Vodden & Squire

There are many instances of the Vodden family marrying members of the Squire family. The first of these is Grace Vodden (1744-1803), daughter of Lawrence Vodden and Martha Gregory, who married Francis Squire (c1740-1810) on April 14, 1765, in St. Giles-in-the-Wood, Devon and her sister, Margaret Vodden (1755-1827) who married William Squire (1756-1838) on October 16, 1780, in the same parish.

Grace and her husband, Francis, had 10 children. Their first son, Robert, died as an infant of 2 years. They named their second son Robert also. He was baptized in St. Giles-in-the-Wood in February 1768 and died there on May 17, 1846. Their third son, Francis, was baptized on March 14, 1779. Their first daughter was Betty, possibly Elizabeth, baptized on May 27, 1772, followed by Jenny baptized on October 9. 1774. John came along in 1777 and was baptized on February 12 of that year, followed by Grace on July 21, 1779, Frances on October 17, 1781 (who also died as an infant of a year on November 17, 1782), Henry on October 17, 1781, and finally another Frances in 1787.

Their son, Henry, baptized on October 17, 1781 in St. Giles-in-the-Wood married a Judith Vodden, daughter of Thomas Vodden and Judith Mill on May 28, 1811. She was baptized in Beaford on December 31, 1787. Another link between these two families.

Margaret Vodden married William Squire on October 16, 1780 in St. Giles-in-the-Wood. The had five children, four boys, John baptized at the same parish on May 8, 1781, William in 1785, Francis baptized on September 27, 1786 and Robert in 1790 and the last, a girl they named Frances, baptized on August 14, 1792.

Robert‘s son, William, married Fanny Vodden, the daughter of Robert Vodden and Eliza Matthews in March 1861. She was baptized in St. Giles-in-the-Wood on September 22, 1839. This was the daughter who, along with her mother, had the stained glass window put in the St. Giles-in-the-Wood parish church. Yet another intermarriage between the Voddens and the Squires.