| Rev. Samuel Niles
(Nathaniel2 ,
John1 )
Born: May 1, 1674 in New Shoreham, Washington Co., RI.
Died: May 1, 1762 in Braintree, Norfolk Co., MA; Gravestone.
Married (1) Elizabeth THACHER, March 29, 1710, Milton, Norfolk Co., MA; born March 7, 1683, Milton, Norfolk Co., MA; died February 10, 1716; Gravestone.
Married (2) Ann CODDINGTON, November 22, 1716, Newport, Newport Co., RI; born December 26, 1677, New Shoreham, Washington Co., RI; died October 25, 1732, Braintree, Norfolk Co., MA; Gravestone.
Married (3) Elizabeth ADAMS, December 22, 1737, Braintree, Norfolk Co., MA; born February 23, 1681, Dedham, Norfolk Co., MA; died December 21, 1766, New HAven, New Haven Co., CT; Gravestone.
Children of Samuel Niles and Elizabeth Thacher:
- Elizabeth, born May 16, 1706; married Joshua HAYWARD, Milton, Norfolk Co., MA; died December 31, 1766, South Kingstown, Washington Co., RI.
- Sarah, born May 20, 1708; marriedn Benjamin HUNT, died October 22, 1738, Braintree, Norfolk Co., MA.
- Samuel, born May 14, 1711, Braintree, Norfolk Co., MA; married Sarah NILES, December 20, 1739, South Kingstown, Washington Co., RI, died April 30, 1804, Lebanon, New Londown Co., CT.
- Mary, born May 27, 1713; married Atherton WALES, November 5, 1730, Braintree, Norfolk Co., MA; died September 11, 1792, Marshfield, Plymouth Co., MA; Gravestone.
- Nathaniel, born February 2, 1716; March 8, 1731.
Children of Samuel Niles and Ann Coddington:
- Elisha, born January 8, 1718, Braintree, Norfolk Co., MA; died January 11, 1719, Braintree, Norfolk Co., MA.
- Elisha, born July 30, 1719, Braintree, Norfolk Co., MA; married Anna THAYER, December 7, 1752, Braintree, Norfolk Co., MA; died July 1, 1776, Braintree, Norfolk Co., MA; Findagrave.
- Susanna, born July 30, 1719, Braintree, Norfolk Co., MA; married Ebenezer THAYER, April 3, 1746, Braintree, Norfolk Co., MA; died May 9, 1754, Braintree, Norfolk Co., MA; Findagrave.
Notes for Rev. Samuel Niles:
In the Records of the Town of Braintree, 1640 to 1793, Edited by
Samuel A. Bates, Mass.: 742
The Rvd. Mr. Samuel Niel of this town & Mrs. Anne Codington
of Newport in Rhoad Island were married ye 22d. Day of November
1716 by Governor Cranson of Rhoad Island.
In the Records of the Town of Braintree, 1640 to 1793, Edited by
Samuel A. Bates, Mass.: 751
Marriage Enterd. By Richard Faxon Town Clerk. March 13, 1737 Recd.
The Revd. Mr Samuel Niles of Braintree and Mrs. Elizabeth Whiting
of Wendham were married (at Wendham) December 22d. 1737, By ye Revd.
Mr. Thomas Clap of sd. Wendham, as by ye Mr. Niles acct to me.
From NEHG Register, Volume 85, April 1931: 149
"Samuel Niles lived at Braintree with his maternal grandparents,
James and Sarah Sandys, about 1689. He preached at Kingstown,
R.I., 1702-1710, was ordained pastor in that part of Braintree
which is now the city of Quincy 11 May 1711, and there baptized
about twelve hundred and received into his church three hundred
and twelve persons. He was the author of "Tristitiae Ecclesiarum,"
1745, "Vindication of Divers Important Doctrines," 1752,
and "Doctrines of Original Sin," 1757, and left a manuscript
"History of the Wars in New England with the French &
Indians," which was written about 1760 and has been published
in Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society, Third
Series, Vol.. 6."
From Appleton's Cyclopaedia of America, Biography Wilson-Friske,
Volume IV Lodge-Pickens: 521
"He was graduated at Harvard in 1699 and preached in a
district of Rhode Island called the "ministeral lands,"
and in Kingston, R.I., from 1702 till 1710. From 1711 until his
death he was pastor of the 2d church of Braintree, Mass. In 1759
he received the degree of M.A. from Harvard. He was the author of
"Tristitiae Ecclesiarum, or a Brief and Sorrowful Account of
the Present Churches in New England" (1745); "God's Wonder-working
Providence for New England inthe Reduction of Louisburg," a
tract in verse (1747); "Vindication of Divers Important Doctrines"
(1752); "The True Scripture Doctrine of Original Sin,"
in answer to Dr. John Taylor's work on the same subject (1757);
and an unfinished "History of the Indian and French Wars,"
published in the Massachusetts historical collections. His diary,
kept for sixty years, containing a complete history of the town
of Braintree, is still extant."
Notes for Elizabeth Thacher:
Colonial Families of the United States of America: Volume 5
"Descendt of Phebe (Tilden) Hatch through John Oxenbridge
from Edward III of England:
Elizabeth Thacher who m. 22d March, 1701, Rev. Samuel Niles, of
Braintree, Massachusetts. |
