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(HI) John Tapley, son of John Tapley ( I), was born in Salem, April 7, 1669. He mar- ried probably Anne Lewis, daughter of Peter and Grace Lewis, of Kittery, Maine. He was taxed one year only, 1691, in Salem, and probably removed in the vicinity of Ports- mouth. Children: 1. William, mentioned below. 2. Mary, married October 3. 1725. William Partridge.
(III) William Tapley, son of John Tapley (2), was first mentioned as of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, where his first five children were born. Ile afterwards removed to Kit- tery, Maine. It is supposed that in early life he was a fisherman, but he was a tailor in his later years. He married, March 19, 1726- 27, Rebecca Briar, of Portsmouth. She re- newed the covenant at Portsmouth, October 20, 1728. and joined the church November 7. 1736. Children, baptized by Rev. John Em- erson and Rev. William Shurtleff, at Ports- mouth: 1. Sarah, baptized October 20, 1728. 2. Thomas, baptized October 20, 1728. 3. Mary, baptized October 19, 1729. 4. Wil- liam, baptized January 24. 1731. 5. Eliza- beth, baptized August 10, 1735. 6. Joseph, born 1733: married Mary Pierce; was in the Revolution. 7. Job, born September 14. 1736: mentioned below. 8. James Robert ( ?), born 1754. 9. Peletiah ( ?).
(IV) Job Tapley, son of William Tapley (3), was born September 14, 1736, at Kit- tery. Maine. He was a caulker by occupation. He married Susanna , born July 29, 1740, died in Saco, Maine, July 23, 1826. Children, the first two born at Kittery, the others at Saco, Maine : I. Peletiah, born
October 2, 1757 : mentioned below. 2. Sally, born March 25. 1761. 3. Susanna, born June I. 1765. 4. John, born May 26, 1767: died June 21, 1849; married Polly 5. Ellis, born October 26, 1771 ; died December, 1794. 6. Joshua, born August 30, 1774; mar- ried Margaret Foss. 7. William P., born April 5. 1776: died August 18, 1867 : married Elizabeth Smith. 8. Joel, born February 6, 1778; died May 14, 1781.
(V) Peletiah Tapley, son of Job Tapley (4), was born in Kittery, Maine, October 2, 1757. He married Sallie Stover, born at Brooksville, Maine, August 25, 1768, died there August 16, 1823. He died there Octo- ber 23. 1831. He removed from Kittery to Bragaduce, now Brooksville, about 1780, and settled on the right bank of the Bragaduce river, in a log house which he built. He was one of the petitioners for the division of Brag- aduce and the incorporation of Penobscot in 1785. In 1793 he was one of the incorpora- tors of the First Parish Church at Penob- scot. From 1784 to 1891 forty-five Tapley children have been born on the old Tapley place, only one of whom died in infancy. Children, born in Brooksville: 1. Susannah, born April 27, 1784: died May 28, 1848: married, December 23, 1802, Jacob Osgood. 2. Lucy, born April 3. 1786: married Philip Hewins. 3. Sally, born March 6, 1788; mar- ried first, Luther Thomas; second, Robert Grant ; third, Isaiah Hinckley: died Decem- ber, 1846. 4. Benjamin, born 1789. 5. Rebecca, born September 5, 1790; married, May, 1811, Joseph Lunt. 6. Robert, born May 10, 1792; married first, January, 1816, Eliza Condon : second, March 16, 1820, Mrs. Polly (Snow ) Parker. 7. Thomas, born March 15, 1794; married first, July 15, 1814, Polly Wentworth: second, January 21, 1872, Drusilla G. (Batchelder ) Billings. 8. Wil- liam S., born March 13, 1796; mentioned below. 9. Peletiah, born October 16, 1797 ; married first, December 30, 1821, Mary Pal- mer ; second, October, 1856, Mrs. Alevia (Hammond) Grant ; died January, 1878. 10. Elsy, born August 25, 1799; married first, September 8, 1823, John Limeburner ; second, January 8. 1830, Gershom Farnham. Mary, born August 29, 1801 ; married, Sep- tember 7, 1823, John P. Snow. 12. Job, born May 17, 1803; married first, December 8, 1823. Elizabeth L. Chase; second, November IO, 1832, Lydia S. Chase : died November I, 1889. 13. John, born May 7, 1805 : married, July II, 1824, Diana S. Snow ; died May 29,
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1877. 14. Luther, born April 1, 1808; mar- ried, November 26, 1829, Ruth B. Freethy ; died November 10, 1882. 15. Nancy, born March 29, ISHI; married, January 27, 1835, Samuel B. Babson; died May 30, 1891. 16. Joel, born July 20, 1814 ; married, November 16, 1836, Eliza B. Freethy.
(VI) William S. Tapley, son of Peletialı Tapley (5), born at Brooksville, March 13, 1796, died at Worcester, Massachusetts, Aug- ust 3, 1878. He went to Danvers, Massachu- setts, when a young man, and worked as a weaver in Fowler's mill at Danversport. He resided .at Newburyport, Massachusetts, and in various places in Maine during his life. At the time of his death he was a machinist by occupation. He married first, March 24, 1818, Eliza Stevens, born at Danvers, Feb- ruary 6, 1795, died at South Danvers, Sep- tember 15, 1832. He married second, at New- buryport, March 18, 1834, Caroline Bartlett, of Newbury, born March 18, 1812. Children by first wife: I. Eliza Kane, born at Brooks- ville, Maine, February 9, 1819; mentioned below. 2. George Stevens, born May 27,
1820; killed at South Mountain, Maryland, in the civil war, September 14, 1862. 3. Rebecca Stevens, born at Deer Isle, Maine, December 25, 1821; married, January 16, 1842, William T. Hewins; died November 9, 1893. 3. William T., born at Surry, Maine, October 20, 1823; married, June 4, 1848, Martha A. Hale. 4. Elvina S., born at Surry, July 3, 1825; married first, William O. Wal- lis; second, December 28, 1864, William J. Duckrell, who died July 29, 1894. 5. John S., born at Surry, July 16, 1828; died September 6, 1829, at Danvers. 6. Captain Frederick Chillis, born at Amesbury, Massachusetts, November 25, 1835; married first, September 3, 1867, Mary G. Clark; second, May 19, 1887, Emma J. Bonney ; died September 8, 1896; was in civil war. 7. Henry, born Sep- tember 1, 1837; died 1854. 8. Moses Bart- lett, born at Amesbury, September 8, 1839; married Mrs. Elizabeth (Stagg Riker) Stocking ; died December 17, 1895. 9. Caro- line, born at Amesbury, August 4, 1841 ; died 1860. 10. Abby Ann, born at Newburyport, November 12, 1843; married February 14, 1866, George W. Davis. II. Melinda, born at Newburyport, July 26, 1845; died Febru- ary 16, 1861. 12. Edward Burrill, born July 30, 1848; married first, 1872, Ella Sawm; second, January 6, 1876, Lucy Sawm; died January 21, 1885. 13. Maria C., born at
Newburyport, 1852; died in Northfield, Ver- mont, 1853.
(VII) Eliza Jane Tapley, daughter of Wil- liam Tapley (6), was born at Brooksville, Maine, February 9, 1819. She married, at Danvers, Massachusetts, February 17, 1846, Israel Warren Andrews, born at Danvers, July 1, 1820; (see Andrews family). She died at Danvers, June 4, 1876. Children: I. George Warren Andrews, born September 17, 1846; married Agnes White, of Watertown, and had daughter Agnes. 2. Mary Eliza Andrews, born April 26, 1848; died at South Hadley, September 27, 1867. 3. Sarah Ann Andrews, born April 26, 1848 (twin) ; mar- ried Daniel Peabody, of Bradford, had son Edward Peabody. 4. Benjamin Stevens Andrews, born March 6, 1850; married May
17, 1881, Emma E. Farrington, born at Au Sable Forks, New York, 1856; died 1897. 5. Elvina Wallis Andrews, born April 20, 1851 ; married Charles Lane, of Beverly, and had George, Charles and Fred Lane. 6. Martha Gould Andrews, born June 15, 1864; married Edward Davis, of Haverhill; (see Davis fam- ily).
Robert Andrews, the immi- ANDREWS grant ancestor, born in England, before 1600, came to Ipswich, Massachusetts, 1635, from Morwich, county Norfolk, England, owner and master of the ship "Angel Gabriel." His sister Mary Andrews married Robert Bur- nam, and her three sons (John, Thomas and Robert Burnam) were on this vessel when it was wrecked near Pemaquid, Maine, in a violent storm, August 15, 1635. This ship was of two hundred and forty tons burden, and carried sixteen guns. After his loss, Cap- tain Andrews left the sea and settled in Che- bacco (now Essex) Massachusetts, formerly Ipswich. He was admitted a freeman May 6, 1635, and licensed to keep the first ordinary or tavern in the town, September 3, 1635. His house lot was on the south side of the river, near the church. He had many grants of land and acquired a large estate. He died 1643. His will, dated April 2, 1641, proved at Ipswich, March 26, 1643-44, bequeathed to wife Elizabeth, sons John and Thomas, son-in-law Franklin; daughter of Elizabeth; grandson Daniel Hovey; John, son of Hum- phrey Griffin, and two other sons all under twenty-one years; to kinsmen John, Thomas and Robert Burnam. Children: I. Alice, married William Franklin, of Ipswich. 2.
Israel W. Andrews
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Abigail, married Daniel Hovey, of Ipswich. 3. John. born 1620; mentioned below. 4.
Thomas, born in England, school master at Ipswich ; died unmarried, July 10, 1683.
(II) Lieutenant John Andrews, son of Robert Andrews (I), was born in England in 1622, according to a deposition that he made in 1692. He was called the oldest son in his father's will, April 2, 1641. He was a sold- ier in the Pequot war, 1639. Some author- ities think that Lieutenant John was not John, son of Robert, but the evidence gathered by the writer is conclusive. He is called corporal in the early records. He was a baker, also a carpenter, by trade. He was received as an inhabitant of Ipswich, 1646, and sold land there, 1652, to Mary Webster. He held the offices of surveyor of highways, 1666. He died at Ipswich, 1705, his will being dated March 13, 1705. He married first, Jane ( ?), daughter of Stephen Jordan, and she is men- tioned in the will of Stephen Jordan. His wife Sarah died April 29, 1666. Children : I. John, born 1648; lieutenant in King Phil- ip's war. 2. William, called second son. 3. Thomas, mentioned below. 4. Joseph; chil- dren born 1685-97. 5. Elizabeth, married James Giddings.
(III) Thomas Andrews, son of Lieutenant John Andrews (2), was born about 1660. He quitclaimed his interest in his father's estate in 1716-17. He married, February 9, 1681, Mary, daughter of Thomas Belcher of Che- bacco. He married second, (intention dated April 8, 1711), Mary Smith, who died March 31, 1731. Children : I. Thomas, mentioned below. 2. Mary, married, April 17, 1703, Samuel Browne, of Reading; receipted for legacy from father's estate March 6, 1720.
(IV) Thomas Andrews, son of Thomas Andrews (3), was born about 1685. He was executor of his father's estate. Children : I. Thomas, born about 1712; resided at Dan- vers; married, May 17. 1735; will dated at Danvers, November 29, 1759, proved Decem- ber 24. 1759; John Andrews, witness; be- queathing to wife Sarah, children Thomas, Israel, Ebenezer, Elizabeth, Hannah, Sarah and Aaron, the first four minors in 1759 : chil- dren, born at Salem: i. Thomas, born Octo- ber 20, 1736, had son John; ii. Israel, born September 20, 1738, died 1771; iii. Sarah, born February 20, 1740; iv. Elizabeth, born August 31, 1743. died January 5, 1745; v. Elizabeth, born July 22, 1746; vi. Han- nah, born June 21, 1749. 2. John, mentioned below.
(V) John Andrew, son of Thomas An- drew (4), was born about 1715 in Danvers or vicinity, and settled in Danvers, where he died in 1771. He married Mary , who administered his estate, appointed April 20, 1753; estate divided in 1771. She was appointed guardian of the children, mentioned below, April 20, 1753, all being under four- teen. The estate was indebted to Solomon and Jeremiah Andrews, cousins. Children : I. John, born about 1740. 2. Mary, mar- ried Samuel Hadlock. 3. Elizabeth, married John Curbee. 4. Sarah. 5. Stephen; men- tioned below.
(VI) Stephen Andrew, son of John Andrew (5), born about 1742, died before his father. His widow was appointed guar- dian of their two children : 1. John, born 1765. 2. Israel, mentioned below.
(VII) Rev. Israel Andrew, son of Stephen Andrew (6), was born in Danvers, 1766; graduated at Harvard College, 1789, receiving his master's degree, 1794. He died in 1821. He resided in Middleton, Massachusetts, and Blue Hills, Maine. He married Sallie Lan- douer, of French Huguenot ancestry, of Mid- dleton, Massachusetts. Children : I. John, died single. 2. Mary, married Franklin Pierce. 3. Winthrop, was a shoe dealer in . Danvers. 4. Israel Warren ; see forward.
(VIII) Israel Warren Andrews, son of Rev. Israel Andrews (7), was born at Danvers, July 1, 1820, and died November, 1898. He was educated in the public schools of Dan- vers. He was thrown upon his own resources by the death of his father when he was but an infant, and became a wage earner in early youth. When a young man he engaged in the manufacture of boots and shoes for sey- eral years. But the larger part of his life was spent in the public service. He was elect- ed to represent his district in the general court, and repeatedly re-elected. He was afterward state senator, serving a period of twelve years in the two houses. He was prominent in both bodies. His strong con- victions of right and wrong, his ability as a public speaker and his energy and faithful- ness as a legislator, together with his long service, made him one of the leading men at the state house. He was active in the Green- back party, and was its nominee at one time for governor of the commonwealth. He served for forty years on the school com- mittee of Danvers ; was one of the nine orig- inal trustees of the Peabody Institute; for many years justice of the peace, and known
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to all his friends as Judge Andrews. Except during the period of Greenbackism, Judge Andrews was a Democrat in politics. In appearance he was of commanding figure, six feet in height, weighing two hundred and ten pounds, kindly in disposition, and of magnetic personality. He married, at Danvers, Feb- ruary 17, 1846, Eliza Jane Tapley, born at Brooksville, Maine, February 9, 1819, died at Danvers, June 4, 1876, daughter of Wil- liam Tapley. (See Tapley family). Chil- dren, born at Danvers: I. George Warren, born September 17, 1846; has resided since about 1878 in the west, and for many years was engaged in educational work; promin- ent Free Mason, having taken the thirty-sec- ond degree ; married Mary Agnes White, of Watertown ; daughter Agnes married George Russell, of New York. 2. Mary Eliza, born April 26, 1848 (twin) ; died at South Hadley, Massachusetts, September 27, 1867, while a student at Mt. Holyoke Seminary. 3. Sarah Ann, born April 26, 1848 (twin) ; married Daniel Peabody ; son, Edward A. Peabody. 4. Benjamin Stevens, born March 6, 1850; principal of grammar school at Manchester, New Hampshire ; died 1897; was well known in educational circles ; married, May 17, 1881, Emma E. Farrington, who was born at Au Sable Forks, 1850. 5. Elvina Wallis, born April 20, 1851; married Charles Lane, of Beverly, Massachusetts; children: i. George A .; ii. Charles Y .; iii. Frederick A. 6. Mar- tha Gould, mentioned below.
(1X) Martha Gould Andrew, daughter of Israel Warren Andrews (8), was born in Dan- vers, June 15, 1864. She was educated in the public schools of her native town and at Bradford Academy. She married, July 19, 1881, Edwin Ayer Davis, born 1857, son of Alfred and Abbie (Crowell) Davis. (See Davis family). Mrs. Davis is owner and manager of "The Leonard," a first-class apartment house at the corner of Pleasant and Pecker streets, Haverhill. It was formerly the home of the late James Winchell and stands on one of the most sightly and attrac- tive sites in the city. Children of Edwin Ayer and Martha Gould Andrew: I. Israel War- ren Davis, died at age of eight years and seven months. 2. Ralph Eaton Davis, died aged sixteen months. 3. Leonard Augustus Davis, born in Bradford, September 25, 1893.
John Davis was a farmer living DAVIS in the vicinity of Chester, New Hampshire. He married Polly Emerson, who died January 21, 1863. aged seventy-one years eleven months twelve days. He died September 7, 1833, aged forty-one years. Children: I. Phineas E., born June 26, 1815: died February 6, 1886. 2. Betsey Jane, born August 1, 1817; died October 3. 1886; married James Sawyer. 3. Eveline, born May 2, 1819 ; died October 29, 1838. 4. Alfred H., born August 29, 1822; died Octo- ber 26, 1893, mentioned below. 5. Susan, born September 15, 1824; died unmarried, November 6, 1901. 6. John C., born Octo- ber 13, 1826: died August 16, 1883. 7. Jona- than, born November 1, 1828; died October 27, 1845.
(II) Alfred H. Davis, son of John Davis (I), born August 29, 1822, died October 26, 1893. Ile was educated in the public schools. Early in life he went to sea and shipped on several whaling voyages. In 1849 he joined the Argonauts who went to California for gold. Upon his return he located in Salem, New Hampshire, and engaged in the manu- facture of boots and shoes for several years. He spent his last days in Ayer Village, where he died. He was one of the first to enlist in the Union army when the civil war broke out and served his term of nine months in a regiment of Massachusetts volunteer militia. He married Abigail M. Crowell, daughter of Jonathan and Betsey Crowell. Children : I. Ella F., married first, William Cain, and had child Cora: married second, Augustus B .. Caswell, of Haverhill. 2. Ralph E., resides in Manchester, New Hampshire, married Mrs. Loretta George. 3. Edwin Ayer, born 1857; married Martha Gould Andrew; (see Andrew family). 4. Alfred, died young. 5. Elizabeth J., married William P. Owens; children, Evelina and Alfred.
GILE The surname Gile is of English origin, and is spelled variously Gild, Guild, Guile, Gille, and Gile. According to different opinions the name is derived from Gild, a village green ; or Guile, as much liquor as is brewed at once : or Gille, the Scotch word for servant. The late Ben- jamin Guild, of Boston, while traveling in Great Britain, procured from the Herald's College in London a coat-of-arms which was
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said to belong to the Guild family, described as follows: Azure, a lion rampant, or ; Crest, on a wreath an arm couped, holding in the hand a broadsword; Motto, "Maintien le Droit." There are several coats-of-arms of the Guild family, used by English and Scotch families of that name. Nearly all the persons by the name of Guild, Guiles. Guile and Gile in America, are descended from the immi- grant brothers, John and Samuel Guild or Guile. They came with their sister Ann about the year 1636, when they were quite young. The marriage of James Allen and Ann Guild is recorded in Dedham, March 16, 1638, and the births of four of their children. John Guild settled in Dedham also and built a house there in 1640. He married, June 24. 1645. Elizabeth Crooke, and had seven chil- dren. lle died October 4, 1682.
(I) Samuel Guile (Gile), the immigrant ancestor, was one of the first settlers at New- bury, going there after a brief stay at Ded- ham. He remained there but a short time. and in 1640 was one of twelve who settled Pentucket, now Haverhill. He was admitted a freeman in 1642. He received land in 1650 at Little River, and in 1652 ten acres of the second division. In 1658 he entered into an agreement for the support of a blacksmith, and had land at the third division. In 1660 he built a house and had a fourth grant of land. He died February 21, 1683. Part of his original estate still remains in possession of his descendants. He married, September I. 1647, Judith Davis, daughter of James Davis, an immigrant, coming from Marlbor- ough, England. He made his will February 16, 1683. a few days before his death. Chil- dren, born at Haverhill : I. Samuel, born August 30, 1648; died September, 1675. 2. Judith, born April 2, 1650: died April 28. 1672; married, January 21, 1671. Joseph Page. 3. John, born December 8. 1652 : mar- ried Sarah Sutton. 4. Hannah, born Febru- ary. 1654; died young. 5. Sarah, born March I, 1657-58: married, November 8, 1682. Peter Pattee. 6. James, born August 27. 1660: married Ruth Parker. 7. Ephraim, mention- ed below.
(11) Ephraim Gile, son of Samuel Gile (I), was born at Haverhill, March 21, 1661- 62. He resided there, and in 1711 was "one of the soldiers supplied with snow shoes for emergency in case of attack by the Indians." He was probably the Ephraim Gile who cut the first way to Cheshire, and was admitted an inhabitant of Chester in 1720. He mar-
ried, January 5, 1686, Martha Bradley. Chil- dren, born at Haverhill: 1. Mary, born Feb- ruary II, 1687 ; married, January 15. 1705-06, Thomas Clough. 2. Hannah, born August II. 1690: married Jonathan Clough. 3. Mehitable, born December 1, 1692: married, December 29, 1715. Nathaniel Johnson. 4. Sarah, born January 20, 1694-95; married, March 3. 1717, Samuel Davis. 5. Daniel, born December 10, 1697: married Joanna Heath. 6. Judith, born May 3. 1700; mar- ried Henry Green, of Killingly. Connecticut. 7. Samuel, born February 13. 1702-03 ; men- tioned below. 8. Ephraim, born August 15, 1705. 9. Ebenezer, born September 11, 1708; married Lydia Johnson.
( Ill ) Samuel Gile, son of Ephraim Gile (2). was born at Haverhill, February 13. 1702-03, and died there December 1, 1775. He was called of Chester in 1723. He mar- ried Sarah Emerson, born in 1708, died Sep- tember 10, 1804. probably daughter of Ben- jamin and Sarah ( Philbrick) Emerson. His will was dated February 21. 1769 and proved March 4. 1776. Children, born at Ilaver- hill : 1. Hannah, born November 10, 1727 ; married Cross. 2. Ephraim, born May I. 1730; married Sarah Simons. 3. Ben- jamin, born September 21, 1732. 4. Asa, born January 12, 1734-35: married Sarah Nealley. 5. Samuel, born March 22. 1736-37 : married Phebe Kezar. 6. John, born Janu- ary 4, 1739-40: mentioned below. 7. Reu- ben, born February 22, 1741-42. 8. Abigail, born November 13, 1744. 9. Anne, born April 19, 1747. 10. Amos, born June 10. 1749: married Ruth Foster. II. James, born February 25. 1752: married Deborah Emer- son.
( IV) Major John Gile, son of Samuel Gile (3), was born at Haverhill, January 4, 1739-40. He was enrolled in the militia at Haverhill in 1757 and 1758. enlisted for the invasion of Canada, and was in the expedi- tion to Lake George, and at the reduction of Ticonderoga and Crown Point. He bore the title of Major. In 1779 and 1780 he was selectman of Nottingham, New Hampshire, and in 1781 was one of a committee to con- sider a plan of government for the state. His will is dated March 13, 1800. He married Mary Nealley. daughter of Matthew and Margaret ( Beverland ) Nealley. Children, boru in Nottingham: 1. Anna, born August 20, 1763; died January 7, 1841 ; married, 1782. Samuel Gault. 2. John. mentioned below. 3. Mary, born July 7. 1765 : married,
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February 16, 1787, Dr. Benjamin Kelley. 4. Sarah, married, September, 1788, George Tut- tle. 5. William Nealley, born June 30, 1776; married Amy Philbrick. 6. Abigail, married Simpson. 7. Betsey. 8. Joanna, mar-
ried Weymouth. 9. Mark, born March 31, 1780; married first, Sarah Mc- Crillis : second, Sarah Gerrish. 10. Susanna. II. Mahala, married Dow.
(V) John Gile, son of John Gile (4), was born at Nottingham, New Hampshire. He married Lydia Tuttle, who died at Effingham, New Hampshire. He was drowned in the harbor of Wilmington, North Carolina, about 1819. Children : I. George, born 1794; mentioned below. 2. John, married Mary Rogers, of Amesbury, Massachusetts. 3. Ira, died unmarried at Chelsea, Massachu- setts, July 5, 1858. 4. William, married first, Phebe Noyes : second, Hobbs. 5. Catherine Tuttle, born at Northwood, New Hampshire, March II, 1793; died April 6, 1860: married first, Joseph Stevens ; second, Ebenezer Lovering Bennett. 6. Sally, mar- ried - Smith, of Hollis, Maine. 7. Lydia Ann, married John Kennett, of Not- tingham.
(VI) George Gile, son of John Gile (5). was born at Lee, New Hampshire, in 1794, and died at Durham, New Hampshire, No- vember 4, 1828. He resided in Durham, and was a farmer, and a mason by trade. He married Clarissa Durgin. Children : I.
£ Erastus, born January 29, 1818; mentioned below. 2. Sylvester, died young. 3. Mary, died young. 4. Joseph Stevens, born August 25, 1825; married Harriet B. Chandler, and had seven children.
(VII) Erastus Gile, son of George Gile (6), was born at Lee, New Hampshire, Jan- uary 29, 1818, and died April 23, 1893, at Andover, Massachusetts. He was educated in the public schools of his native town. He worked on the farm until seventeen years old, when he began to serve an apprenticeship of three years at the mason's trade. He worked as a journeyman for a time and then went into business as a mason and builder, in partnership at first with John Farnum, later alone, and finally taking into partnership his son Edward E. Gile. He was in active and successful business for a period of thirty- seven years. The death of his son and part- ner in 1888 was a severe blow to the father and he sold out his business and retired. Four years later he died at his home in And- over. He was the leading mason of that
section for many years and had the largest contracts. He displayed unusual business ability and was a master of his trade. He was a man of much force of character and exemplary habits, being abstemious in drink and using no tobacco. He supported every important movement for the betterment of his fellow citizens or the improvement of the town. In politics he was a Democrat, in religion an Episcopalian. He commanded the fullest meed of respect and confidence from his townsmen. He married, September 15, 1842, Amanda Georgette Manning, born February 26, 1814, at Tewksbury, Massachu- setts, died March 23, 1895, at Andover, Massachusetts, daughter of Benjamin and Sarah (Simonds) Manning, of Tewksbury. Children, born in Andover : I. Amanda Georgette, born September 1, 1843, unmar- ried. 2. Mary Eliza, born March 8, 1845, unmarried. 3. Sarah Manning, born Octo- ber 23, 1846; unmarried. 4. Clara Durgin, born April 26, 1849; died September 23, 1851. 5. Edward Erastus, born April 28, 1851 ; educated in the Andover schools and learned the trade of mason under his father's eye, entering partnership with his father ; died un- married in 1888. 6. Sylvia Annie, born April 20, 1854, unmarried.
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