Butler Family Tree - John Niles

Person Chart

Partners

Partner	Date of Birth	Children
Hannah

Person Events

Event Type	Date	Place	Description
Birth	Abt 1603	England
Death	2/8/1693	Braintree, Massachusetts, USA	or 1694

Kinship Report

Name	Type	Place of Birth	Date of Birth	Place of Death	Date of Death
Partner
Hannah	Partner or wife			Braintree, Massachusetts, USA	1/31/1702

Notes


John Niles, born about 1603 in England is first of record when as John Nile he shared in the allotment of lands on Neponset River, near the mill, Sep.1,1634. He again shared in Dorchester lands in 1637, but evidently soon came to Braintree where all of his children are recorded in the early records of the town which was founded in 1640. "Old John Niles" died Feb.8,1693/4, aged "about 91 years" at Braintree. He lived for a time, at least previous to 1648 on present Elm St. Braintree, between it and Monatiquot River where he had 2 1/2 acres that were purchased by Richard Thayer (S.D. 5-455). This was one of the small lots in the vicinity of the iron works forge. His son Samuel acquired a large tract of land in present Randolph where by tradition he is said to be the first settler. This was procured at the time Andross was Governor when two other tracts were invalid after his downfall and the lands were granted to others after their purchase in 1700 from Boston by Braintree men. The Nile's land, however, was granted to sons of John Niles in 1700 as proprietors of the Purchase Lands, and this might tend to confirm the tradition that it already had been settled upon by the family. This is, however, very doubtful at best, as no one could have had title to this land between 1688 and 1700 except the town of Boston, part of whose common lands it was.
This is copied from Dr. Ebenezer Alden's Randolph Families.

John Niles, born about 1603 in England is first of record when as John Nile he shared in the allotment of lands on Neponset River, near the mill, Sep.1,1634. He again shared in Dorchester lands in 1637, but evidently soon came to Braintree where all of his children are recorded in the early records of the town which was founded in 1640. "Old John Niles" died Feb.8,1693/4, aged "about 91 years" at Braintree. He lived for a time, at least previous to 1648 on present Elm St. Braintree, between it and Monatiquot River where he had 2 1/2 acres that were purchased by Richard Thayer (S.D. 5-455). This was one of the small lots in the vicinity of the iron works forge. His son Samuel acquired a large tract of land in present Randolph where by tradition he is said to be the first settler. This was procured at the time Andross was Governor when two other tracts were invalid after his downfall and the lands were granted to others after their purchase in 1700 from Boston by Braintree men. The Nile's land, however, was granted to sons of John Niles in 1700 as proprietors of the Purchase Lands, and this might tend to confirm the tradition that it already had been settled upon by the family. This is, however, very doubtful at best, as no one could have had title to this land between 1688 and 1700 except the town of Boston, part of whose common lands it was.

This is copied from Dr. Ebenezer Alden's Randolph Families.

History

Date	Age	Event	Category
Feb 15, 1564 - Jan 8, 1642	(-39.4) - 38.6	Life of Galileo Galilei	Personalities
1606	3.0	Discovery of Australia	Discoveries & Colonization
1618 - 1648	15.0 - 45.0	Thirty Years' War	Wars & Military Conflicts
1620	17.0	Voyage of the Mayflower, puritan 'Pilgrims' establish Plymouth (Massachusetts)	USA
1623	20.0	Start of construction of Versailles Palace	Monuments
1626	23.0	French settlement in Senegal	Discoveries & Colonization
Dec 25, 1642 - Mar 20, 1726	39.5 - 122.8	Life of Isaac Newton	Personalities
Nov 7, 1665	62.4	First issue of the London Gazette	Companies
May 2, 1666 - Sep 5, 1666	62.9 - 63.2	Great Fire of London	Great Britain
1682	79.1	German company lands at the Gold Coast	Discoveries & Colonization
Mar 21, 1685 - Jul 28, 1750	81.8 - 147.2	Life of Johann Sebastian Bach	Personalities
May 24, 1686 - Sep 16, 1736	83.0 - 133.3	Life of Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit	Personalities
Jan 18, 1689 - Feb 10, 1755	85.6 - 151.7	Life of Charles De Secondat, Baron de Montequieu	Personalities
Feb 13, 1689	85.7	Adoption of the Bill of Rights	Great Britain
Jun 12, 1690	87.0	Battle of the Boyne	Great Britain