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Subject* __ ___ ____ Lt. Col. Walter CHILES Esq.<1>,<2> NameVar: __ ___ ____ CHILDS Note* __ ___ ____ There is a relatively contemporary Walter Chil(d)es of Bristol which had to be eliminated. Bristol Burgess Book 1632/3 April 1 Walter Chiles is admitted to the liberties of this Citty for that he was the sonne of John Chiles & hath paid 4 shillings & 6 pence. He is son of John Chiles & Alice Wellsteed. This Walter Childes had a dau. Sara bapt. Temple Parish (where records of his father appear) 14 May 1638 when our Walter was already in Virginia. His dau Jane has apprentice herself to George Evans 21 Jul 1671.<3> Note: __ ___ ____ the conlusions are that there is no proof that Walter Chiles of Charles City Co with the records found in Bristol, ENG.<4> Birth: 01 May 1572 Wrington Parish, Somerset Co., ENG, USA; no proof of this being this Walter Chiles. Birth* c __ ___ 1607 <5> Birth: __ ___ 1608 Saint Mary Redcliff Parish, Bristol, Somerset Co., ENG; this is most probably another Walter Chiles.<6> Baptism: 20 Mar 1608 St Mary Refcliff, Bristol, Somerset Co., ENG.<7> Witness: bt 16341702 History: Charles Co., VA, USA; Charles City County was established in 1634 as one of the original eight Shires. Prince George County was formed from Charles City County in 1702. Occupation* __ ___ 1637 Ship Blessing, Bristol, ENG; of Bristol, clothworker served on The 'Blessing' went from ENG to VA & returned from Virginia to England via Kinsale in Ireland and Falmouth in Cornwall ship stayed 14 weeks in Virginia.<8> depitison* 24 Jul 1637 ENG; Case of Philip LUXON/LUXTON versus William HARRIS. witness, Walter CHILES of Bristol, clothworker, aged 29 or thereabouts, examined. "This deponent was a passenger in the ship 'Blessing' of Falmouth and was employed by William HARRIS and Nicholas JOLLE to be an assistant to the witness Henry TUTTON, then purser of the sd. ship, to help sell and dispose of their goods in Virginia. He was shipped to serve 12 monts ago." Childes gives evidence about the cargo and the costs of various commodities which included some strong waters', i.e. gin or whiskey, which Philip LUXON, the master of the 'Blessing' is accused of having drunk during the voyage. (Chiles gives a long list of goods laden aboard at Padstow on the outward voyage, which is of considerable economic interest but of none genealogically.) The 'Blessing' returned from Virginia to England via Kinsale in Ireland and Falmouth in Cornwall and Childes served on her from 26 or 27 September 1636 to 24 June 1637 and the ship stayed 14 weeks in Virginia.<9> Emigration* __ ___ 1638 Bristol, ENG; to VA.<10> Grant* 01 Mar 1638 [now Petersburg], Charles City Co. [Prince George, now prob Dinwiddie Co.], VA, USA; 400a, West upon Apomattuck River, North upon land of Edward TUNSTALL & South towards the falls. 200 acres for the personal adventure of himself, his wife Elizabeth CHILES, his sons, William & Walter, & 200 acres for transportation of 4 persons, Henry TUTTON (Walter's former boss on the (Blessing), Jon GERRY, Jon. SHAW, & Sarah COLE." Evidently in his own ship.<11> Patent: 01 Mar 1638 400a Appomattox River, Charles City Co., VA, USA; adj. land Edward Tunstall.<12> Grant: 02 May 1638 Charles City Co. [Prince George Co now prob Dinwiddie Co.], VA, USA; 250a on the Appomattox River for the transportation of himself, William WEBB, Stephen GORRIS, John KIMBERLIN, & Ann POLORY.<13> Patent: 02 May 1638 250a Appomattox River, Charles City Co., VA, USA; adj. Edward Tunstall.<14> Grant: __ ___ 1641 a charter, Charles City Co. [now Prince Georges Co.], VA, USA; with Walter AUSTIN, Richard HOOE, and Joseph JOHNSON, and such others as they shall see fit to join them, were granted a charter "to undertake to discover a new river, or unknown land, bearing West, Southerly from the Appomattox River, and given the privilege of trading with Indians found for the period of fourteen years. Appointed* bt 16411643 Charles City Co., VA, USA; house of Burgesses.<15> Appointed: bt 16451649 James City Co., VA, USA; house of Burgess.<16> Purchased* 20 Mar 1648 Kemp House/Masion House, James Citty, James City Co., VA, USA; from Gov. BERKELY in consideration of payment of ú26,000 tobacco for the "Masion House", together with all gardens, Orchards, & out houses, formerly belonging to Richard KEMP. It was the first brick house in America and was located at Jamestown. His son, Walter CHILES Jr., erected before his death in 1671 a brick house or tenement, 37' long & adjoined the Old Kemp house. The Sherwood plat of 1680 shows this CHILES dwelling situated a short distance northwest of the Sherwood masion.<17> Patent: 05 Oct 1649 813a S side of Appomattox River, Charles City Co., VA, USA.<18> Patent* 29 Oct 1649 813a on S ide of Appomattox River, Charles City Co., VA, USA; adj. land of Nath. Tatum & Mr Tunstall.<19> Deed* 06 Nov 1649 [now Petersburg], Charles City Co. [Prince George Co now prob Dinwiddie Co.], VA, USA; 813a, lyeing upon the southerly side of Appomattuck River, 613 acres on the final survey for transporting new colonists (a renual of grants) and 200 acres puurchased from William THOMAS. It is approximately 10 miles West of the junction of the Appomattox and James River.<20> Court Rec* bt 16511658 VA, USA; Records describe the seizure of his ship 'The Fame of Virginia', whence he had sailed from Virginia on January 24th, 1651. Upon reaching Chesapeake Bay, he first put into port in Accomac county. After being for a time in Accomac waters, the ship sailed from thence' bound for James City, but was pursued and captured by Cap. Robt. HENFIELD, who held a commission from the Protectors of the Liberties of England, (Cromwell)." Three hours after which, in Hungar's Roads, Eastern Shore, the ship "Hopeful Adventure,: Capt. Richard HUSBAND, came up and made seizure, under pretext that Chiles had no license from Parliament and was bound with a cargo for Brazil. Colonel Chiles immediately applied to the Northampton authorities for assistance, maintaining that the seizure was "contrarie to ye peeace of this countrye and also cont'y to ye agreem't made by ye com'rs that were appointed by ye Keepers of ye Libertyes of England and ye damage of ye pet'r towe thousand pounds sterling." The amount equaled about $50,000 of our money of to day (1800's) The ship was ordered released, but Captain Husband sailed away with the vessel, "to ye great indignation of ye commissioners thereof." It being rumored that the county would be called upon, by the commissioners, to pay large sums of money to Walter CHILES, some of the inhabitants met at Hacke's "old field," where Stephen Horsey called the commissioners a company of "Asses & Villyans." It was testified (June, 1653), by Thomas HARMANSON age twentytwo and Dr. John SEVERNS, age nineteen, as to this meeting, and that Capt. Thomas JOHNSON read them the order of the court, which caused Stephen HORSEY to make the remark ascribed to him. It was represented to the Assembly (General) as a revolt from the "Right Ho'ble 'Parlement, instigated by Stephen HORSSEY." Thereupon that body appointed a commission to proceed to the Eastern Shore to "deal out condign punsishment to delinquents there, according to their demerits." Governor Bennett, on July 5, 1652, sent a note to the House of Burgesses (the Assembly convening on that date), in which the protested that he did not intend "to intrench upon the right of the Assemblies in the free choice of a Speaker, nor undervalue Left. Col. Chiles," but advised "that it was not so proper nor so convenient at this time to make choice of him, for that there is something to be agitated in this Assembly concerning a ship lately arrived, in which Col. Chiles had some interest. The Burgesses did not accept the advice of the Governor. The record states that "Left. Col. Chiles was chosen the next day, by a plurality of votes, Speaker of the Assembly." To the honor of Col. Chiles, he at once declined to serve, having represented to the House his "extradondenairie occasions in regarding to the dispatch of some shipping now in the country, in which he is much interested." At this session the House of Burgesses granted him a ship "Leopoldas," as a forfeit, with all its equipment, guns &c, for the sum of 400 lbs. said ship having been confiscated for violation of the Navigation Laws. This was, at our valuation of to day about $10,000 in addition to the $50,000 loss on the "Fame of Virginia." On July 26, 1653, the Court of Northampton, according to an order of the late Assembly, notwithstanding a petition of part of the inhabitants of the county, representing that the rumors of their disloyalty was false, and that their complaint was against the taxes laid on account of Capt. Chiles' ship, declared "all the subscribers of the writing, called protest,' disabled from holding office, including Left. Col. Scarborough, who was charged with being n assistant and instrument concerning the subscribing of the ." This order was reversed March 16th 1658, five years after the death of Col Chiles.<21>,<22> Sold* 05 Nov 1652 Charles City Co. [Now Prince George Co.], VA, USA; to Robert COALMAN a tract of 813 acres on the south side of the Appomattox River.<23> Deed: 09 Apr 1653 Surry Co., VA, USA; from Wm Edwards, atty for Mr Wm Cooke, 2 men servants, Louis de Cortell & Francis Ware. Wit. Jas Jaty, Sarah Edwards.<24> Elected* 05 Jul 1653 Speaker of house of Burgess, James City Co., VA, USA.<25> Death* a 05 Jul 1653 Jamestown, James Co., VA, USA.<26>,<27>,<28> Witness: 20 Oct 1670 Heir: Walter CHILES Jr.; Black Poynt, James City Island, James City Co., VA, USA; land including 70a land granted to Walter Chiles father desc to him as son & heir.<29>,<30> Witness: 20 Nov 1673 Sold: Rev. James WADDING and Susannah (?); Kemp House, James Citty, James City Co., VA, USA; Susannah late wife & exec of Walter Chiles decd. to John Page of Bruton Parish of York, Merchant, Kemp House, conveyed to Walter Chiles Sr father of Walter Chiles Jr.<31> Witness: __ ___ 1676 History: Jamestown, VA, USA; A description of Jamestown, written about 1676, perhaps gives us insight as to why Walter Sr. & Walter Jr. died at such early dates. "The place which the town is built is a perfect Peninsula or tract of land almost wholly encompassed with water: having on the south side the river (formerly Powhetan, now called James River) 3 miles broad encompassed on the North, from the East point with a deep creek ranging in a cemicircle, to the west, within 10 paces (50 ft.) of the River; and there by a small Istomos tackt to the Continent. This Iseland (for so it is denominated) hath for Longatude (East and West) near upn two miles, and for Latitude about halfe so much, bearing in the wholl compass about 5 miles, littlle more or less. It is low ground, full of Marches and Swomps, which make the Aire especially in the summer insalubrities and unhealthy. It is not at all replenished with springs of fresh water, and that which they have in their wells, brackish,illsented, penurious and not gratefull to the stomack which render the place improper to endure the commencement of a seige. The Town is built much about the midle of the sowth line close upon the River, extending east and west about 3 quarters of a mile; in which is comprehended som 16 or 18 houses, most as is the church built of brick, faire and large. Witness: __ ___ 1702 History: Prince George Co., VA, USA; Prince George County was formed from Charles City County in 1702 & Dinwiddie Co was formed from it in. Witness: __ ___ ____ Residence: Walter CHILES Jr.; Old Kemp House, James Citty, James City Co., VA, USA; Walter and family resided in Jamestown at the "Kemp House" inherited from his father, being in all probability the first brick dwelling erected in America, it was erected by Richard KEMP and sold to Sir Francis WYATT, purchased by Sir. William BERKLEY, & by him conveyed to Col. CHILES. Walter Jr. erected before his death in 1671 a brick house or tenement, 37' long & adjoining the Old Kemp house.<32> Father???* Walter CHILES (1572 ) Mother* ________________________________________________________________
Marriage* __ ___ ____ ENG; no marriage has been found/proven to be theirs.<33>,<34> ________________________________________________________________
Spouse* Elizabeth (?); maybe Sanders or Marury, According to records in Bristol Cathedral, CHILES was married there in 1630 to Elizabeth Sanders (her name appears in other records as Elizabeth MAURY<35> NameMarr: CHILDE NameVar: MAURY; According to records in Bristol Cathedral, CHILES was married there in 1630 to Elizabeth Sanders (her name appears in other records as Elizabeth MAURY NameMarr: CHILES<36> Emigration: __ ___ 1638 (w) Lt. Col. Walter CHILES Esq.; Bristol, ENG; to VA.<37> Witness: 01 Mar 1638 Grant: Lt. Col. Walter CHILES Esq.; [now Petersburg], Charles City Co. [Prince George, now prob Dinwiddie Co.], VA, USA; 400a, West upon Apomattuck River, North upon land of Edward TUNSTALL & South towards the falls. 200 acres for the personal adventure of himself, his wife Elizabeth CHILES, his sons, William & Walter, & 200 acres for transportation of 4 persons, Henry TUTTON (Walter's former boss on the (Blessing), Jon GERRY, Jon. SHAW, & Sarah COLE." Evidently in his own ship.<38> Death* __ ___ 1672 Father* Mother* ________________________________________________________________
Two Known Children ________________________________________________________________
?/M Walter CHILES Jr.<39>,<40>,<41>,<42> Residence* __ ___ ____ Old Kemp House, James Citty, James City Co., VA, USA; Walter and family resided in Jamestown at the "Kemp House" inherited from his father, being in all probability the first brick dwelling erected in America, it was erected by Richard KEMP and sold to Sir Francis WYATT, purchased by Sir. William BERKLEY, & by him conveyed to Col. CHILES. Walter Jr. erected before his death in 1671 a brick house or tenement, 37' long & adjoining the Old Kemp house.<43> Birth* c __ ___ 1635 ENG; oldest son & heir.<44> Emigration: __ ___ 1638 (w) Lt. Col. Walter CHILES Esq.; Bristol, ENG; to VA.<45> Witness: 01 Mar 1638 Grant: Lt. Col. Walter CHILES Esq.; [now Petersburg], Charles City Co. [Prince George, now prob Dinwiddie Co.], VA, USA; 400a, West upon Apomattuck River, North upon land of Edward TUNSTALL & South towards the falls. 200 acres for the personal adventure of himself, his wife Elizabeth CHILES, his sons, William & Walter, & 200 acres for transportation of 4 persons, Henry TUTTON (Walter's former boss on the (Blessing), Jon GERRY, Jon. SHAW, & Sarah COLE." Evidently in his own ship.<46> Witness: 20 Mar 1648 Purchased: Lt. Col. Walter CHILES Esq.; Kemp House/Masion House, James Citty, James City Co., VA, USA; from Gov. BERKELY in consideration of payment of ú26,000 tobacco for the "Masion House", together with all gardens, Orchards, & out houses, formerly belonging to Richard KEMP. It was the first brick house in America and was located at Jamestown. His son, Walter CHILES Jr., erected before his death in 1671 a brick house or tenement, 37' long & adjoined the Old Kemp house. The Sherwood plat of 1680 shows this CHILES dwelling situated a short distance northwest of the Sherwood masion.<47> Son: c __ ___ 1652 John CHILES Gent Occupation* __ ___ 1658 burgess, James City Co., VA, USA; succeded his father Walter.<48> Appointed* bt 16581660 James City Co., VA, USA; serve house of Burgess.<49>,<50> Purchased* 05 Aug 1658 James Citty, James City Co., VA, USA; fr Edward & Elizabeth Hill a brick house on W of mrs Rix, wit. Mathew Endloe & Edward Sanderson Jr.<51>,<52> Appointed: __ ___ 1660 Jamestown Parish, VA, USA; church warden.<53> Appointed: __ Mar 1660 James City Co., VA, USA; committee to proportion the levy also in 1663 & 4.<54>,<55> Witness: 26 Mar 1662 Mentioned: Susannah (?); headright of William Drummond, VA, USA; this Wm Drummond owned land adjoining Walter Chiles [There were other Chiles families in the area C. Mitchell].<56> Court Rec* 01 May 1663 Charles Co., MD, USA; Walter of James City to Edmund Custis London Merch. for 380 lbs tob. pd bef 10 Dec wit Edward Richardson & Charles Roone.<57> Appointed: __ ___ 1664 James City Co., VA, USA; served house of Burgess.<58> Neighbor* 06 May 1665 James City Co., VA, USA; patent mentions pitch & tarr swamp, Mr Walter Chiles ditch & Mr Knowles house.<59> Marriage* c __ ___ 1669 Mary PAGE (16531671), daughter of Col. John PAGE Esquire and Alice LUCKIN; there is this theory: that John Page did not have a daughter who married Walter Chiles is put in the footnotes/endnotes attached to this marriage.<60> Son: c __ ___ 1670 Henry CHILES Marriage* c __ ___ 1670 Susannah (?); may be only wife.<61> Grant* 20 May 1670 James City Co., VA, USA; parcell of land lying and being in James Citty Island called and known by the name of black Poynt East 30 cha: East north East 112 cha: to the River, thence along the River South 20 cha: and South South North 30 cha: to a marsh thence along the West 83 cha: and North North West 22 cha: to the place it began including 70 acres, which land was formerly granted to Walter CHILES father of the said Walter CHILES and by right of descending unto him as Sonne and heyr of his said father dec'd.<62> Heir* 20 Oct 1670 Black Poynt, James City Island, James City Co., VA, USA; land including 70a land granted to Walter Chiles father desc to him as son & heir.<63>,<64> Juror* 27 Oct 1670 James City, James City Co., VA, USA; land case Thomas Swann vs Thomas Ludwell.<65> Court Rec: 04 Apr 1671 Westmoreland Co., VA, USA; app. bef. Council Journal MSS on behalf of his sons John & Henry 1,500a.<66>,<67> Witness: bt 16711672 Grant: Susannah (?); James Citty, James City Co., VA, USA; 200a for 99y, due to her dec'd husband Walter a tenant near Powhatan Swamp had made improvements buildings on the Main, according to the General Court 7 Jun 1638 strengthening the Main, leased it out in parcels.<68> Death* bt 16711671 Jamestown, James City Co., VA, USA.<69>,<70> Will* bt 16711672 sell Kemp House proceeds to be added to the estate.<71> Probate* 15 May 1672 VA, USA. Witness: 22 Aug 1672 Sold: Susannah (?); 70a of prev grant, James City Co., VA, USA; to Edward Travis.<72> Witness: 20 Nov 1673 Sold: Rev. James WADDING and Susannah (?); Kemp House, James Citty, James City Co., VA, USA; Susannah late wife & exec of Walter Chiles decd. to John Page of Bruton Parish of York, Merchant, Kemp House, conveyed to Walter Chiles Sr father of Walter Chiles Jr.<73> Witness: bt 16761699 History: Jamestown, VA, USA; bet 16761699 History: Jamestown, VA, USA (Jamestown was burned to the ground in 1676 during Bacon's Rebellion and it burned again in 1698. In 1699 the capital was transferred to Williamsburg. Today the site lies on an island, having been cut off from the mainland by water. The association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities controls the land around the ruined church. The National Park Service owns the rest of the area and operates it as part of the Colonial National Historical Park. Witness: __ ___ ____ Correspond:; LDS: Bruce D Johnson 5110 131st Ct E Tacoma WA USA 98446 or 8614 116th St SW Tacoma WA 98498: LDS: John Terrill Wayland Jr 823 Fort Gates Waco TX USA 76708: LDS: Max D Peatross 1680 S 2350 E Price UT USA 84501: LDS: Jan Davenport 1 Cinamon Rd North Little Rock AR USA 72120: LDS: Jane B Johnson59 East 400 North Payson UT USA 84651: LDS: James Martin Priest 2107 Lee Rae Court Turlock CA USA 95380. Daughter: Elizabeth CHILDE ________________________________________________________________
?/M William CHILDE Birth* c __ ___ 1636 Death* a __ ___ 1638 VA, USA; young. Emigration: __ ___ 1638 (w) Lt. Col. Walter CHILES Esq.; Bristol, ENG; to VA.<74> Witness: 01 Mar 1638 Grant: Lt. Col. Walter CHILES Esq.; [now Petersburg], Charles City Co. [Prince George, now prob Dinwiddie Co.], VA, USA; 400a, West upon Apomattuck River, North upon land of Edward TUNSTALL & South towards the falls. 200 acres for the personal adventure of himself, his wife Elizabeth CHILES, his sons, William & Walter, & 200 acres for transportation of 4 persons, Henry TUTTON (Walter's former boss on the (Blessing), Jon GERRY, Jon. SHAW, & Sarah COLE." Evidently in his own ship.<75> ________________________________________________________________
Carol (Gehrs) Mitchell, 134 Schnauzer Lane, Beaver Falls, PA 15010
**ENDNOTES**
<1>:Arden H Brame Jr. II OAE, "The English Birth and Ancestry of Walter
Chiles
(16091653) of Jamestowne, Virginia," The Augustan Society
Omnibus:
The
English Genealogist Vol. V #3 issue 19 Vol. 7 #4 46 (1986)Literature
Cited: 1:
HCA, 13/53/268: 2. Brame, Arden H Jr II (1982. "Circumstantial
Evidence for
Two Previously Unknown Daughters of Walter Chiles 1699ca 1766) of SW
Caroline
County, Virginia, with Remarks on the Firs English Record of Walter
Chiles (I)
(16081653), The Colonial Genealogist, XI; 12 (1982, issue 3940):16:
3.
Shilton, Dorothy O & Richard Holworthy, High Court of Admiralty
Examinations
16371638. The AngloAmerican Foundation, Inc. 1932, pp. 127130, and
also
119120. Hereinafter cited as "Chiles English Ancestory".
<2>:Brame Jr. II OAE, "Chiles English Ancestory".
<3>:Brame Jr. II OAE, "Chiles English Ancestory".
<4>:Virginia L. H. Davis, "Walter Chiles, Father and Son," Tidewater
Virginia
Families; A Magazine of History and Genealogy; Virginia Lee Hutcheson
Davis,
Editor/Publisher Vol. #2, Aug/Sep & Nov/Dec (1992), There are many
theories
about the lives of the two Walter Chiles, father and son, of
Jamestown and
about their wives and children. It is very difficult to identify the
two men
in relation to their individual activities, and even more difficult
to be
suree of who they married and accurately identify their children. This
article
is an attempt to bring together information that has been
gathered
from
primary sources and to present a documented account of the two men.
While it
is tempting to resort to earlier printed material and the inferences
drawn by
earlier researchers, and to accept the earlier accounts of their
lives,
this
article is an effort to rectify some of these misconceptions. While
this may
not be the final answer with regard to these two men, it is felt
that it
presents a more accurate picture than some that have been drawn in the
past.
It would be simple to go to the records of England and resolve the
issues of
the identity of Walter Chiles, who patented land in Charles City,
County;
when
he was born and who he married. While work has been conducted
among the
English records, definitive inferences cannot at this time be drawn.
Many of
parish records of the period in question simply are not extant.
Marriage and
baptismal records that might identify Walter and his wife and children
do not
seem to be available. This makes it even more difficult to
follow the
continuity of his life in Virginia. With the further loss of the early
records
of the counties of residence of the two Walter Chiles in the
colony of
Virginia, it makes t almost impossible to be certain of conclusions
that are
drawn. Of all the families that this researcher has studied, the Chiles
family
has prompted the most discussion and provoked the most questions.
There
seem
to be descendants of Walter Chiles in every corner and they all would
like to
be able to reconstruct the lives of the father and son in Virginia. So
would
his humble descendant, and the following is an attempt to do so., :
p. 67:
Walter Chiles of Charles City and James City Counties:
The Bristol Background of Walter Chiles of Virginia
No documentation has been found to positively identify Walter
Chiles of
Charles City County with the apprentice and parish records of;
p. 68:
Bristol, England, concerning two Walter Chiles named in the records
there.
[Brame, Arden Jr."The Augustan Society Omnibus". "The English
Birth and
Ancestry of Walter Chiles". 1987. Book 7, pp. 102109 (English
Genealogist,
Issue 19,pp 1623). Walter Chiles served on `The Blessing' from
September
1636 to June 1637, spending fourteen weeks in Virginia. [High
Court of
Admiralty Libels and Depositions, (PRO Class HCA 13, 24 & 30), Public
Record
Office, London]. This information has been found in a deposition given
by him
on July 24, 1637. He identified himself as Walter Chiles of Bristol, a
cloth
worker, aged 29, or thereabouts. He served as an assistant to Henry
Tutton,
then the purser of `The Blessing'. Two Walter Chiles (Childes) of that
period
have been discovered in the Bristol area records: 1: Walter Childe
son of
Walter Childe of St. Mary Redcliff Parish was born Mar 20, 1608/9.
[Brame
103;
St. Mary Redcliff Parish Records]. 2: On April 1 1632 Walter
Childes was
recorded as "admitted to the liberties of this city [Bristol] for that
he was
the son of John Chiles". [Brame, Bristol Burgess Book, 16321633, p.
221]. It
appears that Walter Childe of St. Mary Redcliff Parish may have died
prior to
1647, for the will that has been found of Richard Childe of
Poddington,
Bedfordshire. [Brame, `Omnibus'. Book 12, 110; Mrs V. T. Smith, West
Indies:
Smith Collection, Vol. 15, pp. 110111]. The land patents indicate that
Walter
Chiles, merchant, patented land on May 2, 1638, on the Appomattox
River in
Charles City County. [Nugent, Nell. "Cavaliers and Pioneers".
Baltimore:
Genealogical. 1991. Vol. I, p. 87; Land Patent Book 1 part II p.
551]. He
claimed as headrights, Henry Tutton, Jon. Gerry, Jon. Shaw and Sarah
Cole. On
March 1, 1638/9 he repatented the 200 acres and an additional 200
acres for
the personal adventure of himself, his wife, Elizabeth Chiles, and his
sons,
William and Walter (so identified in the patent). [Nugent I 103104; L P
Bk 1
p II 625].; P. 69: Conclusions.....
Just as no documentation has been found to conclusively identify Walter
Chiles
of Charles City County with those found in the records of Bristol,
England, of
the approximate same time, no records have been found to positively
identify
the Walter Chiles of the deposition as the same person who executed
the
land
patent of 1638 in Charles City County. While the proximity of the
dates has
led researchers to assume they were one and the same person; this
cannot be
definitively established. Henry Tutton was named in both court
records
associated with Walter Chiles. In the deposition, Walter Chiles was
hired to
serve under Henry Tutton, the purser of `The Blessing', however, in
the
land
patent, it is implied that Walter Chiles paid the passage of Henry
Tutton and
claimed him as headright. While it may be accepted that Henry Tutton was
named
as a heardright in the land patent of Walter Chiles, this
does not
conclusively imply that they were the same Walter Chiles.. Hereinafter
cited
as "ChilesFather & Son".
<5>:Davis, "ChilesFather & Son".
<6>:Brame Jr. II OAE, "Chiles English Ancestory".
<7>:Brame Jr. II OAE, "Chiles English Ancestory", St. Mary Redcliff is
at the
southern edge of the city near the Somerset (formerly), now Avon,
shire
border. The St. Mary Redcliff Parish records give: St. Mary Redcliff
Parish
Baptisms 15591645: 1608/9 Mar 20 Walter s/o Walter Childe; 1611
Nov 25
Humfrie s/o Walter Childe.
<8>:Arden H Brame Jr. II KCR OAE, "unknown article title,"
Circumstantial
Evidence For Two Previously Unknown Daughters of Walter Chiles (1699ca
1766)
of SW Caroline County Virginia, with remarks on the first English
Record of
Walter Chiles (I) (16081653). The Colonial Genealogist : In the Public
Record
Office in London, among the High Court of Admirality Libels and
Depositions is
the Case of Philip LUXON/LUXTON versus William HARRIS. On the 24 of
July
1637
a deposition of a witness, Walter CHILES of Bristol, clothworker, aged
29 or
thereabouts, examined on behalf of William HARRIS and Nicholas JOLLYE.
"This
deponent was a passenger in the ship 'Blessing' of Falmouth and was
employed
by William HARRIS and Nicholas JOLLE to be an
assistant to the witness Henry TUTTON, then purser of the sd.
ship, to
help
sell and dispose of their goods in Virginia. He was
shipped to serve 12 months ago." Childes gives evidence about the
cargo and
the costs of various commodities which included
some trong waters', i.e. gin or whiskey, which Philip LUXON, the
master of
the 'Blessing' is accused of having drunk during
the voyage. (Chiles gives a long list of goods laden aboard at Padstow
on the
outward voyage, which is of considerable economic
interest but of none genealogically.) The 'Blessing' returned from
Virginia to
England via Kinsale in Ireland and Falmouth in Cornwall and Childes
served on
her from 26 or 27 September 1636 to 24 June 1637 and the ship stayed 14
weeks
in Virginia.
<9>:Brame Jr. II KCR OAE, "unknown short article title", Public Record
Office
in London, among the High Court of Admiralty Libels and Depositions (PRO
Class
HCA 13, 24, and 30). In the Public Record Office in London, among
the
High
Court of Admirality Libels and Depositions is the Case of Philip
LUXON/LUXTON
versus William HARRIS. On the 24 of July 1637 a deposition of a
witness,
Walter CHILES of Bristol, clothworker, aged 29 or thereabouts,
examined on
behalf of William HARRIS and Nicholas JOLLYE. "This deponent was a
passenger
in the ship 'Blessing' of Falmouth and was employed by William
HARRIS and
Nicholas JOLLE to be an assistant to the witness Henry TUTTON, then
purser of
the sd. ship, to help sell and dispose of their goods in Virginia.
He was
shipped to serve 12 months ago." Childes gives evidence about the
cargo and
the costs of various commodities which included some "strong waters',
i.e. gin
or whiskey, which Philip LUXON, the master of the 'Blessing' is
accused of
having drunk during the voyage. (Chiles gives a long list of goods
laden
aboard at Padstow on the outward voyage, which is of considerable
economic
interest but of none genealogically.) The 'Blessing' returned from
Virginia to
England via Kinsale in Ireland and Falmouth in Cornwall and Childes
served on
her from 26 or 27 September 1636 to 24 June 1637 and the ship stayed 14
weeks
in Virginia. There can be no doubt that this is the same Walter
Chiles who
emigrated in 1637/8 as he lists as one of his headrights in his first
grant of
land (in Vriginia) one henry Tutton, his former bosson the Blessing.
<10>:Jeanne Chiles Bakin, Walter Chiles of Jamestown (No place: no
publisher,
1983).
<11>:Bakin, Walter Chiles of Jamestown, Nugent (1934, 1034) Walter
Chiles,
400a, Chas. Citty Co., 1 Mar 1638, p. 625. W upon Appomattuck
Riv., N.
upon
lnad of Edward Tunstall & S. towards the falls. 200a for trans. of 4
persons.
Hen. Tutton, Jno Gerry, Jon. shaw, Sarah Cole..
<12>:unknown author, "Charles City County," patentees' names, date of
patent,
number of acres, and locality of lands, William and Mary College
Quarterly
Vol. 1011, Series 1 (19011903): Book 2. p. 625. Walter Chiles. 1 Mar
1638.
400 acres unpon Appomattox river. Westerly upon the river. Easterly
&c
upon
the land of Edward Tunstall. Hereinafter cited as "VA Charles
City Co
Patents".
<13>:Nell Marion Nugetn, Cavaliers and Pioneers, Abstracts of
Virginia
Land
Patents and Grants 15231666, Vol I (Richmond, VA: no publisher,
1934), p.
103104, 625.
<14>:unknown author, "VA Charles City Co Patents", Book 2. p. 551.
Walter
Chiles. May 2 1638. 250 acres. In Appomattox river & c aboe the land
ofEdward
Tunstall.
<15>:Davis, "ChilesFather & Son", Walter Chiles served as a Burgess
from
Charles City county for the Assembly terms, 1641, 1642, 1643. By 1745
Walter
Chiles represented James City County as Burgess, and again in 1646 and
1649.
<16>:Davis, "ChilesFather & Son", Walter Chiles served as a Burgess
from
Charles City county for the Assembly terms, 1641, 1642, 1643. By 1745
Walter
Chiles represented James City County as Burgess, and again in 1646 and
1649.
<17>:Davis, "ChilesFather & Son", He purchased the Kemp House in
Jamestown on
March 23, 1648. Lef't. Col. Walter Chiles, member of the House of
Burgesses
was elected Speaker of the House, July 5, 1653.
<18>:unknown author, "VA Charles City Co Patents", Book 2. p.203.
Walter
Chiles. Octr. 5th 1649. 813 acres. Upon the Southerly side of
Appomattox
river.
<19>:unknown author, "VA Charles City Co Patents", Book 2. p. 193.
Walter
Chiles. Octr. 29, 1649. 813 acres. On the Southo'y side of Appomattox
river.
Beg.e & c a run of water that parteth this from the land of Nath.
Tatum,
adjoin'g land of Mr Tunstall.
<20>:Bakin, Walter Chiles of Jamestown.
<21>:unknown author, "unknown article title," Virginia Historical
magazine : W
B Cridlin, Vol XIX.
<22>:Davis, "ChilesFather & Son", The bill of sale for the ship,
Leopoldus,
to Walter Chiles was dated Jul 12, 1653.
<23>:J P. Coleman, Robert Coleman Family in Virgina (16521756) (No
place: no
publisher, no date), Charles City County Court Orders 16551658 p.
18 &
Historical & Genealogical Notes, Record Book of Charles City County,
Willliam
& Mary Quarterly Series 2627 191719 p. 285, Chapt. 3 (n.p.: n. pub.,
n.d.),
p. 39, On November 5, 1652, Lt. Col. Walter CHILES, of James City in
Virginia,
Esq. (The term sq.' (esquire) given herein appears to show that he
was a
member of the Council of State, as that title was practically
confined to
those members] in which Jamestown and Williamsburg were located,
conveyed to
Robert COALMAN a tract of 813 acres on the south side of the Appomattox
River,
in Charles City County, now Prince George.
<24>:unknown author, Surry County Virginia Records (No place: no
publisher, no
date), 9 Apr 1653 Convey from Wm. Edwards, attorney for Mr. Wm. COOKE,
2 men
servants, Louis de CORTELL & Francis WARE, to Mr. Walter CHILES.
Wit. Jas
JATY, Sarah EDWARDS.
<25>:Davis, "ChilesFather & Son".
<26>:Brame Jr. II OAE, "Chiles English Ancestory".
<27>:Davis, "ChilesFather & Son", Walter Chiles (I) died in 1653, as
stated
in the dee signed by Susanna Chiles Widow and Executrix of Walter
Childs
(II)
deceased and identified as the son of Walter Chiles. Deed dated 20 Nov
1673.
<28>:Additions by Editor, "Berkeley Manuscripts," William and Mary
College
Quarterly Series 6 (1897): p. 146149. Hitherto I have been inclined to
think
that John Page had a daughter who marrried Walter Chiles; but I
doubt it.
Elizabeth Tyler was certinaly a daughter of Walter Chiles, and Neill
says
that
Capt. John Page was "fatherinlaw of Lt Col. Walter Chiles", who
was
councilor and speaker about 1653. He meant to say that Capt. John
Page was
"fatherinlaw then meant "stepfather," and Page's wife, Alice, was
doubtless
widow of Col. Walter Chiles. She was two years older than Page
himself. The
las mention in the records of the elder Chiles is in July 1653, and
his
son,
"Mr. Walter Chiles" succeeds him as burgess from James City, in 1658.
Alice
Page was a second wife of Col. Chiles, as the mother of Walter Chiles'
issue
was Elizabeth Chiles. It is only in this way that I can satisfactorily
explain
why Col. John Page gives far more consideration in his will to his
collaterals
of the Page blood that to his "grandchildren", the Chileses, and why
Alice Pge
does not mention them. The legacy that John Tyler receives was
evidently due
because of his name "John'. after John Page. (See Page Family, by Dr. R.
C. M.
Page; Letters and Times of the Tylers, Vol. III, p. 211; William
and
Mary
Quarterly, I p. 75; IV pp. 314). Mr Stanard recently found a court
record
Col. Walter Chiles' name as one of the councillors in 1651, thus
confirming my
supposition to this fact form his using the title "Esq". in a deed in
Charles
City county records, November 1652. It is amuing to notice how
Christian
names are transmitted. George Washington evidently got his name
from his
ancesor, Col. George Reade, and President John Tyler from Col. John
Page, who
married the widow of one of his ancestors. John Page, son of Robert
Page,
married, first, Elizabeth Page, daughter of Capt. Francis Page and Mary
Diggs.
Issue: 1. John Page who in 1718, qualified on his father's estate. 2
Elizabeth
who in 1728, as Elizabeth Page of the parish of St. Giles in the
Fields,
England joined with Mann Page to convey 200 acre in Bruton parish
formerly
pruchased by Joh Page gent/ late father of the said Elizabeth
Page: She
married Col. David Bray, of the concil, but both shortly died, and
left no
issue. (Virginia Historical Collections Vol. XL p. 81) John Page
married
secondly Mary Mann widow of matthew Page, and had issue; 3. Mary born
Jan 26,
17067. (See this John Page will). The following Extracts from the
York
records will be doubtless, valuable in this connection: May 161 715.
In the
suit in Chancery depending between Mann Page, Esq. Comp & Joseph
Walker &
Robert Anderson, surviving Exec. of the last will and testament of
John
Page
deceased, dureing the ninority of John Page, son of the John Page
resp. On
considdracon of the bill & answer, the court are of opinion that the
Compt
hath a right unto thirty three pounds, six shillings & Eight pence
Sterl, it
being in full now due of a legacy bequeathed him by the last
will and
testament of Alice Page, deced. & thereupon it is decreed that the
resp. pay
the aforseaid sum to the comp. out of the testator's estate with
Costs, als
ex. [should have copied more of the article]. Hereinafter cited as
"Berkeley
Manuscripts".
<29>:Nugent, Patent Book No I part II. Cavaliers & Pioneers,
Abstracts of
Virginia Land Patents & Grants 16231666 (No place: no publisher, no
date),
Book 6 p. 413.
<30>:Davis, "ChilesFather & Son", Documentation that Walter Chiles
(II)
was
the son of Walter Chiles (I) can be found in the transfer of the land
"Black
Poynt", on May 20, 1670, granted Walter Chiles, father by right of
descent to
Walter Chiles, son & heir. [L. P. Bk 6 413; Nugent II: 112].
<31>:unknown compiler, compiler, "unknown title"; "Deed of James
WADDING, of
the County and Parish of James, City Clerk, & Susannah, his wife,
late the
wife and executrix of Walter CHILES, of James City, aforesaid, Gent.
dec'd. to
John PAGE of Bruton Parish in the County of York, Merchant, 20 Nov
1673, all
that mennage or mansion, late in tenure of Richard KEMP, and by him
conveyed
to Sir Francis WYATT, and purchased by Sir William BURKLEY of Captain
William
PIERCE, Attorney of Sir Francis WYATT, together with 3 acres granted by
order
of said court, to Sir Francis Wyatt, and adjoining the said land, and
conveyed
20 Mar 1649 to Walter CHILES, Sr., gentleman of James Citty, father of
Walter
CHILES, Jr., dec'd. by 1653, leaving Walter CHILES, eldest son and
heir at
law, who entered and built a brick house in length 37 feet,
adjoining the
aforesaid mansion and made his will November 15, 1671, directing
that his
brick house with land, etc., should be sold and the proceeds added to
the
said
Walter Chiles' estate, therefore they convey all that said mansion
house,
hertofore in possession of Thomas SULLY, and all that mennage or
tenement
built by the said Walter CHILES, lately in tenure of Major Theophilas
HOWE,
etc. Dated November 25, 1673. It may be presumed that Colonel John
PAGE, was
guardian of John and Elizabeth CHILES, his grandchildren, and
purchased the
property for the purpose of settling the estate. As John CHILES was
left
only
a ring in the will of Colonel John PAGE, and Elizabeth
mentioned
more
generously, I deem that the solution of the seeming partiality was
in his
having transferred property and the 200 acres mentioned by later deed,
also as
eldest son and heir at large of Walter CHILES, who married Rev. James
WADDINGS
after 15 May 1672, for on that date she received as his widow
(Walter's) a
grant of 2000 acres in Passbehaves for 99 years on account of
buildings and
improvements on the Main, there made by Walter CHILES, according to the
order
of the general Court of 7 June 1638, for strengthening the Main, on
this
side
of Powhatan Swamp, by leasing it out in parcels, Ancestral File
unknown
repository, unknown repository address.
<32>:Brame Jr. II OAE, "Chiles English Ancestory".
<33>:unknown compiler, compiler, "Colonial Dames Families, #9105 Joy
Smith
Paisley (Mrs Clifton L) 209 N, Dellview Dr, Tallahasse FL 32304
(descendand of
Martin)"; According to records in Bristol Cathedral, CHILES was married
there
in 1630 to Elizabeth Sanders (her name appears in other records as
Elizabeth
MAURY) No proof this is the correct Walter & Elizabeth, Ancestral File
unknown
repository, unknown repository address. Hereinafter cited as "Joy
Smith
Paisley DAC".
<34>:Davis, "ChilesFather & Son", P. 71 Conclusions..... It appears
that
the
above sequence of events all relate to the same Walter Chiles, since
land was
patented and repatented (1638, 1639, 1642, 1649) in Charles City County
in his
name, and in each case it was additional acreage with the same
identification.
He later served as a burgess from that county. He also later
purchased
land
and a home in Jamestown and served as a burgess from James City County.
He was
identified as father to Walter Chiles in both a land grant (dated
20 May
1670), in which Walter Chiles was identified as the son and heir, and
the
deed
conveying the Kemp House property (November 20 1673). The son Walter
Chiles
(II) was evidently the son of Elizabeth. There is no further record
of the
son, William. No surviving records have been found to indicate when
Elizabeth
Chiles died. As stated before, no records have been found among the
parish
records of England that have been examined, that give the marriage
date of
Walter and Elizabeth; or the birth dates of Walter and Elizabeth, the
parents,
or Walter and William, the sons. Walter Chiles may have married a
second
time
and his wife may have been Alice Luckin. No concrete evidence has been
found
to document this, but as existing information is evaluated this
possibility
does exist. Although most researchers have concluded that the
daughter of
John
Page was Mary Page, and that she married Walter Chiles, the son; this
is no
supported in the evidence at hand. It is believed that those
researchers may
have misinterpreted the identification by John Page of John
Chiles and
Elizabeth (Chiles) Tyler, as grandson and granddaughter, and taken
these
relationship literally when in fact they were relationships that, today
would
be designated as stepgrandchildren. Alice Luckin may have, then, married
John
Page as her second husband. `To be continued'
.
<35>:unknown compiler, "Joy Smith Paisley DAC," Ancestral File.
<36>:unknown compiler, "Joy Smith Paisley DAC," Ancestral File.
<37>:Bakin, Walter Chiles of Jamestown.
<38>:Bakin, Walter Chiles of Jamestown, Nugent (1934, 1034) Walter
Chiles,
400a, Chas. Citty Co., 1 Mar 1638, p. 625. W upon Appomattuck
Riv., N.
upon
lnad of Edward Tunstall & S. towards the falls. 200a for trans. of 4
persons.
Hen. Tutton, Jno Gerry, Jon. shaw, Sarah Cole..
<39>:Brame Jr. II OAE, "Chiles English Ancestory".
<40>:Brame Jr. II OAE, "Chiles English Ancestory".
<41>:Davis, "ChilesFather & Son", Documentation that Walter Chiles
(II)
was
the son of Walter Chiles (I) can be found in the transfer of the land
"Black
Poynt", on May 20, 1670, granted Walter Chiles, father by right of
descent to
Walter Chiles, son & heir. [L. P. Bk 6 413; Nugent II: 112].
<42>:Brame Jr. II OAE, "Chiles English Ancestory".
<43>:Brame Jr. II OAE, "Chiles English Ancestory".
<44>:Brame Jr. II OAE, "Chiles English Ancestory".
<45>:Bakin, Walter Chiles of Jamestown.
<46>:Bakin, Walter Chiles of Jamestown, Nugent (1934, 1034) Walter
Chiles,
400a, Chas. Citty Co., 1 Mar 1638, p. 625. W upon Appomattuck
Riv., N.
upon
lnad of Edward Tunstall & S. towards the falls. 200a for trans. of 4
persons.
Hen. Tutton, Jno Gerry, Jon. shaw, Sarah Cole..
<47>:Davis, "ChilesFather & Son", He purchased the Kemp House in
Jamestown on
March 23, 1648. Lef't. Col. Walter Chiles, member of the House of
Burgesses
was elected Speaker of the House, July 5, 1653.
<48>:Additions by Editor, "Berkeley Manuscripts", p. 146149. Hitherto I
have
been inclined to think that John Page had a daughter who marrried
Walter
Chiles; but I doubt it. Elizabeth Tyler was certinaly a daughter of
Walter
Chiles, and Neill says that Capt. John Page was "fatherinlaw of Lt
Col.
Walter Chiles", who was councilor and speaker about 1653. He meant
to say
that Capt. John Page was "fatherinlaw then meant "stepfather," and
Page's
wife, Alice, was doubtless widow of Col. Walter Chiles. She was two
years
older than Page himself. The las mention in the records of the elder
Chiles is
in July 1653, and his son, "Mr. Walter Chiles" succeeds him as
burgess
from
James City, in 1658. Alice Page was a second wife of Col. Chiles,
as the
mother of Walter Chiles' issue was Elizabeth Chiles. It is only in
this way
that I can satisfactorily explain why Col. John Page gives
far
more
consideration in his will to his collaterals of the Page blood that
to his
"grandchildren", the Chileses, and why Alice Pge does not mention
them. The
legacy that John Tyler receives was evidently due because of his name
"John'.
after John Page. (See Page Family, by Dr. R. C. M. Page; Letters and
Times of
the Tylers, Vol. III, p. 211; William and Mary Quarterly, I p. 75;
IV pp.
314). Mr Stanard recently found a court record Col. Walter Chiles'
name as
one of the councillors in 1651, thus confirming my supposition to
this
fact
form his using the title "Esq". in a deed in Charles City county
records,
November 1652. It is amuing to notice how Christian names are
transmitted.
George Washington evidently got his name from his ancesor, Col. George
Reade,
and President John Tyler from Col. John Page, who married the widow of
one of
his ancestors. John Page, son of Robert Page, married, first, Elizabeth
Page,
daughter of Capt. Francis Page and Mary Diggs. Issue: 1. John Page
who in
1718, qualified on his father's estate. 2 Elizabeth who in 1728, as
Elizabeth
Page of the parish of St. Giles in the Fields, England joined with
Mann
Page
to convey 200 acre in Bruton parish formerly pruchased by Joh Page
gent/
late
father of the said Elizabeth Page: She married Col. David Bray,
of the
concil, but both shortly died, and left no issue. (Virginia
Historical
Collections Vol. XL p. 81) John Page married secondly Mary Mann
widow of
matthew Page, and had issue; 3. Mary born Jan 26, 17067. (See this John
Page
will). The following Extracts from the York records will be
doubtless,
valuable in this connection: May 161 715. In the suit in Chancery
depending
between Mann Page, Esq. Comp & Joseph Walker & Robert Anderson,
surviving
Exec. of the last will and testament of John Page deceased,
dureing the
ninority of John Page, son of the John Page resp. On considdracon of
the
bill
& answer, the court are of opinion that the Compt hath a right unto
thirty
three pounds, six shillings & Eight pence Sterl, it being in full now
due
of a
legacy bequeathed him by the last will and testament of Alice Page,
deced. &
thereupon it is decreed that the resp. pay the aforseaid sum to the
comp. out
of the testator's estate with Costs, als ex. [should have copied more
of the
article].
<49>:William Waller Hening, Statutes at Large (No place: no
publisher, no
date), I: 506. Hereinafter cited as Statutes at Large.
<50>:Davis, "ChilesFather & Son", Mr Walter Chiles represented James
City
County as Burgess in 1658. [Hening 1:506].
<51>:unknown author, Virginia Colonial Abstracts: James City County
Virginia
16341904 (No place: no publisher, no date), MS #6 p. 3, 5 Aug 1658
Edward &
Elizabeth HILL sold to Walter CHILES of James Citty in Virginia Gent. a
brick
house in James Citty, ye next house on ye west road & of Mrs. RIX
house.
Witnessed by Mathew EDLOE and Edward SANDERSON Jr..
<52>:Davis, "ChilesFather & Son", Walter Chiles of Jamestown added
to
the
Kemp House property in August 1658, when he bought a brick house from
Edward
Hill. [Ambler Mss #6; Duvall 4:]. The house adjoined the one his
father had
bought.
<53>:unknown author, Meade's Old Churches (No place: no publisher, no
date).
<54>:Hening, Statutes at Large, 2:3, 198, 211.
<55>:Davis, "ChilesFather & Son", He was appointed to a
committee to
proportion the levy in March 1660. [Hening. 2:31].
<56>:Davis, "ChilesFather & Son", Susanna Chiles [An inspection
of
the
origina patent confirmed this name as correct] was listed as a
headright in
the land patent of William Drummond for land in James City County, dated
March
26, 1662. [L.P. Bk 4, 12; Nugent I:400] William Drummond owned land
adjoining
land of Walter Chiles. An earlier patent by William & George Worsnam
for
land
in Henrico County at Old Town on theAppomattox River named Sarah &
Susan
Chiles [an inspection of theoriginal patent confirmed the name
Chiles
(for
each person) and the name Sarah; The name Susan was not
legible] as
headrights. It was dated February 15, 1652. [ L. P. Bk 3, 23;
Nugent
I :
238239].
<57>:unknown author Charles County Court Proceedings 16621666:
Maryland
Archives, 53 (No place: no publisher), p. 472: p. 293. This bill
bindeth mee
Walter CHILES of James Citty my heirs Executors Administrators of
Assignes to
pay or Carus to be payd unt Edmond CUSTIS of London Marchant his
heirs
Executors or Assignes the full sume of three hundred and eighty
pounds of
good
merchantable tobacco according to act of Assembly at or before the
10th day
December next ensuing the daet hearof as witnes my had this first of May
1663.
Signed Walter Chiles. Test Edward Richardson & Charles Roone.
Hereinafter
cited as MD Charles Co. Ct 166266.
<58>:Davis, "ChilesFather & Son", He continued to represent James City
County
in 1663 and 1664. [Hening 2: 198, 211]
.
<59>:unknown author, Virginia Colonial Abstracts: James, MS #6 p. 3, MS
#15 p.
56. Land Grant given to John Knowles, James City County part within &
part
without the Libertys of the sd city. A patent recorded 6 May 1665
mentions
pitch & tarr swamp Mr. Walter ChILE'S ditch & Mr. Knowles house,
James
City
Co, Virginia.
<60>:Additions by Editor, "Berkeley Manuscripts", p. 146149. Hitherto I
have
been inclined to think that John Page had a daughter who marrried
Walter
Chiles; but I doubt it. Elizabeth Tyler was certinaly a daughter of
Walter
Chiles, and Neill says that Capt. John Page was "fatherinlaw of Lt
Col.
Walter Chiles", who was councilor and speaker about 1653. He meant
to say
that Capt. John Page was "fatherinlaw then meant "stepfather," and
Page's
wife, Alice, was doubtless widow of Col. Walter Chiles. She was two
years
older than Page himself. The las mention in the records of the elder
Chiles is
in July 1653, and his son, "Mr. Walter Chiles" succeeds him as
burgess
from
James City, in 1658. Alice Page was a second wife of Col. Chiles,
as the
mother of Walter Chiles' issue was Elizabeth Chiles. It is only in
this way
that I can satisfactorily explain why Col. John Page gives
far
more
consideration in his will to his collaterals of the Page blood that
to his
"grandchildren", the Chileses, and why Alice Pge does not mention
them. The
legacy that John Tyler receives was evidently due because of his name
"John'.
after John Page. (See Page Family, by Dr. R. C. M. Page; Letters and
Times of
the Tylers, Vol. III, p. 211; William and Mary Quarterly, I p. 75;
IV pp.
314). Mr Stanard recently found a court record Col. Walter Chiles'
name as
one of the councillors in 1651, thus confirming my supposition to
this
fact
form his using the title "Esq". in a deed in Charles City county
records,
November 1652. It is amuing to notice how Christian names are
transmitted.
George Washington evidently got his name from his ancesor, Col. George
Reade,
and President John Tyler from Col. John Page, who married the widow of
one of
his ancestors. John Page, son of Robert Page, married, first, Elizabeth
Page,
daughter of Capt. Francis Page and Mary Diggs. Issue: 1. John Page
who in
1718, qualified on his father's estate. 2 Elizabeth who in 1728, as
Elizabeth
Page of the parish of St. Giles in the Fields, England joined with
Mann
Page
to convey 200 acre in Bruton parish formerly pruchased by Joh Page
gent/
late
father of the said Elizabeth Page: She married Col. David Bray,
of the
concil, but both shortly died, and left no issue. (Virginia
Historical
Collections Vol. XL p. 81) John Page married secondly Mary Mann
widow of
matthew Page, and had issue; 3. Mary born Jan 26, 17067. (See this John
Page
will). The following Extracts from the York records will be
doubtless,
valuable in this connection: May 161 715. In the suit in Chancery
depending
between Mann Page, Esq. Comp & Joseph Walker & Robert Anderson,
surviving
Exec. of the last will and testament of John Page deceased,
dureing the
ninority of John Page, son of the John Page resp. On considdracon of
the
bill
& answer, the court are of opinion that the Compt hath a right unto
thirty
three pounds, six shillings & Eight pence Sterl, it being in full now
due
of a
legacy bequeathed him by the last will and testament of Alice Page,
deced. &
thereupon it is decreed that the resp. pay the aforseaid sum to the
comp. out
of the testator's estate with Costs, als ex. [should have copied more
of the
article].
<61>:Davis, "ChilesFather & Son".
<62>:unknown author, Virginia Land Patents (No place: no publisher, no
date),
Book 6 p. 413 parcell of land lying and being in James Citty Island
called and
known by the name of black Poynt East 30 cha: East north East 112 cha:
to the
River, thence along the River South 20 cha: and South South North 30
cha:
to a
marsh thence along the West 83 cha: and North North West 22 cha: to the
place
it began including 70 acres, which land was formerly granted to Walter
CHILES
father of the said Walter CHILES and by right of descending unto him as
Sonne
and heyr of his said father dec'd.
<63>:Nugent, Patent Book No I, Book 6 p. 413.
<64>:Davis, "ChilesFather & Son", Documentation that Walter Chiles
(II)
was
the son of Walter Chiles (I) can be found in the transfer of the land
"Black
Poynt", on May 20, 1670, granted Walter Chiles, father by right of
descent to
Walter Chiles, son & heir. [L. P. Bk 6 413; Nugent II: 112].
<65>:unknown compiler, compiler, "Foriegn Business and Inquisitions
16651667,
MSS Division of the Library of Congress"; Ancestral File unknown
repository,
unknown repository address.
<66>:unknown author, "unknown article title," William & Mary
Quarterly :
Vol.
I p. 17.
<67>:Davis, "ChilesFather & Son", Walter Chiles patented land Apr 4
1671, in
Westmoreland County on behalf of his sons, John & Henry Chiles.
[McIlwaine, H.
R. ed, `Minutes of the council and General Court of Colonial
Virginia
Richmond: Virginia State Library, 1979 p. 245].
<68>:unknown author, Virginia Land Patents, Book #7 22 Dec 1682
(n.p.: n.
pub., n.d.), p.228, Know ye that the said William BERKELEY for
and in
consideration of ye great charge Mr. Walter GILES (CHILES) later
deceased, one
of the tenants of the aforesaid land (near Powhatan Swamp, James Citty),
hath,
in his tyme, been at in building and other improvements thereon, do by
order
of Council of State dated xxv Nov 1671, grant to Susanna GILES
(CHILES) the
relict and executrix of sd. Walter GILES (CHILES) 200 acres in James
City to
the said Susanna for the term of 99 years." On 7 August 1672 Edward
TRAVIS
purchased 70 acres in James Citty from Susannah CHILES.
<69>:Brame Jr. II OAE, "Chiles English Ancestory", [Ambler Mss #4]
when he
made his will and November 25, 167 when an order of the Council,
through
William Berkeley, granted Susanna Giles (Chiles), relict and
executrix of
Walter Childs 200 acres of land for ninetynine years. "This land to
remain
with John Giles [later in the document identified as John Child] the
eldest
son of the said Walter Giles, deceased and ye said Susanna his
wife."
[Lee
Papers, Mss1L51f673. Virginia Historical Society].
<70>:Davis, "ChilesFather & Son", Walter Chiles died between
November 15
1671, [.
<71>:Brame Jr. II OAE, "Chiles English Ancestory", Walter Chiles died
between
November 15 1671, [Ambler Mss #4] when he made his will and November
25, 167
when an order of the Council, through William Berkeley, granted Susanna
Giles
(Chiles), relict and executrix of Walter Childs 200 acres of
land for
ninetynine years. "This land to remain with John Giles [later in the
document
identified as John Child] the eldest son of the said Walter Giles,
deceased
and ye said Susanna his wife." [Lee Papers, Mss1L51f673. Virginia
Historical
Society].
<72>:unknown author, Virginia Land Patents, Book #7 22 Dec 1682
(n.p.: n.
pub., n.d.), p.228, Know ye that the said William BERKELEY for
and in
consideration of ye great charge Mr. Walter GILES (CHILES) later
deceased, one
of the tenants of the aforesaid land (near Powhatan Swamp, James Citty),
hath,
in his tyme, been at in building and other improvements thereon, do by
order
of Council of State dated xxv Nov 1671, grant to Susanna GILES
(CHILES) the
relict and executrix of sd. Walter GILES (CHILES) 200 acres in James
City to
the said Susanna for the term of 99 years." On 7 August 1672 Edward
TRAVIS
purchased 70 acres in James Citty from Susannah CHILES.
<73>:unknown compiler, "unknown short title," Ancestral File, "Deed of
James
WADDING, of the County and Parish of James, City Clerk, & Susannah, his
wife,
late the wife and executrix of Walter CHILES, of James City, aforesaid,
Gent.
dec'd. to John PAGE of Bruton Parish in the County of York, Merchant,
20 Nov
1673, all that mennage or mansion, late in tenure of Richard KEMP, and
by him
conveyed to Sir Francis WYATT, and purchased by Sir William BURKLEY of
Captain
William PIERCE, Attorney of Sir Francis WYATT, together with 3 acres
granted
by order of said court, to Sir Francis Wyatt, and adjoining the said
land, and
conveyed 20 Mar 1649 to Walter CHILES, Sr., gentleman of James Citty,
father
of Walter CHILES, Jr., dec'd. by 1653, leaving Walter CHILES, eldest
son and
heir at law, who entered and built a brick house in length 37 feet,
adjoining
the aforesaid mansion and made his will November 15, 1671, directing
that his
brick house with land, etc., should be sold and the proceeds added to
the
said
Walter Chiles' estate, therefore they convey all that said mansion
house,
hertofore in possession of Thomas SULLY, and all that mennage or
tenement
built by the said Walter CHILES, lately in tenure of Major Theophilas
HOWE,
etc. Dated November 25, 1673. It may be presumed that Colonel John
PAGE, was
guardian of John and Elizabeth CHILES, his grandchildren, and
purchased the
property for the purpose of settling the estate. As John CHILES was
left
only
a ring in the will of Colonel John PAGE, and Elizabeth
mentioned
more
generously, I deem that the solution of the seeming partiality was
in his
having transferred property and the 200 acres mentioned by later deed,
also as
eldest son and heir at large of Walter CHILES, who married Rev. James
WADDINGS
after 15 May 1672, for on that date she received as his widow
(Walter's) a
grant of 2000 acres in Passbehaves for 99 years on account of
buildings and
improvements on the Main, there made by Walter CHILES, according to the
order
of the general Court of 7 June 1638, for strengthening the Main, on
this
side
of Powhatan Swamp, by leasing it out in parcels.
<74>:Bakin, Walter Chiles of Jamestown.
<75>:Bakin, Walter Chiles of Jamestown, Nugent (1934, 1034) Walter
Chiles,
400a, Chas. Citty Co., 1 Mar 1638, p. 625. W upon Appomattuck
Riv., N.
upon
lnad of Edward Tunstall & S. towards the falls. 200a for trans. of 4
persons.
Hen. Tutton, Jno Gerry, Jon. shaw, Sarah Cole..
Carol (Gehrs) Mitchell, 134 Schnauzer Lane, Beaver Falls, PA 15010
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