I had hoped that those citing Stiles family origins on a STILES list would provide some documentation when they contradict usual facts or theories: I would certainly like to see some documentation of the facts cited. My wife is a Stiles descendant. On Feb 17, 2007, at 1:01 PM, Susan Muglich wrote: > Here's what I have on Benjamin's ancestors: > Direct Descendants of Robert Stiles > 1 STILES, Robert b: January 30, 1636/37 Rowley, Essex Co., MA > d: July 30, 1690 Rowley, Essex Co., MA I was not aware anyone had found Robert's date or birth place. If born in America, 1636/7 he must have had immigrant parents. Rowley was founded in 1639, no parent town, so I rather doubt his birth there in 1637 to parents who have never been found. > .+FRYE, Elizabeth b: October 29, 1639 Basing, > Hampshire, England \ I was not aware that birth date and exact place of Elizabeth's birth have been established. Since her father, John and Mother Anne, are reported to have come over in May 1638, on the Bevis, she is unlikely to have been born in 1639 in England. [NEHGReg 8:226 Pedigree of Frye. Barker, Eliz, Frye Genal, 1920, and others]. > m: October 4, 1660 in Rowley, Essex Co., MA > d: July 30, 1695 Boxford, Essex Co., MA Most authors have his death 30 July 1690. Boxford Vital records 1:266 have death: " Stiels Robard sen July 30 [168-?]" 1695 does not seem verifiable or correct. > ... 2 STILES, Samuel b: May 21, 1682 Boxford, Essex Co., MA > d: 1725 CT Birth is recored in Boxford VR on that date: Samuel s Robard Stiels. > +CARY, Elizabeth b: July 11, 1680 Rowley, Essex Co., MA I have not seen any documentation of her birth in Rowley or of this date. The name Cary (or variants) do not appear in Rowley Vital Records. > m: May 2, 1703 in Boxford, Essex Co., MA confirmed in Boxford VR > d: Bet. 1717 - 1779 Windham, CT > ...3 STILES, Moses, Sr. b: February 10, 1703/04 Boxford, Essex Co., MA Vital Records of Boxford 95; have birth "Feb, 10 1704 [1704-5 dup]" Regards, Bob Bob & Dee Carroll. Westport, NY, on Lake Champlain Relations of Bob & Dee http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=rcarroll