Rea (Guile) Giles (1766 - 1854)

Born 9 Jan 1766 in Preston, New London Co., Connecticut

Ancestors

Husband of Damaris (Hodge) Guile — married 1792 in Schohaire, New York

Descendants

Died 7 Jan 1854 at age 87 in Chatham, Tioga Co., Pennsylvania

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Biography

Rhea Giles last name at birth was Guile. His first name has been spelled Ray, Rhea, Rea and possibly a few other variations. Last name has also been spelled Guile, Giles and Guiles. He was born on 9 Jan., 1766 in Preston Twp., New London Cty., Connecticut Colony^[1][2] .

Apparently did military service during the American Revolution^[3].

5 Dec., 1793 Rhea was in Schoharie, NY when his son Daniel was born there^[4]. By 1795, Rhea and family were living in Sharon, NY where son Andrew was born^[5]. In 1794 member of Free Baptist Church, Town of Canajahorie, Montgomery Co. NY 1794-1803 (sent byAlice Zetterstrom) page 5 - Ray Giles listed as a member, 1794, Excommunicated Aug. 8, 1801 - on Page 22, "At a church meeting held 8th day of August 1801, after opening meeting as usual and proceeded to business the church motioned whether it was time to leave Brother Ray Guile and the question being asked it was a union to withdraw the hand of fellowship from him for quarreling and fighting." His wife, Molly, is listed on page 4 as a member in 1794, is noted (undated) "Withdrawed the hand of fellowship for neglect of travel, breach of covenant."

17 Aug., 1811 Rhea was in Otsego County, NY.^[6]. Apparently he and some of his relatives were deep in debt and their property was seized.

By 1844, Rhea or Ray as sometimes known, was living in Jay Twp., Elk Cty., PA. He was listed along with son Palmer as a resident tax payer^[7]. In the election of 27 Feb., 1844 Ray Guile was elected one of the election inspectors^[8].

He passed away on 7 January 1854 in Chatham, Tioga Co., Pennsylvania^[9][10].

Census

1800

Sharon, Schoharie Cty., NY^[11].

1810

Otego, Otsego Cty., NY^[12]. This could match up with Rea and wife 26-45, 3 boys under 10, 3 boys 10-16,and 1 girl under 10. I do not have the 2 boys 16-26 identified, but speculate they are two sons of Joseph, that Joseph is the man 26-45 with sons Leonard and-----------? and no wife.

1820

Otego, Otsego Cty., NY^[13].

1830

Otsego, Otsego, NY^[14].

10 Aug., 1850

Tioga, Tioga Cty., PA^[15].

Note

Burleigh #227 - born Preston, Conn., moved to Schoharie Co. NY. then to Tioga Co. PA. "He died at Deerfield, Tioga Co. PA." Shows b. 9 Jan 1766.

• See Appendix - "The Guiles of Preston in the American Revolution" for details of his parents and family, and his military service. His declarations of his military service are shown there, and are some of the most HUMOROUS and interesting of all records studied. After the war, he was in Schoharie Co., then Otsego Co. in 1810-1820, and had moved to Tioga Co. PA by 1850 with most of his family.
• 1800 census Otsego Co. NY 1 m. over 45; 2 male 26-45; 2 male 16-26; 3 male10-16; 2 males under 10; 1 female under 10.(WHERE did this come from??)23221-1 AIS shows Ray Gile Schoharie Co. 11101-01001.Otsego formed from Montgomery 1791, Schoharie from Albany/Otsego 1795. Is the male over 45 his father John?? Who is the other male 26-45 - Joseph#506?? (In 1800 AIS for Otsego Co., there is a John Gile and 6 Guild - Benjamin,Daniel, Elijah, Felix, Israel, and Samuel Jr.)
• Note - in Otsego Co. file, Freeman's Journal 1829 (Sept 21), a Gilbert Giles of Sharon, Schoharie Co. married in Albany Margaret Hewson. and in 1834 in Sharon, Philena Giles married Truxton Foster.
• Researcher Violet Fallone, Montgomery Co. NY sent faint copy of page 52 of apparently a history of Otego, Otsego Co. NY - "The year following 1810(?) saw very hard times as no crops could mature(?) in that "year without a summer". Many people went hungry. It is said that a man and his wife named Antis actually starved to death in the vicinity of the Dan Guile farm." (Town was formed in 1796 from the eastern part of Unadilla; Laurens was formed from the northern part of town in 1810.)
• Genealogical & Family History Western New York" 974.79 C981-V1 shows birth9 Jan 1766.page: https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89064411663&view=1up&seq=547&skin=2021&q1=1766 Page: 1479
• Research of Richard Y. Giles on Preston birth records shows b. 1766.Extensive Rev. War bio on Ray in "The Guiles of Preston in the Revolutionary War" unpub. mss. by Richard Giles.
• FHL film (# not record.) Rev. War Pension Applications Declined - NY, Gile,Wray, Oneonta, Otsego. "Name not on the rolls of those Captains he names. He is probably mistaken in the names of his Commanders."

 !"Genealogical Abstracts of Revolutionary War Pension Files": Vol II by White" Gile, Ray, R4017, NY Line, sol lived at Florida in Montgomery Co NY at enl,applied 15 Oct 1832 Otsego Co NY aged 72 a res of Oneonta NY, sol was b in 1760at Preston CT, sol's younger brother Stephen Gile was of Otsego Co NY in 1839.

• Declaration on behalf of Henry Gile #502 in file made by a Ray Gile who had known him since boyhood, dated 15 Oct. 1832, says he was 72 years old, resident of the town of Oneonta, Otsego Co. NY. Given in Cooperstown, Otsego Co. Possible connection. Pension application. Henry was Rea's brother.
• Researcher Marjorie Strang, Eldred, PA supplied d. info. and "Ray (Reah) Guiles rem. to Chatham Twp. and died there. Farmer; large amount of land; Westfield Colonial army during the Revolutionary War. Ch: Asa and Sallie, twins; Eddie, Daniel, 1 d. inf."
• Bio of Martin L. Gile, Rin #5721, says that his father, Andrew, b. 1774, was son of Ray Guyle - "the young man who ferried his mother across the river during a Tory raid, under fire, lighted by their burning buildings." Since Rea would have been only 8 to 14 years old (b. 1760-1766), he could not have been the father of Andrew, he would have been the elder brother.
• 1850 census AIS Index shows a Ray Gile in JEF-- Co. PA. Snyder Township. Not this one, next county south of Elk Co. above.
• Search Terms: GILE (1)Database: American Revolutionary War Rejected PensionsCombined Matches: 1Name State Location ReasonWray Gile New York Oneonta, Otsego Name not on the rolls of those captains he names. He is probably mistaken in the names of his commanders.

Sources

• Ancestry-Robinson. Son of John Guile and Freelove Eliot.
• Source: S155 Title: United States Census, 1820, database with images Publisher: FamilySearch.org citing p. , NARA microfilm publication , (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll ; FHL microfilm
• Source: S179 Title: United States Census, 1830, database with images Publisher: FamilySearch.org
• Source: S181 Title: United States Census, 1800, database with images Publisher: FamilySearch.org citing p. 169, NARA microfilm publication M32, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 26; FHL microfilm 193,714.
• Source: S181 Title: United States Census, 1810, database with images Publisher: FamilySearch.org citing p. 177, NARA microfilm publication M252 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 34; FHL microfilm 181,388.
• Source: S237 Title: Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906, database Publisher: FamilySearch.org
• Source: S276 title: Harrington Family Tree Publisher: FamilySearch.org
• Source: S450 Record ID Number: MH:S198 User ID: B26BF8AA-95CE-4418-BFDF-A44521091F28 UPD 30 MAR 2012 07:17:07 GMT-8 Author: Charles Burleigh Title: The genealogy and history of the Guild, Guile and Gile family. Publication: B. Thurston & Co. 1887 Repository: #R8 Call Number: genealogyhistory00burl_001
• Source: S6 Title: United States Census, 1850, database with images Publisher: FamilySearch.org
• Source: S641 Title: History of the counties of McKean, Elk, Cameron and Potter, Pennsylvania Original Publisher: J. H. Beers, Chicago 1890

1. ↑ Source: #S237 page: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F74L-YKS Accessed 25 November 2018 Text: Father: John Guile Mother: Sarah Certainty of Data: 3
2. ↑ Source: #S702 Accessed 10 Feb., 2022 Text: John...Guile.. born in Preston...Rea (born) January 9, 1766 Certainty of Data: 4
3. ↑ Source: #S700 page: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/collaborate/L7P8-WG5 Text: Entered the Army in 1781 referenced The Guiles of Preston in the American Revolution Accessed 20 Feb., 2022 Certainty of Data: 3
4. ↑ Source:#S450 page: https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89069304947&view=1up&seq=332&skin=2021&q1=Rea%20Gile Page: 294 Accessed 20 Feb., 2022 Daniel Guile, son of Rhea and Molly born at Schoharie, NY on 5 Dec., 1793 Quality of Data: 3
5. ↑ Source: #S450 page: https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89069304947&view=1up&seq=333&skin=2021&q1=Rea%20Gile Page: 295 Accessed 10 Feb., 2022 Certainty of Data: 4
6. ↑ Source: #S701 page: https://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/lccn/sn84031005/1811-08-17/ed-1/seq-3/ Accessed 10 Feb., 2022 Text: from Otsego Herald: By virtue of two writs of Fi. Fa. to me directed and delivered against the goods and chattels, lands and tenements of Ray Guile, and one against the goods and chattels, lands and tenements of Andrew Guile, Ray Guile and Daniel Guile, I have levied on a lot of land in a patent known by the name of Otego patent, in the town of Otego, bounded on the south by lands of Franklin Straight; on the west by the highway, on the north by lands of Robert Cook and Job Hopkins, containing one hundred and three acres--Likewise on Lot No. 40, in the town and patent aforesaid, continuing eighty-five acres, which I shall expose to sale at public vendue at the house of Stephen Fitch in the village of Otsego, on the fourteenth day of September next, at one o'clock in the afternoon. Isaac Williams,jun.sheriff. Otsego, August 3, 1811" Quality of Data: 4
7. ↑ Source: #S641 page: https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo1.ark:/13960/t9k36c09r&view=1up&seq=716&skin=2021&q1=ray Page: 716 Accessed 20 Feb., 2022 Certainty of Data: 4
8. ↑ Source: #S641 page: https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo1.ark:/13960/t9k36c09r&view=1up&seq=719&skin=2021&q1=ray Page: 719 Accessed 10 Feb., 2022 Certainty of Data: 4
9. ↑ Source:#S276 page: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L7P8-WG5 Accessed 25 November 2018 Certainty of Data: 2
10. ↑ Source: #S450 Page: https://archive.org/details/genealogyhistory00burl/page/266/mode/2up?view=theater Data: Date: 1887 Text: p. 266: Palmer, b. July 13, 1796; m. Cynthia Potter; lived in Clearfield Co., Pennsylvania
11. ↑ Source: #S180 page: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9R8J-Q1X?i=9&wc=3V1X-H6S%3A1585148702%2C1585148984%2C1585149221&cc=1804228 Page: 169 line: 9th from top Accessed 10 Feb., 2022 Text: Ray Gile Males: <10:1, 10-16: 1,16-26:1, 45 & up: 1, Females: 10-16: 1, 45 & up: 1 Certainty of Data: 3
12. ↑ Source: #S181 page: https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XH2Z-HZL Page: 177 Accessed 10 Feb., 2022 Text: R Guile Males: : >10: 3, 10-15:3, 16-25:2, 26-44:1, 45 & over: 1, Females: >10:1, 26-44:1 Certainty of Data: 3
13. ↑ Source: #S155 page: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHLB-YPJ Page: 82 Accessed 10 Feb., 2022 Text: Ray Guild (fairly sure this is our Rea Giles) Males: <10:2, 10-16:1, 16-18: 1, 16-26: 2, 45 & up: 1 Females: <10: 1, 10-16: 1, 45 & Up: 1 Persons engaged in agriculture: 4 Certainty of Data: 4
14. ↑ Source: #S179 page: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHPP-BTX Page: 226 Line: 9 from bottom Accessed 12 Feb., 2022 Text: Ray Guile (transcribed as Ray) Males: 15-20:1,20-30:1,60-70:1; Females: 10-15:1, 60-70:1 Total: 5 Certainty of Data: 3
15. ↑ Source: #S6 page: https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M4ZS-4XC Page: 97 Line: 10 Accessed 10 Feb, 2022 Text: Ira Gile age 49 Mariah Gile age 34 Thomas Gile age 11y Mahittable Gileage 7y Francilia Gile age 2m Reah Gile age 94 Molly Gile age 84 Occupation: Ira Gile farmer, Reah none Ira, Mariah, Reah & Molly born NY all others born PA Thomas attending school Certainty of Data: 3

• Source: S702 Title: genealogical and family history of Western New York Author: William Richard Cutter, Original Publisher: Lewis Historical Publishing New York 1912 3 volumes

Acknowledgment

• Larry Davies, firsthand knowledge.
• This person was created through the import of Joy Ancestors.ged on 07 October 2010.