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life as a physician: "Taken in all, she was the most remarkable woman i was ever my good for- tune to meet. While her re u ves doubtkas know something of the difficulties she encountered and overemme in Pittsburgh, yet we bere while heart ily wishing her success, knew that was a conser- vative. 'old logy' region, where and innovation wonkl be resisted. No woman had ever practiced mnedivine here, therefore no woman onglo to do so. Many who met your sister and Mis Farrar were surprised that any woman could take su ( position and still be a lady a person of culture and refinement. By their wise, prudent conduet. by their downright carnestness, and by the force of personal character, they commanded the respect of all and built up a practice that, had it not been for Edla's illness, would have made them both wealthy. They were pioneers, and opened paths others have found easy to follow. Had not Edla come here and labored as she did, and had sho not been the noble woman that she was, women physicians would not have bad the position they now have here. Rest assured that her life was not fruitless .- it was rich in results for good. But, while this is so, it is but little consolation to you. her relatives, or to me, her friend. I am selfish nongh to feel careless of the good of the public, if I could only have my friend. "
7. Martha Amelia, h. 21 July. 1-45.
N. Lewis (Jon.). b. 23 Jan., 1845. FAM. N.
9. Cornelia Bradley. b. 18 Mch .. 1851; m. 2 Fch., 1576. James M. (s, of Stephen and Nancy Phelps) Hendrick of Easthampton, Mass. Issue ; 1. Lewis Sperry (Hendrick), h. 22 Nov .. 1-2s.
10. Ruth Thompson, b. 4 .July, 1854; grad. by Mt. Holyoke Sem. and Coll., 1875.
FAM. 8. Lewis : (Ion.) (Daniel G.," Abner,> Win. Joseph ? Don't,2 Richard' ), grad. from Monson Acad. in 1869, and from Amherst Coll., 18;3: then entered law office of Waldo. Hubbard & Hyde, of Hartford, and in 1815 was admitted to the Connec- tient Bar, and commenced the practice of law. He was a Representative in the Conn. State Legislature in 1826, and was chairman of the Committee on Education. In 1883 he was app. Coroner of Hartford County, In November, 1890, he was chosen by a plurality of 692, as the Congressional Representative from the 1st Dist. of Conn. (ltfd. and Tolland Counties); he served on the Committees of Banking and Currency, and Reform in the Civil Service; re-elected 1892. He m. ? Nov., 1878, Elizabeth (dau. Dr. Wm. and Mary Lyman Ellerorth) Wood of So. W., b. 31 Aug., 1849, os. E. W. Hill. Ch. :
1. Mary Elizabeth, b. 1 Jan., 15-0. at Hifd, Conn. 2. Ellsworth, b. 20 June, 1881, at E. W. Hill, Con. Miscellaneous. -- The carliest record in W. of this name is found in the tax-list for 176-1. and in the land records of about the same date. Japhet Sperry and Abigail, his wife. The New Haven records give Japhet, son of Richard, b. 23 Apl., 1705/6, d. same yr .; and Japhet, son of John, b. 17 Apl., 1724; but we have not been able to find the age of Japhet of W. in 1764. At the time of the War of the Revol., the name Marshall Sperry appears in a list of names of those I thought to be soldiers. I incline to think that Japhet or his descendants moved to Suffield: Elisha Sperry of Suffield owned land in Windsor in Nov., 1793. The Suffieldl records show that Elisha Sperry m. Eunice Pease, 27 April, 1800; had ch. : Elisha, b. 30 Jan., 1801: Joel, b. 10 Nov., 1812. Elihu, m. Chloe Harmon ; had ch. : Elihu, b. 23 Sept., 1803. Chloe Sperry, wid. of Elihu, m. (2) 1 Jan., 1807, Warham Par- sons of Enfield - Enf. Re. Lyman m. Mary P. Gridley, 30 Sept., 1%19. Koswell Eggleston m. Julia Sperry, July, 1848.
The E. W. Rec. show that Ransom Sperry of New Haven m. (1) Henrietta Button of E. W., 2 Apl., 1829; (2) 22 .June, 1845, Persis Stebbins of Wilbra- ham .- Enfield Record. Ile d. 1855, and his wife, Persis Anu, was the sole heir of his property and executrix of his will. She prob. m. (2) John H. Bancroft, 1 Feb., INGS. Davis of E. W. and Julia Austin of Suffield, m. 6 Oct., 1833. William Stuart of Somerville, m. Lucy P. of E. W. Stephen D. Thayer of VOL. II .- 88
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Mass, and Elizabeth Jane of W. PL., m. 27 Oct., 1850. Sam'l Young and Abigail, m. 4 July, 1×52. Solomon Aarons and Mary, m. 15 May, 18)s.
Abraham Parsons of We'dbridge m. (2d wife) Pamelia Sperry, wid. of - Sperry, and moved with her ch. to W. Pt .: he was a cooper, and D. G. Sperry ac. companied him, or came to him later. Al a Prob. Court held in E. W. 10 July, 1839, Abraham Parsons was app. guardian to (1) Lucy Pamela Sperry, aged aht. 15 yrs .; (2) Stephen W. Sperry, aged aht. 12 yrs .: (3) Theodore B. Sperry, aged abt. 10 yrs .; and these minors were heirs to certain lands in Woodbridge, New Haven County, Conn. (See Parsons.) Ellen Pamelia (dau. Theo, and Anny Sperry, 1u. 23 June, 1850, æ. 6 mos .- Epis. C'h. Rec., Il'. Pt Jeremiah, m. Jerusha P. Osborn, 6 Jan., 1825 .- S. B. Ransom, m. Henrietta (prob. dau. Asa and Pamela) Button, 2 Apl., 1829 (S. B.); she d. W. Pt . 27 Jan., 1810, 2. 33; Ransom S. d. W. Pt., 11 Apl., 1855, æ:54 .- W'. Pt. B .- gd. Stephen, m. 4 Mch., 1552, Sarah } .. Archer. - Epis. Ch. Rec., W. I't.
SPIER (Speir, Spear), David, "now of W., formerly of Coldrear (Coldrain ?) in Co. Londonderry, Ireland," had Darid. b. 15 Aug., 1725.
From Ellington Contery .- William, d. 24 Nov., 1804. 2. 84 yrs., 3 mos. Esther, wife of Wmn., d. 2 Dec., 1762, in 40th yr. Esther, dan. of Mr. William and Es- ther, d. 14 Nov., 1745, pp. 23 days. Elizabeth, dan. Mr. William and Esther, d. 22 Mch., 1757. in 3d yr. , s. of Mr. William and Esther. b. and d. 12 Aug., 1757. William, s. of Mr. William and Esther, d. 21 July, 1802, æ. 54. -, S. of William and Esther, h. and d. 12 July. 1756. David, s. William and Esther, d. 23 Dec., 1762, w. 1 mo. Elizabeth, wife of William. d. 27 Jan., 1786, æ. 44. Esther, dan. William and Elizabeth, d. 25 Mich., 1766, in 1st yr. Mary, wife of William, d. 22 Apl., 1803, a. 53.
SPRING, Horace, m. Minerva Skinner, 3 Mch., 1821 .- S. B.
SQUIRES, Daniel (E. W.), m Anna (dau. John and Content) Sadd ; she m. (2) Lot Barker, and d. 5 Sept., 1590. Children :
1. Chloe. b. 29 Mch., 1,86: m. Ezra Munsell, 3 2. Daniel. b. 30 Inly. 1:95: I.
July, 1-11; d. Nov., 1:57: he d. 14 Feb., 1-6 -. -
3. Orlando. b. 26 Sepr., Ii -?: d.
STAIRES, Thomas (Sgt.), 1638, land gr. (see p. 166, Vol. D; was in the Pequot Fight, and one of the 6 men deputied by the Gen. Court, 1638, to go to the Wara. noke Indians (Westtield), to demand " why they said they were afraid of us." Hle left W. carly.
ST. CLAIR, Matthew, d. S Dec., 18-11, a. 62 (S. B.); wife of, d. 17 June, 1841, æ. 59 .- S. B.
STANNARD, John, had :
1. John, b. 21 Feb., 1,29 30. 1 2. Mary, b. 24 Feb .. 1733. 3. Joseph. 1. 20 Meb., 1739.
STANTON, Andrew, m. Lucy Ufford, E. W., 15 Oct., 1792 .- W. (. R.
STANLEY, Nathaniel, Yale College, 1726; tirst starred in the Y. C. Triennial of 1763; d. about 1761 (Dr. Warren's Stanley Firm's of Conn., 201; Dexter's annals of 1. (1), was s. of Nath'], Treas't of the Colony Vientrin's Bien. Notes, BAD, and acc. to WM. S. PORTER, left no ch .; but, from Mr. A. S. KELLOGG'S exam. of W. Land Rec., and from W. Rec., we make out that he m. Mary (dan. Eliakim, Fam. 4. p. 167, this vol. ) Marshall, prob. the " Wid. Mary," who d. in her $4th yr .. 30 AAng .. 1797 (W. (. R.); he res. mostly in W. Ch. :
1 Nathaniel, m. Sarah Allyn. A.S. A. ? Marshall, bp. 5 Feb., 1710 1 (H. (. A.); a -ol dier: rem. to Pa. Benton p.71. this vol. . whod. 1.15. - hed. IN3. 1 C'andDa. m Rich'd Skinner. .. .. A. . ]. S. A 5. Mary. m. William Russell, 2d (. 650. this vol.) .I. S. A
3. Anna, bp. 26 Sept. 172 ( W. C. R.); m. Thomas
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Nathaniel, who m. Anne Blodget (dan. of Roswell,5 p. 108, this voly was of another family, coming to Conn. from New Hampshire. - 21. S. K.
William (Mr.), bad ( W.C. R.) : (1) Camilla, bp. 5 Nov., 1738; (2) Lucy, bp. by Mr. Marsh, at E. Itfd., 22 June, 1746, " he being member of the ch. there."
Mary E., m. Loring E. Coe of Granville, Mass., 11 May, 1824 .- R. D.
STARKWEATHER (Startweather, Starks), Thomas, m. (1) Sybil Anderson; (2) Anna (dan. John and Anne Morton) Hayes, 2 Apl., 1795, who d. 19 Dec., 1847; res. E. W. ; he d. a. 89. Children (by 1st untr.) :
1. Sybil. 3. Elijalı. - . Olive.
2. Mary. 4. Brnajah. 6. Jesse.
4. C'larissa, m. John Williams.
9. Anna. m. Ralph Dunbar.
( ny ?d marriage).
10. Ilorace (Stark>), b. 14 Apl .. 1795. FAM. 2.
5. Roger. 11. John, b. 22 May, 1792: d. 9 July, 1×34. The name of Thos," first wife and her 9 ch. are from memoranda of D. W. P. The following bapt. from E. W. C. R. evidently belong to some of these ch. : 1. 21 Jan., 1773. 2. 23 July, 1775. | 3. 22 June, 1777. 1. 12 Ang., 1781. | 5. 16 Ang., 1784. |
FAM. 2. Horace? (Starks) ( Thos.1), m. (1) 31 Dee., 1818, Mary W. Cowles, who d. S .June, 1827, 2. 28; (2) 2 Apl., 1828, Betsy Bidwell. He d. 12 Feb., 1854; she d. 19 Oct., 1867, w. 73. Children :
1. Fanny Adelia, b. 2 Feb .. 1:20: d. 21 Aug .. 1839.
2. Mary Ann, h. 26 Dec., 1-21; m. Sam'1S. Rock- well, 21 Apd .. 1-45. Hed. 9 Ang .. 1870, . 50; res, Springfield, Mass : 8 ch. IRockwell. 3. Diantha Spencer. b. 23 Mch., 1824; m. Kossell 4. Horace Riley. b. 13 May, d. 13 Sept., 1997.
5. Horace Riley, b. 21 Jan . 1630. FAM. 3.
6. Eliza Jane, b. 21 Der., 1831; m. (1) Jacob Wood of So. W .; (2) JJames R. Mills, 13 Ang., 1873; he d. 25 June, 1885. Issue (by Ist husb.) :
1. Helen Jane (Wood), b. 12 Feb., 1852; m. W. W. Bland, 1875.
2 Walter Herbert (Wood), b. 7 Apl., 1854.
7. Harriet Cornelia, b. 21 June, 1234.
FAM. 3. Horace Riley 3 (Starks) ( Horuce," T'hox.1 ), m. Caroline M. (dau. Erastus W. and Emeline Parsons) Burnham, 10 May, 1814: res. So. W. Ch. :
1. Herbert Lee, b. - Ort . 1-55; m. Sarah Mil- ler, 20 May, 1882; res. Preston, C'oun. Issue :
1. Ethie May. b. 19 Nov., 1- 4. 1. Alice Lillian, b. 4 Mch., 1881.
2. Emma Louise. b. 25 Oct., 1 == 6. 4. Charles Everett, b. f Aug., 1863.
5. Frederic Elmer, b. 19 Dec., 1865.
6. Carrie May, b. 13 May, 1870.
Charles (Starks), m. Prudence Murphy, 28 July, 1805. - S. B.
Mahlon of So. W., m. Mary Ann , who survived him; he d. Htfd., spring of 1862; had (1) Clarissa; (2) - - , dau., d. inf.
Clarissa, of Wpg., m. John Williams of E. H., 2 Nov., 1817. - D. R.
STEBBINS. Wife of Mr., d. Oct., 1833. Widow of Mr., d. Feb., 1841 .- S. B. Mrs. from Suff., d. 30 Jan., 1822, æ. 61 .- S. B. Mrs., a ch. of, d. Aug., 1808 .- S. B. Capt., m. Lydia - -. (h .: (1) Nurberry, m. Juliet Jenkins ; rem .: (2) Sophronia, m. Abial Pease of King St., Enf. (1st wife); (3) Esther, m. Abia. Pease of King St., Enf. (20 wife). - M. R. H.
STEDMAN, Joseph of E. W. (prob. s. of Wid. S. who d. 30 June, 1740-E. H. C. R.), m., Sarah Taylor, ? Jan., 1:09; she d. 24 Dec., 1762, in 838 yr .- E. IT. O. Children :
1. Sarah, b. 22 May, 1710; d. 3 July, 1210 .- E. W. C.R.
2. Sarah. b. 31 Oct., 1711.
3. Stephen, b. 30 July. 1718; m. Issue ( E. W. C.R.): 1. C'h .. d. So Feb., 1,15. 2. Ch .. d. 23 June. 1;47.
3. th .. d. 25 Dec., 1758.
4. Martha. b. 11 Mch., 1743.
5. Stephen, b. 28 Ang .. 1749, who is prob. the Stephen, Ir., whose child died 28 Oct., 1776 .- E. I. C. R.
4. Ebenezer, h. 31 Ang., 1721.
5. Phineas. b. 96 Nov .. 1723; his "wife's dau., " d. 16 Sept., 1751. E. W. C. R.
Joseph,' Jr. (prob. a son of above Joseph and Sarah), m. -; prob. the wife of
J. who d. 13 Apl., 173 .- E. V.C.R. Children :
1. lovi, b. 26 Nov., 17-0). 5. Nathan, b. 6 Jan., 1750. 2. Timothy, h. 3 Nov., 1713. 6. Abigail, h. $1 May, 1753.
3. Alexander, h. 26 May. 1716. , won, d. 13 Nov., 1712. A. W. C. R.
4. Joseph, b. 10 Ang., 171s.
Adocia of Wapping m. Charles Keaney of East Hartford, 18 Nov., 1813 .- R. D.
3. Arthur Everett, b. 14 June, 18-9.
2. George Arthur, h. 22 Der .. 1857; d. 22 Ang., 1859.
3. Alfred Ernest, b. 9 May, 1801; m. Eunice L. Traverse, 20 Jan., 1883. Issue :
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STEED, Matthew, 1. 13 Jan., 1742 .- E. W. C. R. Some copies of this ree. make it Martha Wood.
STEEL, James, had (E. W. C. R.): (1) Aaron, b. 4 Dec., 1777; (2) Solomon, h. 16 June, 1780. Wid. Sarah's dan. d. Mch., 1976.
STEPHENS (Capt.) Epaphras (or Elishar ?), bp. Turkey Hills, " on desire, " 2.1 Feb., 1739/10. -- W. C. R.
STEVENS, John, had : (1) Abigail, b. 30 Mch., 118; (2) Silvanus, b. 2 Apl , 1726. STEVENSON, Abiathar (s, of Benajah, or Benjamin (?) and Priscilla), d. 17 Nov., 1753, 20. 18. - E. W. O.
STIMPSON (Stimson), Horace, d. 2 Sept .. 1828, 20. 22, - S. B. Paulina, d. 18 Oct., 1828, i. 18 .- S. B. Mary, d. 27 May, 1821, x. 18. - S. B.
STOCKBRIDGE, Caleb, m. Esther Porter, 14 Mch., 1838. - 4. B.
STOCKER, Eben Henry, b. 23 Apl., 1842; m. 13 Meh., 1986, Lucy MI. Birge. STOCKWELL, Levi, d. 1 July, 1833, ze, 56; his wife, Anna, d. 18 Feb., 1821, :0. 17. - W. Pt. G. and S. B. Mrs., d. 6 June, 1808, æ. 36 .- S. B.
STOCKING, Daniel, of Scantic, m. Mary Pease, 13 Apl., 18). - R. D.
STILES * (Styles, Stilles). The name is one of those surnames " which describe the nature or situation of the original bearer's residence" (Lover's English Surnames, p. 84), in this case designating a certain person living near a stile (steps or rising path). Thus, by use and in course of time, " William at [or near] the stile" became William Stile, etc.
The word xfile is a modernized form of "stighle," the old Saxon word; and the Stiles family is of Anglo-Saxon origin, tracing back to that peninsula, now known as Jutland, which divides the North Sea, or German Ocean, from the Baltic Sea. In the northern part of this peninsula lived the warrior Jatex, probably akin to the Scandinavian tribes; in the southern part (which we now know a> Holstein) dwelt the Strons; and between these two tribes, in the very heart of the peninsula (the Sleswick of to-day) were the Eagles, the most powerful of the three, and giving to the inhabitants of the whole country the name of Englishmen. It was by successive invasjous of these three closely related tribes (Jutes, Saxons, and Engles) that the eastern and southeastern parts of Britain were first permanently occupied and made England, commencing with the raid made about 449-150 A. D. by the Jutes under lengest and Horsa upon what is now known as the County of Kent. And some- where between this and 570 A.D., in some of the invasions by Saxons and Engles, which finally gave them the absolute control of Britain, came the ancestors of the Stiles race. The early seats of the family seem to have been in the southeastern corner of England, viz .: in the counties of Norfolk, Suffolk, Kent, Essex, Sussex, and Northampton. No well-defined proof of connection has yet been discovered between the English and the Connecticut families of the name,
As President Stiles was searching, in 1762, for some memoirs of the family, among others, he applied to one JONATHAN STILLS of Windsor, Conn., born in 1657, son of HENRY STUL.Es, born in 1629, who was brought from England by his father JOHN STILLES, one of the four brothers who emigrated to New England in 1635.
* This genealogy, which is confined almost exclusively to the Windser Stiles families proper, is pre- pared by the historian of Old Windsor, Conn., and is condensed by him from an exhaustive done ology of the Siles Family in England and America, which is now (1890) in press, in which work all these lines are fully carried down to the present day.
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In Pres. Stiles' MS. Itinerary (xii, 154-5), in Yale College Library, is a rude sketch of the ahove arms, with this memorandum, dated 4 Oct., 1785. "At My request Mrs. Grant procured from the Heraldry Office, London, my coat-of-arms emblazoned. I had, indeed, the same in 1751 [procured at the Heraldry Office by Mr. Elihn Lyman - H. R. S.], but I doubted my right to it, but informed Mrs. G. that my ancestors came from Mlibrook, from Bedfordshire, 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."
An emblazoned copy of the same arins (differing only in the crest), presented to Pres. Stiles in 1789, by Copeland Stiles, Esq., of the Bermuda Family of Stiles, is also in possession of the President's gr .- gd .- dan., Mrs. KATE GANNETT WELLS of Boston, Mass.
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In his hands he found several original papers, which, in 1462. ne transcribed. One of these documents appears to be an extract from the parish records of baptisms in Milbroke, Bedfordshire, England, procured by THOMis STHs, and sent to his brother HENRY in London, just before the embarkation of the family for America, and is as follows :
"HENRIE STILES was baptized the seven and twentie of November, One Thousand, Five Hundred nintic three.
JOIN STILES was baptized the five and twentie of December One Thousand Five Hundred ninetie five.
CHRISTOPHER STILES was baptized the eight and twentie of March, One Thousand Six Hundred.
FFRANCIS STILES was baptized the first of Auguste one Thousand Six hun- dred and tow.
THOMAS STILES was baptized the seven day of Februarie One Thousand Six hundred and xii.
MARIE STILES was baptized xiii of Januarie One Thousand Six hundred and four.
ELIZABETH STILES was baptized the viii and twentie of December One Thousand Six hundred and seven.
" Brother, my hearty love remembered unto you all hoping to God you are in good health as I am at the wrighting hereof, and I would entreat you to send me Worde the next Returne of the Carrier 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 will not deliver it me and so with my love to you all I rest your loving brother
And your
THOMAS STILES + Williams Hawkins.
Februarie the xv.
1634.
Probably this William Hawkins was the clerk 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 letter is superseribed " To my Loving Friend HENRIE STILES at London give this with speed." This record was subsequently confirmed by the late James Savage in his Ghanings for New England History ( Maxs. Hist. Soc. Coll., 3d Series, viii. 366); again by the author of this history, personally, in 1881, and again in 1884, under his direction, by an experienced genealogical searcher, whose examination added a few items of information, and enables us to state, that,
(1) The family above given were not of Bedfordshire origin - appearing upon the Milbroke registry in 1581, and disappearing therefrom with their emigration in 1635, a period of 54 years only.
(2) That the parents of this family were THOMAS STILEs. a carpenter, and Maria, his wife, both of whom died in Milbroke, 16144, well in years.
(3) This Milbroke family of right. of whom four sons and one daughter cmi- grated to America, was at the time when our knowledge of it begins, Feb .. 1635 - pretty well broken up. The parents had been dead some twenty years, and the sons, most of whom had followed their father's trade of carpentering, had sought their fortunes in London, where HisRY and FRANCIS had already become reputa- bly established as master carpenters and builders, and were freemen of that city. Jous and CHRISTOPHER Were also away from Milbroke, very possibly also at hon- don. THOMAS, the youngest, and apparently an husbandman by occupation, was the only one left in Milbroke, as appears by the above letter and record to his brother Henry. -
In London, Mr. FRANCIS STILES, who, though the third in order of birth, seems to have been by far the most enterprising and energetic of the four brothers, bad in some way attracted the attention of Sir Rich'd Saltonstall, one of the most prominent
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of the new Patentees of Connecticut, and was selected by him as his steward or manager to precede him hither and to prepare the necessary houses, grounds, etc., against his arrival. In his own good fortune, he forgot not the interests of his family. His elder brother HENRY, then established in London, and Jons, and TuoMas, who was "in worke " at Milbroke, and their sister JoANE, were all in- eluded in his plans for a new home. The other brother, CHRISTOPHER, remained behind, and is not again heard of, except by a reference in the distribution of Henry Stiles's estate, 1651, to " he in England."
By 15 Feb., 1634 5, the preparations of the Saltonstall party, under Mr. Fran- cis Stiles's direction, were evidently very nearly completed, and they were awaiting orders to sail; for at this juncture Henry wrote up from London to his younger brother Thomas at Milbroke, asking him to procure from the parish registers the dates of births, etc., before given (p. 701, this vol.), prob. for the purposes of reg- istration then required by the authorities of all who were allowed to leave the king- dom. [For other documentary evidence concerning their departure and arrival at Windsor, see pp. 13-47 and 736-740, Vol. 1.] As the oldest and youngest brothers of this Milbroke Windsor family are not represented by any descendants, we dispose of their history first.
Henry, b. Milbroke, Eng., and bp. 27 Nov., 1593; adm. citizen of London, 2d Tues- day. Apl., 1632; carpenter; æ. 42 at emigration; was the first person tried in Col. of Conn. for fault of selling a gun to the Indians, 26 Apl., 1636; was killed 3 Oct., 1651, a. 58, by the accidental discharge of a gun in the hands of Thomas (son of Matthew) Allyn of Windsor, and as trad. says, "on a training day " at Hartford. The Records of Particular Court (Vol. II, fol. 29), Dec., 1651, contain the proceed- ings of the " Grand Inquest," which bro't a verdict against Allyn, of "homicide by misadventure," and Allyn was fined 220 for his sinful neglect and careless car- riages in the premises," and bound over for his good behavior for twelve months, and debarred from bearing arms for the same time. Bis father, Matthew Allyn, stood bail for him in sum of $10. Subsequently, as we learn from (fol. 5;, same Vol.) the records of a Part. (1., held Meh , 1053/4, an attempt was made to fasten the blame of this accidental death of Henry Stiles upon witchcraft, and one Lydia Gilbert of W. was indicted, tried, condemned to death, and probably executed for the crime (see chapter on Witches, p. 444-450, Vol. 1). Henry Stiles's estate, in- ventoried Dec., 1651, was $127, 1x. 64
Thomas, b. Milbroke, Eng., bp. ? Feb., 1612: husbandman; indentured himself, 6 Mch., 1634, only ten days before sailing for America, as an apprentice to his brother Francis; received a lot in the carliest distribution of lands at W .; was one of the men certainly known to have formed a part of W.'s quota (30) for the Pequot expedition ; was shot by an Indian arrow in the knot of his neckhandker- chief, without hurt, at the Fort Mystic fight; rem. some time before 1648 to Flush- ing, Long Island, then a colony of New Amsterdam, where, in January of that year, he seems to have joined some of the English settlers of that place in resisting the authorities in the matter of the settling of a new minister and the election of a new sheriff; and again in April, 1618, he pleads guilty to the charge of having per- sonally assaulted the sheriff and resisted him in the exercise of his authority ; and in 1664 he was found guilty of adultery. In 1623, when the Dutch re-took the country. he was one of the inhabitants of F. who took the oath of allegiance to the States General of New Netherland; and in 1655 the name of Margaret Stile's (one of his two daughters) is found among the patentees named in the new or confirmatory patent granted to the town of Flushing by the English Governor, Dongan. Of Thomas Stiles we have no further trace.
THE STILES FAMILY.
John (ancestor of the Windser and one of the Stratford, Conn. Stiles branches), bp. Milbroke. Co. Bedford, Eng., 25 Dec., 1595; m. Rachel : was a .. 40 when he came to W .; had land gr. at W. (see p. 166, Vol. 1); sat in one of the " long seats " in W. meeting-house, 1659./60; d. 4 June, 1662/3; his wid. d. 3 Sept , 1674; his est. inv. 6 Ang., 1662, 5222. 1x .. Od .; will dated 31 May, probated 11 Sept . 1662 .- C'h .:
1. Henry. b. Eng. abt. 1029 BRAven .A. 4. Sarah, h. W .: m. (1) abt. 1650, John Stewart 2. Juhn. h. Eng. abt. 1633. BRANen B. of Spefd . Ma-s .: (2) abt. 1691. John Sacket of Westfield or Northampton, Mass ; no issue.
3. Isaac. b. W. BRANN C.
[BRANCH A .- Desc, of Joux, the Emigrant, in the line of his eldest s. HENRY. ]
FAM 2. Henry? (Sgt.) (John1), res. W .; m (1) abt. 1658, Mrs. - Ketch of Strat- ford, Conn., who d. prob. bef. Jan . 1659/60; (2) Elizabeth (dan. Wm.) Wilcox- son of Stratford, 16 Apl , 1663; she b. abt, 1644. He was one of the W. dragoons in service during the Indian troubles of 1667, and, in Sept., 1696, he (then called Corp'l), and John Hosford were master workmen, and his s. Joseph, then a, about 20, was assisting on the building of Rev. Timothy Edwards' house at " Windsor Farmes," now E. W., being evidently carpenters by trade; 1645, he was taxed as baving " family and horse," and was one of the 1680 petitioners for a new town to be set off from W. on the E. side of the Conn. River. Children :
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