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Descendants of John Niles


196. MOSES5 NILES (BENJAMIN4, AMBROSE3, JOHN2, JOHN1) was born August 31, 1752 in Lyme, New London Co., Connecticut, and died November 24, 1789 in Windsor, Harford Co., Connecticut344. He married NAOMI MARSHALL October 12, 1780 in Windsor, Harford Co., Connecticut344, daughter of DAVID MARSHALL and NAOMI GRISWOLD. She was born September 30, 1757 in Windsor, Hartford Co. , Connecticut, and died March 19, 1830 in Windsor, Hartford Co. , Connecticut344.
     
Children of MOSES NILES and NAOMI MARSHALL are:
  i.   PAMELA6 NILES, b. July 10, 1781, Poquonnock, Harford Co., Connecticut344; d. June 04, 1782, Poquonnock, Harford Co., Connecticut344.
430. ii.   NAOMI GRISWOLD NILES, b. February 06, 1783, Poquonnock, Harford Co., Connecticut; d. Unknown.
431. iii.   COL. RICHARD NILES, b. February 23, 1785, Poquonnock, Harford Co., Connecticut; d. June 19, 1846, Windsor, Harford Co., Connecticut.
  iv.   HON. JOHN MILTON NILES, b. August 20, 1787, Poquonnock, Harford Co., Connecticut344; d. May 31, 1856, Harford, Hartford Co., Connecticut344; m. (1) SARAH ROBINSON, June 17, 1824; b. May 25, 1788, Hardwick, Worcester Co., Massachusetts; d. November 23, 1824; m. (2) JANE PRATT, November 26, 1845; b. Unknown; d. September 1850.
  Notes for HON. JOHN MILTON NILES:
He was a US Senator and a member of President Van Buren's cabinet as Postmaster General. Buried Old North Cemetery, Hartford. Studied law, admitted to Conn bar 1817; founded Hartford Weekly Times, 1817; judge Hartford Co, 1821-29; member CT House of Representatives 1826-27; postmaster Hartford 1829-39; member US Senate (Democrat) from Conn 1835-39, 43-49; postmaster general under Pres. Van Buren 1840-41. Author: A Gazetteer of the States of Connecticut and Rhode Island, 1819; The Life of Oliver Hazrd Perry, 1820. John's father died young and there was not money for John to attend college. He studied for the law for several years and passed the bar exam. Later, when a US Senator, he cast the deciding vote admitting Texas to the Union as a slave state, though he was against slavery. [I believe his niece was the wife of Gov of Texas]. As Postmaster General he ended delivery of mail on Sunday. He had no children and left $70,000 at his death to the poor of Hartford CT.

  v.   PAMELA NILES, b. 1789, Windsor, Harford Co., Connecticut; d. Unknown; m. REV. ANDREW YATES, June 11, 1810; b. Unknown; d. Unknown.


197. THOMAS5 NILES (BENJAMIN4, AMBROSE3, JOHN2, JOHN1) was born July 02, 1760 in Groton, New London Co., Connecticut, and died December 25, 1844 in Spencertown, Columbia Co., New York. He married RHODA PHELPS March 17, 1788, daughter of ASA PHELPS and SPOUSE UNKNOWN. She was born September 27, 1765, and died Unknown.

Notes for THOMAS NILES:
He was a soldier in the American Revolution.
     
Children of THOMAS NILES and RHODA PHELPS are:
  i.   THOMAS PHELPS6 NILES, b. 1788, Spencertown, Columbia Co., New York; d. 1808.
432. ii.   HARVEY NILES, b. Unknown, Spencertown, Columbia Co., New York; d. Unknown.
  iii.   MILTON NILES, b. Unknown, Spencertown, Columbia Co., New York; d. Unknown.
  iv.   RHODA NILES, b. Unknown, Spencertown, Columbia Co., New York; d. Unknown.
  v.   SILL NILES, b. Unknown, Spencertown, Columbia Co., New York; d. Unknown.
  vi.   MELISSA NILES, b. Unknown, Spencertown, Columbia Co., New York; d. Unknown.
  vii.   DAN NILES, b. Unknown, Spencertown, Columbia Co., New York; d. Unknown.
  viii.   MIRANDA NILES, b. Unknown, Spencertown, Columbia Co., New York; d. Unknown.
  ix.   LUCY NILES, b. Unknown, Spencertown, Columbia Co., New York; d. Unknown.


198. DEACON & CAPTAIN AMBROSE5 NILES (AMBROSE4, AMBROSE3, JOHN2, JOHN1) was born Abt. 1761 in New London Co., Connecticut, and died March 21, 1835 in Lyme, New London Co., Connecticut345. He married LOIS BROCKWAY December 03, 1788 in Hamburg, New London Co., Connecticut, daughter of GIDEON BROCKWAY and LOIS BEMAN. She was born Abt. 1761, and died February 17, 1837 in Lyme, New London Co., Connecticut345.
     
Children of AMBROSE NILES and LOIS BROCKWAY are:
433. i.   WILLIAM BROCKWAY6 NILES, b. Abt. 1797; d. June 04, 1845, Lyme, New London Co., Connecticut.
  ii.   SON NILES, b. Abt. December 1799; d. February 04, 1800, Lyme, New London Co., Connecticut345.
  iii.   BENJAMIN CONE NILES, b. Abt. 1801; d. March 24, 1815, Lyme, New London Co., Connecticut345.


199. DEBORAH5 NILES (JOSEPH4, JOHN3, JOSEPH2, JOHN1) was born October 11, 1734 in Braintree, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts346, and died Unknown. She married CALEB ALDRIDGE January 30, 1755 in South Weymouth, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts. He was born March 04, 1729/30 in Walpole, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts, and died December 05, 1800.
     
Children of DEBORAH NILES and CALEB ALDRIDGE are:
  i.   BENJAMIN6 ALDRICH, b. August 20, 1755, Weymouth, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts347; d. Unknown.
  ii.   CALEB ALDRICH, b. December 28, 1757, Weymouth, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts347; d. Unknown.


200. MARY5 NILES (JOSEPH4, JOHN3, JOSEPH2, JOHN1) was born June 18, 1737 in Braintree, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts348, and died Unknown. She married JOSEPH DELCILVEE August 15, 1754 in Roxbury, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts. He was born Unknown, and died Unknown.
     
Child of MARY NILES and JOSEPH DELCILVEE is:
  i.   ELIAKIM6 DELCILVEE, b. Bef. May 05, 1754, Roxbury, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts; d. Unknown.
  More About ELIAKIM DELCILVEE:
Baptism: May 05, 1754, Roxbury, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts349.


201. RACHEL5 SPEAR (DEBORAH4 NILES, JOHN3, JOSEPH2, JOHN1) was born April 09, 1723 in Braintree, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts350, and died Bef. October 1750. She married LIUETENANT SETH MANN October 14, 1745 in Braintree, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts351, son of JOSEPH MANN and MARY JOY. He was born 1724 in Scituate, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts352, and died January 28, 1815 in Randoph, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts353.

More About RACHEL SPEAR:
Baptism: August 18, 1723, Braintree, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts354

More About LIUETENANT SETH MANN:
Baptism: May 30, 1725, Scituate, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts354
     
Children of RACHEL SPEAR and SETH MANN are:
434. i.   DEBORAH6 MANN, b. April 01, 1746, Braintree, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts; d. October 04, 1822, Holbrook, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts.
435. ii.   SETH MANN, b. December 03, 1747, Randoph, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts; d. July 20, 1822, Braintree, Orange Co., Vermont.


202. BENJAMIN5 SPEAR, JR. (SARAH4 NILES, JOHN3, JOSEPH2, JOHN1) was born February 13, 1722/23 in Braintree, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts355, and died Abt. July 1785. He married SARAH CLARK Abt. 1745 in Braintree, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts356, daughter of JONATHAN CLARK and JEMIMA STAPLES. She was born January 20, 1725/26 in Braintree, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts357, and died Bef. December 1784.

More About BENJAMIN SPEAR, JR.:
Baptism: August 26, 1733, Braintree, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts358
     
Children of BENJAMIN SPEAR and SARAH CLARK are:
436. i.   SARAH6 SPEAR, b. February 12, 1745/46, Braintree, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts; d. Unknown.
  ii.   ELISHA SPEAR, b. October 16, 1747, Braintree, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts358; d. Unknown.
437. iii.   JEMIMA SPEAR, b. February 28, 1748/49, Braintree, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts; d. January 08, 1839, Randolph, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts.
438. iv.   RACHEL SPEAR, b. August 22, 1752, Braintree, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts; d. Abt. 1781, Braintree, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts.
439. v.   LIEUT. JACOB SPEAR, b. December 29, 1755, Braintree, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts; d. January 17, 1817, Braintree, Orange Co., Vermont.
  vi.   LYDIA SPEAR, b. May 26, 1758, Braintree, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts358; d. Unknown; m. JOHN BATTLES, JR., Abt. 1777, Braintree, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts358; b. Unknown, of Stoughton; d. Unknown.
  vii.   JONATHAN SPEAR, b. March 26, 1761, Braintree, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts358; d. 1802, Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts358; m. SARAH WIELDIFIELD, Bef. 1802; b. Unknown, of Boston; d. Unknown.
  viii.   PHEBE SPEAR, b. July 14, 1765, Braintree, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts358; d. Unknown; m. JEREMIAH MONK, Aft. October 29, 1785, Braintree, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts358; b. January 11, 1763, Stoughton, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts; d. Unknown.
  ix.   BENJAMIN SPEAR, b. October 08, 1767, Braintree (Randolph), Norfolk Co., Massachusetts358; d. Unknown; m. (1) ELIZABETH WIELDIFIELD, Aft. September 1784; b. Unknown, of Boston; d. Unknown; m. (2) MARY LITTLEFIELD, Aft. September 23, 1784; b. Unknown; d. Unknown; m. (3) MARY MELONY, Aft. 1785; b. Unknown, of Boston; d. Unknown; m. (4) NANCY NORCUTT, Aft. 1786; b. Unknown, of Boston; d. Unknown.


203. ENSIGN ISAAC5 SPEAR (SARAH4 NILES, JOHN3, JOSEPH2, JOHN1) was born February 15, 1729/30 in Braintree, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts359, and died Aft. July 07, 1795 in Randolph, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts360. He married (1) SUSANNA FRENCH Abt. 1748, daughter of NATHANIEL FRENCH and SUSANNAH BLANCHARD. She was born March 04, 1726/27 in Braintree, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts361, and died Bef. 1765. He married (2) ELIZABETH FENTON Abt. 1765 in Braintree, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts362, daughter of THOMAS FENTON and HANNAH PAINE. She was born Bef. April 19, 1730 in Braintree, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts362, and died July 12, 1819 in Randolph, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts.

More About ENSIGN ISAAC SPEAR:
Baptism: August 26, 1733, Braintree, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts362

More About ELIZABETH FENTON:
Baptism: April 19, 1730
     
Children of ISAAC SPEAR and SUSANNA FRENCH are:
  i.   SUSANNA6 SPEAR, b. Abt. 1749, Braintree, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts362; d. Unknown.
  More About SUSANNA SPEAR:
Baptism: April 16, 1749, Braintree, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts362
  ii.   NATHANIEL SPEAR, b. Abt. 1750, Braintree, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts362; d. Bef. March 1756, Braintree, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts.
  Notes for NATHANIEL SPEAR:
He died young.

  More About NATHANIEL SPEAR:
Baptism: September 09, 1750, Braintree, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts362
440. iii.   ISAAC SPEAR, b. January 09, 1754, Braintree, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts; d. October 17, 1807, Randolph, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts.
441. iv.   NATHANIEL SPEAR, b. March 10, 1756, Braintree, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts; d. October 10, 1819, Holbrook, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts.
  v.   BETTEE SPEAR, b. March 17, 1758, Braintree, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts363; d. Unknown; m. JOHN THAYER, Abt. January 17, 1784, Braintree, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts364; b. August 08, 1759, Braintree, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts365; d. Unknown.
442. vi.   RHODA SPEAR, b. December 08, 1759, Braintree, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts; d. Unknown.
  vii.   ELIJAH SPEAR, b. June 17, 1763, Braintree, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts365; d. Unknown; m. POLLY HARDING, Abt. 1785, Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts366; b. Unknown; d. Unknown.
     
Children of ISAAC SPEAR and ELIZABETH FENTON are:
443. viii.   JONATHAN6 SPEAR, b. February 16, 1768, Braintree, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts; d. January 14, 1832, Randolph, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts.
444. ix.   SILAS SPEAR, b. July 25, 1776, Braintree, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts; d. April 08, 1863.


204. LIEUT. MOSES5 SPEAR (SARAH4 NILES, JOHN3, JOSEPH2, JOHN1) was born January 05, 1734/35 in Braintree, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts367, and died August 11, 1813 in Shutesbury, Franklin Co., Massachusetts368. He married CATHERINE JONES Aft. February 14, 1756 in Braintree, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts, daughter of EDWARD JONES and CATHERINE NILES. She was born Bef. October 17, 1736 in Braintree, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts368, and died April 03, 1818 in Shutesbury, Franklin Co., Massachusetts368.

More About LIEUT. MOSES SPEAR:
Baptism: January 12, 1734/35, Braintree, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts368

More About CATHERINE JONES:
Baptism: October 17, 1736, Braintree, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts368
     
Children of MOSES SPEAR and CATHERINE JONES are:
445. i.   ELI6 SPEAR, b. December 18, 1756, Braintree, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts; d. February 15, 1813, De Ruyter, Madison Co., New York.
  ii.   TAMAR SPEAR, b. July 15, 1760, Braintree, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts369; d. Unknown; m. JOSEPH BALL, Aft. November 27, 1788; b. Unknown, of Shutesbury; d. Unknown.
446. iii.   DR. MOSES SPEAR, b. February 17, 1762, Braintree, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts; d. June 22, 1832, Vershire, Orange Co., Vermont.
  iv.   STEPHEN SPEAR, b. June 13, 1764, Braintree, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts369; d. January 09, 1844, Worcester, Washington Co., Vermont; m. MEHITABLE BALL, August 18, 1784, Brookfield, Worcester Co., Massachuesetts; b. July 12, 1763, Farmingham, Middlesex Co., Massachuesetts; d. August 09, 1846, Worcester, Washington Co., Vermont.
  v.   FREDERICK SPEAR, b. August 08, 1766, Braintree, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts369; d. 1819, Vermont; m. GRATIA SHAW, July 30, 1786, Brookfield, Worcester Co., Massachusetts; b. November 10, 1767, Pomfret, Windham Co., Connecticut; d. August 28, 1803, Chelsea, Orange Co., Vermont.
  vi.   CATHERINE SPEAR, b. February 25, 1769, Braintree, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts369; d. Unknown.
  vii.   ELISHA SPEAR, b. Abt. 1771, Braintree, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts370; d. Unknown, Shutesbury, Franklin Co., Massachusetts.
  Notes for ELISHA SPEAR:
He died single.

  More About ELISHA SPEAR:
Baptism: July 02, 1775, Braintree, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts371
  viii.   LOT SPEAR, b. December 31, 1774, Braintree, Norfolk Co., Masachusetts372; d. Unknown; m. MERCY PRATT, January 16, 1798, Shutebury, Franklin Co., Massachusetts; b. October 06, 1769; d. Unknown.
447. ix.   LUTHER SPEAR, b. July 21, 1758, Braintree, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts; d. August 30, 1843, Shutesbury, Franklin Co., Massachusetts.

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