David Stiles

1760 - 1839

(Thomas, Jonathan, Isaac, John, Thomas)

 

"The Stiles herein mentioned are descendants of New Jersey and Connecticut families of that name. The earliest one to come to Kentucky was David Stiles.

David Stiles was a son of Thomas and Abagail Ogden Stiles; was born in 1760 near Morristown, N. J. David’s grandfather (Thomas’ father) was “Long” Jonathan Stiles, who was born about 1688 in Stratford, Conn., and came to Morristown, N. J., in about 1730; died amout 1758. “Long” Jonathan Stiles married 1. Rebecca Canfield, 2. Elizabeth Taylor. Thomas (David’s father) was issue of the last marriage. Thomas Stiles died in or near Morristown, N. J., in about 1802. By record in my possession, administration on his estate was granted to his son, David, in April, 1803.

David Stiles came to Kentucky in 1809, settling near the Rolling Fork river, eighteen miles from Bardstown, in Nelson 'County. David left only one brother in New Jersey, Jacob Stiles, who was born in 1764. Jacob Stiles went to Bridport, Vt., from Morristown. N. J., soon after his brother, David, left Morristown for Kentucky.

Jacob Stiles married Polly Johnson. No children. He died in Bridport on Aug. 28, 1847, and his wife died Aug. 27, 1847, twenty-five hours apart. Both were buried in the same grave, and a well constructed monument marks their resting place in Bridport (Vt.) Cemetery.

David and Jacob Stiles had four sisters, viz.:

Elizabeth Stiles, b. 1761, d. 1841, mar. Abraham Losey.

Rhoda Stiles, “ 1828, “ Ezekiel Munson.

Mary Stiles, “ 1830, “ Moses Hurd.

Sally Stiles, “ 1847, “ Jonathan Ball.

David Stiles married Elizabeth Kitchell, daughter of Abraham and Charity Ford Kitchell, in New Jersey, about 1784. He died in Nelson County, Ky., December, 1839, eight years after the death of his wife."

~ Lewis Ogden Stiles

 

 

Sources
The Family of David Stiles : or, The ten tribes of the house of David, the ancestry and posterity of David Stiles, a native of New Jersey, an immigrant to Kentucky by Lewis Ogden Stiles, 1939.

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