John Stiles and Rachel

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Husband John Stiles ¹

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           Born: 
     Christened: 25 Dec 1595 - Milbroke, Bedfordshire, England 2
           Died: 4 Jun 1662 - Windsor, Conn
         Buried: 

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         Father: Thomas Styles (      -1614) 3
         Mother: Marie (      -1614) 3

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       Marriage: 

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Wife Rachel ⁴

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           Born: 
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           Died: 3 Sep 1674
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Children

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1 M Sergeant Henry Stiles ⁵

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           Born: Abt 1629 - England
     Christened: 
           Died: 22 Aug 1724
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Mrs. Ketch (      -      ) 6
           Marr: Abt 1658 - (Stratford, Conn) 6

         Spouse: Elizabeth Wilcoxson (      -      ) 6
           Marr: 16 Apr 1663 - (Stratford, Conn) 6

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2 M John Stiles ⁷

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           Born: Abt 1633 - England
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           Died: 8 Dec 1683
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3 M Isaac Stiles ⁷

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           Born:  - Windsor, Conn
     Christened: 
           Died: 1714-1715
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4 F Sarah Stiles ⁷

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           Born:  - Windsor, Conn
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           Died: 
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General Notes: Husband - John Stiles

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On page 40 of The Stiles Family in America -- Genealogies of the Connecticut Family (Henry Reed Stiles, 1895) we find a description of the immigrant John Stiles, which is followed by his will and an inventory of his estate. A summary follows. See notes under Francis Stiles for more information about the emigration.

John Stiles, the second son of the Milbroke family, was baptized in St. Michael's Church, Milbroke, Bedfordshire, England, December 25, 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 brother Francis, twelve rods wide, along the east side of the highway. In the seating of the meeting-house at Windsor, in 1659-60, among those who "have paid and 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 June 4, 1662, and an inventory was taken August 6. His widow died Sept. 3, 1674.

WILL:

I John Stiles being weake of Body but of perfect memory apprehending my day is neere at an ende my soule waiting for the salvation of God doe make this my last Will and Testament.
Imp'r. I bequeath my soule to god that gave it to me, and my body to a Christian Buriall, as for my worldly goods I thus dispose of them. I give to my wife Rachel all my estate for as long as shee lives in a widowhood condition. But if it please God that shee chang her conditon into a married relation then my Will is that the estate that she then stands possessed of shall be divided & my wife shall have a third part & ye rest of my estate shall be equally divided amongst my four children: That is to say: Henry John Isaac and Sarah Steward. Also my will is that when my wife dies the estate that she stands then possessed of shal be equally divided amongst my foure children. Also my will is that if my son Henry can answer the former legacies to my other three children after my wife's decease according to ye true proportion of their parts then it shall be in my son Henry's liberty to keep all ye Lands intire to himself. And I desire my Loving friends Jacob Drake and John Gaylord and John Bissell Jun'r to be my Overseers to see this my will p'rformed according to ye premises aforesaid. This being my full desire and Last Will made and subscribed the last day of May 1662.
John X Stiles
Testis
John Griffin
John Bancroft

1 Henry Reed Stiles, The Stiles Family in America -- Genealogies of the Connecticut Family, 1895, pg 40-42. Repository: Clayton Library, Houston, Texas.

2 Henry Reed Stiles, The Stiles Family in America -- Genealogies of the Connecticut Family, 1895, pg 20 -- Milbrooke: Stylle extracts from the parish registers. Repository: Clayton Library, Houston, Texas.

3 Henry Reed Stiles, The Stiles Family in America -- Genealogies of the Connecticut Family, 1895, pg 20. Repository: Clayton Library, Houston, Texas.

4 Henry Reed Stiles, The Stiles Family in America -- Genealogies of the Connecticut Family, 1895, pg 40. Repository: Clayton Library, Houston, Texas.

5 Henry Reed Stiles, The Stiles Family in America -- Genealogies of the Connecticut Family, 1895, pgs 41, 43. Repository: Clayton Library, Houston, Texas.

6 Henry Reed Stiles, The Stiles Family in America -- Genealogies of the Connecticut Family, 1895, pg 43. Repository: Clayton Library, Houston, Texas.

7 Henry Reed Stiles, The Stiles Family in America -- Genealogies of the Connecticut Family, 1895, pg 42. Repository: Clayton Library, Houston, Texas.