Joseph (Guild) Gile (1691 - aft. 1742)

Born 28 Nov 1691 in Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Heath) Gile — married 9 Jan 1717 in Haverhill, MA

Descendants

Died after 1742 after age 50 in Kingston, Rockingham, New Hampshire

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Biography

Taking Guild as the last name from Guild\Guile\Gule\Gild.

Joseph Guild/Guile was born 28 November 1691 in Haverhill to James Guild and Ruth Parker Guild. He married Mary Heath 9 January 1717/18 in Haverhill.

"He was living at Kingston, NH in 1742." And died before 1752.

Date: 1742-1752 Place: Kingston, Rockingham County, New Hampshire

Sources

Vital Records of Haverhill, Massachusetts, Topsfield Historical Society; Topsfield, Massachusetts; Date: 1911.

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Note

Burleigh #18. "He was living at Kingston, NH in 1742." During the period 1736-1740 he had trouble with the law and some hearings in the Church, ending when he read a Confession 5 Sep. 1740. It was probably after this that he moved to Kingston.

"The Story of My Ancestors" by Rev. Edwin Sawyer Walker, Chicago 1895, p. 35, "At the time of the attack upon Haverhill by French Canadians and Indians, on Sunday morning, August 29, 1708, he was a lad of seventeen years of age. History scarcely records a more fearful slaughter, than that which followed, when the Minister, Rev. Benjamin Rolfe, a graduate of Harvard, of scholarly attainments, and high excellence of Character, was slain, and forty of his people were either massacred, or carried into captivity; or a more heroic defence than that of the rallying settlers, as they pursued the retreating foe, and saved the place from utter destruction. There were two soldiers in his house, at the time of the attack, but panic stricken, they failed to protect the Minister. Leaping from his bed, he strove to hold the door against them. Finding this impossible, he fled through the house, after being wounded by a bullet, fired through the door, but was overtaken, and killed with a hatchet. His wife was also brained with a hatchet, and her infant was torn from her arms, and its brains dashed out against a stone near the door. The situation of New England was most alarming, but the heroic inhabitants kept up their courage, though it was ten years thereafter before peace again came to their firesides. It is reasonable to suppose that young Joseph Gile did his full share, on that bloody day, towards the protection of the lives of those who escaped from the savage onslaught. From that time forth, active measures of defence were continued for many years, but no further attacks were made upon Haverhill, and the settlers were left to devote themselves to the arts of peace.

They had eight children born in Haverhill previous to1732. He was living in Kingston, NH in 1742. This town was originally part of Haverhill, Massachusetts. As to his subsequent life, no record has been found. It is supposed he died in Kingston."

Throat Distemper in Haverhill, 1735-7.**" The throat distemper which prevailed throughout the County of Essex in 1735,'6 and '7 so disastrously among the children was particularly fatal in Haverhill. From Nov. 17, 1735, to Dec. 31, 1737, two hundred and fifty-six children, most of them under ten years of age, died in that town from this disease, and in the whole county the deaths of about fourteen hundred children and a considerable number of adults are estimated to have thus resulted. This estimate is undoubtedly low, as scarcely a cemetery of that time can be visited without seeing the little gravestones bearing dates of this period, and to one accustomed to examining old burying grounds the general appearance of each stone betrays the fact that the child buried beneath it is a victim of the distemper. It would seem that some gravestone maker must have supplied the people of the county with the stones during this period, the demand for them being so great that variation in design was not to be entertained.

History of Hampstead, NH, p. 316, does not clarify d. loc. In the old parish in Haverhill the number that died during the period named was eighty-eight; in the west parish, sixty-two; and in the north parish one hundred and six. Two hundred and ten were under the age of ten; thirty between ten and fifteen; eleven between fifteen and twenty; three between twenty and thirty; one between thirty and forty; and one more than forty years. From Nov. 17 to Dec. 31 1735, ten died; in 1736, one hundred and sixteen; and in 1737 one hundred and thirty. The number of families bereaved was one hundred and thirty-nine, twenty-three of whom were left childless. The names of the heads of such families are given below, the names of those having thus lost all their children being printed in italics. Parish Church in Haverhill, earliest register, copies supplied by... Families that lost three children each: Rev. Mr. Brown, David Copp, Isaac Dalton, John Davis, Jeremiah Eatton, Abiel Foster, Daniel Gile, Joseph Gile, " Gregory Laing, Haverhill Librarian -

Rev. John Brown pastor (13 May 1719-2 Dec. 1742) 2 Feb. 1736/7 - "Of Joseph Gile, convicted of the Sin of Drunkenness in a Court of Justice sometime before - He having been notified to attend the meeting, & having promised the Pastor to attend, yet came not. Four witnesses were present that had deposed against him upon Oath, who declared again that at such a time they saw him as they thought disguised with Drink, and some of them that had enquired of the Tavern Keeper where he had been drinking, declared that they could judge no other than that drink was the cause of his disguise. The Justice also was present who upon their Evidence in the case had judged he was drunk. The time referred to was the next Day after he had been at the Sacrament - with other aggravations. Besides which it was observed that he had been commonly talked of for the practice of Drinking too much. And one of the Brethren gave an instance of it, but three days before the Sacrament aforesaid; and two more testified that sometime after, he was seen again pretty far gone with drink as they judged. The Church having thus heard his offence alledged: They considered Pleas in excuse and defence of himself, viz. that at that time for which he was complained of, he was disordered not with liquor but for want of sleep and that the Witnesses that saw him had forgiven him etc. (Which he had related to the Pastor the day beforehand). But these pleas upon Examination they found insufficient and upon the whole, He appeared no otherwise than under a sinful Habit of Drunkeness. But inasmuch as he was not present to answer for himself and had privately desired of the Pastor that the Matter might be put off some time longer for certain Reasons, The Resons being Examined. Twas put to vote. Whether the Church should defer putting any Vote upon this Case for the present, and pass'd in the Negative. The Church then proceeded unanimously to the following Vote, Viz That our Brother Joseph Gile be suspended from the Lords table for the sin of Drunkenness."

3 May 1739 - "Proposed the giving a public admonition to Joseph Gile - but he not having been apprised of the Church acting upon it at this time, a Vote was not obtained for that end." 28 Jun 1739 - "..And there but few of the Brethren present, it was judged best to defer the matters relating to Stephen Dowe and Joseph Gile to another time in hopes of a fuller meeting.." 2 Aug. 1739 - "..And voted that a publick Admonition be dispensed to Joseph Gile for the Sin of Drunkenness for which he stands suspended from the Lords table." "Lords Day P.M. 1739/40 - "... At the same time was read to the Brethren a Confession of Joseph Gile, in order to his being restored without the usual method of reading the same before the Congregation: and left to consideration." 5 Sep. 1740 - "Read a new Confession of Joseph Gile & left it to consideration."

 !Revolutionary War Rolls, Vol. 16, Appendix, Joseph Gile is listed on a meal bill dated 9 Dec. 1746, along with Moses and Ephraim. This would be a New Hampshire action. (Not Rev. War) (Not his son, too young, no other suitable.)

 !Haverhill MA Vital Records to 1850 shows birth under "Gild", marriage under "Guile."

 !"History of Haverhill" by Mirick, p. 268 "Joseph Guile requests Two acres by his house part is already fenced in." Supplied by Dorothy Gile Mills, ON.

 !MA History file, Hugh Swofford copied a bible record that showed the birth of Joseph Gile Aug. 28, 1691. Stayed with Burleigh.

 !History of the Church of Hampstead, NH, Noyes, 1903 - p. 316 concerning wife and ch. "They were living in Kingston in 1742. She was a widow in 1752, and was admitted to the church June 3, 1752. "Mary Heath, b. in Haverhill, Mass., 1794 (sic - 1694), a daughter of John and Frances (Hutchens) Heath of Haverhill. She mar. Joseph Guile, a son of James and Ruth (Palmer) Gile of Haverhill, Jan. 9, 1718. They were living in Kingston in 1742. She was a widow in 1752, and was admitted to the church June3, 1752. "Voted, Dec. 13, 1753, that ye widow Mary Gile should be debarred from communion for being confederate with her daughter in ye affairs of James Stickney in his eloping and carrying off ye daughter of ye widow Mary Gile."

She d. 1754, aged 60 years, and buried in the village cemetery. They had children: Mary; Hannah, b. Jan. 1, 1721; and Abiah (no. 86); Moses (No. 25); Jonathan, b. Dec. 10, 1724, mar. Lydia Colby Nov. 12, 1747, in Hampstead, and had son Jonathan [who] m. Sarah Shelborne, and d. in 1813, who, although a mere boy, was a soldier in the French and Indian war, and also in the Revolution; he became a farmer in Canterbury, where he had a family of children and grandchildren; Sarah, Obediah, and others."