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Charles Miles born 11 November 1760 married Elizabeth Poole, Elizabeth Beall and Mary "Polly" Layton in Montgomery County, Maryland. Elizabeth Poole is the daughter of Basil Poole, Elizabeth Beall is the daughter of Lawson Beall and Mary Layton is the daughter of Asher Layton and Sarah "Sally" Ward. There were 14 children with these three wives.

Allen Miles born 1802 married Mary Lawrence Trail the daughter of Nathan Trail and Hannah Lawrence. This line goes back to William Trail and Elizabeth Northcraft and Edward Lawrence of Prince William County, Virginia and Elizabeth Moorhead.

James R. Miles b 18 December 1844 married Sarah Lucretia Mossburg daughter of Henry Mossburg and Ann Elizabeth Benson. The Mossburgs go back to Johann Henrich Maasberg a Hessian Soldier in the Revolution. The Bensons go back to Captain Thomas Besson born 1616 of James City and Anne Arundel County. My Bensons are connected to Talbotts, Burches, Taylors, and Smallwoods in Prince Georges and Charles County, Maryland.

James Richard Miles born 01 March 1869 married Mary Ella Flynn in Montgomery County Maryland. Mary's father is John b 1825 in Ireland but has alluded me. He came to America during the potato famine. He was in Fairfax Virginia and came to America about 1851.

William Frances Miles b 12 April 1908 married Margaret Blanche Gill, the daughter of Benjamin Berkeley Gill and Betty Milstead. Benjamins parents are William C. Gill born 1849 in Manchester, England and Mary Catherine Blanche Berkeley. Mary's parents are Benjamin Berkeley born 1828 in DC and Martha Drury born 1830. Family lore says the Berkeleys go back to the Lords of Berkeley in England but I am stuck at 1828. Betty Milstead's line goes back to Edward Milstead born 1656 in Kent, England, and lived in Charles County, Maryland and includes Ferguson, Fugitt, Barker, and Ward as maternal lines.

Robert Parker was born 1850 in Honiton, Devon County, England. He married Mary Van Ness about 1882 in Rockland County, New York. Mary was born in New Jersey and her father is Daniel Van Ness b about 1825 in Little Falls, Passaic County, New Jersey.
Robert Parker was the son of Robert Parker b 1792 and Elizabeth Newton. Names associated with this family in Honiton, Devon, England are Symons, Knight, Viney, Bowerman, Bowditch.

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The MILES BOOK contains:
Mossburg
Trail
Northcraft
Fryer
Benson
Burch
Talbott
Lawrence
Beall

 MILES, GILL, BERKELEY, MOSSBURG, BENSON, MILSTEAD, PARKER
Updated May 24, 2005
Janice Miles Parker
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  • James R. Miles and Sarah Lucretia Mossburg &Sons (562 KB)
    James R. Miles, born 18 December 1844 and Sarah Lucretia Mossburg Miles born 10 May 1847 with their sons Henry Lee, on the left, born 10 May 1866 and James R. Jr, on the right, born 01 March 1869. Henry's wife is Ellen Ford and James' wife is Mary Ella Flynn.
  • James F. Milstead 1859-1891 (70 KB)
    James F. Milstead born in Washington DC was married to Maggie Wilson born 1861 in Baltimore, Maryland. They had one child, Betty Milstead born January 29, 1889 in Washington, DC.
  • Capitol Heights, Maryland, Elemetary School (1197 KB)
    This picture was taken between 1906 and 1912. Can anyone identify it as this school. My aunts and uncles lived in Capitol Heights during those years.
  • Maggie Wilson 1861-1932 (58 KB)
    Maggie Wilson was the wife of James F. Milstead and the daughter of Charles A. Wilson born 1825 in Sweden and Mary Ann Godfrey born 1837 in Ireland.
  • Lars Frederick Walen 1861-1924 (15 KB)
    Lars Frederick Walen was the second husband of Maggie Wilson. He was born 1861 in Sweden. He played the bass tuba in John Phillip Sousa's Band.
  • Betty Milstead 1889-1974 (91 KB)
    Betty Milstead was born 1889 in Washington, DC. She is the daughter of JamesF. Milstead and Maggie Wilson. She married Benjamin Berkeley Gill born 1886 in Washington, DC.
  • William C. Gill born 1849 in Manchester, England (22 KB)
    William C. Gill born 1849 in Manchester, England. He was married to Theresa Robertson and Mary Blanche Berkeley. His children were Theresa Ann Gill b 1873, William Gill, b 1875, Mary Jane Gill b 1877, James Henry Gill b 1879, George Richard Gill b 1881 and Benjamin Berkeley Gill b1886 the only son of Mary Berkeley. They were all born in Washington, DC
  • Benjamin Berkeley Gill born 16 August, 1886 (31 KB)
    Benjamin Berkeley Gill was born 16 August, 1886 in Washington, DC. He was a Captain in the Army during World War I. He married Betty Milstead in 1907. They had three children, Marvin Berkeley Gill b 1908, Margaret Blanche b 1913 and Elizabeth Catherine Gill b 1915.
  • James and Mary Miles married January 7, 1889 (67 KB)
    James Miles born 1869 is the great grandson of Charles Miles born 1760. He married Mary Ella Flynn on January 7, 1889 in Montgomery County, Maryland
  • Robert Parker born 1850 Devonshire, England. (94 KB)
    This picture was taken about 1870 in Philadelphia when he arrived from England.
  • Mary Van Ness born 1858 in Passaic County, NJ (39 KB)
    Mary Van Ness born 1858 in Passaic County, NJ. She was the daughter of Daniel Van Ness and Jessie Gordon. She married Robert Parker and lived in Rockland County, NY.
 

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