Asher SQUIRES

Father: Unknown
Mother: Unknown

Family 1: Polly PRIEST

(1) Portrait and Biographical Album of Branch County, Mich., Chapman Bros., Chicago, 1888. Pages 323-324.

  1. George Jackson SQUIRES (b. 5 Dec 1828)
  2. Lavina SQUIRES (b. Abt 1831)
  3. Lorenzo SQUIRES (b. Abt 1833)
  4. Orin SQUIRES (b. Abt. 1842)
  5. Lewis/Louis Worth SQUIRES (b. 1 Aug 1849; d. 18 Aug 1935)
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Notes

Updated October 14, 2022. Compiled by Howder (www.howderfamily.com) from the following source(s):

(1) 1830 United States Census for New York, Jefferson Co., Watertown: Page 77.

- Name of Head of Family: Asher SQUIRES
- Free White Persons - Males - Under 5: 2
- Free White Persons - Males - 5 thru 9: 1
- Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29: 1
- Free White Persons - Females - 5 thru 9: 1
- Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29: 1
- Free White Persons - Under 20: 4
- Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 2
- Total Free White Persons: 6
- Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored): 6

(2) 1840 United States Census for New York, Jefferson Co., Watertown: Page 2.

- Name of Head of Family: Asher SQUARES
- Free White Persons - Males - 5 thru 9: 1
- Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 14: 2
- Free White Persons - Males - 30 thru 39: 1
- Free White Persons - Females - 5 thru 9: 3
- Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 14: 1
- Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29: 1
- Persons Employed in Agriculture: 1
- Free White Persons - Under 20: 7
- Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 2
- Total Free White Persons: 9
- Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves: 9

(3) 1850 United States Census for New York, Jefferson Co., Watertown: Page 42; September 30, 1850.

Asher SQUIRES is head of household, married to Polly [PRIEST] SQUIRES. He is 45 years old, born in New York and is a farmer. Children in the household are Lavina (age 19), Lorenzo (age 17, a carpenter), Orin (age 8), and Lewis (age 1). Eleazer SQUIRES (unknown relation, age 64, born in Connecticut, a farmer) also resides in the household.

(4) Find a Grave

- Name: Asher SQUIRES
- Birth: 14 Mar 1805 (inferred)
- Death: 18 Nov 1857
- Burial: Town of Rock Cemetery; Afton, Rock County, Wisconsin, USA
- Memorial ID: 11551437
- Note: "52 Yrs. 8 Mos. + 4 Ds."

(5) Portrait and Biographical Album of Branch County, Mich., Chapman Bros., Chicago, 1888. Pages 323-324.

"Polly [PRIEST] became the wife of Asher SQUIRES, and died in Wisconsin"

(6) Annals of Wyoming, Volume 24. United States, Wyoming Historical Department, 1952. Page 25.

"George Jackson SQUIRES, the son of Asher SQUIRES and Polly PRIEST, was born in Watertown, Jefferson County, New York, on December 5, 1828."

(7) Iowa, U.S., Death Records via Ancestry.com

Louis Worth SQUIRES (b. Aug. 1, 1849 in Watertown, New York; d. Aug. 18, 1935 in Butler Co., Iowa) is listed as a child of Asher Squires and Polly PRIEST.