Benjamin Stiles (1719 - 1797)

Born 11 Feb 1719 in Woodbury, Fairfield, Connecticut

Ancestors

Died 19 Mar 1797 at age 78 in Southbury, New Haven, Connecticut, United States

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Biography

Benjamin was born in 1719. He was the son of Francis Stiles and Mary Johnson.^[1] He graduated from Yale College in 1740 and practiced law. In 1788 he represented Southbury as a delegate to ratify the U.S. Constitution for Connecticut.

Benjamin married his cousin Ruth, daughter of David and Phebe Judson and they had at least ten children who were born in Southbury. He died there on March 15, 1797.^[2]

Children

1. Francis b Nov 13, 1748; m Sarah Nichols
2. Phebe b Jan 18, 1749; died at one year of age
3. David b Sep 10, 1751; m Olive Pierce
4. Ephram b Jan 15, 1753; m Sarah Trowbridge
5. Benjamin b Aug 25, 1756; m Esther Preston
6. Abel b Mar 26, 1758; died young
7. Abel b Aug 25, 1759; m Lucinda Mitchell
8. Judson b May 30, 1762; unmarried
9. Phebe b Jul 22, 1754; died at age 12
10. Nathan b May 12, 1767

Sources

1. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F747-HLN : 7 January 2020), Benjamin Styles, 1719.
2. ↑ Guild, Mary A. The Stiles Family in America, Genealogies of the Massachusetts Family and the Dover N.H. Family. Albany, NY. Joel Munsell's Sons, Publishers, 1892. Page 483. http://www.archive.org/stream/stilesfamilyinam00stil#page/482/mode/2up/search/Great+Hill

• Shepard, James. The Tories of Connecticut, The Connecticut Magazine (Connecticut Magazine Co., 1898) Vol. 4, Page 140.