Miles Oakley
(15 July 1645 - 16 May 1682)
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Descendants of Miles Oakley
Miles Oakley was born on 15 July 1645 in Oakley Grove, Parish of Oakley, unknown county, England.1 He immigrated to Boston, Massachusetts, with his father and brother Thomas in 1651.1
Miles Oakley married Mary Wilmot, daughter of John Wilmot and Bridget (?), in 1669 at Great Neck, Long Island, New York.1 He was the first mayor of the Borough Town of Westchester (in an area that is now part of The Bronx, New York) in 1682.2
Miles Oakley died on 16 May 1682 in the Borough Town of Westchester, New York, at age 36.1 He was buried on 17 May 1682 in St. Peter's Episcopal Churchyard, the Borough Town of Westchester, New York; the inscription on his gravestone read "Beneath this Stone Lie the Remains of Miles Oakley, born in Oakley Grove, in the Parish of Oakley, England Fifteenth of July 1615 (part of the 4 had weathered away), Died in the Borough Town of Westchester, May, 1682."2
Miles Oakley married Mary Wilmot, daughter of John Wilmot and Bridget (?), in 1669 at Great Neck, Long Island, New York.1 He was the first mayor of the Borough Town of Westchester (in an area that is now part of The Bronx, New York) in 1682.2
Miles Oakley died on 16 May 1682 in the Borough Town of Westchester, New York, at age 36.1 He was buried on 17 May 1682 in St. Peter's Episcopal Churchyard, the Borough Town of Westchester, New York; the inscription on his gravestone read "Beneath this Stone Lie the Remains of Miles Oakley, born in Oakley Grove, in the Parish of Oakley, England Fifteenth of July 1615 (part of the 4 had weathered away), Died in the Borough Town of Westchester, May, 1682."2
Child of Miles Oakley and Mary Wilmot
Miles Oakley+ (1671-1743)
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