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Dear Richard. I have been researching the John Hiles Sr line since 1988 and have not found any documentation on his exact birth year nor when or where he died. Could I please have access to your documentation? According to my records and Census records where I have found him, he was born sometime between 1745 and 1750. I am almost certain he married the widow Kelsey; Mary Kenady, dau of Nathaniel and Mary Kenady of New Castle County, DE. She had a minimum of four and up to seven children when she married John HILES Sr. John and Mary had two sons, John HILES and Christopher HILES. She would have been about 43-45 years of age with Christopher in 1790. Her 4th son, Enos Kelsey's (b.1769) descendents verify the connection between John HILES and his mother following the death of his father Timothy Kelsey (b. 1735) in the Revolutionary War in 1781. Through recent research I have John in Cecil County, Maryland in 1766 on a tax roll (listed as John HILLES with possible brother, Matthew HILLES), and he would have had to have been at least 16 years of age to be on a tax roll of that time. I also have John HILES in Washington County, PA in 1781/1783 on a tax roll for the village of Somerset (located 6 miles from Ft. Pitt and about 15 miles from possible brother, Matthew HILLIS), owning a horse. I believe John may have enlisted with the Continental Army 2nd Maryland Line in 1776 (listed as John HILES, MD, roll 33) and fought in the Battle of Long Island. This line removes to Jersey and eventually ends up in Washington County, PA by orders of George Washington, himself, to protect the frontier from Indian attacks. This and other fragment lines (PA and Virginia) become the 8th PA Regiment stationed at Fort McInitosh. This regiment names a John HILE, Pvt, enlisted as serving for the years 1779-1781. I believe he became a Washington County Ranger following his service on the 8th as a good many did, including Matthew HILLIS and William HILLIS (both of Cecil Co, Maryland). That service would have been 1781-1783, listing him as one of a possible three John HILL. The Census records for the area only list ONE John HILL at this time. The second John HILL was captured by Indians in 1782 and never seen again. John HILES then pops up in the village of Waterford (northwest of Marieta, OH), Washington County, Northwest Territory in 1800. From there, our John HILES is on a petition for OHIO in 1801. He is one of TWO Jno HILES listed. He is listed in the Rush Creek, Fairfield County History as being on the 1804 tax roll and so goes the story. But, anyway, I am VERY interested in what you have on our John HILES Sr. I have John and Mary with two sons as listed above. John HILES jr marries Charity Reed, dau of Jeremiah Reed from Turkey Foot, PA, and later to Nancy Crosbie. John and Charity have a son, Daniel. Daniel married Mary Jane Humphrey, dau of Benjamin Humphrey of Culper County, VA. Daniel and Mary Jane move to Bad Ax, WI in about 1850s. They move on to Warrens, WI. Their son, Thomas HILES marries a widow, maiden name Helen Oakley. They live in Monroe County, WIm and have three sons; Frank, Albert, and Asa. Asa passes at the age of about 14 from diabetes. Albert marries but leaves no issue. He serves in the Civil War in the famous Wisconsin unit and dies in northern Wisconsin. Frank HILES marries Minnie Thurston, dau. of Aldelbert and Jeddie (Nichols) Thurston, and they have eleven children. Both die in the same year leaving six surviving children as orphans. Their second son, my grandda Russell marries Lorene Olson, dau. of Christ Olson in Leon, WI. I've seen much speculation as to John HILES Sr being a hessian soldier or the son of Prussian HILES. In all my research I have yet to uncover anything that remotely suggests this. I have done an extensive nation-wide search of all HEYL, HEYLS, HEILS, HIELS, HYLES, HOYLES, HILES, HILLES, HILLIS, HOLLIS, etc. I've tracked many of the German lines and found no one that could possibly be our John. However, when I tracked the Scots-Irish lines, I found one that fit. I, like many people, am pulling needles out of a haystack. However, this group of HILLIS, HILLES, HILES that I have been tracking all travel the same trails, and name their children accordingly. I surmise that they are either related or certainly acquainted. As to the name variations, this is unfortunately a problem in colonial America for quite a few years. Whether for reasons of poor spellers, archaic spelling, or difficulty in understanding accents, name spellings change from document to document. In tracking the above listed names, I followed patterns of family migrations, frequency in naming children, religious affliations, national loyalities, and migrational pockets of people. I hope that someday I can compile my findings and offer the information to those who have 'hit the brick wall' because of name variations. But until then, I need to finish my college research paper on Mr William HILLAS/ HILLES/HILLIS. I look forward to hearing from you. I am very excited about the possibility of documentation on the elusive John HILES Sr. THANKS!
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