Husband of Sarah (Sandys/Sands) Niles
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Nathaniel was a Captain of Militia in King Phillips War, Justice of the Peace, Grand Juror and Overser of the poor in 1687, and a member of the Rhode Island assembly in 1705. He was made a freeman in Kingstown, Rhode Island in 1710.
He owned plantations in South Kingston and Block Island, RI. "He resided at Block Island in early life, and owned land at Lyme, Conn., and Kingston, R.I. where some of his children settled, but after his son Samuel became minister at Braintree he came here and died here and was buried in Elm St. Cemetery where he has a large stone which calls him "Capt. Nathaniel Niles, formerly of Block Island" ("formerly of South Kingstown, R.I." - town record). (Sprague - 3538)
"He seems to have resided for a time at Dorchester, and to have removed thence to Block Island some time previous to 1673; removed to South Kingston, R. I.; and finally came back and died in Braintree, Dec. 22, 1727, in the 86th year of his age. Rev. Samuel Niles, his son, says he was 87; but the Braintree Town Record is consistent with itself, in giving his age as I have now quoted it. How many children Capt. Nathaniel had, and what were their names, we are not informed, and are sure only of the following -- . . . " (The Vinton Memorial; p. 345)
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Mother Jane Reed born 1611 in England
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Nathaniel was a Captain of Militia in King Phillips War, Justice of the Peace, Grand Juror and Overser of the poor in 1687, and a member of the Rhode Island assembly in 1705. He was made a freeman in Kingstown, Rhode Island in 1710.
He owned plantations in South Kingston and Block Island, RI. "He resided at Block Island in early life, and owned land at Lyme, Conn., and Kingston, R.I. where some of his children settled, but after his son Samuel became minister at Braintree he came here and died here and was buried in Elm St. Cemetery where he has a large stone which calls him "Capt. Nathaniel Niles, formerly of Block Island" ("formerly of South Kingstown, R.I." - town record). (Sprague - 3538)
"He seems to have resided for a time at Dorchester, and to have removed thence to Block Island some time previous to 1673; removed to South Kingston, R. I.; and finally came back and died in Braintree, Dec. 22, 1727, in the 86th year of his age. Rev. Samuel Niles, his son, says he was 87; but the Braintree Town Record is consistent with itself, in giving his age as I have now quoted it. How many children Capt. Nathaniel had, and what were their names, we are not informed, and are sure only of the following -- . . . " (The Vinton Memorial; p. 345)
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Mother Jane Reed born 1611 in England
Husband of Sarah (Sandys/Sands) Niles
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Nathaniel was a Captain of Militia in King Phillips War, Justice of the Peace, Grand Juror and Overser of the poor in 1687, and a member of the Rhode Island assembly in 1705. He was made a freeman in Kingstown, Rhode Island in 1710.
He owned plantations in South Kingston and Block Island, RI. "He resided at Block Island in early life, and owned land at Lyme, Conn., and Kingston, R.I. where some of his children settled, but after his son Samuel became minister at Braintree he came here and died here and was buried in Elm St. Cemetery where he has a large stone which calls him "Capt. Nathaniel Niles, formerly of Block Island" ("formerly of South Kingstown, R.I." - town record). (Sprague - 3538)
"He seems to have resided for a time at Dorchester, and to have removed thence to Block Island some time previous to 1673; removed to South Kingston, R. I.; and finally came back and died in Braintree, Dec. 22, 1727, in the 86th year of his age. Rev. Samuel Niles, his son, says he was 87; but the Braintree Town Record is consistent with itself, in giving his age as I have now quoted it. How many children Capt. Nathaniel had, and what were their names, we are not informed, and are sure only of the following -- . . . " (The Vinton Memorial; p. 345)
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Mother Jane Reed born 1611 in England
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Nathaniel was a Captain of Militia in King Phillips War, Justice of the Peace, Grand Juror and Overser of the poor in 1687, and a member of the Rhode Island assembly in 1705. He was made a freeman in Kingstown, Rhode Island in 1710.
He owned plantations in South Kingston and Block Island, RI. "He resided at Block Island in early life, and owned land at Lyme, Conn., and Kingston, R.I. where some of his children settled, but after his son Samuel became minister at Braintree he came here and died here and was buried in Elm St. Cemetery where he has a large stone which calls him "Capt. Nathaniel Niles, formerly of Block Island" ("formerly of South Kingstown, R.I." - town record). (Sprague - 3538)
"He seems to have resided for a time at Dorchester, and to have removed thence to Block Island some time previous to 1673; removed to South Kingston, R. I.; and finally came back and died in Braintree, Dec. 22, 1727, in the 86th year of his age. Rev. Samuel Niles, his son, says he was 87; but the Braintree Town Record is consistent with itself, in giving his age as I have now quoted it. How many children Capt. Nathaniel had, and what were their names, we are not informed, and are sure only of the following -- . . . " (The Vinton Memorial; p. 345)
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Mother Jane Reed born 1611 in England
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