Settled in Hartford by 1639, where he received land "by courtesy of the town"; not a proprietor or freeman.
He wrote letter to John Winthrop, Jr., at New London, CT, 22 Feb 1649, saying he was coming to settle there. Here he was one of the earliest settlers, but shortly removed to Fairfield, CT, where he entered for record 17 Dec 1651, land purchased from George Stuckey, and by 1658 bought land also from John Fossecar and William Hayden
GILES, Hartford 1639, had Joanna, bapt. there 25 Mar. 1649; was of the earliest sett. at New London, but his gr. of 1648 was soon sold or forfeit. by non. resid. and he was of Fairfield 1651, there d. 1669. He left sec. w. Eunice, not mo. of his ch. wh. had been wid. of Jonathan Porter of Huntington, L. I.; three s. Samuel, Eleazer, and John; three ds. Elian, if that be a possib. name; Elizabeth Jackson; and Joanna Gray, nam. in his will of 10 Sept. 1669.197 |