At 22:00 08/03/2003 -0700, you wrote: >A member of staff checked the R.O. catalogue of Parish Overseers' papers >for the parish of Chedworth [P77] but the only reference to a William >MILES was in the miscellaneous settlement papers [P77a OV 3/5/2/3]. This >transcript contained the following information: > >12 August 1767 >Warrant to apprehend Mathew JOCHAM and William MILES of Chedworth, >labourers as having deserted their families. > >No other information is given in the document. As William and Hannah's >eldest son William would have only been 14 years old in 1767 and probably >would not have had a family, this document no doubt refers to William >MILES Senior, although the possibility exists that it might refer to a >different William MILES altogether. Thanks for that information Denis - more muddy waters! I suppose he could have returned to his family. The children I have (from the IGI) are: William Miles bap 26 April 1730 - parents John Miles & Mary William Miles bap 27 Feb 1753 Joseph Miles bap 14 Jan 1756 Matthew Miles bap 19 Aug 1759 John Miles bap 28 Nov 1762 Joseph Miles bap 17 Nov 1765 Matthew Miles bap 14 Jan 1770 all parents William Miles & Hannah, all Chedworth So William was there in 1769, if it's the same one. Has anyone looked at the Chedworth parish register films? Regards Jenny Beaumont Aberdeenshire, Scotland Researching in Berkshire PEARCE - Kintbury & Hungerford; STEVENS - Sunninghill & Windsor; Hampshire & Oxfordshire: WATTERS/WALTERS - Abingdon, Drayton, Wallingford, Cholsey & Henley areas; MILES - Midgham & Hampstead Norreys, Kingsclere; WARD - Brightwell NEWMAN - Netley & Hound