Caleb Pennock Pyle (1741 - abt. 1808)

Born 8 Oct 1741 in Thornbury Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Mathewson) Pyle — married 6 Apr 1767 in Wilmington, Delaware

Descendants

Died about 1808 at about age 66 in Thornbury Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States

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Biography

Caleb Pyle, son of Jacob Pyle and Jane Sharples; was born Oct 8, 1741; d. about 1808^[1]

Private Caleb Pyle served with 8th Battalion, Chester County Militia, Pennsylvania Militia during the American Revolution.

Caleb Pyle is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A092832.

Caleb Pyle is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: 274655
Rank: Patriotic Private

Caleb Pyle, served as a Private during the American Revolution; 5th Company; 8th Battalion in 1780; and paid a supply tax in Thornbury Twp., Chester Co., Pennsylvania in 1781^[2][3]

Caleb married April 6, 1767, at the Swedes Church, Wilmington, to Mary Matthewson, who died about 1827^[1]He had been a member of the Concord Mtg., and was disowned 10 mo. 7. 1767 for marriage by a priest to one not a Friend^[1]They had 16 children, and lived in Thornton, Thornbury Township, Chester (now Delaware) Co., Pennsylvania^[1]

1. Stephen, b. Nov 14 1767; m. Lydia Reece and Rebecca Stokes
2. Joseph, b. Apr 26 1769; m. Esther Mendenhall and Martha Sharples
3. Abner, b. July 20 1770; d. 1846; m. Mary Mendenhall
4. Benjamin, b. March 13, 1772
5. Caleb, b. March 25, 1774; died young
6. Jacob, b. Sept 14, 1775; d. Aug 31 1856; m. Mary Mendenhall
7. Isaac, b. Jan 15, 1777; d. 1843; m. Sarah James
8. Jane, b. March 16 1778; m. Joseph McAffee
9. Hannah twin to Jane; died young or unmarried
10. Mary, b. Nov 22 1779; Dec 14 1859; m. James Smith
11. Caleb (2) Oct 8 1781; died young
12. John, b. Oct 7, 1783; d. Oct. 1 1855; m. Elizabeth Taylor and Ann Lodge
13. Jonathan, b. June 27, 1785
14. Moses, b. March 10 1787; d. June 5 1866; m. Eunice Pilkington
15. Aaron twin to Moses; Oct 9 1823; m. Sarah Parks
16. Albin, b. Oct 2 1789; d. Feb 18 1875; m. Maria Pyle

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Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} Pg 281 Genealogy of the Sharpless family; retrieved 2018-04-17 from https://archive.org/stream/genealogyofsharp00cope#page/280/mode/2up/search/pyle
2. ↑ DAR Ancestor#A092832; Caleb Pyle; born 10-8-1741; died circa 1808; retrieved from: http://services.dar.org/public/dar_research/search_adb/?action=full&p_id=A092832
3. ↑ Source: #S2048 SAR Membership Number: 98582
4. ↑ Pyle-1408 was created by Robert Bayers through the import of bayers seaholm sjoholm revised.ged on May 31, 2016. This comment and citation should be deleted after a short biography has been added and primary sources have been cited.

• Cope, Gilbert etal (1887) "Genealogy of the Sharpless family, descended from John and Jane Sharples, settlers near Chester, Pennsylvania, 1682, together with some account of the English ancestry of the family, including the researches by Henry Fishwick, P.H.S., and the late Joseph Lemuel Chester;and a full report of the bi-centennial reunion of 1882"

• Pyle, Howard Thornton, and Jane Weaver Pyle, The Pyle-Pile family in America, 1642-1980: also Pyles-Piles. Kokomo, Ind. (1546 W. Jefferson St., Kokomo 46901): H.T. Pyle and J.(W.) Pyle. 1981.

• Source: S2048 Ancestry.com. U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Microfilm, 508 rolls.

• Daughters of the American Revolution; Patriotic Service Record for Caleb Pyle DAR#A092832; https//:www.DAR.org

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