I just joined this list a few days ago and I wanted to add what I know about the families mentioned in the subject line. A few weeks ago I found the marriage record of my husband's great-grandparents in Accomack Co. VA and much to my surprise his great-grandfather, John W. STILES, was born in Indiana! Lots of surprises in this family including their stay in Huron County. Directly below is what Ken Shute very kindly sent me and was also posted to the list. NEW information appears below this quote. >>Hi Nanette, I found the two marriages of your Eayre STILES, the marriage of a Jacob STILES, and the marriage of John SKINNER, apparently the father of Mary E. SKINNER who was the second wife of Eayre STILES. Details: 1. Huron County, Ohio Marriages, by Scheuer Publications. Eayre STILES m. Jane ST. JOHN 12 May 1844. Eayre STILES m. Mary E. SKINNER 22 Aug 1848. Jacob STILES m. Marsha ELLIS 28 Dec 1845. John SKINNER m. Emeline FRISBEE 26 Dec 1827. 2. History of the Fire Lands, by W.W. Williams, 1879. Page 301. New Haven Township. Reuben SKINNER arrived in New Haven Township in 1814. The wife of Reuben was Sarah COLEMAN. They had eight children: Rebecca, James Joseph, Alfred, John, Ruth, Asel Harrison and Harriet.......John lives upon the old homestead. He married first Emeline FRISBEE, and second Maria REUBENS. Page 317. New Haven Township. In a biographical sketch on John SKINNER it mentons that he married first Emeline, daughter of Ebenezer and Deborah FRISBEE of New Haven Township, in 1832. Emeline died in 1835 and John remarried on 4 May 1836. One child of John and Emeline SKINNER married Eayer O. STILES and located in the state of New Jersey, where she died. (Note: The marriage year for John and Emeline SKINNER is given above (page 317) as 1832, while the marriage record shows 1827. No specific name was given for the daughter of John and Emeline SKINNER on either page 301 or 317 of the Fire Lands book, but I assume it was Mary E. SKINNER from the marriage record. I could not find the second marriage of John SKINNER and Maria REUBENS in our marriage book.) 3. Huron County, Ohio Cemetery Inscriptions. New Haven Cemetery, New Haven Township. Page 396. Row 15. 17 John SKINNER 24 Feb 1805- 29 Oct 1885. Emeline FRISBY w/o John SKINNER 7 Mar 1812-27 Oct 1833. Maria RUBINS w/o John SKINNER 3 Aug 1815- 9 Oct 1891. Wm. H. 30 Sep 1839 -28 Jan 1917. Regards, Ken Shute, in MD (kwsroots@aol.com) Note: If this information has been helpful to your family research, and you would like to express your appreciation, you can do so by sending a contribution to the Huron County Chapter/OGS, P.O. Box 923, Norwalk, OH 44857-0923.<<<<<<< Eayre O. STILES was born on April 29, 1821 in Little Egg Harbor, Burlington Co., NJ, the son of Jesse STILES and Sarah WILLETS. Eayre and his first wife, Jane St. John had a son William, born abt. 1845 in Ohio (based on census years 1850, 1860, 1870). It seems that Jane died because Eayre married again on August 22,1848 to Mary E. SKINNER, daughter of John SKINNER and Emeline FRISBIE (FRISBEE). Mary was born abt. 1831 in Ohio. Sometime shortly after their marriage, Eayre and Mary moved to Washington Twp. Elkhart Co., Indiana because they appear there in the 1850 census as Eyre O. STILES, 30 year old laborer, born NJ and "Emely", 20 years old, born Ohio. William age 5 born in Ohio was also living with them. According to later census records and his marriage record, John W. STILES was born abt. 1851 in Indiana (probably Washington Twp. Elkhart Co.) to Eayre and Mary Emely STILES. Before 1855, the family moved back to New Jersey because their next child, Eloise E. STILES was born there abt. 1854-1855 as were the rest of their children. George W. STILES, b. abt 1858 Harriet A. STILES, b. 1860 Eayre O. STILES Jr. b. abt. 1863 Sallie K. STILES, b. abt. 1865 Eva D. STILES, b. abt. 1868 This family including William, b. abt. 1845 in Ohio appears in the 1860 and 1870 Egg Harbor Twp. Burlington Co., NJ census. In 1860, Eayre STILES is listed as a 39 year old Waterman and in 1870 as "Air O.", a 49 year old Sailor. Mary E. STILES is 28 born in Ohio in the 1860 census and 39 in the 1870, keeping house. In 1860, John W. STILES is 9 years old and in 1870 he is a 19 year old Sailor living with his parents. Eayre O. STILES Sr. did not move to Ohio and Indiana by himself. His father, Jesse STILES (born May 23, 1794 in NJ) and some of Eayre's 13 siblings appear in the 1850 Washington Twp. Elkhart Co. Indiana census also. (as Jesse STYLES) Jesse, age 56, born NJ, Farmer Andrew, age 15, born NJ Sarah, age 13, born NJ Hannah, age 11, born Ohio Jane, age 8, born Ohio Frank J., age 6, born Ohio Between 1837 and 1840 Jesse and his family moved from NJ to Ohio and then after 1844 moved from Ohio to Indiana. His wife Sarah was still alive because she appears again in New Jersey. For some reason she was not at home for the 1850 census. Jesse and his family are also back in Egg Harbor Twp., Burlington Co. New Jersey by the time of the 1860 census. Eayre's brother and Jesse's son, Jacob W. STILES (b. April 19, 1824 in Little Egg Harbor, Burlington, NJ) also moved to Ohio and appears to have stayed put for awhile instead of moving on to Indiana. He married Marsha ELLIS (born February 25, 1824 in New York) on December 25 (or 28), 1845 in Norwalk, Huron Co. The sources conflict on their marriage date, IGI and the Jacob Stiles Bible record have the 25th and Huron Co. Marriages lists the 28th. In the 1850 census, he is a 24 year old farmer, born in NJ, living in Ripley Twp. Huron, Ohio with his wife, Marsha, and 2 Ohio born children. However, Jacob and his family also relocated to New Jersey because he appears as a 34 year old Oysterman in Egg Harbor Twp., Burlington, NJ in 1860. Sometime after 1865 the Jacob W. STILES family moved to Accomack Co. VA based on the birthplaces of their children. His 2 nephews, John W. STILES and Eayre O. STILES moved to the Eastern Shore of Virginia after 1870 (haven't had a chance to check 1880 census yet). My husband's great-grandfather, John W. STILES, married Triphenia "Triffie" E. SPENCE on October 4, 1885 in Point Farris, Accomack Co., VA. John listed his occupation as Oysterman. Triffie was the daughter of Joshua Thomas SPENCE and Rachel EVANS and was born on February 16, 1867. She was baptized on August 18, 1868 on Tangier Island, Acc., VA and Tangier Island was listed as her residence at that time. They had at least 4 children including my husband's grandmother, Eva Gertrude STILES (1897-1975). Eva was deaf due to childhood illness, probably measles. Eayre O. STILES Jr. married Elexxine (or Elic. F.-sources differ) BELL at the home of her parents Walter and Maggie BELL on March 9, 1887 in Accomack Co., VA. Eayre Jr. listed his occupation as Waterman. Right now I am wondering what brought Jesse Stiles and his sons to Ohio. Did they have relatives already there? I found several other Stiles and Skinners that were born in NJ but have not made all the connections yet. Would love to hear from any distant cousins out there about any history relating to Skinners, Stiles or Frisbies in Huron County or elsewhere. For instance, does the old Skinner homestead still exist? Where exactly is it located? Nanette in NC