Lieut Richard Miles

• BIRTH 21 Mar 1672 New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
• DEATH 5 Jul 1756 (aged 84) New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
• BURIAL Grove Street Cemetery, New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
• PLOT Buried in the New Haven Green --tombstone on the north wall of the Grove Street Cemetery. MEMORIAL ID 8701041 Photos by Sandra Markham

Biography

Richard Miles was the son of, Capt. John & Elizabeth (Harriman) Miles and grandson of, Richard Miles. Richard was Lieutenant of the Militia in New Haven. He married about 1694, Hannah Easton, daugher of Joseph & Hannah (Ensign) Easton of Hartford. They were the parents of, Hannah Miles, who married Isaac Gorham. His wife, Hannah died Sept. 28, 1714, and Richard married second, Elizabeth Chauncey on Apr 10, 1716.

Estate

Will dated January 24, 1756 New Haven Probate Records, Book 8 page 560. "The remainder and residue of my estate I give, devise and bequeath to my two daughters, Elizabeth Thompson and Mary Gilbert and to the heirs of my daughter Hannah Gorham, deceased".

Inscription In Memory of ~Lieut.~ Richard Miles Who Died July Ye 5th AD 1756 In the 80th Year of His Age. All Living Must Return To Dust

Genealogy

Parents John Miles 1644–1705
Elizabeth Harriman Miles 1648–1675

Spouses
Hannah Easton Miles 1673–1714 d. 28 SEP 1721
Elizabeth Sherwood [Chauncey] d. 10 APR 1716
Abigail Minor Miles 2/6/1680–1752 m. 22 NOV 1721 dau. of ohn Miner and Elizabeth Booth.

Siblings
Elizabeth Miles Andrews 1665–1734
Samuel Miles 1674–1674

Half Siblings
Hannah Miles Hall 1681–1741
Daniel Miles 1683–1711

Children with Hannah*, Abigail**

• Elizabeth Miles Thompson 9/10/1695–3/1/1771
• Hannah Miles Gorham 1697–1756
• Samuel Miles 8/4/1701–4/1761
• Timothy Miles 12/24/1703-Aft 1761
• Mary Miles 3/19/1707–8/18/1783 m. Jehiel Thomas, m. David Gilbert 7/4/1700-12/8/1769, m. Stephen Whitehead
• James Miles 4/20/1709–2/1/1715
  • Joseph Miles 4/24/1712–4/29/1768
  • Catirine Miles 3/22/1722–4/29/1723

References

[1] https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8701041/richard-miles [2] http://dgmgenealogy.info/HowlandDescendants/ps09/ps09_263.htm. His wife was Hannah Easton
[3] http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=sas20&id=...