Squier family tree


Welcome.
This site contains information about my Squier and associated ancestors.

If you have any comments, suggestions or questions (or better still, some new information!) please send me an e-mail.  
Many thanks, John Squier. 

hand   Jump to the Direct Ancestors family trees

hand   Jump to a list of names, with links to their detailed sections of the family tree

hand   Jump to an explanation of the codes for people and sources of information.

Hand  Snapshot of a generation - where eight families were on the 30th March 1851


What's new (since the last version)......
Back 13 generations to the 1500s in the Burgess branch in Norfolk
Back 15 generations to the very early 1500s in the Boorman branch in Kent
Lots more information on the Huguenots in the Lehair and Watté branches
Additional detail in the person pages from censuses, BMDs and other online sources
More details of the properties they occupied from manorial court books
More detail on the Listers of Yorkshire from deeds and land tax at Wakefield
New ancestors Thomas Richardson in Essex, the Crouch family of Westminster
and the Bragg family extended from the City of London back to Essex
More information from 18th century deeds on six generations of the Whiting family of Kent
Making their mark - copies of signatures in the person pages, for some ancestors back to the late 1600s.


Direct Ancestors family trees (in eight parts)

  Squier family tree page 1, Squier of Essex ancestors
Squier family tree page 1A, Carter of London and Hitchin ancestors
  Squier family tree page 2, Boorman of Kent ancestors
Squier family tree page 2A, Gorham of Kent ancestors
Squier family tree page 3, Moss of Essex ancestors  
Squier family tree page 4, Blore of London ancestors
Squier family tree page 5, Thorpe of Lincolnshire, Lehair of Thorney Cambs and Garrett of London
Squier family tree page 6, Brock of Norfolk and Harvey of Suffolk ancestors



Family names and likely derivations

Click on the name to go to that family's tree...
(names without a link are included with the name above).
Name Likely derivation Places Dates
Page 1
Squier Office - 'the esquire', an attendant upon a knight, a shield-bearer Essex 1700-1940
Hummerston Local - from Humberstone, Lincolnshire or Leicestershire Essex 1700s
Richardson Baptismal - the son of Richard Essex 1700s
Philips
 Baptismal - the son of Philip
 Essex
 1703-1723
Durrant Baptismal - the son of Durrant or Durrand Essex 1700s
Biggs Nickname - big or bulky Essex 1700s
Ross Local - in Hereford, Scotland, Yorks. Also early Saxon from German Rossunga Essex 1676-1737
Stoakes
 Local, from common placename Stoke
 Essex
 1676
Westwood Local - of west wood Essex 1711-1885
Spencer Office - 'house steward', in charge of the buttery or spence Essex 1717-1759
Brown Descriptive (6th most common surname of England and Wales) Essex 1728-1788
Mayor
 Status name meaning 'great' or 'headman'
 Essex
 1731-1757
Page 1A
Carter Occupational - the carter Hitchin,
London		 1597-1700,
1700-1864
Warner
 From the OG given name Werner or occupational - the warrener
 Hertfordshire
 1597
Heard Occupational - the herdsman Hertfordshire 1677
Wilson		 Baptismal - son of William
 London
 1726-1752
Crouch
 Local, someone who lived by a cross or crossroads
 Westminster
 1700s
Bragg Nickname - boaster, brisk, full of spirit Essex,
London		 1740-1786, 1780-1820
Simpson
 Baptismal - son of Simme (variant of Simon) or Sigmund
 Essex
 1742
Page 2
Boorman Office - 'the bowerman', the servant of the bower, an indoor servitor, a chamberlain Kent,
Essex		 1570-1874,
1851-1906
Hayward Keeper of cattle, literally 'hedge-watcher' Kent 1604-1684
Peter Baptismal - son of Peter Kent 1615
Peen(d)e Possibly a local name deriving from the river Peene in north Germany
 Kent 1500s
Danes Local - 'by the valley' (dene) (but see also Dence) Kent 1560-1612
Roberts
 Baptismal - son of Robert
 Kent
 1591
Chapman Occupational - the chapman or pedlar Kent 1654-1718
Winder
 Occupational - winding wool or plaiting baskets
 Kent
 1676
Mockett Diminutive of OE personal name 'Mocca' Kent 1715-1754
Sharpe
 Nickname for a quick, smart person
 Kent
 1681
Wood
 Local or occupational - lived in or worked in a forest
 Kent
 1716-1726
Dence Ethnic name for someone from Denmark (but see also Danes) Kent 1683-1812
Austen From given name Austin, medieval contraction of Augustine Kent 1683, 1762
Lewis
 From given name Lewis
 Kent
 1682-1709
Taylor
 Occupational - the tailor
 Kent
 1737
Page 2A
Gorham Local (triangular piece of land + homestead) Kent 1754-1829
Euridge Local 'of Eweridge', an East Sussex name Kent 1754
Fletcher Occupational - the maker of arrows Kent 1685-1803
Gilder Occupational - the worker in gold Kent 1652-1770
Beckett
 Local (places) or local (a stream) or nickname 'Beake'
 Kent
 1621-1652
Stiles
 Local - near a steep ascent (OE Stigol) or a stile
 Kent
 1597-1621
Haggar
 either: Woodcutter (ME haggen, to chop), or: Wild, untamed (OF hagard)
 Kent
 1670-1690
Whiting Nickname - the white one Kent 1621-1715
Green
 Descriptive - wore green or lived near the green
 Kent
 1627-1666
Wray Local from Lancs or Cumberland: ON Vra, a remote valley
 Kent 1686
Page 3
Moss 1. Local - at the moss (from residence thereby), or 2. Baptismal - the son of Moses Essex 1695-1878
Wright
 Occupational - worker or craftsman, usually in wood
 Essex
 1671-1695
Cranmer
 Local from Shropshire or Somerset
 Essex
 1664-1730
Harvey
 Baptismal, son of Harvey
 Essex
 1684
Thomson
 Baptismal, son of Thomas
 Essex
 1687-1708
Cock Nickname (from pertness or swagger) Essex 1728-1821
Denny 1. Diminutive of Dennis, or 2. Locality in Cambs or Stirlingshire, or 3. A swineherd, one who works in the woodland or swine pasture (OE denu) Essex 1695-1825
Crump
 Nickname, deformed person
 Essex
 1727
Stock Local - 'at the stock' - tree stump or trunks Essex 1736-1848
Clarke Occupational - member of a minor religious order; cleric, clergyman, scribe or secretary Essex 1773
Pitt Locality in Kent/Hants or 'dweller by the hollows' Essex 1777-1798
Page 4
Blore 1. Local, of Blore parish in Staffordshire, or 2. Occupational - the blower London 1786-1916
Entwistle Local, of Entwisle parish of Bolton, Lancs London 1772-1847
Lister Occupational - the textile dyer W. Yorkshire 1733-1883
Dutchman Presumably meaning from Holland W. Yorkshire 1703-1759
Hazelwood
 Local or topographical - near the hazel wood
 W. Yorkshire
 1703
West
 Topographical - lived in or came from the west
 W. Yorkshire
 1729
Horn
 Occupational - makes things from horn, or local
 W. Yorkshire
 1766-1786
Hutchinson
 Baptismal - son of Hugh plus 'kin' i.e. relative
 W. Yorkshire
 1729-1766
Wriglesworth
 Local, from Wigglesworth, North Yorkshire
 W. Yorkshire
 1729
Page 5
Thorpe 1. Local, 'at the thorpe', ie. the village, or 2. Local, 'of Thorpe', many parishes & hamlets Lincolnahire,
London		 1768-1838, 1823-1899
Lehair Several differeint possible origins: 1. Leherre (Normandie), var de Lehère - misereux [dict des noms de France, Larousse] - the wretch, poverty-stricken. 2. Le Hir from the Breton 'tall'. 3. Haire, a hair-shirt, a misery shirt. 4. The heir to a title.
Lincolnshire & Cambridgeshire 1659-1806
LeRoy
 Norman - one who behaves in a regal fashion
 Cambridgeshire
 1659
Pinchon
 Either nickname for bright, cheerful person from the french for 'finch', or occupational for someone who made pincers
 Cambridgeshire
 1671-1675
Sigé
 Unknown, apparently of french origin
 Cambridgeshire
 1675-1683
Casselle
 Topographical, at or by the castle
 Cambridgeshire
 1674-1683
Watté, Wattey
 Unknown, apparently of  french origin
 Calais,
Cambridgeshire
 1624-1684,
1704-1718
de Berthe
 Nickname, from Bartholomew
 Calais
 1640s
Burbure
 Unknown, apparently of french origin
 Calais
 1651-1675
de Rouin
 Unknown, apparently of french origin
 Calais
 1650s
Winkeley
 Possibly local from Devon or Lancashire
 Cambridgeshire
 1704
Wilson Baptismal, son of William Lincs 1768

Garrett Baptismal, son of Gerard London 1763-1854
Mackrell Nickname 'the mackerel' ME & OF London 1702-1766
Inyoun Baptismal, son of Einion, a Welsh personal name London 1681-1726
Chapman Occupational, the chapman or pedlar London 1675-1702
Blyth
 Local, from Scotland, or descriptive - merry, cheerful
 London
 1675
Page 6
Brock 1. Nickname 'the brock', ie. badger, or 2. Local, at the brook Norfolk 1716-1852
Burgess A freeman of a borough Norfolk 1622-1716
Rix
 Local, from Old English 'near the rushes'
 Norfolk
 1600
Kent
 Local, from Kent
 Norfolk
 1651
Woolterton Local 'of Wolterton', Norfolk (just north of Blickling) Norfolk 1732-1757
Smith
 Occupational, a metal worker
 Essex?
 1791-1810
Harvey Baptismal, son of Harvey Suffolk 1700s
Jones Baptismal, son of John Suffolk 1728
Simmons Baptismal, son of Simon Suffolk 1724-1759

(94 family names)

Note: In England and Wales, 90% of people share just 83 different surnames, the remaining 10% share 147,000 different surnames! (Source - 1991 census).



Explanation of Codes


People
Because so many people in a family tree have the same name, it is useful to give each of them a unique number.

Direct Ancestors
Direct ancestors are coded with a number like this - 3/5
- the first part is a generation number (number of generations back from myself)
- the second part is a person number within that generation.
So 3/2 is my father’s father’s mother - a great-grandmother.   3/5 is my mother’s father’s father, a great-grandfather.  And so on. See the Ancestors family trees above.
Obviously there are more people in each generation back - 8 great-grandparents, 16 great-great-grandparents, 32 great-great-great.... etc.
Note that my other two grandparents, 2/3 and 2/4 and their ancestors, are on my Marsh family tree.

Other relatives
Other relatives are coded according to their nearest direct ancestor.
Each direct ancestors’ children are coded with a suffix of A, B, C, etc.  Then each of their children are coded with a further suffix of A, B, C, etc.
So for example,
- if a great-grandfather John Smith had three children, Mary, John and James, and the son John Smith had three children, John, Mary and Frederick.
- during their lifetimes the various John Smiths would have been called ‘John the younger’ and ‘John the elder’, but now that would be confusing, especially over three, four or five generations.
- So if John Smith was ancestor 3/5, his children would be Mary 3/5A, John 3/5B and James 3/5C,
- the son John Smith’s children would be John 3/5BA, Mary 3/5BB and Frederick 3/5BC, and so on.


Sources of Information
It is useful to record where you found each piece of information on the family tree, in case you need to see it again, and also to avoid looking at it again by mistake if you don’t need to.
My sources of information are coded with a letter and a number:
- the letter or letters indicate the place where the information is, such as a record office or library
- the number indicates the type of document, such as a parish register, will or tax return.
The exception is letter ‘A’ which means information from relatives or other individuals, and then the number indicates which relative.

The full list of sources I have used is accessible here (use your browser 'Back' button to return) and there is also a link to it from the top of each of the Person Detail pages.