Individual Details
Ephraim S Stiles
(5 Dec 1699 - 31 Oct 1765)
He was born at Westfield, MA, and in about 1758, he removed from Westfield, to Pittsfield, MA, but in the" History of Western Massachusetts", (p.548), it names him among those in 1754, who fled from Pittsfield to Stockbridge for safety before an Indian invasion, and in the "History of Pittsfield" (p. 112), it gives him as among those who signed a petition to the General Court, Nov, 1757, asking to be allowed to build a fort to protect their lands and families from the Indians. He was also appointed on Sept. 16, 1758, to a committee to hire a minister. Among the eight persons who signed the first Confession of Faith and Covenant of the "Church of Christ in Pittsfield", Feb. 7, 1764, is that of Epraim Stiles.
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==Biography==
=== Name ===: Name: Ephraim /Stiles/Source: [[#S-1624976548]] Note: } Note: Data: Text: Birth date: 5 Dec 1699 Birth place: Westfield, Massachusetts APID: 1,2495::8199867
Mother is Abigail, father Ephraim
=== Birth ===
: Birth:
:: Date: 5 DEC 1699
:: Place: Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts
:: Source: [[#S72]]
::: Page: Vol 4, page 193
:: Source: [[#S96]]
::: Page: Vol VI (1852), Page 271
: Birth:
:: Date: 5 Dec 1699:: Place: Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, USASource: [[#S-1624976548]] Note: } Note: Data: Text: Birth date: 5 Dec 1699 Birth place: Westfield, Massachusetts APID: 1,2495::8199867Source: [[#S-1597456486]] APID: 1,3599::1761445
=== Baptism ===
: Baptism:
:: Date: 1723
:: SDATE 1 JUL 1723
:: Place: Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts:: Note: Baptism performed in the Church of Christ, Westfield, Mass. The record does not state parents or exact date - assuming this is the same Ephraim.
=== Event ===
: Event: declared intentions of marriage
:: Type: Misc
:: Date: 17 JUL 1736
:: Place: Enfield, Connecticut
:: Source: [[#S97]]
=== Residence ===
: Residence:
:: Date: ABT 1754
:: SDATE 1 JUL 1754
:: Place: Pittsfield, Massachusetts
:: Source: [[#S63]]
::: Page: page 130-132
* Fact: Residence (1757) Pittsfield MA Pittsfield, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States* Fact: http://familysearch.org/v1/LifeSketch From "The Stiles family in America. Genealogies of the Connecticut family" by Stiles, Henry Reed, 1832-1909
Page 130-132 (Family 11)
#160 EPHRAIM STILES (Ephraim, John, John,) born at Westfield, Mass., Dec. 5, 1699; married (1) Mary Fowler [sources have her name as Mercy], of Westfield, Jan., 1723, who died Feb. 1, 1735-6; he married (2) Aug. 5, 1736, Jemima Meacham, of Enfield, Conn., born 12 April, 1709. In 1754, he fled from Pittsfield to Stockbridge for safety before an Indian invasion. He was among those who signed a petition to the General Court, Nov., 1757, asking to be allowed to build a fort to protect their lands and families from the Indians; he was appointed Sept 16, 1758, on a committee to hire a minister. Among the names of the eight persons who signed the first Confession of Faith and Covenant of the “Church of Christ in Pittsfield,” Feb 7, 1764, is that of Ephraim Stiles. On Oct 31, 1765 “departed this Life Ephraim Stiles, of Pleurisy.” Mrs. Jemima Meacham Stiles died 8 Jan, 1777, age 68.
Children by first wife Mary [Mercy] Fowler (all born in Westfield, Mass):
1. Zebediah, born Sept 15, 1723; married Experience Wells.
2. Mercy, born Jan 10, died Feb 10, 1724-25.
3. Simeon, born May 12, 1726; married Experience Root.
4. Mercy, born Jan 28, 1727; married (1) Abel Old, July 23,
1747, who settled in Westfield, Mass.
Issue: Experience, b. Jan 1750, and Lydia, b. Feb 11, 1752
She married (2) Reuben Gunn, May, 1756. Issue:
Warham, b. Dec 16, 1757; Ann, b. June 22, 1760; Hannah.
5. Experience, born March 26, 1730; married Eldad Palmer, of
Westfield, Mass, Sept 1, 1756.
Issue: Levi, b. June 24, 1757; William, b. July 19, 1759;
Lydia, b. July 18, 1762.
6. Ephraim, born Oct 10, 1731, died 31 March, 1781.
7. Bethiah, born June 27, 1733; married Mr. Goodwin, of
Hartford, Conn, about 1758 (was his 2d wife)
Children by second wife Jemima Meacham :
8. Jemima, born May 30, 1737; died Jan 28, 1784.
9. Elizabeth, born June 17, 1739; married Timothy Walker 4
June 1758.
10. Aaron, born June 14, 1741; married Margaret___.
11. Moses, born March 12, 1743-4
12. Eli, born May 22, 1746; married Sarah___.
13. Selah (Silas?) born Dec 4, 1747
14. Rachel, born Jan 3, 1750; died cir. 1752.
=== Note ===: Note: He was born at Westfield, MA, and in about 1758, he removed from Westfield, to Pittsfield, MA, but in the" History of Western Massachusetts", (p.548), it names him among those in 1754, who fled from Pittsfield to Stockbridge for safety before an Indian invasion, and in the "History of Pittsfield" (p. 112), it gives him as among those who signed a petition to the General Court, Nov, 1757, asking to be allowed to build a fort to protect their lands and families from the Indians. He was also appointed on Sept. 16, 1758, to a committee to hire a minister. Among the eight persons who signed the first Confession of Faith and Covenant of the "Church of Christ in Pittsfield", Feb. 7, 1764, is that of Epraim Stiles.
== Sources ==
: Source S120
: Abbreviation: NEHGS Website: Title: New England Historic and Genealogical Society website - www.newenglandancestors.org
: Source S130
: Abbreviation: The Ricker Collection: Title: The Ricker Collection of Vital Records of Early Connecticut, based on the Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records and other Statistical Sources by Jacquelyn Ladd Ricker, Genealogical Publishing Company Inc. Copyright 2006 - CD Resource
: Source S63
: Abbreviation: The Stiles Family in America: Title: Henry Reed Stiles, Electronic reproduction of original book printed in 1895
: Source S72
: Abbreviation: Genalogical Dict: Title: James Savage, Geneaological Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England (Originally published Boston 1860-62, reprinted April 1873 and 1884. Reproduced by Genealogical Publishing Company, Balitmore 1981.)
: Source S96
: Abbreviation: NEHGS Register
: Title: New England Historic and Genealogical Society Register
: Source S97
: Abbreviation: History of Enfield Connecticut: Title: The History of Enfield Connecticut, Volume 2, edited by Francis Olcott Allen, published by The Wickensham Printing Co. 1900, Lancaster, PA.: Text: Enfield July 17th 1736 marriage is intended between Ephraim Stiles of Westfield and Jemima Meacham of this town.
See also:* "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 14 October 2018, 18:22), entry for Ephraim Stiles(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:KLBM-NLC); contributed by various users.
==Acknowledgements==*This person was created through the import of family.ged on 21 September 2010. *Thank you to [[Stiles-1327 | Robert Stiles]] for creating WikiTree profile Stiles-1387 through the import of 2013-07-01.ged on Jul 1, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Robert and others.
-- MERGED NOTE ------------
[[Category:Stiles_Name_Study]]
[[Category: Y-DNA Haplogroup R-M269]]
[[Space:Stiles_Name_Study]]
[[Project:DNA]]
==Biography==
=== Name ===: Name: Ephraim /Stiles/Source: [[#S-1624976548]] Note: } Note: Data: Text: Birth date: 5 Dec 1699 Birth place: Westfield, Massachusetts APID: 1,2495::8199867
Mother is Abigail, father Ephraim
=== Birth ===
: Birth:
:: Date: 5 DEC 1699
:: Place: Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts
:: Source: [[#S72]]
::: Page: Vol 4, page 193
:: Source: [[#S96]]
::: Page: Vol VI (1852), Page 271
: Birth:
:: Date: 5 Dec 1699:: Place: Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, USASource: [[#S-1624976548]] Note: } Note: Data: Text: Birth date: 5 Dec 1699 Birth place: Westfield, Massachusetts APID: 1,2495::8199867Source: [[#S-1597456486]] APID: 1,3599::1761445
=== Baptism ===
: Baptism:
:: Date: 1723
:: SDATE 1 JUL 1723
:: Place: Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts:: Note: Baptism performed in the Church of Christ, Westfield, Mass. The record does not state parents or exact date - assuming this is the same Ephraim.
=== Event ===
: Event: declared intentions of marriage
:: Type: Misc
:: Date: 17 JUL 1736
:: Place: Enfield, Connecticut
:: Source: [[#S97]]
=== Residence ===
: Residence:
:: Date: ABT 1754
:: SDATE 1 JUL 1754
:: Place: Pittsfield, Massachusetts
:: Source: [[#S63]]
::: Page: page 130-132
* Fact: Residence (1757) Pittsfield MA Pittsfield, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States* Fact: http://familysearch.org/v1/LifeSketch From "The Stiles family in America. Genealogies of the Connecticut family" by Stiles, Henry Reed, 1832-1909
Page 130-132 (Family 11)
#160 EPHRAIM STILES (Ephraim, John, John,) born at Westfield, Mass., Dec. 5, 1699; married (1) Mary Fowler [sources have her name as Mercy], of Westfield, Jan., 1723, who died Feb. 1, 1735-6; he married (2) Aug. 5, 1736, Jemima Meacham, of Enfield, Conn., born 12 April, 1709. In 1754, he fled from Pittsfield to Stockbridge for safety before an Indian invasion. He was among those who signed a petition to the General Court, Nov., 1757, asking to be allowed to build a fort to protect their lands and families from the Indians; he was appointed Sept 16, 1758, on a committee to hire a minister. Among the names of the eight persons who signed the first Confession of Faith and Covenant of the “Church of Christ in Pittsfield,” Feb 7, 1764, is that of Ephraim Stiles. On Oct 31, 1765 “departed this Life Ephraim Stiles, of Pleurisy.” Mrs. Jemima Meacham Stiles died 8 Jan, 1777, age 68.
Children by first wife Mary [Mercy] Fowler (all born in Westfield, Mass):
1. Zebediah, born Sept 15, 1723; married Experience Wells.
2. Mercy, born Jan 10, died Feb 10, 1724-25.
3. Simeon, born May 12, 1726; married Experience Root.
4. Mercy, born Jan 28, 1727; married (1) Abel Old, July 23,
1747, who settled in Westfield, Mass.
Issue: Experience, b. Jan 1750, and Lydia, b. Feb 11, 1752
She married (2) Reuben Gunn, May, 1756. Issue:
Warham, b. Dec 16, 1757; Ann, b. June 22, 1760; Hannah.
5. Experience, born March 26, 1730; married Eldad Palmer, of
Westfield, Mass, Sept 1, 1756.
Issue: Levi, b. June 24, 1757; William, b. July 19, 1759;
Lydia, b. July 18, 1762.
6. Ephraim, born Oct 10, 1731, died 31 March, 1781.
7. Bethiah, born June 27, 1733; married Mr. Goodwin, of
Hartford, Conn, about 1758 (was his 2d wife)
Children by second wife Jemima Meacham :
8. Jemima, born May 30, 1737; died Jan 28, 1784.
9. Elizabeth, born June 17, 1739; married Timothy Walker 4
June 1758.
10. Aaron, born June 14, 1741; married Margaret___.
11. Moses, born March 12, 1743-4
12. Eli, born May 22, 1746; married Sarah___.
13. Selah (Silas?) born Dec 4, 1747
14. Rachel, born Jan 3, 1750; died cir. 1752.
=== Note ===: Note: He was born at Westfield, MA, and in about 1758, he removed from Westfield, to Pittsfield, MA, but in the" History of Western Massachusetts", (p.548), it names him among those in 1754, who fled from Pittsfield to Stockbridge for safety before an Indian invasion, and in the "History of Pittsfield" (p. 112), it gives him as among those who signed a petition to the General Court, Nov, 1757, asking to be allowed to build a fort to protect their lands and families from the Indians. He was also appointed on Sept. 16, 1758, to a committee to hire a minister. Among the eight persons who signed the first Confession of Faith and Covenant of the "Church of Christ in Pittsfield", Feb. 7, 1764, is that of Epraim Stiles.
== Sources ==
: Source S120
: Abbreviation: NEHGS Website: Title: New England Historic and Genealogical Society website - www.newenglandancestors.org
: Source S130
: Abbreviation: The Ricker Collection: Title: The Ricker Collection of Vital Records of Early Connecticut, based on the Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records and other Statistical Sources by Jacquelyn Ladd Ricker, Genealogical Publishing Company Inc. Copyright 2006 - CD Resource
: Source S63
: Abbreviation: The Stiles Family in America: Title: Henry Reed Stiles, Electronic reproduction of original book printed in 1895
: Source S72
: Abbreviation: Genalogical Dict: Title: James Savage, Geneaological Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England (Originally published Boston 1860-62, reprinted April 1873 and 1884. Reproduced by Genealogical Publishing Company, Balitmore 1981.)
: Source S96
: Abbreviation: NEHGS Register
: Title: New England Historic and Genealogical Society Register
: Source S97
: Abbreviation: History of Enfield Connecticut: Title: The History of Enfield Connecticut, Volume 2, edited by Francis Olcott Allen, published by The Wickensham Printing Co. 1900, Lancaster, PA.: Text: Enfield July 17th 1736 marriage is intended between Ephraim Stiles of Westfield and Jemima Meacham of this town.
See also:* "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 14 October 2018, 18:22), entry for Ephraim Stiles(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:KLBM-NLC); contributed by various users.
==Acknowledgements==*This person was created through the import of family.ged on 21 September 2010. *Thank you to [[Stiles-1327 | Robert Stiles]] for creating WikiTree profile Stiles-1387 through the import of 2013-07-01.ged on Jul 1, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Robert and others.
Events
| Birth | 5 Dec 1699 | Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA |  | ||
| Birth | 5 Dec 1699 | Connecticut | | ||
| Birth | 5 Dec 1699 | Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts | |||
| Birth | 5 Dec 1699 | ||||
| Marriage | 15 Dec 1722 | Westfield, Hampden, Province of Massachusetts Bay - Mercy Fowler | |||
| Marriage | Jan 1723 | Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA - Mary Fowler | |||
| Marriage | 5 Aug 1736 | Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts - | |||
| Marriage | 5 Aug 1736 | Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA - Jemima Meacham | |||
| Marriage | 5 Aug 1736 | Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts - Jemima Meacham | |||
| Marriage | 5 Aug 1736 | Jemima Meacham | |||
| Death | 31 Oct 1765 | Pittsfield, Berkshire, Massachusetts, USA | | ||
| Death | 31 Oct 1765 | Westfield, Hampshire, MA, USA | |||
| Death | 31 Oct 1765 | Pittsfield, Berkshire, Massachusetts | |||
| Death | 31 Oct 1765 | ||||
| Alt name | Ephraim Stiles IV | ||||
| Reference No | 385984 | ||||
| Reference No | 401966 | ||||
| Reference No | 60 | ||||
| Burial |
Families
| Spouse | Mary Fowler (1695 - 1736) |
| Child | Zebediah Stiles (1723 - 1814) |
| Child | Simeon Stiles (1726 - 1808) |
| Child | Mercy Stiles (1727 - 1825) |
| Child | Experience Stiles (1730 - 1731) |
| Child | Ephriam Stiles (1731 - 1781) |
| Child | Bethia Stiles (1733 - 1809) |
| Spouse | Jemima Meacham (1709 - 1777) |
| Child | Jemima Stiles (1737 - 1784) |
| Child | Elizabeth Stiles (1739 - ) |
| Child | Aaron Stiles (1740 - 1807) |
| Child | Moses Stiles (1743 - ) |
| Child | Eli Stiles (1746 - 1806) |
| Child | Selah Silas Stiles (1747 - 1748) |
| Child | Rachel Stiles (1750 - 1752) |
| Child | Elizabeth Stiles (1758 - ) |
| Spouse | Mercy Fowler (1695 - 1736) |
| Child | Zebediah Stiles (1723 - 1814) |
| Child | Mercy Stiles (1727 - 1825) |
| Child | Simeon Stiles (1726 - 1808) |
| Child | Experience Stiles (1730 - 1731) |
| Child | Ephriam Stiles (1731 - 1781) |
| Child | Bethia Stiles (1733 - 1809) |
| Father | Ephraim Stiles (1667 - 1750) |
| Mother | Abigail Neal (1672 - 1709) |
| Sibling | Rachel Stiles (1695 - 1750) |
| Sibling | Isaac Stiles (1696 - 1790) |
| Sibling | Abigail Stiles (1703 - 1714) |
| Sibling | Hannah Stiles (1708 - 1763) |
| Father | Ephraim Stiles (1667 - 1750) |
| Mother | Abigail Neal (1672 - ) |
Endnotes
1. Godfrey Memorial Library, comp., American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI) (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 1999).
2. Ancestry.com, Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011).
3. Ancestry.com, Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011).
4. Ancestry.com, Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011).
5. "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FHG1-5ZL : 4 December 2014), Ephraim Stiles, 05 Dec 1697; citing , WESTFIELD, HAMPDEN, MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 185,474..
6. Godfrey Memorial Library, comp., American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI) (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 1999).
7. "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FHG1-5ZL : 4 December 2014), Ephraim Stiles, 05 Dec 1697; citing , WESTFIELD, HAMPDEN, MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 185,474..
8. "Massachusetts Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH18-62G : 10 February 2018), Ephraine Stiles, 31 Oct 1765; citing Pittsfield, Berkshire, Mass., reference v 1 p 21; FHL microfilm 234,543..