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- ↑ Gentry, Daphne. "Walter Chiles (1609–after July 6, 1653)". Encyclopedia Virginia . Retrieved 6 July 2015.
- 1 2 3 4 5 McCartney, Martha W. (2012). Jamestown People to 1800. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. p. 441. ISBN 978-0-8063-1872-1.
- 1 2 Kukla, Jon (1981). Speakers and Clerks of the Virginia House of Burgesses, 1643–1776 . Richmond, Virginia: Virginia State Library. p. 53-54. ISBN 0-88490-075-4.
- 1 2 Tyler, Lyon G. (1915). Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography. Vol. 1. New York: Lewis Historical Publishing. p. 114.
- ↑ Cynthia Miller Leonard, The Virginia General Assembly 1619-1978 (Richmond: Virginia State Library 1978) p.
- ↑ A Timeline for Structures at Jamestown Related to the Chiles Family, Historic Jamestowne, National Park Service
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