Rebecca Giles^[1]

1809 - 1861  (52 years)

• Name	Rebecca Giles
  Born	1809	Banister, Pittsylvania County, Virginia
  Gender	Female
  Died	08 Jun 1861	Pittsylvania County, Virginia
  Notes	http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/g/i/l/George-Giles-Va/PDFGENE1.pdf Descendants of John Cristie Giles Generation No. 1 1. JOHN CRISTIE2 GILES (GEORGE1) was born Abt. 1740 in Westmoreland County, Va., and died 1799 in Pittsylvania Co., Va.. He married JANE. She was born Abt. 1745, and died WFT Est. 1774-1839. Notes for JOHN CRISTIE GILES: John was a revolutionary war patriot. A letter written in 1919 by Minnie Giles, who did considerable work in tracing her Giles ancestors, said that the Giles Family is of English descent and that several brothers (William, George and James) came from the Parish of St. Giles near London to New York. William Giles died in August 1702. George moved to Virginia, raised a family and died. John is the first know ancestor of George. Last Will and Testament of John C. Giles: From abstracts of Pittsylvania County, Va. Wills, 1767-1820 Page 209-210 14 February 1799 Probated 15 April 1799 John Giles being sick in body but sound of mind. To my beloved wife Jane, I will all my real estate and personal during her lifetime. At her decease all my land where on I now live except 100 acres which I sold my son John and was paid to my son William. The lines to John's land was marked off by John Hutchinson and William Giles and Fully described to Walter Lamb. Also to my son William, a mare, bed, and a Negro girl, Amey. To my son Ephriam Giles, a Negro girl, Nancy, a bed, and sixty pounds. To my son George Giles a Negro girl, Tell on his paying my sons James and John twenty pounds each. To my four daughters: Elizabeth Riddle, Patsy Short, Susannah Riddle, and Rebecca Vaden, a Negro woman Lucy to be of equal benefit, but I do not desire her to be sold out of the family. What is left after the death of my wife, to be equally divided between my four daughters. I want my son Philo Giles, son of my daughter Patsy Short, to be given a good education, board and kept in decent clothing until manhood. Appoint my sons John and William as executors. John (x) Giles Wit: Walter Lamb, Caty Lamb, Edward Carter Walter Lamb and Abraham Parrish security for the executors. Children of JOHN GILES and JANE are: 2. i. GEORGE3 GILES, b. Abt. 1762, Westmorelamd County, Virginia; d. 1838, Pittsylvania Co., Va.. ii. WILLIAM GILES, b. Abt. 1767; d. Unknown; m. LUCY ALLEN, January 07, 1801, Pittsylvania County Virginia; d. Unknown. 3. iii. JOHN A. GILES,SR., b. Abt. 1769, Loudon Co., Va.; d. August 1849. 4. iv. SUSANNAH GILES, b. Abt. 1770; d. Unknown. 5. v. EPHRAIM GILES, b. Abt. 1770, Loudon Co., Va.; d. December 07, 1841, Lincoln County, Mo.. 6. vi. REBECCA GILES, b. Abt. 1772, Loudon Co., Va.; d. Unknown. vii. JAMES GILES, b. Abt. 1775, Loudon Co., Va.; d. Unknown. viii. ELIZABETH GILES, b. Abt. 1777, Loudon Co., Va.; d. Unknown; m. JOHN RIDDLE; b. Abt. 1770, Loudon Co., Va.; d. Unknown. 7. ix. PATSY MARTHA GILES, b. Abt. 1779, Loudon Co., Va.; d. Unknown. Generation No. 2 2. GEORGE3 GILES (JOHN CRISTIE2, GEORGE1) was born Abt. 1762 in Westmorelamd County, Virginia, and died 1838 in Pittsylvania Co., Va.. He married MARTHA WALTON Abt. 1780 in Va.. She was born Abt. 1759 in Loudoun Co. Va, and died October 20, 1816 in Pittsylvania Co., Va.. Notes for GEORGE GILES: George Giles was a revolutionary war patriot having served as a private and as a militiaman. He lived in Surry County, N. C. and was attached to Captain Gideon Fall's Company under Major James Rutherford. They marched to Monks Corner, S.C., where General Caswell took command. The Company was ordered to march 2 back, since Charleston had already fallen to the British. George joined the army at Nelson's Ferry on the Santee River, and from there went to Camden and then to Cross Creek. In 1780 moved from N. C. to Loudon County, Va. In 1781 was drafted into army and sent to Yorktown until the British surrendered. Marched in Regiment of Colonel G. West, which was sent to guard over British prisoners at Noland's Ferry on the Potomac. His pension of $23.33 annually began on 4/10/1833 and he received a total of $69.99. Children of GEORGE GILES and MARTHA WALTON are: i. STEPHEN4 GILES, b. 1780; d. WFT Est. 1807-1872; m. NANCY EASLEY, December 04, 1801, Pittsylvania County, Va.; b. WFT Est. 1761-1787; d. WFT Est. 1806-1875. 8. ii. HEZIKIAH GILES, b. Abt. 1781; d. Unknown. 9. iii. THOMAS GILES, b. 1781, Loudon Co., Va.; d. 1840. iv. NANCY GILES, b. Abt. 1787; d. Unknown; m. WALKER; d. Unknown. v. JOHN GILES, b. Abt. 1793; d. Unknown; m. ANN????; d. Unknown. 10. vi. JAMES A. GILES, b. July 18, 1795, Loudon County, Va.; d. August 23, 1854, Pittsylvania Co., Va.. 11. vii. NELLY ELLENDER GILES, b. 1797; d. Unknown. 12. viii. MARTHA GILES, b. Bef. July 1798; d. July 28, 1853. 3. JOHN A.3 GILES,SR. (JOHN CRISTIE2, GEORGE1) was born Abt. 1769 in Loudon Co., Va., and died August 1849. He married ANNE. She was born 1777 in Loudon Co., Va., and died October 1857. Notes for JOHN A. GILES,SR.: John's will dated April1849 lists his children as Mary, William, Vadan H., James A., John A., Elizabeth, Susan Mahan, and Rebecca Reynolds. The executor of the will was listed as James M. Reynolds, his son-in-law. Children of JOHN GILES and ANNE are: i. NANCY4 GILES, b. Private; m. JOSEPH HAWKINS, Private; d. Unknown. ii. ANNE GILES, d. Unknown; m. JAMES RIDDLE, February 06, 1854, Pittsylvana, Co., Va.; d. Unknown. 13. iii. JOHN A. GILES, JR., b. 1795, Loudon Co., Va.; d. WFT Est. 1839-1887. 14. iv. WILLIAM GILES, b. Abt. 1797, Loudon Co., Va.; d. Unknown. 15. v. VADEN H. GILES, b. 1798; d. Unknown. vi. MARY GILES, b. 1799, Loudon Co., Va.; d. Unknown; m. JAMES RIDDLE; b. 1795, Pittsylvania Co., Va.; d. Unknown. 16. vii. SUSANA GILES, b. 1802, Loudon Co., Va.; d. Unknown. 17. viii. ELIZABETH GILES, b. April 18, 1803; d. March 08, 1880, Pittsylvania Co., Va.. 18. ix. REBECCA GILES, b. 1807, Va.; d. Unknown. x. ANN GILES, b. 1810, Pittsylvania Co., Va.; d. Unknown; m. ABNER MAHAN, November 15, 1830, Pittsylvania Co., Va.; b. April 03, 1804, Pittsylvania Co., Va.; d. Unknown.
  Person ID	I7967	Devin Timber | Margret Devin Reynolds Descendants
  Last Modified	27 Nov 2012

  
  

  Father	John Christie Giles,   b. About 1770
  Mother	Ann Mrs. John Giles,   b. c 1785
  Married	c 1905
  Family ID	F3491	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	James Mitchell Reynolds,   b. 07 Jan 1803, Pittsylvania County, Virginia U.S.A. ,   d. Jul 1866, Pittsylvania County, Virginia  (Age 63 years)
  Married	03 May 1826
  Notes	James and Rebecca had 9 children.
  Children	1. Elizabeth Ann Reynolds,   b. 1828 + 2. William Vincent Reynolds,   b. 16 Dec 1834, Pittsylvania County, Virginia ,   d. 28 Mar 1912, Marlowe homeplace, Callands, Pittsylvania, Virginia U.S.A.  (Age 77 years)   3. Mary J Reynolds,   b. 1831   4. Samuel Mitchell Reynolds,   b. 1834, Pittsylvania County, Virginia ,   d. 21 Jul 1861, Pittsylvania County, Virginia  (Age 27 years) + 5. John H. Reynolds,   b. 1836   6. Joseph Reynolds,   b. 1838   7. Henry Reynolds,   b. Abt 1840, Virginia   8. James C. Reynolds,   b. 1837, Pochahontas City ,   d. 29 Sep 1861, Pittsylvania County, Virginia  (Age 24 years)   9. Wilson Reynolds,   b. Abt 1843
  Last Modified	27 Oct 2010
  Family ID	F2699	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S67727] Mary Frances Reynolds Eggleston. Piedmont Lineages Vol XV No. 3 August 1993 by Anna Evans http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/pittsylvania/vitals/1853dth.txt death record Rebecca (Giles) Reynolds age 52; COD Dropsy; parents John & Ann Giles; husband James M. (Mitchell) Reynolds