Individual Details

John Stiles

(Dec 1595 - 4 Jun 1662)

Copied verbatim from: 'The Stiles Genealogy, The Connecticut Family, by Ezra Stiles': " John Stiles, the second son of the Millbroke family was baptized in St. Michael's Church, Milbroke,Bedfordshire, England, the 25th of December, 1595; married Rachel ______________, and was forty years of age when he came to Windsor, Conn. He had a home lot, next south of that of his brothers Francis, twelve rods wide, along the east side of the highway. In 1663, this was in possession of his eldest son Henry, who resided thereon until 1673, when he exchanged places with John (son of William) Gaylord. In 1660, John Stiles, Jr. had from his father, twelve acres wide, of the north side of Henry's lot, next the ferry road, (Bissel's Ferry Road), which he sold, in 1653, to Nathaniel Bissell. "that I, John Stiles, formerly lived upon." In the seating of the Meeting-house, at Windsor, in 1659-60, among those who "have paid and were placed in the long seats when they paid," were "John Stiles, Senr.," and his wife, as is evidenced by the 6s. set opposite his name, that being the price for a man and wife. John Stiles died at Windsor, Conn., June 4, 1662-3, aged 67. His widow died Sept. 3, 1674."

Personal note: I am Gordon Stiles, on July 14th, 2007, while on vacation in the British Isles, my wife, Barbara, and I went to Millbrook, via train, from London. We were able to visit the church in Millbrook where our ancestor, John Stiles, Sr., was christened on Christmas Day, in 1595. It is a small picturesque setting on a hill, where St. Michael's church sits. From that hill, you can look across the countryside and see miles of farmland. There is a plaque on the wall inside St. Michael's, that was placed there by an organization called, The Stiles Family in America, which identifies the Stiles' that came over on the ship called The Christian, to Connecticut, and founded Windsor, in 1634. It was an exhilarating experience. Approximately 40 years have passed since I discovered that my ancestor John Stiles, had been christened in St. Michael's in Millbrook, and now I have seen it.

This man was known as John the Settler in some American accounts. He and three of his brothers came to New England as carpenters, ready to establish themselves in a new home. The new arrivals may have settled at Dorchester but by 1636 they were at Windsor, CT where they established family estates.

In 1659-60 John and his wife paid 6 shillings for their place in the "long seats" at the Windsor Meeting-house, where they attended services. He died at his estate at Windsor, CT on 4 June 1662 or 1663, age about 67/68. Rachel STILES died on 3 Septemeber 1674. They had four children who survived to adulthood.

Burial for John STILES and Rachel STILES are unknown at this time, but may have been on their own property or in the graveyard of their church in Windsor.

=== Emigration ===
:: 16 MAR 1635 London, England:: Genealogical Dictionary states the ship was the Christian. It sailed from London to New England.[[#S72]]: Vol 4, page 194[[#S63]]: page 34

=== Will ===
:: 31 MAY 1662 Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut:: Styles, John Sen., Windsor. Died 4 June 1662. Invt. £222-04-00. Taken 6 August 1662 by William Gaylord & Matthew Grant. Will dated 31 May 1662.::: I John Styles Senior, of Wyndsor, doe make this my Last will & Testament. Imprimis. I give to my wife Rachell all my estate so long as Shee Lives in a widdowhood condition; but if Shee marry, my Estate shall then be divided. My wife shall then have a third part, & ye rest of my Estate shall be equally divided amongst my fower children: to my sone Henry, my sone John, my sone Isace, & my daughter Sary Howard; & also my will is that when my wife dyes ye Estate as Shee Stands possessed of shall be equally divided to my fowre children as aforsayed. And I do desire Jacob Drake, John Gaylord & John Bissell Junior to bee my overseers. Witness: John Griffin, John Bancroft. John Styles.::: Court Record, page 179-14 September 1662: Will & Invt. Exhibited & accepted by the Court of Assistants.[[#S110]]: Vol 1, page 153

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== Biography ==
=== Baptism ===::John Stiles, son of Thomas Stiles, was baptized 25 Dec 1595 Millbrook, Bedfordshire, England[[#S-1555779582]]: Bedfordshire parish registers Data: Date: 1939 https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/show?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fcatalog-search-api%3A8080%2Fwww-catalogapi-webservice%2Fitem%2F79543 Notes Includes index. Contents: Millbrook, Westoning, Harlington, 1558-1812. Subjects England, Bedfordshire, Millbrook - Church records England, Bedfordshire, Westoning - Church records England, Bedfordshire, Harlington - Church records Copies Call Number Location Collection/Shelf Availability 942.565 B4e v. 20 Family History Library BRITISH Large Q Book Available Film Notes Note Location Film Also on microfilm. Salt Lake City : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1969. on 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. Family History Library BRITISH Film 599351 Item 1 http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=document&guid=dee152a1-d0e5-49b1-86ba-6c3c4d3a3a3e&tid=28139944&pid=952 Format: pdf Title: John Stiles Sr. - Bedfordshire Parish RegistersGreat Migration 1634-1635, R-S. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2012.) Originally published as: The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume VI, R-S, pp. 525 - 528; by Robert Charles Anderson. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009. Featured Name: John Stiles.[https://www.americanancestors.org/DB397/i/12124/525/147529216 Link at AmericanAncestors ($)]

=== Marriage ===*Anderson's Great Migration and Stiles' Stiles Genealogy both call John's wife Rachel _______ m. 1632 (Anderson) or 1628 (Stiles)
*Many internet trees cite a marriage 21 May 1629 London, England to Rachel TalcottLondon, England, Extracted Parish Records Publication: Ancestry.com. London, England, Extracted Parish Records [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2001. http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=epr_london&h=70494&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Marriage date: 21 May 1629 Marriage London, England NO record for this marriage has been located at freereg.org.uk, Ancestry, or Familysearch
*A very likely marriage is John Styles and Rachell Beadells, 24 May 1629, at Saint Andrew, Enfield, London, England"England Marriages, 1538–1973 ," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NK66-29W : 10 February 2018), John Styles and Rachell Beadells, 24 May 1629; citing Saint Andrew, Enfield, London, England, reference , index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 585,397.**Child, Henry Styles, bpt 13 Jun 1630, Saint Andrew, Enfield, London, England, son of John Styles and Rachell."England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NYRL-K3F : 11 February 2018, Henry Styles, 13 Jun 1630); citing , index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 585,397, 585,398.**Child, John Styles, bpt 18 May 1634 Saint Andrew, Enfield, London, England, son of John Styles and Rachell."England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NP7X-2LD : 11 February 2018, John Styles, 18 May 1634); citing , index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 585,397, 585,398.

=== Migration ===
}:: 16 MAR 1634/5 enrolled at London, England, as passengers for New England on the Christian: Jo[hn] Stiles, aged 35; Henry Stiles, aged 3; Jo[hn] Stiles, aged 9 months; and Rachell Stiles, aged 28Savage, James. [[Space:A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England|A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England]] (Boston, Little, Brown and Company, 1862): Vol 4, page 194[[#S63]]: page 34Anderson cites Hotten p.43

=== Death ===:: 4 JUN 1662 Windsor, Hartford, ConnecticutBMD in Early Land Records - CT Title: Births, Marriages and Deaths returned from Hartford, Windsor and Fairfield and Entered in the Early Land Records of the Colony of Connecticut transcribed and edited by Edwin Stanley Welles, Hartford Connecticut, 1898. Page 21 This appears in a list of persons dead in Windsor. John Stilles dyed June 4th 1662.[[#S-1555766537]]: Probate records v. 2. Data: Date: 1649-1663 https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/show?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fcatalog-search-api%3A8080%2Fwww-catalogapi-webservice%2Fitem%2F247486 Film: 4572 http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=document&guid=8c41ec0f-ebd1-4e93-9e67-b9422c7b4ade&tid=28139944&pid=952 Format: pdf Title: John Stiles Sr. Will to John Jr.

=== Will ===
:: 31 MAY 1662 Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut:: Styles, John Sen., Windsor. Died 4 June 1662. Invt. £222-04-00. Taken 6 August 1662 by William Gaylord & Matthew Grant. Will dated 31 May 1662.::: I John Styles Senior, of Wyndsor, doe make this my Last will & Testament. Imprimis. I give to my wife Rachell all my estate so long as Shee Lives in a widdowhood condition; but if Shee marry, my Estate shall then be divided. My wife shall then have a third part, & ye rest of my Estate shall be equally divided amongst my fower children: to my sone Henry, my sone John, my sone Isace, & my daughter Sary Howard; & also my will is that when my wife dyes ye Estate as Shee Stands possessed of shall be equally divided to my fowre children as aforsayed. And I do desire Jacob Drake, John Gaylord & John Bissell Junior to bee my overseers. Witness: John Griffin, John Bancroft. John Styles.::: Court Record, page 179-14 September 1662: Will & Invt. Exhibited & accepted by the Court of Assistants.Connecticut Probate Records for Hartford District Compiled by Charles William Manwaring originally published 1904, re-published 1995 by Genealogical Publishing Company: Vol 1, page 153

=== Note ===: Copied verbatim from: 'The Stiles Genealogy, The Connecticut Family, by Ezra Stiles'::: " John Stiles, the second son of the Millbroke family was baptized in St. Michael's Church, Milbroke, Bedfordshire, England, the 25th of December, 1595; married Rachel ______________, and was forty years of age when he came to Windsor, Conn.:: He had a home lot, next south of that of his brothers Francis, twelve rods wide, along the east side of the highway. In 1663, this was in possession of his eldest son Henry, who resided thereon until 1673, when he exchanged places with John (son of William) Gaylord. In 1660, John Stiles, Jr. had from his father, twelve acres wide, of the north side of Henry's lot, next the ferry road, (Bissel's Ferry Road), which he sold, in 1653, to Nathaniel Bissell. "that I, John Stiles, formerly lived upon.":: In the seating of the Meeting-house, at Windsor, in 1659-60, among those who "have paid and were placed in the long seats when they paid," were "John Stiles, Senr.," and his wife, as is evidenced by the 6s. set opposite his name, that being the price for a man and wife.:: John Stiles died at Windsor, Conn., June 4, 1662-3, aged 67. His widow died Sept. 3, 1674."
::
:: Personal note::: I am Gordon Stiles, on July 14th, 2007, while on vacation in the British Isles, my wife, Barbara, and I went to Millbrook, via train, from London. We were able to visit the church in Millbrook where our ancestor, John Stiles, Sr., was christened on Christmas Day, in 1595. It is a small picturesque setting on a hill, where St. Michael's church sits. From that hill, you can look across the countryside and see miles of farmland. There is a plaque on the wall inside St. Michael's, that was placed there by an organization called, The Stiles Family in America, which identifies the Stiles' that came over on the ship called The Christian, to Connecticut, and founded Windsor, in 1634. It was an exhilarating experience. Approximately 40 years have passed since I discovered that my ancestor John Stiles, had been christened in St. Michael's in Millbrook, and now I have seen it.

=== Children ===#Henry Stiles b. c. 1632 (age 3 in 1635); m. Windsor 16 Apr 1663 Elizabeth Wilcockson d/o William#John Stiles b. c. June 1634 (9 months in March 1634/5) m. Springfield 28 Oct 1658 Dorcas Burt d/o Henry Burt
#Sarah Stiles b. say 1636; m. (1) John Stewart and m. (2) John Sackett
#Isaac STiles b. say 1638
== Sources ==

* S63: Stiles, Henry Reed. The Stiles Family in America (1895) page 40-42. This book is cited by Anderson in ''"Great Migration."''[https://archive.org/stream/stilesfamilyina00stilgoog#page/n60/mode/1up see at archive.org]* S-1555766537: Connecticut, Hartford Probate records, 1649-1932 Author: Connecticut. Probate Court (Hartford District) Publication: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah. Microfilm of original records in Hartford, Connecticut. Hartford Probate District includes the towns of Hartford, Bloomfield, Glastonbury, Newington, Rocky Hill, West Hartford, Wethersfield, and Windsor Locks. Indexes are found within each volume. Volumes 2-6 contain also records of the county courts in Hartford County, sometimes called Quarter courts, Court of Magistrates, particular courts, special courts, etc. * S-1555779582: Bedfordshire parish registers Author: Emmison, F. G. (Frederick George) Publication: Shire Hall Call Number: 942.565 B4e v. 20. Also on microfilm. Salt Lake City : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1969. on 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. Family History Library BRITISH Film 599351 Item 1 https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/show?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fcatalog-search-api%3A8080%2Fwww-catalogapi-webservice%2Fitem%2F79543
*[[Space:U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900|U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900]] * Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s Publication: Gale Research. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, 2010.
*[[Space:Millennium File|The Millennium File]]:: http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=millind&h=1066726&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Death date: 4 Jun 1662 Death Windsor, Connecticut, USA * Halstead, Rodger Title: Ketzenbarger-Rodgers-Schlemmer family history Publication: RootsWeb/7 Jan 2007 Note: Author cites no sources, but research appears to be accurate. Verification pending.* [[Space:NEHGR|The New England Historical & Genealogical Register]] (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 1860) Vol. 14, [https://books.google.com/books?id=RLk-AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA302 Page 302]

Events

Birth	Dec 1595	Millbrook, Bedfordshire, England
Birth	Dec 1595	Millbrook, Bedfordshire, England
Birth	25 Dec 1595	Millbrook, Bedfordshire, England
Birth	25 Dec 1595	Eng, Massachusetts, Connecticut
Birth	Abt 25 Dec 1595	Millbroke, Bedfordshire, England
Baptism	25 Dec 1595
Birth	Abt 25 Dec 1595
Christen	25 Dec 1595	Millbrook, Bedford, Eng.
Baptism	5 Oct 1606	Brenchley, Kent, England
Marriage	21 May 1629	London, England - Rachel Talcott
Marriage	21 May 1629	London, England -
Marriage	21 May 1629	London, England - Rachell Beadells
Marriage	24 May 1629	St Andrew, Middlesex, England - Rachell Beadells
Marriage	24 May 1629	St. Andrew, Enfield, London, England - Rachell Beadells
Marriage	24 May 1629	Saint Andrew, Enfield, London, England, United Kingdom - Rachell Beadells
Arrival	1635	Age: 35 - Connecticut, USA
Emigration	16 Mar 1634/35	Arrived on the Christian at Boston
Marriage	28 Oct 1658	Rachel Stiles
Burial	Jun 1662	Windsor, Hartford, Colony of Connecticut, British Colonial America
Death	4 Jun 1662	Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Death	4 Jun 1662	Windsor, Hartford Co., Connecticut
Death	4 Jun 1662
Death	4 Jun 1662	Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut
Death	25 Nov 1665
Marriage		Connecticut, USA - Rachell Beadells
Alt name		John Steele
Alt name		Stylles
Alt name		John Styles
Residence		England
Reference No		357084
Reference No		372735
Reference No		60
Burial
Occupation

Families

Spouse	Rachell Beadells (1610 - 1674)
Child	Henry Stiles (1629 - 1724)
Child	Henry Stiles (1629 - 1724)
Child	Joan Stiles (1632 - )
Child	Isaac Stiles (1638 - 1715)
Child	John Stiles Jr (1633 - 1683)
Child	Sarah Stiles (1638 - 1719)
Child	Isaac Stiles (1635 - 1715)
Child	Robert Stiles (1637 - 1690)
Child	Sarah Stiles (1638 - 1695)

Spouse	Rachel Talcott (1610 - 1674)
Child	Henry Stiles (1629 - 1724)
Child	John Stiles Jr (1633 - 1683)
Child	Isaac Stiles (1638 - 1715)
Child	Robert Stiles (1637 - 1690)
Child	Joan Stiles (1632 - )
Child	Sarah Stiles (1638 - 1719)

Spouse	Rachel Stiles (1594 - 1662)
Child	John Stiles Jr (1633 - 1683)

Father	Thomas Stiles (1550 - 1614)
Mother	Maria Joan Mapley (1554 - 1614)
Sibling	Marie Stiles (1591 - 1671)
Sibling	Henry Stiles (1593 - 1651)
Sibling	Christopher Stiles (1600 - 1600)
Sibling	Francis Stiles (1602 - 1662)
Sibling	Joane Jane Stiles (1604 - 1674)
Sibling	Elizabeth Stiles (1607 - 1607)
Sibling	Thomas Stiles (1612 - 1673)

Father	Thomas Stiles (1550 - 1614)
Mother	Maria Stiles (1563 - 1614)
Sibling	Francis Stiles (1602 - 1662)
Sibling	Elizabeth Stiles (1607 - 1607)
Sibling	Marie Stiles (1591 - 1671)
Sibling	Christopher Stiles (1600 - 1600)
Sibling	Thomas Stiles (1612 - 1673)
Sibling	Joane "Jane, Joan" Stiles (1604 - )
Sibling	Henry Stiles (1593 - 1651)

Father	Thomas Stiles (1550 - 1614)
Mother	Mary Unknown (1563 - 1615)
Sibling	Marie Stiles (1591 - 1671)
Sibling	Henry Stiles (1593 - 1651)
Sibling	Christopher Stiles (1600 - 1600)
Sibling	Francis Stiles (1602 - 1662)
Sibling	Joane "Jane, Joan" Stiles (1604 - )
Sibling	Elizabeth Stiles (1607 - 1607)
Sibling	Thomas Stiles (1612 - 1673)

Notes

Endnotes

16. Ancestry.com, U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, 2010), Place: Boston, Massachusetts; Year: 1635; Page Number: 129.

17. Emmison, F. G. (Frederick George), Bedfordshire parish registers (Bedford County Record Office: Shire Hall, 1939), Bedfordshire parish registers.

18. Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012).

19. Ancestry.com, Global, Find A Grave Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012).

20. Yates Publishing, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004), Source number: 24040.007; Source type: Pedigree chart; Number of Pages: 9.

21. Yates Publishing, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004), Source number: 401.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: PAT.

22. Godfrey Memorial Library, comp., American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI) (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 1999).

23. Ancestry.com, U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, 2010), Place: New England; Year: 1635; Page Number: 127.

24. Godfrey Memorial Library, comp., American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI) (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 1999).

25. England & Wales Christening Records, 1530-1906 (n.p: Ancestry.com. England & Wales Christening Records, 1530-1906 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008., n.d), Place: Brenchley, Kent, England; Date Range: 1560 - 1771; Film Number: 992456..

26. .

27. "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QVKC-FC2M : 13 December 2015), John Stiles, 1662; Burial, , , ,, ; citing record ID 41502568, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com..

John Stiles, "Find A Grave Index"

28. "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QVKC-FC2M : 13 December 2015), John Stiles, 1662; Burial, , , ,, ; citing record ID 41502568, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com..

John Stiles, "Find A Grave Index"

29. "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JMVR-Z4T : 30 December 2014, John Stylles, 25 Dec 1595); citing MILLBROOK,BEDFORD,ENGLAND, index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 599,351..

John Stylles, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"

30. Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012).