According to "The Giles Family of Cumberland County Nova Scotia: Thomas Giles 1772-1851 and Nancy Willis Giles 1775-1845 and Their Descendants" (2001) by great-great grandson Edwin Glennie Giles, Jr. (1944-2002), Thomas Giles and Nancy Willis came to Nova Scotia in 1819 from Ireland. Nancy was from Scotland. Thomas spent nearly 20 years in Ireland before leaving for Nova Scotia. Nancy was a widow of Evans before marrying Thomas Giles. In some records, Nancy is referred to as Agnes.
There are several ships that sailed from Ireland to Halifax, Nova Scotia in 1819, but no passenger lists for those ships are known.
The land grants to Thomas Giles (250, 175, 100, 100, 100 acres) and James Giles (100 acres), eldest son of Thomas and Nancy, can be seen in Crown Land Records Sheet 70 in the triangle between Lower Greenville, Wentworth Station, and Westchester Station.
References:
• 1819 Acadian Recorder lists several ships bound from Ireland to Halifax, Nova Scotia: https://www.theshipslist.com/ships/Arrivals/novascotia.shtml .
• 2001 Edwin Glennie Giles, Jr.: The Giles Family of Cumberland County Nova Scotia: Thomas Giles 1772-1851 and Nancy Willis Giles 1775-1845 and Their Descendants.
• 2009 Timothy McKenny: Giles Family Nova Scotia: https://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/giles/3196/ .
• 2009 Cumberland County, Nova Scotia land grant maps: https://novascotia.ca/natr/land/grantmap.asp , https://novascotia.ca/natr/land/indexmaps/070.pdf .
• 2011 Alan Jackson: WikiTree: Gabriel Knight Purdy: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Purdy-162 .
• 2023 Bob Hegerich: https://www.bobhegerich.com/getperson.php?personID=I201756&tree=Main .
• 2024 FamilySearch: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/K8TS-LP5 .
• 2024 Giles descendants: https://willbraffitt.org/roots/GilesDescendants.txt .
There are several ships that sailed from Ireland to Halifax, Nova Scotia in 1819, but no passenger lists for those ships are known.
The land grants to Thomas Giles (250, 175, 100, 100, 100 acres) and James Giles (100 acres), eldest son of Thomas and Nancy, can be seen in Crown Land Records Sheet 70 in the triangle between Lower Greenville, Wentworth Station, and Westchester Station.
References:
• 1819 Acadian Recorder lists several ships bound from Ireland to Halifax, Nova Scotia: https://www.theshipslist.com/ships/Arrivals/novascotia.shtml .
• 2001 Edwin Glennie Giles, Jr.: The Giles Family of Cumberland County Nova Scotia: Thomas Giles 1772-1851 and Nancy Willis Giles 1775-1845 and Their Descendants.
• 2009 Timothy McKenny: Giles Family Nova Scotia: https://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/giles/3196/ .
• 2009 Cumberland County, Nova Scotia land grant maps: https://novascotia.ca/natr/land/grantmap.asp , https://novascotia.ca/natr/land/indexmaps/070.pdf .
• 2011 Alan Jackson: WikiTree: Gabriel Knight Purdy: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Purdy-162 .
• 2023 Bob Hegerich: https://www.bobhegerich.com/getperson.php?personID=I201756&tree=Main .
• 2024 FamilySearch: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/K8TS-LP5 .
• 2024 Giles descendants: https://willbraffitt.org/roots/GilesDescendants.txt .
According to "The Giles Family of Cumberland County Nova Scotia: Thomas Giles 1772-1851 and Nancy Willis Giles 1775-1845 and Their Descendants" (2001) by great-great grandson Edwin Glennie Giles, Jr. (1944-2002), Thomas Giles and Nancy Willis came to Nova Scotia in 1819 from Ireland. Nancy was from Scotland. Thomas spent nearly 20 years in Ireland before leaving for Nova Scotia. Nancy was a widow of Evans before marrying Thomas Giles. In some records, Nancy is referred to as Agnes.
There are several ships that sailed from Ireland to Halifax, Nova Scotia in 1819, but no passenger lists for those ships are known.
The land grants to Thomas Giles (250, 175, 100, 100, 100 acres) and James Giles (100 acres), eldest son of Thomas and Nancy, can be seen in Crown Land Records Sheet 70 in the triangle between Lower Greenville, Wentworth Station, and Westchester Station.
References:
• 1819 Acadian Recorder lists several ships bound from Ireland to Halifax, Nova Scotia: https://www.theshipslist.com/ships/Arrivals/novascotia.shtml .
• 2001 Edwin Glennie Giles, Jr.: The Giles Family of Cumberland County Nova Scotia: Thomas Giles 1772-1851 and Nancy Willis Giles 1775-1845 and Their Descendants.
• 2009 Timothy McKenny: Giles Family Nova Scotia: https://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/giles/3196/ .
• 2009 Cumberland County, Nova Scotia land grant maps: https://novascotia.ca/natr/land/grantmap.asp , https://novascotia.ca/natr/land/indexmaps/070.pdf .
• 2011 Alan Jackson: WikiTree: Gabriel Knight Purdy: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Purdy-162 .
• 2023 Bob Hegerich: https://www.bobhegerich.com/getperson.php?personID=I201756&tree=Main .
• 2024 FamilySearch: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/K8TS-LP5 .
• 2024 Giles descendants: https://willbraffitt.org/roots/GilesDescendants.txt .
There are several ships that sailed from Ireland to Halifax, Nova Scotia in 1819, but no passenger lists for those ships are known.
The land grants to Thomas Giles (250, 175, 100, 100, 100 acres) and James Giles (100 acres), eldest son of Thomas and Nancy, can be seen in Crown Land Records Sheet 70 in the triangle between Lower Greenville, Wentworth Station, and Westchester Station.
References:
• 1819 Acadian Recorder lists several ships bound from Ireland to Halifax, Nova Scotia: https://www.theshipslist.com/ships/Arrivals/novascotia.shtml .
• 2001 Edwin Glennie Giles, Jr.: The Giles Family of Cumberland County Nova Scotia: Thomas Giles 1772-1851 and Nancy Willis Giles 1775-1845 and Their Descendants.
• 2009 Timothy McKenny: Giles Family Nova Scotia: https://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/giles/3196/ .
• 2009 Cumberland County, Nova Scotia land grant maps: https://novascotia.ca/natr/land/grantmap.asp , https://novascotia.ca/natr/land/indexmaps/070.pdf .
• 2011 Alan Jackson: WikiTree: Gabriel Knight Purdy: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Purdy-162 .
• 2023 Bob Hegerich: https://www.bobhegerich.com/getperson.php?personID=I201756&tree=Main .
• 2024 FamilySearch: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/K8TS-LP5 .
• 2024 Giles descendants: https://willbraffitt.org/roots/GilesDescendants.txt .
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To the Memory of Nancy Willis, wife of Thomas GILES, who departed this life 21st Day of April 1845 in the 70th year of her age.
Behold the emblem of thy state
The dust to dust here lies.
But the immortal spirits fled
To mansions in the skies.
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