An American Family History

Giles Family

also spelled Jiles

Henry Giles, Sr. was born about 1758 in London.

When he was fourteen years, he ran away from school in Liverpool, coming to the United States, where he served as a drummer boy in the Revolutionary war.

He married Ann Mason.

Henry Giles, Jr. (1794),
Mary Giles (1798, married Thomas Long)

He owned 600 acres in Bedford County, Pennsylvania, near Bloody Run. Giles appeared in the tax lists of Barree Township from 1774 to 1789.

1774 Giles & Dickey - uncultivated land
1775 Banister & Giles - uncultivated land
1776 Banister & Giles - uncultivated land
1779 Banister & Giles - freemen
1781 Banister & Giles

He died in 1852, at the age of ninety-four years.

Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania was established on September 20, 1787 as a large region of Central Pennsylvania. It was previously part of Bedford County and the earlier Cumberland Region.

Henry Giles, Jr. was born about 1794 in Pennsylvania. He was a blacksmith.

He married Nancy Moore in Bedford County, Pennsylvania. Nancy was born in London, England. Her father was William Moore.

Daniel Giles (1836)

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