THE GENEALOGY AND HISTORY OF THE GUILD, GUILE, AND GILE FAMILY. BY CHARLIES BURLEIGH. *« \ — " "Honor thy father and thy mother." Exodua 20: 12. Honor and shame from no condition rise; — Act well yonr part; there all the honor lies." Pope's Essay on Man. t PORTLAND, ME.: BKOWN THUKSTON & COMPANY. 1887. c£w > v • * • * • * • mmSßDmm I i^Kiift? THE GENEALOGY AND HISTORY OF THE GUILD, GUILE, AND GILE FAMILY. BY CHARLIES BURLEIGH. *« \ — " "Honor thy father and thy mother." Exodua 20: 12. Honor and shame from no condition rise; — Act well yonr part; there all the honor lies." Pope's Essay on Man. t PORTLAND, ME.: BKOWN THUKSTON & COMPANY. 1887. c£w > v 1 ¦* <• .5» CONTENTS. PAGE Author's Preface 9 Introduction *2 The name inEngland and Scotland 2 < Rev. William Guild, d.d 22 English Notes 24 ' Posterity of John Guild, of Dedham 25 Second Generation 26 Third Generation 27 Fourth Generation 36 Fifth Generation 60 Sixth Generation 104 Seventh Generation l6S Eighth Generation 212 Posterity of Samuel Guile, of Haverhill, Mass 221 Second Generation. 223 Third Generation 224 Fourth Generation •• 227 Fifth Generation : 237 Sixth Generation. 2^S Seventh Generation 294 Eighth Generation 3*4 Ninth Generation 3*7 Miscellaneous 3*9 Marriages 322 Corrections and Additions 325 Index ——John, of Dedham 3*7 Index — Samuel, of Haverhill 338 Index — Allother Names 344 Index Places 375 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. PAGE Six Coats-of-Arms, intwo plates Frontispiece Charles Burleigh, Portland, Maine 9 House of John Guild, Dedham, Mass., 1637 23 Samuel Guild, Roxbury, Mass "4 Chester Guild, Somerville, Mass "6 Benjamin F. Guild, Boston, Mass 118 Calvin Guild, Dedham, Mass. *44 Almond Guild, West Winfield, N. V 158 Zelotus Guild, East Saginaw, Mich 159 James Guild, Roxbury, Mass *73 Henry Guild, Roxbury, Mass 174 Curtis Guild, Boston, Mass • - • ~ *77 Joseph H. Guild, Rupert, Vt 19° Egbert F. Guild, East Saginaw, Mich 209 ° Ancient Ship 22 Josiah Burleigh, Portland, Maine 252 Abner Gile, LaCrosse, Wisconsin. 273 » \ / AUTHOR'S PREFACE. About the year 1872 the author became interested in the history of his own ancestry, and commenced making inquiries in regard to it. During the progress of his researches there was awakened in him a desire for more extended information, and he was encouraged to continue his efforts until he had" accumulated sufficient material to warrant him in publishing a Genealogy of .the* Burleigh Family," and the book was issued in 1880. From the experience thus ob­ tained, he had acquired such a fondness for;genealogical research that itbecame to him an almost irresistible fascination, and in conse­ quence he was impelled to continue the pursuit in the collateral branches of his family, thus procuring considerable material relating to other family names, much of which has been contributed to other genealogists. ¦.­ Having devoted considerable time, without success, in trying to connect his great-grandfather, Samuel Guile, in an unbroken line from Samuel Guile,' one of thie first settlers of Haverhill, Mass., he was induced to make closer'search of the records, and more extended inquiries. He was especially prompted to do this, from the recollec­ tions ofhis dear old grandmother, and the many good things received from her inhis childhood ;her constant solicitude for the happiness tiff others which led her to minister to their necessities, and her abid­ ing faith in the Divine Master ;all tending to make the desire greater to honor her memory, and to ascertain from whom her noble quali­ ties were inherited, and also to perpetuate the same in some perma­ nent form by publishing the history of her ancestry. In searching the records at Haverhill, the author found the name of Guild applied to Samuel and his sons, in several instances, stillitnever occurred to him that the names might be identical, until he mentioned his pur­ pose to prepare a genealogy of the Guile family to a friend, who un­ derstood the name to be Guild, both being pronounced nearly alike in this country, and the friend mentioned the fact that Mr.Charles H.Guild, of Somerville, Mass., was greatly interested in the history of this family, and would no doubt render valuable assistance. After a long correspondence with Mr.Guild, the result of their combined efforts was to establish the relationship between John, of Dedham, and Samuel, of Haverhill,beyond a reasonable doubt, and by his so­ licitation the author was induced to include both branches in the work. In 1867, Mr. Calvin Guild, of Dedham, published a duodecimo volume of one hundred twenty pages, containing a partial record of the family of John Guild,but during the period of twenty years which has elapsed since its publication, there has been a large in­ crease in the membership of the family,and many new branches have been discovered. In1878, there appeared a small volume of forty 10 author's preface. pages, issued by L. A. and T. Guild, of Bethlehem, Conn., contain­ ing the records of Samuel Guild, who went from Dedham to Leba­ non, Conn., and in 1886, L.A.and G. S. Guild published a few pages supplemental thereto. None of these publications made any pre­ tence of givinga history of the individual members of the family, but only to place the records, as far as they had ascertained them, in a permanent form. The families have been found to be much more numerous and more widely scattered than had been supposed, and consequently the labor and expense in collecting the material has been greater than was at first estimated. The author has used all honorable means to procure extended and complete records of families and sketches of individuals, and a generally commendable interest has been manifested, but itis to be regretted that many to whom the blanks were sent have failed to make returns, and in numerous instances the request has been renewed by urgent appeals, with­ out avail. The posterity of John Guild is presented with very few persons unaccounted for in the male lines. Had the records of Samuel Guile's posterity been placed inper­ manent form twenty years ago, many of the broken lines might have been avoided; no doubt in the great emigration of 1817, many fam­ ilies of this name moved West, and their descendant are stillliving in the smaller towns, engaged in agricultural pursuits, so that the author has failed to obtain a trace of them through the many direc­ tories which have been consulted. Notwithstanding all the care which has been exercised, and all the means taken to verify dates and names, mistakes will occur in many different ways, for which the author is not responsible. Should any appear which may be fairlychargeable to him, agenerous indulgence is solicited, for sixteen months' time seems a short period inwhich to pre­ pare and publish a work of this kind. In the opinion of the author, seldom is there much to be gained by delaying a publication on which a reasonable time has. been expended, and the ground fairly well covered. The arrangement, which is substantially that recom­ mended by the New England Historic-Genealogical Society, is sim­ ple, and possesses many advantages, not only to the compiler, but to the general reader. Everyperson in the male lines has a consecutive number, which can be ascertained by consulting the alphabetical in­ dex. Where a cross (-J-) appears before that number, it shows that the record is carried forward, and the number will be found in large figures in the center of a page. In the female lines the sons and daughters are numbered with figures inparentheses, viz. (1),(2), (3), etc.; the grandchildren withnumerals, viz. (I),(II),(III);the great-grandchildren with capital letters, viz. (A), (B),(C), etc. ; and the great-great-grandchildren with small letters, viz. (a), (b), (c), etc. Itis the earnest hope of the author that the result of his labors may impart to others the same gratification ithas afforded him inits preparation, and he willbe pleased to receive any additional material, which willbe carefully preserved and deposited with the New Eng­ land Historic-Genealogical Society at Boston, where any future gen­ author's preface. 11 ealogist of the family can obtain it, should it be thought advisable years hence to publish another edition. To all who have in any man­ ner aided in this work the author tenders his hearty thanks ;and esp ecially to Mr. Charles H. Guild, of Somerville, Mass., to whom the familyis largely indebted. Itwas he who encouraged the plan of taking up both branches, and became a liberal subscriber toward its publication. Having a large and valuable library of genealogical and historical works of his own, and having access to nearly all the published works of the kind, he has consulted them freely, and at all tim es, when requested to do so. He has prepared the Introduction, arranged many sketches, made numerous personal visits to procure records, carried on a large correspondence inEngland and Scotland in the endeavor to locate the home of our ancestors, examined proof, and advised where the judgment of mature years is valuable to a young author. To Mr.E.F. Guild, of East Saginaw, Mich.,the author is indebted for nearly all of the records relating to the posterity of Samuel Guild,4 who moved from Leyden, Mass., to West Winfield,N. Y. The result of his efforts shows patience and perseverance, and the fullest ac­ count of the female lines which the book contains. To Rev. Edwin S. Walker, of Springfield, 111., the author is indebted for the valuable material relating to the families which originated at Chester, Vt.