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Ann Mrs. John Giles[1]

Female Abt 1785 - Yes, date unknown


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  • Name Ann Mrs. John Giles 
    Born Abt 1785 
    Gender Female 
    Died Yes, date unknown 
    Person ID I11042  My Reynolds Line
    Last Modified 5 Feb 2014 

    Family John A. Giles,   b. Abt 1770, Louden County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1849, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 79 years) 
    Married Abt 1805 
    Children 
     1. Rebecca Giles,   b. 1809, Banister, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Jun 1861, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 52 years)
    +2. Ann Giles,   b. Est 1810, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    +3. Susanna Giles,   b. 21 Aug 1801, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 1866, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 64 years)
    Last Modified 29 Jan 2024 
    Family ID F3491  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S3] Mary Frances Reynolds Eggleston.
      Descendants of John Cristie Giles
      Generation No. 1
      1. JOHN CRISTIE2 GILES (GEORGE1) was born Abt. 1740 in Westmoreland County, Va., and died 1799 in Pittsylvania Co., Va.. He married JANE. She was born Abt. 1745, and died WFT Est. 1774-1839.
      Notes for JOHN CRISTIE GILES:
      John was a revolutionary war patriot. A letter written in 1919 by Minnie Giles, who did considerable work in tracing her Giles ancestors, said that the Giles Family is of English descent and that several brothers (William, George and James) came from the Parish of St. Giles near London to New York. William Giles died in August 1702. George moved to Virginia, raised a family and died. John is the first known ancestor of George.
      Last Will and Testament of John C. Giles:
      From abstracts of Pittsylvania County, Va. Wills, 1767-1820 Page 209-210 14 February 1799 Probated 15 April 1799
      John Giles being sick in body but sound of mind. To my beloved wife Jane, I will all my real estate and personal during her lifetime. At her decease all my land where on I now live except 100 acres which I sold my son John and was paid to my son William. The lines to John's land was marked off by John Hutchinson and William Giles and Fully described to Walter Lamb. Also to my son William, a mare, bed, and a Negro girl, Amey.
      To my son Ephriam Giles, a Negro girl, Nancy, a bed, and sixty pounds.
      To my son George Giles a Negro girl, Tell on his paying my sons James and John twenty pounds each.
      To my four daughters: Elizabeth Riddle, Patsy Short, Susannah Riddle, and Rebecca Vaden, a Negro woman Lucy to be of equal benefit, but I do not desire her to be sold out of the family.
      What is left after the death of my wife, to be equally divided between my four daughters. I want my son Philo Giles, son of my daughter Patsy Short, to be given a good education, board and kept in decent clothing until manhood.
      Appoint my sons John and William as executors.
      John (x) Giles
      Wit: Walter Lamb, Caty Lamb, Edward Carter
      Walter Lamb and Abraham Parrish security for the executors.
      Children of JOHN GILES and JANE are:
      2. i. GEORGE3 GILES, b. Abt. 1762, Westmorelamd County, Virginia; d. 1838, Pittsylvania Co., Va..
      ii. WILLIAM GILES, b. Abt. 1767; d. Unknown; m. LUCY ALLEN, January 07, 1801, Pittsylvania County
      Virginia; d. Unknown.
      3. iii. JOHN A. GILES,SR., b. Abt. 1769, Loudon Co., Va.; d. August 1849.
      4. iv. SUSANNAH GILES, b. Abt. 1770; d. Unknown.
      5. v. EPHRAIM GILES, b. Abt. 1770, Loudon Co., Va.; d. December 07, 1841, Lincoln County, Mo..
      6. vi. REBECCA GILES, b. Abt. 1772, Loudon Co., Va.; d. Pittsylvania Co., Virginia m. William Vincent Reynolds
      vii. JAMES GILES, b. Abt. 1775, Loudon Co., Va.; d. Unknown.
      viii. ELIZABETH GILES, b. Abt. 1777, Loudon Co., Va.; d. Unknown; m. JOHN RIDDLE; b. Abt. 1770, Loudon
      Co., Va.; d. Unknown.
      7. ix. PATSY MARTHA GILES, b. Abt. 1779, Loudon Co., Va.; d. Unknown.
      Generation No. 2
      2. GEORGE3 GILES (JOHN CRISTIE2, GEORGE1) was born Abt. 1762 in Westmorelamd County, Virginia, and died
      1838 in Pittsylvania Co., Va.. He married MARTHA WALTON Abt. 1780 in Va.. She was born Abt. 1759 in
      Loudoun Co. Va, and died October 20, 1816 in Pittsylvania Co., Va..
      Notes for GEORGE GILES:
      George Giles was a revolutionary war patriot having served as a private and as a militiaman. He lived in Surry
      County, N. C. and was attached to Captain Gideon Fall's Company under Major James Rutherford. They
      marched to Monks Corner, S.C., where General Caswell took command. The Company was ordered to march
      2
      back, since Charleston had already fallen to the British. George joined the army at Nelson's Ferry on the Santee River, and from there went to Camden and then to Cross Creek. In 1780 moved from N. C. to Loudon County,
      Va. In 1781 was drafted into army and sent to Yorktown until the British surrendered. Marched in Regiment of Colonel G. West, which was sent to guard over British prisoners at Noland's Ferry on the Potomac. His pension of $23.33 annually began on 4/10/1833 and he received a total of $69.99.
      Children of GEORGE GILES and MARTHA WALTON are:
      i. STEPHEN4 GILES, b. 1780; d. WFT Est. 1807-1872; m. NANCY EASLEY, December 04, 1801, Pittsylvania County, Va.; b. WFT Est. 1761-1787; d. WFT Est. 1806-1875.
      8. ii. HEZIKIAH GILES, b. Abt. 1781; d. Unknown.
      9. iii. THOMAS GILES, b. 1781, Loudon Co., Va.; d. 1840.
      iv. NANCY GILES, b. Abt. 1787; d. Unknown; m. WALKER; d. Unknown.
      v. JOHN GILES, b. Abt. 1793; d. Unknown; m. ANN????; d. Unknown.
      10. vi. JAMES A. GILES, b. July 18, 1795, Loudon County, Va.; d. August 23, 1854, Pittsylvania Co., Va..
      11. vii. NELLY ELLENDER GILES, b. 1797; d. Unknown.
      12. viii. MARTHA GILES, b. Bef. July 1798; d. July 28, 1853.
      3. JOHN A.3 GILES,SR. (JOHN CRISTIE2, GEORGE1) was born Abt. 1769 in Loudon Co., Va., and died August 1849. He married ANNE. She was born 1777 in Loudon Co., Va., and died October 1857.
      Notes for JOHN A. GILES,SR.:
      John's will dated April 1849 lists his children as Mary, William, Vadan H., James A., John A., Elizabeth, Susan Mahan, and Rebecca Reynolds. The executor of the will was listed as James M. Reynolds, his son-in-law.
      Children of JOHN GILES and ANNE are:
      i. NANCY4 GILES, b. Private; m. JOSEPH HAWKINS, Private; d. Unknown.
      ii. ANNE GILES, d. Unknown; m. JAMES RIDDLE, February 06, 1854, Pittsylvana, Co., Va.; d. Unknown.
      13. iii. JOHN A. GILES, JR., b. 1795, Loudon Co., Va.; d. WFT Est. 1839-1887.
      14. iv. WILLIAM GILES, b. Abt. 1797, Loudon Co., Va.; d. Unknown.
      15. v. VADEN H. GILES, b. 1798; d. Unknown.
      vi. MARY GILES, b. 1799, Loudon Co., Va.; d. Unknown; m. JAMES RIDDLE; b. 1795, Pittsylvania Co., Va.; d.
      Unknown.
      16. vii. SUSANA GILES, b. 1802, Loudon Co., Va.; d. Unknown.
      17. viii. ELIZABETH GILES, b. April 18, 1803; d. March 08, 1880, Pittsylvania Co., Va..
      18. ix. REBECCA GILES, b. 1807, Va.; d. Unknown.
      x. ANN GILES, b. 1810, Pittsylvania Co., Va.; d. Unknown; m. ABNER MAHAN, November 15, 1830,
      Pittsylvania Co., Va.; b. April 03, 1804, Pittsylvania Co., Va.; d. Unknown.