Liles Genealogy Begins To Get Fuzzy In The Mid 1600's
The name Lyle is of Norman French origin, meaning "the island" - L'ile.
The Normans were not really French but were Scandinavian. The French had given them lands in France, "Normandy", basically to stop them being a pest with their continual raiding and in hopes they would settle. In 1066 the Normans invaded and conquered England.
Not only did the Normans invade England, but they penetrated Scotland as well, founding many of the noble families of Scotland. King Robert the Bruce who successfully fought off an English army at Bannockburn established the independent Scottish state was of Norman descent. So were the Stewarts, future kings of Scotland, and the Lyles. They had a castle at Stoneypath, near the village of Garvald in East Lothian, not far from Edinburgh, the royal capital.
The Lyles seem to have fallen from favor in the 1600's and lost their lands and possibly their rank. There are concentrations of Lyles in and around Edinburgh and Midlothian, and also in the Strathclyde area near Glasgow. The Lyles appear to be Lowland Scots rather than Highlanders.
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| Generation From Most Recent Liles |
Husband / Wife Location |
Children | Remarks |
| 12th | William Liles / ??? 1640-1696 Maryland |
Henry Liles | Will be glad to share what I have if interested. go back to William Liles 1640 and think they go back to 1340 in Scotland the Castle of Duchall (Duck-all). From CNCANADY@aol.com |
| 11th | Henry Liles and Jean Jones 1660 |
Henry, Jr. b abt. 1690 in Rocky Hock Community, Chowan Co. NC died bet 1715-1781 Elizabeth Liles b 1695 d before 1788 William Liles b 1654 in Surry, Va d. between 1718-1787 Dorothy Liles b. about 1699 d. before 1784 |
Calvert County, Maryland |
| 10th | Henry Liles 1740 (Elizabeth 1740) - Married 1760 10/6/1711 Virginia |
Children:
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| 9th | James Liles (c1745-1783) and Mary Richardson. |
David Liles is that he was married to Nancy Nowell on 2/26/1797 in Anson Co. NC John Liles |
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| 8th | John Liles (1770-1836) and Celia Fields | James Calvin Liles was the son of John Liles and Celia Nancy Liles |
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| 7th | Nancy Liles (12/13/1796 North Carolina-1851) - Green Alford | Amaziah Liles - born out of wedlock in 1813 |
Father was Ruben Jorden, the following month she married a Alford Green. |
| 6th | (John) Amaziah Liles Born: June 19, 1813 Died August 08, 1866 North Carolina
Married:
Remarried Eliza Jane Simmons 1800) |
With Eliza Simmons
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Amaziah Liles was born out of wedlock in 1812 in North Carolina. His mother was a saloon girl and I suppose he took her name. He moved to White Co., Arkansas with the Russell Price family sometime between 1832-1836. In 1837, he married Russell's daughter, Jane Price. Amaziah died in 1866.
Dates courtesy of Jane Price Liles, McRae Arkansas! |
| 5th | Joseph Liles (Martha Howard - 12/14/1865) 1/27/1848 White County, Arkansas |
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Grover passed on immediately after Edith was born... |
| 4th
(GGGF) |
Grover Clifton Liles (Mary Kathryn Cook) 9/24/1884 White County, Arkansas Died: Jan. 27, 1911 |
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Grover clifton died 1912, Mary Cook remarried to Charles Essig with two additional offspring |
| 3rd (GGF) |
Paul William Liles 9/1906 - 11/1970 Georgia A. Lewis 10/1909-11/1990 |
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Paul Willian was born in White County, Arkansas |
| 2nd (Grandfather) |
Paul David Liles (Sue Marie Goss) 12/16/44 - ???? Los Angeles, Ca |
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| Father/Mother | Mitch Lind Jeanette Lind |
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Divorced |
| Father/Mother | Peter Chartier Colleen Liles |
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Divorced |