Person:William Moles (2)

William Moles was baptised on 22nd May 1779 at Stotfold in Bedfordshire, son of Mary Moles, formerly Langham, and her husband Thomas Moles, an agricultural labourer. William was their first child; they had married six months earlier. He appears to have been named after his paternal grandfather.

William has yet to be traced after his baptism. He is not mentioned in his father Thomas's will, which was written in 1835. This may suggest that William had died some time before 1835, but no burial local to Stotfold has yet been found. There was a William Moles from Stotfold who joined the army in 1795, but he seems to have been this William's cousin, who was a couple of years older than him.

1. ↑ Bedfordshire and Luton Archives and Records Service. Transcript of Stotfold Parish Registers.

   ch. 22 May 1779: Wm s Tho & Mary Moules