The history and genealogies of ancient Windsor, Connecticut, Vol. II, Part 131

Author: Stiles, Henry Reed, 1832-1909
Publication date: 1891
Publisher: Hartford, Conn., Press of the Case, Lockwood & Brainard company
Number of Pages: 1012

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logical Soc .; corresponding memb. of the Dorchester (Mass.) Hist. and Antiq. Soc., 1859; of the N. Eng. Hist. Geneal. Soc. of Boston, 1859; of State Ilist. Soc., of Wis., 1860; the Arizona Hist. Soc., 1864; of the Numismatic and Antiquarian Soc. of Phila., 1866; of the Am. Philologieal Soe. of N. Y., 1869; hon. memb. of the Northwestern Literary and Hist. Soc. of lowa; was one of the organizers and Rec. See'y of the Am. Anthropological Institute, 1869, and, in same year, one of the seven founders of the N. Y. Geneal. and Biog. Soc., of which he was first pres. (1869-1873), a member of its Board of Trustees, of its publication committee, and a frequent contributor to its Record from its first numbers, until his resignation in 1888, since which he has been an honorary member; and also is a life member of the Long Island Historieal Soc. (Brooklyn. N. Y.), of which he was a founder, one of the trustees named in its incorporation, and its first librarian, 1863-1865.

His published works are: The Hist. and Geneal. of Ancient Windsor, Conn .. 1859, with a Supplement to the same, pub. 1861; a monograph on Bundling in Imer- ien, 186]; Genealogy of the Massachusetts Family of Stilex, 1963; annotated choice club editions of Furman's Notes on Brooklyn, N. Y., and Wood's Hist. of Long Island, 1865; and himself pub. (1865) two vols, relating to the sufferings and experiences of prison ship captives in Wallabout Bay, L. I., during the Revolution, entitled, The Wellabout Prison-Ship Series ; he also edited The Genest. of the Stranuhan and Joxx- clyn Families, 1868; in 1867 he issued the first vol. of the list. of the City of Brook- lyn, N. Y., the second vol. of wh. appeared in 1869, and the third in 1870; edited the Hist. Magazine for 1866, and was a frequent contributor to The Round Table, and wrote several subscription and campaign biographies. In 18844 he edited and largely contributed to the Illustrated Hist. of Kings Co. and the City of Brooklyn, N. Y., two vols. quarto; in 1887 he completed the editing for his professional partner, Dr. Frederic Humphreys of New York city, of the Humphreys Family in America, an immense work, upon which, with others, he had been engaged since 1884, and the latter half of which was issued almost entirely under his own supervision. His contributions to the N. Y. Geneal. and Biog. Record, of which he was one of the first editors, have been numerous. This revision of the History of .Incient Windsor and A Genealogy of the Stiles Family in England and America (now in press), are his latest literary works. He m. 31 Jan., 1856. Sarah (dau. of Rev. Charles M.) Woodward of Freeport, Ill. Children :

1. Elliott, b. at Brooklyn, N. Y., 27 Sept., 1857.

Frances (dau. George) Malcolm of "Inverlaw," 2. Charles Batler ( M.B., C. M.), b. at Woodbridge, N. J., 3 Nov., 1501: grad. Med. Dep't Univ. Edlin- burgh (Scotland), 1 Aug., 1888; in. 27 Dec., 1838, Dundee, Scotland; is a practicing physician in London, Eng. Issue : 1. Frances Helen, b. London. Eng., 12 July. 1890. 2. Elliott Malcolm, b. London, Eng .. 15 Feb., '92. FAM. 28. Sam'l Edward & (M. D.) (Sam']," Capt. Asahel, Israel.5 John, John, 3 John,2 John' ), asst. librarian in L. 1. Hist. Soc., 1864-5; and of N. Y. Mercantile Library Assoc., 1866; and of Toledo Library Assoc., 1866-7; ret. to N. Y. and was again second and afterwards first ass't lib'n of N. Y. Mercht. Lib. Assoc .: grad. M.D. at 1 .. I. College Hospital, Brooklyn, N. Y., 1870; was House Phys. to B. Ilom. Disp., 1871-2; Resident Phys. to B. Hom. Hospital, 1873-1882; since then has practiced his profession in Brooklyn ; is a permanent member of the N. Y. State Hom. Med. Soc., and was one of the incorporators of the N. Y. Gen. and Biog. Soc .. 1869. He m. 12 July, 1882, Mary Maud (dan. George W. and Mary J. Griffith) Liddell of Montreal, Canada. Children :

1. Charlotte Ratcliffe. b. 6 Sept., 1883.

2. Edward Reed, b. 30 Der., 1885.

3. Audrey Keble, b. 12 Nov., 1887.

4 Dorothy Raynesford. b. 144 Sept., 1890.

5. Muriel Wolcott, b. 3 Feb., 1-92.

FAM. 29. Samuel . (Benoni,1 Benoni, 6 Israel, & John, & John. 3 John,? John 1 ), married (1) Roxy Skinner, 4 Mch., 1840, who d. 18 Meh., 18-12; (2) Ann Bowers, 10 Dec., 1843: farmer, E. W. Children (b. E. H'.) :

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1. Henry James, b. 15 Apl .. 1-45; to. Harriet 1

Loomis of So. W., 12 Nov., 1573, he d. 15 May, ISTS.

2. Annette. b. 24 July. 1848; d. 31 May, 1856.

3. Frederick Samuel, b. 21 Jan., 1849. FAM. 37.

4. Charles Adelbert, b. 10 Oct., 1855, FAM. 38.

5. Williams Edgar, b. 10 July, 1857; d.

6. Estella, b. 19 Sept., 1860 7 Rosella (b. twin to Estella , m. Edmond Alonzo Meacham of Somers, ( t . 1 M. v. 1875. Issue :

1. Lewis Edward Mrachavi . b. 93 June, 1850,

2. Walter Leslie (Meacham), b. 23 Jul. 1\$1

8. Ernest Morton, d. 4 Ang., 1869. w > wks.

FAM. 30. John Morton 8 (Benoni," Benoni, 6 Israel," John,4 John,' JJohn 2 John . ), m. 14 Dec., 1843, Julia Ann (daughter Eli and Rocksalena Allen) Gowdey of E. W .; farmer, Melrose, E. W .; d. 12 Apl., 1886. Ch. (b. E. W.) :

1. Eli Gowdey, b. 30 Nov., 1844; m. 29 May. 1823, Mary Elizabeth (dan. Rev. George Ezekiel and

Nancy A. French) Allen of Scitico, Ell .; farmer and P. M. at Melrose; s. p.

2. Robert Benoni, b. 8 Aug., 1848. FAM. 39.

FAM. 31. Israel Harper " (Israel,? Benoni," Israel,5 John, 4 John, 3 John,? John 1 ), m. 1 Junc, 1870, Ifannah Edwards (dau. Lemuel and Hannah Blodgett) Stoughton of E. W .; farmer near Broad Brook. Children :

1. Edwards Stoughton, b. 30 July, 1876. | 2. Anna Chloe, b. 8 Jan., 1880. | 3. Frank Harper, b. 23 June, 1884. FAM. 32. James Benoni ' (Jumes II.,? Benoni," Israel,5 John, 4 John, 3 John," John 1), m. 24 Nov., 1859, Emily E. (dau. John and Ann) Thompson of E. W., b. 15 Jan., 1838. Children :

1. Edna Elizabeth, b. 2 July, 1861 ; m. 9 May, 1882. S. Wilson of Plainville, Conn.

John W. Boies. 3. Emma, b. 25 Sept., 1863: d. 23 Aug., 1864, æ. 11

2. Isabelle, b. 7 Ang., 1865: m. 12 May, 1886, John

4. Mary, b. 25 July, d. 1 Aug., 1870. [mos.

FAM. 33. Hylas " (Iylax," Job," Ashbel,5 Rer. Isaac,4 John,' John," John1), removed to New Orleans; machinist; at outbreak of Civil Rebell., 1861, raised the first company of Union troops enl. in that city; was an avowed Unionist before the occupation of the city by the U. S. troops; lost much property by the war; now res. at Augusta, Ark .; m. Elizabeth Scott, 26 Mch., 1846. Ch. (b. Gretnu, La.):

1. Hylas W., b. 27 Dec., 1847. FAM. 40. 4. A. Sidney, b. 29 Sept., 1857; m. Maggie Hous- 2. Agnes L., b. 22 Oct., 1851; d. 27 Nov., 1858. ton, 1 Apl., 1881, who d. 11 Nov., 1×42; s. p .; res. Gretna, La.

3. Franklyn, b. 11 May, 1853; d. 2 May, 1855.

FAM. 34. James R. (Ilylas, Job, 6 _Ixhbel,5 Rer. Isaac,4 John,3 .John,? John1), m. Re- becca Lewis, 12 May, 1847; res. St. Charles Parish, La .; d. 12 Aug., 1874; ma- chinist. Children :

1. Harriet L .. b. 19 Dec., 1814; m. 3 July, 1866. An- tonia Antonio Ameydo; res. Algiers, l.a .; 5 children.

2. Caroline L .. b. 6 Jan .. 1851; m. June, 1875, Gro. W. Wright; res. N. Orleans: 4 ch.

3. John M., b. 10 Sept., 1852: m. Mollie A. Mar- tin, 9 Nov., 1876; he d. 2 Apl .. 1875. Issue :

1. Elizabeth Reberca, b. 24 Oct., 1827; d. 14 Sept., 4. Thomas R., b. 5 Dec., 1854: d. 19 May, 1565. [1874.

5 James L ... h. 21 Aug., 1857; d. 28 Aug , 1859.

6. George William, b. 8 Oct., 1860; m. 27 July, 1881. Elizabeth Beaver, b. 30 July, 1882.

7. Matthew L., b. 5 Jan., 1864; d. 22 Dee., 1882.

FAM. 35. William Henry ' (Ilylox,? Job, 5 Ishbel,5 Rer. Isaac,4 John,3 John,2 John 1 ), m. Catharine (dau. Christopher and Margaret) Smith, 8 Aug., 1847; farmer, Ridg- way Co., HI. Children :

1. Harriet Louisa, b. 13 Oct., 1848; d. 6 Aug., 1850. 4. Cutharine Margaret, b. 10 Oct., 1853.

2. William Andrew, b. 6 Jan., 1850.

5. Hymns Christopher, b. 22 .Aug., 1835.

FAM. 36. John Douglas $ (Iylax," lob, 6 Ashbel,5 Rer. Isaac,4 John,& John," John1), m. Phebe Elizabeth Coope, 2 Jan., 1862; res. Vicksburg, Miss., since 1870; d. 29 Sept., 1876. Children :

1. Laura Lucretia, b. 18 Oct., 1862.

5. Mayella, b. 26 Apl., 1871.

2. - , son. b. and d. 20 June, 1864.

6. Harry Douglas, b. 17 Dec., 1874; d. 21 Oct , 1444.

3. Alice, b. 4 Dec., 1865.

7. Jean, b. 1 Jan., 1877.

4. Harry Lee, b. 5 June, 1868; d. 24 Sept .. 1869.

FAM. 37. Frederick Samuel9 (Samuel," Benoni, Benoni, 6 Israel,5 John, 4 John,3 John,? John 1 ), m. Julia E. (dau. Cyrus and Cornelia) Barnes, 20 Apl., 1873; res. Bridgeport, Conn. Ch. :

1. Helen Elizabeth, b. 3 May, 1874. [1876. 3. Bertha Rosa. b. 16 Mch., ISTS.

2. Arthur Frederick, b. 7 Aug., 1875; d. 13 July,

4. Charles Adelbert, b. 12 Feb., 1850.

FAM. 38. Charles Adelbert (Sim'l, s Benoni," Benoni, 6 Israel, John, 4 John, 3 John,? John 1), m. 14 May, 1878, Jane Moore (dan. Henry and Harriet Moore) Holman

3. Mary Elizabeth, b. 7 Dec., 1551.

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of So. W. This lady is one to whom we have been greatly indebted for help on the So. W. genealogies. (See p. 14, Preface, Vol. 1). Ch. :

1. Albert Edgar, h. 4 July, 14;9 8. Arthur Newton, b. 5 Sept., 1843.

2. Walter Adelbert, b. 26 .July. 1890. 1. Harriet Estelle, b. 8 Dec., Ivi

FAM. 39. Robert Benoni (John M.," Benoni, Benoui, Israel, Joka, John," John John 1 ), grad. Union Coll .. N. Y., 1 July, 1870. at Albany Law School, 10 May, 1871, and adm. to bar at A. 18th of same month; has been a magistrate. Corporation Counsel, memb. Bd. of Ed. etc., of Lansingburgh, N. Y., where he res. He m. 1 Dec., 1877. Ida E. (lan. Wm, and Mira) Lawrence of L. Ch. : .

1. Frank Lawrence, b. 1. 2 May. 197! 2. ('harles Gurdy, b. 12 Oct., 1981

FAM. 10. Hylas W." (IIy.," Ily.,' Job," Ashbet, 3 Rer. Istar, John,3 John, John' ), In. Julia Hirsh, 29 June, 1871; res. Gretna, La. Ch. :

1. Mylas, h. 1 Dbre .. 1571 3. Elizabeth. b. 21 Ang., 1876. 5. William W., b. 19 Nov .. 1881.

2. Franklyn, b. 4 May. 1821. 4 Sidney, b. 21 Mch., 1879 6. Esther. b. ; Sept , 1~84.

[BRANCH 3 .- Descendants of Joux, the Emigrant, through his son Issa ( The younger, Stratford, Conn., line)].

FAM. 2. Isaac, third and youngest s. of John Stiles (eller of the four bros, who emig. to and sett. at Windsor. Conn .. ) was born there; * in. Hannah - -: settled, abt. 1665, at Wethersfil, Conn .; rem. to Stratford. Conn., after 1671. The only extant document of his is his derd. dated 26 June, 1705, recorded 20 July, 1206, to his youngest son " Long" Jonathan, of a tract of land (24 acres) upon Long Will. Stratford (now Huntington, about eight miles from Stratford proper), which reads thus: " provided he looks well after me, sufficient meat and drink, boarding & lodging & washing & all such necessaries & comforts as I shall need in sickness or health," de., de., "also, to make 2 bble. cyder yearly if ve fruit of ve orchard will afford it." Jonathan was also charged with the payment of 43 each to his sisters. - Fairfield Un. Rer , ii, Part 2, p. 850. Isaac Stiles was one of the petitioners to the Bishop of London, in 1216, for a clergyman for Christ Church at Stratford, Conn. He d. al Stratford, 5 Jan., 1214 15. Ch :

1 Isaac. h. 1663: m. Abigail Adams. FrM 3.

2. John face to Pres, Stilest, who says hed. brfore 1710, num'd. Cothren (Hard, Woodbury, says he ohne not find his birth ree. on Stratford Rec.

3. lowph. d. If10 (assert d and denied on the same authority as in case of his brother Johni. 4 Sinah. h. at > 1% No . 1675; m. Perry of Derby, Conm. -- Pres. Sper MIN.

5. Deborah, b, at S. June, 102. m. John She- thar of Killingworth. Com.

6 Jonathan, b. af S. 10 Mch , Mis 9. m (b widow Reberra Canfield; m. (2) Elizabeth (wid. of his cousin John Stites of Windsor, Conn ; W :- called " Long Jonathan " because of his great -JA" and bright, bring 6 ft. fin. lugh. He removido "the Jersey- " about1790, and became the honored ancestor of the very large Jaar Jersey Im. of Stiles

; Hannah b. al Stratford, 3 Nov., 199, according to President stile: m. John Tibbals: re (1 lat Derby, Conn.

Far. 8. Isaac ' (Ir.) (four; John's, h. 1163; m. Hannah (dau. Robert) Rose of Strat ford; d 1600, æ, 26 or 2; years; inventory taken 15 Dec., 1691, am1 991. 13.09. Ilis wid. m. (3)9 May, 1693. Samuel Hargar of Derby, by whom she had 3 children .

1. Deborah, in samnel (s. of samme) Shethar of Killingworth, 1:15.

2. I-ane, b. 5 \ .. 1990, four mos after his father's

death (President Stilex's WN.): m. 11 Abigail Adams; (2) Saralı FAM 1.

* In a journa kept by the Boy Mr sharp, an Episcopalian clergyman in the State of New York, Il Lonl Cornbury's wilministration, dated 27 Jan .. 1;10, is this entry: " Baptized Isme Stiles. the first male child born in the colony of Connecticut, a man of 80 years," = Hazarit's Ilist Coll. Lord Cornbury's adnan istration ended m 170, Governor Hunter succeeded June, 1,10, and in 1711 visited Connection and passed through Stratford Hi- chaplain presched und baptized there, and this was probably the occasion of Isaac stiles's baptism. The date given above in Rev. Mr. Sharp's journal must be read :57 Jan., 1710 11, and if Isaac Stiles was the first born male child in the Colony, he must have been born in 1035, which would have made him it and not of years old at the time of his baptism. flon. James Savage, the emment genealogi- of New England takes this view in a MS. note entered in his copy of the first edition of the Miles formendany. and add : " Perhaps his Isaac Stiles' mental faculties in Jan., 1710, 11. were infirm, so that he might not judge rightly of his own agr; and the Rev, officiating priest was perhaps too ignorant of the history to car reet his venerable catechumen's error "

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FAM. 4. Isaac (Ister, Iste,2 John '), b. 5 Apl., 1090; m. ( Abigail Adams of Milford, 25 Feb., 1718, 19; m. (2) Sarah - (ace. to Cothren's Hist. WordBury, who says that the first wife seems to have died before 12244, for in that year his wife Sarah was dismissed to Ripton Church from Stratford). He settled first at Stratford, then at Woodbury; d. 16 Apl., 1787. Mrs. Sarah Stiles d. 19 Dec., 1771. ('S well ercept the last b. in Strutfind) :

1. William. b. 23 JJan., 1719 20. von Hotchkiss, a prominent man and de con in the First church at Salem. Com.

2. Sarah. b. 19 Der., 1721: m. Lient. Sila> Hitch- cock, 9 Apl., 1711.

3. Abigail. b. 6 Apl., 1:23: m. David Munn, 1 Ang .. 1:51.

4. Hannah, h. 12 July : d. 4 Nov .. 1:26.

5. Isaac, b. 17 Apl .. 1725. FAM. 5.

6 Mabel, b. 11 Apl., 1230; m. (d wife) Capt. Gid.

7. Betsey, h. 2 July. 1732: mmm'd in 17-5. aeromin to Pres. Stiles.

4. Mary, b. 21 Sept . 1731

9. Samuel, h. 1 June. 1736. FAM 6

10. lohn, b. 21 Ang., 1738. FAM. 7.

11. David, b. at Woodbury, Conn . 18 JJune, 1:41

FAM. 5. Isaac (Ixe Ionte," Iste,2 John 1), b, at Stratford, 17 Apl , 1128; m. Elizabeth -. Children :

1. Eunice, bp. 14 July. 1751; d. unm'd, 1776.

2 Annis, bp. 1 July, 1:53: m. 10 Nov., 1777. Nath'l

3. Gileon, bp. 15 May. 1757. | Bristol.

4. Nathan. m. Betsy Wagner. FAM. S.

5. Truman, h. Southbury, Conn., 161. m. (1) Lavinia Leavenworth; (?) \ima Jarrett. FAM. 9

6. Lewis. m.

7. Simeon. d. 1 Apl .. 1177, of -mall- pox. a. 11 Vis.

Fax. 6. Samuel (Isme Isme," Isante," John 1), b. 1 June, 1786; settled in Wood bury, Conn .; m. Phebe Brooks of Ridgefield, Conn .. 18 Feb., 1571. Hrd 11 \pl . 1819 Children :

1. Abigail, b. 4 Dec., 1771; d. 11 Sept., 17:5. 5. Ruth Ann. b. 1 Jan .. 17:9 2. David. b. 11 Apl .. 1773: m. - ---. and had fam- ily; res, at Paris Hill. Oneida Co. N. Y. F.v. 9. 6. Benjamin. b. 1 Sept., 1781; m. (1) An Morris; (9) Mrs. Hannah Trowbridge: (3) Khuda Root; rem. (181s) to Clarksfield, Ohio.

3. Timothy, b. 23 Feb .. 1725: m. : had family; rem. to Ohio.

1 Ruth, b. 19 Feb., 1275: d. 15 Sept .. 1778.

FAM. 7. John (Immer Istde 3 Isune, John 1), b. Stratford, Conn., 21 Aug., 178%; m. Betty Olds, 13 Aug., 1760; soon after the Revol. he rem. to Salisbury. Herkimer Co., N. Y. Children :

1. Hannah, bp. 22 Nov . 1241

4. Daniel olds. b. 10 June. 1764; m. Sarah Buck- land : has fam .; rem. to Herkinur to .. . X. Y.

3. Asa. bp. 1 Mch., 1767: m. Rebecca Cahoon ; rem., 1%11. to Cuyahoga t'a., Ohio.

1. John, bp. 20 May, 1220: m .: rom to llerkimer To., N. Y.

5. Aaron, bp. [ July. 1:33: in .; rem to Delaware Co., N. Y.

6. Andrew. bp. 22 May. 1666; m : rem fo West

7. Philo, bp. 23 July, 170; m .; rem. to West.

P. S. Nathan (star; Iste Isde," Ise,2 John '). m. Betsey Wagner, 21 June, 1789, in South Britain, Conn .; res, and d. in Oxford, Conn. Children :

1. Simcon. b. 11 Sept .. 1243; d 6 Mch., 1810.

2 Lyman, b 96.Jan. 1786; m. (1) --: (@ Electa Galpin ; res. in Southbury, Conn.

3. Eleanor. b. 11 Feb .. 1799: m. 5 Feb .. 1810, Isaac Treat of Oxford, Conb.

Prindle : (2) Roxanna Sackett ; res. and d, in Southbury, Conn

5. ( ynthia, b. 5 Way. 1796: d. 2 Ang .. 1809, = 13 yTs.

6. Garwood, b 5 Feb . 1799: m Naury W Hyde ; res. and d. in oxford, Conn.

4. Nathan Henry, b. 30 Sept., 1799: m. (1) Sally FAM. 9. Truman " (Ixer." Istdet, Ister. Ixtue,2 John 1), h. Southbury, Conn , 1961; m. (1) Lavinia Leavenworth, 23 Sept., 1793: (2) Anna Jarrett of Southbury; was a farmer and trader; d. 1839; she d. in Watertown, Conn., 1884. Ch .:

1 Charles Robert, mn. -

. sherman, b. at Southbury, Conn., 179 ;: d. 31 Inly. 1-38, at Naugatuck, Conu.

L Hancey. b. Southbury; d. m married, at Bethle hem, Conh.

5. Harriet. m. Abraham Bassett: no issue: re- (1885) Bethlehem, Con.

3. Erastus, farmer; unin'd: drow ned. [For further information of this branch, see Stile& Family in America and England. ]

[The FRANCIS STUDIES (the elder Stratford, Conn. ) line.]

"Mr." Francis. the ancestor of the most of the Woodbury and Stratford families of that name, was one of four brothers (children of Thomas and Maria Stiles) born in Milbroke, Bedfordshire, England, who emigrated to America and settled a: Windsor, Conn., in 1635. He was baptized in Milbroke, 1 Ang., 1602. med. for some time previous to his coming to America, had been a master carpenter and citi- zen of London. Though the third in order of birth of the four brethren, he was by

7. Freeman, b. 6 Mch .. 1282: d. 18 July. 1792.

8. Alathen. b. 17 Apl .. 1785.

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far the most enterprising and energetic in character; and it was through his influ ence and means, undoubtedly, that the family removed thither. In the stir of emigration which about this time pervaded all England he found his opportunity, in some way, to the notice of Sir Richard Saltonstall and the other gentlemen who were associated with him in a contemplated settlement upon the Connecticut River, under a patent recently obtained by them; and he was selected as steward, or man- ager, to precede them and prepare the necessary houses, grounds, etc., against their arrival. Ile sailed in a pinnace belonging to Sir Richard Saltonstall, on or about March 16, 1634-[5], in charge of a party of twenty two male adults, three adult females, and two children (three of the men being his brothers, Henry, John, and Thomas; one of the women being his own wife, and another the wife of his brother John, with her two children); and arrived in Boston harbor on the 16th of June. See p. 43, Vol. I, of this history.

In the first laying out and 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 landing place of the Saltonstall party under his charge, and his brothers (see page 166, Vol. I; also Note to same in the Appendix of this volume) along the upland road, their lands extending from this road straight east to the river, and including both upland and meadow. It is probable that while the question of Sir Richard Saltonstall's rights as a proprietor were still in abeyance and awaiting the result of discussion between him and the Massachusetts Bay people, that "his servants" (as Francis Stiles' party were called) were allowed to locate where they had first landed, and that, as it gradually became evident that there was little chance of a satisfactory adjustment being arrived at, he soll to Francis Stiles a portion of the property, and that this sale, or transfer, was virtually " winked at " by the authorities in the apportionment of land and home lots at Windsor, - the Stiles party gradually becoming assimilated with and incorporated in the new community formed by the emigration from Dorchester. A portion of this land passed to Saltonstall, or his son Robert, and in his deed, dated Sept. 12, 1647, Francis Stiles is named as "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 month." This transfer left Stiles not poor, but reduced in circumstances.

lle was the only one of the four Stiles brothers to whom the title of " Mr." was ever given, and was undoubtedly, as Gov. Wolcott informed President Stiles, "a Man of great business." Such items as have come down in court records, etc., would seem to indicate that he was a man of quick, passionate nature (known to be somewhat of a family trait), stout in asserting his rights, and consequently a frequent figure in lawsuits, etc .*

* Conrt held at Hartford, March 28, 1637, "ordered that Mr. Francis Stilles shall teach Geo. Chapple, Thomas Coopr and Thomas Barber, his servants, in the trade of a carpenter, according to his pr'mise for there 'rvice of their terme behinde 4 days in a weeke onlie to sawe & slitt their owne worke," &c .- Coll. Records of Ct.

" Sept. 5th, 1639, Edward Hopkins comp't in behalfe of Mr. Jno. Woodcocke against Fr. Stiles, for breach of Covenants, in 5004. Mr. Stiles desires respite till the next Court in regard of witnes in the Bay. Granted."- Trumbull, Col. R. of CI., Vol. I. p. 33.

" Fr. Stiles, Contra Jno. Woodcocke in an action of debt for 2 hhds, malt and a lhd. of meale."- Ibid, Vol. 1, p. 33.

These two Woodcock items probably connect with the following interesting matter from Lechford's M.S. Note-Book, Trans. Am. Antiq. Soc., Vol. VII, 367, entitled " Answere peticon and account of Barnabas Davis of Charles Town to the demands of Mr. John Woodcocke." From this It serms that Barnabas Davis of Charlestown, Mass., about two years before Pequot War, was retained by Mr. William Woodcocke to come over Into New England to look at his affairs, and went from Boston to Conn., where Francis Stiles was to build a house for Mr. Woodcock aud Impale 400 neres of land; " this was in the beginning of the planta. tion." When he arrived there, Stiles had gone to England, "having before built himself a sufficient house

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THE STILES FAMILY.

Though we find him in 1647, " of Saybrook " and " of Stratford," apparently, in Marele, 1654, when he was complained of to the Court for peppering Naanepa- quoitre. 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 removal from Windsor. Cothren thinks that as "he is not named in any Stratford record, there seems to be no rea- son 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 todwell 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 Stiles, 4 [children]." The probable birth-date of his fourth child, Benjamin, 1651, might show that he still resided in Windsor at that date. And Savage (N. E. Gen. Dict.) thinks that Francis Stiles died at Wind- sor not later than 1653. In the seating of the meeting-house at Windsor, also (as given in Stiles' Hist, and Geneal. of Ancient Windsor, p. 178, Vol. I, Revised ed.), in January, 1659-60, among those " that have paid, and were placed in the long seats when they paid," we find the name of " Mr. Stiles, 3x.,"and his brother John Stiles. (These were two rows of long seats, accommodating five persons to a seat, at 38. apiece, or 6.x. for a man and his wife.) And, as Francis was the only one of the

in Connecticut." Davis returned to England by Mr. Hooker's advice. with letters from Mr. H. to Lord Say and to Mr. Woodcock, about Mr. Woodcock's affairs, "to the intent Stiles might be dealt withall in Eng. land," and as soon as he could get shipping he sailed for England, landed at Plymonth and delivered his let- terr. " Whereupon Francis Stiles was again dealt with to go on with Mr. Woodstock's plantation there, and sold him his said house, bearing him in hand that the Towne would accommodate Mr. W. with 400 acres of land thereunto. The said Styles, within a month after, came away again for New England, and Mr. Wood- cock retained Davis still to go in the next ship after him to see the said Styles to perform the work." Davis embarked, reached Boston in the second year of the Pequot War [1637], and within ten days after his arrival went to Connectient in a pinnace to follow ont Mr. W.'s instructions, and delivered Mr. W.'s and Lord Say's letter to Mr. Hooker, " who was pleased to go with him from Mr. H.'s house [at Hartford] to the said Style's' house [at Windsor], being six miles, abont treating with the said Styles, when it was dangerons traveling in regard of the Pequids," and " Mr. Warham and divers others, with Mr. Hooker, treating the cause, deter- mined that Stiles had dealt ill with Mr. Woodcock, in not procuring the 400 acres of land to be laid to the said house and impaling it as he undertook." Davis was directed by Mr. Hooker to return to England and report to Lord Say and Mr. W. about Stiles's miscarriage of the business; but, meanwhile, while waiting for a chance to snil. was impressed as a soldier against the Pequots and could not get back to England until about a year after. Abont one and three-quarter years after he was sent over again to N. Eng. by Mr. John Woodcock to look after his (then deceased) brother William's estate there, " landed at Boston in June, 1639, and thereupoo went to Conn., and there did recover of the said Styles, a judgment of £300, which lies in Mr. Hopkins's hand in Connecticut, and took into custody the cattle and sold them," to the amount of #150. Lechford's legal opinion on this case is to be found. pages 396-401, in the volume referred to.

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The history and genealogies of ancient Windsor, Connecticut, Vol. II, Part 131

Author: Stiles, Henry Reed, 1832-1909 Publication date: 1891 Publisher: Hartford, Conn., Press of the Case, Lockwood & Brainard company Number of Pages: 1012

Author: Stiles, Henry Reed, 1832-1909
Publication date: 1891
Publisher: Hartford, Conn., Press of the Case, Lockwood & Brainard company
Number of Pages: 1012