Henry Stiles

Death by Force

In the autumn of 1651, the community of Windsor, Connecticut, was unsettled by the untimely death of one of its residents. Henry Stiles, a 58-year-old male carpenter who had made his home in Windsor after emigrating from England, was fatally wounded on October 3, 1651. The incident occurred during a militia training exercise when a gun held by Thomas Allyn accidentally discharged, striking Stiles. At the time of his death, Stiles was a boarder in the home of Thomas and Lydia Gilbert, where he ha ...Read More

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Henry Stiles (1593-1651) - M?morial Find a Grave

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