William
Giles
Born in Horrabridge, Devon, England
Ancestors 
Son of John Giles
and Sarah (Gray) Giles
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Elizabeth (Pike) Giles
— married
23 Mar 1794 in Tavistock, Devon, England
Descendants 
Father of
John Eustace Giles and Samuel Giles
Died
at age 74
in Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
Profile last modified
| Created 8 May 2017
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Biography
Copied from Find-A-Grave Memorial (see sources below): Cordwainer in Tavistock, 1795; received into the Methodist Church by Rev Mr PADDON, Old Tabernacle, Plymouth; recruited by Dr COKE for the Methodist Medical Mission in Sierra Leone, Mar-Aug 1796; convert to the Baptists in Devonport, by Rev Isiah BIRT, late 1796; Baptist Pastor in Dartmouth, 1797; Lymington, Feb 1809; briefly at Wantage, 1817; Pastor at Clover Lane Chapel, Chatham, Dec 1817; a preacher for the Irish Baptist Society; supply preacher at Preston, Lancs, from May 1832 & Pastor there, Feb 1833; Pastor, Ashton-under-Lyne Church, 1842. William marr in Tavistock, 23 Mar 1794, Elizabeth PIKE.
Sources
- Source: Find-A-Grave Memorial #37598887
https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=37598887
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with William:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with William:
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~3.12%
Marilyn (Bingham) Cangro
:
AncestryDNA
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~3.12%
Bill Pigott :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member wpigott195
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