John Viles (1776 - bef. 1853)

Born 11 Aug 1776 in Weston, Middlesex, Massachusetts

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Died before 10 Feb 1853 before age 76 in Waltham, Middlesex, Massachusetts

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Biography

John Viles, the son of John and Hannah, was born at Waltham on 6 Aug 1776.^[1]

Lydia Pierce (Peirce) and John were married on 29 Nov 1804 at Waltham. They had one child born at Waltham:^[1]

• Luther Park, b. 9 Dec 1805

John's second marriage was to Louisa Harrington. They were married on 21 Jan 1810, but she died on 7 Oct 1811. They had one child born at Waltham:^[1]

• Lydia, b. 27 March 1811

Relief Viles, neé Relief Reed, widow of John's brother Nathan, and John were married at Waltham between 30 May 1813 and 1 April 1814. They had four children born at Waltham:^[1]

• John 3rd, b. 27 May 1817
• Samuel Reed, b. 29 June 1819; m. Hannah O. Porter 25 Nov 1840
• Cynthia Louisa, b. 3 April 1821; m. Ambrose M. Stearns 1849
• Nathan Augustus, b. 8 May 1824

In 1850, John Viles, a 73 year old farmer, lived with his wife Relief, and nine others, including children Sam, Augustus, Cynthia, Hannah, and two grandchildren. Two Stearns were also living with the family.^[2]

"John, bap. Aug. 11, 1776; m. (1st), Nov, 29, 1804, Lydia Peirce. [Peirce, 156.] He m. (2d), Jan. 21, 1810, Louisa Harrington, who d. Oct, 7, 1811, and he m, (3d), 1814, Relief Viles wid. of Nathan). Chil., 1. Luther, b. Dec. 9, 1805. 2. John, b. May 27, 1817."^[3]

The death of John Viles due to a heart complaint was recorded at Waltham on 4 Sept 1851. He was a 78 year old widowed shoemaker born at Waltham.^[4][5]

Sources

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1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4} Vital records of Waltham, Massachusetts, to the year 1850 Waltham (Mass.) Pub. by the New-England historic genealogical society, at the charge of the Eddy town-record fund, Boston 1904. Accessed at Open Library.org. Open Library. , Births, Page 93-94; Marriages, Pages 231-232 VRs
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDS3-YDW : accessed 8 December 2015), John Viles, Waltham, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; citing family 728, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

   John Viles, 73; Releif Viles, 62; Sam R Viles, 30; Agustus Viles, a 29 year old shoe maker; Ambers Stearns, a 25 year old milk dealer; Cinthia L Stearns, 28; Hannah Viles, 32; Emily Viles, 7; Walter Viles, 3; Edward Sterns, 20; Henry Sterns, 18. All were born in Massachusetts.

3. ↑ Bond, Henry MD, Genealogies of the families and descendants of the early settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts, including Waltham and Weston, N.E. Historic-genealogical Society, for the benefit of the "Bond fund" Boston 1860, reprint by Higginson Book Co., 1996. Page 616. Accessed at Open Library.org. Page 616
4. ↑ John Viles Death Record; Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910. (From original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004.) Vol. 59, Page 108, Number 46
5. ↑ Death Records, 1841-1915 [Ancestry.com. database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013. Original data: Massachusetts Vital Records, 1840–1911. New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts.Massachusetts Vital Records, 1911–1915. New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts. 1851, Waltham, Page 108, Number 46