Saturday, April 9, 2016

Surname Saturday - GILES (England to colonial New England)

It's Surname Saturday, and I'm "counting down" my Ancestral Name List each week.  


I am in the 8th great-grandmothers and I'm up to Ancestor #1271, who is Mary GILES (1635-????) 
[Note: the earlier great-grandmothers and 8th great-grandfathers have been covered in earlier posts].

My ancestral line back through two generations of this GILES family line is:


1. Randall J. Seaver

2. Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983)
3. Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002)

4. Frederick Walton Seaver (1876-1942)
5. Alma Bessie Richmond (1882-1962)

8. Frank Walton Seaver (1852-1922)
9. Hattie Louise Hildreth (1857-1920)


18.  Edward Hildreth (1831-1899)
19.  Sophia Newton (1834-1923)

38.  Thomas J. Newton (1800-????)
39.  Sophia Buck (1797-1882)

78.  Isaac Buck (1757-1846)
79.  Martha Phillips (1757-1820)

158.  John Phillips (1722-????)
159.  Hannah Brown (1725?-1770?)

316.  Ebenezer Phillips (1695-1746)
317.  Mary Smith (1698-1746?)

634.  John Smith (1647-1706)
635.  Ruth Cutler (1668-1758)

1270.  Thomas Cutler, born before 03 April 1633 in Norfolk, England; died 07 December 1683 in Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States.  He was the son of 2540. John Cutler and 2541. Mary.  He married 19 March 1660 in Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.
1271.  Mary Giles, born about 1635 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.

Children of Thomas Cutler and Mary Giles are:
*  Thomas Cutler (1660-1732), married (1) 1681 Hannah (1662-????); (2) 1685 Elizabeth Felch (1666-????).
*  Mary  Cutler (1663-????), married 1684 Nathaniel Smith (1659-????).
*  Sarah Cutler (1666-1748), married 1688 William Eustis (1660-1737).
*  Ruth Cutler (1668-1758), married (1) 1693 John Smith (1647-1706); (2) 1706 Thomas Upham.
*  David Cutler (1670-1710), married 1700 Abigail Flagg (1681-1768).
*  Jonathan Cutler (1677-1721), married 1717 Abigail Gail (1687-1726).

2542.  Edward Giles, born about 1600 in England; died before 1680 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.  He married about 1635 in probably Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.
2543.  Bridget, born about 1600 in probably Kent, England; died before 30 November 1680 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.

Children of Edward Giles and Bridget are:
*  Mary Giles (1635-????), married (1) Thomas Cutler (1633-1683); (2) 1684 Matthew Smith.
*  Mehitable Giles (1637-1697), married (1) 1659 John Collins (1631-1677); (2) 1678 Jeremiah Butman (1631-1694).
*  Remember Giles (1639-????), married (1) 1659 Henry Moses (1635-1685).
*  Eleazer Giles (1640-1726), married (1) 1665 Sarah More; (2) 1677 Elizabeth Bishop (1652-1733).
*  John Giles (1645-1715), married 1679 Elizabeth Galley (1643-1703).

Information about this Giles family was obtained from:

Robert Charles Anderson (editor), The Great Migration Begins, Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633 (Boston : NEHGS, 1995), Volume II, pages 764-766, Edward Giles sketch.

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