• DBHB's great x5 grandfather.
• Wealthy merchant in Plymouth.
• Married firstly Ann Dunning Jago, with whom he had two children.
• Married secondly Elizabeth Spurrell.
• Parent, with Elizabeth, of Clarissa Squire (1780-1830).

1776 Oil painting by Northcote. Photo from Tina Woodhead via Laurel Rockliff.


Elizabeth Spurrell, Joseph's second wife. 1777 Oil painting by Northcote. Photo from Tina Woodhead via Laurel Rockliff.

Other Children?

From Burke:
"FLOWER, SIR CHARLES, baronet, of Lobb, Oxfordshire; m. Anne, eldest daughter of Joseph Squire, of Plymouth, esq."

Will?

Possibly held at the Plymouth and West Devon Record Office (2519/99: "Copy will of Joseph Squire of Plymouth, merchant, 1787")

Rowe connection?

Interestingly, my (DBHB) mother's paternal ancestry (a Devonian family named Rowe) also married into a Squire family. Her great x3 grandfather John Rowe (b.1751) married Ann Squire (d.1788) on 1 November 1771, in Okehampton. The Squire name was handed down as a middle name through several generations of their descendants. It has proved difficult to learn more, since so many records were destroyed in Exeter during the war.