This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Stiles Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/4300/jdJBAEB/644.3 Message Board Post: Ancestry.com now has a book online in Family and Local Histories, entitled "The Stiles Family in America/Genealogies of the Connecticut Family", by Henry Reed Stiles, which probably has most of the early information you want. It also includes the Jersey descendants, but ends just as the migration to Pennsylvania/Virginia begins. I was able to find the book by entering Stiles Family in the last-name field, with Ancient Connecticut in the key word section. The author names several people, including himself, who confirmed the earliest research by actually going to Milbrook, Bedfordshire County, England and examining original church records. Sources are noted throughout the book. Sorry, but Edmond is not mentioned and is not known to be related to the original family who came to America. The pertinent history section, beginning on page 13, entitled "Summary Account of the Family at its Original Accession to New England," traces the first immigrant Stiles from their earliest known origins in 1591, to their boarding of the brig Christian in 1635, to their landing at Boston, then on to the Colony. It even provides a passenger list for the ship. The record begins in Milbrook in 1591, with the baptism of Marie, eldest child of Thomas Stiles. This is important, because the author says the parents must have come from somewhere else, as there is no record of the family in Milbrook prior to that date. After the deaths of the elder Stiles, and young Thomas leaving to join his brothers in London just before they sailed, no Stiles remained in the village or the surrounding areas. Thomas and his wife Maria had eight children, each listed in the church records by date of baptism. Four of the five Stiles brothers chose to immigrate, and the author traces their journey, with direct quotes from ancient documents, from their baptisms in Milbrook to their decision to emigrate and how they each managed to cage a free trip to the Colonies. The book factually traces the fate of each brother and provides detailed genealogies for those who had offspring. The oldest, Henry, died unmarried and without children. Thomas, a black sheep if there ever was one, finally left for Flushing, New York where he lived out his life. He never married but instead, took up with a runaway wife from Rhode Island and had two daughters by her. After two years, her husband sent the authorities to bring her back. Apparently the children remained with Thomas. The two remaining brothers, who both brought their wives with them from England, became the ancestors of many of us. I found it hard to read the book on line and it is much too large to print in its entirety, so I just printed out the sections that interested me.