William BILES, Sr.
(ca. 1644 - 1710)GENETIC PARENTS
Father: Alexander BILES, Jr. (? - June 1682) All Saints Parish, Dorsetshire, England
Mother: Dorothy STRONG (? - about 1692) daughter of William STRONG
SPOUSE
- Johannah HELLARD (1646 - about 2 Sep 1687)
Married: May 6, 1669 in Dorchester, Dorsetshire, England
- Jane (Bond) Atkinson (? - 1709)
M: December 11, 1688 in Falls Township, Bucks County, PA,
GENETIC CHILDREN
- Elizabeth BILES, b. 3 Jun 1670, d. 17 Jul 1767, m. 1st Stephen BEAKES, m. 2nd Matthew HUGHES;
- William BILES, Jr., b. 12 Jan 1672, d. 1 Sep 1739, m. Sarah Langhorne, daughter of Thomas and Grace Langhorne
- George BILES, b. 4 Sep 1673, d. Dec 1708, m. Martha BLACKSHAW;
- Joannah BILES, b. 1 Mar 1675, in All Saints Parish, Dorsetshire, England, d. unknown; m., 4 Jul 1695 in Falls Twsp., Bucks Co., PA, to Samuel BEAKES (b. 14 Mar 1667, d. Jan 1732).
- John BILES, b. 31 Jan 1678, d. 1726, m. Mary LAMBERT
- Rebecca BILES, b. 29 Dec 1680, Bucks Co, PA, Died 1728 Bucks Co, PA.
M: Joseph JANNEY
- Mary BILES, b. 1 Nov 1682, m. Mr. ROBBINS
- Ann BILES, b. 13 Jun 1685, d. 11 Aug 1767, m. Thomas YARDLEY.
OTHER RELATIONS
Brother: Charles BILES, b. about 1665, m. Sarah ____
Brother: John BILES (? - 1706) Dorset, London, England
Sister: Rebecca BILES, b. 1654, m. Robert SCUTT
Sister: Mary BILES, b. unknown
Brother: Thomas BILES, b. unknown, m. Marie MITCHELL
Brother: Jonathan BILES, b. unknown
BASIC DATA
Names: William BILES, Sr.
Born: abt. 1644
Married: Johannah HELLARD May 6, 1669 in Dorchester, Dorsetshire, England
Resided: Dorsetshire, England to New Jersey and to the Falls of the Delaware, (now in Bucks County, PA)
Died: About May 18, 1710 in Falls Township, Bucks County, PA
Buried:
Age at death:
NOTES:
William BILES [Sr.] was a member of the Pennsylvania Provincial Council and Assembly. He was a justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. He was the treasurer and constable for Bucks County.
SOURCES
Biles, Bryan W. The Biles Family, Altus, OK, 1969, 715 pages.
Lawton, Chester A. "That Ridiculous Old Man: William and Johannah (Hellard) Biles". The Bucks County Ancestors of Josiah Beakes of Pennington, N.J., manuscript, Trenton, NJ, 1995, pages 43-62.
White, Miles, Jr. "William Biles". Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, vol. 26, 1902, pages 58-70, 192-206, 348-359.
Colonial Families of the United States of America: Volume 3
ISSUETHOMAS YARDLEY came to America from England, in 1704; m. 12th Dec. 1706, at Pennsbury, Bucks Co., Pa., Ann BILES, b. 14th Apr. 1685, dau. of William and Sarah BILES.
William BILES emigrated to America in 1679, landed at Newcastle, Del., from Dorchester Co., England, in 1679, and was the signer of PENN'S Great Charter in 1693; member of the Council of Gov. William PENN; removed to Bucks County, 1681-83; Justice of the Peace, 1685; member of the Colonial Assembly from 1694 to 1736; appointed by PENN one of the three Judges of Inquiry, 1700; Collector of Monies voted the Proprietor by Bucks County, 1704; m. Sarah (surname unknown).
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RICHARD HOUGH, of the city of Macclesfield, Co. Chester, England, a member of the Society of Friends, arrived in the Province of Pennsylvania in the ship "Endeavor," of London, on 29th Sept. 1683, and seated himself in Bucks Co., where he became seized of over 2500 acres of land; he built a stone mansion on his principal plantation of about 500 acres on the Delaware River, below the present borough of Yardley.
Member of Provincial Council of Pennsylvania, 1693 and 1700; Assembly, 1684, 1688, 1690, 1697, 1699, 1700, 1703 and 1704; Justice of the Bucks Co. Court. Was drowned in the Delaware River, 25th Mar. 1705.
m. 17th Mar. 1683-4, Margery CLOWS, d. 30th Jan. 1719-20, dau. of John CLOWS from parish of Gawsworth, hundred of Macclesfield, Co. Chester, England, who came also in above ship, member of Pennsylvania Assembly, 1683 and 1684, and Margery, his wife. They were members of the Society of Friends.
I. Mary, b. 1st Aug. 1685; d. 11th Nov. 1720; m. 6th Apr. 1704, William ATKINSON, Coroner of Bucks Co., Councilman in Bristol, etc., son of Thomas ATKINSON, a minister of the Society of Friends, and his wife, Jane, afterwards the wife of Wm. BILES, Provincial Councillor.
II. Sarah, b. 7th June, 1690; m. (firstly) 23d June, 1708, Isaac ATKINSON, bro. of William; m. (secondly) in 1724, Leonard SHALLCROSS.
III. Richard, inherited his father's home (lower) plantation, then about 416 acres; Justice of the Bucks Co. Court; m. (firstly) in 1711-12, Esther BAKER, dau. of Henry BAKER of Bucks Co. and widow of Thomas YARDLEY and William BROWNE; m. (secondly) 27th Sept. 1717, Deborah, widow of John GUMLEY of Newcastle Co.
IV. JOHN, b. 18th Sept. 1693.
V. Joseph, b. 17th Oct. 1695; d. 10th May, 1773; m. circa 1725, Elizabeth WEST, dau. of Nathaniel WEST of Bucks Co., formerly of Rhode Island, and granddau. of Rev. Thomas DUNGAN.
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JOHN HOUGH, b. 18th Sept. 1693; inherited his father's upper plantation on River Delaware, about 350 acres, which he called "Houghton"; Justice of the Bucks Co. Court; m. in 1718-19, Elizabeth TAYLOR, dau. of Philip TAYLOR of Oxford township, Philadelphia Co., and Julianna, his wife.
I. John, eldest son, b. 3d Jan. 1719-20; d. 1797; removed to Loudoun Co., Va., where he held over 4000 acres, his seat being "Corby Hall"; m. 1742, Sarah JANNEY, dau. of Joseph and Rebecca (BILES) JANNEY, and granddau. of Thomas JANNEY and William BILES, both Provincial Councillors.
II. Joseph, b. 20th July, 1722; d. 1777; removed to Loudoun Co., Va.; m. 15th Oct. 1746, Lydia HURST.
III. Benjamin, b. 14th June, 1724; d. 10th Feb. 1803; a minister of the Society of Friends; m. (firstly) 9th June, 1748, Elizabeth WEST, dau. of Thomas WEST of Wilmington, Del., of the family of Benjamin WEST, R. A.; m. (secondly) Sarah, widow of Isaac JANNEY of Cecil Co., Md.
IV. ISAAC, b. 15th Nov. 1726.
V. William, b. 1st Jan. 1727-8; m. in 1749, Sarah BLAKER.
VI. Thomas, b. 2d Jan. 1729-30; d. 18th May, 1810, in Philadelphia; m. (firstly) 17th Mar. 1757, Jane, dau. of Samuel ADAMS of Philadelphia; m. (secondly) 8th Jan. 1784, Mary BACON, dau. of John BACON of Bacon's Neck, Cumberland Co., N. J., and widow of Thomas GILBERT and Richard WISTAR.
VII. Septimus, b. 21st June, 1731; d. 3d Nov. 1749.
VIII. Elizabeth, b. 15th Feb. 1732-3; m. Nathan TOMLINSON.
IX. Bernard, b. 15th Jan. 1734-5.
X. Martha, b. 22d June, 1737; m. David BUNTING.
Database: Pennsylvania Founding Families, 1681-1911
Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania, Volumes I-III
Harold Montgomery SillThomas Atkinson, the grandfather of Ruth (Atkinson) Bispham, for many years an esteemed minister of the Society of Friends, first in England, and later in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, was a son of John Atkinson of Thrus-cross, parish of Fewston, in the West Riding of Yorkshire, England. John Atkinson was among the earliest converts to the Society of Friends in Yorkshire, with the Stacys of Ballifield, into which family his grandson married in New Jersey. Besse, in his Sufferings of Friends, gives an account of several persecutions of John Atkinson, of Fewston, for his religious belief, as early as 1659. It is thought that his wife was Mary Canby, daughter of Thomas Canby, of Thorne, Yorkshire, whose will, dated October 17, 1667, and probated March 16, 1668, gives a legacy to his daughter, "Mary, wife of John Atkinson," and also to her son Thomas Atkinson. This "Thomas Canby, the elder, of Thorne. Yorkshire, Gent," born about the year 1590, was the grandfather of Thomas Canby, another eminent minister.
Thomas Atkinson, son of John, and Mary (Canby) Atkinson, born at Newby, Yorkshire, England, prior to 1660, married under the care of Knaresborough Meeting of the Society of Friends, 13 miles from Thrus-cross in Yorkshire, June 4, 1678, Jane Bond, of a well known family of that name in Yorkshire, several members of which emigrated to Pennsylvania at different periods. Both husband and wife entered the ministry of the Society of Friends. In 1681 they obtained a certificate from the Friends Meeting at Beamsley, Yorkshire, and came to New Jersey, but soon after located in Bristol township, Bucks county, Pennsylvania, where Thomas Atkinson was a considerable landowner. His brother, John Atkinson, followed him to Pennsylvania, but little is known of him. Thomas Atkinson died in Bucks County, October 31, 1687. His widow, Jane, married again, December 11, 1688, William Biles, of Bucks county, one of the most noted men of Pennsylvania in his day, a member of Provincial council; many years a member of the Assembly and justice of the Bucks county courts. She died in 1709, after a long and zealous service in the ministry, continuing to her death. With her second husband also a minister she made a religious visit to England and Ireland, covering the greater part of the years 1701 and 1702. Thomas and Jane (Bond) Atkinson, had three sons, Isaac, William, and Samuel, the two former born in England.
Samuel Atkinson, the father of Ruth (Atkinson) Bispham, was the youngest son of Thomas and Jane (Bond) Atkinson, and was born in Bristol township. Bucks county, Pennsylvania, July 17, 1685. On the re-marriage of his mother in 1688, he went to live with her and his step-father William Biles in Falls township, and remained in that township until 1714, when he removed to Nottingham township, Burlington county, New Jersey, taking a certificate from Falls Meeting in Bucks, to Chesterfield Meeting in Burlington county, dated August 4, 1714, and proposing intentions of marriage the following day at Chesterfield Meeting to Ruth (Stacy) Beakes widow of William Beakes, formerly of Bucks county, and daughter of Mahlon Stacy and his wife Rebecca Ely, who were among the most prominent people of Burlington county.
Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania, Volumes I-III
Ogden D. WilkinsonColonel John Wilkinson married (first) May 21, 1740, Mary Lacey, a sister to Colonel, later General John Lacey, who like his brother-in-law, Colonel Wilkinson, left the Society of Friends to become an ardent defender of the rights of his country. By this marriage Colonel Wilkinson had five children, four daughters and one son John, the latter being the "dear son who lay dying in his house" in 1778, referred to in the above obituary notice. He married Jane Chapman, and his descendants still reside on part of the estate taken up by John Wilkinson, the grandfather, in 1713. Mary (Lacey) Wilkinson dying, Colonel Wilkinson married (second) in February, 1770, Hannah Hughes, born May 7, 1742, died April 18, 1791. She was a daughter of Matthew Hughes Jr., lieutenant-colonel of the Associated Regiment of Bucks county, 1747-48, who died before the opening of the Revolutionary war, by his wife, Elizabeth (Stevenson) Hughes, married March 17, 1733, daughter of Thomas Stevenson, and his wife, Sarah (Jennings) Stevenson, daughter of Governor Samuel Jennings, of New Jersey, and granddaughter of Thomas Stevenson, of Newtown, Long Island, and his wife, Elizabeth (Lawrence) Stevenson, daughter of Colonel William Lawrence. Thomas Stevenson, first mentioned, was surveyor general of Pennsylvania, and a large landholder in Bucks county. Matthew Hughes Jr. was a son of Matthew Hughes Sr., of Buckingham, Bucks county, Pennsylvania, many years a Colonial Justice of Bucks County Courts and prominent in public affairs for half a century, by his wife, Elizabeth (Biles) (Beakes) Hughes, born in Dorchester, England, June 3, 1670, daughter of William Biles, a member of the first Assembly of Pennsylvania, many years a member of Provincial Council, and justice of the County Courts and far the largest landowner in Bucks county. Elizabeth Biles married (first) Stephen Beakes, who was also a member of Provincial Assembly at his death in 1699; and (second) in 1700, Matthew Hughes, above mentioned. By his second wife, Hannah Hughes, Colonel Wilkinson had three daughters, and one son, Colonel Elisha Wilkinson.
Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania, Volumes I-III
Pemberton FamilyName: Pemberton family
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Until Phineas Pemberton could erect a house in Bucks county, he and his family stayed at the house of Lyonel Brittain, who had arrived in Bucks county, 4mo. (June), 1680. On 11mo. 17, 1683, Phineas Pemberton purchased a tract of 500 acres on the Delaware, opposite Oreclan's (later Biles') Island, and built a house there. It must have been a satisfaction to him after the storms at sea and wanderings by land to have his family at last under his own roof-tree. This plantation he called "Grove Place." He appears, however, at first to have called it "Sapasse" since letters to him from friends in England in 1684 were addressed "Sapasse, Bucks County." It was part of a tract of over 8000 acres of land, purchased by Penn of an old Indian king and had once been a royalty called "Sepessin." (On Peter Lindstrom's map of 1654, in Sharp and Westcott's "History of Philadelphia" vol. i., p. 75, the name appears as "Sipaessing Land"). The old burying-ground of the Pemberton family, hereafter referred to, was on this tract. Being desirous of erecting a more comfortable home for his family, Phineas Pemberton finished one in 1687. On the lintel of the door was this inscription:
P.
P. P.
7 D 2 mo. 1687
The initials signifying Phineas and Phebe Pemberton. This lintel is now in the possession of Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. This house Pemberton moved after his second marriage to another tract of land, five miles distant, and more in the interior. It was taken down in 1802 by his grandson, James Pemberton. Ia 1687 a great deal of sickness prevailed in the Colony, and Phineas Pemberton lost his father, Ralph Pemberton, and his father-in-law, James Harrison. The father of James also died. Three years later Anne (Heath) Harrison, widow of James died; and in 1696 Phineas lost his wife, Phebe, who died 8mo. 30, 1696, exactly fourteen years after her arrival in Patuxent river, Maryland.
On his estate opposite Biles' Island, Pemberton laid out a burial-ground, ten rods square; walling in two square rods as a family plot, which is still preserved and is one of the oldest burial lots in existence in Bucks county. Four generations of Harrisons and Pembertons lie therein.
Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, Volume 2
Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy: Philadelphia
Bucks County, Pennsylvania
page 950
The few Quaker families already located on the west side of the Falls of the Delaware were rapidly augmented by others after Penn opened his grant for settlement in 1681. Friends from Falls, as this southeastern region of Bucks County came to be called, met at first in their various homes for worship and went to Burlington for business meetings. On third month (May) 2, 1683, they organized a monthly meeting of their own, by the following minute:“At a meeting at William Biles's house, the second day of the third month, 1683, then held to wait upon the Lord for his wisdom, to hear what should be offered, in order to inspect into the affairs of the Church, that all things may be kept therein sweet and savory to the Lord, and, by our care over the Church, helpful in the work of God; and we, whose names are as follows, being then present, thought it fit and necessary that a Monthly Meeting should be set up, both men and women, for that purpose; and that this meeting to be the first of the men's meetings after our arrival into these parts. The Friends present, – William Yardley, James Harrison, Phineas Pemberton, William Biles, William Dark, Lyonell Brittanie, William Beaks.”
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American Marriages Before 1699
Source Information:
Clemens, William Montgomery. American Marriage Records before 1699. Pompton Lakes, NJ: Biblio Co., 1926.
Name Spouse Marriage Date Marriage Place ATKINSON, Jane BILES, William 11 October 1688 Middletown, Penn. BILES, William ATKINSON, Jane 11 October 1688 Middletown, Penn.
New Jersey Biographical Sketches, 1665-1800
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Source Information:
New Jersey Historical Society. New Jersey Biographical and Genealogical Notes from the Volumes of the New Jersey Archives. Trenton, NJ: New Jersey Historical Society, 1916.Name: Major Thomas Langhorne Byles
Text:
Thomas Langhorne Byles (so he wrote the last name) was doubtless a grandson of Thomas Langhorne, who settled in Bucks County, Penn., in 1684, his daughter Sarah marrying William Biles.
--Penn. Mag. of Hist. and Biog., April, 1883, pp. 67-87.
The Committee of Safety of Pennsylvania, on January 5, 1776, appointed him one of the Captains in the four new battalions of that Province.--Penn. Col. Records, X., 447.
He was taken prisoner at the capture of Fort Washington, November 16, 1776, and was exchanged March 1, 1778. In the meantime, June 8, 1777, he had been promoted to Major. After being exchanged he joined his regiment (Colonel Lambert Cadwallader's Third Pennsylvania) at Valley Forge, July 3, 1778.--Saffel's Records of the Revolutionary War, 310-11; 2 Penn. Archives, X., 447.
A letter dated April 17, 1780, gives this account of his death: "Yesterday morning, a detachment of 200 Continental troops, under the command of Major Byles, stationed at Paramus, was suddenly attacked by a party of the enemy, consisting of 200 horse and 400 foot. The attack commenced a little after sunrise. Major Byles, besides his usual patrols, had that morning sent out two parties, each with a commissioned officer, but such is the situation of that part of the country, intersected with roads, and inhabited chiefly by disaffected people, that all precautions failed. The sentinels, near the quarters, were the first that gave notice of the enemy's approach. He immediately made the best disposition the hurry of the movement would permit, and animated his men by his exhortations and example. The house he was in was surrounded. Some of the men began to cry for quarter; others, obeying the command of the officers, continued to fire from the windows. The enemy upbraided them for the perfidy of asking for quarter, and persisting in resistance. Major Byles denied, in a determined tone, that he called for quarter; but his resolution did not avail. A surrender took place, and, in the act, the Major received a mortal wound, with which he expired. . . . The enemy made their boast that, as Major Byles did not present the hilt of his sword in front when surrendering, they shot him."--2 Penn. Archives, X., 445-6.
THE HISTORY OF BUCKS COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, CHAPTER II, ENGLISH IMMIGRANTS CONTINUE TO ARRIVE ON THE DELAWARE, 1679 TO 1681 from the discovery of the Delaware to the present time by W. W. H. Davis, A.M., Democrat Book and Job Office Print., Doylestown, PA, 1876.
CHAPTER II
ENGLISH IMMIGRANTS CONTINUE TO ARRIVE ON THE DELAWARE.
1679 TO 1681
The west bank of the Delaware grew more and more into favor and notice, and immigrants came to it. There were several grants of land by Sir Edmund Andros in 1679, among which were two hundred acres to Thomas Fairman in Bensalem, below Neshaminy, and three hundred and nine to William Clark on the same stream. In the summer and fall of 1679 and spring of 1680 several English settlers took up land on the river bank, just below the falls; John Ackerman and son, three hundred and nine acres; Thomas Sebeley (1), one hundred and five; Robert Scoley, two hundred and six; Gilbert Wheeler, a fruiterer of London, who arrived with wife, children and servants in the Jacob and Mary, September 12th, two hundred and five, including an island in the river; William Biles, three hundred and nine acres, from Dorchester, in County Dorcet, arrived June 12th, with wife, seven children, and two servants, and died in 1710. He was a man of talent and influence, and a leader. Governor Evans sued him for slander for saying of him, "He is but a boy; he is not fit to be our governor; we'll kick him out; we'll kick him out," and recovered 300 pounds damages, but failed to collect them, although he caught Biles in Philadelphia, and imprisoned him a month. The governor said of him, "He very much influences that debauched county of Bucks, in which there is now scarce any one man of worth left;"
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Jasper Danker and Peter Sluyter, leading members of the Labadists of Holland, visited the Delaware in the fall of 1679, going down the river in a boat to New Castle, their horses following them by land on the west bank. At the falls they staid all night with Mahlon Stacy. They describe the houses of the English along the river as built of clapboards nailed on the outside of a frame, but "not usually laid so close together as to prevent you from sticking a finger between then." The best people plastered them with clay. They call the houses built by the Swedes "block houses, but from the way they were constructed, were only the log cabin found on the frontier at the present day. Some of the more careful people planked the ceiling, and had a glass window. The chimney was in the corner, and the doors low and wide. Our travelers breakfasted with the Friends at Burlington, whom they denominate "the most worldly of men in all their deportment and conversation." They went hence in a shallop to Upland, stopping at Takany (Tacony), a village of Swedes and Fins, where they drank good beer. On Tinicum island they saw a "Quaker prophetess who traveled the country over in order to quake." On their return up the river they stopped overnight on Alricks' island, then in charge of Barent, a
Dutchman, who had for housekeeper the Indian wife of an Englishman of Virginia. One of her children was sick with the small-pox, prevalent on the river this year, and now mentioned for the first time. The Dutchman
consented to pilot them next day to the falls for thirty guilders. Landing them from his canoe where Bristol stands, he conducted them by a footpath through the woods and across the manor, striking the river at William Biles's plantation, where they rested and were refreshed. In the afternoon he rowed them across the river, landing on the site of Bordentown, and thence through the woods to Mahlon Stacy's and on across New Jersey to Manhattan.
"In September [1681] Upland Court appears to have been organized under [Capt. William] Markham's instructions and jury trials instituted. The justices present at the meeting of this newly organized court were William Clayton, William Warner, Robert Wade, William Byles, Otto Ernest Cook, Robert Lucas, Lasse Cock, Swen Swenson, and Andreas Bankson, five of them being members of Markham's Council. The clerk of the court was Thomas Revell, and the sheriff's name was John Test."
Quote from: Thomas Scharf and Thomson Westcott, History of Philadelphia: 1609-1884 (Philadelphia: L. H. Everts, 1884), p. 95.
"The first session of the new court was ... at ... Upland, where, no doubt, Governor Markham had fixed his residence. The record commences thus:
Province of Pennsilvania: At the Court at Upland, September 13th, 1681--
Mr. William Clayton Mr. Robert Lucas Mr. William Warner Mr. Lassey Cock Mr. Robert Wade Mr. Swan Swanson Mr. Otto Ernst Cock Mr. Andreas Bankson Mr. William Byles Justices present J.Smith Futhey and Gilbert Cope, History of Chester County (Philadelphia: Louis H. Everts, 1881), p. 18.
Re: BILES, Posted by: Stan Cowan swcowan@frontiernet.net
Date: September 21, 1998 In Reply to: Re: BILES, by S. SalnaWilliam was a prominent Quaker and Pennsylvania politician in the late 17th century, and lived in Bucks County, just across the river from Trenton. In fact there is an island in the Delaware River at Trenton that he owned, and it is still called Biles Island. Furthermore, his son William, Jr., married Sarah Langhorne, daughter of Thomas and Grace Langhorne, so this looks like your family. I have quite a bit on William Sr and a little on William Jr including a list of his children. E-mail me if you would like more information.
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Re: BILES, Posted by: Stan Cowan swcowan@frontiernet.net
Date: December 27, 1998 In Reply to: Re: BILES, by Susan Lee ColemanYes, the William Biles who emigrated to NJ/PA and died in 1710 was the son of Alexander and Dorothy (Strong) Biles, and he did have a brother John.
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Re: BILES, Alexander & Dorothy, Dorset
Posted by: Debbie cander2845@aol.com - Date: January 16, 1999
In Reply to: Re: BILES, by Stan CowanJohn Biles was indeed a brother to William. The will of Dorothy (Strong) Biles, dated 1692, wife of Alexander, lists son John as living in London. This John Biles died in Dorset, 1706.
William Biles (son of Alexander and Dorothy) m. Johanna Hellard and had among others, John, (b. Dorcester, England) who married Mary Lambert in 1707.
There is extensive information available about this family in America. My relation is through Martin Harris Biles, son of James DeNormandie Biles, son of Thomas Kirkbride Biles, son of William Biles, son of Charles Biles, son of William Biles, Jr. son of William and Johanna (Hellard) Biles.-------------------------------------------------------------------
Re: Charles Biles, son of Alexander
Posted by: Alex Petrich - Date: March 22, 1999
In Reply to: Charles Biles, son of Alexander by LoisAccording to the Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, 1902, Charles Biles arrived in America on the ship "Elizabeth and Sarah" of Weymouth on April 4, 1679, with his brother William, and William's family. They landed on the Delaware River. Charles appears always to have resided in New Jersey. (William and family stayed in NJ for a short time, and then moved to PA to the Falls of the Delaware, which is now in Bucks County.) Charles died; and was buried on August 13, 1865. His widow remarried prior to March 9, 1697/98, as shown by a deed signed between "Joseph Wood of Bucks County and Sarah, widow of Charles Biles, of Maidenhead, Burlington County, W. Jersey, and Alexander Biles, second son of said Charles and Sarah Biles, now Sarah Brearly." According to this same article, Charles Biles had sons John, Charles, and Alexander, and daughter Sarah (no mention of a daughter Mary). Charles' son Alexander was born abt. 1695 and died August 26, 1736. He married Ann Tindall, dau of Thomas Tindall and Isobel Chapman. Alexander Biles' gravestone is in the churchyard at Lawrenceville NJ, formerly called Maidenhead, NJ (name changed around 1715.) Alexander Biles and Ann Tindall had a son Alexander, b. abt. 1718, d. 1782. If you're from this line, I have a little more information -- nothing about any of Charles' other children, however.
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http://www.familyhistory.com/Message #60 Friday, January 07, 2000
Subject: William Bills
Posted by: Brenda Bills ParksFound a message posted by Bevpam@aol.com on 16 Oct 1999:
"William Bills b. 1629, Dorchester Eng > Ma in c. 1640, Barnstable Co. Married in 1646 unknown wife, and second wife Joan or Jane Atkinson? His son, Thomas Bills, 1648-1655, migrated to Shrewsbury, NJ (husband of Anne and Joanna Twining). Think William Bills went to PA in 1679, at Neshaminy Falls, Bucks Co., where he died. Could have gone with daughter, Joanna Bills who married John Scudder. Looking for anything to verify this info. and poss. find grave of William."
Ever heard this?
Someone also told me she had found William in Scituate before Barnstable but couldn't find documentation. Another source lists William Betts as a townsman of Barnstable, Jan. 1643-44 and says the name may be Bills. The children this author included for William Betts were: Hannah (1639), Samuel (1642), Hope (1644). Says "after the date of the birth of Hope, his name disappears on the Barnstable records." Maybe he moved to Eastham since that is where Thomas was born.
Message #62 Saturday, January 08, 2000
Subject: Thomas Bills
Posted by: Brenda Evans
Message: Checked out the Bucks County, PA site on usgenweb and found a William Biles listed in the 1693 tax assessment. He also appears in Deed records of 1690 and 1698. Was more surprised to see the name Stephen Twining during the same period. He is the brother of Anne and Joanna who married Thomas Bills. Pulled out my Twining notebook and found several references to their father, William Twining having died in New Town, Bucks County, PA in 1703. Don't know why I didn't pursue the Bucks County connection years ago. Copied the addresses of the Bills/Twining inquiries and will contact them. Will let you know if I find anything else.
Biography & Genealogy Master Index (BGMI)
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Biles, William d 1710?
The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography. Volume 16. New York: James T. White & Co., 1918. Reprint. Volumes 1-50. Ann Arbor, Mich.: University Microfilms, 1967-1971. Use the Index to locate biographies. (NatCAB 16)American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI)
Surname Given Name(s) Birth
DateBirth Place Reference BILES William Carman Fam: 13 Genealogical rec. of the Schwenkfelder fams. Sam. Kriebel Brecht, ed. Pennsburg, Pa. 1923. (20, 1752p.):591 BILES William 164? 167?
Eng, Pennsylvania
Thomas Stevenson of London, Eng, and his des. By John R. Stevenson.
Flemington, NJ. 1902. (180p.):35, 63BILES William 166? Pennsylvania American marriage recds. before 1699. By Will. Montgomery Clemens. Pompton Lakes, NJ, 1926. (244p.) :37 BILES William 167? Pennsylvania Eight generations from Will. Thorne, of Dorsetshire, Eng., and Lynn, Ms. By Jos. Middletown [et al.] Boston. 1913. (10p.):7
Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania Wills, 1682-1819
Description Given Name Surname Book Page Date Prove Date Notes: Witness William Biles A:333 5 12 1694 28 2 1695 Remarks: Beakes, Mary. Widow of William of Bucks Co., PA. 12/5/1694. A. 333. Estate to four sons, William, Stephen, Samuel and Abraham Beakes. Executor: Sons Stephen and Abraham. Witness William Biles C:137 2 8 1708 15 10 1708 Remarks: Jacob Janney of Bristol, Bucks Co. Yeoman. 8/2/1708. Son Thomas. Executrix: Wife Mary. Brother William Biles B:439 1 3 1704 11 6 1705 Remarks: Richard Hough of Bucks Co. Husbandman. 3/1/1704. Children Richard, John, Joseph, Sarah and Mary, wife of --- Atkinson. Friends William Ellet and Joseph Hanbury. Executors: Wife Margery, son Richard and brother William Biles. Executor William Biles B:439 1 3 1704 11 6 1705 Remarks: Richard Hough of Bucks Co. Husbandman. 3/1/1704. Children Richard, John, Joseph, Sarah and Mary, wife of --- Atkinson. Friends William Ellet and Joseph Hanbury. Executors: Wife Margery, son Richard and brother William Biles. Heir William Biles B:189 28 6 1699 10 9 1702 Remarks: Hardiman, Abraham. Philadelphia. 6/28/1699. Children Mary, Hannah, Deborah and Rebecca. Friends William Biles, Samuel Beakes and George Biles. James Fox, Isaac Norris and John Kinsey. Brother Samuel Carpenter. Cousin John and Rebecca Harris. Cousin Rebecca Williams. Executrix: Wife Rebecca.
PERiodical Source Index
Location Topic Article Periodical Volume Issue Month/
SeasonYear Surname Biles William Biles
1737 Will, Bucks Co., PennsylvaniaPennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography 15 3 July 1891 Surname Biles William Biles,
1709 Unrecorded WillPennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography 15 4 October 1891 Surname Biles William Biles,
Eng.; New Jersey; PennsylvaniaPennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography 26 2 April 1902 Surname Biles William Biles,
Eng.; New Jersey; PennsylvaniaPennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography 26 3 July 1902 Surname Biles William Biles, England; New Jersey; Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography 26 1 January 1902 Periodical Title: Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography
General Subject Area: U.S.
Topics: Pennsylvania
Issues per Year: 4
Other Titles:
Notes: index v.1-75, 87
ACPL Holdings: v.1- 1877-
ACPL Call Number:
ISSN Number: 0031-4587
Repositories holding this title include:
Allen County Public Library
Los Angeles Public Library
Dallas Public Library
Library of Congress
New York Public Library
Newberry Library
New England Historic Genealogical Society Library
Public Library of Cincinnati & Hamilton Co.
State Historical Society of Wisconsin Library
Family History Library (partial holdings)
Publisher: Hist Soc of Pennsylvania
Publisher Address: 1300 Locust St., Philadelphia, PA 19107
Persi Code: PAHB
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