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Reuben Giles 1739–1790 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Aft. 1739

Birth Location: Nantucket Isle, Nantucket, MA

Death Date: 01 Apr 1790

Death Location: Nantucket Isle, Nantucket, MA

Father: Beriah Giles

Mother: Mary Wyer

Spouse(s): Mary Upham, Lydia Baxter

Children(s): Laurina Giles

Reuben Giles was born in 1739 in Nantucket Isle, Nantucket, MA, the child of Beriah Giles And Mary Wyer. Reuben Giles married Lydia Baxter, Mary Upham, and had children including Laurina Giles. Reuben Giles passed away in 1790 in Nantucket Isle, Nantucket, MA.

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Biography

  • Reuben Giles was born in 1739 in Nantucket Isle, Nantucket, MA, the child of Beriah Giles And Mary Wyer.
  • Reuben Giles married Lydia Baxter, Mary Upham, and had children including Laurina Giles.
  • Reuben Giles passed away in 1790 in Nantucket Isle, Nantucket, MA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Beriah Giles
1713–
Birth Location: Nantucket, Nantucket, MA
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Mary Wyer
1720–1792
Birth Location: Nantucket, Nantucket, Massachusetts, USA
MW

Spouses(s)

Mary Upham
1748–1772
Birth Location: Nantucket, Nantucket, Massachusetts, USA
MU
Lydia Baxter
1760–1830
Birth Location: Nantucket Island, Nantucket County, Massachusetts
LB

Children(s)

Laurina Giles
1767–1837
Birth Location: Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States
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Reuben Giles's Ancestors

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Reuben Giles
1739–1790
Birth Place: Nantucket Isle, Nantucket, MA
Parents
Beriah Giles
1713–
Nantucket, Nantucket, MA
Mary Wyer
1720–1792
Nantucket, Nantucket, Massachusetts, USA
Grandparents
Moses Giles
1680–1758
Nantucket, Nantucket Co, MA
Mary Skiffe
1684–1763
Martha's Vinyard, Dukes County, Massachusetts, USA
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Reuben Giles's Descendants

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Reuben Giles (Aft. 1739–01 Apr 1790) m. Mary Upham (30 July 1748–29 May 1772) m. Lydia Baxter (2 OCT 1760–17 DEC 1830)
  1. 1. Laurina Giles 1767–1837 m. Capt (Peter) Gardner 1769–1832
    1. 1. Reuben (Giles) Gardner 1794–1845 m. Nancy Markland 1800–1868
      1. 1. Reuben (Giles) Gardner 1844–1922 m. Sarah (Eliza) Ryan 1846–1906
        1. 1. Cornela Gardner 1876–1929 m. Virgil (Homer) Peed 1882–1958
        2. 2. Peter (R) Gardner 1878–
      2. 2. Caroline (Emeline) Gardner 1831–
      3. 3. Charles Gardner 1834–
      4. 4. Eliza (Ann) Gardner 1836–1899
      5. 5. Peter Gardner 1838–1871
      6. 6. Mary (Jane) Gardner 1827–
      7. 7. Martha Gardner 1830–

Reuben Giles's Timeline

2 Records

1739
Aft. 1739
Birth of Reuben Giles in Nantucket Isle, Nantucket, MA
Nantucket Isle, Nantucket, MA
1790
01 Apr 1790
Age 51
Death of Reuben Giles in Nantucket Isle, Nantucket, MA
Nantucket Isle, Nantucket, MA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Aft. 1739
    Event Place: Nantucket Isle, Nantucket, MA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 01 Apr 1790
    Event Place: Nantucket Isle, Nantucket, MA
    Record Source:
    [1] Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records
    [2] Massachusetts, Compiled Birth, Marriage, and Death Records, New England Historic Genealogical Society; Boston, Massachusetts; Vital Records of Nantucket, Massachusetts to the Year 1850
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