Henry Stiles (abt. 1593 - 1651)

Born about 1593 in Millbrook, Bedfordshire, England

Ancestors

Died 3 Oct 1651 at about age 58 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut

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Henry Stiles migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640). (See The Great Migration (Series 2), by R. C. Anderson, vol. 6, p. 521) Join: Puritan Great Migration Project Discuss: pgm

Note: Needs biography updated with Anderson's Great Migration research.^[1]

Biography

Henry Stiles was born in England and was a carpenter by trade. He was forty- two years of age at the time of the family emigration to America. He was the first person tried by the Court in Connecticut for the fault of selling a gun to the Indians. He was killed October 3, 1651, at the age of 58 years, by the accidental discharge of a gun in the hands of Thomas Allen of Windsor, on a "training-day" at Hartford. Thomas Allyn was found guilty of" Homicide by misadventure."^[2] Henry Stiles without wife or family, had boarded in Thomas Gilbert's house in Windsor CT since 1649. Mrs. Gilbert performed many services for him in making and repairing his clothing, tending him in sickness and the like.

Three years after his death an attempt was made to fasten the blame of this accidental death of Henry Stiles, on witchcraft and an Indictment was made against Lydia Gilburt. She was charged convicted and hung for causing Henry Stiles death by witchcraft.^[3][4]

Sources

1. ↑ https://www.americanancestors.org/databases/great-migration-immigrants-to-new-england-1634-1635-volume-vi-r-s/image?pageName=521
2. ↑ Records of the Particular Court of Connecticut, 1639-1663; Published by The Connecticut Historical Society And The Society of Colonial Wars In The State of Connecticut, Hartford, 1928. Page 106-107; image 83, (FamilySearch.org link: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSZC-S7SK-3 : 4 April 2022).
3. ↑ The History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut|The History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut]]</i> (Hartford, CT., Case, Lockwood & Brainard, 1891)https://archive.org/stream/stilesfamilyina00stilgoog/stilesfamilyina00stilgoog_djvu.txt
4. ↑ Records of the Particular Court of Connecticut, 1639-1663; Published by The Connecticut Historical Society And The Society of Colonial Wars In The State of Connecticut, Hartford, 1928. Page 131; image 95, (FamilySearch.org link: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSZC-S7SN-C  : 4 April 2022).

• Great Migration 1634-1635, R-S. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2012.) Originally published as: The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume VI, R-S, pp 521 - 524; by Robert Charles Anderson. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009. Featured Name: Henry Stiles.for subscribers $
• Stiles, Henry Reed The History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut (Hartford, CT., Case, Lockwood & Brainard, 1891) Vol. 2 Page 701
• The Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut (Hartford, Brown & Parsons, 1850) Vol. 1, Page 1

A Corte Holden att Newton 26 Apr. 1636

It was now complayned yt Henry Stiles or some of the ser[vants] had traded a peece wth the Indians for Corne. It is ordered yt [the] saide Henry Stiles shall, betweene & the next Cort, regaine [the] saide peece from the saide Indians in a faire & legall waye, or els this Corte will take it into further consideracon.

It is ordered yt fro henceforth non yt are wthin the Jurisdic[tion] of this Cort, shall trade wth the natiues of Indians any peece or pistoll or gunn or powder or shott, vnder such heavie penalty as vppon such misdemeanor the Corte shall thnke meete.

A Corte Held Att Dorchester, June 7th, 1636

Whereas, the last Corte Henry Stiles was ordered to regaine [a] peece he had traded wth the Indians wch doth not appr that he hath done. It is ordered that a warrt shalb directed to him to prforme the same by the next Cort & and the prsonally to appr [&] answere his neglect.

• "Founders of New England." The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 1860) Vol. 14, Page 302