Landmarks in Ancient Dover, New Hampshire by Mary P. Thompson, Durham, N.H. ©1892, Printed by the Republican Press Association, Concord, N.H. LANDMARKS: Gile's Creek NAMES: DAVIS, James: MOSES, Mary; STEVENSON, Bartholomew; LANGLEY, James; STEVENSON, Joseph; GYLES, Matthew; KNIGHT, Richard; WILLIAMS, Matthew; PITMAN, William; PITMAN, Francis; WAKEHAM, Edward; Gile's Creek. This creek, the first below Stevenson's , on the south side of Oyster river, is mentioned May 26, 1719, when James Davis, son of Moses and Mary his wife, daughter of Bartholomew Stevenson, sold James Langley fifteen acres of land granted Joseph Stevenson March 19, 1693-4, beginning at an oak tree near the highway that goeth from a creek called Gile's creek, thence E.S.E. to a pine tree by the peną. This name, now discontinued, was derived from Matthew Gyles, who was taxed at Dover in 1648. He died before June 30, 1668, when his estate was divided between Richard Knight and Matthew Williams. His land was afterwards acquired by William Pitman, whose son Francis sold it to Edward Wakeham, May 2, 1695. The deed of conveyance describes it as situate and lying, and being in ye place known by ye name of Gile's old field, lying between two creeks." (See Wakeham's Creek.) PG 83-84 - Submitted by C. Parziale **************************************************************************** * * * * Notice: Printing the files within by non-commercial individuals and libraries is encouraged, as long as all notices and submitter informa- tion is included. Any other use, including copying files to other sites requires permission from submitters PRIOR to uploading to any other sites. We encourage links to the state and county table of contents. * * * * The USGenWeb Project makes no claims or estimates of the validity of the information submitted and reminds you that each new piece of information must be researched and proved or disproved by weight of evidence. It is always best to consult the original material for verification.