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Cyrus Stiles

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Cyrus Stiles

Birth
Boxford, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
Death
24 Aug 1831 (aged 78)
Amherst, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA
Burial
Amherst, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA Add to Map
Plot
285, Secomb Block, owner J. Stiles
Memorial ID
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CYRUS 8th child of Benjamin Stiles Sr. and Elizabeth (Foster) Stiles (Family #4 of Mary Stiles (Paul) Guild's 1892 book "The Stiles Family in America - Genealogies of the Massachusetts Family (Descendants of Robert Stiles of Rowley, MA 1659-1891) and the Dover, NH Family (Descendants of William Stiles of Dover, NH). Cyrus was the head of the MA family #11 in MSPG.

He married:
1) Feb. 17, 1781 Hannah Curtis of Middleton, MA, who died soon after; (no Find-A-Grave memorial found)
2) Oct. 29, 1789 Hannah Berry of Middleton, MA
His two marriages are recorded at Middleton.

He lived for a while at Middleton; removed to Amherst, NH between 1792 and 1796. The name of Cyrus Stiles was on the muster roll of Capt. Nathaniel Lovejoy's company in Col. Samuel Johnson's regiment that marched, April 19, 1775, under the command of Lt. John Adams. "The Company marched to Cambridge by ye way of Billerica." (From Lexington Alarm, vol. xi, p. 188)

He had 9 children by his second marriage. (first two recorded at Middleton; others were furnished by a descendant including two who died young and are not recorded here):
1) Cyrus, b. Feb. 25, 1790, died young
2) Hannah Curtis, b. Apr. 1, 1792, m. Mar. 30, 1813 Joseph, son of Joseph Jr. and Sarah (Wyatt) Prince
3) Hiram, d. in infancy
4) Mary, b. in Mount Vernon, NH June 6, 1796, m. Sept. 23, 1818 Peter, son of Deacon William and Rachel (Patterson) McNeil
5) Abby, d. at Mount Vernon, NH, aged 14
6) Cynthia, d. at Mount Vernon, NH, aged 14
7) Elizabeth Berry, died at Waltham, MA March 13, 1874, age 71, unmarried
8) Lydia, b. May 10, 1804, m. Apr. 1838 George H. (son of William and Asenath) Shaw, b. in Millford, NH March 20, 1807
9) Joseph Berry, b. Oct 11, 1811, m. Lucy H. Breed (Family #17)

Bio courtesy of Mary Stiles (Paul) Guild's 1892 book "The Stiles Family in America - Genealogies of the Massachusetts Family (Descendants of Robert Stiles of Rowley, MA 1659-1891) and the Dover, NH Family (Descendants of William Stiles of Dover, NH) and notes below by Jackie Marshall, the creator of this memorial.

Notes:
1) See Massachusetts Soldiers & Sailors of the American Revolution 15:17 for his service.
2) DIED - In this town [Amherst NH], 24th inst. Mr. Cyrus Stiles, about 80. [The Farmers' Cabinet, 27 Aug 1831]

Edited September 12, 2021
CYRUS 8th child of Benjamin Stiles Sr. and Elizabeth (Foster) Stiles (Family #4 of Mary Stiles (Paul) Guild's 1892 book "The Stiles Family in America - Genealogies of the Massachusetts Family (Descendants of Robert Stiles of Rowley, MA 1659-1891) and the Dover, NH Family (Descendants of William Stiles of Dover, NH). Cyrus was the head of the MA family #11 in MSPG.

He married:
1) Feb. 17, 1781 Hannah Curtis of Middleton, MA, who died soon after; (no Find-A-Grave memorial found)
2) Oct. 29, 1789 Hannah Berry of Middleton, MA
His two marriages are recorded at Middleton.

He lived for a while at Middleton; removed to Amherst, NH between 1792 and 1796. The name of Cyrus Stiles was on the muster roll of Capt. Nathaniel Lovejoy's company in Col. Samuel Johnson's regiment that marched, April 19, 1775, under the command of Lt. John Adams. "The Company marched to Cambridge by ye way of Billerica." (From Lexington Alarm, vol. xi, p. 188)

He had 9 children by his second marriage. (first two recorded at Middleton; others were furnished by a descendant including two who died young and are not recorded here):
1) Cyrus, b. Feb. 25, 1790, died young
2) Hannah Curtis, b. Apr. 1, 1792, m. Mar. 30, 1813 Joseph, son of Joseph Jr. and Sarah (Wyatt) Prince
3) Hiram, d. in infancy
4) Mary, b. in Mount Vernon, NH June 6, 1796, m. Sept. 23, 1818 Peter, son of Deacon William and Rachel (Patterson) McNeil
5) Abby, d. at Mount Vernon, NH, aged 14
6) Cynthia, d. at Mount Vernon, NH, aged 14
7) Elizabeth Berry, died at Waltham, MA March 13, 1874, age 71, unmarried
8) Lydia, b. May 10, 1804, m. Apr. 1838 George H. (son of William and Asenath) Shaw, b. in Millford, NH March 20, 1807
9) Joseph Berry, b. Oct 11, 1811, m. Lucy H. Breed (Family #17)

Bio courtesy of Mary Stiles (Paul) Guild's 1892 book "The Stiles Family in America - Genealogies of the Massachusetts Family (Descendants of Robert Stiles of Rowley, MA 1659-1891) and the Dover, NH Family (Descendants of William Stiles of Dover, NH) and notes below by Jackie Marshall, the creator of this memorial.

Notes:
1) See Massachusetts Soldiers & Sailors of the American Revolution 15:17 for his service.
2) DIED - In this town [Amherst NH], 24th inst. Mr. Cyrus Stiles, about 80. [The Farmers' Cabinet, 27 Aug 1831]

Edited September 12, 2021


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