Ephraim Stiles (1699 - 1765)

Born 5 Dec 1699 in Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Husband of Mercy (Fowler) Stiles — married 15 Dec 1722 in Westfield, Hampden, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Husband of Jemima (Meacham) Stiles — married 5 Aug 1736 in Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 31 Oct 1765 at age 65 in Pittsfield, Berkshire, Massachusetts

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Biography

Name

Name: Ephraim /Stiles/^[1]

Mother is Abigail, father Ephraim

Birth

Birth:

Date: 5 DEC 1699

Place: Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts

Source: #S72

Page: Vol 4, page 193

Source: #S96

Page: Vol VI (1852), Page 271

Birth:

Date: 5 Dec 1699

Place: Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA^[2][3]

Baptism

Baptism:

Date: 1723

SDATE 1 JUL 1723

Place: Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts

Note: Baptism performed in the Church of Christ, Westfield, Mass. The record does not state parents or exact date - assuming this is the same Ephraim.

Event

Event: declared intentions of marriage

Type: Misc

Date: 17 JUL 1736

Place: Enfield, Connecticut

Source: #S97

Residence

Residence:

Date: ABT 1754

SDATE 1 JUL 1754

Place: Pittsfield, Massachusetts

Source: #S63

Page: page 130-132

• Fact: Residence (1757) Pittsfield MA Pittsfield, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States
• Fact: http://familysearch.org/v1/LifeSketch From "The Stiles family in America. Genealogies of the Connecticut family" by Stiles, Henry Reed, 1832-1909

Page 130-132 (Family 11)

1. 160 EPHRAIM STILES (Ephraim, John, John,) born at Westfield, Mass., Dec. 5, 1699; married (1) Mary Fowler [sources have her name as Mercy], of Westfield, Jan., 1723, who died Feb. 1, 1735-6; he married (2) Aug. 5, 1736, Jemima Meacham, of Enfield, Conn., born 12 April, 1709. In 1754, he fled from Pittsfield to Stockbridge for safety before an Indian invasion. He was among those who signed a petition to the General Court, Nov., 1757, asking to be allowed to build a fort to protect their lands and families from the Indians; he was appointed Sept 16, 1758, on a committee to hire a minister. Among the names of the eight persons who signed the first Confession of Faith and Covenant of the “Church of Christ in Pittsfield,” Feb 7, 1764, is that of Ephraim Stiles. On Oct 31, 1765 “departed this Life Ephraim Stiles, of Pleurisy.” Mrs. Jemima Meacham Stiles died 8 Jan, 1777, age 68.

Children by first wife Mary [Mercy] Fowler (all born in Westfield, Mass): 1. Zebediah, born Sept 15, 1723; married Experience Wells. 2. Mercy, born Jan 10, died Feb 10, 1724-25. 3. Simeon, born May 12, 1726; married Experience Root. 4. Mercy, born Jan 28, 1727; married (1) Abel Old, July 23, 1747, who settled in Westfield, Mass. Issue: Experience, b. Jan 1750, and Lydia, b. Feb 11, 1752 She married (2) Reuben Gunn, May, 1756. Issue: Warham, b. Dec 16, 1757; Ann, b. June 22, 1760; Hannah. 5. Experience, born March 26, 1730; married Eldad Palmer, of Westfield, Mass, Sept 1, 1756. Issue: Levi, b. June 24, 1757; William, b. July 19, 1759; Lydia, b. July 18, 1762. 6. Ephraim, born Oct 10, 1731, died 31 March, 1781. 7. Bethiah, born June 27, 1733; married Mr. Goodwin, of Hartford, Conn, about 1758 (was his 2d wife)

Children by second wife Jemima Meacham : 8. Jemima, born May 30, 1737; died Jan 28, 1784. 9. Elizabeth, born June 17, 1739; married Timothy Walker 4 June 1758. 10. Aaron, born June 14, 1741; married Margaret___. 11. Moses, born March 12, 1743-4 12. Eli, born May 22, 1746; married Sarah___. 13. Selah (Silas?) born Dec 4, 1747 14. Rachel, born Jan 3, 1750; died cir. 1752.

Note

Note: He was born at Westfield, MA, and in about 1758, he removed from Westfield, to Pittsfield, MA, but in the" History of Western Massachusetts", (p.548), it names him among those in 1754, who fled from Pittsfield to Stockbridge for safety before an Indian invasion, and in the "History of Pittsfield" (p. 112), it gives him as among those who signed a petition to the General Court, Nov, 1757, asking to be allowed to build a fort to protect their lands and families from the Indians. He was also appointed on Sept. 16, 1758, to a committee to hire a minister. Among the eight persons who signed the first Confession of Faith and Covenant of the "Church of Christ in Pittsfield", Feb. 7, 1764, is that of Epraim Stiles.

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S-1624976548 Note: Ancestry Record matownvital #8199867 Note: Data: Text: Birth date: 5 Dec 1699 Birth place: Westfield, Massachusetts APID: 1,2495::8199867
2. ↑ Source: #S-1624976548 Note: Ancestry Record matownvital #8199867 Note: Data: Text: Birth date: 5 Dec 1699 Birth place: Westfield, Massachusetts APID: 1,2495::8199867
3. ↑ Source: #S-1597456486 APID: 1,3599::1761445

• Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook).
• Source: S-1597456486 Title: American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI) Publication: Godfrey Memorial Library, comp.. American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI) [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999. APID: 1,3599::0
• Source: S-1624976548 Title: Massachusetts, Town Vital Collections, 1620-1988 Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.Original data - Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook).Original data: Town and C Note: APID: 1,2495::0
• Source: S-1647187842 Title: The Stiles family in America. Genealogies of the Connecticut family. Descendants of John Stiles, of Windsor, Conn., and of Mr. Francis Stiles, of Windsor and Stratford, Conn., 1635-1894; also the Connecticut New Jersey families, 1720-1894; and the southern Author: Stiles, Henry Reed Publication: Jersey City, Doan & Pilson, printers Date: 1895 Note: http://www.archive.org/stream/stilesfamilyinam00stil#page/130/mode/2up Note: pg.130-133
• http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=image&guid=919e3a39-5b1a-43ad-b74f-0f2d807a7bb4&tid=28139944&pid=763 Format: jpg Title: stilesfamilyinam00stil_0160
• http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=image&guid=3018da35-bd95-4d10-aa94-225a82fbe297&tid=28139944&pid=763 Format: jpg Title: stilesfamilyinam00stil_0159
• http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=image&guid=dc33a1da-f3e4-4ac6-91bc-db7a10925a3d&tid=28139944&pid=763 Format: jpg Title: stilesfamilyinam00stil_0161
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Source S120

Abbreviation: NEHGS Website

Title: New England Historic and Genealogical Society website - www.newenglandancestors.org

Source S130

Abbreviation: The Ricker Collection

Title: The Ricker Collection of Vital Records of Early Connecticut, based on the Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records and other Statistical Sources by Jacquelyn Ladd Ricker, Genealogical Publishing Company Inc. Copyright 2006 - CD Resource

Source S63

Abbreviation: The Stiles Family in America

Title: Henry Reed Stiles, Electronic reproduction of original book printed in 1895

Source S72

Abbreviation: Genalogical Dict

Title: James Savage, Geneaological Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England (Originally published Boston 1860-62, reprinted April 1873 and 1884. Reproduced by Genealogical Publishing Company, Balitmore 1981.)

Source S96

Abbreviation: NEHGS Register

Title: New England Historic and Genealogical Society Register

Source S97

Abbreviation: History of Enfield Connecticut

Title: The History of Enfield Connecticut, Volume 2, edited by Francis Olcott Allen, published by The Wickensham Printing Co. 1900, Lancaster, PA.

Text: Enfield July 17th 1736 marriage is intended between Ephraim Stiles of Westfield and Jemima Meacham of this town.

See also:

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 14 October 2018, 18:22), entry for Ephraim Stiles(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:KLBM-NLC); contributed by various users.

Acknowledgements

• This person was created through the import of family.ged on 21 September 2010.
• Thank you to Robert Stiles for creating WikiTree profile Stiles-1387 through the import of 2013-07-01.ged on Jul 1, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Robert and others.