Hi all: As well as WILLCOCKS, addressed in my previous message, I have direct or indirect links to other families in the Portsmouth-Gosport area, notably the above lines. More details below. Robert Joice(or Joyce) SQUIRE, b. 1774, chr. 17 Mar 1774 at Winterborne Zelston, Dorset, appears to have moved to the area in his youth, and married Martha BOUND(S) at Alverstoke on 15 Aug 1802. Their son, Edmund SQUIRE, b. 9 Mar 1802, chr. St. Mary's Portsea on 2 May 1802, became a Warrant Officer in the Royal Navy and was apparently well regarded. The name "Edmund" has now passed through four more generations of our family. His grandson Henry William Squire WILLCOCKS wrote: "Edmund Squire was a Warrant Officer in the Navy & died by sunstroke at “Mauritius” where he was buried. Born - March 9th 1802 Died - Feb 12th 1845" Edmund had a sister Julia, b. 17 Aug 1804, chr. 13 Jan 1805 at St. Peter's Daniel Street Wesleyan church. I have no further information on her - did she die, get married, or move away - any information appreciated! Edmund married Sarah KEMP, b. 23 May 1803, chr. 26 Jul 1805 St. Mary's Portsea, on 8 Jan 1826 also at St. Mary's Portsea. Henry also writes about her, "there was a large family of Kemps " and "the Kemps were well known Hatters and Manufactors of Straw Hats for the Navy". She was the sixth child (of 8) of James KEMP and Elizabeth FULLJAMES, who married 4 Nov 1792 at St. Mary's, Portsea. I have marriages for five of their children: Mary Harriet KEMP m. John JOHNSON 23 Oct 1816 at St. Mary's Portsea, no descendants so far found; James KEMP m. Sarah POYNTER 11 Oct 1827; Richard George KEMP m. Mary DENTON 29 Oct 1825; and William Henry KEMP m. Mary Jane FORD. Would anyone with links to these families please contact me. Robert Joice SQUIRE married again, on 30 Jun 1806, to Hannah RAYNER nee LANE, who had previously been married to Isaac RAYNER and was a widow when she married Robert. They had three more children, Martha Lane SQUIRES, Mary Lane SQUIRES and Thomas Lane SQUIRE, all chr. at St. Peter's Wesleyan; Martha and Mary were twins, b. 9 Jun 1807, and Thomas was born 14 May 1809. I have no information about marriages or descendants from these lines. Julia SQUIRE, daughter of Robert and Martha, married Henry John WILLCOCKS, who were my great-grandparents, om 23 Oct 1852. Henry d. 15 Dec 1864, with four sons: Henry William Squire WILLCOCKS b. 29 Jul 1854; Edmund Squire WILLCOCKS (my grandfather), b. 9 Nov 1856; Arthur Squire WILLCOCKS b. 15 Dec 1860, and Louis Squire WILLCOCKS b. 12 Jun 1863. My father, a pharmacist, never mentioned these three uncles of his to us, even though Arthur became a pharmacist and his son Philip Squire WILLCOCKS did also. The WILLCOCKS lines have been researched down to living descendants for the most part, but I am always pleasantly surprised by people who have contacted me about their particular line, so please let me know if you have any information or connections to these lines as well as any of the above. Research from the other side of the pond is still quite difficult! Regards, Martin Willcocks Tayorsville, UT, USA.