Since all four sons were of age early in 1713. and hence the youngest was born no later than early in 1692; and since the second son John seems to have been of age in 1706 and hence born no later than 1685; it seems most unlikely that John the weaver was born in 1667/8 (as the son of Capt. John2 Miles was), despite the fact that his gravestone calls him 42 at his death in 1709/10. Perhaps he was vain of his youthful appearance and was given to understating his age; more likely, the stonecutter made a blunder. He was surely born a few years earlier.
John Miles, b 9 Jan 1667 (New Haven Vital Records) ]1667/8], [John3 (Captain John2, Deacon Richard1) was born that date. He went to New Jersey. See the 1959 Jacobus article in The American Genealogist], d 10 Feb 1709/10 æ. 42 (gravestone, City Burial Ground, New Haven); Capt.; res EH, New London, W & NH.
↑ This man is not son of John2 (Richard1 Miles. See the 1959 Jacobus article in The American Genealogist.
