John Giles (1696 - 1761)

Born 28 Jan 1696 in Salem Village, Salem, Essex, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Susanna (Hall) Giles — married 27 Mar 1718 (to 21 May 1754) in Medford, Middlesex, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Husband of Lydia (Richardson) Giles — married 25 Nov 1756 in Woburn, Middlesex, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died 20 Jan 1761 at age 64 in Woburn, Middlesex, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

John Giles was born in "Salem Village" (now North Danvers), Massachusetts, on January 28, 1695-6, the son of John and Abigail (Raymond) Giles.^[1][2]

He married first, Susanna Hall, of Medford, Massachusetts, daughter of Nathaniel and Elizabeth (Cutter) Hall, in Medford on March 27, 1718. She died in Medford May 21, 1754.^[1][3]

He married second, Lydia Atwood of Woburn, Massachusetts, in Woburn on November 25, 1756. John Vinton in The Giles Memorial says she "was probably the widow of John Atwood." There is some controversy in the source record over whether Lydia Atwood was the widow of John Atwood, or his daughter. See the profile of Lydia Atwood for a more comprehensive discussion.^[1][4][5]

Like his father, John was a "cordwainer;" though, like him also, an owner and cultivator of the soil. He lived in Medford from the time of his first marriage, 1718, until a little while before his father's death in 1731, when he returned to "Salem Village," where he resided till the sale of his property in 1746. He then seems to have returned to Medford, where he resided, at least till his second marriage, in 1756. His last days appear to have been spent in Woburn.^[1]

John Giles died in Woburn on January 20, 1761, "in ye 70th Year of his Age" (gravestone). He is buried in the First Burial Ground in Woburn, where his gravestone reads:^[1][6][7][8]

💀

Here lyes Buried

the Body of M^r.

JOHN GILES

Who Departed this life

Jan^ry yͤ 20^th 1761 in yͤ

70^th Year of His Age.

Children With Susanna Hall

Children of John and Susanna (Hall) Giles:^[1]

1. Susanna Giles, born January 26, 1718-19, in Medford; died unmarried, June 20, 1750, in Medford.
2. John Giles, born June 27, 1721, in Medford; married ?; died July 2, 1747, "the first of the nervous fever which swept many away."
3. Abigail Giles, born August 19, 1723, in Medford.
4. Samuel Giles, born June 30, 1726, in Medford; married, January 31, 1754, Abigail Hall.
5. Edward Giles, born March 2, 1729, in Medford; married, December 12, 1751, Hannah Skinner.
6. William Giles, baptized March 21, 1730-1, in North Danvers.
7. Bartholomew Giles, baptized June 9, 1733, in North Danvers.
8. Jonathan Giles, born about 1735; married, April 26, 1757, Elizabeth Twist.
9. Nathaniel Giles, baptized October 3, 1736, in North Danvers.
10. Martha Giles, born about 1738; married, December 4, 1757, Ichabod Southwick of Danvers.
11. Abigail Giles, baptized March 21, 1741-2, in North Danvers.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5} Vinton, John Adams. The Giles Memorial (Boston, 1864). Pages 37-39. Citing: "62. John Giles."
2. ↑ Vital Records of Salem, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (The Essex Institute, Salem, Massachusetts, 1916). Volume I. Births. Page 354. Citing: "Giles, John, s. of John, Jan. 28, 1695-6."
3. ↑ Vital Records of Medford, Massachusetts: Marriages. Page 227. Citing: "Giles, John and Susanna Hall, Mar. 27, 1718."
4. ↑ Atwood, Elijah Francis. Philip Atwood, 1619-20 - 1700, of Malden and Bradford and Descendants of Early Generations. (The Atwood Publishing Company, Sisseton, South Dakota, 1931). Page 9. Citing: "John Atwood ... 2. Lydia."
5. ↑ Johnson, Woburn Records of Births, Deaths, Marriages: Part III. Marriages. Page 111. Citing: "John Giles of Medford and Lydia Atwood of Woburn, Nov. 25, 1756."
6. ↑ Johnson, Woburn Records of Births, Deaths, Marriages: Part II. Deaths. Page 80. Citing: "Giles, John, s. of ___, Jan. 20, 1761; 70 y."
7. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/57873525/john-giles : accessed 01 November 2021), memorial page for John Giles (1691–20 Jan 1761), Find A Grave: Memorial #57873525, citing First Burial Ground, Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Rick Weaver (contributor 47178877).
8. ↑ Johnson, Woburn Records of Births, Deaths, Marriages: Part II. Epitaphs, First Burial-Ground. Page 37*. Citing: "(188.) M'r John Giles."

See also:

• Vital Records of Medford, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 1907).

• Johnson, Edward. Woburn Records of Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Marriage Intentions, from 1640 to 1900 (Woburn, Mass., 1890-1919).