(1) Samuel¹ Guile, was christened 19 Jan 1613 at Ilketshall, St. Margaret, co. Suffolk, England, married on 1 Sep 1647 at Haverhill, MA Judith Davis, daughter of James Davis and Cecily Thayer, who was born about 1626 at England. Samuel died on 21 Feb 1683 at Haverhill, MA. Judith died in May 1667 at Haverhill, MA.

Burleigh #1. "Samuel Guile, brother of John Guild, was for a brief period at Dedham, and appears to have been one of the first settlers of Newbury, but did not remain long, for in 1640 he was one of the twelve who settled Pentucket, now known as Haverhill. He was made a Freeman by the General Court in 1642, and married Sept. 1, 1647, Judith Davis, daughter of James Davis, one of the original settlers, and an emigrant from Marlborough, England. By careful examination of the records we do not find that he was interested to any degree in town or church affairs. In 1650, Samuel Gild made choice of land at Little River. In 1652, Samuel Gild received ten acres in the second division. In 1658, Samuel Guile enters into an agreement for support of a blacksmith, and receives land in the third division. Samuel Gilde senior built a cottage about 1660, and in 1663 received land in the fourth division. He died Feb. 21, 1683. Part of his homestead still remains in the possession of his descendants."

WILL OF SAMUEL GUILE.

"This is the last will and testimen of Samuell Gill though week / yet / in his perfit understanding. To my Son John I doe give my ox common lot as it is bounded with twoe ackers of medwo lying in the pond medow between thomas whiters medow and danield hendriecks medow with two commanadges. To my Son / Saml /, I doe give my dweling hous orchard land agining thereto with the barn a pon it with tow commonadges; with three ackers of land of ox common land lying over the way against my hous which I had of goodman swan. To my son efram I doe give my olde lot with the medow agining theirto wher I did formarly live; with twoe commonadges. To my dafter Sarah I doe give my third divition lot lying beyand Spicket River; by goodman sachalls land, and my bed with all the furniture theirto; and fifty five pounds to be paied equally by my sons to / my dafter / Sarah in corn and catell as can with in three years after my deses; it is to be understood eighteen pounds six shillings eight pence a pece. The fourth devishon land and the grate peace of medow lying in the pond medow with the Rest of the movables shall be equally devided amonge my three sons; and I doe mack my son John my exsecitor. /I give to my grandchild Judith Page five pound to be paid by my executors/ John Gill my son shall have hallf / the frut of / the orchard for seven years not with sta[n]ing the formar guieft and I doe mack choisse of thomas Whittier sener and stephen dow for to be oversers of the performance of my will, dated this 16 of febery 1683."

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Thomas Whittier}                                                            (Signature)                                               

John Keyser } Witness (Signature)

William White } -------------------------------------- 

The inventory mentions eight neat cattle, ten sheep, twenty-two acres oxe common land, twenty-five acres of pond plain, eighteen acres of pond meadow, dwelling-house, barn and orchard, three acres by the orchard, six commonages or common rights, one hundred acres of third division, upland and meadow, the fourth division to be laid out one hundred and eighty acres, loom, etc., one Bible - appraised value, £336, 6 s." (End of record quoted from Burleigh.)

(See section on Research in England for details of probable ancestry.)

Burleigh - (Notes on Judith) "Samuel Guile....married Sept. 1, 1647 Judith Davis, daughter of James Davis, one of the original settlers, and an emigrant from Marlborough England."

Children:

(3) Judith² Guile, (Samuel¹) was born 2 Apr 1650 at Haverhill, MA, and on 21 Jun 1671 at Haverhill, MA, married Joseph Page who was born about 1648. Judith died on 28 Apr 1672 at Haverhill, MA.

Burleigh #3

Children:

9 i Judith³ Page was born 28 Apr 1672 at Haverhill, MA.

 

(4) John² Guile, (Samuel¹) was born 8 Dec 1652 at Haverhill, MA, and on 3 Jan 1680/1681 at Haverhill, MA, married Sarah Garfield, daughter of Samuel Garfield and Mary Benfield, who was born 17 Jan 1654/1655 at Watertown, MA. John died on 4 Dec 1725 at Scituate, RI. Sarah was also married to William Sutton.

Burleigh #4. - "He was the executor of his father's will and was made a freeman at Newbury in 1678. In 1686 in open Haverhill town meeting, he charged Lieut. Johnson with attempting to cheat him by altering the bounds of land at Flaggey Meadows and taking in "near forty or fifty acres." A committee found that he and twenty others had trespassed upon the town ways. In 1694, for the sum of &16, he offered the town "the side hill adjoining great Pond" which offer was accepted, to receive "one-third current money, one-third good Indean corn, and one-third good fat cattle fit for slaughter." He was a house carpenter, and moved to Preston, Conn, in 1700. In a deed given in 1718, he is called of Providence, R.I., and March 31, 1726, Joseph Guile of Providence gave bonds as administrator on the estate of John Guile of Providence."

Children:

(5) Hannah² Guile, (Samuel¹) was born 12 Feb 1654/1655 at Haverhill, MA, and on 10 Mar 1680 at Salisbury, MA, married Thomas Clough, son of John Clough and Jane, who was born 29 May 1651 at Salisbury, MA. Hannah died on 22 Jan 1684 at Salisbury, MA. Thomas died about 1749 at Salisbury, MA. Thomas was also married to Ruth Connor.

Burleigh #5 - "b. Feb. 1654, died young."

Children:

(7) James² Gile, (Samuel¹ Guile) was born 27 Aug 1660 at Haverhill, MA, and on 21 Feb 1688/1689 at Haverhill, MA, married Ruth Parker, daughter of Joseph Parker and Mary, who was born 2 Jun 1661 at Andover, MA. James died on 29 Apr 1705 at Haverhill, MA. Ruth died after 1704.

Burleigh #7 - "James Gile, son of Samuel and Judith (Davis) Guile, born at Haverhill, MA Aug 27, 1660, married Feb. 21, 1688/9, Ruth Parker. He died at Haverhill April 29, 1705. The inventory of his estate mentions - home buildings and orchard, small piece of land near house, land at Jetts Lake, meadow at Pond Meadow, right in fourth division, meadow at Mistake, two common rights, 2 young oxen, 3 cows, 6 young cattle, 13 sheep, 11 lambs, 5 swine, horse, mare, colt, carpenter tools, arms, ammunition, books, etc. - 169 pounds. It was divided as follows: the widow one-third, Joseph one-fourth, Ebenezer one-eighth, Ruth one-eighth, Mary one-eighth, Elizabeth one-eighth, and Sarah one eighth of the remaining two-thirds."

Children:

(8) Ephraim² Gile, (Samuel¹ Guile) was born 21 Mar 1661/1662 at Haverhill, MA, and on 5 Jan 1686 at Haverhill, MA, married Martha Bradley, daughter of Daniel Bradley and Mary Williams, who was born in 1667 at Haverhill, MA. Ephraim died after 1720 at Chester, NH.

Burleigh #8 - "He lived at Haverhill and in 1711 was "one of the soldiers supplied with snow shoes for emergency in case of attack by the Indians." He was probably the Ephraim Gile who cut the first way to Cheshire, and was admitted an inhabitant of Chester in 1720."

THIRD GENERATION

(12) Samuel³ Guile, (John², Samuel¹) was born 18 Mar 1686 at Haverhill, MA, and about 1706 at Preston, CT, married Mary Goppy who was born about 1685 at Preston, CT. Samuel died in 1723 at Preston, CT. Mary died in May 1726 at Preston, CT.

Burleigh #11. "Possibly, late in life he moved to New York State."

(14) Benjamin³ Guile, (John², Samuel¹) was born 13 Jun 1689 at Haverhill, MA, and on 1 Jul 1719 at Preston, CT, married Phebe Denison, daughter of Capt. William Denison and Mary Avery, who was born at Stonington, CT. Benjamin died in Mar 1725 at Preston, CT. Phebe was also married to Stephen Herrick.

Burleigh #13.

(16) Elizabeth³ Guile, (John², Samuel¹) was born 6 Mar 1694 at Haverhill, MA, and on 26 Jan 1721/1722 at Preston, CT, married Ebenezer Herrick who was born 17 May 1699.

(17) Joseph³ Guile, (John², Samuel¹) was born 18 Nov 1701 at Preston, CT, and about 1737 at Providence, RI, married Elnathan Harris, daughter of Richard Harris and Lydia King, who was born about 1715 at Smithfield, RI. Joseph died on 5 Aug 1785 at Hoosick, NY. Elnathan died in 1754 at Providence, RI and was buried at Lincoln, RI.

Burleigh #16 - "Joseph Guile, son of John and Sarah (Sutton) Guile, was probably born at Preston, CT about 1795 [sic][typo-1695]. Nothing is known of him except that he gave bonds as administrator of his father's estate on 31 March 1726, and is called of Providence, R.I."

Burleigh #42 - "Joseph Guile, son of Joseph and ______(_______) Guile, _______ married first Elethan Harris; married second at South Scituate, R.I., Dec. 24, 1758, Mary Franklin, daughter of Philip Franklin. He is called Joseph Jr. of Scituate. In his will, dated March 17, 1781, he gives "Joseph, son of Elethan, £10 and his mother's portion, all that her father gave her, and maintained him until he was seven years old." He died at South Scituate, Aug. 5, 1785."

(19) Thomas³ Clough, (Hannah² Guile, Samuel¹) was born 9 Dec 1681 at Salisbury, MA, and on 15 Jan 1705/1706 at Haverhill, MA, married Mary Gile, daughter of Ephraim Gile and Martha Bradley, who was born 11 Feb 1687 at Haverhill, MA.

(20) Ruth³ Gile, (James², Samuel¹ Guile) was born in Jan 1689 at Haverhill, MA, and in 1715 at Haverhill, MA, married Nathaniel Johnson who was born at Haverhill, MA. Ruth died on 11 Nov 1729 at Haverhill, MA.

Burleigh #17.

(21) Joseph³ Gile, (James², Samuel¹ Guile) was born 28 Nov 1691 at Haverhill, MA, and on 9 Jan 1717/1718, married Mary Heath, daughter of John Heath and Frances Hutchens, who was born 8 Nov 1700 at Haverhill, MA. Joseph died in 1742/1752 at Kingston, NH. Mary died in 1754 at Hampstead, NH and was buried at Village Cem, Hampstead, NH.

Burleigh #18. "He was living at Kingston, NH in 1742."

(22) Mary³ Gile, (James², Samuel¹ Guile) was born 23 Apr 1694 at Haverhill, MA, and on 24 Feb 1728/1729 at Haverhill, MA, married Jonathan Clough, son of John Clough and Mercy Page, who was born 11 Apr 1688 at Salisbury, MA. Mary died on 28 Mar 1787 at Killingly, CT and was buried at West Thompson Cm, Killingly, CT. Jonathan died on 2 Jun 1782 at Belchertown, MA and was buried at West Thompson Cm, Killingly, CT. Jonathan was also married to Hannah Gile.

Burleigh #19. "m. Jonathan Clough of Killingly, Conn."

(23) Ebenezer³ Gile, (James², Samuel¹ Guile) was born 7 Oct 1695 at Haverhill, MA, and on 7 Jan 1719/1720 at Haverhill, MA, married Mary Johnson, daughter of Joseph Johnson and Hannah Barker, who was born 22 Sep 1695 at Haverhill, MA. Ebenezer died on 9 Mar 1722 at Haverhill, MA.

Burleigh #20. "He was a bricklayer at Haverhill, and died Mar 9, 1721-2, leaving an estate valued at £137.

(28) Mary³ Gile, (Ephraim², Samuel¹ Guile) was born 11 Feb 1687 at Haverhill, MA, and on 15 Jan 1705/1706 at Haverhill, MA, married Thomas Clough, son of Thomas Clough and Hannah Guile, who was born 9 Dec 1681 at Salisbury, MA.

(29) Hannah³ Gile, (Ephraim², Samuel¹ Guile) was born 11 Aug 1690 at Haverhill, MA, and on 31 Dec 1709 at Haverhill, MA, married Jonathan Clough, son of John Clough and Mercy Page, who was born 11 Apr 1688 at Salisbury, MA. Hannah died on 11 Nov 1727 at Killingly, CT and was buried at West Thompson Cm, Killingly, CT. Jonathan died on 2 Jun 1782 at Belchertown, MA and was buried at West Thompson Cm, Killingly, CT. Jonathan was also married to Mary Gile.

Burleigh #28. "m. Jonathan Clough of Haverhill."

(30) Mehitable³ Guile, (Ephraim² Gile, Samuel¹ Guile) was born 1 Dec 1692 at Haverhill, MA, and on 29 Dec 1715 at Haverhill, MA, married Nathaniel Johnson, son of John Johnson and Lydia Clement, who was born 31 Oct 1691 at Haverhill, MA. Mehitable died on 27 Feb 1788 at Stafford, Tolland Co., CT. Nathaniel died on 16 Jan 1769 at Stafford, CT.

Burleigh #29. "m. Dec. 29, 1715 Nathaniel Johnson of Haverhill."

(31) Sarah³ Gile, (Ephraim², Samuel¹ Guile) was born 20 Jan 1694/1695 at Haverhill, MA, and on 3 Mar 1717 at Haverhill, MA, married Samuel Davis. Samuel died before 1730.

Burleigh #30.

She also married about 1730, Timothy Cooper who was born 9 Apr 1700 at Lexington, MA.

(32) Daniel³ Gile, (Ephraim², Samuel¹ Guile) was born 10 Dec 1697 at Haverhill, MA, and in 1725/1726 at Haverhill, MA, married Joanna Heath who was born 13 Feb 1706. Daniel died about 1795 at Plaistow, NH. Joanna died on 12 Jan 1789.

Burleigh #31. "He was a farmer at the foot of Sweet Hill in Plaistow, NH, and died there, aged nearly 100 years."

(33) Judith³ Gile, (Ephraim², Samuel¹ Guile) was born 3 May 1700 at Haverhill, MA, and on 26 Oct 1721 at Haverhill, MA, married Henry Green, Jr.. Judith died on 2 May 1779 at Thompson, CT.

Burleigh #32.

(34) Samuel³ Gile, (Ephraim², Samuel¹ Guile) was born 13 Feb 1702/1703 at Haverhill, MA, and in 1725 at Haverhill, MA, married Sarah Emerson, daughter of Benjamin Emerson and Sarah Silver, who was born 30 Jun 1709 at Haverhill, MA. Samuel died on 1 Dec 1775 at Haverhill, MA. Sarah died on 10 Sep 1804 at Haverhill, MA.

Burleigh #33 "He was called of Chester in 1723, of Haverhill in 1731 and died at Haverhill Dec. 1, 1775." Abstract of will is in Burleigh. Value £834 18s.

(35) Ephraim³ Gile, Jr., (Ephraim², Samuel¹ Guile) was born 15 Aug 1705 at Haverhill, MA, and on 15 Jun 1730 at Killingly, CT, married Abigail Converse. Ephraim died at Killingly, CT.

Burleigh #34. "In 1729 he bought of his father 20 acres of land at Chester, (NH) and in the same year bought 200 acres at Killingly, CT. Jan 28 1730 he signed the church covenant at North Killingly and bought a pew."

(36) Ebenezer³ Gile, (Ephraim², Samuel¹ Guile) was born 11 Sep 1708 at Haverhill, MA, and on 6 Jan 1731/1732 at Haverhill, MA, married Lydia Johnson, daughter of Thomas Johnson and Ruth Bradley, who was born 23 Aug 1707 at Haverhill, MA. Ebenezer died in Feb 1779 at Hopkinton, NH. Lydia died in 1781 at Enfield, NH and was buried at Choate Hill, Enfield, NH.

Burleigh #35. " m. June 6, 1731/2, Lydia Johnson. Her father and mother were both killed by the French and Indians at the attack on Haverhill, Aug. 29, 1708. When the mother was slain, she held in her arms her only child Lydia, a year and 6 days old, born in the second year of her marriage. The child strangely escaped the tomahawk, concealed perhaps in the folds of her dress, grew to womanhood, and in her twenty fifth year married Ebenezer Gile. He moved from Haverhill to Hampstead in 1740; thence to Henniker in 1765; thence to Hopkinton, N.H. where he died about 1775. His widow died at Enfield in 1781. In 1743, he signed a petition to be set off from Kingston to Hampstead. He was a large speculator in lands, and in deeds is called a "trader"."