Monday, October 1, 2012

John Niles and Jane Read - my 9th Great-Grandparents

2.  John Niles (John 1) was born about 1603 in Beaminster, Dorset Co., England, died on Feb 8, 1693/94 in Braintree, Norfolk Co., MA, and was buried in Hancock Cemetery, Quincy, MA.  

Notes: He was born possibly at Beaminster, Dorset Co., England (son of John Nyle and Johane Paviot).
He migrated in 1634. The first known New England record concerning him is dated Sept. 1, 1634 and concerns a grant of land in Dorchester.  He probably remained in Dorchester a short time before moving to Braintree (1636). He was in Braintree by 1643 where he was made a freeman on May 26, 1647.  He was a weaver by trade. 

Niles, John (1602/3-1693/4) from Wales, said to have been a passenger in the "Speedwell"; settled in Mass; at Squantum, 1632, Dorchester, 1634, Braintree, 1636; m 1635, Jane (d 1654), dau of William Reed, m. Lucy Hennage.
 
Sources:
The Great Migration. Immigrants to New England 1634-1635. Volume V (M-P). Robert Charles Anderson. Great Migration Study Project. New England Historic Genealogical Society. Boston 2007. 

Niles Descendants web site: http://rankel.com/genealogy/niles.htm 


Genealogies of Rhode Island Families, from the New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Selected and Introduced by Gary Boyd Roberts, Clearfield Company Inc., Baltimore, MD: 2001. 

The Compendium of American Genealogy. First Families of America, edited by Frederick Adams Virkus. Multi volume set. 1937-1942. Immigrant Ancestors, Vol. VII, p. 825-895. 

Some Descendants of the Reverend Robert R. Niles, by Anne McKee Niles, Springfield, Missouri, 2004 

John Niles of Braintree, Mass. and Some of His Descendants, NEHGR, Vol. 85, p. 145-, 1931 

New England Marriages Prior to 1700, by Clarence A. Torrey, CD, NEHGS, 2001
NILES, John (-1694, ae 91) & 1/wf Jane [REED]? (-15 May 1654); ca 1635?; Braintree {McCormick-Hamilton 793; Reg. 37:166; Ludington-Saltus 167; Noyes-Gilman 172; Dillon Anc. 47-48; Vinton Mem. 344; Reg. 85:145}
NILES, John (-1694, ae 91) & 2/wf Hannah (_____) [AMES], w William; 6 Apr 1660?, ca 1656/7; Braintree {McCormick-Hamilton 793; Smith-Bryant 106; Pope's Pioneers 17; Ludington-Saltus 167; Noyes-Gilman 172; Vinton Mem. 344; Dillon Anc. 48; Reg. 85:145}

Compendium of New England Pioneers, Archive CD Books, 2006.

A Genealogical Register of the First Settlers Of New England, by John Farmer, 1829, Lancaster, Mass. 

The Pioneers of Massachusetts, by Charles H Pope, 1900, Boston, Mass.

A Catalogue of the Names of the Early Puritan Settlers of the Colony of Connecticut, by Royal R. Hinman, Hartford, CT: 1852. 

John married Jane Read daughter of William Read and Lucy Hennage about 1635 in Braintree, Norfolk Co., MA. Jane was born in 1611 in Canterbury, Kent, England, died on May 15, 1654 in Braintree, Norfolk Co., MA, and was buried in Hancock Cemetery, Quincy, MA.

Sources:
Family Search web site: www.familysearch.org 

Children from this marriage were: 

             3   F         i.         Hannah Niles was born on Feb 16, 1636/37 in Dorchester, MA. 

Sources:
John Niles of Braintree, Mass. and Some of His Descendants, NEHGR, Vol. 85, p. 145-, 1931 

Hannah married Nathaniel Mott, son of ____________ ____________ and ____________ ____________, on Dec 25, 1656.  

  +        4   M       ii.         John Niles was born on Mar 4, 1638/39 in Braintree, Norfolk Co., MA and died on Sep 7, 1683 in Block Island, RI.  

             5   M      iii.         Joseph Niles was born on Aug 15, 1640 in Braintree, Norfolk Co., MA and died before 1694 in Braintree, Norfolk Co., MA.
 
                       Notes: Joseph was made a "freeman" of Rhode Island in 1709. He witnessed a deed of
                       Benjamin Niles at Lyme Conn. in 1710. In his will dated at Lyme in 1731, he left all
                       his property to his wife Patience. 

Sources:
Niles Descendants web site: http://rankel.com/genealogy/niles.htm 

John Niles of Braintree, Mass. and Some of His Descendants, NEHGR, Vol. 85, p. 145-, 1931 

New England Marriages Prior to 1700, by Clarence A. Torrey, CD, NEHGS, 2001

NILES, Joseph (1640-) & Mary MYCALL; 15 Nov 1661, 2 Nov 1662; Braintree {Reg. 37:287, 85:146; Braintree 717; Noyes-Gilman 172; Vinton Mem. 344-5; Dillon Anc. 48} 

Joseph married Mary Mycall daughter of ____________ ____________ and ____________ ____________, on Nov 15, 1661 in Braintree, Norfolk Co., MA.  

             6   M     iv.         Nathaniel Niles was born on Aug 16, 1642 in Braintree, Norfolk Co., MA and died on Dec 22, 1727 in Braintree, Norfolk Co., MA.  

             7   M      v.         Samuel Niles was born on May 12, 1644 in Braintree, Norfolk Co., MA and died on Nov 23, 1715 in Braintree, Norfolk Co., MA.  

Sources:
John Niles of Braintree, Mass. and Some of His Descendants, NEHGR, Vol. 85, p. 145-, 1931 

Samuel married Mary Billings daughter of Roger Billings and Hannah [Billings] on Apr 20, 1680 in Braintree, Norfolk Co., MA. Mary was born in 1645 in Dorchester, Suffolk, MA, was christened on Nov 23, 1645 in Dorchester, Suffolk, MA, and died on Dec 15, 1683 in Braintree, Norfolk Co., MA. 

             8   M     vi.         Increase Niles was born on Dec 16, 1646 in Braintree, Norfolk Co., MA and died on Sep 1, 1693 in Braintree, Norfolk Co., MA.  

Notes: He served from Oct. to Dec. 1675 in Johnson's Company in King Philip's War.

Sources:
Genealogies of Rhode Island Families, from the New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Selected and Introduced by Gary Boyd Roberts, Clearfield Company Inc., Baltimore, MD: 2001. 

John Niles of Braintree, Mass. and Some of His Descendants, NEHGR, Vol. 85, p. 145-, 1931 

New England Marriages Prior to 1700, by Clarence A. Torrey, CD, NEHGS, 2001

NILES, Increase (1646-1693) & Mary PURCHASE, m/2 Francis NASH 1697; 4 Dec 1677; Braintree {Braintree 719; Vinton Mem. 344-5; Dillon Anc. 48; Reg. 37:347, 54:404, 85:147}

Increase married Mary Purchase, daughter of ____________ ____________ and ____________ ____________, on Dec 4, 1677 in Braintree, Norfolk Co., MA. Mary was born from Feb 3, 1658/59 to Feb 3, 1659/60 in Boston, Suffolk Co., MA and died on Apr 16, 1735. 

             9   M    vii.         Benjamin Niles was born on Mar 11, 1650/51 in Braintree, Norfolk Co., MA and died in 1712 in Lyme, New London Co., CT.  

Notes: Benjamin removed from Braintree to New Shoreham, R.I., later than his brother Nathaniel, but is mentioned in a return of the Lyme town meeting of November 19, 1690. His estate was distributed October 7, 1712 by his sons-in-law. Children, all except the youngest born at New Shoreham. 

Sources:
Niles Descendants web site: http://rankel.com/genealogy/niles.htm 

John Niles of Braintree, Mass. and Some of His Descendants, NEHGR, Vol. 85, p. 145-, 1931 

Benjamin married Ruth [Niles, daughter of ____________ ____________ and ____________ ____________, on Dec 13, 1681 in New Shoreham, Block Island, RI.
 

John next married 2nd Hannah Ames, daughter of ____________ ____________ and ____________ ____________, in 1656-1657. Hannah died on Jan 31, 1702/03 in Braintree, Dorchester, MA and was buried in Hancock Cemetery, Quincy, MA. 

Notes: Widow of William Ames. 

The child from this marriage was:
          10   M        i.         Isaac Niles was born on Apr 2, 1658 in Braintree, Norfolk Co., MA and died on Jan 30, 1658/59 in Braintree, Norfolk Co., MA.  

Sources:
John Niles of Braintree, Mass. and Some of His Descendants, NEHGR, Vol. 85, p. 145-, 1931

1 comment:

  1. My father is a Niles. I thought your site was interesting! Thanks for your research.

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