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PYLE—PILE
Pages 270-272
ROBERT PYLE, of
Stanton Barnard, Wiltshire, yeoman. Power of Attorney, Robert Pyle of Stanton
Barnard to Robert Pyle, Jr., and Nicholas Pyle of Pennsylvania, to collect the
proceeds of a Bond given by George and John Chandler, 31st March, 1686.
("Sharpless Family," pp. 177-8.) Died at Stanton Barnard, 1694.
Administration 24 December, 1694 (Pile). Letters to Martha Pile, widow of
deceased. Personal Estate ś464: 10:0. (Archdeaconry Court of Sarum.)
Issue:
ROBERT, of whom presently.
NICHOLAS, died in Pennsylvania, 1717; married, first, 1688, Abigail, daughter
of Joseph Bushell; married, secondly, Ann Webb.
RALPH, died in Pennsylvania, 1741; married, first Elinor (???), who died
25 July, 1726, aged 63 years; married, secondly, Mary (???).
They were members of the Church of England at Concord.
ROBERT PYLE, son of
Robert of Stanton Barnard, Wiltshire. With Ann his wife he removed to
Pennsylvania, 1683. He settled in Bethel Township. Prior to his removal he had
lived at Horton, and is described as maltster. He married 9th month 16th, 1681,
Ann, daughter of William Stovey, of Hilperton, Wiltshire. (Marriage entered in
Book A of Minutes, Concord Monthly Meeting.)
Robert Pyle and his
wife were both members of the Society of Friends, and the Monthly Meetings of
Chichester were frequently held at his house. In 1706 he was one of a committee
to establish a Meeting at Nottingham.
He also took much
interest in civil affairs, and was a member of the Provincial Assembly, from
Chester County 1688, 1689, 1690, 1692, 1699, 1702. He was commissioned a
Justice of the Peace 6 April, 1685, and served until 1693. Recommissioned 24
November, 1711. He was chosen as a County Commissioner, 1 October, 1722, and again
in 1725. He died in Bethel Township, 1730.
Children of Robert Pyle and Ann, his first wife:
SARAH, born in England, 11th month 27th, 1682; died in Pennsylvania,
12th month 16th, 1706; married, 1702, John Vernon.
ROBERT, born in Pennsylvania, 7th month 17th, 1684; died 1717; married,
1709, Elizabeth Swaffer.
WILLIAM, born 11th month 26th, 1685; died 1734; married, 1707, Olive
Bennett.
JOHN, born 6th month 8th, 1687; died 1752; married, first, 1710, Lydia,
daughter of Peter Thomas, and Sarah Stedman, and secondly,
7th month 20th, 1716, Susannah, daughter of Robert Chamberlain
of Concord.
MARY, born 11th month 13th, 1688; married, 1713, Thomas Moore.
JACOB, born 1st month 5th, 1691; died 1717; married, 1713, Alice
Bowater.
JOSEPH, born 11th month 5th, 1692; died 1754; married, first, 1715, Sarah
Dicks, and secondly, 1732, Sarah (Pennell) Gibbons.
DANIEL, born 5th month 29th, 1694; died 1736; married, first, 1717, Mary
Chamberlain, and secondly, 1727, Mary Pennell.
JACOB PYLE, son of
John Pyle and Susanna (Chamberlain) his wife, was born about the year 1717, in
Thornbury Township, then Chester, now Delaware, County, and died 1786, or about
that time, near the present village of Thorton, Thornbury Township. He is said
to have been in the 69th year of his age at the time of his decease. He was
assessed in Thornbury, 1764.
On 8th month 22nd,
1740, at Concord Friends' Meeting, he married Jane daughter of Joseph Sharples,
of Nether Providence. She was born 12th month 4th, 1718, in Middletown Township
and died about 1775, in Thornbury Township.
Children of Jacob Pyle and Jane his wife:
CALER, born 8th month 8th, 1741; died about 1808; married Mary
Matthewson.
LEVI, married Margaret Johnson.
HANNAH, born about 1746; died 1st month 12th, 1808; married Jonathan
Heacock.
BENJAMIN, died 4th month 30th, 1831; married Sarah Heacock.
JACOB, married, first, Elizabeth Chamberlain; secondly, Elizabeth Blair.
LYDIA, married, Alexander Soley.
JOHN, born 3rd month 12th; 1758, died 12th month 14th, 1837; married
Alice Crosley.
ESTHER, married John Heacock.
It is believed that
there were eleven children altogether, of whom three died young; their names
are unknown.