Person:John Niles (1)

  • HJohn NilesAbt 1603 - 1693/94
  • WJane Reed1611 - 1654
m. 1636
  1. Hannah Niles1637/38 -
  2. John Niles1638/39 - 1683
  3. Joseph Niles1640 -
  4. Nathaniel Niles1642 - 1727
  5. Samuel Niles1644 - 1724
  6. Increase Niles1646 - 1693
  7. Benjamin Niles1650/51 - 1712
  • HJohn NilesAbt 1603 - 1693/94
  • WHannah _____1618 - 1702/03
m. Bet 1654 and 1658
  1. Isaac Niles1658 - 1659/60
Facts and Events
Name John Niles
Gender Male
Birth[1] Abt 1603 Possibly Wales
Marriage 1636 Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United Statesto Jane Reed
Marriage Bet 1654 and 1658 to Hannah _____
Death[1] 8 Feb 1693/94 Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States
References
  1. 1.0 1.1 Bates, Samuel. Records of the Town of Braintree, 1640 to 1793. (Randolph, Massachusetts : D.H. Huxford, 1886)
    1:39.

    Old John Niles aged about 91 died upon the 8th day of February 1693/4.

  2.   Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England: Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692, on the Basis of Farmer's Register. (Boston: Little, Brown, and Co, 1860-1862)
    3:284.

    "JOHN, Dorchester 1634, Braintree 1636, freem. 1647, had w. Jane, and ch. Hannah, b. 16 Feb. 1637; John, 4 Mar. 1639; Joseph, 15 Aug. 1640; Nathaniel, 16 Aug. 1642; Samuel, 12 May 1644; Increase, 16 Dec. 1646; Benjamin, 11 Mar. 1651; and his w. d. 15 May 1654. He went to Block isl. perhaps, but bef. rem. by w. Hannah, had, prob. Isaac, b. 2 Apr. 1658. It is not cert. that he went to Block. isl. as that John wh. liv. there may have been the s. of this, wh. d. at Braintree, 8 Feb. 1694, aged a. 91 yrs. and his wid. d. 31 Jan. 1703."

  3.   Hartford Times May 2 1962.
  4.   Eno, Joel Nelson. "John Niles of Braintree, Mass. and Some of HIs Descendants", in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society)
    85:145.

    John Niles was in Dorchester in Sep 1634, settled at Braintree 1636, d. 8 Feb 1693/94, m. (1) "probably" 1636 Jane Reed of Braintree, m. (2) Hannah (--) Ames, widow of William Ames.