FREEMAN WILES birth 1812 St Neots

[bellababy]

Hi David
 I got a couple of the wills and  although Susannah Wiles will doesnt give me a great deal more info  than i already had atleast it does confirm all the names.
However Henrietta (Richards Wiles mother) does let me know that her maiden name was BRACE and she had a sister Frances who never married .
Richard was one of 4 children - Sarah - William - Frances and then Richard  but sadly does nt give any dates of birth or baptism. It does give Sarahs married name to be Atkinson and Frances married name to be Hall or Hale ??
These will hopefully help Terry with his tree and if you have some time to spare could i bother you for some more dates for the above new members.
Could i buy the copies myself to save keep bothering you - i feel a bit of a pest - im sure you know what it s like once you get yourself a lead you just want to keep digging !!!
Ps the wills are a nightmare to decipher !
Regards Bellababy

[JaneyH_104]

Hello!

I appreciate that the last contribution to this thread was around 15 years ago but I thought it was worth commenting as I also have an interest in this family. The brother of Susanna Wiles (formerly Holmes, originally Squire) was the sister of my 4x great-grandfather, William Squire (1768-1837). Their parents were James Squire (1740-1825) and Mary Burder (1737-1816).

Another of James & Mary's children - John Burder Squire (1763-1841) - married Susannah Peppercorn (from the family of lawyers in St Neots). It appears that one of their sons, Peter Squire (1799-1884) was chemist to Queen Victoria and a pioneer of modern pharmacy.

There are a number of trees on Ancestry which include a portrait attributed to be James Squire, which is at Bassmead Manor. It looks like this property is still owned by the Squire family!