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MOULES, Joseph
1784 - Yes, date unknown Has no ancestors but 36 descendants in this family tree.
1786 - 1819 (33 years)-
Name MOULES, Joseph Birth Between 1783 and 1784 West Walton, Norfolk 
Gender Male Death Yes, date unknown Person ID I1843 Edgoose Last Modified 6 Feb 2026
Family 1 PITTS, Sarah, b. 1786, Emneth, Norfolk, England d. 1819, West Walton, Norfolk (Age 33 years) Marriage 14 Aug 1809 Emneth, Norfolk, England Children 1. MOULES, William, b. 1810, West Walton, Norfolk d. 1810, West Walton, Norfolk (Age 0 years) [Mother: Stepchild]2. MOULES, Amey, b. 1811, West Walton, Norfolk d. Yes, date unknown [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]3. MOULES, Thomas, b. 1813, West Walton, Norfolk d. 4 May 1887, West Walton, Norfolk (Age 74 years) [Mother: Stepchild]4. MOULES, Mary, b. 1814, West Walton, Norfolk d. Yes, date unknown5. MOULES, Hannah, b. 19 Jan 1817, West Walton, Norfolk d. 1904, Wellingborough Registration District, Northamptonshire (Age 86 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: Stepchild]6. MOULES, Elizabeth d. Aft 1841 [Mother: Stepchild] Family ID F639 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
Family 2 OFIELD, Elizabeth, b. Between 1774 and 1775, Wells, Norfolk, England d. 1851 ? Marriage 10 Aug 1820 Walsoken, Norfolk Family ID F986 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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Birth - Between 1783 and 1784 - West Walton, Norfolk 
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JOSEPH MOULES 1783 or 1784-
Joseph MOULLS (sic) of West Walton, Norfolk, bachelor, married Sarah PITTS of West Walton, spinster, at West Walton on 14 August 1809. Witnesses were (illegible) MOULES and Robert HUNSLEY.
Sarah MOWLS aged 33 was buried at West Walton on 15 July 1819.
A Joseph MOLES (sic), of West Walton, widower, married Elizabeth CARR, widow, at Walsoken, Norfolk, on 10 August 1820. Witnesses were Elizabeth MOULES and John SPINKS.
(NFHS Norfolk Marriages 1801-1837)
Joseph MOULES and Jacob FISHER witnessed the marriage between William TUCK, a West Walton bachelor, and Elizabeth WEST, a West Walton widow, at West Walton on 24 November 1827.
(FreeReg)
From the 1841 census of West Walton, Norfolk:
*Joseph MOULES, aged 55, agricultural labourer, born in Norfolk;
Elizabeth MOULES, aged 55, not born in Norfolk (the census return appears to indicate that she was born in Scotland, Ireland, or Foreign Parts)
(HO107/770/13/7/4)
From the 1851 census of Marsh, West Walton, Norfolk:
*Joseph MOULES, head, aged 67, farm labourer, born at West Walton, Norfolk;
Elizabeth MOULES, wife, aged 76, born at Wells (sic), Norfolk.
(HO107/1766/560/11)
NOTES & QUERIES 1:
There was another Joseph MOULES at Southcroft Field, Terrington St. Clement, Norfolk, in the 1841 census:
Joseph MOULES, aged 55, bricklayer, born in Norfolk;
Sarah MOULES, aged 60, born in Norfolk.
(HO107/770/4/45/14)
Joseph MOULES died at Terrington St. Clement on 14 April 1842.
The 1851 census of Terrington St. Clement, Norfolk:
Sarah MOULES, head, aged 70, widow, pauper, bricklayer's widow, born at King's Lynn, Norfolk.
(HO107/1767/47/10)
William MOULES, aged 34, unmarried agricultural labourer, was lodginging at the Golden Ball Inn, Terrington St. Clement.
(HO107/1767/70/58)
NOTES & QUERIES 2:
Timeline:
24.12.1786 Sarah PITTS baptised at Emneth.
14.08.1809 Joseph MOULLS and Sarah PITTS (aged about 23) married at Emneth.
15.07.1819 Sarah MOWLS buried at West Walton.
17.10.1808 Samuel CARR married Elizabeth OFIELD at Emneth.
22.05.1814 Henry son of Samuel and Elizabeth CARR baptised at Walsoken.
07.12.1815 Samuel CARR buried at Walsoken.
22.11.1818 John, illegitimate son of Elizabeth CARR widow, baptised at Walsoken.
10.08.1820 Elizabeth CARR and Joseph MOULES married at Walsoken.
Sarah MOLES [sic] was buried at West Walton on 27 February 1828 aged 5. Was she a daughter of Josph MOULES and Elizabeth née CARR?
(revised 19.06.2012)