat intellectual tiilent and to high stations, but which
confers the truest dignity on both. Learned, without pedantrv', he
was religious without superstition. Living dailj- under the intluence
of religious precepts; supported through life by its promises; having
that h()]ie in deatli which it is calculated to inspire, he nobly finished
his career.
Dr. Channing, who was a native of New^wrt, says of Stiles :
" In my earliest years I i^'arded no human being with equal
reverence."
Chancellor Kent, who giaduated at Tale four yeai-s after Stiles
commenced his administration of the college, says in his Phi Beta
Ka))pa oration : " Take him for all in all, this exti-.wrdiuaiT man was
luidoubtedly t)ne of the purest and best gifted men of his age. In
addition to his other eminent attainments, he was clothed with
humility, with tenderness of heart, with disinterested kinchiess, and
with the most artless simplicity. He was distinguished for the
dignity of his deportment, the jioliteness of his address, and the
url)anity of his manner.s. Tiiough he was nncomjiromising in his
belief and viinlication of the gi-eat fundamental doctrines of the
Protestant faith, he was nevertheless of a most cluiritable and
catholic temper, resulting equally from the benevolence of his dis-
position and the spirit of the Gospel."
The Hon. Ezekii'l Bacon, once Comptroller of the Treasiu-j- of
the United States, under date of November 7, 1848, says :*
* Sprogue's " Annalt of tke American Vutpit.'*
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My Dear Sub: — Although my rniuil still retains a very vivid impression of the
personal appearance, the manners ami costume, "including the full bottomed wig
and cocked hat," as also of the exuberant richness of the classical and literary ac-
complishments, by which Dr. Stiles was distinguished, yet I know not that I can
furnish anything tending to illustrate his character, beyond -that of which yourself
and the public are already well cognizant. My knowledge of him was acquired
chiefly during my connection with Yale College, as an under-graduate, between the
years 1790 and 1794, while I was passing from fourteen to eighteen years of age,
aud without, as I suppose, any extraordinary habits of observation.
I well recollect the first imjjression that I received of his venerable person,
when, with an anxious heart and tremulous step, I entered his study to encounter
my probationary examination, as a candidate for admission to the Freshman Class.
He must have been verging towards seventy years of age. He was sitting robed in
a rich dressing gown and a black velvet cap; his wig I had passed in a box made to
give it a temporary lodgment in his entrance hall. However, his examination was
by no means a severe one, and he readily agreed to pass me on to the hands of my
designated tutor. During the three years of my novitiate, I came but little in per-
sonal contact with the President, or under his immediate tutelage; but saw him
daily at evening prayers in the chapel, which service he usually performed in his
own person. I ought to acknowledge, however, that I sometimes— too often for
my own reputation— had occasion to attend upon him in his study, by special invita-
tion, to be reminded of some little college delinquencies or transgressions, which
certainly were never visited with undue severity.
A much less close observer of men and things than I was could not, I think,
have failed to become impressed, even upon a imsual introduction, with the remark-
able dignity of Dr. Stiles' personal carriage in his intercourse with his pupils.
There was an air of authority, and even majesty, that was well fitted to impress
them with awe; and yet there were times when his manner relaxed into considera-
ble freedom. This was particularly the case, when he saw them listening with
great apparent interest to his animated discoursings on some of bis favorite topics
of antiquarian research, ancient and foreign languages, or other matters of learned
lore, in all of which he was a deep proficient, and most ardent enthusiast. Indeed,
he was, undoubtedly, what he has ever been reputed to be, in strict sense of the
term, a thoroughly accomplished scholar.
He was, or at least seemed to all transgressing neophytes to have been, uncom-
monly sedulous to carry out, to the letter, the whole collegiate code of laws, as they
were enacted and promulgated at that day. Some of these would now be deemed
worthy of a place among the old "Blue Laws" of Connecticut. The most absurd
and ridiculous of all, perhaps, were those which bound the Freshmen not only to a
respectful deference, but even a menial subjection, to the higher classes; and, if an
appeal happened to be made to the President, from arbitrary requirements of his
superiors in rank, it was almost sure to be met in the spirit of stern resistance.
Every unfortunate offender against these enactments had occasion,
" To know him well as every truant knew." ,
Notwithstanding all Dr. Stiles' personal dignity and official sternness, he was
unquestionably a man of great general benevolence— in the best sense, a philan-
thropist. He did everything con amove, in a spirit of a kimlling and generous en-
thusiasm. He was, as might be exjiectcd from these general developments, a very
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ardent patriot, and a deeply interested friend to freedom, iu all the relations of
man to his fellow man, and to the organized institutions of society.
Perhaps he might be properly ranked among the radical Democrats of his day
— witness his history of the Judges, and his far-famed Election Sermon. * * «
The Hon. Johu Woodwoith, Judge of the Supreme Court of
New York, says :*
* * * * President Stiles in person, was small and delicate, but symmetrical
in his proportions. He had a penetrating eye, a clear and strong voice, and a
countenance that could express mildness or authority, as occasion required. His
manners united in an uucommn degree, grace and dignity ; and he would render
himself equally acceptable to the higher and the lower classes. He was remarkable
also for his simplicity and fratikness ; he was "an Israelite indeed in whom there
was no guile." He was uncommonly exact in all his habits, physical, intellectual,
and moral ; (ind to this no doubt it was owing in a great degree, that his life was so
long, and his attainments so rich and extensive. In his intercourse with his
students, he was condescending and affectionate; and though he always rigidly
maintained his dignity, yet it was ditficult for any student to feel that the President
was not his friend. It was sometimes my privilege, during my college course, to
see him in his family, and he appeared there as a verv patriarch. Indeed he sus-
tained every relation of life, in a manner worthy at once of an accomplished gen-
tleman and a Christian sage. *******
President Stiles was undoubtedly among the most learned men of his day.
* * * There was scarcely a department of literature or science in which he was
not quite at home, while iu some branches, he was confessedly without a rival, at
least this side of the Atlantic. I well remember his partiality for the Hebrew, and
the glowing manner in which he recommended to my class the study of it; though,
I believe, up to the time of lea^ng college at least, we none of us profited greatly
by his recommendation. I apprehend that no American, educated in this country,
has had a more accurate knowledge than he of the Latin. He corresponded
extensively in that language, and wrote it apparently with as much ease as his
mother tongue. ********
It was expected that, at the public commencement, whenever the Governor of
the State attended, the salutatory oration should contain an address to him. One
J'ear dui-ing my connection with college, it was not ascertained until the day
immediately jH-eceding the commencement, that Gov. Huntington would be present,
and the salutation orator had not prepared an address. The time was short, and
the necessary ijreparation for the next day almost forbade the attempt to write a
composition in Latin during the remaining few hours. In this emergency, the
President took up his pen, and before the parties separated, produced the desired
address, which was marked by classical purity, and was beautifully appropriate to
the occasion. I notice the incident as illustrating his readiness and skill in the
Latin language. The mind of Dr. Stiles was remarkable for inquisitiveness. Not
satisfied with a general knowledge of any subject, he endeavoured to make him-
self acquainted with the most minute particulars « * *
I am inclined to think he was justly chargeable with excessive credulity, and
that he not unfrequently received for truth statements supported by questionable
♦
* Sprague's Annals of the American Pulpit.
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evidence; but I never knew that his facility for believing ever led him into finr
serious or dangerous error. ***** *
After leaving college I saw President Stiles but once. We met in New Haven,
a short time previous to his death. He received me with great affection. I judged
from his appearance that the time of his departure was at hand: but his mind was
manifestly unclouded and serene. The interview was brief; but well I remember
that he made some impressive and touching remarks in respect to the scenes that
would soon open to us beyond the vail. I was an attentive listener to all that fell
from him, and evei-ything in his appearance and conversation indicated the most
mature preparation for joining the general as.sembly of the just. He gave me his
parting blessing. I hoped against hope that his life might be preserved a few years
longer, for there was no one of whom I could say mth more sincerity: " Serus in
ecpXum redeas."
" Combined with all the gi-eat qnalities of mind, which he iin-
doubtedly possessed," says his gieat-grandaxighter, Mrs. Kate G.
Wells, in her sketch entitled "An Old New England Divine," in
the AfJantir, for August, 1884, " there was also a enrious yauity,
which showed itself, for example, in the minute directions that he
gave for his portrait. (See p. 161. )
' Most quaintly does this v;inity appear in his Family Constitu-
iions. Years after he abandons them, and writes on the last sheet,
" All this is vanity; I intend to destroy most of these papers when
I have reviewed them. All I would for my posterity of a secular
natiue is that they keep a Family Register of Births, Maniages and
Deaths for an example of the Diffusion of Blood and Growth of the
Family. To all whom I recommend the Christian religion accord-
ing to the Congi-egational Way. Aug. 29, 177-2. Ezra Stiles."
" Yet so fiiUy, at one time, did he beheve in his plan, that he
made a feoffment of about forty acres to his " son Ezra and his heirs
for the fulfillment of this purpose." He wished " to imite and ce-
ment his offspring by transfusing to distant generations certain com-
mon and influential principles, that it may increase in number and
grow up to distinguished private, social, and public virtue." The in-
come of the estate left for this piu-pose was to be devoted to the
purchase of family medals with ajipropriate de\-ices; also to the
maintenance of family records and to the benefit of the poor of the
family, and of those who have read the Bible or mafle scientific dis-
coveries. During his wife's lifetime, she was to be President; after
that, the eldest male or female. At the regidar meetings every four
years, the Family were to walk to chiu-ch on Sunday in j^rocession.
All those connected by marriage should vote at these times, except
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those bom of Iiidiaus or negroes, who may uot eveu be enrolled,
though illegitimate white children shall rank as voters. In a special
book was to be entered " a true but short record of any singularly
wicked conduct of the offspring, such as murder, treason, theft, ill-
treatment of wives." Swearers were to be entered cis such. Evei-y
one on marrying was to be furnished with a copy of all these ances-
tral institutions. Dates were to be registered as " in such a year
J[esus] C[hrist] or Familia Condita, or in such a year of 1, 2, &c.,
Stylesian Olympiad." '
He desired it to be a custom among the family, that a member
on marrying should plant half an acre of black mulberry-trees for
each child as it was born. He thus continues : " If any Issue
should be brought up in Politeness it may uot be beneath them to
retire into the Country and have a genteel and comfortable .subsist-
ence witli but little labor, for one man can tend worms eno' in 6
weeks to gain £200. Avoid riches. In general I would recommend
for the family Farming and the Employments of the rural Life. De-
light uot to reside in populous towns and debauched cities, where
there is danger of degenerating, or at least of the Diminution of the
Increase of Species. Let all the Famil\' be well taught in reading
English and in the necessary rudiments of arithmetic — and perhaps
a little mathematics, eno' to know the contents of Land and keep
domestic accounts; but always be Friends and Eucouragers of Sci-
ences and the College. As a Family, avoid politics. Never solicit
lucrative offices at the price of embroiling the family. Let lauded
estate be sufficient for Suljsisteuce and depend not on offices for a
living; then if called to office unsolicited. Providence bids you act.
" Seek very little acquaintance; there are but few of mankind
worth being acquainted with. One of the greatest inconveniences
accompanying public acts of Beneficence is being too much known.
"Let the Family marry young, both for securing their chastity
and accelerating Increase. Never adopt the polite principle of tar-
rying till you can maintain a Family in Splendor, but foresee that
you can live by your Occupation, then marry. And in marriage
consult the Emendation of the Sj)ecies. Choose more than f of the
Marriages out of the Family, and choose of a large, healthv, and ro-
bust Breed both for Husbands and Wives. Avoid Families noted
for their love of Drink .... If I should have ten children, i of them
should marry and become parents, and at a medium each of the
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Family, who should h-ave children, .should Ijiiuji u]) 5 at a medium
for marriage and maturity, and as the sexes are nearly equal, there
would be by the 10th generation 18,000,000 soiils: and, as New
England will never exceed 20,000,000 of people, mj descendants will
be connected by blood with almost all X. E. Ultimately when
J[esus] C[hrist] descends from heaven, I hope he ^\ill find the Fam-
ily prepared for some distinguished Notice and Felicity, from him-
self Jesus, if they have been a Means of preparing othei-s for his
grand appearance."'*
All this planning, which it must he remembered he later
condemned, seems hardly compatible with his sturdy maintainance
of Congregationalism.
" I remember," says Mrs. Wells, in her pleasant sketch, " the
awe with which, iu my childhood, two large green wooden chests
were invested, lest the pious written exhortations contained therein
* Among President Stiles' papers, in possession of Jlrs. Kate G. Wells, of Bos-
ton, is the following outline draft of
" A DESIGN TO COLLECT ALL MY OFFSPRING FOB TEX GEXEKATIONS AS AN
EXAMPLE OF THE DIFFrSION OF BLOOD.''
1. A Registry.
2. A triennial Meeting oJ the Family for review first after .\utumnal Equinox which in
present age 21 Sep.
3. As the Fatn. disperses, the Assembly may erect Districts & appoint a Recorder in
each, who shall send a copy of his Record to every Review, these to be digested into the
general Registry.
4 After one hun. J', fr my Marr. it may suffice for Review to send 3 persons from each
Dist. one of which alway a female — they to bring with the Rec<jrd of the District.
5. The business of Review will be to hear the Institutions, & to see that the Register of
the Fam. is complete.
6. If at any time & especially the first 100 y. my children should neglect the Reviews at
the proper time — let the Chief or either of the Heads fill up k adjust the Register to
the proper time — and in case after sd 100 yr. there should be any like omission, let the Chief
or Heads on the nest Review supply & complete it, yet soon to keep each triennial State of
the Fam. distinct & separate.
7 The Chief or Heads or such whom yy shall impower are to take care of the Estate &
deliver the profits to the Assemijly, who shall distribute to whom they please, except that for
the first Cent, the Head .<c Chief have half the profits. Never let any Tax be laid on the
Family.
8. After 1857 erect a Monument. And for this sell Lands to .\mot. of £1,000 Ster. and
plant a tract in form of the planetary System, with Mulberry Trees.
9. Let the 100th, 1000th, 10,000th, 100,000th & Millionth person be distinguished by a
Medal or otherwise, k so each Millionth afterwards. These may be the Tenvolutions ;
10th in 70 i
lOOth in 130 s
Y. F. 60.
1000th in 200
70.
100,000th in 280
80.
1 MUl. in 360
80.
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should take bodily shape and frighten us into eternal silence, over-
come by a sense of our hereditary and present guilt."
Years afterward, Yale College became the depositary of thousands
of those portentous closely inscribed pages. It already held Presi-
dent Stiles' Literary Diary, a curious, valuable medley of notes on
incidents that occurred within his lifetime, written in a crabbed hand
which American annalists still gladly decipher. The Diary, however,
does not give such a picture of the daily thought of the man as can
be obtained from the more personal papers which were retained in
another ancestral chest. These show a lite of minute literary activ-
ity; a man of strength and versatility, candid and independent in
action and thought, condescending in ma,nner, ludicrously punctilious
in details; a patriot in sentiment, a fond father and husband, and
a just, liberal, and reverent teacher.
We see another curious side of the President's character in his
bold play with logic. He seems to have amused himself with formu-
lating iDropositions " which ought never to be made by Man, although
provable by Reasoning to strict demonstration." Some of them are
as follows: —
" God is the intentional efficient Author of Sin.
" Sin is good. Vice is Virtue. Moral Evil is a Holy Good.
" It is the dut}' of the Damned to rejoice in their own Damna-
tion.
" It is of the essence of Holiness and true Submission to God to
be willing to be damned.
" Regeneration may as well be effected when you are asleep as
awake.
"Self, the highest Pruiciple proved by Christian Rule, do to
others as ye would have them do to you.
Positions now given up, 1741 : —
"Tlie Bible to an unconverted Man is no better than an old
Almanack.
" The Generality of the Ministers in N. E. unconverted."
Quite as amusing and instructive as these records are the items
of daily expenditure. These were kept in uncovered paper books,
three inches wide by five long, and run somewhat as foUows: " To
202 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
Lemons, charity, 9 gold bnttons, my leather breeches ; To keeping
Cousin Peggy one week. Shaving, Postage of letters, 1 Gal. Wine;
Hlul. rum for Guinea (in exchange for slave): To ticket in Phil.
Lottery, 8d class 2170. Sold ^ above Ticket, 1^ lb. figs, Pair of
furred Pumps, Scarf, Gloves, Eing. 1759, Nov. 4-. Bought for
Father Negro Boy Slave, Prince, aged 14 or 15, price 90 dollars,
l)ai(l." Among other items is the "wedding fee h-om Mr. Holmes,
£S." Presents from the ladies include " 1 quire paper, Lambskin
Jacket, 3 bottles Matheglin, 4 Bands," etc.
One memorandum ljO(;k is devoted to receipts of salary, which
was paid in installments from fifteen to twenty times a year, the
rate of exchange being constantly redetermined.
Another little book has all the baby weights, measures, and
growths of his children, at various ages.
The almanacs contain on blank leaves curious data. One of the
earliest is, " Went to see the stocking frame knitting. The Newport
Congregation at their meeting to-day voted me £12 for Sabbath
preaching and £30 for Hor.se Hire and Journey."
Again, "June 13, 1744. About 8 o'clock in the morning, the
same day King George's Proclamation of ^^'ar against France was
proclaimed in New Haven, Piuth Stiles was bom in the Afternoon."
This little girl, who inlierited all her fathei''s piety, was the mother
of Piev. Ezra Stiles Gannett. Through her it almost seems as if the
grandfather's favorite texts had been transmitted to the grandson.
In 1787 President Stiles preached the ordination sermon for Eev.
Henry Channing at New London, and in 1824 his grandson, Dr.
Gannett, was ordained colleague to Dr. W^illiam Ellery Channing,
nephew of Henry Channing.
In 1754 President Stiles wrote in his almanac, " Went to
Boston and was waked with the melodious Piing of Bells in Dr.
Cutler's, alias North, alias Christ Church. Went to Cambridge to
Commencement. S. Quincy Sul. Orator. M. Saltonstall Val. Orator.
To(jk Degree a. m. Dined with Mr. Prof. Winthrop. The next day
Dined (with) at Dr. Wigglesworth's. Waited on President, returned
thanks for degree. In Eve. waited on Mrs. Edwards in Boston and
heard her play on Spinnet. Borrowed 2 dollars."
Again, "Counted and find 44 Bottles Claret and 77 Bottles
Cider in Cellar. Wo have drank 5h doz. Cider in two months.
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"Inoculation iu April, 1761. Dr. Adam Tliompson of Maryland
pnl)lisbod in Gazette liiiuself as Author of New Inoculation. Dec.
176'J, a physician at Williamshurgh thinks himself tne author, as do
many others. I, Ezra Stiles, think Dr. Muirsou the first, and
before 1750.
"17G2, July 5. Begun to make cocoons. By 20th all the
cocoons took down and had wound 5 Run Silk.
" Aug. 23, 1769. Sally had 103 fits last 24 hours. Infamous
Governor Bernard embarked Aug. 1 and sailed for London. Vale."
On another iDage is given the total of sermons preached by
himself from the year 1756 to 1774 as 1157; the text was often in
Greek or Hebrew charactei-s.
Under date of February 22, 1770, he says " Yovmg Snider, aetat
11, in Boston murdered by Ebeu Pdchardson, an informer in the
Custom House. Feb. 26. Buried from Liberty Tree, preceded by
500 boys followed by about 2000 persons of all Pianks. The first
Martyr of American Liberty.''
Again, "Jan. 15, 1770. Brethren and Sisters of the Church
met at my house for religious Exercise.
" 1771, Feb. Negro meeting at my house. Catechised 20
Boys, 30 GMs.
"June Gen. Assembly granted a ch;u-ter to my church.
Religious meeting of married jjeople of my congregation at Judge
Pitman's."
Mindful of heavenly affairs also, when he wrote to Dr. Franklin
for his portrait for the university he requested him " to state his
opinion concerning Jesus of Nazareth."
Let his Bu'thday Reflections again tell his own stpry: —
" ^tat 51. God was pleased to carry me and all my family
successfully through inoculation for the small-pox; a mercy which
will ever demand a grateful remembrance and indelible gratitude.
"1781. We had a public and splendid Commencement in
September, altho' with fear and trembling, as the English had lately
burned New London and threatened us; there hath been no public
Commencement since 74. We have had no tumults in the college.
I take great pains to look carefully into the interior state of the
204 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
college and to converse ^ni\\ the students, .seorsum (apart), both
scientifically and religiously. I am principally concerned lest I
should instil some exTors into the numerous youth, for we have 224
undergraduates.
" Mtat 57. I have been very happy in college affairs, and the
University has been neai-ly in good an Estate as to Literature,
Religion, Peace, and good Order as could be reasonably expected.
"^■Etat 58. My moral state much as for several years past, great
mixtures of sin and imperfection with some enjoj'ment of God. I
have been very happy in college affairs. My whole life is such an
incessant labour that I have scarcely time to be religious. I hope I
have not disobliged an extensive and numerous acquaintance."
His self-restraint in speaking of his own griefs and joys is
noticeable: his eldest son dies, and he feels a "most pungent and
tender distress in this event."' Kezia dies and he says, " I was
renewedly called to mourning. Old Age is now come upon me. I
enter on my 60th year."
The last birthday words are of the beloved college, concerning
which only once had Dr. Stiles been obliged to record that he had
had " any severity of discipline to administer which gave him
sensible distress."
"iEtat 64. God has enabled me to purchase a house to leave
to a bereaved Family when God shall take me to himself. All my
children about me at my Table in Health.
"But, through all these silent exponents of his insatiable curiosity,
diligence, omniverousness, so to speak — Almanacs, Expense Books,
Birthday Reflections, Propositions — runs the undercurrent of his
life, the glory of God; a glory to be heightened by each new
scientific discovery, by each fresh bibliograpical item, or by sad or
joyful family events. Jehovah, Congregationalism, the College, were
his triad of interests. To them he gave the service of his years,
helped by his broad and fearless mind to use profitablj' every de-
partment of knowledge, his sense of humor enlivening his studies
and duties, perhaps even his morbid self-consciousness. His per-
sonal manuscripts present a picture, almost home-like in its details,
of the punctilious, scholarly, upright life of a New England divine,
and help us to realize how important a part thought and pedagogy
plaj'ed in those days."
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 205
President Stiles" diaiy and bound manuscripts preserved in Yale
College library fill forty-five volumes. Of these, fifteen are occupied
with his Literary Diary, embracing the narrative of daily occurences,
public and private notices of the books he read and the sermons he
preached and heard. A ileteorological Record occupies five volumes;
an Itinerary of his tours, notices of town and church records, tomb-
stone inscriptions and such matters occupy five more; while the re-
mainder are filled with letters and miscellaneous extracts. The
followings citations illustrate the quality of the diary :
1777. Sep. 19. Received the following letter from the Rev. Mr. Whittlesey.
[Here follows the letter annoimoing that he had been chosen President of Y-ile
College.] My election to the Presidency of Yale College is an unexpected and
wonderful ordering of Divine Providence, kn hundred and fifty or 180 young
gentlemen students is a bundle of wild fire, not easily controlled and governed:
and at best, the diadem of a President is a crown of thorns.
1780. Dee. 19. Mr. Doolittle tells me there has been made at his Powder Mill
in New Haven, eighty thousand pounds o£ powder since the commencement of this
war.
1786. June 29. The spirit for raising silkworms is great in this town. North-
ford, Worthington, Mansfield, etc.
1787. July 2. The Rev. Manasseh Cutler, of Ipswich, visited us. He is a
great botanist, and is traveling on to Philadelphia to inspect all vegetables and
plants in their state of flowering, with the view of perfecting his publication upon
indigenous American plants, ranged into classes, genera and species, according to
the sexual or Linnaean system.
17S7. August 27. Heb. Reeita. Finished the First psalm. .Judge Ellsworth,
a member of the Federal Convention, just returned from Philadelphia, visited me,
and tells me the convention will not rise under three weeks. He there saw a steam
engine for rowing boats against the stream, invented by Mr. Fitch, of Windsor, in
Connecticut. He was on board the boat and saw the experiment succeed.
1788. January 7. This evening I gave permission to the Freshman class to
wear their hais in the college yard after the ensuing vacation. Formerly they kept
off their hats the whole Freshman year. About 1775 they were permitted to wear
them after May vacation. We now permit them after January vacation.
1794. — Mr. Whitney brought to my house and showed us his machine, by him
invented, for cleaning cotton of its seeds. He showed us the model which he has
finished to lodge at Philadelphia, in the Secretary of State's office, when he takes
out his patent. A curious and very ingenious piece of mechanism.
1794. July 17. This day I was visited by M. Talleyrand Perigord, Bishop of
Autun, etc.. and M. Beaumez, Member for the District of .\rras. * • * Both
men of information, literature, calmness and candor: and very inquisitive. * » «
The Bishop has written a piece on education and originated the bill or act in the
National Assembly for setting up schools all over France, for diffusing education
2()C THE STILES GEtlEALOOY.
and letters amoiif; the plebians. I desired them tu estimate tbe proportion of tUose
who couhl not read in France. M. Beaumez said, of tweuty-five millions, he judged
twenty millions could not read. The Bishop corrected it, and said eighteen mil-
lions. They were very inquisitive about our mode of diffusing knowledge. I told
them of our parochial schools from the beginning, and that I had not reason to
think there was a single jierson of the natives in New Haven that could not read.
President Stiles' publislied works were the following:
1. Oratio Funebris pro exequiis celebrandis Viri perillustris Jos.4THan Law, Armi-
geri, Colonia3 Conneetieuttensis Gul>ernatoris consummatissimi; qui
obiit Novbris 6'o Anno Salutis 1750. Etatio 77""' Habita in aula CoUegii
Yalensis, Novi-Portus, Connecticntensiiim Nov-Anglorum, Dec'^ris l2nio
1750. Coram Prteside at Academioe Sociis quibusdam venerandis, rev-
erendisque vicinarum pastoribus celeberimaqiie doctorum vivorum cor-
ona. Oratore Ezra Stiles A. M. Acaderaiic ejusdem Tutore Seniori. Sic
Transit Gloria Mundi, Novi Londini, excudebat et vendebat Timotheus
Green, MDCCLI. 4o. pp. 1.5.
[At the end are 3 pi^. of an English address made on the day following that on
which the oration was i^ronounced, "to Madam Law being casually present at the
house of the Kev. Mr. Ulap, President of the College at New Haven."]
2. A Discourse on the Christian Union: the substance of which was delivered be-
fore The Reverend Convention of the Congregational Clergy in the
Colony of Ehode Island; assembled at Bristol, April 23, 1760. By Ezra
Stiles, A. M., Pastor of the Second Congregational Church in Newport.
Thy Fathers went down into Egyjit with three-score and ten Persons,
and now the Lord thy God hath made thee as the Stars of Heaven for
multitude. — Deut. X. 22.
Four Thousand British Planters settled in New England and in 120
Years their Posterity are increased to five hundred thousand souls. —
Printed at Brookfield [Massachusetts] September, 1799. 8o- [103 pp.]
[The first edition of this was printed at Boston, Mass., 1761. S"- pp. 139.]
3. A Discourse [from John xvii. 3] on Saving Knowledge: delivered at the Instal-
ment of the Reverend Samuel Hopkins, A. M. into the jiastoral charge of
the First Congregational Church in Newport, Khode-Island, Wednesday,
April 11, 1770. By Ezra Stiles, D. D., Pastor of the Second Congrega-
tional Church in Newport. Printed and sold by Solomon Southwick, in
Queen-Street. M,dcc,lxx. So- pp. 48.
i. Oratio Inanguralis Habita In Sacello Colk'gii Yalensis, quod est Novo-Portu
Connecticuttensium, In Nov' Anglia, viii. id. Quintil. MDCCLXXVIII.
Quum, Auetoritate Senatus Academici, Ezra Stiles, S. S. T. D. Prseses
Academire Ejusdem et in Eadem Histori;c Ecclesiastica? Professor Praa-
positus et constitutus Fait. 'Oratore Pricside. —
Hartfordise: Typis Watsoni et Goodwini. M.dcc.lxxviii. Annoque
Indep'enditB AmericansB Tertio. S"- pp. 10.
5. The United States elevated to Glory and Honor. — A Sermon, [from Deut. xxvi.
19], Preached before His Excellency Jonathan Trumbull, Esq., L.L.D.,
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Governor and Commander in Chief, and the Honorable The General
Assembly of the State of Connecticut, convened at Hartford at the Anni-
versary Election, May 8, 1783.— By Ezra Stiles, D. D., President of Yale
College. — New Haven, Printed by Thomas & Samuel Green, 1783.
8o. [99 pp.]
f'2d edition of the same, printed at Worcester, JIass., 178-5. 12o- pp. 172.
6. A Sermon, [from Acts xx. 24] delivered at the Ordination of the Reverend Henry
Channing, A. JI., to the pastoral charge of the Congregational Church in
the City of New-London, May 17, 1787. By Ezra Stiles, D.D. LL.D..
President of Yale College. New London: Printed by T. Green.
M,dcc,lsxxvii. 8o- pp. 41.
7. A Funeral Sermon [from Matt. xxv. 20, 21], delivered Thursday, July 26, 1787.
at the interment of the Eev. Mr. Chauncey Whittelsej", Pastor of the
First Church in the City of New Haven, etc. New Haven; 1787. Printed
by T. and S. Green, M,dcc,l5;xxvii. 8°- pp. 37.
8. Account of the Settlement of Bristol, 178-5.
9. A History of Three of the -Judges of King Charles I. Major-General Whalley,
Major-General GoflFe, and Colonel Dixwell: who, at the Restoration, 1660,
fled to America; and were secreted and concealed, in Massachusetts and
Connecticut, for near thirty years. AVith an Account of Mr. Theophilus
Whale, of Narr.agansett, Supposed to have been also one of the Judges.
By President Stiles. They wandered about, being destitute, afflicted,
tormented — they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens
and eaves of the earth. — Of whom the world was not worthy. — Be not
forgetful to entertiin strangers; for thereby some have entertained
Angels unawares. Hab. xi. and xiii. Hartford; Printed by Elisha Bab-
cock, 1794. 12o- pp. 3-57- Portrait of the' President, and 7 plates, or
maps. *
Dedication: "To all the patrons of Real, Perfect, and Unpolluted
Liberty, Civil and Religious, throughout the World; this History of three
of its most illustrious and heroic, but unfortunate defenders, is humbly
submitted, and dedic:\ted, by a hitherto uncorrupted friend to Universal
Liberty. Eze.i Stiles. Y'ale College, Nov, 20, 1793."
Presideut Stiles" monument, at New Haven, is an obelisk, on
the four sides of which is graven the following epitaph :
Hic
Jacet Sepultus
EZRA STILES, S T. D.. L.L. D.
Qui
Alta mente pr£editus.
* The last plate in the volume Is numbered VIII., but, as no plate VII., has ever been
found In any copy extant. It is supposed to be a misnumbering of the plates.
208 THE STILES GENERLOGT.
Eruditione Omnigena Imbuttis,
Urbiinitate suavissima,
Moribiis probis,
Charitate, Fide, Pietate evangelica,
Offieiis
Patris, Amiei, Prmceptoris,
Ecclesia Ministri, Hoininis,
Eniieus,
Sills percarus,
In Ecclesia Magno cultu digaatus.
Per Terras houore habitus,
Vixit:
Lacrymis omnium
Obiit;
Maii xiimo- Mdccxcvi"-
^tat. Lxviiivo.
Ecolesias Ildae
Nov. Port, Khod. Ins,
Pastor
Annos xxii. ;
Collegii Yalensis
Tutor
vi:
FriEses
xviii.
Sena,tus Academicus
Coll. Yal.
Hoc-Saxiim
Posuit.
Eev. Ezra Stiles, D. D., L.L. D., mamed (1) Elizabeth, (^eklest
daughtei- of Col. John) Hubbard, of New Haven, Conn., Feb. 10,
1757. She was born in New Haven, Conn., July 3, 1731. "A
woman of exceUeut accomplishments, intellectual, moral and religious;
and who, therefore, deservedly possessed his temlerest affection.
By her prudence, and exclusive care of everything pertaining to
domestic economy, she left him in possession of his whole time for
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literary pursuits, and pastoral duties.'"* She died May 29, 1775, of
a pulmouary complaint, aged 44 years. While her "private virtues
had endeared her, in, the highest degree, to her husband, children
and domestics, her beneficence and diffusive charities had secured
the esteem of the Society, who joined with the family in jjaying an
affectionate tribute to her memory. ' My kind people,' the Doctor
gratefully notices, ' cloathed the whole family, and were at the whole
expense of the funeral."t
On the 17th of October, 1782, President Stiles maiTied (2) Mrs.
Mary (widow of William) Checkley, Esq., of Providence, E. I.
Cliildrni {all by first luife):
20.5. I. Eliz-^beth," born April 17, 1758, died unmarried at Cam-
bridge, Mass., November 16, 1795. (See portrait,
page 181.)
206. II. EzEA," born March 11, 1759, married Sybil Avery.
Family 27.
207. III. Kezia Taylor,' bom Sept. 29, 1760; married Lewis
Burr Sturgis, of New Haven, Conn., Dec. 2, 1784 ;
died (undelivered) in child-bed, Dec. 29, 1785, 8e.
25^ years.
208. IV. Emilla," X born April 21, 1762; admitted to full commu-
nion in the church in M&j, 1786 ; married Jonathan
Leavitt, Esq., April 21, 1796; born in Greenfield,
Mass. Issue :
209. i. Saeah Hookee,' b. March 7, 1797.**
210. ii. Maeia Holmes,' b. July 27, 1798; died at Greenfield,
Mass. ; unmarried, Dec. 30, 1878.
* Holmes. t Ibid.
i Thus in the Presidents' own record of his children's birth; althougU the name is given
by his descendants <*is Am<^lia.
*• SARAH HooKEii Leavitt married Samuel Wflls, Mar. 16 1819. Mr. Wellsdied at North-
ampton, Ma,ss , (being accidentally shot while repairing a pistol) Oct. 4, 1864. Mrs. Parah Hooker
(Leavitt) Wells died at Northampton, .I«n. '2!), 1S37. Children (l)Sa'ah Leavitt iWelis). b. at
Greenfield, Mass.. Dec, 17, 18'20, m. Moses Clarke of New Orleans. La., Nov. 20, 18.57, and d. at
New Orleans, Sept. 6, 1859: ('21 Jonathan Leavitt Wells), b. at Greenfield, Aug. 17. 1827, m. Delia
Delano, of Northampton, Mass.. res. (1885) 78 Maiiison Ave., New York City, no issue; (3) Mary
Louisa I Wells), b. at Northanijiton, Mass , Jan. 3, 1833, m. Ebenezer Peck, Oct. 5,1858, res. (1885)
.Jacksonville, 111. ; '4) Hejiry Martin (Wells), b. at Northampton, Jan. '20, 1835, Surgeon in the U.
S. Navy, unmarried.
210 ■ THE STILES GEN EALOGY.
'ill. iii. Emilia Stiles," b. Dec. G, 17i)'.l.*
212. iv. Jonathan," b. Nov. 17, 1801; ilieil Aug. 0, 1S02.
213. y. JoNATH>N," b. April 9, 1803 ; died at New Huven, Conn.,
May 10, 1821, se. 18.
211 vi. Eliz.abeth Hubbard," b. Mia-. 7, lK07.t
Mi-s. Emilia (Stiles) Leavitt died at Greenfield, Mass.,
Nov. 7, 1833, 86. 71. Mr. Jouatb:in Leavitt died
at Greenfield, Mass., May 1, 1831, ae. 67 years.
* E3IILIA Stiles Leavitt miirrieil (li Kev. Cliarles Jenkins, Sept. 18, 1826, who died at Port-
land, Me.. Dpc. 20, 1831, -T?. 45 years; she married (2) Dr. Elial Todd Fmt'^ al Greeiilleld. Mass.,
April 27, 1811. Mrs. Eraelia Stiles (Leavitt) Footo died at New Haven, CI., Nov. 2li, 1867, a-. 68.
Children: {all bi/ first lmsluv,il amlli.al Porlhmil, .Wc) il) Amelia Leavilt [.Jeuliins , b. .July 19, 1827.
(2 Charles Southworth (JenUinsi, b. Nov. 7, 1828, died at Greenfleld. Mass., June 11, 1835; (3)
Jonathan Leavitt (Jenkins), b. Nov. 23, 18:w.
Jmdia Lfavitt Jt-nkins married Dr. Charles C. Foofc (son of her s:ep-faiher^, April 22, 1852
Children (bom at A>i<' Haven, Conn.) (1) Anna Eliza Footel, b. .\pril 25. 1853, d. June 12, 1861 : (2|
Amelia Leavitt (Fcote), b. Mar 26, ISiio, m. Ednard B. Hiil, April ;iO, 1878, has daughter, Amelia
Leavitt b. Jan. 4, 1844: (3 Mary Louisa (Footel. b. Oct. 25, 18.30, died Sept. 8, 1857: |4 Sarah Wells
(Foote), b. Feb. 14, 18.59; (5) Charles Jenkins (Foote), b. Aug. 28, 1801; (6) Horace Knevals(Foote).
b. April 1, 1807. d. Sept. 14. 1871 Dr. Charles Cheney Foote died Nov. 9, 1871, aj 46 years, at New
Haven, Conn where his widow res.. il88G).
Eev. Jonathan Leavitt ,/.n/.-m^- graduated at Yale College, 1851: studied theology at New Haven,
Conn, ordained and installed over the First Church at Lowell, Mass., Oct. 17, 1855, where he
remained seven years: pastor of Pearl Street Church, at Hartford, Ci., about two years: and of
First Church in .AmhersI, Mass., ten years; July 5, 1877, was installed pastor of First Church
in Pittslleld, Mass., where he now resides; married Sarah M. Eaton, of Lowell, Mass., Oct. 15
lf^62. Children: (1) Anna Foote, b. Salem, Mass., Nov. 12, 1863, d. Jan. 31, 1864; 2 Sarah Eaton,
b. at Hartford, Ct. July 17, 18(j5; (3, James McGregor, b. in Amherst, .\.ass. : (4 .Austin Dick-
inson, b. in Pltlsfleld, Mass., Jan. 19, 1879-
t Elizabeth HrBB.viiD Leavitt married Oct. 4, 1831, Charles John James Ingersoll, of
Oreeulleld, Mass., (b. 5[ay 1, I8O61 and died May 30, 1867. Mr. Charles J. J. Ingorsoll died Oct.
10, 1803. Children: 1) Eliza Leavitt (Ingersoll), b. Aug. 7, 1832, m. Joshua Stone M. D.,
Nov, 8ih, 1853 ,theu of St. Johnsbury, Vt.,) now of Greonlleld, Mass. Mrs. Stone is a
graduate of the New England Female Medical College, at Boston, Mass. (2i Cliarles
Thomas (Ingersoll) M. D. b. Sept. 10, 1840; graduated Long Island College Hospital,
1801, married Imogen Pauline Hungerford. (b. Dec. 27, 1843), of 'Waterloo. Iowa, Dec. 27,
1866. Their children (all born in Iowa) are Cliarles Hungerford, b. Dec. 29, 1869, died July 1,
1870; Thomas Stiles, b Sept. 2, 1871; Benj.tmin Ward, b. Sept. 11, 1876; Elizabeth Leavitt, b.
.^pril 13. 1879. Mr. Ingersol, is (1885) President of the Bank of Grand liapids, D,akota Territory.
In the possession of the Ingersoll family, when the author visited them, in 1859, were many
valuable and interesting relics of President Stiles, since distributed among different branches
of the family. Among those were the fine portrait ^see p. 161 ante of the Piesident and his
wife, now in the possession of Mrs. A. L. Foote, of New Haven. Conn.) ; that of the Jewish Rabbi,
his intimate friend now the property of Rev. J. S. Jenkins, of Plttsfleld, Mass.): an old paint-
ing of the Stiles coat-of-arms in possession of Mrs Foote ; a portrait of the President and
minature of his daughter Elizabeth (in possession of Mrs. Dr. Stone ot Greenfleld, Mass.);
.■ind his seal and snulT-box in keeping of Thomas Stiles Ingersoll, of Grand Kaidds. Mich. This
seal is an old style oval silver seal, about 1 '„ incli in its largest diameter, having on its face the
Stiles arms, and on the edge of the hack, around the hardwood handle, the words " President
Stiles." Thesnufl-box is a plain silver one, inherited by the President irom his father, the Eev.
Isaac, whose initials " I. S.," are upon the lid. In Mi-. C. T. IngersolTs po session is also a well-
)«reserved copy of Machiaveili, printed in 1591, bearing uiion its title page the endorsement
"Ezra Stiles, 1763." There were, also, miniatures of the President's daughters, Emilia andMary.
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY.
211
215. V. Isaac," bom Aug. 10, 17(33; Dec. 10, 1786, his father
writes : " My son Isaac last INIarch left me, to settle
in the law at Tolland ;" graduated at Tale College,
1788. Dee. 10, 1790— refers to him as "my absent
sou, now on a voyage to Great Britain." Again,
Dec. 11, 1794, " My son Isaac has been absent at
sea above a twelvemonth, and is now in Europe on a
voyage; has been unfortunate; visited with long and
dangerous sickness, but recovered.'" He was prob-
ably lost at sea.
216. YI.
217.
Pa-TH," born August 20,
1765; became the sec-
ond wife of the Eev.
Caleb Gannett, at
Cambridge, Mass., Jan.
19, 1800. He was the
son of Joseph and
Elizabeth Gannett, of
Bridge water, Mass.,
graduated at Harvard,
of which he was at
one time a tutor; and
at the time of his mar- mr.s. euth (stiles) gasxett.
liage, the steward. Mrs. Kuth (Stiles) Gannett was
a refined and clear brained woman, of a deeply
religious nature, and with a real and tender trust in
God. She was literary in her tastes, and had her
father's trait of keeping note books and diaries. She
died at Cambridge, Mass., Jime 11, 1808. hsue :
i. (Rev.) EzKA Stiles,' b. May 4, 1801. *
*EZRA STILES GANNET.
It %vns a Ki-ave Puritan borne into wbieli be was born, -nbere duties and dignities
abounded more tban sympatbies and gi-ace. The fatliei's cbaraeter probably gave tbe
boy exactness and balance of mind, justiee.clincb upon convictions; tbe motber'sgave
impulse, entbusiasm, and tendencies to self-distrust: buniorand poetrj- probaVily
from neitber; reverence, conscientiousness, and a practical intellect, from botb.
Tbe motber died wben be was barely seven yeai-s old, but ber toucb seemed on bim
still guiding bim towards bis life-work; for bis long cbild-cbronicle of Sunday ser-
212 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
mons runs back to an era wlieu the mother's hand records for him the first few texts.
Throxigh Andover and Cambridge schools he found bis way, fifteen years old, to
College. The glimpses of him on the way show a bright, serious lad. " Twice
on Sundays in the pew," at Andover "We take Emerson's Catechism m place of
grammar;" the school-boys whisper, " Stiles Gannett is very religious," and for-
get their books to listen to his llowing recitations. In College, four hours a day of
study gave him the first honors at graduation. And then, along with his chum,
Kent, and William Furness and Calvin Lincoln— his three best friends among the
classmates — he chose the ministry.
It was 1820 now, and the Church of ihe forefathers was suffering its first
schism. The quiet rationalizing process that had gone on for two or three genera-
tions had reached a crisis, and Boston and Harvard College were the very heart of the
heresy. The Liberal Divinity School had been organized al Cambridge in Gannet's
Freshman Year; he graduated when Channing's "Baltimore sermon;" the first
systematic statement of Unitarianism, and the "Dedham decision," giving the
meeting-houses to the "parish," which was often liberal as a wliole, instead of to
the inside circle of "church-members," who were usually orthodox, — when these
were themes of table-talk and i>ulpit-talk all over Massachusetts; and while he
studied his divinity, the School Professors, Ware and Norton, were carrying on de-
bate with those of Andover about the dogma of the Trinity and the points of
Calvinism. The father, shy in his old age of the new theology, had died before tlie
boy left College; and close by in Cambridgeport an older son was preaching, m
sj'mpathy with that theology. No wonder that the boy found himself a Unitarian.
In the School he must have added to his reputation for bright seriousness;
for one October day, soon after finishing the course, Dr. Channing, Boston's lead-
ing preachei', knocked at his door. He came to ask him to preach halt the time for
him. In fifteen services he ministered, and then the parish gave the call, and the
young man stood as colleague by Dr. Channing's side in the Federal Street meeting-
house; stood shrinking and yet bold; bold, perhap-,, because he could foi'get the
neighbor in the greatness of their common work, — "an office that my Savior held,
a work together with God." His first sermon, as he faced the people, now his own,
fell on .July -4, 1821, and had for text, " RsCdive us; ye are in our hearts ti die and
live with you." That word he kept.
All a young pastor's first difficulties he knew well —the parish-calls; the Sunday
School, then a new problem; the sermon-struggle with late night hour.*; the vestry-
meetings; the "occasional discourse" before the city's Charitable Societies; the
eirly failures when he tried to speak extempore. Often his heart sank in him,— he
there by Channing's side! And yet his real success was quick and deep; his
people's eager action showed it so, when, after some three years, an urgent New
Yoi'k call came tempting him to service at that outpost.
For he wasgetting known as one who could do more than parish-work. In 18'2-1
the Unitarians were still unorganized. But the very next May saw the American
Unitarian Association come into being, mainly by the impulse of the younger men,
the older lending little aid for fear the movement would become a sect. Dr
Channing was among the doubters. His boy colleague, on the other hand, is said
to have drawn up the simple Constitution, and was chosen Secretary, — au office he
held the hard first six years. "His whole soul is in it," wrote Henry Ware.
Round about the suburban parishes the Secretary rode, starting the "auxiliaries,"
and in Boston starting tracts.
±.ngi«v«d oy JAJWilc^ £«m a Ctev&a 07 S . W. Rvk-s e
THE CONtHECTlCUT FAMILY, 213
The next ten ypars, 1825-1835, were the hot years of the Unitarian Cuutroversy.
When at last the separation in the churches was effecteil and the oontiict ceased, it
was found that New England orthodoxy had not suffered very greatly (roui the
schism after all. About one hundred and twenty-tive pirisUes had chan:^ed faith
and name, but, spite of hopes and fears, the new ratioualisiu was not destined to
spread fast or far. By this time it had pretty well defined itself, both by denials and
by affirmations. It denied the infallibility of the Bible oracle; the total depravity
of human nature; the God-made necessity of sin and everlasting woe; the vicar-
ious atonement; the Deity of Christ. It affirmed God and God's goodness; Christ,
his beloved Son, his messenger to earth; Christianity as supernatural revelation;
the Bible, as the vehicle of the inspired Word of God; the soul's power
of communion with God; Eeason and Conscience as the God-likeness of
the Soul; the consequent dignity of human nature and the duty of using
Reason in religion; and the supremacy of character above belief as the test and
«ssence of religion. This might be called "Channing Unitarianism," and this was
what the colleague preached and the Secretary tried to organize into a working
Church. Combining enthusiasm, logic and practical judgment, he was by nature
an organizer. Thus, in 183i, it was again his shaping pressure which led the Boston
Unitarians to form their second large associatioa, the "Benevolent Fraternity of
Churches," to support and spread the ministry-at-large aaiong the city's poor,
begun by Dr. Tuckerman; and again he took the workman's post of Secretary.
'■' You were made for action almost without intermission," wrote Dr. Channing
from his summer quiet in Newport. The older pastor in these early years had fre-
quent need to cheer the younger and counsel moderation in the work; and except in
taking that advice the younger man always showed the loyalty he felt for the wise
counsellor.
But twelve years of the toil by day and night broke the worker down. Just
before he knew what it was doing to him, he married Anna Linzee (daughter
of Bryiint K. and Zebiah C.) Tildeu, (October 6th, 1835), of Boston, Mass.
Even this uplifting failed to save him. The six months' home was sadly closed
and the sick man escaped to Europe, the young wife following; then came a long
two years of travel, made possible by his people's kindness. Slowly the days
brightened with a growing hope of recovery. The last few months were spent in
Loudon, where a little girl was born to them, and where the freshened preacher
startled the staid Unitarian pulpits with an extemporaneous eloquence, that sent
him home with fame.
Home, and of course to work. The very first summer after the return there
came " the longest night I think I ever passed." That night left him a cripple for
life. The paralytic stroke affected the right leg, whose power, except to suffer, was
forever gone. Henceforth two short hand-crutches were his companions every-
where. Their click, and his quick swinging leap between them, made him well-known
in the city streets. "It is Dr. Gannett on his canes." "I must be patient. It is such
a disciiiline as I needed, full of trial for my character and instruction for my soul."
The infirmity became a fixed condition of his life, far past complaint, past even
thought. He stopped at nothing for it; neither State House cupola nor mountain-
climb. It seemed to have almost given him rather than robbed him of a limb.
Three yeare later a second warning came, —the warning whose third coming, as he
knew, was usually its last.
And now it seemed as if the main work of his life began. The new home was
214 '''H£ STILES GENEALOGY.
in Bnmstead Place, a little niche off Tremont Street, one of the country nooks then
bidinj; in the city's heart. In his first limping days be took iu charge an infant
magazine, ancestor of the present Unitarian Review; and before yielding this to other
hands, he was co-editor of the Christian litaminer. The ag3 of lectures had begun,
and that first lame winter the church was crowded to the pulpit staii's with listen-
ers listening two hours long to lectures on Unitarian doctrine; the oil lamps some-
times went out before the audience. White-haired ministers, then students, still
recall their eager walks from Cambridge to, hear him, for he had fairly won the
secret of extempore speech. And honors came: in 1842 he gave the "Election Ser-
mon;" in 18i3 the "Dulleian L3Cture," and in this year Harvard made him "Doc-
tor of Divinity." "In all honesty it makes me feel ashamed, when I think bow
little I deserve it," the Journal says. In 18i3 Dr. Chauning died. He had long
before withdrawn from active labor in the church, to save his little strength for
wider intluence through essays, so that the death added a new sense of responsi-
bility, but hai'dly new work-burdens to the man now left alone in the high-staired
pulpit.
And " Channing Uuitarianism " in a sense was passing, too. A new thought
was in the air. They called it " Transcendentalism " for it transcended evidences
based on sense. Young Emerson and Parker were its proi>hets. It criticised the
Bible, the Christian revelation was discredited, the ancient miracle unnecessary.
Its emphasis was on the Soul, the present inspiration, the God imminent. The
Soul had its own sufficienc3-in the Son of God , Duty, Immortality. Jesus was " the
one man true to what is in you and me." It was Channing's thought in blossom,
but it wan in blossom, and much of the thought of 1824 was vanishing. Therefore,
Unitarians who still held that earlier thought, —and these were the larger majority,
— uprose iu alarm; and Theodore Parker, who declared that (/li.s was Christianity,
was put under ban, so far as Unitarians could ban; that is to say, the ministers,
with two or three exceptions, refused exchange with him, and this transferred him
from the countrj' pulpit to large city halls, whence his word went forth, a word of
might, for years. Another " Unitarian Controvers}'," therefore; this time the
Unitarians representing orthodoxy. And in this second controversy Mr. Gannett
championed the elder doctrine as sturdily as Mr. Parker championed the heresy;
yet both spoke out so manfully that each kept the other's trust. Parker once said:
"I would as soon leave my character with Dr. Gannett as with any man living;" and
when he went away to die, one of his little good-by notes found its way, "with
earnest gratitude," to Bumstead Place. No trait in Mr. Gannett was more marked
than honesty of mind. In all discussion, private or public, it was part of his own
case to state the other side at its best. His instinct for fairness gave him name and
made chivalric anecdotes. And more, it kept him always a true Liberal in spirit,
considerate to young radicals and watchful of their rights, though in his own the-
ology be remained to the end conservative, and grieved over the changing thought.
His early vision was bis latest. "Positive Christia'n faith" for him always in-
cluded faith in Christ's Revelation. Once, looking back over forty years of ministry,
he summed up as his four familiar emphases, — self-consecration, the basis of religi-
ous character; faith, a positive, definite belief respecting God; Christ a miraculous
revelation and its authentic record; I'ighteousness, as essential to an experience of
the Ufe eternal; and " grandest, holiest, dearest theme of all," the possibility and
.joy of close communion between the human soul and God.
On Christmas Day of 1846 the mother died Thenceforward Christmas was a
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 215
still and slisiilowed day in the housebold life. Into his love for her there entered
that omnipresent element of loyalty. Eleven years married; the rest of the seventy
years wore by and still the Christmas memory was kept, and the Journals all
through the years spring open where a flower fastened on the page chronicles a
pilgrimage to the Mt. Auburn gi-ave. Three little children, a dear mother-aunt, and
the lonely man now made the home. It was a minister's house. — plain; a minister's
household, too, where each morning brought the Bible reading and the family prayer;
and life revolved around the father's work. Yet a home of princij^les, not rules; of
cheerful, earnest love. The children saw the grown up man trying as a child, like
them, to be good and do right; he was their daily lesson in sincerity ami unsellish-
uess. Six years after the mother's death, Henry, the youngest, died. The father's
old age then began.
The work drove on, — hindered but not stopped by the aching nerves, the dys-
pep.sia, the depressions, which made him often feel, "My work in life seems uot
to have been done, bat to be p.ist bsiug doue!" Ha read but little, and wrote no
books; but the seventeen hundred and tifty sermons left behind him, to say nothing
of the piles of sermon-abstracts and lectures spoken, without manuscrii^t, tell of
one industry. Not the chief, however, for in the "Pastor's" labors he was always
more abundant. Saturday night for sermons ; but the week for services of love and
for his people in their homes. The more public record shows him President of the
American Unitarian Association — ri8-17-51) ; of the Benevolent Fraternity of
Churches— (1857-62) ; Overseer of Harvard College -(183-5-58.) He gave the
"Convention Sermon " —(ISiS) ; the address to the alumni of the Divinity
School— (1850); for five or six winters took many a cold ride about New England,
giving Lyceum lectures ; was in request for dedication aud ordination service.s, and,
as the gray hair whitened, especiall}- for the Ordaining Prayer; "No one else so
filled up our iilea of the reverend Father in God." Meanwhile the population was
ebbing far away from the old meeting honse on Federal Street, leaving it striTjaded
among warehouses. At last the hour came to preach the Farewell Sermon there,
and at the end of 1861 to dedii^ate the beautiful new church on Arlington Street,
opposite the Public Garden.
And now it was war days. Peace, Temperance. Education, and many forms
of charity, — these were t'je "causes " which Dr. Gannett served all his life. But in
the long anti-slavery straggle he had taken little part. With his whole soul he
hated slavery, and spoke .strong, solemn words against it. But he was too profoundly
a peace man to be an Abolitionist, — his clear head pre-seeing war as the result
of the Northern-Abolition policy, he was too profoundlj' a lover of order and gov-
ernment to face peaceable disunion and its consequences — consequences which to
him included slavery made more hopeless, rather than emancipation. Only inch hy
inch he yieldel this position. "God save us from disunion! I know that slavery
is a political an 1 a moral evil, a sin and a curse; but disunion seems to me to be
treason, not so much against the country as against humanity. The curse would
not be rem.ived, the evil would not be abated, no one would be benefited by it."
Thus in an 18-51) sermon. In 18-54, "Union may cost us too much. " After John
Brown's deed, - " The maddest attempt ever made by one of the noblest of men."
To the very last he recoiled. And when the war was began, no war-sermons rang
from his pulpit no j'oang men of the parish were urged to enlist. " Remember God!
Remember God! " was his one constant message to his people through the dark
hours and the bright of those four vears. With intense interest he watched and
215 THE STILES GtNEkLOGY.
waited as slaverj' perisliecl and the nation's unity survived. In such war- wort as his
conscience allowed, belabored strenuously. On the bronze bas-reliefs of the Soldiers'
Monument on Boston Common, his face appears in the Sanitarj- Commission group;
and the Freedmen's KMK Society had all his heart,— it was " the great charity of the
age," he said.
At the end of the war the good \>eople— whose offers to inci-ease his salary had
been again and again refused— delayed his resignation by sending him again to
Europe; and a summer there enaljled him to striiggle on a little longer through in-
creasing weakness and depression. The new task he now undertook was to
teach in a new Theological School extemporized by some of the Boston ministers.
The old man taught the young men their "systematic theology;" or the truths of
religion, as he pi-efen-ed to call it. Whatever doctrine he taught, he taught them his
humility and liberality of mind. To him as one of the Fathers of the Church, it fell
to give the serai-centennial address at the Cambridge Divinit.y School, in 1867, there
once more illustrating his double loyalty. — to the old Unitarian beliefs and to the
old Unitarian principle of freedom in belief. In December, 18li8, the resignation
note, —the last of many wxitten — was sent, but still the friends said. No. So one
more little journey South and West, and one more year of struggling work, and then,
with a sad heart, as of one who had failed to do, at last the old man yielded up the
active .rharge of his society. As "senior pastor" he still served in homes, and
DOW and then in church, for a few months longer, -months slowly brighten-
ing, as his heart accepted the necessities of age, so long resisted. On June 25,
1871, he preached all day to his people, — in the afternoon a new sermon, on "Con-
stant Growth in the Religious Life." Tlien came a happy summer in the hills, a
summer whose days he seemed to spend endearing himself to friend and stranger
there. Home, again, in August. On Saturday night, the twentj'-sisth of that
month, he took the cars to go to Lynn, still on a preaching en-and. Another train
dashed on them from behind. And then the bruised body was laid to rest in Mt.
Auburn, and many hearts in many homes were sorrowing.
There were memorial ser\'ices here and there; and in their newspapers men of
other faiths were glad to tell their reverence for his life; and for a few weeks, wher-
ever in New England Unitarians met, anecdotes of Dr. Gannett were apt to mingle
with their talk — anecdotes of his humility, his conscientiousness, his quick confes-
sions of wrong, following some word too quickly spoken, his quaint bits of asceti-
cism, his painstaking niceties of deed, his impetuous eloquence, his zeal for the
faith, his love for the "Brethren," his unending self-forgetfulness, and of
" That best portion of a good man's life.
His little, nameless, unremembered acts
Of kindness and of love."
"Body, soul and spirit, 'as much as in him was,' he did the work of an Evan-
gelist in the city for nearly half a century, in word and act. Wherever he was seen
passing, with his rapid step, jumping along on his two canes, men felt the presence
of the sense of duty."
Mr. Gannett's children were :
I. Cathekine Booth, bom in London, Eng., April 6, 1838; married,
.June 11, 18(53, Samuel Wells, Esq.. of Boston, Mass., (son of
Samuel Wells, once Governor, and for a long time Judge of
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 217
the Supreme Court of Maine), bom at Hallowell, Me. ; grad.
Harvard. 1S57; practicing law in Boston; and also eminent
(especially as to diatomes) in microscopical circles.
Mrs. Wells herself occupies a high position in the literary,
social and benevolent circles of Boston. She has written
About People ; Miss Curtis ; In the Cleariwjs ; also much and
well in the lines of children's, Sunday School and Unitarian
literature, such as Outlines and Charts for Conversation and
Study; Comer Stones of Character; Bifjhts and Claims, etc.;
has been a frequent and welcome contributor to the Atlantic,
Helir/inus Jlonthlij ilnijnzine, St. Xicholas, Wide Au:ake, and the
best secular and religious newspapers of Boston. She is Pres-
ident of the Moral Education Association of Mass. ; a Director
and Vice-President of the Mass. Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Children : Director in the American Unitarian Asso-
ciation and Mass. Sunday School Society; Chairman of the
Executive Committee of the Ma.ss. Emergency and Hygiene
Association; a Director at one time in the Women's Educa-
tional Association, and the Mass. Society for the University
Education of Women; Trustee of the Permanent Fund of the
Women's Educational and Industrial Union; Chairman of its
Protective Committee (for getting the wages of working girls
when wrongfully withheld), and is a member of several minor
clubs and societies, having .aided in the establishment of sev-
eral enterprises which have proved most useful successes. Yet,
withal, in her home she finds her chief and dearest pleasures.
Children :
i. Stiles G.isnett v Wells), born Dec. 7, 186i.
li. Samuel ( Welh), born Jan 19, 1869.
ill. Louisa Appleton ; Wells), born Dec. M. 1872.
II. Eev. Williaji Ch.innixg, born in Boston, Mass., March 13, 1840;
educ.ited in Boston and Cambridge, "and all along since —
still educating!" grad. Harvard, 1860; in Harvard Divinity
School for six months, 1861-132, and again for two years, 18G6-
68; during 186"2 65, was at the South in Port Royal and Sav-
annah, Ga., engaged in the Freedmen's work, having the
superintendence of several large plantations, where his dis-
cipline was as perfect as was his brotherly care for all the
negroes in his charge; had charge of a Church in Milwaukee,
Wis., (1868-70), and when his father's health began to seriously
fail, he removed to and took charge of the Church in East
Lexington, Mass. (1871-2); with Church in St. Paul, Minn.,
1877-83, where, through his efforts, a new Church was erected
for his parish. As a Pastor he possesses fidelity to the slight-
est claim of iluty and reverence and earnestness in his work.
His sermons are marked by poetic lieauty of phrase as well as
by transparent clearness of thought and logical force. His
218 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
poems are generally either religious in tone, or descriptive of
nature, and have given him high rank as a poet.
He has devoted much time to the interests of Western
Unitarianism; in connection with other friends he inaugurated
at Chicago the paper now called Unily, in 1878, of which he
he is one of the editors and steady contributors; has written
for the North American and other magazines. He is also the
author of several tracts, etc., published (.chiefly in Chicago) in
connection with the " Unity Publishing Committee." His
word, written or spoken, is of i:iower; his character as a man
commanding and worthy of his descent from four generations
of New England clergymen; and his innate modesty is the
only bar to his occupying a much more prominent place in
the public regard. Among his published works are: Life of
Ezra Stiles Gannett; The Childhood of Jesus; A Year of Mira-
cles ; The Thought of God in Hymns and Poems, ( in connection
with Fredr. L. Hosmer); Thirty Hymns and Chorals, (one of
three compilers); The Faith that makes Faithful; Shew us the
Father, etc.
Mr. Gannett married, Nov, 3, 1887, Mary Thorn Lewis,
and resides (1888) at Hinsdale, 111.
III. Henet Tilden, born in Boston, January 18, 1842; died January
2, 1852.
218. VII. Mary," bom Aug. 25, 1767; married Kev. Abiel
Holmes, A. M. — thus recorded by the President :
" Rev. Abiel Holmes, bom at Woodstock in Con-
necticut, son of Dr. David Holmes and Temperance
his wife, Dec. 24, 1763 : Educated at Yule College
where he graduated 1783 ; and, Sept. 15, 1785, the
day after the public Commencement, he was by the
Reverend Corpor. or President and Fellows (as Min-
istei-s) publickly Ordained in Yale College Chapel,
Pastor of the Congregational Church in Midway, in
Georgia, which, in 1696, removed from Dorchester,
near Boston. After a year's Residence at Midway,
Mr. Holmes' Health being impaired, he revisited N.
Engld, & was elected a Tutor of Yale College &
officiated above a year; and then returned to
Georgia."
" The Rev'' Abiel Holmes and my Daughter
Polly were married Aug. 29, 1790. And Nov"- 9,
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 219
1790, embarked for Georgia." [MSS.] He was
coropelled by ill health to return to the North in
1791, and became pastor of the First Church of
Cambridge in 1792. He published (1798) a biog-
raphy of his father-in-law, Pres. Stiles; and (1805)
the Annals of America, in two volumes — a work
which gave him immediate and permanent reputa-
tion in historical circles, both in this country and in
Great Britain.
Mrs. Mary (Stiles) Holmes died August 29,
1795, after a lingering illness. No issue. Dr.
Holmes married, 2nd, Sarah, daughter of the Hon.
Oliver Wendell, of Boston, and became the father of
the celebrated phj'sician, poet and novelist. Dr.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, of Boston, Mass.
219. VIII. Sarah," bom in Newport, E. I., July 14, 1769; died
Sept. 4, 1769, x. 7 weeks, 3 days.
This is, also, a proper place for reprinting, from the Historical
3Ic(gazine, foi- December, 1868, (p. 276-7), the following article on
" Poems by the Stiles Family,"' by Hon. J. Hammond Trumbull, of
Hartford, Connecticut :
"A Family Tablet: containing a selection of original poetry.
[Motto, from Akenside.] Boston : Printed and sold by
Wilham Spottswood, 1796." 12mo. pp. (_12,) 81. " Coiiy-
right secured agreeably' to law."
This litt'e volume is not an " excessively rare " one, though
it might pass for such in some booksellers' catalogues. Neither is
it very common, for the most accomplished local antiquary of
Boston, a veteran book-collector, told me, not long ago, that he had
never met with it. Probably the edition was a small one, and all or
nearly all the copies were distributed to friends of the authors.
The selected poems are all anonymous. It is only by internal
evidence that they are discovered to have been written by members
of the family of Piev. Dr. Ezra Stiles, President of Yale College, and
to have been edited by his son-in-law, the Eev. Abiel Holmes, after-
220 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
wards D. D., and American Annalist. Readers of the Historical
3Iagazine will not fail to recognize the claim which such a " Family
Tablet " has to the respectful notice of American scholars, independ-
ent of its literary merits. Every librarian and collector who has
a copy of the volume will be glad to remove its title from his
" anonymous " list to a place of higher honor.
President Stiles died May 12th, 1795. Two of his daughters,
Elizabeth (unmarried), and Mary, wife of Rev. A. Holmes, died be-
fore the end of the same year. The Preface of the " Family Tablet "
begins as follows :
"'The music of Carryl," says Ossian, was like the memory
of joys that are past, pleasant and mournful to the soul.' To per-
petuate the rememberance of such joys, and, at the same time, to
piiy a funereal tribute to the memory of those friends wlio, when liv-
ing, were the source of them, are the primary designs of this publi-
cation."
The selection comprises forty-seven pieces, by eight writers,
distinguished by their signatures, as " Louisa," " Myi-a," " Myron,"
"Eugenio," " Ceciha," " Narcissa," "Henry," and "St. John."
" Louisa," who contributed thirteen of the forty-seven poems, was
Miss Ruth Stiles, the youngest surviving daughter of the President,
afterwards married to the Rev. Caleb Gannett. She wrote the
" Elegy," witl) which the volume begins, on the deaths of her father
and sisters; "Lines to Miss S. W. on the death of her brother, Major
J. P. W., [John Palsgrave Wyllys,] who fell in the battle at the
Miami Village, 1790; " " Lines to the memory of Mr.s. T. W., who
died soon after the birth of her first child, March 20, 1795;" (these
lines had previously been published in the Massachusetts Magazine;)
and (p. 51,) Lines "To a gentleman who presented Louisa with a
]>en, &c." This gentleman's " reply" is signed " Henry," (p. 53),
and is the only piece in the volume to which that signature is at-
tached.
Three poems signed " Eugenio," were written by Mi'. Ezra Stiles,
Jr., who died in North Carolina, August twenty-second, 1784.
These are entitled, "Lines occasioned by the war, 1777;" "Andre's
Ghost; in imitation of " Pompey's Ghost';" and " Conscience," (pp.
7, 8, 26.) The closing lines of the first of these poems, considering
the period which they were written, are worth quoting:
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 2'21
Vhat scenes of varied woe thus meet onreyes.
Fresh sighs for thee, lamented Wan-en! i-ise.
Nor long shall Britain thns her triumph boast —
A happier warrior arms a happier host !
Before great Washington her sons shall fly;
He leads our troops — to conquer or to die, —
While Wan'en's hovering ghost, each wrong repaid.
In equal dust shall see his conqueror laid.
" Myra" is the anafrram of Mary, the yoimgest daughter, first wife
of the Eev. Abiel Holmes who writes as "Myrou."' The former
wrote eight, the hitter sixteen (iucluding the two longest) poems of
the selection. Among those of " Myron" are " Lines to the memory
of Mrs. T. H. (his mother,! who died 1791 setat. 87" ip. 13); and an
" Eligy on Doctor -s -s * * *" [David Holmes, his
father], p. 58; "Hymn wTitten at sea" (p. 21"); "The transformation
of Eliza [Miss Elizabeth 8tile»?j into a Poplar " Qjp. 41-48);
"Lines occasioned by seeiug a Portrait of the Goddess of Libert}-
finely eseeuted by Mr. E. Savage" ip. 55); "Elegiac Sonnet
on Mrs. K. T. S. [Kezia Taylor Stile-;, who married Lewis B. Stur-
ges, Esq., of New Haven, in 1785,] and who died within a year after
marriage" (p. 57), and, most ambitious of all, "Yaratildia: an Epic
poem. In three books. Dux fiemina fucfi. Virgil." This poem,
the last in the volume, has a separate title page and preface. It
was written to celebrate "incidents that actually happened dui'ing
the residence of the Heroine in the Author's family,'' and was
" originally designed as a winter evening's amusement." That the.
writer's design was effected, there can hardly be a doubt —
"Albeit, in the general way,
A sober man" was he.
There is humor in this mock-epic, — but the humor is decorous
and subdued, so ;<,s, on the whole, not to appear out of place on a
memorial Tablet! The two pieces (pp. 40, 49,) signed "St. John,"
were probably contributed by St. John Houeywood, who, while a
student at Yale College, was for some time a member of Dr. Stiles'
family, and who (says Dr. Holmes,) " as an orphan child and a youth
of a fine genius, had shared, among many others, the benefits of the
President's patronage." (Ll/e'of Pres. Sliles, p. 296.) Honeywood
died at Salem, September first, 1798.
222 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
FAMILY 14.
220. Isaac' Stiles, [96], {Rev. Isaac* John,' John;' John,')
born Sept. 25, 1729; settled in North Haven, Conn., his birthplace,
and May 31, 1750, married Mabel Clark, who was born Nov. 5,
1730.
Mr. Isaac Stiles died March 13, 1783, ». 54. Of Mrs. Stiles'
death there is no record.
Children :*
221. , I. Lucy," born July 12, 1751; married John Tuttle.
222. II. Mabel," born Feb. 12, 1753; married Titus Frost.
223. III. Elizabeth,'^ born Feb. 21, 1755; married Timothy
Eaton.
224. IV. TniOTin' Clark,'' born Feb. 1, 1758; died Feb. 14,
1759, ie. 1 year, 14 days.
225. Y. Koth," boru April 1, 1760; married John Pierpont.
226. VI. Maky,« boru Feb. 22, 1763; married Richard Mansfield.
227. VII. Kezm,^ ; married .Jesse Mansfield.
228. VIII. ,' sou, boru and died Feb., 1766.
229. IX. Isaac CLAEii,'' boru April 30, 1767; married Eunice
Blakslee. FAmLY, 28.
FAMILY 15.
230. Ash bel ' Sti les, [104], {Rev. Isaac* Johnf Jolmf John,')
born at North Haven, Conn., Sept. 11, 1735; married his cousin
* Of the seven daughters of this family, not a child of theirs Is living 1886. [Ezea Stiles,
Esq., of North Haven.]
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 223
Hannah (daughter of Lieut. Samuel) Stiles, of Windsor, Conn., Feb.
1759;* removed to North Haven, before the death of his parents;
inherited the family mansion and a veiy comfortable property fi'om
his father; but, in an e\Tl hour, endorsed for a friend and lost his all.
Soon after he removed to Windsor, Conn., and thence to Norwich
(now Huntington), Mass., near his daughter, Mrs. Ruth (Stiles') Ellis.
He served in the Revolution and was at Horse Neck from May, 1781,
to March, 1782.t He died at Norwich (now Himtington), Mass.,
October, 1810, ?e. lb. Mrs, Hannah Stiles died at Norwich, Septem-
ber, 1810 86. 75.
Children :
231. I. ," died inf., 1759.
232. II. Esther Hooker," born August 30, 1760; died Oct. 7,
1823.
233. III. Samuel," born Dec. 3, 1762; married Hannah Ells-
worth. Family 29.
231. IV. Job," bom Jan. 12, 1765; married Mary Drake. Fam-
ily 30.
235. V. Hannah," bom May 16, 1768; married EUsha Lyman.
Jr., of Northampton, Mass., Jan. 10, 1793. Issue:
2.3(j i. William,' born April 9. 1794.
237. ii. .isHBEL Stiles,; born Hay 27, 1796, died June 3, follow-
ing, at Conway, JIass.
238. iii. Horace," born April 11, 1798.
239. iv. Hannah,' born Sept. 20, 1799.
240. V. Fanny, ; born Jan 8, 1802.
241 vi. Elisha Stiles,' born Feb. 13, 1804; died, unmarried,
March 12, 1852, at Ottawa, Dl.
242. vii. Edwin,; born May 3, 1806.
' * See Family 11^ line of Henry Stiles,
t Stiles' Hist. Ancient Windsor, p. 428.
224 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
243. viii. Lewis, ' born AiiKUSt 3, 1808.
244. ix. Bemjamin," born June 11. ISIO.
245. X. HEXEY.'born Oct. 4, 1813.
Mrs. Hannah (Stiles) Lyman died at Derby, Vt.,
Feb. 25, 1814.*
246. VI. Ben.jamin,'^ bom March 10, 1772; died at Jamaica, W.
I., from injuries by being thrown from a horse.
247. VII. Kdth," born Feb. 3, 1778- (Pres. Stiles' MSS. says
1777); admitted to full comimmion in First
Church of Wmdsor, May 6, 1800; (Ch. liec);
married Ebenezer Ellis, a farmer, of Norwich (now
Huntmgtou, Mass.), July 3, 1801. Mr. Ellis was
the son of Samuel, a soldier in the old French
and Indian Wars and in the Kevolution, all of
whose sons were six feet in height. Issue :
248. i. Samuel,' born March 10, 1802. A fiirmer, at Goshen,
Mass. : died Dec. 1, 187-5.
249. ii. Edwaed,' M. D., born Jan. 15, 1SU4, at Cheshire Mass.
attended school at Windsor, Conn., in 1818; grad
Berkshire Med. College, Dec. 16, 1829; afterward
studied at New York and Philadelphia. His health
being then delicate, he determined upon a radical
change of locality and climate, and, therefore, in
1826, settled at Meadville, Crawford Co., Pennsyl-
vania, a then comparatively new and imsettled
region. For many yeai-s after his coming to this
country, he was obliged, in the discharge of his
professional duties, to ride on horseback to all parts
of the county, and largely through forests, where
"blazed," trees i. e., marked by the axe, were the only
guides. But. always devoted to his profession, his
sense of duty to the calls of suffering hiimanity en-
abled him — despite his delicate constitution — to en-
dure the fatigues of this frontier practice; and in
1881 at the age of 81 years, hi.s erect form, stalwart
figure and unimpaired mental faculties, gave little or
no sign of the severe labors which so tested his zeal
* See Gematogy of Lyman Family, p. 400, for full account of this family.
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 225
and endurance. He had then never been out of the
professional harness for a period of sixtj- years; and
was still able to attend to his practice with as much
ability as ever. He was the first President of the
Crawford Co. Medical Society, organized at llead-
ville, Pa., in 1832, and held the office for many years.
He was, also, for many years a Warden, and a
Vestryman of Christ Church, Jleadville, Pa.
During his long residence in Meadville, Dr. Ellis
took an active interest in the welfare of the com-
munity; aiding many young men in obtaining
an education, and establishing others in business,
some of whom are now prominent and successful men.
He was, at one time, largely interested in manufac-
turing and other enterprises which promised to con-
tribute greatly to the prosperity of the place, but which
proved to be unfortunate investments, and resulted
in the total loss of his large property. His losses,
however, neither lessened the cheerfulness of his
temper, nor his kindness of heart. Dr. Ellis died at
Meadville, Pa., May 2, lb85.
Dr. Ellis was twice married; (1), April 4, 1832, to
Mary Kennedy, who died in 1840; (2), to Sarah Buch-
anan, of Meadville, March 31, 1842. She died March
14, 1844. By this marriage he had one daughter,
ELiz-tBETH Ruth, shorn March 12, 1843; married, June
1, 18G4, Eev. Morison Byllesby, then and for some
time afterward rector of Christ P. E. Church, Mead- /"
ville Pa. Issue :
EuTH Ellis^ (Byllesby), born March 9, 18(5.5.
Lewis Smith 9 r-Btf«es6u; j born July 3d, 1868;
., , -r, „ ', . y tiled ot cholera, Aug.
Edwakd Ellis' (Byllesby) j j ^^^ g^ ^^q^^
Ellis Buchanan s (Byllesby), born .Jan. 28, 1872.
Langton^ (Byllesby), born April 14, 1873.
Sabah Elizabeth' (Byllesby), horn Nov. 24, 1875.
250. iii. Htlas," born May 31, 1806; unmarried; res., Scioto,
Ohio; died April 20, 1875.
251 iv. Hakkiet A.,' born Nov. 7, 1808; died March 16, 1839,
252 v. AsHBEL Stiles,' born June 11, 1811; died Dec. 29. 1811.
253 vi. Hannah,' born, Oct. 26, 1812; married Noah Ellis, of
Chester, Mass. ; died Nov. 19, 1876.
226 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
254 vii. Ebenezek Stiles,' born Jan. 7, 1815; res., (1888), Hunt-
ington, Mass.
255 viii. Cheystie, ' born July 30, 1818; died Feb. 19, 1831.
256 ix. Benjamin Hooker,'' M. X>., born July 31, 1821; died
Feb. 15. 1851.
Mrs. Euth (Stiles) Ellis died Dec. 1, 1863,
ill Huntington, Mass.
FAMILY, 16.
257. Isaac^ Stiles, [153], {Isaac,'* Ephraiin,' John,- John,'')
bom at Westfield, Mass., June 23, 1726; settled at Westfield. He
married (1),* Experience Lanckton, of Northampton, Mass., 1753,
who died 1759. Married, (2), 1761, Mabel Bedoitha (widow of John)
Bancroft, of Springfield, Mass,t who died March 28, 1785.
The tombstone at Agawam, Mass., dated 1785, of Isaac Stiles,t
may be his, or that of one of his sous.
Children {by first luife) :
258. I. ," son ; died infant.
259. IL ,^ son ; died infant.
{By second ivife): >
260. III. HoRACE.«(a)
* Intention of marriage, July G, 1753. ( Westfield Rec.)
t Isaac Stiles. Jr., ol Westfield, and Mabel Bancroft, of , were married at Springfield,
Dec. 24, 1761. WestfieW, Mass. Records.
t Hist, fif Connecticut Valhty, p. 1,051.
(a). Mr. David H. Stiles, of Suffield, Conn., under date of January 10, 1885, in-
forms us that there was a
1. Horace Stiles,' once living in that town, ([jrobably this Horace),
who bad child :
2. Chauncey Spiles, ■•' also a resident of Suffield. He hixd children :
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 227
FAMILY 17.
261. Lieut. Martilf Stiles, [15J:], ilsaac,^ Ephraim,^ John;'
John:') bom at Westfield, Mass., July 17, 1728; married Dorcas Adams,
of Suffield, Conn., Dec. 4, 1751.* He was engaged iu the French and
Indian Wai-s; also served as lieutenant (commission bearing date of
3. i. Chauncey.3
4. ii. Horace,^ lived and died in Agawam, Mass., without
issue.
5. Chauncey^ Stiles, 2nd, [3], (Chaxmcey,- Hoi-ace,') married (1), Sarah Sykes,
Dec. 17, 1789. 8he died JIarch 7, 1790, se. 28 years. He married, (2), JIary Stan-
niird, Nov. 22, 1801. Mr. Chauuoey Stiles died Jan. 10, 1817.
Cliilihfn (by first ictfe) all horn in SnffieliJ, Comi.:
6. I. Ci'.N'THiA.J born .Jime 23, 1790; married, Oct. 26,t 1814,
Din-id Sikes, Jr., of Suffield. She died Feb. 2, 1829.
Issue :
1. D.iviD Lyman, .i born Aug. 2, 1815; married, .Jan. 1, 1853,
Jane B. Hamilton, of Cliester, Mass.
li. Oeson Stiles.s born Aug. 14, 1817; married, Aug. 5, 1860,
Mary McCurdy, of Springtleld, Mass.
iii. JONATHAN E3IMETT,' born Jan. 2, 1819; married, Nov.
26, 1846, Laura Sikes, of Suffield, Conn.
iv. ANGELINE ELIZA, o bom Dec. 17, 1826; married, Dec. 11,
1855, Albert M. Kent, of Suffleld, Conn.
7. II. Chauncet,-' 3rd, bom Aug. 25, 1791; married, (1), Abigail
Lane; (2), Sally Lester.
8. III. Sabah,-' born March 5, 1793; married, May 31, 1813,
Carlos Granger; removed to Painesville, Ohio; both
joined the .^lormons, and went to Utah.
Children hy secoml wife :
9. IV. .iKTEMEsr.A,-' born Feb. 11, 1802; married John Granger,
brother of her sister Sarah's husband; resided in
Ohio.
10. V. DiANTHA,< born Jan. 3, 1804; married in Ohio.
11. VI. Mekct Jennet,J born June 14, 1806; died June 24, 1809.
* Suffield Records; "Intention of marriage and ijublication, Nov. 16, 1751." We^tjield, ifass..
Records.
t Her sou, Jouallian E. Sylies, of Suffield (1885), says SeiJt. 15.
228 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
1776) in the Revolutionary War; was at Fort Edwarrl, Ticonderoga,
White Plains, and New Loudon. The summer previous to his death
(being then in 80th year) he raised five acres of Indian corn by his
own labor.
He died Dec. 9, 1808, se. 80. Mrs. Dorcas (Adams) Stiles,
died Sept. 13, 1813, fe. 83.
Children :
262. I. Maetin,'' born at Westfield, Mass., May 5, 1753;
married Tirzah Loomis. Family 31.
263. II. DoECAS," bom at Westfield, Mass. ; married Job Stiles,
of Granville, Mass., July , 1781.
FAMILY 18.
264. Israel" Stiles, [156], {Isaac,* Ephraim,-' John,' John,^)
born at Westfield, Mass., May 27, 1731; married Dorcas White,*
12. VII. Mekcy Jennet," born Oct. 29, 1808; married in Ohio.
13. VIII, Harvey," ; died Dec. 13, 1812, rt^ 13 months.
14. Chauncey" Stiles, 3rd, [7], (Ghaunoey,^ Ghauncey,^ Horace,^) married, (1),
Abigail Lane, (Certificate of intention of marriage, Nov. 6, 1815), | who died in
childbed, .June 9, 1816, !b. 3i years; married (2), Oct 20, 1817, Sally Lester.
Mr. Chauncey Stiles died March 30, 1820.
Child, {by first wife), born in Suffidd, Conn. :
15. I. Infant,'^ born and died June 9, 1816.
CIdidren, (by second wife), born in Suffield. Conn. :
16; II. Chahncey," born June 15, 1818; died Feb. 16, 1838, in
Suffield, unmarried.
17. III. Horace,* born July 3, 1820; died May 16, 1850, in Suf-
field, unmarried.
Consumption seems to have been hereditary in this branch of the Stiles fam-
ily, which is now entirely extinct. The records of families of Chauncey, 3 and
Chauncey," above given, are from Suffield Town Records.
* Dorcas Ronl, (probably the right name), according to her grandson, Mr. .Jason Fox, ol
Westfield. 1884.
t Granville (.]tass.} Records.
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 229
of Granville, Mass. He lived and died in Westfield, about 1780.
His widow married, (2), Job Stiles.*
Children, horn at Westfield, Mass.:
265. I. Dorcas,'' bom July 26, 1776; married Jonathan Day
Fox, Nov. 17, 1791; died at Westfield, Mass., Oct.,
1839, fe. 63 years. They had six sons and four
daughters.
266. II. Israel," born July 14, 1778; married Dorcas Hastings.
Family 32.
FAMILY 19.
267. Daniel' Stiles, [157], {Isaac,* Ephraiin,' John;' Jolm,'^)
bom at Westfield, Mass., Jan. 20, 1782-3; married Amy HiUyer.t
of Simsbury, Conn. ; settled in Westfield, and died in service in the
old French War.
Children :
268. I. Amy,' born at Westfield Mass., May t 2, 1755; married
Joseph Churchill. Issue, ten children.
269. II. Daniel,'* bom Jan. 15, 1757; maiiied (1) Sarah Rogers;
married f2), Charity Lucas. Family 33.
270. in. Letos,' bom Aug. 7, 1760; married . Fam-
ily 34.
271. IV. Austin,^ bom March 12, 1763; married
Family 35.
272. V. Huldah,«bomAprill2, 1765;** married Joseph Selleck,
of Hubbardstown, N. H. Issue : Five children.
* Job and Dorcau (nee Israel's wife,, had daughter Cynthia, who married Launcelot
Granger, and had two daughters and three sons.
t Intention of marriage entered May 11, 1754.— ( Westfield Records.)
t march.— iWestfield Records.)
** 1166.— Westfield Records.
230 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
FAMILY 20.
273. Zebediah' Stiles, [161], (Ephraim,* Ephraim,^ John;'
John,'') l)orn at AVestfiekl, Mass., Sept. 15, 1723; married Experi-
ence Wells, of Northampton, Mass., Jan. 23, 1751. He settled in
Pittsfield, Mass., where he died June 14, 1814.
It appears, from the History of Pittwfield, Mass., that he was a
soldier in the Lonisburg Expedition of 1745, and also iu the Kevo-
Intionary War. Ou the same authority, we learn that he, with his
father, Ei)hraim (160), each paid £2 10s. for seats in the Pittsfield
Meeting House in 1765. Nov. 16, 1772, he had eleven inmates in
his family.
He was one of the earliest settlers of Pittsfield, as in the
History above referred to, we find (i. p. 88) " iu the same sunnner
[1752] Zebediah Stiles found companionship in a like humble home,
on the comer of West and Onoto Streets;" and (i. p. 140) "40
shillings were voted iu 1761, for a pound forty feet square, to be
built, and kept by Zebediah Stiles, near his house" on West Street;
also (p. 140, i. 436) he brought a sill 50 feet long as his contribution
to the meeting hoiise erected in 1790.*
Mrs. Experience (Wells) Stiles, born Oct. 29, 1733, at North-
ampton, Mass., died at Pittsfield, Mass., June 9, 1814, ». 81.
In the Pittsfield Cemetery stands a mouuuient with tlie follow-
ing inscription : " In memory of Zebediah and Experience Stiles,
who immigrated from Westfield, with some of the first settlers to
this town A. D. 1752 — ' Braving the savage beasts of the forest, and
men more savage far than they.' Mrs. Stiles died June 9, 1814, se.
81. Mr. Stiles' died June 15, 1814, aged 90."
Children {all born at Pittsfield, Mass.) .-f
274. I. Mercy," born Jan. 8, 1751-2; married John Walker, of
Becketl; died Oct. 27, 1785.
* Zebediah Stiles, probably this one, was at a Church meeting, Jan. 12, 1810, cited to answer,
on the 19th, to a charge ofi having " iolned the separation." — Hist. PUtsJidd, Mass., 1. p. 132.
+ All but Asahel, Ist, Justus and Experience were Oaptised on the same day, Aug. 10, 1766,
—PUlsfielil Rec, Bk. 7, p. 6, and First Church Brmrds.
X Pittsfield Recnrds, Bk. VII., 120, gives their "Intention ol marriage," July 7, 1772.
THE CONNECTICUT FUMILT. 231
275. II. As.uiel/' bom July 12, 1753 ; died July 27, or 29, 1755.
276.. III. Lois,« bom Sept. 18, 1755, {PiUs/ield Bee, Bk. 7, p.
117, say 1756; married Cady, at Granville,
N. Y., and died at Pittsfield, Jau. 3, 1835; had
277. I. Cady,' born June 16, 1790; died Jan. 30, 1883; married
and had children:
1. Fredeeick,* deceased.
ii. Henry, s res. N. Y. City.
iii. Sophia M., (wife of Edward X. Robbins), of Pitts-
field, Mass.
278. IV. Zebeduh," born Oct. 20, 1757; married Elizabeth
Miller, 1783. Family 36.
279. V. As.VHEL,'' born Nov. 29, 1759; married Bissell Gleasou.
Family 37.
280. VI. SiLAS,^ born Nov. 1, 1761. In U. S. Pension Office
at Washington, D. C. are records of services of a
Sdas Stdes, undoubtedl}' this one, who is described
as "not a pensioner."' His appHcation for pension,
made in September, 1832, he being then of Keeue,
Essex Co., N. T., states that he was "born in Pitts-
field, Mass., Nov. 1, 1763;* that according to his best
recollection he volunteered iu June, 1779, into the
Co. of Capt. Hill.t which was being drafted at Pitts-
field, and with the consent of his father to serve three
months, & when the Co. was filled up, it marched
to New Haven, Conn., in which place some pubUc
stores were burnt before the Co. with Stiles arrived
but they tarried awhile doing duty as guard. In the
month of May or June, 1781, he engaged for 9 months
service iu the French Arigy as a teamster, going with
* This is qutte as likely to be the correct year, as that giveo above.
t From another source we have this statement: " Eulisteil July 20, 1779, in Lieut. -Joel
Steveus' Oompauy ; marched to New Haven, Conn. ; dismissed Aug. 25, 1779.'
232 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
some 20 others, inclncling the conductors of the
teams, to Hartford, Conn., where they found a part
of the French Army, & then proceeded to White
Plains, N. Y., where Gen. Washington was encamped,
& in about 6 or 8 weeks, the allied army marched
for Yorktown, Va. A part of his time was I'cnder-
ing duty as a common soldier by standing guard
with the other teamsters, to the teams and baggage
of the army. During the siege of Yorktown he was
employed in drawing cannon and ammunition from
the place of landing to the French fortifications.
He conreyed the first and last gim that was placed
in the French batteries, & while drawing the first
cannon up a hill, a ball from a British gim struck
and separated the chain which joined 8 yoke of cat-
tle to two other yoke liehiud them, causing the car-
riage & gun to run to the bottom of the hill. This
was in the evening & in order to guard against
danger, it had been arranged by the teamsters on this
duty, that one of their number should watch for &
call out when he saw the match light, so that the
other men could throw themselves upon the ground
to remain until after the discharge of the cannon.
He was present during the operations of the allied
army, and until the surrender of Lord Cornwallis
(Oct. 19, 1781.
" His services were paid by the contracting
agents of the French Army. The conductor ^^as a
Frenchman named Shevot (so written). After the
war he resided 4 years in Pittsfield, Mass., then re-
moved to Benson, Vt., where living 14 years, from
thence to Jay, in Esses Co., N. Y., remaining 14 or
15 years, and then west to the adjoining town of
Keene, where since residing. His house was biirnt
in Benson, Vt., about 30 years ago (abt. 1802)."
This Stiles is said to have had a son Eleazer,
and a daughter Maria, and the family removed to
the West.
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 233
281. VII. JosL^H," born Jnlj 9, 1764; married, (1), Nov., 1787,
Mrs. Hulclah Goodrich. (P!fi.ifieM Records, Bk. 7,
p. 52); married, (2),NastaiisseI Eoberge. Family 38.
282. VIII. ExPEEiENCE," born Feb. 24, 1767; married, (1), Rath-
burn, by whom slie had
283. I. MiLLONA,' bom Feb. 1, 179-1; married Isaac Schofield,
(of English descent), Nov. 4, 1811. She died May 1,
1821; he died July 24, 1822. ChUdren:
' i. Caboline.s born Oct. 4, 1812; died Oct. 2.5, 1820.
ii. Adaline,"* born April 1, 1816; married Bartholo-
mew Teller Scheemekhokn, Dec. 12, 1834, who
died in Schenectady, N. Y., June 24, 1881. She
resides (1887), 96 Lafayette street, Schenectady.
N. Y. Children: (a.) John, born April 26, 1836.
(6.) James, born Feb. 1, 1849; married Kate
ScrafEord, June 21, 1875. (c.) Henky H., born
April 5, 1859; unmarried.
Mrs. Experience Rathburn married (2), Col.
Silas Chapin, Sept. 11, 1817; married (3), Nathan
Burdick. She died at Schenectady, N. Y., Oct. 21,
1860.
284 IX. Maey," born Jime 26, 1769;* died Nov. 30, 1769.
285. X. Justus,** born Sept. 27, 1771.t Settled in Vermont.
Died Jan. 1, 1853.
286. XL Elijah," born June 17, 1775; died July 24, 1775.^
FAMILY 21.
287. Simeon' Stiles, [163], (Eph-aim,' Ephraim^ John;''
John,') born at Westfield, Mass., May 12, 1726; settled at Westfield,
* Given among " Sons and daughters born to Zebedlah and Mercy Stiles," in PMsfield Rec,
Bk. 7, p. 118; p. 117.
t Justus according to Pres. Stiles' MSS.— is not found on Pittsfleld Rec, but Josh. Vain is
found among "otiildren of Zebedlah Stiles," Pittsfidd Rec, Bk. 7, p. 8, date Dec. 1770.
Record is also there given (Bk. 7, p. 29;, of a child (no sex or uame stated) of Justin Stiles,
died Oct. 22. 1791.
X Ibid, Bk. 7, p. 23.
234 TH^ STILES GENEALOGY.
Mass.; married Experience Koot, March 11, 1752.* He was proba-
bly the Simeon Stiles who, with several other citizens of Westfield,
lefnsed, on a requisition for men, made May 13, 1778, to leave
their homes, but preferred to f)ay their fines. {Hiftt. Western 3Iass. ,
i. 219.) He was a farmer, and died at Westfield, Mass., March 10,
1808, se. 82. Mrs. Experience (Eoot) Stiles died at Westfield, March
2, 1797, je. 73.
Children {all horn at Westfield, Mass.):
288. I. Meecy,^ born Dec. 22, 1752; died Jan. 17, 1753.
289. II. Margaret," born Feb. 11, 1754; married John Root.t
of Great Barrington, Mass., March 23, 1777. She
died Nov. 17, 1782. Children all died young.
290. in. Experience,'^ born Nov. 17, 1755; died August, 1841.
291. IV. Simeon," born Dec. 23, 1757; married Euth Austin.
:^AMiLY 39.
292. V. John," born Feb. 2, 1760; married, (1), Charity Smith;
married (2), Anna Day. Family 40.
293. VI. Ephraim," born Nov. 30, 1761; married Esther Mosely.
Family 41.
294. VII. Enoch," born Sept. 19, 1763; married Molly Noble, of
Kussell, Mass., March 10, 1794;** removed to West-
field, Ohio.
* "Simeon Stiles and Experience Root had their names entered of their Intention of mar-
riage and publication thereof set up as the law directs, Feb. 15, 1752. Simeon Stiles and Ex-
perience Root were married by the Key. W. Ballintlne, March 11, 1752."— ( WtstfielcL, Mass. Rec-
ords.)
t Mary.— ( Westfield Rec.)
i Root Genealogy, p. 354.
** There was an Enoch Stiles, Selectman of Russell, Hampden Co., Mass., in 1812 — probably
this Enoch— and at Russell Pond, the grave of Enoch (probably his son) dated 1805. — Hist. Coti-
necticut Valley, p. 1098.
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 235
FAMILY 22.
295. Aaron' Stiles, [179], {Ephraim,^ Ephraim,^ John,^
John,^) bom June 4, 1741; settled in Pittsfield, Mass., 1758; married
(1), Margaret Miller, of Pittsfield, Mass.; married probably (2),
Abigail Beard.* Had seven inmates of his family, Nov. 16, 1772;
was in the Revolutionary service; enlisted August 4, 1775, under
Capt. Eli Pioot, Col. Easton's regiment; marched to New York; was
dismissed Dec. 30, 1775; was under Lieut. James Hubbard; Aug.
17, 1777, went to Bennington; dismissed Aug. 24, {Hist. Piifftfeld,
il/a.ss., p. 493); also enlisted May 4, 1777, under Capt. Jno. Strong,
who marched to Kinderhook, N. Y., after inimical persons; dismissed
May ll.t
The wife of Mr. Aaron Stiles was admitted to the Pittsfield
Church June 30, 1799.
He was probably the Aaron Stiles who, according to the same
history (p 159), was dependent, on account of some bodily infirmity,
upon the j^ublic support, and was employed for many years as
" sexton," both as grave-digger and in charge of the meeting-house.
In the latter capacity he seems to have had a world of trouble in
keeping things in decent order.
Mr. Aaron Stiles died at Pittsfield, Sept. 7, 1807, se. 67.
Children {all horn in Pittsfield, Mass.):
296. I. James," born Dec. 14, 1762 ) "" ( Dec. 12 )
V both died \ \ 1776
297. II. Aaeon," born Sept. 7, 1765 ) (Dec. 13)
"of a ■sdolent nervous fever — both buried in the
same gi'ave," Dec. 14, lllQ.—Pitlf-field Bee, Bk. 7,
p. 24, and First Church Records.
298. III. Elizabeth,"^ bom April 10, 1768.
299. IV. Maegaret," born Jan. 15, 1771.
•
* I am Inclined to think he is the same Aaron, whose " Intention of marriage " of Dec. 4,
17fi5, with Abigail Beard (both of Pittsfield) was consummated by marriage June 22, 1786, ac-
cording to Cong. Church Records, p. 276, and the Pitlspild Records, Bk. vii., pp. 52, 128, which also
gives, p. 276, death of Mrs. Abigail Stiles, May 1, 1833.
t Pittsjidd Records, Bk, 7, p. 138.
236 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
300. V. Rachel," bom Feb. 17, 1774.
301. VI. Mary," bom March 7, 1777. Probably the "PoUy"
Stiles whose intention of marriage to James Ware,
" both of Pittsfield," was published Oct. 25, 1800.
By second wife:
302. VII. Ruth," bom July 23, 1787.
FAMILY 23.
303. Eli= Stiles, [181], (^'pAram,' Ephrawi,^ John,^ John,')
born May 22, 1746; married Sarah , in Pittsfield, Mass. He
lived in Hollis, N. H., during the Revolutionary period, was in the
Continental Army for one year, (1776), and for eight months in 1777;
also, enlisted in 1780, "for the war."* It is claimed that he bore
the commission of Colonel. He removed to Northfield, Vt., in
1806.t
Children :
304. I. Sarah," born at Pittsfield, Mass., Oct. 6, 1768; married
Lewis ; removed to Wethei-sfield, Vt.; died
1806.
* iV. //. Town Papers, Vol. 12, p. 2:27 — State of Massachusetts Bay — lu the Hows of Repre-
sentatives, Jan. ye 31, 1778. On the Petition of Uriah WrJght, In Behalf «if the Selectmen of the
town of Hollis In the State of New Hampsr. setting forth that oae Eli Stiks of said Hollis did
lulist Hlrn Self Into the Service for the town of Littleton In this State and was mustered by
James Barrett Esqr. and Received the C'ontenantal and this States Bounty and whereas said
Eli Stiles Is also Inlisted In said Hollis & Reckoned for a Soldier for said town and also Rec-
oned for a Soldier In said town of Littlewood.
i2t'6o/i'cd, that it appears to this Court that the said Eli Stiles ought to be Considered as a
Soldier for the town of Hollis he belonging to said town and Not to be Reckoned for the town of
Littleton and that upon tlie said Uriah Wright's paying back to James Barrett Esqr. both tbe
Contenantal and this Slate's Bounty the said Eli Stiles be Discharged from being a Soldier for
Said Littleton, tlie said James Barrett Esqr. to be accountable to this Court for the Bounties
afore Said.
Sent up for Concurrence J. WARREN Speaker
,In Counsell January ye 31. 1778.
Read and Concurred— JOHN AVERY Dy Secretary
Consented to by the mar Part of the Counsell
A true Copy Attest JOHN AVERY Dy Secretary
t Record of this family and descendants supplied from data furnished by the Hist, of
Hollis, N. H ; FiiUfield. Mass.; Windsor, Conn., and letters of Mrs. Cornelia DufTany, of Clare-
mout, N. H.
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 237
305. II. A\'EEV Wi>;throp,'' boru in Pittsfield, Mass., Aug. 27,
1770; went to Canada.
306. III. WiLLU3r,'= born in Pittsfield, Mass., Oct. 12, 1773.
307. IV. Eachel,^ bom in Pittsfield, Mass., Feb. 17, 1774; died
young.
308. V. Eachel,^ bom in Hollis, N. H., April 11, 1775; mar-
ried John Porter ; removed to Danville, Yt. ; thence
to , N. Y., with husband and nine childi-en.
309. \1. Da^-id," born in Hollis, N. H., Oct. 27, (or 17), 1777;
married Maiy Towues. Family 41^.
FAMILY 24.
310. Capt. Asahel'' Stiles, [187], (Israel^ John,' John;'
John,^ John,^) born at East Windsor, Conn., May 2, 1753; resided on
the homestead farm, near the present village of Broad Brook, East
Windsor, Conn.
At the commencement of hostilities between the Colonies and
Great Britain, in 1775, Mr. Stiles was a drummer in the mihtia com-
pany of his native town, commanded by Capt. Lemuel Stoughton. It
is related of him, that when the " Lexington Alarm," as it is called,
reached East Windsor, in April, 1775, young Stiles, then twenty-two
years of age, was chopping wood in a grove of trees which (until
within a few years past) stood near the house, when a mounted mes-
serger galloped up to the fence by the roadside and shouted to him
the order from his Captain (Lemuel Stoughton ~) to repair immediately
to the rendezvous half a mile north of Scautic meeting-house. Strik-
ing his axe into the log which he was hewing, Stiles jumped the
fence, repaired to the house, and slinging his drum over his shoul-
der, lost no time on the road to Scantic, and the nest day, Saturday,
the company depaited, en route for Eoxbury, near Boston. At
Shrewsbm-y, they were met by Col. Terry, of Enfield, who had been
to Eoxbury, and who brought to them advices to so arrange that those
who continued the journey (the immediate m'gency being past) should
238 ?■//£ STILES GENEALOGY.
be able to stay two or three weeks. Volnnteers were called for and
eleven responded, among whom was Asahel Stiles. They remained
in camp at Roxbtirj' abont three weeks, bearing their own expenses,
and living, for the most part, on what their wives and mothers had
put into their knapsacks before leaving home. They were then
dismissed and returned home; but he was wont to say, with a smile,
that he "never found that axe again." In the latter jmrt of May, or
the beginning of June, 1776, he enlisted for seven mouths as a drum-
mer in a company of which Simon Wolcott, of Windsor, was Cap-
tain, John Chester, of Ellington, First Lietitenant, Hezekiah Wells, of
East Windsor, Second Lieutenant, and Aaron Easton, of Stafford,
Ensign.* This company formed a portion of the regiment, officered
by Col. Fisher Gay, of Farmiugton; Seth Hart, of the same town,
Lieut. Colonel, and Edward Mott, of New London County, Major.t
They marched to New Haven, where they embarked for New York,
landing there some time in June. Mr. Stiles was present at the
official pr(jmulgation, in that city, of the Declaration of Independ-
ence. Shortly after,J with a part of the regiment, he was transferred
to Long Island, at Brooklyn, where they were under command of
Lord Stirling. His Colonel (Gay) died about this time, in New
York. Mr. Stiles was invalided for a short time, while at Brooklyn;
from whence his regiment returned to New York, and, under com-
mand of Major Mott, (Col. Hart having been captured), were sent to
Harlem Heights; thence to Mile Square, beyond Kingsbridge; thence
to Pliillipsburgli; thence to North Castle, in New York State, where,
its term of service having expired, the regiment was mustered out,
on the 25th of December, 1776.
* His fellow soldier, Hezekiah Munsell, of East Windsor, to whose remarkable exact and
Interesting remlniaences of his Revolutionary scenes \as given in Stiles' Hisfoi-y of Ancient
Windsor, Conn. 713,) we are indebted for much of our knowledge ol these matters, says of this
enlistment, 'it was now more difficult to obtain soldiers for the campaign than at any pre-
vious time; for the war continued longer than was at first anticipated. The novelty of the
campaign and field of action bad gone by. Men who enlisted now expected hard fighting."
t Gay's regiment was one of seven regiments of what was known as " new levies," sent by
Connecticut to New York in 1776, in response to a call for troops Issued by the Continental
Congress. They were formed into a brigade, under Brigadier General James Wadsworth, in
Major General Joseph Spence's Division. — The Campaign of 1776, around New York and Brooklyn,
1778, by Henry P. Johnston; and Stiles' History of Windsor, Conn. p. 715.
t Johnston, InCampaigji o/177G. says Gay's Conn, levies " had been on liOng Island since the
1st of August." Gay's regiment was engaged in the Battle of Brooklyn, Aug. 28, 1776; Johnston
says they were stationed " between Fort Box and the Marsh;" and, in the retreat through
New York Island, they were, under Gen. Wadsworth, posted (Sept. 15), near the present 23d
Street.
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 239
The above statement of his mihtary service is derived from
family tradition, and from the " declaration " made by bim, in order
to obtain the benefit of the Pension Act, passed by Congress, June
7, 1832, and siij^ported by the statement of Hezekiah Munsell, of
East Windsor, Conn., who had served with him in the same com-
pany. Mr. Stiles' pension papers, dated Aug. 20, 1833, for the
amount of §28 annually, from March 4, 1831, and signed by Lewis
Cass, as Secretary of War, and J. L. Edwards, Commissioner of
Pensions, are still in the possession of his grandson, the author of
this Genealogy. He is therein described as "Private and Musician."
After the war, Mr. Stiles became an officer in the mihtia com-
pany of which he had once been a " private and musician." His
first commission is from Oliver King, Lieut. Colonel of the 19th
Eegiment, Conn. State Mihtia, dated Sept. 7, 1791, and appointing
him Sergeant of the 4th Co. in said regiment. His next commis-
sion is from Gov. Samuel Huntington, imder the broad seal of
the State, dated May 16, 1794, and constitutes him Captain of the
Second Company of the 19th Eegiment of Conn. State Militia.
Capt. Stiles became a member of the Eirst Congregational
Church, in East Windsor, Conn., on profession, in the year 1821.
He represented the Town of East Windsor in the General Assem-
bly of Connecticut, in the October session of the year 1811 and the
May session of 1812.
His sincerity of purpose, rigid adherence to Christian principle
and duty, together with certain personal characteristics, won for him
among his neighbors, the expressive but respectful appellation of
" Captain Straight."
Captain Asahel Stiles married Tryphena (daughter of Joseph *
and Jane Allen (Wolcott) Chapin, who was born May 29, 1756. He
died at East Windsor, Conn., Nov. 29, 1883, fe. 80. Mrs. Tryphena
(Chapin) Stiles died at East Windsor, April 21, 1831, ai. 74.
Children {all horn at East Windsor, Conn.):
311. L Asahel," born Feb. 12, 1783; died April 20, 1785.
* A noted gunsmith and mechanic, first o£ Longmeadow, Mass. ; then of Ketch Mills,
{East Windsor), Conn. ; then of Vermont, where he died.
240 THE STILES GENEALOGT.
312. II. Teyphexa," bom June 8, 1785; married, , 1813,
Bethuel Kinsley, slioemaker; resided in Ea.st Wind-
sor. He was born in Eliode Island, April 16, 1783,
and died at East Windsor, Dec. 17, 1846. By his
fii-st wife, Cbloe (daughter of Nathaniel and Anna
Jones) Allen, of East Windsor, he had a son, Henry
■ Allen, born at East Windsor, and died July 27,
1811, se. 8 months. By second ^vife, Tryphena
Stiles : Issue :
313. i. Chaelotte Maeia,* bom Oct. 30, 1813; res. (1885) un-
married, in Broad Brook, Conn.
314. ii. Hexey Stiles.s born Aug. 3, 1815; died .Jan. 19, 1860;
married Lucretia Abbe, (bom .July "21, 1820), June,
1841. Issue:
i. Rosalia Mabia,^ married ; res. West.
ii. Ellen CoEXELLi,^ born March 14, 1846; married
; res. West.
315. iii. Sarah Howaed,' bom Sept. 4, 1817.
316. iv. Haeeiet Teyphesa,^ born November 13, 1819; married
Wm. H. Brown; res. Osage, Mitchell Co., Iowa.
317. T. Caeolxn'e Eliza, '^ bom Oct. 11, 1821; res. (1885) Broad
Brook, Conn. ; unmarried.
318. vi, .Jane Mellosa,' born April 20, 1823; died September
12, 1827.
319. vii. Fan-NY Melissa, s bom April 30, 1825.
320. viii. Emeline Matilda,^ bom March 30, 1827; died, unmar-
ried, Sept. 24, 1847.
321. . ix. Helen MnraEVA,* born Feb. 18, 1832; died June 11, 1858.
Mi-s. Tiyphena (Stiles) Kinsley died Dec. 28,
1862.
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 241
322. III. Jane,' bom Aug. 16, 1788; joined the 1st Cong. Ch.
in East Windsor, Conn., 1809; married JosLiia
(second son of Josiah and Ann Knowlton) Eaton,
(born at Ashford, Conn., May 23, 1787) Nov. 26,
1816; Farmer at Stockbridge, N. Y. Died March,
1845. Issue, {born at Stockbridge, N. Y.):
323. i. CoENEOA Jane," born at East Windsor, Conn. Oct. 23,
1817.*
324. ii. William Stiles,6 hnrn February 12, 1820; died June 13,
1845, at Bennett Springs, Barnwell District, S. C;
unmarried.
325. iii. AsAHEL KNOWLTOx.st M. D., born May 2, 1822.
* CoENELiA Janes Eaton, married Dec, 1839, C. A. Adkins, ot Syracuse, N. Y. ;
died Dec. 18, 1844. Issue :
1. Mary Elvine,'' born Dec. 25, ; died se. 22,
2. Ohaklottf.,9 bom Oct. 6, 1844; married Feb. 10, 1868, Edwin D.
Edwards, of Syracuse, N. Y. (126 Warren Street). Children :
(a.l Maud,'» born Oct. 6, 1869; died Nov. 30, 1880.
(!).) Robert Burton," born May 23, 1871; died Nov. 10, 1880,
(c.) Marion Cornelia,'" born Nov. 6, 1873; tiled Nov. 15, 1880.
(d.) Edwin 8.,'" born April 25, 1882.
(e.) MAHiON.io boru June 16, 1884.
3. Theodore." '
f Asahel Knowlton 8 Eaton, A. M., M. D,, grad. Hamilton College, N. Y. ; was
for some years Principal of the Academies at Little Falls and Fredonia, N. Y. after-
wards Prof. Chemistry at Eclectic Medical College, Rochester, N. Y ; settled in New
York cit}', as an analytical chemist ; discovered and patented a process for making
steel directly from the iron ore, and also a quick process of tanning leather. His
attention was then directed to the gold mines in North Carolina, and he invented
and patented several improved processes of amalgamation and separation ; short!}'
after, in connection with Charles C. Spencer, of Canastota, N. Y., entered into the
manufacture of optical instruments, microscopes, telescopes, etc., at that place ;
and constructed for the Litchfield Observatory, Hamilton College, its large teles-
cope, then one of the largest ever manufactured in this country. In 1850 was en-
gaged in N. Y. city, in the refining of kerosene from the coals of Western Pennsylvania
and Eastern Ohio — this being before the discover}' of petroleum. During the early
part of the Civil Wai', he was largely engaged in the preparation (by processes of his own
242 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
326. iv. Andrews* 1 (
- twins - born Sept. 18, 1824.
327. V. ANN-f ) I
invention) of the peculiar green and other colored inks required by the Bank Note
Companies in the printing of the Government "greenbacks." In 1804, he went to
Montana Territorj', aOd was engaged in gold and silver mining, perfecting several
new processes and machinery for that work. Returning, in 1877 to Brooklyn, he
^invented a new kind of prism, using bi-siilphide of carbon, and also, a direct-vision
spectroscope. When the telephone was brought into public notice, he made and
patented several valuable improvements, and organized a telephone manufacturing
company, which, however, was ultimately forced to succumb to the superior finan-
cial strength of the Bell Telephone Co. He has been actively engaged in forwarding
the interests of a new form of storage-batteries for electricity, invented by himself.
He pviblished, several years ago, a small elementary text-book on Agricultural Chem-
istry. Prof. Eaton is thoroughly versed in his chosen science of chemistry, as well
as in geology, mineralogy, metallurgy and optics ; few men have read more exten-
sively, or have enjoyed so wide a range of practical observation and experience ; and,
as an expert in matters of medical jurisprudence, he has also done the State some
service. He married (1), Sept. 2.5, 18.55, Marion McNeil, of Farmer, Seneca, N. Y.,
who died Feb. 4, 186.5, in Brooklyn, N. Y. Married (2), Widow Maria Chichester,
June 3, 1882. Issue, (by first marriage):
1. Marion Malcolm, » born at Brooklyn, N. Y., April 14, 1858.
2. Alice Maud.s born at Brooklyn, N. Y., Sept. 25, 1860.
3. Hugh McDougal,' born at Brooklyn, June 23, 1865. Manager of
Art Department of American Magazine, New Y'ork City.
* Andrew" Eaton married Dec. 5, 1850, Sara Francis (daughter of David and
Polly Stafford) Wood, of Stockbridge, N. Y.; removed to Oneida, N. Y., April,
1854; to Woodstock, Canada West, November, 1861; to Wells, Minn., December,
1873, where (1888) he is a dealer in wheat. Issue:
1. Fbankie,'' born at Stockbridge, N. Y., March 14, 1852.
2. Samuel Emory,' born at Stockbridge, Jan. 27, 1854; married, Feb.
2, 1876, Ella Baird, at Gloversville, N. Y.
3. Charles Andrew," born at Oneida, N. Y., Deo. 15, 1858; married,
Dec. 24, 1887. Ees. (1888) Park River, Walsh Co., Dakota.
4. Gkant,9 born Feb. 8, 1864; died May 1, 1867, at Woodstock, C. W.
5. • Claek Stiles," born at Woodstock, C. W., Jan. 24, 1870.
6. Rose Wood, " born Feb. 8, 1872, at Woodstock, C. W.
t Ann* Eaton, married, at Stockbridge, N. Y., May 6, 1851, William H. Black-
mer, druggist, of Clinton, N. Y. Res. (1885), Marysville, Marshall County, Kansas.
(1888) C'lizad, Nebraska. Issue:
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 243
328. vi. Caeoline.b bom August 13, 1827.*
1. KdwabdEatos,9 j (Farmer.
\ born at Elmira, N. Y., Feb. 6, 1855. -
2. Ellekt Hatden,') (Farmer.
3. Chakles Ksowlton,' born at Stockbridge, N. Y., Dec. 27, 1858; died
at Marysville, Kansas, June 27, 1881.
4. CoKA.sbornat Northfield, Minn., May 1, 1861; died at Winnebago,
Minn., April 1, 1862.
Ty. CoBNELU. EiiswoBTH,' boru at Winnebago, Minn., Nov. :30, 1860.
School teacher.
* CiBOLisE' E.iTos, married, June 20, 184:8, Daniel H. Frost. Res. il885i.
Belle Plains, Benton Co., Iowa; (1888) Neligh, Neb. Issiie :
1. William Eaton," bom Oct. 17, died Nov. 11, 1849, at Munnsville.
N. Y.
2. Henry .Asahel," born Oct. 16, 1850, at Stockbridge, N. Y'.; printer
and editor.
3. Elizabeth Maeiox.s born Oneida, N. Y., Dec. 21, 1852; teacher
(1888) Belle Plains, Iowa.
4. C'akoline Eaton,9 bom Feb. 3, 1855: at Stockbridge, N. \'., farmer
(1888) Neligh, Neb.
5. Jane Stiles, 9 born Elmira, N. Y., Sept. 1, 1856; teacher (1888)
Neligh, Neb.
fi. CoENELiA,9 born Northfield, Minn., April 20, 1858 ; teacher (1888)
Neligh, Neb.
7. Theodoee,9 born Vinton, Iowa, July 19, 1866, died at Vinton, Aug.
23, 1866.
8. Olive Theodoea,' born Vinton, Nov. 16, 1867; resides (1888) Neligh,
Neb.
it. Aethcr Knowlton,' bom Vinton, May 24, 1869; farmer, Neligh, Neb.
10. Ethel Emeline,' bom Belle Plains, Iowa, July 16, 1871 ; resides
(1888) NeUgh, Neb.
244 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
329. vii. Capt. Samuel Chapin.s M. D., born Nov. 19, 1830.*
330. viii. Emelixe Monboe.s bom August 20, 1833. t
Mrs. Jane (Stiles) Eaton died at Moncej-, N.
Y., Api-il 8, 1864.
* Samtjel Chapin,8 Eaton, M. T)., Grad. at Med. Dept. Univ., City of N. Y.,
18.35; associated witli his Brother Asahel K., as Chemist andiletallurgist inX. T. city
for about five years, with occasional trips to the Virginia and North Carolina gold
fields: was engaged in working there in 1860 and '61, in early part of which he en-
listed as private in 1st N. Y. Vol. Keg't, Engineers, (Capt. Serrel's): was appointed
Lieutenant: promoted to Captain; served on the Georgia and South Carolina coast-;,
through the sieges of Forts Pulaski and Sumter; finished his military service in Vir-
ginia; was mustered out in .January, 1865. with brevet rank of Major; spent the
Spring of 'G5 in Montana as assayer tor mining company: returned across the
plains by stage in winter of '65-'6; taught practical chemistry for three years in the
Brooklj'n Polytechnic Institute; then engaged in smelting in Nevada, and antimony
mining and smelting in New Brunswick, Canada. In 1873, settled in the U. S.
Assay office N. Y. where he has since been fully engaged, with occassional trips
to the mining regions of Colorado, Nova Scotia, Tennessee and old Mexico. He
Married Feb. 1, 1864, Lavinia Myers (daughter of Daniel S. and Elizabeth Nichols :
Purdy, of New York City, who was born Oct. 5, 1839. Res. (1888j Nyack, N. Y.
Issw, :
1. William Alfred, » bom at Sing Sing, N. Y., Dec. 9, 1864.
2. Emma Marion,' born at Piermont, N. Y. , Jan. 4, 1867.
3. Samdel EDW.1RD,' horn at Piermont, N. Y. , July 23, 1868.
4. Allen Knowlton," born at Brooklyn, N. \., Nov. 23, 1869.
5. Elizabeth Puedy," born Aug. 21, 1873, at Piermont, N. Y.
6. Julian Stiles,' born March 4, 1876, at Piermont, N. Y.
7. Maky LA•s^NIA,9 born Feb. 9, 1879, at Piermont, N. Y.
t Emeline Moneoe'^ Eaton, married April 29, 1863, Stansbury Allen Jessup,
nf Piermont, N Y., born at Pompton, Waj-ne Co., Penn., Aug. 31, 1833. Was for
many years engaged on the Northern K. E., of New Jersey, in every capacity, from
lirakeman, to station-master, postmaster and express agent (at Piermont, N. Y.),
and finally as conductor; then had a term of mining in the West, and for many
years has been in the Assay Office of the TJ. S. Mint, in Wall St., New York. Is a
deacon in the Congregational Church at Piermont. Issue (born at Piermont, N. Y."i
1. Samuel Stansbuey,' bom Dec. 31, 1864.
I
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY, 245
331. IV. Patty,' born Sept. 25, 1791; married Koswell Ely, Nov.
25, 1812. Issue :
-H32. , i. Albert Stiles,* born Oct. 14, 1813; a farmer at Stock-
bridge, N. Y. ; married Luoinda Abbe, Oct. 3, 1838.
Childen:
1. LOKEN SYLVESTER," bom Jan. 23, 1841, dlea Aug. 28, 1850.
II. Emeline Coburn," born August 17, 1844.
It. Andrew Delancy,* born September 11, 184R.
V. Mary Adeline « born September 17, 1853.
:«3. ii, :Martha,s born Feb. 19, 181(5.
334. V. (Hon.) AsAHEL Chapin,' born Dec, 1793; married Jan.
31, 1832, Eb'za Belknap, who died very suddenly of
paralysis, July 15 (14 on her monument), 1858, se.
52. No issue. Hon. Asahel Stiles was a farmer on
the old homestead, near Broad Brook, Conn.; his
early education was acquired at the district school
house near his father's residence, and by a term (in
1811) at the then celebrated Monson (Mass.) Academy.
He taught school for awhile, the certificate of the
School Visitor, dated at Enfield, Oct. 20, 1816, "ap-
probating" him to teach in School Dist. No. 5 for the
ensuing winter, was accompanied by a certificate
of character from his pastor, the Rev. Shubael Bart-
lett.
In youth, he also served in the State Militia, un-
der commission from Peter B. Gleason, Esq., Colonel
of First Regiment Cavalry, in the State of Connecti-
cut, dated May 25, 1818, appointing him Corporal
of the Second Troop; from Gov. Oliver AVolcott,
dated May 30, 1825, appointing him Second Lieu-
2. Joshua Eaton,^ born Oct. 18, 1867.
3. Habkiet Foster," born April .5, 1869.
4. CoBNELLi Stiles,'' born Oct. 29, 1871; died April 2i:, 1879.
246 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
tenant iu the Second Troop, from April 22, preced-
ing, and from Gov. Gideon Tomlinsou, dated Ma.y 20.
1827; constituting him First Lieutenant of the same
Troop, from April 25th preceding.
He was an early and sti'ong advocate of temper-
ance reform ; was a Representative from East Wind-
sor to the State Legislature in 1842 and 1845 ; was
of a very kindly nature, and leserved and quiet in
manner ; a great reader of good Uterature, and a keen
observer of public events. He was a FederaUst,
Whig and Kepubhcan, successively, in pohtics; joined
the First Congregational Church of East Windsor,
on profession of faith, iu 1818 ; and by his sterl-
ing honesty, clear judgment and sincere Christian
life commanded the respect and aifection of all who
came in contact with him. He died at Broad Brook,
Conn., Sept. 24, 1866, ae. nearly 73 years. The
inventory of his estate, real and personal, amounted
to $6,966.47; dated Nov., 1866.
335. VI. Samuel,' born July 15, 1796; married Charlotte Sophia
Reed. Famly 42.
«
336. VII. Ezra,' born July 19, 1799; married Anna Spear. Fam-
ily 43.
FAMILY 25.
337. John" Stiles, [188], [Israel; John,* JohnJ" Johnl^
./(>//);,') born at East Windsor, Conn., Sept. 15, 1755; married (1),
Hannah Chamberlain, of East Windsor, Conn., and removed to
Temple, N. H., then to Brandon, Vt. The first deed recorded to
him in Brandon, locates him at Andover, Windsor Co., Vt., dated
June, 1786; recorded March, 1787. He was a soldier in the Revo-
lution. Mrs. Hannah (Chamberlain) Stiles died in 1803, and he
married 2, ■. He died at Brandon, Vermont, Julj- 27, 1812;
his second wife smwiving him some ten or twelve years. Inventorj',
taken April 12, 1813, real estate $1,400; personal $837.61.
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILT. 247
Children {all born at Brandon, Ft.]:
338. I. Anna; l)oni June 28, 1787; married Warner.
Went West.
339. n. Abigail,' bom Aug. 11, 1788; married Deacon Zebina
Thomas, of Sudbury, Vt., 1821, and died in the
following March. Deacon Thomas was an excel-
lent man, connected with the Baptist Church,
and a good farmer. Resided at Brandon, Vt.
340. III. Dr. Samuel," born at Sudbury, Vt., Feb. 2, 1791: mar-
ried Louisa Lamb. Family 44.
341. IV. HosEA," born : married Nelson. Fam-
ily 4.5.
342. V. Hannah,' born ; died 1828, in Brandon, Vt., un-
married.
343. VL Maetha,' born ; married Ira Sandford, of Can-
ton, St. Lawi-ence Co., N. Y.
344. VII. Cyrene,' born ; married Shubael Dimmick, of
Sudbury, Vt. ; went to Wisconsin. Had nine chil-
dren.
345. VIII. SoPHEONiA," born ; married Joshua Narramore ;
removed to and died in New York State.
346. IX. Salome,' ; died unmarried.
FAMILY 26.
347. Benoni" Stiles, [202], Israel,' John.' John-' John;-
John,^) born at East Windsor, Conn., July 15, 1763 ; resided in
East Windsor, as a farmer. He served in the Revolutionary War;
joined the Fii-st Congregational Church, in East Windsor, Conn., be-
fore 1804. He married Hannah Harper, a sister of his brother
Samuel's wife. He died Jan. 1, 1820. . Mrs. Hannah (Hai-per)
Stiles died at East Windsor, Conn., Aug. 16, 1853, ae. 88.
248 THE STILES GENEALOGY^
(Tliildren [all born at East Windsor-, Conn.):
348. I. Benoni,' bom Oct. 5, 1789; married Esther Morton.
Family 46.
.349. II. Hannah,' born Dec. 24, 1792; married Harvey Barbe,
of East Windsor, Conn. Issue :
350.
i.
Geokge H.*
3.51.
ii.
.James S."
352.
iii.
Edwakd.'
353. ni. Israel,' bom Oct. 17, 1796.
354. IV. IsKAEL,' born April 27, 1798; married Eunice M. Avery.
Family 47.
355. V. James,'' born March 26, 1802.
356. VI. James Haepeb,' born Sept.' 12, 1804; married Marilla
M. Skinner. Family 48.
357. VII. Matilda,' ; manied Hiram Skinner, of Wap-
ping, East Windsor. Issue :
358. i. HiKAM Revtlo.*
3.59, ii. Hannah Matilda.'
360. iii. Chakles."
361. iv. Saeah.«
362. V. Matilda. "
363. vi. Olivee.»
364. vii. Henky Clat.'
365. VIII. Sarah,' born Feb. 26, 1809.
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 249
FAMILY 27.
367. Ezra' Stiles, Esq., [206], {Rev. Ezra;' Rev. Isaac,'
John; John; John;} hom March 11, 1759; was carefiiUy eflucated
under the eye of his father, the President. He gi'aduated at Hai--
vard College 1778, and studied law. His educational progress is
thus noted in his father's diary :
Dec. 10, 1774. — " Last Sepf- I have entered my son Ezr-a into Yale
College, for which he was well fitted, especially in Latin &
Greek. I liave also initiated him into some acquaintance with
the Oriental Languages. He has translated a hundred psalms
in the Hebrew Psalter, and learned some C'haldee, Syriac ■((■
Arabic. He is now ae. 15|."
Dec. 10, 1777. — " Upon the breaking up of Tale College last Spring
thro' the Tumults Calamities &: Dangers of the iDresent War,
I took home ujy sou Ezra ct instructed him the summer past
in Mathematics «fe Natural Philosophy. In August last I en-
tered him Senior Sophister in Harvard College."'
Dec. 10, 1778. — " I have carried my oklest son thro' a liberal Educa-
tion which he begun at Yale and finished at Harvard College,
where he gi-aduated Batchelor of Arts, in July last, and was
admitted to an ad eundem here in September, when I con-
ferred degrees upon above Eighty candidates."
Dec. 10, 1780. — " My Son Ezra has finished his Law Education, qual-
ified himself for the Bar, & is settled for the present in the
State of Vermont. Altho' he removed thither but last May,
he is in full business."
He was at Westminister* and afterwards at Keene, N. H., in the
practice of law, and seems to have been somewhat actively engaged
in pubHc afi'airs in his adopted State.
In August, 1780, at a special session of the Governor and Coun-
cil of Vermont, at Bennington, Mr. Stiles was appointed to re^jair to
New Loudon, Conn., to confer with Mr. Timothy Green (the well-
known printer ) concerning the removal of his types and printing appar-
atus to Vermont, for the purpose of undertaking the public printing
* Records of Governor ami Council of Vermont. Vol. II., 38.
250 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
of that State. lu October following, Mr. Stiles was empowered by
the Governor and Council to seize and take possession of, for the use
of the State, a printing office in the town of AVestminister, which had
formerlj- been the property of one Pale [or Gale ?] who " had gone
over and joined the Enemies of this and the United States of Amer-
ica."*
At the sessi(}n of the General Assembly of Vermont, in the pre-
ceding April (1780) the issuing of bills of credit bj' the State, to the
amount of £25,15.5, had been authorized, and counterfeiting these
bills was made a capital crime. The bills were to printed under the
inspection of " Matthew Lyon, Edward Harris, and Ezra Styles,
Esquires," and were, when printed, to be duly delivered by them to
a committee aj^poiuted for the signing and numbering of said bills.f
Some misunderstandings, probablj' of a political nature, arose in the
course of this business, seriously compromising the good name of Mr.
Stiles and his fellow committee-men. In June, 1781, the committee
for signing and numbering the bills of credit, reported to the Gen-
eral Assembly that they had found a 40^ bill (No. 36) of the State
Currency, which was not of their signing " and counterfeit;" and
that they suspected Judah Padock Spoouer, Timothy Green [the
printers], Samuel Avery and Ezra Styles, Esq., of Westminster [the
Committee on Printing, etc.], of being concerned in the matter.
Under a Council Warrant, these parties weie all arrested ; but an
examination speedily resulted in establishing the innocence of all the
jDarties implicated — and the discovery of the real culprits, " one
Chaffee and the printer's boy."|
According to the Assembly Journal, Mr. Stiles in October of the
same year (1781), ref)resented the town of Keene, N. H., in the Ver-
mont Assembly. It is possiljle that he may have been a member of
that body on Feb. 22, 1781, when he was, by resolution, "appointed
and empowered to get the several Acts and Articles of Union that
have been passed this Session, prmted," and to send copies of the
same to certain parties in the State, who were charged with their dis-
tribution to the several towns.** In all the important measures
which led to the dissolution of what was known as the " Eastern
* Records of Governor and Council of Vemumt. Vol. ii., p. 42.
+ Slade's State Papers 424.
t Ibid, 101-4.
** Ibid, 294, 320-1, 382, 383.
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 251
and Western Union," (/. e. between the State of Vermont, and of
New Hampsliire on lier East and New York on her West), Mr. Stiles
seems to have figured Largely. The indefiniteness of the boundaries
between these colonies resulted, as they gradnally developed into States,
in much clashing of interests, and of injustice to private individuals.
But on the 19tii of October, 1781, Ezra Stiles, Stephen E. Biadley
and John Bassett, of the House, were appointed by the Vermont As-
sembly to prepare a bill, or official statement, in regaid to the matter.
On the report of this Committee, nine persons were appointed bj' the
Legislature, on the part of Vermont, to meet with the Commissioners
from New York and New Hampshire, for the purpose of settling tlie
boundary lines. Mr. Ezra Stiles was one of these Commissioneis,
being, with Gen. Eoger Enos, appointed to the settlement of the
Western district (t. e., the boundary between Vermont and New York),
matter, on which they were in conference with Gov. Clinton, of New
York, Feb. 24th, 1782.*
Ezra Stiles, Esq., was one of the contributors to the " Family
Tablet," befoj-e referred to (page 219), and as poets are not over-
abundant in the Stiles family, we venture to present one of his poems
in this volume, entitled "Andre's Ghost." "It is not much worse
than some other poems that were written on the same theme — which
is about all that can be said of it."t
ANDRES GHOST.
AN IMITATION OF " POMPEY's GHOST."
From visions of unclouded day,
From joys refined without allay,
And heavenly charms without decay,
I come, through dark and dreary gloom.
Where fond Eliza wastes her bloom
Near the cold mansions of the tomb.
Behold thy Brother's ghost, fair Maid!
In robes of purest light array'd,
In robes whose beauties never fade!
* Doc. Hist. N. v., Iv., 604.
t Published iu American Bibliopolisl , Aug. and Sept., 1870, 224.
252 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
By death this glory I obtain;
'Tis heaven's illustrious martyr's gain,
When freed from momentary f)aiu.
Inglorious fate thine Andre bore —
My Sovereign call'd; I wish'd no more,
But hasten'd to Columbia's shore
On Hudson's banl;s — Ah! traitorous tide!
No more thy waters sweetly glide,
Nor navies there securely ride.
Arnold himself shall oft repine,
And mourn Ais fate was not like mine,
Since he is doomed to wrath divine;
His shade shall stalk on some drear coast.
To life, to honor, glory lost,
No monument of fame shall boast.
Then stay those tears, sweet Maid ! prejjare
To exchange for heaven this scene of care.
Immortal honors wait thee there;
There no harsh traitor iinds his way,
Naught can obscure the face of day,
Nor Arnold shall his friend betray.
EUGENEO.
Ezra Stiles, Esq., married, Jan. 4, 1781, Sybil Avery, of
Vermont, (formerly of Norwich, Conn.) He " died in Chowan
County, about 10 miles from Edeuton, in North Carolina, August 22,
1784, petat 26," (Pres. Stiles, MSS.), of cousumption. Jonathan Leavitt
was appointed guardian to his daughters, (Prob. Eec. xxii., Northamp-
ton, Mass.)
Children :
368. I. Elizabeth Hubbard,'' born at Keeue, N. H., April 15,
1782, married John Denio. Her daughter, Amelia
Stiles Denio,^ born at Greeufield, Mass., 1806, mar-
ried Dr. William Noble (see Nohle Genealogy, 141);
whose daughter, Ruth G., became second wife of
THE CONNECTICUT FAIUILT. 253
William X. (son of Abel 2d and Phebe) Canfield,
April 8, 1835. {Hist. Xeiv ]iIiI/ord, Conn., p. 687.)
369. n. Ejiuja Hakkiot,' bom at Groton, Conn., Feb. 9, 1784.
FAMILY 28.
370. Isaac Clark" Stiles, [229], {Isaac,^ Rev. Isaac,' John,^
John;- John,'') born in North Haven, Conn., ApiU 30, 1767; maiTied
Eunice Blakslee, Feb. 3, 1787. He died June 16, 1834 Mi-s. Eunice
<,Blakslee ) Stiles died Nov. 4, 1853.
Children:
371. I. Lauba," born Nov. 30, 1787 ; married Dec. 6, 1814,
Ebeuezer Mansfield. Issue:
372. i. Isaac,' born Nov. 26, 1815; married May 15, 1842.
373. ii. Edwin Lewis, « born May 18, 1817; married Oct. 25, 1843.
374. iii. Mart Elizabeth,' born Oct. 14, 1819; died .July 20, 1832.
37.5. iv. Lauka LoniSA,' born June 7. 1821; died March 10, 1823.
376. V. Eunice,' born Dec. 27, 1823; married Dec. 27, 1841.
377. vi. LArKA,' bom March 8, 1826; died Nov. 25, 1828.
Mrs. Laui-a (Stiles) Mansfield died May 19, 1879.
378. II. LuciN.\,' born April 24, 1790; married Lewis Goodyear.
Issue :
379. i. Caeoline.s i
y died, 1824.
380. ii. LuciNA," )
381. iii. Cornelia,* died some years later.
382. iv. LuzEENE,8 died an officer in the late war.
The family has become extinct, no record to be
found.
254 7^*^ STILES GENeHLOGY.
383. III. Isaac,' born Aug. 2, 1792 ; married Lois Cooper:.
Family 49.
384. IV. Eunice," bom July 22, 1795 ; married Lyman Brooks.
No issue. She is living (1886) in N. Y. State.
385. V. Zophak,' born Aug. 24, 1799 ; married Caroline Kelsey..
Family 50.
386. VI. HoRACE,njorn May 31,1801; married ( 1 \ Harriet Thorp :,
(2), Lois Pierpont. Family 51.
387. VIL Ezra,'' born July 26, 1804 ; married (1), Esther Pier-
pont; (2), Mary Bristol; (3), Frances E. Johnson,.
Family 52.
388. VIII. Harvey," born May 21, 1809'; manied Emily Todd,
Family 53.
FAMILY 29.
389. Samuel ' Stiles, [233], Ashhelf Rev. IsaacfJohn,^ Jolm.^
John}) born Dec. 3, 1762; man-ied Hannah Ellsworth, of Windsor,
Conn., 1787. He settled first at Northampton, Mass., removed to
Windsor, Conn., and thence to Chester, Mass.; then back to Wind-
sor. He served as a private in a company formed in Windsor, in
the last war with England, and was at Fort Trumbull, in Feb., 1813.
He died at Windsor, Oct. 15, 1826- Mrs. Hannah (Ellsworth) Stiles,
died at Chicopee, Mass., Jan. 12, 1828.
Ohildren :
390. I. Nancy,' boi-n at Northampton, Mass., Jan. 19, 1788; mar-
ried Luman S. Coe, farmer, of Granville, Mass., Jan,
14,1810. Issue:
391. i. Cakoline A.,» born Jan. 5, 1811; married Samuel W.
Squires; died Feb. 2, 1844.
rriE CONNECTICUT FAM/IY. 255
■392. ii. Emtly F.,* born May 5, 1812; married James C. Blair;
died Jan. 13, 1881.
393. iii. Lysaxdeb P.,* born Feb. 8, 1816; married Julia Buel.
Kes. (1885), Amsterdam, N. Y.
-394. IT. Hekey A.,» born Dec. 8, 1817; died Oct. 10, 1851.
■395. V BESJiMiN F..S born Jan. 12, 1820; died May 8, 1862.
■396. vi SakahE.,s born June 30, 1823; married O. E. Darling.
Res. (1885\ Chicopee Falls, Mass.
397. vii. Samuel K.,« born July 9, 1827; married Kate Mj>ers. Res.
(1885), Mohawk, N. Y.
398. viii. Heles M.,^ born March 16, 1833; married C. W Hall.
Res. {1885J, Plainville, Conn.
Mrs. Nancy (iStiles) Coe died June 3, 1855.
Mr. Luiiiaii S. Coe died Sept. 21, 1862.
399. II. H-UiEiET,' born at Northampton, Mass., Oct. 24, 1789;
married Elisba Prior, of Norwich (now Huntingdon ),
Mass., 1809. Mrs. Haniet (Stiles) Prior di«d May
26. 1823.
400. m. DELLi,' born at Northampton, Mass., Nov. 12, 1791;
married Dec. 20, 1820, Ruel Van Horn, farmer,
Chicopee, Mass., a descendent of Born Van Horn,
who came from Saxe-Coburg. Issue:
Wl, i. Delia S.,*' born April 26, 1825; married L. E. Ladd. Res.
(1885), Springfield, Mass.
402. ii. Ellswobth S.,« born Aug. 28, 1826; died Oct. 2, 1882.
■103. iii. Bexjaitis K.,^ born Oct. 6, 1830; died Aug. 13, 1839.
•iOl- iv. Geoege W.,» born at Cabotsville, Springfield, Mass., Oct.
12, 1833. Reeeired an Academic education and
studied law irith Charles R. Ladd, no%v Auditor of
256 THE STILES GENEHLOGT.
Massachusetts, and with Hon. E. B. Gillette, West-
field. Came to Iowa and Muscatine in 1855, and com-
pleted law studies with Hon. D. C. Cloud, then At-
torney General of the State. Married Sept 15, 1858,.
Mary I. , daughter of Dr. James G. Morrow, and said
to be the first native-born bride in Iowa. Admitted
to the bar in 1856 and entered into partnership with
Mr. Cloud. Took an active part in the political cam-
paigns, as Chairman of the Eepubliciin County Com-
mittee, in '56, '57, '58, '59, "60. In Miirch, 1861,
^ appointed by President Lincoln, United States Con-
sul at ilarseilles, France, and served until the sum-
mer of 1866. In 1867, invited by the State Central
Committee of Arkansas to take charge of the new
Republican State organ at Little Rock. Was appointed
Registrar under the Reconstruction laws, and assigned
to the I'econstruction of affairs in Scott County, Ark.,
on the borders of the Indian Ter., where he made his
home for nine months with Bill Ellington, the noted
■ chief of Federal Scouts. In 1871, he started the Mus-
cntine daily and weekly Tribune, selling his interest to
his jiartners in 1880, and has subsequently been asso-
ciate editor of the Muscatine Jourmd. Has a family
of three children, two girls and one boy. Has done
some distinct literary work, writing a novel while in
Europe, which was published under a pseudonyme,
by the American Publishing Co. of Hartford, Conn.
' Res. (1885), in Muscatine, Iowa.
Mrs. Delia (Stiles) Van Horn, died July 26,
1874. Mr. Eeed Van Horn, died April 19, iSoO.
405. rV. Samuel,' bom at Chester, Mass., July 3, 1793; drowned
in Lake Erie, June 24, 1818.
406. V. Henry," bom at Chester, Mass., Nov. 1, 1795; mamed
-. Family 54.
407. VI. Ellsworth," boin at Chester, Mass., Aug. 1, 1797; died
Nov. 4, 1823.
408. VII. Benjajan,'' born at Chester, Mass., Aug. 3, 1799; mar-
ried . Family 55.
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY.
257
409. VIII. Amelia,' ] twins, bom
at Chester,
410, IX. Julia,'
' Married Wni. Welch, of Wind-
sor, Conn., Aug. 14, 1821; died
Dec. 30, 182'2. No issue,
}■ J Marrieil [D, Calvin Cooley,
Mass.,June ~j j 823; married (2), Sidney Craw-
10, 1802. ford, machinist, of Stafford.
Conn., 185G; liad oue son by
(^ first husband.
FAMILY 30.
411. Job" Stiles, [234], [Ashhei;-' Rev. Isaac,' Johi^ John':
.Jb/m,') born Jan, 12, 176.5; was a shoemaker; settled at Windsor,
Conn.; married Mary Drake, of Windsor, Dec. 12, 178.5. The fam-
ily resided in Enfield, Conn., for about ten years — say from 1810 to
1821. Job Stiles diefl April 13, 1813. Mrs. Mary (Drake) Stiles died
March 14, 1839. (Inscriptions, on one stone, in Old Windsor grave-
yard.)
Children (all born at Windsor, Conn.):
412. I. Mary,' born April 24, 1786 ; baptised Sept. 2.5,* and died
Sept. 27, 1786, se. .5 months.
413. :II. LucRETiA,' boru July 12, 1787; died, unmarried, ;it
Windsor, Conn., May 6, 1879.
414. III. Laura,' born June 11, 1789; died Sept. 1(1, ISlO.
415 IV. Ezra GrIswold,' boru July 12, 1791 ; was a sailor.
During the war of 1812, between the United States
and Great Britain, he was captured, and suft'ered
some hardships, as narrated in a letter t in the poss<^s-
sion of his sister. Miss Mary Stiles, of Windsor,
Conn., from \\hich we condense the following: He
left home Oct. 12, 1812; the ship got ashore on
* Euterod In baptismal record of 1st Church as " MoUle."
t Dated from Plymouth, Euglaud, November 12, 1814.
258 THE STILES GENESLOGr.
Chatliam bar, Nov. 8th, but the cargo was finally
saved and they arrived in Boston, Nov. 25th, re-
maining tJiere until Dec. 20th,. when be sliippec!
upon the Oscar, Stephen Bicknell, master, bound
to Norfolk, and thence to Lisbon. Tliey arrived at
Norfolk Jan. 1st, 1813, took in cargo, and were
about to sail, when the British squadron arrived
in the Chespeake Bay, and prevented their exit by
a strict blockade. On the 11th of March, seeing
no chance of getting out, the Captain discharged his
crew, and, as their choice was between enlisting
npon a man-of-war, or " footing it " over the five or
six hundred miles between Norfolk and New York,
young Stiles chose the latter alternative. With
four comrades, he started, March 13th, and next
day reached Baltimore. Here he says. " I cannot
forbear mentioning an instance of great generosity in
a Virginia Planter, at whose house we came late one
evening on a stormy day, and requested a night's
lodgings. He took us in, and as the rain continued
for two days after, would not permit us to proceed
on our journey, but treated us with every attention
our situation required ; and, when the rain ceased,
sent a black, with a wagon, who carried us on 40
miles ; and, although we were not short of money,
furnished us with provisions for a week ; and on
shaking hands with him, made me a present of a
' Sword, which I was offered 60 dollars for at the next
town." Of this sword, with his clothing and $30 in
money, he was ruthlessly robbed at Baltimore, by
the treachery of one of his shipmates. His remain-
ing shipmates offered him every consolation in their
power, and to defray his expenses to New York, but
he says: " I had broken a piece from the hilt of my
Sword, and by good fortune had it in my pocket, and
sold it for $2.80." They then proceeded by packet
to Freuchtown, thence to Newcastle, Delaware, on
rH£ CONKECTICUT FAWnf. *259
foot ; and theuce by a small vessel to PliiladelpLia —
always keeping a sharp look-out for any trace or tid-
ings of the thieving shipmate — but without avail.
JFrom Philadelphia to New York he walked in three
days, arriving at the latter city with a half-dollar in
Lis pocket, on the 2oth of March. Three days later
be shipped on the Brig Jane Barns, Capt. Durkee,
bound to Lisbon, under a British license, Ou
reaching that place, was Iwarded by the British
sloop-of-war Comiw, who upon searching the brig,
found her to be a prize, and her crew were seized as
prisoners of war, and sent ou board the Comii>i.
Thu-ty days they were kept on this vessel, cruising
along the Simnish and Portugese coasts, until meet-
ing with the San Josef, 112 guns, a three decker,
they were transferred to that vessel, to be taken to
Gibralter. Thirteen days later they arrived at Gib-
ralter (June 3d) and were placed on board the 3Iin-
erva, prison-ship, to await the issue of procediugs con-
cerning their vessel. The case was much prejudiced
by the absconding of Capt^ Durkee, ou a parol of
honor; and the vessel was siiortly afterwaixls con-
demned, hull and cargo. "And now," continues his
narrative, " we had the melancholy prospect of a long
imprisonment. As there was no carte] saihng from
the Eock, we were advised, on boai'd the S'ln Joxef, by
Lord William Stewart, the Commander, to send a
petition to the Board of Admiralty at London, wliom
he said he did not doubt would send us an immedi-
ate redress ; however, we declined writing, thinking
it would be of no use : and I formed the i^lan of
making my escape from the prison-ship and get on
board of an American ship that had cleared and was
going home. The method I proposed was to let m3-
self down by a rope througli the air-port into the
water, upon the ebb tide, and swim to the ship, whicli
lay about li miles from the prison-ship. I had pre-
2fiO THE STILES GENEALOGY.
viously measured the air-port and fonud that I could
just force my body through without a jacket. I tied
three or four shirts in a bmidle and put strings to it
to sling upon my back when I was in the water.
Everything was ready, and the night of the 30th June
I had pitched upon for the trial, it being the night
previous to the ship's sailing. About 4 of the clock
A. M., the last of June, orders came for the American
prisoners to get themselves ready to go on board the
Proiector, gnn-brig, for England, in two hours.
Thus, my ahy scheme of liberty vanished in a min-
ute." July 1st tliey sailed for Plymoutli, England,
where they airived on the iJOth ; and were ]ilaeed on
the Hector, prison-ship, " to take lodghigs, as I ex-
pected, for the war. I IukI but few clotlies, and those
mostly woin ; no bedding, and our provisions scanty,
at least to uie, who had been but little used to a short
allowance. We were now allowed one-half jjound of
beef, and \^ pounds of bread per day, all of which
would scarcel}' satisfy the cravings of hunger." Here
Stiles remained for a mouth, with only two of his
shipmates, the rest having been discharged from pris-
on, being foreigners. "At length," he says, "Iny-
self and a youug man belonging to Philadelphia, wei"e
the only Americans left of our crew ; heartily tired
of imprisonment, I, at length, bethought myself of
the advice of Lord Stewart, and detei-mined to put it
in practice. I, therefore, wrote a petition to the
Board, couched in the most moving language I was
master of, some true, and some not. However, I
filled two complete sheets and sent them on to Lon-
don, and in eight days an order came to let me, and
William Molineaus at liberty, on condition of not
serving against England, during the war." It was
two months before he could find any chance to obtain
a passage to any foreign port ; but on Sept. 3(j, he
shipped on an English vessel bound to St. Johns,
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 2G1
Newfounclland, where they arrived Nov. 1, and Stiles
lost no time in procuring from the Governor of the
Island, a discharge from his vessel. Here he awaited
an opportunity to get to the United States, but none
appearing, he was forced, Dec. 1, to ship in a vessel
bound for Alicant, up the Straits of Giljralter, where
they arrived Jan. 16, 1814. " To dwell upon par-
ticulars on this small sheet is imi^ossible; from Ali-
cant to Taragouia, from thence to Valentia, then
to Barcehjna, and from there to Genoa, in Italy, and
the birth-place of the immortal Christopher Colum-
bus. Here we remained until tlie 14th of Ma}', and
then sailed with a convoy for England; we arrived at
London tlie 12th of August; there I remained to the
middle of September, then went to Portsmouth and
from there came here. I have experienced every
vicissitude of fortune since I left you, but, through
tlie Blessings of God, I am in good health at present,
and my only anxiety is for you that are surrounded
by all the horrors of war. Alas ! I fear that before
I see my beloved country again, her independence is
. lost forever; the undivided force of England, I fear,
must i^revail against a divided country. I am in
hopes that the next letter you receive from me will
be dated from Buenos Ayres, in S. America. Adieu,
beloved Parents, may God have you in his holy keep-
ing and while I am the source of affliction to you, my
brothers and sisters, by their dutious conduct, make
ample amends.
[Addressed] Ezra G. Stiles."
Forwarded from, Mrs. Job Stiles,
Windsor. Enfield,
U. S. A. Connecticut.
As he never returned to his home, and nothinfr
has ever been heard of him, it is i^robable that he
was lost at sea.
262 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
416. V. Hylas,' born June 11, 1793; mari-ied Han-iet L. Rob-
erts. Family 56.
417. VI. Julia,' born March, bap. June 28, 1795; married Fred-
erick A. Hale, of Glastonbury, Conn., April 7, 1825.
Issue :
418. i. Infant daughter,8 died April 10, 1826.
419. ii. Chakles Fredericks (M. T>.)* born August 15. 1827.
420. iii. James,8 born Sept. 26, 1829; died July 25, 1830, aged 1(»
months.
421. iv. AxFKED.s born July 26, 1831; died March 3, 1832, aged 7
months.
422. V. James Woodeeidge,' -f born Aug. 17, 1833.
423. fi. Cornelius Stiles,* born July 4, 1836; died in San Au-
tonia, Texas, March 14, 1876, te. 39, unmarried.
Mrs. Julia (Stiles) Hale died at Hartford,
Conn., July 9, 1871, se. 76. Mr. Hale (born in Glas-
tonbury, 1795), died in Hartford, Conn., Sept. 11,
1850. He was a merchant and accountant.
424. VII. Maky,' born May28, 1797; died, unmarried, at Windsor,
Conn., Aug. 18, 1887, and was buried Saturday,
* Chables F. hale, M. D., received his prepai-atory education at the Hopkins Grammar
Scliool, Hartford, Conn. ; graduated at Trinity College, A. M., 1851; Oct., 1819-.50, entered Medi-
cal Department of the University of Maryland, at Baltimore; October, 1850, entered College of
Physicians and Surgeons, New York City, whence he graduated, March, 1852. About 1853, was
Chief Medical Offlcer of the Panama Railroad Company: about 1859, he quit practice in New
York City, partly from imitaired health and partly from valuable interests which demanded
his personal suijervisiou.and since 18G1 has resided at Forest Hill, Coal Valley, W. Va., where
he was President of the Forest Hill Mining Co., from 1859 to 1862, its operation then being sus-
pended, owing to the war.
Dr. Hale married June 26, 1855, in New York City, Sarah Silvia (daughter of Robert) Sibreo,
of Bath, England. She died in New York City, Sept. 11, 1859, si. 27 years, 20 days. CIdldren (1)
Mary A.strea, born in New York City, March 23, 1856; married Joseph R. Stowers, and has a
daughter, Lillian ; res. (1885j Forest Hill, West Va. (2) Charles Briuley, born in New York City,
May 31, 1858; died Nov. 11, 1878, unmarried.
t James Woodbuidge Hale married Olive Post (daughter of Capt. John Everest and
Ruhamah .-iynrj Rockwell, of Essex, Conn., Nov. 22, 1866. Is engaged in mercantile business, at
Hartford. Conn. Issue: (,1) Edith Stiles, born Aug. 23, 1874.
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 263
Aug. 20, the last of her name and ancient family
ujjon the tax-books of the Town of Windsor.
425. Yin. Elizabeth,' bom April 1.5, 1804; died unmarried; at
Windsor, Conn., Dec. 16, 1862. [Justice to the
memory of this family requires some especial and
loving mention of the four aged sisters whose
quaint and ancient dwelling at the Southern end
of Palizado Green was ever a Mecca to the pil-
grim feet of any of the Stiles name, or kin; and, in-
deed, to all who loved to talk of Windsor's past.
LucEETL\, the eldest, dehghted in all that related to
the genealogies and history of her native town.
Maey, active, sarcastic and humorous, tho' she alwaj's
derided her sister's fondness for antiquities, was yet
really as deeply imbued with the love of the Past.
JcLU (Mrs. Hale), was totally blind for many years
before her death, yet always interested in the talk
and gossip both of the Present and Past; while Eliza,
the youngest, strong, alert, healthy and cheerful, com-
pleted a quartette of s^ainsters rarely to be matched.
Respected bj' all their neighbors, they were "Aunts "
to all the childreu roundabout, who ran in and out
with perfect confidence of a kindly welcome. Tho'
they stirred not often, or far from their- own thres-
hold, yet to them came all the news of the place,
the confidences of both old and young; and many,
who were comiDaratively strangers to the place,
sought their acquaintance and valued it exceedingly
when found. Stiles' History and Genealo<jies of
Ancient Windsor owed much of its inspiration and
value to these old ladies; and the copy which con-
stantly laid upon their table, beside the Bible,
was a much thumbed volume, frequentl}- consulted
by strangers from afar who came to Windsor to
trace their lineage, or to renew the associations of
early youth. Blessed in the hearts of many who
264 THE STILES GENEALOGY,
were thus indebted to them for hospitahty and for
iuformatiou given, will be the memory of these
sisters.]
FAMILY 31.
426. Martin ' Stiles, [262], {Lieut. Martin,^ Imac,' Ephraim,^
Johnj- JoJm,^) born at Westtield, Mass., May 5, 175.3; married, Aug.,
1772, Tirzah Loomis, of South wick, Mass., born Feb. 20, 1752.
Martm Stiles died June 11, 1811. Mrs. Tirzah (Loomis) Stiles died
July 17, 1828.
Children (all horn at Wesffield, Mass.):
4:27. I. Elijah,' born Jan. 9, 1773; married Betsy Jennings.
Family 57.
428. II. Waeham,' bom Dec. 28, 1774; man-ied Sarah Nelson.
Family 58.
429. III. EzEA," born Feb. 12, 1777; died April 12, 1793.
430. IV. Japhet,'' born March 12, 1779; married Ehoda Carring-
ton. Family 59.
431. V. Salmon,'' born July 6, 1781; married (1) Annie Dewey:
[2] Charlotte Holmes. Family 60.
432. VI. Edward,' born Sept. 27, 1783; married Lucinda Lam-
berton. Family 61.
433. VII. Isaac,' born March 3, 1786; married Sally Potter.
Family 62.
434. Vin. TiEZAH,' born Mar. 15, 1788; married (1) Seth Webster,'
of East Hartford, N. Y.; (2) John Sargent, by
* Intention of marriage entered Aug. 25, 1811. "and were married by Rev. Isaac Knapp.
Jan. 30, 1^1^."— Westfield Records,
THE CONNECTICVT FAMILY. 265
whom she had one daughter. Mrs. Tirzah (Stiles)
Sargent liviug, 1859, at Mendon, N, Y.
435. IX. Heney," born April 1, 1790; married Cheney Fox.
Family 63.
436. X. Chakles,'' born April 1, 1792; married Sophia Eexford.
Family 64.
437. XL Mary; born April 21, 1794; married Cyrus Webster,*
of Mendon, N. Y.
FAMILY 32.
438. Israel ' Stiles, [266], {Israel = Isaac; Ephraim; Jolin;^
John,^) born at Westfield, Mass., July 14, 1778;t married Dorcas,
(daughter of David) Hastings, of SufEeld, Conn. He died Feb. 9,
1868, se. 90 years. Mrs. Doi-cas (Hastings) Stiles died Dec. 10,
1773, ffi. 88.
]Mr. Stiles was of an enquiring turn of mind, a great reader, and
an excellent story-teller. He was of an amiable temper, and unam-
bitious. He and his father, Israel, were the only Universalists in town,
and very naturally incurred the vehement animadversions of other
sects, especially the Baptists, of whom there were many in Suffield.
Children :
439. I. Anson," born Aug. 20, 1805; married Elvira Allen.
Family 65.
440. II. LuciNDA Eliza,' ; resides (1885) at Lafayette,
Indiana.
441. III. Sabra Eliza," ; married William A. Potter, of
Lafayette, Ind., April 12, 1852. Issue :
* Intention of marriage entered (Mr. Webster named as, "of Russell") Nov. 27, 181-1: cer-
tiflcate Issued, Dec. 24, ISU.— trestfield Records.
t I am quite positive that my father Israel Stiles, was born In Granville, Mass., and lived
there until his mother married Job Stiles, and removed to Westfleld, Mass. where my father
lived until he came to Suffleld, at about twelve years of age. Here he lived, married, raised his
family and died on the same place, " Hastings HIU."— ie«er of David H. Stiles — Jan. 1885.
266 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
442. i. William Stiles, 8 born .
443. ii. RussEL H.,* born ; died June 9, 1857.
444. iii. Jane Aitgusta," bom ; died Aug. 11, 1859.
445. iv. Emily Stiles.^ born .
446. V. Maby Hastings,^ born .
447. vi, Philip Thukbek,* born ■
448. IV. EowENA,' bom , 1808; died June 7, 1858,
fe. 50.
449. V. Da\td H.,'^ bom Jan. 22, 1812; married Elvira Allen.
Family 65.
450. VI. Clemina," bom , 1814; died Oct. 17, 1831,
£B. 17.
451. VII. Dorcas L.,' born , 1818; died Sept. 22, 1838,
ffi. 20.
452. VIII. Israel Newton,^ born 1826 ; died Nov. 12, 1831, sb 5.
FAMILY 33.
453. Daniel '' Stiles, [269J, {Daniel," Isaac* Ephraim^^ John-
John,^) born at Westfield, Mass., Jan. 15, 1757; married (1), Sarah
(daughter of Daniel) Rogers, of Ipswich, Mass.; (2), Charity Lucas,
of Sussex Co., N. J. He is said to have died at VVilkesbarre, Pa.
Children :
454. I. Lewis,'' born at Kingston, Luzerne, Co. Pa., ,
1789 ; married Sarah Dodson. Family 66.
455. II. Elizabeth,^ bom March 12, 1791 ; married Peter
Eckler, of Lebanon Co., Pa., Jan. 16, 1828.
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 267
456. in. Daxiel Eogers,'* bom June 14, 1793 ; married (1)
Anna M. Yard ; (2) Mary Lott. Family 67.
457. TV. Uelvh,' boru ; married (1) Jane McKeunigan;
(2) . Family 68.
458. W. HoKACE, boru ; drowned in the Susquehanna
River, as. 9 years.
459. VI. BuTLEE," born .
460. Yil. Bathsheba," ; man-ied EUhu Rogers. Lived at
Kingston, Pa.
461. YIII. Saeah," boru ; married Thomas Stevens.
462. IX. OuTE," ; married James Martin.
FA^IILY 34.
463. Lewis" Stiles, [270], {Daniel^ Isaac,^ Ephraim,^ Jolm,^
Jolm,^) bom at Westfield, Mass., Aug. 7, 1760; married • — . He
was said to have been, during his youth, and until 14 years old, a
resident of Pres. Ezra Stiles' family. His appUcation for iDeusion
gives the following account of his life :
Leaves Stiles — Basket Maker. — In Dec, 1823, of Beme, Albany
Co., N. Y., aged 63 years, and in Dec, 1832, he was living in Bethle-
hem, N. Y., aged 72 years. In 1776 he was enrolled in the militia at
Simsbury, Conn., and volimteered in Aug., 1776, to go to New Haven,
Conn., but was ordered back. In Aug., 1777, he volunteered with
Capt. Hays, joining the command of Col. Buel, of Conn., and was in
the severe battle of Bemis Heights (Oct 7, 1777), and after the sur-
render of Gen. Burgoyne, he returned to Simsbury. On the alarm
of the British advance towards Danbury, Conn., he turned out under
* Said to have been named Daniel Kogers, after his maternal grandfather, who willed him
hl9 property: which, however, he never enjoyed, as he was on his deathbed when he was noti-
fied of its contenls. (Letter of Chas. H. Stiles, of Boston, Mass., who also says that this
Daniel Rogers was the only son of Daniel, by his first wife, Sarah Rogers.
268 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
Cajit. Burtolph, (pronounced Battles), in Col. Buel's regiment, arriv-
ing at Danbury just after the burning of tlie public property and
several buildings, but remained as a guard for one month. He enlist-
ed at Hartfoi-d, Conn., with Capt. Pigeon, in Col. Webb's Connecticut
Regiment, in Nov. 1777, and was employed at and near West Point,
in building forts and fortifications, and doing general garrison duty
for one year. He shipped as Sergeant of Marines on board the ship
Huntress, 20 guns, Capt. Sage, at New London, Conn., on a 4 month
cruise, during which two prizes were brought into that port. This
was in 1780 or 1 ; thinks however, he arrived in New London about two
weeks after the traitor, Arnold, burnt the place (Sej)t. 6, 1781). He
was wounded at Bemis Heights in calf of his leg. He states in 1823
that his wife had been dead about 12 years, but two of his daughters
were keejsing house for him. He died in Schoharie, N. Y., March 7,
1839. One of his enlistments was at Sheffield, Mass., where he was
at work. Born in Simsbury, Conn., Aug. 17, 1760. From Sheffield
he removed to Livingston Manor, N. Y., and has lived in several
counties in New York, but for the last 16 or 17 years prior to 1832-3,
has resided in Albany Co. In 1850, the only children surviving
were John Stiles, Betsey Tippet, Maria Stiles and Lucinda Cuyler.
His resemblance to Benjamin Franklin was so great that his
grandson, Darwin Stiles, artist, once made a portrait of him from a
bust of the philosopher, which was entirely satisfactory to the family.
Children :
464. I. John,' M. D., -; married Miriam L'Amereaux.
Family 69.
465. 11. Daniel," ■ — ; died about 1844, unmarried.
466. III. Lewis,' ; disappeared.
467. IV. Makia," living in Albany, N. Y., (1859j, unmarried.
468. V. Betsy,'' ; married Tippet.
469. VI. Charlotte.'
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 269
470. Vn.. LucKDA,' ; married George Cuyler, of Albany,
N. Y.
471. "NIII. AXGELINE.''
FAMILY 35.
472. Austin" Stiles, \TlY\, {Daniel,'' Isaac,' Ei^liraim^ John,-
JoJin,') born at Westfield, Mass., March 12, 1763 ; resided in Ben-
nington, Vt. ;* man-ied .
Children :
473.
I.
Hiram.'
474.
II.
Betsy.'
475.
m.
Sally.'
FAMILY 86,
476. Zebediah' Stiles, Jr., [278], (ZebediaJi,= EpJiraim,'Eph-
raim,-' Johij' John,^) born at Pittsfiekl, Mass., Oct. 20, 1757 ; mar-
ried Elizabeth Miller. Like his father, he was a soldier in the
Eevolntiouarj war ; marched to Cambridge, and served six mouths
imder Capt. David Noble, April 22, 1775 ; served imder Capt. Wil-
liam Francis, at Albany, by order of Gen. Schuyler, Jan. 14^19,
1776, and under same Captain, at Ticonderoga, from Oct. 17 to Nov.
16, 1776.t
Mr. Zebediah Stiles, Jr., died at Pittsfiekl, Sept. 1, 1803. Mrs.
Zebediah Stiles, Jr., died at Pittsfiekl, ISOl.J
Children {born in Pittsjield, Mass.):*^
477. I. Epheadi,' bom March 13, 1783.
» Authority of John M. D.)
t Hist. PitlsfieW, H., 483, 488.
t Pittsjield Rec. Bk. 7, pp. 32, 33, and First Cong. Church Sfcmrds.
** First Cong. Church Becnrds, of Pittsfleld, gives item of iin "Elijah, son of Zebediah Stiles,
ageJ about a mouth," who died July , 1775.
270 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
FAMILY 37.
478. Asahel ' Stiles, [279J, {Zebediah,^ Epliraim* Ephraim,"
John,^ Jolm,^) born in Pittsfield,Mass., Nov. 29, 1759; married Bissell
Gleason, from Stephentown, N. Y., June 17, 1781. He was a Revolu-
tionary soldier, serving in Capt. John Strong's company. May, 1776, in
a tour to Kiuderbook, N.Y. ; under tho same; also, from June 30 to July
26, 1777, at Fort Ann; and from July 8, 1778, to Jan. 8, 1779, when he
was dismissed, at Springfield, Mass. (Hist. Pittsfidd, ii., 489, 490,
493). In his application for a pension, he states that he had lived in
Rutland Co., Vt., 55 years, and previous thereto in Granville, (pro-
bably N. Y. or Vt.) While living in Pittsfield, Mass., he served three
months, from Dec, 1775, with Capt. Rathborue, in Col. Simond's
Mass. Regiment at Ticonderoga, after which he volunteered at Pitts-
field for three months from June, 1777, with Capt. Strong, joining
Col. Asliley's Regiment at Fort Edward, and from there retreated,
upon the advance of Burgoyue's forces, and the evacuation of Ticon-
deroga, to Kingsbury, and there joined the brigade of Gen. Nixon,
which retired to Sandy Hill, N. )L. About July 1, 1778, he went as
a volunteer with Capt. Parker, who went to Springfield, Mass., to
guard military stores, for six months, during which time he was de-
tailed to escort the transportation of ammunition to Providence, R. I.
He was out on a short expedition or alarm, to Granville and Skeens,
Conn., (now Whitehall), and several other places, scouting, etc., in all
three mouths.
He preserved his faculties to a ripe old age; at the age of 92 could
read well without glasses. His memory was very retentive, and he
was fond of i^erusing the Bible, in which he was well versed. Being a
shoemaker, as well as farmer, he could in his later years mend an old
shoe as well as ever. At one time, also, he kept a hotel at Benson,
Vt. He lived and died, April 13, 1854, in Benson, Rutland Co., Vt.,
£6. 94 years.
Mrs. Bissell (Gleason) Stiles, was born June 15, 1761, and died
July 19, 1842, se. 86, in Benson, Vt.
Children {born at Granville, N. Y.):
479. I. JosiAH," born Sept. 11, 1785; married CnthoriBe . a"^
Family 70.
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 271
480. II. Clarissa,' bom at Granville, N. Y., May 18, 1787.
481. III. Elijah,' born at Granville, N. Y., Oct. 16, 1788; was a
merchant (dry goods) at Higbgate, Vt., where he
died, nnroarried, Nov. 27, 1844.
482. IV. LoEREN,' born at Granville, N. Y., Aug. 9, 1790; mar-
ried Kezia Stout. Family 71.
483. V. William,' born at Benson, Vt., May 17, 1792 ; married
Luna Peny. Family 72.
484. VI. Cassilda D.,' born at Benson, Vt., Jan. 27, 1794 ; mar-
ried Samuel H. Pardee, in Benson, Vt. They re-
sided and died in Andover, Ashtabula Co., Ohio.
Issue :
485. i. Jajies H.,s born Nov. 15, 1S20, in Benson, Vt. ; married
(1) Elizabeth Cogswell, Nov. 3, 18-11, in Garrelsville,
Ohio; married (2) JIartha Wait, March 16, 18G5, in
Windham, Ohio, and died at Windham, Oct. 18, 1879.
486. ii. Fannie 0.,8 born at Benson, Vt., Jan. 6, 1822; married,
at Windham, Ohio, George Davis, Oct. 28, 1846; died
in California, April 2.3, 1871.
487. iii. NasctB.,' born at Benson, Vt., Nov. 19, 1823; marriel
in Ravenna, Ohio, Benj. P. Wright, Jan. 23, 1865; died
at Andover, Ohio, March 16, 1881.
488. iv. Charles A., Shorn at Benson, Vt., March 19, 1826; mar-
ried in Eandoliih, Ohio, Ellen A. Pinney. Ees. (188.5),
St. Edward, Boone Co., Neb.
489. V. Makia 0., 8 born Benson, Vt., Aug. 12, 1828. Ees. (1885),
at Garrettsville, Ohio.
490. vi. William Heney Cbawfoed,8 born at Benson, Vt., March
22; died at Windham, Ohio, June 24, 1831.
491. vii. William Henet,^ born at Windham, Ohio, Nov. 24, 1834.
Res. (1888), at Geneva, Filmore Co., Neb.
272 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
492. "\T;I. Asahel," born at Benson, Vt., Aug. 12, 1797 ; mamed
. Family 73.
493. VIII. Enoch," bom at Benson, Vt., Sept. 4, 1801 ; died at
Genoa, 111., unmarried. He was a boot and shoe
manufacturer.
494. IX. Claeica," born ; died, unmanied, at Benson, Vt.
FAMILY 38.
495. Josiah" Stiles, [281], (Zebediah,^ Ephraim* Ephraim,^
John,- Jolin,^) bom at Pittsfield, Mass., July 3, 1764; married (1)
Huldah Goodrich; married (2) — , who lived about a year after;
married (3) Nastaussel [Nancy] Eoberge, a French woman, from St.
Johns, N. B., £6. 18.
From his daughter, Mrs. E. S. MUler, of Albany, N. Y., we
learn that Mr. Stiles received a liberal education in New York City,
where he also mastered the French language. He had previously
followed the sea for three years, and was engaged in the whale fishery.
At the time of his third marriage he was esteemed a very wealthy
man in Quebec, and his appeai'ance was very youthful for his years-
He was at this time a contractor in wood for the Government, but
having (through no intentional fault) failed to fulfill the terms of one
of his heaviest contracts, he forfeited his property and was obliged
to fly to the United States to escape imprisonment under the law
regulating Government contracts. He first went to Troy, N. Y., and
soon after to Schenectad}', where he engaged in mercantile pursuits
and was doing well, when he was burnt out in the " great fire." He
then moved into the country and taught a district school for many
years in various towns in Montgomery and Saratoga counties. In
1832, he returned to Schenectady, where he taught school for many
years. He delighted in teaching, especially in the French language
and the higher branches of geometry, sm-veying, trigonometry, etc.,
smd had the faculty of making his scholars understand whatever they
learned of him. He was, desi:)ite all adverse fortunes, a thorough
and native gentleman in feeling and conduct, careful in his manners,
actions and words, evre mindful of the feelings of others, as consid-
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 273
erate of those of low degree as of higher rank; a natural humanitarian
and well-wisher to his fellow men. Erect and youthful looking for
his years, his dress bespoke careful attention to the proprieties of
society, and his children remember especially the ruffled-bosomed
shirt which he always wore, and the little pecuUarities of costume
which characterized the " gentleman of the olden school."
Josiah Stiles died at Schenectady, N. Y., Dec. 25, 1849. Mrs.
Nastaussel (Roberge) Stiles, born in Canada, Dec. 25, 179'4, died in
Jay, Essex Co., N. Y., Feb. 12, 1879.
Children {by first marriage):
496. I. Mercy."
497. II. Huldah;" died at 18 years, on eve of being married.
498. III. Daughter.'
{By second marriage):
499. IV. Daughter.'
{By third marriage):
500. V. Nancy,' (her mother's name in English), born in Que-
bec, July 12, 1814; married William Witherspoon.
She died in Schenectady, N. ¥., May 21, 1885. No
issue.
501. VI. Experience,' born in Troy, N. Y., Nov. 30, 1816; mar-
ried April 8, 1840, William B. Miller, of Quebec,
printer. Mrs. Miller is a lady of marked ability,
and has taken an advanced position in reference to
the right of woman suffrage — a right which she has
tested personally at the polls. Res. (1887), 215
Central ave., Albany, N. Y. Her husband, who died
1874, lost his right arm and health in the war of the
Civil Rebellion. Issue:
274 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
502. i. Oswald Elizhk.s born in Schenectady, N. Y., Jan. 10,
184:1; a life insurance agent at Au Sable Forks, Essex
Co., N. Y. Has wife and one child.
503. ii. Blanche Annette,' born at Frankfort, Herkimer Co.,
N. Y., July 10, 1845; died aged 1 year and 4 months.
504. iii. Sin-Bs Bukke,* born at Jay, Essex Co., N. Y., Sept. 23,
1849; died, aged 21, April 18, 1871.
505. VII. Eliza Adelaide,' born Florida, Moutgomery Co., N. Y.,
August 11, 1821; married Sept. 15, 1850, John E.
Purmoit, Jr., of Jay, Essex Co., N. Y. He died Oct.
18, 1850. She died in Jay, Essex Co., N. Y., July
1, 1851.
506. VIII. JosiAH,' bom Amsterdam, N. Y., March 4, 1825; was a
printer; died June 19, 1847, at Jay, N. Y., unmar-
ried. " A very worthy and industrious young man,
a compositor on the Atlas for six years, was killed
in Chnton, Co., by the falling in of a bridge, June
19, 1847. He was greatly esteemed by aU who knew
him and he never had an enemy." — Albany Knicker-
bocker.
507. IX. Benjamin Roberge,' born Eoot, Montgomery Co., N.
Y., Sept. 18, 1828; died at Essex, N. Y., Oct. 21,
1885, unmarried.
508. X. Nathan Buedick," born Florida, Montgomery Co., N.
Y., July 17, 1831;* died Aug. 2, 1856, at Washing-
ton, D. C; man-ied Mary Frederick. Family 74.
FAMILY 39.
509. Simeon^ Stiles, [291], Simeon,^ EpJ^-aim,'^ Eph^-aim,^
John^ John,^) born at Westfield, Mass., Dec. 23, 1757; married
* One account says Aug. 2, 1829.
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 275
Kuth Austin, (born March 9, 1759), of Siiffield, Conn., Aug. 28,
1783. He removed to Eussell, St. Lawrence Co., N. Y., in 1807, ac-
cording to Hamilton Childs' History of St. Laivrence Co., who says
that many of the settlers of Kussell were from Blandford, Mass.
Mr. Simeon Stiles died March 24, 1818. Mrs. Kuth (Austin)
Stiles died Feb. 9, 1813, se. 56.
Children {all born at Westfield, Mass.):
510. I. MERCY,''bom June 22, 1784; married Stephen Kimball,
Ees. (1859) Ceresco, Calhoim Co., Mich. She died
Sept. 1, 1844.
511. II. Oliyer,' born July 15, 1786; married (1), Laura Jewett;
(2), Sarah Ann Jewett. Family 75.
512. ni. Henry,'' born Dec. 13, 1788; married (1), Eunice
Alvord; (2), wid. "Wealthy Fairchild. Family 76.
513. IV. EoYALj'^born June 26, 1791; married Dorcas Corbin.
Family 77.
514. V. Clarissa,' bom May 1, 1793; married Benjamin Gib-
bons, of Granville, Mass. Had 12 children. Kes.
(1859j Eussell, N. Y.
515. VI. AzENATH,' born Aug. 11, 1796; manied James Burnett ;
died 1852.
516. VII. OziAS,' born Dec. 30, 1799; died infant.
517. VIII. Almlra,' born Jan. 15, 1801; married Augustus Smith,*
of Westfield, Mass.
* Intentions of marriage *' were entered In this oCQce on the '27 day of Jan., A. D. 1«25, and
notlflcation thereof In the meeting house was duly posted up on the following Sabbath, to
wit., the 80th day of Jan., A. D. 18-25; married Feb. 13, 1825, by Azarlah Moseley, Esq."— JFcsf-
fuM Records.
276 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
{Born in Russell, N. Y.:)
518. IX. Jekusha,' born Nov. 23,* 1803; married Col. John
Hyde, of Barker, N. Y., Oct. 15, 1827. In 1859,
res. at Hyde Settlement, Broome Co., N. Y.; a
widow, no childi-en.
FAMILY 40.
519. John" Stiles, [292], {Simeon,^ Ephraim,' Ephraim,^
John- John,^) born at Westfield, Mass., Feb. 2, 17(iO; settled at
Westfield. He married (1), Charity Smith, Nov. 25, 1790; she died
Dec. 9, 1805, Pe. 42 ; (2), Anna Day, of West Springfield, Mass., Oct.
28, 1806. She was born May 31, 1770.
John Stiles died Nov. 27, 1837. Mrs. Anna (Day) Stiles died
Feb. 5, 1839, le. 69.
Children {all born at Westfield, Mass.):
520. I. Lucy,' bom Jan. 29, 1792; married (1), Daniel Yeoman,
Sept., 1807; he died a few weeks after; married (2),
Justus Loomis, of Westfield, Mass., by whom she
had seven children. Mrs. Lucy (Stiles) Loomis
died Sept. 23, 1S49, le. 57, in Eussell, Mass.
521. II. ExPEEiENCE," born May 25, 1795; died Aug. 11, 1870,
in Westfield, unmarried, fe. 75.
522. in. Rachel,' born Oct. 14, 1798; married Oliver Jewett,t
of Lanesborough, Mass., Jan. 9, 1820. No issue.
{By second wife):
523. IV. Anna," born Aug. 19, 1807; married George Shepard.t
* One accoUDt says Jan. 13.
t Intention of marriage entered in Town Clerk's offlce, Nov. 27. 1819; posted in meeting-
house Dec. 2, 1819 ; certiUcate issued Jan. 8, 1820 ; married by Rev. Isaac Knapp, Jan. 9, 1820. —
Westfield Records.
t Intention of marriage legally published Sept. 4, 1831; certificate issued Sept. 19, 1831.
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 277
of Westfield, Mass.; lived at Eaton Rapids, Mich.;
died about 1845.
524. V. John,' bom Jan. 22, 1809; married (1), Martha Church
(or Clark); (2), Keyes. Family 78.
525. VI. SntEON,' born April 29, 1811 ; married Ann R. Harmon.
Family 79.
FAMILY 41.
526. Ephraim'^ Stiles, [293], (Simeon,^ Ephraim,^ Ephraim,^
John,^ Johyi/) born at Westfield, Mass., Nov. 30, 1761; settled at
Westfield. He married Esther Mosely, June 29, 1787.
CJiildren; {all born at Wesf field, Mass.) :
527. I. Charles,' born Ma}- IS, 1788: married Sophia Stevens.
Family SO.
528. II. Lydia,' bom Sept. 25, 1789; married Eoyal Perkins,
Sept. 23, 1809.
529. III. Pamell^,' born Aug. 2, 1792; manied Peter Towns,
1S14, resided 1859, at Maple Grove, Mich.
530. IT. Chestee,' born March 19, 1793; married
Cole, and said to have had one child. The Pension
Rolls show that in March, 1871, he was residing at
Battle Creek, Mich., se. 78 years, and that in July,
1814, he enlisted at Denmark, Lewis Co., N. Y.,
with Capt. Kellogg, in Col. Carter's N. Y. Mihtia
Regiment and was discharged in Aug., 1814. He
was not, however, a pensioner.
581. \. Maegaeet," bom Aug. 9, 1794; man-ied Martin Shaw,
1821; died 1853.
278 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
532. VI. Lauea/ born 1796; married Calvin Phelps,
1814; died 1835.
583. VII. Maria/ born 1798; married Asa Phelps, 1817;
died 1831.
534. VIII. Anna,' bom 1800; married Isaac Bailey, 1820;
died 1836.
535. IX. Esther,'' born 1802; married John Downs.
1828.
536. X. Julia," born 1804; married Daniel Warden,
1836.
537. XL LAViNiA,'born 1806; married Oct. 11, 1832, Noah
Shaw.
FAMILY 41^.
538. David' Stiles, [309], {Eli,'' Ephraim,' Ephraim,^ John'^
John,^), born at HoUis, Vt., Oct. 1777; married Mary Towne;
removed to Northfield, Vt., about 1809. He was a farmer. He
died at Northfield, March 1839 (probably).
Children ( );
539. I. David,' born Aug., 1799; married . Family 81.
540. II. Sally," born March, 1801; died Dec, 1823, of con-
sumption.
541. III. Alvah,' born May 9, 1803; married Sally Flint, .
Family 82.
542. IV. Mary,' born July, 1805; married Alfred Jacobs, of
Northfield, Vt., about 1836. Mr. Jacobs served in
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 279
the War of the Civil Rebellion, was taken piisonei-
and died in a Confederate prison, Oct. 4, 1864. His
wife died the same day, at Northfield, of consump-
tion. They had four children, only one of whom
(a son, somewhere in Iowa) is now living (1883).
543. V. Rebecca,' born at Nortlifield, Vt., April, 1808; mar-
ried, about 1844, Antoine Duffany,* a French Can-
adian. She died at Northfield, Vt., Dec, 1864.
Issue :
544. i. David S.,^ married Mrs. Cordelia (Sanders) Stiles, widow
of Charles C. StUes, of Eoxbury, Vt. Mr. D. S. Duf-
fany was a railroad man until his health failed, when
he became a watchman. He died of consumption.
Issue :
1. FEAyKLIN G.9 (Dutfany), born in Pomfret, Vt., March
31, 1873.
2. Maby K.9 iDuflany). born In Pomfret, April 28, 1874.
3. Nellie R." (Duffany . born In Pomlret, July 28. 1876.
545. ii. Chaeles, 8 married Jennie Perry, of N. Y.
546. iii. Daughteb,' died young.
547. iv. Daughtee,* died young.
548. VI. Rachel,' born at Northfield, Vt., 1811; died of con-
sumption, April, 1850.
549. Vn. Porter,^ bom June, 1816; died Dec, 1823, from an in-
jury.
FAMILY 42.
550. Samuel' Stiles, [335], {Capt. Asahd,^ Israel,^ John,*
John,^ John,^ John,^), born at East Windsor, Conn., July 15, 1796;
received his early education at the district school near his father's
residence, near present village of Broad Brook, East Windsor, Conn.
* Dupheue.
280 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
He also passed a term, with his brother, Asahel C, at Monson
Academy, in 1811. Being a somewhat delicate lad, and not given
to farm life, he was, in April, 1816, apprenticed to Deacon Abner
Eeed, of East (now South) Windsor, Conn., to learn the art and
mysteries of engraving and copper-plate printing. His industry
and ability in his apprenticeship is evidenced by the fact that, in
January, 1821, Mr Reed took him into jDartnership in the business,
which was carried on in East Windsor, and in the adjoining city
of Hartford. Their city office was " over the store of R. Langton,
four doors south of Messrs. George Goodwin & Sons, Booksellers,
Main St.," and the first "specimen plate" of the new firm of Reed
& Stiles, is dated Dec. 20, 1820. In 1822, the firm was enlarged by
the admission of another of Mr. Reed's apprentices, and be-
came Reed, Stiles & Pelton, at Hartford, Conn. February 1,
1824, we find them advertised as engaged in the getting up of "Por-
traits, Historical Landscape, Maps, also engravings on Wood, and
Copper-plate Printing."
During this time, also, Mr. Stiles was connected with the State
Militia, in the same Cavalry regiment with his brother, Asahel
Chapin Stiles. His first commission, as Corporal, in the Second
Company, First Regiment of Connecticut Cavalry, was from Col.
John Collins, under date of May 26, 1823; Commisson as Sergeant,
from the same, Sept. 16, 1823.
In 1824 (September) he left Hartford, and entered into a
partnership with Mr. Vistus Balch, in the tl^en village of
Utica, N. Y. On this trip, the first time he had ever been so far
from home, he was a fellow-traveler upon the same steamboat which
conveyed Gen. Lafayette from Hartford to New York, and had the
pleasure of seeing and conversing with that illustrious friend of
American indeijendence. The establishment of a bank note en-
graving concern, in such a Western frontier settlement as Utica
then was, was a bold enterprise. The firm of V. Balch & S. Stiles,
was located on the corner of Broad and John streets, and soon com-
manded a fair business from the banks of New York State, and from
other sources.
In June, 1825, Mr. Stiles married a daughter of his old em-
ployer and partner. Deacon Reed; and his partner, Mr. Balch, in
SAMUEL PTTLE8.
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 281
1826, removed to New York City, where early in 1828 Mr. Stiles
followed him, his i:3alth being seriously threatened by the climate
of Utica. His first business location was at No. 4 Wall street; then,
(1829,) in the old Merchants' Exchange, in Wall street, where he was
burned out in the gi-eat fire of 1832, removing to an office at 16
Spruce, corner of Nassau street, in the Tract Society's (then) new
building. From 1833 to 1835 the firm was S. Stiles & Co., En-
gravers and Majj Publishers (J. H. Colton being the " Co."), at 9
Wall and 31 Merchants' Exchange ; in 1836 at 4 Spruce street, and
in 1837 he took Geo. E. Sherman and Colin Smith into partnership,
under the firm name of S. Stiles, Sherman k Smith, and business
for two years was carried on at the southwest corner of (No. 89)
Nassau and Fulton streets (more lately known as the Sxin Building),
whence they moved in 1839 to 122 Broadway, opposite the old City
Hotel. Jan. 1, 1840, this firm dissolved, and Mr. Stiles took desk-
room with Mr. J. H. Colton, 45 Merchants' Exchange, Wall street,
but on May 1, 1841, he became the general business man of the fii'm
of Danforth, Ball & Co,* Bank Note Eugi-avers, at 34 Wall street,
which ultimately became merged into the American Bank Note
Company.
When the National Bank Note Co., of New York City, was
organized, in Nov. 1859, Mr. Stiles was one of the incoiporators, and
was appointed its Treasurer, whicli position he held until his death,
in 1861.
In April, 1856, he removed from New York City to Brooklyn,
and purchased a verj^ pleasant property iipon Clinton avenue, near
Lafayette avenue, where he resided until failing health, in April,
1859, obliged him to return again to New York, where he died, April
3, 1861, at No. 15 Carroll Place, Bleecker street.
While a resident of Utica, N. Y., Mr. Stiles came, under the
preaching of the Rev. Mr. Finney, a celebrated revivalist, to a full
acceptance of the atonement offered by Christ. Soon after (certainly
by April 1, 1830,) his removal to New York Qiij he and his wife be-
came members of the Union Presbyterian Church (under the pastoral
* Ana Underbill, Ball & Hutty, In Philadelphia.
282 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
care of Eev. Mr. Finney), and of wbich soon after he was elected,
ordained and installed a ruling Elder. March 28, 1836, he and his
■wife were received, by letter, into the membership of the Spring
Street Presbyterian Church, and, on the 5th of April, following, he
was unanimously nominated by the Session of the Church to the
Eldership, and, on Sabbath, June 19, 1836, was duly installed as a
rnliug Elder, taking his seat as such in the Session for the first time
on July 26. This office he held until June 9, 1852, when, together
\\\i\\ his wife, he received a letter of dismission to the Thirteenth
Street Presbyterian Church, into which church they were leceived
Nov. 3, 1852.* After his removal to Brooklyn, in the Spring of 1856,
they united with the Clinton Avenue Congi'egational Church, then
imder tlie pastorship of Eev. Wm. Ives Budington, D. D.
In jjolitics, Mr. Stiles was a Clinton Whig, and afterwards a
Republican.
Mr. Samuel Stiles married Charlotte Sophia (daughter of Dea-
con Abuer) Pveed, of East (now South) Windsor, Conn., June 12,
1825. Mrs. Charlotte Sophia (Reed) Stiles died at Piermont, Rock-
land Co., N. Y., June 9, 1869, ae. 65 years. Both are buried in
Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn, N. T.
Children :
551. I. Hesry Eeed,^ a. M. M. D., born at 478 Broome street,
New York City, March 10, 1832; married Sarah A.
Woodward. F.iMiLY 83.
552. n. Arthue Chapk,^ bom at South Windsor, Conn., Aug.
22,1837; died Jan. 8, 1838.
553. III. WiLUAJi LoEiNG,' born at 171i Spring street. New
York City, April 11, 1839; married Mary F. Lam-
bert. Family 81.
551. IV. S.VMUEL Edwakd,' M. D., born at 171^ Spring street,
New York City, Aug. 26, 1844; married Maud
Liddell. Family 85.
* From Records of Spring Street Churcli, furnished by E. D. Jennlng, Clerk of Session, 1885.
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 283
555. V. Charlotte Elizabeth,* born at 171^ Spring street,
New York City, Feb. 24, 1847; resides at Piermont
Eockland Co., N. Y.; unmarried.
FAMILY 43.
556. Ezra' Stiles, A. M., [336], iCapt. AsaheJ,' Israel,'
John,* Johnj^ Jo/rn,^ John,^) born at East Windsor, Conn., July 19,
1796; was educated at the District School, near his father's resi-
dence (present village of Broad Brook\ in East Windsor ; continued
his studies with his brother, Samuel, at Monson (Mass.) Academy,
and entered Yale College. After his graduation, in 1819, he enter-
tained the wish of preparing for the ministry, but with this design
other mattei's interfered. He then taught a grammar school at Hart-
ford, Conn., for a year; then went to Springfield, Mass., where, for
some time, he conducted a similar- school. He then taught for two
or three years at Scautic (East Windsor\ and from thence removed
with his wife and child to Athens, Pa., where he conducted an acad-
emy for three years. His health becoming impaii'ed, he then went
upon a farm at Stockbridge, N. Y., and afterwards conducted a store,
which was connected with the firm of Leonard Bradley & Co., of
Syracuse, N. Y., stone quarriers, and which did a large business with
their employees. Upon the failure of this company he entered into
the marble-quarrying business, upon his own account. His place of
business was upon Geneva street, Syracuse, and his residence, at the
same time, was on the same street, a little east of the depot, on a
block now entirely covered with business buildings, and in the best
part of the city.
Mr. Stiles became a member of the Firet Congregational Chm-ch,
of East Windsor, in 1817; was dismissed by letter, and during his
residence in Syracuse, was a member of the First Presbyteri.iu
Church, of that place, and an earnest teacher in its Sabbath School.
In politics he was one of the earliest " Liberty Party."
In personal appearance he was prepossessing, having daik hair
and eyes, and a high, smooth forehead. The estimation in which
he was held by his friends and fellow townsmen was fitly expressed
in the following obituary notice which appeared in the Syracuse
Democratic Freeman, of April 12, 1844 :
284 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
" Died, at his residence, in this vilLige, on Sunday morning, the
7th inst., Ezra Stiles, se. 44 years. He was born in East Windsor,
Conn., came to this place eight years ago, and was one of the first
and firmest Abolitionists in the village and county. Firm and un-
daunted, amid discouragement and violent opposition, he has shown
that devotion to this and every other good cause, which endeared
him to the friends of Christian reform, and left an influence behind
him that will be imperishable. He was a Christian of no ordinarj-
mould. To him the serving of God was not a mere empty show.
The high claims of God were allowed to enter into his first and most
earnest devotions. The endorsement of mere theories of truth and
righteousness did not satisfy his conceptions of obligation to God or
man. His life was made the practical demonstration of that faith
and love which dwelt in him."
Mr. Ezra Stiles married Anna (daughter of David and Mary
Clark) Spear, of Elhngton, Conn., Nov. 27, 1823. He died at Syra-
cuse, N. T., April 7, 1844. His widow died August 25, 1889, at
Shady Shore, Oswego, N. T.
Children :
557. I. Frances A. Bradford,^ born at East AVindsor, Conn. ,
April 9, 1826; married Prof. Edward A. Sheldon.
Principal of the State Normal School, at Oswego,
N.Y., May 16, 1849. Issue {all born in Oswego, JSf. Y.) :
558. i. Mabt Downing,^ bom Sept. 15, 1850; graduated Oswego
Normal Scliool, 1869, entered Michigan University as
Sopliomore, and graduated 1874; Teacher of History
in Oswego Normal School until -Jan., 1877; then be-
came Professor of History at Wellesley College, near
Boston, Mass., which she resigned, June 1879. In
Aug., 1880, travelled in Europe for a year, and studied
for a year in Modern History, at the University of
Cambridge, England, under Prof. J. K. Seeley. In
1885, she published "Studies in General History," a
■work of great value, and is now preparing a similar
work on United States History. Aug., 1885, married
Earl (son of James and Minerva A. Myers) Barnes,
born at Martville, Cayuga Co , N. Y. ; graduated Os-
wego State Normal School; taught at Hoboken, N. J. ;
is now (1889) Prof, of Historj' at Indiana State Uni-
versity, Bloomington, Ind: issue, b. June 11, 1887.
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 285
559. ii. Chakles Stiles,' born August 7, 1855; educated in
the Oswego Public Schools; graduated Oswego
Normal School 1875, after a five years' course, during
which time, being much given to the pursuit of
natural historj', he became engaged in securing and
preparing a set of the bii-ds of Oswego for the use of the
Normal School, which led him into a wider acquaint-
ance with and love for all other departments of
natural histoiy. After his graduation he occupied
for some time a position in the State SXusenm of
natural history, at Albany, N. Y., where (during nine
months) he handled, re-an-anged, and labeled over
100,000 specimens. In the Spring of 1876, he tem-
porarily entered the office of the U. S. Census, at
Albany, remaining during the summer; and, in the
Aiitumn, entered the Natural History course at Cor-
nell University, and, in the Spring of 1877, developed
that taste for botanical study which is now his
specialty. In June, 1880, he took a clerkship in the
♦ U. S. Census Department, at Washington, D. C,
where he soon after was promoted to be Section Clerk,
having charge of over 100 clerks. In Aug., 1881, he
became Princiijal of the Public School at Alexandria
Bay, N. Y., and during the two ensuing years (1882
and 1883) taught the children of a few wealthy citi-
zens of that village, in which he was assisted by his
■wife. Miss Helen A. Buck, of Watkins, N. Y., whom
he married, Aug. 24, 1882. In the Autumn of 1883,
he accepted the position of Professor of Natural
Sciences in the North Missouri State Normal School,
at KirksviUe, Mo., where he now (1889) resides.
Mrs. Helen Alberton (Buck) Sheldon, (daughter of
Benjamin F. and Mary A.) was born at Bentley Creek,
Bradford Co., Pa., educated at the graded schools
and Academy, nt Watkins, N. Y. ; entered Cornell
University Sept., 187(5: graduated from the Science
and Letters course June, 1880. Issue, (1) daughter
(still-born) at Alexandria Bay, N. Y. ; (2) Paul, boru
Sept. 14, 1886.
5tiO. iii. Fbances Elizabeth,' born April 12, 1857; after nine
years' study in the Oswego public graded schools
graduated from the High School into the State Normal
School, where she studied three and a half years in
the Classical Course, gi-aduating at the age of 18, in
1875. She then taught language subjects for a year in
the High School Department of the Avery Institute
286 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
for Colored People, at Charleston, S. C, and in 1876
entered Cornell University, in the courses of Classics
and Literature, At the end of the first term she was
called home to take the place of her eldest sister,
Mary, in the Normal School, at Oswego, N. Y., as
teaclier of Latin and Greek, in which work she con-
tinued from Jan., 1876, until July, 1879. In Fall, 1879,
she returned to Cornell University for a year's study
in Sciences, Languages and History, and Aug., 1880,'
went to England, where she spent a large part of the
next three years, studying at Oxford. Here she en-
tered the lists in one of the Honor Courses for Women,
giving her attention to language subjects in general,
but making a specialty of English Literature and
Philology. At the end of the term she took a first-
class honor certificate of examination, under the
ausi)ices of Oxford University. Meanwhile she
travelled in England and the Continent, spending five
months in Germany, studying its language and litera-
ture. Upon her return to America, in 1883, she ac-
cepted a position as teacher of English Composition
and Giammar in the private school instituted by Mr.
Quincy Shaw, at Boston, Mass. In the Summer of
188-4 she studied under Mrs Henrietta Crane, the
Delsartian, and in Autumn of the same year accepted
her present position, in the Omaha High School,
Omaha, Kansas, where she has the direction and per-
sonal supervision of the English Composition work.
Her intention is to make Literature and Comjjosition,
together with Philological study and instruction, her
main work in future; m. Aug. 7, 1888, James Cary (s.
of Kev. Harveyj Ailing; Ees. Chicago, 111.
561. iv. .iNNA Bbadfoed,' born May 18, 18G1; gi-aduated from the
Advanced Course of the Oswego Normal School in
June, 1881; taught a year at Mrs. Shaw's private
School, in Boston, Mass.; entered Syracuse (N. Y.)
University, in the Music Course, iu Autumn of 1882,
and graduated, June 1885; m. April 6, 1887, Lewis
Marvin (of B. J. C. and Elisabeth R. Gaylord) Howe,
b. .Syracuse, N. Y., June 29, 1864; Ees. Indianapolis,
Ind. Issue: (1) Frances Elisabeth, b. Feb. 12, 1888; (2)
Georgiana Gaylord, b. July 21, 1889.
562. V. Latika Austin,' born July 15, 1867; spent a year at Syra-
cuse University, 1882-3, (music,) and is now in Oswego
Normal School.
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 287
563. II. Ch.\eles Worcester Chapin,* bom at East Windsor,
Coun., June 28, 1828; died at Syracuse, N. Y., Oct.
10, 1842.
FAMILY U.
564. Dr. Samuer Stiles, [340], [Johi,'' Israel,' John,'
John,^ John,- Johi,^ )hovn at Sudbuiy, Vt., Feb. 2, 1791; studied medi-
ciue, and was a favorite pupil with Dr. Theodore Woodward, an
eminent physician of Castletou, Vermont; and is said to have served,
during his student period, as an Assistant Surgeon in the United
States Vohinteer force, in the War of 1812. In 1816 he received
his license, and set forth to select a place where he might enter upon
the practice of his profession, bearing with him the following cre-
dentials :
Vebmont, CisTiiETON, September 21, l.SUi.
Being informeil that Doctor Samuel Stiles of this place is preparing to travel
to some distant part of the country, to find some suitable situation for his jjrofession
as a Physician, the undersigned would recommend him to the fiiendlj" notice of all
our acquaintance, as well as of Strangers. Doctor Stiles has resided in this town
for two or three years last liast, and has invariably supported the best reputation
for the propriety of his moral conduct, it the unremitted attention to his studies.
We can, therefore, cheerfully recommend him for his integrity and talents, as
a young gentleman on whom the greatest confidence may be placed.
E. C. Malloey, Stat. & Surg..
Theodore . WooDWAED,
Isaac Clakk, Late
Ccl. United States Army,
K. Temple,
Clk. Sup. Court.
Dr. Stiles found the looked-for opening at Argyle, Washington
County, N. Y., receiving (on due examination) the following license
from the Medical Society of that County :
T<i Whom it may Concern, tliexe may Certify,
That Doctor Samuel Stiles is a moral man of real merit, of much medical and
surgical knowledge acquired by industry and close application.
He was for the term of three years under the tuition of Doctor Woodward an
eminent physician and surgeon in Vermont. He has passed an excellent examina-
tion in Anatomy, Surgery, the Theoiy and Practice of Medicine, Chemistry and
Materia Medica, before the Censoi-s of the Washington Medical Society, in which
288 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
examination lie evinced a clear mind, a correct jndgment, and accurate knowledge
of the cause, symptoms and best means of treating those diseases which fall under
the care of both physicians and surgeon.
Him, therefore, we cheerfully recommend as richly deserving the patronage
of those who regard the health, lives and happiness of their fellow-creatures.
Argyle, March 30, 1S17.
Zebulos Rood,
Rkhakd Siix,
Censors of the Washington Medical Society.
This license (printed) with a seal bearing the jjrofile and bust
of Washington, is dated Ajiril 2, 1817, and is signed by Asa Fitch,
President, and Archibald McAllister, Sect.
Dr. Stiles was also, while residing in Vermont, a Master Mason
in Washington Lodge, No. 'il, F. & A. M., in the town of Brandon.
His diploma of membership in that Lodge, dated Nov. 14, 1815, is
signed by Ebenezer Child, Blaster; Ben. Whitman, S. W.; Dan.
Farrington, J. IF.: Chester Goss, Sec. His demit from said lodge,
is dated Sept. 4, 1816, and signed by Eoger Fuller, Sec. pro. tern.
Dr. Stiles' Masonic apron, a curious specimen of the "clothing"
worn by members of the craft at that time, is now a treasm-ed rehc
in the possession of Dr. Henry K. Stiles, the compiler of this
Genealogy.
Dr. Stiles removed from Argyle to Queensbury, X. Y., in 1818,
and thence, in 1820, to Fort Ann, X. Y.
Dr. Samuel Stiles married Louisa (daughter of Thomas and
Margaret Beckwith) Lamb, of Fort Miller, N. Y., Feb. 2, 1817. He
died at Fort Ann, N. Y., April 22, 1823, se. 32 years, 2 months, 20
days, and was buried at Kingsbm-y, N. Y. His mdow (born March
2, 1796), died August 28, 1874.
Children :
.565. I. CrsciNNATUS Woodwaed,' born at Fort MiUer, N. Y.,
Sept. 21, 1818; was a carnage- maker, an excellent
mechanic, and a man of amiable disposition and
social qualities. He died, unmarried, at Fort
Miller, N. Y., May 22, 1859.
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 289
5fi6. II. Mahgakettus Chambeklain," born at Ft. Ann, N. Y.,
Dec. 12, 1820; married April 2, 1838, Isaac, M.
Guy, wlio was born Sept. 13, 1819, at Kingsbiuy,
N. Y. They removed to Glenn's Falls iu 1852, and
in 1853 to Castleton, Vt., where Mr. G. was agent
of the R. E.; afterward was Cashier of the National
Bank of Castleton for nine years; and for eleven
years Cashier (also a director) of the Merchants'
National Bank, at Wliitehall, N. Y., of which he
is now (1889) Vice-Pres. and General Manager.
Tlie family, since 1873, has re.sided in Sandy
Hill, N. Y.
Issue :
5li7. i. Mart Louise, 9 born Nov. 13, 1841; graduated at NortU
Granville Ladies' Seminary in 18.59; married June 15,
1882, Frank L. Piero, M. D., who was born March 2,
1850, in Turin, Italy, of French and Italian parents,
educated at a private college in Paris, fittended the
Royal Academy in Turin for 3 years, entered the U.
S. Army in 186'2, was .Assistant Surgeon Third Arkansas
Cavalry Volunteers, with rank of First Lieutenant,
was mustered ont July, 18(!5; studied medicine at the
Bellevue Medical College, N. Y. Citj', and the Medical
School of the University of Vermont, from which he
graduated April, 1866, practiced for nine years near
St. Louis, Mo., then went to Chicago, 111., .Jnne 4,
1874, where he has established hiruself in a very suc-
cessful practice in throat and head diseases, and is
now (1889) President of the American Oxygen Com-
pany, Chicago, 111. Cliildivn {In/ a former marriarje):
(1) Nellie, born Feb. 22, 1875. By second marriage :
(2) Mary Louise, born May 9, 1884, died May 23,
1884.
568. ii. Julia Arabella," born Feb. 6, 184S; Dec. 30, 1874, mar-
ried Enss Wilson, M. D., who was born Nov. 2, 1847,
at Whitehall, N. Y. ; graduated .\lbany Medical College
1870; resides (1889) Sandy Hill, N. Y. No issue.
569. III. Mahgaeet Beckwith, born at Fort Ann, N. Y., Dec. 17,
1822; died June 9, 1823.
290 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
FAMILY 45.
570. Hosea' Stiles, [341], {Jolm,^ Israel,^ John* Jolm,^ Jolm,'^
John,^), born, , at ; married • Nelson. Brandon
(Vt. ) Town Records show that he purchased lands from Samuel
Stiles and Samuel Warren. He died at Sudbury, Vt.. , 18'21.
Children :
571. I. LouiSE.8
572. II. Adaline.*
FAMILY 46.
573. Ben on i' Stiles, [348], {Benoni,^ Israel,' John,* John;'
John,^ John,^)horn October 5, 1789, at East Windsor, Conn., and in-
herited his uncle Samuel's [189] property. He married Esther
(daughter of John) Morton, of East Windsor, Conn., where he died,
Sept. 21, 1828. Mrs. Esther (Morton) Stiles died at East Windsor,
Dec. 5, 1839.
Children :
574. I. Samuel,' born Aug. 2G, 1814; married (1), Roxy Skin-
ner, March 4, 1840; (2), Ann Bowers, Dec. 10, 1843.
Family 87.
575. IL John M.,' born Jan. 11, 1818; married Dec. 14, 1843,
Julia Ann Gowdy. Family 88.
576. III. Esther Jennette,* born March 23, 1822; married July
11, 1843, Evelyn R. (son of Jonathan) Pitkin, far-
mer, of South Windsor, Conn.
Children {born at South Windsoj-):
577. i. EsTHBE Makia,!! born April 25, 1844.
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 291
578. ii. Sakah Jane, 3 born June 19, 1848; married John Edward,
(son of John Alden) Collins, of Wapping, South Wind-
sor, Jan. 9, 1873. Fanner. Children: (1) Edward
Pitkin, born Dec. 4, 1873; (2) Harriet Esther, bom
Dec. 26, 1874, and died Feb. 7, 187.5; (3) John Alden,
bom Dec. 19, 1877; (4) Eva Louise, born Feb. 2,
1881.
.'579. iii. Hexet Evelyn, » born Oct. 12, 1850; married Melissa
Amanda Loomis, of Soulh Windsor, Nov. 5, 1876.
Farmer. ChMren {born at South Windsor, Conn.) : (1)
Mabel, born Dec. 22, 1879; (2) Olive Loomis, bom
. ■ May 19, 1884.
.580. iv. Elizabeth Ann." born August 13, 1854; married John C .
Stoughton (son of Henry C), of Wapping, South
Windsor, Conn., May 5, 1874. Merchant and Post-
master at Wapping. Children (borti in South Windsor):
(1) John Evelyn, born Aug. 2, 1875; (2) Erwin Fitch,
born April 13, 1879.
.581. V. Walden Stiles,' bom July 7, 1857; died Oct. 12, 1875.
582. vi. Ella Clakinda,9 bom .\pril 16, 1860.
583. vii. Habeiett Jennette,' born Jan. 19, 1864.
FAMILY 47.
584. Israel ' Stiles, [354], {Benoni^ Israel,^ John,^ John,^
Johnj^ John,^) born April 27, 1798, at East Windsor, Conn., where he
lived, a farmer, near the present village of Broad Brook. He mar-
ried Eunice M. Aveiy, Nov. 15, 1836, and died Jan. 25, 1861, ae. 62.
His widow still resides on the homestead. She became a member of
the First Congi-egational Church, of East Windsor, Conn., by letter,
in 1837.
Children {all horn at East Windsor, Conn.) :
585. I. Haxnah M.,' bom Nov. 13, 1837; died, unmamed, Nov.
26, 1882. She was admitted to the membership of
the First Congi-egational Church, of East Windsor,
Conn., on profession, in 1857; but subsequently be-
292 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
came a member of the Coumiunion of the Chnrcli
Catholic, kuowu as " Cathohc Ajiostolic," worship-
ing atEufieltl, Conn.
58(). II. Maky E.," born July 28, 1839; died July 11, 1865, k.
*26; unmarried. She became a member, on profes-
sion, of the First Congregational Church of East
Windsor, Conn.
5S7. m. Chloe Ann,^ born April 3,1841; married April 25,
1860, John (sou of Deacon Azel) Roe, farmer, of
East Windsor, Conn., born March 20, 1833. Mr.
lloe served in the Twenty-fifth Connecticut Volun-
teers during the war of the Civil Rebellion, as
private. Mrs. Chloe A. (Stiles) Roe was a member
of the Eii'st Congregational Church of East Wind-
sor, Conn., by confession of faith, in 1855. Mrs.
Chloe (Stiles) Roe died at East Windsor, Dec. 24,
1879. Issue:
588. i. Alice Stiles,9 born Feb. 13, 1801.
589. ii. KoBERT Bartlett,' born June 21, 1864; married July
12, 1888, Louise Horton (daughter of Charles K. and
Adelfiide Horton) Dabney, of Brooklyn, N. Y. Issue:
Robert Eartlett, born July 24, 1889.
500. iii. Edward Stevens," born Sept. 11, 1873.
591. IV. IsiiAEL Harper," born May 9, 1843; married Hannah
Stoughtou. Family 89.
592. V. Catharine," born July 20, 1848; married June 4, 1872,
George (son of George and L. Elizabeth Phelps)
Watson, born Jan. 21, 1848, of Stiffield, Conn.; now
resides near Warehouse Point, East Windsor. Mrs.
Catharine (Stiles) Watson became a member, on
profession, of the First Congregational Church, in
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 293
East Windsor, Conu., in 1SH4, but subsequently be-
came a member of tlie Coiuninuiou of the Church
CathoHc, known as "Catholic Apostolic," worship-
ing at Enfield, Conn. Issue:
593. i. George Iskael,!* born Maj' -1, 1873.
594. ii. Aethue,' born August 27, 1875; died <e. 1 day.
95. iii. iIiRrAii,9 born Oct. 23, 1880.
596. iv. ,9 born and died 1884.
596>^. V. Eva CATHAKiNE,a born Feb. 14, 1889.
597. VI. Eveline Avery," bom Sept. 23, 1846; married May 27,
1869, George Haskell (son of Oliver M. and Miranda
"Warner) Nelson, of Windsor Locks, Conn., born
•Jan. 17, 1843. Mr. Nelson was a member of the
2oth Connecticut Regiment (9 months) Volunteers,
under Col. Geo. P. Bissell, "participated in the battle
of Irish Bend, La., was in all the marches previous
to and daring tlie 46 days' siege of Port Hudson, in-
cluding the charges on the earth-works, the 27th of
May and 14th of June, in the latter of which he
was wounded on the head. He performed all his
duties with cheerfulness and great courage."
Mrs. Eveline A. (Stiles ) Nelson became a member, on
profession, of the First Congregational Church of
East Wiudso]', Conn., in 1861. Issue :
598. i. Maky Elizabeth,' born in East Windsor, Conn,, July 7,
1871.
FAMILY 48.
599. James Harper" Stiles, [356], (j5enom7/s)'aeZ,^ Jo/;n,^
John,^ John^- .Joli7i,') hovn at East "Windsor, Sept. 12, 1804; was a
farmer. He married Marilla M. Skinner, of "Wrapping, May 11,
1836. He died at East Windsor April 4, 1842.
294 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
Child (horn at East Windsor) :
600. I. James Benoni,^ bom Sept. 24, 1837; married Emily E.
Thompson. Family 90.
FAMILY 49.
601. Isaac" Stiles, [383], {Isaac ClarJc,^ Rev. Isaac^ Rev.
Isaac,'' Johnj^ JoJin^- John,^) born Aug. 2, 1792, at North Haven,
Conn. ; married Nov. 28, 1815, Lois (daughter of Justus and Lois)
Cooper, born at North Haven March 31, 1792. He was a farmer
and brick manvifaeturer; held all the imj5ortaut offices in his town;
represented it in the Lower House of the General Assembl}' 1831 ;
was Justice of the Peace and Postmaster for a number of years, and
altogether was a prominent and useful citizen. He was an Episco-
jialian, and for many years a Warden. Mr. Isaac Stiles died at
North Haven, Conn., Feb. 4, 1842. Mrs. Lois (Cooper) Stiles died
at North Haven Dec. 31, 1872.
Children (born at North Haven, Conn.) :
602. L Sterling,'* bom Dec. 30, 1816; died Jan. 24, 1818.
603. II. Isaac Lorenzo,^ born June 28, 1819; married Sophonia
M. Blaksleei. Family 91.
604. in. Lois Delight," born Sept. 10, 1821; married June 12,
1842, John William (son of Elijah and Naucy) Hull,
of North Haven. Issue {all born in North Haven) :
605. i. CathekineM.,' born March 28, 1844.
(i06 ii. EnNicE,9 born August 14, 1847; died Oct. 22, 1883.
607. iii. Eliz.\eeth,' born Nov. 4, 1853; married Geo. W.
Talmadge, o£ Northford, Conn., Sept. 26, 1877.
Resided in (188C) North Haven, Conn. Children :
1. Alice,!" i,oru Sept. -30, 1879.
2. Lillian,'" born March 11, 1884.
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 295
608. iv. John Stilks," born Oct. 23, 18.55; mdrried Martha John-
son, of Northford, Conn., Dec. 19, 1880. Ch'Mren :
1. MISNIE,!" born Feb. 12. 1882.
2. .JOHN HOB.4RT,i" born Dec. 26, 1883.
609. IV. Hexey Hobart,** bom Oct. 4, 1824; married Sarah J.
Heaton. Family 92.
filO. V. Edwaed C' born Feb. 16, 1827; died Aug. BO, 1832.
Oil. VI. William Hubbard,- boru April 17, 1830; died Sept.
16, 1832.
FAMILY 50.
612. Zophar Stiles, [385], {Isaac C'lark,^ Isaac,' Rev.
Isaac,* Jolm,^ John," John,^) born Aug. 24, 1799, at North Haven,
Conn. ; Nov. 15, 1826, married Caroline (daughter of Lebbeus and
Nancy; Kelsey, born April 10, 1806. He was a storekeeper and
farmer. He died Sept. 2, 1843. She died Jan. 31, 1873.
Children (born at North Haven, Conn.) :
613. I. Makgaeet Elizabeth," born Aug. 31, 1827; married
Eowe Stiles Bradley, of North Haven, Conn., Aug.
27, 1856. Children:
613a. i. Ella Stii,es,9 born Feb. 24, 1860; (lied March 31, 1871.
6136. ii. Anne Rowe," born Dec. 5, 1861.
613c. iii. HoMEK Stiles.s torn May 26, 1863.
613d iv. Claba Edith,' born Nov. 2.5, 1865.
614. II. Caroline Lucina,' bom Sept. 30, 1830; man-ied Smith
L. Terrell, of Ma on, Ga., March 28, 1847; resided
(1886) Atlanta Ga.
296 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
615. III. Horace Edward,' boru Juue 18, 1833; died Nov. 19,
1834.
616. IV. Sarah Maria,'* bom Sept. 5, 1886, married Dec. 18, 1868,
Frederic C. Vinton; residence (1886), New Haven,
Conn. Cliild :
617. i. Eknest," bom May 3, 1872.
FAMILY 51.
618. Horace' Stiles, [386], {Isaac Clark^ Isaac;' Rev.
Isaac* John,'^ John ^~ John,') born May 31, 1801, at North Haven,
Conn.; married (1) Harriet (dangliter of Joshua and Rebecca)
Thorpe, Sept. 26, 1826, who died in 1833; married (2) Lois (daugh-
ter of Benjamin and Susan) Pierpont, Nov. 9, 1834. Manufacturer.
He represented North Haven in the State Leg■ish^ture in 1887 and
1838, and held many town offices. He died Jan. 6, 1840.
Children {born at North Haven, Conn.) :
619. I. Harriet Elizabeth Byron Brooks,** born Oct. 22, 1829;
married Robert W. Smith, April 16, 1851.
620. II. Charlotte Pierpont,'* bom Aug. 16, 1838; married
Andrew F. Austin.
621. III. Veenon Clark,** bom Feb. 28, 1837; unmarried.
FAMILY 52.
622. Ezra" Stiles, [387], {Isaac Clark, ^ Isaac,^ Rev. Isaac*
John,^John^-John,') bom at North Haven, Conn., Jul^^ 26, 1804;
married (1) Esther (daughter of Daniel and Esther) Pierpont, April
30, 1829, who died Sept. 26, 1836; married (2) Mary (daughter of
John and Nancy) Bristol, May 12, 1837, who died 1853; married
(3) Frances Elizabeth (daughter of Hezekiah and Betsy) Johnson,
April 19, 1854; she was bom June 18, 1828. He was a member of
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 297
the State Legislature in 1845, and a State Senator in 1846; has held
the offices of Selectman, Town Ti-easurer, Town Clerk, Justice of the
Peace and Judge of Probate, and Warden and Clerk of St. John's P.
E. Parish for over HO years.
Children {by first wife) horn at North Haven, Conn. :
(523: I. Chaeles William,^ bom Feb. 3, 1833; died Aug. 7,
1840.
624. II. Esther Josephine,' born March 22, 1836; died Sept.
27, 1836.
{By second ivi/e) :
625. III. Charles Eoslake,' born Oct. 6, 1840; died May 13,
1841.
626. IV. Ezra Leander,^ born May 6, 1844; prepared for Yale
College, but entered the service of the Union in the
Civil War; at its end he became a teacher of the
Kectory School at Hamden, Conn., and afterwards
served in office of the Adjutant-General of the State
for eight years. Unmai-ried.
{By third ivife) :
627. V. Charles Herbert,'' born Oct. 9, 1855; died Oct. 23,
1861.
FAMILY 53.
628. H e rvey' Sti I es, [388], {Isaac Clarlc,^ Isaac,' Rev. Isaac,*
John,"" John;^ John,') born at , May 22, 1809; married Emily
(^daughter of Oliver and Betsy) Todd, Oct. 20, 1832. He held vari-
ous offices in the town, and was Eepresentative in the State Legis-
latui-e. He died Jan. 9, 1863. She was born Feb. 15, 1 805:
298 ^//f STILES GENEALOGY.
Children :
629. I. William Hervey,^ bora Aug. 20, 1833; married (1)
Lizzie S , 1863; (2) Joanna . He died
Oct. 4, 1875.
630. II. Emily Amanda,« bom Nov. 17, 1835; died Dec, 1836.
631. III. George Wallace,' born Aug. 1, 1838; married Mary
Elizabeth Way. Family 93.
632. IV. Edward,^ bom April, 1841; died Dec. 17, 1850.
633. V. Ellen Amanda,** bom Nov. 26, 1844; married Jan. 6,
1864, Henry B. Hartley; died Nov. 26, 1869. Issue:
634. i. Hebtet Beenabd,-' born Feb. 8, 1865; died Aug. 31, 1866.
635. ii. BEKTHi Ellen,» born Feb. 24, 1866.
FAMILY 54.
636. Henry' Stiles, [406], (Samuel,' Ashbel^' Rev. Isaac,*
Jolin,^ Johi,^ John,^) married (1) Cyutliia Davis, (2) . He
died in Ohio. 1
« '
Children :
687. I. Jerome.'
638. n. Perry.8
639. IIL Cynthia.'
FAMILY 55.
640. Benjamin' Stiles, [408], {Samuel,^ Aslibel,^ Rev. Isaac*
John,^ John,- John,^) hovn at Chester, Mass., Aug. 3,1799; married
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 299
Meliitable Booth, of Granville, Mass. She was the daughter of
Nathan and Fanny Booth ; was bom Jan. 13, 1790, and baptized
April 6, 1794*
Children:
641. I. Frances,' ; married Buckingham; died
soon after.
642. II. Delia,' ; died at age of twelve years.
643. III. Lauea,' : married Hatch.
644. IV. Martha.'
FAMILY .56.
64-5. Hylas' Stiles, [416], {Job,' Ashbel,' Eev. Isaac,' John;'
John,"^ Johii,^) born June 11, 1793, at ; was a farmer; lived
at Franklin (now Kent), Ohio; served as Justice of the Peace in
Fairfield County, Ohio, for fifteen years. He married Nov. 15, 1815,
HaiTiet L. Eoberts, of Sunsfield, Mass., who died Oct. 17, 1853.
Mr. Hylas Stiles died July 29, 1871, at Waterville, Ohio, at the
then residence of his daughter, Mrs. H. L. Gardiner.
Children :
646. I. William C.,' bom at Hartford, Conn., Aug. 30, 1817;
died AprU 13, 1822.
647. II. Hylas,' born at Hartford, Conn., Jan. 9, 1819; married
Elizabeth Scott. Family 94.
648. III. James E.,' bom at Hartford, Conn., Feb. 12, 1820; mar-
ried Rebecca Lewis. Family 95.
649. IV. Laura M.,' bom at Hartford, Conn., Feb. 2, 1822; died
Oct. 31, 1846.
♦See Eichsiaslical UUtory and Genealogy of Xew Britain, Conn., page 218, which, gives his
name as Benjamin P. Stiles.
300 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
fiSO. V. William H.,« born at Hartford, Conn., Feb. 22, 1824;
died Oct. 10, 1829, in New Orleans, La.
(551. VT. Harrikt L.," born at Hartford, Conn., Nov. 2, 1826;
married 1848, George (son of Isaac and Juliaune)
Gardner, M. D., who died at South Bloomingville,
Hocking County, Ohio, Dec. 22, 1851).
Dr. Gardner was born near Unionville, Muskingum
County, Ohio, Nov. 24, 1820. In his twenty-first
year he commenced the study of medicine, com-
mencing practice about 1847, in South Blooming-
ville, Ohio, where he remained until the close of his
life. He was greatly devoted to his profession, and
gathered around him a circle of friends and patients
who were charmed with his social qualities, and con-
fided implicitly in his skill as a physician. Born of
devout parents, in the communion of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, he became in early youth a seeker
for, and in his seventeenth year, a believer in the
atonemeut offered by Christ, and the attention of
the Church was soon attracted by his earnest desire
for the salvation of others, which, conjoined as it was,
to grace and gifts of no ordinary degree, seemed to
constitute a valid call to the Lord's work. In the
spring of 1847 he was duly licensed to preach. In
the fall of the same year he was elected deacon and
ordained by Bishop Morris, and July 9, 1858, was
recommended, at the quarterly conference, for ad-
mission to the travelling connection, but being a
man of family there was no room for him in the Ohio
Conference. Dr. Gardner was a man of sound, good
judgment, kind and agreeable in life and conversa-
tion; affectionate and prudent in his family, tender
and yet strict in the government of his household.
As a local preacher he was always very accei^table,
his sermons pointed and, weighty, infused with the
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 301
deepest piety, and couched in pleasant form and lan-
guage. His success in winning souls to Christ was
more than ordinary. Mrs. Harriet L. Gardner re-
sides (1888) at Pittsburg Pa. Issv^ :
652. i. Lauea Stiles,' born Sept. 2, 1849; graduated at Otterbeiu
University; married .June 1. 1871, Eev. William P.
Shrom, a graduate o£ Otterbein University and from
Wartem Theological Seminary, Alleghany City, Pa.
He served the United States in the war of the Civil
Kebellion, first in the cavalry, afterwards in the 178th
Ohio Volunteei-s (infantry) as Second Lieutenant, and
was honorably mustered out of service at the close of
the war. He now resides at Pittsburgh, Pa. Issue :
(1) William Gardner Shrom, born August 24, 1874 i
(2) Harriet Louise Shrom, born Nov. 25, 1876; (.3)
iVIary Alice Shrom, born March 3, 1879; (4) Laura
Southard Shrom, born Sept. 18, 1881.
653. ii. Hylas W.,' born Dec. 22, 1851; died Oct. 12, 1856.
654. iii. Alice Caet," horn Nov. 9, 1854; died March 6, 1856.
65.5. iv, Alice M.,' born March 9, 1859; teacher, and graduate of
Nursing School of Hartford, (Conn.), City Hospital.
656. VI r. William Henry.^ born at Wethersfield, Conn., Oct. '20,
1828; married Catharine Smith. Family 96.
657. VIII. Mary Jane,' born at Hartford, Conn., Nov. 7, 1830;
died Aug. 5, 1832.
658. IX. Arthur D.,' born at Cleveland, Ohio, April 3, 1834;
died Aug. 11, 1836.
659. X. Edwin,' born at Brimfield, Ohio, Jan. 13, 1836; died
Aug. 13,1847.
()60. XL Mary Jane,* born at Bremen, Ohio, Nov. 1, 1838; died
Jan. 1, 1839.
302 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
t)(jl. XII. John Douglas,'* boru at Bremen, Ohio, Aug. 1, 1840;
maniecl Phebe E. Coop. Family 97.
FAMILY 57.
662. Elijah' Stiles, [427], {Martin,'' Lieut. Martin,^ Isaac*
Ephrahn,^ Jolinj' Joli.n,^) born Jan. 9, 1773, at Westfield, Mass.;
married Betsy Jennings, of Westfield, Mass., May 28, 1795. He
was a woollen manufacturer. Mr. Elijah Stiles died Feb. 27, 1862,
at Pittsford, N. Y. Mrs. Betsy (Jennings) Stiles was born June 1,
177G, died Sept. 28, 1850, in Maulius, N. Y.
Children :
663. I. Ezra Loomis," born at Otis, Mass,,* March 11, 1796;
married Sophia Hinds. Family 98.
664. II. Martin Jennings,^ born at Otis, Mass., Feb. 21, 1798;
married Mary Holt. Family 99.
665. III. Seth Gansey,« born at , Nov. 13, 1800; married
Sally Tobey. Family 100.
666. IV. Betsy Kilpa',"* born Sept. 28, 1803; married
Osborn ; died Ang. 31, 1852.
667. V. Eliva,« born Jan. 30, 1806; died April 13, 1813.
668. VI. Ira W.," born June 30, 1809; died Nov. 9, 1863.
669. VII. Sally Portee,^ born Sept. 8, 1811; married Samuel D.
Loomis, t Jan. 2, 1840. Issue:
670. i. Geokge W.,i> born March 16, 1841; married Nov. 17,
1868, Martha C. Clark ; resides (1885) Adel, Iowa.
Served three years in the Twenty-third Iowa Volun-
teer Infantry.
* Loomis' Genealogy, 11 , 661, says "Arlington, Vt."
i 1849, according to Loomis' Genealogy, li., 660.
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 303
671. ii. Horace S, 9 born Sept. 29, 1842; married Dec. 29, 1868,
Viola Dean; resides (188.5) in Auburn, N. Y.
672. iii. Harvey J.,9 born Aug. 22, 1844; died June 21, 1857.
673. Iv. ChauncyG., 9 born Oct. 27, 18.50; died Jan. 20, 18.51.
FAMILY 58.
674. Wareham" Stiles, [428], {Martin,' Lieut. Marling
Isaac* Ephraim^ John^ Jolm,^) born at Westfield, Miiss., Dec. 28,
1774; married Sarah Nelson, of Westfield, Mass., Feb. 20, 1800; re-
moved to "West Hawley, Mass., in Sept., 1802, and built a log cabin
in West Hill, on the farm now (1885) occupied by his youngest son,
Rowland Stiles. Both Mr. Wareham Stiles and his wife died here,
in 1863, aged respectively 89 and 80 j'ears.
Children :
675. I. EowL.i,XD,« born at Westfield, Mass., July 18, 1800;
died at Hawley, Mass., Nov. 11, 1825; unmarried.
676. II. Warren,^ bom at Westfield,- Mass., May 19, 1802;
married Betsy Holcoml). Family 101.
677. III. G.VRDOER," born at Hawley, Mass., May 13, 1804; mar-
ried Meliuda More. Family 102.
(578. IV. Alvah,*' born at Hawley, Mass., July 25, 1806; resided
at West Hawley, Mass.; uumarried; died May,
1875.
679. V. Sarah,' born at Hawley, Mass., April 26, 1808; died
March 12, 1809.
680. VI. Sarah,'* boru at Hawley, Mass., March 12, 1810; mar-
ried Orrin Thompson, of Vermont; removed to
Coloma, Washara Co., Wis., where he died May 9,
1881. 86. 67; being one of the oldest settlers of that
304 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
County, in wbicli he resided over "20 years. Mrs.
Sarah ("Stiles) Thompson still (1885) resides in
Coloma.
681. VII. Martin,*' born at Hawley, Mass., May 19, 1812; mar-
ried Hernionia B. Lemoin. Family 103.
682. VIII. RoxANNA,' born at Hawley, Mass., March 23, 1814;
married Orriu Dunham, of Savoy, Mass. Issue:
683. i. Wakki'KjS married Mary Ann Paine, of Adams, Mass..
■where he now (1885) resides; he had two sons, one of
whom died in infancy.
684. ii. .Tames,3 married twice; both wives from Chesterfield,
JIass ; had a son by second wife.
685. iii. Ann,' married Benjamin Burlingame, of .\dams, Mass.;
had two daughters,
686. iv. Eliza, !> married Charles Sheldon, a tinner, of North
Adams, Mass. ; now dead; had three children.
687. V. rANNiE,9 married Turney, of North Adams, Mass.;
had two children.
688. vi. Sarah,9 married Albert Gurney, of J'lainfield, trader and
farmer; had one daughter.
689. vii. Augusta,' married Philips, of Holyoke, Mass.; had
three children.
690. . viii. Chaki,ks,9 married NeUie Cleveland, of Plainfield; had
two children.
691. IX. Aabon Nelsox,^ bom at Hawley, Mass., March 26, 1816.;
unmarried; resides alternativel}- in W. Hawley and
Charlemont; was a rejected recruit of Tenth Massa-
chusetts Infantry; demented.
692; X. Horace,** born at Hawley, Mass., Feb. 10, 1819; mar-
ried Hannah Miller. Family. 104.
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 305
693. XL TiKZAH," born at Hawley, Mass., April o7, 1S21 ; married
Sanderson Carter, of West Hawley, Mass. Igsue, :
WWi. i. Delia E.. 9 born in Hawley. Mnssi , Sept. i4, 1849; mar-
ried Dec. 10, 1868, Isaac Vincent, of W. Hawley,
Mass., farmer. No issue. [.Slillman (son of Alonzo)
Turner, adopted.]
695. XII. MAiiY,' born at Hawley, Mass., Feb. 23, 1823; married
Elisha Crowell ; moved to Nebinska thirty years
a{j;o; bad six sons and a daughter. Mrs. Mary
(Stiles) Crowell, died 1883. Mr. C. has since mar-
ried again.
696. X[II. LucY,« born at Hawley, Mass., Feb. 28, 1827; married
April 16, 1865, Charles Peck, merchant, of Charle-
mont, Mass. Issue :
097. 1. KosA,« born Dec. 3, ISG-J: married Nov. 7, 1883, Charles
E. Graves. No issue,
698. XIV. KowLAND,' born at Hawley, Mass., April 15, 1831;
married Ami E. Sturtevant. Family 105.
FAMILY 59.
699. Japhet' Stiles, [430], {3Iartin,^ Lieut. 3farfinJ^ Isaac,*
Ephraim,-' John,- John,^) born at Westfield, Mass., March 12, 1779 ;
married Rhoda (daughter of Dr. Salmon) Carriiigtou, of New
Milford, Conn., June 2, ISOO, at Westfield, Mass.; removed to
Canandaigua, N. Y.
Mr. Japhet Stiles died Aug. 30, 1833. Mrs. Rhoda (Carring-
ton) Stiles died at Canandaigua, April 1, 1851, se. 69 years and
6 montlis.
Children :
700. L Salmon,' born at Westfield, Mass., Nov. 22, 1802; died
April 5, 1804.
306 THE STILES GEN EALOGY.
701. II. Japhet,' boru at , 1803; died April 21, 1804.
702. III. Rhoda Rebecca," born at Westfield, Mass., Sept. 14,
1804.
70;-5. IV. RiVERius Carrington," born at Westfield, Mass., Oct.
18, 180(>; married Persis A. Graves. Family 106.
704. V. Clarissa Grace,' born at Westfield, Mass., Avig. 11,
1809; died April 5, 1832.
705. VI. Sophia,' born at Weritfield, Mass., May 7, 1814; married
Ashbel Tuttle, June 14, 1832; died Jan.* 7, 1833.
706. VII. Samuel.M-
707. VIII. Diana Wilmott,' born at Canandaigua, N. Y., March
. 12, 1826; married S. V. R. Johnson. May 12, 1844-
FAMILY 60.
708. Salmon' Stiles, [431], (J/aWwi," Lieut. Martin,^
Isaac* Ephraim,^ John^ John,^) born at Westfield, Mass., July
6, 1781; married (1) Anna Dewey, of South wick, Mass., April, 1805,
who died Jan. 23, 1813, se. 32; married (2) Charlotte Holmes, of
Russell, (^iuteutions of marriage legally published Feb. 9, 1814,
according to Westfield Records.)
Mr. Salmon Stiles died April 15, 1823. Mrs. Charlotte
(Holmes) Stiles died Feb., 1850.
Children {by first wife) :
709. I. Ethan Dewey,' boru Nov. 16, 1805; married Catharine
M. Parmalee. Family 107.
* Loomls Genealogy, ii., 002, says "August."
t Samuel Stiles, sou of Japhet, ol Westflel.l, Mass., died April 15, lS2i.— (Strong
Gunealngij. )
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 307
710. II. Eeuben Bannister,' born March 5, 1808; married
Adaline Janes. Family 108.
711. III. Emxly Anna,' born June 3, 1810; married Abijab
Estes, resides (1859) Berrien, Mich.
{By second loife) :
712. IV. Deuna.s born Ai)ril 10, 1816; mamed (1) July 25,
1838, Asher H. Day, of Feeding Hills, Mass.; mar-
ried (2| Julius Meacham. Died 1885.
713. V. Hexey Salmon-,' born Sept. 29, 1818; married Laura
Chapman, of Montgomery, Mass., May 9, 1850. Is
a farmer at INIontgomery, Mass. No issue.
714. VI. Maby.s Ijoj.^ .^p^.ji -29 1820; maiiied Luke Shurtleff.
of Russell, Mass. Deceased.
715. VII. Sarah O.,' born Sept. 12, 1821; married Lyman
Herrick, of Blandford, ]\Iass.
716. VIII. Eliza Corxellv,' born Feb. 23, 1823; married at
Russell, Mass., Jan. 10, 1849, Henry Allen (son of
George and Surriuda 5(s/(0/) ) Williams, of Russell,
Mass., where lie was born, Feb. 20, 1819. They
settled in Russell.
FAMILY 61.
717. Edward " Stiles, [432], {ilartin.^ Lieut. Martin,' Isaac*
Ephraim^ John- Jolin,'^] hovn at Westfield, Mass., Sept. 27, 1783;
married Luciuda (daughter of David and Phoebe) Lamberton,* of
Ware, Mass. He was a farmer.
Mr. Edward Stiles resided in Westfield, Mass., and died Sept.
30, 1850. Mrs. Lucinda (Lambertoni Stiles, born Dec. 19, 1799,
died Oct. 25, 1856, x 57.
* Intentions Of marriage entered in Town Clerk's office May 8, 1819; posted in Meeting
House the day following: <-ertlflcate issued May 1819. — [WestJUld Records.)
308 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
Children [born in We.iffield, Mass.) :
718. I. Philena,» boru Feb. 4, 1820; married WiUiam Wells,
of Newingtou, Conn.; died Nov. 21, 1844.
719. II. Maetin,*' born Sept. 2'2, 1822; married Elvirah C.
Hitchcock. Family 109.
720. III. IsAAC,^ born Sept. 26, 1827; died June 26, 1833.
721. IV. Daniel,** born Oct. 1, 1835; married Amorette L.
Cowles. Family 110.
FAMILY 62.
722.. Isaac" Stiles, [433], {Martin,^ Lieid. Martin^ Isaac*
'Ep/n-aim," John;- John;) born at Westfield, Mass., March 3, 1786;
married Sally Potter, of New Haven, Conn., Aug. 22, 1811. (Inten-
tions legally published April 21, 1811, and married by Eev. Isaac
Knapp. — Wes/Jidd Records. The year before his marriage he
removed to Bethlehem, N. Y., where he had a farm, and for many
years kept a tavern, well known to travelers in his day, and
which, with the hill on which it stands, still is known by his name.
He resided in Bethlehem, N. Y., and died Jan. 3, 1839, ae. 52.
Mrs. Sally (Potter) Stiles, born 1790, died at Westfield, Mass., June,
1861.
Children :
723. I. IsAAC,^ born March 15, 1813; married Amanda Shepard.
Family 111.
724. II. Stacy Pottee,- born Aug. 14, 1814; married Jane
Fisher. Family 112.
725. III. Louisa,^ born Feb. 27, 1816; died Dec. 27, 1818.
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 309
726. lY. Sarah P.,' bom Nov. 6, 1817; mamed O. M. Carrier,
Enfield Bridge, Conn.
727. V. Louisa,^ born Juue 6, 1819; died April 27, 1836.
728. VI. Daughter,' , stillborn.
729. VII. Henry B.,' born Nov. 13, 1822; married (1) Eebecca
C. Bridge; (2) widow Hattie A. Eaton. Family 113.
730. VIII. Tirzah,^ born March 3, 1826; April 8, 1849, married
Frederick Erasmus Gladwin, East Haddam, Conn.,
who died Dec. 30, 1860. /sswe .•
731. i. Rebecca Stlles.s born Dec. 14, 1850; married May 5,
1875, Charles Freeuiim Foster. Boston, Mass. Issue :
(1) Anna Rebecca (Fosteri, born .luly 17, 1876; (2)
Roland Howard (Foster), bom Sept. 10, 1878; (3) Helen
Frederica (Fosteri, born March 28, 1881; died July
20, 1881.
732. ii. Fredkeica Eugenia,^ born Feb. 18. 185G
733. iii. Fbedebic EnoENE," born .\pi-il 18, 1858. Residence
(1885) lUion, N. Y.
734. IX. WE.\LTHYH.,«boru April 12, 1828; married Milton D.
Knowles, of Westfield, Mas.s., Aug. 12, 1849.
residence (1885) Belleville, lud. Issiie :
735. i. MiLTON.9
730. ii. RoLLix,9 (M. D. I
737. iii. Sheridan. 9
738. X. Edward," born April 26, 1832; married Jane Shepard,
of Westfield, Mass., Nov. 7, 1853. Was a cigar
manufacturer at AVestfield. Died 1869. No issue.
310 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
FAMILY 63.
739. Henry' Stiles, [435], {Martin^ TJeut. Martin,'' Isaac*
Ephraim,^ John,- John,^) born at Westfield, Mass., April 1, 1790;
married Cheney Fox, of Westfield, Mass., March 18, 1830.*
Mr. Henrv Stiles died July 24, 1838, at Westfield, Mass. Mrs.
Cheney (Fox) Stiles died May 22, 1846, x 47.
Children (all born at Westfield, Mass.) :
740. I. Charles,^ bom Nov. 16, 1830; resides (1885) in West-
field, Mass. Unmarried.
741. II. Jerome," born Aug. 11, 1832; married Julia A. Fair-
field. Family 114.
742. III. EzRA,^ born June 8, 1834; died Sept. 5, 1839.
743. IV. Lewis,^ born Jan. 22, 1836; married Emily F. Loomis.
Family 115.
744. V. Henry PvOLLiN,'t boru Oct. 4, 1838; married Mary
Dewey. Family 116.
FAMILY 64.
745. Charles" Stiles, [436], {Martin,^ Lietd. Martin,'
Isaac,* Eijhraimj^ John,- John,*) born at Westfield, Mass., April 1,
1792; married Sophia Piexford, Nov. 25, 1817; resided in Augusta,
N. Y., and died there Feb. 9, 1838. Mrs. Sophia (Rexford) Stiles
died August 4, 1842.
* Intentions published Feb. 14 ; certlflcate issued Feb. 1 , 1830.— ( Westfield Recordn.)
i Munsell's History North/UId, ifass. Also, letter of his sou Harry Rolliu Stiles, Feb. 22,
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 311
Children (born in Augusta, N. Y. ) :
746. I. Edwin,"* born Aug. 18, 1819; married Rlioda C. Holmes.
Family 117.
747. II. Horace,^ born Sept. 28, 1820; married Harriet Webster.
Family 118.
748. III. Olivia,' bom Oct. 9, 1823; married at Vernon, N. Y.,
Dec. 1842, A. B. Green. Issue {born in Augusta,
N. Y.):
749. i. Clarissa S.,s born Sept., 1843; died Jan.. 1874.
750. ii. Josephine, !• born Dec. , 1844; died same jeiir.
751 iii. Charles H.,'' born May 20, 1846; married Alta Hunt-
ington, of Middlebury, Feb. 17, 1874. Issue: (1)
Stewart N.
752. iv. MabietteO.,9 born Feb. 13, 1848; married Dec. 21, 1876,
George C. Barker, of Augusta, N. Y. ; removed to
Troy, N. Y., and died Oct. 14, 1881. No issue.
753. V. Abner K.,^ born Sept. 7, 1832; died same year.
7.54. vi. EvaC. GREEN,9born Aug. 22, 1858; resides (1885) with
her parents in Augusta, N. Y.
7.55. vii. Abner Bhrdett," born Nov. 26, 1866; resides (1885)
Augusta, N. Y.
756. IV. Denison,' born April 9, 1825; died at Patch Grove,
Grant County, Wis., March 27, 1857.
FAMILY 65.
757. Anson" Stiles, [439], {Israel,^ Israel,^ Isaac,* Ephraim,^
John,^ John,^) born at Westfield, Mass., Aug. 20, 1805; married
312 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
Elvira (danghter of Reuben aud Elvira) Alleu, Dec. 14, 1831. He
was a farmer at Suifield, Conn , wLicli town he represented in the
State Legislature, in 1851.
Mr. Anson Stiles died Sept. 22, 1872, fe. 72, at Snffield, Conn.*
Children i horn at Sutfiekl, Conn.) :
758. I. IsiiAEL Ne\vton,« (Gen.) born July 1(>, 1833; married (1)
Jenny Coney; married (2) Antoniette C Wright.
Family 119.
759. II. Ch.\eles, Judson,^ born July 25, 1835; married Came
L. Austin. Family 120.
760. III. Anson Lutheh,^ died April 19, 1837, se. 3 months.
761. IV. Isabella Annette,' born April 1, 1839: married
Edwin 0. Seymour, of Chicago, 111., April, 1860;
resides (1888) Chicago. No. issue.
762. V. Alice Eltira,** born March 10, 1841; married .Eneas
A. Wood, of Chicago, El., Nov. 9, 1865. Mrs. Alice
E. (Stiles) Wood, died April 5, 1867, ». 26. No
issue.
763. VI. An.son Baxter,' born March 16, 1843; died Nov. 15,
1873, fe. 30.
764. VII. Genevieve Mlnerva,' born April 7, 1845; married
Charles L. Little, of Meriden, Conn., April 23,
1862; resides at Meriden. Issue:
765. i. Sally Maeia,9 born March 3, 1863.
766. ii. Frank Allen.s born Aug. 30, 1864.
* Mrs. Elvira Allen was, in 1885, living with her only surviving child, Mrs. Anson Stiles;
being tlie oldest person then living in the town of Suffield, (having heen born in 1793) and
possessing her faculties in great ijerfection.
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. HIS
767. iii. Aethur Edgerton,'' born March 19, 1866.
768. iv. Edward Baxter,9 born Oct. 26, 1867.
769. V. Isabella Annette," born March 13, 1869.
770. vi. Clara Eloisa," born March 19, 1878.
771. VIII. LuTHEK Kaymond," born April 10, 18-17; luiiuairied.
772. IX. Fi^ANKLiN Rudolph,^ born Aug. 14tli, 18-49; umnieJ
Daiiia Dunevan. Family 121.
773. X. Claha Elizabeth,** bom Oct. 23, 1851; married Amos
T. Crane, of Chester, Mass., Nov. 15, 1875.
Resides (1885) in Chicago, 111. lasue :
77-1. i. KoBERT Stiles,' born Aug. 7, 1876.
77.5. ii. Philip Baxter,' born Aug. 11, 1878.
776. XL Ida Estelle,« born May 26, 185-1; married Dr. E. C.
Newport, of Meriden, Conn., Nov. 18, 1875; teacher
before and since marriage. Issiie :
111. i. Alice Estelle,» born April 13, 1877.
778. XII. Emma Louisa,^ born April 8, 1857; married Arthur
Millbury, of Chicago, 111., June 7, 1877. Issiie:
779. 1. Arthur Seymour," born Oct. 28, 1879; ilied June 2.5,
1882.
FAMILY 66.
780. David H.' Stiles, [449], {Israel,^ Israel,^ Isaac,'
Ephraim^ Jolin^^ John,^) mari-ied Feb. 8, 1823, Harriet L. (daughter
of Joseph) Leonard, of Snffield, Conn. Is a farmer.
Children {horn at Suffield, Conn.):
781. I. "Weston Leonaed,' born Feb. 17, 1858; resides, im-
married, at Suffield, Conn. Is a farmer.
314 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
782. II. Helen Maria,^ boni July 10, 1860; mimarried.
783. III. Dorcas Catharine,^ born Nov. '27, 1866; unmarried.
FAMILY 67.
784. Lewis' Stiles, [■154], {Daniel,^ Daniel,' Isaac,*
Ephraim^ Jolm'^ John,^) born at Kingston, Pa., 1789; married Sarah
(daughter of John) Dodson, March 21, 1811. He was a farmer.
Mr. Lewis Stiles died in 1856, at Town Hill, Luzerne Co., Pa.
Mrs. Sarah (Dodson) Stiles died at same place, in 1875.
Children :
785. L Dakwin,^ born Oct. 26, 1811; married (1) Roxanna
Tubbs; married (2) Edna Harrison. Family 122.
786. II. Daniel," born Oct. 16, 1812; married Hannah Bacon.
Family 123.
787. III. Nathan Dodson,' born July 14, 1814; married Pv,achel
Egbert. Family 124.
788. lY. Richard Dodson,'* born Feb. 1(5, 1816; married Maria
T. Burris. Family 125.
789. Y. Stephen D.,^ born March — , 1818; married (1) Ehza-
beth lumau; (2) Hannah Dodson. Family 126.
790. YI. Elias B.,** born March 6, 1820; married Sibel Van
Norman. Family 127.
791. YII. John D.,' born Jan. 15, 1823; mari-ied Mary Amanda
Gibbons. Family 128.
792. Yin. Samuel C," born March 6, 1824; married Maria A.
Earned. Family 129.
793. IX. George B.,* ; married Eliza A. Harrison,
disappeared about 3855 or '56.
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 315
794. X. Frances Elizabeth," ; luarrieil Nathan
Harrison; died iu 1852. Issue :
795. i. Frances Eltzabekh," married X. E. Bowman, Wilkes-
biirre. Pa.
796. XI. .s
797. xil. .5
FAMILY 68.
798. Daniel' Stiles, [456], (Z>rt?!ieZ Rogers,^ Daniel,^ Isaac,^
Ephraim,^ John,- Johii,^) born June 14, 1793; married (1) Anna
Maria Yard, in Trenton, N. J.; manied (2) Mary Lott, of Newtown,
Conn. He resided in New York City for many years, and died
there Oct. 1, 1845. Mrs. Mary (Lott) Stiles died Oct. 4, 183B.
Children :
799., L Charles D.,' born Oct. 4, 1820; married Harriet N.
Woods. Family 180.
800. IL Caroline B.,' born Feb. 24, 1828; married Dayid B.
Edmundson. Sept. 28, 1845; resides at Moodna,
Orange Co., N. Y.
801. III. Daniel 0.,« born AprU 11, 1825. Is said to have
mysteriously disappeared in New York City about
the year 1849; having at the time considerable
money and valuable jewehy on his person. He
was at the time in partnership with his brother,
Charles Day Stiles, in the Gothic Hall Bowling
Saloon, 316 Broadway.
802. IV. Sarah E.,' born June 10, 1832; married Henry W.
Felton, Feb. 22, 1853. Issue :
803. i. Henky Edwabd,'' born Dae. 3, 1854; resides (1885) in
Cliicaf'o, IlL
316 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
804. V. Anna M./ bom April 2, 1833; died in a few days.
FAMILY 69.
805. Uriah' Stiles, [457], {Daniel.;' Daniel; Imac; Eph-
raim; John; John;) married (1) Jane McKeunigan; married
(2) . .
Children (by first wife) :
806. I. Daniel.^
807. II. ,«ason.
FAMILY 70.
808. Jollir Stiles, M. D., [464], {Lewin; Daniel; Isaac;
Epliralm; John; John;) boru 1800; married Miriam L. Amoureux,
of New Roclielle, N. Y., 1S24; graduated from Middlebury College,
Vt.; .practiced his profession in New York City from 1835 or '36
until his death. It is said by his son, Darwin Stiles, the artist,
that Dr. Stiles' features and expression bore a striking resemblance
to that of President Ezra Stiles, as did also those of one of his
(Dr. John Stiles') sisters.
Dr. John Stiles died at his i-esideuce, No. 257 West Houston
street. New York City, March 2, 1872, as. T2.
Children :
809. L ZlNA,« (sou) born , 1825; died in infancy.
810. II. DARWitJ,^ born Dec. 31, 1827; is an artist; for the last
24 years a resident in Central New York; resides
(1885) Fulton, N. Y.; unmarried.
FAMILY 71.
811. Josiah'' Stiles, [479], {Asahei; Zebediah; Ephraim.;
Ephraim; John; John;) hovn at Granville, N. Y., Sept. 11, 1785;
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 317
married Charlotte Whipple, of Castletou, Yt., Feb. 1, ISlf!. During'
the war of 1812, he served a few days iu the Vermout militia, under
Capt. Horton, at Hubbardston iu Sept., 1814, duriug the presence
of the British forces at Plattsburg, N. T.* He was a mechauic and
manufacturer of farming implements, at Benson, Yt.
Mr. Josiah Stiles died at Benson, Vt., April 23, 1851. His
widow was living at Hubbardston, Yt., iu June, 1878, se. 83 years.
Children :
812. I. Cl.\eissa EjtELiXE,^ boiu iu Hubbardtou, Yt., Nov. 12,
1816; married William Walker, farmer, Jan. 16,
1840. Issue :
813. i. Melvis D.,' carjjenter ami joioer, Atlantic City, X. J.
81-1. il. S. Best,' farmer, Benson, Vt
815. iii. Emob W..' farmer, Hulibardton, Vt.
816. II. James Barber,' born in Hubbardtou, Yt., Nov. 16,
1818; married Susan E. Smith. Family 131.
817. III. Ambrose Whipple, M. D.,^ born iu Hubbardtou, Yt.,
Oct. 28, 1820; married Jaue E. Gage. Famly 132.
818. lY. AxcEL Clement,- boru at Hubbardtou, Yt., April 13,
1823; married Sybil H. Briggs. Family 133.
819. Y. Paulina Yaletta,' boru at Hubbardtou, Vt., Oct. 21,
1825; married E. Heury Arnold, farmer; resides
(1885) Hortonville, Vt. No children.
820. YI. LoRREX Monroe,' boru at Hubbardtou, Yt., April 24,
1828; married Maria B. Francis.
* From U. S. Pension Olflce— though he was not a pensioner.
318' THE STILES GENEALOGY.
821. VII. Tkyphena Eliza,^ born at Benson, Vt., April 10, 1831;
married L. C. Gregory, farmer, March 18, 1851.
No issue.
822. VIII. JosiAH Delos,' born at Benson, Vt., Sept. 18, 1833;
died March 16, 1835.
823. IX. CHARLOTfE E.MOi!Y,^ boiTi at Benson, Vt., Feb. 10,
1836; married William A. Smith, Feb. 12, 1866.
He is a carpenter and builder (1885) at Fairhaven,
Entlaud Co., Vt. Mr. Stiles served in the 17th
Michigan Infantry during the war of the Ci\'il
Rebellion; was in eighteen different engagements.
We are much indebted to Mrs. Smith for famUy
records, etc.;
" W. A. Smith ( my husband ) enlisted in May,
1S62, in Company A, Seventeenth Michigan Infan-
trj', for a jjeriod of three years; was at South
Mountain Md., Sej)t. 14th, and Autietam on the
17th of the same month; marched from Antietam to
Fredericksburg, and crossed the river under com-
mand of Gen. Burnside, but was not engaged in
action. From Fredericksburg the Corps was sent
to Covington, Keutuckj', and from there to Vicks-
burg. Miss. After the surrender of Vicksburg, the
Corps {the Ninth, A. E. Burnside, commanding,)
was sent after the rebel. General Johnson, at Jack-
son, Miss., where he (W. A. S.) was wounded on
the shin by a shell. They then returned to Coving-
ton, K}'. ; from this place they went to Knoxville,
Tenn., where they wer'e beseiged by Gen. Long-
street. During the seige he was wounded in the
knee by a Minnie ball; from this wound he receives
a pension. Soon after this battle they were trans-
ferred to the Army of the Potomac. Mr. Smith
was then on a furlough at his home in Adrian,
Mich., recovering from his wound. He was with
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 319
General Grant at the battles of the Wilderness and
Spottsylvania Court House, where he received a
wound in the hand, and was sent to the United
States General Hospital at Annapolis, Md. He
rejoined his regiment in front of Petersburg, Va.,
Sept. 1st, 1864; was in most of the engagements
until the close of the war in April, ,1865. He en-
listed as a private; when discharged was a Sergeant-
Major. Issue :
824. i. Herbert Whipple,9 bom Sept 10, 1872.
825. X. William Harvey,' boi-n July 29, 1829; died in young
manhood; unmarried.
FAMILY 72.
826. Lorren' Stiles, [482], {Asahel,'' Zebediah; Ephraim,'
Ephraim,^ Jolm,^ Jolm,^) born at Benson, Vt., August 9, 1790;
married Keziali Stout, of Lyons, N. Y., August 19, 1816. He
resided in Goshen, Clermont Co., Ohio, and, as well as his wife,
died near Cincinnati, Ohio. Farmer.
Children :
827. I. Cassilda,' married C. Wallace, who was killed by a
railroad accident about 1854.
828. IL Catharine A.,^ married (1) Wiles; ; married (2)
F Ferry, of Cincinnati, Ohio.
829. III. Robert A.,' farmer, Goshen, Ohio.
830. IV. Henry Smith,' farmer, Goshen, Ohio.
831. V. Helen M.,' resides (1885) Milford, Ohio.
832. VI. John Stout.'
320 THE STILES GENiALOGY.
83P.. VII. LoREEX," born Oct. 6, 1820; married Maiia M. Holmes.
Family 134.
FAMILY 73.
834. William '• Stiles, [483], (Asahel," ZelmUah,' Ephrmm,'
Ephraim;^ John,- Jolin^) bom May 17, 1792; married Lima Perry.
Mrs. Luna (Perry) Stiles died Nov. 30, 1847. Mr. WiUiam
Stiles died at Battle Creek, Mich., July 17, 1870.
Children (born in York, N. Y.):
835. I. Edmuxd G.,' bom Jan. lo, 1826; resides (1885) Ann
Arbor, Mich.
836. II. Delos T.,** bom Jan. 27, 1827; married Laura M.
Shepard. Family 135.
837. in. Mary Hollin P.,' bom in LeEoy, N. Y., Jan. 4, 1856;
married Myron F. Boult; resides (1885) Battle
Creek, Mich.
FAMILY 74.
838. Asaher Stiles, [492], iAsahel,' Zebediah,' Ephraim,'
Ephraim,^ John,~ John,^) born at Benson, Vt., August 12, 1797;
married Jan. 22, 1829, at Sudbury, Rutland Co., Vt., Fanny Smith,
born July 14, 1802; resided in Benson, Vt. ; then removed to
Frailesburg, Canada; removed to Genoa, 111., in Dec, 1849, where
they jiassed the later years of their lives.
Mr. Asahel Stiles died at Genoa, Feb. 7, 1883, ae. 86 years.
Mrs. Fanny (Smith) Stiles died at Genoa, Jan. 9, 1881.
Children :
839. I. Elljah,'' born at Benson, Vt., Nov. 8, 1829. Family
136.
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 321
840. II. Mary A.,** born at Frailesburg, Cauada, Jan., 18.32;
married Dr. G. Truax; resides ("ISSS) Magnolia, 111.
841. III. Aaron Ketchxim,' born at Frailesburg, Canada, March
24, 1834; married Emma Dutton. Family 137.
842. IV. Margaret A.,' born at Frailesburg, Canada, Oct. 18,
1836.
843. V. Martha E.,' born at Frailesbui'g, Canada, Jan. 7, 1839;
married Nehemiah Shults; resides Nevada, Strong
Co., Iowa.
844. VI. Amarett Bissell,' born at Frailesburg, Canada, June
6, 1843; married Henry Slater, merchant; resides
(1885) Genoa, 111. Issue :
845. i. Samuel."
846_ ii. Mahgaeet."
FAMILY 74J.
847. Nathan Burdick' Sliles, [508], (JostoA," Zehediah,^
Ephraim,^ JoJm,^ Jo/m^~ John,^) born July 17, 1831, in Florida, Mont-
gomery Co., N. Y. ; manied Mary Frederick, of Union Society, N-
Y., in 1851 or '52. Was a printer. He removed to Washington,
D. C, and died there Aug. 2, 1856. She married again.
Children :
848. I. Theodore Parker.'
849. II. Minnie," (?).
FAMILY 75.
850. Oliver" Stiles, [511], {Simeon,^ Simeon,^ Ephraim*
Ephraim,^ John^' John,^) bom at Westfield, Mass., July 15, 1786 ;
married (1) March 6, 1808, Laura, daughter of David Jewett,* of
322 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
Lanesboro, Mass.; she died Feb. 22,t 1822, re. 36, at Lisle, N. Y.;
married (2) Sarah Ann Jewett (sister of his first wife), Jan. 27, 1823.
He removed to Lisle, Broome Co., N, Y., about 1806. He was a
man of great business energy; was a graduate of Westfield Academy,
and procured a good education and a vigorous, puritanic mind ; was
much interested in civil, moral and religious afi'airs ; was charitable
to a fault, having been known to give his dinner to the poor and go
without himself; noted for hospitality. In 1832 he became a total
abstainer from intoxicants, in which he has been followed by all his
descendants. Though a farmer, he was much esteemed as an accu-
rate land surveyor ; held the office of Associate Judge of the County
from 1827 to 1832 ; was Supervisor of the (so-called) old State of
Lisle (now comprising four townships) for a number of terms ; was
Captain in the N. Y. State Militia, and Deacon in the Congregational
Church at Lisle, for many years, and until his death. That portion
of the town where he resided was named Bai-ker.+
Judge Ohver Stiles died at Lisle, N. Y., Sept. 29,** 1845, se. 60.
Mrs. Sarah Ann (Jewett) Stiles died at Utica, N. Y., Sept. 5, 1857.
Children {hy first marriage) :
851. I. OLn'EK Jewett,' bom July 10, 1812 ; married Carohne
Rodgers. Family 138.
852. n. Laura Maria,' born Feb. 21, 1811; married Hiram
Thayer, of Hadley, Mass., Aug. 27, 1838. Issue:
833. i. Charles Thayek,' born Sept 19, 1839; married Abbie
Clark Richardson, Nov. 2i, 1864. Children: (1)
Lucy Clark and (2) Charles Stiles, twins, born .June
16, 1868; (3) HaiTy Richardson, born March 21,
1873; (i) Charles Hiram, born Sept. 16, 1874; (5)
William E., born Dec. 22, 1876.
* David Jewett was one of the Revolutionary Army under Washington, at Valley Forge.
t Her gravestone (Whitney's Point, Town of Triangle, Broome Co., N. T.,) says "21st in
36th year."
t Annals of Biugbampton, N. Y., p. 229.
** His giavestone (Whitney's Point, Town of Triangle, Broome Co., N.T , says ■27th." and
also styles him *' Deacon." " in 60th year." This l>urying ground is between Whitney's Point
and Hyde Settlement, on the portion of the township of Barker, where he settled, now
familiarly called after the first settler, a Mr. Hyde, who married Jeunetta, a sister of Judge
Oliver Stiles —iefter of Oliver D. Stiles, M. D.
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 323
854. ii. Fkancis H.,' born April 17, 1843; died Aug. 26, 1843.
855. iii. HrLAN HrDE,^ born April 17, 1846.
Mrs. Lama M. (Stiles) Thayer died Oct, 31, 1850.
856. III. FeaxivLIN Hyde,* bom at Lisle, N. T., May 22, 1816;
married (1) Koxanua Thayer; (2) Harriet R.
Hanum. Family 139.
857. IV. Emily D.,« born Aug. 16, 1821; married Daniel God-
dard, Oct. 1, 1857, at Beloit, Wis.; died July 31,
1864. No issue.
{By second marriage):
858. V. Simeon Squires,' born June 19, 1824 ; married Harriet
Brigham. Family 140.
859. VI. Henry,' born Sept. 19, 1827; married Amanda Lucy
Whitney. Family 141.
860. VII. David J.,' born July 20, 1830; enlisted in Sixteenth
Independent Battery, N. T. S. Volunteers, in War
of Civil Eebelliou, although not subject to military
duty; died at Fortress Monroe, Aug. 15, 1863;
unmarried.
861. VIII. Charles,^ born Dec. 28, 1832; married Laura R. Sim-
mons, Jan. 2, 1859; enlisted in late War Sept., 1861;
discharged Dec, 1862; re-enlisted March, 1864; dis-
charged June 2, 1865; died Aug. 31, 1868, at Wysox,
Pa., and left two daughters.
862. IX. Sarah Jerusha,' born Oct. 5, 1841 ; married George E.
Spohr, Dec. 24, 1868. Resides (1886) Downer's
Grove, 111. Issue:
863. i. Maey E.,!> born June 7, 1870.
868,
869,
32J: THE STILES GENEALOGY.
804. ii. Gkace L.jS born Dec. 25, 1871.
865. iii. Eva L.,' born April 4, 1873.
866. iv. Henrietta T., 9 born Dec. 15, 1874.
867. V. Louisa E.,!> born Oct. 14, 1879. ,
vi. Florence E.,9 born Aug. 15, 1881.
vii. Frakklin S.,i> born April 13, 1883.
FAMILY 7G.
870. Henry" Stiles, [512], (Simeon,^ Simeon,^ Eplirahii*
Eijhraim-' John,' John,') bom at Westfielcl, Mass., Dec. 13, 178«;
married (1) March 17, 1814,* Euuice Alvord, of West Springfield,
Mass., who died Aug. 22, 1847; married (2) April 4, 1850, widow
Wealthy Fail-child, of West Springfield, Mass.
Mr. Henry Stiles died Nov. 12, 1861. Mrs. Wealthy (Fair-
child) Stiles, died Aug. 22, 1847, eb. 60.
Cldhlren {born at Westjield, Mass.):
871. I. ALMiaA,' born March 5, (or 15,) 1815; married Jason
Stockbridge, Jr., of Baltimore, Md., May 27, 1845.
Issue :
872. i. .jANE.a born March 19, 1853.
873. II. Eunice Ann," born June 16, 1819; married Bancroft
Taylor, of Westfield, Mass., May 27, 1845; resided
at Almont, Mich. Issue:
874. i. Almira,' born at Almont, Micli., June 15, 1849.
Mrs. Euuice A. (Stiles) Taylor, died Feb. 14, 1859.
*Inteation8 of marriage published Jau. 30, 1814; certificate issued March in, 1814. (West-
jield Records.)
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 325
875. III. HENiiY DwiGHT,' bom May 29, 1823; married Mary A.
Granger. Family 1-42.
876. IV. William,^ boru Aug., 11, 1829; married Margaret
Lyford. Family 143.
FAMILY 77.
877. Royal ' Stiles, [513] { Simeon,^ Simeon,^ Epiiraim,'
Ephraiin,'^ John^~ John,^] boru at Westfield, Mass., Juue 2(i, 1791;
married Dorcas Corbiu, of Grand Isle, Vt., June 16, 1822.
* Eoyal Stiles died Juue 30, 18-42. Mrs. Dorcas (Corbiu) Stiles,
born 1800, resided (].885) with her sou James, at Ceresco, Mich.
Children ;
878. I. Simeon,^ born March 18, 1823; married , Priuce-
ton, Mercer Co., Mo. Family 144.
879. II. Warren,' born May 8, 1824; died Sept. 7, 1843.
880. III. Mary Elizabeth,** born Sept. 3, 1826; married Henry
S. Gibbons. Eesides (1885) at St. Kieph, Mich.
882! "^V." JaneE.,^ [ twins, born May 3, 1828.
James married Nov. 22, 1859, Mary Eaveu. No
issue; farmer. Eesides (1885) at Ceresco, Mich.
Jane E., married Franklin E. Fellows, of Andover,
Mass., Nov., 1854. Eesided (1885) Norwich, Coyu.
883. VI. Eoyal Corbis,^ born Oct. 7, 1832; died June 2, 1834.
*Vol. 2, p. 227, Michigan Pioneer Collections.
Royal Stiles had locatud to him Aug. 6. 1833, 258.96 acres iu the town of Emin>-tt; Mich.
Also p. 325, Balph Stiles, one of the trustees of Freewill Baptist Church, In Jackson, Mich., In
1843.
Ibid. Vol I p. 179, R. E. Stiles, N. Stiles and Dmid Stiles hal in 1833, each as I understand
it, M. S. P. G.) 1,720 acres land located to them In what is now ^1879 or thereabout) the town of
Allen, Mich.
326 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
884. VII. Harriet EinLY,^ ) , . , .. o loor: '
885. VIII. HlTLDAH C0RBIN> | *^'^°^' ^"'^^ ^^^^ ^^ l^^^"
Harriet Emily married William G. Oakman. Ke-
sides (1885) Paoli, Kansas. Huldah Corbin died
June 6, 1835.
886. IX. ,s son, born Feb. 10; died Feb. 17, 1839.
887. X. David Eoyai„s born Aug. 26, 1841. Resides (1885)
Ottawa, Kansas.
FAMILY 78.
888. John ' Stiles, [524], [John,'' Simeon,' Epliraim* Eph-
raim,^ John^^ JoJin,^) born at Westfield, Mass., Jan. 22, 1809; mar-
ried (1) Martha Church, July 5, 1830,* who died Jan. 11, 1853, jb.
47 years; married (2) Keyes, of Warren, 1854. Mr. John
Stiles died Sept. 25, 1855.
Children, (porn at Wesf field, Mass.) :
889. I. ,' born 1833 ; lived only a few days.
890. II. Edwin,' born July 30, 1835 ; died May 6, 1855, se. 20.
891. III. Mary E.,** born Feb. 15, 1841 ; married William J.
Meeham, AprU 5, 1866.
892. IV. Elizabeth,^ born Dec. 5, 1839.
FAMILY 79.
893. Simeon' Stiles, [525], {John^ Simeon,' Epliraim,*
Ephraimj^ JoJi%~ Johi,^) hovnat Westfield, Mass., April 29, 1811;
married Ann R. Harman ; removed to Longarm, Boone Co., Mo.,
where he resided 1859.
* According to Westfield Records, " Jolin, Jr., and Martba Clark, Iwtli of Westfield, were
legally published Jan. 13, 1830.
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 327
Children :
894. I. William Henry.^
895. II. James Olivee.^
896. in. John Joseph.'
897. IV. Eliza Jane.'
898. V. Eebecx:;a.'
899. VI. Mary F.'
FAMILY SO.
900. Charles' SW\qs, \p'il\ {El^h-aim,* Simeon,^ Ephraim*
Ephraim,^ John^ John,'') born at Westfield, Mass., May 18, 1788;
married SoiDliia Stevens, Nov. 30, 1809.* Was a farmer at Edwards,
St. Lawrence, Co., N. Y.
Child :
901. L Sophia,' bom , 1813; man-ied Asa P. Brayton ;
died Mai-ch 18, 1816. Issue;
902. i. SiL0ME,9 married Nov, 8, 1857, James McKee, C. E., of
Edwards, N. Y. She died Oct. 18, 1863, leaving a
son who died three days after.
903. ii. Pauline, 9
904. iii. Samantha,'
905. iv. Chasi.es Stiles,'
1
All died in the Summer and Autumn
of 1863.
* Intentions ol marriage published Oct. o, 1809; married by Rev. Isaac Knapp.— )rrs(-
jitld Records,
328 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
FAliIILT 81.
906. David '' Stiles, [539], (David,'' Eli,' Ephraim,* Eph-
raim,^ Jolin^- Johii,^\ bom Aug., 1799; manied, it is said, four times.
He was a farmer, and died Sept., 1872, at Bandolpb, Vt.
Chihiren :.
907. I. WiLBUii,^ mamed Wakefield, and had children;
removed to Michigan; was in Union service during
War of Civil Rebellion, and contracted disease from
which he died soon after his return.
908. II. Sarah,^ married Luther Wakefield, (brother of her
brother's wife.) Resides (188.3) Northfield, Vt.
FAMILY 82.
909. Alvah '■ Stiles, [541], [David,^ EH,' Ephraim,* Eph-
raim,^ John,- John,^) horn in New Hampshire, May 9, 1803; mamed
Sally Flint, at Royalton, Tt., April 3, 1825. He was a farmer: and
in 1883 was residing (nearly blind) with his daughtei-, Mrs. Sarah.
A. Kelsey, in East Bethel, Yt.
Children :
910. I. Maby Elvira,'* bom Jan. 25, 1826: married March,
18-19, John W. Slack, carpenter and joiner; resides
(1885) South Royalton, Yt. Issue :
911. i. Dek .J.. 9 born Sept. 20, 18.50; married Mary E. Snubom;
has (1) Henry M. (Slack), x. 10 years; (2) liert. B.
(Slack), 8 years ol.l in 1883.
912. ii. Emma J. ' b. Feb. 9, 1854; married Frank Moulton ; has
(1) Fred .J. (Moulton), born Aug. 7 1873.
913. II. William Lyman,' born September, 1827; mamed Mrs.
Betsy Hutchinson. Family 141.
1
i88o.
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 329
914. III. Sarah Alsina,^ born May 14, 1829; inaniecl Charles
Loomis Kelsey, June 14, 1861. He is a farmer
and stone mason. Resides in East Betliel, Vt.
915. IV. Alvah J.,^ born Dec. 9, 1832 ; died Dec. 6, 1834.
916. V. Charles C.,' born Feb., 1837; married Cordelia A.
Sanders. Family 142.
917. VI. Laura J.,^ born May, 1840; unmarried; resides with
her sister, Mrs. Kelsey.
FAMILY 83.
ai^- Henry Reed^ Stiles, A. M., M. D. [551], {Samud;
Cajd. Asahel,^ Israel,^ John,* John,^ Jolin^- Jolin,^) born in New York
City March 10, 1832 ; was educated at the Grammar School of the
University of that city, entered Fresh man therein 1848, and Soph-
omore at Williams College, Mass., in 1849. His health failing, he
did not graduate, but in 1876 he received the degrej of A. M. from
that College. He studied medicine in the Medical Department of
the University of the City of New York, graduated in 1855, and also
in the same year from the New York Opthalmic Ho.spital. He
practiced medicine a few months in New York City, afterwards in
Galena, 111., with a partner. Dr. Timothy M. Wilcox. In 1856 he
removed to Toledo, Ohio, and there for a few mouths edited the
Toledo Blade, daily and weekly. In July, 1856, he went to
Brooklyn, N. Y., and during the years 1857 and '58, as a member of
the firm of Calkins & Stiles, published educational works and the
American Journal of Education, in New York City. From 1858 to
1861 he jDracticed his j^rofessiou in Brooklyn, N. Y., from which
place, in April, 1861, he removed to Woodbiidge, N. J., and was
engaged in active practice until May, 1863, when he accepted the
position of Librarian of the Long Island Historical Society, in
Brooklyn, N. Y., of which he was one of the founders and one of the
first Board of Directors named in the act of incorporation. This
position he resigned in May, 1865, and was engaged in literary
330 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
l^nrsuits until Feb., 1868, wlieu lie was appointed to a clerkship in
tlie Bureau of Vital Statistics in the Brooklyn ofSce of the Metro-
politan Board of Health. Two mouths later, April 14, he was ap-
pointed Chief Clerk ; this ofSce he filled till the abolition of the
Commission in 1870. He was immediately appointed a Medical In-
spector in the newly oiganized Board of Health of the City of New
York, and served in the Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth and Sixth
Wards. Upon the creation of a new Board, in Jan., 1873, he suc-
cessfully passed the Civil Service examination instituted by the
Boaid, and was reappointed Sanitary Inspector, June 17. In July,
same .year, he was made Superintendent of the State Homeopathic
Asylum for the Insane, at Middletown, Orange Co., N. T. Under
his direction its first two buildings were erected, its sei-vice organ-
ized, and the foundation of its subsequent success firmly laid. He
resiiiued this position in Sept. 1877, and removed to Dundee, in
Scotland, where he had been called to take charge of the Dundee
Homeopathic Dispensary, then under the Presidency of Lord
Kinuaird. The next four years were fully occupied by his profes-
sional duties, but, in Dec, 1881, the failure of his own and his wife's
health compelled him to leave Dundee and return to America, and
from Jan., 1882, to Christmas, 1887, he was associated in a consulta-
tion practice in New York City with Dr. Frederick Humphreys.
From Jan., 1888, to the present time (1890) he has conducted a
private establishment for the cure of mental and nervous disease, at
Hill View, (on Lake George), "Warren County, N. Y.
Dr. Stiles has been a ruember of the Homeopathic Medical
Societies of New York, Kings and Orange Counties, N. Y. In 1885
he was elected a jDermaneut member of the New Yoik Homeopathic
State Medical Society, of which, in 1875-6, he was a Vice-
President, and in 1874-5, Chairman of its Bureau of Nei-^'ous
Diseases. He is a member of the New York Medico- Legal Society;
of the Clinical Club, of New York City ; was one of the organizers
and first members of the Public Health Association of New York
City, in 1872 ; a founder and officer of the Society for Promoting
the Welfare of the Insane, New York City. He was, in 1870, unani-
mously appointed to the chair of Physiology in the New York
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 331
Homeopathic Medical College, and accepted, but domestic afflictious
compelled him to resign, before entering upon its duties.
He -^vas in 1873-74 Special Lecturer on Hygiene and Sanitary
Laws in the same ; and, from 1882 to 1885, Professor of Mental
and Nervous Diseases in the New York Woman's Medical College
and Hospital, New York City.
In 1859 Dr. Stiles published The History and Genealogies of
Ancient Windsor, Conn.; and a Supplement to the same, and also a
monograph on Bundling in America, in 1861. In 1863 he published
the Genealogy of the 3Iassachusetts Family of Stiles. He was an
active member of the Faust Club in 1865, which published limited
and choice editions of Wood's History of Long Island and of Fur-
man's Notes on Brooklyn, the latter fully annotated by himself. In
1865 he issued, in a limited edition, two volumes relating to the suf-
ferings and experiences of the Prison-Ship cajjtives in Wallabout
Bay, Loug Island, during the Revolution, entitled The Wallahoid
Prison-Ship Series, and, in the same year, he edited The Genealogy
of the Stranahan and Josslyn Families. In 1867 he issued the first
volume of his History of the City of Brooklyn, N. Y. The second
volume was issued in 1869, the third in 1870. He wrote a Life of
Abraliam Lincoln in 1865 ; twenty-two of the fifty- six biographies
of the 3Ien of Our Day in 1868 ; a campaign Biography of Gen. U.
S. Grant, and portions of other subscription books. Among his
many contributions to newspapers and magazines are Sketches of
Pid)lishers in the " Round Table," 1866-7 ; papers in the Historical
Magazine, of which he was editor, in 1866. Letters and Historical
Statistics, etc., to the Rahway (N. J.) Times, 1861-63, imder the
nom de jAunie oi "Tip-Top." In 1884 he edited and largely con-
tributed to the Ilhistrated Hiitory of the County of Kings and City
of Brooklyn, N. Y., 2 vols., quarto. In 1887 he completed the
editing of the Humphreys Family and Genealogy, an immense woik,
upon which, with others, he had been occupied since 188-1, and the
latter half of which was issued almost entirely under his own super-
vision. His contributions to the Neiu York Genealogical and Biograph-
ical Record, of which he was one of the first editors, have been
numerous. His principal papers in this Quarterly are an Anniversai-y
332 T""^ STILES GENEALOGY.
Address before the Society ; an " In Memoriam of John S. Gau-
tier," 1871; an "Arrangement of the American Family of WoodhuU;"
and "A List of American Families whose Genealogies are investi-
gated," 1872 ; "Memoir of Hon. Henry C. Murphy," 1882, and of
Dr. David E. Holton, 1883. He is at present (1890) engaged in a re-
vision and enlargement of his History and Genealogy of Windsor,
Conn.
Dr. Stiles has been, since 1866, a member — and was for eight
j-ears Eecordiug Secretary- — of the American Ethnological Society;
was electing corresi^onding member of the Dorchester (Mass.), His-
torical and Antiquarian Societ}', 1859 ; of the New England Historic
Genealogical Societj-, of Boston, Mass., 1859; of the State Historical
Society of Wisconsin, 1860; of the Arizona Historical Society,
1864; of the Numismatic and Antiquarian Society of Philadel-
phia, 1866 ; and of the American Philological Society of New York,
1869. He was one of the organizers and Recording Secretary of the
American Anthrojoological Institute, 1869, and, in the same year,
one of the seven founders of the New York Genealogical and Bio-
graphical Societj' ; its President from 1869 to 1873, a member of its
Board of Trustees, of its Publication Committee, and a frequent
contributor to the Record from its first numbers until 1888, when
he resigned and was made an honorary member. He is a life mem-
ber of the Long Island Historical Society, and an honorary member of
the North Western Literary and Historical Society, Sioux City,
Iowa, 1866.
He has also at one time been an active Mason, having taken all
the degrees of the York Rite ujd to and inclusive of that of Knight
Temjilar; and of the Scottish Rite up to and inclusive of the 32". In
religious matters, brought up a Presbyterian, he has, since his resi-
dence in Scotland, been a member of the Communion known as
Catholic Apostolic.
January 31, 1856, Dr. Stiles married Sarah (daughter of Re%'.
Charles M.) Woodward, then of FreejDort, Illinois.
Children :
919. L Elliott,' born at Brooklyn, N. Y., Sept. 27, 1857.
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 333
920. II. Charles Butler,** bom at Wooclbridge, N. J., Nov. 3
1861 ; ruaniecl Frances Malcolm. Family 143
FAMILY 84.
921. William Loring' Stiles, [553], {Samuel^ Capt.Asa-
hel,^ Is7-ael,^ John* John,^ John,^ John,'') bom iu New York City,
April 11, 1839; married Oct. 22, 1863, Mary Frances (eldest daugh-
ter of ex- May or Edward A.) Lambert, of Brooklyn, N. Y.
Mr. William Stiles and his wife were members of the Lafayette
Avenue Presbyterian Church, of Brooklyn. He died of consump-
tion at 398 Carlton Avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y., Feb. 18, 1866. His
widow married, March 23, 1869, Edward J. Huestis, of Montclair,
N. J.
Child :
922. I. William Frederick,' bora at Brooklyn, N. Y., Sept.
3, 1865 ; died at Concord, N. H., Aug. 28, 1866.
FAMILY 85.
923. Samuel Edward' Stiles, M. D., [554], {Samuel,'
Capt. Asahel^ Israel,^ John,* John^ John,^ John,^) bom Aug. 27,
1844, in New York City ; was educated in private and public schools
in Connecticut and New York, and entered business as clerk in house
of C. W. & J. T. Moore & Co., in New York, 1860. In Auditors'
office of Erie Railway, 1862. Assistant Librarian of Long Island
Historical Society, 1864-5, and of Mercantile Library Association
of New York, 1866. Removed to Ohio and was Librarian of Toledo
Library Association 18(56-7. Returned to New York and was again
second, and after first, Assistant Librarian to Mercantile Library.
While here he studied medicine at L^uiversity of New York, and
Long Island College Hospital, graduating M. D. at the latter in
1870. Was House Physician to Brooklyn Homeopathic Dispen-
sary 1871-2, and was appointed one of the Attending Physicians to
the Brooklyn Homeopathic Hospital on its organization in 1873.
He resigned this and became Resident Physician to the Hospital,
334 ^"^ ST/LES GENEALOGY.
remaining tliere until 1882, when he was again elected Attending
Physician and entered private practice. Member of the Kings
County Homeopathic Medical Society since 1870, and was for five
years one of its Board of Censors and a permanent member of the
New York State Homeopathic Medical Society. Also, one of the in-
corporators of the New York Geueological and Biograpliical Society;
Charter member of Aurora Grata Lodge, 756, F. & A. .M. ; and a 32°
of the Scottish Rite of Masonry, etc.
He married July 12, 1882, Mary Maud, second daughter of
George W. and Mary J. (Griffith) Liddell, of Montreal, Canada.
Children :
924. I. Chajilotte Ratcliffe," born in Brooklyn, N. Y., Sept.
6, 1883.
925. II. Edwakd Eeed," born in Brooklyn, Dec. 30, 1885.
926. III. AuDBEY Keble," born in Brooklyn, Nov. 12, 1887.
FAMILY 87.
927. Samuel* Stiles, [574], {Benoni,'' Benoni,^ Israel,^
John* Johnj^ John,'' John,^) born at East Windsor, Conn., Aug. 26,
1814; married (1) Roxy Skinner, March 4, 1840, who died March
18, 1842; (2) Ann Bowers, Dec. 10, 1843. Is a fai-mer at East
Windsor, Conn.
Children, {born at East Wmdsor, Conn.):
928. I. Henky James,^ born April 15, 1845; married Haniet
Loomis, of South Windsor, Conn., Nov. 12, 1873.
He died May 15, 1878.
929. IL Annette,' born July 24, 1848; died May 31, 1856.
930. ni. Frederick Samuel,' born Jan. 21, 1849; married Julia
E. Bames; Family 144.
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 335
n:;] . IV. WiLLUM Edgak/ bom July 10, 1857; died.
932. V. Charles Adelbeet,' born Oct. 10, 1855; married Jane
M. Holman. Family 145.
9.S3. VI. EsTELLA,') Twins, born Sept. 19, 1860. Eosella mar-
r ried Edmond Alonzo Meacham, of
934. VII. RosELLA,^) Somers, Conn., May 1, 1878. Mr. M. is
a carpenter and joiner in Springfield, Mass. Issue:
935. i. Lewis ErwABD, "> born at Kockville, Coun., .June 23.
1880.
936. ii. WiLTER Leslie, "> born sxt Springfield. Mass ., July 23.
1884.
937. VIII. Ern-est Morton-,' died Aug. 4, 1869, fe. 8 weeks.
FAMILY 88.
938. John Morton' Stiles, [51Q'\,{Benoni;' Benoni,^ Isi-ael,^
JoJm,^ John^ Jolin^ Jolm,^) born at East Windsor, Conn., Jan. 11,
1818; married Dec. 14, 1843, Julia Ann (daughter of Eli and Eock-
salena Allen) Gowdy (born Feb. 5, 1819), of East Windsor. He was
a farmer at Melrose, Conn., where he died, April 12, 1886.
Children (born ai East Windsor, Conn.):
939. I. Eli Gowdy,'' born Nov. 30, 1844; married. May 29,
1873, Mary Elizabeth (daughter of Eev. George
Ezekiel and Nancy Adelaide French) Allen, of
Scitico, Conn., born Nov. 15, 1847. He is a farmer,
and postmaster at Melrose, Conn. ; resides on the old
homestead, which has been in the possession of the
family for nearly, or quite, a century. No issue.
940. II. Egbert Bexoxi,' born Aug. 8, 1848; man-ied Ida E.
Lawrence. Family 146.
336 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
FAMILY 89.
941. Israel Harper' Stiles, [591], {Israel,'' Benoni,"
Israel,^ John,* John,^ John,' John,^) born at East Windsor, Conn.,
May 9, 1843; married Jnue 1, 1870, Hannah (daughter of Lemuel
and Hannah Blodgett) Stoughton, of East Windsor, who was born
Sept. 16, 1843. He is a farmer near Broad Brook, East Windsoi',
Coun.
Childre7i, {all born at East Windsor, Conn.):
942. I. Edwards Stoughton," born July 30, 1876.
943. XL Anna Chloe," born Jan. 8, 1880.
944. III. Frank Harper," born Juno 23, 1 884.
FAMILY 90.
945. James' Benoni Stiles, [600], {James H.,'' Benoni,^
Israel,^ John,* John,' Johnj^ John,*) born at East Windsor, C^nn.,
Sept. 24, 1837; married Emily Eleanor (daughter of John and Ann)
Thompson, of East Windsor, Nov. 24, 1859. She was born Jan.
15, 1838.
Children:
946. I. Edna Elizabeth," born July 2, 1861; married May 9,
1882, John W. Boies.
947. II. Is-ABELLE," born Aug. 7, 1865; married May 12, John
S. Wilson, of Plamville, Ct.
948. ITL Emma," born Sept. 25, 1863 ; died Aug. 23, 1864, sb.
11 months.
949. IV. Maby," born July 25, 1870; died Aug. 1, 1870.
i
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 337
FAMILY 91.
950. Isaac Lorenzo^ Stiles, [603], {Isaac,' Isaac ClaH;"
Isaac,^ Rev. Isaac* Jolin,^ Jolmj- John,^) bom at North Haven, Coiiu.,
June 28, 1819; married Feb. 16, 184:2, at North Haven, Sophronia
M., (daughter of Anson and Julia, daughter of Titus and Mabel Frost)
Blakslee, born at North Haven, Feb. 16, 1819.
Has held the offices of Selectman, Constable, Justice of the
Peace, Postmaster, and othei-s of minor degree; has several times
been Vestryman, and is now a Warden of St. John's Episcopal
Church; represented North Haven in the Lower House of the
General Assembly, in 1851:, 1884 and 1885. Resides (1886) North
Haven, Coun. Is the senior partner of the firm of I. L. Stiles &
Sou, brickmakers.
CJdldren :
951. I. Isaac Wadsworth,' born Feb. 28, 18-43; married Mar-
garet E. Dickerman. Family 147.
952. II. Feank Loeenzo," born July 12, 1854; unmarried. Is a
partner (1886) with his father in the brick manufac-
turing business at North Haven, Conn.
FAMILY 92.
953. Capt. Henry Hobart' Stiles, [609], {Isaac,' Isaac
Clark^ Isaac,^ Rev. Isaac,* John^ John,^ John,^) born at North
Haven, Conn., Oct. 4, 1824; married Sarah Jane (daughter of Julius
and Sally) Heaton, of North Haven, Oct. 15, 1845.
He received a common school education, and when eighteen
years old went to Haddam, Conn., to take charge of a brick yard.
The position developed the character that he afterwards sustained
through life. Upon his return home he associated himself in busi-
ness with his brother, the association lasting in different forms
throughout his lifetime. He was married in 1845, and his married
life was a source of comfort, and as he was fond of music, and a
338 TH£ STILES GENEALOGY.
musician liimself , his liome was always open to social entertainments.
He also was chosen Captain of N. H. Blues at this time, a position
he filled creditably, and from which he derived the title of Captain,
by which he was ever afterwards designated. From 1845 to 1855
he was elected to many of the minor offices of the town, and as the
people watched him in jjublic and private affairs, they grew to
respect and h(mor him in all ways, until in 1855 they sent him to
represent them in the State Legislature, which position he held for
three terms, and then he was elected Selectman and Town Agent,
which position he filled until he resigned, in August, 1862.
Mr. Stiles enlisted, August 9, 1862, at New Haven, Conn.,
and was elected Captain of Co. K, 15th Eegimeut Connecticut
Volunteeis, his commission being dated Aug. 1, 1862; was en-
gaged in the Battle of Fredericksburg, December, 1862, Eden-
tou Tload, Providence Church and the skirmishes near Norfolk,
Va. He received an honorable discharge, on account of ill health,
Aug. 17, 1863; in December of the same year received a com-
mission as Captain of Co. B., 21st Eegiment Veteran Reserve Corps,
and was assigned to duty at Providence, R. I., where he was the
Post Commandant. In March, 1861, he removed, with his company,
to Alban}', N. Y., -^vhere he commanded the Rendezvous Camp.
While there he oi-ganized, armed and equipped the l92d N. Y. S.
Vols. In consequence of his arduous duties here (acting as Post
Commissary, Quartermaster, etc., besides the command of two com-
panies), he again lost his health, and resigned his commission, Aug. 1,
1865. He gained the good will of his superiors and his command
by his strict sense of right and duty, and chet^rfulness of disposition,
and to show their appreciation, his difl'ereut commands gave him a
hands(mie sword, a heavy gold-headed cane, a costly jewelled watch
and chain, each with appropriate inscriptions; also field-glasses, revol-
vers, etc. Upon his return from the army he entered into business
pursuits, as far as he was able, with his brother partner. He was a
memljer of St. John's Church, and he gave time, money and labor to
place the church on a sure foundation. He was careful of the poor
and needy, and his life showed consistency and a true Christian spirit.
In the fall of 1877, he fully realized tliat the end of his life was ap-
proaching, and prepared his business as he thought best, and on the
4l
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 339
2d of April he closed his eyes in death as quietlj- aud peacefully as
a tired child in its parents' arms, trusting and believing that he had
done the work God had prepared for him, aud that he was simply
passing to a higher aud better life.
Children : ,
954. I. Jane Lois,' born Dec. 8, 18i6; married LaGrand
Bavins, of Mericleu, Coun., May 17, 1865. Isstie:
955. i. Edith L.'o
956. ii. Anna L. ">
957. iii. Walter L. 10
958. II. FfiEDERiCK HoBART,' born April 1, 1852; married Ellen
C. Bishop. Family 148.
959. ni. Henry Edward/ born March 9, 1859; died April 1,
1874.
960. lY. Edgar He.\ton,' boru Dec. 11, 1867. Besides with his
mother.
961. V. Mary Cyrilla,' boru Dec. 18, 1856; married Dec. 29,
1879, Anson B. (son of Lyman aud Lavinia) Clinton,
of North Haven, Conn. Idsue :
9G2. i. Henry Wilson, 1", born May 10, 1880.
FAMILY 93.
963. George Wallace' Stiles, [631], (Hervey;' Isaac
Clark,^ Isaac,^ Rev. Isaac,^ John^ John,' John,^) born at North
Haven, Conn., Aug. 1, 1838; married Nov. 2, 1859, Mary Ehzabeth
Way.
H40 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
Children :
964. I. Etta Amanda,' born Ang. 3, 1863; married Nov. 19,
1885, Jolm H. Blakeslee.
965. TI. AViLLiAM Sherman," born July 14, 1866.
966. III. Flora Eunice," born Dec. 18, 1867.
FAMILY 94.
967. Hylas' Stiles, [645], (Hylas,' Job,' Ashbd,' Bev.
Isaac* Jolin,' John,~ John,^) born at Hartford, Conu., Jan. 9, 1819;
went to New Orleans, La., where he became a master machinist. At
the outbreak of the Civil Rebellion, in 1861, he raised the first com-
pany of Union troops enlisted in that city; was an avowed Unionist
before the capture of that city by the U. S. troops; lost much prop-
erty by the war; subsequently removed to Augusta, Ark., where he
has since resided upon his plantation. He married Elizabeth Scott,
March 26, 1846.
Children, (All born in (ifretna, La.) :
968. I. Hylas W.," born Dec. 27, 1847; married Julia Hirsch,
Family 149.
969. IL Agnes L.," born Oct. 22, 1851; died Nov. 27, 1858.
970. III. Franklyn," born May 11, 1853; died May 2, 1855.
971. IV. A. Sidney," born Sept. 29, 1857; married Maggie
Houston, April 1, 1881; she died Nov. 11, 1882.
No issue. Resides (1885) at Gretna, La. Is en-
gaged in operating cotton gins and centrifugal sugar
machines.
FAMILY 95.
972. James R.' Stiles, [648], {Hj/Ia.^' Job,' Ashbel,' Rev.
haac* Jolin,^ Jolin^ John,^) born at Hartford, Conn., Feb. 12, 1820;
I
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILT. 341
married Eebecca Lewis, May 12, 1847. He was a macLinist, and
died on a sugar plantation in St. Charles' Parish, La., Aug. 12, 1874.
Children :
973. L Haeriet L.,'' born at Louisville, Kv., Dec. 19, 1848:
married July 3, 1866, Autonia Autouie Ameydo ;
resides (1885) at Algiers, La. Issue, (all born at
Algiers) :
97-t. i. Anna Kebecoa.ic bom Dec. 17, 1867: died Dec. 20, 18G7.
y75. ii. Fkank A.,i»boru Aug. 7, 18711.
976. iii. Mask, lo bom Aug. 13, 1872.
977. iv. Antoxia A.,'" bora Nov. 9, 1875.
978. T. Leoxaed, I" born Sept. 1, 1878.
979. IL CiEOLiSE L.," born Jan. 6, 1851; married June, 1875,
George W. Wright, who (1885) held a position in
the Maj'or's office at New Orleans, La. Issue, [all
born in Neiv Orleans, La.) :
980. i. William WiLLACE, i", born JInrcli 9, 1876.
981. ii. Katie, '" born .\ug. 1, 1879.
982. iii. John H.,"' born .\ug. 15, 1881
983. iv. Rebecca, >« born Feb. 23, 1884.
984. III. John M.,» born at Louisville, Ky., Sept. 10, 1852; died
April 2, 1878; married Mollie A. Martin. Family
150.
985. TV. THOivLis R.,^ bom at Gretna, La., Dec. 5, 1854; died May
19, 1865.
986. V. James L.,' born at Algiers, La., Aug. 21, 1857; died
Aug. 28, 1859.
342 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
987. VI. George William,' bom at Algiers, La., Oct. 8, 18(J0;
married Elizabetli Beaver. Family 151.
988. VII. Maithew L.," bom at Algiers, La., Jan. 5, 1864; died
Dec. 22, 1882.
FAMILY 96.
989. William Henry^ Stiles, [656], Hylas^ Job,' Rev.
Ashbel^ Rev. Isaac,* Jolm^ John,- John,*) born at Wetliersfield,
Conn., Oct. 20, 1828; married Catharine (daughter of Christopher
and Margaret) Smith, of Owensville, near New Boston, Ohio, Aug.
8, 1847. Is a farmer, near New Market, Gallatin Co., 111. (1885)
Eidgway, 111.
Children :
990. I Harriet Louisa,' born Oct. 13, 1848; died Aug. 6,
1850.
991. II. William Andrew," born Jan. 6, 1850.
992. III. Mary Elizabeth,'' born Dec, 7, 1853.
998. IV. Catharine Margaret,'-' bom Oct. 10, 1853.
994. V. Hylas Christopher," born Aug. 22, 1855.
FAMILY 97.
995. John Douglas" Stiles, [661], (Hylas,'' Job,' Ashbel,'
Rev. Liaac,* John,^ John,~ John,* ) born at Bremen, Ohio, Aug. 1,
1840; married Phebe Elizabeth Coop, Jan. 2, 1862. He removed to
Vicksbui-g, Miss., in 1870. Mr. John D. Stiles died, from being
thrown from a horse, Sept. 29, 187(). He was engaged extensively
in the furniture business, having at one time a branch house at
Meridian, Miss.
i
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 343
CJiildren :
996. I. Lauba Lucretia," bom at Sliawneetowu, III, Oct. 18,
1862.
997. II. ,' Son, bom and died at Shawneetowu, 111., June
20, 1864.
998. III. Alice,' born at Sbawneetown, El., Dec. 4, 1865.
999. rV. H.\EBY Lee,' bom at Memphis, Tenn., June 5, 1868;
died Sept. 24, 1869.
1000. V. Mayella,' bom at Vicksburg, Miss., April 26, 1871.
1001. VI. Harry Douglas," bom at Vicksburg, Miss., Dec. 17,
1874; died Oct. 24, 1884.
1002. VII. JEAX,'.bom at Vicksbm-g, Miss., Jan. 1, 1877.
FAMILY 98.
1003. Ezra Loomis' Stiles, [663], (Elijah,' Martin^ Lk'uf.
Blartin,^ Inaac,^ Eplrraim^'' John,' Jnhn,^) born at Otis, Mass., March
11, 1796: married Jan. 29, 1822, in West Arlington, Vt., Sophia
Hinds, of that place. He removed thence, in 1857, to Skaneatles,
X. T., where he now (1885) lesides with his daughter, Mrs. Orson
Young. His occupation was that of a woolen manufacturer. Mi's.
Sophia (Hinds) Stiles die<l at Skaneatles, June 12, 1884, after a
wedded life of over sixtj' years.
Children :
1004. I. Mi.nehva Josephine,^ born at Granville, N. Y., Dec. 3,
1822: married at Thorn ffill, N. Y., John H. Van-
derburgh. Eesides (1885j Saratoga Springs, N. Y.
mil."), i. Charles Feanklik,'" born Miircb fi, 18.r2; dieil Aii^u^t
3, 18.i4.
344: THE STILES GENEALOGY.
1006. II. Helen Augusta,' bom March 16, 1828, in West Arliug-
ton, Vt.; married Orson Young, a marble dealer of
that place ; removed to Skaneatles, in 1851, where
they now (1885) reside, issue:
1007. i. Mart Helen, '» bom June 18, 1854 ; entered Cazenovia
aerainary, in 1873 and graduated there 1875 ; married
April 30, 1879, to Geo. C. Durston, of Skaneatles,
N. Y. ; bookeeper in Bank of Skaneatles; has (1) Frank-
lin Stiles (Dunston), born Feb. 13, 1880.
1008. III. Benjamin Franklin," born in W. Arlington, N. Y., July
16, 1830 ; married Mary E. Stearns, of Troy, N. Y.,
April 10, 1855. "Was Inspector of Common Schools
in N. Y. for two terms ; Mayor of Orange Park, Fla.,
for three terms, and (1885) J. P. for Clay Co., Fla.;
was an original stockholder and first cashier of Bank
of Skaneatles. Is a Mason of high degree, having
been honored by the Supreme Council of the
Northern Jurisdiction of the U. S. with the 32° in
A. & A. R. Besides in summer at Skaneatles, N. Y.;
in winter at Orange Park, Clay Co., Fla., where he
owns an extensive orange plantation. No issue.
FAMILY 99.
1009. Martin Jennings' Stiles, [664], {Elijah,' Martin,'
Lieut. Martin,^ Isaac,' Epkraim,^ John^' John,^) born at Otis, Mass.,
Feb. 21, 1798; married, Dec. 14, 1817, Mary (daughter of Isaac and
Elizabeth Sayles) Holt, of Whitesborough, N. Y.
Mr. Martin Stiles died Nov. 4, 1876.
Children :
1010. I. Ezra H.," born June 17, 1819; killed on the railroad,
Sept. 29, 1841.
1011. II. Isaac," born Oct. 6, 1821.
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 345
1012. ni. Charles,' bom Nov. 6, 1823.
1013. IV. Hesey,' bom April 7, 1825; died Sept. 29, 1830.
1014. V. George,' bom Aug. 28, 1827.
1015. \T:. Maby,' bom Sept. 26, 1831; married Miles.
Besides (1885) 401 W. Monroe street, Chicago, 111. .
1016. VII. Sarah,' bom Feb. 10, 1833.
1017. VIII. JuuA,' born Dec. 19, 1835.
1018. IX. Henry,' born June 24, 1839 ; resides (1885) Fairport,
N. T.
FAMILY 100.
1019. Deacon Seth Gansey" Stiles. \&&b\{Elijalii'' Martin,''
Lieut. Martin^ Isaac* Ephraim^ John^ John,^) bom Nov. 13, 1800 ;
married Sally (daughter of Reuben and Rebecca Weeks), Tobey of
Pawlet, Vt., Jan. 23, 1828.
Deacon Seth G. Stiles died Dec. 15, 1861.* Mrs. Sally (Tobey)
Stiles died in 1863, se. about 63.*
Children :
1020. I. Julia A.,' bom at Skaneatles, N. Y., Jan. 8, 1830; mar-
ried Nelson B. Smith, March 27, 1855; resides
(1885) Des Moines, Iowa.
1021. n. Stella Eebecca,' born Dec. 20, 1831; died July 31,
1832.
1022. ni. Fayette,' born at Pittsford, N. Y., Dec. 27, 1835; died
Aug. 4, 1858.
• HoUlster'S Pav:kl, rt..for One Hundred I'ears, p. 2oU.
346 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
1023. IV. Marian; born at Pittsford, N. T., April 29, 1838.
1024. V. Reuben/ boru at Pittsford. N. Y., Feb. 2, 18-43.
FAMILY 101.
1025. Warren' Stiles, [676], (Warham,' 3IarHn,* Lieut.
JIartin,' Isaac,^ EpJiraim;' JuJmj- John,^) hovn at Westfield, Mass.,
May 19, 1802; married Betsy Holcomb, of Granby, Conn., May 10,
1831. She was the daughter of Lieut. Benajah, 2d, innkeeper in
North part of Simsbury, near West Granby (alias Shock Town), and
his wife, Mary Case, and was boru July 25, 1807. At time of his
marriage Warren Stiles was of Corfu, New York.t Removed to
Darien, Genesee Co., N. Y., in autumn of 1834.
Mr. Warreu Stiles died in 1876. Mrs. Betsy (Holcomb) Stiles
died in Darieu, N. Y., Dec. 31, 1879.
C'/i ildren :
1026. I. Mary Elizabeth,' born July 6, 1832.
1027. II. CoEXELiA AsENATH,' boiTi Sept. 31, 1834; married
Charles Jones, May 1, 1855.
1028. III. Henry,' born June 22, 1836.
1029. IV. Elyika Jennett,' born Jan 20, 1842.
1030. V. John Frank," bom Jan. 20, 1846.
FAMILY 102.
Iu31. Gardiner- Stiles, [677], {Warham^' Martin,^ Lieut.
Martin,^ I-saac,^ Ephraim^^ John,^ Jolin,^) boin at Hawley, Mass.,
May 13, 1804; married Melinda Moore, of Sand Lake, N. Y. He
resided at West Hawley, Mass., on the farm now (1885) occupied by
Sanderson Carter; died about 1872.
t Dr. F. W, H.ilcombe.
r
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 347
Cliildren, {born in Hawley, Mass.):
1032. I. William,' bom Feb. 8, 1829; married Mrs. Marthii
Ingraliam. Family 152.
1033. II. Harriet; born Sept. 22, 1831; died Aug. 12, 1851.
1034. III. John T.,' bom Jau. 2, 1833; unmarried; is a famous
angler and wood-chopper. In his youth he could
cut and pile five cords of wood a day.
1035. IV. Harvey D.," born March 1, 1836; married; Family 153.
1036. V. Fanny C,' bom Nov. 22, 1840; married July 9, 1858,
(as second wife) AlouzoF. Turner, of West Hawley,
Mass., where she resides (1886). Issue, (born at
Hawley, Mass.):
1037. i. George H., "'born Mai-ch 30, 1859.
1038. ii. Charles A., •» born August 13, 1860.
1039. iii. Ira A.,"' born May 9, 1862.
1040. iv. EhodaE.,"' born Sept. 23, 1868.
1041. V. Arthur A., If born May 20, 1873.
1042. vi. Alonzo F.,!" born May 30, 1881.
1043. VI. Mary Jane,' born Aug. 13, 1842; married Charles
Anthony, of Adams, Mass.; removed to Franklin
Grove, Wis. Issue :
1044. i. Minnie 10
1045. ii. Willie. ■»
1046. VII. Cornelia," born Aug. 12,1844; married Samuel Mor-
ton. Resides (1885) in Savoy, Mass. Issue:
348
THE STILES GENEALOGY.
10-47.
i. Son. lo
FAMILY 103.
1048. Martin' Stiles, [681], {Warham,'' Martin,^ Lieut.
Martin," Isaac,^ Ephraim,^ John'^ Jolin,^) born at Hawley, Mass.,
May 19, 1812; married Harmenia B. Lemoin, of Hawley; removed
to North Adams, Mass., where he died about 1879 or '80.
Children :
1019. I. Augustus Hexey,' born July 28, 1837; followed the sea
on a whaling ship; was wrecked in Baffin's Bay, and
subsequently died from the exposure; unmarried.
10.^0. II. Cl.\bissa K.,'- bom March 20, 1839; mai-ried, died.
1051. III. OraaLLE Martin,' born Jan. 8, 1841; died Feb. 2, 1841.
1052. IV. George Emebson,' born Dec. 23, 1841; died Jan. 30,
1847.
1053. V. Ormlle Martk,' born May 12, 1844; married Mary
A. Whiteman. Family 154.
1054. VT. Charles Edgar," born June 27, 1846; died July 11,
1848.
1055. VII. WiLLiAai Waeren,' bom June 21, 1849; killed by acci-
dent on railroad.
1056. Vin. CaiRLES Frederick,' bom Nov. 25 or 27, 1853; married
Juha Eddy. Family 155.
FAMILY 104.
1057. Horace' Stiles, [692], (IFarham,' 3Iartin,^ Lieut.
Martin^ Isaac,* Ephraim,^ John,- John^) born at Hawley, Mass.,
* Loomis' Genealogy, page 662, says B.
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 349
Feb. 10, 1819; married Hannah Miller, of Williamshurg, Mass.;
removed to Wisconsin thirty years ago. Resides with his daugh-
ter, Mrs. Sylvia Cole, in Iowa. Mrs. Hannah (Miller) Stiles
died .
Child :
1058. I. John Charles,' born at Mendon, N. Y., May 12, 1844.*
FAMILY 105.
1059. Rowland' Stiles, [698], {Warham,' Martin,^ Lieut.
Martin,^ Isaac* Epliraim,^ John^ John,^) born at Hawley, Mass.,
April 15, 1831; married Nov. 18, 1863, Ann Eliza (daughter of Otis
and Clarissa) Sturtevant, of Savoy, Mass., born March 29, 1837.
Resides in West Hawley, Mass. We are much indebted to him for
information given in relation to his line of ancestry.
Children :
1060. I. Sarah Ida,' born Sept. 19, 1864.
1061. II. Charles Ellsworth,' born Dec. 21, 1865.
1062. ni. Julia A.,» born Aug. 10, 1867; married Eduey Barnard,
Aug. 12, 1882.
1063. IV. Carrie Emma,' born Oct. 27, 1870.
1064. V. Reuben H.,' born July 30, 1872; died April 12, 1873.
1065. VI. Frederick R.,' born May 30, 1875.
FAMILY 106.
1066. Riverius Carrington' Stiles, [703], {Japhet,' 3Iar-
tin^ Lieut. Blartin,' Isaac,* Ephraim,^ John- John,^) born at West-
field, Mass., Oct. 18, 1806; married Persis A. Graves, at Pittsford,
* Loomis' Genealogy^ il., 665.
350 THE STILES GEN EALOGY.
N. Y., Feb. 6, 1838; was an iron founder at East Bloomfield, Ontario
Co., N. Y.; acting Justice of the Peace for thirty- three years; was
appointed Postmaster in 1861; when his health failed his daughter,
Emma, was ai3pointed in his place, which she resigned Sept. 1, 1885.
He died July 5, 1874.
Mrs. Persis A. (Graves) Stiles died August 11, 1867.
Children :
1067. I. Emjlv," born July 20, 1839.
1068. II. Egbekt C," born at East Bloomfield, N. Y., April 14,
1841; Tie Inspector on Erie Railroad; married
Mary E. Angle. Family 156.
1069. III. Albert C," born at East Bloomfield, N. Y., Sept. 12,
1842: married Ida C. Shepard; resides (1885) 193
Washington street. New Haven, Conu. Family 157.
1070. IV. Frances," born July 22, 1844; resides (1886) at East
Bloomfield, N. Y.
1071. V. Elizabeth,' born Sept. 30, 1845; is a teacher (1886) at
Collinsville, Conn.
1072. VI. Mary Lodisa," born Sept. 17, 1847; died July 4, 1848.
1073. VII. Arabella," born April 15, 1849; resides (1886) at East
Bloomfield.
1074. VIII. Carrington Eiverius," born Nov. 10, 1850. Teacher of
Latin at Russells' Commercial College and Military
Institute, New Haven, Conn., 1885.
1075. IX. Persis," born April 15, 1853. Besides (1886) at East
Bloomfield.
1076. X. David," bom June 30, 1856;* died Aug. 27, 1870.
* This from Zoomis' Genealogy, 11., 664.
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 351
FAMILY 107.
1077. Ethan Dewey' Stiles, [709], (Salmon;' Martin^
Lieut. Martin^ Isaac^ EpJiraim; Jolm,^ John^) borD at Westfield,
Mass., Nov. 16, 1805; married Catliariue M. Parmalee, of Windsor,
Vt., Nov. 21, 1831. Learned the tanner and currier's trade, and
went into the manufacture of j)atent and enameled leather, first in
Springfield, Mass., then in Albany, N. Y., and afterward in New-
ark, N. J., where he resides (1884) at 18 Cottage street. Has been
for manj' jears a member of the Central Methodist Episcopal Church
of Newark. Although now (1885) eighty years old, has never been
obliged to wear glasses, and is in full enjoyment of vigor and busi-
ness capacity.
Children :
1078. I. Samuel Martin,' born at Pittsfield, Mass., Jan. 19,
1834;* married. F.VMILY 158.
1079. IL Charles Henry," born at Albany, N. Y., Oct. 24, 183(3;
married. Family 159.
FAMILY 108.
1080. Reuben Bannister' Stiles, [710], {Sabmn; Mar-
tin," Lieut. Martin; Isaac; Ephraim; John; John;) born at West-
field, Mass., March 5, 1808; married Oct. 2, 1830, Adaline Janes, of
Bethlehem, N. Y., boin July 12, 1811. He was a clothier in Albany,
N. Y. He died at Albany, N. Y.. March 30, 1875.
Mrs. Adaline (Janes) Stiles died at Albany, N. Y., March 23,
1876.
Children :
1081. I. Edward,' born Dec. 18, 1831; died July 25, 1833.
1082. II. W. Edward," born September 12, 1833; resides (1885)
4 Beekman Place, New York.
* Pittsfield Records, Bk. Til., p 663.
352 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
1083. III. Elishama,' born June 2, 1837; drowned July 16, 1845.
1084. IV. DeWitt Clinton,'' born March 12, 1842; married
Elizabeth Van Zandt. Fasiily 160.
1085. V. Charles Augustus,' born Sept. 4, 1843; died Aug. 28,
1844.
1086. VI. Anna Mabm," bom April 9, 1847.
1087. ATI. Charles Augustus,' bora April 9, 1850.
FAMILY 109.
1088. Martin' Stiles, [711], (Edward,'' Martin,^ Lieut.
Martin^ Isaac,* Ephraim,' Johi^ John,*) born Sept. 27, 1822, at
Westfield, Mass.; married May 1, 1S55, Elvirah C. (daughter of
Orrin and Sally) Hitchcock, of Monson, Mass., who was bom Jan.
26, 1828, and who died April 0, 1869.
Mr. Martin Stiles is (1885) a farmer in Westfield, Mass.
Children, [born at Westfield, Mass.) :
1089. I. Carrie P.,' born Oct. 13, 1860; married Jan. 10, 1883,
Austin G. Thrasher, of Huntington, Mass.
1090. II. DwiGHT B.,' bom Feb. 14, 1863; died May 14, 1864.
1091. III. Maria L.,* bom April 2, 1865.
1092. IV. Elvira C.,' born March 26, 1869.
FAMILY 110. .
1093. Daniel' Stiles, [721], [Edicard,' 3Iartin,'' Lieut.
Martin,^ Isaac,* Eph.raim-^ John,- John,*) born Sept. 22, 1822, at West-
field, Mass.; is (1885) a farmer at Westfield. He married Oct. 31,
1866, Amorette L. Cowles, of Westfield.
I
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY 353
Children, {horn at Wesfjield, Blass.):
1094 I. Lena V.,^ bom Jan. 9, 1868; died Feb. 23, 1872.
1095. II. Edgar O.,' born Feb. 13, 1869.
1096. III. Bertie D.,' bom Dec. 4, 1874; died July 17, 1875.
1097. IV. Amy L.,' bom Oct. 27, 1879.
FAMILY 111.
1098. Isaac' Stiles, [723], {Isaac,'' Blartin,^ Lieut. Martin,^
Isaac,* Ephraun,^ John,^ John,^) bom March 15, 1813; married,
September 24, 1836, Amanda Sliepard, of Westfield, Mass.
Children, {all born at Westfield, 3Iass.):
1099. L Sarah," bom February 4, 1839; died February 20, 1839.
1100. IL Burage H.,' bom May 22, 1842.
1101. III. Isaac Ellsworth,' born June 11, 1846.
FAMILY 112.
1102. Stacy Potter 'Stiles, [724], {Isaac,' Martin,' Lieut.
Martin,^ Isaac,* Ephrnim,^ John^ John,*) born August 14, 1814;
married Jane Fisher, of Albany, N. Y., Dec. 31, 1846.
He died May 28, 1863. She died'jan. 15, 1879.
Child :
1103. I. Caroline Amanda," bom Aug. 23, 1851; married Dec.
11, 1883, Benj. A. Briggs. Besides Troy, N. Y.
Child :
1104. i. Benjamin F.'o born Feb. 2, 1885.
354 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
FAMILY 113.
1105. Henry B.' Stiles, [729], {Isaac;' Martin,^ Lieut Ilariin?
Isaac,^ Ephraim^ John';' John^) born at Bethlehem, N. Y., Nov. 13,
1822; married (1) Jan. 5, 1818, Rebecca C. (daughter of Joseph and
Fanny Latham) Bridge, who died Jan. 16, 1857; married (2) Nov. 5,
1873, Mrs. Hattie Eatou (daughter of Alouzo and Cynthia Warner)
Chirk, of Connecticut. Mr. Stiles went to Westfield in 181:3, where
he got his schooling and learned the trade of whip making. Resided
also in New Haven, Conn, and Windsor, Broome Co., N.Y., before he
removed to Passaic, N. J., in 1875, and where he still (1885) resides.
Child, {by first wife):
1106. I. Frederic Gladwin,' born at Westfield, Mass., Dec. 3,
1852; married Florence V. Hunt. Family 161.
FAMILY 114.
1107. Jerome B.' Stiles, [741], (Henry,'' Martin,^ Lieut.
Blarfin,^ Isaac,* Ephraim,^ John,- John,^) born in Westfield, Mass.,
August 11, 1832; married Oct. 24, 1860, Julia A. (daughter of
James and Emehue Hubbard) Fairfield, born in Pittsfield, Mass.,
Aug. 30, 1834. Resides (1885) in Richmond, Mass.
Children:
1108. I. Charles R.,« born Sept. 29, 1864; died Nov. 29, (30 in
Town Records), 1865.
1109. IL Carrie B.,» bom April 12, 1868.
1110. III. Cora M.," born July 2, 1870.
FAMILY 115.
1111. Lewis' Stiles, [743], {Henry,' iVartin,' Lieut. Martin,^
Isaac,* Ephraim,^ John,- Joh.n,^) born Jan. 22, 1836; married April
29, 1856, Emily Frances (daughter of Henry and Elizabeth R.)
Loomis, born in Southwick, Mass., Sept. 12, 1838.
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 355
Mr. Lewis Stiles is a carpenter, residing (1885) at Southwick,
Mass.
Children {born at Southwich, Mass.):
1112. I. Feances Elizabeth,' born April 2, 1857; married Oct.
15, 1876, Elroy (son of Edwin) Gilbert, of South-
wick, where she resides, 1885. Children; horn in
SouthwicJc :
1113. i. Edna Sophia,'" bora May 20, 1S78.
IIU. ii. Nina Mat, 'o bora Sept. 12, 1880.
1115. iii. Cheney Elroy, '"bora Jan. IG, 1884.
1116. II. Heney Looms,' born Nov. 27, 1858; married Mary S.
Bagg, of Bernardstown, Mass. Family 162.
1117. III. Emma J.," born March 4, 1861; married (as his second
wife) W. C. (son of Amos and Amelia) Wheaton, of
New Britain, Conn., March 12, 1885. No issue.
Besides ,(1885) Southwick, Mass.
1118. IV. Abthuk Lewis,' born Nov. 15, 1863; died July 12, 1864.
1119. V. Jason ELBErDGE," born June 5, 1865. Besides at South-
wick, Mass.
1120. VI. Jessie M.,' born Aug. 26, 1867.
1121. VII. Charles L.,' born in Hart, Mich., March 27, 1869;
died Feb. 26, 1872, at Southwick, Mass.
1122. VTII. Feeddie Lewis,' born in Southwick, Mass., Nov.*
25, 1872.
* Southwick Rec. Dec,
356 • THE STILES GENEALOGY.
FAMILY 116.
1123. Henry Rolling Stiles, [744], {Henry;' Martin,' Lieut
Martin,^ Isaac,^ Ephraim,^ John;' John;) born Oct. 4, 1838, at
Westfield, Mass.; married Feb. 24, 1870, Mary Dewey. Mr. Stiles
is a builder. Resides (1885) at Westfield, Mass.
Children :
1124. I. Maeel F.; born Nov. 26, 1871; died Sept. 26, 1881.
1125. II. Harry U.,' bom Nov. 11, 1872.
1026. III. Amy C.,' born June 6, 1874.
1127. IV. Chester D.; )
y Twins, bom Oct. 21, 1877.
1128. V. Charles A.,'' )
FAMILY 117.
1129. Edwin' Stiles, [746], {Charles; Martin; Lieut.
Martin,^ Isaac,* Lphraim,^ John; John,^) born Aug. 18, 1819, in
Augusta, N. Y.; married Rboda C. Holmes, of Vernon Centre, N. Y.,
Nov. 18, 1841. He is a farmer. Resides at Augusta Centre,
Oneida Co., N. Y.
Children :
1130. I. Harriet SorniA,^ bom Aug. 6, 1843; married Feb. 6,
1868, Isaac Theodore Thompjon, who died Dec.
10, 1879.
1131. II. Horace,' born May 24, 1845; died Aug. 28, 1846.
1182. III. Warren,'' born Aug. 9, 1848; married Dec. 15, 1880,
Elizabeth Hay ward. Children : Isaac Edwin and
Agues Rhoda.
1133. IV. Ellery,'' born Nov. 28, 1852; married Dec. 18, 1873,
Susie C. Lyman. Child: Jessie Louisa.
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 357
1134. V. Henry,' bom Dec. 7, 1854, (or '55); married Dec. 18,
1882, Emma H. Greene.
FAMILY lis.
1135. Horace- Stiles, [747], {Charles,' Martin," Lieut.
Martin,^ Isaac,* Ephraiiii,^ John,- John,^) born in Augusta, N. T.,
Sept. 28, 1820; married Harriet Jaue Webster, of Mendon, N. T.
Dec. 15, 1842. Is a farmer, residing upon the farm wliicli lie has
occupied for 41 years, at Middlebury, Wyoming Co., N. Y. P. O.
address, Linden, Genesee Co., N. Y.
Child:
1136. I. John Charles,' born at Middlebury, Wyoming Co.,
N. Y., May 12, 1844; married Katie Cooper.
Family 163.
FAMILY 118^.
1137. Denison- Stiles, [756], {Charles,' Martin^ Lieut.
3Iartin,^ Isaac,* Ephraim,^ John,- John,') born in Augusta, N. Y.,
April 9, 1825; man-ied May 25, 1851, Cornelia W. Patch, at Patch
Grove, Grant Co., Wis. Farmer. •
Mr. Denison Stiles died at Patch Grove, Grant Co. Wis., March
27, 1857.
Children, {born at Patch Grove, Wis.):
1138. I. Charles H.,' born May 18, 1853; died Aug. 12, 1856.
1139. IL Olive Emily,' born April 13, 1855; died Nov. 16, 1855.
1140. III. Chatxncey,' bom March 2, 1857; married Mary Eeedy.
Family 164
358 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
FAMILY 118«
1141. Norman' Stiles, [756J], {Charles,^ Martin,^ Lieut.
Martin,^ Isaac,' EpJiraimj'' John,' John,^) born in Augusta, N. Y.,
Jan. 27, 1835; married in Augusta, Spi'ing of 1857.
Norman Stiles was a carpenter; died June 17, 1876, in Middle-
burv, N. Y. Mrs. Stiles died in Summer of 1870.
J '
Child :
1142. I. Ettie," born Feb. 22, 1869; was adopted by Cornelius
Jones, of Attica, N. Y.
FAIMLY 119.
1143.. Gen Israel; Newton St\\eS,[T5S],( Anson,'' Israel,^
Israel,^ Isaac,* Ephraim;^ JoJaij^ John,^) born at Suffield, Conn., July
16, 1833; removed to Lafayette, Ind., in 1853; was admitted to the
bar of that State, 1854; entered the army as a private. May 1861, in
the Twentieth Indiana Volunteer Infantry; become Lieutenant,
Major, Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel; and was made Brevet Brigadier
General, for gallantry at the battle of Franklin, Tenn., Nov. 30,
1864; was in very many important battles; was a prisoner in the
Libb}- Prison for two months; was wounded at Eesacca, and served
continuously until the close of the war, when he removed to Chicago,
III., and entered the practice of law. He was City Attorne}^ 1869-
73; President of the Chicago Bar Association, 1880; is still in full
practice and has much prominence as a lawyer and public speaker.
Gen. Stiles has read several papei-s before the Chicago Philo-
sophical Society, some of which have been printed, viz.: "Human
Life," (1873); "Doubt," (1874); "The Utility of Morals," (1875);
" Politics," (1876); " The Genesis of the Belief in the Immortality
of the Soul, (1877); "Inspiration," (1877); "The Growing Power of
Monopolies," (1880); He has been twice married, (1) Oct. 31,
1860, to Jenny Coney, born at Sag Harbor, N. Y., 1837), who died
at Chicago, III, April 18, 1877. She was a woman of rare in-
telligence and superior culture, and in common with her husband
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 359
was a free thinker, and gloried in being so, and up to the hour of
her death, and knowing that she was about to pass away, she re-
mained firm in her convictions. Her early life was devoted to
teaching music, an accomplishment in which she excelled. In
the Fall of 1860 she was married in Lafayette, Ind., and in the
following Winter, accompanied her husband to the war. She
was present at two battles, and in one of them a sheTl burst only a
few feet from her. She was not only an accomplished musician, but
a fine linguist, and was ardently devoted to literary pursuits. She
belonged to a literary society called the "Athenea," of which she was
at one time President. Married (2) Antoinette C. Wright, April 29,
1881.
Children : (all by first tvife):
1144 I. Theodosia,'' born Aug. 25, 1862.
1145. II. Harry Bacon,« born Aug. 2, 1866.
1146. III. EoBiN Baxter,'' born Dec. 11, 1868.
FAMILY 120.
1147. Charles Judson" Stiles, [759], {Anson; Israel,'
Israel^ Isaac,^ Ephraim,^ JoJnij- John,^) born at Suflield Conn.,
married May 2, 1866, Carrie L. (daughter of Thomas H. and Mi-
randa) Austin. Is a farmer on the old Stiles Homestead, at Suf-
field, Conn.
Children :
1148. I. Herbert Charles,' born Sept. 7, 1867.
1149. II. Eugenia Clara,'-' born May 9, 1871.
1150. Ill Ida Louise,' bom June 5, 1876.
360 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
FAMILY 121.
1151. Franklin Rudolph' Stiles, [772], {Anson^ Israel,"
Israel,^ Isaac,' Ephraim;'' Jolin^- John,') born at Suffield Conn., ;
married March 18, 1885, Dauia Douevan, at Davenport N. Y.
Children :
115'2. I. Isabella,^ born Nov. 14, 1886.
FAMILY 123.
1153. Danier Stiles, [786], (Leivis,' Daniel,' Daniel,^
Inaac,* Ephrairn^ John'^ John,') born in Huntington Township,
Luzerne Co., Pa., Oct. 16, 1812; received a common school educa-
tion; when quite young vi^as engaged as a clerk in store of George
Bowman, a prosperous merchant. Mr. Stiles was in mercantile busi-
ness for several years at Nanticoke, Luzerne Co., Pa., and then
removed to Weatherly Carbon Co., Pa., where he resided until his
death, April 12, 1880. He was a devout member of the Prebyterian
Church, and one of its iiiling elders; filled several minor places of
trust; was a Democrat in j^olitics.
He married Feb. 22, 1836, Hannah E. (daughter of Ebenezer
and Elizabeth) Bacon, of South Coventry, Conn., a member of the
well-known family of that name in that section of the country. After
the death of her father in South Coventry, the family removed to
Huntington Township, Luzerne Co., Pa., the death of her mother occur-
ing in 1814. Mr. Ebenezer Bacon was an extensive manufacturer of
woolen goods in his day. Mrs. Daniel Stiles is a woman of fine
scholarly abiUties, and was a graduate of the best schools in South
Coventy.
Children :
1154. I. Wilbur Lane,' born at Huntington, Pa., March 15;
died March 31, 1837.
1155. II. Washington Lee," born at Huntington, Pa., July 19,
1846; married Feb. 19, 1865, Maria M., (daughter
of Valentine) Smith, Esq., of W. I. Mr. W. L. Stiles
has for many years been Assistant Weighmaster of
the Lehigh Valley R. R. Family 157.
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 361
1156. m. Fbances Millard,^ born at Nanticoke, Pa., June 3,
. 1841.
1157. IT. AuGrsTA Eliza,' born at Nanticok^, Pa., Dec. 8, 1842;
died Aug. 1, 1848, at Huntington.
1158. V. Stanxey Boyntox,^ born at Huntington, Pa., Dec. 7,
1845; died June 2, 1874, at Weatherly.
1159. "VT. Mary Amanda,^ born at Huntington, Pa., March 20,
1850; died April 10, 1860, at Weatherly, Pa.
FAMILY 124.
1160. Nathan Dodson' Stiles, [787], (Leu-is:' Daniel:
Daniel: Isaac: Ephraim: Jolni, Jolin:) born in Huntington
Township, Luzerne Co., Pa., July 14, 1814; married at Wilkes-
barre, Pa., March 2, 1837, Eachel B. (daughter of William and
Martha Barnes) Egbert, of Montgomery Co., Pa. He resided
nearly all his life at Town Hill, Pa.; was appointed Postmaster
during the early part of President Pierce's administration, in 1853,
and held the office until 1861. He was a tailor, and always
actively pursued his calling. In 1863, he was appointed Deputy
Sheriff and Warden of the Jail at Wilkesbarre, which office he
held until after the close of the Ciyil Rebellion, when he re-
moved to New York, and was employed in Butterick's Fashion
Establishment, until ill health compelled his return to Wilkes-
barre, when he died. May 28, 1871. In person he was of medium
height, slight in weight and of rather delicate features ; brown
hair and eyes, and was of a lively and humorous disposition.
Mrs. Stiles was living in 1885.
Children :
1161. I. Martha Elizabeth,' born April 26, 1844; appointed
Money Order Clerk in the Wilkesbarre Postoffice
Aug. 1, 1871, which post she resigned from fail-
ing health Sept. 1, 1884. Eesided (1885) 89
Parish street, Wilkesbarre, Pa.
3(;-2 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
1162. 11. AsENATH DoDSON," born Sept. 29, 1845 ; died .June 2,
1847.
llfiS. IIL EctBER* White,^ born April 29, 1847; mari-ied Capi-
tolia Baker in 1881. Resides Scranton, Pa. Is
a cabinet maker. Issue:
1164 i. Helen Theresa, w born February, 1S83.
1165. IV. Alice," bom May 26, 1849; died May 28, 1849.
1166. V. John Franklln," born Not. 17, 1851; died Nov. 20,
1852.
1167. VI. Maru Eos.iLiNE,' born Aug. 22, 1853; died Aug. 31,
1854.
1168. VII. Emma Arabelle," born Jan. 30, 1855; married June
15, 1875, Dr. John M. Cressler. of Wilkesbarre,
. Pa., where they reside (1885|. Issue:
1169. i. James Meigs,"' born and died Aug. 9, 1876.
1170. ii. Edwin Stiles, lo born May 7, 1879, (weighing, lit the end
of a week, when dressed, 1^4 pounds — being one nf
the smallest liTing children on record).
U71. iii. Caroline R.,"> born Dec. 14, 1880; died Jan. 18, 1881.
1172. iv. Mary Adalise,"' born March 27, 1884.
FAMILY 125.
1173. Richard Dodson- Stiles, [788], (Leivis^ Daniel,'
Daniel,^ Isaac,^ Ephmiut-' Julm,- John,\) born in Huntington
Township, Luzerne Co., Pa., Feb. 16, 1816; securing a limited
common school education, remained at home, assisting his
father in the tanning business, until he was sixteen years of age.
THE CONNECTICUT FAIH/LY 3(J3
He then became clerk for Lane & Bowman, at Berwick, Pa., from
whence he went to Beaver Meadow for a short time ; and then
became clerk for his brother Daniel, at Nanticoke, Pa. In 1839
he returned to Beaver Meadow, and entered the employ of Vance
& Co., of whose store, at Weatherly, he took charge in 1844. In
1846 the business was purchased by Wm. Milnes, who retained
Mr. Stiles as superintendent, and subsequently sold it to him.
His business prospered; until 1850 he was associated with Mr.
Valentine Smith, in the building and repairing of the B. M. Rail-
road Co.'s coal cars, and he was also engaged with Mr. Josiah
McMurtrie, contractor, in the construction of the Hazelton Rail-
road.
Mr. Stiles was a leader in all enterprises for the growth and
improvement of Weatherly. He took great interest in the cause
of education; established a select school, and was active in the
securing of competent teachers, etc. He was an earnest and
devout member of the Presbyterian Church, in which he was a
ruling elder. It was through his exertions, mainly, that the
present church edifice was erected, he contributing largely of his
means.
In 1855 he disposed of his store and residence and removed
to Morrison, Whitende Co., 111., much to the regret of his nu-
merous friends. At Morrison he engaged in the banking busi-
ness. Diiring the late war he removed to Chicago, where he
became connected with the Board of Trade, and engaged in grain
speculations and general commission business.
Mr. Stiles was a man of strict and correct business princi-
ples ; generous and obliging, a kind and indulgent father, and a
loving husband.
In 1838 he married Maria T. Burroughs, born in 1816, near
Philadelphia, Pa., who survives him. Residence (1885) 2719
Indiana avenue, Chicago, 111.
Mr. Richard Dodson Stiles died in Chicago, 111., Jan 2, 1884.
364 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
Children:
1174. I. Mart B.,' bom at Beaver Meadow, 1840; married
1859, at Morrison, Thomas Griffin, farmer.
Residence (1885) Dixon, 111. Issue (all horn at
Morrison) :
1175. i KiTE M.,'» bom 1860; married 1879, L. T. Stocking, City
Attorney, Morrison, 111.
1176. ii. Richard S.,'" born 1863.
1177. iii. HenbyT., 10 born 1864.
t
1178. iv. Robert A., '0 bom 1866.
1179. V. MabyE., 10 born 1869.
1180. vi. Sabah A.,wborn 1876.
1181. Tii. Mabel B.,'» born 1878.
1182. II. Chakles L.,' born at Weatherly, Pa., 1842; died in
Chicago, 111., 1871, after serving through the
whole of the late war, in the Thirteenth Illinois
Volunteer Infantry Regiment.
1183. III. Anna," born at Weatherlj, Pa., 1845; died in Chi-
cago, 111., 1868.
1184. IT. Edward," born at Weatherly, Pa., in 1849; died at
Chicago, III, in 1868.
1185. Y. Emily T.," boru at Weatherly, Pa., in 1852; married
1884, Edward Clark. Resides (1885) 2719 Indi-
ana Avenue, Chicago, 111.
1186. VI. LizzEE M.,' boru at Weatherly, Pa., 1854; married
Newton Wheeler in 1881. Resides (1885) Chi-
cago, 111.
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 365
FAMILY 126.
1187. Stephen Dodson'' Stiles, [789], (Lewis,' Daniel,
Daniel,' Isaac,'' Ephraim;' Jolini' John,'') born in Huntington
TownsliiiD, Pa., March 14, 1818; married (1) Elizabeth Innian ;
married (2) Sept. 23, 1856, Hannah (daiighter of John and Cyn-
thia) Dobson, born in Salem, Luzerne Co., Pa., March 16, 1834.
He resides (1885) on the old homestead at Town Hill, Pa. Is a
farmer.
Children :
1188. L Sybil,'' born May 7, 1859.
1189. IL Kamebly,'' born April 18, 1867.
FAMILY 127.
1190. Elias B.' Stiles, [790] (Lewis,' Daniel,' Daniel,'
Isaac, ^ Ephraim,^ JoJuij- John,'') born in Huntington Township,
Luzerne Co., Pa., March 6, 1820. There he spent his child-
hood and early youth, reared in industry and always ready for
work. His earlier education was gained at the common, schools
of his native town. Although he labored under many disadvan-
tages in acquiring an education, he studiously improved his op-
portunities and gained a fair knowledge of the ordinary English
branches.
At the age of 19 he accepted a situation in a store at
Wilkesbarre, Pa., the county seat, where he remained for a period
of about a year, but being ambitious and anxious to be inde-
pendent, he resolved to come West, which lie did, and came to
Dixon, 111., where he located in J.840, and in which place he
resided until his death.
In the development of the country- in and around Lee
County, Mr. Stiles was one of the most active and enterprising
men of the day. Being a man of great perseverance and untir-
ing energy, he accumulated property very rapidly, and as he was
366 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
just becoming satisfied with his surrounclings, reverses came, and
he lost his property miich more rapidly. Thus obliged to com-
mence again, he bravely looked his disasters in the face, and en-
deavored to regain his former sound financial footing. In 1862
he was triumphantly elected County Treasurer of Lee County on
an lu^ependent ticket, and for twelve years faithfully discharged
the duties of his office. His continued elections to this office
demonstrated the fact that few men had more devoted friends
than he.
In 1862 he was nominated for Congress against Hon. E. B.
Washburne, the contest being one of the most exciting which
ever occured in that State. Both candidates were exceedingly
popular, and the friends of each were determined that their man
should win, but Mr. Stiles was defeated by about 162 votes.
He was afterward a member of the Democratic State Central
Committee, and occupied the position of Treasurer of the organ-
ization. He was frecpiently urged to accept the nomination for
some jjrominent office, but emphatically decliaed to enter poli-
tics as a candidate.
In politics Mr. Stiles was originally a Whig, but afterward
became a firm adherent of the principles of the Democratic
party, although not so much of a politician as to support un-
worthy candidates merely for party sake. He always took an
active part in the politics of the State, and on several occasions
his. numerous friends earnestly desired to run him for Congress,
but he so positiA'ely declined to enter the field for honors of
that kind that his friends concluded to let him do his work "on
the outside."
During the past few years of his life, Mr. Stiles operated ex-
tensively in grain matters on the Board of Trade, and his oper-
ations were large and extremely profitable. Personally he had
rare qualities, and by his upright course of life, his manly deport-
ment and independence of character, won for himself a most
honorable reputation.
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 367
Mr. Stiles was a plain, unassumiug though genial gentle-
man, social and obliging as a neighboi-, kind, warm-hearted as a
friend, hospitable and generous to all; quick of observation and
prompt in business as he was generous in his social relations,
thoroughly meriting the esteem in which he held by his fellow
citizens and those who had the pleasure of his acquaintance.
Mr. Stiles married Sybil C. Van Norman, who died at Coun-
cil Bluff Iowa, in 1884. He died in Chicago, 1883.
Children :
1191. I. Charles," born in Dixon, 111., Sept. 18, 1848; died
in Chicago, in 1882, aged about 35 years.
1192. II. Alex.\ndee C' born in Dixou, 111., July 18, 1854 ;
farmer ; unmarried.
1193. III. Eugene B,," born in Dixon, 111., Nov. 8, 1861; un-
married.
FAMILY 128.
1194. Hon. John Dodson' Stiles, [791], (Lea-k,- Dan-
iel,'' Daniel,^ Isaac,' Epliram^' John,- .John,^ ) born at Town Hill,
Pa., Jan. 15, 1823 ; married June 11, 1849, Mary Amanda (daugh-
ter of John S.) Gibbous, of Alleuhowu, Pa., born Dec. 10, 1826,
and who died Jan. 23, 1880, at Allentown. Mr. Stiles received an
academic ediication ; was admitted to the bar at Mauch Chunk,
Pa., June 24, 1844; and at Allentown, Pa., Sept. 5, 1844; in
1853, was elected District Attorney of Lehigh County, Pa., and
held the office three years ; was a delegate to the National Con-
vention of 1856, which nominated Mr. Buchanan to the Presi-
dency; and in 1862, was elected to the 37th U. S. Congress for
the unexpired term of his friend, T. B. Cooper, deceased. He
served on the Committee on Expenditures in the State Depart-
ment, and on Revolutionary Claims. He was re-elected for the
SG.S THE STILES GENEALOGY
full term of the 38tli and of the 4:0th Congress ; was a delegate
to the Chicago Convention of 1864 ; to the Philadelphia National
Union Convention of 1866, and to the New York Democratic
Convention of 1868, in which year he was re-elected for the full
term of the 41st Congress, which expired March 4, 1871. (Lan-
■man's Biog. Diet, of U. S. Congress.)
He is now (1886) practicing his profession in Allentown, in
company with his second son, under the firm name of Stiles &
Son.
Children :
1195. I. John Lewis," born March 17, 1853 ; married Emma
Staht, . Family 169.
1196. II. Harry Gibbons," born Dec. 16, 1856 ; is an attorney-
at-law (1885), Allentown, Pa.
1197. III. Mary Amanda," born Sept. 3, 1859 ; married June 21,
1883, John D. Ulrich, Esq., Attorney-at-Law, of
Allentown, Pa.
1198. IV. Clarence Herman," born twin to Mary A., Sept. 3,
1859.
1199. V. Charles Frederic," born June 20, 1862.
1200. VI. Blanche G.," born Nov. 20, 1866.
FAMILY 129.
1201. Samuel C.^ Stiles, [792], (Lewis,' Daniel^ Daniel,'
Isaac,* Epkraim,^ Johnj- John,^) born at Town Hill, Luzerne Co.,
Pa., March 6, 1824; married July 17, 1853, Anna Maria Earned,
born March 13, 1832, at Troy, Luzerne Co., Pa. Residence
(1885) Dallas, Oregon.
I
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 3(;9
Children :
1202. I. Willis Eugene,' born Oct. 9, 1855 ; died Feb. 2, 1856,
at Dixon, 111.
1203. II. Feajie Aethur,9 born June 24, 1859, at Dixon, 111.;
married Aug. 11, 1884, at Dallas, Polk Co.,
Oregon.
FAMILY 130.
1204. Lieut. Charles Dey' Stiles, [799], (Daniel R.;' Daniel,''
Daniel,^ Isaac,* Eijhraim,'' John,'^ John,'), born Oct. 4, 1820; went
to England in 1849, and established, at Newington, a large bowl-
ing saloon, or sporting house, on the American plan, which was
called " The Portico Bowling Saloon," and which became a some-
what noted resort, especially for sea-faring men. While in Eng-
land he was a member of Harmonic Lodge, No. 253, United
Grand Lodge F. and A. M., of Liverpool, England, his diploma
bearing date of Dec. 19, A. L. 5848 ; A. D. 1849. After a resi-
dence of eleven years abroad, he returned to New York City,
where he kept a large bowling saloon in the Gothic Building on
Broadway (No. 316), formerly known as "Masonic Hall."
Before going to England, Mr. Stiles had been an active
member of the N. Y. State Militia, serving as Adjutant in the
brigade commanded by Brig. General Henry Storms, who says
of him in a cei'tificate dated August, 1848, that he " outranks all
the first lieutenants in the line of his regiment, and is a good
and faithful officer. His standing and rank entitle him to that
of a captaincy." After his wife's death, which occurred at New-
ark, N. J., in 1855, he entered the service of the United States,
in the regular army. He met a soldier's death at Poolsville, Md.,
Dec. 14, 1862, as thus narrated in the newspapers of the day:
Washington, D. C, Dec. 15, 1862.
"Last night, about 8 o'clock, rebel cavalry under Major
White, about 895 strong, made a raid into Poolesville, Md. They
370 THE STILES GEN EALOGY.
fouBd there 35 men of Company L (Scott's Nine Himdred), llth
Regiment, New York Volunteers, quartered in a wooden build-
ing. After a brief but determined struggle, and when the build-
ing was on fire, Lieut. Smith and 17 men of Company L surren-
dered and were paroled.
" On our side the loss was one killed — Lieut.Charles D. Stiles
— and two wounded, namely, Lieut. Smith and Corp. Berry.
The rebels lost two killed and 13 wounded. Of course they took
ev rything valuable from the men they paroled, and thoroughly
stripped the body of Lieut. Stiles, who was, according to the
testimony of Col. James B. Swain, one of the bravest men that
ever served his country. He had been ten years in the regular
service." — Xeiv York Times, Dec. 15, 1862.
His character and death were fitly commemorated by his
commanding officer in the following general order :
Headquabteks Scott's 9o0, TT. S. V. C.
Camp Relief, Dec. 18. 1862.
The commanding officer reg;rets to announce the death, in battle, of Lieut.
Stiles, of L Company.
He was an intelligent officer and a brave man. He died as a brave man would
wish to die, in the front ranks, where the foe was the thickest.
His late associates should cherish his memory as a comrade and emulate his
example as a soldier. By order,
James B. Swain, Colonel.
Lieut. Stiles married Harriet Newell "Woods, of Morristown,
N. J., Sept. 19, 1841.
Children :
1205. I. Anxa Marl\,9 born June 20, 1843; died at Brooklyn,
N. Y., Feb. 16, 1869; was a communicant in St.
John's Protestant Episcopal Church.
1206. II. Chables Heney,' born Sept. 19, 1847; married; is a
printer ; has been engaged in New York on the
Sun and Times, and at present (1885) on the
Boston Herald. No issue.
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 371
1207. III. Chables Dey,^ born in England.
1208. IV. Caroline Baeton," born in England.
1209. V. Daniel Osboen,'' born in England.
1210. VI. Sarah Elizabeth,'' born in England.
1211. VII. Anna MARLi," born in England.
1212. VIII. f died an infant.
FAMILY 131.
1213. James Barber' Stiles, [816], (Joskih,' AsaheJ,'
Zebediali,^ Ephraim,^ Ephrahn,' John,' John,^ ) born at Hnbbardton,
Vt., Nov. 16, 1818 ; married Susan E. Smith, at Benson, Vt., Jan.
18, 1849. He is a farmer, at (1885) Clayton, Mich.
Child:
1214. I. Myka H.," born .
FAMILY 132.
1215. Ambrose Whipple' Stiles, M. D., [817], (JosiaK'
Asahel,^ Zebediah,^ Ephraim,^ Ephraim,^ Johnj- John,^) born at
Hnbbardton, Vt., Oct. 28, 1820; married Jane E. Gage, of Sud-
bury, Vt., June 3, 1846 ; graduated at Castleton (Vt.) Medical
College, and died in Castleton, Vt., July 27, 1872.
Mrs. A. W. Stiles is (1885) matron of a Kindergarten school,
No. 52 Chestnut street, Boston, Mass.
Children:
1216. I. Jeanie L.," married Roswell Clark. Residence (1885)
Orwell, Vt.
1217. IL Adrun W.'
372 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
1218. ni. Nellie H.'
1219. lY. James Theodore''
FAMILY 133.
1220. Ancel Clement' Stiles, [8181, (Josiah,' Asahel,''
Zebediah,' Ephroim,* Ejjhraim,^ John,- John},) born at Hubbard-
ton, Yt., April 13, 1823 ; married Sybil H. Briggs, Feb. 12, 1851.
He is (1885) proprietor of the Temperance Hotel at May-
wood, 111.
Children :
1221. I. OttoD.' )
> twins.
1222. II. Nellie D.« \
FAMILY 133 A.
1223. Lorren Monroe' Styles. M. D., [820], (Josiah,'
AsaheJ,^ Zebediah,^ Ephraim,* Ephraim,^ John;- John,'') born at
Hubbardton, Yt., April 24, 1828 ; graduated at Castleton (Yt.)
Medical College ; married Maria B. Francis, Jan. 17, 1883. Dr.
L. M. Stiles died in Eutland, Yt., March, 1883.-
Mrs. Stiles resides (1885) at Eutland, Yt.
Children :
1224. I. Ida Makia,' born Nov. 4, 1853 ; died Jan. 8, 1876.
She married "W. Frank Winship, of Boston,
General Insurance Agent, No. 25 Pearl street,
Albany, N. Y.
FAMILY 134.
1225. Rev. Lorren^ Stiles, [833], Lorren,' Asahel," Zebe-
diah,^ Ephraim,^ Ephraim,' John;- John,'') born Oct. 6. 1820, in
Lyons, N. Y.; married Maria M. Holmes, of Aurora, N. Y., Sept.
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 378
16, 1853. Mr. Stiles was a graduate of Lima College, and after-
wards spent one year in Concord Biblical lustitnte. He was
pastor of the M. E. Church at Aldeu, N. Y., 1850 ; Pearl street,
Buffalo, 1852;Lockport, 1854; Presiding Elder of Genesee Dis-
trict, 1855 ; Pastor of Union Chapel, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1856 ;
Albion, N. Y., 1857. He was quite popular as a jDreacher, but
went into the new organization known as " Free Methodists," in
1858.* He died at Albion, N. Y., May 7, 1863. He was there-
fore a member of two conferences, the Genesee and Cincinnati.
Children :
1226. I. Eev. Loeeen,^ born Nov. 27, 1855; graduated at
Rochester University' in 1880; preached as a
supply at La Salle, N. Y., one year ; was one
year at Boston Theological Seminary ; joined
•Genesee Conference, Oct., 1882 ; and is (1885)
finishing his third year of pastorship at Arcade,
Wyoming Co., N. Y.
1227. IL Heney,» born Feb. 17, 1858; married, Oct. 27, 1881,
Mollie Spencer, of Albion, N. Y.; no issue. Is
a shoe merchant at Albion.
1228. in. Stephen H.,^ born Aug. 17, 1863; unmarried.
* From the Canadian Churchman, April 22, 1868: ■' He was one of the most devoted aud
popular preachers in Western New York. On a week day evening he preache*! in the Presby-
terian Church in Holly, a village some ten miles distant. There was no othtr Methodist meet-
ing at any time within three miles of the place. But the Methodist preacher at Hulberton had
a few members residing at Holly. He therefore oblained an order from the Kev. A. I). Wllber
forbidding Mr. Stiles to preach in Holly. Mr. Stiles paid no aUention to the prohibition, but
continued to preach as he had done before For this, and for allowing Mr. Roberts to exhort
one evening a short time iu one of his meetings, he was brought to trial at the next session or
the Conference. These were all the offences proved against him. Yet lie was not merely repri-
manded, but the highest penalty known to ecclesiastical law was inflicted upon him. He was
deposed from the ministry and excommunicated from the Church! Yet the law in the Methodist Church
was entirely In Mr. Stiles' favor. It read as follows :
" ' Youhavenothlni^todo but to save souls; therefore spend and bespentln this work ; and
go always not only to those that want you, bui. to those that want you most. Observe 1 it is not
your business only to preach so many times, and to take care of this or that society, but to save
as many as you can, and to bring as many sinners as you can to repentance, and with all your
power to build them up In that holiness without which they cannot see the Lord.' "
374 '■"^ ST/LES GENEALOGY.
FAMILY 135.
1229. Delos T.' Stiles, [836], ( William,' Asahel,' Zebediah,^
Ephraim,* Ephraim,^ Johnj^ Jolin,^) born Jan. 27, 1827, at York,
N. Y.; married Laura M. Sliepard, Sept. 30, 1853. Is a pub-
lisher at Buffalo, N. Y.
Child:
1230. I. LiBBiE Luna,' boru at Buffalo, N. Y., Jan. 27, 1857.
FAMILY 136.
1231. Elijah' Stiles, [839], (Asahel,' Asahel,^ Zehedmh,'
Ephraim,' Epihraim,'^ Jolin^ John,^) born in Benson, Rutland Co.,
Vt., Nov. 8, 1829 ; married, March 25, 1865, May Amelia (daugh-
ter Alfred T. and Ruth D. Gould), White, born in Geneva, N. Y.,
June 8, 1846. Farmer, residence (1885), Genoa, Vt.
Children :
1232. I. Mary D.," born Jan. 15, 1866.
1233. II. Asahel A.,' born March 26, 1868.
1234. Ill Nettie,' born June 25, 1870.
FAMILY 137.
1235. Aaron Ketcham' Stiles, [841], (Asahel,'' Asahel,^
Zebediah,^Ephraim,* Ep)hrai'm^ John^ John,^) married Emily (daugh-
ter of William P. and Lucinda J. Blood,) Dutton, at DeKalb Co.,
111., April 19, 1857. She was born April 24, 1836, at Charleston,
N. H. He is President of the Thorn Wire Hedge Co., and of
the Western Fence Co., and Manager of the Van Depoele
Electric Manufacturing Co., makers of electric light apparatus,
Chicago, 111.
TH E CONN ECTICUT FAMILY. 375
1236. I. William Asahel,' born Jan. 20, 1858 ; married Mary
H. Brower. Family 160.
1237. n. Everett DuTTON," born Jan. 5, 1861 ; married Lillian
B. Brower, June 25, 1884. Kesidence (1885),
No. 19 Clark sti-eet, Chicago, 111.
1238. III. Katheeine ALiDA.'born Aug. 31, 1862 ; married John
E. Brower, March 21, 1883. Issue :
1239. i. EMiLTDuTTON,iobnm May 31, 1884.
FAMILY 138.
1240. Oliver Jewett' Stiles, M. D., [851], (Judge Oliver,'
Simeon,'' Simeon,' EpJ/rnim,' Ephraim,^ John,' JoJin,^) born July
10, 1812 ; studied medicine with Dr. Brooks, of Biughamton, N
T., and graduated from the New York College of Physicians and
Surgeons, then located at Fairfield, Herkimer Co., N. Y., Jan.
31, 1837. He married Lucy K. Caroline Piodgers, of Triangle,
Broome Co., N. Y., (a direct descendent of John Kodgers, the
Martyr), April, 1837; removed to Michigan in May following, and
settled in the village of Ceresco, Calhoun County, Michigan,
for the practice of medicine, which proved to be very labor-
ious, even for a pioneer physician, he having to ride almost
exclusively upon horseback, over mere paths and oftentimes
follow marked trees through the forests and swamps to reach
his numerous and widely sejaarated patients. During the sum-
mer of 1845 a severe epidemic of malarial typhus occurred, and
he continued to visit his patients, even after the disease had
fastened upon him, so that when he did give up to it, there
seemed to be no help for him, and he died August 4, 1845. He
is buried in the ol^ pioneer graveyard, at Ceresco, Mich. His
widow married again.
376 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
Children :
1241. I. Caroline," )
- twins.
1242. II. Oliver Darwin, M.D.,' \
Boru at Ceresco, Micli., Aug. 7, 1842. Caroline died se.
about two years. Oliver Darwin Stiles married Mary E. Cliub-
buck. Family 161.
FAMILY 139.
1243. Franklin Hyde' Stiles, [856], (Judge Olivet
Simeon,^ Simeon,^ Epliralm,'' Uphraim^'^ John,~ John,'^) born at Lisle,
N. Y., May 22, 1816; married (1) Eoxanna Thayer, ofWilliamsburg,
Mass., Oct. 13, 1842, in Hadley, Mass., who died Dec. 17, 1854;
married (2) Harriet B. Hannum, of Peru, Mass., in Streetsboro,
Ohio, Dec. 25, 1855. Removed (1858) to Beloit, Wis.; in 1865,
to Allegan, Mich., where he now resides. Has been a farmer.
Children :
1244. I. Mary Eliza," born July 23, 1843 ; married Feb., 1866,
Wm. Wright, farmer, of Rock Co., Wis. Resi-
dence (1886), Allegan, Mich. Have 10 children.
1245. i. Justin T.,"' born Feb. 19, 1869.
1246. ii. WiLLiET.,'oborn JnneS, 1874.
1247. iii. CLiYTON T.,1" born March 6, 1884.
1248. II. Oliver Jewett," born Feb. 21, 1847 ; married Ella
R. Wright. Family 162.
FAMILY 140.
1249. Simeon Squires' Stiles, [858], (Oliver,'' Simeon,"
Simeon,^ Ephraim.,* Ephraim,^ John,^ John,^) born June 19, 1824 ;
married Harriet Brigham, Feb. 6, 1860.
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 377
Children :
1250. I. Laura M.,' born Dec. 5, 1851.
1251. II. Ell.\,' born Sept. 12, 1853.
1252. III. Mary A.; born Dec. 2S, 1854
1253. IV. Melvisa A.," born Nov. 6, 1856.
FAIVIILT 141.
1254. Henry' Stiles, [859], (Oliver,'' Simeon,^ Simeon,'
Ephraim,^ Epliraim^^ John,'^ John,^) born Sept. 19, 1827 ; married
Amanda Lucy Whitney, of Moira, N. T.; died at Allegan Co.,
Mich., in 1873.
Children :
1255. I. Herbert A.'
1256. IL Homer O.'
1257. III. ,' babe ; died in infancy.
FAMILY 142.
1258. Henry Dwight' Stiles, [875], (Henry,' Simeon,"
Simeon,^ Ephraim,* Ephraim,^ Johnj^ John,^) born at Westfield,
Mass., May 29, 1823; married Mary A. Granger (daughter of
Heaton and Amanda), of South wick, Mass., May 2, 1851. Was
a farmer from time of his marriage until about 1880-1, since
which he has been a commercial traveler in Asia. Resides
(1885) at Vineland, N. J.
Child:
1259. I. Cora Belle,' born March 25, 1857 ; married Edward
Stanley (son of Samuel and Jenette) Cornwall,
378 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
of Ne-sv York City, and born at New Haven,
Nov. 21, 1883.
FAMILY 143.
1260. William' Stiles, [876], (Henry;' Simeon; Simeon;
Ephraim; Epliraiin; John; John;) born at Westfielcl, Mass., Aug.
11, 1829 ; married June 19, 1856, Margaret Ljford, of Baltimore,
Md. Is a farmer, and also practices (1884) dentistry at Austin,
Texas.
Children :
1261. I. Edmund Pease," boru April 27, 1857 ; graduated at
the College of Dentistry, University of Mich-
igan, Ann Arbor, 1882 ; is (1884) practicing his
profession in Austin, Texas.
1262. II. Hexey Howaed,^ born in Baltimore, Md., Aug. 9,
1858; graduated at the University of TTooster,
Ohio, 1883, and is (1884) a student in the
Allegheny (Theological) Seminary, Allegheny
Co., Pa.
1263. m. Hunter Bell,' born at Austin, Texas, Oct. 16, 1861 ;
is (1884) a student of medicine at Austin, Tex.
1264. lY. Wn.T.TAM Lyeoed,'' born at Austin, Tex., Nov. 16,
1864; is (1884) engaged in the hardware busi-
ness at Austin, Texas.
1265. V. Maeion Ltfoed,' boru at Austin, Texas, April 23,
1867.
1266. VI. Aethue Alvoed,^ born at Austin, Texas, Aug. 2S,
1871.
THE CONNECT ICUT FAMILY. 379
1267. VII. Maggie Almira,^ born at Austiu, Texas, Aiig. 3,
1874.
FAMILY 144.
1268. Simeon^ Stiles, [878], (Boyal,' Simeon," Simeon,'
Ephraim* Ejihraim,^ John,- John,^ ) born March 18, 1823; married
Dec. 3, 1855, (daughter of Johan and Phebe) Cuj-ken-^^
dall; born at Niles, Cayuga Co., N. T., 1829. They removed
from Michigan to Missouri, April, 1873; was a carpenter at
Princeton, Mo., in 1885.
Children :
1269. I. KiTTiE," born 1857 ; married Charles Holmes, Oct. 4,
1885. Eesidence (1885), Eavenna, Mo.
1270. II. Hakley,^ born 1858.
1271. III. Floka,^ born 1865.
FAMILY 145.
1272. William Lyman' Stiles. [913], (Alvah,- Bavid,^
Eli,' Ephraim,* Ephraim,' John,- Johii,^) born Sept., 1827 ; mar-
ried Mrs. Betsy Hiitchinson.
Children :
1273. L Daniel L.,^ born March 13, 1853 ; graduated at St.
Paul, Minn., where he now resides; is a drug-
gist; married.
1274. IL Winfield S.,» born Jan., 1855.
1275. III. Charles C.,' born in Wisconsin, Jan., 1859 ; married.
1276. IV. Alyah F.," born in Wisconsin.
380 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
1277. V. George,^ born in Wisconsin.
1278. VI. Eddie," born in Wiscon.sin.
1279. VII. ChloeB."
FAMILY 146.
1280. Charles C Stiles, [916], (Alvah;' David,' EK,'
Ephraim* Epliraim^'' John;- John,^) born Feb., 1837 ; married Nov.
1, 1857, Cordelia A. Sanders, born in Barnard, Vt., Nov. 22, 1834.
He was a " Yankee Notion" peddlar, and died in Northfield, Vt.,
June 26, 1863, of confsumption. His widow married (2) David
S. Duffany.
Children :
1281. I. Cora C," born at Eoxbury, Vt., April 4, 1859 ; died
young.
1282. II. Ella A.,^ born at Eandolph, Vt., Aug. 22, 1862 ; died
young.
1283. III. Etta A.,» born in Moretown, Vt., July 8, 1867; re-
sides [1883 J in Claremont, N. H.
FAMILY 147.
1284. Charles Butler' Stiles, |920], (Dr. Henry R.,'
,'Samuel,^ Capt. Asahel,'' Israel,^ John,* John,^ John,'' John,*) born at
"Woodbridge, N. J., Nov. 3, 1861 ; educated at Wallkill Academy,
Middletown, N. Y., and at Dundee (Scotland) High School ;
■studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland,
and graduated M. B.;C. M., Aug. 1, 1888; married Dec. 27, 1888,
Frances, fourth daughter of George Malcolm, Esq., of Inverlaw,
Dundee, Scotland, by Helen Rattray, his wife ; is practicing his
profession in London, England, as of the medical firm of Drs.
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 381
Chill & Stiles; residence Sherwood House, Hornsey Rise, Lon-
don, N., England.
Child:
1285. I. Fbances Helen,'" born in London, Eng., July 12,
1890.
FAMILY 148.
1286. Frederick SamueP Stiles, \dm], ( Samuel* Ben-
oni,' Benoni,^ Israel,^ John,* John;'' Johnj' John,^) born Jan. 21,
1849 ; married Julia E., daughter of Cyrus and Cornelia) Barnes,
April 20, 1873. He is (1883) a cement mould maker, at No. 45
Gilbert street, Bridgeport, Conn.
Children :
1287. L Helen Elizabeth,'" born May 3, 1874.
1288. 11. Arthur Frederick,'" born Aug. 7, 1875 ; died July
13, 1876.
1289. in. Bertha Rose,'" born March 16, 1878.
1290. IV. Charles Adelbert,"' born Feb. 12, 1880.
FAMILY 149.
1291. Charles Adelbert" Stiles. [932J, (Samml," Ben-
oiii,' Benoni,'' Israel.' John,* John^' John,' John,^) born at East
(now South) "Windsor, Conn., Oct. 10, 1855 ; married Jane Morse
(daughter of Henry and Harriet) Holman, of South Windsor,
Conn., May 14, 1878.
Children :
1292. I. Albert Edgar,'" born at South Windsor, Conn., July
4, 1879.
382 THE STfLES GENEALOGY.
1293. II. Walteb Adelbert/' bom at South Windsor, Conn.,
JnlT 26, 1880.
1294. III. ARTHtE Newton,'" bom at South Windsor, Conn.,
Sept. 5, 1883.
FAMILY 150.
1295. Robert Bsnoni' Stiles \9im\,(.Joh, M.:Beuom:•
Ben(nn'' lamd^ John.,' Jokn^ JijUn.^- John^) born at East Windsor,
Conu., Aug. 8, 1848 ; prepared for college at Williston Seminary,
at East Hampton, Mass.; graduated at Union College, N. Y.,
July 1, 1S70 : gi-aduated at the Albany Law School, May 10,
1871, and was admitted to the bar at Albany, X. Y., May 18,
1871. Mr. Stiles was successively elected and has sers-ed as
magistrate of the town of Lansingburgh, N. Y., since March,
1876 ; has held the office of Corporation Counsel for the village
of Lansingburgh, since June, 1881 ; was elected a member of the
Board of Education, August, 1884. Mr. Stiles was married,
Dec. 4, 1877, to Ida Eskalala (daughter of William and Mii-a)
Lawrence, of Lansingburgh, X. Y., who was born Dec. 21, 1849.
1296. I. Frank La WRE>"CE,'M3oi-n at Lansingburgh, N.Y., May
22, 1879.
1297. II. Charles Gowbt,"' born at Lansingburg, X. Y., Oct.
12, 1881.
FAMILY 151.
1298. . Isaac Wadsworth' Stiles, 1 951], ri:w«cXom»zo,«
Isaacj' Isaac Clarli,^ Imac,^ Bev. Isaac,* Jolm,^ John,- Jolm^) bom
at North Haven, Conn., Feb. 28, 1843 ; married May 9, 1867,
Margaret Ella (daughter of Edmond and Laura) Dickerman.
He is a dentist in New Haven, Conn.
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 383
Children :
1299. I. Edward Isaac,'" born Oct. 11, 1872.
1300. n. Mabel Sopheonia,'" born Oct. 26, 1878.
FAMILY 152.
1301. Frederick Hobart" Stiles, [958], (Utmy HohwV
Isaac,'' Isaac Glark,'^ Isaac,^ Rev. Isaac* John,^ Johi^' John,*) born
at North Haven, Conn., April 1, 1852; married Ellen C. (daugh-
ter of Georf^e and Clarissa) Bishop, of North Haven, Conn.
Children :
1302. I. LuLA,'" born June 29, 1874
1303. II. LeKoy Irving,"' born Feb. 17, 1876.
1804. III. Alice M.,'" born March 4, 1878.
FAMILY 153.
1305. Hylas W." Stiles, [968], (Hylas,>' Bylas;- Job," Ash-
bel,^ Rev. Isaac,* John!;' John^ John,*) born at Gretna, La., Dec.
27, 1847; married Julia Hirsch, June 29, 1871. Resides at Gretna,
La.; is a cotton-seed oil pressman and carpenter.
Children :
1306. L Hylas,'" born at Gretna, La., Dec. 4, 1871.
1307. IL Franklyn,'" born at Gretna, La., May 4, 1874.
1308. Ill Elizabeth,"' born at Gretna, La., Aug. 24, 1876.
1309. IV. Sidney,'" born at Gretna, La., March 21, 1879.
384 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
1310. V. William W.,^ born at Gretna, La., Nov. 19, 1881.
1311. VI. EsTHEK,'" born at Gretna, La., Sept. 7, 1884.
FAMILY 154.
1312. John M.' Stiles, [984], (James E.,' Hylas;- Job:'
Ashbel," Rev. Isaac,* John,^ John^ John^), born at Louisville, Ky.,
Sept. 10, 1852 ; married Mollie A. Martin, Nov. 9, 1876. Was a
steamboat engineer. He died at Algiers, La., April 2, 1878.
Child:
1313. I. Eliz.\beth Eebecca,'" born Oct. 24, 1877; died Sept.
14, 1878.
FAMILY 155.
1314. George William' Stiles, [987], (James B.,^Hijhts,-
Job,^ Ashbel,' Rev. Isaac,* John,^ John^ John,^) born at Algiers,
La., Oct. 8, 1860 ; married Elizabeth Beaver, July 27, 1881. Is
a steamboat engineer at New Orleans, La.
ChUd:
1315. L Elizabeth Eebecca,'" born July 30, 1882.
FAMILY 156.
1316. WilliatTl' Stiles, [1032], (Gardiner,^ Warham,'
Martin," Lieut. Jlartin,^ Isaac,* EpTiraim,'^ John^ John*), born at
West Hawley, Mass., Feb. 8, 1829 ; married Martha Ingraham.
Is divorced. Mr. William Stiles resides (1885) at Bennington, Vt.
Child:
1317. L Mart.'"
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 385
FAMILY 157.
1318. Harvey D." Stiles, [1035], (GanJlner; IVarhmn,'
Martin,'^ Livid. Marfln-' Isaac,' EpJiraitn;^ John,' John,'' ) born at
West Hawlej, Mass., March 1, 1836; married Caroline Babcock,
of Strattou, \t., wliere lie settled, about 1860 or '61. Mr. Har-
vey D. Stiles is deceased. His widow and children reside (1886)
at Stratton, Vt.
Children:
1319. I. May.'"
1320. II. William.'"
1321. III. Delia.'"
1322. IV. Addie.'"
1323. V. Alice,'" married Maurice Lowe, of Stratton, Vt.
1324. VI. Cakeie.'"
1325. VII. Charlie.'"
1326. VIII. DoEA.'"
FAMILY 158.
1327. Orville Martin 'Stiles, [1053], (^J/ro//;/,^ Warham;'
Martin," Lieut. Martin,^ I.taac,' Ephrnim,^ John;- John,' ) born at
North Adams, Mass., May 12, 1844 ; married July 3, 1876, Mary
(daughter of William and Eliza) Whiteman ; born at Titchmarch,
England, Dec. 13, 1861. Mr. Orville M. Stiles is a railroad man.
Besides at North Adams, Mass.
Children :
1328. L CtEoege,'" born Jnlv 20, 1879.
H86 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
1829. II. H.\KMENA E.,'" lioiu April ?.0, 1S81.
FAMILY 1.59.
1330. Charles Frederick" Stiles, | lom\,( Martin,'' War-
Jiidii,' Miirtiii^' Lieut. JlartinJ' Isaac,* EpJiraiiii,' Joint,- Jolin,^ ) bom
at North Adams, Mass., Nov. 25, 1853 ; married at Sliaftslniry,
Vt., March 27, 1878, Julia ( daughter of Beujamiu F. and Sally Aim)
Eddy; boru at Shaftsbury, Tt., Feb. 25,1860. Is a shoemaker;
resides at North Adams, Mass.
Child, ■('!,:
1331. I. CL.UIISSA B.,>"boru .July 11, 1879.
1332. II. WiLLiAJi B.,'"boru Oct. 13, 1880.
1333. III. Albekt M.,"'boru April 28, 1883.
1334. lY. GiiACiE B.,"' boru Sept. 30, 188-4.
FAMILY 160.
1335. Egbert C." Stiles, [1068], (Riceri>w C." Japhet;-
Jlurtiii,'' Lient. Jltuiiii,'' Isoac,' Epltmim;'' Jolin^' John,^) boru at
East Bloomtield, N. Y., April 14, 1841; eidisted at Coeymaus,
N. Y., Oct. 19, 1861, iu the Teuth Kegimeut Artillery, N. Y. S. G.,
which was mustered into service as the 177th N. Y. Vol. Kegi-
ment, 19th Army Corps, iu the Department of the Gulf, Col.
Ira Ainsworth; served at Port Eoyal and went to Mississippi
with Gen. Bauks: miistered out July 8, 1862. He is a tie-in-
spector on the Erie Kailroad. He married, at Lima, N. Y.,
Mary Elizabeth, (daughter of Auson) Augle. Besides (1886)
Avoii, N. Y.
ChiJdre,i:
1336. I. AxxiE Laxe,"' born Aug. 27, 1867; died May 5, 1875.
7 HE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 387
1337. II. May Louise,'" born Xov. 26, 1871.
1338. III. Lottie Lane,'" boru Nov. 30, 1878.
1339. IV. Claka Angle,'" llbrn Dec, 1881.
FAMILY 161.
1340. Albert C Stiles, |10691, (Riverins a,' Jriphef,'
Martin,''' Lieuf. Jlarfiu,^ Ifiaac,' EpJnriim.;^ Jolin^- John,'') boru at
East Bloomfield, N. Y., Sept. 12, 1842; enlisted in 27tli N. Y.
Vols.; married Ida C. Sbepard, of Honeoye Falls, N. Y., July
4, 1864. Resides at 1.5 Elliott Street, New Haven, Conn.
ChlhJ:
1341. L M.VKION Augusta,'" boru Jau. 23, 1866.
FAMILY 162.
1342. Samuel Martin'' Stiles, (1078], (Ethan Deu-ey,''
Salmon,' JIartin,'' Lieuf. dlartin,'' haac,^ Ephraim;'' John'^ John,^ )
boru at Pittsfield, Mass., Jau. 19, 1834; graduated at Wesleyan
University, 1860, and, for seven years, engaged in pastoral work
in New Jersey; then became stenographer to the Board of Clmrcb
Extension of the Methodist Episcopal Church. During the
past seven (1885) years has been stenographer for the iEtua
Life lusurauce Co., of Hartford, Conn., where he resides (1885)
at 141 Washington street; occasionally preaching. He married
Lizzie (daughter of Lyman P., Sr., and Phebe) White, born at
Whiting, Vt., Feb. 20,'l830.
Children:
1343. L Chaeles Wardell,'" born May 15, 1867, at Spring
Valley, Eockland Co., N. Y.; is a student (1885)
in the Hartford High School.
y88 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
13^4. II. Anna Josephine," born May 30, 1863, at Hackeusac-k,
X. J.; is a graduate of the Hartford HigL School.
FAMILT*163.
1345. Charles Henry" Stiles, [101^\, (EiUm •Deu-ey,'
SdhiKDi,'' Jlaiiin,'^ Lieut. Martin,^ Isaac,' Ephraim,^ Jolni^- John,^)
boru at Albany, N. Y., Oct. 24, 1836 ; married April 8, 1863,
Cordelia (daughter of A'^au Cleeve M. and Huldah A. Benjamin)
Salmon, born Aiig. 25, 1839, at Newark, N. J. He is in the
saddlery and hardware business at Newark, N. J.
Child:
1346. I. Flokexce Mabel,'^' born at Newark, X. J., Sept. 11,
1864.
FAMILY 164.
1347. DeWItt Clinton'* Stiles, il084J, (Beuhe,, Bau-
iiister,'^ Salmon,' Jlartiu,'^ Lieut. Martin,' Isaac,' Ephraitn;'' John-
John,'') boru at Westfield, Mass., March 12. 1842 ; married Oct.
4, 1866, Elizabeth Tan Zandt, of Albany, N. Y. Besides (1885)
at Buffalo, N. Y. He is engaged in the City Clerk's office.
Children (the first horn in Alhaiaj, the remainder in Buffalo,
X.Y.):
1348. I. Eeiben Dewey,"' born July 31, 1868; died Dec. 3,
1874.
1349. II. Grace Edxa,"' born May 9, 1870; died Nov. 23,
1883.
1350. III. Adalixe Jane,'" born Jan. 8, 1872.
1351. IT. Edward Van Zandt,'" born Sept. 1, 1874.
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 385)
1352. V. DeWitt Clinton,'" boru March 8, 1876.
1353. VI. Clarence,'" boru April 1, 1879.
1354. VII. Bessie,'" boru Sept. 15, 1881.
1355. VIII. Julia Ethel,'" boru April 27, 1884.
FAMILY 165.
1356. Frederick Gladwin" Stiles, [1106J, (Heun/ Ji:
Isaac,'' 3Iartin,^ Lieut. 3Iarfi»," Isaac,^ Eprliaim,^ John,' JoJni,' )
born at Westfield, Mass., Dec. 3, 1852 ; married Aug. 10, 1878,
Floreuce Virginia Hnut; removed Feb., 1880, to Providence, E.
I., where he is a member of the Troy Steam Laundry Co.
Children (bom at Providence, R. I.):
1357. L Florence Rebecca,'" born March 1, 1882.
1358. II, Frederick Henry,'" boru Sept. 28, 1884.
FAMILY 166.
1359. Henry Loomis'' Stiles, |1116|, (Leivis,' Henry;'
Martin,^ Lieut. Martin; Ephraiin,' I.mac,' Johnj' John;) boru at
Southwick, Mass., Nov. 27, 1858; married Mary S. (daiigliter of
James M. aud Mary) Bagg, of Beruardstou, Mass., Nov. 16,
1881. He is a stationary engineer at Mt. Carmel, Couu.
Children :
1360. I. Ernest Linwood,'" born at Southwick, Mass., Oct. 7,
1882.
1361. II. Lewis A.,'" born at Mt. Carmel, Conn., Nov. 8, 1884.
390 '■^f STILES GENEALOGY.
FAMILY 167.
1362. John Charles' Stiles. |1136|, {Horace,'' Charles,'
Blarthi," Lieu!. Martin,^ I.snoc,* Lphraim,'' Jo/ni,' Johu,'^) boru iu
Midcllebury, Wyoming Co., N. Y., May 12, 1845; married Katie
Cooper, of Belfast, N. Y., Dec. 31, 1879, at Middlelnxrj', N. Y.
P. O. address, Linden, Geuessee Co., N. Y. After completinfi; his
education at the Middleburj' Academj^ he engaged in mercantile
pursuits, which he was obliged to leave on account of ill health ;
he then, for two seasons, took iip photography; since then has
been engaged in farming.
Chihlreii (hor)). at Middlehurij, X. Y.):
1363. I. Hattie AEliiON," born March 8, 1881.
1364 II. Bessie E.,-' born Aug. 1, 188.5.
FAMILY 168.
1365. Chaimcey" Stiles, [11401, (Benisou," Charles,' 3Iar-
//h," Lieut. Martin J' Isaac,' Ei^hraim;' Johv,'' John,') born March 2,
1857; married Feb. 3, 1878, Mary Eeedy, born May 30, 1857.
Is a farmer, residing (1886) at Sibley, Osceola Co., Iowa.
Children :
1366. I. Emma Coknelia,'" born iu Clay Co., Kan., June 2,
1879.
1367. II. Chakles Denison,'" born in Patch Grove, Grant Co.,
Wis., Dec. 26, 1880.
1368. III. Emelia Maeilia,'" born in Sibley, Osceola Co., Iowa,
Sept. 16, 1883.
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILT. 391
FAMILY 169.
1369. John Lewis" Stiles, Esq., [1195], (John D.;
Leicix,' Daniel,''' DorhJ,^ I-ianc,' EpJrraimJ' Jolin^- John,^) boru at
Allentowu, Pa., May 17, 1853 ; married Dec, 1871, Emma Staht.
He is a lawyer; resides (1885) at Alleutown, Pa.
Children:
1370. I. Bektha."'
1371. II. Laddie."'
1372. III. GiLBEKT.'"
FAMILY 170.
1373. William Asahel' Stiles, [1236 1, (Aaron E.; Am-
liel,'' Asahel,^ Zebediah,^ Ephraim,' Ephraim;'' John^' JoJui,') boru
Jau. 20, 1858; married May 29, 1883, Mary Hauuali Brower.
Is Secretary aud Treasiu-er of the Thoru Wire HedQ;e Co.;
is interested iu Masonic matters, lieiuji; a member of Oriental
Chicago, 111., Lodge, F. & A. M.; Lafayette Chapter, E. A.:
Palestine Conncil of Princes, E. A- S. M.; Apollo Commandery,
K. T.; Oriental Consistory, S. P. E. S.; 32 deg., and Medinah
Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S.
Child:
1374:. I. Ethel Bkowek,'" Ijoru March 28, 1884.
FAMILY 171.
1375. Oliver Darwin' Stiles, M. D., [1242J, (Lr. Oliver
•/.," Judge Oliver,' Simeon,'' Simeon," Ephraim* Ephraim;^ John,'
John,^) l)oru at Ceresco, Mich., Aug. 7, 1842 ; after his father's
death was taken by his mother to Broome Co., N. Y., where she
married agaiu aud took him with her to her uew residence at
ry
392 TH£ ST/LES GENEALOGY.
Wysox, Bradford Co., Pa. lu 1861 lie commeueed the study of
medicine with Dr. D. S. Pratt, of Towauda, Pa., and attended
medical lectnres at PhiLidelphia, Avhere he L^-radnated at Penn-
sylvania Medical University', Jan. 24, 1865; and in the following
autumn commenced practice at Warren, Pii. In 1866 he
removed to the borough of Rome, Bradford Co., Pa., and in
Oct., 1874, he removed to Elmira, N. Y., where he now resides,
engaged in the practice of medicine, and also in the drug
business. He married May 9, 1866, Mary E. (eldest daughter
of L. S.) Chubbuck, of Orwell, Pa. Resides at 365 Davis
Street, Elmira, N. Y.
Children :
1376. I. D.\RwiN Eaton,"' born March 20, 1867: graduated
from grammar school Jxme, 1883 ; took charge
of a large retail drug store in Elmira, for three
j'ears ; and is now in the ministry of the M. E.
Church.
1377. II. Henry Arthur,'" born April 21, 1869; graduated
from grammar school 1884; is now in the drug
business in Elmira, N. Y.
1378. III. VerCtIE a.,"* born Jan. 9,1871; graduated from gram-
mar school Jtme, 1885; gradiiated at Elmira
Free Academy.
1379. IV. Oliver S.,'" born May 22, 1874; a grammar school
student.
1380. V. Franklin E..^" born Sept. 4, 1876 ; died April 17,
1877.
1381. VI. Lulu E.,'" born Jan. 25, 1879; graduate of grammar
school.
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 393
1382. VII. Wesley Eugene,'" boru Jnue 11, 1882.
1383. YIII. Clara Edna,'" boru Oct. 2, 1884.
FAMILY 172.
1384. Oliver Jewett" Stiles, |1248|, (FrankJii, N,/dc;
Judge Oliver,' Simeon," Simeon,^ Ephraitii,' Ephriam^' Joint,' Joh)i,^ )
born Feb. 21, 1847; married Sept., 1875, Ella K. Wri,<;lit, at
Beloit, Wis., where he now (1886) resides. Has a •grocery and
crockery store. He enlisted May 17, 1864, in the 40th Wis-
consin (Inf.) Vols, of 100 days' men, who were stationed at
Memphis Tenn., in charge of the fortifications there, while the
veterans went to the fort.
Children :
1385. I. Mary,'" b<n-n May, 1878.
1386. II. Clara,"' boru May, 1881.
-ȣ.
;:{94 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
DESCENDAHTS OF HANHAH STILES.
[133— SEE PAGE .105.]
Conlribvled hy CECIL H. C. HOWARD. Exij., of (he A^tor Library,
New York (Jiiy.
Capt. Ei.iphaz Hunt, of Coventry, Conn. tson. of Simeon and Hannah (Lyniaui
Hunt), married Hanniib Stiles, May '21, 1761. /s.skc;
1. Ebenezek, born July 2, 1766; graduated at Yale College, 1787; married Anna,
daughter Eev. Nathan Strong, Soulh Coventry, Sept, 11, 1793 ; died April
23, 1807.
2. Ei.iPHAZ, liorn April 18, 1772; married April 5, 1804, Anna Phelps. Gllead,
Conn., died .July 23, 1853.
3. Hannah, born Sept. 3(1, 1774; married .Tohn Downer, West Hartford. Vt. ; died
Feb. 20, 1847.
4. KuTH, born -July 2, 1779; married Mr. Pomeroy.
Ji. Eleazee, born Dec. 28, 1780: married Sybil Pomeroy, Sept 19, 1809; died
March 14, 1867.
I.
Ebenezek Hunt, M D. (son of Capt. Eliphaz and Hannah Stiles Hunt), married
Miss Anna Strong, Sept. 11, 1793. /.s-.stc:
6. Ebenezek, Jr., l»>rn .June 14, 1794; married Hannah Porter, , 1828.
7. Esther, born Jan. 23, 1796; married Kev. Alpha Miller, Mareh 29, 18G7 (no
issue).
5. Anna, born April 14, 1797; married Jno. Gilhert, Dec, 1, 1821; died April 9,
1846.
9. Hannah, born , 1799; married Rev. A. Miller, Sept. 20, 1824; died Jan,
24, 1848.
T HE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 395
10. Nathan Stkos-g, born . 1«01; miiiried Rhodn Mason (no issne).
II.
ELiPHiZ, son of Capt. Eliphaz and Hannah (Stilts) Hunt, married Miss Anna
Phelps, in Gilead, Conn., April 5, 1804. Eliphaz Hunt died July 23, 1853. Anna
Phelps Hunt died July 27, 18.58, ae. 7^; both buried in West Hartford, Vt. /.v.si(e.-
11. TKUMErLL, born March 25, 1805; married Agnes Gould; died -Ian. 29, 1839.
12. M.iitY Eliz.\, born May 3, 1806: married Abel Howard, Sept 1829; dieil Jan.,
1884.
13. Emilt, born March 29, 1809; married Wade White, Oct. 17, 1830; died June
12, I8811.
14. John Downer, born July 3, 1811; married Miss Blood; died Sept. 18, 1K87.
15. Phelps, born .\ug. 1, 1813; married Sarah Dexter; died .\pril 7, 1884.
16. H.ixNAH Downer, born June 15, 1816; married Kansel Watkins, June, 1840.
17. Ruth Pomeeov, born June 15, 1816; married (1) David T. Brown, Oct., 1859;
(2) Jos. Strickland, Nov., 1872.
18. Sophia, born April 1, 1818; married Charles Whitman, Quechee, Vt., June 1,
1852.
19. S.iRAH Ann, born March 5. 1820; married Joshua Maxon. Oct. 8, 1840.
20. Eliphaz Stiles, born March 21, 1822; married Emeline Dimmiek. , 1849.
III.
Hannah, daughter Eliphaz and Hannah (Stiles) Hunt, married John Downer,
West Hartford, Vt. Hannah (Hunt) Downer died Feb. 20, 1847. John Downer
died April 9, 1863, and were both bmied in West Hartford, Vt. Issue:
21. Hannah, married Lucius Hazen, West Hartford, Vt.
22. Ruth, married Judge Pierce, Woodstock, Vt.
23. Stephen, married Caroline Wade; died June, 1886.
24. Caholine, died unmarried.
3'.)f! THE STILES GENEALOGY.
■25. Jason, man-iKd Miss Marsham, Baltimore, Md. ; 1 diiughter.
Ei.EAijEB Hint, M. D., son Elipbaz imd Hannah (Stiles; Hunt, married Sybil
Pomeroy, Sept. Ill, 1809. Issue:
■26. Ebenezeh Kingsbury, boru Aug. -26, 1810; married Miss Sarah Crosby, June
13, 1848.
■27 Eleazer Pomeroy. born June 21, 1814; died unmarried, June, 1872, at Gal-
veston, Texas.
28. Mary Elizabeth, born May 9, 1816; died unmarried, Sept., 1867.
29. Ruth Francis, born July 30, 1830; married N. C. Bowen, Norwich, Conn..
Feb., 1867.
VI.
Ebenezer, Jr., son of Ebenezer and .\nna (Strong) Hunt, married Hannah
Porter, Coventry, Conn., 1828. Issue:
30. Frances, born Oct. 18, 1829; married ; died Sept. 23, 1852.
VII.
Anna, daughter Ebenezer and Anna (Strong) Hunt, married John Gilbert, Dec.
1, 1821. John Gilbert died Feb 14, 1837; Anna Hunt Gilbert died April 9, 1846.
Issue:
31 Henry Ebenezer Hunt, .born Dec 17, 1822; mai'ried Miss Kingsbury, 1851.
32. Nathan Strong, born Dec. 19, 1824; married Miss Golden, Feb., 1851.
IX.
Hannah, daughter of Ebenezer and Anna (Strong) Hunt; married Kev. Alpha
Miller, Sept. 30, 1824. Issue:
33. Fanny Scotille, born July 22, 1825; married Edward Reed, Sept. 27, 1849.
31. JosiAH, bora March 31, 1827; married Virginia Kirk Haywood, St. Louis, Mo.,
March 31, 1863.
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. H97
35. Nathan Strong Hunt, born April '27, 1829; died June (;, 1830.
Mfi. Georue Alpha, born March 31, 1831; graduated from Williams College, ItfoS;
married Miss Helen S. Wood, Sj'racuse, N. Y., Sept. 29. 1859.
37. Ruth Anna, born March IS, 1833; died Jan. 8, 1857.
38. Mary Elizabeth, born April 8, 1835; married Theron Smith, Brooklyn, N.Y.,
March, 1863; died March 31, 1867.
39. David Austin, bom Feb. 19, 1838; died March 17, 1838.
40. Hannah Hunt, born May 12, 1839; married Judah S. Hall, Lynn, Conn.,
Nov. 29, 1862.
41. Esther Angeline, born Jan. 12, 1842.
XI.
Trumbull Hunt, son of Eliphaz, Jr., and Anna (Phelps) Hunt, married Agnes
Gould, , 1835. Issue :
42. Caroline Agnes, born Oct. 11, 1836; died April, 1850.
43. Annie E., born Nov. 7, 1838; married (1) Feb. 7, 1857, Alonzo Buffuui, who
died 1863; married, (2) 1880, S. Stoke.
XII.
Mary Eliza, daughter Eliphaz, Jr., and Anna (Phelps) Hunt, married Abel
Howard, Pomfret, Vt., Sept. 1, 1829 (Sunday). Abel Howard, died in Hartford, Vt.,
Sept. 30, 1885, aged 80. Issue:
44. Abel Trumbull, born Nov. 1, 1830; graduated from Dartmouth College, 1861;
married Anna H. Cutts, daughter Hon. Hampden Cutts, .Aug. 21, 1861.
45. George Pomeroy, born May 28, 1832; died Nov. 18, 1833.
46. Maby Eliza, born April 17, 1834.
47. Austin, born March 7, 1830; married Emma Howard, Sept., 1874.
48. George Armstrong, born March 7, 1838; married Lizzie Jones, Sept., 1867;
died Aug., 1869.
398 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
49. Julia Anna, l}oi-n April ItS, 1840; mfiriied 'Wiii. B. Clark, Dec. '23, 1858 (no
issue).
50. Sakah Sophia, born Oct. 15. 1844; married L. A. Shedd, Nov 28, 1869.
51. Hannah Elizabeth, bom Oct, 20, 1847; luairipd J. W. Sqnires, (^-lllIloil Bluffs,
Iowa, Sept., 1873.
XIII.
Emily, daughter Eliphaz, Jr , and Anna Phelps (Huuti, married Wade 'VVliite,
(iarrettsville, Ohio, Oct. 17. 1830. fene;
52. .John, bom May 23, 1833; married Martha Moushoniit, .Tan. 14, 1857.
53. Emily Ann, born Feb. 19, 1837; married Jernnie B. Carman, 1861.
54. Wade Eliphaz, born Dec. 14, 1836; died Dec. 25, 1861. in the wai.
55. Ellen, bora Dec. 4, 1851); died June, 1852.
XIV.
John Downee, son of Eliphaz, Jr., and Anna (I'helps) Hunt, married Miss Mar-
ion Blood, Marionsville, Penna. Issue:
56. Claka, married Dr. Towler.
57. Gyrus, married .
XV.
Phelps, sou of Eliphaz. Jr., and Anna (Pbelps) Hunt, married Sarah Dexter,
(no issue); married (2') Mrs. Caroline Perkins; married (3) Jeru.sha Rice, Nov.,
1875, and died April 7, 1884. Buried in West Hartford, Yt. Issw (by xecotid wife):
.58. Floha, married Chas. Thorn.
XVI.
Hannah Downer, daughter Eliphaz, Jr.. and Anna (Phelps) Hunt, married
Ransel Watklns, Pomfret, Vt., 1840; she married (2) Mm. S. Hooker, Wayland,
Mich., 1858. Issue {hij Wiitkws):
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 399
59. RnTH Hannah, born June '25, 1841; marrieci H. J. Hooker, Nov., 1857.
60 Stiles A., Vjom Jan. 1.5, 1843; married Delia L. Cross, Oct., 1866.
61 Feancis Ransel, liorn Oct. 24, 1844; married Miss Everson, Jan., 1875.
(By Hooker):
62 Emma J., born Sept. 12, 1859; married L. Clark, Jan., 1882.
XIX.
Saeah Ann, daiiykter Elipbaz, Jr., and Anna (Plielps) Hunt, married Joshua
Maxon, Oct. 8, 1840, Garrettsville, Ohio. He died June 19, 1883. h.-me:
63. Sarah Jane, born Sept. 30. 1844: died July, 1846.
64 Ruth Sophia, born Dec. 3, 1847; married C. F. Coudray. Sept., 1867.
XX.
Ei.iPHAZ Stiles, son of Eliphaz, Jr., and Anna (Phelps) Hunt, married ill Enie-
line Dimmick, Pomfret, Vt. : married (2) Mrs. Mary Madden, Sept., 1857; married
(3) Mrs. Marion Griggs. Woodstock. Vt. /s.siie {by first wife):
65. Tkumel'll, born Aug. 20, 3850: married Clara Marsh. Jan. 3, 1872.
66. Emma Stiles, born .\ug. 18, 1852; married Carlos Thurstnn.
{By second wife):
67. William, born , 1858.
68. John, , 1861.
69. Chaeles, , 1862.
70. Ellerv, , 1863.
XXI.
Hannah, daughter John and Hannah (Hunt) Downer, married Lucius Hazeli.
AVest Hartford, Vt. Issue:
400 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
71. Frances, died in iulancy.
72. Lucius Downer.
7:) Tr.\cy.
74. Maria, married Dr. Henry Newell, St. .Tohnsbury, Vt.
XXII.
Ruth, daughter .John and Hannah (Hunt) Downer, married Judge David Pierce,
Woodstock, Vt. Ixsue:
Ih Jason.
7fi Maria.
XXVI.
Ebenezer Kingseuet, son of Dr. Ebenezer and Sybil fPomeroy) Hnnt. njarried
Miss 8arah Crosby, Hartford, Conn,, .June 13, 1848. Issue:
11. Sarah Crosby, born Sept. lU, 1N49; died June 2, 18.53.
78. Mart Sybil, born March 9, 1.S.5I: died Feb., 18.5.5.
79. Louisa Burgess, born March 1, 1856; married Ben.i- Dinmick. Oct. 27, 1879.
80. Jeannette Crosby, born May 3. 1863.
XXXI.
Henry Ebenezer Hunt, son of John and Anna (Hunt) Gilbert, married (1)
Elizabeth Wright Kingsbury, Sept. 24. 1851; she died Nov. 9, 1862; he married (2)
Mary Jefiers Kingsliury, June 27, 1866. Issue (hy first u-ife):
81. Mart Elizabeth, born July 1, 18.53; died Aug., 1861.
82. .\nna Frances, born Aug. 20, 1855; married Edgar F. Storrs, Mansfield, Conn.,
June 27, 1882.
83. Henry Kingsbury, born Aug. 6, 1858; died Dec. 3D, 18.59.
84. Hattie EnrzABETH, born Nov. 16, 1860
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY.
XXXII.
401
Nathan Strong, son of John and Anna (Hunt) Gilbert, niarried Feb., 18.51,
Sarah .\. Golden, Monroe, Wis. Issue:
85. Nathan Strong, -Ir., born .Jan. 18, 1852.
86. Lizzie Ann, born .Jan. 28, 1854.
87. SAJinEL Byron, born April 6. 1855: died March 1, 1864.
88. Jessie Florence, born March 2, 1857.
89. Charles Edward, born Feb. 18, 1862.
90. Frederick AVillis, born Oct. 6, 1868.
XXXIV.
Josiah, son of Kev. .\lpha and Hann.ih (Hunt) Miller, married Virginia Kirk
Haywood, at St. Louis, Mo., March 31, 1863. Isxue:
91. Alpha Kikk, born April 14, 1864; died Aug. 26, 1867.
92. Alex. Garrett, born July 14, 1867; died .\ug. 10, 1867.
93. Herbert Strong, born Jan. 14, 1870.
XXXVI.
George Alpha, son of Rev. Alpha and Hannah (Hunt) Miller, married Miss
Helen S. Wood, at Syracuse, N. Y., Sept. 29, 1859 Issue:
94. LizANA Esther, born July 28, 1860; married Aug. 29, 1883, F. L. Reed.
93. Hannah Adele, bom Nov. 5, 1861; mai-ried .\ug. 29, 1883, J. W. Cowan.
96.. EDW.1RD Alpha, born April 18, 1863; died Oct. 6, 1884.
97. Helen Beach, born July 10, 1865.
98. Fannie Ruthanna, boru Oct. 25, 1869.
4:02 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
XL.
Hannah, daughter Eev. Alpha and Hannah (H. ) Miller, married J. S. Hall,
Lyme. Conn., Nov. 29, 1862. Issue:
99. Edwin, born Jnly 20, 1866.
100. Nathan Hunt, born April 13, 1868.
101. Joseph Kellogg, born Sept. 3, 1870.
102. Henky Strong, born , 1872.
103. Wm. Millek, born , 1874.
XLIII.
Annie E., daughter of Trumbull and Agnes Hunt, married Alonzo Buffum,
Feb., 1857. After his death, she married G. L. Stoke, 1880. Issue (by first husband):
104. Frances Annie, born Nov., 1858; married G. L. Smith, June 13, 1879.
{By second husband);
105. Maude E., born Sept. 1861; married M. L. Eoss, Dec. 6, 1883.
XLiv;
Abel Tkcmbull, son of Abel and Mary Eliza (Hunt) Howard, married Aug. 27,
1861, Anna Holyoke, daughter Hon. Hampden .and Mary P. S. (Jarvis) Cutts, Brat-
tleboro, Vt. Issue:
106. Cecil Hampden, born Sept. 5, 1862, at Brattleboro, Vt.
107. Mart Cutts, born Feb. 21, 1865, at Brattleboro, Vt.
108. Edith Elizabeth, born Jan. 29, 1868, died 1869, at Matawan, N. J.
109. Rose Jakvis, born Aug., 1869, died 1870, at Matawan, N. J.
11(1. Maud Jakvis, born July 19, 1871, died July 26, 1872, at Matawan, N. J. •
HI. Charles Trumbull, born Oct. 18, 1873, at Brooklyn, N. Y.
112. Edward Eliot, born July 2, 1876, at Brooklyn, N. Y.
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 403
XLVII.
Austin, son of Abel and Mary E. (Hunt) Howard, married Sept., 1874, Emma
Howard, Pomfret, Vt. Issue:
113. Ernest Samtjel, born Oct. 17, 1875.
114. Ralph Austin, born July 30, 1879.
115. EuLA Auce, born March 9, 1881.
XLVIII.
Geokge Aesistkong, son of Abel and M. E. H. Howard, married Aug. 24, 1866,
Lizzie Jones, Chicago, 111. Issue:
116. Maet Lizzie, born Aug. 9. 1867.
L.
Sakah Sophia, daughter Abel and M. E. H. Howard, married Lyndon A. Shedd,
Hartland, Vt., Nov. 26, 1869. Jssue:
117. Claba Lizzie, born Sept. 9, 1871.
118. Alice Louisa, born May 6, 1874.
LI.
Hannah Elizabeth, daughter Abel and M. E. Hunt Howard, married at West
Hartford, Vt., J. W. Squires, Council Bluffs, Iowa, Sept., 1873. Issue:
119. HowAKD, born 1874; died 1874.
120. Bessie.
121. Louie.
122. William.
LII.
John, son of Wade and Emily (Hunt) White, married .Tan. 14, 1857, Martha
Mousbrount. Issue:
404 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
123. CoKA Emilt, bom Jul.v, 1867; married Feb. 9, 1887, Emmet H. Hurlburt,
Clereland, Ohio.
LIII.
EsuLT Ank, danghter Wade and Emily (Hunt) White, married Jerome B. Car-
man, Cleveland, Ohio. 1861. lassie:
124. Feaxcks Elizabeth, born ilareh 9, 1862; died Feb. 19, 186-5.
125. Edwakd Wade, born .\ng 13. 1866; married Xov. 19, 18Si, Ida B. Porter.
LVI.
Claka, daughter Col. John Downer and Slarion (Blood) Hunt, married Dr.
Towler. Issue:
126. JIacd, born 1875.
127. Louis Setebauce, born 1881; died Sept. 2, 1887. '
128. , 1
y Twins, born 1884.
129. , )
L^TII.
Flora, daughter Phelps and Caroline (Perkins) Hunt, married Charles Thorn,
Woodstock, IlL Issue:
130. .\ son.
131. .\ daughter.
LXIX.
EcTH Hasnah, daughter Kansel and Hannah D. (Hunt) Watkins, married
Henry Hooker, Nov., 1857. Issue:
132. Owen Raksel, born July 14, 1859; married Emma B. Ruple, April 19, 1882.
133. Flokenxe L., bom Aug. 9, 1864; married Geo. E. Kelch, Leighton, Mich
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 40,-
LX.
Stiles A., son of Itiiusel uml II. 1). (Hunt) Watkius, iiiairiwl Dtliji L. Cross,
Oct., 1866. Issue:
134. Alonzo Eansel, bom Oct. 211, 1867.
135. Emma A., born Sept. 11, 1869.
136. Hannah E., born Jan. '11, 1872.
137. Stiles, A.. Je., born Dec. 31, 1875.
138. CoKNELiA M., born Dee. 19, 1877.
139. Maev L., born Oct. 26, 1880.
140. Thomas C. born May 8, 18H3.
LXI.
Francis Ransel, son of Kansel and H. D. (Hunt) Watkius, uiarned Miss
Evison, Leigbton, Mich., Jan., 1875. Issue:
141. Feancis Eansel, Je., born Sept. 17, 187G.
142. Floyd O., born Dec 6, 1878
LXII.
Emma J., daugbter William S. and Hannah D. (Hunt) Hooker, mnrried L.
Clark, Leigbton, Mich., Jan. 1, 1882. Issue:
143. Ina B., born May 28, 1884.
144. Anna C, born Nov. 12, 1885.
LXIV.
KuTH Sophia, daughter Joshua and Sarah A. (Hnnt)Maxon, married Sept., 1867,
C. F. Coudray, Garrettsville, Ohio. Issue:
145. Blanche F.. born Jan. 1, 18G9.
146. MiX'D E., born Dec. 25, 1872.
406 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
147. Elsie M., born Aug. 7, 1873.
148. Clara L., born Sept. 17, 1882.
LXV.
Tkumeull Hunt, son Eliphaz Stiles ancl Emeline (Dimniick) Hunt, married
Clara JIar.sb, West Hartford Vt., Jan. i, 1872. Is.iue:
149. Clayton JIarsh, May 25, 1882.
LXXXII.
Anna Frances, daughter Henry E. H. and E. W. K. Gilbert, married E. F.
Storrs, June 27, 1882. Issue:
150. Ada Mat, born April h, 1885.
151. Gilbert Holland, born April 19, 1886.
cm.
Frances A., daughter Alonzo and A. Hunt Buffum, married G. L. Smith, June
13, 1879. Issue:
1-52. E.1KL G., born Sept. 8, 1882.
153. Maude P., born March 23, 1884.
cxxv.
Edward Wade, son Jerome B. and Emily .A. (White) Carman, married Ida B.
Porter, Nov., 1884. Issue:
154. Jessie Maeguekite, born July, 1885.
155. Clark Cecil, born May 12, 1887.
Descendants of John' Stiles, the Emigrant,
IN THE LINE OF HIS THIRD SON, ISAAO,-^
The Stratford and Woodbury (Conn.) Line.
FAMILY 2.
'plt-\--V
6. Isaac- Stiles, [i] (Johu,^) boru in Wiudsor, Couii.
"lu a journal kept bj the Eev. Mr. Sharp, an Episcopalian
clergj-man in the Colony of New York, during Lord Cornburj-'s
administration, under date of Jan. 27, 1710, is this entry: ' Baptized
Isaac Stiles, the first male child boru in the Colony of Cou-
uecticiit, a man of 80 years of age ' (Hazard's Hist. CoJl.)
Lord Corubury's administration ended in 1709 ; Gov. Hunter
succeeded, June, 1710, and in 1711 visited Connecticut and
passed through Stratford. His Chaplain preached and baptized
there. At this occasion I suppose, Mr. Sharp baptized aged
Isaac Stiles, at Stratford." — Pres. Siiles' 3ISS. GeneaJocjij.
To this note in my first edition of the Stiles Family Gene-
alogj-, in a copy formerly belonging to the Hon. James Savage,
compiler of the Neio England Gen. Dictionary, is added, in the
handwriting of that venerable scholar, this remark: "Of course,
if the. first male child born in Conu., he would not be more than
76, instead of 80 years. Perhaps his mental faculties, in Jan.,
1710-11, were infirm, so that he might not judge rightly of his
own age; and the Reverend officiating priest was perhaps too
ignorant of the history to correct his venerable catechumen's
error."
He married (1) Hannah *; settled, about 1665, at
* Cothren {Hist. Ancient ^yQodhury, Conn.,) mentiouing his chllilreu, says: "By his wife
Hannah, who survived him."
40S THE STILES GENEALOGY. '
Wethersfield, Conn., and removed to Stratord, Conn., after 1671,
A deed of land, dated June 26, 1705, recorded July 20,
1706, (p. 350, Bk. II., Lrnnl Convey., Stratford Rec.,) to his son
Jonathan, is the only extant deed given by him. It conveys
24 acres of division lauds not laid off, " Provided he looks
well after me, sufficient meat and drink, boarding (& lodging &
washing (t all such neccessaries & comforts as I shall need in sick-
ness or health," etc., etc., "also to make 2 hhls. cyder yearly if ye
fruit of ye orchard will afford it," Jonathan is also charged with
payment of £3 each, to daughters Hannah, Sarah and
T>ehoz-A\x.— {Fairfield Co. Rec, Vol. II., Pt. 2, p. 350.) He was
one of the petitioners to the Bishop of London, April, 1707, for
the establishment of Christ Church, at Stratford.* He died at
Stratford, Conn., Jan. 5, 1714-15; his wife surviving him.
Children (as arranged by Pres. Stiles):
7. I. Is.iAC," born 1663, [Cothren says "who may have come
between Deborah and Jonathan); married
Hannah Eose. Family 3.
8. II. John,'* who, Pres. Stiles says " died, unmarried, before
1710;" but whom Cothren says he does not find
upon the Stratford Records.
9. III. Joseph,-' who, Pres. Stiles says "died before 1710; and
whom, like his brother John, Cothren does not
find on the Records.
10. IV. Sarah,-^ born at Stratford, Conn., Nov. 18, 1677;*
married Perry, of Derby, Conn., [Pres.
Stiles MSS.)
11. V. Deborah,^ born at Stratford, Conn., Jan. 18, 1682;*
married John Shethar, of Killingworth, Conn.
* Oroutt's riist. Straford, Conn., 367.
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 40y
12. YI. JoNATHAN/born at Stratford, Conn., March 10, 1688-9.*
As this Jonathan was the Founder of the large and re-
markable New Jersey Family, his further history
will be found in connection with the Connecticut-
New Jersey Family. f-ra~
13. YII. Hannah,' born at Stratford, Comi., Nov. 3, 1894; "
of whom Pres. Stiles (JISS. Gen.) says, " whom I
have also seen, in 1748, at Darby;" married Mr.
Tibbald.t Issue:
14. i. D.vrGHTER,-' married Johnson.
FAMILY 3.
15. Isaac" Stiles, [7] (/sooc,''Jo/o;,') born in 1663; married
Hannah (daughter of Robert Eose,i' of Stratford, Conn. Isaac
Stiles died 1690, le. 26 or 27 years. Inventory of his estate, taken
Dec, 15, 1691: Amount £91:13:09. Hannah, his widow, ap-
peared before the Court Feb. 15, 1691-2, and ipade oath to it.
The Court appointed her, with Isaac Benit, administrators.**^
Mrs. Hannah Stiles married (2), Samuel Hargar, of Derby,
Conn.,tt May 9, 1693.
16. I. Deborah,^ married Samuel (son of Samuel) Shethar,
of Killingworth, Conn., 1715. (Pres. Stiles^
JISS.)
* Slralftrrd, Conn. . Town Bemrds, II., 483, iSo.
t John TlbbaU's, of Derby.
t Robert Itose. Sr., came from Ipswich, England, 16S4, In ship Francis, having among other
children. Koberl, Jr., a>. 15, who came to Stratford before 1648, and then had a wife Rebecca, and
eight children, of whom the youngest Hannah, (born 16661. married Isaac Stiles.
*• Fairfield Co. (Conn.) Probate Rec, Lib. 1689-1701, p. 100.
tt This marriage has usually been credited to Hannah, the daughter of Isaac' Stiles. But
the eminent genealogist Mr. D. W. Patterson, gives me the following note: "The Town
Records of Derby, Conn., show that Samuel Hargar (not Hargis), of Derby, married May 9, 1693,
with Hannah Stiles, of Stratford. The name is variously spelled Harger, Hargier, and Hard-
year, which last is his own form in signature to deeds. She could not have been that Hannah
410 THE STILES GENEALOGY
17. II. Isaac,' boru April 5, 1690, four mouths after his
father's death;* married Abigail Adams.
Family 4.
FAMILY 4.
18. Isaac' Stiles, [1], (IsaacJ' Isaac^- Jokn,^ ) hovn April
u, 1690; married (1) ALigail Adams, of Milford, Coun., Feb. 25,
1718-19.t She was boru Sept. 25, 1696.;;; He married (2)
Sarah , accordiug to Cothreu, (Hist. Ancient Woodbury,
Conn.), who says of the first wife that "she seems to have died
before 1724, for, iu that year his wife Sarah was dismissed to
Riptou Church, from Stratford."
Mr. Isaac Stiles settled first at Stratford, theu at Woodbury,
C'onu. He died April 16, 1787, iu his 97th year.-'* Mrs. Sarah
, Stiles died Dec. 19, 1771.
Children; (all hut the last horn at Stratford, Conn.):
19. I. William,' boru Jau. 23, 1719-20.it
2(1. II. Sarah,'- boru Dec. 19, 1721; married Lieut. Silas
Hitchcock, April 9, 1741.
21. III. Abigail," boru April 6, 1723; married David Munn,
Aug. 1, 1751.
22. IV. Hannah,' boru July 12; died Nov. 4, 1726.
(rlaughter of Isaac^) who was born Not. 3, 1694; but was rather Hannah, tbe widow of Isaar
Siiles, -Jr. They bad children (born in Derby. Conn 1 : Joseph (Hardyear), born April 20, 1694.
died July 30, 1605; Margaret iHardyear), born Dec. 0 1695; Samuel (Hardyear), born Sept. 24,
1697-8.
* That he was the son of Isaac, ^ is shown by a deed from Isaac and John Sheltou to James
Hooth. Fairfield, Co. Rpc, Vol. II., Pt. 2, p. 371.
t Stratford Jiec.,iSO.
i Stratford, Cnnn., Bee, IT., 480.
«* Family Bible.
tt Stratford, Conn., Rec, II., 480.
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY 411
23. V. Isaac,'' born April 17, 1728; married Elizabeth .
Family 5.
24. VI. M.U3EL,^ born April 11, 1730, (Pres. Stiles MSS.):
married (according to Soutlibnry Kec, Cothreiin
Ancient Woodbury, Conn., p. ii., 476), Capt.
Hodskip, Feb. 22, 1763.*
25. A'll. Betty,= born July 2, 1732; unmarried 1785 (Pres.
Stiles' 3ISS.)
26. VIII. Mary,-' born Sept. 21, 1734.
27. IX. Samuel,' born June 1, 1736; married Pliebe Brookn.
Family 6.
28. X. John,' born Aug. 21, 1738; married Betsy Olds.
Family 7.
29. XI. David,' born at Woodbury, Conn., June 18, 1741.
FAMILY 5.
30. Isaac"' Stiles, [23], Isaac,^ Isaac;' Isaac,' JoJni,^) born
at Stratford, Conn., April 17, 1728; married, Elizabeth .
Children :
31. I. Eunice," baptized July 14, 1751; died unmarried,
1776.
32. II. Annis," baptized July 1, 1753; married Nathaniel
Bristol.t Nov. 10, 1777.
* Mabel daughter of Isaac) Stiles of Southbury. according to Bronson's Hist. Waterhury,
Conn., p. 506). became the second wife of Deacon Gideon Hotchklss. who settled In Southeast
part of Waterbury about 1736 He was a prominent man in that town, and deacon in the first
Church of Salem, Conn.
t Cothren says, Brewster.
412 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
33. III. Gideon,'' baptized May 15, 1757.
34. IV. Nathan," born ; married Betsy Wagner.
Family 8.
35. V. Truman," born in Sontlibnrj-, Conn., 1761; married (1)
Laviuia Leavenwortli ; married (2) Anne Jarrett.
Family 9.
36. VI. Lewis," born* ; married .
37. VII. Simeon," born ; died April 1, 1777, ». 11 years,
of smalljjox.t
FAMILY 6.
38. Samuel"' Stiles, [27], (Isaac,' Isaac,"- Isaac,- John,')
born June 1, 1736; settled in Woodbury, Conn.; married Phebe
Brooks, of Eedfield, Conn., Feb. 18, 1771.
Mr. Samuel Stiles died April 11, 1819.
Children :
39. L AeiCxAIL,^ born Dec. i, 1771; died Sept. 14, 1775.
40. II. David," born April 11, 1773; married Sarah Eood.
Family 10.
41. in. Timothy," born Feb. 23, 1775; married Eleanor
Stuart. Family 11.
42. IV. KuTH," born Jan. 19, 1778, (Family Eec, 1777);
died Sept. 15, 1778.
* Southbury Rec. give marriage of Lewis Stiles to Sarah Wray, at lieUileni, Conn., Sept. 15,
17!»3; there is a tradition that he removed to Minisiulj, N. Y., and had a family,
t 1777 Family Rec.
I
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 413
43. Y. ErTH Ann," born Jau. 1, 1779; mai-ried ■ Case.
resided iu Clarksfield, Ohio, near her brother
Benjamin.*
44. YI. Benjamin," born Sept. 1, 1781, (FamilT Rec, 1780);
married (1) Ann Morris; married (2) Mrs. Han-
nah Trowbridge; married (3) Rhoda Root.
Family 12.
45. YII. Fkeeman,^ born March 6, 1782; died July 18, 1782.
46. YIII. Al-^thea,"! born April 17, 1785.
FAMILY 7.
47. John" Stiles, [28], (Isaac,* Isaac,'' Isaac,- JoJni,^) born
at Stratford, Conn., Aug. 21, 1738; married Betsy Olds, Aug. 13,:^:
1760. Was iu the Revohitionary service. His great-grandson,
A. F. Stiles, of Benton Harbor, Mich., (though he makes the mis-
take of calling him Daniel), says: " I have heard him tell about
lying on the ground, a blanket over him, finding himself under
three feet of snow in morning." Soon after the close of the Revo-
lutionary War, he removed with his family to Salisbury, Herki-
mer Co., N. T.
Children :
48. I. Hannah," baptized Nov. 22, 1761.
49. II. Daniel Olds," born June 10;** baptized July 22,
1764; married (1) Abby Farriugton; married
(2) Sarah Buckland. Family 13.
* Letter of Miss Eleanor -stiles.
t Family Rec.
+ Cothreu says Mai/.
** Family i?fc.
414 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
50. III. Asa," baptized March 1, 1767; married Kebeeoa
Cahoon. Family 14.
51. IV. John," baptized May 20, 1770; married .
52. V. -AlARON," baptized Jiily 4, 1773; married Abigail
Cahoon. Family 15.
53. VI. Andrew," baptized May 22, 1776; married .
Family 16.
54. A^II. Philo," baptized July 23, 1780; married Lucy Ives;*
settled in Salisbury, Herkimer Co., N. Y.,
where his descendents ai-e said still to live.
FAMILY 8.
55. Nathan'' Stiles, |34J, (Isaac,^ Isaac,* Isaac;^ 7s«oc,-
John,^) married Betsy Wagner, June 24, 1782,t in South
Britain, Conn. J He lived and died in Oxford, Conn.; is men-
tioned in records of that town, as 1>eing, in 1811, owner of cer-
tain cattle-ear-marks.
Children:
56. L Simeon,' born Sept. 11, 1783; died March 6, 1810.
(Oxford Toirn and Church Bee.)
57. II. Lyman,' born Jan. 26, 1786; married (1) ;
(2) Electa Galpin. Family 17.
58. III. Eleanor,' born Feb. 14, 1789; married Feb. 5, 1810,
Isaac Treat,** of Oxford, Conn.
• Letter of Miss Eleanor Stiles, Youngstowu, Ohio,
t One of Coihren's Rec, p. 480, says 1781.
J Hist. Woodbury, 530.
»* Oxford Church Rec.
T H E CONNECT ICUT FAMILY. 41;-)
59. IT. Nathan Hexky," boru Sept. 30, 1792; married (1)
Sally Priudle; married (2) Eoxaua Sackett.
Family 18.
60. Y. Cynthia," boru May 5, 179G; died Aug. 2, liSU9,
(Oxford Church Bee.)
61. YI. Garwood," boru Feb. 5, 1799; married Naucy N.
Hvde. Family 19.
FAMILY 9.
62. Truman" Stiles, [35], (Imac,^ Isauc,' Zsooc," Isaacs-
John,^) boru at Soiitlibury,Couu., 1761 ; married (1 ) Laviuia Leaveu-
wortli, Sept. 23, 1793; married (2) Auua Jarrett, born iu Soutli-
burv, Couu., 1818. Was a farmer aud trader.
Mr. Trumau Stiles died 1839, ». 78. Mrs. Auua .7. died iu
Watertowu, Couu., 1884
Children (by first marriage):
63. I. Sherman," boru at Soutlibury, Couu., 1791); died at
Southbury, Couu., July 31, 1838.'- Family 20.
64. II. Charles Robert," married aud bad sou Charles, who
resides at Buffalo, N. Y.
65. III. Erartus,' boru ; a farmer; unmarried; drowned.
66. lY. Nancy," boru iu Southbury, Couu.; died unmarried in
Betlilem, Couu.
67. Y. Harriet," born ; married Abraham Bassett.
No issue. Resides (1885) Betlilem, Couu.
* CoUirm. 483, 4flS.
il6 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
(By second marriage):
68. \1. AxxA .J.vst:tte," born in Southbiirv, Conn. 1818; died
at TTaterto-mi, Conn. 1884.
FAillLT 10.
69. David "Stiles, [40], (S'omjfe?,' Isaac,' Isaac,^ Isaac;^
Jokn,^) born at Woodbury, Conn., April 11, 1773; married Sarah
Eood, Dec. 1, 1796. Is said to have been a most intellectual
looking man, and gave bis children a good education. Eesided
and died Jan. 17, 1871, in Paris Hill, Oneida Co., N. T. Was
a farmer. Mrs. Sarah (Eood) Stiles died at Paris HUl, Oct. 3,
1829, pe. 56 years and 4 months.
Children :
70. I. MiSERVA,' born in Danbury, Conn., Sept. 18, 1797;
married Harris Munson; had 3 children.
71. II. Anna," bom in Danbury, Conn., July 29, 1802; mar-
ried Dr. Aaron Bligh. Issue:
72. i. David Stiles.*
Mrs. Anna (Stiles) Bligh, died Jan. 24, 1845.
73. ni. Phebe,' born at Paris, N. T., Sept. 24, 1804; married
(1) April 11, 1828, Charles Royce, Tvho died
May 1, 1846; married (2) Sept. 22, 1847, William
Osborn, who died June 15, 1853. Mrs. 0.
resides (1885) at Paris, X. T. Issue by first
husband (^Boyce):
74. i. Saeah Stti-zs, ^ born Xov. 12, 1830; married Sept. 1, 1847,
Elnathan J. Ormsbee. She died Feb. 16, 1865.
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 417
75. ii. Maky Adeline,'* born May 7, 183-1; married May 7, 1857,
Milton Hubbard.
7(5. iii. Herbert Spencer," born Aug. 29, 1839. Resided (1888)
with his mother, at I'aris, Oneida Co., N. Y. Is un-
married.
77. IV. Amasa FABraQUE," horn at Paris, N. Y., Nov. 7, 1808;
married . Family 21.
78. V. Sally," born at Paris, N. Y., Dec. 29, 1810; married
Feb. 15, 1832, at Paris, N. Y., where she (1885)
resides, Carlos V. J. Doolittle. Issue:
79. i. Edwahd,8 born April 27, 1834; married Jan 27, 18.57, at
Preble, N. Y., Sarah J. Burdiok. Issue: (1) Edward
Burdick born Deo. 25, 1859; (2) Carlos Van Julius,
born March 19, 1866; (3) Phineas Stiles, born Deo. 21,
1875.
80. ii, Caroline Eliza," born -Tan. 7, 1810; died July 12, 1860.
81. iii. Carlos V, .1.," born Oct. 1, 1862
FAMILY 11.
82. Timothv" Stiles, {-H], {Sam-neJJ' Isaac,^ haac,^ Isaac,"-
John,'') born at Woodbury, Conn., Feb. 23, 1775; married, in
Woodbury, Eleanor Stuart, who was of Scotch ancestry upon
her father's side, her grandfather being cotemporary with, and
a kinsman of Prince Charlie, of Cullodeu memory; and received
letters from him, inviting him to assist in the uprising to seat that
Prince uj^on the throne of Scotland. She was a woman of
strongly marked traits of character, having what is known as
"the courage of her convictions." It is related of her that,
when the first Anti-Slavery meeting was held in Canfield, where
she resided, she was one of seven women who joined
hands, standing in a circle around the lecturer during his ad-
dress, forming a living cordon to protect him from the angry,
threatening mob. She died Jan., 1860, at the age of 83, in full
418 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
possession of lier faculties. She mai-ried (2) Comfort Starr Mygatt,
in 1807, who eniiif rated aud settled iu Canfield, Ohio, iu the
old Connecticut Western Reserve. Mr. Timothy Stiles died at
the age of 26, about 1801, from the effects of an inju^3^
Children [horn in Danbnry, Conn.):
83. I. Jairus," born Jan., 1797; married Almira Landou.
Family 22.
84. II. Henry,'' born May 6, 1798; married Mary Eeeves.
Family 23.
FAMILY 12.
85. Benjamin" Stiles, L^^J' [Samuel,^ Isaac,^ Isaac^' Isaacj^
John, ^)'bovn Sept. 1, 1780, at Woodbury, Conn.,* resided awhilef
in New York City; removed aud settled July, 1818, on a large
tract of land which he owned iu what was then known as the
"Connecticut Firelauds," Clarksiield, Huron Co., Ohio — his son
Samiiel being the first white male child born in that township.
He resided there until his death, April 23, 1872; his business
was that of a saddler.
He married (1) Ann Morris; married (2) widow Hannah
Trowbridge, who died in 1823; married (3) May, 1825, Ehoda
I daughter of Joseph and Tryphena Moseley)| Root, of Westfield,
Mass., who died June 1, 1851.
Child (by first man-iage):
86. I. Edmund Morris,^ died young.
* The Firelands Pioneer, X., 91, gives date and place of his birth at Southbury, Conn., 177y.
He was a member of the Firelauds Pioneer Association,
t Ibid,
i An aunt of Hon. J. M. Root, formerly M. C, of Sandusliy. (Ohiol District.
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 419
Bij second marriage:
87. II. Ann," born iu New York City, 1809; married Willis
Case; died 1854, at Clarksfield, Ohio.* No
issue.
88. II. AiETHEA,' born iu New York City; married Epliraim
Webb;t is now (1888) deceased; left eight or teu
children, the eldest of whom, Delia, married a
Mr. Saxton.
89. III. Henby,' born in New York City, 1811; married Sally
Starr;t died May, 1866, at Clarksfield, Ohio.
90. IV. Joseph," born in New York City, 1813; married Betsy
Kowland;+ died Oct., 1842, at Clarksfield, Ohio.
91. y. Lucy,' born in New York City, 1816; married; died
Feb., 1835, at Clark.sfield, Ohio.
92. VI. Samuel,' born at Clarksfield, Ohio, 1818; married
Ariette Liver more. +
93. VII. William," born , 1821; married Diana Tyler,
(cousin of Ossian Dodge, of musical fame).^
94. \IU. Haeeiet," bom and died, 1823, at Clarksfield, Ohio.
By third marriage:
95. IX. Hannah Makia," born April 8, 1829; married April,
1848, Alfred G. Meade. Mr. M. is engaged in
farming' and lumbering, and for six years past
has been Township Supervisor. Resides (1885)
Fremont, Newago Co., Mich. Issue:
* Letter of Miss Eleanor Stiles, of Youngstown, who says the name of her husband was
Ezra Rowland.
t Letter of Mrs. Hannah Meade. Tremont, Newaggo Co., Mich.
+ Letter of Miss Eleanor Stiles, of Youngstown, Ohio.
420 THE STILES GENEALOGY
96. i. Clarence A.,* born Dec, 1849; married Irene Milnor,
1876.
97. ii. Edmond Stlles,* Viorn July, 1853; married Maggie Love.
1881.
98. iii. Cl.ukinette,* born June, 1855; married Charles Milnor,
1878.
99. iv. Willie,^ born June, 1857; died Dec, 1858.
1(10. V. Edith A.,'' born May, 1863.
101. ri. LiNLErM.," born April, 1866.
102. vii. WiNTHKOP G.,' born April, 1872.
103. viii. Clifford S.,s born July, 1874.
104 X. (Eev.) Edmund Eoot," born July 12, 1834; married.
Family 24.
FAMILY 13.
105. Daniel Olds" Stiles, [49], (John,'' Isaac,' Isaac,^
Isaac,- Jokn,^) born June 10, 1764, in Brandon, Yt.; married Jan.
4, 1787, (1) Abby* Farriugton, born July 19, 1764, vrho died in
Burlington, Yt., Sept. 25, 1793; married Jan. 9, 1794, (2) Sarah
Buckland, or Bucklin, who was born in Herkimer Co., N. Y.,
May 18, 1769, and who died Sept. 22, 1831. After this marriage
he removed to Newport, Herkimer Co., N. Y. Enlisted in the
Eevolutiouary Army at the age of 17. He was a tailor; at one
time studied and travelled with a so-called "Indian Doctor,"
(from whence the tradition among some of his descendants, that
he was partly of Indian birth); was a Baptist, a man of fine
presence, and agreeable manners. He died Aug.t 4, 1873.
* In all the familyrecords called ■■Nabby"—liut according to Mrs. Lydia Spencer Dresser,
was "Abigail."
t Letter and Records furnished by Geo. Farrlngton Dresser. 3 Union St., Wali-rtowii, N. Y..
say, ■•on. 13."
1
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 421
ChUdrt'ii {III/ first marriage, born in Burlington, Vt.):
KMi. I. Faukixgton,' born Oct. 31, 1787; married (1) Betsy
Kelsey; married (2) Jemima Kelsey. Family 25.
107. II. Thieza,'* born Oct. 10, 1789; married Dr. Patten,
Avent to Utah and joined tlie Mormons.
108. Ill John," born March 16, 1791, married Persis C'ole.
Family 26.
109. IV. ABBY,'t born Aug. 30, 1793; married .
[By second marriage, horn in Herkimer Co., K. Y.):
110. V. David B.," born May 28, 1795; married liebecca
Deveraux. Family 27.
111. YI. Nancy,' born July 28, 1797; died July -1, 18()>S;
married (1) Kimpton, cabinet maker;
married (2) Tucker; had a family of
girls. Some of her grandchildren, by the name
of Wilson, reside in Fairfield, N. Y., 1888.
112. YII. MiEZA,"born July 27, 1799; married Barney t
113. VIII. Hakvey Hawkins^," born May 30, 1801; married
Roxana ; was a blacksmith and deceased.
His widow and children reside (1888), at Wliites-
boro, or Whitestowu, N. Y. Family 28.
114. IX. Susan,' born June 30, 1803; married — ^ Lamp-
hier.**
* Sameautohrity says one of these daughters named a Calhoun, the other a BeynoUls.
Holh Jolued the Mormons.
t Letters of Alonzo F. Stiles, ot Beuton Harbor. Berrien Co., ailcli
X One authority says, ciled unmarried, at Newitort, N. Y.
** All afB'iavii of lier sif ler-iu-Iaw, Mrs. Bosaiina (wificw <.f Hai vcv} Stilep. .^lays. Susan died
iilrigle July '27, I8:w. a? 29.
422 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
115. X. George Keith,' born July 8, 1805; married (1)
Perriu; married (2) Harriet Byrou Rose.
Family 29.
116. XI. Daniel,' born Dec. 12, 1807; married Mary Webb.
Family 30.
117. XII. Sarah," born Aug. 5, 1809; married Alauson Barney,
blacksmith, of Newport, N. Y.; is deceased.
FAMILY 14.
118. Asa'' Stiles, |50],(Jo////,' haar,' Isaac;' Imaci'- John,')
born March 1, 1767; married, in Salisbury, N. Y., Eebecca
Cahoon, sister of his brother Aaron's wife, in 1789. They re-
moved from Otsego Co., N. Y., to Ohio, in 1811, and settled " in
the woods " at Warrensville, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio. In 1822 or
'23, together with his brother Aaron, he visited his relatives in
(Otsego Co., N. Y., traveling with an ox team, and taking with
them a pet bear and a live six-foot rattlesnake, which they ex-
hibited in the bar rooms of the country taverns at which they
stopped on their journey. Mr. Stiles was a kindly man, and
universally esteemed by all acquaintances. He was a member
of the Baptist Church, and for several years a Justice of the
Peace in his township. In person he was of mediiim height
and size, with light complexion, a face rather long than round,
and bearing a pleasant exjjression under all circumstances.
Indeed, his good nature was not infreqiiently taken advantage
of bj)- others.
Mr. Asa Stiles died at Warrensville, Ohio, March 12, 1834,
aged 68 years. Mrs. Rebecca ( Cahoon ) Stiles died at War-
rensville, May 25, 1824, in her 58d year.
Cl/ililrei) (all born in New York State):
119. I. Hannah,' born 1790; married William Addison, in
Warrensville, Ohio, 1817. I-sme:
I
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 423
120, i. HiBAM Jl.,* born Nov. 21, 1818, married Ann McCaslin,
of Indiana township, Alleghany Co., Penn., (born
Not. 13, 1825). Children: (1) Flora (Addison), born 1846;
married James Brown, (now deceased); has Geo. \V.
and Bessie M. Brown. Mrs. Flora (Addison) Brown,
resides (1885), Cleveland. Ohio. (2) Mary J. (Addison),
born 1848; married William Oswald, (now deceased i.
Children, William, James and Neva Oswald. Mrs. Mary
J. (Addison) Brown resides (1885), JefEersonville, Ind.
(3) Minerva M. (Addison), born 1850; married Charles
Anderson. Children, Neva M., Charles M., Frances C,
Jessie H., Albert E., Walter L. Mrs. M. M. (Addison)
' Brown, resides (1885), Jeffersonville, Ind. {i) Thomas
E. (.Addison), born 1850; resides (1885) unmarried, at
Cleveland, Ohio. (5) Jessie H. (Addison); married
Albert C. Croetzinger. No issue.
121. ii. Hervey N., 8 born May 10, 1820; married Louisa Ransom,
of Warrensville, Ohio, (born about 1825). Resides
(1885), at Leonidas, St. Joseph Co., Mich. Issue: (1)
William; (2) Bertha; C3) Mary.
Mrs. HannaL (Stiles) Addisou died May
'20, 1875.
1'2'2. II. Betsy," boru 1792; died unmarried, at Warreiisvillt^,
Ohio, Dee. 8, 1861.
128. III. Amos C.,' boru 1794; married 1848; died Oct. 21,
1854.
124. IV. WiLBUi:,' born 1796; died Nov. 10, 1846, uumarrie.l.
125. Y. Ehoda,' boru 1800; married, 1818, Watson,
died May 21, 1875.
126. VI. HlUAii,' born 1804; married Maudaua Duty.
Family 31.
127. VII. Electa," born iu Bloomfield, Otsego, N. Y.; married
1846, Calvin Fish, of New Y^ork State; died
Marc-li .SI, 1873, (boru 1816). /s^s■»e.•
424 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
128. i. Chahles,^ bnm 1847; married Eliza Smith, (born 1849),
in 1876 mhl, ( 1 ) Virginia, born 1879.
129. ii. Jajies,* born 1850; married, 1871. Children, (1) Heni-y
J., born 1873: (2) .Albert W.. l.orn 1876.
Mrs. Electa (Stiles) Fish, resides (1885), at
Cleveland, Ohio, in full possession of her mental
powers and faculties. To lier and her nephew,
Hiram M. Addison, of 37 Congress St., Cleve-
land, Ohio, we are indebted for the history of
families of Asa and Aaron Stiles.
FAMILY 15.
loO. Aaron' Stiles, [52J, (John,^ Isaac*Isaac,^Isaac,^John,^)
ba]>tized July 4, 1773;^ married probably in Harpersfield, Del-
aware Co., N. T., Sep. 3, 1798, Abigail i sister of his brother
Asa's wife) Cahoon, who was born March 30, 1779, and who died
October 15, 1867, se. 88 years, 6 months, 15 days.+ He removed
to Harpersfield aboiit 1810.
Mr. Aaron Stiles died Jan. 19, 1843, se. 66 years, 8 months.
Children :
131. I. Daniel,' born Aug. 14, 1799, at Harpersfield, Dela-
ware Co., X. T. : married Xancy Washburne.
Family 32.
132. II. Polly,' born April 18, 1802, at Lebanon, Madison Co.,
N. T.; married Sept. 14, 1824, Salmon Sperry,
(Proh. Rec): Issue: (all born in Kock Creek
Village, Morgan Township, Ashtabula Co., Ohio):
* It is probable, from the family tradition and eTidence furnished by Mrs. Eleita S. Fi.oh ,
anil the researches of L. A. Stiles, that the dates of Aaron's and hif< brother An<lrew*s baptism
should be reversed. Aaron was born May 19, 1776: died January 19, 1843, se. 66 years and 8
months.
t Lawson A. Stiles. Cleveland, Ohio.
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY.
133.
Hakeiet.8
134.
ii.
Carlos."
135.
iii.
Okson.8
136.
iv.
Laura.*
137.
V.
Matilda. *
138.
vi.
Clinton.*
139.
vii.
Emily. '
140.
viii.
Florence. »
141.
ix.
Makion."
425
142. III. Ira,' born Jan. 12, 1806; married Roxy Case.
Family 33.
143. IV. HuLDAH," born Feb. 19, 1809; married
Carpenter. Issue: (all born in Cuyahoga, Ashta-
bula Co., Ohio):
144. i. Fayette. "
14.5. ii. Edward.'
146. iii. Mabia.*
147. iv. Emily. 8
148. V. Irving. 8
149. V. Thirza," born in Ashtabula Co., Ohio, Dec. 24, 1811;
married George W. Wolsey, Issue: (all born im
Rock Creek Village, Morgan Township, Astabula:
Co., Ohio):
15(t. i. Amelia.*
151. ii. Sarah. 8
426 TH£ STILES GENEALOGY.
152. iii. LorsiA.*
153. iv. Lawsox.^
154. V. ElLEY.S •
155. vi. Makie.*
Mrs. TLirza (Stiles) Wolsey is still (1885),
living.
156. VI. Betsy," boru Astabula Co., Ohio, Jan. 20, 1814;
married Nov. 23, 1843, Irviug Brewster, who
was born at Madison, Ohio, Dec. 22, 1822, (sou
of Alviu and Laviua Newcomb) Brewster, of
Columbia, Conn.* Issue:
157. i. Adelbert."
158 ii. Eugene.*
Mrs. Betsy (Stiles) Brewster is still (1885)
living.
159. VII. Ezra,' born Astabula Co., Ohio, Oct. 19, 1816; mar-
ried Cynthia Kingsley. Family 34.
FAMILY 16.
160. Andrew" Stiles, [53], (Jolm,^ Isaac,* Isaac;'' Isaac,'
John,') baptized May 22, 1776; married . He died in
early manhood.
Children :
161. I. Andrew.'-!"
* Newcomb Genealogy. 148.
t Letter of Mrs. E. J. Fish.
THE CONNECTICUT FUMILY. 427
162. . II. Sally,' ; lived iu the later years of her life,
in Warreu, Mahoning Co., Ohio; said to have
married John Cunningham; and to have had wsuc:
163. i. Cornelia ■
164. ii. James."
FAMILY 17.
165. Lyman" Stiles, [57], (Xathun,^ Isaac," Isaac,* Isaar,^
Isaac,- John,') born Jan. 26, 1786, at Oxford, Conn.; married (1)
; married (2) Electa Galpin. Is mentioned in Oxford
(Conn.) Town Kecords, in 1811, as owner of cattle-car-marks;
served iu war of 1812.* Mr. Lyman Stiles died in Soiithford
Society, Southbiiry, Conn., Oct. 23, 1872.
Children (hy first icife):
166. 1. Nath.\n,'' drowned iu Bridg-eport Harbor, Couu.,
while engaged on the Light Boat, oli' Stratford,
Couu., 1840.
(By second wife):
167. II. Harrlet,** married (1) Roberts, of Southbnry,
Conn., who was killed by a fall from a tree;
married (2) Joseph Hale, of Woodbridge, Couu.
By her first husband she had a son and a
daughter. She resided in Woodbridge, and died
in Sej-mour, Conn.
168. in. Bennett,' born Southbury, Conn., March 3, 1821;,
married Clarissa L. Gibbord. Family 35.
169. IV. Abel,^ died unmarried.
* Cothren's Hist. Woodbury, ji. 78;i.
428 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
FAMILY 18.
170. Nathan Henry' Stiles, [59], (Nathan,'' Isaac,' Isaac,*
Isaac," Isaac,- John.,\) born Sept. 30, 1792, at Oxford, Coiiu.; mar-
ried, Oct. 27, 1814, Sally Priudle, of Newtou, Couu., who died
May 19, 1829; married (2) Eoxauua Sackett, of Piue Bridge,
now Beacon Falls, Conn., Sept. 10, 1829.
Mr. Nathan Henry Stiles died Nov. 26, 1842, in Southford,
Conn.,
Children (by first ivife):
171. I. Lewis Wellington,^ born Sept. 17, 1815, at Oxford,
Conn.; married Angelina F. Euggles. Family 36.
172. II. Simon KiyEEius,^ born April 16, 1818, at Oxford,
Conn.; was a tailor; removed to Ohio, in 1837;
married Jane Sliarritz, June 30, 1845, at Cedar-
ville, Ohio. He died at Washington, Fayette
Co., Ohio, Sept. 29, 1845. No issue:
173. III. Henby Burdett,** born at Sonthbnry, Conn., Dec.
12, 1820; married (1) Maria E. McLean; married
(2) Diautha F. Barber; married (3) Helen G.
Freeman. Family 37.
174. IV. George Washington," born at Oxford, Conn., Feb.
15, 1823; married Ellen J. Scott. Family 38.
175. V. Albeet Eeastus,^ born at Oxford, Conn., Feb. 9,
1828; married (1) Mary A. Fox, of Middlebury,
Conn., who died Ai;g. 14, 1855; married (2) Nov. 28,
1855, in Southbury, Conn., Fannie M. Scovill.
Family 39.
(By second wife):
176. VI. Ad ALINE E.," unmarried; resides in New Haven, Conn.
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 429
177. YII. Aladdis Smith;* removed to Califoruia, iiiauv rears
ago.
178. YIII. BuRRiTT;' was a volunteer in the "War of the Civil
Rebellion; at Cold Harbor had right arm and
the calf of a leg and instep shot away; married.
Family 40.
179. IX. Elizabeth M.,' (on authority of H. B. Stiles, of
Bridgeport, Conn., who says she was not married).
FAMILY 19.
180. Garwood' Stiles. [61], (Xafhan,' hone:' han,;'
Imac^'' Isaac,- John,') born at Oxford, Conn., Feb. 5, 1799; mar-
vied Nancy N. Hoyt, of Salem (now Naugatuck), Conn.
Mr. Garwood Stiles died in Oxford, Conn.
Children:
181. I. Charles Hoyt,' born Oct. 31, 1821: married Ann A,
Packer. Family 41.
182. II. Jane E.,' born in Oxford, Conn., Feb. 11, 1824; mar-
ried Alviu L. Stewart. Oct. 4, 18.57. Resides
(1888), New Haven, Conn.
183. III. David," born in Oxford, Conn., Sept. 24, 1826; mar-
ried Sarah E. Slye. Family 42.
184. r\'. Daughter;" died young.
185. V. Mary L.," born Sept., 1829; married Edward Lego,
of New Haven, Conn. Resided in New Haven,
Conn, deceased. Issue:
430 THE STILES GEN EALOGY.
18f). , i. Daughtek."
FAMILY 20.
187. Sherman' Stiles, [63], (Truman,'' Isaac,^ Isaac,'
Isaa.c^^ Isaac,- John,^) boru at Sonthbiiry, Coun., 1796; was a farm-
er and shoemaker. He died at Rocky Hill, (Naugatuck), Couu.,
July 30, 1838, a?. 42 years. He married Abigail Prindle, of
parental French extraction, who died in Paris, HI., Nov. 13, 1871.
He was a man of sterling qualities of character, and highly re-
spected by his fellow citizens.
Children :
188. I. George E.,^ married Nov. 4, 1838, (1) Marcia Peck;
married (2) Lavinia Lewis. Family 43.
189. II. Caroline L.,** born at Sonthbury, Conn., March 24,
1822; married Nov. 28, 1841, in New Haven,
Conn., George Atkinson. Ptesides (1885), Paris,
111. Issue:
19U. i. Emma T>.,^ born Aug. 28, 1842; died May 24, 1846.
191. ii. Alice L., 9 born llai-ch 10, 1844.
192. iii, Abbv S.,» bom .July 19, 184(3.
193 iv. RosANNA.s born April 12, 1848; died .luly 22, 1848.
194. V. Ltdia,9 born Aug. fi, 1850; died Sept, 7, 1850.
195. vi, George.s born Sept. 4, 1851.
196. vii, Caeoline M,.-' born Aug. 9, 1853; died .June 6, 1854.
197. viii. Annie J.,' born M.arch 7, 1855.
198. ix. Kate,» born Sept. 26, 1857.
199. X. OhaklesW.," born Jan. G, 1860.
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 431
200. xi. Luc%9 died Jan. 17, 1863.
201. xii. Lucy Ellen-,^ born March 2, 1864; died .
202. III. Tri-mak,'' born Marcli 24, 1824; married (1) Eliza
Wooding; married (2) Mary E. Crowell.
Family 44.
203. IV. Elizabeth/ married Joliu Hall. Besides (1885),
Waterbury, Conn., (address care of L. P.
Pritcbard).
204. Y. John E.,' married, and died April 25, 1873, at La-
fayette, Ind., a?, about 53 years. lasne:
205. i. WiLLis.s -who residi-d at Watertown, ("oim.
206. YI. Mary," born in Southbury, Conn.; died Feb. 7, 1865,
se. about 35 years, at Lafayette, Ind.
207. YIL Ellen," married Coller (now dead). Piesides
(1885), Xaugatuck, Conn.
208. Yin. Charles,* resides (1885), Newtown, Haryey Co.
Kansas; has eight children.
FAJIILY 21.
209. Amasa Fabrique' Stiles, [77], (David!" Samuel,^
Isaac,' Isaac,' Isaac,- John,^) born at Paris, Oneida Co., N. Y.,
Noy. 7, 1807; married.
Mr. A. F. Stiles, died Dec. 30, 1839.
Child:
210. I. Ellen J., '^married Greenhill. Eesides (1885),
Faxon Street, Utica, N. Y.
432 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
FAMILY 22.
211. Jairus' Stiles, [83], (Timothy;' Saninel,' Samut'1;
Isaac,* Isaac; Isaac; John;) boru in Danbury, Conn., Jan., 1797;
married Almira Landon; removed to Medina, Medina Co., Obif),
where he resided until his death, Dec, 1865.
Mrs. Almira (Landon) Stiles died 1872. After her death
her children Eleanor, Laura, Stuart F. and Frank, removed to
Toungstown, Mahoning Co., Ohio, where they in (1886) resided.
Children :
212. I. Ele.\xoe,' unmarried (1886); to whom we are indebted
for much information concerning this branch of
the family.
218. II. Almika." married Dr. Clark, and died in the
prime of life, leaving.
i. Infant Sox.'
Laura;" unmarried (1886).
lA^. Heney Mygatt,' died young.
Stuart Foster;" unmarried (18861, an engineer in
Forsyth Scale Co., Toimgstown, Ohio.
•Tairus Benjamin," died young.
Frank,-' removed (1865) to Warren, Ohio, and
became a clerk for his Uncle Henry; married
Delia Austin; has no childi-en; bookkeeper.
FAMILY 23.*
220. Henry' Stiles, [84], (Timothy; Samuel; Isaac;
Isaac; Isaac; Isaac; John;) born iu Danbury, Conn., May 6,
214.
21.5.
III.
216.
IV.
217.
V.
218.
YI.
219.
YII.
* I,etter3 of Win. R. Stiles, of Warren, Ohio.
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 433
1798; married March 28, 1820, Mary Eeeves, of Westmoreland
Co., Pa., boru Sept. 25, 1799; resided and died in Warren, Trum-
bull Co., Ohio, Aug. 11, 1869.
Mrs. Mary (Eeeves) Stiles, died Dec. 7, 1859.
Children :
221. I. Henry Lane,-' boru Oct. 1, 1821; married Margaret
A. Hay. Family 45.
222. II. Timothy Morgan,'' born July 20, 1824. Besides, un-
married (1886), at Cincinnati, Ohio.
223. III. William Eeeves," born April 29, 1827; married
Elizabeth Quiuby. Family 46.
224. IV. Mary Ellen," born Sept. 17, 1830; unmarried. Ee-
sides (1886), Warren, Ohio.
225. V. Sabah Cassia," boru Jan. 9, 1884; married Jan. 19,
1860, Lucian C. Jones. Eesides (1886), Warren,
Ohio. Issue:
226. i. Mai!yS.io
227. ii. Hattie P.>o
228. iii. Geoege H. "J
229. VI. George Mygatt," born June 4, 1840; died July 22,
1872.
FAMILY 24.
230. Eev. Edmund Roof Stiles, [104], (Benjamin,^
Samuel,^ Isaac," Isanc;^ Isaac- John,^) born July 12, 1834, at Clarks-
field, Ohio; pursued his collegiate studies at Williams and Oberlin
Colleges, graduating from the latter in 1859, and from the Ober-
lin Theological Serminay in 1863.
434 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
While in the Seminary, however, the War of the Civil Kebel-
lion broke out, and Mr. Stiles was one of those enrolled in the
first company raised in Oberlin, and as a Sergeant went with it
to the front in 1861. He had the misfortune to be taken prisoner
earh" in the war, and endured nine mouths of life in southern
prisons. On being exchanged, he was brought to New York, to
all appearances a dying man, but under the influences of nourish-
ing food and good nursing he rallied, and was able to finish his
studies at Oberlin and enter upon his life's work, although with
a constitution much impaired. Towards the close of the war he
returned to the armv;and, in connection with the Christian Com-
mission, ministered to the spiritual needs of the wounded. His
first work in the ministry was the care of the church in Brighton,
Ohio. From thence he removed to Lowell, Mich., where he
remained for three years; after which he labored for eight years
in Manchester, Iowa; from which place, about 1877, he
was called to be pastor of the church in Hancock, Mich. His
labors there were abundantly blessed of the Lord; all who knew
him testify that, even beyond his strength, he labored for the
salvation of souls. He had the invaluable power of winning the
respect and love of those whom he met for the first time, and by
continued acquaintance those feelings were invariably deepened;
his thorough consecration to his work, his self-forgetfulness and
kindly manners made his grave but pleasant face ever welcome
in the homes of the rich and poor; his earnestness in the pulpit,
Laviuo; behind it hiurh Christian character and stening manhood,
made him an eflective preacher. As a pastor he possessed the qual-
ities that would make any man efiicient, while the sweet Christian
influence that went out from his delightful home added miich to
his pastoral power. The absence of ostentation about the man,
and the correctness of his business habits gave him great influ-
ence with the business men of the town, and his loss was deeply
felt by the whole community. He left his church free from dis-
cord and from debt, and his death strengthened the bonds of
affection between his people and himself. He was only in his
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 435
forty-seTeuth year wlieu lie died, Jan. 13, 1881; and, had it not
been for the privations he endured during the war, he might
have been spared many years more to the people that loved him
so dearly.*
Eev. Mr. Edmund E. Stiles married Dec. 29, 1764, Augeline
Amelia Bruce, of Laporte, Ohio; and a graduate (1859) of Ober-
lin College. She resides (1885), at Oberlin, Ohio.
Children:
231. I. Edmund Bruce,' born at Brighton, Ohio; was, in
1885, a student at Oberlin College.
232. II. Irene Khoda,' born at Lowell, Ohio or Mich., Sept.
8, 1868.
233. III. Gertrude Ellen,^ born at Manchester, Iowa, Sept.
4, 1870.
234. IV. Hubert Willl\m,' born at Manchester, Iowa, Dec.
30, 1872.
235. V. Ealph Williston,'* born at Manchester, Iowa, June
7, 1877; died May 15, 1878.
236. VI. Erances Lee Williams,^ born at Hancock, Mich.,
July 21, 1880.
FAMILY 25.t
237. Farrington' Stiles, [106], {Daniel Olds,'' John,'' Isaac,'
Isaac,^ Isaac j'' John,^) born 1788; married (1) Betsy Kelsey, of
Newport, Herkimer Co., N. Y., who died at Evans Mills, N. Y.,
1832; married (2) Jemina Kelsey, at Evans Mills, N. Y., where
* Northwestern Mining Journal, pubiisheJ at Hancock, Mich.
t Letters Geo. F. Deruer, 3 Uulou St., Watertown, N. Y.
436 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
they resided. Farringtou Stiles died at the house of his daugh-
ter, Mrs. Lydia Spencer Dresser, of Watertown, N. T., 1878, in
his 91st year.
Ghildren :
238. I. Alonzo Farrington," born at Watertown, N. Y., Dec.
15, 1811; married Lucinda Winslow. Family 46.
239. II. Lydia Spencer," born at Watertown, N. Y., June 10,
1817; married at Waterto^vn, X. Y., Dec. 6, 1838,
Chauncey Dresser, (born at Tunbridge, Vt., Nov.
9, 1800, and died at Watertown, July 20, 1876;
was a farmer). Mrs. Lydia S. (Stiles) Dresser
resides (1887), at Watertown, N. Y. Issue:
24:(l. i. Alanson Lathkop,' born Jan. 11, 1840; served in the
War of the Civil Rebellion, 7th Vermont Regiment
Volunteers. Sligbth' wounded at Baton Rouge, La. ;
married and has (1) Willie: (2) Nellie. Resides (1888),
Watertown, N. Y.
211. ii. Geokge Fahkington,9 born Aug. 11, 1841; enlisted in
Co. A, 35th New York Volunteers, Sept. 14, 1861;
lost his left leg at the battle of Fredericksburg, Va.,
Dec. 13, 1862, being also severely wounded in the
right foot; married; has (1) Walter William. Resides
(1888), Watertown, N. Y.
242. lii. Albekt JIakion.s born March 19, 1843. Resides (1888)
Kendall, Mich.; married; has (1) Matie L.
243. iv. John Wesley," born .Jan. 31, 1845; died May 11, 1845.
244. V. William Henry,' born Sept. 12, 1847; married; has (1)
Chauncey E. ;(2) Nettie May; (3) .\nna L. Resides
(1888), at Hatboro, Pa. Dentist.
245. vi. Caeoline Elizabeth," born June 16, 1851; married M.
Chapman. Resides (1888), at Pendleton, Ind. No issue.
246. vii. .Josephine Ella,' born May 26, 1852; married I. L.
Thomson; has (1) I. Ira; (2) J. Irene; (3) William.
Resides (1888j, at Canova, Miner Co., Dakota.
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 437
247. viii. Imogene Emma,' (twin to above); married D. M.
Holbrook. Resides (1885), at 662 Jefferson Avenue,
Brooklyn, N. Y. Issue: (1 ) Fred M. ; (2) Arthur C. ; (3)
Edwin A.
•248. _ix. Jennettb Elvira,' born Sept. 11, 1860; married W. F.
Woodworth. Resides (1888), at Watertown, N. Y.;
has (1) Henry C; (2) Clarence.
249. III. Daniel Farrington,** born at Leroj-, N. Y., Nov. 23,
1822; married Mary Gates.
250. IV. Thirza Horton,8 born at Leroy, N. Y., Sept. 19,
1826; married at Trenton Falls, N. Y., Feb.,
1850, James M. Henry. Issue:
251. i. Helen L.,9 born Sept. 19, 1851, at Ohio, Herkimer Co ,
N. Y. ; married at Leroy, N. Y., .1. Nelson Webb, May
30, 1876; died July 30, 1879, at Evans Mills, N. Y.
252. ii. Eknest T.,' born at Booneville, N. Y., Dec. 12, 1855;
married at Otego, Mich., -Ian., 1883, Florella Hilliard.
253. iii. Willie F.,' born at Leroy, N. Y., March 12, 1858; died
Nov., 1860.
254. iv. Bektie E.,9 born at Leroy, N. Y., March 1, 1860; died
Aug., 1862, Watertown, N. Y.
255. V. Arthur J., 5 born April 26, 1862, at Leroy. N. Y.; mar-
ried at Watertown, N. Y. , Eva Howard, April 23, 1885.
256. vi. Florence E.,' born at Watertown, N. Y., March 12,
1864; died Nov., 1877, at Evans Mills, N. Y.
257. vii. Minnie M.,' born Aug. 12, 1865, at Wilna, N. Y. ; died
May 30, 1871, at Evans Mills, N. Y.
258. viii. Carrie E.," born April 27, 1868, at Evans Mills, N. Y.
FAMILY 26.
259. John' Stiles, \lO%],(Danlel Olds," John,'' Isaac,' Isaac:'
Isaac^^ John,') born March 16, 1791; married Persia (or Perces),
438 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
(daughter of Levi, Jr.) Cole, at Watertown, Jefferson Co., N. T.,
Feb. 6, 1814. He enlisted at Sacket's Harbor, N. Y., Jan., 1813,
with CajDt. Swizer, New York Militia; was engaged in the action
at that place, and was discharged March, 1813, for which services
his widow subsequently received a pension.
John Stiles died at Sandwich, III, June 2, 1868. Mrs. Perces
(Cole) Stiles probably died in the winter of 1878-9. In her
application for her husband's pension, April, 1871, she state.s
that she was then 73 years of age, was then of De Kalb Co., 111.
John Stiles and wife joined the Mormons; were at Nauvoo
when that place was mobbed and burned, and afterwards resided
many years at Utah.
Children :
260. I. George P.,-* born 1814, at Watertown, N. Y.; mar-
ried J. K. Hollister, of New York. Family 47.
FAMILY 27.
261. David B/ Stiles, [HOJ, (Daniel Olds,' John,' Isaac,'
Isaac,^ Isaac'} John,^) was born in Newport, N. Y.; died 1876
in Eichville, N. Y., at the home of his son David L. Stiles, who
lives on the homestead. He married Rebeckah Devvauro, (Dev-
ereaux?) who is living at (1887) the age of 87 with her youngest
son, David L.
Ghildrew:
262. I. Daniel O.,' born Oct. 27, 1823; married Eusebia
White, July 4, 1850. He is a farmer; his farm
adjoins the homestead which formerly belonged
to his father, and is now occupied by his brother,
David L. He rents his own farm and resides
in the village of Eichville. Has been Deacon
of the First Congregational Church, of Eichville,
for 20 years. Child: Geoege, born May 9, 1851;
died Feb. 2, 1864.
TUB CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 439
263. II. Sarah A.,s born Aug. 24, 182-4. Postoffice address
unknown.
264. III. SusAxB./born Oct. 9, 1826; married Eobert Maitland;
Postoffice address, Sandy Creek, N. T.
265. lY. George K.,^ born May 15, 1830; died 1863 in U. S.
Armj-.
266. V. Earl,^ born Feb. 4, 1833; Postoffice address un-
known.
267. VI. Lucy A.,' born Sept. 9, 1836; married Ed. Cobb;
Postoffice, Bigelow, N. T.
268. VII. Merzla M.,^ born Dec. 8, 1839; married Geo. Cobb;
Postoffice address, Russell, X. T.
269. VIII. Priscilla,^ born March 27, 1844; died 1851.
270. IX. David L.,- born Dec. 27, 1848; is a farmer, and re-
sides on the homestead. (His Postoffice ad-
) dress is given as Bigelow, N. T., but his
brother's farm joins his, and he appears to live
in Eichville). David L. Stiles is a member of
the First Congregational Church, of Eichville.
The History of St. Lawrence Co., N. Y., con-
tains an account of the family of David B. Stiles;
also has in it a photograph of Daniel O. Stiles'
family.
FAMILY 28.
271. Harvey Hawkins' Stiles, [W^K Daniel Olds,'' John,''
Isaac* Isaac,^ Isaac,' John,^) born May 30, 1801; married Eoxana
; died at Palmyra, N. Y., Oct. 18, 1863.
44:0 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
Children :
272. I. Charles W.,** resides (1887), 394 West Ferry Street,
Buffalo, N. Y.
273. II. Jerome,'^ resides (1887), Cook Co., 111.
274 III. Mary;S married Pike; resides (1888) Wliites-
boro, N. Y.
275. IV. Martha;*' married Albro; resides (1888),
Whitesboro, N. Y.
276. V. Nancy Ann;^ married Smith; resides (1888),
New York Mills, N. Y.
277. VI. ■ Sarah C.;'* married Segar; resides (1888),
New York Mills, N. Y. Issue:
278. i. Helen J.;' mfirried Fetich; resides (1888), .it
Palmyi'a, N. Y.
279. ii. Chakles 0. -f reside (1888), Diuiibridge, Wood Co., Obio.
280. iii. William Henky;3 resides (1888), Oregon.
281. iv. Geobge K. -f resides (1888), Bordean, Daws Co., Neb.
282. V. Louisa M. ;9 married ■ Beard; resides (1885), Dun-
bridge, Wood Co., Ohio.
283. vi. Nettie A. ;9 married Brown; resides (1888), Utica,
N. Y.
FAMILY 29.
284 Geu. George Keith' Stiles, [115], (Daniel Okh;
John,^ Isaac* Isaac,'' Isaac^- Jokn,^) born in Newport, Herkimer
Co., N. Y., Jiily 8, 1805; married (1) Feb. 3, 1829, Elizabeth
Perriu, of Rochester, N. Y., who died Sept. 25, 1831; married (2)
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 441
Jan. 8, 1832, Harriet Byron (daughter of Hiram and Phebe
Thayer) Eose,* who was born at Palmyra, N. Y., Sept. 11, 1811.
In 1834, Mr. G. K. Stiles went to Cortland, N. Y.; he was
elected one of the first Trustees of the Baptist Church there
upon its organization, and held that ofiice, as well as the Super -
intendency of its Sabbath School, for a period of 26 years, and
until his removal to Brooklyn, N. Y. During his residence in
Cortland, he was prominent in military matters, organized
the 58th Begimeut of New York State Militia, which he com-
manded, and held every office successively, from Colonel to
Brigadier-General. Dui-iug the eleven years of his residence in
Brooklyn, N. Y., he was an invalid. His business was that of a
jeweller, which he followed for 26 years in Cortland, and eight
years in Brooklyn. While in the latter city, he and his wife
were members of the Pierrepont Street Baptist Church. He
died in Brooklyn, N. Y., Aug. 23, 1873, and in 1876 his family
removed to Philadelphia, Pa., where thej' reside (1888), at No.
2017 College Avenue.
Mrs. Harriet Byron (Piose) Stiles resides (1888) with her
son, and is still smart and active for her years, having con-
tributed personallj^ by correspondence, to the history of her
husband's family.
Children (hy first marriage):
285. I. George,*' died July 27, 1831.
286. II. Maey,» died in infancy.
(By second marriage):
287. III. Helen Elizabeth,** born in Ithaca, N. Y., March 25,
1834; married Rollin C. Terry, in 1859; went to'
California 1863; returned 1876. (Divorced).
7s.S!(e.-
•288. i. SoN,9 died Jud., 1885, ai. 6 years.
* Hiram Rose, born Lltchfleld, Conn., son of Dr. Wm. Rose, a flrst settler ot Blnghamloo,
N. T., where he praollced UDtH over 70 years ol age.
442 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
289. IV. Harriet Jane,' born iu Cortlaud, N. Y., Sept. 9,
1837; married 1867, Alphouso Watson, who died
1872. Issue:
290. ii Charlf.s.9
291. , V. Charles Henry," born in Cortlaud, N. Y., July 15,
1840; died Oct. 13, 1842.
292. VI. Nancy Caroline," born iu Cortlaud, N. Y., July 25,
1844; died Aug. 3, 1848. " .
293. VII. Levi P. Kose,« born in Cortland, N. Y., July 28,
1848; resides (1885), Philadelphia, Pa.; un-
married.
294. VIII. Anna Leonard,'^ born iu Cortlaud, N. Y., Jan. 27,
1853; married. 1876, AVilliam Mack. Besides
(1888), New York City, No. 4 West 14th Street.
FAMILY 30.
295. Daniel' Stiles, [116], (Daniel Olds," Join),'' Isaac,*
Isaac, Jr.,^ Isaac^' Jolin,^ ) was born in Cortlaud Co., N. Y., Dec.
12, 1807; married Mary Welch iu 1829 or 1830. About 1848
(or 1851, both are given), he removed to Milwaukee, Wis., where
he resided until the spring of 1857 (or 1860), when he moved
to Otisco, Waseca Co., Miuu., where, althoiigh a mechanic, he
worked at farming until his death in 1876. Mrs. Mary Welch
Stiles died in 1883, (July 2), at Central City, Neb., to which
place she had removed iu Oct., 1882, with her daughter. She
was buried by the side of her husband iu Minnesota.
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 443
Children :
296. I. Elijah H.," born Dec. 9, 1833; married Lncy A.
Hancock. Family 49.
297. II. Maby J./ born 1837; married (1) Daniel Simpson;
(2) Abner Warner, farmer at Otisco, Minn.; re-
sides (1886), at Central City, Neb. Issue {by
first marriage:)
298. i Ada- E., 9 resides Central City, Neb
(By second marriage):
•299. ii. Ellswokth L., 9 (Warner).
300. III. Marquis D.,' born in Milwaukee, Wis.; died in
infancy.
FAMILY 31.
301. Hiram' Stiles, [126], (Asa,^ John,' Isaac,' Isaac;'
Isaac^^ John,^) born Nov. 23, 1804; married March 23, 1831, in
Warrensville, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio, Mandana Duty, born Dec. 12,
1802.
Mr. Hiram Stiles died in Rome, Ashtabiila Co., Ohio, May
29, 1865.
Children; (all born in Warrensville, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio):
302. I. AxAXDA Malvixa,' born Feb. 12, 1832; died Nov. 13,
1832.
303. II. Asa D.,- born Sept. 8, 1833; married Elvina Heislar.
Family 50.
304. III. Martha Malvixa," born July 25, 1835; died July
16, 1855.
444: THE STILES GEH EALOGY.
305. IV. Peesis Eltiea/ born June 23, 1838; married June
20, 1860, Amerieus V. Bishop, a dealer in cheese,
flour and grain, in Milwaukee, Wis., where
they now reside; no issiie.
306. V. Albert "Waeren,** born Sept. 3, 1841; married Jane
E. Crosby. Family 51.
307. VI. WiLLUM CoLLms,^ born Sept. 15, 1844; married
Alice H. Miller. Family 52.
308. VII. Chloe Duty,^ born July 31, 1849; died Aug. 15, 1852.
309. VIII. Elton Hieam,** born Feb. 10, 1853; married Carrie
J. . Family 53.
FAMILY 32.
310. Daniel" Stiles, \l'il\, (Aaron,'' Jolm,^ Isaac, ^ Isaac i'
Isaac,^ John,^) born at Harpersfield, Delaware Co., N. T., Aug.
14, 1799; married Nancy Washburne.
Daniel Stiles died in Kansas.*
Children; (all horn at Harpersfield, Delaware Co., N. Y.):
311. I. Llcinda.8
312. II. Andeew.**
313. III. LuCBETLi.8
314. IV. Matilda."
315. V. Melissa.^
* Letter of Lawsou A. Stiles, Cleveland, Ohio.
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THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY 445
FAMILY 33.
316. Ira' Stiles, [142], (Aaron,'' John,' Isaac,* Isaac,''
Isaac^^ John,*) born at Harpersfield, Delaware Co., N. T., Jan. 12,
1806; married Eoxy Case, Oct. 8, 1880, (Proh. Rec.) Kemoved
to Wisconsin about 1850.*
Children; (all born at Harpersfield, Delaware Co., N. Y.):
317. I. Ltsandee,^ married and had a family.
318. II. AiMiEA,' married and tad a family.
319. III. AxFRED,' married and had a family.
320. IV. Amanda,^ married and had a family.
321. V. HAKErET,** married and had a family.
FAMILY 34.
322. Ezra' Stiles, [159], (Aaron," John,' Isaac,* Isaac,^
Isaacj^ John,*) born at HariDersfield, Delaware Co., N. Y., Oct.
19, 1816; married Cynthea Kingsley, of Ashtabula Co., Ohio,
Sept. 20, 1841. He resided on the old homestead farm, and
died June 1, 1883. Mrs. Cynthea (Kingsley) Stiles died Oct. 2,
1871.
Children:
323. I. Lawson Aaeon,* born Sept. 18, 1843; married Leonora
Bond. Family 54.
324. II. Maey LoraSA,' born Sept. 13, 1845; died March 30,
1862.
* Letter of Lawson A. Stiles, Cleveland, Ohio.
44B THE STILES GENEALOGY.
825. III. LoTON Montgomery," born Nov. 19, 1848; married
Ella Hammoud. Family 55.
FAMILY 35.
326. Bennett' Stiles, [168], (Lyman;' Nathin; Isaac;
Isaac; Isaac; Isaac; John;) born at Soutliburj', Conn., March 3,
1831; married at Naugatuck, Conn., Jul}' 25, 1851, Clarisa L.
(daiighter of Gibberd), born in Naugatuck, Conn., July 2,
1830. Eesides (1885), Waterbury, Conn.
Children :
327. I. Bennett M.," born at Naugatuck, Conn., June 2,
1852; died at Waterbury, Conn., Aug. 2, 1888.
328. II. Fredeeick B.,'' born at "Waterbury, Conn., Dec. 30,
1856.
329. III. Cora E.,^ born at Waterbury, Conn., May 13, 1867.
FAMILY 36.
330. Lewis Wellington" Stiles, [171], (Nathan Henry;
Nathan; Isaac; Isaac; Isaac; Isaac; John;) born at Oxford,
Conu., Sept., 1815; married July 9, 1842, Angeline Frances
Buggies, of Bridgeport, Conu. He was the first officer of the
schooner 3Iagnolia, of N. Y., and died aboard that vessel, in the
harbor of San Juan de los Remedios, Cuba, June 21, 1853.
Children :
331. I. JusTiNA Frances."
332. II. Augtjstina Josephine," died ae. 4 years.
J
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 447
FAMILY 37.
333. Henry Burdetf* Stiles, [173], (Nathan Henry'
Xatlian,^ Isaac;' Isaac,' Isaac^' Isaac,- John,^) born at Soutlibury,
Conn., Dec. 12, 1820; married (1) Maria Elizabeth McLean, of
Geneva, N. Y., Sept. 27, 1840; she died June 27. 1841; married
(2) Diantha Frances Barber, of Hebron, Conn., June 9, 1844; she
died July 27, 1846, both wives buried in North Graveyard, Hart-
ford, Conn.; married (3) Helen Graves Freeman, of Glastonbury,
Conn., July 3, 1848, who died Dec. 22, 1881, in Bridgeport, Conn.
Mr. Henry B. Stiles was engineer and pressman in the
Columbia Regtsfer Office, New Haven, Conn., from 1850 to 1858;
member of the Common Council of that city in 1858-59; removed
to Bridgeport, Conn., 1866, and became a member of the firm of
Pomeroy, Gould & Co., (now Gould & Stiles) owners and pro-
prietors of the Daily, and Bepuhlican Farmer. He served one
term in the Bridgeport Common Council, 1868-69; and, also,
during the same year, as Judge of the Court of Eecords.*
Children; (horn at Glastonbury, Conn.):
334. L Maey Elizabeth," born Sept. 21, 1849; resides (1885)
unmarried, at Bridgeport, Conn.
335. XL Helen Frances," born Nov. 12, 1851; married Floyd
Tucker, Jr., June 17, 1875. Mr. Tucker is the
political editor of the Daily and Weekly Farmer,
published at B., of which his father-in-law is
a proprietor; no issue.
FAMILY 38.
386. George Washington' Stiles, [VI 4:], Nathan Henry ;^
Nathan,^ Isaac;' Isaac,' Isaac, Isaac,' John,^) born at Oxford,
* We art' largi-ly liulebind to Mr. H. H. Stiles for his hearty Inierest In. und contrlbutii'ii to
the history of his branch of the family.
448 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
Conn., Feb. 15, 1823; married Ellen J. Scott, June 3, 1845.
Went to Neversink, N. T., aboiit 1843.
Mr. Geo. W. Stiles died Sept. 29, 1868.
Mrs. Ellen J. (Scott) Stiles died Nov., 1869, se. 40 years,
8 months.
Children:
337. I. James A.," born at Monaring, N. Y., May 25, 1846;
married Nancy Eees. Family 56.
338. II. Milton P.," born at Mamacoting, N. Y., July 31,
1850; died Sept. 23, 1851.
339. III. Saeah Almida,' born at Monaring, N. Y., Oct. 3,
1852; married Walter Warden, Sept. 5, and
died Sept. 19, 1869.
340. IV. Maky Frances,' born at Momacoting, N. Y., Feb. 27,
1855; married G. B. Boordman, of Pittston, Pa.,
died April 27, 1873; no issue.
341. V. Ellen C.,' born at Scrantou, Pa., Aug. 24, 1859;
died June 25, 1864.
342. VI. Hattie Emma,' born at Blakely, Pa., Aug. L, 1864;
married Monroe O. Collender, Aug. 1, 1882.
Besides (1885), Green Grove, Pa. Issue:
343. i Tabitha Klles. '»
344. VII. Carkle Bell,' born Sept. 7, 1866.
FAMILY 39.
345. Albert ErastUS' Stiles, [175], (Nathan Henry;
Nathan,'' Isaac,^ Isaac,^ Isaac^ Isaac,^ Isaac,'' John,^) born at Ox-
ford, Conn., Feb. 9, 1828; married (1) July 4, 1848, Mary Ann Fox,
I
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 449
of Woodbury, Conn., who died Aug. 14, 1855; married (2) Fan-
nie M. Scovill, of "Woodbury, Conn., who died at New Haven,
Conn., Nov. 27, 1884. Mr. Albert E. Stiles resided in Nauga-
tuck, Conn.; was a farmer; died in New Haven, Conn., May 3,
1886, se. 60 years.
Children; (all by first wife), born at Naugatuck, Conn.:
346. I. Henky Benjamin,'" born Feb. 10, 1850; resides (1885 ),
in New Haven, Conn., unmarried.
347. II. Emily Jane,'" born Nov. 14, 1851; married Albert F.
Bradley, of Colebrook, Conn., Jan. 24, 1871,
(since deceased). Issue:
348. i. Hbnkt Sterling, " died in infancy.
FAMILY 41.
349. Charles Hoyt' Stiles, [181], (Garwood;' Nathan,'
Isaac; Isaac,* Isaac,^ Isaac^ John;) born at Oxford, Conn., Oct.
31, 1821; married Ann A. Packer, of Hartford, Conn. Jan. 1,
1844. He was a coacli maker in Oxford, died in Ansonia, Conn.,
about 1867.
Children :
350. I. Geoegiana Fkances,*" born in Hartford, Conn., Nov.
6, 1844; married in Ansonia, Conn., April 14,
1881, Louis Schlottman. Issue:
351. i. Louis, '0 born in Ansonia, Conn., March 8, 1883.
352. Heneietta Packee,' born at Ansonia, Conn., Aug. 21, 1847;
married Aug. 5, 1874, George L. Church, of Ox-
ford, Conn. Resides (1885), Ansonia, Conn.; no
issue.
450 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
FAMILY 42.
353. David ' Stiles, [183], Gancood,' Xafhan,''Isaac,'^Isaac,'
/saoc/' Isaac^' JoJni,^), born at Oxford, Conn., Sept. 2-i, 1826;
married Sarah E. Slye, of New Haven, Conn., where he was a
carriage maker. He died at New Haven, about 1862.
Children :
354. I. WiLLUM y.,'' born Oct. 4, 1842.
355. II. ," daughter, died young.
FAMILY 43.
356. George E.' Stiles, [1^8], (Sherman;^ Truman,"
Isaac,' Isaac,' Isaac,^ Isaac,- Jokn,^) born Febriiary 1, 1819, at
Newtown, Conn.; was a restaurant proprietor and hotel man;
left Connecticut in 1844, went to Buffalo, N. Y., from there to
Dansville, N. Y.; thence to Buffalo in 1853; and to Chicago, HI.,
in 1881, where he died May 15, 1882, se. 63 years. He married
(1) Nov., 1838, Marcia Emma (daughter of Philo and Harriet)
Peck, of Woodbury, Conn., "a lovely woman and a devoted
Christian;" she died in Stepney, Conn., 1842; married (2) Lovina
(daughter of Jacob and Catherine) Lewis, at Dansville, N. Y.,
1850, who survives him, residing at Chicago.
Mr. Stiles was a good husband and father, generous and
open hearted to a fault among his associates and friends, among
whom was Grover Cleveland, afterwards President of the United
States.
Children (by first marriage):
357. I. Sherman P.," born in Stepney, Conn., 1843.
Famtlt 57.
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 45]
{By second marriage):
358. II. Ellen Maud,'' boru in Dausville, N. Y., 1852; mar-
ried Emmet McChesney, Feb., 1877. Children:
359. i. Florence,'" died in infancy.
360. ii. Mabel,'" born March 23, 1880; lives in Colucton, N. Y.
FAMILY 44.
361. Truman- Stiles, [202], (Sherman,' Truman,'^ Isaac,^
Isaac,* Isaac,^ Tsaacj^ John,^) born Marcli 24, 1824. Is a joiner,
builder and trader. He married (1) April 23, 1848, Eliza (daugh-
ter of Calvin aud Lucy) Wooding, who died May 9, 1849; mar-
ried (2) April 6, 1851, Mary E. (daughter of Adonijah aud Hannah
P.) Crowell. Eesides (1885), Meriden, Conn.
Children (by first wife), horn at Meriden, Conn:
362. I. Frank Wooding,'* born April 28, 1849; married
Elizabeth Aubrey. Family 58.
[By second wife):
363. IL William H.," born April 29, 1852; married Grace
L. Goddard. Family 59.
364. III. GeokCtE C," boru Sept. 12, 1853; married Annie L.
Wooding. Family 60.
365. IV. Arthur M.," born April 13, 1863; died Jan. 6, 1879.
366. V. Alida," born Feb. 26, 1858; died Jan. 2, 1863.
FAMILY 45.
367. Henry Lane" Stiles, [221], {Hennj,^ Timothy;'
Samuel,'' Isaac; Isaac; Isaac; Isaac; e/oAn,') born Oct. 1, 1821;
452 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
married Oct. 13, 1842, Margaret A. Hay. Besides (1886), Ciu-
cinnati, Ohio.
Children :
368. I. Harry P.'"
369. II. Maey S.'"
370. III. Anne.i°
371. IV. Charles A.'"
FAMILY 46.
372. William Reeves" Stiles, [223], (Henry; Timothy;'
Samuel; Isaac; Isaac; Isaac; Isaac; John;) horn April 29, 1827;
married June 15, 1853, Elizabeth Quinby. Resides (1886),
Warren, Ohio.
Children :
373. I. Lucy Potter.'"
374. II. William Eeeves,"' died July 8, 1865.
375. in. Henry Quinby.'"
FAMILY 47.
376. Alonzo Farrington' Stiles, [238], (Farrington.;
Daniel Olds; John; Isaac; Isaac; Isaac; John.;) born at Water -
town, N. Y., Dec. 15, 1811; married Jan. 26, 1836, Lucinda
Winslow, of Leroy, N. Y., where she was born Jan. 27, 1817.
Removed to Baiubridge, Berrien Co., Mich., in sjDring of 1845.
Resides (1888), Benton Harbor, Berrien Co., Mich.
I
THE CONNECTICU T FAMILY. 45;-}
Children :
377. I. Elizabeth Lucinda." born in Watertown, N. T.,
May 27, 1839; (1) married May 10, 1858, G. A.
Weils, miller. Issue: (1) Herbert A.; (2)
died young; (3) died young. She married (2)
S. P. Bryant, miller. Issue: (4) Lloyd. Besides
(1888), Greeley, Colorado.
378. II. Ansel Alonzo," born in Leroy, N. T., July 16, 18il;
enlisted in Beueges Western Sharpshooters,
Company D, Fourteenth Missouri Regiment,
in fall of 1861; was in several skirmishes in win-
ter and spring; was in the whole of the Fort
Donaldson battle; sickened on the march from
the Cumberland, to the Teuuesee Eiver, and
died at Pittsburg Landing, April 18, 1862; was
Corporal of the Color Guard.
379. III. Emily Antointitte,'' born in Leroy, N. Y., Jan. 26,
1844; married Nov. 7, 1866, Henry A. Simons,
of Benton, Berrein Co., Mich. Besides (1888),
Osage, Iowa. Issue: (1) Arthur; (2) Eugene; (3)
"Wilbur; (4) Ernest.
380. lY. Almeein- H. F.,'' born in Bainbridge, Mich., Oct. 5,
18-50; married March 12, 1878, Julia Crossmau,
of Benton, Mich.; removed to Diamondale, Mich.,
same spring; died Oct. 10, 1878.
381. Y. Ida Antoinette," born in Bainbridge, Mich., Jan. 22,
1853; married Oct. 14, 1875, Freeman G. Bray,
of Winsor, Eaton Co., Mich.; farmer. Issue: (1)
Araminta E.; (2) Lucian A. Besides (1888),
Dimondale, Mich.
454 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
382. VI. Ina Eloka," boru in Baiubridge, Mich., March 30,
1855; married Jan. 2, 1878, Arthur L. Pearl, of
Benton, Mich. Issue: (1) Maiirice A.; (2j Eohxud
N.; (3) Nina. Removed (1885j, to Ford Co.,
Kansas.
383. VII. LuciEN WiNSLOW," born in Bainbridge, Nov. 1, 1858;
married Sept. 10, 1886, Cora M. Crossman, of
Bainbridge.
FAMILY 48.
384. George P." Stiles, [260], (Joh},' Daniel 0.,' John;
Tsrxac,' Isaac-; Isaac,' John,'') boru 1814; married J. K. Hollister,
of N. Y., who died March 9, 1884, age 56 years. He was
SuiDreme Court Judge and Chief Justice of Utah, for many years
before the War of the Civil Rebellion, and afterwards held an
office in one of the Governmental Departments, at Washington,
D. C. He died Sept., 1885, at Belton, Texas.
He was probably the Geo. P. Stiles who bore a good record
as First Lieutenant of the Thirty-first Ohio Volunteer Regiment,
from August, 1861, to Dec. 15, 1864.
Children:
385. I. John M.,'' born about 1850; married; resides Chicago,
111.
386. II. Gerteude," born about 1852; married Scheble;
resides at Belton, Texas; now declared.
387. III. Geoege p.," born about 1855; lawyer; resides Card-
iugton, Ohio; unmarried.
388. IV. A H ; boru about 1865.
FAMILY 49.
389. Elijah H.' Stiles, [296], (Da^iiel 0.; John; Isaac;
Isaac; Isaac; John;) was born iu Leroy, Jefferson Co., N. Y.,
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 455
Dec. 9, 1833; married Sej^t. 8, 1856, Lucy A. Hancock, (born at
Orange, Yt., March 16, 1834), at Macliford, Wisconsin. They re-
moved May, 1857, to Otisco, Minn., and there Mr. S. engaged in
farming. In Feb., 1862, he enlisted in* the Fifth Minnesota
Volunteers; was in the battle of Shiloh; was taken sick in Alabama
and sent North to St. Louis, where he died at Jefferson Barracks,
Feb. 6, 1863.
Mrs. Lucy (Hancock) Stiles resides (1886), at Montpelier.Yt.
Children; (born at Otisco, Minn.):
390. L Olite Isabel,'^ born Oct. li, 1857; married Oct. 14,
1877, Jesse A. Willey, of Moretown, Yt., where
they now reside (1886). Issue:
.391. i. .\NGiE Belle," born Aug. 1, 1878.
392. ii. Alston. I.,' born May 12, 1880.
393. II. Maequis D.,- born Feb. 14, 1860; is a portrait
painter by profession; resides (1886), at Mount
Yernou, Westchester Co., N. T. Mr. S. received
his art education at the National Academy of
Design, and Art Student League, New York City.
From the Academy he received honorable men-
tion in the class of 1877-78.
FAMILY 50.
394. Asa D.' Stiles, [308], (Hiram,' Asa,' John," Isaac,*
Isaac,^ Isaac,- John,'' ) born in Warrensville, Cuyahaga Co., Ohio,
Sept. 8, 1833; removed to Iowa in the autumn of 1856, being
then twenty-three years old. Aug. 14, 1862, he enlisted in
Company F, Twenty-second Iowa Volunteer Infantry, and was
mustered out of service, at Savannah, Ga., July 26, 1865; re-
turning to Iowa City. He served in the Department of the
456 THE STILES GEN EALOGY.
West, of Virginia, of Western Virginia; was at Vicksburg, Miss.,
(luring the siege of 1863; was in no general engagements. Aug.
6, 1865, removed to Decatur County, Kansas. In the spring of
1879 returned to Afton, Union Co., Iowa, in the spring of 1882.
His occupation is that of a carpenter, and, for five years past, a
farmer. • He married June 11, 1866, Elvina Heislar.
Children :
395. I. Maby M.,-' born June 2, 1867; died Sept. 3, 1868.
396. II. Asa D.,'' born Jan. 3, 1869; died May 2, 1870.
397. III. Edd. H.,'' born Feb. 4, 1871.
398. IV. Alden v.," born March 15, 1876; died April 6, 1884.
399 V. Hugh J.," born April 18, 1878.
400. VI. Peesis K.," born April 14, 1880.
FAMILY 51.
401. Albert Warren' Stiles, [306], (Hiram;' Asa,' John;
Isaac; Isaac; Isaac; John;) born in Warrens ville, Cuyahaga Co.,
Ohio, Sept. 3, 1841; in March, 1858, removed with his father's
family, to Rome, Ashtabiila Co., Ohio. Promptly upon the
breaking out of the War of the Civil Eebellion, he enlisted,
April 24, 1861, for three months, in Company D, (Captain
Robert Craig), of the Nineteenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry;
served in Western Virginia under General McClelland, and in
Gen. Rosencran's Brigade; was in the battle of Rich Mountain,
July 10, 1861, and was mustered out of service at Ashtabula,
Ohio, Aug. 30, 1861. He enlisted again, Sept. 5, 1861, in Com-
pany A, Sixth Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, (Captain Amander Bing-
ham's), and received the following promotions, viz: to Fourth
Duty Sergeant, Oct. 14, 1861; to Orderly Sergeant, Jan., 1863;
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 457
Second Lieutenant, Company D, May 14, 1864; First Lieutenant,
Company B, Nov., 1864; Captain, Company E, of the same regi-
ment, March 17, 1865; resigned his commission June 29, 1865,
having served under Generals Fremont, Pope, Burnside,
McClelland, Hooker, Meade and Grant; and having participated
in over thirty general engagements, and numerous skirmishes —
all in Virginia. He was wounded and taken prisoner in a cavalry
charge at Upperville, Va., Jime 21, 1863; was paroled at Libby
Prison, Richmond, Va., July 2, 1863; was with General Stoneman
on his ra,id on Richmond, Va., May, 1863; and was on Sherman's
cavalry raids in May and June, 1864.
He was elected Sheriff of Ashtabula County, Ohio, Octo-
ber, 1869, served for two years, and was re-elected October,
1871, for two years; left the office in 1873, and was appointed
Coroner of that County, to fill a vacancy, in December, 1876;
and was elected to said office in October, 1877. He was again
elected Sheriff of the County in October, 1878; re-elected Octo-
ber, 1880; left the office January, 1883. Aug. 14, 1884, he was
nominated by acclamation by the Republicans (in convention)
of the 19th (Gen. Garfield's old District) Congressional District
of Ohio, as a Presidential Elector; was elected and served ujjon
the Electoral College of the State of Ohio, Dec. 3, 1884, casting
the vote of that State for Blaine and Logan.
Mr. Albert W. Stiles married Sept. 24, 1866, Jane E. Cros-
by, of Rome, Ashtabula County, Ohio. Residence (1885) Rock
Creek, Ohio.
Children :
402. I. Jay," born March 6, 1869; died May 6, 1871.
403. IL Maud,' born Dec. 3, 1876.
404. in. Charlotte," born Nov. 1, 1878.
458 THE STILES GENEfiLOGY.
FAillLT 52.
405. William Collins' Stiles, [307], ( Hiram;- Asa,'^ John,
Isaac,^ Isaac,^ Isaac^ Johi^J born at Warrensville, Cuyahoga Co.,
Ohio, Sept. 15, 1844; enlisted in Company A, Sixth Ohio CaTalry,
Aug. 15, 1862, as a private; was made Corporal 1864, and Ser-
geant, for bravery and soldierly conduct, upon recommendation of
Major Harper, Provost Marshal, Second Division Cavalry Corps;
was discharged May 25, 1865, his discharge showing that he
had been in thirty-one general engagements, and numerous
skirmishes in Virginia and Maryland. He was taken prisoner
while on a scouting party Jan. 16, 1863, and was paroled on the
field. He married Nov. 29, 1866, Alice H. Miller. He is a ship
carjjenter by trade; worked on Government contracts from 1868
until 1877, at harbor work along Lake Ei-ie. Since then he
has been engaged in manufacturing ship-timber.
CJnId:
406. I. [Cael,' an adopted son; now (1884), eight years old.]
FAMILY 53.
407. Elton Hiram- Stiles, [309], (Hiram; Asa; John;
Isaac; Isaac; Isaac; John; J born at Warrensville, Cuyahoga Co.,
Ohio, Feb. 10, 1853; was appointed June 23, 1880, Enumerator
for the Township of Kome, Ashtabula Co., Ohio, for the United
State Census of 1880; was elected June 8, 1879, a member of
the EeiDublican County Central Committee, serving the township
in that capacity for five years. Ajiril 12, 1884, he was elected
Clerk of Kome Township, Ashtabula Co., Ohio. He married
Dec. 25, 1877, Carrie J. Crosby, (born Nov. 8, 1856j. Eesidence
(1885j Rome, Ashtabula Co., Ohio.
Children:
408. I. Lee Ckosby,^ born Nov. 29, 1879.
409. IL Emir Lewis,' born Sept. 25, 1882.
410. III. Elliot Meigs,' born Aug. 27, 1884.
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 459
FAMILY 54.
411. Lawson Aaron* Stiles, [323], f^zra,Maron,''Jo/Mi,''
Isaac,* Isaac,"^ Isaac,- Jolm,^) born Sept. 18, 1843. He married
Sept. 20, 1870, Leonora Bond, of Ashtabula Co., Ohio. He has
been in the employ of the Lake Shore and Michigan South-
ern Eailway, Eastern Division, for twenty-one years, eighteen of
which he served as conductor.
Children (horn at Cleveland, Ohio):
412. I. Alfked Ensign," born July 8, 1874.
413. II. Eugenia Eliza,' born Sept. 12, 1877; died April 13,
1878.
414. in. Edna," born July 17, 1879; died Oct. 22, 1879.
FAMILY 55.
415. Loton Montgomery^ Stiles, [325], (Ezra.;' Aaron,''
John; Isaac,* Isaac; Isaac; John;) born Nov. 19, 1848; married
March 19, 1873, Ella Hammond, of Kingsville, Ashtabula Co.,
Ohio. He has been in the employ of the Lake Shore and
Michigan Southern Railway for fifteen years, as conductor.
Children:
416. I. Lawson Albert," born Feb. 3, 1875.
417. IL Euth Ethlyn," born June 8, 1877.
FAMILY 56.
418. James A."" Stiles, [337], (George W.; Nathan;
Henry; Nathan.; Isaac; Isaac; Isaac; Isaac; John)) born May
25, 1846, at Monasing, N. Y.; married (1) July 3, 1866, Nancy
Rees, who died Aug. 20, 1879; married (2) Emma .
460 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
Mr. James A. Stiles died Dec. 23, 1883.
Children (by first ivife):
419. I. George," born in Oljqoliaut, Pa., March 6, 1868.
420. II. Adelbert," born in Dunnings, Pa., Dec. 24, 1870.
By second ivife:
421. III. A Daughter."
FAMILY 57.
422. Sherman P.' Stiles, [357], (George R,» Sherman,''
Truman,'^ Isaac,^ Isaac,^ Isaac,^ Isaacj^ John,^) born at Stepney,
Conn., 1843; went to Buffalo, N. Y., in 1855, enlisted in Thirty-
third New York Battery (Volunteers), and served through the
War of the Civil Rebellion until its close; went to Chicago, 111.,
August, 1865; has been for past eight years engaged in the United
State Post Office in that city, where he resides at 275 Thirty-
first street. He married (1) Sept. 8, 1867, Elizabeth Keefe,
who died ; married (2) Ella M. (daughter Moses D.
and Henrietta) Brown,* Aug. 9, 1881, at Palatine, 111.
Children (hy first marriage):
423. I. Ida Lillie,'" born Oct. 13, 1868.
424. II. George EDWARD,*"bornMay 23, 1872; died in infancy.
425. III. George Sherman,'" born Oct. 2, 1877; died in infancy.
By second marriage:
426. IV. David Trusdell,'" born May 1, 1882; died in infancy.
* Mr. Brown Is a prominent attorney of 31 years' practice in Cbicago.
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 461
FAMILY 58.
427. Frank Wooding' Stiles, [362], (Tmmwi: Sher-
man,' Truman,'^ Isaac,^ Isaac,^ Isaac,^ Isaac,- John,^) born April 28.
1849; is a builder and contractor. He married Oct. 13, 1875,
ElizabetL (daughter of John and Mary) Aubrey, (born June 5,
1852), of English birth.
Children (horn at Meriden, Conn.):
428. I. Harriet M.,'° born Nov. 4, 1876.
429. II. John F.,'" born Feb. 6, 1879.
430. III. Bertha E.,'" born Jan. 26, 1881.
In Springfiekl, Vt., Oct. 16, 1885, a daughter born to Mr.
and Mrs. Frank W. Stiles.
FAMILY 59.
431. William H.' Stiles, [363], (Tniman,' Sherman,'
Truman,'' Isaac," Isaac,' Isaac,^ Isaac,- John,'') born April 29, 1852,
is an expressman and merchant at Meriden, Conn. He married
Feb. 6, i883, Grace L. (daughter of Gilbert W. and Mary Halli-
day) Goddard (born Feb. 26, 1857), of Hartford, Conn.
Child (horn at Meriden, Conn.):
432. I. Ada May,^» born April 28, 1884.
FAMILY 60.
433. George C Stiles, [364], (Truman,^ Sherman,'
Truman,'' Isaac,^ Isaac,' Isaac,^ Isaac,- John,') born at Meriden,
Conn., Sept. 12, 1853; is a machinist, at Meriden, Conn. He
married Jan. 3, 1882, Annie L. (daughter of Henry and Ellen)
Wooding, of Wallingford, Conn., (born Oct. 3, 1861).
Child (horn in Meriden, Conn.):
434. L Clayton,'" born Oct. 16, 1884.
462 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
Mr FRANCIS STILES.
1. " Mr." Francis' Stiles, the third son of the Milbroke
Family, was baptized iu St. Michael's Church, Milbroke, Bed-
fordshire, England, August 1, 1602, (see page 17), and for some
time previoiis to his coming to America, had been a master
carpenter and citizen of London. Though the third, in order of
birth, of the four emigrant Stiles brothers, lie was by far the
most enterprising and energetic in character, and it was through
his influence and means, undoubtedly, (as more fully related in
pages 23 to 28 of this volume), that the family removed hither.
After the abandonment of the Saltonstall enterprise, Mr.
Stiles appears to have purchased from his patron some 1,000
acres of his lands at Windsor; which, together with between 400
and 500 acres which he had already received by allotment from
the Town, was, for that day, an unusually large amount of real
estate for one man to hold; and it is probable that Stiles was
obliged to borrow money, or make some sacrifices, in order to
pay for it. At all events his debt to Saltonstall ultimately
forced him to sell his estate. He resold it, or a portion thereof,
to Saltonstall, or his son Eobert, and in his deed, dated Sept.
12, 1647, is named as " Francis Stiles, late of Windsor, but now
of Saybrook." Saltonstall was to pay him in installments, and
a part of it in "a butt of sack at the [Connecticut] River's
mouth," This transfer left Stiles not poor, but reduced in
circumstances.
He was the only one of the four Stiles brothers to whom the
title of " Mr." — which was in those days no unmeaning phrase,
but a veritable index of social position — was ever given; and he
was, undoubtedly, as Gov. Wolcott informed President Stiles,
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 463
"A man of great business." Such items as have come down to
us in court records, etc., would seem to indicate this, as well as
the fact that he was a man of quick, passionate nature, (known
to be somewhat of a family trait); stout in asserting his rights
and consequently frequently figuring in law-suits, etc.*
He was admitted a Freeman at Windsor, Sept. 10, 1640,
and was on the Jury of the Particular Court of Oct. 14, 1642;
{Conn. Col. Bee, 76;) and at the Court held at Hartford, March
28, 1637, it was "ordered yt Mr. Francis Stiles shall teach Geo.
Chappie, Thomas Cooper and Thomas Barber, his servaiints,
[all of whom were of the Saltonstall party, and apprenticed to
him in England, and all of whom came over in the same vessel
with him — page 26] in the trade of a carpenter, according to
his promise, for there s'rvice of their terme behinde 4 days
in a weeke onelie to sawe and slitte their owne worke; that they
* In the Particular Court, Dec. 9, 1641 Frauds Styles, pit. agt. Robert Saltlngstou,
gent, deft., In an action of the case to the damage of £7U, Jury And for pit., damages £.51 : costs viis.
Robert Saltingston, gent. pit. agt. Francis Styles, dft. in an action of the case, to the dam-
age of £800, Jury And for dft., costs xs.
Frauds Styles, pit. agt Kobert Saltingston, gent, dft., in an action of debt to the damage of
£100, Jury And for pit. £81, 125. damage according to the award, and the double costs of the
court.
Robert Saltingston, gent. pit. agt. Francis Stiles, dft. in second action of the case lo dam-
age of £500.
Robert Saltingston. gent. pit. agt. Francis Styles, in a third action of the case to the dam-
age of £50.
The Jury is to be named for Thursday, come fortnight. — Conn. Col. Rec.. i.. 70.
March 27, 16i3. It is ordered that Francis Styles, for his forceable resistance of the Officer
of the Court upon the execution of his ofQce, is fined to pay the county fifty pownd.— Conn. Col.
Rec, i., 83.
Court of Election, held the 13th of April, 164.S, "the Governor, [John Haynes, Esq.,] the
Deiiuty, [Ed. Hopkins, Esq.,] Mr. Willis, Mr. Ludlow, Captain Mason. Mr. Webster, Mr. Whliing
and Mr. Rocester, are desired to debate wltl: Mr. [Rev.] Huit, conserning Mr. styles, his petition
and other offensive carrladges, and if they receive not satisfaction to return their iep<irt to the
next General Court. They may also take such other help as theyshall see cause" — Conn. Colt.
Rec, 1., 86.
July the 6ih, 1643. it is ordered that Mr. Huit and Mr. Styles shall be caued to the next
General Court, to answer for their miscarriage in their petition formerly given Into Court. — Ibid
1.. P., 91.
May ■nib, 1647. in the action of Mr's. Willis, pit. agt. Francis Styles, dft., (Mr. Roceter ap-
peared for Mr. Styles), the Jury find for the pit. £340 damages, and costs of Court.— Ibid, 1. 149.
We also find in the New Harm Col. Rec, (1. . 124\ the following : " A Court, held the 7th of
March, 1643. Mr. Styles of Connecticut desired Justice of the Court against Geo. Larrynior
[Larrimore] concerning a debt of 101., the remainiler of a debt of •251. wch the said George
was to pay his servant (by name Geo. Chappie , wch he bought of the said Mr Styles.
4b'4 TH£ STILES GENEALOCr
are to frame themselves with their owue liands togeather w'^
himsell'e or some other M""- [Master] Workmen, the tyme to
begin for the p''formance of this order 14 dayes hence w'^out
faile." — Conn. Col. Bee, i., 8.
In 1639, according to a note received from Mr. S. D. Smith,
of Guilford, Coun., Francis Stiles seems to have "had a job" at
house building in that town. Guilford was settled in the autumn
of 1639 by Eev. Henry Whitfield and a "goodly company; and,
in the hurry of preparing houses for the winter, they called on
the carpenters of other towns to assist them. Among those
cai-penters thus pressed into the service, was Francis Stiles,
of Windsor; and a house which is called " Stiles' House " was a
matter of contention in the Town Court, in 1645, as appears
from the Records.
The autumn of the year 1639 was also a busy season for
Mr. Stiles in other ways. From Barnabas Davis' " Accounting "
with the heirs of William Woodcocke in England,* we learn
more about Mr. Francis Stiles' business affairs. After having
builded himself " a sufficient house at Connecticut," he returned
to England (probably in the winter of 1636-7); and as he had
neither built the house nor enclosed the 400 acres of land which
he had engaged to do for Mr. Woodcocke, (one of Saltonstalls
co-partners), he sold to Mr. W. the house he had builded for
himself, and promised " that the towue would accommodate Mr.
Woodcocke with 400 acres thereunto." Stiles returned from
England (probably in spring of 1637, and Davis followed him
to look after Woodcocke's interests; and, while here, the Pequot
War broke out (May, 1637), and Davis was impressed as a soldier
(probably the " Sergeant Davis " referred to in Capt. Mason's
account of the Pequot fight). Davis seems to have had the
assistance of Rev. Messrs. Hooker of Hartford, Warham of
Windsor, and others, jn "treating the cause [with Stiles], and
they determined that Stiles had dealt ill with Mr. Woodcocke in
* See Letchford'8 Notes. Trans. Am. Antiq. Soc, vll , 365.
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 4(55
not 2}i'ocurhig 400 acres of land to be laid out to the said house,
and impaling it as he undertook." It is pretty certain that
Stiles had the 400 acres ready for Woodcocke in 1637, but it was
located " over the Great Eiver," considerable distance away from
"the said house;" and this "breach of contract" was what led
the court to find a verdict in favor of Woodcocke. Again, Davis
returned to England to report to Lord Say and Mr. Woodcocke,
the latter of whom died soon after; and his brother John, hav-
ing charge of the estate, sent Davis over the third time, June,
1639. In the September following, Mr. Edward Hopkins of
Hartford, attorney for AVoodcocke, sues Stiles in the sum of =£500
for breach of contract, and gets a verdict for £300 " for not tak-
ing up 400 acres of ground according to bargain that Mr. Stiles
should take the house [which he sold Woodcocke while in Eng-
land] back again, and repay back the =£230 and £70 for arrear-
ages." Davis says the £800 "lies in the hands of Mr. Hopkins
in Connecticut." Then, 1641, Mr. Saltonstall brings an action
against " Edward Hopkins as an assignee to Woodcocke " for
£200,* and hath an attachment granted against Mr. Hopkins.
Whether this suit grew out of their mutual relations with Stiles,
or some other unrecorded transaction in Connecticut, is uncer-
tain. What peciiuiary interest Lord Saye had in this business
which brought Davis over is unknown; but, both times, when the
latter returned to England to report, he goes by the advice of
Rev. Mr. Hooker and takes letters from him both to Lord Saye
and Mr. Woodcocke; apparently about the same business.
Much additional matter about Mr. Francis Stiles will be
found in the History of Ancient Windsor, Conn. (Revised Edition)
by the author of this Genealogy.
From the researches of our valued friend, Jabez H.
Hayden, of Windsor Locks, Conn., (letter dated Aug. 30, 1884),.
* Sept. 6, 1739, "Edward Hupklns, comp't In behalfe of Mr. Jno. Woodcocke against Fr.
Stiles, for breach of Covenanls, in 500?. Mr. Stiles desires respite till the next Court in regard
of witnes in the Bay. Granted," — Conn. Col. R&c, I., 66.
" Francis Stiles contra Jno Woodcocke in an action of debt for 2 hhds. malt and a hhd. of
meale." — Ibid^ i., 67.
466 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
we learn that "Francis Stiles' home-lot, (thirteen acres), extended
from about the north elm of the present Judge Ellsworth Place,
eighteen rods south, nearly to the north line of the Col. Ells-
worth Place. The lot bounded west by Rocky Hill, probably
near the present railroad; east by the meadow. There is an
old well near the middle of the lot south of the Ellsworth door-
yard, back near the brow of the hill. I fancy that Francis
Stiles' house was near that well. He had nine acres in meadow
against or abutting on the home-lots of his brother Henry
Stiles, William Gaylord, Jr., and his own; also 'for meadow
and some additions in upland,' thirty-two acres, sixty-five rods,
the breadth by the river; seventy-seven rods north side; seventy
rods south side.* He sold from the south side of this lot, five
acres, 11^ rods in breadth, to Thomas Gilberd (Gilbert) north by
William Hayden, Jan. 24, 1644: Wm. Hayden one of the wit-
nesses. Under the same date he gave a deed to William Hay-
den for 25 acres south by Thos. Gilberd's. The whole lot extended
from the north side of the present Hayden lot (six rods north
of the Hayden Boulder at the fork of the roads) along the
highway, 65 rods, and from the highway to the river."
Mr. Hayden further says, in the letter from which we have
already quoted: "I have no date for the removal of Francis
Stiles to Saybrook, nearer than that furnished by his deed of
the homestead to Robert Saltonstall, Sept. 12, 1647, (above re-
ferred to). He was then 'lately of Windsor.' The place was
* The meadow opposite Francis Stiles house-lot did not contain as many acres as he was
entitled to in the distribution, and the balance of his quota, 32 acres, was set to him in Sequester
Meadow. This lot was nearly half a mile north from his house. He sold it in 16i4-5 to Wm.
Hayden and Thomas Gilbert.
Francis Stiles, home-lot is bounded "north by Wm. Gaylord the younger," proving that
Stiles' lot was not recorded until as late as 16*15; for Gaylord's lot was a part of Stiles' house-lot
until Jan. 24, 1644-6, (the same date as the deeds to Hayden and Gilbert). The original home-
lot of Francis Stiles was 13x18 — 31 rods wide on the street. His brother John had a lot 12 rods
wide, adjoining his on the south. His brotljer Heniry adjoining on the north 42 rods, (Henry's
upland extends nearly to the river lying between the Great Meadow and Sequester Meadow),
and adjoining Henry on the north was a lot 10 rods wide, set to Jos. Eggleston, then 10 rods
which " was ihe home-lot that was Thomas Stiles'." This was sold by John Studder, of Hart-
ford, to John Bisseil, and I have little doubt the Eggleston lot was orginally Thos. Stiles',
though no deed appears on record. So the four Stiles brothers' home-lots lay together, extend-
ing along the street 105 rods, and from the street to the river. J. H. H. 1891.
I
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 4(57
then in the occupation and tenure of Thomas Gilbert and John
Bancroft. Only two years and eight months before (Jan. 24,
1644-5), Gilbert had bought of Stiles a lot, (see above), which
lot was sold (without date) to John and Jacob Drake, with a
house, cellar, etc., of the land that ivas Francis Stiles" — a not
uncommon practice of substituting the name of the first owner
for that of the grantor. It seems probable that Gilbert built
that cellar and hoiise which the Drakes' bought, before he be-
came an occupant of Stiles' hoiise. Possibly, he never lived on
the place which the Drakes' bought, but built it to sell. That
house is a myth to me anyhow. When Jacob Drake married
(1649), his father gave him the new part of his own house to
live in; and in 1656, he bought a house south of the present
Bissell's Ferry Road, and I never find any mention after of this
Gilbert House. Gilbert afterwards bought of Josiah Hull, his
home-lot (which was at first a part of Thomas Gunu's home-lot),
lying on the west side of the highway, about where the present
Welch hoiise stands. He built on it, and sold it to Thomas
Bissell, all without dates — but probably the last sale was when
Bissell married in 1655. Gilbert continued to live on the
Francis Stiles' place, apparently, until after the death of Henry
Stiles — with which event Gilbert's family seems to have had a
tragic connection, as related on page 29."
" Francis Stiles also had, over the Great River, 1,500 acres,
400 by allotment of the town, 1,100 by purchase, 60 rods breadth
by the river, length 3 miles; 'and there is in breadth 444 rods.'
The affidavit of Stiles and Hayden given in History of Windsor,
(Revised edition), proves, I think, that this lot, thoiigh some-
what changed in form, was included in the " Saltonstall Park."
In a letter dated Jan. 2, 1885, Mr. Hayden says: "In
my former letter I jumped at a conclusion before I had all
the facts. I have now the best of reasons for believing that
Francis built and lived on the lot where the Chief Justice-
Ellsworth place now stands; but, perhaps, at the southeast corner
468 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
of the upland, where a covered well still exists. The lot was 18
rods on the highway, the northwest corner near the north elm.
Most of the first settlers through the main street had their
' meadow lots ' in the rear of their home-lots; but some had
ver}' meagre lots in the meadow, while others had additional
meadows, as did Francis Stiles. You perhaps remember there
is biit a narrow strip of meadow between Henry Stiles' lot and
the river; further north there is barely room for the houses
between the road and meadow hill; here the meadow broadens
to seventy or eighty rods. From Henry Stiles to 'New
Brook, the north side of William Hayden's meadow;' this was at
first called 'Sequestered Meadow.' Francis Stiles had about
twenty-five acres of the north-middle of this meadow,
lying next north of John St. Nicholas. A deed given to
John and Jacob Drake (without date) of land formerly
belonging to Mr. Stiles, specifies a house, cellar, fences, etc.,
so I jumped at the conclusion that this was- Francis' house
and place of residence. But the lot in question was sold by
Stiles to Thos. Gilbert in 1644-5, without buildings mentioned,
and the deed above referred to was a description of the lot after
Gilbert had built on it, and it had become the property of the
Drakes. They doubtless furnished the descrij^tion and took
the name of the original owner instead of Gilbert's. Hayden
and Gilbert bought in 1644-5, the latter had eleven and a half
rods in width. Hayden had fifty-six rods. So much for Francis
Stiles' lot in Sequestered Meadow.
" The eighteen rods from the north elm, the width of Francis'
lot, includes nearly all the lot lying between the present Judge
Ellsw'orth place and the ruins of the Col. Ellsworth place.
John Stiles' twelve rods covered the balance of that lot and the
aforesaid ruin.
"Possibly Bissell, Drake and St. Nicholas (who were not
from Dorchester), bought their lots of Stiles, though their deeds
are not i-ecorded, except as they ' brought them in to the Recor-
der ' — perhaps years later."
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 469
Though we find him, iu 16J:7, spoken of as "of Say-
brook;" and "of Stratford," apparently in March, 1654, when he
was complained of to the Court for peppering Xaanepaquowwe,
an Indian of that place, " in his body, with swann shott, uppon a
Sabbath day,"* yet we cannot fix the exact date of his first re-
moval from Windsor. Cothren thinks that, as "he is not
named in any Stratford record, there seems to be no reason for
thinking he ever came to that town;" and, again that he may
" very likely have been an original patentee," though " like
others, he came not himself to dwell there." But Matthew
Grant's Old Church Record gives, under date of Aug. 17, 1677,
" what children have been born in Windsor from our beginning
hitherto, so far as I am able to find out;" then "being gone, yet
had children born here." Among these latter he names "Francis
Stills, 4 [children]." The probable birth-date of his fourth child,
Benjamin, 1651, would show that he still resided in Windsor at
that date. And Savage (N'. E. Gen. Diet.) thinks that Francis
Stiles died at Windsor, not later than 1653. In the seating of
the meetijig-house at Windsor, (as given in Stiles' Hist, and
General of Ancient Windsor, pp. 149, 150), in January, 1659-60,
among those "that have paid, and were placed in the long seats
when they paid" — (these were two rows of long seats, accom-
modating five persons to a seat, at 3s. apiece, or 6s. for a man
and his wife), we find the name of "Mr. Stiles, 3s.," and his brother
John Stiles. As Francis was the only one of the Stileses to
whom the title of " Mr." was accorded, this record identifies him as
then living in Windsor; or, at least, as still having a right to a
seat iu the meeting house there. But it is not conclusive evi-
dence as to his being then resident in Windsor; for this record
was of "what diveUing houses are in the toion, that the oivners of
them have paid for seats in the Meeting House;" and, on that very
* At a Piirtlcular Court, at Hartford, March 2, 1653-4 "A complaint being made to the' Court
by Naunepaqmwwe, an ludyan ot Stratford, that Mr. [Francis] Style hath shott In his bo^iy with
swan shott upon a Sabbath day; Mr. Ludlow is desired by this Courte that he should blnde
over ihe said Mr. Styis to appear at, and give an account to the Particular Courte iu Hartford,
iu May nest to answer ye fact, if he gives not satisfaction to ye Indyan in the meantime." Mr.
8. probably improved the hint of the Court, as we hear nothing further concerning the matter.
4:70 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
list appears the uame of Dr. Bray Eossiter, who had been several
years gone from Windsor, and of Henry Stiles, deceased in 1651,
Thomas Davey, died 1648, etc. So that it only means in this
case, that it was the seat formerly occupied by Mr. Francis
Stiles, as an appurtenance to the house which he sold in 1647.
Mr. Orcutt suggests, that he removed to Stratford about
1660, in corroboration of which he cites the following from the
Stratford Records: " Caleb Nichols purchased of Mr. Stills [Stiles,
evidently, since there were none of the name of Still in town]
one house lot, one acre and a quai-ter, bounded with Mr. Fayre-
child on the south, Isaac Nichols on the west, my own lot that
was Francis Nichols', on the north, and the street on the East."*
No date is given to this record of purchase; but, being in the
handwriting of Joseph Hawley, it must have been before 1666;
and, fi'om its relation to other records, was probably made about
1660. Mr. Stiles' purchase of this property is not recorded, as
far as can be ascertained. Besides this, we have the fact that
Eobert Clark, who married Francis Stiles' widow, gave to her three
sous by Stiles, about 50 acres of land, which there is no record of
his having purchased. This when he had several children of his
own, indicates that he had received it from his wife (Stiles'
widow); and that Stiles had resided in Stratford for several
years and was the owner of considerable property at Oronoke,
and a home lot.
In regard to the maiden name of Mr. Francis Stiles' wife,
I am somewhat in doubt, but I take it to have been Joan —
probably the "Joan Stiles, [aged] 35 years," who appears in the
passenger list of the vessel which conveyed the Saltonstall
party to America — see page 26. This Joan could not have
been the Joan, sister of the four Stiles brothers, since, as will be
seen by reference to page 21, she was married just previous to
their embarkation and remained in England. Orcutt, in Hist,
of Stratford, Conn., calls her Sarah, and says that she afterwards
* The east end ot Lot 32. Hist. Stratford, p. 105.
I
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 471
iiiaiTied " some years before 1665," one Eobert Clark from New
Haven — and thinks the marriage was probably after Clark's
coming to Stratford. Clark was a successful farmer, an influen-
tial citizen and a man of probity. She petitioned the General
Court in 1665, concerning the estate of her first husband,
Francis Stiles; she made her will June 5, 1677, and died in 1682,
leaving her property to her children by Stiles.
Children [the first four horn in Windsor; Conn.):
2. I. Maey,^ bom not later than 1640; married about 1660,
Hope (son of William) Washburne, of Stratford,
Conn., but then of Hempstead, L. I.; removed
to Derby, Conn, on the settlement of that town,
but was for some years concerned in business
with his father, at Oyster Bay, L. I. Issue
(record at Stratford, Conn.):
3.
i.
SAEiH,3 born Dec, 1661.
4.
ii.
JoHN,3 born May, 1666.
5.
iii.
WiLLiAJi,' bom March, 1669
6.
iv.
SAsraEi,,3 born March, 1671.
7.
T.
(Avd Savage adds):
Ephraim,3 born Aug., 1673.
8.
vi.
Maet.3
9.
vii.
Jane. 3*
10. II. Ephraim,^ born Aug. 3, 1645; married (1) Ruth (widow
Obadiah) Wheeler; married (2) Bathsheba
Tomlinson. Family 2.
* Cothren's Ancient Woodbury, Conn., Vol. II.
472 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
11. III. Samuel,- (Lieut.) born ; married Elizabeth
(daughter of Thomas) Sherwood, Dec. 31, ("ye
last of Dec.,") 1664; resided for many years and
probably died at Stratford, Conn. Savage says:
[N. Bug. Gen. Diet.) before 1682; which is dis-
puted by Cothren (Hist. Ancient Woodbury,
Conn.), who says he is "named Samuel, of Wood-
bury, 1699-1708, sometimes as 'Ensign Samuel
Stiles' — 'brother of Ephraim,' etc. The Conn.
Col. Bee, also refer to his being appointed by
the General Court, at Hai-tford, Oct. 10, 1689,
to make a list of persons and estates, etc., of
Woodbury; also,* at same court confirmed as
ensign of the Woodbury Train-Band, and to be
commissioned;t also, he was empowered by the
General Assembly, Oct. 9, 1701, as one of the
executors of Jno. Sherwood's estate, of Strat-
ford, to sell land "for the procuring of money
to defray the charge of curing his son Thomas
Sherwood, who is lame." By the Gen. Assembly,
Hartford, May 10, 1705, "Ensign Samuel Stiles
is, by this Assembly, appointed Lieutenant of
the Train-band in the Towne of Woodbury."|
His name is also signed to "Fundamental
Articles " agreed upon in order to ye settlement
of a plantation at Pomparogue [Cothren 41).
Samuel Stiles (with his elder brother Eph-
raim and his younger brother Thomas) received
lands by deed from their step-father Robert
Clarke; lands originally belonging to their father
Mr. Francis Stiles — and thus obtained an ad-
vantageous start in life.
* Conn. Col. Rec, Iv., 10.
t Ibid, It., 36.
t IMd, It , HOT.
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 473
The record thus reads: "June 11, 1667,
Samuel Stiles, by way of gift from his father,
Eobert Clarke, hath a dwelling-house and the
home-lot thereto adjoining, lying at Woronokei
bounded east with the Great Eirer, south with
the land of John Wheeler, north with the
Farmill Eiver, and west with a creek," (Stratford
Hist. 252). He and his brother Ephraim
received from Mr. Clarke, 20 acres, to be divided
between them (Ibid, 252). A deed of land from
him to his brother Ephraim in 1699, shows him
then to have been residing in Woodbury.*
Pres. Stiles says he had a son, but died
childless; and a family MSS. Sketch, by Ben-
jamin P. Stiles, found June 1, 1829, and in pos-
session of Miss Alice M. Stiles, says that
" Samuel Stiles adopted two children; gave the
most of his estate to Ebenezer Brownson." He
was a member of the First Church of Woodbury,
1670, and his wife Elizabeth in 1692.+
12. IV. Benjamin,^ born (probably) 1651;J married Elizabeth
Eogers, of Milford, Conn. Family 3.
13. V. Thomas,'- born ; died 1683; received from his
step-father, Eobert Clarke, "fifteen acres in the
woods by the river called Stratford Eiver on the-
south side of Joseph Brook;" he also had lands
by purchase — see Stratford Land Conveyances^
Bk. I., p. 210; he died 1683; his inventory (about
£200) is dated April 10, 1683; he probably died
a few days before. Cothren (Hist. Arte. Wood-
* Stratford Land Conveyances, II., 317, 318.
t Ctothren's Bist. Anc. Woodbunj, 11.. 816.
t Strat/ord l{''c.,{Coihren. 11., gives his death "aged 60, April 11.1711," which places his
birth ill 1651. The day of month should be 13, according to Town Record.
474 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
hirni, page 695) states that he married. Eliza-
beth Chirke, and gave his estate to Francis,' his
brother Benjamin's' son.
1 4. YI. Hannah;' married (probably in 1651), Sergeant Edward
H in man, of Stratford, Conn., wherein thev
resided in what is now (1890) the main street, a
few rods below the Episcopal Church, on the
west side of the road. He had not resided in
Stratford many years before, with Francis Stiles,
he became the principal purchaser of the south
part of Pomperaug (Woodbury) now Southbury
— whither some of his children and some of the
Stiles family subsequently removed. He died
at Stratford, Conn., Nov. '^1, 1681; will proved
at Fairfield, 1682. Mrs. Hannah (Stiles) Hin-
man died 1677. (Cothren's Hist. Anc. Wind-
sor; and Hinman's Catal. Puritan Settlers^ of
Conn., 111). Issue:
1-5. i. Saeah,3 born Sept. 10, 1653; married Williaoi F?oberts.
16. ii. TiTus,3 born June, 1655.
17. iii. SiMtrEL,3 born Jan., 1658.
1ft. It. BESJAinN,3 bom Feb., 1662.
19. ■ T. Han.n'ah,3 born July, 1666.
■20. vi. Maey,3 born 1668.
21. vii. Patience.^ born 1670; married John Burroughs.
ii. viii. Edwabd,' bora 1672 — had twelre children, born in
Stratford, Conn.
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 475
FAMILY 2.
23. Ephraim- Stiles, |10], (Mr. Francis,^) boru Aug. 3,
1645, at Windsor; ssttled about 1660 at Stratford, Couu., where
he received hxud from his step-father Robert Clarke — says
Orcutt (Hist. Stmffonl, Conn., p. 252, 280)— in 1667, at Orouoke,*
where he settled and became a thriving, valuable citizen. He
was considerably active in town matters, had a grist-mill at
Farmill River, a little below Black Brook, near the place called
the Plumtrees, (liberty granted Jan. 11, 1705-6), and in char-
acter and standing appears to have been among the first of the
town. He had a proportion of the " common and undivided
lands" 1699; and {Ihid, 288), Jan. 13, 1696, asked and received
of the town the privilege of a forty-foot grant of land at Wor-
onoke, between the homes of Hope Washborne and that of the
heirs of James Blackman, on which to set up tan-vats; in 1693,
(Ihid, 289), was one of the overseers of the killing of wolves.
J/;,
The Colonial Records of Connecticut shows him to have
been a Deputy from Stratford to the General Court at Hartford,
Jan. and Oct.", 1686; Oct., 1689; Oct., 1692; March, 1692-3; May,
1696; to the Court of Election, May, 1695; May, 1697; 1704,
1708; to the General Assembly, Oct., 1699 and 1702.t At the
Court of Election, May 9, 1700, Mr. Ephraim Stiles, with Mr.
Samuel Sherman, was appointed to lay out one hundred and fifty
acres of land for the Rev. Mr. Juo. James;! ^^'^ they were also
appointed to lay out three hundred aci'es adjudged to Captain
Johnson for his military services in 1697.** At the Court of
Election, May 11, 1704, he was appointed one of a Committee
* A letter date I Ipril 'J). 1S)7 ftwa Olau lius B Curtis, then Town ClerU of Stratford,.
Conn., says: "The first mention I flnil of ttiB na-ne of Stiles, is Ephralai .Stiles liatti from llis
[step] father Robert Clarke 14 ai-res of uijlaml nt Oronolie, June I'J, 1667. (Hk. I., i>. -tS); also
on the sairie page, a piece or land by way of exchange with John Wheeler. June 14, 1667; also,,
by way of exchange with his brother Samuel stilei several pieces, 1671-73 (p, 45). On p. 88',
Bk. I., is a record of lands given to S;trnuel --md Ephraim stiles by their [ste-p] father Robert*
Clarke, 1667.
t Cnm. Col. Rrc, iv., .^3. 78, 89, 138, 1:>S, 1!)7, 2%, 39r>, 461.
t Cnnn. Col. Rec, iv,, 323.
** Oroutt'S Ilisl. Derlnj Cnnn., |i. 93,
476 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
of Safety for Fairfield County. His name appears on the roll
of members of the First Congregational Church, 1670.
He died June 21, 1714; -will [Fairjield, Co. Probate) dated
July 23, 1712; proved June 30, 1714; inventory taken Sept. 2,
1714; amount £1,547.
He married (1) July 28, 1669, Euth (the young widow of
Obadiah) Wheeler;* married (2) (after 1680)'? Bathsheba (daugh-
ter of Henry) Tomlinson, of Derby, Conn., who was born Jan.,
1660-1, and who, after Mr. Stiles' death, married a Curtiss.
Cothren (Hist. Woodbury, Coh?;.,) says "her gravestone strangely
omits the name of her last husband, and reads, 'Bathsheba
Curtiss, formerly wife of Ephraim Stiles,'" aged 74; died 1735.
Children (by second wife):
24. I. Elizabeth,'' daughter of Ephraim Stiles', born Sept.,
1685-6. — Woodbury Bee. See Cothren's Hist.
Anc. Woodbury, p. 122.
25. II. Elizabeth,' born Feb. 18, 1687t; married Ephraim
Curtiss, of Stratford, Conn., June 26, 1707.
Issue:
26. i. SiiLEti,-' (named in bis father's will. — Fairfieid, Co.,
Probate).
27. ii. Phebe.''
28. iii. Henry. ^
29. iv. .Ann."
30. T. Ephkaim.-"
31. vi. Mabtha.*
* Ephraim Siiles and Ruth Wheeler, sometimes ye Trlfe of Obadiah Wheeler deceast: were
married the twenty-eighih of July, one thousand six hundred sixty and nine; entered ye June
10th. 1671: pr. Johu Jllnor Recorder, p. 252, bk. 1. t Stratford Rec, 480, 183.
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 477
32. vii. Ruth;-" mariiecl Rev. Mr. Beebe.
:yi. viii. Bathsheba.*
34. ix. Edmund.''
35. X. Eliahu.^
36. III. Saeah,^ born Nov. 4, 1693;* married Thomas Wells,
of Stratford, Conn., Aug. 31, 1710. Issue:
37. i. Ephraim.-"
38. ii. Bathsheba,*
39. iii. CoMPOET.*
40. iv. Sabah.*
41. V. Thomas.'
42. vi. Gideon.'
43. vii. Daniel.'
44. viii. GuKDON.'
45. ix . Hezekiah. *
Mrs. Sarah Wells, bj- her father's will,
received his grist will.
46. IV. Phebe,-^ born March 25, 1696; received £500 by her
father's will; married David Judson, of Strat-
ford, Conn., Oct. 29, 1713.t Issue:
47. , i. David,' born Sept. 26, 1715. [This was the Rev. David,
of Newtown, Conn., who married Mary (daughter of
Joshua) Judson, of Stratford. He died Sept. 24, 1776,
se. 61 years.— (Pre.s-. StUes' MSS.)
* Stratford Town Rec, i. 252; 11., 480, 483.
t Stratford Conn., Town Rec. 11., 480, 183.
478 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
48. ii. Phebe,-' born Feb. 19, 1718 ; married Mathew Curtiss,
of Stratford, Conn., May 4, 1737.-(Pr-es. Stiles' J/.S.S.)
49- iii. Abel,-" born Jan. 31, 1721 ; died Sept 18, 1721, at New-
town, Conn. — (Pre.s. Siiles' MSS.)
Sll. iv. Abel, •• born Feb. 12,1722; married Sarab Bnrton, of
Stratford, Conn., May 4, 1744. - (Pres. Stiles' MSS.)
51. V. Aguk (Maj),-! born March 23, 1724 ; married Mebitable
(daughter of Rev. Thomas) Tcusey, of Newtown,
Conn., May, 17.50, and settled iu Kipton, Conn.
Issue: (1) Agnr, Jr , (Judson), bom March 5, O. S.
1751;* (2) Hannah (Judson), born Sept. 28, N. S.
1752; married Moses Piatt, of Newtown; (3) David
(Judson), born April 15, 1754.
52. vi. RuTH,^ born .\pril 26, 1726 ; mai'ried her coirsin Ben.
jamin (sou of Francis) Stiles, May 19, 1747. — {Pres.
StUes' .MSS.) '
53. vii. Daniel, ■■ born April 26, 1728; resided in Stratford Ohl
Town; married Jan. 31, 1752, Sarah Curtiss. — (Pres.
Stiles' MSS.)
54. viii. Sakah,* born Oct. 17, 1730 ; married 1750, Stephen
Curtiss.— (Pres. Stiles' MSS.)
5-V ix. Abner,'! born June 9, 1733; married 17G.5, Hannah Curtiss.
5(1. X Betty,-' born Feb. 12, 1737; married William Pixley
Jan. 1, 1755-56.- (Pres. Stiles' MSS.)
Mr.s. Phebe (Stiles) Judsou died May 20,
17 65.~( Fairfield Pfob. Court Rec.,) [but Pres.
Stiles' iVSS. has it May 5, 1761].
Rev. Mr. Orcutt, the historian of Stratford,
Conn., furnishes the following: The Marcjaret
* Agur Judstju. .Jr., married Anu (daughter of Esq.Elisha) MilU, Dec. 22. 1768; he in 18. she
in 17 year of her age), and settled in Ripton. /ssiw; Rosewell {at Tale College,: Phelo, William,
ilied in infancy; Ann, Elizabeth, Agur. Charles. {Pres Stiles' MSS. 1762), who also says that
Maj. .Agur .Juiisou married Hannah Curtiss, Dec. 23, 1716, probably his first wife).
1
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 479
StUes herein uamed, may Lave beeu a daughter
of Ephraim Stiles and possibly by hi^ first wife.*
Fbancis Hall, .sou of Doctor Isaac Hall, of
Fairfield, married 3Iarr/are.i Stiles, Dec. 8, 1702.
Frauds resided iu Stratfield Society, iu Strat-
ford, luveutory of his estate taken April 1,
1735, amouutiug to £474: 4: 5.
Children :
57. . i. Rebecca,'' (Hall) liorn Nov. 3, 1703; married Abner Feast
[perhaps Frost], Sept. 27, 1723, had (1) .Jedidiah, born
May 7, 1724; (2) Eleazer, born Oct. 24, 1725, died .Jan.
26. 1726; (2) Naomi, born March 20, 1726.
58. ii. Francis, < (Hall) born Aug. 29, 1705.
59. iii. Makgabet,-' (Hall) born Oct. 5, 1707.
60. iv. SAitAH.i (Hall) born Feb. 18, 1710; died Oct. 25, 1717.
61. V. EicHAED,-' (Hall) born .\pril 20, 1710; died [so recorded.]
62. vi. RicHAED,< (Hall) born April 9, 1713.
63. Tii. Benjajiin,-< (Hall) born Feb. 13, 1717.
FAMILY 3.
64. Benjamin' Stiles, [12], (Francis,'^) boru probably
1651, iu Windsor, Couu.; resided iu Woodbury, Couu., but died at
Stratford, Couu., April 13, 1711, " being about 60 years of age," ac-
cording to Town Ee cords. ( Cothren probably being iu error in giv-
ing date as April 11). In Fairfield Co. Probate Rec, we find inven-
tory of estate of Benjamin Stiles, of Stratford, late of Woodbury,
and died in Stratford intestate on the 13th of April, 1711. "We
* There was no other Margaret Stiles, at that time, of the Connecticut family, and otherwise
unaccounted for, except Margaret, the daughter of Thomas Stiles, (see page :19), and she. we
take It, must have beeu too old to be tke Margaret iu question.— H. R. S.
480 '■"f ST/LES GENEALOGY.
say of what he stood prossessed of in Woodbury at his death,
taken by us subscribers — John Curtiss, Joseph Hickcock ap-
praisers, £408-10."
"The children are: Francis Stiles and Sarah the wife of
Thomas Wheeler, Abegail the wife of Samuel Mun."
The Court ordered distribution — a double portion to the
eldest son — -the rest equal.
Capt. John Sherman and Mr. John Curtiss, of Woodbury,
distributors.
His name appears on membership roll of First Chiirch 1670.
He married Elizabeth Eogers, of Milford, Conn., who died June
3, 1119.— (Fairfield, Co. Prob. Bee.)
Children :*
65. I. Saeah,3 baptized May, 1683; married Thomas Wheeler,
of Woodbury, Conn., Aug. 20, 1701.— Cothren,
ii, 176.
66. II. Thomas,' baptized Nov., 1685, probably died young,
as he is not mentioned in his father's will.
67. III. KuTH,' baptized May, 1682-3; married John Wheeler,
of Woodbury, Conn., Nov. 14, llO'l.-Cothren,
ii., 178.
* Woodbury. (Conn.) Records, a? given in Ctohreu's Hist. Ancient Woodbury, Ii., 122 — 124.
furnishes tlie followiDg baptisms of a family which would seem to be the children of this Ben-
jamin by a.first wife Abigail . If so, it must be accepted as more reliable than the above
list as given by the Pres. Stiles' MSS.
1. Fbancis, son of Benjamin and Abigail Stiles, baptized March, 1681-2.
2. Saeah, daughter of Benjamin and Abigail Stiles, baptized April, 1680-1.
3. Ruth, daughter of Benjamin and Abigail Stiles, baptized May, 1682-3.
i. Thomas, son of Benjamin and Abigail Stiles, baptized Nov., 1684-5.
5. ABIGAIL, daughter of Benjamin and Abigail Stiles, baptized April 16, 1688-9.
Z, THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 481
68. IV. Abigail,'' baptized April, 1689; married Samiiel Munn,
of Woodbury.
69. V. Francis,"' [uamed in his father's will. — Fairfield Co.
Prob. Rec.]; married Mary Johnson. Family 4.
FAMILY 4.
70. Lieut. Francis" Stiles, [69], (Benjamin^' Mr. Francis,'^ )
settled in Soiithbury Society. Of him Pi-esident Stiles in his
MSB. Genealogy, says: "I once saw him in 1747 — his son Ben-
jamin was educated at Yale College, 1740 — a veiy rich man" —
this estimate probably referring to Lieut. Francis. He was
one who (July 11, 1708), owned the baptismal, or "Half-way
Covenant" of the Church during Kev. Mr. Stoddard's ministi-y;
and was probably received to full communion.*
Lieiit. Francis's house was standing until recently, and was
used as a barn by his descendant, Deacon David J. Stiles. The
old house spoken of in Cotlirens Hisfori/ of Woodburij, as being
the residence of Lieut. Francis Stiles, was blown to the ground
about one year since — it being about 150 years old. Some
parts of the timber being sound, have been manufactiired into
canes, chairs, &c., and if you should visit Southbury, you will
see there many of Lieut. Francis's descendants walking with
canes made from his old house, or sitting in chairs made from
the same. — Letter of Deacon David J. Stiles, 1859.
Lieut. Francis'' married Mary Johnson, of Stratford, Conn.,.
Sept. 21, 1709, and died in 1748 [se. 67, Pre.s. Stiles' MSS.]; he
resided and died in Southbury, Aug. 4, 1748 (Southbury Records),
Children :
71. L Francis,^ born July 2.3, 1710; "died the day he was
born," says the MSS. referred to on page 473.
• Colhren*8 IlisL Ancient Woodbury, 1., 823.
482 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
72. II. Sarah/ born Oct. 21, 1711 ; married Deacon Ben-
jamin Hickock, Jr., Feb. 28, 1734. Issue:
73. i. Olite,» died young.
74. ii. Olite.5
75. iii' Amos. 5
76. iv. Sakah.'
77. V. Benjamin. =
78. vi. Patience.'
79. vii. Simeon,^ died an infant.
80. viii. Simeon."
Mrs. Sarah (Stiles) Hickock died Oct., 1772.
81. m. Mabel,^ born May 9, 1714; married Andrew Hinman,
Jr., Feb. 28, 1734. Issue:
82. i. Betty/ baptized September, 1735 ;* married C. Strong,
Jan. 9, 1760.
83. ii Daniei,.5
84. iii. Margaeet,5 baptized Dec. 16, 1738; unmarried.
85. iv. Mabel,5 baptized June 7, 1740 ; married Shadrack
Osborn, of Southbury, Conn.
86. T. Feancis,» baptized August, 1742. t
87. vi. David,* baptized 1744.
88. IV. Eunice,* born Aug. 18, 1717 ; married David Curtiss,
Sen.
* Baptism of this family from Hlnman's Puritan Settlers. 145.
THE COHNECTICUT FAMILY. 483
89. V. Benjamin/ born Feb. 11, 1720; mai-riecl Euth Judsou.
Family 5.
90. VI. Da^id/ born April 8, 1725; died March 31, 1727.
91. VII. Maky,^ born Jan. 7, 1728; married Col. Benjamin
Hinman. Issue: (Baptism from ZTmma??, 146.)
92. i. Aai!on,= 1746.
93. ii. JoEL,5 baptized April, 1748; died 1813.
94. iii. Sherman,' baptized June, 1750; died Sept. 6, 177G.
95. iv. Shebman.s baptized October, 1752; graduated Yale Col-
lege i77B. Married.
Mrs. Mary (Stiles) Hinman died May 7,
1783.
FAMILY 5.
96. Benjamin' Stiles, Esq., [89], {Lieut. Francis,^ Ben-
jamin,^ Mr. Francis,^) born Feb. 11, 1720, in that part of the
ancient town of Woodbury, now included in Southbury, Conn.;
was educated at Yale College, where he graduated in 1740 ; was
a man of cultivated mind, large heart and considerable property
for that day. He studied law and settled in the practice of his
profession in his native town ; was No. 80 in the list of persons
to whom land was divided iu 1756, on Great Hill, Derby, Conn.,
in lots one and a half acres to each person ;* also, was on the
List of Estates iu Derby, 1718, by Authority of the Town, valued
X21.t His house, now occupied by his grandaughters, Ellen
Esther and Alice Maria Stiles, and his great-grandson, is claimed
to have been the first "upright house" [i. e., with the rear as
* Oroutt'B Hiet. Derby. Conn., p. 167.
UbU., 130.
484 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
high as the front) erected iu Litchfield Couut3\ Its bricks were
burned in 1785, the house completed in 1787. There he con-
tinued to reside and to enjoy an extensive practice for the times,
until his death. He was frequently employed in important and
difficult causes, and attained a very reputable position at the
bar. In 1759 he appeared in several public offices in Litchfield
Coiinty;iu 1762, he was appointed to divide an Ecclesiastical
Society; was Delegate to the General Court, 1760-1765; he repre-
sented Woodbury in the General Assembly in the May sessions
of 1755, 1756, 1769, 1770, 1771 ; and iu October session of 1762,
1769, 1770, 1771.* During the Eevolution, he was suspected of
being somewhat conservative in his views and was, on one oc-
casion, cited before the General Assembly for "Contempt of
Government ;" the complaint charging him with having said
that the " Three Colony Representatives iu the Continental
Congress were three good-for-nothing dogs, and no more fit for
the place thau his sick negro Jeff." His patriotism or integrity
could not, however, have been very seriously questioned by his
fellow townsmen of Sotithbury, since he represented them at
meeting held at Hartford, Jan. 3, 1788, for the ratification of
the Constitution of the United States ; and he was at one time
subsequently State Aiiditor. [Conn. State Archives, Rev. War i.,
428; Cothrens Hist. Woodbury, pp. 322, 395, 473, 472.
He married, 1747, his coiisiu Ruth (born 1726, daughter of
David and Phebe) Judson ; and died March 15, 1797, se. 77, at
Southbury, Conn., where he resided. Mrs. Ruth (Judson) Stiles
died at Stratford, Conn., June 21, 1814, eb. 87.
Children (born at Southbury, Conn.):
97. I. Francis,'^ born Nov. 13, 1748 ; married Sarah Nichols.
Family 6.
98. II. Phebe,^ born Jan. 18, 1749 ; died aged one year.
* Col. Rec. Mill Bavm Colony.
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 485
99. III. DA\^D," born Sept. 10, 1751 ; mamed Olive Pierce.
Family 7.
100. lY. Ephbaim,' born Jan. 15, 1753 ; married Sarah Trow-
bridge. Family 8.
101. V. Bexjamin,' born Aug. 25, 1756 ; married Esther
Preston. Family 9.
102. "VT. Abel," born March 26, 1758; died young.
103. VII. Ajbel,^ born Aug. 25, 1759; married Lucinda
Mitchell. Family 10.
104. YIII. JuDSON,= born May 30, 1762; went to Salisbury,
Conn., where he died Nov. 11, 1795; unmarried.
105. IX. Phebe,^ born July 22, 1764; died aged 12 years.
106. X. Nathan,' born May 12, 1767; married .Family 11.
FAMILY 6.
107. Francis'' Stiles, [97], [Benjamin,'' Lieut. Francis,^
Benjamin,^ Francis,^) born at Southbury, Conn., Nov. 13, 1748 ;
married Sarah Nichols (widow of Isaac) Coffin,* of Derby, Conn.,
1783; settled in Woodbury, Conn., but removed to Southbury,
before the birth of his children.
He died April 5, 1796; Mrs. Sarah (Nichols) Stiles died
May 28, 1841.
♦Isaac CofflD Is said to have been shot by the cow-boys, somewhere on Long Island, during
the EeTolutlonary War. about 1777. He had, by his wife Sarah Nichols, one son. John C.
Coffin, who lived and died In Salisbury, Conn. She lived lo age oj 90. (Letter of Mrs. Horace
J. Canfleld, of Stookbrldge. Mass., granddaughter of John c. Coffin).
486 THE Sr/LES GENEALOGY
Children :
108. I. Benjamin," born July 22, 1785;* married Mary
Clark, Family 12.
109. II. Thomas," boru Feb. 21, 1789; married Sarah
Augusta Newell. Family 13,
110. IV. Ransom," boru Dec, 29, 1790; married Hannah
Proudfit, Family 14.
111. III. Sally," boru in Salisbury, Couu., April 17, 1786;
married Newman Holley, Esq., of Salisbury,
Nov. 17, 1805. Issue:
11'2. i, FbaNcis N.,' born May 13, 1807. For biographicnl no
tiee see pp. 719-20, Hisl. T</rrington, Vonn,
113. ii. EansoM.' born Aug. 8, 1813. See above work.
114. iii. Mabi '
116, iv. Fbedbbick.'
Mrs. Sally (Stiles) Holley died Dec. 12,
1854,
FAMILY 7.
116. David ' Stiles, [99],(/?eiy'amMi,^ Lieut. Francis,^ Ben-
Jamini^ Francis,^) born at Southbury, Conn., Sept. 10, 1751 ;
married Olive Pierce, Dec. 12, 1784, in South Britian, Conn.
David Stiles died April 17, 1828.
Children :
117. I. Mary Anna," born Aug. 21, 1786; married Nov. 27,
1808, Smith Downs, of Southbury, Conn.; she
died Feb. 14, 1810.
*D, W, Patterson.
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 487
118. II. Patty/ born Sept. 25, 1789; died Sept. 26, 1794.
119. III. David J.," born Oct. 16, 1795; married Ann French.
Familt 15.
120. IV. Benjamin,* born June 21, 1798 ; died at Yorkville,
S. C, September, 1855.
FAMILY 8.
121. Ephraim° Stiles, [100], (Benjamin,^ Lieut. Francis,'^
Benjamin^' Francis,^) horn at Southbury, Conn., Jaq. 15, 1753;
married May 7, 1780, Sarah (daughter of Joseph) Trowbridge,
of Southbury, Conn.
Ephraim Stiles died Feb. 7, 1821 ; Mrs. Sarah (Trowbridge)
Stiles died Aug. 3, 1816.
Children :
122. L Phebe," born Nov. 9, 1782; married a Bellamy, of
Vermont, Nov. 22, 1804 ; afterwards resided in
N. T. State. She died July 21, 1848.
123. II. KuTH," born Feb. 18, 1786; became the second wife
of Benjamin B. Osborn. Feb. 27, 1811.
124. III. Sally," born July 29, 1789 ; married Nov. 22, 1808
(1st wife of) Benjamin B. Osborn. She died
Sept. 4, 1809.
125. IV. Ephraim Erastus," born Oct. 24, 1791 ; married
Sally Osborn. Family 17.
•On Southbury Records (Cothren'8 Ancient Woodbury] given as Benjamin P., born June 28.
488 TH£ STILES GENEALOGY,
FAMILY 9.
126. Benjamin' Stiles, Esq., [101], {Benjamm* Lieuf.
Francis,'^ Benjamiii,'- Francis,^) born Aug. 25, 1756; graduated
Yale College 1776, and from Yale Law School 1779; studied
law with hig father and commenced practice in his native town,
where he resided until his death. He was much relied upon in
the pieparation of cases, and did a large amount of office busi-
ness. He represented Southbury (which was not incorporated
until 1787) in the General Assembly in May session of 1794,
October session of 1792 and 1793. He married Aug. 14, 1786,
(Family Bible Bee.) Esther (daughter of Jehiel) Preston; she
was born 1766, and died at Southbury, June 9, 1842, se. 76. —
Cothrens i., 511.
Squire Benjamin Stiles died Feb. 12, 1817. — Cothren's i., 511.
Children :
127. L Hareiet," born March 13, 1787; married Harry
Brown, of Southbury, Conn., Sept., 1817, Issue:
128. 1. Henry' (Brown).
129. li. MiBiA' (Brown).
130. lii. Hannah' (Brown).
131. iv. Benjamin' (Brown), born Feb. 22, 1824; married Dec. 19,
1877. Emma Sullivan, of Columbus, Ohio; no issue.
132. y Walter C (Brown), born March 6, 1826; married Sept.
2, 1863, Isabella Wood, born July 23, 1831; he died
Nov. 8, 1876. Ckiklren (1) Walter W., born June 18,
1864; (2) Helen, born July 26, 1866; (3) Flora, born
Jan. 14, 1869; (4) Harry L., born Aug. 16, 1870; (5)
Lowell T., born Nov. 15, 1873.
133. ri. CSAnLBs' (Brown).
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 48!)
13 . II. Jennet/ born Oct. 4, 1790; married Charles Kau-
som (grand-cljild of Stephen and Mary) Curtiss.
March 24, 1817. Issue:
\^r,. i. HaekietS.," born Aiij;. 7 1818; miirried Dr. Jasper B.
Osborn. lia'l one cbild (1) Emily (Osborne), who mar-
ried H. C. Wriglit. of Sim Francisco, Cal.; have Flor-
ence. Alice E. .ind Helen.
136. ii. MaetM ,' born May 24, 1820; died.
l:t7. iii. Benjamin S.,' born July 23, 1822; married Jan. 27, 1850,
Marlhir Strong; resided in Nangatuclc, Conn. Children
(1) nimrles S., born March 23, 18-56. married Nov. 8.
18S3, Ellf-n M. French, of Watertown, Conn.; had
Geo. Kenj. Curtis, born Sept. 13, 1884; (2) Tannet W.,
born Aug. 12. 1861; died Nov. 24, 1877; (3) Benjamin
L.. born Marcli 8, 1867.
138. Iv. Charles B.,' born Sept. 1, 1824; resided (1885) in East
Oakland, Cal. Unmarried.
i:i9. V. Walter H..' born April 2, 1827; died.
140. vi. Horace H.,' born March 16. 1829; resided (1885) in
Jackson, Tenn.; maiTied, and had five children and
nine grand-children then livin;,'.
141. vii. Theeon S.,' born .-Vug 3, 1831; died Aug. 5, 1852.
Mrs, Jennet (Stiles) Curtiss died Aug. 8,
1875, ae. 84 years, 10 months, 4 days. Mr.
Charles B. Curtiss died June 24, 1844.
142. III. Henry B.,'^ born Oct. 24, 1791. See Cothreu's His-
tory Ancient Woodbury, page 447, among South-
bury births.
143. IV. Ben-tamin,*^ born Aug.' 1(1, 1792 ; died Oct. 15, 1794
4:90 THE STILES GENEALOGY
144. V. Benjamin Preston/ boru May 9, J.797 ; died Dec. 15,
1838, SB. 41 years, 7 months. 6 days; unmar-
ried.
145. VI. Francis Burke," born May 8, 1801 ; died Feb. 12,
1804.— C'o<7ire», 511.
146. VII. Henry Burke," boru May 15, 1804; married (1)
Patty Seeley French ; married (2) Mrs. Julia A.
Parrott. Family 18.
147. VIII. Mariette Esther," born July 18, 1812 ; married Oct.
5 (or 8), 1839, George Smith, of Bridgeport,
Conn. She died July 17, 1883. No issue.
FAMILY 10.
148. Abel" Stiles, |103|, {Benjamin,^ Lieut. Francis'' Ben-
jamin^- Mr. Francis,^) boru Aug. 2;'), 1759 ; married Jan. 16, 1790
{Cothren says 1791), Lucinda Mitchell, boru Aug. 17, 1768. He
resided at Southbury, Couu., aud died Sept. 2, 18;>9 ; she died
March 30, 1858, x. 89.— Cofhren, 518.
Children :
149. I. EoDERiCK," born Dec. 4, 1790 ; died Sept. 13, 1794.
150. II. Roderick," born May 15, 1794; married Cleora S.
Curtiss. Family 19.
151. III. RUFUS," boru Jan. 14, 1796; resided in Southbury,
Conn.; married (1) Sarah Curtiss, Nov. 9, 1822.
She was born Nov. 8, 1797, and died March 5,
1859 ; married (2) Ann Downs (widow of Elijah)
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 491
Freneh, Sept. 15, 1860; she died Nov. 29, 1872 :
married (3) Sopliia Marcell (widow of Freeman)
Davis, 1874. Mr. Enfus Stiles died Sept. 29.
1876. No issue.
152. IV. Eliza M.," born May 27, 1798; married Capt.
Charles C. H in man (sou of Col. Trueman Hin-
man, and whose great-grandmother was sister
to her grand-father Benjamin Stiles), June 17.
1822; she died June 8, 1879, ». 79. Issue:
153. i. Helen Eliza." married Alvord E. Winchell. Resided in
Southbiiry, Conn., and died Feb. 17, 1863, se. 36
years. No issue.
Mrs. Eliza M. (Stiles) Hinman died June 8,
1879.
154. V. Jonathan,'' born Oct. 10, 1800 ; married Nancy
Baldwin. Family 20.
155. VI. Nathan M.,'' born Oct. 15, 1807; died March 25,
1812, iu Southburj, Conn.
156. VII. Francis Abel,^ born Nov. 4, 1809; married (1)
Elvira W. Gidney; married (2) Frances M,
Shelton. Family 21.
FAMILY 11.
157. Nathan' Stiles, [106], [Benjamin,* Lieut. Francis,^
Benjamin,- Francis,') born May 12, 1767, at Southbury, Conn.;
graduated at Tale College, 1787 ; married 1795, Phebe (daugh-
1^2 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
ter of Ebenezer aud Pbebe Smith) Daytou,* who was born at
Coram, L. I., April 17, 1776. They resided iu that part of
Derby, Conn., now known is Seymour. He was one of those
who organized, Feb. 1'2. 1797, an Episcopal Society (Trinity
Church) in Derby,t
Mr. Nathan Stiles died iu Schenectady, N. Y., Sept. 23,
1804, on his way home from a trip to the Western States.
Mrs. Phebe (Dayton) Stiles died July 15, 1834, ». 58 years.J
C'liililrcii (born In Derby, Conn.):
158. I. Nathan [J.?]," born Feb. 27, 1796; married (1) Ann
Maria Birch ; married (2 1 Mrs. Jane Johnson.
Family 22.
159. II. Phcebe," born Dec. 5, 1797; resided at New Haven,
Conn.
160. III. Minerva," born March 28, 1801; married James
Roath, of Norwalk, Conn., June 5, 1827. Issue:
161. i. James.'
162. ii. Phebe "
163. IV. Hannah Makissa," born Dec. 24, 180 I ; died Sept.
15, 1849.
*Thi9 marriage we'getfrorn Air. Chas. W. Daytou, who is eDgay;ed upon a genealogy of the
Dayton family. Yft the Town Clerk of Derby, Conn., furnishes ns (Dee. ;i, 1884) with a copy
from the History of Derby, Conn., by Samuel Orcult which gives ibe name as Pbebe Johnson,
atui a list of iheir children, wlilch we are constrained to consider aud to use, as being authen-
lic: although it both differs from aud agrees with the list which we gave in our fi»rmfi- edition.
vVe are inclined, however, to believe that it should be Day ton. a.ml that the Johnson has arisen
from some confusion of memory with the surnaine of Nathan Jr 's second wife. Mrs. Sarah
■Johnson.
t Orcutt's History of Derby. Conn., page 469.
t.Froni Seyraour(old Humphreysvllle] Records. These dates are taken from Congregational
Cemetery.
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 493
FAMILY 12.
164. Benjamin" Stiles, \\0S], (Francis,^ Bevjamin* Lieut.
Francln,' Benjamin^- Francis,^) boru iu Salisbury, Conn., July
22, 1785; married in Salisbury, Couu., about 1806, Mary
(daughter of Joseph and Semautha) Clark, born about 1790.
He resided in Salisbury until after the birth of his third child
(say 1812 , and then removed to the head of Susquehanna River
(jjrobably at Cooperstowu), and engaged iu trading; but at the
end of the war of 1812-14, failed in business. His brothers then
bought for him land for a farm iu the town of Owego, four miles
north of Owego Village, N. Y., on the east side of the Owego Creek.
Here he resided until his death, Feb. 24, 1853, iu his 68th year.
Mr. Stiles was highly esteemed by his neighbors as a
worthy citizen and an honorable man. He was, during most of
his life, sceptical in regard to the fundamental principles of the
gospel ; but, during his last illness, his eyes were opened ; he
accepted, most fully, the redemption offered by Christ's sacri-
fice, and died in the triumphs of a Christian's faith, and iu hopes
of a glorious immortality. His funeral services were attended
in the Methodist Episcopal Chapel, at Flemingville, N. Y., Feb.
26, and his remains were interred in the cemetery at that place.
Mr-s. Mary (Clark) Stiles died June 28, 1857, in her 67th
Children :
165. I. Samantha,' born in Salisbury, Conn., about 1807;
married Charles Dewell, of Flemingville, N. Y.
Both are dead ; were buried iu the town of
Tioga, N. Y., near the "deep well," about two
miles from Owego, N. Y'^. Issue:
♦Willi herhusband 13 buried in that towli near the '■ deep well," about two miles front
Owege Village.
494
THE STILES GENEALOGY.
166.
i.
AnG0STA,8 deceased.
167,
ii.
Gtjstavus.'
168,
iii.
Chables,' resided at Newfield, N. Y.
169.
iv.
Helen,* deceased.
170.
V.
Francis.'
171,
vi.
Churchili,,* resided (1885) at Athe:
172.
vii.
Edgak Platt.s
Mrs. Samantba (Stiles) Dewell died at the
residence of her sister, Mrs. Goodrich, Tioga,
N. T., July 9, 1883.
173. II. Sarah Ann,' born at Salisbury, Conn., about 1808
or 1809; married Joshua Mead; settled in
Candor, N. Y., on the west side of the West
Owego Creek, about a mile above Flemingville.
Issue :
174. i. Daiiohtee,' I
- botlidiedvoungand befnretbeii mother.
175. ii. Daughter,* \
Mrs. Sarah A. (Stiles) Mead died July 9,
1834, aged about 26 years, and was buried in
the Parks Settlement, on the west side of the
creek, nearly opposite her father's home.
176. III. Francis," born at Salisbury, Conn., about 1811 ; was
a teacher; went to Maumee City, Ohio, and
died there Oct. 15 or 18, 1836, at about thirty
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILf. 495
years of age, " mTicli esteemed and highly prized
by those most intimate with him," and a sin-
cere Christian.
177. IV. Makcia Makia,' born at or near Cooperstown, N. T.,
about May 27, 1814; married Henry William
Manning.
178. V. Harriet,' born at Cooperstown, N. T., Sept. 10,
1817 ; married at Owego, N. Y., Oct. 1, 1840,
Charles Pixley Goodrich (son of Alanson and
Mary Pixley) Goodrich. He was born at Tioga
Sept. 27, 1816 ; resided (1885) in the town of
Tioga, at Turner's Bridge. P. O. Address,
Owego", N. T. Issue:
179. i. Edgak Goodrich,' born Ang. 24, 1841, in Tioga, N. Y.,
and died there July 17, 1842; buried near the "deep
well."
180. ii. Maky Eliza Goodbich,i> born Jan. 23, 1847, at Tioga, N.
Y., and died there Feb. 7, 1857, and was buried near
the " deep well."
181. VI. Mart,' J
- twins.
182. VII. Ransom Coffin," \
Born at Owego, N. Y., September, 1820.
Mary resided (1885) with her sister, Mrs. Piatt,
at Nichols, N. Y.; unmarried. Ransom Coffin
married Martha Huntly. Family 23.
183. VIII, Eliza Jane," born at Owego, N. Y.; married Jona-
than (sou of Hon. Nehemiah and Diantha Wilson)
Piatt, of Nichols, N. Y., where they settled and
still (1885) reside.
49fi THE STILES GENEALOGY.
FAMILY 13.
184. ThomaS" Stiles. [109j, (Francin,^ Benjamin,^ Lieut.
Francis;' Benjamin,' Francis,') boru at Southbury, Conn., Feb. 21,
1789; married Sarah Augusta (daughter of Seth and Esther
Laudon) Newell, of Salisbury, Nov. 26, 1829; they resided at
Salisbury, Conn.
Mr. Thomas Stiles died at Salisbury, March 4, 1862,* ae.
72 years. Mrs. Sarah A. (Newell) Stiles was born May 7, 1795.
and died
Children, (bora at Salisbury, Conn.): v
185. I. Thojus Augustine,' born Aug. 22, 1831 ; married
an Irish woman, to whom, when he died about
1873, he willed a property of $80,000. Upon
proof of mental incapacity to make a proj)er
will — tlie result of long continued excesses and
use of liquors — this will was set aside by the
Litchfield Countj' Court. He had but one child
which died se. 6 months.
186. II. S.MiAH Elizabeth,' born July (i, 1835 ; . married
Eobert Hall. Oct. 20, 1858.
FAMILY 14.
187. Ransom' Stiles, [110], (Francis; Benjamin,^ Lient.
Francis,'' Benjamin j' Franci.'i,') boru Dec. 29, 1790, at Southbury,
Conn.; married March 2, 1820, Hannah (daughter of Dr. An-
drew) Proudfit ; when a lad he went to Kingsbury, Washington
County, N. Y., where later he became a partner with a Mr.
Bellamy, whose wife (Pliebe Stiles, before marriage) was a
cousin; still later he settled at Argyle, N. Y., where he died
April 20, 1859.
* 1861. ace. yfiofll Genealogy, page 213.
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY, 497
Children :
188. T. Sarah Maria,' liorn Nov. 4, 1822; married Johu
Ashton Pattison, at Argyle, N. Y., Dec. 7, 1842;
removed to Brooklyn, N. Y., where Mr. Pattison
died May 2, 1885, ?e. 68 years ; his widow still
resides (1888) at 296 Washington avenue,
Brooklyn, N. Y. Issue:
189. i. Anna Phoudfit,' married Eev. J. E, Hall, resided (1888)
Cherry Valley, N. Y. ; has three daiighters.
190. ii. Emma Gaednek *
191. iii. Ransom. 8
192. iv. .John Habgeate."
193. T. George Ashton,' married Winton; resided (1888)
in Brooklyn, N. Y. ; has two children.
194 vi. Saka Stiles.*
195. II. Susanna Jane,' born May 10, 1826; died Sept. 28,
1827.
196. III. Hannah Elizabeth,' born Sept. 20, 1828; married
(1) Oct. 3, 1855, Kev. John Parry; married (2)
E. H. Crocker, of Sandy Hill, N. Y.; resided
(1888) Brooklyn, N. Y. Issue:
197. i. Susanna^ (Parry), married Henry B. Keen; resides
(1888) New York City.
198. ii. John Elliott" (Parry).
199. iii. Howaed' (Crocker).
200. iv. Ransom Stiles* (Crocker).
498 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
201. IV. Andrew Proudfit,' bora Dec. 12, 1830 ; died Oct.
1, 1833,
202. V. Susanna R.,' bom Ang. 1, 1837; died April 14,
1855.
FAMILY 15.
203. David Judson' Stiles, [119], {David,' Benjamin,'
Lieut. Francis,^ Benjamin,- Mr. Francis,^) born at Soutlibnry,
Conu., Oct. 16, 1795; married Ann French, Oct. 10, 1821; residues
in Soutlibnry, Coun., where he owns an iron-mine — and where
he owns the home-lot, "White Oak," of his first ancestor here,
whose house stood but a little east of that of his descendant.
Cothren's HistorT/ Ancient Woodbury, i.,d7. Mrs. Anna (French)
Stiles died at Soiithbury, 1884, se 86.
Children (born at Southbury, Conn.):
204. I. Mary A.,' )
V twins.
205. II. Bennet F.,' )
Born June 7, 1822. Mary died Dec. 28,
1845, ne. 22. Bennett F. married Janette A.
Shelton, April 9, (or 17), 1854; resides (1885)
South Britain, Conn. No issue.
206. III. Zephina,' born Sept. 8, (5 according to Cothren),
1828 ; died at Southbury, July 21, 1830.
207. IV. Akn F.,' bora May 19, 1832; resides (1885) in
Southbury, Conn.
208. V. Adelaide," bom Jan. 28, 1834; died March 11,
1853.
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 499
209. YI. Augusta M.," born Nov. 6, 1836; resided (1885) in
Soutbbury. Conn.
FAMILY 17.
210. Ephraim' Erastus Stiles, [1^51, (Epkralm," Ben-
jamin,^ Lieut. Francis,^ Benjamin,' Francis,^) born Oct. 24, 1791 :
married Sally Osborn, May 22, 1817. He died at Soutliburv.
Conn., April 6, 1858. Mrs. Sally (Osborn) Stiles died at South-
bury, March 5, 1858, .le. 61.
Children :
211. I. Nathan Blaggs," born March 24, 1818; resided
(1885) Southbury, Conn.; farmer; unmai'ried.
212. II. Sarah Augusta," born May 25, 1822; married
Melzar Whittlesey, of Galen, Wayne Co., N. Y..
April, 1864.
213. III. Antoinette D.," born Oct. 4, 1823; died Dec. 9,
1838.
FAMILY 18.
214. Henry Burke' Stiles, [14&], {BenjaminyBenJamiu,'
Lieut. Francis,' Benjamin^- 3Ir. Francis,') born May 15, 1804;
married (1) Patty Seeley French, Nov. 23, 1831, who died Oct.
29, (24, Cothren) 1860, se. 59 ; (se. 53, Cothren), married (2) Mrs.
Julia A. Parrott, Nov. 26, 1861. Mr. Henry B. Stiles died at
Southbury, Conn., 16 (family record 6") 1871, le. 66 years, 11
months, 20 days.
Children (born at Southbury, Conn.):
215. L Mary Jane," born Jan. 1^, died July 13, 1833.
oOO THE STILES GENEALOGY .
216. II. Maky Janette,' boru July 15, 1834; married James
G. Curtiss. May 17, 1860, in Southbury, Conn.
Issue.
217. i. HenkY Stiles,* bom March 13. 1861; married Frances
E. Eyre, Aug. 28, 1884.
218. ii. Annie Selet,^ born May 2, 1862.
219. iii. James Gueknset,' born Sept. 13, 1863.
220. iv. Ellen Elizabeth.b born Sept. 21, 1865.
221. V. Floka Pkeston.s born Aug. 13, 1867.
222. Ti. Gbokge Smith,* born Oct. 8, 1870; died June 27, 1872.
223. vii. Eva Maria, » born Aug. 26, 1875; died April 10, 1885.
224. III. Ellen Esther," boru Aug. 9, 1836.
225. IV. Alice Marie," born April 2, 1846.
FAMILY 19.
226. Roderick" Stiles, [149], (AhelJ' Benjamht,' Lievt.
Francis,'^ Benjamin^- Francis,^) born at Southbury, Conn., May
15, 1794 ; married (I) March 4, 1817, Cleora S. Curtiss, of Wood-
bury, Conn., bajjtized Nov. 28, 1794, and after her death (Nov.
27, 1852) resided iu Woodbury; married (2) Feb. 24, 1861,
Hannah Guthrie, of Southbury, Conn., where he resided until
his death, July 29, 1862.
Child:
227. I. Elizabeth A.,' born Nov. 18, 1817; married Charles
W. Kirtland, Feb. 27,* 1854. Eesided (1885)
at Woodbury, Conn. No issue.
*Cothreii 210, says Jan. 1.
I
r//f CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 501
FAMILY 20.
228. Jonathan" Stiles, [154], (Abel,'' Benjamin,' Lieut.
Francis,^ Benjamin,' Francis,^) born at Southburr, Conn., Oct. 10,
1800 ; married Nov. 12, 1831, Nancy Baldwin. He was a farmer;
resided at Soiithburj, Conn., and died tliere March 13 (G. A.
Stiles' letter says 5), 1882, ae. 81 years, 6 months. Mrs. Nancy
(Baldwin) Stiles is living, 1885.
Children (horn at Soii.thhary, Conn.):
229. I. Eansom B.,' born July 12, 1836; married Anna
Stillman. FAnnLY 24
230. II. Walter M.,' born July 6, 1848; married Susie J.
Barlow. Family 25.
FAMILY 21.
231. Francis' Abel Stiles, |156], (Abel,^ Benjamin,'
Lieut. Francis,'^ Benjamin^' Francis,^) born at Southbury, Conn.,
Nov. 10, 1809; married (1) Elvira W. Gidney, Feb. 10, 1840 ; she
died Feb. 11, 1845; married (2) Frances M. Shelton, March 2,
1846.
Children (by fir. ^t marriage):
232. I. Gidney A.," born Aug. 28, 1842 ; married Isadore
S. Kendall. Family 26.
233. II. Eliza Maria," born Aiig. 13, 1851.
FAMILY 22.
234. Nathan (J.?)' Stiles, fl581, (Nathan,' Benjamin,'
Lieut. Francis,''' Benjamin^- Francis,') born at Derby, Conn., Feb.
502 THE STILES GE/VEALOGK
27, 1796; man-ied (1) Ann Maria Birch, September, I8I9, in
Salisbury, Couu.; she died November, 1849; married (2) Mrs.
Jane Johnson, of Lyons, N. Y., April, 1851.
Children (by first wife):
235. I. Nathan Judson," bom June 22, 1820 ; married
Melissa Plank. Family 27.
236. II. Henry Birch,' born January, 182?; married (I;
Mary Babcock; married (2) Selover.
Family 28.
237. III. Kansom Birdsey,' born October, 1826.
238. IV. Smith D.,' born February, 1828 ; married Louise
Nelson. Family 29.
239. V. Geoiuie ScitiBA," born Oct. 4, 1833.
FAMILY 2J3.
240. Ransom Coffin^ Stiles, [lQ^],(BevJamin,''Francis;'
Benjamin,^ Lieut. Frmicis,' Benjamin,' Francis,^) born at Owego,
N. Y., September, 1820 ; married Martha Huntley, of Biugham-
ton, N. Y., and settled on a farm at Warren Centre, Bradford
Co., Pa., where he died Aug. 22, 1883, se. nearly 63 years.
Children :
241. I. Charles.^
242. II. Caroline.'^
243. III. Lewis Seeley.^'
244. IV. Helen Mak.'
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 503
FAMILY 24.
245. Ransom B." Stiles, [229], (Jonathan;' Abel-' Ben-
jamin* Lieut. Francis;^ Benjamin,- Francis,') born at Soutbbury,
Conn., July 12, 1836; married May 18, 1863, Anna (daughter of
Frederick and Sarah) Htillmau, born at Newbern, N. C, Julj' 1,
1845.
Child:
246. I. EsiiiA B.,' born (in N. Y.) Sept. 6, 1866.
FAMILY 25.
247. Walter M,' Stiles, [230]^ (Jonathan,^ Abel,'' Benja-
min,' Lieut. Francis,^ Benjamin;^ Francis,^) born at Southbury,
Conn., Jiily 6, 1848 ; married, Arag. 28, 1876, Susie J. (daughter
of Talcot and Emeline) Barlow, who died in 1881.
Resided (1885) Danbury, Couu.; occupation, furniture and
house-furnishing goods.
Child:
248. I. Susie Daisy," born Aug. 31. 1881.
FAMILY 26.
249. Gidney A.' Stiles, [232], (Francis Abel,'' Abel,^ Ben-
jamin,* Lieut. Francis^" Benjamin,'^ Francis,') born Aug. 28, 1842;
married. May 31, 1870, Isadore S. Kendall, in Southbury, Conn.
Mr. Stiles represented the town of Southbury in the State
Legislature, in 1875.
Children (born in Southbury, Cann.):
250. L Eaymond F.,« born Nov. 9, 1870.
251. IL Edith K.,' born May 28, 1875.
504 THE STILES CENEHLOGY.
252. III. Clarence G.," born Oct. 15, 1879.
FAMILY 27.
253. Nathan J/ Stiles. [235],f.Y«/AoH,'' Xr(fAaH,^5e/»;n-
man,^ Lieiif. Francis,^ Beiyamiih- Francis,') born June 22, 1820;
married Melissa Plank, of Wolcott, N. T., September, 1841.
Children :
254. I. AxsA Maku.'
255. II. WlLLIAM.-
256. III. .JuDSON.5
FAMILY 28.
257. Henry Birch Stiles, [236], ( Xathan,^ Nathan,^ Bm.-
Jaintn,' Lieui. Francis,^ Benjaminj- Francis,') born January, 1823;
married (1) Marv Babcock, of Penn Yan, N. Y., July, 1846, who
died May, 1853; married (2) Selover, at Auburn, N. Y.,
April. 1855.
Children (by first wife):
258. I. Albert.'
259. II. Daughter," died a few weeks old.
FAMILY 29.
260. Smith D.' Stiles, [238], (Xafhan," Nathan,^ Benja-
min,' Lieut. Francis,^ Benjamini^ Francis') born February, 1828;
married Louisa Nelson, of Auburn X. Y.. May, 1853.
Child:
261. L Daughter.'
r
TIE NEW JERSEY BRANCH,
or THE CONNECTICUT STILES FAMILY,
DESCENDED FROM JOHK^ STILES, THE WINDSOB EMIGRANT, IN THE
LINE OF JONATHAN,^ SON OF JOHNS THIRD SON, ISAAC.^
1. Jonathan' Stiles, [12], (Isaac;^ Jb/m'), see page 409
was born at Stratford, Conn., March 10, 1688-9. ' President
Stiles' MS. Genealogy says that he was "called Long
Jonathan, being six feet, four inches high ;" and, again, speaking,
in 1760, of the general small stature of the Stiles race, " the
family, however, produced one Jonathan Stiles, whom I have
often seen, one of the largest men for stature in New England j
he removed from Stratford to the Jersies and died there a few
years ago, and since 1754, perhaps at 60."
The date of his removal to the Jersies cannot be exactly
determined. His name figures quite frequently, in Stratford,
(Conn.) records and in Faii-field Co. (Conn.) records in laud trans-
actions between the years 1705 and 1720. His mark is afiixed
to a mortgage from David Jenkins to Jonathan Stiles on lands
in Stratford £39.79, paid March 23, lllA.— Fairfield Co. Records,.
Vol. II, Pt. II, 350. A deed also, is recorded, December 3,
1712, from him to Daniel Shelton, which conveys eleven acres,,
not yet taken up under contract with his " honored father, Isaac
Stiles." He had taken up twenty-five acres, to wit : Two acres
at Quorum Hill, (now Huntington), twelve acres north-west of
Long Hill and one of swamp by Long Hill — leaving eleven
acres. [Ibid. 394).
506 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
President Stiles (MS. Genealogy) states that " he removed
to Hanover, Huntington Co., West Jersey, about 1726 or 1730;"
and an intention of seeking a new home in that promising field
of adventure, then known as " the Jersies " — which was at that
time attracting many Connecticut men — may perhaps be found
in the recorded deed (Stratford Land Conveyances, Lib. II, 34)
of a house, barn, etc., and fifty-nine acres of Land at Oronoke,
sold by Jonathan Stiles, October 28, 1725 ; although he had
not left Stratford as late as 1726, when he was one of the
signers of a deed with the Indians. (Hist., Milford, Ct., 141.
But, we know that his wife Rebecca diedinNew Jersey, in 1731,
so that President Stiles' suggestion that he removed from Con-
necticut between 1726 and 1730, maybe accepted as approximately
correct. Again, the History of 3Iorris Co.,N. J., (published 1882)
mentions a Jonathan Stiles, who was, in 1726, appointed one of the
township officers and who died November 15, 1758. This date
of death seems to identify him with our " Long Jonathan " — if
so, he must, as early as 1726, have taken the preliminary steps
towards settlement, if he had not altogether removed there.
The almost entire absence of public records, at this early
period, in the Jersies, as well as the cares and distractions
which diiring the early days of any new settlement, tend to
prevent the keeping of family records, or memoranda, leaves us
much in ignorance as to the history of Long Jonathan's earlier
beginnings — and the little we do know, has been picked up
piecemeal and fitted together like the parts of a puzzle.
From The Jerseyrnan of Oct. 9, 1885, published at Morris-
town, N. J., by Mr. Lewis 0. Stiles, to whom the descendants
of Long Jonathan are greatly indebted for much of the informa-
tion which we have been able to present concerning their
ancestry and line, we copy the following concerning Morris
Township, N. J.
Tlie first minutes of a court in Morris county date back to
1740 and the first record in the old book bears date March 25
of that year, and is an act which divides the county into the
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 507
townships oi Murris, Pequannock and Hanover. Before that
time the whole county was legally' known as Morris Township.
Pequannock embraced the region bounded by " Passaic
river, Pequannock river to the Great Pond, the Eockaway river,
the west branch, to the head thereof, thence cross to lower end
of said pond." Hanover embraced the country bounded by "a
certain road from the bridge by John Day's up to the place
where the same road passes between Benjamin and Abraham
Persons, and thence up the same road to the corner of Samuel
Ford's fence, thence leaving Samuel Ford to the right hand,
thence running up to the road that leads from the old iron
works towards 'Siiccasunuing,' crossing Whippauy bridge, and
from 'thence to Suckasunny and thence to the Great Pond at the
head of Musconecung." The balance of the territory formed
Morris township.
The township of Morris was ordered by the court "to be
and remain a township, district or precinct, and to be called
and distinguished by the name of Morristown." Therefore the
projjer designation for this township is "the township of
Morristown."
The first deed was recorded in this coimty in 1785, and the
first mortgage in 1765. Previous to that the records were re-
corded in Himterdon county, Morris having been set off from
that county by act of Assembly of March 15, 1738-9. Morris
included in its original limits the territory now comprised in
Sussex and Warren counties, and was named after Lewis Morris,
at that time Governor of the Province.
Hunterdon county was set off from Burlington in 1713, and
was named after Gov. Robert Hunter. Mercer county was also
set off from Hunterdon. The bounds of Burlington couutj' were
first established in 169-4, but were not definitely settled
until 1710.
The first record of a marriage in Morris county is of date
of Oct. 5, 1795. The first will on record is of date of Feb.
4, 1804
508 THE STILES GENEALOGY .
The old law provided for recording the births of slaves
only. The last record of its kind was in 1 828, of a child whose
mother was a slave owned by Daniel Cory.
The following records, subsequent to Jonathan's removal
to Jersey, show his connection with his Connecticut origin, viz :
June 20. 1735, Isaac Stiles conveys to Jonathan Stiles, of
Hanover, Hunterdon County, West Jersey, in consideration of
twelve acres, a right in two acres of land which said Isaac's
grandfather Isaac had, etc. Fairfield County Record, book iv;
Stratford Land Conveyance, page 208.
Also, Sarah Cogswell, of Elizabethtown, Essex County,
N. J., conveys to Jonathan Stiles, of Peqiiannoc, Morris County,
N. J., quarter interest in a six acre right of commonage which
said right is recorded to her by her "honored father, George
Searles" — Fairfield County Record, Lib. ix., 66, recorded March,
1745-46.
Jonathan Stiles died Nov. 15, 1758 (and is interred in the
Cemetery of the First Presbyterian Church, at Morristown, N.
J.), "in his 80 year." according to gravestone inscription; but
his birth, in 1689 as recorded in Stratford, Conn., Town Records,
would make him between 69 and 70 years of age at his death.
As men's ages are frequently over-stated, especially when dying
in very advanced years, we prefer to accept the Stratford birth-
record, rather than the gravestone statement.
WILL OF JONATHAN STILES; Eecobded February 5, 1759,
IN THE Office op the Secretary of State op New Jersey, in
Book " G " of Wills, Page 21.
In the name of God, Amen the second day of October in
the thirty-second year of his Majestie's Eeign King George the
Second, &c., Annoq. Dom. one thousand seven hundred and fifty-
eight, I, Jonathan Stiles, of Peqaannock, in Morris County
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY 509
and Province of New Jersey, yeomau, being weak in Body liut
of a perfect disposing mind and memory, thanks be to God for
the same, calling to mind the mortality of my Body, and knowing
it is appointed tor all men once to dye do make and ordain this
MY LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT that is to Say principally and first
of all I give and recommend my sole into the hands of God that
gave it, and my Body to the earth to be buried in a decent and
Christian like manner at the discretion of my Ex'r nothing
doubting but at the general Resurrection I shall receive the
same again by the mighty power of God and as touching such
worldly estate wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me in
this life, I give and dispose of the same in manner and form
following viz.
I give and bequeath that all fuuiral charges and lawful
debts be paid of mine or contracted by me.
But whereas heretofore I have given unto my sons Joseph
& John <fe Jonathan it Ephram & Thomas & Ebenezer Stiles &
my Dafter Hanah Smith fifty pounds each, Item I give unto my
daughter Rebecker Primrose to make up fifty pounds with what
I have already given her. Item I give un to my son Stephen
fifty pounds with what he has already had. Item I give
unto my grand daughter Rebecker Parret five pounds
and if there be anything left of my estate I give and divide it
into nine parts equely to give each of my sons and Dafters one
ninth part except my doughter Hanah Smith and if she stands
in need to keep her from being a charge to the Town I order my
Exetors to pay the aforesaid one ninth part to her otherwise I
give the abovesaid one ninth part uuto ray grandson Daniel
Smith and to his heirs forever.
I do hei'eby nominate and appoint my well beloved son
Jonathan Stiles and my son in law Henry Primrose to be my
Executors of this my last will and Testament and have hereby
given them full power, strength and authority to sell and con-
vey all my lands whatsoever either by parts or the whole at
once and they or the surver [survivor] of them by vertue of these
presents to grant Deeds and conveyances for the same, &e. <fcc.
("Will provides for what shoiild be done in case of
death of one executor, and then continues.)
revoking and disallowing all former wills by me made.
510 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
In Witness Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and
seal the day and year above written.
Signed sealed and Delivered ) his
o
I
in the presence of ^JONATHAN X STILES (L. s.)
Joseph Wood. John Plume. ) mark
Probate granted by Gov. Barnard in the usual form Dated
the 30th November 17o8.
Chas. Eead, Eeg'e.
Jonathan Stiles was twice married — -jirsi, to the widow
Rebecca Canfield — and, from the date of birth of their oldest
child (1706) it would appear that this marriage must have
occurred when he was only sixteen years old. Yet, when we
consider his great size and probable early maturity, as well as
the prevalence of marriages at an early age, in the circumstan-
ces of a new country, this is by no means improbable. Judging
from the date of the deed executed by his father to him (see
page 408, ante.) it must have been given him on, or about the
time of his marriage. Mrs. Rebecca (Canfieldj Stiles died at
" Stilestown," October 23, 1731, in her forty-eighth year. — In-
scription in Cemetery of Whippany, X. J., Presbyterian Church,
Morris Co., N. ./.*
He married — second, Elizabeth Taylor, widow of his cousin
Sgt. John Stiles (see Family o, i^age 48) of Windsor, Conn. John
Stiles had deceased in November, 1728, and his posthumous son
John was born April, 1729 ; and the widow must have married
Jonathan Stiles somewhere between 1731 (the year of his first
wife's death) and 1733, in which latter year the Court at Hart-
ford, Conn., appointed Jonathan and his wife Elizabeth, " for-
*The oldest headstone inscription in this cemetery is '* Here lyes ye body of John
Richards, dec'd. aged 63 years. Deer. ITlf*." The Stiles family headstones are next in order
of date. John Richards was a schoolmaster and gave the ground for a graveyard, the deed
being duly recorded.— i€((ers of Lewis 0. Slilles, 18S6.
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 511
merly of Stratford, then lately of Hanover, in New West Jersey,"
to be guardians of this son John, then about four years old.
The date of Mrs. Elizabeth Stiles' death is not known.
Children (by first marriage; those thus designated* recorded
at Stratford, Conn., Lib. II., 480, 482, 487) :
2. I. Joseph,^ (Esq.), born Oct. 7, 1706 ;* married Comfort
— . Family 2.
3. II. JoHN,^ born May 8, 1709;* married (1) ;
married (2) Kachel . Family 3.
4. III. Thomas,^ born Dec. 13, 1711;* "son of Jonathan
and Kebecca Stiles ; died September, 1728, in the
16th year of his age." — Whippany, (N. J.)
Graveyard Inscription.^
5. IV. Hannah,^ (named in her father's will) ; married
. Smith.
6. V. Phebe,^ born about 1715 ; married Samuel Parrot;
died at Whiiopany, N. J., Oct. 25, 1743, in 28th
year.
7. VI. Rebecca,^ born Sept. li, 1719; married Henry
Primrose, March 29, 1748. Record First Pres-
byterian Church, Morristoion, N. J. The follow-
ing I find in the graveyard of the First
Presbyterian Church, Morristown, N. J.:
"Abigail, daughter of Henry and Rebecah
Primrose, died March the 1st, 1764, in ye 8th
year of her age." — L. 0. Stiles.
t Pres. Stiles' MS. Genealogy, gives the name of the third sou as Jonathan, but mentions no
Thomas, which, however, as It is given in the Stra/ford Record, [also, Cothreu's History Woodbury,
Conn.. 67.')] must bo correct. He also says that Long Jonathan had three sons by his second
wife.
512 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
8. VII. Jonathan/ born 1721; married (1) Joanna ;
married (2) Sarah ; married (3) Dorothy
. Family 4.
9. VIII. Thankful/ borul722; " daughter of Jonathan and
Eebecea Stiles ; died August, 1728, in 6th year of
her age." — Whippamj, (N. J.) Graveyard In-
scription.
10. IX. EPHRAiM,''t born Feb. 12, 1723-4;* married
Family 5.
Children (by second marriage) :
11. X. Thomas,* (named in his father's will) ; married
Abigail Wheeler. Family 6.
12. XI. Ebenezee,* born about 1733;* married .
Family 7.
13. XII. Stephen,* (named in his father's will).
14. XIII. Isaac,* "son of Jonathan and Elizabeth Stiles,"
died 86. 10 years, 2 months, June 4, 1746. —
Whippany, (N. J.) Graveyard Inscription.
FAMILY 2.
15. Capt. Joseph^ Stiles, [2], (Long Jonathan,^ Isaac,^
John,^) born Oct. 7, 1706, at Stratford, Conn.; married Comfort
. He was a man of means and of influence in the com-
munity; his "ear-mark" for cattle recorded Jan. 28, 1750, in
Morris County, N. J.; was Overseer of highways, 1766; Nov. 8,
1759 (according to Minutes of Presbyterian Church, of Morris-
t Colhren'H History Ancient Woodbury, Conn., 675.
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY 513
town, N. J., "Capt. Joseph Stiles" was clioseu a trustee of the
Church, and served as such until his death, when at a meeting
held Sept. 16, 1777, Jonathan Stiles was chosen in his place.
As a trustee of the Church, he was one of that body, which,
Jan. 12, 1767, met and "gave Leive that a School hous might
be Built on the Green, near whair the old hous now standeth " —
which was the origin of the Morris Academy. — (Rev. Rufus S.
Green's Account of Morristown, in History of Morris County).
He was a Captain in the Revolutionary Army, and died
"of fever" Dec. 2, (according to Church Record) 1776. In these
records, as also on his gravestone, (First Preshyteriaii Church
Graveyard, Morristown, N. J.), he is styled "Esq."
Mrs. Comfort Stiles was a communicant of the First
Presbyterian Church of Morristown, 1743-1756, and died June
17, 1785, se. 76 years — (First Presbyterian Church Graveyard
Inscription).
Children (Dates marl"ed thus, * from graveyard inscriptions.
First Presbyterian Church of Morristoicn) :
16. I. Joseph,'^ born ; married . Family 8.
17. II. Silas,'' baptized March 24, 1745; died June 13,
1746, se. 1 year, 7 months.*
18. III. George,^ died June 12, 1746, ne. 4 years, 3 mouths.
19. IV. George,^ baptized Feb. 14, 1748.
20. V. Silas,'' baptized June 3, 1750;* married Sarah
Cignes. Family 9.
21. VI. Comfort,'' baptized Jan. 21, 1753.
■314 / THE STILES GENEALOGY.
FAMILY 3.
22. Capt. aud Deacon John' Stiles, [3], Long Jonathan^
Isaacj^ John,^) boru at Stratford, Conn., May 8, 1709; married
(1) ;* married (2) Rachel .
Capt. Stiles was a deacon in the Church at Parsippany, N.
•J., resided at Stilestown, Morris County, X. J.; after death of
his first wife he removed to Morristown, and Nov. 8, 1759, was
chosen by the Elders of the First Church of Morristown, as one
of the trustees, in place of Charles Howell, deceased. He died
May 17, 1777, se. 68, of small-pox, and was buried in the
Parsippany Church Graveyard. The fact of his having died
during the Revolutionary war and of small-pox — traditionary
among several branches of his descendants — happened to be
" the connecting link" which eventually led to the indentification
of his connection with the line of his son Ashbel.
Mrs. Rachel Stiles was admitted to full communion in
the First Presbyterian Church of Morristown, N. J., July 5,
1745. "Elder of the Church" is inscribed u^^on Capt. John
Stiles' gravestone.
Children :
23. I. Enos,'* baptized June 29, 1743. — Records First Pres-
byferian Church, Morristown, N. J., and men-
tioned, 1764, in his father's ledger account.
24. II. Samuev ; married . Familt 10.
25. III. JoHX,^ boru about 1753 ; married Mary Sanford.
Family 11.
* Stephen H. Stiles, In a letter dated Dec. 21, 1883, says : " The mother of Job and Aaron
Silles whose name was Lydia, died when they were small, and they were bound to a cruel task-
master. Aaron at the age of 18 was glad to enlist In the Revolutionary War."
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY 515
26. IV. Elijah,"' boru about 1745 ; married Betsy Kitchell.
Family 12.
27. V. Moses,'* born March 22, 1756; went South, and died
Aug. 3, 1776, pe. 20 years. — (Parsippmiy Gh'ave-
yard, N. J.); possibly the Moses Stiles who was
one of the 180 inhabitants who signed, May,
1776, the " Articles of Association of the Free-
holders and Inhabitants of Pequonuck, in the
County of Morris, pledging themselves to sus-
tain the action of the Continental and Provincial
Congresses in defending the Constitution." —
Neiu Jersey Archives, x. 716.
28. VI. Phebe,^ baptized Dec. 8, 1745 (probably twin with
Elijah) ; married George Bowlsby, Sen., (his first
wife — he had issue by both wives). Issue :
iW. i. Levi,« died unmarried.
3U. ii. •John,'! married Jeanette Gilchrist, of Charlton, Saratoga
Co., N. Y. ; had children (1) Nancy; (2) Jane; 3 Levi ;
(4) Eliza; (5) Alexander; (6) Cornelia.
31. iii. Ends."
32. iv. Geoege,6 married Phebe Stiles, his cousin.
33. V. Bettt,6 married Daniel Ostrom, of Saratoga Co., N. Y.
34. vi. PoLLY.s married William Walmsley, of Delhi, Delaware
County, N. Y.
Mrs. Phebe (Stiles) Bowlsby died at Han-
over Neck, N. J. Her baptismal record is from
the Records of First Presbyterian Church, 3Iorris-
fotvn, iV". ./.
35. VII. Kachel,"' ; married Samuel Townsend, who
died before 1826. Issue :
ol6 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
36. i. William."
37. ii. John."
38. iii. Eeenezer.s
39. iv. Polly. 6
40. V. Phebe.*
41. VIII. Job,"' born about 1760 ; married (.1) ; married
(2) Hester Greeu. Family 13.
42. IX. Hezekuh,'' boru Aug. 12, 1761, at Scotch Plains,
N. Y.; enlisted as a Sergeant in Cajat. Lane's
Company (subsequently Capt. Moss') in Col.
Jacquis' New Jersey Kegiment of Militia, Feb-
ruary, 1778 ; was a minute man at Elizabetb-
town, N. J., until August, 1779, acting as guard
and scouting to watch the movements of the
British, and to repel invasions, after which
time lie was allowed to follow his regular occu-
pation on his father's farm at Scotch Plains,
being only 30 miles from New York City. He
was frequently engaged in skirmishes, and was
in the battles of Elizabethtown, Connecticut
Farms, SDrineifield, WoodrutF Farms and the
capture of Cuckoldtown Fort, on Staten Island.
After' the latter event he was in an expedition
which crossed on the ice at Staten Island, to
drive off British marauders, who not only com-
mitted depredations on the Island, but har-
assed the f)eople in New Jersey. Two years
'^ after the war he removed to New York City,
where he remained two years; then removed to
/ Columbia, Hamilton County, Ohio, where he
resided in February, 1833, being then 71 years
of age. He was alive in 1840 — United States
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILT. 517
Pension Office Hecords, No. 19,746. His pension
papers distinctly state that he was a brother of
Elijah Stiles.
43. X. Aaron,"^* born about 1762; married . Family 14.
FAMILY 4.
44. Jonathan' Stiles, Esq, [8\,(Loi>c/ .Toualhan-' Isaac;'
JoJm,^) born (probablj- at Stratford, Conn.,) 1721 ; renewed his
covenant with the Presbyterian Church at Morristown, N. J.,
Jan. 3, 1755 ; communicant July 5, 1765. Upon the death of
his brother, Capt. Joseph Stiles, who had been a Trustee of the
Church since 1759, he was chosen to fill the vacancy, at a meet-
ing held Sept. 12, 1777. In April, 1796, he was one of a com-
mittee appointed to finish the new edifice of that Church ; and
was one of 31 citizens of Morristown who responded to the
appeal made by the Trustees of the College of New Jersey to
the Presbyterians of the Colony for the annual exjienses of that
institution, endorsed by the sessions of the several Presbyterian
Churches. The sum contributed at Morristown was £140.0.5
of which Jonathan Stiles, Esq., contributed £1.15.0. Bee.
1st Pres. Gh., Morristown, N. J. He was Assessor of Morris
Township (now Morris Co.), 1773. 1774, 1775 ; and overseer of
highways, 1759, 1760, 1762. He was, at one time. High Sheriff
of Morris County ; also, one of the County Judges, and one of a
body " of respectable freeholders and inhabitants " who met in
the Court House at Morristown, June 27, 1774, to protest
* We believe these three brothers to have been the children of Captain and Deacon John
Stiles, for the following reasons, viz ; (1) Hezelciah, born 1761, is known, from his pension papers-
to have been a brother of Elijah (probably the number 26, above, and (2) Jol> was cei inliily the
brother of Aaron, for Mr. Stephen Hathaway Stiles, of West Rurlington, Itradford County, Pa.,
says: " This Job was my grandfather (Aaron's) brother. This I cannot be mistaken about
because I have seen him when he was visiting my grandfather, while I was a very small boy.
He then lived in Ridgebury, Bradford County, a distance of 18 or 20 miles from my present
residence. He came on horse-back from his homo at Ridgebury, a distance of 80 or 90 miles,
and my grandfather (Aaron) returned the visit in the same way, He had two sons, at least,
whose names were Daniel and Kinney.
518 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
against tlie oppressions of King George, and to jiledge tlieir
supj3ort to the patriot cause. He was, at that time, appointed
one of the nine delegates to attend a State Convention to be
held for the purpose of electing delegates to a " General Con-
gress," which was afterwards held at Philadelphia. He was
himself elected a delegate to the Provincial Congress, from
Morris County and attended its sessions in May, June and July,
1775, (Minutes of llie Provincial Congress, and Council of Safety
of New Jersey, ] 77.5-1776 :) pp. 13, 48, 104, 169.
He married (1) Joanna , who owned the covenant, with
her husband, in the First Preslivterian Church of Morristown,
Jan. 3, 1755, (being " half-way members,") and who died Sept.
17, 1781, " of fever," re. 53 (Morristown Pres. Ch. Hec.) though
her gravestone inscrij^tion says Sept. 15, and gives her age as 58).
He married (3) Sarah ,whodied Feb. ',1802, fe. 70, of con-
sumjition. (Bee. 1st Pres. Ch. and also gravestone inscriptio)i,
Morristown, N. J.) : he man'ied (3) Dorothy , who died Jan.
18, 1804 ; " of a hurt and fever," x. 68.— i?ec-. 1st Pres. Ch., M.
Jonathan Stiles, Esq., died of old age, Oct. 6, 1806, ae. 85
years— 7i:ee. 1st Pres. Ch. M. His will, dated Dec. 7, 1802, wit-
nessed Oct. 15, 1806 ; recorded Lib. A, 123 of Probate Rec.
Morris Co., X. J., gives his wife Dorothv £40 York money, son
Timothy £100 and to Timothy's two elder daughters, Mary
and Johanna £100 ; " also, to Mary Stiles, my cubboard ; to Sarah
Stiles, mj- daughter-in-law, and her two daughters Elizabeth
and Gitty Stiles, one half of one half of my estate share alike ;"
to grandson Chillion Ford the other half, in case of whose death
it was to go half to his mother and two sisters and half to his
uncle Timothy Stiles. Jonathan's children to have an equal
sum. His brothers-in-law, Israel Eickey and Sylvester D..
Kussell, sole executors.
Children, (born in Morristoicn, X. J.) :
45. I. Timothy,^ baptized Jan. 3, 1755 ; married (1) Anna
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 519
Carter ; married (2) Damaris Cramer. Family
15.
46. II. Jonathan,'' baptized Oct. 26, 1755 ; married (1)
Eleanor Carter ; married (2) Damaris Cramer.
Family 16.
FAMILY 5.
47. Ephraim* Stiles, [10] (Long Jonathan,^ Isaac^- JoJni,^)
born, probably at Stratford, Conn., Feb. 12, 1723-4 ; settled in
Stilestowu (now Montville) Pequauuoc Co., N. J. (Letters of H.
W. Crane, of Boonton, N. J.); married (1) Eebecca Halsey, of
Stilestown, who died March 12, 1759, se. 28, (M?Acrjj3<(0H in Parsip-
pany graveyard says, March 14, 1758 ; there being only one
earlier date in the graveyard, viz., 1756). He married (2) Hannah
(or Ann) Farrand, who died Jan. 20, 1777, in 41 year ; — Parsip-
pany Pres. Ch. graveyard insa-iption, -which, calls her "Anna."*
Mr. (or, as he is sometimes called. Deacon) Ephraim Stiles
died Aug. 4, 1768, se. 45 years — Parsipjxiny Pres. Ch. graveyard.
Children (by first marriage* ) :
48. I. Elizabeth,^ born April 28, 1755.
49. II. Levi,= born Awg. 11, 1756, killed by the fall of the
first Liberty pole erected at Newark, N. J.
50. III. Moses Halsey, born Feb. 11, 1758; married Abigail
Terry. Family 17.
• His great grandson Leoi, of Hartford, Conn.. Is authority for the following whim of this
Ebenezer: viz . that he had the bodies of his wives burled with heads together, feet diverging
one from theoiher, thus A, while his own body was finally laid, by his directions, across their
heads, thus /\ . Unfortunately for the probability of this tradition, his great grandfather,
Ephraim , died before his second wife. Possibly the story is true of some other ancestor-
many of whom, in this line, were twice married.
520
THE STILES GENEALOGY.
51. IV. Anna,^ born March 11, 1759, died April 27, 1826.
(By second mavriage) :
52. V. Eebecca,-' born March 21, 1761.
53. VI. Ephraim" liorn Dec. 15, 1762 ; married Hannah
Dixon. Family 18.
54. VII. Susannah,- born Sept. 25, 1768.
FAMILY 7.
vW-^
V
55. Ebenezer^ Stiles, [2], (Long Jonathan;^ Isaacj'
John,') born in Stratford, Conn., 1726; possessed much force of
"i-^ character and was an active and enterprisinjj; business man. His
ledgers, now in the hands of Lewis O. Stiles, of Morristown, N. J.,
show that his trade was that of a blacksmith, but his business
gradually extended until he carried on very extensive iron-works.
In 1768, he was a partner, with Silas Moore and Jedidiah Gregory,
in a " bloomery, or forge," on what is now Brant's Paper Mill
Pond, at Morris Plains, N. J., which they purchased of the
estate of John Estill, dec'd. He appears, also, on the Fairjidd
Co. (Conn.) Bee. in a deed, bearing date of 1753, given him by
"jMargery Gilbert, of Bertie Co., North Carolina," widow of
Jno. Gilbert, conveying her interest in certain lands in Stratford,
Conn., which she had of her father George Saris.
He resided at Hanover, Morris Co., N. J., and became a
communicant of the First Presbyterian Church of that place,
May 6, 1781 (Church Becords). He died at the home of his son,
Ebenezer, Jr., on Morris Plains, Nov. 22, 1814, se. 88 years. His
will was proved Dec. 23, 1814 ; Lib. B., p. 24, Morris Co. Prob.
Bee, in which is mentioned a grandson, John Kinney, Jr. At
the auction sale of his property, shortly after his decease, sev-
eral slaves were sold, one of whom was purchased by the Rev.
TH£ CONNECTICUT FAMILY ■521
Samuel Fisher, then pastor of the Morristown Presbyteriau
Church. Mr. Ebenezer Stiles was buried in the graveyard of
that church.
He married (1) in New Jersey, Polly (this much uf
his first wife's name is revealed by entries in his business ledg-
ers); he married (2) May 4, 1778, Abigail (daughter of
Conger, and widow of Simon) Gobill. (Records of First Preshi/ft-
rian Church, Morristown, N. J.)
On July 4, 1779, Ebenezer Stiles and wife presented for bap-
tism three of her " children by [her first husband] Simon
Gobill, viz.: Abner Gobill, born June 27, 1765 ; Luther Gobill.
born May 24, 1770; Calvin Gobill, born March 6, 1773."
{Ch. Bee).
According to the Oh. Rec, she, therein named as '• the
mother of Ebenezer and Moses Stiles," died March 10, 1815, se.
84, which gives us 1731 as the date of her birth ; yet the same
record gives the death of Abigail Goble as Dec. 7, 1810, se. 78.
Children :
56. I. Eebecc.\", baptized Dec. 15, 1756 ; married Feb. 25,
1773, Caleb Howell.*
57. II. Hannah,'' baptized Jan. 3, 1760 ; married Aug. 6,
1761, Asa Baach. t Issue:
•EbeDezer Stiles' ledger shows the following credits lo SIIhs (probably faihpr of CHlPb
Howell, and may have a bearing on the approaching marriage of his son.
Silas Howell Cbedit
£ a .1
1T72. 2palrjewells 3 10 u
Jan.U. 2 rings 38, 10 jacket boitons 3b lid o i; ii
Byarlng.lsCd 0 1 s
1773.
Feb. 4. By a pair pem 1-ts 0, a set of lea cups Is 6 0 i.t 0
Byhisboock 36 :s 10
40 17 9
t The codicil of her father's win gives to daughter Hannah Beach (In addition to fcrnier
legacy) "a good feather bed, bed8te,id, curtains, bed cord under bed, bolster, pillows, one pair
pillow cases, one pair sheets and three coverlids."
Gives to Phebe Goble. wife of Simeon Goble, of Sussex County, and lo Elizabeth Blown,
also of Sussex County, 825 each.
522 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
58. i. John Kinxey/ born Jun. 23, 1779.
59. ii. Henkt,6 born Murcli 17, 1782.
fiO. iii. Saka.h,6 born March 7, 1786.
(jl. III. Daniel,^ baptized Dec. 20, 1761 ; married Eliza-
beth Brookfield. Family 19.
62. IT. Charity/ " baptized ou his [i. e. the father's] own
account" — Church Records, 3 xuie 3,1764; mar-
ried March 31, 1784, Dayton Talmadge. Issue:
63. i. Esther C, 6 baptized Ang. 29, 1785.
6i. ii. Mart,^ (mentioned in a codicil, date of March 20, 1811|
in her grandfather's, Ebenezer Stiles, will.
65. V. Jemima,^ baptized Jan. 2, 1767 ; married April 7,
1785, Jonathan Laidsey ; had child, mentioned
but not named in lier father's will.
66. VI. Ebenezer,'^ born at Morris Plains, N. J., July 24,
1767; baptized Aug. 23, 1767; married Phebe
Guerin. Family 20.
67. VII. MosES,3 born April 2, 1771; baptized May 19,
1771 ; married (1) Hannah Wearer ; married
(2) Sarah Allen. Family 21.
68. VIII. Mauy,^ named in her father's will ; married
Freeman ; had two daughters, Phebe and Betsy,
named in their grandfather's will.
FAMILY 8.
69. Joseph" Stiles, [16], (Capt. Joseph,* Long Jonathan,^
Tsacu\' John^) born ; married (1) Phebe (in Church
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 523
Records of lier renewal of covenant April 19, 1761, named H;iii-
nali) Armstrong, (Ann Strong, or Strouds) Jan. 31, 1760, Morris-
town Records ; married (2) Mary Cooper, who died Oct. 21, 1798,
SB. 52.
At time of his second marriage was of New Vernon, Morris
County, N. J.; renewed his covenant, same day as his first wife,
(see above) at Morristown Presbyterian Churcli, as " half-way
members."
Children (baptisms from Records First Presbyterian Church,
Morristoion, N. J.) :
70. I. George," baptized April 19, 1761.
aN," baptized March 5, 1763 ;
one account, to have married, but died childless.
71. J II. John," baptized March 5, 1763 ; said, according to
^Vb^ -j ^/-
,'VC*''\^V'-^4-/\'-n. Ji'lid to have resided in Philadelphia. But,
Vs-iLV'^ 1 Pt >| "^^^ another account is that he married Nancy , tz
V ''^^"^c^^^ *^C[yn^*'\^ ^^'^ ^^^^ ^ number of children, one of whom was '-t> r2V-i«
^^.c^Op^^ named Henry ; that he (John) was engaged in 6 i^y'"^f
,:^^«?^^
the lumber business, accumulated a fortune and
died at age of 45. i
72. III. Joseph," baptized March 31, 1765.
73. ' IV. James," a young man, baptized April 30, 1790. Qrxj^f A_u
^ Family 22. __]_] ^.ut -| vj"" ';S f 1 H '
FAMILY 9. - -^•'!\|
74. Silas' Stiles, |20], (Capt. Joseph,' Long Jonathan-'
Isaac ~ John,^) resided and died in Monmouth County, N. J.; was
one of General Washington's body-guard in the Revohitiouary ser-
vice, and so mentioned in Official Register of Officers and Men of
Neiv Jersey in the Revolutionary War, p. 709. In the winter of 1779,
he boarded General Washington, his chaplain and physician, at
Morristown, N. J.
524 THE STILES GENEALOGY
After the war, he carried a penny-post, and his route-book,
coatainiug the names of those to whom he delivered papers, etc.,
i-; still in possession of his great-grand-daughter, Sarah E.
Stiles, of 74 Eace street, Holyoke, Mass.
He was Republican in politics and Baptist in religious
faith, according to same authority —but the Records of First
Presbyterian Clinrch of Morristown, N. J!, show that he and his
wife " renewed the covenant," as " half-way members," with that
church, April 26, 1772 ; and he, as full communicant, Aug.
26, 1803.
He married Dec, 1, 1768, Sarah Cignes (or Ayres), who
was admitted to full communion in the Morristown Church,
Sept. 4, 1803 ; she is mentioned in a deed as late as March 25>
1794.
Children (horn and baptized First Presbyterian Church Rec-
ords, Morristown, N. J.):
75. I. William," born Feb. 18 (one family account says 11),
baptized April 26, 1772 ; married March, 1798,
Mary Bollin. — Church Records. Family 23.
76. II. SrL.vs," born Dec. 17, 1790 ; baptized (on wife's ac-
count), April 4, 1791.
FAMILY 10.
77. Samuel " Stiles, [24], Capt. (John,* Long Jonathan,^
Isaac,' John,^) married Margaret Van Droof , and resided at Stiles-
town, N. J.; was probably the Samuel S. of Morris County, who
is recorded as having been a private in the New Jersey troops
during the Bevolution. (Official Register, p. 768). He died in
1804.
Mrs. Margaret (Van Droof) Stiles died in 1815, m. 76, and
was able at that age to journey on horseback.
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 525
Children :
78. I. John,' ; married Eleanor Tickenor. Family 24.
79. II. Betsy," ; married Daniel Vincent, of Jersey
City, N. J. Issue :
80. i. Mabgaeet,' married Wright.
81. ii. Martha,' married Holmes-
82. iii. Stephen,' died unmarried. Key West.
83. iv. Saeah,' married Cassldy.
84. y. Daniel,' died unmarried ; Key West.
85. vi. Mabia,' married Benson.
86. vii. Helen,' unmarried.
Mrs. Betsy (Stiles) Vincent, died 1832.
87. ni. Moses," ; married Ann Palmer. Family 25.
88. IV. Phebe,''' — — ; married Ler cousin, George Bowlsby,
Jr., of Hanover, N. J. ; removed to Court House
Hill. Ballston Spa, N. Y., and died ae. over 90.
Issue :
89. 1. Mabia,' married a Bradley or, Bradbury; removed to
Shrewsbury, N. J.
90. ii. Moses,' born 1801 ; married Kachael Rowley ; was *
civil engineer ; resided at Ballston, N. Y , until
1839 ; removed to Monroe, Mich., in employ of
Mich. S. E. R. , and died 1843. She died 1883, se.
82; had children born at Ballston, N. Y. : (1) George
W., born 1826 ; resided in Monroe, Mich., family.
(2) Dr. William H., born 1828. (3) Sarah Orrila,
born 1830 ; married David P. Spalding, of
Tecumseh, Mich., family.
526 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
91. jii. Levi," a civil engineer, Mich. S. E. R.
92. i7. Elizabeth/ manicrl Henry Rector, architect' of tie
Old Capitol, Albany, N. Y. JVo issue.
93. V. Dakiel," died young at Schenectady.
94. V. Jacob," ; married Cornelia Eyckman. Family
26.
FAMILY 11.
95. Deacon John^ Stiles, [25], (Capf. Jolin* Long Jona-
than,'' Isaacj' Jolin,^ ) born about 1753 ; was an Elder and Deacon
in the Presbyterian Church at Parsippany, N. J., for many years.
He served as a quartermaster during the Revolutionary War.
Though he was not a jDensioner, tlie U. S. Pension Office Record
contains the application, dated Decembei', 1839, of his widow,
Mary, for a pension. She was then of Pequannock. N. J., and ae.
86 years. She therein states that her husband was Issuing
Commissary of provisions to the American Militia of Morris
County, N. J., and was sometimes called Quartermaster. In the
Official Register of N. J., Men in Revolutionary War, p. 842,
he is styled "Commissary of Issue." He was a man of con-
siderable property, had a good farm well stocked with cattle,
and had money at command ; but, through the depreciation of
Continental currency and the vicissitudes of war he lost a large
part of his estate. His services were largely under the orders
of Gen. Winds, and Cols. Seeley and Hathaway. He married at
Pequannock, N. J., January 1776 (date from pension affidavit of
loidow), Mary, (daughter John) Sandford, of Pine Brook, Morris
County, N. J.
Deacon Stiles died at Stilestown, N. J., Oct. 23, 1830, ae.
77 years 2 days ; his will dated Oct. 10, 1825.— Zi6. C, 527,
Morris County Prolate Record. Mrs. Mary (Sandford) Stiles
died at Stilestown, Dec. 6, 1843, in 89th year — Parsippany Pres-
byterian Church Graveyard.
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 527
The " Council of Safety " at Princeton, N. J., on May 22,
1778, ordered that "John Stiles, Jr.. [probably this John,] be
paid £9 13s 9d for attending the Governor [Livingston] as
light horseman from the 9th to 22d of May."
Children :
96. I. Catharine,' born Dec. 9, 1776*; married Leonard
Davenport, about 1798. Issue :
97. i. John."
98. ii. Aeohy,' has :\. son, William; resides at Bpjnton, N. J.
99. iii. EzKA.'
100. iv. George L.'
Mrs. Catharine (Stiles) Davenport died May 26,
1852, X. 77.
101. II. William," ; married Polly Morrison. Family
27.
102. in. John," born July 20, 1783 ; married Elsie Sayre.
Family 28.
103. IV. LocKEY,« (Eachel), born July 12, 1786; married
Jan. 9, 1806, John Righter. Issue :*
104. i. Chaeles,' born April 1, 1807 ; died Match 3, 1810.
105. ii. Samckl Francis,' born Aug. 7, 1809 ; resided in N. Y.
City, died Jan. 6, 1867 ; unmarried.
106. iii. Betsy Mabia,' born April 27, 1812 ; married B. N.
Corning, M. D., lune, 1847. She died at New
• Furolshed by Geo E. Righter, of Parslppany, N. J.
528 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
Britain, Conn., Nov. 26, 1872. Dr. C. resided (1885)
at N. B. Issue: (1) John (Corning); (2) Emma
(Corning); (3) William R. (Coming).
07- iv. Chaeles Augustus,' born Feb. 9, 1816; married Eliza-
beth Doremus. He was a {armer and iron manu-
facturer at Boonton, N. J., where he died, and
where she resides (1885); has a family.
10ft V. Adelia," born Dec. 22, 1818 ; died Oct. 15, 1826.
10&. Ti. William Alexandeb,' born Sept. 1, 1824; married
Emma L. Shugard. Ib (1885) a lawyer at Newark,
N. J.; family.
110, vii. Chbsteb Newell,' born Sept. 5, 1825 ; graduated Yale
College ; studied theology, but was never settled in
a pastorate ; was for several years agent for the
American Bible Society, for the Levant, traveled
for the Society in Turkey, Egyjjt, Palestine, Meso-
potamia, and died at Diarbeker, .\sia Minor, Dec.
16, 1856 ; unmarried.
In very early life disclosed a fondness for books and
made rapid attainments in learning. At the age of
twelve was sent to a classical school at Wantage,
under the care of his uncle E. A. Stiles, where he
was fitted for college. In March, 1841, he made a
public profession of religion, uniting with "the
Clove " Church near Wantage, N. J., and he soon
decided to prepare for the ministry. Entering Yale
College in the autumn of 1842, he graduated thence,
in due time, with honor, and then pursued his
theological studies at New Haven and Andover.
During the latter part of his course of theological
study, an affection of the eyes, which resisted the
ordinary medical treatment, compelled a cessation
from study and rendered advisable a foreign tour.
Accordingly, in the spring of 1853, he sailed from
New York, visiting England, the Continent, Rome,
Greece, Constantinople, etc. While visiting at the
Bible House, in this latter city, he and his com-
panions were personally appealed to by two
Armenians, native preachers, to remain in the East
and devote themselves to the missionary cause. It
was an unexpected and extraordinary call, and one
which to Righter, at least, seemed the call of duty.
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 529
After a year of well-spent travel he retnrned home,
only to receive from the American Bible Society an
urgent request to its then vacant agency in the
Levant; au appointment, which he accepted, and
was ordained by the Presbytery of Newark, to the
work of the ministry. It was a work for which his
clear jjiety, energy, perseverance, zeal and ijru-
dence, his heroic fortitude and high enterprise
peculiarly fitted him He left his native laudiif,ain
Sept. 311, 1854. and visiting London, Paris, Geneva,
Turiu, Home, Malta and Smyrna, at each of which
places he held interesting and important counsel
with the native friends of the Bible cause, he
reached Constantinople on December 1st. The
Crimean War was then in progress, and though the
whole Eastern world was greatly disturbed, yet he
found that a spirit of enquiry was beginning to
stir the people of the country, and that the pres-
ence of four large armies, of itself, opened a vast
and interesting field for the circulation of the Bible.
He was soon, as the agent of the American Bible
Society, in active sympathy and co-operation with
the agent of the British and Foreign Bible Society,
and others who were supplying the soldiers and
sailors of the British Army and shipping, and the
sick and wounded in the hospitals. He made a
lengthened and extensive visit to the British and
French armies in the field, securing permission
from the authorities for the distribution of Bibles
among the soldiers and also among the Russian
prisoners; and he also succeeded in establishing a
"Bible and Religious Book Depository" at Con-
stantinojjle, in which Bibles, etc., in five different
languages were placed on sale for the people of dif-
ferent nationalities. In 1855, he visited Greece
and Egypt and the Holy Land, to enquire into the
condition of those countries with reference to the
Word of Life, and to provide for the supply of their
destitution as far as it could be done. From 'this
trip he returned in the Spring of 1856 and spent
the Summer in Constantinople in the Tvork of Bible
distribution, and in perfecting hisplans for spread-
ing it over the East; as also in visiting the military
hospitals, etc. On Sept. 1st he set out, with Rev.
Mr. Jones, Secretary of the Turkish Missions Aid
Society, uj^on a visit to the interior stations of Asia
530 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
Minor. On December 6th, Mr. Kighter was taken
ill, and with difSculty reached the Missionary
station at Uiarbekir, Assyria, and the house of Kev-
David H. Nutting, M. D., where he was soon sur-
rounded with all the care and sympathetic atten-
tion of a loving Christian family. Despite, how-
ever, all that could be done for him, he died on
Dec. 16, 1856, in calm and beautiful submission
to the will of God ; and was buried in the Syrian
burial ground. His loss was most deeply de-
plored, not only by his rehitives and intimate
friends but by all those who had made his acquaint-
ance during his travels and residence abroad, in-
cluding many persons of high official standing, and
who all united in the most touching expression of
their respect for his peculiarly rare and noble char-
acter.
The Kev. Samuel Irenaens Prime, D. D., the well known
author, and editor of the New York Observer, who
was his associate in much of his foreign travels and
was very intimate with him, has gracefully em-
balmed his memory in a little volume, entitled:
"The Bible in the Levant; or. The Life and Letters of
the Reo. C. N. Rujhter, Aijent of the Americjin Bible
Society in the Levant," * in which he says: "Eighter
was a genial, warm-hearted, noble young man. A
good scholar, a fluent speaker, ready in conversation,
full of ardor, enthusiasm and energy, buoyant and
hopeful, never doubtful or afraid, never sick or
weary, with exuberant spirits and inexhaustible
powersof enjoj'meut or suffeiing. * * What was to
be done, he was ready to do; what was to be borne,
he was ready to suffer. Prompt in his decisions,
tenacious of his purposes, self-satisfying and oblig-
ing. * * * His principles of right and wrong
were intelligently settled. Religion was a well-
spring of life and joy in his soul. In all places and
times he was the same earnest, outspoken, unifoim
Christian; never obtruding his opinions on those
to whom they were not due, but never ashamed,
afraid or unable to give a reason for the hope that
was in him. Yet he was modest with all his self-
reliance, gentle with iron firmness, easily to be en-
treated, while he was bold as a lion."
* Published at New York, by Sheldon & Co., 1859. 12mo. 336 pp.
THE CONNECTICUT FfiMILY. 531
Dr. Prime always felt that on one occasion (at Nablous,
in Syria) when surrounded by hostile, or treacher-
ous Bedouins, he owed his life to Mr. Kighter's
bold and impetuous interposition.
We close our too brief account of this noble young man
by an extract from a letter written by the Hon.
Carroll Spence, U. S. Minister to Turkey, dated
Constantinople, Jan. 7, 1857: "Although his stay
here has been short, his eiiorts in behalf of Chris-
tianity have been untiring, and the good he has
done here by the distribution of the Word of God
will remain behind him as a monument of his
pious exertions, and will, as it develops itself in
coming years, keep alive his memory in the recol-
lection of those who were witnesses of his Christian
labors."
111. viii. Geokge Edgae,' born Jan. 10, 1829; married Mary
Augusta Mulford, Jan. 8, 1862, who died Nov. 4.
1879. Mr. Kighter still (1887) resides at Parsip-
pany, N. J. Issue: (1) Irving, born July 14, 1863;
(2) Clarence, born Feb. 16, 1866; (3) Mary, born
April 10, 1869; (4j George Chester and Arthur Har-
rison (twins), born July 12, 1871. Is a farmer.
Resides (1888) at Parsippany, N. J.
Mr. John Righter died at Parsippany, N. J., June 8,
1857. Mrs. Lockey (Stiles) Righter died Feb. 21,
1882, at Parsippany, N. J.
112. V. Sally," ■ ; married Jobu E. Jacobus, Jan. 9,
1806. Issue:
113. i. Akchibald.'
114. ii. MaetAnn.'
115. iii. RuLOF. '
116. iv. Maby Ann,' (2d).
117. V. RnnoF," (2d).
118. vi. Haekiet."
119. vii. WrtiiAM.'
;'532 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
120. viii. Sabah C'
121. ix. J. Stiles."
12-2. X. Emma."
123. YI. Moses,'' bom M;u- lo, 1794, at Parsippauy, N. J.;
married Elizabeth G. Buruett. Family 29.
FAMILY 12.
124. Elijah' Stiles, 126J [Capt. John,* Long Jonathan^^
Isaac^^ John,'') bora Maj 11, 1743, O. S.; m irried Betsy Kitcliell,
boru Nov. 1, 1743.
Is probably the Elijah reeordsd as a private iu the Couti-
neutal army (Official Begisier of JSew Jersey Troops in Revolution,
2') I, 7GS): was also in the militia.*
Elijah Stiles died at Hanover Neck, N. J., Jan. 21, 1826.
Mrs. Betsv (Kitchell) Stiles died Oct. 26, 1812.
Children :
125. I. Eunice,'' boru Feb. 14, 1769.
♦Elijah Stiles, fiom hisaffl'iavit ia r. S. Pension OjTtce, "in February, 1833. was of War-
ren Co., Ohio; tor many years previously had been a resident of Hamiltou Co., Ohio; aged 74
years on March 22d previous, i born March 22, 1758); he eiiiisted at Elizabethtown, N. J., in May
1777, under Capt. Morrel, in Coi. Oliver Spencer's Regiment; was a minute man for two years
and upwards, on active duty, guarding, scouting and skirmishing with British foraging par-
ties, was in battle at Amboy and Monmouth, at Puckanny and Quibbleton and Lyon's Farms;
was also employed In erectina; the breastworks at Elizabethtown Point, during which, he was
repeatedly under the enemy's fire. D'lring the war was living with his father at Scotch
Plains, Essex Co., N. J., and when 22 years old he wentto Greene Co., Penu., where he remained
U years, then to Hamilton C>., Olilo, where he resided 20 years; then to Warren Co., Ohio.
He also lived 8 months in Red Stone Co., Penn., [?] and during that time he performed garri-
son duly in a fort.
We believe this Elijah to be the same as the one above given (son of John} yet there are
some difflcultiesto be met with in proving identity. The date of birth (1758) given in the pen-
sion atBdavit might be accepted In preference to that given at head of this page and on page
.515 ("about 1745 "); but the date of death 1826) abovp given, and at Hanover Neck. N. J., does
not tally with the fact that he was living in 1833 In Warren Co , Ohio ! Yet Hezekiah, No. 42-
page 576, claims this Elijah as his brother in his own pension affldavit.
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY- 533
126. II. Patiy/ (Martha), boro Sept. 5, 1770.
127. III. Calvin/' boru Oct. 3, 1772.
128. IV. Mary," born Ai;g. 21, 1774
129. V. Lydia," boru Jan. 23, 1776.
130. VI. Ephratm Price,^ born Feb. 4, 1778 ; married Anne
Williams. Family 30.
131. VII. Eachel," born Jan. 24, 1780.
132. Betsy,' born Sept. 3, 1783 ; married Dec. 27, 1804, Hugh
P. Ross, and died June 7, 1815.
FAMILY 13.
133. Job° Stiles. [41] (Capt. John,* Long Jonathan^'
Isaac^ John,^) born about 1760 (Pension Affidavit) : was a
veteran Revolutionary soldier and Indian fighter. The U. S.
Pension Office contains his application for a pension, which was
granted him, and from which we learn that he enlisted at
Morristown, N. J., December, 1776, with Capt. "Wade, in Col.
Martin's N. J. regiment, and was discharged June 7, 1777, at
Newburgh, N. Y. He was engaged in the battle of Long
Island, Aug. 27, 1776 (probably on a previous enlistment,
with Capt. Bates, in Col. Martin's regiment, from June to
December, 1776); also in those of White Plains, N. Y., October,
1776; Brandywiue, 1777; Germautowu, October 4, 1777; Tren-
ton, December 26, 1777; Princeton, January 3, 1777, Monmouth,
June 28, 1778. [The Official Poster of N. Y. troops in the Conti-
nental Line, gives him as "private First Battalion, second es-
tablishment ; Corporal, Capt. Mead's Co., First Regiment."]
From the Annals of Binghamton, N. Y., by J. B. Wilkinson,
page 23, note, and page 27, we quote the following record of his
Indian experiences:
534 THE STILES GEN EULOGY.
" It will not be thought improper here to introduce an an-
ecdote of a veteran soldier, Job Stiles, of this camjjaign, (Sulli-
van's Indian Expedition, 1779). He is an aged man, now living
in Eidgebury, Pa., a little off from the valley of the Chemung,
but within our historic range. He loves to tell the story of his
warlike deeds, which wei'e many indeed and brave. He
enlisted into his country's service when only abqut
seventeen years of age, in the commencement of the war,
and served bravely through it. While the army was
passing up the river from Wyoming, a little above Towanda,
when it was nearly or quite dusk. Stiles, with three other
men, Andrew Burnet, of AVhipi^any, N. J., one Murphy,
and one Butler, were together, detached somewhat from the
main army. They heard a strange noise upon their left hand,
which they were about to let pass as the hooting of owls. But
Murphy stopped his comrades and said, in a low tone, ' these
are not the noises of owls ; there are Indians near us.' Upon this
he proposed that his three companions remain where they were,
but concealed, while he should go back some distance, and rise
the hill in the direction toward the hootings which they had
heard. The device succeeded, for the little noise made by him in
rising the hill, the Indians, who proved to be three in number,
hearing and not being able to discover any object, their fears
were the greater ; they ran precipitately' down almost upon the
three men that lay concealed, and these singled each his Indian,
fired, and killed the three."
"Job Stiles was also one of eight men, under a sergeant,
sent to Gen. Clintf)n by Gen. Sullivan, when he arrived at Tioga
Pt., to let him know the route up the Susquehanna to Chenango
River, then up to the ; thence easterly to
the outlet of Otsego Lake. He says they were about or nearly
two weeks in performing the journey ; that, in consequence of a
continued and drenching rain, which continued nearly all the
time, their provisions were nearly all spoiled, which obliged
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 535
them to throw them away and depend upon the roots aud ber-
ries of the forest and what game they might chance to meet
with. These all proved but scanty resources. They came near
famishing. One of their number they were obliged to leave
near the forks, in consequence of his sickness and exhaustion.
They built him a little cabin and a fire and, painful as it was,
they were obliged to leave him to his fate. The letters for
Clinton, which were two, they kept rolled in two handkerchiefs
during the saturating rains and under their armpits, one carried
by the sergeant and the other by Stiles. When they arrived at
Clinton's Camp, and even for days before, they were so en-
feebled that they could scarcely travel. When the generous
and provident commander learned how long they had been with-
out food, he ordered them into a tent near his own, without say-
ing a word about provisions. Shortly a little soaked biscuit,
and but a little too, was sent them ; they were kept upon a lim-
ited quantity of this, and a little soup for some days, ere they
were allowed to eat to their satisfaction."
Craft's History of Bradford Co., Pa., 1878, says: "Job
Stiles resided three miles south of Wellsburg, on the farm
owned by Wm. Dickenson. He was a Revolutionary soldier and
had a large family, but all are gone. Some of his family came
in as early as 1810 or '11. He married his wife in the barracks.
She was a Burnham, a daughter of Asahel Burnham. Mi-. Stiles
and his wife died on the farm adjoining Vincent Owen's." In
1818 he was of Wells, Bradford Co., Pa., then aged 58 ; in Sep-
tember, 1820, he was of Ridgebury, in the same county; his wife
aged 60, had been in ill health for 20 years ; they had a sou
aged 2-1 years who could not labor, a son aged 18, and a
daughter, aged 26, confined with palsy.
Job Stiles, according to U. S. Pension Office Record, died
Septembe%15, 1841, leaving a widow; but whether the wife men-
tioned iu his pension petition of 1820, is unknown ; if so, she
did not apply for the pension to which she was entitled at his
536 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
death. If another wife, she could uot have obtained a pension
until 1850. A letter of Mrs. Isaac Baldwin, of Eidgebury, Pa.,
to whom we are indebted for name of his second wife (Hester
Green), says that Job Stiles was a widower and probabh- 85 or
90 years old at the time of his death.
Job Stiles married (1) Burnham; (2) Hester Green.
Children :
134. I. Aaron," ; probably the individual thus men-
tioned in a sketch of South Creek, in Craft's
Sistorij Bradford Co., Pa., 1878: " Aaron Stiles,
father of Stephen, was living on the first little
clearing below us, where John Gillet now lives.
Gillet owns a part of the place. They were
here when we came. The old people died here.
The family have all left the township." Mr.
Stephen H. Stiles thinks he must have settled
at South Creek about the time that his father
settled at Bidgebury (adjoining), which is not
improbable; and he has also learned that Aaron's
son, Stephen, removed from South Creek to Pot-
ter Co., Pa. It is also said that" Stephen Stiles
delighted in law suits, and next to having one
himself, he desired to have one for some one
else."
135. II. Enos.^
136. III. KiiwEY.«
FAMILY 14.
137. Deacon Aaron" Stiles, [43] (Ccqyt. Joiin,* Long
.Jonathan,'^ Isaac^ Jolut,^) born at Morristown, N. J., 1762;
married 1778, Catherine Conklin of Morristown.
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 537
He Tohmteered at the age of 16 (See note p. 517, ante) in the
Revolutionary service, in 4tli Battalion, N. J. Continental
regiment (Second Establishment). His petition, filed in U. 8.
Pension Office, relates, August, 1836, he then being 75 j^ears old,
that " when nearly sixteen years old he enlisted, while residing in
Hanover, Morris Count}', N. J., May, 1777, for three years or during
the war, with Capt. Ward, who was succeeded by Capt. Bunnel, in
Col. Spencer's Regiment. [The Official Roster of N. J. troops
in the Continental Line, gives him as a private in Col. Spencer's
(2nd) Regiment; Capt. Jonathan Holmes' Co.] At Eliza-
bethtowu and Scotch Plains he was stationed during the sum-
mer watching the British movements, guarding the lives and
property of the inhabitants and then his regiment was ordered,
with the main army, to Wilmington, Del., where they erected
forts to check the British advance towards Philadelphia. At
the battle of Brandywine, Sept. 11, 1777 [being then of the
2d Regiment, 4th Battalion, Second Establishment!, he was
badly wounded (fracture of shoulder socket), which confined
him at Bethlehem, Pa., until November, when he joined his
regiment at Whitemarsh, but was furloughed until April, 1778,
then rejoined the army at Valley Forge. Upon the evacuation
of Philadelphia, Gen. Washington left Valley Forge in pursuit
and Stiles was detailed as one of a baggage guard and was thus
engaged when the battle of Monmouth occurred, June, 1778.
When the army went into winter quarters, his regiment was de-
tached to Minisink, N. Y., to protect the frontier settlements,
then threatened by the Indians, and was employed during the
winter in the building of block-houses. Late in the Spring of
1779, he, with his regiment, marched to Easton, Pa., from thence
to Wyoming, to join Gen. Sullivan's Expedition against the In-
dians and Tories. On the march to the Genesee River they had
a severe conflict at Newtown, (since Elmira,) N. Y., Aug, 29, 1779,
besides other skirmishes, and burned the Indian towns and de-
stroyed their crops, on their route. Returning to New York
538 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
liis regiment remained there iintil 1780, a part of the time under
command of Gen. Lafayette; frequently employed in skirmishes
with marauding parties and preventing foraging and plunder-
ing by the enemy, and was in the battle of Springfield, N. J.,
•June 13, 1780, under Gen. G.Greene. While in winter quarters near
Pompton, N. J., a mutinous spirit manifested itself among the
troops, but the impending revolt was quelled and two of the
principal offenders tried and shot. Mr. Stiles received a pen-
sion, commencing May 1, 1786, at which time he was living at
Hanover, N. J., and was transferred to the N. Y. Pension Rolls
SejDt. 4, 1836, at which time he was residing in Tompkins (now
Deposit), Delaware Co., N. Y., his home being on the Delaware
Kiver, three miles above the village of DejDosit. His grandson,
Mr. Stephen Hathaway Stiles, of West Burlington, Bradford
Co., Pa., says of the wound which he received, in the left shoul-
der, at Brandywine, that he often saw the scar, and that, from
its effect, he was unable to raise his arm to any considerable
height; and remembers his appearance when drawing water, with
a sweep, from a deep well near his house, as being iiuable to
use the left arm as freely as he did the right. He also says:
"I was allowed the sole ownership of his old Revolutionary
ilint-lock musket, which I played with, tinkered at and kept until
it was entirely useless as a weapon and I disposed of it, as many
another boy has done, to my present regret."
Deacon Aaron Stiles was a constituent member and Deacon
of the Presbyterian Church, and it is remembered of him that
he always stood while saying grace, or at family prayers. He
was a most regular attendant at church until his death, from
palsy, at Stiles Settlement, near Deposit, N. Y, June 24, 1848,
fB. 81.
Mrs. Catharine (Conkliu) Stiles died at the same place, Nov.
23, 1833, £6. 73.
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 530
CliUdien:
138 I. Stephen,^ {Rev.) born April 8, 1782; married Sally
Hathaway. Family 31.
139 11. James," born 1784; died September 12, 1865. Xo
issue.
•
140 III. Daniel.'^ born April 11, 1787; married Sarali
Burroughs. Family 32.
141 IV. Betsy," born , 1791 ; married John Walker,
in Delaware Co., N. Y.; died June 6, 1874, se. 84.
142 V. AsHBEL," born September 6, 1792 ; married Pris-
cilla Burrows. Family 33.
143 VI. Samuel," ; died. Family 34.
144 VII. Thieza," born October 2, 1798; married Alfred
Webb, of Deposit, N. T. She died February 11,
1864; had 5 children, of whom was Edgar
Webb, Deposit, N. T., who married his cousin,
Hester Walker, (daughter Betsy Stiles Walker).
145 VIII. Ketueah," ; married Manasoa Leonard, of
Auburn, N. Y.
FAMILY 15.
146. Ti m 0th y° Stiles, [45] (Jonathan,* Long Jonathan,^
Isaac,^ John,^) horn at Morristown, N. J.; was in the American
Cavalry service during the Eevolutionary War ; he became a
communicant in the First Presbyterian Church of Morristown,
N. J., July 1, 1774 ; and renewed his covenant November 25,
1779.
540 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
He married (1) Feb. 26, 1772, Anna (or Eleanor) Carter, who
was baptized and renewed her covenant in the First Presbyterian
Church of Morristown, June 18, 1778, and died Sept. 12, 1778,
fe. 27. — Rec. First Pres. Ch., though her gravestone inscription
says, "May 10." He married (2) Jan. 6, 1779, Damaris Crane, who
renewed her covenant with the same Church March 25, 1779,
and was admitted a member Oct. 30, 1783.
Children (by 1st marriage: from First Presbyterian Church
of 3Iorristown Records:)
147. I. Mary," born April 4, 1773; baptized June 18, 1778.
148. II. Hannah," born Oct. 30, 1774 ; baptized June 18,
1778.
149. III. Abraham," born Aug. 21, 1777 ; died Nov. 2, (or 20)
1777. — Graveyard inscription First Presbyterian
Church Morristown, says, Nov. 29, se. 3 mouths
8 days.
{By second marriage), those thus marked* are from Family
Bible Records:
150. IV. Phebe," born Sept. 28, 1779, baptized Nov. 25,
1779.*
151. V. Sarah,'' born Feb. 6, 1782, baptized April 14, 1782.*
152. VI. Jonathan Tuttle," born Dec. 24, 1783;— First Church
of dforristown. Records ; married Anna Card.
Family 35.
153. VII. Elisabeth," born June 14, 1788; baptized Aug. 3,
1788.
154. VIII. Timothy," born June 3, 1794, (or 5).
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 541
FAMILY 16.
155. Jonathan" Stiles, [4,6\ {Jonathan,' Long Jonathan,'
Isaac,'' John,^) baptized Oct. 26, 1755, at Morristowu, N. J.; was
admitted a member of the First Presbyterian Clmrcli of Morris-
town, Jul}' 1, 1774, among those, as noted by Pastor Johues,
"y- follow the ingatherings of y» Divine harvest, A. D. 1774,
sweet drops of y*' Morning dew."
The Council of Safety, of Princeton, N. J., Oct. 2, 1778,
agreed that there should be paid to Jonathan Stiles, Jr., "for
his own use for attending the Governor as Light Houseman,
as per his * c ^8, 19, 2."
He died before his father, as is evident from his will, dated
1806.
He married Nov. 22, 1775, Sarah (daughter of Dr. Samuel
and Sarah,*) Tuttle; she owned the covenant and became a
communicant of the First Presbyterian Church of Morristown.
July 20, 1777. She married (2) January, 1811, Eev. William
Woodbridge, who was born Sept. 14, 1755; graduated Tale Col-
lege, 1780; ordained March 27, 1836. Woodbridge Genealogy,
p. 115.
Children: (those thus marked* from Records of First Presby-
terian Church of 3Iorrisfown).
156. I. Jacob," born May 22, baptized July 20, 1777*; was
(with his brother Chillion), one of the 33
scholars with whom the Morris Academy was
opened, Nov. 5, 1792.
157. II. Elizabeth," born Jan. 26, baptized March 19,
1780;* married March 8, 1800, Stephen D.
* A little doubt is cast upon this statement by the query of Geo. F. Tuttit, of N. Y. City,
asking for iuformatiou of "that Jonathan Stiles who was sou-in-Iaw of Timothy Tuttle, Esq.,
(and his wife Cecelia Moore), of Hanover. Morris Co., N. J., and is named in his will, proved
July. I755-"
I suspect that the Timothy Tuttle referred to was the father-in-law of John Primrose
Stiles, whose wife was Ruth Tuttle. and whose eldest sou was uamed Timothy Tuttle Stiles.
542 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
Russell, Couucilloi- at Law. She died May 25,
1843, re. 61 years. — Recorth Fivfit Presbyterian
Church of Morrisiown, which also states that
slie was a oommuuicaiit Aug. 26, 1808; dis-
missed June 26, 1841, to Second Church of
Morristown. Insue:
158. i. Robert, '
159. ii. MoBGAN E.'
160. iii. Eliza Piekson," baptized Aug. 31, 1815; died 1820.
161. iv, Fbancis a.'
162. V. Maky Elizabeth,' bora April 13, 1809; died 1830.
163. vi. Caroline Phoenix,' baptized 1836; died .
164. vii. Gertrude, ■ married Rev. Den nisonj resides West.
165. viii. Amelia, witii her sister Gertrude, kept a select school
for young ladies in the building adjoining the Bap-
tist Church, Morristown, N. J. {Letter of L. 0. Stiles).
166. III. GiTTY," boru March 20, baptized April 25, 1782.*
167. IV. Jane,'^ boru Jan. 22, baptized Feb. 13, IIM.— Bap-
tismal Records First Presbyterian Church, N. Y.
City.
168. V. Daniel Van Schaick,' baptized Feb. 5, 1786. -Bap-
tismal Records First Presbyterian Church, N. Y.
City.
169. VI. Chillion Ford," born Dec. 17, 1787;* baptized "on
wife's account," April 10, 1788; was one of the
33 scholars with which the Morris Academy
was opened, Nov. 5, 1792.
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 543
FAMILY 17.
170. Moses Halsey* Stiles, [50] Eph-aim' Long Johi-
athan,^ Isaac' John,^) born Feb. 11, 1758-9; served as a private
iu the E;evolutionary Army, (Official Register N. J. Troops in
Revohdion, 768), and died Aug. 12, 1829; will dated Feb. 6,
1827, Lib. C. 502, Morristown Probate Records, proved Aug. 25,
1829. He married Dec. 4, 1788, Abigail Terrill, of Connecticut
Farms, N. J., who was born Aug. 18, 1764.
Children:
171. I. Mary," born Aug. 18, 1789; married Samuel
Arnold, farmer, of Washington Valley, Morris
Co., N. J.; resided at Hanover, N. J., where
she died about 1860. Issue:
172. 1. -John,' born 1823; unmamed.
173. , ii. Ephkaim Stiles, ■ born at Washington Valley, 1827;
resides, (1888) Hanover, N. J.; man-ied April
29, 1861, Phebe Cornelia Harrison, of Livingston,
N. J. Children: (1) Edwin Frederick, born at
Hanover, Feb. 1863; died le. 3 days. (2) Edward,
died ae. 16 years. (3) Mary Amanda, bom at
Hanover, May 9, 1865; died Sept. 19, 186,5.
174. n. Ephraim," born April 23, 1791; married Phebe
Cook. Family 36.
175. IIL Baxter," born Sept. 22, 1792.
176. rV. John,'' born Aug. 6, 1794; farmer, unmarried; died at
Hanover, N. J., June, 1856.
177. V. Joseph," )
V Twins, born Dec. 24, 1797.
178. VI. Benjamin,"
544 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
179. VII. Levi, born March 1, 1799; died at Hanover, N. J.,
fe. 19 years.
180. VIII. JosiAH," boru June 6, 1801; farmer; died March 24,
1874, £6. 72. [Rec. First Presbyterian Church,
Morristown); inherited the homestead by his
father's will; his own will, signed Sept. 13,
1870, admitted April 8, 1874, devised to
his nephews, John and Ephraim Stiles, and Ar-
nold and Edward Dickinson.
181. IX. Abigail," born May 22, 1804; married Stephen
Dickinson, of Chester, N. J., March 25, 1827;
he died Jan. 5, 1849, at Hanover, N. J.; farm-
er. Issue:
182. i, LiDiA Ann,' born June 12, 1830; died, unmarried, at
Hanover, N. J.,. Jan. 21, 1849.
18.S. ii. Moses Andrew,' born at Hanover, June 3, 1832; died
iB. 7 months 9 days, at Hanover.
184. ill Edwaed Stiles," born.Jan 19, 1839, whomarriedMaroh
11, 1873, Martha Agnes Ooourtse, of Livingston, N.
J.; resided (1883) Watessing. N. J.; have children:
1 1) Edward Franldin, born Jan. 2, 1874; (2) Wil-
liam Wilson, born Nov. 27, 1878; (3) Clara Louise,
born Dec, 31, 1881.
185. iv. William Hakkison,' born Dec. 26, 1841; died at
Trenton, N. J., 1866, unmarried.
186. V. John Arnold,' born Oct. 6, 1843; died at Camp Fal-
mouth, Va., March 20, 1863, in the Union service.
187. X. Rebecca Halsey,''' born April 22, 1808; died un-
married.
TH£ CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 545
FAMILY 18.
188. Ephraim' Stiles, [53], (Ephmim,' Long Jonathan,''
haac,- John,') boru Dec. 15, 1762; married Feb. 5, 1787, Hannah
Dixon, who died Oct. 15, 1843; her will, dated April 15, 1839,
proved Nov. 28, 1845— Lib. F, p. 80, 3Iorris{otvn Prob. Rec.
Mr. Ephraim Stiles died Sept. 27, 1836; named in will as
of Pequannock township; will dated Aug. 17, 1833, proved Nov.
4, 1836.— Lib. E, p. 15, Morristoicn. Prob. Bee.
Children:
189. L Elizabeth,' born Dec. 15, 1787; died July 6, 1788.
190. IL Anxa," born May 19, 1789; died Sept. 3, 1791.
191. in. Eleanor,^ born Aug. 23, 1791; married Benjamin
Crane, June 9, 1836; resided at Stilestown, N. J.
Issue:
192. i. .Julia Ann," married Martyn Van Duyn, of Mont-
clair, N. J , and is dead.
193. ii. Timothy Waed,' married Jane Martin; resided and
died in Stilestown, N. J.
194. iii. LnciNDA C.,' married Alexander Hamilton Freeman,
June 4, 1832; resided (1885) Orange, N. J.
195. iv. Nettie M.,' married Abraham C. Van Duyn, of Pas-
saic Valley, N. J.
196. V. Elizabeth,; married O. Miller, of Eockaway Neck,
N. J.
197. vi. Hakkiet W.," married Stephen Van Duyn, of Passaic
VaUey, N. J.
198. vii. Eleanok 8.,^ married Wilson Martin, of Mt. Prospect,
N.J.
199. viii. B. Franklin, married Matilda Eagles, of Newark,
N.J.
.54(5 THE STILES GEN EULOGY .
Mrs. Eleanor (Stiles) Crane died Jane 9, 1836.
200. IV. Polly," born Sept. 8, 1793; died Sept. 26, 1798.
201. V. Levi," born April 13, 1796; married Eleanor Van
Pelt. Family 36.
202. VI. Anna Faerand,'' born June 16, 1801; married John
G. Duryee, at Moutville, N. J., Feb. 23, 1818.
— Cli. Rec. Isstte:
203. i. Ephbaim Stiles,' born Feb. 25, 1820; died Sei^t. 2,
1829.
204. ii. Salli Ann,' born Dec. 16, 1821; married H. W.
Crane, March 31, 1824; resided (188.5) Boonton,
N. J.
205. iii. Katherine Eliza," born Jan. 30, 1824; married J.
Van Vorst; resided (1885) Belleville, N. .).
FAMILY 19.
206. Daniel'* Stiles, [61] {Ebenezer,* Long Jonathan,^
fsaac,' John^) baptized at Morristown, N. J., Dec. 20, 1761;
married May 11,1788, Elisabeth (daughter of James) Brook-
field (" The Combined Kegisters," — Hist. First Presbytei'ian
(lliurch of Morristown, gives this name as Rayner, which is
probably a mistake), who was born at Morristown, Dec. 4, 1766,
and baptized Feb. 8, 1767. She died at Morristown, Jan. 28,
1792, ae. 25 years 11 months 22 days. — Gravestone Inscription,
First Presbyterian Church.
Daniel Stiles died at Morristown, N. J., Sept. 3, 1792, se. 30
years 10 mouths 1 day. — Gravestone. Inventory of his estate
presented Sept. i, 1792; accounts settled, March 20, 1805.
Child:
207. I. Daniel," who married and had a son, James B., ae.
14 years at his father's decease. — Minutes of
THE CONNECTICUT FUMILY. 547
Oiyhans Court, 3Iorristoicn, X. J., Fol. A 48,
161, March, 1805; Silas Brookfield, guardian.
FAMILY 20.
208. Capt. Ebenezer' Stiles, Jr., [66], [Ebenezer,' Long
Jonathuni'' Isaac,- Johii^), born at Morris Plains, N. J., Jul}- 21,
1767; was, like his father, a man of large business enterprise.
He at one time owned Shongum Lake, in Morris Co., N. J.,
where he conducted an iron forge, and also had a manufactory
of edged tools and general forging at his homestead in Morris
Plains. This was called the " Hopewell Iron Works." He was,
also, a captain in the New Jersey militia. Physically, he was a
large and powerful man, possessing great energy, and was an
indefatigable worker — by means of which, indeed, he brought
on a paralysis of his lower limbs, which confined him to his
house for several years before his death. This occurred at
Morris Plains, N. J., on Oct. 6, 1839, at the age of 72 years 2
months and 12 days. — Gravestone Inscription. His will, signed
Sept. 9, 1829, was admitted to probate Nov. 4, 1839.— Lib. E.
248, Morrisfoicn Prohate Records.
He married, Jan. 10, 1792, Phebe Guerin, who was born
Jan. 30, 1768.
Children. (From his familij Bible — -furnished by Z. S.
StrunJc, P. M., Lime Hill, Pa.:
209. L Daniel," born Nov. 20, 1792; died June 3. 1825, se.
33 years 6 months 13 days; unmarried. — Records
First Presbyterian Church, Morristoion.
210. II. John Primrose,'' born Nov. 30 (some accounts say
13), 1794; married Ruth Tuttle. Family 37.
211. III. Ezra Brown," born Sept. 8, 1797; married Jane M.
Brown. Family 38.
548 THE STILeS GENEALOGY.
212. IV. Lewis Burnett," born at Morris Plains, N. J., Jan.
19, 1800; married Julia A. Shelley. Family 39.
21.3. V. Abraham-'' Ogden," (M. D.), born at Morris Plains,
N. J., Jan. 31, 1802; after attending school at
Morristown, he entered the office of Dr. John
B. Jones, of that town, as a student, taking lec-
tures also at the Medical Department of the
University of the City of New York, whence he
graduated. After practising a year in his
native town, he located (1828) at Harmony, N.
J., where he continued (with the exception of
one year spent at Finesville) actively engaged
in his profession until 1860, when he relin-
quished practice. As a physician he was
prompt and attentive, quick at diagnosis, care-
ful in prescribing, and emphatic in his direc-
tions to both patient and nurse — and, it is
said, very stern where his orders were dis-
obeyed. He was undoubtedly the Andrew
Jackson of the medical profession in Warren
County, N. J. Much of his practice was accom-
plished on horseback. In politics he was
always a Democrat, and no man ever wielded
more influence in Harmon}^ township.
One who knew him well thus writes : " He
had piercing black eyes that seemed to look
straight through a man, and a yard or two
beyond. There was no height to which he
might not have climbed, had he avoided a few
mistakes in early life; these crippled and sad-
dened his whole life. He was generally genial
and sparkling with wit; would sometimes sink
into gloomj' fits of melancholy, lasting a week
*As taken from his schoolbook autograph; though it was afterwards spelled (as ou his
monument). Abrara.
THE CONNECTICUT FAmilT. 549
or more. He was generous to the poor, and
helped many a poor man to get a start in busi-
uess, sometimes to bis own great loss. He was
one of those forceful spirits who dared to do
right against tremendous odds. He was very
feeble for several 3'ears before his death, and
seemed gradually to wear out. He died at
Harmony, N. J., March 27, 1883."
He married (1) Dec. 13, 1827, Phebe
Maria (daughter of William) Shelley, at Little-
ton, N. J., who died ; married (2) Feb. 4,
1843, Hannah {daughter of John P. and Cath-
erine) De Witt, of Harmony, N. J., where she
was born Jan 17, 1819. He left uo children.
His will, after amply providing for his
widow (who resided, 1880, at Harmony), made
liberal bequests to some fifteen nephews and
nieces, and to the Methodist Episcopal Church
of Harmony, the sum of .$1,000 as a permanent
fund, the interest of which is to be used for the
support of the Gospel iu said clmrch. Two
years before, he had given the church ground
sufficient for a cemetery.
His remains are interred in the Morristown
Old Cemetery, near the base of a marble granite
shaft, twelve feet high, iu the cottage style, in-
scribed simply with his name, dates of birth and
death, and the name of Stiles, upon its base.
He had one child by his first marriage —
Phebe Guerin, who died Nov. 12, 1832, as. 4
years 4 months 20 days.
214. VI. Amzi A.,^ born at Morris Plains, N. J., April 5,
1804; left home when a young man; was never
afterward heard from.
550 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
215. VII. JuLU.,^ boru at Morris Plains, N. J., July 26, 1806;
married Feb. 12, 1834 Silas D. Cory, of
Morristown, N. J., who was born Aug. 14, 1810.
She died Dec. 15, 1850, se. 45. Mr. Cory mar-
ried again.
216. YIII. Moses,'' born at Morris Plains, X. J., Dec. 16, 1809;
married Elisabeth Sharpe. Family 40.
217. IX. Phebe G.,'^ boru Feb. 1, 1835; died May 20, 1840.
218. X. Eji^Li,"^ born May 1, 1837; resides (1886) Morris-
town, X. J.; unmarried.
219. XI. Lewis," boru Sept. 22, 1839; died May 24, 1840.
220. Xn. Ira Whitehead,'"' born March 31, 1841; resides
(1885) at Morristown, N. J.; was a captain in
War of Civil Eebellion; also Deputy Sheriif;
married April 11. 1865, Emma James.
221. XIII. Theodore LnTLE," born March 31, 1844; resides
(1885) at Solomon City, Kansas; married Louisa
Bracket, of Trenton, N. J.
222. XIV. Ajielia T.,« born May 24, 1846; married 1870, Dr.
Stephen Pierson; resides (1885) Morristown,
X. J. Issue:
223. i. Edwaed,' died at Momstown, June 12, 1886, oe. 14
years 4 months and 5 days.
224. ii. Stephen Coet,' bom Aug. 25, 1887.
FAMILY 21.
225. Moses' Stiles, [67] (Ebevezer* Long Jonathan,^
Isaac^ John^), was boru at Morristown, X. J., April 2, 1771; was
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 55I
a farmer and clock-maker. He died at Morris Plains, N. J.,
Aug. 22, 1854; will proved, Sept. 5, 1854. Lib. G, 404, Morris
County Probate.
He married (1) Hannah Weaver, of Elizabethtown, N. J.;
married (2) Sarali Allen, of Long Hill, N. J., who died at Morris
Plains, March 10, 1867, ae. 73 years; her will, dated Oct. 30,
1865, proved April 15, 1867. Lib. 2, 311, 3Iorris County
Probate Records.
Children (by first marriage):
226. L Maria," ■; married May 4, 1819, Hickford
Ferris, of Morris County, N. J. Issue:
227. ■ i. Hannah,' died, unmarried, at Newark, N. J.
228. ii. Mabia, ■ resides (1886) Newark, N. J.
229. iii. Sally Ann;' married Cosgrove, of Newark; had
several children, all of whom died young, except
one, who married and removed to New Haven, Conn.
230. IL John,'' ; died unmarried, while a young man,
in Sussex Co., N. J., from the kick of a horse.
231. III. William," ; was a mason by trade; niari-ied
Lucy (daughter of Jonathan) Hathaway, of Lit-
tleton, N. J.; resides (1886) New York City; had
a son who died young.
232. IV. Sally," ; died at Morris Plains, se. 20, un-
married.
233. V. Ebenezee," -; died at Morris Plains, in youth.
[By second marriage):
234. VI. Sarah Jane,* born at Morris Plains, 1830; married
(1) William Peek, then of Long Hill, N. J.,
552 TH£ STfLES G EN EALOGT .
formerlv of Mass.; married (2) William Wright,
of Morris Plains, N. J.; married (3) Stej^jjeii
W. Tunis, of Morris Plajns; resides {1886>
Trenton, N. J. Issue:
235, i. William JIilton," (Peek) married and had one or two
children: all died young.
23(J. ii. Nelson WixFiELD,' (Peek) married, and resides (1886)
in Trenton. N. J; no issue.
237- iii. HiTLDAH,' (Wright) married Mills G regory, of Morris
Plains; resides (1886) Trenton, N. .J.; has children.
238-. iv. Cassie," (Tunis) mai-ried.John McCormick, of Trenton,
N. J.; resides (1886) 190 South Fourth St., Brook-
lyn, (E. D.) N. Y.
239. VII. Maky,'' died at Morris Plains, N. J., about 1845, ».
6 years,
FAMILY 22.
240. James'^ Stiles, [73], (Joseph,^ Capf. Joseph,' Long
JimaHian'^ Isaac,' John,'' ) born in New Vernon, X. J., April 28.
1764; married 1789, Phebe (daughter of Aaron and Susan) Aber, of
Mendham, Morris Co., N. J.; was bajjtized and admitted to
communion in First Presbyterian Church of Mori-istowu, N. J.,
April 3, 1790; dismissed therefrom April 26, 1818, to Basking
Ridtre Church. He may have been the James thus described in
U. S. Pension Office Eecords; if so, the Phebe Penn whom he
man-ied in 1839, was a second wife:
"James Stiles, in Sept., 1833, of Newark, N. J., who states
that he was born iu Morristown, N. J. 1764, where he has
always lived, except the last 8 years, which -was spent iu Morris
Co., N. J.; he was married at Elizabeth City, N. J., Feb. 21, 1839,
to Phebe Penn. He died at Newark, Nov. 5, 1841, and Phebe
was alive in Jan., 1851, at Elizabeth City, aged 72 yrs. In June,
1779, he volunteered for one month with Capt. Carter in Gen.
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 553
Winds' comiiiiind, doing guard duty at Elizabethtown, N. J.;
then engaged as a substitute for Peter Fairchild in Capt. Beach's
do., as a guard at Trimbly Poiat. In August, 1780, he volun-
teered with Capt. Hathaway, who destroyed a log fort built by
the British in the form of a lialf-moon which they deserted ;
served as a guard on sevei'al tours of a month each, and in one
of two moutlis at Newark, Paramus, Porapton, and 1781, at
Hackeusack, under Capt. Bates, and at Morristown guarding pris-
oners for two months."
He died in 1841, se. 80 years 10 months and 7 days.
Children {*thus marked, from Records of First Presbyterian
Church, Morristoum, N. J.):
241. I. ', " a child of James Stiles, died (fits) Aug.
9, 1790."*
242. II. John," born Oct. 12, 1791, "baptized Feb. 19,
1792";* married Phebe Stiles. Family 41.
243. III. ,' " died, a child of James Stiles (suddenly)
June 16, 1793."*
244. IV. ,■' "died, a child of James Stiles (fits) June 1,
1794."
245. V. Julia Ann', born July 16, 1795; married Gideon
Riggs, of New Vernon, N. J., July 19, 1825.
246. VI. Mary Cooper,' born June 7, 1797; " baptized July
14, 1799";* married Jesse S. Aber, Dec. 27,
1823.
247. VII. Aabon Aber,'' born Aug. 21, 1798 ; " baptized July 14,
1799";* married Rachel. Hedden. Family 42.
248. VIII. ,' " a child of James Stiles, (fits) died March
18,1800."*
o54 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
249. IX. Amzi B.,' born March 11, 1801; married Margaret
Little, July 27, 1827.
250. X. Phebe," bom Oct. 18, 1802; married Aarou D. Wade,
July 14, 1827.
251. XI. ,^ "a child of James Stile.s, (fits) buried
April 19, 1804."*
252. XII. ,' " a child of James Stiles, (fits) died June
2, 1806. " *
253. XIII. James," born July 26, 1808; married (1) Eleanor
Van Kiper, Dec. 20, 1832; married (2) Hannah
Morris, May 1, 1841. Family 43.
254. XIY. William," born Dec. 15, 1810; married Elizabeth
Hedden. Family 44.
FAMILY 23.
255. William' Stiles, L^SJ (Silas; Capt. Joseph,' Long
Jonathan,^ Isaac,- John,')hox\i at Morristown, N. J., Feb. 18, 1772;
married April 28, 1798, Mary Bollin, "both of Morristown, by
James Richards, Minister of the Gospel in Morristown." —
Morristown Church Becords. She became a communicant May
11, 1797; they removed to Seneca Co., X. Y., when he died, 1854.
His grandson, Mr. B. F. Bull, says that William Stiles was an only
sou and married more than once.
«
Children {*thus marked from Church Records of First Pres-
hj/terian Church, 3Iorrisioicn):
256. L Eliza," born Feb. 11, 1799; baptized "on the
mother's account," July 28, 1799;* married
March 15, 1816, John Bull, farmer; removed
1834 from Junius, X. Y., to East Wilson,
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 555
Niagara Co. N. Y., where she resided until her
death in 1856. Issue (all born in Juniiis, N. Y.):
2.57. i. Haeeiet Mieanda,8 born June 6, 1817; residence,
1885, East Wilson, N. Y., unmarried.
258. ii. Louisa MiNEBVA.sborn May 4, 1819; married April 10.
1845, Benjamin .1. Rose, who was killed at Cold
Harbor, Va., June 3, 1864; she died Jan. 4, 1885;
had (1) George, who married. May, 1885, Belle Gay-
lord; resides (1888) Jamestown, Dak.; (2) Martha,
who married 1868, Chas, Halifax; resided (1885)
Jamestown, Dak. ; (3) Wilbur, unmarried; resides
(1885) Jamestown, Dak.
259. iii. James Stiles,^ born April 15, 1822; married June 10,
1849 at Waterloo, N. Y., May Miller; had (1)
Eugene, married, 2 children; (2) Benjamin Franklin:
(3) Charles, died 1884.
260. i^. Geoege Washington, *born July 21, 1824; married Cor-
delie Bentley, had 4 children; residence, Grand
Lodge, Mich., where he died 1873.
261. V. Joseph,* born June 14, 1827; married Sarah Streeter,
had (1) Frederick Walter, bom July 15, 1860; (2|
Louis Warren, born July 3, 1864; resides (1885)
East Wilson, N. Y.
262. vi. Benjamin Feanklin,' born June 28, 1831; married
June 26, 1862, Mary Halsey, had [1] Edgar H.,
born July 17, 1863; resides (1885) East Wilson, N. Y.
[N. B. — All the above names were changed from Bull to
Hazel, by special act of Legislature of Michigan, 1881.
Residence of the family, since 1853, Grand Lodge,
Eaton Co., Mich.]
263. II. James Smith,' born Oct 29, 1800 ; baptized Sept. 4,
1801 "on mother's account." — Morristoton Church
Records. Family 45.
556 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
264. III. John Pbimkose," boru Aug. 28, 1803 ; baptized
July 6, 1804. Family 46.
265. IV. Joseph; born in Cayuga Co., N. Y., Sept. 8, 1805 ;
married Lucinda Ellsworth. Family 47.
266. V. Polly,' born , 1807 ; married Benjamin
Ac k ley ; resides Michigan. Issue :
267. i. James."
268. ii. Geobge.8
FAMILY 24.
269. John'' Stiles, [78J (Samuel, John* Long Jonathan,^
Isaac^^ John^), married Nelly (Eleanor) Tichenor, both of Han-
over— married by Joseph Grover, minister of the Gospel, in
Hanover, Feb. 10, 1796. — (Ch. Bee); removed to Montezuma,
N. Y.; thence to Kankakee, 111., where he resided in 1872.
Children:
270.
I.
Samuel.
271.
II.
Jabez.''
272.
III.
Eliza.'
273.
IV.
Maria,"
274.
V.
Cathari
died unmarried.
; married Williams, of
Orange, N. J.
275. VI. KiCHABD," ; died unmarried.
276. VII. Jane," ; married . Issue :
ill. i. Nelly.8
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 557
•278. VIII. Jacob,' ; died joung and uumanied.
279. IX. Frances,' ; married ; resides at Montezuma,
N. T.
FAMILY 25.
280. Moses' Stiles, [87J {Samuel,'' John,' Long Jona-
than,^ Isaac,- John'} married Ann Palmer, of Waterford, N. Y.;
they removed to Ballston Spa, N. Y., where they resided on
Court House Hill. " About two miles southwest of Ballston
Spa is a cemetery, in which, near the road, stand two grave-
stones, side by side, with the names of Moses and Samuel Stiles,
which appeared to be father and son. I was so impressed with
the names, that I called upon a Mrs. Bowlsby (whose maiden
name was Stiles) to see if she knew anything of them, but she did
uot." — Letter of Horace A. Stiles, of Augusta, Wisconsin.
Children :
281. I. ,' a sou (Samuel?).
282. II. MAKLi,' ; married , a Baptist clergy-
man, at Tiffany, Ohio.
FAMILY 26.
283. Jacob" Stiles,* [94] {Samuel,^ John,' Long Jona-
than,^ Isaac,' John'); possibly the Jacob Stiles (not a pensioner)
whose Revolutionary services are thus recorded in tiie U. S.
Pension Office: "In 1855, of Darke Co., Ohio, who states that
he was born in Gloucester Co., N. J., about 1759, and while re-
siding thei-e, he enlisted in the spring or summer of 1777, for
3 years; serving first with Capt. Flanuigan, then with Capt.
Anderson in Col. Dayton's regiment. He was in the battles of
Brandywine (Sept. 11. 1777), Germantown (Oct. -t, 1777), and
* One family account calls him Jacob A.
558 THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY.
Monmrnitli (June 28, 1778). Has lived in Ohio, where his house
\wi\& burned with ;ill his family papers and records, about -40
years ago, in Warren County. After the war he resided iu Glou-
cester County, N. J., for a time." Possibly, also, he is the one
mentioned in the following (original MS.) document :
" Eecd Morris Town Feby 7 1780 from Coll. Abeel D. Q.
Mr Twenty Six Panes Glass, 8 x 10 Inches, for Baron De
Kalb's use. Jacob Stiles."
He married Cornelia Rj'ckman ; removed to Ballstou Spa,
N. Y.
Ch iJdren :
281. I. Cornelia Price,' ; married John Van Ness,
Jr., of Albany N. Y.
285. II. Sarah,' ; married Levi Bowlsby, Jr., her
cousin ; deceased.
28fi. III. Margaret,'' ; married Edward A. Durant,
of Albany, N. Y.
287' IV. Susan,'' ; married Michael T. IVIagoun, of
Auisterdam, N. Y.; resides Chicago, 111.
•FAMILY 27.
288. William" Stiles, [101], (Deacon John' John,* Long
Jonathan,^ Inuacj'- John^), married Polly Morrison, who died at
or near Dundee, Mich , May 12, 1852, te. 71 years 2 months 14
days. — Inscription in graveyard of True Reformed. Church at
Stilesiown, N. J. He died May, 1851, ?e. 70 years ; will dated,
"of Poquanock Township," Oct. 16, 1847; proved May 29,
1852. 3Iorris County Probate Records, Lib. V., 31.
Children :
289. I. Malvina,' born near Caldwell, N. J., Jan 21, 1812 ;
married Jan. 6, 1831, Elijah Dodd, merchant.
THE STILES GENEALOGY. 559
wliowasborn June 6,1806, at Caldwell. In 1836-7
they removed to Ohio, where he became a large
contractor on the canal. Mrs. Malvina (Stiles)
Dodd died Oct., 1849, at Waterville, O. Mr.
Dodd married a second time and had five chil-
dren ; was Sheriff of Lucas Co., Ohio, for four
years, and died on his farm at Waterville, O. —
(Dodd Family Genealogy, 221.) Issue:
200. i. Caleb,!- born Dec. 2, 1831, at Cald-n-ell, N. J. ; mar-
ried, June 6, 1853, Catherine Ann Leonard, of
Waterville, O., and died May 27, 1865, at Nashville.
Tenn. ; had children: (1) Caleb Elijah, born April
26, 1857; a merchant of Waterville, O.
291. ii. William Stiles,' born at Caldwell, N. J., .June 22,
1834; unmarried; merchant at Toledo, O.
292. iii. Ama3<da M,s born Sept 5, 1839, married, Oct. 2, 1860,
C. F. Mahler J resides (1888) St. Paul, Minn.; 3
children.
293. iv. Adalixe !).,■* born April 6, 1844; married. April 0,
1868, S. K. Adams; resides (1885) Camden, S. C;
one child.
294. V. Clabence D.,' born Aug. 7, 1849; mai-ried Carrie
easier, .June 25, 1885: resides (1885) Waterville, 0.
295. II. Adaline,' (or Adelaide) ; married William
Spear; resides (1876) Little Falls, N. Y.
296. III. Miranda,' ; married, at Defiance, O., Major
General James B. Stedman, who was born at
Northumberland, Pa., July 30, 1818 ; he had
learned the printer's art in Pennsylvania, and,
just before he married (just under 21) purchased
a printing-office at Defiance and was publishing
the North-Western Demonrit. His record as a
560 TH£ STILES GENEALOGY.
soldier iu the War of the Civil Eebellion is
given in Ohio in. the War, ii., 784. Mrs.
Stedmaii died at Toledo, Ohio.
297. lY. Geoege HenryJ -; resided (1885) near
Dundee, Mich.
298. V. William Sandford," ; died at Waterville,
Ohio.
299. VI. James Monroe,' ; died at Toledo, Ohio.
300. VII. John Madison,' ; died at Dayton, Ohio.
FAMILY 28.
301. John'' Stiles, [102J, {Deacon John,^ John,^ Long
Jonathan^^ Isaacj- John^), born July 20, 1783; was a farmer, resid-
ing at Deckertowu, N. J., and was an esteemed Elder iu the
Presbyterian Chnrcli at Wantage, N. J., of which all his brothers
and sisters and children were also members. The following
tril)ute to his memory appears upon the Session Minutes of the
Old Clove Church, of Wantage, Essex County, N. J.:
" Mr. John Stiles, liaving departed this life on the 25tli of
June, A. D. 1868, the Session record their sense of his useful-
ness and of the loss which themselves and the Church sustain
in his removal. Our brother lamented was chosen to the elder-
ship in this Church at its organization in A. D. 1817, and held
the office until his death, more than fifty years, being active and
efiicient till laid aside by disease and continuing unto the end to
love and pray for the cause and kingdom of our Lord Jesus
Christ, leaning on whose grace alone he passed away at the age
of eighty-five." — By order of Session — Sylvester CooTce, Clerk.
He married Elsie Sayre, Feb. 27, 1808.
Children :
302. I. Edward Augustus," born Dec. 4, 1808 ; married
Eveline B. Howell. Family 48.
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 561
303. II. Maky a.,' boi'u March 10, 1811; resided at Decker-
town, N. J.; died .
FAMILY 29.
304. Moses' Stiles, [123], (Z'eaco// Jolni,^ John,' Long
Jonathan,'' Inaac,' John'), born May 15, 1794, at ParsipjJauy, N.
J.; married Elizabeth Gould (daughter of William and Annah
Doddj Burnett, of Caldwell, N. J., July 24, ISIB.—Dodd Geneal-
iji/y, 81. lu 1819 he was a drover at Newark, N. J.
Children :
305. I. WiLLLUi Burnett," born Oct. 24, 1816 ; died Oct.
16, 1820.
306. II. John,' born Sept. 25, 1818 ; married Lillias Matilda
Cott. Family 49.
307. III. Anna Makia," born Oct. 15, 1820 ; married Kev.
Ellas T. Boing, Aug. 3, 1853.
308. IV. Phebe Catherine," born- Feb. 8, 1823 ; married
Eev. Elkanah Whitney, Aug. 3, 1853.
309. V. Adeua Kighteb," born Dec. 5, 1825 ; died at
Newark, N. J., Aug. 10, 1888, in 63d year.
310. VI. Harriet Eliza,' born Aug. 8, 1828 ; married Thos.
C. Cox, of Elizabeth, N. J., Dec. 1, 1852.
311. VII. JuDSOX," born Dec. 28, 1830.
312. VIII. Sarah Elma,' born April 23, 1833.
313. IX. LouLSA Frances," born Nov. 13, 1835.
314. X. William Burnett,' born July 30, 1838.
562 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
FAMILY 30.
315. Ephraim P.' Stiles, [130] {Elijah,^ Copt. John*
Long Jonathan^ Isaac,^ JoJin^), born Feb. 4, 1778 ; married Dec.
8, 1799, Anna Williams; was admitted a member of Ciucinuati
Lodge, F. & A. M., of Morristowu, N. J., August 21, 1820, being
described in application as "of Hanover, N. J., merchant, aged
about 42 yrs." He was Secretary of the Lodge in 1821. He
died Jan. 3, 1841.
Children (furnished by Thos. 0. Stiles, (1886), son of Silas
IVilliam Stiles) :
316. I. DoECAs,'boru Oct. 18, 1800; married Samuel Tuttle,
of Morris Co., (father of Geo. F., of Newark,
N. J.) She died Sept. 26, 1853.
317. II. Maby,' born March 18, 1803 ; married William E.
Green, of Morris Co., and settled in Georgia
about 50 years ago. Her daughter, Mrs.
Mary F. Grier, resides at No. 60 North Forsyth
street, Atlanta, Ga. Mrs. Mavy (Stiles) Green
died July 31, 1874.
318. III. Esther Baldwin," born Jan. 31, 1806 ; married
Albert Hopping; resides Mt. Vernon, West-
chester Co., N. Y.
319. IV. Silas Williams,'' born Feb. 7, 1808 ; married Sarah
Oakes, of Bloomfield, N. J.; resides at Bloom-
tield (1886); had six children ; 2 sons, 4 daugh-
ters. She died Oct. 11, 1878. Issue :
3-20. i. Thomas 0."
321. ii. KoEEKT M.8
322. V. Calvin,' born April 18, 1817 ; resides (1886) Mich.
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 563
FAMILY 31.
323. Eev. Stephen" Stiles, [138] {Aaron,'' Capt. John,'
Long Jonathan,^ Isaac,' Jolin^), boiu at Stiles' Settl^ement, Tomp-
kins Co., N. Y., April 8, 1782; married Sallie (daughter of Jobi
Hathaway, of Tompkins, Delaware Co., N. Y., Dec. 7, 1805.
She was born in Philadelpliia, Pa., Dec. 6, 1787, from whence
she went to Morristown, N. J., and when 18 years of age, came
to Delaware Co., N. Y., on horseback, with her brothers, in the
winter season, between Christmas and New Year's.
Stephen was, in early life, a shoemaker, and at the time of
his marriage was scarcely able to read ; Init, after his conversion,
began his studies, with marvelous pluck, and continued them
with iudouiitable energy, even up to his death. His early efforts
were not considered very brilliant, but he was highly esteemed
for his sterling sense and integrity. During his later years, how-
ever, he became somewhat noted for his oratory. His use of
language was correct and choice, the result probably of his ex-
tensive reading, for he had gradually acquired an extensive li-
brary of the best aiithors. He was a constituent member of the
Baptist Chiirch, at Deposit, N. Y., where he preached and for
which he did much. He labored, far and near, in arousing in-
terest and collecting funds for needy churches, and was a pio-
neer church-builder in Southern New York, going from place to
place and preaching wherever opportunity offered. His nephew,
S. D. Stiles, of 204 Wilson street, Brooklyn (E. D.), says that
Rev. Stephen died, as he thinks, at Meohanicsville, N. Y. — that
he did not enter the ministry until about 30 years of age —
and that he was stationed (in the Methodist Episcopal Churcli ?)
at Beekiuantowu N. Y., Sheldon and Albany, Vt., and that his
obituarv notice was published in the Christian Advocate. Rev.
Stephen Stiles died Nov. 11, 1853, ve 71.
Children :
324. I. Catharine," born Mav 18, 1806 ; married Jan. 3,
564 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
1828, Asaliel E. Bemiss, of Frankliu, Delaware
Co., N. Y. She died August, 1853. hsue :
325. i. Fbank," educated at Franklin Institute, near Delhi,
N. Y.
326. ii. Cathakine,* died se. about 12 years.
327. II. John J.,' born Aug. 27, 1807 ; married Sept. 21,
1833, Theodo.sia Armstrong. Family 50.
328. III. James," born March 1, 1809; married Feb. 23,
1837, Margaret Miller. Family 51.
329. IV. Eliza,' born March 22, 1811 ; married Dec. 15,
1836, Joel M. Hall, who died Feb. 11, 1884.
Issue :
330. i. LovisA M.,s born Oct. 31, 1837.
331. ii. Charles A.,' born Nov. 24, 1838; died April 26, 1847.
332. iii. Henky H.,8 born Jan. 24, 1840; married November,
186',l, Louisa Fredrilia Kenly; had (1) Lizzie, born
July 11, 1871; |2) Minnie E., born March II, 1875.
333. iv. Nelson A.," born Nov. 26, 1841; died April 10, 18.55.
334. V, Emily A.,* born JIarch 4, 1843.
335. vi. Edick S.,' born March 21, 1845; married Lucy M.
Stewart, Dec. 28, 1871; have (1) .loe, born April 11,
1873.
336. vii. Sarah E.,s born June 22, 1847; died March 7, 1848.
337. viii, Clark F.,» born June 15, 1849; married Hannah A.
Goodrich, June, 1871; has (1) Frank, born May 23,
1873; (2) Harry, born Nov. 21, 1874.
338. ix. Martha E.,s born March 3, 1851.
339. Y. EMiLY,"born Oct. 26, 1812; married J. O. Whitaker,
Oct. 24, 1833.
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 565
340. VI. Stephen Hathaway,"* boru Sept. 23, 1814; luairieil
(1) July 9, 1840, Kebecca A. Pratt ; married
(2) Mrs. Sarah W. McKeau. Family 52.
341." VII. Henry G.,' boru Aug. 9, 1816; resides (1886)
loua, Mich.
342. VIII. Benjamin T.,' boru Sept. 6, 1818 ; married Eliza-
beth Graves. Family 53.
343. IX. Daniel L.,' boru July 12, 1820; resides (1886)
Deposit, N. Y.
344. X. Ezra,' boru Aug. 18, 1822 : married Feb. 29, 1844,
Hannah Edick. Family 54.
345. XL Lydia," boru July 8 (or 6;, 1824 ; married Feb. 15,
1854, David W. Graves, of Masonville, N. Y.,
who was boru Oct. 28, 1819. Issue:
■Mr,. i. Frank E.,^ born June 17, 1816; married Nov. 20,
1873, Phebe Stewart, who was born Aug. 13, 1853;
resides (1888) Kirkwood, Dakota; had (1) Charles H .
born Jan. 25, 1875; (2l Ida May, born Sept. 28, 187(1;
(3) Frederick E., born Sept 23, 1878; (4) Harry A.,
born July 1, 1881; (.5) Carlie S.. bornDec. 22, 1882;
(6) Howard D., born Jan. 21, 1885.
.•U7. ii. Ida," born July, 1854; married Feb. 21, 1873, Austin
Gribling, born Aug. 28, 1841, at Parish, Cayuga
Co., N. Y.; resides (18S8) Bird City, Kansas; no
issue.
348. iii. John S.," born Oct. 7, 18-56; died Jan. 3(l, 188(1, at
Bird City, Kansas.
;14!I. iv. Jennie Lind," born Aug. 20, 1860, at Stiles' Settle-
ment, N. Y.; married J. B. Taylor, of Alton, Kan-
sas, born in Wayne Co., N. Y., Sept. 1, 1853; have
* To whom we are greatly iudelHed for information concerning his line.
566 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
(1) Satie, born Aug. 10, 1879; (2) Ethel, born Oct. 6,
1881; (3) GroTer, bom Oct 24, 1884.
350. V. BiKDiE E.,8 born Dec. 18, 1863; died Bird City, Kan-
sas, Dec. 19, 1880.
351. XII. Le\t T.,' born Aug. 10, 1826.
352. XIII. Moses O.," born March 21, 1829 ; dead.
353. XIV. Edwin H.," born Nov. 27, 1833 ; P. O. address
(1888), Deposit, N. T.
FAMILY 32.
354 DanieT Stiles, [1^0] (AaronJ' Capt. John* Long
Jonathan,^ Isaac,^ John^), born April 11, 1787 ; married Sarah
Burroughs, born in Vermont, Sept. 6, 1790. He was a farmer,
and died in Delaware Co., N. Y., April 12, 1848. She died at
Deposit, Delaware Co., N. Y., July 9, 1865.
Children, (born at Tompkins, Broome Co., X. Y.:*)
355. I. Mary," born May 26, 1806 ; married Jonas Under-
wood, in Tompkins, N. Y., Oct. 30, 1828. Issue:
356. i. Haekt.8
357. ii. Daniel.s
358. iii. .loNAS.s
359. iv. Sakah.s
360. II. Peiscilla,' born Feb. 5, 1810; married, 1831,
Morris Coburn, in Tompkins, N. Y.; she died
in Meadville, Pa., August, 1874. Issue:
361. i. Saeah.s
* Letter of Mrs. Mar>' Underwood. Deposit, N. Y.
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 567
362. ii. Cakrie.'
363. iii. Daniel.8
364. iv. Emily.s
365. III. Lucy,' born Oct. 13, 1816; married Ezra Smith,
in Tompkins, N. Y., Oct. 28, 1844 ; she died at
Humphrey, Cattaraugus Co., N. Y., Dec. 23,
1858.
366. TlX. Sar.\h,' born April 3, 1819 ; married at St. Louis,
Mo., Oct. 18, 1865, Kev. J. Llovd Breck; she
died without issue at Paterson, N. J., Julv 17,
1877.
367. V. Betsy," born Nov. 29, 1822 ; married Parker Smith,
1845. Issue:
368. i. Fkances.5
369. ii. Elma.s
370. iii. Chajiles.*'
371. VI. Leipha," born Oct. 24, 1825; married John Meacham,
1852. Issue :
372. i. Almon.s
373. ii. Ellbn.8
374. VIL Chaeles,' born April 17, 1827; married in 1848,
Thirza Beck. Family 55.
375. Vni. Edwakd,' born Sept. 9, 1829 ; married Semantha
Sackett, at Dunkirk, N. Y., 1861 ; Family 56.
376. IX. LA^^NIA,' born Jan. 7, 1831 ; married, 1852, Henry
Pierce, in Cattaraugus Co., N. Y.
.■jHS the stiles genealogy.
FAMILY 33.
377. AshbeT Stiles, [142] (Deacon Aaron,'' Capf. John,'
Long Jonathan;' Isaac,' Johu^), born at Newark, N. J. (according
to family tradition), Sept. 6, 1792 ; served in the war of 1812,
being enlisted at Depcsit, N. Y., in Sept. 1814, with Capt. Buh-
ler, in Col. Sawyer's N. Y. militia. He afterward held the po-
sition of adjutant in N. Y. State Militia, until 1837, when he re-
moved to Athen.s, Calhoun Co., Mich., where, at different times,
he held the office of Supervisor, Justice of the Peace and Notary
Public. He died at Athens, Mich., Nov. 6, 1852— the U.S.
Pension Records say 1855 ; widow says 1852. He married, June,
1811, Priscilla (daughter of Hubbard and Mary Wilkins) Bur-
rows, born in Green, Chenango Co. N. Y., April 25, 1796 — her
father a native of Stoniugtou, Conn., and her mother of Guil-
ford, Vt. Mrs. Priscilla (Burrows) Stiles resided (1885) in
Athens, Calhoun Co., Mich., and to her and her daughter, Miss
Mary C. Stiles, we are indebted for the record of this family.
ChUdren:
378. I. Lewis,' born Aug. 12, 1813 ; died Sept. 8, 1814.
379. IL Myron C," born Dec. 16, 1815; married March
24, 1842, Mary Wright. Family 57.
380. in. Cakoline,' Ixn'u at Deposit, N. Y., Feb. 12, 1818;
married May 6, 1839, Lyman Densmore, born
in Acworth, N. H., June 8, 1816; she died Sept.
1, 1847. Issue:
381. i. .James AsHBEL,'* born .Jan. '28, 1841; married Frances
A. Walker, at Chicago, 111., Jan. 15, 1867; had (1)
James Bird, born Oct. 19, 1869; (2) Lulu Helen,
born Aug. 5, 1871; (3) Guy, born Aug. 8, 1873; died
Aug. 9, 1874; (4) Fannie .Josephine, born Aug. 31,
1878; (5) Helen Eebeccii, born May 17, 1881; (6) -
Bessie, born April 19, 1884.
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 569
382. ii. Betst Priscilla,? born Sept. 28, 1842; married Chas.
V. Noble, Jan. 12, 1866, at West Tnion, Iowa. Now
resides in Colorado; no issue.
383. ' iii. Josephine, 8 born Sept. 12 (or 14) 184i; married
Wallace C. Wellington, Sept. 15, 1862; died at
Dunleith, 111., -Jan. 13, 1864. Issae: (1) a daughter,
died Ee. 14 days.
384. iv. CiEOLisE Almena.s born Sept. 1 (or 13) 1847; died
Sept. 14 (or Oct. 4), 1847.
Mrs. Caroline (Stiles) Densmore, died Sept. 13,
1847. Mr. Densmore married a second wife, by
■whom he Lad 7 children ; he was residing
(1880) at Winnetka, IW.—Hibt. Windham, X.H.,
485.
385. IV. Samtel S.,' born Jan. 14, 1821 ; married Betsey J.
Acklej. Family 58.
386. Y. x\ddisox,' born Feb. 10, 1823; married Eoxana
Green, Dee. 2, 1849; is connected (1885) with
Robinson & Ryan's Circus; had a son, who died
1862.
387. VI. Adaline,' born June 23, 1825 ; married Dec. 31,
1847, Smith St. John, of Burlington, N. J.; she
died Feb. 7, 1850 ; no issue.
888. VII. George Alfked,' born Aug. 27, 1827; married Sept.
21, 1848, Jane Clark. Family 59.
■389. Vin. Emeline," bom Feb. 22, 1830; married May 6, 1852,
Maurice W. Ferris; resided (1885) Holton's,
Muskegon Co., Mich. Issue:
390. i. CoKA."
391. ii. Geoege.8
570 THE STILES GEN EULOGY .
392. IX. Aesine Charles," born March 9, 1833 ; married
Feb. 6, 1861, Clara Case ; resided (1885) San
Junta; Cal.; had a daughter.
393. X. Aaron,' born Feb. 16, 1835 ; married Jan. 13, 1861,
Lois Millard. Family 60.
394. XI. Henrietta,'' born March 7, 1838 ; died Oct. 7, 1838.
395. XII. Mary C," born Nov, 20, 1840 ; married Oct. 23,
1862, J. B. Ferris (brother of her sister's hus-
band); they separated — she retains her maiden
name — resides with her mother at Athens,
Mich. .
FAMILY 34.
396. Samuel' Stiles, [143J (Aaron,' Capt. John,' Long
Jonathan,^ Isaac,- Johi^); married Dolly Nickerson, born May 24,
1801. He died May 17, 1841, x. 46 years, at Deposit, N. Y.
She died Not. 1, 1875.
Children :*
397. I. Catherine,' ; married Clark; resides
Chicago, 111.
398. II. Melina W," ; married Jeffries; died
Nov. 17, 1875, ae. 42. Issue : two sons.
399. III. Elizabeth,' ; married Dean; resides
(1885) Deposit, N. Y.
400. IV. Squire W.," ; died May 18, 1859, in 28th
year; unmarried.
'^ Letters of Mrs. E. S. Deau, and of Dr. R. R. Palmerton , Clerk of Tompkins, Delaware
Co.. N. Y.
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 571
FAMILY 35.
401. Jonathan T." Stiles, [152] {Timothy,' Joimf Ian,'
Long Jonathan;' Isaacj' John^); born in Morris Co., N. J., Dec. 24,
1784; removed to Tioga Co., Pa.; married Anna Card ; removed
to Steuben Co., N. T., about , where he died Sept. 18,
1859, se 74 years, 8 months. Mrs. Anna (Card) Stiles died in
Steuben Co., N. Y., March 20, 1886, £e. 92.
Children, (horn in Tioga Co., Pa.):
402. I. Keuben," died se. 18 or 19.
403. II. Simeon," married Eliza Ann Millard ; died and left
2 daughters.
404. III. DA^^D,' married Clarinda Shaw; had 10 children;
resides Sauk Centre, Stearns Co., Minn.
405. IV. Phebe,' now resides Faribault, Wis.; married
Jeduthan Loo mis.
406. V. Hannah," married Chauncey Root; died in Iowa.
407. VI. Mercy," married Sam. Sliter; died Steuben Co.,
N. Y;, 1863.
408. VII. Sally Ann,' married James Elwood; resides
Sutton, Clay Co., Neb.
409. VIII. Timothy," born June 6, 1811; married (1) Dec. 14,
1834, Hannah Shaw; married (2) May 1, 1878,
Mrs. Miranda McClellan. Family 61.
FAMILY 36.
410. Ephraim" Stiles, [174] {Moses Halsey,' Ephmim,'
Long Jonathan,'' Isaac,- John^), born April 22, 1791; married Jan.
572 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
17, 1819, Phebe Cook, of Hanover,' Morris Co., N. J., who was
born Aug. 12, 1792, and died 1870. Mr. Epliraim Stiles died
Aug. 12, 1826.
Children :
411. I. Levi,'' born at Hanover, N. J., Oct. 9, 1819; married
March 29, 1833, Frances B. Potter. Family 62.
412. II. Mary,' born July 30, 1821; died young.
413. III. George Henry,' born Dec. 1, 1823; died.
414. IV, Sarah Ann," born Jan. 24, 1825; died.
415. V. Mary Lucdida,' born March 26, 1827; married
Cyrus E. Crane; resided in Livingston, N. J.;
she died Dec. 11, 1865; no issue.
FAMILY 36i.
416. Levi" Stiles, [201] [Epliraim= Ephraim* Long Jon-
athan,^ Isaac,- John^), born April 13, 1796 ; married Betsy Van
Pelt, May 6, 1817; resided at Poquannoc, N. J., and died Dec.
30, 1883, fe. 87.
Children :
417. I. Maria V.,' ; married March 2, 18^2, Silas
.Peers. {Ch. Bee.)
418. II. Harriet N.,' ; married K. Van Ness.
419. III. Eliza A.,' ; married Abraham T. Jacobus;
separated; she resided (1886) at Eoseville, N.
J., 300 Newark avenue.
FAMILY 37.
420. John Primrose' Stiles, [210] {Capt. Ebenezer,^
Ehenezer,^ Long Jonathan,^ Isaac^' John^); born at Mori'is Plains,
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 573
N. J., Nov. 13, 1794 ; was a shoemaker and farmer at Morris
Plains until his death, May 12, 1866 ; his will, dated June 6,
1863, proved March 29, 1867.— Lib. I, 306, Moi-ris County Pro-
bate Records.
He married March 10, 1816, Euth Tuttle,* of Morristowii,
N. ej., who became a communicant in the Morristown First
Presbyterian Church, Aug. 15, 1822, and died at Morris Plains,
April 8, 1862, x. 72 years, 2 months.
Children (all born at Morris Plains, N. J.):
421. I. Timothy Tuttle,' born May 27, 1818; is mentioned
in his father's will; was a communicant in the
Morristown First Presbyterian Church, June
15, 1843; dismissed to Newark, March 18,
1880. He was a mason by trade. In 1856 he
married (1) Caroline Decker, of Morristown,
who lived about 18 months; he married (2)
1868, Susan Jacobus, Newark, N. J.; no issue.
Eesided (1885) Newark, N. J. He died at
Pompton Plains, N. J., Nov. 30, 1891.
422. II. Ebenezee," born June 3, 1821; received a classical
education at Morristown Academy ; taught
school in Hanover and Morristown townships;
was Assessor of Hanover Township and mem-
ber of Whippany (N. J.) Presbyterian Church;
became a communicant in the Morristown
Church May 23, 1833; he married Dec. 20 (or
22), 1852, Mrs. Margaret M. (widow of Elijah
D.) Tompkins, of Littleton, N. J. He died
Dec. 17, 1868, at Whippany, N. J. His will,
signed Dec. 5, proved Dec. 30, 1868. — Lib.
I, 538, 3Iorris County Probate Records. His widow
died Sept., 1889, at Whippany; no issue; buried
» See note to Jouathan, No. 155, page 541, ante.
574 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
at Parsipiaanv. In lier will she left the bulk of
her property, amounting, it is said, to about
$25,000, to the American Tract and American
Bible Societies, the Board of Home and the
Board of Foreign Missions, in equal amounts.
423. III. Phebe Elizabeth," born April 26, 1828; baptized
Sept. 5, 1828; was a member of First Presby-
terian Church of Morristown ; died Nov. 29,
1885.
424. IV. Joshua Hazen," born Aug. 5, 1824; baptized March
4, 1825; married Margaret De Witt. Family G3.
FAMILY 38.
425. Ezra Brown' Stiles, [211] {Capt. Ebenezer,'
Ebenerxr,' Long Jonatliau,'' Isaac,~ John ), born Sept. 8, 1797;
married Feb. 26, 1824, Jane Maria (daughter of James Freeman
and Elizabeth) Browne, who was born May 25, 1807, in Sussex
Co., N. J. They were both baptized and became communicants
with the Morristown First Presbyterian Church, June 3, 1827.
In early life he was a blacksmith, but, after a serious illness,
turned his attention to farming. He died at Morris Plains,
July 1, 1856, se. 57 years, 9 months, 23 days.
Mrs. Jane M. (Brown) Stiles married, (2) Martin R. Beam ;
was received to membership of Morristown First Presbyterian
Church by letter, Nov. 30, 1867, from 86th Street Church, N. Y.
City : dismissed 1873 to the Central Church of N. Y. City ; letter
March 26, 1884, from South Ceutreville, N. Y., and resides (1885)
at Morristown, N. J.
. Child ;
426. I. James Ezra Brown,' baptized Aug. 30, 1827; mar-
ried June 16, 1847, Euhamiah H. Potter.
Family 64.
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 575
FAMILY 39.
427. Lewis Burnef Stiles, [212] (Ebenezer,' Eben-
ezer^^ Long JouatJiauj'' Isaac,' John''), boru at Morris Plains, N.
J., Jan. 19, 1800; became a communicant in the First Presby-
terian Cburcli of Morristown, N. J., Aug. 27, 1829, from which
he was in May, 1841, a Commissioner to tlie Presbytery of Eliza-
beth, and elected a Trustee Sept. 29, 1840. He was dismissed
June 8, 1841, to the Second Church of Morristown; and became,
later one of the constituent members of the South Presbyterian
Church of Morristown. He also held several township offices.
His business, that of a tanner and currier, he conducted for twen-
ty-five years, in connection with his farm on the old homestead
at Morris Plains. In 1866, he sold his farm and removed to
Morristown, N. J.
He married, Dec. 8, 1822, Julia Anna (daughter of William)
Shelley, of Littleton, N. J., who was born Dec. 25, 1803 and was
a communicant in the Morristown Church, Sept. 1833. He died
July 31, 1873, se 74 ; is buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Morris-
town, N. J. His will, dated June 11, 1867— Lib. K, 515, Mor-
ris Co. Prob. Bee.
Children (all born at Morris Plains, N. J.):
428. I. Susan Elizabeth,' born Oct. 7, 1823 ; baptized
Dec. 5, 1834; married Feb. 11, 1846, Francis
Fouruier (son of Silas and Jerusha Reeve)
Corwin, of New Windsor, Orange Co., N. Y.,
who was born Oct. 7, 1821. — Corwin Genealogy.
Issue :
439. i. Lewis Fkancis,^ born June 14, 1847; married Dec. 5,
1871, Susan McCullough. Issue: (1) Francis Ogden,
born Sept. 21, 1872.
430. ii. Silas Reeve,* born July 18, 1849; died Oct 17, 1851.
431. iii. Sakah Elizabeth.^ born .Jan. 20, 1852; died July 4,
1865.
576 THE STILES GENEALOGT.
432. iv. Silas Eeeve.s born Nov. 6, 1853; died Feb. 28, 1864.
433. V. William Ogden.s born Nov. 2, 1857; died May 25,
1864.
434. vi. Lizzie Ann,8 born Nov. 22, 1865.
435. II. Harriet Ann,' boru Jan. 10, 1825 ; married Alfred
H. Condit, of Morris Co., N. J., Nov. 2, 1847;
slie died April 7, 1851. Issue :
436. i. William Millakd,' born Nov. 29, 1849; died Oct. 15,
1849.
437. ii. Harriet .Julia Ann, 8 bom March 30. 1851; married
Nov. 10, 1880, Hudson H. Fairchild, of Morristown,
N. J. Issne: (1) Millard Condit, born .July 3, 1887.
438. III. Sarah Caroline," born July 2, 1828 ; baptized.
Dec. 5, 1834; died uumarried, Feb. 22, 1850.
439. IV. Lewis Ogden,' born May 27, 1835; baptized June
7, 1836; married Sept. 6, 1864, Sarah V. Alex-
ander. Family 65.
FAMILY 40.
440. Moses'' Stiles, [216] {Ebene^er,^ Ebenezer,^ Long
Jonathan,^ Isaac,^ John^), born at Morris Plains, N. J., Dec. 16,
1809; learned the plaster-mason's trade, but finally, about the
time of his marriage, became a farmer ; resided in Morris Co.,
N. J., then removed to Warren Co., N. J., in 1851 ; thence, 1861,
to Monroe Co., Pa. ; thence, 1869, to Lime Hill, Pa., where he
died May 13, 1876. He was one who never cared much for
money, always looked on the sunny side of life, was a kind and
accommodating, happy-go-lucky man, liked by all. His wife was
the daughter of an excellent family, of Greenwich township, the
garden-spot of Warren Co. She was Elizabeth (daughter of
Christopher and Elizabeth Winters) Sharpe, born near Easton,
Pa., and died Jan. 4, 1880, at Lime Hill, Bradford Co., Pa.
THE CON UEC Tl CU T FAMILY. 577
Children :
441. I. Ezra Ogden,' born July 7, 1837; resided (1885)
Oxford, Talbot Co., Md.; raarried. Family 66.
442. II. Theodoee Frelinghuysen,' born March 27, 1839;
resides (1885) 581 Jersey avenue, Jersey City,
N. J.; twice married ; is a carpenter.
443. m. Phebe Elizabeth,^ born Jan 5, 1841 ; in spring of
1848 went to live with her uncle, Dr. A. O.
Stiles, of Harmony, N. J., who adopted her;
went to school at Easton, Pa., at Ophelton
S(?minary; in fall of 1855, to Pennington Semi-
nary, where she gi'aduated, 1860 ; May 18, 1865,
she married Samuel Read, of Mt. Warren,
Warren Co., N. J., where they have an elegant
home. Mr. Read is an influential man in the
church and community; has been for over 20
years organist to the church and leader to the
Mt. Hermon Band. Mrs. Read is the leading
soprano of the church choir. Issue:
444. i. OoDEN Stii.es,8 born July 27, 1866; died Nov. 14,
1866.
445. ii. Cliffobd Kingslet.s born Nov. 30, 1867; entered col-
lege in September, 1886.
446. iii. Aethtir Lee,^ born Dec. 5, 1870; died May 30, 1872.
447. IV. Louisa Augusta," born Nov. 24, 1843 ; married at
Shawnee, Monroe Co., Pa., Ziba Smith Strunk,
Aug. 12, 1865. Mr. Strunk is Postmaster at
Lime Hill, Pa., and we are indebted to him for
much of the family history. Issue :
448. i. Geenvili/E Channing.s born May 9, 1866.
449. ii. Vesta Leona,' born Jan. 29, 1879.
578 THE STILES G EuTeALOGY. ■
-150. iii. Mabel Claie,'* born Sept. 9, 1880.
451. V. Julia Corey,' born Feb. 17, 1845 ; unmarried.
FAMILY 41.
452. John'' Stiles, [242] {James, ^ Josejyh,^ Capt. Joseph,'^
Long JonathanJ' Isaac,^ John^), of New Vernon, N. J.; born Oct. 12,
1791 ; married Sept. 14 (or 20), 1811, Pliebe (eldest daughter of
William and Abigail Passil) Stiles, of Basking Ridge, N. J., who
was boru Feb. 15, 1784. He was a brushback maker, and also
owned a sawmill near Mt. Freedom, N. J. He died Aiig. 16,
1870. Mrs. Phebe Stiles died March 23, 1862.
Children :
453. I. WiLLUM Heney," born June 2, 1812 ; married Dec.
31, 1837, Phebe M. Axtell, of Brookside, N. J.
Family 67.
454. II. Maby Ann,' born Jan. 28 (or 8j, 1815 ; married
Edwin L. Myers, Jan. (or June) 25, 1834 ; she
died Dec. 20, 1836. Issue :
455. i. William Axtell,' died Dec. 23, 1836, se. 8 months, 17
days.
456. III. John," born Aug. 15 (or 20), 1820 ; married Nov.
10, 1849, Sarah A. Overton ; in records mar-
riage. Lib. 1, lie is called " of Water street," she
" of New Vernon."
457. IV. Stephen," born Oct. 1, 1823 ; married June 19,
1828, Martha M. Baker. Family 68.
458. V. Abigail P.," born May 20, 1826; died Nov. 11,
1842.
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 579
FAMILY 42.
459. Aaron Aber" Stiles, [247] {James,^ Joseph,' Capt.
Joseph,* Long Jonathan,'^ Isaac,- John^), born Aug. 21, 1798; mar-
ried Rachel Heddeu, June 9, 1833 ; died in 1862 ; resided
(1857) two miles above North Plainfield, N. J.; a man of property;
a distiller and a Democrat.
Children :
4()0. I. John,* born ; married widow Stewart (a
Cornell) ; removed to Illinois ; had at least one
child.
461. II. James,* born ; died, unmarried, se. 21 years.
462. III. Mary Ann,* born ; married John Fagan, of
New Yoi"k City. Issue, a daughter.
FAMILY 43.
463. James" Stiles, [253] {James, ^ Joseph,^ Capt. Joseph,*
Long Jonathan,^ Isaac,- John^), born July 26, 1808; married (1)
Eleanor Van Eiper, Dec. 30, 1832 ; married (2) Hannah Mor-
ris, May 1, 1841.
Children (born at Newark, N. J.):
464. L RiERiET W.,* born Feb. 28, 1842.
465. II. Joseph,* born March 10, 1844.
FAMILY 44.
466. William'' Stiles, [254] {James,' Joseph,^ Capt.
Joseph,* Long Jonathan^^ Isaac^ John^), born Dec. 15, 1810, at
Morristown, N. J.; married March 19, 1835, Elizabeth Heddeu,
of New Providence, N. J.; resided New York City (1856).
580 TH£ STILES GENEALOGY.
Children :
467. I. Geoege Henky.s born Dec. 23, 1835.
468. II. John Neville,^ born and died Jiily 5, 1839.
469. III. Aeaminta,^ born Oct 12, 1841 ; married George
Stoddart, of Scotland, Oct. 14, 1856.
470. IV. Ann Louisa,* born May 29, 1844.
471. V. Maby Fbances,^ born Aug. 6, 1847.
472. VI. Emma Jane,* born Aug. 3, 1850.
FAMILY 45.
473. James Smith' Stiles, [263] William,'' Silas,' Capt.
Joseph*, Long Jonathan,^ Isaac,' Johi'), born at Morristown, N.
J., Oct. 29, 1800 ; married Dec. 22, 1824, Sarah Magoun ; re-
sided in Seneca and Wayne Counties, N. Y.; was a man of sound
mind and very tenacious memory. He died Feb. 22, 1876.
Children :
474. I. Ann Eliza,* born Oct. 6, 1827 ; married Hollis N.
Holbrook, Feb. 3, 1851. Issue:
475. i. Sakah E.,9 born Sept. 10, 1853; resided (1885) at
Holyoke, Mass. ; has a memorandum book belonging
to her great^gi'and-father, Silas Stiles, which he used
during the Kevolutionary War — the cover of which
is made of a piece of a drum-head, and bears his
autograph.
476. ii. LEULAV.,9bornDec. 5, 1855.
477. iii. James A..,' born Dec. 21, 18.58.
478. iv. Lewis,' born February, 1864.
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 581
479. II. William P.,* born March 29, 1833; married Martha
Briggs, March 14, 1860; resided (1885) at
South Butler ; no issue.
480. III. Albeet J.,« born Dec. 26, 1837 ; married Matilda
Powers, Oct. 22, 1856; she has been dead some
years. They had 6 children — 2 sons and 4
daughters.
FAMILY 46.
481. John Primrose' Stiles, [264] William,^ Silas,'
Gapt. Joseph,^ Long Jonathan^' Isaac^ John^), born Aug. 28, 1803;
baptized " on the wife's account," July 6, 1804 ; married
Jan. 28, 1829, in Tyre, Seneca Co.,N.T.,Mary, (daughter of Philip
and Grace) Magoun, who was born Jan. 28, 1809, at Eome,
Oneida Co., N. Y. He was a farmer, and died at Savannah,
Wayne Co., N. Y., Sept. 29, 1873. His widow resides (1885)
Savannah, Wayne Co., N. Y.
Children :
482. I. Edwaed W.,« born Oct. 11, 1830 ; married ,
January, 1852 ; died September, 1869.
483. II. Joanna,'^ born March 2, 1833 ; married , May
10, 1855 ; died 1856.
484. III. BiANCA,« born June 7, 1836 ; married Feb. 10, 1859,
Schoonmaker; resides (1885) at Savan-
nah, N. Y.
485. IV. Maeeyett,** born Aug. 3, 1838 ; married — ,
September, 1859 ; died May 10, 1863.
486. V. JuDSON,' born Aug. 1, 1840; married October, 1865,
; died September, 1868.
582 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
487. VI. Martha,^ boru Feb. 22, 1843 ; married October,
1865, Avery; resides (1885) Winona,
Minn.
488. VII. J. Emerson,*' born June 1, 1846 : married March,
1870, ; resides (1885) East Pierre,
Dakota.
489. VIII. Frances,** born Jan. 2, 1850 ; married August, 1870,
; died Januarj^, 1871.
490. IX. Ella J.,** born Dec. 17, 1852 ; died September, 1869.
FAMILY 47.
491. Joseph' Stiles, 1 265] { William,' Silas,^ Capf. Jo-
seph,^ Long Jounfliau,^ Isaac,- JoJ/u,^ born in Cayuga Co., N. Y.,
Sept. 8, 1805 ; married (1) April 27, 1835, at Northville, Wayne
Co., Mich., Lucinda Ellsworth, born 1804 at Canaan, Columbia
Co., N. Y.; married (2) Feb. 27, 1866, ; removed from
Cayuga Co., to Washtenaw Co., Mich., in 1834; removed 1864,
to Detroit, Mich.; removed, 1867, to St. Joseph, Mich.; removed,
1872, to Chicago, 111.; and, in 1879, to Vali:)ai'aiso, Ind.; was,
for 29 years a farmer, since then a real estate dealer. Resides,
(1885), Valparaiso, Ind.
Mrs. Lucinda (Ellsworth) Stiles died Nov. 14, 1864.
Children:
492. L Lucinda R.,"* bora Feb 20, 1835; married, 1868,
George Roby; had a son.
493. IL Jane Eliza," born April 27, 1837; died March 2,
1841.
494. IIL Leander,8 born Nov. 16, 1839 ; married 1881.
495. IV. Jennie,** born April 27, 1842; married Thomas
Murrans, 1864; died January, 1865 ; no issue.
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 5So
496. V. Minnie,' born Sept. 20, 1867; unmarried, 1885.
FAMILY 48.
497. Edward Augustus' Stiles, |302] (John,' Deacon
Joh)),^ Johii,\ Long Jonathan," Isaacj' John^), horn at Wantage,
N. J., Dec. 4, 1808, and when be was two years old his parents
moved into Vernon Township, Sussex Co., N. J. In 1819, tLey
located on the farm where he spent the greater part of his active
years, and where he died. He commenced a course of prepara-
tion for the Christian ministry, but for some reason suspended
his studies and opened a small private school, in 1833, at the
farm house. He commenced with five or six boys, but the
teacher had found his calling, and, as he developed with his work,
the school rapidly increased to a size and reputation far beyond
his early hopes, and at last assumed shape as " Mt. Retirement
Seminary," which he conducted with great success for more than
thirty years. For many years there was an average of 75 pupils
under his instruction and the school was in full vigor when he
left it (1865) to the charge of his son-in-law, Mr. HartwelL The
graduates of this Seminary are to be found in every part of our
laud, many of them filling high positions and all of them ready
to testify to the singleness of purpose, the steady devotion to dut}-
and the considerate kindness of his supervision, as well as to the
thorough and practical tone of his instruction. In 1869, he was
appointed Superintendent of Schools in Sussex County, and the
constant growth in all matters material relating to the educa-
tional system of the County, the gradual elevation of public sen-
timent and the increased efiiciency of teachers, all attested the
success of his administration. For more than forty years he
was devoted to the work of education, and whether estimated by
his capability, his devotion or his ample success, he well deserved
the title of "Educator." He had excellent common sense and
a most reliable judgment ; and, behind all his words and actions
was a character so far above reproach that his piiritj- of motive
584 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
was never questioned. His, indeed, was a character of marked
purity, integrity and Christian consistency; which, with his great
gravity and dignity of manner, combined with a heart full of
warm sympathy and liberality for every good cause, produced a
widel}' felt and lasting impression for good upon the times and
the commirnity in which he lived.
In the church, of which he truly was " a pillar," and for
some years an influential Ruling Elder, was ever dear to him,
and was largely indebted to him and his family for steadfast sup-
port during a period of great depression and discouragement.
He died as he had lived, in the faith, his last articulate utter-
ance being " The blood of Jesus Christ cleanseth from all sin ;"
and was borne to his final resting place by his fellow-elders of
the Clove Church, assisted by some of the teachers of the neigh-
borhood. He died in 1875, a3. 67 years. See also a memoir
published in the New Jersey Slate Educational Report for 1875,
pp. 17, 84, and an appreciative notice which apjjeared soon
after his death in the New Jersey Herald.
He mariied Eveline Belmont Howell, of Parsippany, N. J.,
April 30, 1834.
Children:
498. I. William Augustus," born March 9, 1837; graduated
Yale College, 1859 ; taught in his father's school
for about 10 years thereafter ; suffered from im-
paired eyesight for some years, during which he
dropped into politics (Republican) and was Clerk
of the New Jersey State Senate, 1852-4-5; ran
for Senator, 1880 and '83 ; drifted into journal-
ism ; is on the staff ot the N. Y. Tribune and ag-
ricultural editor of the Philadelphia Weekly Press.
499. II. Mary Clarissa,' born Feb. 2, 1841; married Sept.
16, 1863, Samuel Slawson Hartwell, of Littleton,
Mass., descent, who was born Nov. 30, 1831, and
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 585
who died April 5, 1883 : teacher, assistant and
successor of his father-in-law at Deckertown,
N. J. She died at Deckertown, Jan. 15, 1882.
Issue: (See Harhoell Handhoolc, p. 193.)
500. i. Edwaed S.,' bom Oct. 18, 1865; clerk at Denver, Col.
501. ii. John Augustus, h bora Sept. 27, 1869.
502. iii. Emma Sayek,9 born Jan. 31, 1871.
503. iv. Anna Louisa.^ born July 7, 1875.
504. V. AxicE WrsiFKED,9born Sept. 20, 1881.
505. III. AucE Leonora,' born June 10, 1846, at Wantage,
Sussex Co., N. J.; married Nov. 24, 1869, James
(son of James and Sarah Westfall) Bennett,
who was born Jan. 20, 1845, and is a commer-
cial traveller ; resides Port Jervis, N. T. Issue :
506. ■ i. Welliam Stiles,' born Nov. 9, 1870.
507. ii. HowELi," born July 19, 1873.
508. iii. James Edwaed.s born April 28, 1875.
509. IV. Emma Jane Belmont," born near Deckertown, N. J.,
Nov. 13, 1847 ; married June 17, 1874, Edward
Hayward Davey, oakum manufacturer, born at
Hudson City, N. J., Dec. 29, 1848 ; resides 241
Tonnele avenue, Jersey City Heights, N. J.
Issue :
510. i. Wakken,!> bom March 17, 1876.
511. ii. Leigh Howell,' born June 30, 1879.
512. iii. Lillian Emma,^ bom July 18, 1881.
513. iv. Edwabd Stiles,' bom Feb. 14, 1885.
514. V. Eugenia Ashfield,' born at Mt. Eetirement, near
Deckertown, N. J., Nov. 2, 1851 ; married Oct.
11, 1876, Elias Newton Millen, pharmacist,
586 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
born at Dover, N. J., Feb. 6, 1852 ; resides on
the Stiles homestead, Deckertown, N. J. Issue :
515. i. Hekbekt,' born Nov. 20, 1877; died Jan. 14, 1882.
516. ii. CLAKKE,9born.July 4, 1879.
517. iii. Stilbs,9 bom Sept. 18, 1880.
518. It. Eteltn,!" born May 5, 1882.
519. V. Satke,' born Oct. 28, 1883.
FAMILY 49.
514 John" Stiles, [306] {3Ioses,^ Deacon John,^ John,*
Long Jonathan,^ Isaac,^ Jolin,^) born Sept. 25, 1818; married
Lillias Matilda Cott, Sept. 23, 1841; resides (1885) Caldwell,
N. J.; engaged in lumber business.
Child:
520. I. Anna. Maeia,^ born March 31, 1853 ; graduated at
the Women's Medical College, N. Y. City, 1873 ;
married Nov. 22, 1881, Thaddeus L. Graves.
Is practicing her profession in Newark, N. J.
FAMILY 50.
521. John J.' Stiles, [327] {Rev. Stephen,'' Aaron,^ Capt.
John," Long Jonathan,^ Isaac ^^ John^), born Aug. 27, 1807; married
Sept. 21, 1833, Theodosia Armstrong.
Children :
522. L Emily E,' born Nov. 19, 1838 ; married Wm. El well,
of Bridgeton, N. J., February, 1871. She died
April 3, 1875. Issue:
523. i. Chablbs H.'
524. II. Charles H.,' born Jan. 15, 1845 ; married Sarah M.
Whitaker, Oct. 14, 1868. Issue:
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 587
525. i. EmiltE,9 bom March 18, 1871.
526. ii. John M.,' born May 20, 1872.
527. iii. Chajbleb Aethub,' born April 3, 1878.
528. III. Obin N.,« born September, 1846; died March, 1853.
FAMILY 51.
529. James' Stiles, [328] I^Rev. Stephen,'^ Aaron,' Capt.
John,* Long Jonathan,^ Isaacj' John^), born March 1, 1809 ; mar-
ried Feb. 23, 1887, to Margaret Miller, of Bridge ton, N. J.;
resides (1888) Bridgeton, N. J.; publisher of the Bridgeton
G/i7'07iicle.
Children :
530. I. Jacob M.,^ born May 10, 1840.
531. II. John H.,^ born Aug. 16, 1843.
532. in. Saeah M.,8 born May 31, 1846 ; resides (1885) Gulf
Summit, Broome Co., N. Y.; has Deacon Aaron's
family record.
533. rV. Makgaret M.,^ born Oct. 7, 1855.
FAMILY 52.
534. Stephen Hathaway' Stiles, [340] {Rev. Stephen,^
Aaron,^ Capt. John,* Long Jonathan,^ Isaac,^ John^), born Sept.
23, 1814 ; married (1) July 9, 1840, Rebecca A. Pratt, of East
Troy, Pa., who died Dec. 30, 1852 ; married (2) Mrs. Sarah W.
McKean. He is a farmer at West Burlington, Pa., and has given
us much help in this work.
Child (by first marriage) :
535. L Saeah J.^
588 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
FAMILY 54*
536. Ezra" Stiles, [344] {Rev. Stephen," Aaron-' Capt.
John,^ Long Jonathan,^ Isaac,^ John^), born at Stiles' Settlement,
N. Y., Auf?. 18, 1823; married (1) Feb. 29, 1844, Hannah
(daughter of Jacob C. and Sail}' D.) Edick, born at Deposit, N.
Y., Oct. 21, 1826 ; removed to Springfield, Mass, 1859; thence
to Bridgeport, Couu., 1867, where she died Aug. 2, 1869 ; he
married (2) Emily A. (daughter of Seth) Hart, of Deposit, N. Y.
For ten years before his death, Mr. Ezra Stiles had
turned his mind much to inventions, and had secured several
patents upon steel and railroad car appliances. His last invention
was an iron car, claimed to be one of the most valuable im-
provements ever made. He died at Bridgeport, Conn., Feb. 6,
1875.
Children (hy first marriage) :
537. I. Ella Elizabeth,' born at Deposit, N. Y., Feb. 23,
1845 ; married at Springfield, Mass., 1865,
Henry M. Cooley, of Granby, Conn., and died
at South Norwalk, Conn., Jan. 29, 1879 ; no
issue.
538. II. John Jacob,** born at Deposit, June 9, 1848 ; mar-
ried Mrs. Celia Batters (or Batten). Is a wid-
ower (1887); no children.
539. III. Grace Elsie,** born at Deposit, N. Y., Aug. 15,
1850 ; mai'ried at Springfield, Mass., Oct. 13,
1867, William O. Milne, of Newport, E. I.;
resides (1887) Newport, E. I. Issue:
■540. i. Joseph Stuakt,' born at Springfield, Mass., July 8,
1869.
* Letters of Mrs. W. O. Milne.
THE CONN ECTICU T FAMILY. 589
541. ii. William Andrew," born at Fall River, Mass., Jan. 4,
1874; died at Fall Eiver, July 10, 1874.
542. . iii. Gkace Emily,' born at Bridgeport, Conn., Oct. 25,
1875.
543. It. HowAiiD GAKnELD,9 born at Fall Eiver, Mass., April
17, 1881.
5J:4. JN. James Edigk,** born at Deposit, N. Y., Sept. 15,
1853 ; died Sept. 29, 1878, at Newark, N. J.
545. V. Saeah Kosalie,* born at Deposit, N. T., March 12,
1857 ; married at Bridgeport, Conn., March 12,
1877, Charles Winsor, of Providence, R. I.;
is (1887) a widow ; resides Providence, E. I.
Issue :
546. i. Maud Elizabeth,' born at Providence, July 2, 1881'.
FAMILY 55.
547. Charles' Stiles, [374] {Daniel,' Aaron,' Capt.
John,* Long Jonathan,^ Isaac,- John^), born in Tompkins, N. Y.,
April 17, 1827 ; married Thirza Beck, 1848. She died Oct. 3,
1874.
Children :
548. I. Lellian.'
549. II. ISADOEE.^
550. III. Elizabeth.^
551. IV. Jane.'
552. V. Jaites.'
FAMILY 57.
553. Myron C Stiles, [379] {Adjt. Ashbel," Deacon
Aaron,^ Capt. Johi,^ Long Jonathan,^ Isaac,- John^), born Dec. 16,
590 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
1815 ; married March 24, 1842, Mary Wright. He died Jan-
uary, 1853.
Children :
554. I. EuGGLES M,' bom ; married Adell Dawley.
Family 69.
555. II. Geoege B.,' born ; resides (1885) Steamboat
Springs, Waslioe Co,, Nev.
556. III. Herbert D.,^ born ; resides Indianapolis,
Ind.
FAMILY 58.
557. Samuel S.' Stiles, [385] {Adjt. AsJibel,' Deacon
Aaron,' Capt. John* Long Jonathan,^ Isaac^ John^), born Jan. 14,
1821 ; married Betsy J. Ackley ; resides (1885) Wallsville,
Genesee Co., N. Y. He is dead.
Children :
558. I. Mary,« born ; died Jan. 26, 1858, aj. 14^
years.
559. II. Hattie.^
FAMILY 59.
560. George Alfred' Stiles, [388] {Adjt. Ashbel,^
Deacon Aaron," Capt. John,* Long Jonathan,^ Isaac^ John^), born
in Tompkins, Delaware Co., N. Y., Aug. 27, 1827 ; married Sept.
21, 1848, at Beloit, Wis., Zilpah Jane (daughter of Amzi and
Zilpah Moore) Clark, born at Eushford, N. Y., April 18, 1831;
resides (1885) Freeport, HI ; business, real estate.
Children :
561. I. Clark Grenville," born June 25, 1849 ; married
Pierce. Family 70.
THE CONNECTICUT EAMILY. 591
562. II. Charles Axfred,' born Oct. 24, 1856, at Freeport,
111.; died at Freeport, Feb. 1, 1859.
563. ni. Maurice George,' born Feb. 7, 1860 ; in 1883 re-
moved to Salt Lake City, and became a dry-
goods clerk ; 1885, removed to Frisco, Utah, as
clerk for Horn Silver Mining Co., but finding
the climate did not agree with him, returned
to his first employer at Salt Lake City. Is
now (1885) clerk with Glen, Wheeler & Co.,
Eagle Rock, Idaho ; married May 6, 1885, Helen
(daughter of William Cameron and Hannah
Elizabeth) Dunbar, at Salt Lake City.
564. IV. Fred. Delmar,** born Feb. 10, 1862; resides at
Freeport, 111.; unmarried.
565. V. Hattie Celora,^ born April 22, 1867, at Freeport,
III; died Jan. 18, 1875.
FAMILY 60.
566. Aaron' Stiles, [393] (Adjt. Ashbel,^ Deacon Aaron,'
Capt. John,* Long Jonathan,^ Isaac,- John^), born Feb. 16, 1835 ;
married Jan. 13, 1861, Lois Millard.
Children :
567. I. Frank,' born ; resides Missouri.
568. II. Emma,' born ; married ; resides Kan-
sas.
569. III. Minnie,' born ; resides Missouri.
570. rV. Bessie,' born ; resides Missouri.
592 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
FAMILY 61.
571. Timothy' Stiles, [409] {Jonathan T.,' Timothy?
Jonathan,^ Long Jonathan-"^ Isaac,'' Johi^), born in Tioga Co.,
Penn., June 6, 1811 ; married (1) Hannah Shaw, in Steuben Co.,
N. Y., Dec. 14, 1834 ; they removed to Whitesville, Allegheny
Co., N. Y., about 1837, and to Postville, Iowa, in 1855. Mrs.
Hannah (Shaw) Stiles died April 25, 1875, se. 62 years ; he
married (2) Mrs. Miranda McClellan, May 1, 1878, and died at
Postville, Feb. 1879, aged 67 years 8 months.
(Jhildren :
.572. I. NoRRis,"* born in Steuben Co., N. Y., Jan. 15, 1837;
died in Whitesville, N. Y., April 3, 1838.
573. II. Warren," born in Allegheny Co., N. Y., Nov. 11,
1838; married April 17, 1866, Charlotte Van
Hooser. Family 71.
574. III. Nancy Jane,^ born Dec. 30, 1840 ; married James
Gordon, June 28, 1860. Besides in Fayette
Co., Iowa. Issue :
575. i. AbthukW., 9 born Aprils, 1861.
576. ii. OEENM.,9boru March 19, 1863.
.577. iii. Edwin C.,9 born Sept. 3, 1864.
578. iv. Francis Aezette," born Jan. 24, died Sept. 11, 1868.
579. IV. Alonzo Le Eoy," born Aug. 15, 1842 ; married Sarah
E. Skelton, June 2, 1870. Family 72.
580. V. Noel Whiting,' born Feb. 19, 1844; married
Sarepta E. Glines. Family 73.
581. VI. Anna Maria,' born Nov. 28, 1845 ; married James
McEwen, Oct. 17, 1863. Issue:
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 593
582. i. Fredbbick E.," born July 18, 1864; died Jan. 12, 1878.
383. ii. Beetha M.,9 born April 16, 1870; died Feb 2, 1878.
584. iii. Omae L.,9 born April 7, 1873; died Jan. 29, 1878.
585. iv. Ethel P.,9 born Sept. 2, 1875.
586. V. Ltkn S.,9 born Aug. 17, 1884.
587. VII. Frances Naomi,^ born Feb. 8, 1847 ; married John
McMartin, Oct. 22, 1865. Issue:
588. i. MyETAE.,9 born Sept. 3, 1866; married Oliver Cooper,
February, 188.5.
589. ii. ChestebS.,9 bornSept. 11, 1872.
590. VIII. Elbebt D.,' born Sept. 7, 1848; married Luseba
Crawford. Family 74.
591. IX. Beunette,' born June 22, 1850 ; married Charles
Skelton, April 29, 1869. Issue:
592. i. Chesteb Ray,9 born Feb. 4, 1870; died Aug. 14, 1870.
593. ii. Maet Lena,' born July 20, 1871.
594. iii. Helen D., 9 born March 15, 1875.
595.- iv. KuBT H.,a born Dec. 29, 1879.
596. X. Argette,8 born June 18, 1852 ; died March 6, 1856,
at Postville, Iowa.
597. XL Aethue Eveet,' born Jan. 6, 1854; resides (1885)
Postville, Iowa; unmarried.
FAMILY 62.
598. Levi" Stiles, [411] (Ephraim,^ 3Ioses Habey,^ Eph-
raim,* Long Jonathan,^ Isaac;' John,^), born at Hanover, N. J.,
Oct. 9, 1819; married March 29, 1853, Frances B. (widow of
Eliphalet Terry) Potter, and youngest daughter of Capt. "Wm. B.
Thresher, by his wife Abigail, daughter of Capt. Jonathan Bunce.
594 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
She was born July 26, 1830. He resides at Hartford, Conn.,
where since his coming in 1846, he has pursued the trade of a
saddler and harness-maker.
Children :
599. I. George Levi,** born June 9, 1854; by trade a pol-
isher; at present (1885) hose driver, Engine
No. 5, Fire Department, City of Hartford, Conn.
600. II. Chaeles Clakence,' born July 11, 1856 ; died Feb.
22, 1863. .
601. III. Nellie Fbances,' born Feb. 23, 1858 ; died Oct. 23,
1860.
602. IV. WiLLLiM Ephraim,^ born May 7, 1861 ; died June 20,
1868.
603. V. Edgar Crane,' born Oct. 9, 1863 ; he graduated 1886
at Yale College.
604. VI. Mary Bunce,^ born Dec. 6, 1865 ; died July 6, 1866.
605. VII. Frank Buckley,' born Sept. 2, 1868 ; student (1885)
at Hartford Grammar School.
FAMILY 63.
606. Joshua Hazen' Stiles, [424] (John Primrose,^
Gapl. Ebenezer,^ Ebenezer, Jr.,* Long Jonathan,^ Isaac^ JoJm^),
born at Morris Plains, N. J., Aug. 5, 1824; was a farmer; has
been Town Committeeman of Hanover Township, N. J., for sev-
eral years; Commissioner of ApjDeals, Trustee and Clerk of Mor-
ris Plains School District, and a member and local preacher of
the Methodist Episcopal Church of Morristown, N. J.; resides
(1885) Morris Plains, N. J.
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 595
He married May 22, 1854, Margaret (daughter of John P.)
Dewitt, of Harmony, Warren Co., N. J.
Child, (born at Morris Plains, iV. J.):
607. I. KuTH Olida,' born Dec. 1, 1855 ; educated at Mor-
ristown (N. J.) Female Institute ; is a member
of the M. E. Church at Morristown. She mar-
ried Oct. 12, 1892, John Coleman, of Morris
Plains, N. J.
FAMILY 64
608. James Ezra Brown' Stile.s, [426] {Ezra Broivn,''
Capi. Ehenezer,^ Ebenezer,' Long Jonathani^ Isaac^ John^), born
May 12, 1826, at Morris Plains, N. J.; studied at Monmouth, (N.
J.) Academy and nearly completed the classical course there;
then began clerking in a general merchandise store at Andover,
• N. J.; thence returned to Morristown. In 1860, was in the lime
business at Newton, N. J.; then at Bah way, and for 10 or 12
years past has been in di"y goods business at Morristown, of
which town he was assessor in 1882 and 1883.
He married June 16, 1847, Euhamah Hill (daughter of
Mason B. and Lucy Northriip) Potter, who was boi-n at Andover,
N. J., April 25, 1824, and who died at Morristown, N. J., June
18, 1884.
Children (born at Morris Plains, JV. J.):
609. I. Josephine Bichaeds,' born Aug. 3,1850; educated
at the Collegiate Institute of Newton, N. J.;
married Oct. 17, 1872, atBahwa}^ N. J., Wilbur A.
(sonof Charles Henry and Abigail E.) Johnson,
who was born May 20, 1849, at Morristown.
She died at Morristown, Jan. 15, 1886. Issne:
610. i. Mat Louisa,' born at Morristown, Sept. 8, 1873.
611. ii. JosiE WiLHELMiNA.s bom at Morristown, Jan. 29, 1877.
596 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
612. iii. Ida Belle,' born at Oakland, Neb., .July 24, 1880.
613. iv. WiLBUB Stiles, 9 born at Fort Dodge, Iowa, Dec. 14,
1882.
614. V. Jamks Henkt,' born at Morristown, July 22, 1884.
615. II. James Egbebt,' boru at Morris Plains, N. J., Oct.
27, 1851 ; educated at Collegiate Institute of
Newton, N. J.; married Oct. 28, 1879, LetitiaK.
(daughter of Jobn and Letitia K.) Urmston,
born at Kahway, N. J., Sept. 20, 1850. Resides
(since 1876) at Morristown, N. J. Issue:
616. i. Lulu Blanche, 9 born Dec. 6, 1881; baptized July 2,
1882.
617. ii. Floxd Ukmston,!i born October 1884.
618. III. Sarah Kerr.»
FAMILY 65.
619. Lewis Ogden' Stiles, [439] (Lewis B.,'' Ebenezer,'
Ebenezer,' Long Jonathan,-' Isaac,' John^), born in the old home-
stead, at Morris Plains, N. J., May 27, 1835; was, for several
years, engaged in the dry-goods business at Morristown, N. J.,
and, in July 1869, purchased a half interest in The Jerseyman,
published at that place, and of which he is at present a propri-
etor and editor. He and his wife are members of the South
Street Presbyterian Church, of Morristown. To his love of
family, and of antiqiiarian research, the Connecticut-Jersey
branch of the Stiles family are very notably indebted for the
value and interest of these pages.
He married, Sept. 6, 1864, Sarah Virginia (daughter of Jo-
seph and Phebe Miller) Alexander, of Morris Plains, N. J.
Child:
620. I. Lillie Virginia," born Jan. 22, 1866 ; graduated at
Maplewood Institute, Pittsfield, Massachusetts,
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 597
June 25, 1884 ; and died at Morristown, July 25,
1885, and is interred in Evergreen Cemeteiy,
Morristown, N. J. She was a member of the
South St. Presbyterian Church, of Morristown,
which she joined on a profession of faith, Aug-
ust, 1883.
FAMILY 66.
621. Ezra Ogden' Stiles, [441] {Moses,'' EbenezerJ' Eb-
enezer* Long Jonathan,^ Isaac'^ Jolm^), born at Morris Plains, N.
J., July 7, 1837; left his father's home in 1861, and, for a while,
engaged in railroading ; then shipped for a whaling voyage on
barque Hercules, ivova New Bedford, Mass., Sept. 2, 1863 ; was
discharged, invalided, at Honolulu, Sandwich Islands, where he
remained a year ; returned home in March, 1865, and remained
there until his father's death, after which he emigrated to Mary-
land, where he commenced farming in Caroline County. Three
years later he removed to a farm at Ferry Neck, on west bank
of Tred Avon River, Talbot County, Maryland, where (1885) he
resides.
He has always had a great fondness for books, and in early
life studied the eclectic system of medicine, under one of the
Dr. Beaches, of that school.
He married March 11, 1869, Elizabeth (daughter of Philip
and Mary) Noack, of Marshall's Creek, Monroe County, Pa.
Child:
622. I. George Washington,*' born June 14, 1870.
FAMILY 67.
623. William Henry' Stiles, [453] {John,-' James,' Jo-
seph,^ Capf. Joseph,^ Long Jonathan,^ Isaac,'^ John^), born June 2,
1812; followed his father's trade until 40 years of age, since when
he has farmed. Married Dec. 31, 1837, Phebe M. Axtel, of
Brookside, Morris County, N. J.
598 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
Children- :
624. I. Orlando," born Dec. 21, 1838 ; married Esther Mc-
Leek. Family 75.
625. II. Daniel,' born Oct. 30, 1840; died May 23, 1881, at
Dover, N. J., uumarried.
626. III. Susan Ann," born March 29, 1843 ; married (1) Chas-
A. Hueston, Jan. 24, 1864;* (2) AValter Foster.
No issue. She died July 18, 1870, at her father's
home.
627. IV. Mary Elizabeth," born Dec, 19, 1845 ; married (1)
Joseph Holbert, Aug. 31, 1868; married (2) Ira
Holbert, May 1, 1880; has had two sons, one of
whom is now living.
628. V. William B.,' born Juue 4, 1848 ; married Augusta
Hayward, who died Dec. 25, 1884.
629. VI. Edward Westerly," born Oct. 15, 1850; married
Ellen Dougherty ; had one daughter.
630. VII. George Henry," born April 22, 1854 ; married Alice
Walker.
631. VIII. Eugene," born Feb. 19, 1857 ; married Dec. 25, 1884,
Laura Serren of Mt. Freedom, N. J.; was killed
by accidental discharge of his gun while hunt-
ing, Nov. 2, 1885; farmer. Issue:
632. i. ,10 born January 18, 1886.
633. IX. Lucy E.," born May 14, 1861; married Charles
Powers, May, 1882. Issue:
* Mr. Hueston enlisted iu heavy artillery. January i8. 1864; was wounded at the battle
of the wilderness, May iS, 1864; died in hospital. Baltimore, Maryland, June 18, 1S64, from the
effects of his wound.
THE CONNECTICUT FUMILy. 599
634. }. Claeence.w born April 7, 1883; resides New Dover
N.J.
FAMILY 68.
635. Stephen' Stiles, [457] (JoA>v James,'^ Joseph,''
Capf. Josepli,^ Long Jonathan,^ Isaac^^ John^), born Oct. 1, 1823»
at Mt. Freedom, N. J.; married Martha M. Baker, born at Jef-
ferson Village, Essex County, N. J., Jime 19, 1828, and who died
Feb. 24, 1878. Carpenter and bnilder at Maplewood, Essex
County, N. J.
Children :
636. I. Arabella B.,' born Sept. 28, 1848; married Octo-
ber, 1870, Charles M. Tunis, of Whippany,
N. J.; resides (1887) Kansas ; farmer.
637. II. Phebe An"x,' born December 6, 1850 ; married
Bishop Evans, of Morris Plains, N. J., and re-
sides (1887) there.
638. III. George W.,' born Dec. 26, 1852; married Alice
Merrit, of Newark, N. J.; resides (1887) Kansas;
farmer.
639. IV. Vancleve D.," born May 28, 1857 ; married Josie
Forsyth, of Chester, N. Y.; is a teacher.
650; V. Stephen D.,' born June 3, 1855 ; is an engineer in
Kansas.
641. VI. Jennie L.," born July 20, 1860; married William
Gulick, of Somerville, N. J.
FAMILY 69.
642. Ruggles IVI.' Stiles, [554] dlyron C.,' Adjf. Ash-
bel,^ Deacon Aaron,^ Capt. John,* Long Jonathan,^ Isaac^' John^),
600 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
born iu Brooklyn, Jackson Co., Mich., Sept. 20, 1845; married
, 1868, Adell Dawley, born in Porter, Yates Co., N. Y.,
1853. Is ;i carpenter; resides (1885) Grand Rapids, Midi.; P. O.
Box 827.
Children:
643. I. George Herbert," born at Athens, Mich., ,
1872.
644. II. Claude A.," born in Washoe Co., Nevada, ,
1875 ; died at Union City, Branch County, Mich.,
1880.
645. III. Maude May," born in Washoe Co., Nevada, ,
1878.
FAMILY 70.
646. Clark Grenville' Stiles, [561] {George ^.,' Adjt.
Ashbel^ Deacon Aaron,' Capt. John* Long Jonathan,^ Isaac^'
John^), born at Beloit, Wis., June 25, 1849; married at Freeport,
111., Jan. 1, 1872 — (daughter of Hiram and Hannah) Pierce, born
at Moriah, N. Y., March 11, 1848. Is a mechanic. Resides
(1885) Freeport, 111.
Chad:
647. I. Hattie Jane," born at Freeport, 111., Feb. 23, 1877.
FAMILY 71.
648. Warren' Stiles, [573] (Timothy,'' Jonathan T.,^
Timothy,^ Jonathan,* Long Jonathan j^ Isaac,' John^), born Nov. 11,
1838, in Alleghany Co., N. Y.; married Charlotte Van Hooser,
April 17, 1866. Resides (1885) Postville, Iowa.
Chad:
649. L Pitt M." born Sept. 28, 1877 ; died Oct. 17, 1877.
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 601
FAMILY 72.
650. Alonzo Leroy' Stiles, [579] {Timothy,' Jonathan
T.,'- Timothy,^ Jonathan,^ Long Jonathan,^ Isaac,- John^), horn Aug.
15,1842; served three years in Co. A, 27 Iowa Vols.; married
Sarah E. Skelton, Jan. 2, 1870. ,
Children :
651. I. CoBA E.,« born July 31, 1871.
652. II. Edxa a.,' born March 21, 1876.
653. in. EoYS William,' born November 2, 1881.
FAMILY 73.
654. Noel Whiting' Stiles, [580] {Timothy,' Jona-
than T.,^ Timothy,' Jonathan,* Loncj Jonathan;'' Isaac;- John,*) born
at Whitesville, N. Y., Feb. 19, 1844; married Sept. 14, 1868,
Sarepta Elizabeth (daughter Josiah and Margaret D. Watson)
Glines, born at Durham, N. Y., Feb. 11, 1850; resides (1888) at
Batavia, X. Y.; is a druggist and bookseller.
Children :
655. L MiSNiE Eta,' born at Postville, Iowa, Aug. 8, 1869.
656. II. Nellie Mabel,' born at Postville, Iowa, June 2,
1873.
657. in. , son, born April 8; died Sept. 11, 1875.
658. IV. Noel Kay,' born at Batavia, N. Y., May 20, 1878.
FAMILY 74.
659. Elbert D.' Stiles, [590] {Timothy,- Jonathan
T.,^ Timothy,^ Jonathan,* Long Jonathan,^ Isaac^^ John,*) born
Sept. 7, 1848; married Luseba Crawford, Sept. 26, 1870.
602 TH£ STILES GENEALOGY.
Children :
660. I. Blanche L.,» born May 18, 1872.
661. II. May F.,» born May 20, 1874.
662. III. NoEEis T.,' born Aug. 3, 1876.
FAMILY 75.
663. Orlando' Stiles, [624] {William Henry,^ John,'
James,^ Joseph,^ Capt. Joseph*, Long Jonathan,^ Isaac^ John^,)
born at Meudham, Morris Co., N. J., Dec. 21, 1838; married
July 4, 1867, Esther M. (daughter of Daniel T. and Sarah T.
Stout) Leek, born at Chester, Morris Co., N. J., Feb. 3, 1844.
He was a brush-block maker and mill-sawyer at Dover, N. J.
Mr. Orlando Stiles died Aug. 16, 1882, at Dover, Morris Co., N. J.
Children (horn at Brookside, N. J.):
664. I. WAtTEE O. B.,'" born April 19, 1868.
665. II. Saeah Minnie,'" born Sept. 16, 1871.
666. Ill Waeeen L. p.,'" born Aug. 26, 1874.
The Essex and Onion Counties, N. J., Branch*
or THE CONNECTICUT STILES FAMILY.
PROBABLY DESCENDED FROM JOUN^ STILES, THE WINDSOR EMI-
ORANT, IN THE LINE OF HIS THIRD SON, ISAAC.^
From memoranda kindly furnished us by the late S. H.
Congar, of Newark, N. J., we learn that
John Stiles, died February 14, 1754, se. 65t (gravestone
inscription in Old Church yard at Newark); also that Maey,
daughter of John (probably the same) and Hehekah, his wife, died
February 19, 1748, se. 24; also, that John (probably son of John
and Bebekah aforesaid and brother of Mary) died in 1763, se. 33 j
and that Saeah, wife of (this latter, probably) John, died 1811, ae.
85. From notes of the will of this second John, dated 1760, we
learn that his wife was named Sarah; and that he had a daugh-
ter Mary and sons William and Isaac.
It is now (1894) thirty-eight years since we received these
memoranda — and thus far, we have not been able to connect
this John with the Connecticut, or other families of Stiles. But,
we may venture to express the opinion that the John first men-
tioned, who died in 1754, ae. 65, and who, therefore, was born
* The present Uniou County (originally a portion of Essex County, N. J., having all
records in Newark, N. J.) in 1S57 was set off, with its County seat and all subsequent records
at Hlizabeth.
t Thf Essex (X. J.) County Records show a John Stiles, of Newark (probably this man), to
have been Deputy Sheriflfof the County in December, 174S: and in October, 1749.
604 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
jibout 1689, may have been the John (brother of "Long Jon-
athaD"j son of Isaac, and grandson of John Stiles, the emigrant
of Windsor, Conn. True, we have not the date of birth of Isaac's
sou John; and President Stiles' Mss. says he "died unmarried be-
fore 1710" — while Cothren (History of Ancient Woodbury, Conn.,)
says he does not find him on the Stratford Records: See Page
■408. But, the date of his birth as gained (with "more or less"
Hcciiracy) from gi-avestone record of his death, would make him
born about 1689, and it is uot at all an impossible conjecture
that he may have accompanied his brother "Long Jonathan" to
the Jerseys — and have drifted beyond President Stiles' knowl-
edge— which so far as concerns this branch of the family, seems
to have been mostly of a traditionary nature.
Correspondence, in 1856, with Miss Susan M. Stiles, of Eliz-
abeth, N. J., placed us iu possession of the following collection
relative to a branch of the family, in New Jersey, descended from
one William Stiles — and which we are inclined (from intuition,
perhajDS, rather than from any positive data), to consider as
belonging to the line of John, of Newark, above mentioned.
Yet, the date of William's birth (1734) proves that he could
not have been John, Jr.'s sou — though he and his brother Isaac
(see Notet, page 603) may have been a brother of John, Jr.,
and sons of John, Sr., and wife Eebekah.
Mr. A. P. Stiles, of Springfield, N. J., has an original order
or note, given by William Stiles to John Stiles, and dated Feb.
21, 1760. "For the sum of Ten Pounds, New Jersey currency,
eight shillings the Pound, witnessed by Elias Boudiuot and made
payable to William Peartree Smith, at Elizabeth Town," — which
he considers a j)roof of connection between John and William.
He says: "As to whether John was an iincle or brother to
William, I have not been able to satisfy myself. I have heard
my father speak of an aunt of his father's, who was named
Mary, and resided in Newark previous to the Bevolutiou. I
am inclined to think that the William above was a brother of
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 605
John, Jr., of Newark, who died 1763, ae. 33; if so, Mary, the daugh-
ter of John would be aunt to William Stiles, and this would be
in accordance with my memory of talks I have had with my
father concerning his great-aunt Mary of Newark."
Our genealogy therefore — commences fairly with
FAMILY 1.
1- William* Stiles, {Jolm,^ — probably sou of Isaac;^
son of Joint,' the Connecticut Emigrant), born in Newark, N. J.,
Sept. 6, 1733 ; passed most of his active life in Elizabethtowu,
N. J., and was a cabinet-maker by trade. His great-grandson,
Abner P. Stiles, of Springfield, N. J., (to whom, more than any-
one else, we are indebted for the history of this family) now has
a desk and a chest of drawers combined, and in a perfect state
of preservation, although made 125 years ago, which is a splen-
did specimen of old fashioned workmanship, and of the abilities
of William Stiles.
Mr. William Stiles married, June 7, 1761, Phebe (daughter
of John and Constant) Spinning, who was born Oct. 31, 1736,
and died Nov. 22, 1822 (Gravestone at Elizahethtoivn, N. J.)
Mr. A. P. Stiles' father well remembered her as dressing after
the old Holland stjde, in short gown and worked petticoats.
William Stiles died at Elizabethtowu, N. J., Jan. 24, 1781 (gmve-
stone says 1787, se. 47^).
Children :
2. I. Phebe,' born March 13 (or 15) 1762 ; married Carey
(or Caleb) Headley, born Feb. 14, 1756; and
settled at Headley Town, (between Springfield
and Orange), N. J., where her descendants are
numerous. She had 4 sous and 4 daughters.
3. II. William, born Jan. 4, 1764, at Elizabeth town, N.
J.; married Abigail Passell. Family 2.
606 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
4. III. John,* born Dec. 11 (or 13), 1766 ; married (1) Phebe-
Crane ; married (2) Deborah Hendricks ; married
(3) Hannah Higgins. Family 3.
5. IV. Daniel,* born Jan. 28, (Feb. 13, 1772?) 1773; mar-
ried Phebe Woodruff. Family 4
FAMILY 2.
6. William^ Stiles, [3] {William* John;^ Isaac;^ John,y
born at Elizabethtown, N. J., Jan. 4, 1764; married June 5, 1784,
Abigail Passell, bom Jan. 5, 1764; removed to alarm near Bask-
ing Ridge, N. J., where he farmed industriously until he had in-
creased from 100 to 250 acres, and where he died Sept. 5, 1822.
It is related of him that, when quite a lad, he was employed in
removing the horses and cattle beyond the reach of the British
Tories when they invaded Elizabeth, by driving them west of
wliat is now known as Springfield Mountain. The Kecords of
the Presbyterian Church at Basking Ridge, N. J., show William
Stiles and his wife to have been members, (she received in May,
1796), also (1835) their children William, Betsy and Abner. Betsy,
(Elizabeth) had joined the church iu Oct. 1822.
Mrs. Abigail (Passellj Stiles died Aug. 23, 1821.
Children :
7. I. Phebe," born Feb. 15, 1786 ; married Sept. 14, 1811,
John Stiles, of New Vernon, N. J.
8. II. Mary," born June 30, 1788; married Dec. 15, 1807,
Smith Baldwin, carpenter, of Elizabethtown,
N. J. She died April 16, 1848, at Cincinnati,
Ohio, whither the family had removed aftet Mr.
Baldwin's death in September, 1823. Issue:
9. i. Abbt," born 1808; married William Prudenjliada
son and a daughter.
10. ii. Phebe,'
11. iii. Joseph T.," married Lydia Patterson; he died Feb.
18.53; she died Dec. 1869; had children, who reside
in, or near New York City.
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 607
12. iv. 'Wiij.iAM," formerly resided in Cincinnati, Ohio.
13. V. Caleb P.,'' is a Methodist Episcopal clergyman; re-
sides in Ohio.
14. vi. John S.," married; resides Cainsville, Ohio.
15. III. Elizabeth," born Dec. 15, 1790; married July 11,
1824, Samuel Lyons, born at Lyobs Farms, N.
J., resided some rears near BernardsTille, Som-
erset County, N. J., tlien removed to Newark.
Issue:
16. i. Henkietta," born July 12, 1825; married June 27,
1858, Jonas Kinsey, of Newark, N. J., where she
resides (1886) and where Mr. Kinsey died March 18.
1886: had (1) Josephine, born March 11, 1859, died
March 28, 1859; (2) William -Jonas, born April 6.
1862; (3) Amelia Henron, born Sept. 29, 1865. died
AprU 17, 1869.
17. ii. WnxiAM Steles," born June 28, 1828; married (1)
Jane Tompkins, of Caldwell, N. J. , at Nevada City,
Cal., Jan. 11, 1853; married (2) Sarah Kinsey, of
Newark, N. J.; had (1| Betsey Stiles, born Jan 24,
1870, at Newark, N. J.; resides Brick Church, N. J.,
grocer — Mr. W. S. Lyons passed many years in Cal-
ifornia and Montana.
18. iii. Theodoke Samuel," born June 1, 1830; married Ann
Glass; is a hat-finisher, since his return from Call"
fornia in 1856.
Mr. Samuel Lyons was killed while crossing the track of
the N. J. E. E., Sept. 27, 1858; Mrs. Elizabeth (Stiles) Lyons.
died Aug. 25, 1850.
19. lY. AYiLLiA5i,''(Capt.) born April 17., 1793; married Delia
Bailey. Family 5.
20. V. Stephen Passell," born Dec. 13, 1798 ; married Nan-
cy Wheaton. Family 6.
21. VL Ann,« . orn March 28, 1796 ; married Sept. 28, 1816,
John Ward, born Feb. 26, 1797; settled near
Seneca Lake, N. T.; about 1825 removed to
fiOS THE STILES GENEALOGY.
Shiawasse Co., Mich.; be was a farmer; he ac-
companied his sous Lewis and William to Cali-
fornia, about 1862, and they settled at Sears-
ville. Issue:
22. i. Lewis,' married; has two sous, the eldest married; one
daughter married, with two children.
23. il. William,' married; no issae.
24. iii. Betsey," married; died 1847; had two children; one
daughter is married.
25. iv. Caeoline," married Trowbridge Harmon; has a daugh-
ter iB. 18 in 1869.
26. V. LoTHEK,' married Jane Harmon, had a son, is. 17 years
in 1869.
27. y\. Stephen," married, has a son 17 years old; is a wid-
ower (1869).
28. vii. John,' married; three sons.
29. viii. Maky Ann," married; a son 20 years old; a daughter se.
18; resides Pennsylvania.
30. ix. Albeet,' died se. 10 years.
Mr. John Ward died ia California, July 3, 1868. Mrs. Ann
(Stiles) Ward died in Michigan Dec. 8, 1839.
31. VII. John," born May 14, 1802; died an infant.
32. VIII. Abner," born July 8, 1804; married Joanna M.
Winans, Feb. 17, 1831. Family 7.
FAMILY 3.
33. John'^ Stiles, [4] (William,^ JoJm,^ Isaac ^ John, ^) born
Feb. 11, 1766; married (1) Feb. 9, 1791, Phebe Crane, who died
April 9, 1823; married (2) Deborah (daughter of John and Mary)
Hendricks, who died Sept. 21, 1825, se. 39; married (3) March,
1828, Widow Hannah Higgins, who had two children by her
former husband.
John Stiles was a farmer, at Elizabeth, N. J., where he died
Dec. 24, 1857, [gravestone at Elizabeth, N. J.), surviving his
third wife.
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. (509
Children (horn at Elkaheth, N. J.) hif Jirsf trife :
34. I. Elizabeth CrajvE," boru May 1, 1792; married
Ebenezer Connett, Jan. 11, 1811. Issue:
3.5. i. -ToHN,' married Elizabeth Smith ; 3 children.
36. ii. Edwakd/ married Mary Vactor; no issue.
37. II. John/ born Jan. 29, 1794; married Harriet Clark.
Family 8.
38. II. D.wiD Crane," born Nov. 13, 1797; married Eliza-
beth Wiuans. Family 9.
39. IV. M.iRY," boru Oct. 16, 1799; married Jan. 6, 1825,
Epbraim Tucker; she died Jan. 30, 1826, leav-
ing one child, since dead.
S.iLLY," boru Dec. 31, 1801; died Aug. 15, 1802.
William,'' born May 16, 1804; married Mary
Meeker. Family 10.
S.A.KAH," boru July 23, 1806.
Susan Miller," boru April 16, 1808; married Feb.
12, 1829, Lines* Littell, who died April 11,
1832. Issue :
44. i. William."
45. ii. .loHN.^
46. IX. Harriet,'' born July 14, 1810; married Jan. 1, 1833,
Luke Higgins; had 3 children; died M;iy 28,
1848.
47. X. Ch-^irlotte," boru Dec. 3, 1812; married Dec. 11,
1833, Abuer W. Parkhurst, and died Oct. 28, 1854;
had 8 children, of whom 6 survived her.
48. XI. Phebe," boru Nov. 13, 1816; married Jotham Gar-
thwait, aud died August, 1847. Issue:
Linus ? * Gravestone says Lewis; one account says I.ivius.
40.
V.
41.
VI.
42.
VII.
43.
VIII.
CIO THE STILEi GENEALOGY.
49. i. Isaac,' diecT; left children.
50. ii. William," married Pamela Price; three children.
51. iii. Linus,' married; had one child.
52. iv. Feances," married Alex. Crance; she and children
are all dead.
53. V. John.' married Sarah Morehouse; one child.
FAMILY 4.
54 Dan ieT' Stiles, [5] (William,* John,^ Isaac,^ John^),
bom Jan. 28, 1773; married Phebe Woodruff, who was boru June
5, 1772.
Daniel Stiles died near Elizabeth, N. J., Nov. 24, 1810
(gravestone). Mrs. Phebe (Woodruff) Stiles died Dee. 12, 1844.
Children:
John Woodiiuff," boru Oct. 29, 1793; married Mar-
cia Williams. Family 11.
Oliver," born Feb. 22, 1795; died April 8, 1871, un-
married.
III. MoREis," boru July 10, 1797; married Hannah Van-
derlipp. Family 12.
Abraham," born March 28, 1802; died May 6, 1802
[(jravestone).
Elizabeth Wade," boru Oct. 14, 1799 (1800?) died
Aug. 20 (or 27), 1869; unmarried.
Elias W.," born Feb. 23, 1809; married Mary C.
Bonnel. Family 13.
FAMILY 5.
61. Capt. William' Stiles, [19] {William,^ William^
John,'' Isaac,- John'}, born April 17, 1793; married May, 1824,
Delia Bailey; served in. the war of 1812, and was always proud
of the fact and of his title. He was a leading farmer in Som-
55.
I.
56.
IL
57.
III.
58.
IV.
59.
V.
60.
YI.
62.
I.
63.
II.
64.
III.
65.
IV.
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 611
erset County, N. J.; but in 1846 removed to St. Joseph, Micb.;
was a man of fine figure and prepossessing appearance; but, un-
used to frontier hardships, he contracted a ferer which caused
his death, Feb. 8, 1847. Mrs. Delia (Bailev) Stiles died Feb. 8,
1850.
Children:
Caboline,' died in infancy.
Benjamin B.," born May 18, 1827; died Feb. 21, 1847,
at New Vernon, N. J.
John Colin," died at St. Joseph, Mich., August, 1847.
Stephen Henry," born Aug. 9, 1832; married Mary
Meade, 1 858. Family 14.
FAMILY 6.
66. Stephen Passeir Stiles, [20] {WilUam,' William,'
Johi," Isaac;- John'), born Dec. 15, 1798; married, Feb. 23, 1820,
Nancy Wheaton, of Green ViHage, N. J., where he was a farmer.
About 1837, they removed to Oliio; thence in the spring of 1854,
to California. He was proprietor of a hotel at Columbus, Ohio,
for about 20 years; and, after his removal to California, he built
the "Yankee Blade Hotel," at Nevada City, 1854; was burned out
in the great fire of July 19, 1856; rebuilt the hotel and was again
burned out in March, 1858. He died at Nevada City, Cal.,
March 24, 1860; his widow died at Virginia City, Nov. 1, 1861.
Children:
67. I. CoRNELLi Ann,' born April 3, 1821; married Adam
B. Crist, in Ohio, September, 1845. Issne:
68. i. Latinia £.,*■ married, and resides in Ohio; 2 childien.
69. II. William Carter," boru Dec. 30, 1822; married Mary
Weir, of Penu., Jan. 11, 1844. Family 15.
70. III. Louis Pobell," born Aug. 25, 1825; died, unmarried,
March 12, 1856, in New York City.
(il2 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
71. lY. SrsAX AxN,' born May 21, 1827; married Charles
Barstow, 1858.
72. Y. AxDEEW Jackson,' born July 29, 1833; married.
73. YI. George Washington," born March 18, 1838; married.
FAMILY 7.
74. Abner' Stiles, [32] {William,' William,* John,^ Isaac,^
John^), born July 8, 1804, in Basking Eidge, Somerset Co., N. J.;
married Feb. 17, 1831, Joanna Meeker Winans, born July i, 1807.
He was educated in Rev. Dr. Wm. C. Brownlee's High
School, at Basking Eidge, after which he studied at Union Col-
lege, Schenectady, N. T., graduating in the class of 1831; and was
afterwards a teacher in the first public school of Newark, N. J.
He followed teaching for about 25 years; was Justice of the Peace
for many years.
He died Jan. 17, 1869; his wife died Aug. 16, 1858.
Children [lioi-ii at Xewark, X. J. ):
75. I. Abxeb Passell," born Juue 4, 1832; married Rebecca
Ann Coxe. Family 16.
76. II. Jacob Winans,' born Jan. 26, 1834; died Aug. 15,
1834.
77. III. Stephen Woodruff,' boru Jan. 8, 1835; married
Augusta M. Johnson. Family 17.
78. lY. Susan Winans,' born Dec. 21, 1837; teacher for nine
years of the public school of Springfield, X. J.,
where she now (1889) teaches a select school;
unmarried.
79. Y. William Brown'lee," born Oct. 18, 1839; married
Josephine Mapes. F.amily 18.
80. YI. Abby Eliza," born March 8, 1845; unmarried; is a
dressmaker, at Springfield, N. J.
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 61B
81. VII. Mary Jane,' born March 7, 1847; married Nov. 28,
1867, Abraham J. Kalston, born Sept. 1, 1846;
he served in the War of the Civil Rebellion,
three years, and re- enlisted for the war and
served until its close. He was but 18 years old
when he enlisted, as a drummer; and was chosen
to represent the State of New Jersey in the Drum
Corps which led the funeral cortege of Presi-
dent Lincoln, down Pennsylvania avenue, Wash-
ington, D. C. He belongs to the Wade Post of
Veterans, of Springfield, N. J., where he resides.
Is a mason by trade. Issue:
82. i. Jennie Evaline', boru August 28, 1868.
83. ii. Clarence Irving," born January 28, 1871.
84. iii. Mart Emilt," born November 27, 1882.
85. Vlll. Ann,' boru May 27, 1853; died in infancy.
FAMILY 8.
86. John' Stiles, [37] {Jolm,^ IVaHam,' Jolw-' Isaac.;'
John,^), born Jan. 29, 1794; married April 12, 1815, Harriet Clark,
of Westfield, N. J., who died April 22, 1853, aged 81 years. He
and all his children, except William W., resided in Fremont, 111.
Children:
87. I. WiLLi.uvi Crane,' born July 5, 1816; died Aug. 19,
1819.
88. II. John Ferris," boru Jan. 21, 1818; died May 2, 1839.
89. III. Phebe Crane," born April 9, 1820; married Lewis
B. Tooker, Nov. 29, 1838. Issue:
90. i. John Fekkis."
91. ii. Chaklks Winpield.s
92. iii. Hester Jane."
93. iv. Mary Alice."
(114 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
1)4. V. William Henry."
95. vi. Lewis Augustus."
9fi. vii. William Legkange.s
97. IV. M.\EY Elizabeth,' born April 30, 1822; (married as
his second wife) Sept. 4, 1850, Henry E. Browne.
He was born at Gardiner, Maine, Oct. 2, 1809;
had married (1) Maria Robinson, Dec. 7, 1841,
who died Dec. 27, 1849. He was, at one time.
Mayor of Elizabeth, N. J.; emigrated to Illinois
and died Oct. 15, 1886. Mrs. Mary Elizabeth
(Stiles) Browne died Nov. 5, 1878. Issue:
98. i. Lewis Augustus," born .July 28, 1851; died Augusts,
1871.
99. ii. Hakriet Alice," born April 10, 1853; married Frank
C. Jones, Oct 20, 187a, resides (1890) Washington,
D. C.
100. iii. Daniel Sewall," (now Solon Sewall) born March I
1855; married Ella Newman, July 7, 1879; resides
(1890) Belleville. Kan.
101. iv. Edwakd Robt," born Oct. 25, 1856; died Dec. 27, 1859.
102. V. John Stiles," born Oct. 18, 1858; married Alice E.
Miller; resides (1890) Carthage, Missouri.
103. yi. Milton Wildee,' born May 20, 1860; married Anna
Kanerauf, June 26, 1881; died.
104. vii. MyEA Anna," born twin to Milton W.; died March 5,
1863.
105. viii. Feedeeic T.,8 born March 19, 1862, at Fremont, 111.;
married Deo. 10, 1884 ; resides (1890) Vine-
yard Haven, Mass.
106. ix. Saeah Elizabeth," born twin to Frederic T.; died
August 8, 1862.
X. Geokoe Mason,8 born Sept. 5, 1864; diedAug. 8, 1871.
David Magie," born August 22, 1824.
William Wallace,^ born Feb. 2, 1826; married
Sarah A. Chapman. Family 19.
107.
108.
V.
109.
VI
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 61.^
110. VII. Hakhiet Claeke," born July 20, 1828; married Oct.
4, 1849, George H. Mason. Issue:
111. i. Wrr.T.TAHf HeNKT.8
112. ii. Chaeles.'
113. iii. .JoHS Elliott.8
114. iv. Anu E.8
115. VIII. Ann Magie,' bom Aug. 13, 1830; died Dec. 20, 1831.
116. IX. Matthew Clark," born August 8, 1834.
FAMILY 9.
117. David Crane" Stiles, [^^8] {John;' William* John;'
Isaac;- John^), born November 13, 1797; married Elizabeth Wi-
nans, in 1817 ; resided at The Wheatsheaf, halfway between Rah-
way and Elizabeth, N. J. He died January 25, 1855.
Children:
118. I. Jane," died.
119. II. Datid," born 1834; married Ann Elizabeth Dunham,
March, 1855.
FAMILY 10.
120. William' Stiles, [41] {John; William; John;
Isaac; John^U born May 16, 1804; married Mary Meeker, Jan. 8,
1828. Superintendent of water works, Elizabeth, N. J.
Children :
121. I. ,' daughter, born and died February, 1829.
122. II. Louisa, born Oct. 26, 1830; married Oct. 26, 1852,
Charles J. Chandler.
123. IIL Susan Miller," born March 21, 1833; Principal of
Morris Avenue Public School, Elizabeth, N. J.
124. IV. Mary E.," born March 11, 1836.
125. V. Elizabeth,' born Aug. 8, 1838; died Jan. 7, 1839.
61fi THE STILES GENEALOGY.
126. VI. Sarah W.," born June 11, 1841.
127. VII. Julia M.,' born June 10, 184:4.
128. VIII. Elizabeth C.,' born June 8, 1847.
FAMILY 11.
129. John Woodrufr Stiles, \5o] (DankJ,^ WilUam:
JoTin,^ Isaac,' JoJni'), born October 28 (or 29), 1793; married July
(or Jan. I 10, 1816, Maria (daughter of John and Anna Sjnnnitu/)
Williams, of Basking Eidge, N. J., who was born December 11.
1796, at Long Hill, Somerset Countv, N. J. He was a farmer;
resided about two miles from Mt. Freedom (formerly known as
Walnut Grove), Morris County, N. J., on a tract of woodland, out
of which he hewed a house and home for his family. He died
January 27, 1838; his widow died April 14, 1882, x. 85 years, 4
months, 3 days; her will, dated November 21. 1881, proved July
11, 1882, mentions her as of Eandoliih, X. J. — L//j. 0, 313, Morris
Co. Pn,h. Bee.
Clrilclren :
130. L Daaid Williams," born Nov. 20, 1816; resides (1886)
Mt. Freedom, N. J., on the homestead.
131. II. Phebe Axn," (or Caroline?) born Jan. 20, 1818; died
Aug. 8, 1826.
132. Ill Mahy Caroline,' born Feb. 12, 1820; died Oct. 3,
1823.
133. IV. Abraham,- born Feb. 12, 1822; died Aug. 10, 1826.
134. V. Hexrietta,' born Aug. 6, 1826; married David W.
Demarest, April 3, 1849; resides (1886) near
Madison, N. J. Issue:
135. i. Laura Eiiill,' born 18.51.
136. ii. Waltee Henet,5 born 1853; died 1860.
137. iii. EiJjA Irene, s born 1855.
THE CONN EC JICU J FAMILY. 617
138. iv. George," born 1857; died 1858.
139. V. Idella Edna.s born 1859; died 1873. .
140. vi. THOM4.S Stiles.s born March 4, 1862.
141. vii. WiLLiE.e born 1865, died 1866.
142. Tiii. HOBACE Edgar.s born February 5, 1869.
143. VI. Ebenezeb Spinning,' boru Oct. 3, 1828; married;
resides (1886) Iowa.
144. VII. Eliza Ellen,'^ boru March 24, 1830; married Jo-
sei^h Cramer; resides (1886) near Mt. Freedom,
N. J.; uo issue.
145. VIII. Harriet Edna," boru March 5, 1832; married Dec.
1, 1852 (and spoken of in marriage record as
"of Randolph, N. J., and married at Shougum")
Rev. Thomas C. Cox, of Elizabeth, N. J.; he is
dead; she resides (1886) Plainfiekl, N. J. Issue:
146. i. H. M. E.,8born 1885.
147. IX. LocKEY Ann," boru July 28, 1835; married Oct. 2,
1855 (?) George b" Eddy, of Camden, N. J.
She died Jan. 15, 1879. Issue:
148. i. Kate E., 8 born 1856; died.
149. ii. Geokgiana,' born, and died infant.
150. iii. William H.,8 born 1859.
151. iv. Lizzie Makia,' died August 18, 1885, £e. 19 years.
FAMILY 12.
152. Morris" Stiles, [571 (Daniel,' WlUiam,' Johi>,'
Isaac,' John,') born July 10, 1797; died October 5, 1828, aged 30;
married (1) Hauuah (daughter of Rev. F. Novris) Vanderlipp, of
Albany, N. Y.; married (2) Lucy Everett. He died July 8, 1856.
Child {by second marriage):
153. I. Caroline Elizabeth,' born October, 1838; resides
(1885) in New York City, with a second husbaud.
G18 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
FAMILY 13.
154. Elias Wade' Stiles, 1 60] (Danidr William^ John,''
Isaac;' John,^) boru February 23, 1809; married February 8, {May,
ill Morristown Rec.) 1843, Mary Craue Bonuell, of Morristowu,
N. J.; resides (1886) about a mile nortli of Elizabeth, N. J.
Children :
155. I. George Morris,' boru Dec. 23, 1845; married Mary
Winans. Family 20.
156. II. William Wade," boru April 16, 1848; died April 15,
.1872.
157. III. Phebe Elizabeth," born April 18, 1852; married
Cyrus B. Crane, Nov. 9, 1881; resides Caldwell,
N. J. Issue:
158. i. Alice Stiles,'^ born March 8, 1885.
159. IV. Mary Alice,' born February 8, 1857.
160. V. James Ogden,' boru Oct. 16, 1859.
161. VI. John Wade" (or Woodruff?) born Dec. 28, 1866.
FAMILY 14.
162. Stephen Henry' Stiles, 1 65] (Capt. William,'
William,' William.,* John^- Isaac^- John,^) born August 9, 1832;
married Feb. 23, 1857, widow Mary Meade. He was a poultry
and game dealer in Washington Market, N. Y. City, and died
Oct. 18, 1875, at Jersey City, N. J. His widow died 1881.
Children :
163. I. William,^ born Nov. 24, 1857; married widow Mary
Carmen. Family 21.
164. II. George,** born Aug. 11, 1859; married Amanda
Tiedemann. Family 22.
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. (H!)
165. III. Benjamin/ born June 17, 1861; married; is a poul-
try-dealer; resides Jersey City, N. J.
166. IV. Halsey,' born Aug. 18, 1868; is a printer in N. Y.
City. (Frank Leslie's).
167. V. Frank,' born Aug. 16, 1870; is a printer in N. Y.
City. (Frank Leslie's).
168. VI. Ch.^.eles,« born 1866; died se. 9 months.
169. VIL Daniel,' born 1872; died 1874.
FAMILY 15.
170. William Carter' Stiles, [69] {Stephen P.,« Wil-
liam,^ William* John,^ Isaac,^ John,^) born December 30, 1822;
married Jan. 11, 1844, Mary Weir, of Pennsylvania.
Children :
171. L William," born Sept. 21, 1845.
172. XL Andrew,' born January 30, 1847.
173. in. Mary,' born Sept. 9, 1856; died June 10, 1862.
FAMILY 16.
174. A b n e r P asse I T Sti I es, [75] Abner,' William,' Wil-
liam,' John^^ Isaac j- John,^) born Jan. 4, 1832, at Newark, N. J.;
married Sept. 16, 1860, Rebecca Ann (daughter and eldest child
of James and Charlotte Worlow) Cuxe, born Sept. 12, 1837, at
Wilmington, Delaware.
He was brought up to the trunk-making trade; went to Cali-
fornia in March, 1852; returned in the autumn of 1858; pui'sued
his trade for 20 years, at tiie same stand, in N. Y. City; is at
present farming at Springfield, Union Co., N. J. Is au "out and
out" Republican; belongs to the " Old Fremont Giiard," having
cast his first Presidential vote for Gen. John C. Fremont, when
residing in the Golden State.
620 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
The completeness of this record of this branch of the
•Jersey Stiles Family is very largely due to his keen interest
and strenuous exertions.
Children:
175. I. William Eichard,' born in N. Y. City, July 1, 1861;
married Phebe Brill. Family 23.
176. II. Archibald Winans,* born in N. Y. City, Aug. 10,
1863; is a mason and builder.
177. III. Joanna Meeker,' born Dec. 5, 1865.
178. IV. Abner Spinning,' born Jan. 12, 1868.
179. V. James Coxe,« born Dec. 22, 1869.
180. VI. Robert Passell,' born Feb. 2, 1872.
181. VII. Ellsworth Eliot,' born April 16, 1875; died Sept
4, 1878, from accidental dischai'ge of a gun.
182. Vlir. Lewis,' born Dec. 29, 1877.
183. IX. Frank,' born April 16, 1879, at Springfield, N. J.
184. X. Rebecca Charlotte,' born Aug. 16, 1882, at Spring-
field, N. J.
FAMILY 17.
185. Stephen Woodruff' Stiles, [77] {Abner,' Wil-
liam;' William,* Johii^'' Isaac,- Johv,'} born Jan. 8, 1835, at New-
ark, N. J.; married, at Newark, N. J., March 14, 1861, Augusta
M. Johnson, born April 7, 1840, at Chatham, N. J. He is a
trunk-maker at 218 Third avenue. New York City; spent some
seven years in California; is one of the "Old Fremont Guard;"
was, for about ten years, a farmer at Springfield, N. J., but re-
turned to his trade. His family reside (1886) Springfield, N. J.
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. (i'21
Children:
186. I. Lauretta WiNANS,** bora Dec. li, 18fil; married Dec.
5, 1883, Edwin H. Havens; resides (1886) Brook-
IjD, N. Y. Issue:
187. i. Florence Makgabetta,' born at Brooklyn .June 1.5.
1885.
188. II. Flokence Johnson/ born March 13, 1863, at New
York City.
189. III. LiLLiE Maxwell,** born Aug. 30, 1865.
190. IV. George Alexander,- born Oct. 14, 1867, at Black
River, near Forestport, N. Y.
191. V. Susan Maria," born Jan. 9, 1870, at Springfield,
N. J.; died Nov. 9, 1872.
192. yi. Alice Augusta,' born Jan. 19, 1873.
193. VII. Stephen Edward,^ born Oct. 27, 1874; died Feb. 15,
1876.
FAMILY 18.
194. William Brownlee' Stiles, [79] {Ahuer,^ Wil-
liam,^ William,' Jolm," Isaac,'- JoJin,^) born Oct. 18, 1839; mar-
ried Dec. 15, 1870, Josephine Mapes, of N. Y. City; is a trunk-
maker; has been Township Overseer for past five years; re.sides
in Springfield, N. J.
Child:
195. I. Abner Brownlee Socrates," born Oct. 12, 1871;
died in N. Y. City, June 21, 1872.
FAMILY 19.
196. William Wallace" Stiles, |109| (,/o/m,« John J'
IVrlliam,' John,^ Isaac,- John,') born Feb. 2, 1826; married March
17, 1850, Sarah A., (daughter of Piirley) Chapman, of Ellington,
Conn., born May 28, 1831; resided (and was married in) Pitts-
field, Mass.; in 1856, re.sided in Ellington, Conn.
622 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
Children :
197. I. May Alice/ born May 17, 1851.
198. II. C.\RKiE Adelia," born Oct. 26, 1853.
199. III. Sarah Adelaide,'' born Nov. 5, 1855.
FAMILY 20.
200. George Morris' Stiles, |155| {EUas W.,' Da„-
iel," WUUain* Jolin^ Isaac,- JoJni,^) boru Dec. 23, 1845; married
Jan. 17, 1872, Marv (daughter of Nathan) Winans, of Union
Co., N. J.; he was educated at Elizabeth; clerked it a short time
at Montclair, N. J., but was compelled bv failure of his father's
health to take charge of the paternal farm. When the Townley
School was erected, in 1869, he was foremost in organizing a
Sunday School in it, of which he was Siiperintendent for nine
cou.secutive years. Always a friend of secular education, he was
ever liberal of his time and means to every scheme which prom-
ised to benefit the community; he was a Trustee and Clerk of
the Board of Education of Union township for nine years; In-
spector of Elections, 1874,-'5-'6; Deacon of the Second Presby-
terian Church of Elizabeth, N. J. A life-long Eepublican —
though never a bitter partisan — he was three times elected (1878-
'79-'80) to the New Jersey Legislature, each time by increasing
majorities, as a testimony of the strong approbation of his con-
stituency. Ill the Session of 1879, he was Chairman of the Com-
mittee on Railroads and Canals; member of that on Riparian
Rights, and of the Joint Committee on Reform School for Boys,
and of that on Municipal Corporations. In October, 1884, he
was the Republican candidate for Sheriff of Union County (re-
ceiving about thi'ee quarters of the vote of the Convention on
the second ballot, although there were three other candidates) —
and was elected. Residence at Plainfield, N. J.
Children:
201. L Mart Edna,' born Nov. 6, 1876.
202. II. Alice Winans," born Sect. 6, 1880; died Sept. 22,
1880.
THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 623
FAMILY '21.
203. William' Stiles, [163] {Stephen H.,' Captain JVil-
Uam,'^ William,^ William,* Johnj^ Isaac* John,^) born Nov. 24,
1857; married widow Mar>' Carmeu. He died June 26, 1885.
Ohild:
204. I. Stephen Henry,'' boru Aug. 21, 1884; died March
24, 1885.
FAMILY 22.
205. George" Stiles, [164] Stephen H.;- Captain Wil-
liam,'' William,^ William,* John,^ Isaac,^ John,^) boru iu New York
City, Aug. 11, 1859; married June 23, 1878, Amanda Tiedeinanu.
Mr. George Stiles resides (1886) at Indianapolis, Ind., (221 W-
Maryland street).
Children :
206. L George," born March 15, 1882; at Jersey City, N. J.
207. IL Henry Van N.,** born at Jersey City, N. J., Oct. 1,
1879.
208. III. Frederick H.," born Sept. 1, 1884, at Indianopolis,
Indiana.
FAMILY 23.
209. William Richard' Stiles, |175J (Abner P.,' Ah-
ner," Willainf William,* Johu;^ Isaacj- John,') boru July 1, 1861;
married Nov. 29, 1882, Phebe (daughter of Anthony) Brill, of
Spriugfield, N. J., boru Nov. 14, 1863. He is a farmer at
Springfield, N. J.
Children:
lEBECCA COXE,' j
twins, boru Oct. 30, 1883.
210. L Eebecca Coxe,' )
211. II. Helen Lydia," \
212. III. Mabel," born Dec. 25, 1884
A Connecticut and New Jersey Family.
In 1889, my cousinly correspondent, Lewis O. Stiles, of
Morristowu, N. J., wrote me as follows: "I liave struck a puz-
zler (to rae) in the Stiles family. A few days since, it came to
ray knowledge tliat there was a Stiles family living four miles
from here; and, indeed, one member of it (Mrs. Gueriu) right
here iu Morristowu. I have just obtained from her a record of
a portion of the f.imily, which I give you.' She says they came
from Stamford (not Stratford) Conn.; and, what bothers me is,
that none of these names ar-e to be found in the Connecticut,
nor in the Massachusetts genealogy. There are lots of them,
and among them men of wealth and position. How have they
been missed?"
The record which he sent me, when "pieced out" with
some memoranda taken some years ago from Littell's Passaic
Valley (N. J.) Genealogies, (a work which is singularly deficient
in dafes), enables me to set down the following account of a
Stiles family of which, from time to time, I have had "glimpses,"
as it were ; but with which I have thus far been unable to get
in satisfactory communication, either personally' or by letter.
The Passaic Genealogies gives a brief account (no dates,
only names) of the families of a Noah, Jr., a 3Iervin, and a Wil-
liam Stiles, brothers, and the sons of a "Noah of Connecticut."
These brothers married three sisters of the Littel name.
From the family record sent by Mr. L. O. Stiles, we find
this " Noah, Sen., of Connecticut," to have been
FAMILY 1.
1- NoalV Stiles, born at Stamford, Conn., Sept. 31,1773;
married Dec. 31, 1799, at Greenwich, Conn., by Bev. Isaac Lewis,
A CONNECTICUT. AND NEW JERSEY FAMILY. 625
to Mary Marshall. He died at Ked Bauk, N. J., Nov. 25, 1848 ;
his wife Mary died at Greenwich, Conn., March 8, 1818.
Children :
2. I. Alexandee,- born Nov. 4, 1800.
3. II. Maria,^ born March 2, 1803.
4. III. William Augustus,'^ born July 22, 1805. Family 2.
5. IV. Sylvester,' born June 13, 1808.
H. V. Jerusha Curtis," born April 17, 1810.
7. VI. Noah, Jr.,^ born Nov. 13, 1812. Family 3.
8. VII. Sarah Maegaeet,' born Oct. 2, 1816 ; married Jon-
athan Sniffen; residing (1889) at Eye, N. Y.
9. VIII. Edward,- born Feb. 26, 1819.
10. IX. Mary E.,'^ born March 17, 1822.
11. X. Samuel Marvin,' born May 27, 1824. Famely 4.
FAMILY 2.
12. William Augustus' Stiles, [4] {Noah,') evidently
the William, of the Passaic Genealogies); horn at Stamford, Conn.,
July 22, 1805; married, according to that book, Jane (daughter
of Jonathan and Susan) Littell, of Cheapside, N. J., and had
CMldr
en :
13.
I.
Mary."
14.
II.
John Lyon,
15.
III.
Cornelu.^
16.
IV.
Susan.'*
17.
V.
Louisa. ■■*
18.
VI.
William."
62fi fHE STILES GEN CALOGY .
FAMILY 3.
19. Noah' Stiles, Jr., [7] {NoaK) married (1), January
20, 1835, at Washiugton Place, nine miles from Newark, N. J..
Mary L. (3d child of Jonathan and Susan Stehibeck) Littell.
The Passaic Genealogy gives their place of residence as Cheap-
side, N. J. He married (2), July 14, 1848, Maria .
Childreti (by first marriage) — (Family Record) :
20. I. Frances Emma,' born Aug. 20, 1837; married April
7, 1857, Solomon Parsons, of Rye, N. Y.
21. II. Edward Augustus,'^ born Sept. 10, 1840.
22. III. Adolphus Marvin,'' born Nov. 13, 1847.
(By second marriage):
23. IV. Anna Eliza,' born May 29, 1849.
24. V. Sylvester C.,' born July 24, 1850.
25. VI. Henry Augustus,' born Jan. 7, 1854.
26. VII. Noah, (3d)« born Nov. 6, 1853.
27. VIII. John Wesley,' born Sept. 25, 1855.
28. IX. Henry (Arthur?),' born Aug. 13, 1857.
29. X. Francis C.,' born Nov. 24, 1859.
30. XL George B.,' born Nov. 3, 1861.
31. XII. Alexander,' born Feb. 27, 1864.
32. XIIL Mary,' born Sept. 7, 1867.
FAMILY 4.
33. Samuel Marvin' Stiles, [11] (iVoaV)— evidently
the Merwin of the Passaic Genealogies — married Sally (daughter
of Jonathan and Susan Steinbeck) Littell — sister of his brothers
A CONNECTICUT AND NEW JERSEY FAMILY. 627
Noah and William Augustus' wives; residence at Kye, N. T. He
was a member of the old and well-known cloth firm of Halsted
& Stiles, New York City.
• Children [from Passaic Genealogies):
34. I. Laban (Claeke),^ born at New York City, 1830.
Family 5.
35.
n.
Waltek.^
36.
III.
Montgomery.^
37.
IV.
Sakah Jane,^ married
N. Y. Citv.'
Constant; resides
FAMILY 5.
38. Laban Clarke'Stiles, [34] (Samuel Marvin,"^ Noah,')
married, 1852, Kate (daughter of Noah) Hanford. Is engaged
in the book business in New York City.
Children :
39. I. Henry Clarke,^ born 1854 ; a merchant in New
York City.
40. II. Augustus.^
41. III. Saeah Jane,^ married Thomas Young, and is dead ;
had two children.
42. IV. Walter Tickenor ;* resides Newark, N. J.
43. V. Montgomery Pike,'' resides Thomasville, Ga.
Note. I have beeD unable to connect this family with the main Connecticut
line. The only connection possible (for, thanks to Pres. Ezra Stiles' labors, oui
earlier generations of that line are very perfectly recorded) would be with Noah, Jr.,
(No. 140, page 106),. and that would be possible only on the presumption that sub-
sequently to Pres. Stiles' record (made about 1764) he had a son Noah who survived
and removed to Stamford, Conn. H. K. S.
A Yates County, N. Y., Family,
ORIGINATING IN NEW JERSEY.
A family, thus outlined in a letter from Miss S. A. Stiles,
of Penn Tan, N. T., Dec. 18, 1884:
FAMILY 1.
1- Joseph' Stiles, said to have been of Jobnsbury, (or
burgh) Sussex Co., N. J.; married Christina Voight, in New Jer-
sey. After the birth of his two eldest sons, and about 1790, he
removed to Muncey, Lycoming Co., Pa. He died in 1797, and
the family removed in 1804 to Potter, Yates Co., N. Y., and there
the mother died, June 16, 1829; se. 74.
Children :
2. I. Joseph,'^ born before 1790.
3. IL KiCHAED,- born before 1790. Family 2.
4. III. Isaac, born between 1790 and 1797. Family 3.
5. IV. John,- born between 1790 and 1797.
FAMILY 2.
6. Richard" Stiles, [3] (Joseph,^) married He
and wife died in Peoria, 111., some years ago; he was a farmer,
Children:
7. I. Eichaed, born ; resided in Long Valley,
California, at last account.
8. II. Ceoziee,' born ; killed in battle of Buena
Vista, Mexican War.
A YATES COUNTY. (N. Y.) FAMILY. (i'Jit
9. III. John,'' born ; resided in Lou^' Valley, Cali-
fornia, at last account.
10. IV. EosETTA,^ born .
11. V. Fannie'' born .
FAMILY 3.
12. Isaac' Stiles, |4] (./osepA,') married Sarah Eeynolds,
Jan. 2, 1817; he died <e. 61; she died se. 73.
Children (all born in Poller, Tales Co., N. Y.):
13. I. Elizabeth,^ born Oct. 18, 1817;married 1836, Cliauu-
cey Wolcott; is now a widow, at Elizabeth, N. J.
14. II. Herman,' born March 18, 1819. Family 4
15. III. Kachel,-' born Nov. 24, 1820; resides (1884) Peun
Yau, N. Y., unnaarried.
16. IV. Sae.^h Jane,' born April 11, 1822; married J(dm
Canard, farmer; resides (1884) Prattsburg, Steu-
ben Co., N. Y. Issue:
17. i. John Manly. ^
18. ii. Maey Jane.-i
19. iii. William Herman, ^ died 1877, se. 21 years.
20. iv. Hattie.^
21. V. Sabka,' born Dec. 9, 1823; married W. H. Hexter.
Issue:
22. i. Alice, ^ married E. Herbert Van Deusen; died 1883;
had (1) Effie E.
23. VI. Saluvia Ann, born June 10, 1826; resides (1884)
Penn Yan, N. Y., unmarried.
24. VII. Caroline,-' born March 10, 1828; married Joel D.
Martin, fanner; she died at Lewistou, N. Y.,
Dec. 11, 1884, ae. 57. Issue (two eldest born in
Jerusalem, Yates Co., N. Y. ):
630 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
25. i. MOBTIMER S.^
26. ii. Olive C.J
27. iii. Helen, I born in Maysville, Cal.
28. VIII. IsAAC,^ born March 1, 1830. Family 5.
29. IX. Ruby Alice,^ born June 15, 1832; married Robert
Hill, lawyer, Cal. She was (1884) widow; re-
sides Sau Jose, Cal. Issue:
30. i. Cabbie,'' grad. Sau Jose, as teacher.
31. X. Seymour,'' born Nov. 25, 1834; died unmarrieil,
Idaho, July 23, 1883.
32. XL Martin Wilbur,^^ born April 27, 1837. Family 6.
33. XII. Harriet Adelia,'' born Dec. 4, 1840; married Steph-
en G. Bennett; resides (1884) Sylvauia, Lucas
Co., Ohio.
FAMILY 4.
34. Herman^ Stiles, [14] (Isaac,^ Joseph,^) married El-
len Voaii, 1844; served in Union Army, as a private, in war of
Civil Rebellion; resides (1884) Irvin, Marshall Co., Kan.; farmer.
Children :
35. I. Emma,^ born ; married F. W. Howard, jew-
eler; resides (1884) Fredonia, N. Y.
36. II. Clarence H.* Family 7.
FAMILY 5.
37. Isaac' Stiles, [281 (Isaac,' Joseph,^) married Amarilla
Wheat; lie died, 1861.
GhUd:
88. I. Florence May;' married S. E. Johnson, resides
(1884) Schuyler Co., N. Y. Issue:
39. i. Belle. 5
A YATES COUNTY. (N. Y.) FAMILY. 631
FAMILY 6.
40. M arti n Wi I bu r' Sti les, L:^2] [Isaac;- Joseph,') raai-
ried Emma Reitcliie; was killed at Cold Harbor, Va., 1864, war
of Civil Rebellion.
Child:
41. I. Martin Wilbue,' born 1862.
FAMILY 7.
42. C I are n ce H .* Sti I es, [36] [Herman,'' Isaac,' Joseph,')
married ; resides (1884) Irvin, Marshall Co., Iowa ; is a
farmer.
Children :
43. I. Ellen Thompson.'
44. II. Herbert Thompson.'
A Genealogy of the Descendants of Robert Stiles
OF PHILAD3LPHIA, PA.. AND GLOUCESTEE, N. J.,
1680.
BY MRS. &lJJvl// MORGAN NEEDLES, OF HADDONFIELD, N. J.
FAMILY 1.
1- Robert' Stiles, accompanied by his sister LuCY, *
emigrated from England, (probably Staffordshiret) about the
year 1680, and was among the early settlers of New Jersey.
His first settlement was at Pliiladelpliia, Pa., J where, and also
' 1. Lucy' Stiles, became the wife of .John Rudderow.
This gentleman, tradition says, had come tu America, as a surveyor, some little
time before (reign of Charles II. i the coming of Robert .Stiles and his sister, and,
being discouraged with his prospects here, contemplated a return to his old home,
which coming to the knowledge of William Penn, that gentleman offered him, as
an encouragement to stay, a "square" of land in Philadelphia; which, however,
tailed to bring contentment to him. While thus awaiting a chance to sail, a ves-
sel arrived from Enpland, among whose passengers were Robert Stiles and his sis-
ter Lucy, to whom he was under an engagement of marriage. So, as his heart was
now satisfied, he objected no longer to tarrying on this side of the ocean — was
soon wedded to the girl of his choice, and purchasing a tract of land on Penne-
sauken Creek, nearly or quite adjoining Robert Stiles' land, he builded him a house
and settled there.
Their children were:
2. i. Mary,- born 1681; married Nicholas Gaulau (a Frenchman) res-
ident of Philadelphia, who died soon after marriage, leaving no is-
t John Clements' Emi^^rant Settlers of Newton Township. Old Gloucester Co., N. J.,
mentions him as "a Staffordshire Eu.i?lishman who settled at Cooper's Creek, Waterford (now
Delaware C0..1" and that he ■" settled on the north side of the south branch of Penisauken
Creek." Page 226.
X First Tax List 0/ Philadelphia Co., i6g.j, Robert Stiles taxed 6 shillings. Penn. Mag.
Hist and Bio.tr.. No. i. Vol. 8, March, 1884.
4 GLOUCESTER COUNTY. (N. J.) FAMILY.
633
at Gloucester, N. J., he established a business of which Gabriel
Thomas, the first historian of that Colony, says: "The trade
of Gloucester County consists chiefly in Pitch, Tar and Kosin,
the latter of which is made by RoBEKT Styles, an excellent Art-
ist in that sort of work, for he delivers it as clear as any Gum
Arabick." In 1695, he purchased of Charles Read, 425 acres
of land lying on the branches of Penisaukin Creek, three miles
sue. He was devotedly attached to his wife, and willed his large
fortune entirely to her. She married (2| Joshua Mad doc, by whom
she had issue (ll Mary, who married John Wallace, who had a son
John, who died at an advanced age in 1883, a well known citizen of
Philadelphia and President of the Penn. Hist. Society.
Mr. Joshua JIaddoc and his wife Mary (Eudderow) widow of
Nicholas Gaulau, died and were interred in Christ Church Burial
Ground, Fitth and Arch Streets, Philadelphia — near the grave of
Benjamin Franklin. The inscription on their tablet reads thus:
Here lieth the Body of Joshua Maddoc | Who departed this
life April 18, 1759 | Aged 74 years. Also of | Mrs. Maky Maddoc
his wife, who died | August 5th, 1783 | Aged 102 years.
10.
11.
12.
13.
ii. Hannah;* married WUliam (son of Williamj Hollingshead.
iii. Kebecca;' died young.
iv. Ann;- married Samuel Davis, a large landholder.
V. Sakah;- married Robert (son of Robert and Priscilla Hoirelh Stiles;
settled on the original Robert Stiles tract.
vi. John,'- born JIareh 15, 169-t; married Elizabeth Hollingshead. Fam-
ily 2.
viii. }• Daughters, 2 names unknown.
FAMILY 2.
John- Rudderow, (7) (JoAh, I) born March 15, 1694;; married Elizabeth
(daughter of William) Hollingshead; became in time owner of the
paternal estate, on which he died and was buried in Cole's Church
yard, May 13, 1769, aged 75 years on the day of his burial. Cliihlre»:
i. , Grace ;3 married, (1) 1746, Jacob Lippincottj married, (2) John Wil-
son,
ii. Mart ;3 married Samuel Thomas.
()34 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
west of Moorestowu, Chester Township, Burlington County,
N. J. Though it is not certain that Robert ever dwelt on this
purchased land, yet it has been occupied by his son and son's
descendants from generation to generation, and portions of it are
still in the possession of the family.
Roljert Stiles married Priscilla (daughter of Thomas, an
I'arly Jersey settler and Catharine) Howell, formerly of Stafford-
shire, England ; but whether this marriage took place there, or
liere, is not known. Robert Stiles died
Children:
2. I. Robert,' ; mjirried Sarah Rudderow (his
cousin). Family 2.
3. II. John,- ; died youug and was buried in the
Friends' Burjdng Ground in Philadelphia, Feb.
15, 1694
4. III. Martha,"- (probably); marrieil Thomas (sou of John
and Alice Collins) Cole.
FAMILY 2.
5. Robert' Stiles, Jr., [2| (Robert,^) married his cousin
Sarah (daughter of Jolm and Lucy Sfilea) Rudderow, ;ind set-
tled on the tract of land purchased by his father on Penisauken
Creek.
He died Dec. 21:, 1728, leaving a will, reading thus:*
■ In the name of God, Amen. Being weak of body, but of sound mind and
memory. Praised be the Lord for the blessings! being willing to settle in order all
that Estate which God hath blessed me with, Declare this to be my last will and
testament, hnp., I give & bequeath my soul to God, & I appoint my body to be dis-
posed of at the discretion of my Executors. Item, I give and bequeath to my son
Robert Stiles and to his heirs and assigns forever, One Half of my land. And the
other half I give to my son Ephraim Stiles, his lieirs and assigns forever." He
also provides for Nicholas and Sarah " and for the child yet unborn." All his per-
sonal jjroperty "quick & dead" he gives to his beloved wife Sarah, whom he ap-
points Executi-ix. Witnesses, John Inskup, .lohn Chambers, .Ir., and Joseph
Heritage. Affirmed before Samuel Bustill, Jr.
* Recorded in Secretary of State's office, Trenton, N. J.— H. R. S.
A GLOUCESTER COUNTY. (N. J.) FAMILY. 635
Vhikheii:
6. I. Robert,'* bniii ; married Haunah Burroughs.
Family 3.
7. II. Ephraim,''* born ; married Mary Lippincott.
Family 4.
8. III. NiCHOLAS/t boru . Family 5.
9. IV. Sarah,'^ born .
10. V. Isaac,'' (posthumous). F.4.mily 6.
FAMILY 3.
11- Robert' Stiles, |61 tliohert,^ Robert,') married (1)
1743, Haunah (daughter of Samuel and Ann GratjX) Burroughs,
born 1724. They were married in Haddonfield Meeting of
Friends, of which they were members; and resided on that portion
of the farm willed to Eobert by his father. Mrs. Hanuah (Bur-
roughs) Stiles died in 1756; he married (2) 1757, in Chester
Meeting of Friends, Mary (widow of Jonathan Ellis and daugh-
ter of William) Hollingshead ;** married (3)Margaret Smallwood,
April 30, 1766.+t
Mr. Robert Stiles died in 1770, leaving a will and appoint-
ing his "beloved wife Margaret," and his "trusty and well beloved
brother-in-law, Isaac Mickle," executors.
Children (by first marriage):
12. I. Hannah,^ born ; married, in 1772, Samuel
Roberts, of Chester Township, Burlington Co.,
N. J. Issue:
* Clement, in itis Emigrant Selllers of Neiiloii , erroneously gives these two children to
the father Robert ; as well as the date of death of the father,
t Named after Nicholas Gaulau.
X Daughter of Richard Gray.
** Clement's Hist. Ne-vtoti Township. .V. J.. 184.
tt Rec. German Reformed Ch.. Philadelphia.— H. R. S.
636
THE STILES GENEALOGY,
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.
21.
22.
23.
i. Kachel.s (Roberts) born 1773 ; married .Job
Dudley.
ii. Sakah.!"' (Koberts) born 1776; married George
Matlack.
iii. MarTi^ (Roberts) born 1770 ; married .Joshua
Lippincotti
iv. Enoch.s (Roberts) born 1787; married Ann
Matlack.
V. Samuel,'' (Roberts) born 1789; married Sarah
Evans.
vi. Hannah,5 (Roberts) born 1792 ; married Levi
Lippincott.
vii. Asa,» (Roberts) born 1795 ; married Ann
Lippincott.
Mrs. Hannah (Stiles) Eoberts died 1835.
II. Isaac/ born ; married 1785, Rachel (daugh-
ter of John and Mary* Glover.) Family 7.
-; married (1) 1741, Thomas
III. Maey,^ born —
Glover; married (2) Peter Thompson.
( Bij the second, or more lyrohahly hy the third marriage):
IV. Egbert.*
V. Priscilla,* born
-; married Feb. 24, 1785,
Isaac Smallwood.
FAMILY 4.
■24. Ephraim' Stiles, [7] {Robert,- Robert,'') married
Mercy (daughter of Thomas and Mercy Allen) Lippincott.t
Ephraim Stiles died in 1771. Mercy his wife died .
* Glover was from Long Island, probably son of Samuel and Sarah, of Southold. 1675.
t A member of the Society of Friends, and a descendant of A* /VA^rrf Lippincott, of Devon-
shire, England, who at an early period emigrated to America and, in 1641, resided at Dor-
chester, Mass. Atthattime. beingin communion with the Puritans, having become influenced
by other Christian views, he withdrew from them and was excommunicated therefrom, 5 mo.
6th day. 1651. In 1652 he returned to England and becoming convinced of Friends' principles,
he associated himself with them and was imprisoned in the jail at Exeter, February, 1655,
his offence being that he had asserted "that Christ was the Word of God, and the Scriptures
A GLOUCESTER COUNTY, (N. J.) F AM I LY. 687
Children:
25. I. Saeah/ born ; married Reese Edwards. Issue:
26. i. Phebe,» (Edwards) married Hall.
27. ii. Thomas,'"' (Edwards) i
y Twins.
28. iii. Samuel,' (Edwards) )
29. iv. Hannah' (Edwards).
30. II. Thomas/ boru December, 1751; married (1) Auu
Browu; married (2) . Family 8.
31. III. Egbert,' boru 1753; died .
32. ly. William/ born ; married Mary Bishop, of
Salem Co., N. J.
33. V. Epheaim,' born ; man-ied Elizabeth Buck, of
Cumberland Co., N. J.
34. VI. Jesse,^ born ; married Mary Sheldon.
35. VII. Phebe,' boru ; married Epliraiin Tomlinson.
36. VIII. Mercy,' boru ; married Thomas Deacon.
Issue:
37. i. Epheaim' (Deacon).
38. ii, Phebe'^ (Deacon).
39. iii. Maetha" (Deacon).
Mrs. Mercy (Stiles) Deacon died 1849.
a declaration of the mind of God " At different times he suffered imprisonment for his
faithful adherence to his convictions of duty. His release was brought about by the solicita-
tion of Margaret Fell and others who influenced the newly restored king. Charles II., to grant
the liberation of many Friends. He returned to America with his family and settled in Rhode
Island, whence with some of his neighbors, he became a patentee of a settlement on the
Shrewsbury River, Colony of New Jerse\'. and was an active member and officer of that
colony. In 1669 he was a deputy and overseer; 1670, an overseer of Shrewsbury Town, His
residence was on Passequencequa Creek, a branch of South Shrewsbury River. Here, in the
possession of wealth, a pleasant family, the esteem of all who knew him and a full measure
of that religious and political freedom for which he had suffered so much, he passed the re-
mainder of his years, dying 25th of 9th month (Nov, O, S.) 1683 See Clement's F/rsf Sef-
lleys of NeU'tnn Township, A'. J.
(i38 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
40. IX. Reuben/ marrieil Elizabeth Murrell. Family 9.
41. X. Freedom,' inarried and went West.
42. XL Samuel/ married Mary McCurdy; had
43. i. Maetha,-' married Charles Dulles; had a daughter
Mary M.
FAMILY 5.
44. Nicholas' Stiles, [8] (i?o?)eW/ Softer//) born 1728;
inarried Elizabeth Sherwin, Jan. 23, 1750. Their marriage
bond, or contract, now on file in the State House at Trenton,
N. J., reads as follows:
Know all Men by these Presents, That We, Nicholas Stiles of Chester, in the
County of Burlington, Yeoman, and Nicholas Ward of the same place. Yeoman, are
holden and do stand justly indebted unto His Excellency Jonathan Belcher, Esq..
Governor of New Jersey, in the sum of Five Bundled Pounds, current lawful
money of New Jersey, to be paid to the said Jonathan Belcher, his successors or as-
signs, for the which payment well and truly to be made and done, we do bind our-
selves, our heirs, executors and administrators, and every of them jointly and sev-
erally, lirmly by these presents. ,Sealed with our seals. Dated this Twenty-third
day of January, .\nno Domini, One thousand seven hundred and fifty.
The Condition of this Obligation is such. That Whereas, the above bounden
Nicholas Stiles hath obtained a License of Marriage for himself of the one party,
and for Elizabeth Sherwin of the same place. Spinster, of the other party:
Now if it shall not hereafter appear, that they the said Nicholas Stiles and
Elizabeth Sherwin have any lawful let or impediment of pre-conti-act, afiSnity or
consanguinity to hinder their being joined in the holy bands of Matrimony, and
afterwards their living together as man and wife, then this obligation to be void, or
else to stand and remain in full force and virtue.
Sealed and delivered in the presence ) NICHOLAS^STILES, [l. s.]
of us. y mark
Jo: ScATiEKGooD. \ NICHOLAS WAED, [l. s.]
Nicholas Stiles died x. 84 — see note* page 639.
Children:
45. I. IsA.4C,* born ; married Oct. 28, 1776, Grace
Price, both of Eve.sham, Burlington Co.. N. J.;*
* Record in Office of Secretarj- of State, Trenton, N. J.— H. R. S.
A GLOUCESTER COUNTY. (N. J.) FAMILY. 639
had a daughter Rachel, who married Richard
Glover.
46. II. Joseph/ boru ; married Elizabeth Fiiruess.
Went West.
•47. III. Ann.\,' born ; married Richard Heritage.
48. r\\ Rebecca,^ born ; married William Hol-
lingshead.
49. V. Levi/ boru ; married Priscilla Antrim.
50. \1. James/ Iwru ; married Abigail Evans.
51. VII. Job/ born ; married Jemima Wheatoii.*
52. VIII. Elizabeth,' born ; married William Peacock.
Went West.
53. IX. PeiscilL'l,' born ; married John Osier.
FAMILY 6.
54. Isaac' Stiles, |10J (Robert;- Robert,'') boru :
married Hannah Clark. IsMac Stiles died 1806, ie. 78 years.
Children:
55. I. Samuel,' 2^i<^1^'^1^1.^" the one mentioned in Lesih
Blackman's account of the Stiles' of Egg Har-
bor, N. J., as having removed from the middle
part of Burlington County, about the close
of tlie Revolutionary War, and settled at
Egg Harbor-. He married Elizabeth (daughter
of Jesse) Chewt and had many descendants, of
* In 1858. we received from James Stiles of Rridgeton. N. J., noteof a Job Stiles, then {1S58)
8g years old. native of Burlingtou Co., N. J. — son of Nicholas Stiles, born in Burlingrton Co.,
1728, and who died as. 84. — H. R. .'^.
t Record in Secretary State s Ojffice, Trenton, N.J. . which gives him as of Greenwich Town
ship, Gloucester Co., N. J. — and date of marriage April a, 1783. — H. R. S.
(i40 TH£ STILES GENEALOGY.
whom she gives account, in her Settlers of Egg
Harbor.
56.
II.
Nicholas.^
57.
III.
Sabah.^
58.
IV.
Pbiscilla.^
FAMILY 7.
59. Isaac' Stiles, [20] {Robert,' Robert;- Robert,') married
Eachel (daughter of John) Glover, 1785. Isaac Stiles died 1823;
Mrs. Eachel (Glover) Stiles died 1842.
Children :
60. I. JoHN,^ married Hannah (daughter of Levi) Bollinger,
1812. Family 10.
61. II. Maey,^ married Samuel Matlack, 1814. Issue:
62. i. Kachel," married Henry W. Lippincott; had (1)
Abigail; (2) Mary; (3) Rebecca; (4) Sarah.
63. III. Benjamin," married 1816, Martha Matlack. Fam-
ily 11.
64. IV. Hannah,^ married Reuben Matlack — had issue.
65. V. Rachel,^ married Stacy Matlack. Issue:
B6. i. Rachel S.," married Taylor.
67. VI. Sakah,'' married Joel Roberts. Issue:
•JH. i. Cakoline,6 married Harmer| had (1) Laura.
69. VIL Lydia,= died 1858.
FAMILY 8.
70. Thomas' Stiles, [30] (Epkraim,'' Robert,^ Robert,')
born December, 1751; married Oct. 19, 1772, Ann (daughter of
Henry and Elizabeth) Brown,* born May 20, 1754.
* Record of marriage in Secretary State's Ofl&ce. Trentou. N. J., in which he is described
as of Chester Co., and she of Burlington Co.— H, R. S.
k GLOUCESTER COUNTY (N. J.) FAMILY. 641
Thomas Stiles died 1793. Mrs. Ann (Brown) Stiles died
1827, in 7th month.
Ghildren:
71. I. John," born 1773; married Elizabeth King .
Family 12.
72. II. Ha\nah,= born 1st mo. 20, 1776; married Thomas
Davis, and died 4 mo. 1794, se. 18 years.
73. III. Elizabeth,' born 10 mo. 3, 1777; was engaged to
be married; but her intended dying suddenly,
she refused many subsequent oifers of marriage,
and devoted her whole life to doing good in the
neighborhood where she lived, at the bedsides of
the sick, or dying, by day or by night, without
respect of persons — only thoughtful of what might
contribute to their comfort. She died in a sei-ene
old age, in 1862, on the much-loved homestead,
on almost the spot where she was born. Her
memory is preserved by a simple marble in
Colestown Cemetery.
74. IV. WiLiJAM," married Elizabeth Tatem, widow, daugh-
ter of Eichard and Catharine [Taylor) Borden.
Family 13.
75. V. Thomas,' born 4th mo. 17, 1784; married Judith
Roberts, widow, daughter of Isaac and Sarah
{Ridgeway) Morgan. Family 14.
76. VI. Amos,' born Dec. 12, 1786; married Deborah Gith-
ens. Family 15.
FAMILY 9.
77. Reuben' Stiles, [40] (Ephmim,' Bobert;- RobeiV)
born 1760; married Nov. 22, 1780,* Elizabeth, (daughter of
* Record of Pennsylvania Marriages^ Vol. II. — H. R. S.
C>i2 THE ST/L£S GENEALOGY.
Levi* aud Eebecca Scaftergood)\ Murrell, of Biirlington, N. J.
Resided at Burliupttoii, N. J.
Eeubeu Stiles died Nov. 27, 1823, se. 62 years, 2 months.
Mrs. Elizabeth (Murrell) Stiles died Jan. 21, 1829, ae. 64 years,
10 mouths.
Children:
78. I. Levi,^ married Mary Kent, of Philadelphia; settled
at Burlington, N. J. Family 16.
79. II. Rebecca,^ married John Smith. Resides (1884) at
Mt. Holly, Burlington Co., N. J.
80. III. Sarah,^ married Samuel Sexton, of Burlington, and
removed to Ohio; thence to Illinois.
81. IV. Elizabeth,^ married Moses Pippet; removed to Ohio;
thence to Illinois.
82. V. Joseph,^ married. Family 17.
83. VI. Phebe,'' married Lewis Woodward; settled at Mul-
lica Hill, Gloucester Co., N. J.
84. VII. Mary,' born July 19, 1796; married March 27, 1817,
Benjamin To mi in son, of Philadelphia, born
June 6, 1795. Issue:
85. i Elizabeth,'' (Tomlinson) born Feb. 20, 1818; maiTied
Sept. 24, 1849, William T. Severns; resides (1884)
462 Berkley St , Camden, N. .J.
86. ii. Reuben Stiles," (Tomlinson) born Dec. 27, 1819;
died April 6, 1823.
87. iii RicHAED," (Tomlinson) ) Twins, bore Feb. 23, 1822.
VRich'd died Dec. 22, 1823.
88. iv. Makt Ann,8 (Tomlinson) j Mary died April 11, 1847.
* Levi Murrell was killed in the Revolutionary War. Is said to have been in the Secret
Service under Gen. Washington.
t Letter of Rev. Dr. W. T. Tomlinson, Providence, R. I., gives this name — H. R. S.
A GLOUCESTER COU N TY (N. J ) FUM I LY. 648
89. V. Haekiet,'' (Tomlinsoii) born Aug. 24, 1824; married
John C. Moore, of Philadelphia, March 27, 1843.
He died at Camden, N. •!. She resides (1884) at
Camden, N. J.
90. vi. Adaline.s (Tomlinson) born Oct. 22, 182G; married
Theodore F. Woodward, Aug. .3, 1860; resides (1884)
Camden, N.J.
91. vii. Charles Weldon, (Tomlinson) born at Philadelphia,
Aug. 27, 1828; married Mary Lydia (daughter Col.
Hezekiah and Nancy Bounds) Newcomb, Sept. 12,
1852, at Homer, N. Y. She was born at Leyden.
Mass., May 8, 1830. Mr. Tomlinson graduated at
age of 12i.< years at the Grammar School in Phila-
delphia, and being compelled to earn his own living,
became an indentured apprentice to L. Johnson A
Co. , stereotypers, in that city, and eked out his ed-
ucation from books in his father's attic. In July,
1850, he (aged barely 22) became pastor of a mis-
sion church in Homer, N. Y., and remained three
years; then served as a missionary in Oswego Co.,
N. Y.; in 1854 took the pastorate of a parish at
Cooperstown, and in 1866 removed to Syracuse; in
1868, removed to Hudson, N. Y., and held a pastor-
- ate till July, 1879. After a few months in Europe,
took charge of a Universalist Church at Galesburg,
111., and while there accepted the chair of Biblical
Interpretation in a newly organized Theological De-
partment of Lombard University at that place.
Circumstances of health and larger needed facilities
for study, drew him East in June, 1882, and he be-
came the pastor of the Universalist Church at Paw-
tucket, R. I. With that denomination he has been
always identified, as were his father and grand-
father before him; his mother, though of Quaker de-
scent, was reared among the Baptists In 1882, he
received the degree of D. D. from Lombard Univer-
sity. His children are (a) Frank Newcomb (Tomlin-
son) born at Cooperstown, N. Y., March 21. 1855;
resides Detroit, Mich., unmarried; photograph er.
(b) Charles Benjamin (Tomlinson). born at Coopers-
town. N. Y., Oct. 8, 1858; died Sept. '.>, 1859. (c)
Cora May (Tomlinson), born at Cooperstown, N. Y.,
April 18, 1865; married Charles H. Buffington, of
Taunton, Mass.
644 ''"^ ST/LES GENEALOGY.
92. viii. Sakah Fkances,^ (Tomlinson) born at Philadelphia,
Nov. 1, 1830. Single; resides in Camden, N. J.
93. ix. Benjamin Feanelin.^ (Tomlinson) born at Philadel-
phia, Dec. 31, 1832. Eidisted under first call for 3
months' men, in 1861. Was Second Lieut. Ee-
enlisted and was made First Lieut.; but died at
home before going again to the field, of typhoid
fever, contracted in camp, .\ugust 8, 1861, se. 28:6:8.
94. X. Maetha Stiles,^ (Tomlinson) bom at Philadelphia,
June 11, 183.5. Unmarried. Graduate of Phila.
Normal School. Has taught in Phila. , Hudson, New
York, and now is teaching (and has been 8 or 9
years,) in Danbury, Conn.
95. VIII. Edwaed,= married Margaret White. Family 18.
96. IX. Eeuben M./' married Martha Sipler. Family 19.
FAMILY 10.
97. John' Stiles, [60] (Isaac/ Robert,'' Robert? Robert,')
married Hannah (daughter of Levi) Bollinger, 1812.
Children:
98.
I.
Samuel."
99.
IL
Peiscill.^."
100.
III.
Levi," married Auu (daug'
Koberts.
101.
IV.
David."
102.
V.
John."
FAMILY 11.
103. Benjamin' Stiles, [63] {Isaac,* Robert,'' Robert,''
Robert,') married, 1816, Martha Matlack.
Child7-en:
104. I. Elizabeth," married Eichard Bond.
105. II. Is.\AC," married Eleanor Wilkins.
A GLOUCESTER C 0 U N TY (N. J.) FAU I L Y. BIS
106. III. Joseph B./ married Lydia (daughter Jos. A.) Bur-
rough.
107. IV. Mary,* married Joseph Haines.
108. V. Benjamin/ married Anna (daughter Thomas) Wil-
son. Has two children.
FAMILY 12.
109. John^ Stiles, [71] {Thomas,* Ephraim;^ Robert;-
Robert,^) married Elizabeth King.
CMldreyi:
110. L Ann," married Haines. Issue:
111. i. Elwood," ( Haines ).
112. ii. Jane," ( Haines).
113. iii. Eliza,'? ( Haines).
114. iv. Lydia," ( Haines ).
Mrs. Ann (Stiles) Haines died 1838.
115. II. Stacy,^ married Susan Bollinger. Family 20. '^ '•■"
116. III. Matilda," married Kichard Edwards. Issue:
117. i. Joseph," ( Edwards).
118. ii. Elizabeth," ( Edwards ).
119. iii. John Henky,' (Edwards).
120. iv. Fbaxklin,' (Edwards ).
121. V. Martha Ann," (Edwards)
Mrs. Matilda (Stiles) Edwards died 1876.
FAMILY 13.
122. William' Stiles, [74] {Thomas,' Ephraim,^ Robert;'
Robert,^) married Elizabeth Tatem, widow, and daughter of Rich-
ard and Catherine [Taylor) Borden. Resided at Chester Town-
ship, Burlington Co., N. J. William Stiles passed through great
affliction in the loss of most of his children just as they sev-
646 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
erally reached maturity; but he bore it in a lofty spirit of resig-
uatiou. He was a man of generous and hospitable character.
He died on the Homestead, in 1861, aged 80 years.
Mrs. Elizabeth B. Stiles died 1844.
ChUdren:
123. I. Thomas," born 6 mo. 25, 1810; died 6 mo. 25, 1825;
a youth of particular promise and beauty of
character.
124. II. John B.," born July 15, 1812; died April 6, 1832.
125. III. Kachel," born Oct. 31, 1814; died 1874.
126. IV. Hannah A.,« born Feb. 12, 1816; died 1873.
127. V. Abigail," born Jan. 31, 1819; died Jan. 1, 1847.
128. VI. Keziah," born Jan. 15, 1822; died Dec. 7, 1846.
129. VII. EiCHARD," born May 20, 1825; died June, 1840.
FAMILY 14.
130. Thomas' Stiles, [75] (TJwynas,* Ephraim,^ Roberf,^
Robert,^) born 4 mo. 17, 1784; married Judith Eoberts, widow,
daughter of Isaac and Sarah (Ridgeivay) Moi-gan. Was very
fond of scientific pursuits and was considered to have great abil-
ity in that direction. He died 2 mo. 21, 1849. Mrs. Juditli
(Morgan) Stiles died 2 mo. 22, 1856.
Children :
131. I. Sarah Morgan," married John Needles, formerly of
Eastou, Md.; later of Philadelpliia. Resides
(1885) Haddonfield, N. J.; is the author of this
genealogy. .
182. II. William," married (1) Mary Browning Hatch; mar-
ried (2) Elizabeth L. Ackley. Family 21.
A GLOUCESTER COUNTY (N. J.) FAMILY. 647
133. III. Thomas B.," married Emma (daughter of Benjamin
B. and Lydia Baker) Brown.
134. IV. B. MoRGAX," married Carrie D. (daughter of John
and Margaret Dennis) Weiler. Family 22.
FAMILY 15.
135. Amos' Stiles, [76] {Thomas* Ephraim? Robert;'
Robert,"') born Dec. 12, 1786; married Deborah Githens.
"Wlieu the British Army were on their march from Phila-
delphia to Monmouth, a part of it passed through this village
I MoorestownJ; they encamped on the night of June 19, 1778, on
land now owned by Amos Stiles and Benj. Warrington, about
300 yards from the Friends' Meeting House."*
Amos Stiles was <an active business man, and occupied some
public trusts in Burlington County. He was one of the Judges
of the Court for many years. He resided and died at Moores-
town, N. J., 1855. Mrs. Deborah (Githens) Stiles died May 1,
1866.
Children:
136. I. Kebecca,'^ married Isaac Saunders. Issue:
137. i. EicHAKDS," 1^ Saunders ).
138. ii. HoBACE," ( Saunders ).
139. iii. Joseph," C Saunders).
140. iv. William Simmon,' ( Saunders).
141. V. Mabia C," (Saunders); married Wm. HoenigerJ
bas (1) Frank; (2) Augusta; (3) 'William.
142. II. Feanklin,'^^ married Ann . Issue:
143. i. Fbanklin," died 1879.
144. III. Amos," married Caroline Chamberlain. Issue:
145. i. Lauea v.," (Chamberlain).
* Barber's and Howe's Hist. Co/leciions o/ Neai/ersey, page gS, 1846.— H. R. S.
648 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
146. IV. Montgomery," married Adaliue B. Archer. He died
1873. Issue:
1-17. i. WtLLiAM A.." married Hettie WiErinson; have (1) Ad-
aline B., died October, 1885.
FAMILY 16.
148. Levi' Stiles, [78] {Reuhen* Ephraim,^ Robert;^ Rob-
ert,^) married .
Children :
149. I. Warder." Resides (I880I Burliugton, N. J.
150. II. William." Resides (1885) Philadelphia, Pa.
FAMILY 17.
151. Joseph' Stiles, lS2] {Reuben,' Ephraivi,^ Robert;'
Robert,^) married , of Xew York City.
Children :
152. I. Reuben."
153. II. Daughter."
154. Ill Daughter."
155. IV. Daughter."
FAMILY 18.
156. Edward' Stiles, [95] (Reuben,' Ephraim,'' Robert;'
Robert,') married Margaret White; settled at Manchester, Ocean
Co., N. J.; lived to be 88 years old. Had a family.
FAMILY 19.
157. Reuben M.' Stiles, [96] [Reuben,' Ephraim? Rob-
ert;' Robert,^) married Martha Si^jler, of Phila.; resides at Moores-
town, N. J., farmer. In 1884, was 78 years old — the only one of
his father's family living.
A GLOUCESTER COUNTY. (N. J.) FAMILY. 64:9
Children :
158. I. Elizabeth/ married Joshua Scott, farmer; resides
near Salena, Gloucester Co., N. J.
159. II. Chables," resides at Marltoa, Burlington Co., N. J.
160. III. Anna," married Giles S. Wool man, farmer; Yardley,
Bucks Co., Pa.
FAMILY 20.
161 Stacy* Stiles, [115], {John, Thomas,* Fphraim,^
Robert,' Robert,^ ) married Susan Bollinger. Stacy Stiles
died 1883.
Children:
162. I. Eachel.7
163. II. John.''
164. III. Stacy.7
165. IV. SusAN.7
166. V. Heney.7
167. YI. Serena.'
FAMILY 21.
168. William" Stiles, [132] {Thomas,'' Thomas,' Eph-
raim,^ Robert,^ Robert,^) born ; married (1) Mary Brown-
ing Hatch; married (2) Elizabeth L. Ackley.
Children:
169.
I.
Ella.'
170.
II.
Maby Hatch.'
171.
IIL
Helen A.'
172.
IV.
Jessie M.'
173.
V.
Willie.'
650 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
FAMILY 22.
174. B. Morgan' Stiles, [134] (Thomas,^ Thomas,*
Ephraim,^ Robert- Robert,^) married Carrie D. (daughter of John
aud Margaret Dennis) Weiler.
GJnhl:
175. I. Harold M."
XoTE. — ^Mrs. Needles, the author of the foregoing sketch, says, in a letter,
dated 4 mo. 2, 1885: "The Stileses of Burlington County, as a family, generally,
in our line, have either been members of, or much inclining to, the Episcopal
Church — I think I might say, from generation to generation. One reason of my
mentioning this is to explain that I have not had the advantage of Friends' Records
to help me in my work, except in a very few instances." She also mentions, "In
the Philadelphia Records and Minutes of Friends, I met with the name of Joseph
Stiles, who in 1741, was granted a certificate of removal fi-om Berks Monthly
Meeting, recommending him to Philadelphia Monthly Meeting — a son of Benja-
min Stiles. The latter, with his wife, are spoken of as being worthy people, i^ar-
ticularly ' his worthy and tender mother, she being deceased;' and desiring Joseph's
preservation and growth in grace. It mentions his absence on the Seas. In this
Certificate the name of Henry Stiles also occurs. There appears to have been a
Joseph, who settled at Evesham, Burlington County, West Jersey, years ago, with a
wife Hannah (I think) HolUnrjshead, who probably are of this Jersey family.
"Tobias Stiles' wife was also buried in Haddonfield (X.J.) Friends' Burying
Ground, many years ago."
Recorded in Sea-etary of Stale's Office, Trenton, N. J.—H. B. S.:
Edward Stiles, of Burlington County, N. J., and Martha Bishop, of same place
(widow). Dated March 14, 1761.
John Stiles, of Upper Freehold Township, Monmouth County, N. J., and Acsha
Mingin. Dated May 4, 1765.
John Styles, of Upper Freehold Township, Monmouth County, N. J., and
Elizabeth Stewart. Dated May 15, 1773.
Recorded in County Clerk's Office, 3Iorristoicn, JV. J. — H. R. S.:
March 16, 1797, Isaac Stiles, of Pequannock, to Mary Laporte, at Hanover, by
.John Cobb, J. P.
An Ulster County, N. Y., Family;
1- James' Styles, sou of Francis' Styles and Sarah
Nightingale, was born iu Berkshire, England, Oct. 24, (O. S.), or
Nov. 4, (N. S.), 1743; and died iu Kingston, N. Y., Oct. 16, 1880,
aged 86 years, eleven months and twelve days. He married Altje
(Aaltje) daughter of Henricus Cavalier, who " was sprinkled with
a little water, Sept. 15, 1734, in Kingston, N. Y., by a Dutch
Church Miuister; and died at Kingston, Sept. 21, 1804, aged 70
years, 6 days from her spriukling.t She was the grandmother
of all."
Children:
2. I. James, bom August 18, 1769,:|; in New York City;
died 88. 3 or 4 years.
3. IT. Henry,' born April 14, 1770,| in New York City—
Family 2.
4. III. James,' born February 24, 1772, in New York City.
Family 3.
5. IV. William,' born July 9, 1775. Family 4.
FAMILY 2.
6- Henry" Styles, [3] {James,- Fmnds,^) born April 14,
1770; married Catharine Litz. He died Dec. 4, 1798, le. 29 years,
7 months, twenty-nine days.
* For information concerning this family we are indebted to Robert S. Styles, and Eugene
M. Styles, of Burlington, Vt., and to the late J. R. Gibson, who copied for us some of the Dutch
Church records of Esopus.
t One record continues, "and was afterwards immersed " — /. e.. baptized.
X One record gives birth of James as 1 767; and that of u eury as in 1769.
652 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
Children (hm-n in Esopus, X. Y.) :
7. I. James H./ born Oct. 12, 1789. Family 5.
8. II. S.UUH H./ born July 22, 1791.
9. in. William H.,^ born Sept. 14, 1793. Family 6.
10. IV. Althea,* born Sept. 14,* 1796 ; died January 25,
1797.
11. V. Abigail,^ born May 4, 1798.
FAMILY 3,
12. James" Styles, T^l {•Tames,- Francis,^) born Feb. 24,
1772; married (1) Nov. 16, 1794, Mariah Litz, who was born July
20, 1772, and died Sept. 28, 1796, £e. 24 years, 2 months, 8 days;
(2) Sarah Bogle, April 10, 1797.
He ■fras a silversmith, and died at Kingston, N. T.
Children: (by first marriage — all horn in Kingston):
13. I. Hexky,^ born Feb. 29, 1796, "at 6 o'clock in the
morning."
(By second marriage):
14. II. William,^ born March 13, 1798, " at 2 o'clock P. M."
15. III. James,' born March 6, 1800, "at 4 A. M." Eesided
in Kingston, N. Y.; piano maker.
16. lY. Edex,' born Dec. 13, 1801, "at 3 o'clock A.M.;"
died Oct. 25, 1805, a?. 3 years, 10 months, 12
days.
17. V. JoHX,' born Oct. 9, 1803, at "11 o'clock P. M.;"
died Feb. 23, 1818, se. 14 years, 4 months, 14 days.
18. \1. Chaeles,' born August 30, 1805, at " 5 P. M.;" died
Oct. 7, 1805, 86. 1 mouth, 8 days.
* One record gives Maj' 2S, as date birth.
AN ULSTER COUNTY (N. Y.) FAMILY. 653
19
VII. EoBEKT/ I Ijoj.^ ggpt 19^ 1806, "at 7 P. M.;" Eob-
20. VIII. Jane, i ert resided at PoughkeeiDsie, N. Y.
21. IX. Sarah Ann,* born July 31, 1811, at "10 P. M."
22. X. Julia,* born March 14, 1814, "at 9 A. M."
23. XL Edwaed," born Nov. 17, 1816, "at 10 A. M." Ee-
sided in Kingston, N. Y. Printer.
FAMILY 4.
24. William'' Styles, [5] (James,^ Francis,^) born Jnly
9, 1775; married Sally Conckliu. Eesided Kingston, N. Y.
Children [from Baptismal Records of Dutch Eeformed Church
at Esopus [Ulster Park) N. Y. — Lawrence Concklin, ivitness on the
Baptismal Register) : *
25. I. Samuel,' born August 17, 1795.
26. IL Lawrence,* born Feb. 18, 1797.
27. III. Harry," born Nov. 27, 1799.
28. IV. Matthew,* born May 12, 1800.
29. V. Anna Maria,' born Aug. 20, 1803.
FAMILY 5.
30. James H.' Styles, [7] (Henry-' James;'' Frauds,^)
born Oct 12, 1789; married (1) Ann Catherine Pottenburgh, May
17, 1813, who was born Sept. 25, 1792, and died Oct. 13, 1830,
at Ehiuebeck, N. Y., aged 38 years, 18 days; (2) Esther Adsit
Canfield, April 13, 1831, who was living in April, 1878, when,
as his widow, she claimed her pension for his services in the
War of 1812. From her application (U. S. Pension Office, Wash-
ington, D. C.) it appears that he was drafted at Ehiuebeck, N. Y.,
* Note.— There was, iu 1S83, a Sherebtah Stiles, liviug at Cohoes, N. V., a graudsou of
this William of Kiugston. N. Y.
654 THE STILES GEN EALO-GY.
ill September, 1814, for 3 mos. in Capt. Titus' Co. in Col. Dela-
mater's reg't; .and discharged at Harlem, N. Y. ; and that, with
the exception of five years at Kingston, and 2 at Albany, he had
since the war resided in Ehinebeck, N. Y., where he died May
2 (or 3), 1863. This is confirmed, as to his services in the War
of 1812, by his certificate (now in possession of Eugene M.
Styles, of Burlington, Vt.) of honorable discharge, from Captain
Obadiah Titus, as having served from Sept. 10 to Nov. 29, 1814,
in bis company.
Mr.s. Esther Adsit (Canfield) Styles died Sept. 12, 1881,
aged 88 years, 4 months, having been born May 13, 1793.
Childrev [by first marriage):
31. I. Christian Elizabeth,'^ born Feb. 21, 1814; married
May 20, 1841, John Helms. Besides, Ehine-
beck, K. Y. Issue :
32. i. John James," (Helms) born June 23, 1842.
33. ii. Geokge Henky.b (Helms) born Sept. 23, 1844.
34. iii. Pbtek.s (Helms) born Oct. 20, 1846.
3.5. iv. Geobge M.,h (Helms) born -June 20, 1848.
Mrs. Christian Elizabeth (Styles) Helms died Jan.
9, 1886, aged 71 years, 10 montlis, 19 days.
36. II. John Pottenbitrgh,' born Jan. 27, 1816. Family 7.
37. III. Ann Catharine,^ born Oct. 21, 1817; died Aug. 13,
1844, aged 26 years, 9 months, 13 days.
38. IV. COENELIA,^ born July 15, 1820; married Aug. 27,
1843, George Marshall, who died Sept. 26,
1874, aged 59 years, 5 mouths. She died Feb.
14, 1868, aged 47 years, 6 months, 29 days.
Resided at Harlem, N. Y. Issue:
39. i. Geoege v., 6 (Marshall) born Feb. 14, 1846; died at
Greeley, Colorado.
41.
V.
42.
VI.
43.
VII.
a.
45.
46.
47.
AH ULSTER COUNTY (N. Y.) FAMILY. R55
40. ii. Catherine Esther,'' (MarsbaU) bora Aug. 27, 1844;
resides at Greeley, Colorado; married Charles L.
Hanna.
Mary,-'^ boru Nov. 28, 1822.
George W.,^ born May 24, 1825. Family 8.
JuLlA.Mjoru May 4, 1832; married Kobert H. Rum-
rell, Nov. 22, 1852; resides at Brooklyn, N. Y.
hsue :
i. Henry Ernest,'' (Eumrell) born Nov. 9, 1853.
ii. Mart Alice,6 (Rumrell) born Dec. 8, 1855.
iii. Emily, 6 (Rumrell) born June 1, 18G0.
iv. Grace Luoretia,'' (Eumrell) born Aug. 13, 1865.
(By second inarriage) :
48. VIII. LucRETiA,^ boru Nov. 5, 1834; married Kobert H.
Snyder, March 30, 1858.
FAMILY 6.
49. William H/ Styles, [9] [Henry ■' James;' Francis,')
boru Sept. 14, 1798; was drafted into military service in the
AVar of 1812-14, aud was several months in camjD on Staten
Island; married , 1819, Elizabeth Low, who was boru
iu Marbletown, Ulster Co., N. Y., Oct. 21, 1797, and who
died Oct. 10, 1890, aged 92 years, 11 mouths, 19 days, at
Kingston, N. Y. He died Nov. 2, 1872, aged 80 years, 1 month,
19 days.
(Jhildren (all but the youngest born at Esopus, N. Y., and all
but two of those now living, residing at Kingston, N'. Y.) — from Eso-
pus Church Records:
50. I. Lavina,^ born Dec. 16, 1819; married Henry Dates,
Kingston, N. Y.
51. II. Ann Amelia,^ born Feb. 3, 1823; married John
Vignes; died June, 1881.
656 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
52. III. KoBEBT Stevens/' born June 2, 1825. Family 9.
53. IV. Henry Ames/ born Aug. 2, 1827; died 1857.
54. V. Andrew L./ born Feb. 13, 1830. Family 10.
55. VI. Elizabeth L./ born twin to Andrew L.; died.
56. VII. Mary Jane/ born July 27, 1831 [Church Bee. says
1852); married Frank Lowe ; died.
57. VIII. James Edward,^ born 1836. Family 11.
FAMILY 7.
58. John Potten burgh' Styles, [36] (James H.,' Hen-
ry,^ James/ Francis,^) born 1815 or 1816; married May 9, 1846,
Christina Myers. He died at Saugerties, N. Y., Dec. 14, 1876.
Children {dates marked * from graveyard at Saugerties):
59. I. James Myer," died Aj^ril 14, 1854, aged 7 years, 2
months, 24 days.*
60. II. James Myer," born Feb. 11, 1855.
61. III. John P./ born Dec. 1, 1856.
62. IV. Elizabeth C.,'' died July 5, 1859, aged 2 years, 8
months, 18 days.*
FAMILY 8.
63. George W/ Styles, [42] (James H.,' Henry;'
James;^ Francis,'^) born May 24, 1825; married June 16, 1847, ■
Augusta C. M. Aubery, who was boru Sept. 16, 1827, in Burling-
ton, Vt. Resided at Burlington.
Children (born in Burlington, Vt.):
64. I. Catherine Almira," born May 10, 1848; died Sept.
21, 1867.
05. II. Eugene Marshall/' born Sept. 8, 1850. Family 12.
AN ULSTER COUNTY (N. Y.) FAMILY. 657
FAMILY 9.
66. Robert Stevens' Styles, [52] ( William H.,' Henry;'
James,' Francis,^) born Juue 2, 1825. Mr. Styles thus succinctly
sketelies his own life history:
"In the mouth of September, 1837, I entered the office of
the Ulster Sentinel, a newspaper edited and owned by William
Culley, as the youngest 'Entered Apprentice,' and continued so,
with some slight deviations, until the political campaign of 1840;
when, the Sentinel being a conservative sheet, it was, for finan-
cial and political reasons, merged into the Kingston Journal,
Whig, which dispensed with my sarvices. I then entered the
office of the Poughkeepsie Journal, owned and edited by Jackson
& Schram, where I was employed some two years, when an alli-
ance was made with the Poughkeepsie Eagle, which again vacated
my 'frame.' Returned to Kingston, N. Y., and entered the em-
ploy of Rodney Chipp, on the Ulster Bepublican, and continued
thus until the Spring of 1844, when I found myself in Freeliold,
N. J., working on the Laws of that State, and a paper published
by one Bernard Conolly. About August 1st of that year, I re- .
signed, and on the 12th, with my brother Henrj', sailed from Sag
Harbor, L. I., on board the ship Thomas Dickason, Capt. William
Lowen, bound on a three years' whaling voyage. In due time
the Cape of Good Hope was doubled, and the Indian Ocean tra-
versed, running not far from New Holland (now Australia), and
thus on until the southern point of New Zealand was sighted, to>
correct chronometers, when the ship headed for the Sandwich
Islands — stopping at Pitcairn Island en route. Town of La-
haiua. Island of Maoi, was our port of rendezvous for supplies.
Passed two summers in the Okotch sea (winters in this latitude)
in the South Pacific. On the 10th day of January, 1847, doubled
Cape Horn, homeward bound. April 12th, anchored in Gard-
ner's Bay, just 32 months from home, bringing 4,000 barrels of
oil and 48,000 lbs. whalebone — full ship. The month of May
found me again in the office of the Ulster Republican, and so con-
658 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
tiniiecl until ray marriage; since then, with little variation, my
home and business has been in Burlington, Vt., for 29 years own-
ing and conducting a bonk and job printing office, disposing of
the same January 1st, last. Eobeet Stevens Styles.
He was married, in Burlington, Vt., May 13, 1849, to Phil-
ura Adaline Hatch.
Children (all horn hi Burlington, Vt.):
67. I. Ella Florence," born July 26, 1850; married (1)
Dr. Randall, of Plattsburgh, K Y.; married (2)
C. R. Callahan, of Newburgh, N. Y.
68. II. George E.," born Dec. 21, 1852. F.\mily 13.
69. III. Emma F.,'' born March 20, 1856; married F. M.
Gould, of Burlington, Vt.
70. IV. William W.,''(M.D.),boru Jan. 11, 1858. Family 14.
FAMILY 10.
71. Andrew L.= Styles, [5A] (Wimam H.,' Henry;'
James,^ Francis,^) born Feb. 13, 1830; married, Jan. 5, 1854, to
Harriet Bonesteel.
Children (all residing, in 1881, in Kingston, V. Y., mid then
unmarried):
Augustus A.," born April 29, 1855.
William D.," born Oct. 5, 1856.
Frank L.,'^ born Dec. 25, 1858.
Crawford R.," born Oct. 15, 1859.
Chester," borQ April 14, 1861.
VI. Ella B.,« born Feb. 10, 1863.
Lottie V.,'' born Dec. 5, 1864.
I
72.
I.
73.
IL
74.
II L
75.
IV.
76.
V.
77.
VI.
78.
VII,
i
AN U LSTER COUNTY (N. r.) FAM ILY. 659
79. VIII. Julia B.," born Nov. 8, 1867.
80. IX. Thedoea C," boru Oct. 12, 1875.
FAMILY 11.
81. James Edward' Styles, 1 57 1 ( muhm //./ Hem-y,^
James,"^ Francis,^ married, June 14, 1860, ;it Alligerville, Ulster
Co., N. Y., Amy (daughter of George and Catherine) Harden,
born April 14, 1840. His business is that of a house-carpenter,
and he now resides at Astoria, N. Y.
Children :
82. I. Joseph Harnden," born March 12, 1861.
83. II. George Harnden," born June 5, 1863; married Jan.
12, 1888, May Coursen; has (1) Jessie May; (2)
Florence. Resides Astoria, N. Y.
84. III. Amy Frances," born May 7, 1866.
85. IV. Catherine Harnden,'' born Oct. 26, 1868; married,
Sept. 9, 1891, Henry Holland. Resides Chicago,
m.
86. V. Clarence Neher," born June 9, 1873.
87. VI. Laura," born April 3, 1875.
88. VIL Lergy," born Oct. 1, 1879.
89. VIII. Edith Florence," born March 26, 1882.
90. Eugene Marshall" Styles, [65] (George fV.,'
James H.* Heiiry,^ James,- Francis,^) born Sept. 8, 1850; married
Hattie Grace (daiighter of Albert O.) Humphrey, Oct. 8, 1885.
Is a druggist (firm of W. H. Zottman & Co.), Burlington, Vt.
Child:
91. I. Humphrey Aubery," born Oct. 15, 1891.
660 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
FAMILY 12.
92: George E/ Styles, 1 68] {Boherf S.,' William H.,'
Henry^'' James^^ Francis,^) born Dec. 24, 1852; married October,
1875, Alice A. (daughter of George M. and Adaline M. Holt)
Duncau, boru Aug. 12, 1856, and died MarcL 7, 1892. He is a
printer; resides (1894) at Bui-lington, Vt.
(Jhildren :
93. I. Alice Daisy,' born May 22, 1876.
94. II. Geace Adaline,' born Sept. 15, 1878.
95. III. George Stanly," born July 26, 1881.
96. lY. EoBEP.T Duncan,' born Oct. 23, 1883.
97. Y. Charles Willis," born Jan. 26, 1885.
FAMILY 14.
98. William W." Styles, M. D., |70| (Rohert S.; Wil-
liam H.* Henrij,^ James^^ Francis,^) graduated M. D. June, 1882,
from Medical Department of the Universitr of Yermout; married
Edith Jane (daugliter of Albert James and Mar_T Friiihie) Hay-
ward, born at Willsborf), N. Y., Aug. 29, 1864. He is a practic-
ing physician at Esses, Yt.
Children:
99. L Blanche Amelia," born Oct. 4, 1885.
100. II. Albert," born March 10, 1893.
The Bermuda Stiles Family.
THE PHILADELPHIA, THE GEORGIA AND VIRGINIA FAMILIES.
This sketch of the Soiifher)i Sfifes families, is hxrgely in-
debted for its interest to Mr. Albert W. Stiles, of Washington,
D. C, and for supplementary' and confirmatory data to J. G.
Bullock, M. D., of Savainmli, Ga.
The Memoriah of Bermvcla, compiled by Lieut. Gen. Sir J.
H. Lefroy, C. B., &c., published in London, 1879, contains a copy
of Eichard Norwood's* Booh of Survey, made in 1662, with
original survey (made by order of the Bermuda Company), from
which it appears that,
John Stiles, (probably born about 1600) was, in 1635, a
first settler in Bermuda, and owned Share No. 13, in Sonthamp-
tou Tribe, or locality; being one of the twelve original Shares
* R. Norwood, Survejor. whose Book of Sitrvey is above referred to, weut to Bermuda iu
1615, and, iu 1642, was 71 years of ag^e. [See Rev. E. D. Neill's English ColonizaiioH of Amer-
ca, 179); so it seems probable that John Stiles may have gone thither at that time, also.
Moore's NisL Tracts, Vol. 3. contaius a list of the Adventurers of the Virginia Company of
London, which, atone time, was concerned with the Bermudas, or Summers Island settle-
ment. As connected with the Virginia Company are mentioned Sir Nath'l Rich, the Harls of
Warwick and Southampton, Thomas Gibbs. Robert Hunt, and Rev. P. Copeland. who were
also connected with the Bermuda Company — i'^^e^ Hist. 0/ the Virginia Co. of London, by E.
D. Neill). In this same work (page ,^00 in the Proceedings of the Va. Co., Sept. 1622, the Earl
of Southampton being Director, it is mentioned that " Calvert has a message from the King."
recommending for appointment as Deputy, among others, '"Mr. Stiles." If this was John
Stiles of Bermuda, it would Utok as though like Copeland and others he first weut to Virginia,
before settling in Bermuda. The first settlers to the Bermudas were couvej'ed thither iu
The Plough, which sailed from Vnglaud in April, 161 r. — A. W. S.
The above paragraph, concerning the Royal recommendation of" Mr. Stiles" as Deputy-
Governor of the Colony, justifies perhaps twhat I have yet seeu no other evidence of) my
friend Dr. Bullock's allusion, in some of his MS. Notes, to " Governor" Stiles. My other col-
laborateur. Mr. A. W. Stiles, offers the following extract from Burke's Hist, of (he Commouers
(iv. 59=i) as possibly referring to this same John: " Klizabeth, daughter of John MoseIe>
(and his wife Lettice Clark, of Farnhaml of Owsden, married yt)//« Stiles, of Hempstoue, in
Suffolk"— (between 1610-1630).— H. R. S,
662 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
granted to Sir Nathaniel Rich.* The adjoining lot, No. 14, was
owned by Mrs. Elizabeth Durham; and the next. No. 15, by
Henry Durham,* whose estate adjoined Eichard Hunt's.* These
lands were near to the Port Royal Church, the records of which
are among the best preserved in the early Colonial Church
records.
Among the MSS. of Ezra Stiles, S. T. D., L.L. D., President
* Extract from a paper written by Copeland Stiles, of Bermuda, dated Oct. 21st. 1789:
"The pedigree of the Hon. John Harvey, President of His Majesty's Counsel at Bermuda
— from the noble house of Rich in England, and lineally descended in the direct female line/
viz : " Sir Nathaniel Rich had a sister named Jane, who married Thomas Grinsdith of Hasel-
mere in Surrey. England."
" Thomas and Jane Grinsdith, the aforesaid sister of Sir Nathaniel Rich, had a daughter
named ' Frances.' who married Mr. Richard Hunt, merchant in Loudon, [who came to Ber-
muda about 1635 and located on one of the shares of land, before mentioned, near Port Royal
Church, which had been granted to Sir Nathaniel Rich and bequeathed to them by his will. —
A. W. S.]
"The said Richard Hunt and Frances his wife had a son Richard and two daughters; Jud-
ith married Henry Durham, and Sarah married Thomas Gibbs. The said Thomas and Sarah
Gibbs had a son and two daughters. The eldest daughter, named Sarah, was married to
Philip Lea; the second, named Deborah, was married to Daniel Stiles."
[Then follows mention of the marriage of Mary, daughter of Philip Lea, to Hon. John
Harvey, etc.— A. W. S.
Copeland Stiles continues:]
** The House of Rich was very potent in Charles the First and Second's times and James
the First. The Earls of Manchester, Warwick, Earl of Sandwith. and Lord Holland of those
periods were all of the name and family of Sir Nathaniel Rich. I was personally acquainted
with Field Marshal Sir Robert Rich. Bart., and in the year 1750 dined with him at his house
in Grosvenor Square, London where his eldest son. General Rich, was also present. He in-
herited his father's title, and vast estates, and died about two years ago." (1777), etc., etc.
" He iGen. Rich) was aid-de-camp to the Duke of Cumberland at the battle of Culloden, in
1745, and lost one of his hands * * * If I remember rightly. Sir Kobert Rich told me in
1750. that Sir Nath'l Rich was his uncle.
" N, B. — John Harvey. Esq.. is the great-great-grandson of Frances Hunt, own niece to Sir
Nath'l Rich, and the said Frances Hunt was the great-great-grandmother of Copeland Stiles,
descending from Judith, her daughter, married to Henry Durham, Esq.
Bermuda, Oct. 21st, 17S9. Copeland Stiles,"
[It is possible that Mr. Copeland Stiles was mistaken as to relationship between Sir N. R.
and Sir Robt R , Lord Rich of Leuze and Chancellor under Henry VIII.
Jane Rich and her brother Sir Nathaniel Rich, were (I think) the grand-children of " Rob-
ert; First Lord Riche of Leeze," and Chancellor under Henn,' VIII.. and Edward VI., whose
wife was Elizabeth, daughter of Wm. Jenkes. grocer of London, hy whom he had a numerous
family. One of his sons became the Second Earl of Warwick, and another, Lord Holland, of
Holland House.— A. W. S.]
The father of Robert, First Lord Rich of Leeze, was a grocer in London. His mother was
a Diugley. (D. 1556).
For biographical sketch and portrait of both Sir Robert and wife, see. ''Portraits of illus-
trious personages of Ihe Court of Henry VIII. ^ engraved in imitation of original drawings by
Hans Holbine. in the collection of His Majesty." Published by John Chamberlin and printed
in 182S by William Bulmer.
History describes Rich as a very successfUilsODut most unprincipled man.
THE BERMUDA STILES FAM/Lr. 663
of Tale College, and still preserved in the Library of that College,
are several relative to the Bermuda Stiles Family. Among these
is inserted a letter from Copeland Stiles, of Bermuda, dated
Newport, June 3, 1768, making an appointment to call upon Rev.
Dr. Stiles, with reference to furnishing him some information con-
cerning the Bermuda Family of Stiles. From accompanying
memoranda taken by the Rev. Dr. Stiles at this interview, to-
gether with another paper written by the same Copelaud Stiles
of Bermuda, in 1789 (Oct. 21) on the subject of the Stiles and
Harvey pedigree (the original of which is in the possession of
Hon. Eugenius Harvey, of Paget, Bermuda — see Xote, page 662),
and from additional memoranda from the Outerbridge Family
Records, and from Edward Stiles' correspondence, we are enabled
to construct this following genealogical sketch:
1- John' Stiles, before referred to, had several children,
of whom was one Daniel.
FAMILY 2.
2- Daniel' Stiles, {Johi,^ the Emigrant) married Deb-
orah (daughter of Thomas and Sarah Durham) Gibbs — a grand-
daughter of Frances Grinsdith, who married Richard Hunt, of
London, and came to Bermuda in 1635. Frances Grinsdith's
mother was Jane (sister of Sir Nathaniel and of Sir Robert)
Rich — see Baronetage of England.
Children:
3. I. Daniel,' married Mary Durham. Family 3.
4. II. Joseph.'
5. in. John.'
6. IV. Edward,^ who possibly was the Edward Stiles re-
ferred to in the following extract from the Gen-
tleman's Magazine, 1760, p. 32: "Account of
Naval Engagement * * * upon oath of
664 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
two of the Mariners on board: Kingston in
Jamaica, Sept. 22. S. S. Hanover.
"Tbe deposition of John McCormick and
Paul Preston, Mariners, who being duly sworn
on the Holy Evangelists, this 6th day, Sept.
1759, liefore me, made oath that on Sunday, the
5th day of August last, the scow Desire, Edward
Steles, master, from and belonging to Philadel-
phia, and bound to Lucca, in Jamaica, was
attacked by a French privateer, and captured;
and the master, mates and several .others killed
after they had surrendered," etc.
7. V. BENJAjynN;- was a member of the Bermuda Assembly,
in 1757; visited Philadelphia, in 1784, in com-
mand of the sloop Polly, owned jointly by him-
self and his nephew, Edward Stiles, of Philadel-
phia.
8. YI. Maey.'
9. VII. Elizabeth.^
FAMILY 3.
10- Daniel" Stiles, [3] {Daniel,^ John,^) was a member
of the House of Assembly, Bermuda, 1723; vestryman and wai--
den of Port Eoyal Church, 1725.
He married his second cousin, Mary Durham, grand-daugh-
ter of Richard and Frances Hunt; her mother Judith Hunt, hav-
ing married Henry Durham — See Note, page 662.
Children :
11. I. Daniel;^ resided in New York City, 1768; probably
the same as he who is named in Old Merchants
of New York, as a merchant in 1751; and an ad-
mitted free.mau of that city.
THE BERMUDA STILES FAMILY. 665
12. II. Kichaed/ boru iu Bermuda, 1722; married Miss
Biitterfield, (daughter of Col. Butterfield, of
Bermuda.)* Family 4.
13. III. Edward,' boru iu Bermuda, about 1715, or '20; mar-
ried. Family 5.
11. IV. John,' married Deborah Harvey, iu Bermuda.*
Family 6.
15. y. CoPEL.iND,' born in Bermuda, 1728; was Comptroller
in Bermuda; also, a Justice of the Peace, 1767.
He died at Turk's Island, but has a tomVistone
iu Port Royal church yard. It is said that he
married a daughter of Rev. Comj^auy Cardeu
and died without issue. " A life-size, three-
quarter portrait of him, in Court dress, and said
to have been painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds,
is in existence; and I have heard that the Har-
vey famih% of Bermuda, have one of his mother,
with Copeland in her arms." — A. W. S. To his
correspondence with Pres. Stiles and the cojiy
of the Stiles arms which he presented to the
President — reference is made in Appendix I.
16. VI. Mary,' married Mr. Dickinson, of Bermuda.*
17. VII. Elizabeth,' married Mr. Qonyers, of Bermuda.*
18. VIII. Susanna,^ married Mr. Salters, of Bermuda.*
19. IX. Deborah,^ married iu London, England, John Gam-
bier, (eldest son of James Gambier, Esq.,
Warden of the Fleet), boru June 15, 1723; was
* John, Mary, Elizabeth. Kichard. Copeland aud Susanna, of this family, are raen-
tioned iu the will (dated Sept. i6, 1793) of their brother Edward, of Philadelphia.
Iu a uiarginal note to his letter to Sir Francis Hawkius Eyles Styles, Bart, (given on
page-s 6-8) President Ezra Stilesnientious this Bermuda family, of whom he says, "all rich and
boru iu Bermuda, where their mother married Mr. Hunt."
666 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
Lieut. -Governor of the Bahama Islands, and,
dying April 5, 1782, was buried at St. Mary-le-
bone, London. Issue, four sons and four daugh-
ters.
Of these sons, the eldest, Samuel Gambler,
was First Commissioner of the Navy, and had
14 children, of whom the eldest was Charles
Samuel Gambier, born at Wateringhuy, County
Kent, England.
The second of John Gambler's four sons
was James (Lord Gambier), born at the Baha-
ma Islands, Oct. 13, 1756; and, in 1872, was
an Admiral of the White in the British Navy.
He married Louisa Matthews, in 1788.
20. X. Frances,^ married Mr. Lightburn, and is mentioned
in the will of her brother Benjamin, of Savan-
nah, Ga.
21. XI. Samuel,^ had one sou, Josejjh; settled near Savan-
nah, Ga.
22. XII. Benjamin,^ uumarried; settled near Savannah, Ga.
FAMILY i.
23. Richard' Stiles, [12J {Daniel-' Daniel;- Johu,'] horn
in Bermuda, 1722; married (daughter of Colonel) But-
te rfield, of Bermuda.*
Children :
24. I. Saeah.'^
25. II. JOHN.'^
26. III. Daniel.^
27. IV. ElCHARD."
* There was a Richard Stiles, merchant, in East and West India goods, located on Front
Street, Philadelphia — who was contemporaneous with Kdward (Farm 5) 1770-5 and whether
he left any descendants is not known — but he is not supposed to have been related to Kdward.
THE BERMUDA STILES FAMILY. (Uw
FAMILY 5.
28. Edward' Stiles, [13| (Daniel-- DaideJ;^ John,-') boru
lit Port Roj'al, in Bermuda, about 1715 or '20; settled in Phila-
delphia, Pa., where, in 1760, he purchased an estate of 195
acres, near the mouth of Frankfort (or Tacony) Creek, (now in
the XXIII. Ward of the city), which he named " Port Royal."
The mansion house, which he erected, is still standing, and is
on State street, between Church and Duncan streets. He had
a city residence in Walnut, between Tliird and Fourth streets
(old No. 70, present Nos. 308 and 310), and he also owned an-
other country seat of about 100 acres, called Green Hill, which
is now in the centre of the city. The mansion has since been
pulled down and was replaced, in 1840, by his grandson Benja-
min Stiles, with the present handsome residence on the corner
of Broad and Poplar street. He was a shipping merchant, his
store and wharf being on Front St. between Market and Arch
streets. It is said that Stephen Girard, the millionaire, was at
one time in Mr. Stiles' emploj'. Edward Stiles was a man of
wealth. Pi-esident Stiles [Geneal. 3ISS.) speaks of him as having
an income of " £4000 a year. Estate £70,000."
During the Revolutionary war, Mr. Edward Stiles was au-
thorized to export a sliip-load of provisions to Bermiida, for the
relief of its people.* He was a memUer of Christ (Prot. Epis.)
Church, of Philadelphia, and — with his two wives and only child
James — is buried in its burial place. He died in Philadelphia,
Feb. 22, 1804, aged near 90, and his only child (James) having
died before him, in 1795, his estate passed to his three grand-
children. John and Elliston Perret, from Bermuda, were his
executors and Samuel Coats was guardian of the minor heirs.
In his last will and testament, dated Sept. 16, 1793 and jiroved
Feb. 27, 1804, he directs that his slaves shall be freed and edu-
cated at his expense; and leaves bequests to his brothers and
sisters and to the Port Roj^al (Bermuda) Church.
* Colonial Records Pennsylvania, X, 414.
668 THE STILES GENEALOGY,
Among his effects iu his house, at his death, were two iron
chests containing $23,000 in money- These cliests were sohl to
the United States Bank; and, after the failure of that institution,
passed into the hands of Stephen Girard, and are now preserved
iu the Girard Bank of Philadelphia. The familj' arms used by
Mr. Edward Stiles are the same as these described in Appendix
II.; tlie lion crest being derived from the PhiVqos farUiily.
He married ( 1 ) iu Bermuda, Mary Murray — (" the family name
of tlie Dunmores" — letter of Capt. Edward Copeland Stiles, of
Loudon, Eng., to A. W. Stiles, of Washington, D. C.)* who died
Oct. 15, 1795;t he married (2) at Christ Church, Philadelphia,
Sept. 18, 1796, Mary ChajDell (widow of Charles) Meredith, whose
tombstone iu Christ Church Epitaphs, p. 360, reads thus, " In
Memory of | Mrs. Mary Stiles | who died, May 31st, 1809 | Aged
75 years <fe uine mouths | Widow of tlie late | Edward Stiles,
Esq., I and formerly the wife of j Mr. Charles Meredith | Mer-
chant of this City."
Child (hij ftrsf marriage):
29. I. James,"' who married (1) Mary W.ird; married (2) .
Family 7.
FAMILY 6.
30. John' Stiles, [H]^ i Daniel,'' Da)ilel,-John,^} married
Deborah Harvey, in Bermuda.
He died prior to 1793.
Children :
31. L JOHN.^
32. II. Frances.^
33. IIL Makt.=
* Letter of Capt. Edward Copeland Stilfes, above quoted, says, " aud your grandfather
[Edward James Stiles] resided with Lord Dunraore until he was nine years of age."
t Colonial Records Pennsylvania^ X. 414.
THE BERMUDA STILES FAMILY. 669
34. lY. Sakah/' married Cornelius Hinson, iu Bermuda;
had issue, amoug whom was Deborah, who mar-
ried Garret Jennings, aud had (1) Sarah Jen-
nings, and (2) Mary Katherine Jennings, who
were living in Paget, Bermuda, a few years since.
FAMILY 7.
35. James' Stiles, [29](Edicard,* Daniel^^ Daniel^^ John,')
married (1) Marj Ward, of Devonshire, Eng., who died iu 1786,
while on a visit to the Island of Bermuda, shortly after giving
birth to a son; he married (2) Miss Murray, daughter of the
Governor-General of the Islaud of Bermuda. He died at
Philadelphia, Pa., Sept. 2, 1795; aud his wife died soon after.
Children (by first marriage):
36. I. Edwaed James,'' born July 25, 1786, iu Bermuda;
married Ann Duncan. Family 8.
(By second marriage):
37. II. Benjamin, married Catheriue Hodgeson, who died
March 20, 1850; he died July 24, 1853; both
buried in Laui-el Hill Cemetery; no issue, but
left a large estate.
38. III. Maegaeetta Lora," married Feb. 12, 1811 [Records
First Presbyterian Church, Carlisle, Pa.), Stephen
(son of Judge) Duncan, of Carlisle, Pa.; died
without issue.
FAMILY 8.
38. Edward James" Stiles, [36] (James,^ Edioard,^
Daniel/' Daniel,- John,^) born iu Bermuda, July 25, 1786; edu-
cated at Dickiuson College, Carlisle, Pa., where he married, Oct.
4, 1808, Ann Duncan ( First Pres. Church Records, Carlisle, Pa.),
born July 12, 1790. Her father, Thomas Duncan, was Judge of
the Supreme Court of Peuusylvauia, 1817-1827, and her mother
670 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
was Martha, daughter of Robert Callender. lu 1840, Mr. Ed-
ward James Stiles removed from Carlisle to Philadelphia, where
his wife died in 1847. He died at his residence, No. 310 Wal-
uut Street (old No.) Aug. 24, 1850; both buried at Laurel Hill
Cemetery.
Gkildren:
39. I. Thomas Duncan," married (1) Sarah Camp; married
(2) Eliza Beatly. Family 9.
40. II. Edward Copeland,' graduated at the U. S. Naval
Academj', as midsliipmau, Dec. 13, 1839; passed
midshipman, Juh' 2, 1845; resigned July ,2,
1845; was U. S. Consul to Austria, (res. Vienna),
1856-60; married Elizabeth Lewis Campbell, of
Philadelphia, (daughter of Charles Lewis
Campbell and Mary Irvine); no issue.
41. III. Margaeetta Love," married Col. William Alston,
(son of Gov. and U. S. Senator Eobt. Y.) Haynes,
of Charleston, S. C; after the Civil War, re-
moved to California, where they reside, near
Santa Barbara; have nine sons, of whom the eld-
est is Edward Stiles (Haynes).
42. IV. Martha Duncan," married Dr. Charles Shower;
died in Philadelphia, July 3, 1862; no issue.
43. V. Benjamin,' born March 15, 1818; married Margaret
Wilson. Family 10.
FAMILY 9.
44. Thomas Duncan' Stiles, M. D., [39] [Ediuard J.,'
James,^ Edtvard,^ Daniel,^ Daniel,^ John,^) born near Carlisle, Pa.;
married, 1845, Sarah J. (daughter of William and Isabel) DeCamp,
who died eight years later, having had 3 children, all of whom
died in infancy; he married (2) in 1856, Eliza (only daughter of
Thomas and Mary) Beatly, formerly of Pennsylvania.
THE BERMUDA STILES FAMILY. 671
He was educated in Carlisle, Pa., and afterwards at Mount
St. Mary's College, near Emmetsburg, Md., during the succes-
sive presidencies of Eev. Drs. Eagan, McGearv and the Et. Eev.
John B. Purcell; then at Col. A. L. Eoumfort's Military School,
at Mt. Airv. near Germantown, Pa. While there, lie was ap-
pointed to a cadetship at the U. S. Military Academy at West
Point, N. Y., where he remained for some years until his resig-
nation. He then studied medicine with Dr. David N. Mahon,
at Carlisle, Pa., attending lectures at the Medical Department
of the University of Pennsylvania, whence he graduated. After
a short residence in Tennessee, he sailed from Wilmington, Del.,
as surgeon on the whale-ship North America, which was wrecked
on the coast of Australia, from whence he sailed in the barque
Raymond, of Hull, Eug., to China; and there engaged in the
opium trade. Eeturning to the U. S. — after visiting his relatives
for only four or five days, he embarked for Buenos Ayres, and
enlisted in its army; but shortly left it for the Monte videau Navy,
but remained only a short time, in consequence |as in the Bra-
zilian army) of not being able to secure his stipulated salary.
He returned home in the sloop-of-war Decatur, under Commander
(afterwards Admiral) Farragut. After a few weeks with his rela-
tives, he started off for the Eocky Mountains, where, for over
a year, he traded among the Indians. Then he settled in the
practice of his profession near the mouth of Eed Eiver, Louis-
iana, but failing health compelled his removal, to Greenville,
Darke Co., Ohio, where he has since resided and practiced.
At the breaking out of the War of the Civil Eebellion, Di.
Stiles promptly volunteered as a private, for three months' ser-
vice; and, at the expiration of that term, he re-enlisted for the
war, and served with honor, until discharged by a special order
from President Lincoln. He has always been a firm and con-
sistent Democrat, courteous to and respected by his political
opponents — and represented his County in the Eepresenta-
tive branch of the Ohio Legislature, in its 60th session.
672 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
Children :
45. I. James Buchaxax,^ clerk Id the Pension Office, Wash-
ington, D. C.
46. II. Axx Duncan.^
FAMILY 10.
^'i- Benjamin' Stiles, [43] (Edward James,^ James,^
Edward,' DanieJ.^^ Daniel," ■John,') graduated at Dickinson College,
Carlisle, Pa., about 1840; studied law; settled at Liberty,
Clay Co., Mo., where he married, 1842, Margaret (daughter of
Dr. James) Wilson. He died, while on a visit to Philadelphia,
Sept. 6, 1848; she died Aug. 21, 1851.
Children :
48. I. Edward James;'' born May 15, 1845; resides (1885)
in Xew Orleans, La.; unmarried.
49. II. Albeet Wdlson;** born Aug. 20, 1846; married Hetty
Irvine. Familt 11.
50. III. Hexkt Copeland;' resides (1885) Chicago, III, un-
married.
FAMILT 11.
ol. Albert Wilson' Stiles, [49] (Benjamin:' Edward
J.,'' James: Edward: Daniel: Daniel: John,') born Aug. 20, 1846;
post-trader at Pembina, Dakota, 1870-78; was Land and Pension
Agent at Washington, D. C; and, since 1884, has been in the
Classified Service of the General Land Office; being at the pres-
ent time (1894) engaged on sjJecial duty in investigating fraudu-
lent land entries. His j'l'esent family residence is at Char-
lottesville, Va. He married, July 6, 1882, Hetty (daughter of
William Callender) Irvine, of Philadelphia, Pa.
Child:
52. I. Albert Edward Irttse,' born in Philadelphia, Pa.,
Oct. 1, 1883.
THE BERMUDA STILES FAMILY. 673
53. II. Esther Irvine,^ born in Pliiladelpliia, Pa., Jan. 18,
1885.
54. III. William Callender Irvine," born at Washington,
D. C, Sept. 12, 1886.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Love Stiles, "widow," "late of Bermuda," died 1620, in
Philadelphia. In her will she bequeaths her entire property to
her daughter Elizabeth.
From Records of Port Royal Church, Bermuda, furnished by
Rev. Frederick Skinner, of Somerset, Bermuda.*
Mohert Hunt Stiles married Miss Frances Wadson, April 2,
18U.
Joseph Evans married Marie Stiles, April 28, 1814
John Ladd married Sarah Stiles, July 22, 1815.
Joseph Stiles married Frances Stiles, Sept. 12, 1816.
Richard Stiles married Sarah Dickinson, May 15, 181 &.
Hannah Grant, daughter of Richard H. W. and Sarah Stiles,
died June 16, 1821.
Worshipful Edward Stiles died June 4, 1857, aged 87 years,
Daniel Stiles died May 23, 1841, aged 47.
May 27, 1841, at Stonehouse, Devon, R. A. Westbrook, Esq.,
of Amwell, Mount Herts, to Hannah Grant, only daughter of
the late Richard Styles, Esq., of Bermuda. — Gentlemen s 3Iag-
azine, 1841. N. S. 16, p. 199.
* Mr. Skinner writes, " I do not think there are any persons of the name of Strifes now
living on the Island. Thelast married Dr. Grant, connected with the Naval Hospital."
674
THE STILES GENEALOGY.
John Stiles [Records in U. S. Pension Office, Washington, D. C):
In December, 1830, of Hay ward Co., N. C; states that he
was born Feb. 1, 1757, and enlisted for one year March, 1776, or
7, in Georgia, with CajJt. Greeu, in the regiment ot Col. Harris,
and afterward commanded by Col. Habersham, and discharged
at Savannah, Ga. He married in Haywood Co., N. G, Feb. 1,
1809, widow Lucy Beasley, by Eev. Charles Stiles — Methodist.
He is re]iorted to have died Oct. 17, 1834, by the widow Lucy,
and by William Stiles, a nephew in Haywood Co. (This must
be an error of one year, as he must have died in 1833, because
no pension was paid after Sept. 4, 1833). In June, 1853, the
widow was living in Jackson Co., N. G, aged 77 years; and in
the fall of 1857, or winter of 1858, removed to Union Co., Ga.
(probably resides in or near Blainsville), to live with her chil-
dren and relatives, and died June 29, 1861. Children surviving,
were Agnes, w^hose age is stated in 1857 as 60 years, who no
doubt married Wra. Patiu; Sarah Quillan and Wm. Beasley —
the first named, perhaps, too old to have been a daughter of
John Stiles, and whether the others were, is unknown. But the
probabilities favor that they were her children by her first mar-
riage— no mention of any children that were John Stiles' born
after his marriage with Lucy Beasley, is made.
The Georgia Branclit^eBerinuda Stiles Family.
FAMILY 1.
1- Capt. Samuel' Stiles. The Hislorical Collections of
Georgia, by Rev. George White, 1854, page 276, Bryan Co., states?
that Capt. Samuel Stiles, with his brother Beujamin Stiles*
[brothers of Edward Stiles of tlie Bermuda Family] came to this
country, about 1764, and settled a plantation in what is now
called Bryan County. Wlien the Revolntiouary War commenced,
although his familj' were iu Bermuda, Mr. Samuel Stiles took
part with the Americans. His services to the United . States
were very valuable.
He was engaged a large portion of his time iu procuring
warlike stores and ammunition for the United States, as well as
for the State of Georgia. Much of the powder (some of that
used at Bunker Hill, it is said) employed by the Americans,
came from Bermuda. Mr. Stiles was present at the siege of
Savannah, where he had a horse shot under him. The Count
D'Estaiog made Mr. Stiles liberal propositions to assist him in
taking some of the West India islands; but unavoidable circum-
stances prevented his acceptance of the offer.
Capt. Stiles was a man of remarkable physical strength, and
of a genial, manly nature. It is related of him, that, on one oc-
casion, after a dinner party, convivial as they were in those days
among gentlemen, he ran a race iu a wager, carrying the then
Governor of the State (Taliaferro) on his shoulders. The Gov-
ernor was a small man, and Capt. Stiles, finding that his compet-
* Beujamiti Stiles left no heir-s.
676
THE STILES GENEALOGY.
itor (who was not carrviug weight and was a much younger man)
was likely to outrun him, \n\l his hand uuder the Governor's
thighs and tossed him headlong over the goal, bruising him
slightly as he rolled on the grass. But it was decided, amid
shouts of laughter and triumph, that as the Governor, part of
the racer, had passed the goal ahead of the competing racer.
Captain Stiles had won the race!
He married Frances Lightburne, sister of Nathaniel Light-
burne, who was in business in New York City, in 1810, with a
partner by the name of Vose.
Children:
2. I. Joseph,- married (1) Catharine Clay; married (2)
Margaret Adams. Family 2.
3. II. Edward,- died when quite j'oung, from sunstroke.
4. III. Jane,'- married her cousin Benjamin Stiles, who
came from some j^art of the North. Issue:
5. i. Benjamin. 3
6. ii. Edwakd.3
7. iii. Samuel. -"^ killed in a duel, at the second fire — having
discharged his shot at the sky after his antagonist
hud deliberately fired at him the first round; and
again, before he fired the second time. He was a
young man of some promise.
8. iv. Jane,'" married (1) Beecroft Penny, of Savannah, Ga.;
married (2) .Judge C. Campbell, Meriwether Co.,
Ga., and is living (1885) a widow in Meriwether Co. ;
no issue
FAMILY 2.
9. Joseph' Stiles, [2] {Capt. Samuel,^) was a rice-planter,
a man of magnificent phj'siqiie, and there are extant four por-
traits of him, one by Stuart (which was in the family of his eld-
est son, Benjamin Edward Stiles) and three copies of that, by
Inman, one of which is now in possession of Robert Stiles, Esq.,
the: GEORGIA BRANCH. G77
of Richmoutl, Y;i., aud another io possession of Mrs. Margaret
V. Stiles, of Savannah, Ga,^
He married (1) Catherine (daughter of Joseph) Clay, of
Savannah, Ga.;t married (2) and quite late in life, Marj^aret
Vernon Adams, of Savannah, Ga.+ There was an interval of 43
years between the births of his oldest and youngest child. His
widow resides (1885) at Savannah, Ga., with his son Samuel Y.
Children (by first marriage):
10. I. Benjamin Edward,"^ married Mary Ann Mackay.
Family 3.
* His son, Dr. Clifford A. Stiles, of Atlanta, Ga., has in his possession a letter written to
him ( Joseph) by his coitsin Jno. Stiles, from Andres Island, Marchsi. 1794; also one from Rose
Lightburne. of New York, dated April 5. iSii.
t Catharine Cloy and her brother Joseph were the children of Colonel Joseph Clay, who
was Payniaster-Geueral of the Southern Department of the American Army during the Rev-
olution, aud a prominent citizen and patriot. His wife was Ann Le Gardiere. Colonel Clay's
father was Ralph Clay. Esq.. of Knglaud, who married Elizabeth, daughter of James Haber-
sham. Beverley, Yorkshire. Eug.. aud who was sif^ter of the Hon. James Habersham, Gov-
ernor of the Province of Georgia. Catharine Clay's brother Joseph, born Aug. 16. 1764. grad-
uated at Princeton College, N. J.; was a lawyer and Judge of the U.*S. District Court for Geor-
gia; he subsequently became a Baptist minister, aud was a most loveable character. The
Rev. Joseph Clay married Mary Savage Cla>', aud theirsou, Thomas Savage Clay was the an-
cestor of the Clays of Savannah, Georgia. See Jones' Biog. Sketches of Members of tht Conti-
nental Congress, p. 2S.
X Nathaniel Adams, Sen,, was a descendant of Richard Adams, from Wales, and married
Anna BoUou. daughter of Robert BoUou and wife. Susanua Mavr^ who was daughter of
Matthew and Jane Maive, French Hugenots, of Switzerland, and who were in Georgia as
early as 1740. Robert Bolton was the first Postmaster in Georgia who had held other
positions in Colonial times He came to Georgia in 1741. and was son of Robert Bolton.
Church Warden of Christ Church. Philadelphia, Pa., and was descended from Jno.
BoUou. Gent., of Blackburn. Yorkshire Eug. Robert Bolton, the Church Warden
above mentioned, married Ann Clay, widow, and daughter of Winlock Curtis and Ann
Bowers, who was daughter of Bauuel Bowers, of England, by his wife. Elizabeth Duusler,
daughter of a niece of Henry Dunster. first President of Harvard College. Winlock Curtis
was brother to Johu Curtis, Chief Justice, of Kent on the Delaware. Fa., a large landed pro-
prietor. Robert Bolton of Georgia was the brother ot I^Iary, wife of Hon. James Habersham,
Colonial Governor of Georgia. The Holtous trace their descent from the ancient earls of Mer-
cia.
Margart't Adams was the daughter of Nathaniel Adams. Jr.. by his wife. Mary Ann Wylly,
daughter of Colonel Richard Wylly. Quarter-Master General of the Continental Hue of South
Carolina during the Revolutionary War. Colonel Richard Wylly, of ancient Irish descent, was
the brother of .-Alexander Wylly, speaker of the Royal Assembly, aud of William Wylly and
of Hester Wylly, who married James Habersham. Jr.. Rebel Fiuaucierof 1776. Colonel Rich-
ard Wylly married Mary Bryan, daughter of Hugh Bryan, who was brother of the noted pa-
triot, and member of the Council of Safety. Jonathan Bryan. Hugh and Jonathan were sons
of Joseph Brjan aud Jane Cochran, early settlers of South Carolina.
678 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
11. II. Joseph Clay,' (D. D., L.L. D.), born Dec. 6, 1795;
married (1) Caroline Peck; (2) Caroline Clifford
Nephew. Family 4.
12. III. Samuel,'' died young.
13. IV. William Henry,'' (Hon.); married Elizabeth Mackay.
Family 5.
14. V. Anna,'' died young.
(By second wife):
15. VI. George Washington,'' born Feb. 18, 1830; was a
planter; at the outbreak of the Civil War, he
'vvas Colonel of the Ist Vol. Reg. of Savannah;
also 1st Lieut, of the S. Vohmteer Guards, a
company formed in 1802. As he could no longer
hold both positions, he resigned the former to
cast his destiny with the latter organization, with
which he had been associated since early youth,
and to 'which he was greatly attached. He dis-
played excellent military ability, and received
from his company a $400 sword, etc. He died
June 14, 1877, unmarried, and is buried in Lau-
rel Grove Cemetery, Savannali, Ga.
Ifi. VII. Samuel Vernon,' born April 14, 1831; marrieil
Caroline M. Rogers. Family (i.
17. VIII. Mary Adams," born ; married Dr. Joseph
Clay Habersham, of Savannah, Ga., for many
years Health Officer of that city, and Brigadier-
Surgeon in the Confederate sei'vice; now dead ;
no issue ; is interred in Laurel Grove Cemetery.*
* Tir. Joseph Clay Habersham was the son of Dr. Joseph Clay Habersham, and his wife.
Ann Wj'lly Adam; son of Major Juo. Habersham; sou of Gov. James Habersham, by his wife
Mary Bolton.
THE GEORGIA BRANCH. 679
18. IX. Clifford Adams,* (M. D.), born Dec. 9, 1836; mar-
ried Anna W. Adams. Family 7.
19. X. Florence V.,-' married Wylly Woodbridge,* of
Siivannali, Ga., a successful commi.ssiou mer-
cliant, now deceased.
FAMILY 3.
20. Benjamin Edward' Stiles, |6| {Joseph;- Capf.
SamutJ,^) born October, 1794; married in 1825, Mary Auue,
(daughter of Robert and Eliza 3IcQiiee)ii), Mackay, of Savan-
nah, Ga.+ She was born in 1802; died 1862. Mr. Benjamin
E. Stiles was a successful commission niercbant in Savannah,
Ga.
Children :
21. I. Joseph,'' born in 1826 ; died in 1851, unmarried.
22. II. John McQueen,* born in 1828 ; died in 1847.
unmarried.
23. III. Eliza Mackay,' born in 1830 ; died in lb33.
24. lY. Katharine Clay,' born in 1832 ; unmarried.
25. Y. William Wallace,' born in 1835 ; died in 1855,
unmarried.
* IVvi/y iroodbridgn w^s, son of William Woodbridge aud Helen Wylly, daughter of Col.
Richard Wylly, by his secoud wife. Mary Corel, nee Brj-au, daughter of Hon. Jonathan
Brj'an. The Woodbridges are descended from Governors Bradford and Dudley, of Massa-
chusetts.
t Kliza McQueen was the daughter of Capt. John McQueen, of South Carolina, who
married -Ann daughter of Archibald and .-Vnu Smith, Archibald Smith came to Georgia as
private secretary to General Oglethorpe, having left his home to avoid being a clergyman—
X-hG second son having followed that profession for seven successive generations. His family,
who resented his coming with " the Adventurer," sent him a ring with the family crest
slightly altered, viz, : a pe» held in the hand instead of a dagger.
X This Robert Mackay was the .«on of Kobert Mackay of the Island of Jamaica isou of
Rev. Robert, of Inverness, Scotland), who married, in 1770, Mary, daughter of Godfrey
Malbone of Newport, R. I.
680 THE STILES GENEALOGY,
26. VI. Ben.jamin Edwaed/ Jr., born in 1835 ; married,
1863, Clelia Peronneau, of South Carolina; he
was killed in battle in Virginia, 1864; no issue.
27. VII. Sidney, born in 1840; married 1862, William
Henry) Elliott, M. D., of Savannah, Ga., a son
of Dr. Ealph Emms Elliott, of South Carolina
(in which State the familj^ first settled in 1702),
by his wife Margaret (daughter of Robert and
Eliza McQueen) Mackay. Issue:
28. i. William Henky' (Elliott), born 1863.
•29, ii. Edwakd Stiles5 (Elliott) ; lawyer, born 1865.
30. iii. Clbila PEEONNEAtJ' (Elliott), born 18C7.
31. iv. Wallace McQuEENii (Elliott), born 1870; died 1872.
32. V. Phebe Heebekt^ (Elliott), born 1872.
33. vi. William Mackay^ (Elliott), born 1873; died 1891.
34. vii. Kathekine Veknon= (Elliott), born Jan., 1881; died
Dec, 1881.
I
FAMILY 4.
35. Rev. Joseph Clay' Stiles, D.D., L.L.D., [7]
{Joseph^- Gapt. Samuel,^ } boru in Savannah, Ga., Dec. 6, 1795;
passed his childhood and youth in his native city and on Green
Island, on the Atlantic coast, the summer home and burial
place of the Stiles family. He graduated at Yale College,
in 1814, under the presidency of Rev. Timothy Dwight,
D.D. The application of his widow, Caroline C. Stiles,
in 1878, being then of Richmond, Va., shows that he
enlisted for the War of 1812, at Savannah, in the Chatham Ar-
tillery, Captain Mackay, in 1814, and was discharged at Savan-
nah in 1815. After this episode, he studied law at Litchfield,
Conn., in the then famous law school of Judge Gould, and, sub-
sequently, in Savannah under Senator Berrien, one of the most
THE GEORGIA BRANCH. 681
thoroughly cliseipliued legal minds of America. He practiced
law a few years in his uative city, with great promise, aud iu
partuership with tlie late distinguished W. W. Gordon, Esq.
A great domestic affliction, iu 1822, was overruled to his
conversion. He possessed an extraordinary emotional nature;
his joys and griefs were intense, and the loss of the beloved
companion of his youth overwhelmed him with inconsolable
grief. In his lonely walks, an old Christian (slave) servant said
to him, " Marster Joe, you is wrong; you can't help yourself;
look to the Lord." This gentle admonition of a humble African,
guided by the Holy Spirit, pierced the sad, proud heart and
pointed to an unknown source of consolation. Christ was
sought aud found. Emerging from darkness and bondage into
marvellous peace and liberty, there immediately arose in his
heart an irrepressible desire to proclaim liis newdy-found
Saviour to lost souls. Therefore, in returning from Court at
Darien, Mcintosh Co., Ga., he paused midway from home, on a
plantation belonging to his father, in Bryan County. Here he
commenced pi-eaching to the negroes, aud such was his anxiety
to tell them of Christ that he undertook the preparation of their
food, while they were at their daily labor, that they might have
more time for hearing the truth. He also visited other planta-
tions, a dangerous liberty iu tliat day. During this sojourn iu
Bryan County the slaves flocked around him with idolatrous
love, and wonderful revivals followed his labors. His fatlier,
greatly disappointed by his son's sudden pause in his brilliant
legal career, wrote him thus : " Joe, if you are determined to
abandon the law for tlie ministry, come home and get ready,
and leave for some theological school, aud prepare for the work."
His improvised flock protested against his departure, and de-
clared liini eminently qualified to preach! But he said to them:
" When your axe is dull, do you not grind it? I must go aud
grind my axe, that I may do better work for the Master." He
accordingly entered Andover Theological Seminary, and re-
mained tliere about two A'ears, when, iu consequence of impaired
682 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
eyesiglit, he retui-ned to Georgia. Here he was licensed to
preach bv the Hopewell (now Augusta) Presbvterv, at Lexing-
ton, Ga., April 3, 182o, and was ordained an evangelist by the
same body, iu August, 1826, at Milledgerille. For three years
he labored as an evangelist, with remarkable power and suc-
cess, giving a new impulse to Presbyterianism in Georgia, re-
viving old churches and organizing new ones — among the latter,
those at Milledgeville and Macon.
In 1829 he removed to Mcintosh Co., Georgia, where,
until 1835, he performed much effective labor at his own
charges in the low country of Georgia and iu Florida — having
also, for a few- mouths, the charge of the First Presbyterian
Church of Sfivannah. The character of this labor and of the
people among whom it was performed, as well as the character
of the man himself, is well illustrated by the following adventure,
related by Dr. Stiles himself. He was travelling to fulfill an en-
gagement on Sunday morning, and reached the banks of a swollen
stream, where there was neither ferry nor bridge. T\ ith charac-
teristic courage, however, after scanning the situation, he
plunged in. When aboiit the middle of the river, his horse lost
foothold, and the sulky was swept away by the current. Leap-
ing into the flood, he cut the horse loose and swam with it to
the opposite shore, where, shivering and wet to the skin, he
mounted without saddle and made for the nearest house, which
was only a mile or so distant. There he stated his mishap and
asked for the loan of a vehicle to continue his journey. But the
farmer eyed him suspiciously, and examining the horse, declared
that it filled the description precisely of one which had recently
been stolen from a neighbor. MoreoA'er, he declared the traveler
his prisoner, and swore that he should go no farther. Mr.
Stiles affirmed, in vain, that he was no thief, but an humble
minister of Christ. The man was immovable, but at length
consented to guard the minister to the meeting-house and ascer-
tain the truth of his story. Arrived at the place, every one
crowded around Mr. Stiles to learn the cause of his detention
THE GEORGIA BRANCH. 683
aud. piti;il)le pliglit. His captor wus abashed hej'oud measure
aud tried to escape nuobserved. But the man of God stopped
him, sayiug, " Now, my friend, I demand that you shall hear me
preach, as compensatiou for ray treatment." He was obliged to
yield, and, that very day, under the moving appeals of the
pseudo horse thief, the honest man was powerfully impressed
aud ultimately converted.
Mr. Stiles was received by the Presbytery of Georgia
(now Savannah) from Hopewell Presbytery, Jan. 4, 1833, and
dismissed to West Lexington, Ky., ou Nf)v. 3, 1835, when he re-
moved to central Kentucky. During his residence of about
nine years in the West, he preaclied a short time in Cincinnati,
Oliio; at Versailles, Harmony aud Midway, Ky. In 1844 he
accepted a call from the Shockoe Hill (now Grace street) Pres-
byterian Church, of Richmond, Va., where he labored for four
years with earnest devotion and marked success. In 1848 he
was called to the pastorate of the Mercer Street Church, New
York City; but, after deeply enshrining himself iu the hearts of
his i^eojile aud of the community generally, he was, after two
years, compelled to resign ou account of ill health. He then
assumed tlie general ageucy of the American Bible Society, and,
during 1850 aud '51, traveled chiefly in the South, receiving the
hearty welcome of all deuomiuations aud unsurpassed contribu-
tions to tlie Society's funds. In 1853 he was called to the
charge of the South Church, New Haven, Conn., and while there,
as well as afterward, he labored most efficiently iu the organiza-
tion of the Southern Aid Society, for the assistance of feeble
Southern churches.
Iu 1859 he was invited by the Synod of Georgia to become
their first evangelist, with the Rev. Wm. M. Cuuningham, D. C,
and iu 1860 the two performed a noble work for the churches
aud people of that State.
Upon the outbreak of the Civil War, in 1861, Dr. Stiles,
although his family was settled at New Haven, Conn., and des-
pite mauy inducements to remain, returned to the South and
684 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
gave himself -nliollY, heart aud soul, to the religious welfare,
aid aud comfort of the Southern soldiers. Although approaeh-
iug three score aud teu, he labored amoug them duriug most of
the war. The first battle witnessed by him, aud in which he
suffered much personal exposure in assisting the surgeons, was
that of Leesburg, in October, 1861. His labors were chiefly in
the command of Stonewall Jackson, with whom he was inti-
mately associated and whom he greatly admired. Xo fatigue,
liardship or immediate peril disheartened him, and his labors
were greatly blessed. A friend saj-s of him at this time: " I
well remember him as he went from camp to camp of our Con-
federate soldiery, the picture of a genuine, serious, God-fearing
man, for whom the ouIt true path was laid down in clear, vivid
light, which he, without question, without waver, followed, and
strove to make others follow." It is said of him that, after one
of the most interesting aud solemn of his sermons to the sol-
diers, General Jackson found him sitting at lunch by the road-
side. Dismounting, he sat down by him, exclaiming, " Oh !
Doctor, I had rather be a preacher than teu thousand generals."
After the war, Dr. Stiles labored as an evangelist in Vir-
ginia, Alabama, Florida, Missouri and Maryland, ceasing only
when physically disabled. His last sermon was preached at
Union, Monroe Co., West Ya., June 28, 1874 He died at
Savannah, Ga., March 27, 1875, in his 80th year, after months
of great prostration and illness. During these last montlis of
his life, in his old home, many of the negroes who had known
him in former years vied with friends aud relatives in acts of
kindness and attention. A few days before his death one of
them, who had formerly lived with some branch of the family,
was sent for to assist in caring for him duriug the night. He
remained some hours, when Dr. Stiles called for him and said,
"You had better go home, now ; you have work to do to-morrow,
and you need some rest." The man hesitated for a moment and
then said, " Mass' Joe, I just want to ask yoa one question, sah,
before I go." "Well, Jim, what is it?" "Is de Lord jDresent
THE GEORGIA BRANCH. 685
wid yoii, sail ?" " Oil, yes — all the time." " Tliauk you, sali ;
I himved, but I wanted to hear you say so once more, sail."
When all was over, six of these men came and requested to be
allowed to remove the body, and attend the hearse to the station,
whence it was to be removed to its last resting-place at Rich-
mond. They wanted none \>\\i loving hands to bear the sacred
burden.
Physically, morally and intellectually, Dr. Stiles was a man
of heroic proportions. In person, he was six feet in height,
perfectly erect, with broad shoulders and deep chest. His
features were of classic mould ; a lofty, expansive forehead,
mouth and eyes peculiarly expressive, wonderfully cajiable of
telling the emotions of joy or sorrow, complacency or indigna-
tion, the serenity or the electric lire of the soul. A voice of
great compass, .pouring forth in silvery notes or thunder-tones,
according to the ruling emotion. His every movement and gesture
presented the iinstudied grace of nature — often arising into
majesty. In his moral nature. Dr. Stiles combined decided
courage, moral and physical, with almost too much of generos-
ity, even to the point of self-abnegation. Cheerful, hopeful,
tender, affectionate and faithful, he was ever studiously watchful
against sins of maliciousness and malice-bearing. His, indeed,
was a broad ami noble nature, drawing its spring of life and
action from an immediate access (by faith and prayer) to God.
He was equally remarkable in his mental organization — a
rare combination of apparent paradoxes; independence with in-
dustry, impetuosity with patience, analysis and synthesis, sim-
plicity with grandeur, compact logic with rhetorical grace, con-
secutive reasoning with a gorgeous imagination. He was an in-
dependent tliinker — not a man of books, but a homo iinius libri,
a man of One Book, mighty in the Scriptures. Not a learned
man, but wonderfully scholarly and polished in style and lan-
guage; not a consecutive, but an intense student in following out
a subject — giving his final results in a clear, full, exhaustive, yet
simple and synthetical form. His definitions were transparent,
686
THE STILES GENEALOGY.
bis positions impregnable, his rlietoric and elocution rich and
fascinating, his imagination glowing, and, at times, terrific. All
these shone forth in his sermons, which were delivered as his
friend Gen. Stonewall Jackson delivered his battles. After
enunciating his propositions, he advanced to their demonstration
with amazing power and grace. His grand ])eriods follow-ed
each otlier like the serried ranks of an armj- moving to battle,
with tlirilliug music and rapid, thundering tread. And as he
rose and kindled with his subject, his irresistible logic and glow-
ing figures, his ready utterance and earnest appeals culminated
in an application absolutely overpowering. It was a cyclone of
eloquence, whose overwhelming breath was terrifying ox en-
trancing, according to the subject presented. His ministry was
pre-eminently that of the evangelist. Judicious and skilful,
discriminating, tender and faithful in dealing with newly awak-
ened souls, he was, above all, remarkable for his earnest piety,
his total self-abnegation and unreserved consecration to Christ.
His greatest efforts (unwritten) have perished with him,
but he has left some monuments of his masterly intellect and
vigorous pen. His first published effort was a great sermon,
prepared and printed during his term of service as the evangel-
ist of the Hopewell Presbytery, on " Predestination." Between
1850 and 1860 he published a work on " Modern Reform,"* in
which he discussed the follies of the day and abolitionism. Sub-
sequently a few tracts, one on the " Abrahamic Covenant," an-
other on " Qniversalism ;"' a " Memorial of Capt. Thomas King,
killed at the Battle of Chickamauga," Sept., 1863; "The
Enquirer instructed and examined ;" and an Appeal to the Confed-
erate States entitled "National Rectitude the only true basis of
National Prosperity." "The Voice of the Fathers,"t was
published in 1861, in opposition to the Republican doctrines
* Modern Reform Examined; or tlie Union of the North and South ou the Subject of Slav-
ery. Philadelphia. 1858: izrao.
\The National Controversy; or the Voice of the Fathers upou the State of the Country.
Xew York, 1861: i2mo.
THE GEORGIA BRANCH. GST
of tlie Governiueut of tLe day — and, thougli tlie time was
then past for the pulilic to listen to arguments, Professor
Dwi^lit made it the text of a lecture to bis class in tbe
Columbia College Law School (New York City), remarking
tliat it was the ablest statement tbat bad been made against
the position taken by the Republican partj'. One of his unpub-
lished eilbrts was a speech before the General Assembly of the
New School Presbyterian Church, held at Detroit, 1850, and
spoken of at the time as " a most magnificent and overwhelm-
ing effort of the intellect."* During the last two years of his
life he spent much time in preparing a book on "The Nature
and Duration of Future Punishment, "t especially in answer to
the yiews of Mr. Constable. While engaged upon this work, a
friend exjDostulated with him ujjon the danger of such exhaust-
ing labor at his advanced age. He replied, with tender earnest-
ness, " This is my alabaster box," and to the end he looked upon
it as his most precious offering to the Church — excepting it
from the request, which he made during his last illness, tliat all
notes of sermons and all remaining copies of his jjrinted works
should be destroyed.
Mr. Stiles received the degree of D.D. from Transylvania
University, in 1846, and that of LL.D. from the University of
Georgia, in 1860.
He was twice mairied; (1) Aug. 14, 1820, to Caroline, +
(daughter of Capt. Gad) Peck, who died at Savannah, Ga., in
the Summer of 1821; he marj-ied (2) at Sunbur}^ Liberty Co.,
Ga., April 2, 1828, Caroline Clifford (daughter of James
and Sarah GigniUiatt) Nephew, of Mcintosh Co., Ga.§ She was
born in 1810; she died in March, 1879, at New Haven, Conn.
* speech on the Slavery Resolutions in General Assembly, pub. New York, 1850, Svo.
f Future Punishment discussed in a Letter to a Friend, (in Proof of Future Punishment),
I>iib. St. I.ouis. Mo., 1868, i2nio.. 60 pp.
t Notice of her death in Columbian Register, of New Haven Conn., date of Sept 27. 1S21,
and Conunlicut Cowaut, of Hartford. Conn., date of Oct. 2. 1821. calls her Caroline; and the
second wife's application for a pension [U. S, Pension Office Records) gives the first wife's
name as "Carj u\"
'i Mr. Nephew was said to have been an ofiBcer in the Revolutionary Army. He came from
Switzerland when a boy. and was of Huguenot descent. His wife was a daughter of Francis
Pelot, and widow of James Gignialliatt. She also was of Swiss Huguenot descent.
fi8S THE STILES GENEALOGY.
Children:
36. I. Catharine Axxa;' married April 14, 1859, Prof.
Hubert A. Newton, of Yale College.*
Issue:
37. i. Clifford,* (:Newton); born Feb. 5, 1860.
38. ii. Josephine Stiles,> (Newton); born Oct. 29, 1864.
39. II. JosEPHiXE Clifford.^
40. Ill, Robert Augustcs^ (Maj. and Esq.); married Lelia
CapertoD. Fajoly 8.
41. lY. Raxdolph Railev/ died at Alleghauy Springs, Ya.,
Aug. 31, 1868.
42. Y. Maky Evelyx,^ died at Richmond, Ya., Jan. 1,
1844.
43. YI. EuGEXE West;' married (1) Caroline D. Amlerson;
(2) Rosabel . F.\mily 9.
* HuBFRT Anson Newton, sou of Wiiliam and Lois Butler Newtou, born in Sher-
burne, X. Y.. March lo. 1S30; prepared for colleg'e in Sherburne, and entered Yale College,
where he graduated, 1S50: spent two years in mathematical studies, and, July. 1S52, was ap-
pointed tutor in Yale College, entering upon his duties Jan. r, 1S53; and having, from the
first, entire charge of the department of mathematics, in consequence of the professor's ill-
ness- In 1S55 he was ele(5led Professor of Mathematics, with permission to spend one year in
Kurope. From 1S56 to the present has been engaged iu the active duties of his professorship.
Has written many scientific articles, mostly for the A mert'can Journal 0/ Science, of which, for
nearU- thirty vears. he has been an associate editor. When the National Academy of
Sciences was constituted by Act of Congress, in 1863. he was one of the fifty members ap-
pointed by that Act. and he is an elected Associate of the Royal .Astronomical Society of
London; and Foreign Member of the Royal Societies of London aud Edinburgh. , In 1&75 he
was Vice-President of Sedlion A., and in 1SS5 was President, of the American Association for
the Advancement of Science; and has been President of the Conneclicut Academy of
Sciences. In 1S6S received the degree of Doclor of Laws from the University of Mich-
igan. His earlier works were in higher geometry, among which may be particularly-
named, his memoirs ou The Construnion of Certain Curves by Points, andone (of joint author-
ship) on Certain Transcendental Curves; his most important work, however, was his studyof
the luminous meteors, particularly those of November 15th. and the relations of the meteors
to the solar system. The value of this labor was recognized by the National Academy of
Sciences by their bestowal upon him of the Lawrence-Smith Gold Medal, the only award of
this medal thus far made by the .Academ\-. He was sometime Uireclorof the Yale University
Observatory, and is still Secretary of its Board of Managers. Resides (1894) in New Haven,
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44. VII. EosA Anderson,' married (1) Richard H. Christian;
married (2) April 14, 1875, William Gaston
Caperton. Resides (1894) Uuion, Monroe Co.,
W. Va. Issne (by second marriage) :
45. i. Cliffokd Randolph ' (Caperton).
46. ii. Rosa' (Caperton).
47. iii. John Gaston' (Caperton).)
FAMILY 5.
48. Hon. and Col. William Henry' Stiles, [1B|
{Joseph^- Capt. Samii,eV), boi'u in Savannah, Ga., 1809; spent his
early life in that city; studied at Yale College, but left
before graduation ; married in 1832; studied law, and, from
1833 to 1836, was Solicitor-General of the Eastern District
of the State of Georgia; jjracticed his profession in Savannah
until 1840, when he was sent by the Government to pay off the
Cherokee Indians in the upper part of the State, who had con-
sented to emigrate to the "West. Being much pleased with the
soil and climate, he at once bought lands and settled on the
banks of the Etowah River, which have since been the home of
his family. Twice (1843-45) he repre.sented his State in the U. S.
Congress; and, several times, from Cass (now Barton) County,
in the Georgia State Legislature. Under the administration of
President Buchanan he represented the United States at the
Court of Austria, and resided at Vienna for four years. On his
return, in 1852, he published a valuable and standard work en-
titled, Austria in. 1849, being a History of the Late Political Move-
ments in Vienna, Milan, Venice and Prague, 2 vols., 8vo., from!
the press of the Harper Brothers, New York City.
At the commencement of the Civil War, he raised a Con-
federate regiment (the 60tli Georgia), of which he became Colonel
and was through the War in service in Hayes' Brigade, Early's
Division, Ewell's 2d Corj)s, Army of Northern Virginia; but his
health failing, he came home to Savannah in 1863, and died there
Dec. 21, 1864.
690 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
In person, Col. Stiles was tall, spare, six feet high, of deli-
cate form, blue eves and feminine features, redeemed, however,
l)y a lofty brow and finely moulded mouth and chin. His m;in-
uer revealed the cultivated gentleman, and, as an orator, he had
few equals in Georgia. He never spoke without elaborate prep-
aration, but so gushing and warm was his delivery that it was
difficult to believe that his efforts were not the outburst of the
moment. His voice rose upon the ear like the blast of a trumpet,
and all the graces of oratory accompanied and gave uncommon
force and emphasis to his well-rounded and often beautiful
periods. As Speaker of the Georgia Legislature, his perfect
impartiality and courteous demeanor lightened the severe
duties of legislation and proved most acceptable to its members.
Col. William H. Stiles married, 1832, Eliza (daughter
of Robert and Elizai Mackay, of Savannah, Ga. — of a Scotch
family who emigrated to America in the latter part of the last
century. She was also a descendant of Capt. Jno. McQueen,
who once served as a special envoy from Washington to the
Marquis Lafayette, during the Revolutionary War. She died at
Etowah, Dec. 21, 1866.
Colonel Stiles' residence was at " Etowah Cliffs," as he
named the lands he purchased and settled upon in 1840.
Stilesboro' is a P. O. village in the neighborhood named after
him.
49. L Mary Coupee,* born Nov. 15, 1832; married, 1854,
Andrew Low, a native of Scotland; she died at
Savannah, 1863, and after that event Mr. Low
removed with his children to Leamington, Eng-
land, where they were residing in 1885. Issue:
30. i. Kathabine Mackat ' (Lowi, born July 9, 1855.
51. ii. Makt'' (Low), born Jan. 25, 1859; married Major
Guthrie, oi the British Army.
52. iii. Welliam Mackay' (Low), born Aug. 3, 1860; married
Daisy (daughter of Col. W. W.. son of Wm. Wash-
THE GEORGIA BRANCH. 691
ington) Gordon; descended from Lieut. Ambrose
Gordon, of Col. William Washington's cavalry regi-
ment, in the Eevolutionary Army.
.53. iv. Jessie"' (Low), born June .5, 1862; married Hugh
Craham; had one child,
54. II. William Henry/ born Oct. 22, 1834; married Eliza
C. Gordon. Family 10.
55. III. Robert Mackay/ boru Nov. 12, 1836; married Mar-
garet Wylly Couper. Family 11.
FAMILY 6.
56. Samuel Vernon'' Stiles, [16] {Joseph,'^ Samuel'),
married Caroline M. Rogers, of Savannah, and of good family,
of Northern origin; was a planter; is now a cotton merchant.
Resides (1885) Savannah, Ga. Mrs. Stiles died .
ChiJd:
57. I. Samuel Wallace^ (M. D.), married Georgia Jacob,
of Atlanta, Ga. Family 12.
FAMILY 7.
58. Clifford Adams' Stiles,M. D., [18J {Joseph ~ Capt.
Samuel '), studied medicine in Europe, as well as in America;
practiced medicine for many years at La Grange, Ga., and ac-
cumulated an extensive practice in Troup and Meriwether
counties, especially in chronic cases. In he removed to
Atlanta, Ga. He married Anna W. (daughter of Nathaniel, Jr.*}
Adams, of Athens, Ga.
Children :
59. I. George,^ married.
60. II. Clifford,^ dead.
* Nathaniel .^danis. Jr., was the sou of Nathaniel Adams aud Mary Ann Wylly, and
married Mary Mildred Flournay. who was daughter of Major Hlonrnay, U. S. A., aud Marv
Mildred Cobb, of the Athens (Ga.) Cobb Family.
692 T^HE STILES GENEALOGY.
61. III. Mary Joe.^
62. lY. Habersham.^
68. Y. Margaret Vernon.^
FAMILY 8.
64. Maj. Robert Augustus' Stiles,* Esq., [40] (Rev.
])r. Joseph C.,' Joseph,- Ca2ji. Samuel^), hovu in Woodford Co.,
Kv., June 27, 1836; graduated at Tale College, 1859, in which
year, also, he took the De Forest Prize for an oration on John
Calvin and his Influence. Upon the outbreak of the Civil War,
entered the Confederate military service as a private in Gen.
Lee's Army; served for two years and left it as a Major of Artil-
lery; was captured at Sailor's Creek, April, 1865, and imprisoned
at Johnson's Island (Sandusky, O.), and at Fort Lafayette (Jsew
York Harbor), and released October, 1865. After the War, he
studied law and settled, January, 1867, in the practice of his
profession in Richmond, Va.
He married June 24, 1874, Leila (daughter of Hon. Allen
T. ) Caperton. Mr. Caperton, who was a Confederate State Sen-
ator fi'om Virginia, and a United States Senator from
West Virginia, died at Washington, D. C, 1876. His
widow, still living (1885) near her old home in Monroe Co., W.
Va., was Miss Henrietta Echols. Senator Caperton was one of
the noblest and most lovable of men, possessing a wonderful
elevation of character and a great influence throughout the
mountains of West Virginia. He graduated from Yale College
iu 1832, and was the first of those who had been Confederate
States Senators to enter the U. S. Senate, after the recon-
struction of the Union.
Mrs. Lelia (Caperton) Stiles died at Eiehmoud, Va., Jan. 6,
1889.
* The imperial middle name was dropped, with other impedimenta, in some tight squeeze
of the War. and has not since been resumed. — letter of Maj. Robert Stzles.
THE GEORGIA BRANCH. 693
Children :
65. I. Leila Caperton,^ born May 15, 1875.
66. II. Joseph Clay,'^ born May 19, 1878.
67. III. Mary Evelyn,^ born Feb. 14, 1886.
FAMILY 9.
68. Eugene West' Stiles, |43J {Rev. Dr. Joseph C.^
Joneph,^ Capf. SamueV), married (1) May 27, 1875, Caroline
Douglas Anderson ; married (2) Rosabel Bowling; resides (1894)
Ellistou, Montgomery Co., Va.
Children (by first marriage):
69. I. Eugenia Douglass.-'
(By second marriage):
70.
I.
William Henry.'^
71.
II.
Clifford Rosabel.'
72.
711
IIL
IV.
Joseph Clay.-' )
I Twins
Homer Randolph.'* \
74.
V.
Anna Newton."
75.
VI.
Herbert Newton."
76.
VII.
Wallace.-"
77.
VIIL
Ellen Virginia.
FAMILY 10.
78. William Henry' Stiles, [541 [Hon. Wm. H.?
Joseph^ SamueV), born Oct. 22, 1834; was a captain in the 60tli
Georgia Regiment, Confederate Army, commanded by his father.
Col. W. H. Stiles. He resided on the homestead portion of his
father's estate, at Etowah Cliff, Ga., which fell to him after the
fi94
THE STILES GENEMOGY.
death of his parents. He married 1857, Eliza Clifford (daughter
of William Washington and Anderson Stiles) Gordon, of Savan-
nah, Ga. He died Dec. 19, 1878.
Children:
79. I. William Henry," born Jan. 8, 1858; married Eliza-
beth Chadwick. Family 13.
80. II. Gulielma Clifford," born Jan. 2, 1860.
81. III. William Gordon,^ born Jan. 11, 1862.
82. IV. Mary Couper,= born Nov. 26, 1863; married
Swann.
83. V. Ethel Gordon,^ born April 30, 1870; died un-
married.
84. VI. George Gordon,' born Sept, 9, 1875.
FAMILY 11.
85. Capt. Robert Mackay' Stiles, [55J {Got. Wm.
Henry, ^ Joseph^^ Capt. Samuel'), hovn Nov. 12, 1836; served during
the Civil War in the Engineer Corps of the Confederate States
Armv, and was promoted to a captaincy.
He married Jan. 5, 1860, Margaret Wylly (daughter of
James Hamilton and Caroline Georgia Wylly) Couper, who was
born near Darieu, Ga., Feb. 22, 18-:i9.*
At his mothers death he received a farm of three or four
hundred acres, being a portion of the paternal estate, " Etowah
Cliff," upon which he built a home which he named " Malbone"
— a family name of the Mackays — his children's great-great-
grandmother having been Mary Malbone, of Newport, K. I.
Capt. Kobert M. Stiles died May 9, 1874, and his widow
and family still reside at Malbone. P. O., Centreville, Ga.
* Descended from James Harailtou Couper, son of John Couper and ■
both of old families of L,iberty Co., Ga.
- Maxwell, his wife.
THE GEORGIA BRANCH. 695
Children :
86. I. Caeoline CoDPER,^born May 7, 1862; married Sept.
16, 1884, William Starrow Lovell, Jr., a cotton
planter on the Mississippi; she possesses a
great talent for painting.
87. II. Hamilton Couper.s born Oct. 20, 1863.
88. III. John Couper,' born Jan. 4, 1865; married Marv
dn Bignon. Issue :
89. i. Katheeine Mackay" (Stiles).
90. IV. Elizabeth Maokay,^ born April 22,1866; married
Alfred (son of James G.) Mills. Has (1)
Charles Ferdinand (Mills).
91. v. Margaret Coupek,'' born Sept. 1, 1867; received
the second prize ($.50) of those offered by Miss
Dora Wheeler, of New York, for the most suc-
cessfully colored copies of the new painting
book 2:)ublished by Messrs. White, Stokes <t
Allen, for Miss Wheeler, in 1883.
92. VI. Catherine Macka\v born April 29, 1870.
93. VII. Isabel Codpee,' born March 7, 1872.
FAMILY 12.
94. Samuel Wallace' Stiles, [57] (Samuel F.,«
JosepJi,' Capt. Samuel '), married Georgia Jacob.
Children:
95. I. Vernon.^
96. II. Agnes.^
FAMILY 13.
97. William Henry' Stiles, Jr., [79] {WilUam Henry,'
WiUiam Henry, ^ Joseph^ Capt. Samuel'), married Elizabeth
Cliadwick.
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THE STILES GENEALOGY.
(Jhildren :
98. I. Hugh.''
99. II. .<■
100. III. .•'
101. lY. WiiJjAM Henuy/
^F^PKMDICKS.
GRANTED TO SIR HUMPHREY STYLE,
1529.
APPENDIX I. (Page 6).
History and Antiquities of the English Family of
Stylles, Stylle and Stiles.
By HENRY R. STILES, A. M., M. D.
[This matter was f uruished, by me, to Tlie Genealogy of the
Massachusetts Utiles Familij, published in 1892, by Mrs. M. vS. P.
Guild, of Lynn, Mass., aud with it, a considerable number of
interesting items relative to the name in England, for which
the reader is referred to that work.]
Although the name of Stile, Style or Stiles appears among
the gentry in several of the eastern and south-eastern counties
of England, from a very early period, yet the principal of these
families, aud the only one of which we have any extended and
connected account, seems to have been seated in the couut}' of
Suifolk, as early at least, as the middle of the 15th century.
Mauy records of its genealogy have been preserved in the Her-
ald's College at London, which have been examined and attested
by the different heralds, at various times, down to the year 1640.
From these records, and from other incontestible evidence,
we have constructed the following:
GENEALOGY OF THE FAMILY OF STYLE, OF SUF-
FOLK AND KENT.
Burke, and those British genealogists aud heralds who have
followed him, have derived this family from
1- William Style, Esq., of Ipswich, Co. Suffolk, who
bad a son John, au Alderman of Loudon, in the time of Henry
VII., etc. (Family 1 in the following Genealogy), and who (they
say) died in 1-500, aud, according to Hasted (Hist. Co. Kent, i.,
542), is buried in Allhallows Church, Barking, London.
700 APPENDIX I.
This view, however, cauuot be harmonized, in our judgment,
with certain facts which were not, f)erhaps, accessible to those
earlier authorities.
In the first place, we find, in the Topographer and Genealo-
gist, edited bv J. Gough Nichols, the late eminent genealogist
and antiquarian (^vol. 2, p. 302, 1853), a summary catalogue of
"Sepulchral Memorials and Remains of Ancient Art existing in
the Parish Churches of Co. Suffolk." No. 4, of this catalogue,
is the inscription on a memorial brass, existing in the Church of
St. Nicholas, in the ancient town of Ipswich, as follows:
In black letter — "Hic Jacet Willi'us Style ac Isabella
QUONDAM rXOE EJUS QUI QUIDAM WiLLl'US OBI.JT UXDECIMO DIE MEN-
SIS, JuLi.j, An"no D'ni Mill" mo cgcclsxv, et dicta Isabella obijt
xvj°, die Febuaeij Anno D'n'i Mill' mo cccc nonages. C'js a' i' e
Requiescat in Pace." Below was a representation of the three
persons of the Trinity and two groups of children. Height of
figures 27^ inches."
This, then, is the memorial of one William Style, who died
the 11th da}' of Julv, 11:75, and of Isabella, his wife, who died
the 16th day of February, 1490.
Again, in G. R. Clarke's History and Description of the Toicn
and Borough of Ipsu-irh, published in 1830 ip. 254), in mention-
ing "the lofty and handsome steeple" of the Parish Chirrch of
St. Peters, he gives the following item, from a " Copy of a Man-
uscript in the library of Samuel Dowsing, of Stratford, written
by his father William Dowsing, and was afterward sold to Mr.
Huse, a bookseller in Exeter Change, London, Sept. 6, 1704."
"A legacy left by the will of Wtlllam Stile, dated 28th
April, 1463. Item, to the making of the Steeple of the Parish
Church of St. Peter. Ipswich, 6s. 8d."
He adds that this .seems to have been the earliest of sev-
eral bequests, made by different individuals, for the same pur-
pose.
Now, this William who "headed the subscription," so to
speak, for the building of the steeple of St. Peter's, may have
been the William who was buried in the Church of St. Nicholas
in 1475; but as this gift was an item in his will dated 1463, and
as people, in all generations, do not generally show any great
alacrity in making their wills much before their time comes so
to do; we prefer to believe that the two Williams were not one
and the same individual.
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Then, to add to the complicatiou, in the same Church of
St. Nichohis in Ipswich, in which William and his wife Isabella
are buried, is another "brass" (No. 3, in the Catalogue before
referred to) representing "A man in a gown; his wife, children,
arms, etc., gone; height 31 inches (probably for William Stiles
and Margery, his wife — Anno 1500)."
Admitting that the antiquarian who examined and cata-
logued these Memorials in the Church of St. Nicholas, had some
good and suificient reason for assigning this brass to "William
Stiles and Margery his wife — Anno 1500," we thus have in
Ipswich,
William Stile, will dated 1463.
William Stile, whose wife was Isabella, and his monument
dated 1475.
William Stile, whose wife was Margery, and to whom is
assigned the date of 1500.
It is quite possible tb.it the first William, was the father
of the secoiid William, and he the father of the last named Wil-
liam.
It is also equally possible that either of these Williams may
have been the father of John Style, the Alderman of Loudon,
etc., simply accredited by Burke and others as the son of Wil-
liam Stile, Esq., of Ipswich.
But which John/' is the next question that arises. For Sir
John the Alderman, the undoubted founder of this line (as far
as positively known) was engaged in some important and delicate
negotiations for his sovereign (as we shall hereafter see) as late
as 1509; consequently, he could scarcely be the same "Sir John
Stile, Kuight, Draper, 1500," whose monument is mentioned by
the veracious Stowe in his Survey of London (1633), as being,
at the time of his writing, among those "in the Parish Church
of Alhallowes Barking, not defaced."*
* In his mention of this Church (so called to distinguish it from others of the
same name, viz.: Allhallowes Bredstrete — i. e., of the Broad St.; Alhallows. the
Great; Allhallowes by the Wall), Stowe speaking of " Tower Street, Allhallowes BnrU-
inij, a Parish Church," says (p. 1.30), " Now, therefore, to begin at the East end of
the Street", on the North side thereof, is the faire Parish Church, called Alhallowes
Barkhuj which standeth in a large, but sometime [i. e , in the jjast time] far larger
Cemetery, or Church-yard," and again (p. 131) under head of " Tower Street Ward"
• ' Monuments in the Parish Church of Allhallowes Barking, not defaced are these :
* * * * Sir lohn Stile, Knight. Draper, 1500,"
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APPENDIX I.
Was this Sir John, then, "Knight and Draper," who was
interred in Allhallows Barkinc;, the son of William, and father
of Sir John the Aleiermau?
Perhaps these questions will never be answered; but ther
are interesting, inasmuch as their solution would allow of our
carrying the line-genealogical two or three generations further
back toward its origin.
Eememberiug. tlien, that the earlier generations of the fam-
ily mail read thus:
1. William,' of Ipswich (will), 1463, father of
'i. William," of Ipswich, and Isabella, his wife, who had
3. William,"' of Ipswich, and Margery, his ^vife, who had
4. Sir John/ of London, who had
5. Sir John,' Alderman of London, etc., the known ancestor of
the Style Family of Suffolk and Kent — we commence with the latter.
FAiHLY 1.
II Sir John'^ Stiles, [5] (Sir John* William,'^ William;^ William,^ )
Alderman of London, who was employed by Henry "\^I., about the
beginning of the 16th century, in several embassies to various Euro-
pean courts. One of these missions was to the Court of Naples, to
negotiate a marriage between King Hem-y and the NeajsoUtan Queen-
Dowager. Of this. Lord Bacon thus speaks in his history of the
reign of that king:
" Therefore he sent in ambassage or message, three confident
persons, Francis Marsin, James Braybrooke, and John Style, upon
two several inquisitions, rather than negociatious; the one touching
the person and condition of the young Queen of Naples: the other
touching all jiarticulars of estate that concerned the fortunes and in-
tentions of Ferdiuaudo." And, in a_ note, lie adds: "The commission-
ers went tirst to Yalentia where the two Queens were, and then to
Segovia, where they ai'rived on the lith July, 1505. "
An entry in a book of accompts of Henry YII. (now in the Brit-
ish Museum [Addiliotial JISS., '21, 480]), gives the date of their de-
parture, and is curious as showing the terms upon which such ser-
vices were recompensed. Among the payments of the 1st and 2d of
May, in the ■20th year of Henry's reign, occurs the following:
" Item to James Braybrooke, going iqjon the King's message for
foiu- months, at os. the day 28/.
" Item to Fraunces Marzen for his costs at 4s. the day in hke-
wise 28/.
" Item for John Style his costs at 4.s. the day 22/. 8.s."
Hasted {HiMor;/ of Kent, i., 542) says he was afterward knighted,
"and was one of the Drapers" Company;'' and "that he j)urchased
THE ENGLISH STILES FAMILY. 703
' Laugley Park,' a seat of eminent account in this (Beekeubaiu) parish,
which was formerly accounted a manor, and in the rei^n of the Con-
queror was part of the vast estate of Odo, Bishojo of Baieux, and Earl
of Kent," and is described in Doomsday Book.
It passed into the hands of the Malmaiues, who held it in the
time of the Coutpieror, but before the end of the reign of Edward
III., passed by sale to Langley, a "family now long extinct." The
last of that name, Ralph, who died in the MOth year of King Henry
VI., willed it to be sold to pay his debts. It was bought by John
Violett, and passed into John Stiles' hands in the begiuuiug of the
reign of Henry VIII.
John^ Stiles, of Langiy, Knt., married Elizabeth, daughter and
co-heiress of Sir Guy "Wolstan, of London, Knt., and had issue;
7. I. Humphrey." FAjniy 2.
8. n. Bridoet,^ married Edmund Kempe, merchant, of Lou-
don; and their daughter, Bridgett,'* married Roljert
Eokewood, Esq., of Stannilields, Suffolk.*
!). m. [Florencia," married Robert Robertson, of Boston,
Eng. — see Chart of Visitation of London, 15G8].
FAMILY 2.
10. Sir Humphrey" Stiles, [7] (Sir John, ^ Sir John,'' Sir -Juhn,*
Wilhavi,^ WilliMn,'- Williant,^ ) of Langley, Keut,was one of the Esquires-
of-the-body to King Heury YIII., and sheriff of the county of Kent,
in the 35th j-ear of that monarch's reign (15-4-4), being No. 243 of
those who held that office in the county.f " He, with others, pro-
cured an Act of Parliament, iu the 2nd or 3rd year of King Edward
the lY. (1463 or '64), for disgavelling his lands in the Couutj- of
Kent.J His services are best expressed in the following coj)y of a
* Edmund Kempe, o£ London (son of Sir Thomas Kempe, K. B., of Ollantigh,
ob. 1520), miu'vied and had sons, James and Humphrey. One of bis sisters married
Humphry Style, and had Edmund, (Berry's Ped. Fain. Co. Kent, p. 486).
"Pedigree & charters of the Family of Rookwood, from an emblazoned MS.
belonging to Robert Gage Eookwood, Esq., of Coldham Hall in Stanningfield, Suf-
folk, compiled by a member of the family in 1619."
"Bridget daughter of John Stile of London, married Edmund Kempe, of Lon-
don, merchant — issue Bridget Kempe, married 2, Edw. b. uxor 647. la Rob'tus
Rokewod de Stanningfielde." (Colleclanea Tapoi/rnphica et (Jeneatoriica, 8 vols.,
London, 1834-43. Vol. ii., p. 142).
t John Harris' Hist, of Cu. Kent. Mdccxix., fol. p. 56.
J Persons who procured their possessions to be altered from the nature of
Gavelkinde, by Acts of Parliament, made 31. H. 8. cap. * * *
The names of such as be likewise provided for, 2. & 3. E. 6. * * *
SiE Humphrey Style.
Lambarde's Perambulations of Kent, pp. 531-2. For definition of Gavelkind,
see Id., p. 478.
To disr/avel was, according to Webster, " to dejirive of that principal quality of
gavel-kind tenure, by which lands descend equally among all the sons of the tenant."
i
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APPENDIX I.
paper io the collection of Peter Le Neve, Esq., Xorroy King of Arms:
'About eleven or twelve years since, the late King, for and in con-
sideration of the long and faithful service done by Sii- Humphrey
Style, Knt., and Bart., both to his father and himself, and in recom-
pense of his great exjjense therein, as also for his services in the
Protestant War.s in France, granted unto the said Humphrey Style,
by Letters Patent under the then Broad Seal of England, all in-
croachments made within and upon his Palace of Westminster, re-
serving to himself and successors a clear foiu'th -pari of all the jirofits
that should accrue thereby.'
" Sir Humphrey Style, iu pursuance of this gi-ant, and the better
to discover how much was incroached upon the said palace, procured
a Jury of ^Middlesex to be impannelled, by whom the bounds and
limits of the said jialace, were by their verdict, upon the testimony
of witnesses then sworn and examined, found and discovered; and
an exact and jjerfect map thereof was drawn; which is now in the
custody of the said Humjjhrey Style. After the verdict of the said
Jury, Sir Humphrey Style proceeded by Law in the Exchecpier
against some of the incroaehers, where, after a long suit and much
charge, at a full hearing he obtained the judgment of the court
against the said incroaehers; whereupon the late King gi-anted a
commission under his broad seal, to divers Lords, giving them jjower
to compound, at reasonalile rates, with such persons as had so in-
croached, u2)on his said palace."
"Sir Humphrey Style humbly desu'es your opinion, whether it
be necessary for him to present this his case to the judgement of the
Parliament, the fourth part reserved by the King now accruing and
belonging to them, ■without whose approbation and direction he will
not do anything."
" AVhose opinion it was that is here asked, is not mentioned by
Mr. Le Xeve, or any further account given of this affair."*
Sir Humphrey Style ijrocured a grant from Sir Thomas W'rioth-
esley, Grarter, Principal King-at-Anns, which recites that " not being
willing to bear arms in j)rejudice to other branches of his family, he
had petitioned for a coat with a proper difference," which the said
King-at-Ai-ms gi-anted, March 28, 1529, under his hand and seal as
follows, viz.: "Sable, a fe^ae ingraikd between three tteur-de-lis, with a
border, or; the /esse fretted of the field," to him and to his posterity."f
* The Baronetage of England, by E. Kimber and E. Johnson. 3 vols. London,
mdcclxxi , 267.
f In BeiTv's Pedigrees of Fbmilies in Comity Kent (p. 412 1:
Accompanying a chart of some of the descendants of Wiluam Sttle, of
Ipswich, Co. Suffolk, is a coat-of-arms, and description as follows:
Arms. — Sa. a fesse, betw. three fleurs-de-lis. within a bordure, or, the fessee
fretted of the field.
11.
I.
12.
II.
13.
m.
(Ihi }w
11.
IV.
15.
V.
16.
VI.
TH£ ENGLISH STILES FAMILY. 705
Sir Humiihrey Stj-le died April 9, 1.557,* aud was buried iu Beek-
euliam Cbiircli, having beau twice married; (1) to Bridget, daughter
of Sir Thomas Baldrey, Knt. aud Mayor of Loudon; (2) to Elizabeth,
daughter of George Peneut, of Co. Hertford.f She survived him and
afterward married Christoijher Mead, Esq.|
Sir Humphrey^ had issue, by his first wife,** who died 1548:
Edmund,' b. Mch. 27, 1538. F.^mily 3.
Oliver," b, 1512. Family 4.
Nicholas." Family 5.
ttecond wife):
John ,^ died .'. />.
Mary,' who married Christopher Mead, of Co. Warwick.
[Edward," who d. in infancy. See Chart of Visitation of
London, 15G8J.
FAMILY 3.
17. Edmund* Style, [11] {Sir Humphrey,'' Sir John,^ Sir John,*
William,^ William,'- tViUiam,' ) of Langley, Esq., was, I am inclined
to believe, the "Master Edraoud Stile, Grocer, and Sheriiife of Lon-
don," who, as Stowe narrates, in his cha2)ter,f'j' entitled " Honour
of Citizens aud worthinesse of both men and women iu the same"
[City of London], "gave to be distributed among the said Hospitals
iu Loudou [probably Christs and Bridewell] the summe of threescore
• pounds."!! If so, he was of the houoralile Company of Grocers of the
City and the same "Alderman" Stile, who with (Richard) Lambert
(jirobablj- his business partner), is noted in the following extracts
from Stowe:
Book n, page 40: "Alderman Stiles, and Alderman Lambert," 20.s.
per annum, to the Poor of St. Olave's, Hart Street, " payable by the
Grocer's [Company] once in fourteen years."
Book II, page 81:
Orest. — \ wolf's head, coiiped, sa. collared or.
Granted to Sir Humphrey Style S.Sth March, 1.529, by Sir Thos. Wriothcsley,
<iarter, the fesse being engrailed.
QiKiiierhK/s in VisilnHon, 1619.
1. Ar. a wolf stiitant, sa.
2. Ar. three square banners flowing to the sinister, each quarterly, sa. and
* * * from the ends and staves, fleurs-de-lis, issuant.
•3. Ar. on a chev. sa. betw. three bucks' heads, erased, az. as many billets or.
* Hasted's Kent, i., 542-540.
t .■\.ce. Berry's Peiliiirees of Ilertfiirdsliii-e Familiex, p. 200, "dau. of Geo. Pery-
ent, living 21 Henry Vltl., and Agnes, his wife."
% Burke's Extinct and Donnnnt Baronetcies.
** Hasted's Kent, i., 542.
tt Strype's ,S/nwe's Suruei/ of London, 1G33, fol., Book I, p. 268.
a stowe, p. 98.
8. I.
9. II.
0. in.
706 UPPENDIX I.
1630. Alderman Sliles, ^ (
r eveiy fourteenth year -| 01.00.00.
Mr. Lambert, ) " (
In the Parish of St. Katharine, Coleman, Ealdgate Ward.
Book n, page 1G8. 1(525. Alderman Lamherl and Stiles, to be
paid to the Churchwardens, once in 16 years for the use of the Poor,
01.00.00. in Parish of St. Butolph, BilUngsgate Ward, St. Mary Hill.
Book m, page 32. 1612. Lambert and Stile gave every 16 years
to the Poor, Chureh of St. IVIildreds in the Poultry, Cheejse Ward,
00.10.00.
Mr. Edmund Stile had a seat and was Justice of the Peace at
Langley,* but seems to have died in Loudon.
Edmund" Stile married Mary, daughter of JohnBerney of Eeed-
ham, Co. Norfolk, Esq., and had issue:
William.** Famly 6.
Edmfnd.' Family '7.
[Anna,' who married Geo. Franklyn, of Co. Bedford;
and Makgauet, who married Geo. Needham, Co.
Hertford. See Chai't Vkilalion of Londoit, 1568].
FAMILY 4.
21. Oliver" Style, [12] {Sir Hnmplirey,'^ Sir John,^ Sir John,*
William,'^ William,'' William,'') having been High Sheriff of Loudon,
jjurchased the Manor of Wateriugbury.f in Kent, and retired to his
mansion there, called Wateringbury Place, where he died 4 March,
1622. He built the south chancel or aisle of the Beckenham Church,
where he is buried, as described in Hasted'^ Hist, of Co. A'e?!?.J
* From Lambarde's Perambulation of Kent, pub. 1576, p. 22. Among " Names
of Justices of Peace and their Dwelling Parishes." 17th February, 1596:
Edm. Stvle, in Beknam. (According to note, p. 26, "not resident in the
Shyre.")
t Wateringbury, Co. Kent, called in Doomesday Book, "Otringebeye," is a
parish in the hundred of Troyford, lathe of Aylesford. and formerly was a market
town. In the vicinity are several gentleman's seats. The living isa dis. vicarage in
the archdeaconry and diocese of Rochester; church dedicated to St. John the Baptist;
patrons the dean and chapter of Rochester. See, also, Hasted's A"en(, pp. 115. 116.
J "The Church, which stands on a rising gi'ound, a little to the eastward of
the village of Beckenham, is dedicated to St. George, and may be conjectured to
have been built about the reign of King Edward III., from its being dedicated to
that saint; few of our churches being dedicated to him before that reign. In this
church are many coats of arms carved, and painted hatchments, and pennons,
belonging to the family of Style of Langley. It anciently consisted of one aisle,
till it was increased by the addition of a large chapel or aisle on each side, both
which were built by Oliver Style of Langley, Esq. Under the south aisle he built
a vault for the sole use of Langley-house and the family there, though he himself
was bui-ied at Wateringbury. It isa neat building, having a handsome spire steeple
at the west end of it, covered with shingles, in which is a ring of five tunable bells."
After mentioning its " many handsome monuments and memorials," Hasted
says: "On the north wall are several brass-plates of arms, and the effigies of a
THE ENGLISH STILES FAMILY. 707
He was twee married, (1) to Susan (or Susanna), daughter of
John Bull of London, Esq. ; (2) to Juliana, daughter of Charles Barnes
of London, and widow of Sir Thos. Cutter, Knt. Issue (all liy his
first wife):
"X^^' a - died durinff their father's life-time.
Olitek,' J °
(Sir-) Thomas. s Familt 8.
IV. Elizabeth,' )
SusAJs,'' vdied during their father's life time.
22.
I.
23.
n.
24
ni.
25.
IV.
26.
V.
27.
VI.
Margabet,*
FAIVULY 5.
28. Sir Nicholas' Style, [13] (.SVr Humphrey,' Sir Juhn,^
Sir John,* William,^ William^- William,' ) was an alderman of the city
of London, and was knighted in the fifth year of King James I., IGOT,
at which time he was .sheriff of London. He was a prominent mem-
ber, in his day, of the Ancient Company of Grocers, which, according
to Stowe, was one of "the Twelve Honorable Companies of this
ancient and Famous City; out of which the Lord Maior is to be
chosen yearly, because those of inferior raucke are not capable of
such dignity.'* He was, also, the benefactor of several charities in
London, thus stated by Stowe iu his Survey of London:
man, two women and eleven chiliiren (viz.: 9 tothetiist, and 2 to the second), and
an mscription to Sir Humphrey Style and Dame Bridget his tirst wife, daughter of
Sii" Thomas Bauldy, sometime Mayor of London; he left surviving, his second wife,
Elizabeth, daughter of George Pervn, Esq. He died in 1557, and the said Bridget
in 1548."
"In the soulh chancel, on the west wall, a monument and inscription, showing,
that in a vault near it is buried William Style of Langley, Esq.. Coimsellor-at-Law,
and of the Inner Temple, abt. 1G79, se. 80. A monument near the former, showing
that in the same vault, appropriated to that family, lies Humphrey Style, owner of
Langley in this parish. Knight and Baronet of England and Ireland, abt. 16.59, ;e.
64. Another for Thomas Style, LL.D., about 1677. On the south wall a monu-
ment for Oliver Stj-le of London, Esq., sometime Sheriff thereof, second son of
Sir Humphi'ey .Style of Langley, who lived at Wateringbui'y, at his proper costs
and charges built this aisle, and the vault therein, for the sole use of the Lang-
ley-house and famih'. On the walls of this aisle are several coats of iirms of the
Style family, their matches and quarterings. as there are on the west wall of the
north aisle; on the north wall of which is an inscription for Oliver Style of Lon-
don, Esq." Hasted's IDsf. Co. Km/, 1798, i., p. 546.
In describing Beekenham Parish and Church, Hasted, in the Hlsiury of Kent,
i., 542-547, says: "Edmund Style and Nicholas Style, esquires, and Sir Hum-
phi'ed Style, l)art., in 1694, gave 6U/. ; for two sermons to be preached yearly, 13.v.,
id. each; the residue for bread to be distributed weekly to the poor, which money
was afterward laid out in land, vested in trustees, and of the annual produce of 5/.,
15s" Also, " Style of L , gave to this parish, lands in it of the annual
produce of 21."
* These "Twelve Honorable Companies" were those of the Mercers, the
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APPENDIX I.
"Nicholas Stile, Grocer, and Alderman of London, gave unto
Christ's Hospitall, five pounds; to St. Bartholomew's Hospitall, 10
pound, and to St. Thomas, three jiound. Moreover he gave to poor
maimed Sea-faring Souldiersin St. Bartholomew's Hospitall ten jjonnd
if no house were erected in or about Loudon, for the harbor and
relief of such maimed Souldiers and Saylors."*
Stowe also mentions (Bk. V, j). 57) "Gifts and Charities
entrusted with the Worshipfull Comjjany of Grocers of London —
Benefactor's name, Nicholas Stiles."f
Sir Nicholas married Gertrude, daughter
London, ironmonger; and died Nov. 16, 1615.
Church of St. Margaret, Walbrook, Coleman Street Ward,J London,
his monumental inscription being thus given by the historian Stowe:
" Here resteth in hojje of a joyfuU resurrection, the body of
Nicholas Style, late Alderman of London, who was, boriie at Laugley,
in the Parish of j Beckingham in the County of Kent; the Sou | of
Humfrey Stile, Knight, and of Dame Bridget | his wife. He mar-
ried Gertrude, the daughter of Thomas | Bright of London. Iron-
monger. I with whom he lived most lovingly and | faithfully the space
of forty years and j by her had three Sonnes and foure dan- | ghters;**
of Thomas Bright of
He was buried in the
Grrocers, the Drapers, the Fishmongers, the Goldsmiths, the Skinners, the Mer-
chant Tailors, the Haberdashers, the Salters, the Ironmongers, the Vinters, the
Clothworkers.
The Company of Grrocers, in olden time called Pepperers, was first incor-
porated by the name of Grocers, in the 20th year of Edward III., A. D. 1345; and
their arms are the most ancient of any of the twelve Companies, except those of
the Skinners (Stow's Survey of London, 1633).
The arms antient, and supporters {,'ranted by Thomas Benote Clarencieux, in
the time of King Henry the Eighth, Helme and Crest, by William Harvey Clar-
encieux, Anno Dom. 1.562 (Stoiif).
* Chapter entitled "Honour of Citizens and Worthinesse of both Men and
Women in the City of London," p. 105.
f In B. B. Orridge's " Some Account of the Citizens of London and their riders from
1060 to 1867," London, 1867, is given on page 233 (from a calendar of the Mayors
and Sheriffs from 1189 to 1867, compiled from Strype, Stow and the Corporation
Archives), the following: "1607, Sir Henry Rowe, Mercer (Mayor); Jeffrey Elwes,
Merchant Tailor; Nicholas Style, Grocer (Sheriffs),"
J " Upon the Water-course of Walbrooke have yee a proper Parish Church,
called S. Margaret which seemeth to be newly re-edified, and builded about the
year 1440," p. 202 {Sloic).
** Of these children, who died during their father's life-time, were probably
these three, whose epitaph is thus preserved by Stowe in his Survey of London:
(P. 244. ) "Then downe lower in the street called Wulbroke, is one other faire
church of S. Stephen, lately builded on the east side thereof; for the old church
stood on the west side. * " * This chin-ch was finished in the yere 1430."
(P. 246.) " A faire gi-ave-stone in the north cloyster."
" Example by John. May, | and Oliver Stile, | Who under this stone | lye buried
in the dust, ] And putteth you in memory | that die all must. | John Stile borne in
An. 1582, I the 22 of May, '| Dyed in An.' 1583. | of lune the 25 day | Also the 5 of
October, 1583. | Mary Stile borne was | The 5 of August, 1585. | out of this life
THE ENGLISH STILES FAMILY. 709
of whom remained liviug at his | decease, one Sonne, Humfrey, and
one I daug-hter, Mary. He dved the Sixteenth | day of November.
An. Dom. 1G1.5."
Of his widow, we have the following memorial in a " descrij)tion
of Monumental Inscriptions," etc., in the Church at Westerham, Kent,
contained in the Gentleman's Magazine for 1807, jjt. II, j). 1104, viz. :
"On the front of the Gallery at the west end of the Nave are four
tables, containing the following account of Benefactions * * *
Third Table * * * Gertrude Style of West™* gave 20 pound to
secure 20 shillings pr. annum, forever, to be equally distributed to
20 poor householders on Good Friday, a° 1635."
Sir Nicholas left issue :
29. I. HuMPHEET,^ of Westerham.
30. IL Mary;^ married Simon Lawrence of London; merchant.
31. 32. HI, IV. 2 other sons. ( See Monumental Inscrii^-
33-35. V, Yl, VII. 3 other daughters. )" tion— Note,+ -p. 708-9.
FAiHLY 6.
36. William'' Style, [18] (Echnund,' Sir Humphre;/,' Sir John,'
Sir John,* William-' William,- William,^ ) of Langley, Kent, Eng.,
was twice married; (1) to .Inne, daughter of John Eversfield of Denn,
in Sussex, Esq. ; (2) to Mary, daughter of Sir Robert Clarke, Knt.,
one of the Barons of the Exchequer.
William Style, Esq. had issue by his 1st wife:
37. I. Humphrey' (Sir). F.uiily 9.
He had issue by his 2d wife:
Axxe;'' mari-ied Sir- Nicholas Miller of Osenheath, Knt.
WiLLUM,' (Esq). F.uni,Y 10.
George;' became a Gentleman Commoner at Brazen
Nose College, Oxford, 1618. " Ob. at Rotterdam and
hes buried in the English Church there." — Vigii.
Lond., 1568.
41- V. Richard.'-' born June 28, 1603; was a scholar at St.
John's College, Cambridge, and died there, 1625.
12. \'X Robert.' "Trained up at the Sugar House in London;
ob. at his house in Claveriug Hall, in Wingfield Co.,
Suffolk; .V. p." — Visit of Ijond. He married (1) Griso-
gan, daughter of Sir KeneHn Joyner, Bart., widow of
did passe. | Oliver Style the 25 of February, 1584. | This mortall life begun. | XnA
ended the same the 0 of .August, 1585, | his course then being run. | Thus you
may see. | that as you are, so were we. | And as we now be, | even so shall ye. I
Yet none can tell [ the hower, nor whan | That gift was never [ given to man; |
Therefore while you | have time and space, | Pray unto God | for mercy and
grace.
* AVesterham. Co. Kent, is in the diocese of Rochester.
38.
n.
39.
in
40.
rv.
710
APPENDIX I.
Sir John Prescott, of Hoxam Co., Suffolk; married
(2) Martha, daughter of Style, of Westerham,
bis cousin.
4;i VII. Edmund/ "born 1G07, died a bachelor; factor for the
East India Co."
44. VIII. Michael,' born May 27, 1608; "married a Hatchett, of
London, sole daughter and heir; went to the Barba-
does (and is dead, ut puto)." — Visiial. of London, 1568.
45. IX. Thom.\s,'' LL.D.,* "born July 10, 1610; ob. bachelor, 1677.
46. X. Francis," a silkman, of London; married a daughter of
a citizen of Loudon; died s. p. and is buried at St.
Andrews, Holborn." — Viaiiat. of Lond., 1568.
47. XI. Mary," died unmarried.
48. XII. Elizabeth," born Jan. 26, 1613 ; married Nicholas
Fowle, of Rotherfield, Co. Essex, Esq.
49. XIII. Mary."
[The Pedigree, or Chart of Visitation of London, 1568,
(taken by Robert Cooke, Clarenceaux King at Arms. —
Sec. Pub. Harleian Soc, Vol. I., pp. 84, 85), giyes to
William, (Sen.), also, by his first wife Anne, daughters
Brigida and Mary; and by second wife Mary, sons John
and Edmund, all of whom died infants. Also, Dorothy,
who died unmarried, and Margaret (j^robably same as
Mary, No. 49") who married Thos. Carter, of London,
Mcht.
FAMILY 7.
50. Edmund' Style, [19] {Edmund,'' Sir Humphrey,'^ Sir John,^
Sir John,^ William,^ William^ William;^ ) married Catharine, daughter
of John Scot of Holden, Co. Kent. Issue:
51. I. John."
52. n. Mary."
FAMILY 8.
58. Sir Thomas' Style, [24] {Oliver,'' Sir Humphrey,^ Sir John,'
Sir John,'' William;' William'^ William,^ ) of Wateringbury, Esq.,
was created a baronet, Apr. 21, 1627. f He was sheriff of Kent in
that year, being No. 217 in the series of sheriffs of that county.J
He died Oct. 18, 1637, in the 3rd year of Charles L Sir Thomas
* Wood's AthencE Oxonienses, vol. 2, fol. 165 of Fasti. "An. Dom. 1666, 18
Car. n. Doct. of Law. July 6. Thorn. Style of Ch. Ch."
t But though this branch was elder to those of Wateringbury, yet these last
were the senior baronets, being created April 21, 1627, Anno 3 Chas. I. — Hasted's
History Co. Kent, i. 542.
J Forleig's Hist, of Weald of Kent.
THE ENGLISH STITES FAMILY. 711
Style married Elizabeth, only daughter and heiress of Robert Foulkes
of Monntnessing, Co. Essex, Esq.* Lady Elizabeth Style died May
•20,1660. Issue:
54. I. (Sir) Thomas.' Family 11.
55. n. Elizabeth;" married John Monins, Esq., son of Sir Ed-
ward Monins of "Waldershare, Co. Kent, Bart.
56. m. SnsAN ;" married Sir John Eeadef of Brocket Hall, Co.
Hertford, Bart.
57. IV. Anne;'' married Sir John Buck of Hamby Grange, Lin-
colnshire, Bart.
FAMILY 9.
59. Sir Humphrey' Style, [37] {William" Edmund,' Sir
Humphrey,'' Sir John,^ Sir John,* Williav^,^ William,- JVilliam,^ ) of
Langley, Knt. ; was gentleman of the Privy Chamber to King
James I., and Cujo-bearer to King Charles I., by whom he was
made Colonel of all the trained-band horse of the County of Kent.
He was created a baron May 20, 1G27,J and died Nov. 10, 1659, and
was buried in the vault of Beckenham Church.
He man'ied f 1) Elizabeth, daughter and heiress of Sir Robert Per-
shall of Lincoln's Inn, and widow of Sir Robert Bosvil, Knt., of
Eyresford. He married (2) a daughter of Wright, Bishoji of Cov-
entry and Litchfikl, by whom (according to Vii<itttt. of London, 15G8\
he had a son Charles, who died in infancy; and, leaving no issue his
title became extinct, and he was succeeded in the estate by his half-
brother AVilliam.'"
* Mountneasing acquired its name from the Norman family of Mounteney,
who obtained posession of this lordship in the reign of King Stephen, and retained
it till the reign of Henry YIII. — Suckley's Essex', p. 36.
Fowkes Manor, Mereworth parish, belonged to the abbey of St. Mary Grace,
near the Tower, London, and after the dissolution in the reign of King Henry VIII,
passed through several owners till the reign of King James I, when it was alienated
to Oliver Style, Esq., in whose descendants it has continued till this time (17S8|,
the present inheritance of it being vested in Sir Charles Style, bart, of Watring-
bury.— Hasted's History Co. Kent, ed. 1798, p. 86.
t Reade, Sir John, of Brocket-hall, Hertford Co., Bart, descended from an
ancient family, originally of Ipsden, Co, Ox.; he was created a bart, in 1641, an
honor which expired with Sir .James Reade in 1701. For arms, see Burke's Her-
aldic Iltustratioti.s.
X History of the Weald of Kent, Part II., Vol. II., p. 525, explains the difference
between baron and baronet. "It was during the reign of James I. (May
22, 16111. that a new title of honour (intermediate between a baron and
a knight) was created, that of baronet, for the purpose of raising money
for the army in Ulster, to be confirmed by patent, ujjon certain terms and
conditions, on 200 of the gentry of three descents, who possessed lands of the
yearly value of £1,000. The patents were offered at £1,095, the estimated charge
of thirt}' soldiers during three years, but only seventy-six of these titles were at
first gi'anted. In 1612, more were issued, and by the end of this reign they
amounted to 205. "
712
APPENDIX I.
60. William'
phrey^ Sir John,-'
barrister at law,
Temple. Wood, in
FAMILY 10.
Style Esq., [39] (William,^ Edmund,' Sir Hum-
William,^ William,^ ) was a
,S'/V JiiJiii,' William,^
and a member of the Society of the Inner
his Athenir Oxonienaes, says: "William Style, an
Esquire's son and a Kentish Man born, became a Gentleman Com-
moner (with his youngest brother George) of Braesen-n. Coll. an.
1(518, aged 15 years, but before he took a Degree he retired to the
Inner Temple and became a barrister; but instead of prosecuting the
practise of the law, he pleased himselfe with a retired and studious
condition, the effects of which are these,
' The Practical Register; or the accomplished Attorney, consisting of
Rules, Orders, and the most principal Observations concerning the
Practice of the common Law in his Majesty's Courts at Westminster,
but more particularly applicable to the proceeedings in the King's
Bench, as well in matters criminal as civil. Lond., 10.57, Oct., &c.'
' Narrationes Modernce, or Modern Reports, began in the now
UlDper Bench Court at Westminster in the beginning of the Hillary
Term, 21 Car. I., and continued to the end of Mich. Term, an. 1655,
as well on the Criminal as on the Plea side, most of which time the
late Lord Chief Justice Roll had the Rule there.* Loud., 1658, fol.'f
" He, the said Mr. Style, did translate from Latin into English,
Contemplation.-f, Sighx and Groan.'^ of a Chrit^tian (Lond., 1640, oct.),
before the Title of which is the Picture of a man in a Gown looking
up to heaven, with a scroull issuing from his Mouth, wherein is
written, 'I see better.' Another scroull issues from his right Hand
hanging down, in which is written, 'I follow worse;' and in his left
Hand is the Book of Contemplations originally written in Latin by
John Michael Delher.|
"The said Mr. Style also did correct and much enlarge The Com-
mon Law Epitomized, ivilh Directions How to Prosecute and Defend Per-
sonal Actions, d-c. Lond. in oct."
He married Elizabeth, daughter and heiress of William, son of
John Duleing, one of the aldermen of the city of Rochester, and
dying, 1679,** was buried in Beckenham church. ff
* "During which [time] Sir Henry Rolls, and afterward John Glynn, sat as
Chief Justice of the Upper Bench." — Chalmers' Bioij. Did., xxviii., 498.
f These reports are singularly valuable, as being the only cases extant of the
common law courts for several years in the time of the usurjiation. — Lowndes'
Bihliof/rapli. Manual.
'I See, also, Stubbs' Did. and Walpolc's Anecdotes.
** Or 16!)9, Gent. Mag., vol. forlHlT, p, 325; Chalmers Biog. Did., xxviii, 498.
makes it 1679, "if he lie the \Vm. Style lived that year at B. as Mr. Lyson con-
jectures." So does Hasted's Kenl. i., 542.
ff The authorities as to William Style Esq. are Bliss'Wood's Allien. Oxon., iii.,
470; Lyson's Environs; Wallace's Reporters, 3d ed., 200; Allibone's Did. Eng. Lit-
erature.
Ji'siie:
61.
I.
62.
n.
63.
m.
THE ENGLISH STILES FAMILY. 713
M.^RY,'" unmarried, 16(8. ] y^. •, , x , i r/.o
T-, in 1 i^r-o - vimat. London, 1568.
ijSTHER,' unniarriecl, 16(0. )
WrLLi.^M;'" died without issue in his father's lifetime,
and is supposed to have been the Col. "William Style
who is buried in Buuhill Fields Biu-ying Ground,
London, and who died 1670.*
64. rV*. [Humphrey;'" died in infancy. See VUitalion of London.
1.568].
65. V. Huiiphrey;'" succeeded his father in his seat at Lanf^ley,
and "in whose times," says Hasted, (Hist. Co. Kent,
i., 542 > " there were several coats of armor, as weU of
this family as of those they had intermarried with,
painted in the windows of this house." But, dying
without issue male, his daughter Elizabeth carried
it in marriage to Sir John Elwell, Bart., who died in
1727, without issue by her.f She remarried, Dec,
1730, mth Mr. Henry Bartlett, and died June 16, 1731.
FAilTLY 11.
66. Sir Thomas' Style, [54] {Sir Thoma^'^ Oliver,'' Sir Hum-
phrey,^ Sir John,^ Sir Jolin,^ William,^ Willinm^^ Williom,^ ) the sec-
ond baronet, was twice married: (1) to Elizabeth, daughter of
Sir William Airmine, of Osgodly, Co. Lincoln, Bart.; (2) to Margaret,
* On his stone-tomb, in capitals, is this inscription:
"To the Memory of Lieut. Coll Willtam | Style, late Citizen and [ Leather-
seller of London. .\ Man ' From his Yonth devout towiird God, and pious to his
Parents, \ Singularly just, industrious and | Diligent, second to none in | Courage;
kind to his Friends, and | Charitable to All, who on his | Death-Bed enjoyed
plentifully | The Conscience and .Joy of | a Good Life. Dyed 2 March ! IfiTO "
From p. 77 of " Bunliill Fields Buryinr/ Orouild; prorefdinrj.^ in reference to Its
preservnfinn, irltk inscriptions on tombs. London. 1867 " These inscriptions are
reprinted from the rare tract of 1717, "Liscription.'i on the Tombs In the Dl.-i.ienters'
Burial Place near Bnnlilll Fields."
f Elwill of Exeter. 1709. — Sir .John Elwell. Knt , whose mother was heiress of
Pole of Exeter, was created a baronet in 1709; his son. Sir .John, the second baronet.
married the heiress of Style of Lanuley. in the parish of Beckenham. Kent and
settled at that place. He died without issue and was succeeded by his brother.
Sir Edmund. The title became extinct on the death of Sir .John Elwell, the fourth
baronet, in 1778. — Lyson's i[n(fnn Brittnnin. London. IHIO. Vol. vi.. p. cxxx.
List of Extinct baronets in the Co. of Devonshire.
Baronetaijc of Emilond. By E. Kimber and R. .Johnson. 3 vols. London.
1771. III. '30.' Elwill of Exeter. Devonshire.
Sir .John Elwill. Bart., eldest son and successor to his father, m. the dau. and
heir of Sir Humphrey Style, of Lanyley in Kent. Esq.. by whom he had no issue;
Sir -John d. Sept., 1727. and his lady surviving him, was remarried, in December,
1730, to Mr. Henry Bartlett and died June 16, 1731.
714
APPENDIX I.
daughter of Sir Thomas Twisden, of Bradbourne, Co. Kent, Bart.,
one of the justices of the King-'s Bench.
Sir Thomas Style died Nov. 19, 1702,* se. 78, and was buried in
Waterinnbury church, haiie :
By his first wife, ivho died Dec. 10, 1619:
67.
68.
II.
69.
ni.
70.
IV.
71.
V.
72.
73.
VI.
VI.
Thom.\s,io who married Mary, only daughter of Sir
Stephen Langham, Knt., by whom he had a son
Thomas, who died an infant, 167-4. He died August
30, 1672, and his Avidow married Sir Thomas Middle-
ton, of Stansted-Mount-Fitchet, Co. Essex, Kent.
"WiLLi.iM;'" died young.
Michael;'" died voung.
Oliver" (Sir). F.^iily 12.
Elizabeth ;"'married "William Carter, of Kiunault, Den-
bighshire, Esq.
Mary;'" married Sir FeHx Ward, of Mailing, Co. Kent,
Bart.
Susan;'" who became the first wife of Thomas Dalyson,
of Hamjitons, Co. Kent, Esq. ; their granddaughter,
Jane Dalyson, (only surviving daughter of Thos., Jr.)
married Sir Jeffrey Amherst, Baron Amherst, KB. of
Holmesdale, Co. Kent, who distinguished himself in
the British Army, in the French war in Canada, and
was appointed Governor and commander-in-chief of
all the British forces in N. Am., 1760, and in 1763
was api^ointed Gov. of Virginia; see Collins Peerage,
Vol. 8, pp. 341, 347.
Anne;'" married John Marriot of Sturston Hall, Co.
Suffolk, Esq.
(is.sue by second wife, icho died Dec. 5, 17 IS):
Thomas;'" died during his father's lifetime.
Thomas'" (Sir). Family 13.
Eoger;'" died without issue.
Humphrey ;'" died without issue.
MARG.utEx;'" married Robert Vyuer of Swakley, Co. Mid-
dlesex, Esq., one of the Knights of the Shire for that
county.f
74. vni.
75.
IX.
76.
X.
77.
XI.
78.
xn.
79.
xin.
* Le Neve's Monumenta Am/Ucana, iv., 52.
■>[ Asbden, formerlj' called Esseden, a small manor in the northern part of
Lenham Parish, Co. Kent, in the 5th year of King .James I, became the property of
Oliver Style, Esq., of Watringbm-y, whose son Tliomas was created a baronet, and
died in 1637, leaving this manor to his only son and successor. Sir Thomas Style,
bart. who died in 1702, on which an agi'eement was entered into by his heirs, for
a partition of his estates among them, which was confirmed by an act, passed anno
THE ENGLISH STILES FAMILY. 715
FAMILY 1-2.
80. Sir Oliver'" Style, [70] {Sir Thomas,'> Sir Thomas,^ Oliver,-'
ISir Humphrey,'^ Sir John/' Sir Jvhn,^ William,'' William,- William,'-)
the third baronet, died on the 12th of February, following his
father's decease (Feb. 2, 1702-3), and in default of issue, the title
and estate descended to his half-brother Thomas.
Sir Oliver Stile is " buried under a handsome monument in the
south part of this church-yard."*
He is probably the "Oliver Style, Esq." mentioned by Hasted
(Hid. Co. Kent, ii, 115), as having given, in 1032, the weekly sum of
Is. to be distributed in bread in the church, every Sunday, to six
poor persons forever.
FAIMLLY 13.
81. Sir Thomas'" Style, [76] (.S'iV Thoma.%' Sir Thomas,^
Oliver,' Sir Humphrey,'' Sir John,'' Sir John,* William,^ William,- Wil-
liam,' ) the fourth baronet, in 1707, pulled down the mansion of
Wateringbury Place, a very ancient and moated structure, and
erected the present seat, more to the westward of the older one.
Here, being sheriff of Keut^ he kept his shrievalty in the eighth year
of Queen Anne, 1710, and resided, until his death in 17GS.f He is
buried in Wateringbury Church, as also is his wife EUzabeth, eldest
daughter of Sir Charles Hotham, Bart., by whom (she was of the
Chichely-line of descent, and died Oct. 25, 1737, se. 43) he had (■.-.■.>ue.-
82. I. Thomas," who was ajipointed page of honor to King
George II, June 3, 1731;;]; died in 171:1, and was bur-
ied at Ormskirk, Co. Lancaster.
83. n. CHAKLE.S" (Sir). Family 11.
84 IIL Egbert" (Rev). Family 15.
2 and 3 Queen Anne. In this partition the manor of Ashden was allotted, with
Frinsted and other estates, to Margaret, his only daughter b3' his second wife, who
in 171(5, alienated it to Mr. Abraham Tilghman. Hasted's Hist. <'o. Kent, v. i27.
Edward Jackman Esq., of Hornchurch, Co. Essex, owner of the manor of
Frinsted, with Einsted, alias Wren.sted-Coiirt, and the lands belonging to it, in
the 5th year of James I, passed it away to Oliver Style, Esq., of Watringbury, who
died in 1622. Upon tlie deiith of whose descendant. Sir Thomas Style, bart.. who
died in 1702, an agreement was entered into by his heirs for a partition of his
estates amony them, which was confirmed by an act, passed anno 2 and 3 Queen
Anne. In this partition the manor of Frinsted with Kinsted court was allotted to
Margaret, his only daughter by his second wife, who in 1716 sold it to Mr. Abraham
Tilghman. IbUl, 556.
* Hasted's Hist. (h. Kent, 1798, ii, 112; also, Kimber's Baronetage, i, 268.
I January 11, 1769, Oentleman' s Maijazine, p. 55, which incorrectly gives the
name of Joseph.
He, also, owned by purchase, an estate in W. called ■• Wardens," which his
son Thomas sold to William Burleston. — Hasted's Uist. Cu. Kent, ii, 115.
J Oentleman's Magazine, vol. 1731, p. 267.
716 APPENDIX I.
85. IV. WiLLiAMj^Hbe youngest sou, was, March, 1748, promoted
to a lieuteuaucy in the First Regt. of Guards;* pro-
moted, Aug. 21, 17.56, to a captaincy in the Third
Regt. Foot Guards (or " Buffs" ) ;t became a major-
general, Aug. 29, 1777, and a lieutenant-general, Nov.
26,1782.1 Was also colonel of "the Buffs."** He
married April 11, 1754, Catharine, sister and co-
heiress of John Long Bateman,ff of the kingdom of
Ireland, Esq. Gen. Style died in Pieadilly, London,
March 12, 178G,JJ leaving a daughter who married,
at Bristol, Charles Hinde for Hynde), Esq., of Lang-
ham Hall, Co. Essex, youngest son of Jacob Hinde of
Langham, Co. Essex, March 1.5, 1787.***
86. V. Elizabeth;" died unmarried, Oct. 3, 1795, «. 78, at
Canons, Co. Kent.fff
87. VI. Charlotte;" died unmarried "at the seat of the Right
Hon. Lady Fane, at Little Comptou, Co. Gloucester,"
Nov. 11, i787.tJJ
FAMILY 14.
88. Sir Charles" Styles, [83] (Sir Thoman,^^ Sir ThomaK,^
Sir Thoma'-;'^ Oliver,' Sir Humphrey,'^ Sir John,^ Sir John* William,^
William,^ William,^ ) the fifth baronet, who succeeded his father. Sir
Thomas, .Jan. 11, 1769, was an ofiieer in the Fifth Di-agoons, and
lived at Wateringbury. He married March 7, 1770, Isabella, second
daughter of Richard Wingfield, first Viscount Powerscourt, of Ire-
land. He died in London, 1774, and, was buried at Watringbury.
The "Hon. Dame Isabella Style, widow of Sir Charles Style, Bart."
died in France, Sept. 24, 1808.****
Issue:
89. I. Charles'' (Sir), born Nov. 21, 1771, at Argyle buHdings,
London. Family 16.
* Gerdhman's Magazine, vol. 1748, p. 139.
t Gentlpmari's Magazine. 1756, p. 412 Kimljer says he was captain in First
Eegt. Foot Guard.
X European Magazine, ii, p. 400, and Hayden's Book of Dignities, v/hidh says
Nov. 20.
** European Magazine, Obituary, p 211.
ft Marriages. "Apl. 11, Capt. Style, youngestson of Sir Tho. Style, Bart.
to Miss Bateman of Conduit Street 16,000/." Gentleman's Magazine.
It Gentleman s Magazine, 1786. ii 269.
*** Gentlemans Magazine, 1787, p. 274; European Magazine. 1787, p. 213.
ttt Gentleman's Magazine. 179.5, ii, 882.
IXX Gentleman's Magazine, nf^l, p. 1031. Hasted's 7/i,s/. Kent, ii, 114, incorrectly
gives the date of Elizabeth's (87) death to this sister Charlotte.
**** Gentleman's Magazine, 1808, p. 1189.
THE ENGLISH STILES FAMILY. Ill
90. IT. Dokothy;''^ married Joliu Larking of Clareliouse, Co.
Keut, Esq., July 4, 1793.*
FAMILY 15.
91. Rev. Robert" Styles, [84] {Sir Thomaa,^" Sir Thomas,^
Sir Thoma>>,^ Sir Humphrei/,' Sir John,'' Sir John,^ Sir John*
William,^ William,' William,^ ) vicar of Town Mailing, and in
1770, of the Church of Wateringburj ;t and in 177G, also rector of
Mereworth,J Co. Kent; married Priscilla, daughter of Rev. John
Davis, his predecessor in the rectorship of M., and died June 5, 1800.
His wife died at Addington Vale, June 18, 1832, se. 84.**
frtsue:
92. I. Ch.«les,« born 1777.
93. n. Thom.^s;'^ a eai^tain in the Roval Navy.
94. ni William,'- born April 2R, 1785.tt "Captain in R. N.
Family 17.
95. rV. Charlotte.'^
96. V. Margaret;'- married John Johnston.
97. VI. Hexrietta ;''^ married John Francis Norris, Esq.
98. Vn. Eliz.\beth;'- married Capt. John Drake, R. N.
99. Vin. Clara;''^ married a Col. Wilson.
FAmLY 16.
100. Sir Charles'- Style, [891 (Sir Charle^,^' Sir Thomas,''' Sir
Thomas,'^ Sir Thomax,'* Oliver,' Sir Humphrey,'' Sir Johri,^ Sir John,*
William,'' William;' William,^ ) the sixth baronet, of Wateringbury
Place, married March 29, 1794, Camilla, eldest daughter of James
Whatman, of Vintners, Boxley, Co. Kent, Esq.J| by his first wife,
Sarah, daughter of Edwd. Stanley, Secretary of His ISIajesty's
Customs, and died Sept. 5, 1804, in London, at the Royal Hotel, Pall
Mall.*** His wife died Sept. 17, 1829, se. 58.
Issue:
101. I. Thomas" (Sir), who was page to the Duke of Cumber-
land; was educated at the Royal Military College,
Marlow, and appointed Ensign in 1st Regt. Foot
* Geiitlemat}'s Mrigazine, 1793, p. 670; European Magazine, xxv, 77, gives Mr.
L.'s residence as "East Mailing."
t Church dedicated to John the Baptist.
J Mereworth is within the ecclesiastical jurisdiction of the diocese of Roches-
ter and deanry of Mailing. The church is dedicated to St. Laurence. — Hasted's
Illst. Co. Kent. vol. v, p. 87.
** Getillemnn's .Vngnzine. 1832, p. 647
tt Hardwicke's Anmird Pecrarje. 1867.
XX Gent.t. Mru)., 1794, p. 382; European Magazine, xxv, 326.
*** Gents. M.Kj., 1804, p 889.
718
APPENDIX I.
102.
n.
103.
m.
104.
IV.
105.
V.
106.
VI.
Gruards, .June, 179.5.* He succeeded his father as
seventh baronet, Sept. 5, 1801, and died of a fever
while with his regiment, in the army under Welling-
ton, in Sjjain, Nov. 5, 1813 ;t unmarried. The title
passed to his brother.
Thom.\s Ch.uiles''* (Sk), born Aug. 23, 1797. Faiuly 18.
IsABELL.i Anne;" died August, 1828.
AUNE."
Ch.\rlotte;" died in infancv.
M.\ry;" married July 11, 1829, Robert Sandilands, Esq.,
youngest son of Geo. Sandilands.
FAMILY 17.
107. William'- Style, [91] {Rev,. RoheiV^ Sir Thomas,'° Sir
Thomas,^ Sir Thomajf,^ Oliver,' Sir Humphrey.'' Sir John,^ Sir John,*
William? William^' Williain,^ ) of Bicester House, Oxfordshire. He
entered the navy March 13, 1800, as first-class volunteer on board
the Immorlaliie, 36, Captains Hon. Heni-y Hotham and Edward
W. C. R. Owen, stationed in the Channel; after assisting at the bom-
bardment of Havre and Boulogne, and commanding the launch
of the Immortalile, in the attack on two of the enemy's gunboats,
under the guns of Calais, in August, 1803, he removed, as master's
mate, to the Imperiewe, 38, commanded by his former ca2:)taiu,
Hotham, whom he followed in March, 1801, to the Reonlutionaire,
11.
While attached to this vessel he escorted the Duke of Sussex
from Lisbon to Portsmouth; accompanied the outward-bound East
India trade to the line, and vi.sited the coast of North America. He
was present at Sir Richard Strachans action off Cape Ortegue, Nov.
4, 1805, and assisted after the battle in bringing to England one of
the prizes (the Scipion, 74). In April, 1806, he again accompanied
his captain to the Defiance, 74, in which shijj he was ordered to act as
Lieutenant, 26th April, 1806; and, on the 15th of August following,
was confirmed to that rank. On the 24th of February, 1809, he con-
tributed to the destruction of 3 French frigates, under the batteries
of Sable d'Olonne, on which occasion the De/wnce, besides being much
cut up in her masts, sails and rigging, sustained a loss of 2 men
killed and 25 wounded. On the 24th of June, of the same year, he
lauded at the head of between 300 and 400 seamen and marines from
the squadron then cruising off Corunua and succeeded in destroying
114 guns of the largest calibre, with then- carriages and ammunition.
With the boats of the Defiance under his command he brought out
* Gents. 3Ja<j., 1795, p. .333.
t Gents, ilarj., 1813, p. 118.
THE ENGLISH STILES FAMILY. 719
on the uiglit of Dec. 31, 1800 (under a heavy fire of round and grape
shot), the armed ship EUimn, of more than 400 tons burthen, lying
under the guns of Fort Palais, one of the strongest fortifications on
the coast of France. An attack had been made on this vessel a few
nights previously, but had been repulsed.
The 1st of June, 1810, being again in command of the boats of
the Defiance, after a fatiguing chase of six hours, he came up with 3
French coasting vessels (eliasiie-inareeii) laden with wine and resin,
the whole of which he boarded, carried aud brought off in a calm,
from under the citadel of Ft. Palais, in Belleisle, beating back 6 armed
launches which came to their aid, although exposed for an hour to
the most severe fire of graj^e and round shot from two batteries, on
Point Taillefer, and from several field-pieces.*
In August, 1810, he left the Defiance, and in the following month
joined the flotilla employed in the defence of Cadiz. On the 28th of
October, the Campenlonm, a vessel of which he was in command, was
wrecked on Les Corrales, a reef of rocks between Cadiz and Puutales,
and a midshipman aud l-t of the crew perished. He subseipieutly
sujjported the jsreseut Sir Richard Fellowes at the storming of a
four-gun battery surrounded by a ditch and stockade at the entrance
of Port Santa Maria, under a heavy fire from the neighboriug works,
March 6, 1811.
On the 5th of July, 1811, he was second in command in a night
attack on some vessels in the Gvtadalquiver, and had every man on
the larboard side of his boat killed or wounded in a desperate action
fought with a schooner of war. He was also in an attack on the
enemy's flotilla on Nov. 2d. The same year also he took the cutter
La PrMf/ence, valuably laden, notwithstanding that before he came n-p,
she had taken refuge under the battery on the Isle O'leur; for all
these services he was very warmly recommended aud received the
thanks of the Commander-in-Chief
He was shortly afterwards (1811 ) sent to co-operate in the defense
of Tariffa, aud displayed throughout such zeal aud activity that he
obtained, as he had at Cadiz, very great applause. His conduct
gained him in particular the thanks of Commodore Penrose, also of
the Spanish Government.
In April, 1812, he was placed on half-pay, and advanced to the rank
of Commander, commission bearing date, Feb. 1,1812. In May, 1821,
he took command of the Garnet, 18, in Avhich vessel he had the
honor of conveying the i-emains of Queen Caroline, from Harwich to
Cuxhaven. He became a Captain on the 7th of Feb., 1849.
May 18, 1816, he married Louisa Charlotte, third daughter of
Hon. and Rev. Jacob Marsham, D. D., Canon of Windsor, and Pre-
* Gents. Maij., 1810, 656.
109.
n.
110.
III.
111.
IV.
720 /APPENDIX I.
bendary of Rochester aud Wells (and neice of the Earl of Eomuey).*
He died Feb. 21, 1868. Issue :
108. I. William Henry Mabsham" (Sir), born Sept. 3, 1826.
Pamly 19.
Charles Montague." Family 20.
Albert Frederick,'^ born May, 1837. Family 21.
Frances Isabella Anne;''' married Sej^tember, 18.56,
Henry Stewart, Esq , of Corcam Stranolar, and died
1865.
112. V. Louisa Emma Priscilla.'*
FAMILY 18.
113. Sir Thomas Charles'^ Style, [102] («r C/wWes,>2 ,9„.
C/ia?-/p.S'," Hir Thomas,^*' Sir Th<ima><,^ Sir Thomaa,^ Oliver^' Sir Hum-
phrey,^ Sir John,^ Sir John* William,^ William^- Williani,^ ) succeeded
his brother Thomas,''^ as (eighth ) baronet of Wateringbury Place, Co.
Kent; was educated at the Eoyal Naval Academy, Gosport;f is a J. P.,
and (1851) Deputj' Lieutenant, Co. Donegal, Ii'elaud; Member of
Parliament from Searlwrough,| 1837-1811; married Oct. 28, 1822, at
Florence, Italy, Isabella, daughter of Sir George Carley of Brompton,
Co. York, Bart.** She died Dec. 27, 1881, a? 84. He resided at Syd-
ney Place, Bath; Club— The Reform. ff He died July 23, 1879, and
was succeeded by his cousin, William Henry Marsham Style. Ix.iua .-
114. I. Emma," born Dec. 22, 1828; died at Lausanne, Aug. 24,
1834.
FAMILY 19.
115. Sir William Henry Marsham'^ Style, [108] {Capt. Wil-
liam,i^ Rev. R<Mrt,'' Sir T homa><,"> Sir Thoma^; Sir Thoma><,« Oliver ^ Sir
Humphrey,'' Sir John,' Sir John,* William^'' William,- William,^ ) Bart., of
Glenmore, M. A., J. P., aud D. L. for Co. Donegal, Ireland, and Mon-
mouth, High Sheriff, Co. Donegal, 1856; succeeded his cousin (Sir
Thomas Charles) as ninth baronet, July 23, 1879; married (1) atBas-
saleg, Monmouthshire, Dec. 18, 1848, Hon. Rosamond Marian, eldest
dau. of Sir Charles Morgan, First Lord Tredegar.J| She died Jan.
15, 1883. He married i 2) June 2, 1885, Ellen Katharine, eldest dau.
of Edward Taylor Massy, Esq. of Cottesmore, Co. Pembroke, and wid.
of Henry Hyde Nugent Bankes, Esq. Sir William Henry Marsham
Style was educated at Eton, aud Merton Coll, Oxford (B. A. 1848,
* Genu. Mutj., i, 181.5, 177.
t Walford's County Families of United Kingdom, 1864.
X Hardwicke's Annual Peeraije, 1867.
** Gents. Mag.. 1822. 560.
f f Burke's Peerage and Baronetage.
jj Burke's Peerage and Baronetage.
117.
n.
118.
TTT
119.
IV.
THE ENGLISH STILES FAMILY. 721
M A. 1857.) He resides at Grlenmore, Co. Donegal. Clubs — The
Carleton, London, and the Sackville St., Dublin. Issue .•
116. I. WiLLi.iM Charles Makshaji,^' born Oct. 5, 1849; died
Sept. 2, 1887. Was Captain in the Donegal Militia.
Frederick Montagu,'^ born May 10, 1857.
Henry Albert G-lexmore," born June 11, 1862.
Rodney CatRLES," born May 4, 1864; Lieut. 1st Batt.
Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment.
120. "V, Rosamond Loosa," married Ajn-il 8, 1872, Henry Price
Holford, Esq., late Tenth Huzzars.
121. "VT;. Selixa Isabella."
122. VH. Lydia Fr-oxes,'* mai-ried Jan. 12, 1875, Benjamin Fran-
cis Mayuell Bloomiield, Esq., of Castle Caldwell, Co.
Fermanagh, D. L., (who died Nov., 1886 ).
123. Vin. Maey Louisa," married Apiil 24, 1884, Rev. Thomas
Thornhill Peyton, rector of St. Mary, March, Co.
Cambridge.
FAiHLY 20.
124. Charles Montague,'' Style, [109] (Capt. Wiliiam,''^
Ret: Bobert,^^ Sir Thomas,'" Sir- ThomasJ' Sir Tlioma^,'^ Oliver,' Sir
Humphrey,^ Sir John,^ Sir John,*' William,^ William,- William,' ) rec-
tor of South Waruborough, Co. Hants; he married Sept. 24, 1867, Jessie
Ehzabeth, daughter of Robert Bullock Marsham, Esq., D. C. L., of
Caverstield House, Warden of Merton College, Oxford, and his wife
Lady Carmichael Anstruther. Issue:
125. I. Richard Charles Montague," born SejDt. 20, 1870.
FAMILY 21.
126. Albert Frederick'' Style, [lloj (Capt. William,'- Rev.
Robert," Sir Thomas,'" Sir Thomas,'-' Sir Thoina--','' Oliver,' Sir Hum-
phrey,^ Sir John, ^ Sir John,* William^^ William,'- William,' ) married Ajjril
30, 1868, Eliza, daughter of the late Henry Tubb, Esq., of Bice.ster,
Oxfordshire. Issue.-
127. I. George Montague,'^ born March 7, 1869.
128. II. Ida Isabell.a," born June 8; died Sej>t. 7, 1870.
ENGLISH STILES' COATS OF AKMS.
Stiles, I, (Wantage, Berkshire,) Erm. on a chief, embattled,
az. three storks' heads, erased, or. Cre.st, a dex-
722
APPENDIX I.
Stiles,
ill,
Styel,
IV,
Styell,
V,
Styghull,
VI,
Stighull,
VII,
ter arm and band pp. grasping a like head;
the elbow tied with a scarf az.
Stiles, II, Sa. a fesse or. fretty of the field, betw. three fleurs-
de-lis of the second. — Gred, a wolf's head,
erased, sa. collared or. the neck, below the col-
lar fretty of the last.
m, (Wycombe, Co. Buck^), A chevron with three fleurs-
de-lis — Langley's Hist. Deshoiirgh Hund., Go.
Buct% p. 391.
Ar. a bend, eomponee, erm. and erminois, betw. two
lions' heads erased, gu. On a chief az. three
billets of the first.
Ar. a bend comijonee, erm. and ermines, betw. two
lions' heads erased, gu. on a chief az. three
billets or.
Gu. a fesse engr. ar.
(Malston, Devonshire), Az. on a fesse, engr. ar. three
lozeng'es gu.
Style, VIII, Sa. a fesse, engr. or, fretty of the first, betw. three
fleurs-de-lis of the second, two and one.
Style, IX, Or, a bend, eomponee, erm. and sa.
Style, X, (Windham, Co. iVb?/oW-), Sa. on a chev. engr. ar. betw.
three crescents erm. two lions rampant combat-
ant gu. quartering, per pale, S and A in the sa.
a chev. or, in the ar. a chev. gu. — Blomefield's
HU. Co. Norfolk, vol. ii, p. 530.
O. Sty'le, XI, 2 Barulets conjoined erm. and erminois, p. 42
appx. — Hutchins' Hist, and Anliq. of Co. Dorset,
MDCCLXxn', 2 vols., fol.
Or, a bend, eomponee, ermines and erm.
(Kent and London), Vert, two bars or, betw. six
fleurs-de-lis of the second, two, three and one.*
The same arms. Crest, on a chajjeau an eagle rising
ppr.
(Wateiingbury and Langley, Kent; Ipswich, Suffolk;
and Hemsted, Essex), Sa. a fesse or. fretty of the
field, betw. three fleurs-de-lis or. — all with-
in a bordure of the last. — Crest, a wolf's head.
Style,
XII,
Styles,
XIII,
Styles,
XIV,
Style,
XV,
* This is from Burke's Diet. Heraldrv: but ^\\\V.€s, Eneyelopedia f/eraldrv pieces the "or"
after the enumeration of the fleur-de-lis'. Burke's Extinct Baronetcies, p. 512, gives engraving
of same arms to Kent aud London family— adding Baronetcy created May 20, 1627; Extinct
Nov. 10, 1659. See p. 710. Note i, this volume.
THE ENGLISH STILES FAMILY.
723
Style, XVI,
or Stiell,
Eties- X^T[I,
Styles,
Style, XYHI,
Style, XIX,
Style, XX,
Sttell, XXI,
Styles, XXII,
eouped sa. gorged with a collar or, the neck
below the collar, fretty of the last.
[Kent,'] Ar. a bend, checquey, erm. and ermines, betw.
two lions' heads, erased, gTi. on a chief az. three
billets of the field.
Sir Francis, of London (bart.) Dec. 1, 1714; seat
Giddy Hall, near Rumford, Co. Esses, Viore Armx.
A fesse engrailed, in chief 3 fleurs-de-lis sa.
(Puddle Town, Dorsetshire), Or, a beud, checquey,
erm. and ermines.
Or, a bend, checquey, erm. and sa.
Or, a bend, checquey, or and sa. betw. three lions
heads, erased gu. on a chief az. as many fleurs-
de-lis of the field. — Berry's Heraldic Encyclo-
pcedia, vols, i, ii.
Sir John. On a wreath ar. and vert., a demi-stork,
wings expanded, sa. the outside of the wings ar.
holding in the beak an eel az. Motto, " Tout
joui- loyal et diligent." — Nichols' Top. and Geneal.,
iii, 71.
(Walton, Co. Northumberland), Nathaniel Styles
married Frances, daughter of Sir George Gyll,
of Wyddial, Kent. Arms, or a fesse sa. fretty
of the field between 3 fleurs-de-lis of the same.
CEESTS.
From Faii'bairn's Crests of the. Familie.-< of Great Britain and Ire-
land (vol. i, f). l-Sl, for Stiles; vol. i, p. 459, for Style and Styles).
Stiles, a wolf's head (erased), sa., collared, or, the neck below the
collar fretty, gold. — Plate 8, crest 4.
Stiles, (Berks.,') an arm, hand gi'asping a head, all ppr., the elbow
tied with a scarf, az.
Style, a wolf's head (erased), sa., fretted on lower ■pari of neck,
and gorged with a collar, or, charged with a mullet for
difference. — Plate 8, crest 4, (mullet, pi. 141).
Style, [Kent, Sujf., and Ess.,) a wolf's head, coujjed, sa., collared,
or, the lower part of neck from the collar fretty, gold. —
Plate 8, crest 4.
Style, {Suff., Nor/., and Line.,) a wolf's head (erased), sa., collared,
or, below the collar frettv, of the last — Plate 8, crest 4.
724
APPENDIX I.
Style, WrLLL\ii, Esq., of Bicester House, Oxon., same crest.
Styles, Eng., on a eliapeau, an eagle, rising, \>-pv — Plate 11-1, cred 13.
Styles, Lend., a lion's gamb, erased, in fess, ar., holding a fleur-de-
lis, sa.
THE STILES COAT OF AEMS,
CONSIDERED IN RELATION TO THE .\MERICAN F.^fflLIES OF THE N.A.ME.
The Connecticut Family.
In President Stiles' MSH. Itinerary (vol. xii, pages 154-5), in
Yale College Library, is a rude pen-sketcli of the Stiles arms (similar
to that described in Nos. 11 and XV of preceding List of Coats of
Arms), accompanied by the following, under date of August 4, l'i'85:
" At my request, j\Ii's. Grant procured from the Heraldry Office,
London, my coat of arms emblazoned [the original emblazonment is
now in possession of some of the family of the late Dea. Charles J.
Ingersoll, dec'd, of Greenfield, Mass. — H. R. S.]. I had, indeed, the
same in 1751, but I doubted my right to it. But informed IMrs. G.
that my ancestors came from ^Millbrook, from Bedfordshii'e, 1635.
She got a friend to trace it at the Heraldry Office to this coat of arms
and gave assurance that I need not think myself deceived, for they
had ascertained my title to it."
The description accompanying this note, in the President's MSS.,
is as follows:
" Stile bears
Sable, a fesse ingrailed, fretty of the field or. and sable, between 3
fleurs-de-lis or. and a border or."
Elsewhere, in some of the President's MSS , in possession of
Mrs. Kate G. Wells, of Boston, Mass., occurs the following reference
to the search of 1751:
" Stile bears, ' Sable a fesse ingi-ailed fretty or. & Sable between
three Flowers de Hz, or. and a Border or. Crest, a '^'olfe's head coup'd
pp'' Fess or & Sable, Coll. O, & ffreete or.'
" The above is the coat of arms procured from the Heraldry Office,
in Loudon, by Mr. Elihu Lyman, in 1751. But it is uncertain
whether it belongs to our Family. Copied from the London copy,
April 10, 1766." ■ EzKA Stiles. '
These are the arms (with the exception of the fesse being en-
grailed) boi'ue by the English family of Style, in Kent; and granted
March 28, 1529. See pages 704 and 705, Note.
If this search of 1751 (a hundred and forty-four years ago) coiTob-
orated by the second search of 1785, satisfied Pres. Stiles as to the
THE ENGLISH STILES FAMILY. 725
right of the Connecticut family to bear these arms, perhaps it ought
to be satisfactory to us of the jjresent generation; but I confess that
I woukl have been better pleased if the parties furnishing the Pres-
ident with the information from the Heraldry Office, had also fur-
nished the genealogical data connecting the Connecticut line with
the English family bearing these arms.
The Bermuda, Georgia and Virginia Families.
The right of the Bermuda Stiles Family, from which descend the
Georgia and Virginia branches, to these arms, seems to be fairly well
established, both by their connection with the Wateringbury (Coun-
ties Kent, Sussex and Essex) family and by an emblazoned copy of
the above-described arms, now in possession of Mrs. Kate G. Wells,
of Boston, Mass., dififering only in the crest,* from that which is
given beneath. On the back of this copy was accidentally discov-
ered, a few years since, the following indorsement in the handwrit-
ing of President Stiles: "The Arms of the Family of Stiles, with a
motto assumed by Copelaud Stiles, Esq., 1789. Received a Present
from C. S., Esq., of Bermuda. — Ezra Stiles." The motto alluded to
m " Proemium Lucrum Industrie."
Extract from. Letters of Dr. Charles F. Hale.
Forest Hill, West Va.,
March 10th, 1885.
Henry R. Sth-es, M. D.,
Dear Sir — As to the coat of arms of the Stiles family. Some
years ago I became greatly interested in the matter. Through a
friend in London (Mr. Morgan, iirm of J. S. Morgan & Co.), I had a
thorough investigation made; and a copy of shield was obtained from
the Herald's College; but it was accompanied with such information
that I felt thoroughly dissatisfied. Indeed, the information was such
as to lead me to believe that the family was not of English origin at
all, but French. I then secured the assistance of my friend, the late
Geo. Brinley, of Hartford, Ct., who was then in Paris, and who made
a very exhaustive investigation with results that gave me much satis-
faction. I cannot give you a copy of the shield, as it is stored in
N. Y., with other valuable jjapers, and out of my reach at present;
but I can say that it closely i-esembles the one engraved on your cir-
cular, except that it is qviartered with 3 lizards — couchant. The fleurs-
de-lis are the same, the crest, the wolf's head, is also the same; but
the shield is crossed with the bar sinister.
«/
* A Uoa's head crest, said to have come in by marriage with the Phillips
family.
726
APPENDIX II.
The first one to bear the shield was Sir GeofErey de StUe, some-
■where about 1531. The only one of whom I can find any reliable
trace in England was Sir Francis de Stile, son of Geoffrey, who seems
to have emigrated to England somewhere about 1550, and who settled
in Warwickshire. But his genealogy I have been unable to trace, al-
though, in 1681, the records show the existence of the family, ia the
same locaUty, still retaining the same shield — with the bar sinister.
This ancient root is undoubtedly the origin of the New England
family, as well as that of Bermuda, and, without a shadow of doubt,
that of Philadelphia, who still retain the ancient French form — Stile
or, as some of them \NTite it, Stille.
I think this is all the information, on this point, of which I am
possessed.
Yours truly,
Chas. F. H.u,e.
In a subsequent letter. Dr. Hale thus writes:
Forest Hill, Coal Valley, W. Va., )
April 10th, 1885. )'
If I was able to make the journey I should go at once to New
York, and obtain from the Security Co. where my valuables are
stored, the documents and drawing which ilr. Brinley procured for
me in Paris, as weU as those which Mr. ^Morgan was able to obtain
in Loudon. I am not an exjiert in heraldic matters, and am not com-
petent to judge in a doubtful case like this. But one or two things
seem indisputable. One is that the French and English branches of
the Stile family became, in some remote time, intermingled, as cer-
tain sahent points in both escutcheons are identical Again, the fleur-
de-lis, although a common emblem, is essentially French. In my
cojiy, obtained in Paris by Mr. Brinley, the bar sinister is a prominent
feature, and I am fully aware of the different signification of a bar
sinister and a bend sinister. In one copy obtained from the family
of StLUee in Normandie, there is a quartering which I can neither
trace or understand. It seems to be a griffin rampant. The Stillee
family of Philadelphia still have this quartering, and although
greatly chagrined at the existence of the bar sinister, still retain it.
Sir Geoffrey, whose existence is well authenticated by old records,
was probably a Frenchman by birth, but Sii' Francis may have been
boin in England, and in all jsrobability was the one who intermarried
with some English family — was it some descendant of Sir John?
Sir Francis wrote his name " de Stile." I have a copy of his >viU
(date forgotten) in which he bequeaths to his daughter Victorine,
"My great yellow diamond, and my coi^y of oui- family arms, done in
THE ENGLISH STILES FAMILY.
fAl
gold, whicb I charge ber to preserve as a precious heritage." I quote
only from memory.
What more can I say? I have no jjapersor memoranda to guid ■
me, and I can only speak from memory. One thing though I should
mention, the copy obtained from the Herald's College, London, was
engrailed; that obtained from Paris as well as the Normandie copy
was not. The edge of the fesse in both French copies are straight.
I greatly regret that I can furnish no useful information in this
matter. If I had been sooner infonned of it, say before Feb. 1st,
when I left New York. I might and probably could have j)la('ed iu
your hands documents that would have been interesting to you, if
not valuable.
With much respect,
I am yours truly,
Chas. F. Hale.
728 APPENDIX II.
APPENDIX II.
Sir Richard Saltonstall's Letter to Gov. Winthrcp.
The patentees of Conaecticut, referred to on pp. 24-27, were
Lords Say and Seal, Lord Brook, Sir Richard Saltonstall, and others,
to whom, in 1G31, the Plymouth Council in England (chartered in
1620, " for the planting, ruling, and governing of New England in
America") had granted a patent of Connecticut, including all the
land from the sea, 120 miles into the country, and from Narragausett
River (in Rhode Island) on the east, to the South Sea [Pacific] on the
west," and which patent was duly confirmed by the King. The in-
definite nature of this grant, however, was such that it must inevita-
bly have invited misunderstanding and contest — as it eventually did.
The first assertion of the claims of the Connecticut Patentees,
was the appearance, in Windsor, a few daj's after the coming of the
Dorchester pioneers, of the so-called "Stiles party;" and there is no
doubt that this Stiles party were, after the Plymouth Trading Com-
pany, the firi^t actual settlertf of Windsor.
Before the arrival of this Patentees' jjioneer party, the Dorches-
ter men were evidently holding in reserve the actual occupation of
the Great Meadow, yet out of some lingering respect for Plymouth's
claims, were searching elsewhere for a suitable place for settle-
ment. Still they coidd not but resent the claims of these new com-
ers, who proposed, under authority of a parent which recognized
neither Plymouth nor Massachusetts men, nor Dutchmen, as having
any right to the laud in " the Three Towns," to begin forthwith a
2)lantation "between the Plymouth Trucking House and the falls,"
( /. e., on the Gi'eat Meadow). Mr. Roger Ludlow was there, the con-
trolling spirit of the Dorchester party, and the Patentees' party was
summarily told to keep "hands off." So, Mr. Stiles stayed liis hands,
and reported the state of affairs to his superiors in England, and the
following letter* written by Sir Richard Saltonstall, upon receijjt of
his agent's statement, throws an interesting light upon the matter:
"Soi' my worthy good ifriend Mr Joliu Winthropp, Gouverueur of the Plan-
tations at Conetecot llyuer in New England, these d[eliverejd per Frs. Styles,
whom God preserve.
" Good Mr. Winthrop:
"Being credibly informed (as by the enclosed^ may appeare) that there hath
* From the Afass. Hist. Society's Collections, First Series, viii, 42.
t Referring probably to Mr. Francis Styles " Relacion." or letter to him to which he
elsewhere refers; and probably also to Bartholomew Greene's letter — see Note to p. 47. Stiles'
Hist. Ancient Windsor, Ct., iS^J.
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been some abuse and injurie done me by Mr. Ludlowe it others, of Dorchester,
who would not sulfer Francis Styles & his men to impall grounde where I appointed
them att Connecticut, although both by patent, which I tooke about foui'e yeares
since, & prepossession, Dorchester men, being then vnsettled, & seeking vp the
Riuer aboue the falls for a place to plant vpou butt findeing none better to their
likeing they speedily came backe againe & discharged my worke men, casteing lotts
vpon that place, where he was purposed to begine his worcke; notwithstanding he
often tould them what great charge I had beene att In sending him & so many men,
to prepare a house against my comming & enclose grounde for my cattle, it how
the damage would fall heavie upon those that thus hindered me, whom Francis
Styles concined to haue best right to make choyse of any place there. Notwith-
standing, they resisted him, slighteing me with many vnbeseeming words, such as
he was vnwilUng to relate to me, but will justifie vpon his oath before authoritie,
when he is called to itt. Therefore, wee hauing appointed you to be our Gouernour
there, the rest of the Companye being sencible of this aflPi-ont to me, would haue
signified their minde in a general letter vnto you but that [ tould them sitthe itt
did concerne myself in particular and might perhaps breed some jealousies In the
people, and so distast them with ovr Gouernmentt; wherevpon they advised me
write vnto you to request you with all speed & diligence to examine this matter, &
if (for the substance) you find itt as to vs itt appeares, by this information heere-
with sent you, that then In a faire & gentle wa}' you give notice to Dorchester
men of this gi-eate wronge they haue donne me i let being the first that to further
this designe sent my pinnace thither at my owne great charge of almost a thousand
pounds, which now is cast away by theire detaineing so long before she coulde vn-
layd; and for which iniustice I may require satisfaction, as also for my proiiision
which cost aboue fine hundreth pounds, and are now (I heare) almost al spent by
this meanes. and not any palling as yet sett vp att that place where I appointed
them; which had I but imagined they wovld haue this greedily snatched vp all the
best grounds vpon that Riuer, my pinnace should rather haue sought a pylate at
New Plymouth, then to haue stayd ten days as she did in the Bay to haue giuen
them such warneing thus to preuent me A- lett them spaire (as I am tould they
may very well), forth of that gi-eat quantity they haue ingi-ossed to themselues, so
much as my proportion comes too, and it they haue built any houses therevpon, I
will pay them their reasonable charges for the same. But I pray you, either goe
yourselfe with some skilful men with you, or send Sergiaent Gardnier it some with
him to sett out my gi'ounds (1,G00 akers) where it may be most conuenient, be-
tweene Plymouth Trucking house and the falls, according to my direction giuen
both to the maister of my pinnace and to Francis Styles, which I thinke they will
not now denie me, vnderstanding what charge I am att (with others of theCom-
panie) to secure this River mouth for the difence of them all, wherein we hope you
will neglect no meanes, according to our great trust reposed in you. Thus beseech-
ing the lord to prosper the worke begun, I commend you with all ovr affaires vnder
yovr charge to the gratious direction and protection of ovr good God in whome I
am
"Your most assured loveing friend,
"Ric. Saltonstall,
• ■ For my worthyly Respected Friend
Mr. John Winthrop Governeur of the
Plantations upon Connectacut Ryver in
New England Whitefriers, [Eng.], Feb'y 27, 1635 [6].
•' (Labelled) Sir Richard Sal tonstall— 1636."
Saltoustall was authorized to wi'ite personally to Gov. "Wintlirop,
in preference to an official communication from the Patentees, " lest
it might breed some jealousies in the people, and so distaste them
with our government." Possibly, if "the jseojjle" had not had "a
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APPENDIX II.
distaste" for the government of Lords and Gentlemen at home, in
England, they would not have had the honor of giving to the Colony
of Connecticut "the fii'st written Constitution the world ever saw."
The Patentees, thus thwarted by the Dorchester party, sent to
their lately-ajjpointed Governor, John Winthrop, Jr., to Saybrook,
where they had erected a fort and commenced a settlement; and he,
with Sir Henry Vane, then at Boston, opened negotiations with " the
river towns," claiming that "either of the three towns gone thither
\i. e., to the Connecticut River] must give place." But this claim
was ultimately abandoned. (From the Revised Hiatori/ and Genealo-
gies of Ancient Windsor, Conn., i. 43-46, by Henry R. Stiles, M. D.
published 1893).
ERRATA ET ADDENDA.
Note. — This work has been ten years in passing through the
press. As a consequence of this, as well as of various interruptions
and long absences, and the distances which copy and proof have had
to be transmitted between author and printer, some Errata have
occurred. And during this long time many changes have occuiTed
which needed to be noted; and many facts have come to the author's
knowledge which could only be incorporated as Addenda.
If the reader will consult the Index, he will find a convenient
reference to these errors and additions, indicated thus: (err.) or (add.)
Page 23. John, beginning of line 7, should be Fbancis.
Page 34. Henet Stiles. Shortly after this trial, Gilbert sold his property in Wind-
sor to Thomas Bissell and removed to Hartford, where he had
brothers. A few yeais later (1659) he died, and the result of a
close examination of Probate Records (1886) shows that in the set-
tlement of his debts, the distribution of his estate appears, with the
names of his children, among whom that of the alleged witch does
not appear. She must have died, either by a natural death, or was
executed; probably the latter.
Page 43. John, first line of Note*, should be Henry.
Page 47. The second marriage of Rachel, line 14, should be erased — See Eachel,
on page o2.
Page 52. The date 1736, line 8 from bottom of page, should read IT.'iT.
Page 63. Family 16, Lewis Stiles and ElectaPomery were married Maich 29, 1786.
Page 64. Edwin, (No. 161), erase the word "died," as he was living in 1885, at
Medina, Ohio.
Page 65. For Charles Warner, line 16, read Charles H. Warner.
Page 69. On last line, the blank opp. No. 199, should be filled with Mamie.
Page 80. Line ninth from bottom ; according to another copy made from Xort)tanip-
t<M Rec, this marriage was in Awjust.
Page 86. The date of death in lines 9 and 10 refer to Manjarel Stiles, and not to
her husband, as might seem from the construction of the sentence.
Page 87. Mrs. Hannah (Steles) Hatden's death was Aurjust 27, according to the
Hayden Gen., which alsostates that Isaac Hayden married (2) Eunice
Drake, 1753.
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THE STILES OEN EALOGY.
Page 101. "Esther Hookek, the first wife of Eev. Isaac Stiles, was grand-daughter
of Eev. Samuel, gieat-grand-daughter of Rev. Thomas; a niece of
the first Nathaniel; and a cousin of the second Nathaniel Hooker,
and therefore a cousin in one remove from Capt. James and Horace
Hooker, of Windsor, Conn.; that is, a cousin of their father." — Ed-
ward S. Hooker, Commander, U. S. N.
Page 106. Noah Stiles, (Familt 8), was a weaver also, as appears from the SIS.
account or Church Rate Book kept by Rev. Timothy Edwards, of
East Windsor, — wherein he is noted as paying his rates (1730-1) by
" weaving 50 yards of linnen cloth, some of it being strip'ed;" he
also supplies cotton, flax, wheat, oats, and "18 yards of drugget."
His uncle, Eeenezek (Famllt 7, p. 103) seems also to have been a
weaver — on the same authority. His son, Noah Stiles (No. 140),
died Sept. 19, 1807. {Rei: Shuhael Barllell, Minister's Rec); and his
wife, Martha Osborn, died at East Windsor, March 15, 1806, le. 68.
Page 125. Rev. Abel Stiles. The portrait of this venerable pastor, presented on
page 125, is taken from one which (with its mate, the portrait of
his wife), is now in the possession of Dr. Nathaxiel M. Fbeeman.
of New York City. The artist was Jonathan Trumbull, son of Gov.
Jonathan Trumbull, of Connecticut, and these pictures are hand-
some specimens of his style. The "lineal descent" of these
portraits of the Rev. Abel and his wife (who was Alethea RtMnson —
see page 128) can be traced as follows: Mrs. Alethea (Robinson)
Stiles, who died 1786; her daughter Alethea, who married Hadlock
Marcy, and died 1784, see page 128; their daughter Sophia, who
married Maj. Joseph Fox, 1783. page 129; their daughter Mary
Baron, who was bom 1785, and married Rev. Nathaniel Freeman,
born in 1778. He died 1854; she died 1836; their son, Nath-
aniel M. Freeman, M. D., of New York City
Mrs. Alethea (Robinson) Stiles was the daughter (as stated on
page 128) of Rev. John Robinson and his wife Hannah Wiswall,
who was the daughter of Rev. Ichabod \\ iswall and Priscilla Pea-
body, who was the daughter of William Peabody and his wife
Elizabeth Aldeij, who was the daughter of John Aldes, of Plymouth,
celebrated in American song and story as the successful wooer of
Priscilla Mullins (Molines).
Page 131. To Note**, add, Zehnliah (161) birth, 1T24.
Page 181. Third and fourth lines from bottom, for "first wife," read, daughter.
Page 197. To the personal description of Pres. Stiles as given by Hon. .John Wood-
worth, may be added the following memoranda, copied from the
President's private Note-Book, viz.; under date of April 28, 1766,
weiijht 137 lbs. ; height 5 feet i}-2 inches; and, under date of May 2d,
same year, girth arorund body, 2 ft. 7}4 in.; and around the breast,
2 ft. 10 in.
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Hollister (Hist, of Connecticut, i., 252, Note) says: " I will here
put upon record a little anecdote, told me by a venerable graduate
of Yale College, that may serve to illustrate at once the manners of
President Stiles, and the reverence with which he was regarded by
the students. ' I knew him well,' said my informant, ' and honored
him, for I hardly dared to love him. He was small in stature, but
when he came up the chapel aisle, and bowed to the right and left
as we all stood up to receive him, he filled up the space so that you
could not put an eighteen-pence between him and the pews !' "
Page 207. Keferring to this History of the Judges, UoUisteT says: "The more I
read President Stiles' History of the three Judges, the more I am
induced to trust myself to him as an authority. His diligence in
searching out details and traditionary evidence is almost without a
parallel, and I find that most of his conclusions stand the severest
test."— Note to p. 239. Hollister's Hist. Conn., i., 239.
To the list of Pres. Stiles' MSS. in Yale College Library, must be
added the following in that of the Massachusetts Historical Society:
The MS. of his Ecclesiastical History of New England (never pub-
, lished), containing about 180 pages in his beautiful handwriting, and
nine maps, very neatly done with the pen. It bears different dates,
from March 3d to Api-il 20, 1769; also, some copy books and papers evi-
dently intended for the continuation and revision of the history —
the largest of which is perhaps, " A Summary View of the Religious
State of the Colony of Khode Island and Providence Plantations in
New England, from A. D. 1636 to 1771," of which there are two
copies, the last one endorsed in Dr. Holmes' hand, "Trumbull MS.
from Dr. Stiles." There is also a "List of N. E. Churches and
Pastors, lives of emminent Ministers, memoirs, &c., &c." — dates of
1768-1794.— (A/nss. Hi.-<t. Soc. Coll XVIL. 137).
Page 209. Line 10, the word "Esq." belongs properly after the word William.
Note*"", Sarah Hooker Leavitt's marriage was on 9tli., instead of 16th
March.
Page 223, Job (No. 234), bap. at Turkey Hills (Simsbury), June 16, 1765; and
Benjamin, No. 246, page 224, hap. at same place, Feb. 14, 1773 —
both from Rev. Soger Vest's Rec, Scotland Parish, Simsbury.
Page 234. (Continuation of line of Enoch (No. 294) furnished by Ernest B. Stiles, of
Minneapolis, Minn.)
Page 233.
Vn. Enoch," (Simeon,^ Ephrahn,* Ephraim.,' John," John',) born Sept. 19,
1763; married Molly Noble, of Kussell, Hampden Co., Mass., March
10, 1794; removed to Westfield, Ohio.
Children: (letter of E. B. Stiles, Minneapolis, Minn. 1893.
I. Noble. Family 41a.
II. Polly, married Zenas Crane; had a large family.
in. Susannah, married Culver Chapen, of Westfield, Ohio.
734 TH E STI LES GEN EALOGY.
FAMILY 41a.
Noble, { Enoch, "^ Simeon,'' Ephraim,' Ephraim,^ John, '^ John, ^) married Cynthia
Todd, of Blandford, Hampden Co., Mass., probably in 1825. In 1849, with his
son, Enoch, removed to California, and died there, same year. His wife married,
1852, Wm. Van Note, of Breedsville, Ohio, where she died, 1865.
Children: (letter of E. B. Stiles).
I. Enoch N.; graduated Oberlin College, Ohio, and prepared to
enter the ministry, but ill health prevented.
n. Hebvet Beuben, bom at Russell Mountain, Mass., April 9, 1829.
Famtlt 416.
III. Benjamin T. Fabmee; resides Fanning, Scott Co., Iowa; served as
Captain of Co. C, 2d Eeg't, Cavalry, Iowa, 4)^ years, in the
War of Civil Eebellion.
IV. MiLLEE C, died, as. 6 years.
V. EoYAi/ P. , ( served during Civil War, as saddler in his brother
Benjamin's Co. and Eeg't); resides at Woodward, Dallas
Co., Iowa; harness maker.
»
VI. Celestia C, maiTied Homer Curtis, farmer; resides Bennett,
Cedar Co., Ohio.
VH. Ctnthia E., married James Butterfield; foundryman; Marengo,
Iowa Co., Iowa.
FAMILY 416.
Hekvey* Eeuben, (Noble,'' Enoch,'' Simeon,' Ephraim,' Ephrnim,'-* John,^
John'}, in Spring of 1830, with his father and grand-father, removed to Westfield,
Medina Co , Ohio, where they resided on farm 13 years; then removed to Breeds-
ville Township, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, where they lived on farm 15 years. July
7, 1853, he married Ann Nancy Lamond; resides 1893, retired, at Davenport, Iowa,
to which place he removed with his family in 1853.
Children: (letter of E. B. Stiles).
I. Aethtje Eugene, man-ied Louisa E. , who died 1888.
Issue: (1) Newton E.; (2) Nettie.
n. EmOEY ClilFFOED.
m. Ebnest Benjamin, married Lauretta Alice Toioner: resides at Minne-
apolis, Minn., where he is connected with the Northern
Pacific E. E. Co. Issue: (1) Helen A.; (2) Harold Andrew.
IV. Addie Maet.
V. Caeeie Augusta.
Page 242. Line 23. The month of Hugh McD. Eaton's birth should read January.
Page 245. Albeet Stiles Ely (No. 332) line 3; his wife Lucinda Abbe, was born
Nov. 9, 1815; and died June 29, 1889; he resided (1894) at Peca-
tonia, Winnebago Co., 111., where he died Oct. 26, 1894; his
I
ERRATA E T ADDEN DA. 735
daughter Emeline C'oburn, married Feb. 27, 1865, Jesse L. Dunham,
at Stockbridge, N. Y., but (1894) resides at Hightstown, N. J.; have
3 children, viz., Matie (school-teacher); daughter; Arlam, ie.
18. A. S. Ely's son Andrew Delaney, resides near Stockbridge, N. Y.,
married, and has had 3 children; and his daughter Mary Adeline,
married, has had 3 children, resides at Pecatonia. 111.
Page 262. Dr. Charles F. Hale (No. 419) died March 19, 1893 A couple of letters
from him on the Stiles Arms will be found on pp. 725 to 727. His
daughter, Mrs. J. K. Stowers, resides (1895) at Dego, W. Va.
Page 2G5. The paragraph, line 18, commencing "He and his father Israel," etc.,
should belong (not to Israel, « Family 32, but) to Anson, Family 65,
page 311.
Page 266. David H. Stiles (No. 449) married, not Elvira Allen, but Harriet L.
Leonard. See p. 313. He died Easter morning, 1889. See al.so p.
313.
Page 270. Second line from bottom, for Catherine, read Cliarlolte.
Page 283. Line 9, for "with his brother Samuel, at Monson,'" read a/ Phillips
Academy, Andover, Mo.is.; and in 10th line, for 1819, read lS.i'o; and,
line 11, for Hartford, read East Hartford.
Page 285. The son (Paul) of Charles Stiles Sheldon, mentioned on 8th line from
bottom, died 3a.u. 8, 1891.
Page 289. Line 1, for Margarettus, read Marialtus; line 10 from bottom, for "a
former," read "Ids former marriage."
Page 290. The date of death (1821) given to Hosea Stiles, Famllt 45, may be
doubtful; since I have found papers in which he is mentioned, in
1836, as " of Brandon, Vt., late of Sudbury." His daughter Louise
married Artemas Howe, and, 1836, resides at Pomfret, Chatauqua
Co., N. Y.
Page 311. Line 17, AbnerK. Green, born 7,?5J, instead of 1832. Denison, (No.
756), add Family 118a, also add No. 766\, Noeman, born Jan. 27,
1835. Family 1186.
Page 312. See also, correction on Page 265, relative to Universalism, etc. , of Iskael^
Stiles.
Page 312. Mrs. Isabella Annette Seymour, (No. 761) died Nov. 13, 1893. She
grew up almost beneath the shadow of Zion's Hill Church, SufEeld,
Conn., on the old homestead, now occupied by Charles J. Stiles,
her brother. She was married in 1860 to Edwin 0. Seymour, of
Chicago, where she resided up to the time of her death, making
annual pilgrimages to her old home here to visit her mother, sis-
ters and brother, and her aged grandmother, so long as that lady
lived. She was of a sweet, loveable disposition, ever ready to assist
in works of charity, and her pleasant home was always open to her
friends and the stranger within the gates. Her hospitality was
marked. Mrs. Seymour had a remarkably sweet voice, and she
sang in St. Paul's Universalist Church, Chicago, for seven years.
736 TH E STI LES GEN EALOGY.
until the church was burned at the time of the great fire, and after-
ward for many years in a Congi'egational church. Her mother,
after the death of her aged grandmother, went to live with Mrs.
Seymour at her Chicago home, hut she lived but a short time.
Page 314. Erase Family 122, in connection with Dabwin, No. 785.
Page 315. Daniel Stiles, Family 68, line 8, should read, Daniel Badgers Stiles.
Page 317. Loeken Monkoe Stiles, No. 820, 2d line from bottom, add Family 133a.
Page 323. The two daughters credited to Charles," line 5 from bottom, are (1)
Alice Eloise, born Nov. 22, 1859, married James Crawford; and (2)
Hattie Belle, born Sept. 8, 1863, married Stephen Hoyt.
Page 358. Line 3, for 1857 read 1807.
Page 358. Gen. Israel Newton Stiles died at Chicago, 111., January 17th, 1895.
He had been blind for several years previous. He was educated at
the Suffield Liteiary Academy, and in 1852 moved West, settling in
Lafayette, Ind. He taught school and read law for the next three
years, and shortly after was admitted to the bar. He practiced
with Judge Everett of Indiana and at this time attracted attention
to those oratorical powers for which he has always been distin-
guished, by a remarkable speech at a public meeting called in con-
nection with the burning of Lawrence, Kas. During the Fremont-
Buchanan campaign he exerted considerable influence through his
recognized power as an orator. He was for two years Prosecuting
Attorney and then elected to the State Legislature. In 1861 he
raised a company, but the Captaincy being given to some one else
he enlisted as a private, but was soon made Adjutant of the
Twentieth Indiana. He became Colonel of the Sixty-third Indiana.
He was at Franklin, Tenn., Kesaca, and on Sherman's march to the
sea. He was wounded slightly in the head during an engagement
by a fragment of an exploding shell. At the close of the war he was
commissioned Brevet Brigadier-General, the commission dating
from the battle of Franklin, Tenn., Jan. 31, 1863. He passed six
weeks as a prisoner in Libby Prison and then was exchanged. At
the close of the war he came to Chicago, and soon formed the part-
nership known for many years as Tuley, Stiles & Lewis. When
Judge Tuley retired, the firm continued as Stiles <k Lewis until
1889, when the General's ill health and failing eye-sight compelled
a dissolution of the firm. He was a man of exceedingly positive
views and bitterly hated hypocrisy and rascality. Among bis
famous cases are recalled the prosecution of Joe Mackin and the
"boodle" County Commissioners. Although he preferred civil
law he was frequently employed in criminal and quasi-criminal
cases, where his profound knowledge and his bitter, scathing,
denunciatory oratory made him a power. He was an active par-
tisan and engaged heaa-tily in political campaigns, but apparently
more from the pleasure of using his oratorical jjowers than from
ERRATA £T ADD EN DA. 'J^'J
the desire of ofiSce, as he Dtver accepted ary office, excepting only
' t'wo years' service as City Attorney. Gen. Stiles Lelonged to no
religious body, but was prominent in liberal philosophical circles.
He made an addrtfs at the grave of his fiist -wife, -nhich attracted
much attention at the time He was a deep student of philoso-
phies, and had many friends among thinking men. He formed an
extensive library of philosophical ar.d cognate books. He amassed
a comfortable fcrtune, and during the last few years lived upon the
interest of his investments. His daughter Thet.dosia No. l,144j
married Paul A. Doty, and (1895) resides at Paterson, N J. His
two sons reside in Chicago
Page 361. Fecond line from bottom, for 1884 read 1881.
Page 376-377. Siiieox Squiees Stiles' wife's name was Harriet Amanda Brigham.
year of their marriage was J,'^oO: she died Jan. 26. 188.5. Of their
children, for Laura M., read Laura Maria: for Ella, read Ella Jane;
for Mary A., read Mary Elizalelh: for Melvina A., read Melvin
Arthur, who married Oct. 1. 1885, Harriet tJpdegrove, and has
daughter. Han-iet Jane, born Xov. 15, 1886.
Also add to Simeon Squires Stiles' family the following children:
V. Eva Frances, born Sept. 8, 1859, died July 11, 1873; VI. Hiland
Thayer, born July 26, 1861; \ll. WiUie, born Dec. 14, 1863, died
Jan. 10, 1864; VIII. Freddie DeWitt, born Feb. 28, 1871, died Sept.
1, 1871.
Page 377. Line 9, Henbt Stii-es. Fajdi-y 141 ; marriedjfov. 14, 1866; died Ji.me26;
his sons, I. Herbert Alonzo, born Dec. 5, 1867; II. Homer Oliver,
bom Nov. 15, 1868; III. Sarah Irene, born May 13, died June 27,
1873.
Page 381. Line 5 from bottom, for Morse, r^ad Moore. Line 5 from bottom, in-
sert Moore after Harriet.
Page 382. Add to Family 149, IV. Harriet Estelle, born at Windsor, Conn., Dec.
8, 1886.
Page 387. Chaeles Wabdell Stiles, No. 1343. graduated, Yale College; took
degree of Ph.D. at Leipsig University, Germany; is a scientist in
employ of TJ. S. Gov't, at Washington, D. C.
Page 393. Line 11, for fort, reaA front.
Page 397. TBu^rBt^LL Hunt (XI ); wife's full name was Marshall; date of marriage,
Aug. 20, 1836. One account gives 1837 as year of daughter Caroline's
birth, and 1857 as that of her death; and 1839 as date of Annie's birth.
398. JoHs DowNEE Hunt (XIV. i married Marion F. Blood. Nov. 30, 1843;
died Sept. 18, 1887. Issue; (1) Claea, born Aug. 25, 1846; married
May 20, 1875, at Marion ville. Pa., Dr. T. S. Totrler, and had (a)
Maude CaUom, born March 6, 1876; died Sept. 2, 1887; (b) Louis
Severance, born June 22, 1881. (2) Ctbus Faie, born Sept. 22, 1852;
married at Marionville, Aug. 18, 1880, BeUa Louisa QUlom. Issue:
(a) Leigh Fox, born .June 9, 1881;(6)EarleBlood, bornDec. 22, 1883.
738 TH E STI L£S GEN EALOCY.
Page 399. Eliphaz Stiles Hunt (XX.) died Nov. 18, 1887.
Page 402. Maey Ccits, (No. 107) married April 23, 1889, at Brooklyn, N. Y.,
Eobert Watt King.
Page 405. Line 3 frora bottom of jjage, Euth S., wife of C. F. Ooudray, died April
20, 1889.
Page 409. HiNNiH (No. 13) was born 1694.
Page 416. Line 9. according tg a family record, the date of David's death should
be Jan. 18, 1870; he was a farmer.
Page 418. Timothy Stiles' death occurred April 29, 1801. — Family letters.
Page 421. Last line, for •■ se. 29," read " or 29." See also, Errata, page 439.
Page 424-425. We have received the following correction of the family of Polly
Stiles (No 132), who married Zalmon Hall (son of Darius Bradley and
Maryett Hall) Sperry, at Harpersiield, Ohio, Sept. 16, 1824. Mr.
Sperry, whose parents were from New Haven or Woodbridge, was
born April 18, 1802, at Lebanon, N. Y.; he died Dec. 26, 1874, at
Eock Creek, Ohio. Mrs. Polly (Stiles) Sperry, born at Eoyal Grant,
N.Y., Dec. 31, 1803, died March 4, 1872, at Eock Creek, Ohio.
Children:
I. Hakkiet Amelia (Sperry), born at Conneaut, Ohio, Aug. 24, 1827;
married Aug. 2, 1849, Dr. Hiram Wells Howard; had (1)
Alma Maria; (2) Alice Melissa.
II. OiisoN Caelyle (Sperry), born at Vernon, Ohio, March 13, 1830;
married Aug. 20, 1851, Eveline Maria Foot; he died April 8,
1862, at Eock Creek, Ohio; widow married again; had (1)
Egland Lewis; (2) Emoi-y Carlyle.
III. Caelos Augustus (Sperry), born at Vernon, Ohio, July 28, 1832;
married (1) May 25, 1853, Louise Marie (daughter Eansom
and Laura K De Fajni) Billings ; married (2) Maria Lucinda
(daughter Chas. Titus and Jane Amelia Morrison) Catlin of
Troy, N. Y. Children (all by his first wife): (1) Clarence
Eansom; (2) Geo. Carlos; (3) Winifred May; (4) James Bil-
lings; (5) Annie Laura;( 6l Ida Lucille.
IV. Laura Amelia (Sjierry), born at Eock Creek, Ohio, March 17, 1834 ;
married May 24, 1853, Hem-y Baily; died March 5, 1868, in
Morgan Township, Ohio. Children. (1) died, infancy;
(2) Clifford Harry.
V. Matilda Melissa (Sperry), born at Eock Creek, Ohio, Dec. 28,
1836; married April 16, 185f3, Andrew Jackson Willey; died
Nov. 5, 1858, at Eock Creek, Ohio; had one child, died in
infancy.
VI, De Witt Clinton, (Sperry), born March 20, 1839, at Rock Creek,
Ohio; married (1) March 20, 1866, Gertrude Analetta St.
John; married (2) Florence Peck. Cliildren (by first wife) :
Leon Clinton, died young; (1) Ai'thur James; (2) Nina Ger-
trude; (by second wife): (3) Eolin Dewitt; (4) Thomas
Theodore; (5) Helen.
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VII, Emily Augusta (Sperry), born at Eock Creek, Feb. 27, 1841; mar-
ried Oct. 28, 1862, James (son of Connell and Briddy llc-
Scome) Boyle. Children: (1) Hugh Harry; (2) Glenice
Louise; (3) Glennie Augusta.
VIII. Myeon Dakius (Sperry), born at Eock Creek, Ohio, March 7, 1843;
died Jan. 13, 1849, at Eock Creek.
IX. Flobesce Athaxia (Sperry), born at Eock Creek, Ohio, Feb. 14,
1846; unmarried.
Page 428 Line 7. for Southford, read Southhury.
Page 429. Line 6, for Family 40, read no family.
Page 436 Line 9, for Dresser, read Dressor.
Page 437. Fust line, for Imogene Emma, read Emmogene Fllen.
Page 439. Line 2d from bottom, read Haetet Hawkiss Stiles mai-ried Eosana — .
at Xe^rport, Herkimer Co., N. Y., 1822. See Note **, page 421,
The affidavit referred to in this note was prepared to serve
as part of the evidence in the attempt of certain parties to
obtain the property of one Stephen A. Stiles, who was murdered
in Texas, and for whose heirs advertisement was extensively made
in the public press. It was attempted to claim by this affidavit,
and other papers, that he was the son of Gen. Geobge Keith Stiles
(Family 29, page 440) by his first wife; but the genealogical evidence
brought to hear upon the question was so strong as to disprove the
claim.
Fage 440. Mary (Jfo. 277) icarried Geo. B. Pike. Martha (No. 275) married Geo.
A. Albro. Both reside near 'Whitesboro, N. Y., and Nancy Ann
(No. 276) near New York Mills, N. Y.
Page 446. Bennett Stiles' wife was the daughter of MerrUi Gibberd and his wife,
Esther E. Ford, of New Haven, Conn.
Page 448. Eighth line from bottom, for Collender, read Cullender.
Page 448. Fifth line from bottom, Carrie Belle married,- has 1 child.
Page 4.55. Line 10, Olive Isabel, should read Belle 0.; born at Otisco. Minn., 755.?.
Page 455. Line 15, Marquis D. should read Marquis Daniel.
Page 457. To the biog. sketch of Albebt Wakben Stiles, should be added: that
he was mustered out of U. S. service June, 1865; that, in 1876, he
made a good record in quelling a deck-band not in .ishtabula Har-
bor, Ohio; that, in 1886, he was appointed Steward of the Ohio
State Penitentiary; was an intimate with Pres. Gaifield; and March,
1889, was appointed Superintendent of the Girls' Industrial Home
at Columbus, Ohio.
Page 458. Elton Hibam Stiles (Family 53) died in May, 1889, from the eSect of
injuries received by being drawn into the machinery of his brother
( William C.'s) ship timber mills — living only two hom-s after the ac-
cident. From youth along through the years of manhood he ever
lived an exemplary life. He took an active interest in society, was
a consistent member of the Presbyterian church, a foremost worker
740 TH E S Tl LES GEN EALOGY.
in every public enterprise; just such a man as made Mm an intlu-
ential and honored citizen, loved and resjjected by every ac-
quaintance.
Page 472. Line 13, instead o£ "at same Court" read "Oct. 9th, 1690, the Court," <fec.
Page 477. Line 10 from bottom, for " will" read mill.
Page 480. Line 11 from bottom, for 1704, read 1701.
Page 483. Benjamin Stiles (Family 5), had set off to him. by the Town of Derby,
Dec. 17, 1719, ten acres of land — cwithin the limits of the present
town of Oxford): which the Town Clerk of Derby. (1884) says is the
first mention of any Stiles on the Derby Records.
Page 512. Thomas Stiles, No. 11 — has Family 6 assigned to him, which does not
appear in the proper place, as it should. This family, indeed, has
only come to our knowledge since these addenda pages were placed
in the printer's hands.
For several years past we had ' ' pieced out" fi'om vai-ious sources,
(1 1 that this Thomas Stiles, son of" Long Jonathan" (p. .505) married
Abigail Orjden, (not Wheeler as there stated.) "of Snarling Sti'eet;"
(2) that she was the daughter of Daniel Ogden, once member of the
New .Jersey Assembly, and his wife Ann Burwell — I J/.S. Gen. by
Wm. B. Oyden, of Chicago and New York, deceased); (3) that she
was bajrtized Sejit. 16, 1745 {First Ch. Bee. Morristown, K. J.; (i)
that " Snarling Sti'eet on the Hill" is a locality about 2}^^ miles east
of Morristown — (Letter of L. 0. Stiles). Then, by First Cli. Rec,
Morristown, (5) that his widow Abigail married (2) Enoch Goble,
being his first wife. He. according to tradition, married a second
wife, ifary Cooper, in 1778, who died in 1798. se. 52, leaving no
issue; he then married again, who died about 1804, a widow.
Two children of Thomas and Abigail (Ogden) Stiles (Jcihn_and
James), on her marriage to Enoch Goble, came under his care and,
subsequently, upon her death, under the care of his second wife, Mary
Cooper; and she must have been a good stepmother to them, judg-
ing from the stubborn tangle of tradition in various branches of the
family, which insists upon her being their own mother; and the
fact that one of these Stiles' boys (John) named a son William Cooper
Stiles, who is now a respected citizen of Philadelphia; and the other
(James Stiles) named a daughter Mary Coope^'.
These were the deductions arrived at from evidence both ma-
U-rial and traditional, by my friend D. Williams Patterson, (lately
deceased, a most experienced genealogist) and myself. Later, how-
ever, I noticed on page 522 (the book having got thus far into print)
that the John and James, sons of Joseph Stiles, Family 8, seemed
to be identical with these children of Thomas Stiles, as above given.
And, the more 1 considered the matter, the more the evidence
seemed to favor the theory that they were indeed the children of
Thomas and Abigail (Ogden) Stiles, and that consequently they shoidd
be erased from (Joseph's) Family S.
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So the matter rested, until a full yeai' later, I received a com-
munication from Miss Helen Httbek, of Germantown, Philadelphia,
claiming descent from "Jonathan Stiles" who removed to Pequan.
nock, N. J., from Stratford, Conn., about 1731, and his son Thomas
Stiles, who married Abigail Ogden; and wishing to know more about
the earlier generations. This letter identified Miss Huber's con-
nection very directly with John Stiles, son of Thomas and Abigail,
and grandson of "Long" Jonathan of Morristown, N. J.; and, of
course with the Connecticut Emigrant of 1635, from England. That
chain was now comi^lete, and Miss Hiiber kindly furnished me with
the records of the Philadelphia Stiles Family as given hereafter.
Meanwhile, I had come into correspondence with Lape Stiles
Pence, Esq., of Lebanon, Ky., who wrote me that there was a con-
siderable Stiles " connection" in that part of his state, who origin-
ally came from Morristown, N. J.; though, as the earliest one he
could name was David Stiles, who came into Kentucky about 1^09,
I could not for a long while discover the " ' connecting point," there
being no Jersey David to ' fit the bill." Yet Mr. Pence's letters
and especially numerous extracts which he furnished of family cor-
respondence during the first third of the present century, (as -nell
as the family names themselves, in his line) satisfied me that his
was a Jersey family; and probably from Morristown, or its vicinity.
From his numerous papers, and bits of family correspondence,
however, I constructed a family in outline, of tico brothers and/our
sisters, for whom (as yet) neither he, nor I, could find a father.
Just here, only a few days ago (April, 1894) as we were puz-
zling our brains over this matter, my old friend and Jersey helper,
Mr. Lewis Ogden Stiles, of Morristown, N. J., came to the rescv.e
with a number of absti-acts of deeds from the Moreis Co. Eecord oftice,
which furnished (as it seems to us) the father of David — viz., the
same Thomas Stiles of Pequannock, who married Abigail Ogden!
Though these deeds do not mention John, ancestor of the Phila-
delphia Branch, or James whose family (No. 22) is given on page
552, still one of them, [Booh L, Deeds, Folio ^S/') mentions the fact
of Thomas having eight children, though they are not therein named;
and the other deeds identify him (Thomas) as the father of si.r
children, who agree perfectly with the six (2 brothers and 4 sisters)
furnished from Mr. Pence's papers. In the division of his estate,
the sons, at least David and Jacob (of the Pence papers) seem to
have leceived each I4, and the daughters each ig of the property.
From Mr. Lewis O. Stiles' notes of deeds, etc., it would seem
that Thomas Stiles' first purchase in Pequannock Township, was of
about 20 acres, August 9, 17G5, from Thomas Milledge (liec. at Perth
Amboy, Book A. B. 5-373); frequent mention of him occurs in en-
tries made, between 1755 and 1768, in his brother Ebenezer's
private Account Book referred to on page 520; he was living in 1775,
742 THE STILES FAMILY.
(as per Book T. T., Deeds, Folio 527); and certainly as late as 1778,
April 28 of wHcli year he had by deed (not recorded) 8 and one-
tenth acres, consideration £10, 9s, at Beach Glen, N. J.; and on the
22d of following month, the executors of Jacob Ford deeded to him
(unrecorded) SQij acres, for £140, Provincial money, atsame place —
lot still known as "the Stiles lot," in Pequannock Township, "near
the head of Horse Pond Brook" (near Hibernia. L. 0. S.).
We may remark that the date of his marriage probably coin-
cides pretty nearly with that of his first purchase of land, in 1765;
his wife being then 20 and he probably 25 or 30 years of age. In
this connection, however, we meet with a tradition so strong and
common in several branches of the connection that we must recog-
nize it, even if we do not see our way to explain its disagreement
with the admitted facts of the family which we have " puzzled to-
gether" for him. This tradition is that he was "a young man" at
the time of his death, and that his wife man-ied a second time (see
page 740j and did not long survive her second marriage. If he had
died in 1778, or thereabouts, he would have been about 48 years
old, and might therefore have been considered relatively young, for
these times. But the dates of the deeds in the settlement of his
estate among his heirs at law (mostly about 1805 and 1806) would
(assuming that he had died in 1803) make him quite an old man;
and would leave his widow little chance of marrying a second time.
Then Enoch Goble who took Abigail (Ogden) Stiles as his frst wife
(page 710) is said to have married his second, Mary Cooper, in 177S,
one account says March 12 of that year. If we had not the evidence
of the deed of May 2d of that year to Thomas, from the executors of
Jacob Ford, we might admit (as 1778 is the last livirKj date we have
of him) that he died in 1778, and that his widow married Goble,
without much delay, in the same year. But, if so, his estate would
certainly have been settled uj^ among his heirs before 1805 — a lapse
of 27 years!!
Again, if he died in 1778, it upsets all the tradition (which is
quite too strongly marked to be disregarded) about his two eldest
sons, John and James, passing into the care of their Goble step-
mother, Mary Cooper.
Mr. Pence, to whom I have submitted this matter (in proof-
sheets), is not satisfied that John and James were children of
Thomas and Abigail Stiles, (1) because he finds no mention of them
in the family letters, or in the deeds, etc , to which we have
referred; and (2) becaiise Elizabeih (according to his dates) and
James (according to Miss Ruber's dates) seem to have been born in
the same year (1761). In regard to these objections, we may sub-
mit (1) that as John and James were brought up by Enoch Goble
and his second wife (Mary Coojjer), the other children might have
been similarly taken and cured for by other branches of the family.
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and so the intercourse between the chiklrcn inteiTU])ted — us not
infrequently happens in an orphaned family. (2i As to James and
Elizabeth having been born in same year — they may have been
born horns. Written records frequently fail to help us, especially
in a dismembered family like this — we have to ' ' read between the
lines " of snch scant information as we can glean, and we must not
entirely discard tradition.
Mr. Pence also challenges our supposition that Thomas and
Abigail were married about 1765- -since James' and Elizabeth's
births antedate that year.
Altogether, it is a nice little specimen of ' ' the holes" in which
genealogists sometimes find themselves in the prosecution of their
searches; and we leave it for some one else to clear up.
As reconstructed, however, to the best of our ability, we have
the following:
THOMAs^ Stiles, (Lotvj Jomtthan,^ Isaac,^ Joltn,') born at Morris
Plains, N. J.; married, probably 1765, Abigail Ogden, daughter of
David Ogden, member of the Assembly of New Jersey, and his wife
Ann Burwell. She was baptized Sept. 16, 174;5 {1st Church Records,
Morristown, N. J.) Thomas died young; his widow married (2)
Enoch Goble, and lived but a short time; after her death Goble
married, March 12, 1778, Mary Cooper 'who brought uj] John and
James Stiles, and doubtless they never knew any other mother, and
cherished for her an affectionate remembrance, for John named a
son William Cooper, and James [Family 22] named a daughter
Mary Cooper, after her. Enoch Goble died Dec. 2, 1823, a;. 69,
{1st Church Records, Morristown, N. J.)
Children iborn at Morristown, N. J.);
I. James, born, according to Miss Huber, 1761, (which would
agree with our date of his age and death, p. 553) . He was
bajitized April 30, 1790 — First Ctiurch, Morristown Rec,
which call him "a young man;" man-ied Phebe Aber.
Miss Huber also gives Oct. 7, 1841, as the exact date of his
death; and states that he was a tanner. Family 22, p. 552.
II. David*, (the ancestor of the Kentucky Family) — named Daniel, by
Miss HuBEB (page 7-11) but incorrectly, as I think; the two
* since writing, ray conjecture has been fully verified by Mr. Lewis Ogden Stiles, who by
personal inspection of this record ( tVills, Book .fo. folio 506, at Trenton, N. J.) finds that let-
ters of administration on the Estate of Thomas Stiles of Morris Co., were granted '" to David
Stiles, late of Morris Co.." N. J. Sept. 27, 1803. Value $286.85. This seems to identify David
(ancestor of the Kentucky Family,) with Thomas Stiles' family.
Mr. L. O. Stiles also writes me " no Will of Record is to be found in State Dep t from 1690
to 1S04. There is nothing of record in the administration showiug names of children," etc.
744 TH E STI LES CEN EALOGY.
uames are easily mistaken in writing. She gives 1762,
and Mr. Pence gives 1760 as date of his birth. See
Family 1 following.
III. John, (the ancestor of the Philadelphia Family) born Nov. 1, 1766
according to Family Bible Record, but according to 1st Chvrch
Mecords, Morrisiown, baptized March 5, 1763; (it may have
been 176S); married Nancy Lindsley . 6'ee Family %foUowing. O^ /f-"
IV. Jacob, who removed to Bridport, Addison Co., Vt., and died,
there August 25, 1847, 25 hours after his wife's death —
(letter of administrator on his estate, Nov. 17, 1S47).
V. Elizabeth, born June, 1761; married Abraham Losey (Lucy?),
died 1841; had (1) Sally (Losej'), who married Isaac Petti-
bone, who died Autumn of 1825, and had a son, Charles C. ,
and two daughters and a son, names not known; (2) Her-
man (Losey) (family letters).
VI. Mary, (commonly called Polly) married Moses Hurd; she died about
1833, in New Jersey (family letlers).
VII. Ehoda, married Ezekiel Munson, who died August or September,
1828; she died in New Jersey, winter of 1827 (family letters) .
VIII. Sarah, married Jonathan Ball; resided in Vermont (^family letters).
FAMILY 1. (The Kentucky Branch.)
( Information furnifthed by Lqfe Stile.^ Pence, Eaq., Lebanon, Kentucky.)
1. DavidI Stiles, said to have been born in Morristown, New Jersey, about
1760; married Elizabeth Kitchell; removed to Kentucky, about 1809; he died Dec,
1839; she died Jan. 9, 1829. " She had lived out all the days and comforts of life."
Children:
2. I. Lewis, born 1785; died 1858. Family 2.
3. II. Chakles.
4. III. Demas, went to Eastern States (Vt.?) had 2 daughters, both married.
5. IV. John.
6. V. Chalon (Chillion?).
7. VI. Abeaham.
8. VII. David.
9. VIII. Kitchell; died young.
10. IX. Eunice, married Darius Pierson; had John (P.) and Isaac (P.)
11. X. Densy, married about 1819 ■ — .
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12. XI. Khoda, married Griffith Willett, in or about 1818.
FAMILY 2.
13. Lewis2 Stiles, |2] {David,i ) born Sept. 13, 1785; married Sept. 22, 1814,
Hebeeca WiUett; he died Nov. 16, 1858.
Children:
ll. I, ScsAs Ann, born Sept, 3, 1815; died Oct. 15, 1858; married Martin
Kay, 1830. Issue:
15. i. LeTris Martin (Kay); married; resides Texas.
16. n. IIahy Elizabeth, born Nov. 9, 1817; died Oct. 15, 1887; married
George Ray, 1833. Issue:
17. i. Rebecca Jane, bom 1834; married Alfred Nail; died
1893.
18. III. KrrcHETT. Matthias, bom Oct. 16, 1819; married Caroline Hobbs,
1846; he died Aug. 25, 1885. Issue:
19. i. Lewis Ogden; married Chenalt; merchant, at
Buffalo, Ky,
20. ii, Annie; married Collins; resides Hodgenville; is
Deputy Sheriff of La Rue Co. , Kentucky,
21. iii. Mary; married Dr. Smith.
22. iv. Rebecca; married Tarpley.
23. IV. Sabah Jane, born Nov. 1, 1821; married Thomas J. Beall, 1842;
she died June 21, 1880. Issue:
24. i. Stiles (Beall); served under John Morgan, Co. K, 8th
Ky., C. S. A.; was taken prisoner; died 1866, un-
married.
25. ii. Mary Ellen (Beall); married H. B. Peterson, M. D. ;
resides Rayswick, Ky.
26. iii. George E. (Beall); married Annie Williams; is a far-
mer. Whiting, Kan.
27. iv. Samuel P. (Beall); married Sadie Schooling; resides
Waverly, Mo.
28. V. Thomas J. (Beall); married Maggie Beeler; is a mer-
chant at Horton, Kan.
29. V. Ogdbn Willett, born Dec. 7, 1823; died July 28, 1878: married
(1) Elizabeth Phillip, 1844; married (2) . Issue (by
first marriage):
30. i. Rev. Samuel P.; married Annie Huston; ministry of
M. E. Church, South.
746 THE STILES GENEALOGY.
31. ii. Lewis Kitchell; married Kate Huston; is a farmer,
resides Bloomfield, Ky.
{^y second marriage):
32. iii. John B ; married Sallie Beam; dead; left a son, Wil-
liam Ogden.
33. iv. Benjamin P.; married Lenu Elliott; farmer, Hodgen-
ville, Ky.
Si. T. Hugh D.; married WoodieCrowne; is a farmer, Bloom-
field, Ky.
35. VI. Cakoline, born Sept. 28, 1826; married George Schooling in 1858;
she died April 16, 1864 Issue:
36. i. Sadie Kay (Schooling); married Sam P. Beall; resides
Waverly, Mo.
37. VII. Lafayette, born November, 1828; married Sallie Stiles in 1872;
farmer; resides Howard's Town, Ky Issue (all unmarried
and reside with their parents) ;
38. i. Ehoda.
39. ii. Kebecca.
40. iii. Mattie
41. iT. Lafayette.
42. T Cleveland.
43. VII. MiNEKTA FoKD, born Jan 30, 1831; married Geo. W. Beall, 1852.
Issue:
44. i. Lizzie L. (Beall); died m. 2 years.
45. ii. Mary Mattie (Beall); married J. N. Wilson, merchant,
resides Lebanon, Ky.
46. VIII. Kebecca Eliengy, born twin to Minerva F.: married John W.
Pence, 1853; she died Oct. 26, 1867. Issue:
47. i. William L. (Pence), farmer, Nevada, Mo
48. ii- Carrie M (Pence),
49. iii. Sarah (Pence 1; married William Wright; farmfr,
Bloomfield, Ky.
50. iv. Mary P. (Pence); married A. Beeler; farmer, Howards-
town, Ky. ; she died Aug. 12. 1892.
51. • V. Lafe Stiles (Pence); Counsellor and Attorney at Law,
Lebanon, Ky.
52. IX. Mabtha Ellen, born April 27, 1833; died July 11, 1880; unmarried.
53. X. Maetin Van Bxjkek, born Sept. 9, 1835; married Annie Bland in
1873; resides Hodgenville, Ky.; farmer. Issue:
EJiRATA £T ADDENDA. 747
Joe B. ; died young.
ii.
Lewis.
iii.
Elijah.
iv.
Corilla.
V.
Ogden Key,
54.
65.
56.
57
58.
FAMILY 2. (The Philadelphia Branch.)
(Information furninhed by Miss Helen Huber, Philadelphia, Pa.)
1, John* Stiles, [III] (Thomas,'' Long Jonaihan'. Isaac'', John'), born Not. 4, 1766;
married Jan. 20, 1793, Nancy Lindsley, of Morristown, N. J., who was born May
15, 1774, and died at Philadelphia, Pa., Oct. 7, 1849. He removed to Philadel-
phia, Pa , where he engaged in the lumber trade and accumulated a fortune; he
died May 6, 1815.
Children (born at Philadelphia, Pa.):
2. I. Henkt, born Nov 23, 1794; married Elieabeth Gaul. Family 3.
3. II. -loHN Stiles, born Nov. 23, 1796; married Hannah Stockton.
4. Family 4.
5. III. Maey Ann, born April 14, 1800; married Maj' 7, 1817, John Este
Keen; she died Feb. 1, 1828. I.isue:
i. Anna Stiles (Keen), born July 4th, 1818; married
Oct 13, 1836, Abraham Coates, who was born
April 1, 1804; died Nov. 2, 1887. Had (1) Mary
Ann Stiles, who married Isaac E Landell*; (2)
James Stiles, who married Annie C. Audenreid,
and had Helen Louise; (3) John Keen; (4) Rebecca
Norris, married Edwin B. Paul, and had Avaline
Paul, Florence Paul and M.ary Landell Paul; (5)
Anna Keen.
6. ii. .Tames Stiles (Keen), married, Nov. 8th, 1849,
Emily E. Catherwood; had(l) Anna Mary (Keen),
born Dec. 18, 1850; married April 28, 1877,
Harry C. Campion; had Henry Clifford (Camp-
ionl, born Feb. 13, 1878; (2) John Este (Keen),
born April 29, 1854; married Nov. 8, 1888, Han-
nah Burridge Mills; (3) Adelaide Emily (Keen),
born June 10, 1868.
7. IV Joseph Lindsley, born March 17, 1802; lost at sea Sept., 1821.
* Issue of Isaac E. aud Mary Ann Stiles (Coates) Landell: (i) Charles W., married Sarah
Bruner; (2) Edwin A., married Clarissa England; (3) Anna C, married James C. Corry; '4)
Mabel, married Siduy Rowland Bartlett; (6) Grace.
748 THE STILES GENE ALOGY.
8. V. Jam4s, born July 10. 1806; married Eleanor K. Cresson. Family 5,
9. VI. Chaeles, born April 14. 1807; died July 31, 1808.
10. VII. Robert, born Oct. G, died Oct. 10, 1810.
11. VIII. William Cooper, born Feb. 18, 1813; died Jan. 18, 1892.
12. IX. Nancy, born March 11, 1815; married Edward Halesworth Stokes.
Oct. 12, 1831.
F.\MILY 3.
13. Henky' Stiles, [2] tjnhn,'^ lliomas;' T.rmff Jonrilhav,^ Isaac,' John,') born
Nov. 23, 1794; married March H, 1819, Elizabeth Gaul, who was born April 19,
1802, and died April 11, 1859. Henry Stiles died Jan. 30, 1863. Succeeded his
father in business in Philadelphia. His brother, John, Jr., was also in the firm.
Henry Stiles was highly respected among the business community of Philadelphia,
and acquired considerable means for those days
Cliiklren (born in Philadelphia, Pa.).-
14. I. James, born Nov. 30, 1819— still-born.
15. 11. Anna Clarissa, born Sept. 2, 1821; married Oct. 16, 1844, James
Shull Huber, who was born Feb. 12, 1819, and died at
"Boscabel." Germantown, Philadelphia, May 17, 1879.
She died at Boscobel, March 4, 1890. Is.iue:
16. i. Lizzie Stiles (Huber), born Oct 11th, 1845; married
Dec. 31, 186C, Bartlett Jefferson a-nnncell, V. S. N.;
had (1) Helen (Cromwell) born Jan. 28, 1871; (2)
Anna Huber (Cromwell), born Feb, 5, 1873; (3)
Minna (Cromwell), born Aug. 20, 1878.
17. ii. Stiles (Huber), born June 16th, 1847; married Feb.
7, 1877, Arabella McCluney; had (1) "Wharton
(Huber), born Nov. 9, 1877; (2) Elizabeth (Huber),
born May 30. 1880; (3) Nelson Cannon (Huber),
born June 18, 1885.
lii. Helen (Huber), born April 24th, 1849.
Jacob, born Sept. 5; died Oct. 13, 1823.
Elizabeth Gaul, born Nov. 19, 1824; died Feb. 25, 1834.
21. V. Maey Amanda, born May 19, 1827; married May 2, 1850, Joseph
Eastburn Mitchell, who was born Aug. 3, 1817; died Oct. 5,
1887; she died Aug. 11, 1891. Children:
22. i. James Henry (Mitchell), born Oct. 23rd, 1851;
married Oct. 4, 1893, Emma Adele Audenreid,
born Oct. 5, 1868; died March 4, 1894.
23. ii. Wilson (Mitchell), born Aug. 31st, 1852; married
Jan. 10, 1884, Fanny E. Kessler, bom June 4, 1855.
18.
19.
III.
20.
IV.
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24. iii. Adele (Mitchell), born June 25, 1856.
25. VI Cabolise Matilda, born Sept. 6, 1829; married May 1, 1851, Wil-
liam HaiTison Carryl. Children:
26. i. Franklin Engene (Carryl), born Oct. 30th, 1852;
married July 7, 1885, Eugenie (iraham McGee,
born April 30, 1862; had (1 1 Ethel, bom May 16.
1887.
27. ii. William Heiuy (Carryl). bom Jan. 5th, 1855; mar-
ried April 11, 1883, Julia Etta Hannum; have (1)
Harry Gratz; (2) Hazel; (3) Adele.
28. iii. Mary Adelaide (Carryl), born July 5th, 1856; died
April 21, 1862.
29. iv. Elizabeth Stiles (Carryl), born Jan. 4th, 1860.
30. v. Laura (Carryl) bom Jan. 31st, 1865; married
March 30, 1891, John H. Shinn; have (1) Carryl,
bom June 4, 1893.
31. Til. Henbt Augcstcs, bom Aug. 31, 1831; married Cora Anderson.
Famii-y 6.
32. Vlil. Elizabeth Amelia, bom June 9, 1834; married Jan. 15, 1857, Rob-
ert H. Gratz; she died Oct 11, 1871. Children:
33. i. Ella Stiles (Gratz), bom Not. 28, 1857; married Keese
Davis Fell, Oct. 18, 1877; have (1) Robert Gratz,
born June 21, 1879.
34. ii. Henry Stiles (Gratz), bom June 22, 1859.
35. iii. Lewis Cooper (Gratz), born Aug. 14, 1861.
36. iv. Elizabeth Gaul (Gratz), born June 26, 1863;
died young
37. V. Walter (Gratz), born March 9, 1865; died February,
1893.
38. IX. FbedebiokGatol, born Dec. 12, 1837; died May 4, 1838.
39. X. William Coopeb, Jr., born July 27, 1839; married Ella M. Magill.
Family 7.
40. XI. Helen, born 16, died Dec. 24, 1841.
FAMILY 4.
41. JoHN« Stiles, [3] (John,'' Tliomas,' Long Jonathan,' Isaae,^ JoAn,')bomNov.
23, 1796; married May 5, 1818, Hannah Stockton, of Trenton, N. J.; he died Dec.
8, 1852.
Children:
42. I. Chables Edwabd.
750 TH E STI LES GENEALOGY.
43. II. John Henkt, married Margaret Braudster. Issue:
44. i. Emma, married DeVall.
45. III. Joseph Lindslet.
46. IV. William Lindslet; married Mary Granier. Issue:
47. i. George Granier.
48. ii. William Lindsley.
49. V. Makv Ann, born ; married Henry Stokes, of N. Y. City. Isstie:
SO.- i. John Stiles (Stokes).
51. ii. Henry B. (Stokes), married Sophia I. Lockwood; had
(1) Florence L.; (2) Marie L.
52. iii. Walter C. (Stokes), married Adele Watson; had (1)
Henry; (2) Walter Watson; (3) Edith Watson.
53. iv. Lilian (Stokes), married Artemas H. Holmes; had (1)
Artemas H., Jr.; (2) Lillian Stokes; (3) Hilda.
Samuel Stockton.
Elizabeth Fenton; married John Mulford. Issue:
i Stiles Elton (Mulford), married Sarah Ammack.
JosEPHrNE Stiles.
James Edward; married Eliza Spangler. Issue:
i. Spangler (Stiles).
ii. Frank (Stiles .
Theodore Buchanan.
XI. Frank Gardenier, married Dolly Baker. Secretary Manhattan Sav-
ings Bank, N. Y. City. Issue:
i. Ethel (Stiles),
ii. Arthur (Stiles).
iii. Harold (Stiles).
FAMILY 5.
66, James's Stiles, [8J (Jb/i)i,= Tliomas,-> Long Jonathan,' Isaac,- John,'') born July
10, 1806; married July 16, 1827, Eleanor K. Cresson. He died March 19, 1834;
was in the lumber business, Philadelphia.
Children (born in Philadelphia. Pa.):
67. I. Ltdia Cresson; married William Barber. Issue:
68. i. Eleanor (Barber), married James Sellers.
69. ii. Walter (Barber).
70. iii. Bessie (Barber).
71. II. KicHAED Cresson Stiles, (M. D.,) born Oct. 4, 1830; married Maria
Wells Family 8.
54.
YI.
55.
Yn.
56.
57.
VIII.
58.
IX.
59.
60.
61.
X.
62.
XI.
63.
64.
65.
ERRATA £T ADDENDA. 751
FAMILY 6.
71. Henet AuGUSTXis' Stiles, [31] {Henry,^ John/' Thomas,* Long Jmathan,^
Isaac,' John,') born Aug. 31, 1831; married .Jan. 24, 1861, Cora Anderson, of St.
Louis, Mo. He died Oct. 26, 1893.
Cliildren;
72. I. Andebson. born Dec. 1, 1863 ; died Feb. 10. 1872.
73. n Thekeea Antoixette, born June 16, 1863; married Nov. 21, 1893,
Samuel Hancock Haines.
74. in. Heset, born Not. 4, 1864.
75. r\^ Geokge Clayton, born Aug. 21, 1866.
76. V. Eugene Claeesce, born Sept. 24, 1871; died March 9, 1875.
77. VI. Chaeles Andeeson, born Sept. 10, 1875; died July 7, 1876.
FAMILY 7.
78. William Coopeb" Stiles, Jr. . [39] (Eenry." John,' Thomas,' Ixm/) Jonathan,^
Isaac,'' John,'' ) born July 27, 1839; married Sept. 4, 1861, Ella M. MagUl; resides
(1895) Volcano, Wood Co., W. Va.
ChUdreit:
79. I. Edwabd Magill, bom Sept. 6, 1862; died Dec. 12, 1865.
80. II. EoEEET Geaiz, born Aug. 20, 1863.
81. III. Chaelottb McKaeaheb, born Dec. 30, 1864; died Jiily 27, 1879.
82. IV. Ella Viegixia, born May 2, 1867; married Nov. 12, 1890. William
Danforth Supplee.
83. V. Axbeet Magill, born Nov. 28, 1870.
84. VI. Samuel Beown, born April 7, 1873.
FAMILY 8
85. KicHAED Cbessox" Stiles, 'M. D.,[70]i James, ''John,' Thomas, 'LontiJoyiathan,^
Isaac,'^ John,'' ) born Oct. 4, 1830; received bis early education in his native city;
graduated from Y'ale College, 1851; and as M. D., from University of Pennsylvania,
1854. He continued bis professional studies in Europe for three years more, es-
pecially in physiology, under the immediate tutorship of Kobin, and in attendance
on the teachings of Bernard, leading men in the Paris School. Returning to the
United States, he was Professor of Physiology in the Medical Department of the
University of Vermont for seven consecutive years; in the Berkshire Medical Col-
lege, Pittsfield, Mass., 1856-62; and in the College of Physicians and .Surgeons.
New York, 1861-2. In 1858, he again visited Europe for special study in Pathology
and Physiology. In 1856, he entered the Army, as Surgeon of Volunteers, and re-
mained until the following year in charge of Military General Hospital, at Pittsburg,
752 TH E STI L£S GEN EULOGY.
Pa. Then he joined Hancock's Corps in the Army of the Potomac, as Surgeon-in-
Chief of Caldwell's Division, participating in numerous engagements, including
Chancellorsville and Gettysburg. Coming to Brooklyn in 1864, he was appointed
Eesident Physician of the Kings Co. Hospital at Flatbush. In 1866, he was made
Registrar of Vital Statistics, and later .Sanitary Superintendent for the Brooklyn
District of the Metropolitan Health Department — a position which he retained un-
til the Metropolitan Health Board was legislated out of existence, in 1870. During
1867-8, he was President of the Medical Society of the County of Kings, and was
largely successful in making it an instrument for the promotion of the truly scien-
tific interests of the profession.
His labors for the Metropolitan Health Board are undoubtedly among the most
valuable contributions to its reports His investigation of the Texas Cattle Disease,
secured for him a wide scientific reputation as the discoverer of the parasite which
caused the malady; and his name was honored in this connection by the well-known
Prof. Hallier, of Iowa, who styled the fungus Coniathecium Stilesianum. His de-
tnrmination, in 1869, by a ready meLhod of his own devising, of the percentage of
carbonic acid gas in the atmospheres of various schools, theatres, tenements and
other i^laces in the Metropolitan District, made the first startling exhibit of the
very general disregard had for efficient ventilation. His fertile brain and untiling
industry led to numerous monographs, essays, addresses, contributions to scientific
journals, and occasionally to the daily press. With a fine physique, and a noble
intellect thoroughly trained, he gave promise of a grand intellectual future. But
he too often forgot the laws of health in the pursuit of science.
After his severance from the Health Office, he entered upon private practice
in Brooklyn, but was soon incapacitated by ill health. He died, at West Chester,
Pa., after a short illness, April 17, 1873.
The Memorial to Dr. Stiles, from which we have quoted, prepared by a Com-
mittee of the Brooklyn Pathological Section of the Kings County Medical Society,
further says: " On questions of physiology and pathological anatomy, he seemed a
living encyclopedia;" and on every branch and point of these, " no envy can be
excited by saying that Dr. Stiles had no peer in the profession in Brooklyn. * * He
knew no idle moments, often disregarding hours lor meals and sleep in the pursuit
of some absorbing topic. Study and laboratory work were his chief delights, and
when so occupied he is known to have sometimes thought it waste of time to re-
spond to a medical call. But once in charge of a patient, he brought every power
to bear upon the case." His enthusiasm was a marked and attractive feature of his
character; his facility of composition was quite remarkable, and he could always
express himself much more effectively in writing than by tongue. His private
character was above reproach; his disposition amiable; without arrogance, and
sensitive and delicate as that of a woman. Accomplished by study, travel and ob-
servation; quiet but courteous in manner; faithful in all the relations of life, and
delightful as a friend, his early death was a loss to Science and Humanity, as well
as to his friends.
Dr. Richard C. Stiles, married, in 1856, at Leghorn, Italy, Maria (daughter of
Dr. Thomas) Wells, of New Haven, Conn., who still survives him.
ERRATA ET ADDENDA. 753
Children (liorn in Philadelphia):
86. I. Thomas Wells, born Dec. 17, 1857. Resides, New York Citj-.
87. II. Eleanor Ckesson.
Page 513. Third line from bottom. Strike out the asterisk after 1750.
Page 515. Second line from bottom, for Townsend, read Farrand.
Page 517. The Note* at foot of page belongs to Aaron, No 43 —line 1. In third
line of this note, instead of "above." read pra/e 51-'i.
Page 519. -Jonathan Stiles (No. 46, line 4) married only once; and his wife's name
was Sarah Tidtle.
Page 519. Ephraim Stiles, Family 5, was received into communion at Hanover
(N. J.) Church, Feb. 12, 1758; his daughter Elizabeth, was baptized
in same church, Jan. 10, 17-56; his son Lei-i, was baptized Sept. 26,
1756; his son Moses Ealsey, was baptized March 26, 1758; and the
latter 's wife's name was Terril. Note* on this page belongs to
Ebenezer, pages 520-521.
Page 520. Family 7. Ebenezbe Stiles [2] should be [12].
Page 523. Third line. Strike out all this line concerning 2d marriage. Also erase
all said about John, (No. 71) and .James Stiles, (No. 73). They
belong to family of Thomas, page 512 and 740 Addenda.
Page 521. Hannah's (No. 57) husband, Asa Beach, born August 6, 1761, Mmristown
Chfiirch Becords.
Page 524. William's (No. 75) date of marriage (according to }rnrrlstiiirn Hecords)
should be April 28, 1798.
Page 522. Line 9, from bottom, for "April," read Mai/.
Page 528. Line 9, for 1824 read LSJl.
Page 533. First line, Patty Stiles, probably the Patty who married Daniel Hop-
pin, December, 1793;— 4th line, Lydia Stiles, probably the Lydia
who married Carter, Jan. 29, 1794 — Church liec, Hanover, X.J.
Page 540. Last line, add to Timothy's record, baptized July 3, 179.'i; 6th line fi-om
bottom, add Jonathan T.'s record, baptized Feb. 15, 1784.
Page 542. To Amelia (Russell), No. 165, add date of birth, August 31, 1813; she
married Wm A. Tomlinson; Morristoimi 1st Church Records, note also
baptism of a son to Elizabeth (Stiles) Russell and husband of
Michigan, named Jimatlum, bajitized Aug. 10, 1806.
Page 542. Morgan Edward Russell (No. 159) died Sept. '28, 1812, a?. 1 year.
Page 543. Ephraim STn.Es, No. 174, married Phebe Cook. Jan. 17, 1819 — Ilanunr
Church [y. J.) Records.
Page 543. Moses Halsey Stiles and wife admitted to Hanover Church, N. J..
Dec, 8, 1804.
Page 543. Baxter, (No. 175); Joseph, (No. 177| and Benjamin, (No. 178) all (/,></
y(nin(i.
Page 544. Abigail, (No 181j born in March; and dut<' of her marriage should lie
March JO, /.V,.'.9. Rebecca. (No. 187). baptized July 24. 1808, in
Hanover Church; and her husband's name should read Dirk-ersini
Halsey Genealot/y,
754 THE S Tl LES GEN EALOGY.
Page 546. Line 11— for 1824, read IS4J.
Page 552. As James Stfles, (Family 22) has been found to be the son of Thomas
Stiles (See pages 512 and 740) he and all his descendants should
be read as descendants of Thomas ,^ Long Jonathan,^ Isaac,'' John.'
Miss Huber says James Stiles was a tanner, and that he died Oct.
7, 1841.
Page 552. Line 6 from bottom, read March, 1764. Line 2 from bottom, read Jan.
1857.
Page 553. James Stiles. See correction, Addenda, page 743.
Page 567. Edwakd Stiles, No. 375. — Strike out Family 56.
Page 574. _ Second line from bottom of page, for Kuhannah read Ruhamah.
Page 641. Ann (Brown) Stiles, widow of Thomas, had letter of administration
gi'antedher, March 14, 1793, on his estate (" late of Burlington Co.")
Page 659. For Harnden, lines 9, 10, 11, read Harden.
Page 679. Line 7, Benjamin Edwakd Stiles [6] should be [10].
Page 680. Family 4, Eev. Joseph Clay Stiles [7] should be [11].
Page 688. The family name of Eugene West Stiles' second wife was Bowling.
INDEX OF CHRISTIAN NAMES
OF THE
AMERICAN STILES FAMILIES.
Note. — Where two numbers are connected by a hyphen, thus as Aaron, 133-
2.'lo, the first number indicates the page whereon his biffh is given, and the
second (black letter) number indicates the page, whereon he is given tis the
head of a /'atni/i/.
Aaron, ISS-a/i.^, iU-424, 5\l-3:Hi,
510-SOl.
Aaron Aber, .553-i5<'.'>. 753 en:
Aaron Ketchum, 321-.V7't^,
Aaron Nelson, 301.
Abby, 421.
Abby Eliza, 612.
Abel, 87, 128, 427, 485; 485-4.'><>, (ffet-.)
ST, 100- 12S, 132 add..
Abigail, 53, 88, 130, 247, 410, 412, 481,
544, 646, 652, 743 add., 753, err.
Abigail P., 578.
Abner, 608-6^3.
Abuer Passell, 604, 612-fii«,
Abner Spinning, 620.
Abner Brownlee Socrates, 621.
Abraham, 540, 610, 616.
Abraham Ogden, 548, 577.
Ada May, 461.
Adaline, 290, 559, 569.
Adaline E., 428.
Adam M , 314.
Addie. 385.
Addie Mary, 734 add. .
Addison, 569.
Adelaide, 498.
Adelbert, 460.
Adelia Righter. 561.
Adeline Jane, 388.
Adolphus Marvin, 626.
Adrian W., 371.
Agnes, 695.
Agnes L., 340.
A. H., 454.
Aladdin S., 429.
Alathea, 128, 129, 413.
Albert, 504, 660.
Alberto., 350-SS7.
Albert Edgar, 381.
Albert Erastus, 428-^^,S'.
Albert Irvine, 672.
Albert J., 581.
Albert M., 386.
Albert v., 70.
Albert Warren, ii4:-456, 739 add.
Albert Wilson, 661, 6^2.
Alden N., 456.
Alexander, 625, 626.
Alexander C, 367.
Alfred, 445.
Alfred Ensign, 4.59.
Alida, 451.
Alice, 51, 54, 55, 60, 343, 362, 385.
Alice A., 621.
Alice Daisy, 660.
Alice Eloise, 736 a<ld.
Alice Elvira, 312.
.\.lice Leonora, 585.
756
THE STILES GENEALOGY.
Alice M.. 383, 473.
Alice Maria, 483, 500.
Alice Winans, 622.
Allen, 265.
Almerin H. F., 453.
Almira, 275, 324, 432, 445.
Alonzo Fanington, 413, 421; 436-^5 J?.
Alonzo LeKoy, 592-001.
Althea, 652.
Alvah, 278, 303-«'?,V.
Alvah J., 329.
Amanda, 445
Amanda Melvina, 443.
Amarett B., 321.
Amasa Fabriqiu-, 379; i\l-4:il.
Ambro.se Whipple, Sn-.'t'tl.
Amelia, 257, 753 add.
Amelia T., 550.
Amos, 47-5i, 641, 047.
AmosC, 423.
Amy, 229.
Amy C, 356.
Amy Frances, 659.
Amy L., 353.
Amzi A., 549.
Amzi B., 554.
AncelC, 317, 372.
Anderson, 751 add.
Andi-ew, iU-42<i, 444, 619.
Andrew L. , 65Q-03S.
Andrew Jackson, 612.
Andrew Proudfit, 49S.
Angeline, 269.
Ann, 90, 104, 154, 419, 607, 613, 645,
754 add.
Ann Amelia, 656.
Ann Catharine, 654.
Ann Duncan, 672
Ann Eliza, 580.
Ann F., 498.
Ann Laura, 580.
Ann Magie, 615.
Anna, 247, 276, 278, 364, 416, 520, 545.
639, 649, 678.
Anna Chloe, 336.
Anna Clarissa, 748 add.
Anna Eliza. 628.
Anna Farrand, 546.
Anna Janette. 416.
Anna Josephine, 388.
Anna Maria, 316, 352, 370, 371, 504,
561. 592, 653.
Anna Newton, 693.
Anna Walton, 78.
Anne, 452.
Anne Leonard, 442.
Annette, 334.
Annette M., 65.
Annis, 411.
Annie Lane. 386.
Ansel Alonzo, 453.
Anson, 61; 265-311, (err.)
Anson Baiter, 312.
Anson Luther, 312.
Antoinette D., 499.
Arabella, 350.
Arabella B., 599.
Araminta, 580.
Archibald Winans, 620.
Argette, 593.
Artemesia, 227.
Arthur Alvord, 378.
Arthur Chapin, 282.
Arthur D., 301.
Arthur Eugene, 734 add.
Arthur Evert, 593
Aithur Frederick, 381.
Arthur Lewis, 355.
Arthur M.. 451.
Arthur Newton, 382.
Arsine Charles, 570.
Asa, 4,U-422.
AsaD., 443-J,-J.>, 456.
Asahel, 230; 231; 134-'>;ir. 239; 231-
270, 2r2-:-:20.
.A.sahel Chapin, 245
Ashbel Hi2-->->'>. 539-5«,V.
Asenath Dodson, 362.
A. Sidney. 340.
Audrey Keble, 334.
INDEX OF CHRISTIAN NAMES.
151
Augusta A., 658.
Augusta Eliza, 361.
Augusta M. , 499.
Augustus, 627.
Austin, 229-209.
Avery Winthrop, 237.
Azenath, 275
Bathsheba, 267.
Baxter, 543.
Belle 0., 739 err.-
Benjamin, 46, 53, 224; 256-298, 413-
418, 473-J7«, 4S:i. 487; 485-
488, 489; i86-i9:i, 543, 619;
UO-644, 645, 650, 664, 666, 669;
&70-672, 675, 676, 677, 733,
740 add. 753 err.
Benjamin B., 611.
Benjamin Edward, 677-079, 680, 754
add.
Benjamin Franklin, 344.
Benjamin P., 299, 473.
Benjamin Preston, 490.
Benjamin Roberts, 274.
Benjamin T., 565, 734 odd.
Benoni, 87, 90, 133, 135-*>:^7,248, 290.
Bennett, 427-440.
Bennett F., 498.
Bennett M., 446.
Bertha, 391.
Bertha D,, 461.
Bertha E., 77.
Bertha Rose, 381.
Bertie D., 353.
Bessie, 389, 591.
Bessie E., 390.
Bethiah, 132.
Betsy, 55, 61, 268, 269, 422, 426, 525,
533, 539, 567.
Betsy Kilby, 302.
Betty, 411.
Bianea, 581.
Blanche Amelia, 660.
Blanche G., 368.
Blanche L., 602.
Brunette, 593.
Burage H., 353.
Burritt, 429.
Butler, 267.
B. Morgan, 647-650.
Calvin, 533, 562.
Candace, 60.
Carl, 458.
Caroline, 376, 502, 568, 611, 616, 629,
746 add.
Caroline Amanda, 353.
Caroline B., 315.
Caroline Barton, 371.
Caroline Couper, 695.
Caroline Elizabeth, 617.
Caroline G., 67.
Caroline L., 341, 430.
Caroline Lucina, 295.
Caroline Matilda, 749 add.
Carrie, 385.
Carrie Adele, 622.
Carrie Augusta, 734 add.
Carrie B., 354.
Carrie Bell, 448. 739 add.
Carrie Emma, 349.
Carrie P., 352.
Carrington Riverius, 350.
Cassilda, 319.
Cassilda D., 271.
Catharine, 270, (err.) 292, 527, 538, 556,
563, 570.
Catharine A., 319.
Catharine Anna. 688.
Catharine Almira, 656.
Catharine Harden, 659.
Catharine M., 67.
Catharine Margaret, 342.
Catharine Mackay, 695.
Catharine Wilder, 63.
Celeste C, 734 add.
Charity, 522.
Charles, 267; 277-327 {add); 345, 367,
385, 431, 502;.567-5.S.'>,619, 649,
652, 674, 736, 744, 748 add.
Charles A., 356, 452.
Charles Adelbert, ZZ5-381.
758
THE STILSS GENEALOGY.
Charles Alfred, 591.
Clare, 393.
Charles Anderson, 751 odd.
Clarence, 389.
Charles Augustus, 352.
Clarence G., 504.
Charles Butler, 3Zi-380.
Clarence H., 630-<;.'iJ,
Charles C, 329-3SO, 379.
Clarence Herman, 368.
Charles Clarence, 594.
Clarence Naher, 659.
Charles Dey, 315-300, 371.
Clai-ica, 272.
Charles Dennison, 390.
Clarissa, 271, 275.
Charles Edgar, 348.
Clarissa B., 386.
Charles Edwai-d, 749 add.
Clarissa Emeline, 317.
Charles Ellsworth, 349.
Clarissa Grace. 306.
Charles Frederick, SiS-SSO,
568.
Clarissa E., 318.
Charles Gowdy, 382.
Clark Greniille, 590, 600.
Charles H., 357, 586.
Claude A., 600.
Charles Henry. 68-?*', 3ol-:i<S8. 370,
Clayton, 461.
442.
Clemina, 266.
Charles Herbert, 297.
Clifford, 691.
Charles Hort, 429-=f J.'>,
Clifford Adams, 679 6».l.
Charles Judson, 312-,35» (add.)
Clifford Eosabel, 693.
Charles L., 355, 364.
Comfort, 513.
Charles Eomaine, 297.
Copeland, 663, 665, 725.
Charles K., 354.
Cora Belle, 377.
Charles Robert, 415.
Cora C, 380.
Charles W., 440.
Cora E., 446, 601.
Charles Wardell, 387, 737 add
CoraM., 354.
Charles William, 297.
Cornelia. 347, 625. 654.
Chai-les Willis, 660.
Cornelia Ann, 611.
Charles Worcester C, 287.
Cornelia Asenath, 346.
Charlotte, 268 {err.) 457.
Cornelia Price. 558.
Charlotte Elizabeth, 283.
Crawford E., 658.
Charlotte Emory, 318.
Crozier, 628
Charlotte Pierjjont, 296.
Curtiss, 61.
Charlotte EateliflEe, 334.
Curtis H., 65.?i,79.
Chauncey, 226, 221-228, 357
-SitO.
Cynthia, 227, 298, 415.
Chester, 277, 658.
Cynthia E., 734 add.
Chester D., 356.
Cyrene, 247.
Chillion Ford, 542.
Dabney, 292.
Chloe Ann, 292.
Daniel. 130-->2O, 229- •>6«,
268;
308-
Chloe B., 380.
.jf.j'>. 314-;iCO, \err.
) 316,
422-
Chloe Daty, 444.
442, i2i^444, 522-
^40,
539-
Christian Elizabeth, 654.
i>(Ui, 547, 598; 606-610,
619;
Christopher, 7, 14, 17, 20, 23
24, 30.
«C,5; 663-66r*, 666
673,
736
Cincinnatus W. , 288.
err.
Clara Angle, 387.
Daniel L., 379, 565.
Clara Edna, 393.
Daniel 0., 315, 438.
INDEX OF CHRISTIAN NAMES.
759
Daniel Olds, 413-rf'>f>,
Edgar Heaton, 339.
Daniel Osborn, 371.
Edgar 0., 353.
Daniel Kogers, 267-,'yi,5, (err).
Edith Florence, 659.
Daniel Van Schaick, 542.
Edith K., 503.
Darwin, err.
Edmund Bruce, 435.
David, IS; 237 -27 8, 21S-328, 350
411;
Edmund Ely, 68-77'.
4.12-410, (aM.); 429-f;50,
483;
Edmund G., 320.
4.85-480, 571, 615, 644,
741,
Edmund Morris, 418.
738, 744, err.
Edmund Pease, 378.
David B., 421-^,3*.
Edmund Root, 4:20-433.
David Crane, 609-G J,7.
Edmund Smith, 74a.
David Farrington, 437.
Edmund S., 74.
David H., 226; 266-;ii;f , 735 err.
Edna, 459.
David J., 323.
Edna A., 601.
David JudsoD, 4.81-4U8,
Edna Elizabeth, 336.
David L., 439.
Edward, 264-.307, 298, 309, 351, 364,
David Magie, 614.
567; 644-«J,V, 650, 653, 663;665-
David Eoyal, 326.
OOr, 673, 675, 676, 754 err.
David Truesdell, 460.
Edward Augustus, 560-.5.S'.V, 626.
David Williams, 616.
Edward C, 295.
Darwin, 26S, 314, (err.} 316.
Edward Copeland, 668, 670.
Darwin Eaton, 392.
Edward Holcomb, G7-74b, 77.
Deborah, 408, 409, 665.
Edd. H., 456.
Delia, 255, 299, 307, 385.
Edward Isaac, 383.
DelosT., 320-.'i74.
Edward James, 000. 672.
Demas, 744 add.
Edward Eeed, 334.
Denison, 311-3.57,735 add.
Edwards Stoughton, 336.
DeWitt Clinton, 352-:iSS, 389.
Edward VanZandt, 388.
Diana Wilmott, 306.
Edward W., 581.
Diantha, 227.
Edward Westerly, 598.
Diantha Noble, 62.
Edwin, 64, (err.) 301; 311-350, 326.
Dora, 385.
Edwin H., 566.
Dorcas, 228. 229, 562.
Egbert C, 350-.3.S«.
Dorcas Catharine, 314.
Egbert White, 362.
Dorcas L., 266.
Egbert D., 5d3-001.
Dorus, 55-CO, 61.
Eleanor, 414, 419, 432, 545, 546.
Dorus A., 65.
Eleanor Cresson, 753, add.
DwightB., 352.
Eleazer, 232.
Earl, 439.
Electa, 58, 422.
Ebenezer, SG-IOS, (add.) 509-512-5:20,
Eli, 133-230.
522-r,47, 551, 573, 617,
732
Eli Gowdy, 335.
add., 753 err.
Eliakim, 51;61-C.5.
Eddie, 380.
Elias B., 314-,3«.'>.
Eden, 652.
Elias Wade, 610-6iS.
Edgar Crane, 594.
Eli.iah H., 443-^,7^.
760
THE STILES GENEALOGY.
Elijah, 233; 264-.VO->.
271:
320-.V
74,
Ellen Maud, 451.
515-533.
Ellen Porter, 78.
Elizabeth, 7, 14, 17, 20,
23, 44, 48
, 53,
Ellen Thompson, 611.
90, 132. 209, 221,
222
235,
263,
Ellen Virginia, 693.
266, 326, 350, 383,
384,
430,
431,
EUeiy, 356.
476, 519, 540, 541
545
570,
589,
Elliott, 332.
607, 615, 629, 639,
641,
642,
644,
Elliott Meigs, 458.
649, 664, 665, 673,
742
744
753
Ellsworth, 256.
add.
Ellsworth Elliott, 620.
Elizabeth A., 500.
Elton Hiram. 444-^5*, 739 add.
Elizabeth Emilia, 749 add.
Elvira, 70.
Elizabeth C. 656, 616.
Elvira C, 352.
Elizabeth Crane. 609.
Elvira Jennet? 346.
Elizabeth Fenton, 750 add.
Emelia, 209
Elizabeth Gaul, 748 add.
Emelia Harriot, 253.
Elizabeth Hubbard, 252.
Emelia Marilia, 390.
Elizabeth L., 656.
Emeline, 62, 569.
Elizabeth Lucinda, 453.
Emery Clifford, 734 add.
Elizabeth H., 429.
Emily, 564.
Elizabeth JIackey, 695.
Emily Amanda, 298.
Elizabeth Wade, 010.
Emily Anna, 307.
Elishama, 352.
Emily Antoinette, 453.
Eliza, 554, 564. 556.
Emily D.. 323.
Eliza A., 572.
Emily E.. 586.
Eliza .Adelaide, 274.
Emily Jane, 449.
Eliza Cornelia, 307.
Emily T., 364.
Eliza Edna, 617.
Emir Lewis, 458.
Eliza Jane, 327, 495.
Emma, 336, 350, 390, 550, 591, 630.
Eliza M., 491.
Emma Arabelle, 362.
Eliza Mackay, 679.
EmmaB., 503.
Eliza Maria. 501.
Emma F., 658.
Eliva, 302.
Emma J.. 355.
Ella, 377, 649.
Emma Jane, 580.
Ella A., 380.
Emma Jane Belmont, 585.
EllaB., 658.
Emma Louisa. 313
Ella Elizabeth, 588.
Emma Vernon, 77.
Ella Esther, 483.
Emmogene Ella., 739 err.
Ella Florence, 658.
Enoch, 234 [add.), 272. 733 add.
Ella J., 582.
Enoch N., 734 add.
Ella Jane, 737 add.
Enos, .Jl-i-it.'Hi.
Ellen, 431.
Ephraim, 83-88, 88-j:jO. 132; 234-
Ellen Amanda. 298.
•*77. 269; 471-^7.-;, 473; 485
Ellen C, 448.
487, 509; 512-;5i.'>, oW-543
Ellen Esther, 500.
543-57-/. 544: 635-C.V«, 637
Ellen J.. 431.
753 add.
INDEX OF CHRISTIAN NAMES.
761
Ephraim Erastus, 487-J^«>9,
Ephraim Price, b33-562.
Erastus, 415.
Ernest B., 733 add.
Ernest Benjamin, 73-1 add.
Ernest Linwood, 389.
Ernest M., 337.
Esther, 56, 102, 278, 384.
Esther Baldwin, 562.
Esther Hooker, 223.
Esther Irvine, 673.
Esther Jennette, 290.
Esther Josephine, 297.
Estelle, 335.
Ethan Dewey, 30&-331.
Ethel Brower, 391.
Ethel Gordon, 694.
Etta Amanda, 340, 380.
Ettie, 358.
Eugene, 598.
Eugene B., 367.
Eugene Douglas, 693.
Eugene Clarence, 751 add.
Eugene Marshall, 654, 656; 651-65».
Eugene West, 688-693, 754 add.
Eugenia Ashfield, 585.
Eugenia Clara, 359.
Eugenia Eliza, 459.
Eugenia Vernon, 77.
Eunice, 60, 254, 411, 482, 532.
Eunice Ann, 324.
Eveline Avery, 293.
Eva Frances 737 add.
Everett Dutton, 375.
Experience, 131, 230, 233, 234, 273,
276,
Ezra, 209-221-S:^», 246-3.S'.7 (en: ), 254-
290, 264, 310; 426-5*^/5, 565-
388.
President, 6, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 24. 40,
42, 43, 44, 46, 47, 48, 80, 81. 88,
91, 99, 130, 132, 134; 101-
133-209 (add.), 220, 222, 224,
233, 267, 604, 662, 724, 725, 732,
add.
Ezra Brown, oil -3 7 Jr.
Ezra Griswold, 257.
Ezra H., 344.
Ezra Leander, 297.
Ezra Loomis, 302-3if .?.
Ezra Ogdeii, 511-397.
Fannie, 629.
Fanny C, 347.
Farrington. 421.
Fayette, 345.
Flora, 379.
Flora Eunice, 340.
Florence Johnson. 621.
Florence Mabel, 388.
Florence V., 679.
Frances, 299, 350, 557, 582, 666, 668,
673.
Frances A. B., 284.
Frances Elizabeth, 315, 355.
Frances Emma, 626.
Frances Helen, 381.
Frances Lee Williams,
Frances Millard, 361.
Frances Naomi, 593.
Francis, 7, 14, 16, 20,
27, 28, 30, 34,
402, 481, i^i-183. 494. (.:
Francis Abel, iai-301.
Francis Burke, 490.
Francis C, 626.
Frank, 69, 432, 591, 619, 620.
Frank .irthur, 369.
Frank Buckley, 594.
Frank Gardiner, 750 add.
Frank H., 71.
Frank Harper, 336.
Frank L., 658.
Frank Lorenzo, 337.
Frank Laurence, 382.
Frank Wooding, ibl-rHil.
Franklin, 617.
Franklin E., 392.
Franklin Hyde, 323-3 ;-«.
Franklin Rudolph, 313-3««.
Franklyn, 340-383.
435.
23 (f)T.i.
35, 40,
24, 26,
42; 17-
1.
762
THE STILES GENEALOGY.
Freddie DeWitt, 737 mW.
Gertrude Ellen, 435.
Frederick B., 446.
Gideon, 51-54, 55-02, 412.
Frederick Delmar, 591.
Gideon Anson, 63-0'.S'.
Frederick Gaul, 749 ad(J.
Gidney A., 501-.5O.>'.
Frederick Gladwin, 354-3.V».
Gilbert, 391.
Frederick H., 623.
Gilbert Gaylord, 71-r,V.
Frederick Hobart, 339 ,'iA'3.
Gitty, 542.
Frederick R., 349.
Grace Adaline, 660.
Frederick Samuel, 334-.5.Vi.
Gracie B., 386.
Freddie Lewis, 355.
Grace Edna, 388.
Freedom, 638.
Grace Elsie, 588.
Freeman, 413.
Grace Mabel, 78.
Gardiner, 303-,:iJ6.
Gulielma Clifford, 694.
Garwood. iXo-^'iU.
Habersham, 692.
Genevieve Minerva, 312.
Halsey, 619.
George, 345, 380, 385, 441, 460, 513,
Hamilton Couper, 695.
523; 618-«!>;i, 691.
Hannah, 53, 54, 55, 82, 87, 88, 102, 108,
George Alexander, 621.
223, 247, 248, 408, 409, 41'0. 413,
George Alfred, 569-J»0,
422, 474, 511, 521, 540, 571, 635,
George B., 314, 590, 626.
640, 641,731, 738, 753 err.
George C, i5\-4<il.
Hannah A., 646.
George Clinton, 751 add.
Hannah M., 291.
George Edward, 460.
Hannah Maria, 419.
George Emerson, 348; 430-450, 658-
Hannah Marissa, 492.
GiiO.
Harley, 379.
George Gordon, 694.
Harmena E. , 386.
George Harden, 659.
Hai-old M., 650.
George Henry, 560, 572, 580, 598.
Harriet, 58, 255, 347. 415, 419, 427, 445,
George Herbert, 600.
488, 495, 609.
George K., 439.
Harriet Adelia, 630.
George Keith. i22-440, 739 add.
Harriet Ann, 576.
George Levi, 594.
Harriet Clarke, 615.
George Morris, 618-«'<??.
Harriet Emily, 326.
George Mygatt, 433.
Harriet E. B. B., 296.
George P., 438- J5 J.
Harriet Eliza, 561.
George Scriba, 502.
Harriet Elizabeth, 497.
George Sherman, 460.
Harriet Estella, 737 add.
George Stanly, 660.
Harriet Jane, 442, 737 achl.
George W., 599; 655-030.
Harriet L., 300, 341.
George Wallace, 298-;{,V.«>.
Harriet Louisa, 342.
George William, 3i2-:{S4.
Harriet M., 461.
George Washington, i28-44T, 597, 612,
Harriet N., 572.
678.
Harriet Sophia, 356.
Georgiana Frances, 449.
Harriet W., 579.
Gertrude. 454.
Harry, 63, 452, 653.
INDEX OF CHRISTIAN NAMES.
7(53
Hivrry Bacon, 359.
Henry Hobart, 295-.*i;i7.
Harry Douglass, 3-t3.
Henry Howard, 378,
Harry Lee, 343
Henry .James, 334.
Harry K., 356.
Henry Lane, in-^iil.
Harvey, 228; SSl-.VJr.
Henry Loomis, 3oo-.'iS!t.
Harvey D., 347-,-f,V,T.
Henry Mygatt, 432.
Harvey Hawkins, 421-^.-f », '
"39 a
Id.
Henry Quinly, 452.
Hattie Aerion, SOU.
Henry Ranney, 74a.
Hattie Belle, 736 whl.
Hemy Reed, 74, 282: 282-.f>.'>.
Hattie Celora, 591.
Heniy Rollin, 310-;f.5«.
Hattie Emma. 448.
Henry Salmon, 307.
Hattie Jane, 600.
Henry Smith, 319.
Helen, 749 add.
Henry Van N,. 623.
Helen A., 649, 734 add.
Herbert Alonzo, 377. 737 add.
Helen Augusta, 344.
Herbert Charles. 359.
Helen Elizabeth, 381, 441.
Herbert D., 590.
Helen Frances, 447.
Herbert Linwood, lO-JS.
Helen Lydia, 623.
Herbert Newton, 693,
Helen M., 319.
Herbert Thompson, 631,
Helen Mar, -502.
Herbert William, 435.
Heman, 629.
Herman, 629-«.jfO.
Henrietta, 570, 616.
Hervey, 254-**.«>r.
Henrietta Packer, 449.
Hervey Reuben, 734 add.
Henry, 6, 7, 13, 15. 16, 20,
23. 24. 25.
Hezekiah, 516.
26, 28, 29, 30. 31
32
, 33,
Hiland Thayer, 737 add.
34, 35, 40; 41-j;i
, 44-.^«,
Hiram, 269; i23-44:i.
47; 51-,3,5, 60-«^,
78,
223;
Homer Oliver, 377, 737 add.
256-'>»S, 26.5-,Vl<>,
27.5-
•{•i4.
Homer Randolph. 693.
^ 323-:{T7, 345, 346,
357,
373,
Horace, 63, 226, 227, 228; 254-3»«,
> 377; 418-j;i->, 466,
468,
470.
3Qi-34S, 311-3 -,r, 366.
649. 650, «,5J, 652,
731,
737.
Horace A.., 557.
747, 751 aM.
Horace Edward, 296
Henry .\mes, 656.
Hosea, Ul-'HtO, 735 err.
Henry Artbiu-, 392, 626,
Howard W., 69.
Henry Augustus. 626, rjt»-751 a
/./,
Hubert Kendall, 78.
Henry Benjamin, 449.
Hugh, 696.
Henry B,, 309-;i,>^. 489,
Hugh J., 456.
Henry Birch, 502-.>O^.
HuldiOi. 229, 273, 425.
Henry Burdett, 428-^:/?, 42
1.
Huldah Corbin. 326.
Henry Burke, 490-^f »».
Humphrey Aubrey, 659.
Henry Clarke, 627.
Hunter Bell, 378.
Henry Copeland, 672.
Hylas, 262-200, 299-^^0, 383.
Henry Dwight, 32.5-,? 7 r.
Hylas C, 342.
Henry Edward, 339.
Hylas W., 340-,VS.{.
Henry G., 565.
Ida Antoinette. 453
764
TH E STI LES GENEALOGY.
Idii Estelle, 313.
James Edick, 589.
Ilia Lillie, 460.
James Ezra Brown, 5H-595,
Ida Louise, 359.
James Egbert, 596.
luiogena Emma, add.
James H., 652-6*5.3.
Ina Elora, 454.
James Harper, 248-?.<>.'f
Ira, 425-^^0.
James L., 341.
Ira W., 302.
James Monroe, 560.
Ira Whitehead, 550.
James Myer, 656.
Irene Khoda, 435.
James Ogden, 618.
Isaac, 12, 16, 41, 42, 53, 83, 86; 88-.«)J,
James Oliver-, 327.
\m-222, S8-l-i{), 130-2
20,
James Porter, 70.
211; 25i-294, 2U-30S,
344;
James K., 299-.3^0.
308-.55.V, i1-407, iGS-dOO,
James Smith, 555-5SO,
410, 411, am, 512; 628-029,
James Theodore, 372.
0:iO, 636-040, 638; 635-fi,*i9,
Jane, 241, 244, 542, 556,
589,
615,
653,
644, 650, 732 add.
676.
Isaac Clark, 222-23.3.
JaneE., 325,429.
Isaac Ellsworth, 353.
Jane Eliza, 582.
Isaac Lorenzo, 294-3,3 7-
Jane Lois, 339.
Isaac Wadsworth, 337-;{S2.
Japhet, 264-305, 306.
Isabel Couper, 695.
Jarvis, 61-08.
Isabella, 336, 360.
Jason Elbridge, 355.
Isabella Annette, 312 734 add.
Jean, 343.
Isadora, 70, 589.
Jeanie L., 371.
Israel, 90-7.5.?,, 130-22S, 229-203,
Jemima, 134, 489.
248, 134: 2iS-3!H, 312, 735
err.
Jennie, 582.
Israel Harper, 292-330.
Jennie L , 599.
Israel Newton, 266; 312-,-i5.9 736 add.
Jennet, 489.
J. Emerson, 582.
Jerome, 298, 440.
Jabez, 556.
Jerome B., 310-;i55.
Jacob, 526-5,57-, 541, 744, 748 add.
Jerusha, 276.
Jacob M. , 587.
Jerusha Curtis, 625.
Jairus, ilS-432.
Jesse, 637.
Jairus Benjamin, 432.
Jessie M., 355, 649.
James, 64, 68, 235, 248, 325;
523
Joan, 26.
(see Errata); 552, 539, 554-5 ".O,
Joanna, 581.
564-5Sr, 589, 639, 051, 0
51-
Joanna Meeker, 620.
052, 668-000, 740, 741,
742,
Joane, 7, 14, 17, 22.
748, 750, 753, 754 err.
Job, 102; 103; 223-257
, 228
229,
265;
James A. , 448-^5.*>.
516-5.3.3, 639, 733 add
James Barber, 317-371.
John, 7, 12, 13, 14, 16
17,
20, 21, 23
James Benoni, 294-.3.5f;.
24, 26, 28, 30,
40
, «
-80,
James Buchanan, 672.
42, 43; i6-48.
49;
83,
86-
James Coxe, 620.
89, 13i-240,
234-a
70,
268-
James Edward, 656-65.9, 750 add.
310, 211-320,
4U7,
408;
411-
INDEX OF CHRISTIAN NAMES.
765
4:13, 414; 421-437.. 466; 469,
505, 509, 510; 511-314:, 523; 525-
556, 5U-520, 0-27-500, 543,
544, 551; 553-578, 561-580,
579, 003, 604, 605; 606-COS,
W9-013, 628, 629, 634; 640-
044, 6il-045, 649, 650, 652,
001, 663; 665-«tfS, 666, 674,
679, 731, 740, 741, 742, 753
ert- , 744, 747, 749 add.
•Tohn B., 646.
John Charles, Z51-390.
John Colin, 611.
JohnD.. 314-,-i.^'^,
John Douglass, 302.
John E., 431.
John F., 461.
John Frank, 346.
John Ferris, 613
John Franklin, 362.
John H., 587.
John Henry 750 add.
John J. , 564-586.
John Joseph, 327.
John Jacob, 588.
John Lewis, 368-3,9 i.
John Ljon, 625.
John Madison, 560.
John Morton 290-.53J.
JohnM., Sil-384,i5i.
John Neville, 580.
John Pottenburgh, 65i-050,
John Primrose, 541, 547, 572; 55S-581,
John Stout, 319.
John T., 347.
John Wade, 618.
.Tohn Woodruff. 610-«i«, 618.
Jonah, 47-.50, 51, 54-,'>«, 63-6.9.
Jonas, 58
Jonathan, 13, 15, 43; 46-^.9, 48, 50, 84,
408; 409-5O.5, in-501, 510;
512-517; 519, 541, 573, 604,
741, 753 err.
Jonathan Tuttle, 5iO-5Tl.
Joseph, 45, 408, 419; 511-512, 513-
522, 523, 543; 556-.5S2, 579,
028, 639; 642-6 JS, 550, 663,
673, 070, 679, 740 err.
Joseph B., 645.
Joseph Clay, 678-6*0, 693, 754 err.
Joseph Harden, 659.
Joseph Lindsly, 747, 750 (add.)
Josephine 750 add.
Katharine Alida, 375.
Katharine Clay, 679.
Keturah, 539.
Keziah, 59, 102, 222, 646.
Keziah Taylor, 209, 221.
Kilbourne, 60; 64-70.
Kitchell Matthias, 745 add.
Kinney, 536.
Kittie, 379,
Laban Clarke, 637.
Laddie, 391.
Lafayette (746 add.)
Laura, 253, 257, 278, 299, 432, 659.
Laura J., 329.
Laura Lucretia, 343.
Laura M., 299.
Laura Maria, 322. 377, 737 add.
Laui'etta Winans, 621.
Lavinia, 278, 567, 655.
Lawrence, 653.
Lawson Aaron, 424, 444, 445; ii5-45f}t
Lawson Albert, 459.
Lee Crosby, 458.
Lena V., 353.
Leander. 582.
Leila Caperton, 693.
Leipha, 567.
Le Koy Irving, 383.
Levi, 519, 544; 546-,572, 572. i5.93,,
639; 6i2-048, 644, 753 add.
Levi P. Eose, 442.
Levi T., 566.
Lewis, 56-6.3 {add.); 229-367, 266-
314, 268; 310-3-54; 412, 550, 568,
620, 731, 744, 745 add.
Levris A., 389.
766
THE S TILES GENEALOGY.
Lewis Burnett, 548, 575.
Lewis Ogden, 506, 520, 624; 576-o»6',
740, 741, 743 aM.
Lewis PobeU, 611.
Lewis Seeley, 502.
Lewis Willington. 428-f ^«.
Libbie Luna. 374.
Lillian, 589.
Lillie Maxwell, 621.
Lillie Virginia, 596.
Lizzie M., 364.
Lockey, 627.
Lockey Ann, 617.
Lois, 231.
Loiren, 271-;fi.9. 320-.Vr'-?. 373.
Lorren Monroe, 317-.V7^, ^36 add.
Loton Montgomery, 446-:/.5.V.
Lottie Lane, 387.
Lottie v., 658.
Louisa, 290, 308, 309, 615, 625, 736 err.
Louisa Augusta, 577.
Louisa Frances, 561.
Love, 673.
Lucien Winston, 454.
Lucina, 253.
Lueinda, 268, 269, 444.
Lucinda Eliza, 265.
Lueinda R., 582.
Lucretia, 46, 47, 257, 444, 655.
Lucy, 50, 103, 222, 276, 305, 383, 419,
439, 567, 632, 634.
Lucy A., 65.
Lucy E., 64, 598.
Lucy Ella, 69.
Lucy Potter, 452.
Lulu E., 392.
Luther Raymond, 313.
Lydia, 51, 56, 277, 533, 565, 640, 753
add.
Lydia Cresson, 750 add.
Lydia Spencer, 436.
Lyman, 414-^?/,
Lysander, 445.
Mabel, 222, 411, 482, 623.
Mabel F., 356.
Mabel Sophronia, 383.
Maggie Almira. 399.
Malvina, 558.
Mamie, 69, 731 add.
Marcia Maria, 495.
Maria (Marie), 7, 14, 17, 20, 21. 22, 62,
232, 268, 278, 551, 556, 557, 625.
673.
Maria L., 352.
Maria Rosaline, 362.
Maria V., 572.
Maiian, 346.
Marian Lyford, 378.
Maris Vernon, 77.
Margaret, 39, 44, 51, 53, 86, 234, 235,
277, 479, 558, 731 err.
Margaret A., 321.
Margaret Beckwith, 289.
Margaret Couper, 695.
Margaret Elizabeth, 295.
Margaret M., 587.
Mai-garet Vernon, 692.
Mai-garetta Love, 669, 670.
Margarettus, 289, 735 err.
Maryattus, 735 err.
Mariette Esther, 490.
Marquis D., 443, 455, 739 err.
Martha, 48, 89, 134, 247, 299. 440, 533,
582, 634.
Martha Duncan, 670.
Martha E., 321.
Martha Ellen, 746 add.
Martha Elizabeth, 361.
Martha Matildia, 443.
Martin, 131-->'>r. i^S-'id-t, 3i>i-:i4S,
308-.V.>?.
Martin Jennings, 302-.V-/:/.
Martin Van Buren. 746 add.
Martin Wilbur, 630, d.il.
Matilda, 248, 444, 645.
Matthew, 653.
Matthew Clarke, 615.
Matthew L., 342.
Mary, 44, 52, 53, 90, 130, 218. 221, 222,
233, 236, 257, 262, 263, 265, 278,
INDEX OF CHRISTIAN NAMES.
767
305, 307, 336, 345, 385, 393, 411,
4.30, 431, 440, 441, 471, 483, 495,
522. 533, 540, 543, 552, 562, 566,
572, 603, 605, 606, 609, 619, 625,
626, 636, 640, 642, 645, 655, 664,
665, 668, 744 add.
Mary Amanda, 361, 368, 748 add.
Mary Ann, 578, 579, 748, 750 add.
Mary Anna, 486.
Mary B., 364.
Mary Bunce, 594.
Mary C, 570.
Mary Cyrilla, 339.
Mary Clarissa, 584.
Mary Cooper, 553.
Mary Gouper, 690, 694.
Mary D., 374.
Mary E., 292, 326, 615.
Mary Elizabeth, 69, 325, 342, 346, 447,
598, 614, 737, 748 add.
Mary Ellen, 433.
Mary Elvira, 328.
Mary Edna, 622.
Mary Eliza, 376.
Mary Evelyn, 688, 693.
Mary F., 327.
Mary Frances, 68, 448, 580.
Mary Holcomb, 77.
Mary HoUin P.. 320.
Mary Hatch, 649.
Mariattus Chamberlain, 289.
Mary Jane, 301, 347, 499, 613, 656.
Mary Janette (.Jennet), 227, 228, 443,
500.
Mary Joe, 692.
Mary Louisa, 350, 445.
Mary L., 429.
Mary Loomis, 78.
Mary Lucinda, 572.
Mary M., 456.
Mary S. , 452.
Marry ett, 581.
Maud, 457.
Maude May, 600.
Maiu-ice George, 591.
May A , 71.
May F., 602.
Mayella, 343.
May Louise, 387.
Mercy, 131, 230, 233, 234,273, 275, 571,
637.
Merzia M , 439.
Melina W.,570.
Melvin A., 737 err.
Melissa, 444.
Merwin, 624.
Millie Butler, 74a.
Miller B., 74.
Miller C, 734 add.
Milton, 60, 61; 64-<0.
Milton P., 448.
Mindwell, 45.
Minnie, 321, -583, 591.
Minnie Eva, 601.
Minerva, 416, 492.
Minerva Ford, 746 add.
Minerva Josephine, 343.
Miranda, 559.
Mirza, 421.
Montgomery, 627, 648.
Montgomery Pike, 627.
Morris, 610-f>/?.
Moses, 133; 522-*>;50, 525-,>.>r, 532-
.>«i,.5.50-,5r«.
Moses Halsey, hl'd-.'mi, 753 add.
Moses 0., 566.
Myron C, 568-,5S.'>.
Nancy, 254, 255, 273, 415, 421, US add.
Nancy Ann, 440.
Nancy Caroline, 442.
Nancy Jane, 592.
Nathan, 412-^i^. 427: i8o-4»l.
Nathan Blaggs, 499.
Nathan Burdick, 274-;f'>7.
Nathan Dodson, 314-."i«i.
Nathan Henry, 415-.f •>,«.
Nathan Judson, 502.
Nathan J., 492-501, 502-iiO4.
Nathan M., 491.
Nellie D., 372.
768
THE STILES GENEALOGY.
Nellie Frances, 594.
Philn, 414.
Nellie H., 372.
Priscilla, 439, 566, 636, 639, 640, 644.
Nellie Mabel, 601.
Percy Goldthwait, 78.
Nettie, 374, 734 add.
Persis, 350.
Newton E., 734 add.
Persis Elvira, 444.
Nicholas, 635-(S3S, 639,
640.
Persis E., 456.
Noah, 87-J06 (add.), «*>J, 625-6a6,
PittM., 600.
627, 732 add.
Polly, 236, 424, 556, 733, 738,
739
tdd.
Noble, 733, 734 add.
Porter, 279.
Noel Ray, 601.
Potter, 265.
Noel Whiting, o\>2-601.
Eachel, 26, 40, 47, 51, 52, 88,
133
236,
Norman, 61, 311-3.5*, 73.5 add.
237, 276, 279, 515, 527
533
629,
Norman C, 65-71.
640, 646, 649, 731 err.
Norris, 592.
Ralph Williston, 435.
Norris T., 602.
Randolph Eailey, 688.
Ogden WiUett, 745 add.
Ransom, 489-^96.
Olive, 267.
Ransom B., 501-,5O.3.
Olive Emily, 357.
Ransom Birdsey, 502.
Olive Isabel, 455.
Ransom Coffin, 495-50'^.
Oliver, 215-321, 610.
Rebecca, 270, 327, 511, 520,
521
603,
Oliver Darwin, 322; 376-
•ii)l.
604, 639, 642, 647. 753
err.
Oliver Jewett, 322-3^5,
■6i&-3'j:i.
Rebecca Charlotte, 620.
Oliver S., 392.
Rebecca Coxe, 623.
Olivia, 311.
Rebecca Eltengy 746 add.
Orlando, 598-603.
Rebecca Halsey, 544.
OrrinN., 587.
Renben, 104, 346, 571; 638.CJ7, 648.
Orville Martin, 348-3S5
Reuben Bannister, 301-.5i5i.
Otis, 58.
Reuben Dewey, 388.
OttoD., 372.
Reuben H., 349.
Ozias, 275.
Reuben M., GU-H-tS.
Pamelia, 277.
Rexford, 265.
Patty, 245, 487, 533, 7.53
add.
Rhoda, 422, 744, 745 add.
Paulina Valetta, 317.
Rhoda Rebecca, 306.
Peggy, 56.
Richard, 16, 20, 22, 556, O'iS,
646
665-
Perry, 298.
(UiO, 673.
Phebe, 416, 477, 484, 485
,487,492,511,
Richai-d Cresson, 750 add.
515, 525, 540, 553,
554, 571, 605,
Richard Dodson, 314-.-i«3,
606, 609, 637, 640.
Riverius Carrington, 306-3^9
,
Phebe Ann, 599, 616.
Robert, (i32-ii:i4, (i3r>.
636.
637.
Phebe B., 65.
653, 676, 748 add.
Phebe Catharine, 561.
Robert A., 319.
Phebe Crome, 613.
Robert Augustus, 688-C.'>*^.
Phebe Elizabeth, 574, 57
7, 618.
Robert Benoni, 335.
Phebe G., 550.
Robert Duncan, 660.
Philena, 308.
Robert Hunt, 673.
INDEX OF CHRISTIAN NAMES.
7ti!)
Robert Mackay. 671-0<>:^.
Robert Passell, 620.
Robert Stevens, 651; 65U-f>.'>7.
Robin Baxter, 359.
Roderick, -tflO-iTOO,
Rosa Anderson, 6S9.
Rosetta, 335-629.
Rosanna, 421.
Rowena, 59, 266.
Rowland, 303; 305-,"f :/.'>.
Roxanna, 54, 55, 304.
Royal, 27.5-;i'>J.
Royal Corbin, 325.
Royal P., 734 add.
Roys William, 601.
Ruby Alice, 630.
Rufus. 490.
RugglesM., 590-,>.'>.'>,
Ruhamah, 754 err.
Ruth, 85, 103, 104, 211, 222. 223, 224,
226, 236, 412, 480, 487.
Ruth Ann, 413.
Ruth Ethlyn, 459.
Ruth Olida, 595.
Sabra, 629.
Sabra Eliza, 265.
Sally, 55, 61, 269, 278, 417, 486, 487,
531, 551. 609, 746. add.
Salome, 247.
Sally Ann, .571.
Sally Porter, 302.
Salmon, 264-.V««, 305.
Saluvia Ann, 629.
Samantha, 493.
Samuel, ia-4:S, 48-,>'>. 53: 5S-«.V. 134;
223-'>,T-/, 246-->7«>, 247-->,Vr.
256; W0-:{:{4, 306; ni-^fi,
419, 472; 514-.>->^. .539-.>70.
556, 556, ii:iS, 653. 644, 666,
07'>, 678, 735 en-.
S. D., 563.
Samuel C, 314-;ff;.V.
Samuel Edward, 282-.V.V,'f,
Samuel Keyes, 57-0.'{.
Samuel Martin, 351-.'{S7,
Samuel Marvin, 626.
Samuels., 569-J.*>«.
Samuel Stockton, 750 wld
Samuel Vernon, 678-6'W/.
Samuel Wallace, 691-«.'>,>.
Sarah, 16, 41, 42, 47, .30, 81, 104, 21!t,
227, 236, 248, 267, 303. 309, 323,
328, 345, 377, 408, 410, 422, 433,
477, 480, 482, 540, 558, 567, 603,
609, 635, 637, 640, 642, 666, 669,
673, 740 rtrfJ.
Sarah A., 439.
Sarah Alsina, 329.
Sarah Adelaide, 622.
Sarah Almida, 448.
Sarah .inn, 494, 572, 653.
Sarah Augusta, 499.
Sarah C, 69, 440.
Saiah E., 315.
Sarah Elizabeth, 371.
Saiah Elma, 261.
Sarah Ellsworth, i\H>.
Sarah H., 652.
Sarah Ida, 349.
Sarah Irene, 737 add.
Sarah J., 587.
Sarah Jane, 551, 627. 74-") (jdd.
Sarah Kerr, 596.
Saiah L., 64.
Sarah M., 587.
Sarah Slaria, 296, 497.
Sarah Mai-garet, 625.
Sarah Jlinnie, 602.
Sarah Morgan, 646.
Sarah 0., 307.
Sarah EosaUe, 589.
Sarah W., 616.
Sargent, 265.
Selah, 133.
Serena, 649.
Seth Gansey, 302-:i4't.
Seymour, 630.
Sherebiah, 653.
Sherman, il5-4:{0.
Sherman P., io0-4OO.
70
THE STILES GENEALOGY.
Shubael, 51; 5a-5S, 57; 60-6^^.
Sidney, 383, 680.
SUas, 133, 231, 513-533, 524, 580.
Silas William, 562.
Simeon, 131-93.5, 234-S74, 217-326,
325-;ir 3,412, 414.
Simeon Eiverius. 428.
Simeon Squires, 323-.'i76 737 add.
Smith D., 502-5Otf.
Sophia, 58, 63, 129, 306, 327.
Sophronia, 247.
Squire W., 570.
Stacy, 645-6=f9.
Stacy Potter, 318-353.
Stanley Boynton, 361.
Stella Kebecca, 345.
Stephen. 105, 512, 536; 539-563, 578-
59!*.
Stephen D., 599.
Stephen Dodson, 314-36'5.
Stephen Edward, 621.
Stephen Hathaway, 373, 514, 517, 536,
538; 56.5-5Sr.
Stephen Henry, 611-«i«, 623.
Stephen Passell, 601-611,
Stephen Woodruff, 612-«30.
Stuart Foster, 432.
Susan, 421, 558, 625, 649.
Susan Ann, 598, 612, 745 add.
Susan B., 439.
Susan Elizabeth, 575.
Susan .Jane, 497.
Susan M., 604.
Susan ilaria, 621.
Susan Miller, 609, 615.
Susan Winans, 612.
Susannah, 520, 665, 733 <u1d.
Susannah E., 498.
Susie Daisy, 503.
Sylvester, 625.
Sylvester C, 626.
Thankful, 512.
Theodore Buchan, 750 add.
Theodore C, 659.
Theodore Frelinghuysen, 577.
Theodore Little, 550.
Theodore Parker, 321.
Theodosia, 59, 359, 737 add.
Therese .Antoinette, 751 add.
Thirza (Tirzah), 421, 425, 539, 264, 265,
308, 309.
Thirza Horton, 437.
Thomas, 6, 7, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 21, 22,
24, 25, 26; 35-39, 83. 466. 472.
480; im-4:96, 509. 511; 512 (See
Errata), 637-6' JO, Ul-646, (740
-754, err. et add.
Thomas Augustine, 496.
Thomas B., 647.
Thomas Duncan, 670.
Thomas E , 341.
Thomas Wells. 753 add.
Timothy, ili-in 51S-339, 540;
571-592, 738, err.: 753 add.
Timothy Clark, 222.
Timothy llorgan, 433.
Timothy Tuttle, 573.
Truman. 412-Ji5, 431-/51.
Tryphena. 240.
Tryphena Eliza, 318.
Uberti G., 69.
Uriah, 267-310.
Vancleve D., 599.
Vergie A., 392.
Vernon, 695.
Vernon Clark, 296.
Victoria A., 70.
Walter, 627.
Walter Adelbert, 382.
Walter B., 602.
Walter GUbert, 79.
Walter II., 501-5O3.
Walter Tiekenor, 627.
Wareham, 264-30.S.
Wairen, 303-346, 325, 356; 592 600.
Warren L. P., 602.
Washington Lee, 360.
Wealthy H., 309.
Webster, 265.
Wesley Eugene. 393.
INDEX OF CHRISTIAN NAMES.
771
Weston Leonard, 313.
Widow, The, 17. 20.
Wilbur. 328, 422.
Wilbiu- Lane, 360.
Willie, 6-19.
William, 237; 271-;i20, S-25-:{7S, 3-17-
:{S4, 385, 410, 419; 524-;>5df,
527-v5.j.S, 554-,5r«, 609 610,
604, ««,>, 605-CO6', 609-6i;»,
618-fi,2,V, 619, 624, 625, 637;
Ul-(:43, U&-(i4U, 674, 693,
753 add.
William Andrew, 342.
William Asahel, Zlh-SUl.
William Augustus, 584.
William B , 386, 598.
William Brownlee, 612-6'VJ.
William Burnett, 561.
William C , 299.
William Callender Irvine, G73.
William Carter, 611-«J».
William Collins, 444-J.>,V.
William Cooper, 748, 749-751 add.
William Crane, 613.
William Edgar, 335.
William Edward, 351.
William Ephraim, 594.
William Gordon, 694.
William Hubbard, 295.
William Hervey, 298, 819.
William H.. 300, 451.
William Henry, 301, :{4-i. 327-4W7,
578-i><>r, 678-6<S'.'>, 691-«».V,
694-C.V5, 696.
William Lindsley, 750 add.
William Loring, 282-333.
William Lyford, 378.
William Lyman, 328-.7r.'>.
William P., 581.
William Reeves, 433-4.5?.
William Eioh, 620-6*3.^.
William .Sandford, 560.
William Sherman, 340.
William V., 450.
William W., 384.
William Warren, 348.
William Wade, 618.
William Wallace, %li-62:i, 679.
Willie, 737 add.
Willis Eugene, 369.
Winfield Scott, 379.
Zebediah, 131-330 yadd), 231-3«,V,
233.
Zephina, 498.
Zilpah, 56.
Zina, 316.
Zophar, 254-395.
Zuba, 51.
Stijles.
Abigail, 652.
Albert, 660.
Alice Daisy, 660.
Althea, 652.
Amy Frances, 659.
Ann Amelia, 655.
Ann Catharine, 654.
Anna Maria, 653.
Andrew L., 656-6*.>.S'.
Augustus A. , 658
Blanche Amelia, 660.
Catharine Almira, 656.
Catharine Harden, G59.
Charles, 652.
Charles Willis, 660.
Chester, 658.
Christian Elizabeth, 654.
Clarence Neher, 659.
Cornelia, 654.
Crawford K., 658.
Eden, 652.
Edith Florence, 659.
Edward, 653.
EllaB., 658.
Ella Florence, 658.
Elizabeth, 656.
Elizabeth L., 656.
Emma F., 658.
Eugene, 651.
Eugene Marshall, 656-f»,>,'/.
n:
THE STILES GENEALOGY.
Frank L., 1358.
George E.. 658. OfiO.
Gt-orge Harden. 659.
George Stanly, 660.
George W., 655, 656.
Grace Adaline. 660.
Hariy, 653.
Henry. «Ji, 652.
Henry Ames, 656.
Huinplirey Aubrey, 659.
James, (i.jl, (tii'i.
James Edward, 656, W.jW.
James H., 652. (>,»'{.
James Myer, 656.
Jane, 653.
John, 652.
John Pottenbmgh, 654, li'tli,
Joseph Harden, 659.
Julia, 655, 653.
Julia B., 659.
Lama, 659.
Laurence, 653.
Lavina, 655.
Leroy, 659.
Lottie v., 658.
Lucretia, 655.
Mary, 655.
Mary Jane, 656.
Matthew, 653.
Robert, 653.
Eobert Duncan, 660.
Robert Stevens, 651, 656, 4i57,
Samuel, 653.
Sarah Ann, 653.
Sarah H., 652.
Sherebiah, 653.
Theodore C, 659.
William. 651, 652, 653.
William D., 658.
William H., 652, 655.
William W., 658, ({(iO.
ANECDOTE OF PEESIDENT STILES.
One day, as Dr. Stiles was firesent in a bookstore in Newport, a
young man dressed like a Quaker entered and expressed his desire
to buy a book. When asked what book? he was embarrassed, seeing
which, and j)leased with something in his appearance. Dr. Stiles
politely accosted him and engaged him in conversation. Finally the
book was selected, and thus began an acquaintance; the young man
frequently thereafter visiting the kindly Doctor's house and receiving
from him the advice which he was so well qualified to give. This
Quaker young man was afterwards known in American history as
General N.\th.\>"iel Greene, — Letter of Rev. Jonathan LeavM Jenlcini',
of Pittsfield, Mass., a great-gi-andson of the President.
INDEX OF NAM ES
COXNECTED WITH THE
STYLES FAMILY BY MARRIAGE.
Alibe, 240, 245. 734 er
".
Bacon, 314.
Benson, 525.
Abbot, 86,
Bagg. 354, 389.
Bentley, .555.
.\ber, 5.52, 5.53. 743 add
Bailey, 278, 607, 610;
738
Benzaqiiin, 65.
Ackley, 556, 569, 590.
646,
add.
Bevins, 339.
649.
Baird, 74a, 242.
Billings, 738 add.
Adair, 69.
Baker, 55, 56, 60, 362,
578,
Bills, 64, 68.
Adam, 81.
599, 647; 760 add.
Birch, 130, 492, 502.
Adams, 81, 130, 227,
228,
Baldwin, 491, 501,
536,
Bilge, 64.
410, .559, 677, 679
691.
606.
Bishop, 307, 339, 383, 444
Addison, 422.
Ball, 744 add.
637, 650.
Adkins, 241.
Bancroft, 32, 41, 47, 8]
,82,
Bissell, 40, 41, 80, 83, 90.
Adsit, 653.
83, 84, 130, 226.
Black, 66.
Albro, 440, 739 add.
Barber, 26, 134, 248,
428,
Blackmun, 639.
Alden, 732 aild
447; 7.50 add.
Blackmer, 242.
Alexander, 576, 596.
Barker, 311.
Blair, 255.
Allen, 82, 240, 312,
335,
Barlow, 501, 503.
Blakslee, 222, 2.53. 294
522, 551.
Biunard, 349.
337. 340.
Ailing, 286.
Barnes, 284, 334, 381.
Bland, 746 add.
AUyn, 29, 30. 45.
Barnard, 421, 422.
Bligh, 416.
Alvord, 275, 324.
Baron, {add )
Bliss, 82, 83.
Ameydo, 341.
Barstow, 612.
Blodgett, 336.
.\.mmack, 750 add.
Biirtlett, 747 add.
Blood, 374. 395, 398 (add.)
Anderson, 423, fiSK, C,
<3;
Bassett, 26, 415.
404.
749, 751 add.
Batten. 588.
Boardman, 448.
Angle, 3.50, 386.
Beach, 521; 753 «(/(/.
Bogle. 652.
Antliony, 347.
Beall, 745. 746 add.
Boies, 336.
Antrim, 639.
Beam, .574; 746 add.
Boing, 561.
Archer, 648.
Beard, 235, 440.
BoUin, 524, 554.
.Armstrong, 564, 586.
Beasley, 674.
Bollinger, 640, 644. 645
Arnold, 317, 543.
Beatley, 670.
649.
Ashley, 44.
Beaver, 342, 384.
Bolton, 677. 678.
Atkinson, 430.
Beck, 567. 5S9.
Bond, 445, 459, 644.
Aubrey, 451, 461, 656
Bedortha, 226.
Bonesteel, 658.
Audenreid, 747, 748 </,/,/,
Beebe. 477.
Bunnell, 610. 618.
.\ustin, 234, 274, 296,
432.
Beeler, 745, 740 add.
Booth, 299.
Avery, 60. 64, 209,
24H,
Belknap, 245.
Borden, 641, 645.
252, 291, 582.
Bellamy, 487, 496.
Boudinot, 6U4.
Axtell. .578, ,597.
Bemiss. 564.
Boult, 320.
Ayer (Ayres), 262, 52J
Benjamin, 388.
Bowen, 396.
r.abcock, 385, 502, .504.
Bennett, 585. 630.
Bowers, 290, 334, 677.
774
THE STILES GEN EALOGY.
Bowling, 688, COS.
Burroughs ( Burris,
Bur-
Chappel, 26, 668.
Bowlsby, 515, 525, 557.
rows). 314, 363,
474.
Checkley. 101, 209 (err.)
JBowman, 315.
539, 566, 568, 635,
645.
Chenalt, 745 add.
Boyle, 739 add.
Burt, 42, 80, 83.
Chester, 238.
Boyton, 59.
Burton. 32, 33.
Chew, 639.
Bracket, 550.
Burwell, 740, 742 add
Chubbuck, 376, 392.
Bradbury, 525.
Bush, 55, 62, 64, 70.
Church, 277, 326, 449
Bradley, 102, 295, 449,
.525.
Busket, 2G.
Churchill, 229.
Brainard, 74a.
Bustill, 634.
Cignes, 513, .524.
Bray, 453.
Butler, 688.;,;
'
Clark, 56, 62, 90, 102
134
Breck, 567.
Butterfield, 665, 666;
734
135, 209, 222,
284
Brewster, 411, 426.
add.
302, 364, 398,
399
Bridge, 309, 354.
Byllesby, 225.
405, 432, 470,
472
Briggs, 317, 353, 372,
.581.
Cady, 230.
473, 475, 486,
493
Brigham, 323, 37fi;737ncM.
Gaboon, 414, 422, 424
569, 570, 590,
609
Brill, 620. 623.
Calhoun, 421,
613, 639, 661.
Bristol, 296, 411.
Callander, 448, 658,
670;
Clay, 676, 677.
Brooker, 54, 56.
739 add.
Cleveland, 304.
Brookfield, 522, 546, I
47.
Campbell, 670, 676.
Clinton, 339.
Brooks, 88, 129, 411,
412,
Campion, 747 add.
Coates, 747 add.
254.
Canard, 629.
Cobb, 439, 691.
Braudster, 750 add.
Canfield, 485, 510, 653.
Coburn, 566.
Brower, 375, 391.
Caperton, 688, 689, 692.
Cochran, 677.
Brown (Browne), 47
50,
Card, 540, 571.
Coe, 254, 255.
240, 395, 423, 440
4.53,
Carmen, 398, 404,
406,
Coffin, 485.
460, 488, 547,
574,
618, 623.
Cogswell, 271.
614, 637, 640,
641,
Carpenter, 104, 425.
Coit, 55.
647;754a(W.
Carrier, 309.
Cole, 277, 349, 421,
438
Bruce, 435.
Carrington, 264, 305.
634.
Bruner, 747 add.
Carter, 305, 519, .540.
Coleman, 595.
Bryan, 677, 679.
Caryl, 749 adJ.
Coller, 431.
Buchanan, 225.
Case, 81, 86, 347, 413,
425, 445, 570.
easier, 559.
419.
Collins, 82, 291; 745
add.
Buck, 285, 637.
Concklin (Conkliu"),
536
Buckingham, 299.
Buckland, 413, 420.
Cassidy, .525.
Catherwood, 747 add.
538, 653.
Condit, 576.
Buell, 255.
Catlin, 738 add.
Coney, 312, 358.
Buffington, 643.
Cavalier 651
Congar, 603.
Buffum, 397,401, 406.
Chadwick, 689, 694, 695.
Connelly, 132.
Bull, .554-555.
r',bnm'hpr«i fi'^4.
Connett, 609.
Bullock, 661.
Chamberlain, 134, 246
Constant, 627.
Bunce, 593.
Chandler, 615.
Conyers, 665.
Burdick, 233, 417.
Chapin, 83, 134, 233,
239;
Cooke, 32, 543, 560,
572
Burlingame, 304.
733 add.
753 add.
Burnett, 275, 532.
Chapman, 307, 436,
614,
Cooly (Cooleyl, 47,
51
Burnham, 535, 536.
621.
257, 588.
INDEX OF FAMILY NAMES.
115
Coop, 302, 342.
Cuyler, 269.
Dougherty, 598.
Cooper, 26, 254, 294,
357,
Darling, 255.
Downer, 394, 395.
399,
390. 523, 593; 742 atW.
Dates, 655.
400.
Copeland, 661, 663.
Davenport, 527.
Downs, 278, 486.
Corbin, 275, 325.
Davey, 585.
Drake, 29, 32, 41, 86,
103,
Cornell, 579.
Davis, 104, 271, 298, 491,
223, 2.57; 731 adr/.
Corning, 527.
437, 641.
Dressor, 436, 739 err.
Corwin, 575.
Dawley, 590, 600.
du Bignon, 695.
Cory, 550.
Day, 234, 276, 307.
Dudley, 636.
Corry, 747 add.
Dayton, 492.
Duflany, 236, 279.
Cosgrove, 551.
Deacon, 637.
Dullas, 638.
Cott, 561, 586.
Dean, 3u3, 570.
Dunbar, 591.
Coourtse, 544.
DeCamp, 670.
Duncan, 660, 669.
Coudray, 399, 405; 738 add.
Decker, 573.
Dunham, 304, 615; 735
add.
Couper, 691, 694.
Delano, 86, 209.
Dunstan, 677.
Coursen, 659.
Demarest, 616.
Durant, 558.
Cowan, 401.
Demond, 69.
Durham, 662, 663, 66J
Cowell, 68.
Denio, 252.
Durston, 344.
Cowles, 308, 352.
Dennis, 647, 650.
Duryea, 546.
Coxe (Cox), 561, 612,
G17,
Dennison, 62, 542.
Dutton, 321, 374.
619.
Denslow, 32, 44.
Duty, 423, 443.
Cramer, 519. filO.
Densmore. 568, 569.
Dyer, 26, 35.
Crane, 313, 540. 545,
546,
DeVall, 7.50 add.
Eagles, 545.
572, 606, 608,
618;
DeVann, 738 add.
Easton, 68.
733 add.
Devereaux, 421. 438.
Eaton, 210. 222, 24i
244:
Crance, 610.
Dewell, 493.
734 err ; 309, 354.
t:rawford, 257, 593,
601;
Dewey, 264, 306, 310, 356.
Echols, 692.
736 wld
DeWitt, (Dewitt), 549, 574,
Eckler, 266.
Cressler, 3ry2.
595.
Edick, 565, 588.
Cressou, 750 748 add.
Dexter, 395, 398.
Eddy, 348, 386, 617.
Cribb, 26.
Dibble, 87.
Edmundson, 315.
Crist, 611.
Dickenson, 544, 665, 673.
Edwards 43, 83. 86
S7.
Crocker, 497.
Dickenson, 753 add.
91, 241, 637, 645,
664.
Crowne, 746 add.
Dickerman, 337, 382.
Egbert, 314.
Cromwell, 748 add.
Dimmick, 90, 247, 395,
Eggleston, 32, 44, 46
50.
Crosby, 396, 400, 444,
457.
399, 400, 406.
81.
459.
Dixon, 520, 545.
Elliott, 680; 746 add.
Cross, 399, 405.
Dobson. 365.
Ellis. 224, 225, 226,, 635.
Crossman, 453, 454.
Dodge, 419.
Ellsworth, 45, 46, 48
, 85,
Crowell. 305, 451.
Dodd, 558, 559.
135, 223, 254,
556,
Cunningham, 427.
Dodson. 266,314.
582.
Curtis, 135, 476, 478,
482,
Donnevan, 313.
Elwell, 586.
489, 490, 500,
677;
Doolittle, 85, 417.
Elwood, 571.
733 add.
Dorcmus, 528.
Ely, 61, 68, 245; 734,
735
Cutts, 397, 402, 738 add.
Doty, {(uM.)
add.
776
THE STILES GENEALOGY.
Enlow, 65.
England, 747 adt}.
Estes, 307.
Evans, .599, 636, 63y, 673.
Everson, 399.
Everett, 617.
Evison, -105.
Eyles, 665.
EjT:e, 500.
Fasan, 579.
Fail-child, 275, 324. 576.
Fairfield, 310. 3.54.
Farrand. 515. 519: 7.53 err.
FaiTington, 413. 420.
Fagan, 56.
Fell, 749 add.
Fellows, 325.
Felton, 315.
Ferris, 551, 569. 570.
Ferry, 319.
Fish, 423, 424. 42C.
Fisher, 308, 353.
Fitch, 83, 85.
Flint, 278, 328.
Flournay, 691.
Forbes, 58,
Foote, 210; 738 add.
Ford, 518i 742 ndd.
Forward, 66.
Forsyth, 599.
Foster, 309, 598.
Foulfoot, 26.
Fowler, 62, 83, 88, 130.
Fox, 228, 229, 2t'>5, 310,
428, 448: 732 add.
Francis, 317.
Franklin, 555.
Frederick. 274. 321.
Freeman, 447, 522, 545:
732 add.
French, 335, 487, 489, 490,
498, 499.
Frost, 222, 243, 337, 478.
660.
Fnmess, 639.
Gage, 317.
I Gaines. 87, 106.
' Galpin, 414, 427.
I Gambler, 665, 666.
I Gannett, 13; 211-218: 220.
Gardiner (Gardneri, 299,
300, 301.
Garthwait, 609.
Gates, 437.
Gaul, 747, 748 ad/l.
Gaulau, 632, 633, 635.
Gaylord, 31, 34, 40, 41, 65,
71, 85, 286.
Gibbard (Gibberdi, 427,
446; 739 add.
Gibbs, 63. 68, 661, 663.
Gibson, 29, 275, 314, 325,
367, 651.
Gidney, 491, 501.
Gignibliatti, 687.
Gilbert, 32, 33. 34 ladd. i,
3.55,394, 396,4011,401,
406.
Gilchrist, 515.
Gillet, 82.
I Oilman, 79.
I Githaus. 641. G47.
Gladwin, 309.
Gleason, 81, 236, 270,
Glines, 592, 601.
Glover, 83, 636, 639. 640.
Gobill, (Goblei 521; 742,
743 add.
Goddard, 323. 451, 4i;l.
Golden, 396 401.
Goodman, 29.
Goodiich, 233. 272. 494,
495, 564.
Goodwin, 44, 132.
Goodyear, 253.
Gordon, 592, 691. 694.
Gorel, 679.
Gould, 374, 395, 6.58.
Gowdy, 290, 335.
Graham, 691.
Granger, 227, 229, 325.
377.
Grant, 40, 41, 673.
Gratz, 749 add.
Graves, 305, 306, 565.
Gray, 349, 350, 635.
Green. 311 357, 516. .536,
562, 569; 735 err.,
Greenhill, 431.
Gregory, 318, 552.
Grenier, 750 add.
Gribling, 565.
I Grier, 562.
Griffin, 32. 33, 364.
I Griggs, 399.
Grinsdith, 663.
' Griswold, 32.
iGroetzinger, 423.
Grover, 556.
. Groves, 586.
Guerin, 522, .547, 624.
Gulick, 599.
Gunn, 131.
Gmney, 304.
Guthrie, 500, 690.
Guy, 288.
Habersham, 677, 678.
Hadlock, 85.
Haines, 645.
Hale, 262, 427 (add.r. 725-
727; -iZoadd.
Halford, 26.
Halifax, 555.
Halliday, 461.
JHall, 255, 397, 401, 431.
478, 496, 497. .564. ('.37:
I 738 add.
' Halsey, .519, 555.
Hamilton, 227.
Hammiston, 61.
Hammond, 446, 459.
Hanchitt, 130.
Hancock, 443, 455.
Hanford, 627.
Hanna, 6.55.
INDEX OF FkMILY NAMES.
in
Hannum, 323, 376;749a(M.
Harden, 659; 754 err.
Hardyear, 410.
Hargar, 409.
Harmer, 640.
Harmon, (Harman, Her-
man), 62, 88, 129, 277,
326, 608.
Harper, 134, 135, 247.
Harris, (Harries) 26; 751
add.
Harrison, 314, 315, 543.
Hart, 588.
Hartley, 298.
Hartwell, 583-585.
Harvey, 605, 668.
Hastings, 229, 265.
Hatch, 299, 646, 649, 658.
Hathaway, 539, 551, 563.
Havens, 621.
Hawksworth, 26.
Haxter, 629.
Hayden, 31, 87; 731 add.
Hayes, (Hays), 433, 452,
670.
Hayward, 356, 396, 401,
598, 660.
Hazel, 555.
Hazen, 395, 399.
Headley, 605.
Heaton, 295, 337.
Hedden, 553, 554.
Heddye, 21, 22.
Heislar, 443, 456.
Helms, 654.
Hendricks, 606, 608.
Henry, 437.
Heritage, 639.
Herrick, 104, 307.
Herschberg, 65.
Heylei, 26.
Hickock,-482.
Higgins, 606, 608, 609.
Hill, 630.
HiUiard, 437.
Hillyer, 130, 229.
Hinds, 302, 343.
Hinman, 474, 482, 483,
491.
Hinson, 669.
Hirsch, 340, 383.
Hitchcock, 83, 308, 352,
410.
Hobbs, 745 add.
Hodgeson, 669.
Hodskip, 411.
Hoeniger, 647.
Holbert, 598.
Holbrook, 437, 580.
Holcomb, 61, 65, G6, 303,
347.
Holland, 659.
Holley, 486.
HoUingshead, 633, 635,
639, 6.50.
Hollister, 438, 454.
Holman, 335, 381.
Holmes, 135, 218, 219, 221,
264, 306, 311, 320,
356, 372, 525; 750 aM.
Holt, 302, 344, 660.
Honey wood, 221.
Hooker, 86, 101 398, 399,
404, 405; 732, add.
Hopping, (Hoppin), 562;
753 add.
Horton, 347.
Horwood, 26.
HoBford, 43.
Hoskins, 32.
Hosmer, 70.
Hotchkiss, 411.
Houston, 340.
Howard, 82, 395, 397, 402,
403 437, 630; 738 arf.i.
Howe, 286; 735 add.
Howell, 521, 560, 584, 633,
634.
Howkins, 29.
Hoyt,429; 736 add.
Hubbard, 101, 208, 354,
417.
Huber, 741, 743. 747, 748
add.
Huestis, 333.
Hueston, 598; 745, Hi] add.
Hull, 294.
Humphrey, 61, 659.
Hungerford, 210.
Hunt, 104, 105, 354, 389,
394-406 (add.). 661,
662, 663, 664; 737 add.
Huntington, 311.
Huntley, 502.
Hurd, 744 add.
Hurlbmt, 404.
Hutchinson, 328.
Hyde, 276, 415.
Iglehart, 74a.
Ingersoll, 724, 82, 210,
Ingraham, 347, 384.
Inman, 314, 365.
Inskup, 634.
Irvine, 670, 672.
Ives, 414.
Jacobs, 278, 279, 695.
Jacobus, 531, 572, 573.
Janes, 307, 351.
Jarratt, 412, 415.
Jarvis. 402.
Jeffries, 570.
Jenkins, 210.
Jennings. 264, 669.
Jessup, 244.
Jewett, 275, 276, 321. 322.
Johnson, 254, 295, 296,
306, 481,492, 502, .593.
612, 620, 630.
Jones, 88, 240, 347. 358,
397, 403, 433, 614.
Judd, 62.
Judson, 477. 478, 483, 484.
Kalston. Iil3.
Kaneratif, 614.
Keefe, 460.
778
THE STILES GENEALOGY.
Keen, 497; 747 add.
Kellogg, 55, 56, 63, 69.
Kelsey, 254, 295, 329, 421,
435.
Kendall, 68, 77, 501, 503.
Kenly, 564.
Kennedy 225.
Kent, 227, 642.
Kessler, 748 add.
Ketch, 41, 43, 404.
Keyes, 277, 326.
Kimball, 275.
King, 239, 421, 641, 645.
Kingsbury, 396, 400.
Kingsley, 426, 445.
Kinney, 520.
Kinsey, 607.
Kinsley, 240.
Kirtland, 500.
Kitchell, 515, 532.
Knowles, 309.
Ladd, 255.
Laflin, 61.
Laidsey, 522.
Lamb, 247, 288.
Lambert, 282, 333.
Lambertson, 85, 264, 307.
Lamond; 734 add.
L'Amoreaux, 268, 316.
Lamphier, 421.
Lanckton, 130, 226.
Landon, 418, 432, 496.
Lane, 227, 228.
Laporte, 650.
Larned, 314, 368.
Latham, 354.
Lawrence, 335, 382.
Leonard, 735 err.
LeaTenworth, 412, 415.
Leavitt, 209, 210, 252; 733
err.
Leek, 598, 602.
Lego. 429.
Lemoin, 304, 348.
Leonard, 266 (err.), 313,
539, 559.
Lester, 227, 228.
Lewis, 218, 236, 299, 341,
450.
Liddell, 282, 334.
Lightburne, 666, 676, 677.
Lindsly;744, 747 add.
Lippinoott, 633, 635, 636,
640.
Little (Littelli, 312, 313,
554, 609, 624, 625, 626.
Litz, 651, 652.
Livermore, 419.
Lockwood, 750 add.
Loomis, 44, 45, 61, 78, 228,
276,291,302, 303,310,
334, 354, 571.
Losey, 744 add.
Lott, 267, 315.
Love, 420.
Lovell, 695.
Low (Lowe), 385, 655, 666,
690.
Lucas, 229, 266.
Lucy, 632; 744 ar7d.
Lyford, 325.
Lyman, 223, 224,356, 394.
Lyons, 607.
McCaslin, 423.
McCbesney, 451.
McClellan, 571, 592.
McCluney, 748 add.
McCormick, 552.
McCulloQgh, 575.
McCurdy, 227, 638.
McEwen, 592.
McGee, 749 add.
McGill; 759, 751 add.
McKean, 565, 587.
McKee. 327.
McKeunigan, 207, 316.
McLean, 428, 447.
McMartin, 593.
McNeil, 242.
McQueen, 680, 690.
Mack, 442.
Mackay, 677, 678, 680,
690.
Madden, 399.
Maddoc, 633.
Magoun, 558, 580, 581.
Mahler, 559.
Maitland, 439.
Malbone, 679, 694.
Malcolm, 333, 380.
Manning, 495.
Mansfield, 222, 253.
Mapes, 612, 621.
Marble, 71.
Marcy, 128, 129; 732 adtf.
Marsh, 49, 399, 406.
Marshall, 26, 625, 654,
655, (add.)
Marsham, 396.
Martin, 267, 341, 384, 545,
629.
Mason, 55, 395, 615.
Mather, 61.
Matlack, 636, 640, 644.
Matthew, 666.
Mavre, 677.
Maxon, 395, 399, 405.
Maxwell, 694.
Meacham, 88, 130, 307,
335, 567.
Mead (Meade), 419, 420,
494, 611, 618.
Meeham, 326.
Meeker, 609, 615.
Meredith, 668.
Merritt, 599.
Miles, 345.
Millard, 86, 570, 571, 591.
Millbury, 313.
Millen. 585.
Miller, 231, 235, 269, 273,
274, 304, 349, 396, 401,
402, 444, 458, 545, 555,
564, 587, 596, 614.
INDEX OF FAMILY NAMES.
119
MiUs, 695; 747 add.
Oakes, -562.
Perrin, 422, 440.
Milne, 588.
Oakman, 326.
Perry, 271, 279, 320.
408
Milnor, 420.
Ogden, 742 add.
Peterson, 745 add.
Mingin, 650.
Olds, 48, 71, 131,
411,
413.
Pettibone, 744 add.
Mitchell, 485, 490; 748 odd.
Ormsbee, 416.
Phelps, 52, 81, 82
87
Morehouse, 610.
Osborn, 47, 83, 86
,89,
106,
278, 292, 394, 395
397
Moseley,234,277,418,661.
302,416,487,
489,
499.
398, 399.
Morgan, 641, 646.
Osier, 639.
Philips, 81, 304; 745
add.
Moore ( More), 29, 303, 347,
Ostrom, 515.
Pierce, 395, 400, 485,
486
541, 590, 643; 737 err.
Overton, 578.
567, 590, 600.
Morris, 413, 418, 554.
Oswald, 423.
Pierpont, 222, 2.54, 2
16.
MoiTison, 527, 558.
Owen, 51, 55, 58.
Pier- on, 85, 5.50; 744
iidd.
Morrow, 256.
Packer, 429, 449.
Pike, 739 add.
Morton, 51, 248, 290.
Parine, 304.
Pincher, 32.
Moses, 81, 515.
Palmer, 525, 557.
Piero, 288.
Moulton, 328.
Palmerton, 570.
Pinney, 29, 31,67,86
103
Moushount, 398, 403.
Pardee, 271.
271.
Mulford, 531; 750 add.
Parker, 52.
Pippet, 642.
Munn, 410, 480, 481.
Parkhurst, 609.
Pitkin, 290, 291.
MunseU, .50, 82, 85, 238.
Parmlee, 306, 351
Pixley, 478, 495.
Munson, 1U2, 416; 744 add.
Parrott, 490, 499,
509,
511.
Plank, 502, 504.
Murra}', 668, 669.
Parry, 497.
Piatt, 495.
Murrell, 638, 642.
Parsons, 47, 52.
Pomeroy, 63, 394, 396.
40(1
Mnrrans, 582.
Partridge, 77.
731 add.
Myers, 255, 284, 578, 656.
Passell, 578, 605,
6U6.
Porter, 64 70, 78, 82,
135,
Mygatt, 418.
Patch, 317.
237, 394, 396, 404.
406.
Narramore, 247.
Patin, 674.
Potter, 264, 266, 30,s,
572,
Neal, 88.
Patten, 421.
574, 593, 595.
Needles, 632, 646, 650.
Patterson, 26, 606
.
Pottenburgh, 653.
Nelson, 59, 61, 247, 264,
Pattison, 497.
Potwine, 134, 135.
290, 293, 303, 502, 504.
Paul, 747 add.
Powers, 581, 598.
Nephen, 678, 687.
Pearl, 454.
Pratt, 78, 565, 587.
Newcomb. 426, 643.
Peabody, 732 add
Preston, 26, 485, 488.
Newell, 400, 486, 496.
Peacock, 639.
Price, 610. 618.
Newman. 614.
Peck, 678, 687.
Primrose, 509, 511.
Newport, 313.
Peek, 86, 209, 305, 430,450,
Prindle. 415, 428, 430.
Newton, 688.
551 ; 738 add.
Pritchard, 431.
Nichols, 244, 484, 485.
Peers, 572.
Prior, 255.
Nickerson, 570.
Pelot, 687.
Proudflt, 486, 496.
Nightingale, 651.
Pence, 741, 743.
744,
746
Pruden, 606.
Noack, 597
add.
Purdy, 244.
Noble, 55, 62, 234, 252,
Penn, 502, 632.
Pmmoit, 274.
569; 733 add.
Penny, 676.
Quillan, 674.
Northrup, 595.
Perkins, 277, 398,
404
Quinly, 433, 452.
Norton, 48, 53, 64.
Peronneau, 680.
Randall, 70. 74a, 658.
780
THE STILES GENEALOGY.
Kansom, 423.
Rowley, 525.
Sheimrd, 44, 276, 308, 309,
Kathbone, 233.
Royce, 416.
320, 3.50, 353, 374, 387,
Kaven, 325.
Kudderow, 632, 633,
634.
408, 409.
Kay. 7i5 add.
Ruggles, 428, 446.
Sherer, 71.
Eayner, 546.
Rummell, 83, 655. 658.
Sherwin, 638.
Reed, 246, 280, 282,
396,
Russell, 542; 753 add
Sherwood, 472.
401.
Ruple, 404.
Shinn, 749 add.
Keedy, 357, 390.
Ryckman. 526, 558.
Shower, 670.
IJees, 448, 459.
Sackett, 42, 415, 428,
567.
Shiom, 301.
Eeeve, 575.
Saltus, 665.
Shugard, 528.
Reeves, 26, 418, 433.
Sanborn, 328.
Shultz, 321.
Reeter, 526.
Sanders (Saunders),
279,
Shurtleff, 307.
Reynolds, 421, 629.
329, 380, 647.
Sibre, 262.
Rextord, 310.
Sandford, 247, 514.
526.
Sikes, 68.
Rice. 398.
Sargent, 264.
Simmons ( Simons), 323,
Rich, 662, 663.
Sayles, 344.
4-53.
Richards, 104, 554.
Sayre, 527. 560.
Simpson, 443.
Richardson, 322.
Saxton. 32, 419, 642.
Sipler, 644, 648.
Ridgway, 641, 646.
Scattergood, 64.
Skelton, 592, 593, 601.
Riggs, 553.
Scheble, 454.
Skinner, 248, 290, 293, 334.
Righter, 527, 532.
ScraEford, 233.
Slack, 328.
Rising, 61, 64.
Schermerhorn, 233.
Slater, 321.
Roath, 492.
Schofield, 233.
SUter, 571.
Robbins, 131, 231.
Schlottman, 449.
Slye, 429, 4.50.
Roberts. 262, 299, 427
474,
Schooling, 745 culd.
Smallwood, 635, 636.
632, 635, 640, 641
644,
Schoonraaker, 581.
Smith, 55, 65, 71, 73, 74a,
646.
Scott, 299, 340, 428,
448,
85, 104, 234, 275, 276,
Koberge, 233, 272, 273.
649.
296.301,307,318,320.
Robin, 26.
Scoi-ill, 428, 449.
342, 345, 397, 401, 406,
Robinson, 87, 128,
614;
Segar, 440.
424, 440. 490, 452, 509,
732 add
Selleck, 229.
511,567.604,609,642,
Roby, 582.
Sellers, 750 add.
679; 745 acfd.
Rockwell, 9U, 133, 262.
Selover, 502, 504.
Sniflfen, 628.
Rodgers, 322.
Serven, 598.
Snyder, 655.
Roe, 292.
Severns, 642.
Southwell, 130.
Rogers, 229, 266, 267.
375,
Seymour, 81. 312;
735
Spalding, 525. ^
473, 678, 691.
add.
Spangler, 750 add.
Root, 61, 131, 228,
233,
Shai-i5e, 550, 576.
Speai-, 135, 246. 284, 559.
234,412,413,410
418,
Sharritz, 428.
Spencer, 48, 373.
571.
Shaw, 277, 278, 571,
592.
Sperry, 424, 425; 738 add.
Rose, 408, 409, 423.
441,
Shedd, 398, 403.
Spinning. 605, 616.
533, 555.
Shelley, 548, 549, 575
Spohr, 323.
Ross, 401, 553.
Sheldon, 284, 286-304,
637;
Squires, 254, 398, 403.
Ro\vnds.643.
735 add.
Stafford, 242.
Rowland, 419.
Shelton, 491, 498, 501
Staht, 368, 391.
INDEX OF FAMILY NAMES.
781
Stanley, 377.
Terrell, (Terrill), 295,
543;
Urmston, 596.
Stannard, 227.
753 eiT.
Updegrove, 737 add.
Starr, 419.
Terry, 29, 441, 519, 593.
Vactor, 609.
Stearns, 344.
Stabbing, 29.
Stedman, 559.
Thayer, 322, 323, 376,
441.
Van Auken, 135.
Thomas, 247, 633.
Vanderburgh, 343.
Thorn, 398, 404.
Vanderlipp, 610, 617.
Steinbeck, 626.
Thompson, 82, 294,
303,
Van Deusen, 629.
St. John, 569; 738 aM
304, 336, 356, 63i
Van Duyn, 545.
Stevens, 267, 277.
Thomson, 436.
Van Hooser, 592, 600.
Thorp, 254, 296.
Van Horn, 65, 255, 256.
Stewart (Steward), 41
48, 429, 564, 565,
42,
579,
Thresher, 352, 593.
Van Ness, 558, 572.
650.
Thurston, 399.
Van Norman, 314, 367.
Tibbald, (Tibbals), 409.
Van Norst, 546.
StiUman, 501, 503.
Tickenor. 525, 556,
Van Note, (add.)
Stimpson, 86.
Tiederman, 618, 623.
Van Pelt, 546, 572.
Stockbridge, 324.
Tilden, 104, 213.
Van Riper, 554, 579.
Stocking, 364.
Tilliston, 68.
Van Zandt, 352, 388.
Stockton, 747, 749 add
Tillotson, 78.
Vernon, 67, 77.
Stoddart, 580.
Tilton, 29.
Vignes, 655, 658.
Stokes, 401 ; 748, 750 add.
Tippet, 268.
Vincent, 305, 525.
Stone, 210.
Toby, 302, 345.
Vinton, 296.
Stoughton, 45, 135,
237,
Todd, 254, 297; 734 add.
Voak, 630.
291, 292, 336.
Tomlinson, 471, 476,
544,
Voight, 628.
Stout, 271, 319, 602.
637, 642.
Wade, 395, 554.
Storrs, 400, 406.
Tompkins, 573, 607.
Wadson, 673.
Stowers, 262; 735 add
Tooker, 613
Wagner, 412, 414.
Streeter, 555.
Towler, 398, 404; 737
add.
Wait, 271.
Strong, 394, 396, 401,
489,
Towner, 734 add.
Wakefield, 328.
523.
Townes, (Towne), lia
237,
Walker, 132, 230, 317, 539
Strouss, 523.
277, 278.
568, 598.
Stnink, 547, 577.
Tousey, 478.
Wallace, 319.
Stuart, 412, 417.
Treat, 414.
Walmsley, 515.
Sturgis, 209.
Trowbridge, 413, 418,
485,
Ward, 607, 608, 638, 668
Sturgeon, 221.
489.
669.
Sturtevant, 305, 349.
Truax.
Warden, 278, 448.
Sullivan, 488.
Tubbs, 314.
Warder, 648.
Supplee, 751.
Tucker, 421, 447, 609
Ware, 236.
Swann, 694.
Tunis, 552, 599.
Warlow, 619.
Sykes, 51, 227.
Turner, 347.
Warman, 129.
Tulmadge, 294, 522.
Turney, 304.
Warrener, 82.
Tarpley, 745 add
Tuttle, 222, 306, 547,
562,
Warrington, 647.
Tatem, 641, 645.
573; 753 err.
Warner, 65, 82, 247, 293
Taylor, 46, 48, 54, 70
, 85,
Tyler, 419.
354, 443; 731 err.
86, 92, 100, 324,
565,
Ulrich, 368.
Washburne, 424, 444, 471
641, 645.
Underwood, 566.
Waters, 89.
782
THE STILES GENEALOGY.
Watkins, 395, 398, 404,
405.
Watson, 33, 81, 292, 293,
423,442,601; 750 OfM.
Way, 298, 339.
WeaTer, 522, 551.
Webb, 419, 422, 437, 539.
Webster, 264, 311, 357.
Weekes. 345.
Weiler, 647, 6.50.
Weir, 611, 619.
Welch, 257, 442.
Wells, 724, 725, 750.
Westbrook, 673.
Westfall, 585.
Wheat, 630.
Wheaton, 355, 607, 611,
629.
Wheeler, 364, 471, 476,
480, 512; 740 «*J.
White, 26, 27, 29, 130, 228,
374, 387, 395, 398, 438,
644, 648.
Whipple, 317.
Whitaker, 564, 586.
Whiteman, 348, 385.
Whiting, 323.
Whitman, 395.
\Miitney, 61, 377, 561.
Whittlesey, 499.
Wicks, 58.
Wight, 135.
Wilcoxson, 41, 43.
Wilder, 58, 63.
Wiles, 319.
Wilkins, 644, 568.
Wilkinson, 648.
Willington, 569.
WUls, 10, 13, 91, 131, 136,
209, 216, 230, 238, 308,
453, 476, 477.
Wiles, 319.
WiUett, 745 add.
Willey, 455; 738 add.
Williams, 307, 533, 556,
562, 610, 616; 745 add.
Wilson, 58, 288, 336. 495,
633, 645, 670, 672; 746
add.
Winans, 608. 609. 612, 615,
618, 622.
Winchell, 132, 491.
Winship, 372.
Winslow, 436, 452.
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Winsor. 589.
Winters, 576.
Winton, 497.
Wiswall, 128; 732 add.
Witherspoon, 273.
Wolcott, 238, 239, 629.
Wolsey, 425, 426.
Wood, 38, 58, 242. 312.
397, 401, 488.
Woods, 315, 370.
Woodbridge, 541, 679.
Wooding, 431, 451, 461.
Woodruff, 606, 610.
Woodward, 282, 332, 437,
642, 643.
Woolman, 649.
Worden, 26.
Wright, 236, 271, 293, 312,
341, 358, 376,489,525,
552. 568, 590; 746d<Zd.
Wylly, (WyUys), lul, 220.
677, 694.
Yard, 261.
Yeeman, 276.
Young, 343, 344. 345, 627.
STILES FAMILY.
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