John Miles
(-)
Bethia Willis
(-)
John Chesterman of Clyffe Pypard
(1757-1811)
Elizabeth Bridges
(Abt 1769-1823)
Christopher Miles of Broad Town
(1792-1880)
Edith Chesterman
(Abt 1798-1885)
William Miles of Broad Town
(1820-1882)

 

Family Links

Spouses/Children:
Eliza Truman

  • Ellen Miles
  • John Edward Miles
  • Elizabeth Lucy Miles

William Miles of Broad Town

  • Born: 1820, Broad Town Manor Boy, Clyffe Pypard, Wiltshire, England
  • Christened: 29 Oct 1820, Clyffe Pypard St. Peter, Wiltshire, England 1
  • Married: 7 Sep 1854, Clyffe Pypard St. Peter, Wiltshire, England 2
  • Died: 28 Oct 1882, Broadtown, Wiltshire, England 3
  • Buried: 1 Nov 1882, Christ Church, Broad Town, Wiltshire, England 3

  Research Notes:

In 1851 William Miles, aged 30, born in Cliffe Pypard, carpenter, was with his parents in Broad town Road, Cliffe Pypard.

In 1861 William Miles, aged 40, born in Cliffe Pypard, carpenter, and wife Eliza, aged 30, born in . . . . . . . Hampton, Gloucestershire, were living in Cliffe Pypard. Present were children (born in Cliffe Pypard): Ellen (5), John Edward (3), Elizabeth Lucy (1).

In 1871 William Miles, aged 50, born in Cliffe Pypard, married, carpenter, was with his parents in Broad town, Cliffe Pypard.

In 1881 William Miles, aged 60, born in Cliffe Pypard, widower*, carpenter, was living in Broad town Lane, Cliffe Pypard. With him was his widowed mother Edith Miles (83) of Cliffe Pypard.

* It would appear that William and his wife were separated, as she was granted Administration of his personal estate a couple of years after he died (see below).

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William Miles of Broadtown, son of Christopher & Edith Miles*, died aged 62 years (burial record).

* Written in the column, undoubtedly because he predeceased his mother.

Administration of the personal estate of William Miles late of Broad Town in the Parish of Cliffe Pypard in the County of Wilts, carpenter, who died 28 October 1882 at Broad Town, was granted 10 January 1884 at the Principal Registry to Eliza Miles of 20 Micklegate in the City of York, widow, the relict. Personal Estate, £31 8s. 3

  Marriage Information:

William married Eliza Truman on 7 Sep 1854 in Clyffe Pypard St. Peter, Wiltshire, England. (Eliza Truman was born about 1831 in Gloucestershire, England and died after 1891.)

  Marriage Notes:

William Miles, above age, bachelor, carpenter, resident of Broad Town, son of Christopher Miles, carpenter, and
Eliza Truman, above age, spinster, resident of Cliffe Pypard

Witnesses: Harriett Shell Haynes, C. M. Goddard

Sources


1 Clyffe Pypard Wilts Parish Registers, Baptisms, p. 29, no. 231.

2 Ibid., Marriages, p. 48, no. 96.

3 England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1858-2019, 1884, p. 242.

4 Broadtown Wilts Parish Registers, Burials, p. 35, no. 275.


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