Stiles family papers, 1770-1851.

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Stiles family. Stiles family papers, 1770-1851.

Title

Stiles family papers, 1770-1851.

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http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/52892162

Abstract

This collection contains the papers of the Stiles Family, dating from 1770 to 1851. The papers include land deeds, land survey maps, bonds, and other documents belonging to Ebenezer Stiles, Moses Stiles, as well as other relatives, including David Cooper, the Viel Family, and Jonas Phillips. The papers are separated by family member, and for each member, are arranged by type of document, which then appear in chronological order. The papers of Ebenezer Stiles cover the years 1770 to 1810, and include land deeds documenting properties purchased by Ebenezer Stiles from Gershom Johnson, Thomas Tuttle, and Joseph Beach, and were located, for the most part, in Hanover Township, Morris County, New Jersey. There is also a land deed that transfers property, also in Hanover Township, from Ebenezer Stiles to his son, Moses Stiles, on December 25, 1810. His contain, too, a manuscript copy of his last will and testament, dated December 25, 1810. Also included in the Stiles Family papers are the papers belonging to Moses Stiles, the son of Ebenezer Stiles. The papers of Moses Stiles contain land deeds of real estate obtained between the years 1796 and 1835, from Benjamin Barton, Abraham Johnson, Joseph Wheeler, Jane Douglass, and Dayton Canfield. The properties acquired by Moses Stiles were located mostly in Hanover Township and Newton Township, New Jersey.

Extent

0.13 linear feet (30 items)

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New Jersey Historical Society Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7661150

New Jersey Historical Society Library

Related Entities

There are 14 Entities related to this resource.

Stiles, Moses H., -approximately 1854

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Phillips, Jonas B.

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Stiles family.

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The Stiles Family of Morris and Sussex Counties, New Jersey descends from the Connecticut branch of that family. It is from this branch of the family that Jonathan Stiles was born in 1689. He moved from his native Connecticut between the years 1726 and 1730, and relocated to Hanover Township, New Jersey. Ebenezer Stiles, the son of Jonathan Stiles (1689-1758) and his second wife, Elizabeth Taylor, was born in Stratford, Connecticut, in 1726. As a child, he moved to Hanover Township,...

Beach, Joseph Warren, 1880-1957

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Literary critic and educator. From the description of Papers of Joseph Warren Beach, 1891-1955. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71131261 Joseph Warren Beach, B.A. (1900) University of Minnesota, M.A. (1902), Ph.D. (1907) Harvard University. Professor of English and chairman of the English Department at the University of Minnesota. Was an internationally recognized figure in the field of literary criticism. Joseph Warren Beach (JWB) was born in Gloversville, New York on Januar...