. The Stiles family in America : genealogies of the Connecticut family. Descendants of John Stiles, of Windsor, Conn., and of Mr. Francis Stiles, of Windsor and Stratford, Conn., 1635-1894; also the Connecticut New Jersey families, 1720-1894; and the southern (or Bermuda-Georgia) family, 1635-1894. With contributions to the genealogies of some New York and Pennsylvania families .... ividual family lines; and such I have en-deavored punctiliously to credit in the body of the work. Thecorrespondence which I have had with many, and the acquaint-ance formed with some of them, has been very pleasan
. The Stiles family in America : genealogies of the Connecticut family. Descendants of John Stiles, of Windsor, Conn., and of Mr. Francis Stiles, of Windsor and Stratford, Conn., 1635-1894; also the Connecticut New Jersey families, 1720-1894; and the southern (or Bermuda-Georgia) family, 1635-1894. With contributions to the genealogies of some New York and Pennsylvania families .... ividual family lines; and such I have en-deavored punctiliously to credit in the body of the work. Thecorrespondence which I have had with many, and the acquaint-ance formed with some of them, has been very pleasant to me;as, also, is the memory of some who have passed away, andwhose unobstrusive help was often rendered in collecting Stilesitems, in tracing clues, and in assisting to disentangle someawful genealogical snarls. Of such, I may especially remembermy friends, the late eminent genealogist D. Williams Patterson,of Newark Yalley, N. Y., and the venerable Royal Paine, ofBrooklyn, N. Y., both of whom died in 1893. To myself, thevalue of my historical and genealogical work consists mainly inthe friendships and the memories of friendships which it hasbrought to me. And so, with a warm cousinly greeting to all good men andwomen of the Family, who may become interested in thesepages, I remain, Their friend and well-wisher, (Isfywu/ August 8, 1895. 111-113 William St.,Xew York THE REMOTE ORIGIN -OF THE- NAME AND FA MIL Y OF STILES. The Stiles Family is of Anglo-Saxon origin. If other familiesclaim that their ancestors came into England with William theConqueror, ours may rest assured that it was in Britain before theConquest. This is evident from the name, and from the most ancientlocalities of the families which bore it. First, as to the name. Lower, in his English Surnames, (p. 84),mentions, among names which describe the nature or situation ofthe original bearers residence, such as Hill, Dale, Wood, etc., thatof Stile, Styles, given in the old Subsidy Roll of the Rape ofLewes
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