Person:Ephraim Stiles (2)

Watchers
m. 2 Aug 1694
  1. Isaac Stiles1696 - 1790
  2. Ephraim Stiles1697 - 1765
  1. Mercy Stiles1727 - 1825
m. 5 Aug 1736
  1. Eli Stiles1746 -
Facts and Events
Name[2][3] Ephraim Stiles
Gender Male
Birth[1][2][4] 5 Dec 1697 Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States
Alt Birth[2][3][4] 5 Dec 1699 Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA
Marriage to Mercy Fowler
Marriage 5 Aug 1736 Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, USAto Jemima Meacham
Death[5] 31 Oct 1765 Pittsfield, Berkshire, Massachusetts, USA

Died of pleurisy. Moved to Pittsfield after marriage to 2nd wife, Jemima Meacham.

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.

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