Gideon Stiles

Biography

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/173790450/timothy-stiles

Gideon, b. Boxford 26 Feb 1711/2 (baptized 13 April 1712), married in Andover, MA 30 Nov 1736 (int. 12 sep) Sarah FALKNER. They had three children born Boxford 1738-1744.
Beyond this are a lot of scattered records, some, or all of which may pertain to Gideon, whose name was not common in New England.
A Gideon Stiles was in the 1790, 1800, and 1810 censuses for Southwick, Hampshire Co., Mass. In 1790 the name was given as Lieut. Gideon Stiles. One of that name was in 1810 census in Westminster, Windham, VT. A Gideon Stiles has a gravestone in the Bemis Hill Cemetery, Westminster, VT. The stone gives death date of 15 Nov 1799, in 83rd year. This would put birth year at about 1717, which is off by five years.
A Sarah Stiles, wife of Gideon, died in Bolton, Mass (Worcester Co.) on 26 Dec 1766.
A Faulkner genealogical manuscript says a Sarah Faulkner, daughter of John and born 29 June 1690, married 2 Feb 1737 Gideon Stiles. It is highly unlikely that our Sarah could have been born in 1690 and have a child b. 1744.
It also discusses, on page 12, Sarah, the likely daughter of Paul, as possibly being the wife of Gideon Stiles.

Somewhere in all this mish mash lies some truth about Gideon.

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References

• https://mhl.org/sites/default/files/files/Abbott/Faulkner%20Family.pdf (pages 8-9 of the .pdf)

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• Reference: FamilySearch Family Tree - SmartCopy: Apr 26 2019, 15:26:10 UTC
• Descendants of William Lamson of Ipswich, Mass. 1634-1917 by Lamson, William J. (William Judson), 1871-1931. Page 25. Archive.Org bSarah, b. 1683; m. Paul Faulkner of Andover (int. of m. Aug. 19, 1714/5, Ipswich). Their children were: Sarah,* b. Dec. 2, 1715, at Andover, Mass.; m. Gideon Stiles of Boxford, 1736.

https://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Essex/Boxford/aBirthsS.shtml "(STILES (Stiels, Stile, Stils, Styls)) Gedion, s. Timothy and Hanah, Feb. 26, 1711."

https://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Essex/Boxford/aMarriagesS.shtml "(STILES (Stiels)) Gideon, and Sarah Faulkner of Andover, at Andover, Nov. 30, 1736.*"