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About Lt. Colonel Walter Chiles
Walter Chiles
- Birth: circa 1609 Bristol, City of Bristol, England (United Kingdom)
- Death: after July 06, 1653 Jamestown, Virginia, Colonial America
- Place of Burial: Jamestown, James City County, Virginia, USA
Contributed by Daphne Gentry and the Dictionary of Virginia Biography link
Walter Chiles was a member of the House of Burgesses (serving intermittently through the 1640s), a member of the governor's Council (1651), and Speaker of the House of Burgesses (1653). The son of a merchant in Bristol, England, Chiles fitted out his own ship and settled in Virginia by 1638.
Family
Chiles was probably the son of Walter Chiles (also Childs or Childes) and was born in Bristol, England, where his father was a textile merchant. His mother's name is uncertain. Baptized in the church of Saint Mary Redcliffe, in Bristol, on March 20, 1609, Chiles entered the textile trade there, married a woman named Elizabeth, whose maiden name may have been Sanders, and had at least two sons.
From Wikipedia contributors. "Walter Chiles." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 5 Dec. 2022. Web. 5 May. 2023.
Lieutenant Colonel Walter Chiles (died 1653) was a Virginia politician and merchant. He moved to Virginia around 1638, and served as a burgess off and on from 1642 to 1653, representing Charles City County and later James City County. He also served on the Governor's council in 1651, but was removed the following year because of his involvement in illegal trading with the Netherlands. He was elected Speaker of the Virginia House of Burgesses at the July 1653 session, but the governor forced his resignation the following day.
Walter Chiles's son, Walter Chiles III, married Mary Page, daughter of Col. John Page, a merchant and member of the Virginia House of Burgesses.
Colonel Walter Chiles came to America with very little, an assistant to the purser on the ship "Blessing". Through hard work and dedication to the colony, he became a wealthy man, held in high esteem by his fellow colonists. He excelled in business, as well as politics. He came to Virginia as a young man with his father, was the eldest son.
Record of Examination No. 301, 24 July 1637 shows the first mention of Walter Chiles of Bristol, a clothworker, aged 29 who signed his own name to the document. It is speculated that "cloth worker" was his occupation prior to leaving England.
1642 (March) Walker Austin, Rice Hoe, Joseph Johnson, and Walter Chiles are given permission by the Va. House of Burgesses to "undertake the discovery of of a new river west and southerly from the Appomattox." From : A HISTORY OF THE SETTLEMENT OF SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA 1400 - 1800 By: Danny Dixon
Walter was a ship owner and sea captain between 1640 and 1660 in Virginia.
In 1649, Governor William Berkeley, sold the home known as the "Kemp House" in Jamestown to Walter Chiles for the sum of 26,000 pounds of tobacco. It was the first brick house in America, erected by Richard Kemp and Sir William Berkely. Chiles added thirty feet to it. (Wm. and Mary Quarterly and Cradle of the Republic)
He served in the House of Burgesses in 1645, 46, 49, 52, 53 in Virginia, also elected speaker between 1658 and 1660, and 1663. (Hennings Statutes, 1, 1322-338). In 1660-61 he was appointed Councillor to act with Sir William Berkely and others during recess of the Assembly. Chiles, Walter, Jr.: Member of the Virginia House of Burgesses for James City Co.
His grandson John Tyler was great-grandfather of President John Tyler.
References
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Chiles cites
- Gentry, Daphne. "Walter Chiles (1609–after July 6, 1653)". Encyclopedia Virginia. Retrieved 6 July 2015. < link >
- Kukla, Jon (1981). Speakers and Clerks of the Virginia House of Burgesses, 1643–1776. Richmond, Virginia: Virginia State Library. ISBN 0-88490-075-4.
- A Timeline for Structures at Jamestown Related to the Chiles Family, Historic Jamestowne, National Park Service < link >
- http://rosemary-e-bachelor.suite101.com/genealogical-descent-from-v...
- http://sneakers.pair.com/roots//b143.htm#P8148 (dead link)
- https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I1140...
- https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I1140... cites
- [S72] Genealogies of Virginia Families Vol. I, from the Virginia Magazine of History and Biography.
- [S246] The Virginia Genealogist Volume 43, 1999, 218.
- https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Sanders-3392 Cites
- Walter Chiles Query Added by JimnNila143 on 29 Aug 2009, Originally submitted by ElizabethRosenacker to Smith Family Tree on 2 Nov 2007. < link >
- Nugent, Nell Marion. Cavaliers and Pioneers; Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents and Grants; 1623-1800. Volume One; Richmond, VA: Press of The Dietz Printing Co., 1934. pp 103-104. < Archive.Org > WALTER CHILES, 400 acs. Chas. Citty Co., 1 Mar. 1638, p. 625. W. upon Apamattuck Riv., N. upon land of Edward Tunstall & S. towards the falls. 200 acs. for the per. advs. of himself, his wife Elizabeth Chiles, his sons: William & Walter, & 200 acs. for trans, of 4 pers: Hen. Tutton, Jon. Gerry, Jon. Shaw, Sarah Cole.
- https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Chiles-53 cites
- http://www.jaimeadams.com/chiles.html#walter cites
- "Information on Henry, his father Walter, and his grandfather Walter is from WALTER CHILES OF JAMESTOWN compiled by Joanne Chiles Eakin.
- https://www.encyclopediavirginia.org/Chiles_Walter_1609-after_July_...
- < Jamestowne Society: Chiles, Walter I > - A1609; died 1658, James City Co.: 1651-52 (Councillor), Jamestowne Island: 1653 (Landowner). Chiles, Walter II - A9509; died 15-25 November 1671 Virginia, Jamestowne Island (Landowner)."
- http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~janiceksmith/chil... Chiles Family Homepage
- Find A Grave: Memorial #162564555 for Walter Chiles https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/162564555
- http://varoots.tripod.com/chiles/
- http://archive.org/stream/cu31924030920072/cu31924030920072_djvu.txt General register of the Society of Colonial Wars, 1899-1902; constitution of the General society; New York 1902;
- http://www.joelrobinson.com/robinson/spotscova.html
- http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/b/a/i/Joseph-F-Bailey-CA...
- Walter Chiles of Jamestown
- The Henry & Sarah Ballinger Chiles Family
- Virginia Magazine of History and Biography
- http://www.jaimeadams.com/chiles.html#walter cites
- http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~janiceksmith/chil...
- The Chiles Family in Virginia Author(s): W. B. Cridlin Source: The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 19, No. 1 (Jan., 1911), pp.104-106 Published by: Virginia Historical Society Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/4243115
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Lt. Colonel Walter Chiles's Timeline
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March 20, 1608
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Bristol, Gloucestershire, England
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| 1609 |
March 20, 1609
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Bristol, England, United Kingdom
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1609
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Bristol, City of Bristol, England (United Kingdom)
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March 20, 1630
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St Mary Redcliffe Parish, Somerset, England
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1636
Age 27
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| 1637 |
1637
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Middlesex, England (United Kingdom)
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| 1638 |
1638
Age 29
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Virginia, United States
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| 1653 |
July 6, 1653
Age 44
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Jamestown, Virginia, Colonial America
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1658
Age 44
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Virginia
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