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    John Gyles (c.1680 at Pemaquid, Maine—1755 at Roxbury, Boston) was an interpreter and soldier, most known for his account of his experiences with the Maliseet...
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    Gyles Brandreth's official website Gyles Brandreth on Facebook Gyles Brandreth at IMDb Gyles Brandreth on Instagram Gyles Brandreth on TikTok Gyles Brandreth...
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  • John Gyles (died c. 1406) of Dover, Kent, was an English politician. He was married, but his wife's name is unrecorded. He had two sons, Peter, a clerk...
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  • John Giles or Gyles may refer to: John Gyles (MP) (died c. 1406), MP for Dover John Giles (MP fl. 1417–1435), MP for Old Sarum, Marlborough, Calne, Wilton...
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  • Gyles is a masculine given name and a surname. Bearers of the name include: Abbey-Anne Gyles (born 1997), English model Alfred William Gyles (1888–1967)...
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    village, Meductic, was John Gyles, who created one of the few captivity narratives to come out of Nova Scotia/Acadia. John Gyles' brother James was also...
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    erroneously indicates that John's brother Thomas is tortured when he had in fact died in the attack (See John Gyles narrative) John Gyles narrative, p. 23 Texts...
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    1386 John Gyles John Halle I 1388 (Feb) John Gyles John Halle I 1388 (Sep) John Gyles John Monyn 1390 (Jan) John Gyles John Monyn 1390 (Nov) 1391 John Gyles...
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    Lighthouse Rd. says: UPON THESE HEIGHTS, in 1692, James Giles [brother of John Gyles], a boy, and an Englishman, taken at Casco (initially taken in the Siege...
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  • Heart and Mind), part one John Gyles – Memoirs of Odd Adventures, Strange Deliverances, &c. in the Captivity of John Gyles, Esq Eliza Haywood – Adventures...
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  • Thomas Gyles (fl. 1402–1406) of Dover, Kent, was an English politician. He was the son of John Gyles, also an MP for Dover and Mayor of Dover. The name...
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    after Field's climb of Agiokochuk (Mount Washington) in the writings of John Gyles, a teenage colonist who was captured near Portland, Maine, in 1689 by...
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    la Tour – Civil War in Acadia Chief Madockawando – King William's War John Gyles – King William's War Father Louis-Pierre Thury– King William's War Pierre...
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    The Penobscot attacked John Gyles and his family near the fort and took him captive before burning the fort in August 1689. Gyles published his experience...
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    well-known became that by John Gyles, who wrote Memoirs of odd adventures, strange deliverances, &c. in the captivity of John Gyles, Esq; commander of the...
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  • Meduxnekeag River (category Tributaries of the Saint John River (Bay of Fundy))
    Meduxnekeag joins the Saint John in Woodstock, New Brunswick. The earliest mention of the name is in the narrative of John Gyles. He states that in 1689 he...
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  • read: UPON THESE HEIGHTS, in 1692, James [Thomas?] Giles [brother of John Gyles], a boy, and an Englishman, taken at Casco (Battle of Falmouth (1690)...
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    raids and what kind of hatchets his soldiers were to carry. Church took John Gyles, formerly held as a captive by the Maliseet, as his translator. Church...
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  • father, John, had been the theatrical agent of Jeremy Sinden's father, Donald Sinden. Nicholas Shakespeare "The Diary of a Lifetime by Gyles Brandreth:...
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    "Gyles and Aphra Brandreth: 'People call my daughter a nepo baby, but I've had no influence on her'". The Telegraph. Retrieved 7 July 2024. "Gyles Brandreth's...
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  • Smith, John Gyles (who also served at Fort George (Brunswick, Maine)) Jabez Bradbury (who also served at Fort Richmond (Maine) and Captain John North....
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    Sir Gyles Isham, 12th Baronet (31 October 1903 – 29 January 1976) was an English aristocrat, actor, and historian. Gyles Isham was born 31 October 1903...
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  • Henry Gyles or Giles (1640?-1709), was an English glass painter based in York. He was the fifth child of E. (perhaps Edmund) Gyles, a glazier from York...
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  • Parliament of Northern Ireland. Born in Belfast, the son of mariner John Gyle and Fanny Woods. Gyle was married in December 1894 to Helen Dempster, with whom he...
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    Giles Corey (redirect from Gyles Cary)
    married on 11 April 1664, when Corey was 53 years old, and had a son named John. In 1676, Corey was brought to trial and charged with murder in Essex County...
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    : 625  After Queen Anne's War, a new fort was built in 1715 by Captain John Gyles on the ruins of Fort Andross. This fort was named Fort George, named after...
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    1389-91: John Gyles 1391-92: John Halle 1392-93: John Gyles 1393-94: John Halle 1399-1400: John Gyles 1401-02: John Gyles 1402-03: Peter Rede 1403-04: John Monyn...
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    Fort George on June 13: 114 : 55  which was under the command of Captain John Gyles. They burned the homes of the village and took 60 prisoners, most of whom...
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    de la Tour – Acadian Civil War Chief Madockawando – King William's War John Gyles – King William's War Father Louis-Pierre Thury – King William's War Pierre...
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    also: John Allan - American Revolution Pierre Maisonnat dit Baptiste - Queen Anne's War Joseph-Nicolas Gautier - Father Le Loutre's War John Gyles - King...
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