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Research includes their connections to
Canada, USA, Australia & New Zealand & a Worldwide One-Name Study for
all BIDMEADs & BITMEADs - Reviewed and updated by
�the Geneal Geologist�, December 2016 - Distribution of the BIDMEAD family name in
1881 (above) showing a mainly South Midlands area focus.
Introduction Note:
This synopsis includes some general information on the family name but is
specific to the researchers own BIDMEAD family lines out of Gloucestershire
and Coventry in Warwickshire. Questions and analysis related to the one-name
study for BIDMEAD & BITMEAD surnames worldwide, as well as the
researchers own family, are handled on the Facebook research blog.
Otherwise, please use the contact form. The
family name appears derived from "by the meadow", i.e. mead
being an old England name for meadow. While the BIDMEAD surname has clear
Gloucestershire origins, based on records, the origin of the BITMEAD surname
is less clear. BITMEAD is predominately found in the Oxfordshire, Berkshire,
Hertfordshire & Buckinghamshire area, and may be an independently-derived
surname (having the same derivation, but from a different locale) or may
indicate a regional dialect or spelling of an early BIDMEAD migration out of
Gloucestershire. Some analysis based on date of available records is provided
on the Facebook research
blog. The BIDMEAD
family is believed, by several modern branches, to be related to Captain
Sir Henry MORGAN, C17th privateer and Governor of
Jamaica. These family lines divided in the mid C19th. The story has been
independently forwarded down several BIDMEAD lines into the C21st, which is
quite remarkable, suggesting some original incident behind the family legend.
If true, then MORGAN�s own history suggests that this would have occurred in
the early 1650�s. That the tales of Captain MORGAN should survive more than
360 years along various family lines is quite remarkable. If any BIDMEAD line
has stories relating to Henry MORGAN, then that is a valuable clue to their
likely connection to the common tree, even if this is yet to be proved by a
paper trail. Please refer to the MORGAN webpage for more information. The
Coventry family is now spread worldwide including New Zealand
(pioneer settlers from 1842), Australia, Nova Scotia, Canada and the USA
(from the 1860's). US descendants now living in New Jersey,
Massachusetts, Montana, Florida, California and Connecticut.
Family still in Coventry, Birmingham or the Nuneaton areas of Warwickshire.
While having spread further afield in the UK, the main concentration remains
Gloucestershire & the Coventry area. Note:
Spelling variants can include - BIDMADE, BIDMAID, BIDMEADE,
BIDMEAT, BIDMED, BIDMEDE, BIDMEED, BIDMID,
BIDMOT, BITMEAD, BYDMEAD, etc., so research can require
the use of wildcard searches when checking for online records. Synopsis The
Coventry branch of this family has been traced back to the Rodborough &
Bisley area of Gloucestershire (the dark blue area in the SW Midlands of
England shown on the map above). There are other Gloucestershire families
that may be related but unproven (a good example being those families
clustered around Newent). These are not covered here but are fully documented
in an online Ancestry.com tree. However, it should be noted that the origin
of the family name (its simplicity) could lead to many independent families
who just happened to be "abiding by their local meads". Research
suggests the following lineage: Richard BIDMEAD (c1688-1734) = Rebecca SAUNDERS (c1696-1748) in 1714 at Sapperton. My
possible 8xGGPs. Their children may have included: �
William BIDMEAD (1717 Minchinhampton) m. 1739 Bisley = Grace
JENNINGS. My 7xGGPs. By 1770 this family had moved to Coventry. Grace had
died in 1760 in Minchinhampton. William was buried in 1 784 in Coventry. They
were weavers and the town was famous for its silk weaving and other cloth
manufacturing at the time. The industry started in the town in 1627 but was
enhanced by jacquard weaving Huguenot families fleeing persecution in Europe.
[The first sophisticated mechanism for complex patterns was developed by
Joseph Marie JACQUARD (1752-1834)]. Children: o Hannah BIDMEAD (1740
Minchinhampton), possibly = Thomas ADAMS in Rodborough in 1767; o Esther/Hester
BIDMEAD
(1746 Rodborough); o Susannah BIDMEAD (1749 Rodborough � 1822
Coventry) m. 1770 Coventry = Thomas REED; o Elizabeth BIDMEAD (1751 Rodborough) =
John SHAW - see family below (my 6xGGPs); o Sarah BIDMEAD (died 1756); o Richard BIDMEAD (1754 Rodborough); o Joseph BIDMEAD (1756 Rodborough); o William BIDMEAD (1758 Rodborough) m.
1778 Coventry = Lydia WRIGHT. In 1779 William became a Freeman to the
Clothworkers Guild, Coventry, and evidence suggests his children were
involved in a family business (possibly founded by William) for the
warehousing of silk cloth both in Coventry & London. Children: � Benjamin BIDMEAD (1779-1860) -
apprenticed to father (Ribbon Weaver) in 1791. m. 1806 = Mary LIGHTBOURNE.
Benjamin was a silk warehouseman based in Coventry, presumably the home town base
of the family business. Children born in Coventry include: � Martha BIDMEAD (1808-15); � Lydia BIDMEAD (1811-43); � Mary BIDMEAD (1812-13); � Jane BIDMEAD (1811-15); � David BIDMEAD (1822-30); � Mary Elliss BIDMEAD (1825-1866) m. 1856
= William BAKER (1825-59), then William JARRAMS (1824-1909) in
1863. Mary had an illegitimate child: � Mary Ann BIDMEAD (1847-63)
illegitimate; � William BIDMEAD (1782-1828) -
apprenticed to father in 1796. He was weaver in Chauntry Place, Coventry.
There is no evidence he married; � Sarah BIDMEAD (1785) � no
history; � Thomas BIDMEAD (1787) is possibly
the man who married Mary KINGSTON
in London in 1808. In the Napoleonic War, he appears to have found himself in
Copenhagen, Denmark in 1809 for the birth of his son (possibly only child) Stephen BIDMEAD, who appears on UK
census as a British Subject born in Denmark; � Ebenezer BIDMEAD (bef 1790 Coventry-after 1822 London) was a
London Warehouseman. He married Elizabeth
Butter GRANT in London in 1809. Before his wife died in 1820, they had
two children - Ebenezer BIDMEAD
(1811-65; married Susanna BAUGH
and had 3 sons & 2 daughters) & Lydia
BIDMEAD (1813, who appears to have been sent back to Coventry, where she
was married � her uncle Benjamin witnessing). Ebenezer was one of two
witnesses to his sister Lydia�s marriage; � Joseph BIDMEAD (c1790 Coventry-bef 1841) was a London
Warehouseman & Agent. He married Martha
Elve TOLLEY in London in 1815 (2 sons & 4 daughters). Joseph was one
of two witnesses to his sister Lydia�s marriage; � Lydia BIDMEAD (c1794 Coventry-1873) = James CLUTTERBUCK in 1818 London. The
couple settled in Hornsey, Middlesex; � David BIDMEAD (c1798 Coventry-1854 London) was a London
Warehouseman & Merchant Clerk. He became insolvent in 1842, having his
business in Bread Street. In 1820 London, he married Elizabeth Morgan MACHIN (1796-1865). The couple had 3 sons and 5
daughters; o Isaac BIDMEAD (1759-1826) was a
tailor in Stroud, GLS. In 1783 = Mary ARUNDEL. Rodborough children: � Mary BIDMEAD (1783); � William BIDMEAD (1785), a plasterer
of Cheltenham, GLS = Elizabeth JONES in 1812 Painswick. 1 son and 1
daughter known; � Charlotte BIDMEAD (1788-1854) = Robert BARNETT; � Joseph BIDMEAD (1790-1851), a
plumber of Cheltenham = Caroline TIBBETTS in Gloucester in 1820; � Anna Maria BIDMEAD (1792); � Elizabeth or Eliza BIDMEAD
(1795); o Rebecca BIDMEAD (1759-60); The Coventry Family Historical
Note: The church of St John the Baptist in Coventry, where many BIDMEADs were
baptised and married, was used during the 1642 English Civil War to hold prisoners,
often brought in from outside the city walls. Coventry was held by the
Parliamentarians throughout the war. The English expression of being �sent to
Coventry� (excluded from polite society) first appeared in 1647 describing
those events. This
researcher�s main Coventry branch is descended from the illegitimate son of Elizabeth
BIDMEAD (1751-1814) & John SHAW (1750-1814), a
Pewterman and later Freeman of Coventry. Their son Benjamin BIDMEAD
(1770) kept his mother's name, even though it appears he was also baptised John
SHAW in 1770. Elizabeth & John married in 1772 and had Mary SHAW
(1773) & Thomas SHAW (1774). Therefore, the Y-DNA genetics of the
male line should match SHAW rather than BIDMEAD, assuming John SHAW is
Benjamin's father. Benjamin BIDMEAD (1770-1816), Cordwainer, married Rachel DUFFKIN (1769-1831) in
1793 (incorrectly mistranscribed as DURKIN on some records). My 5xGGPs. Their
children were: �
Benjamin BIDMEAD (1800-56) = Charlotte EDBROOKE (1818)
of Cornwall in Plymouth, Devon in 1843. Their relationship started prior to
Benjamin serving with the Royal Marines in China. Only child: o William George
BIDMEAD
(1838, Devonport - 1893) = Eliza STANLEY in 1857 Coventry. Children: � Charlotte Eliza
BIDMEAD
(1867-1943) = 1898 Coventry to Henry WATSON (1870-1911); � Emily BIDMEAD (1870-1937) = Albert
HORTON (1865) in 1896 Coventry: �
Charlotte BIDMEAD (1801-73) m. abt 1822 = Thomas ATKINS
(1807-76); �
Joseph BIDMEAD (1802 Coventry � bef 1880 Paterson, New
Jersey, USA) m. 1823 = Martha BRADBURY. (1802 Coventry � 1882
Paterson, New Jersey, USA). Children: o William BIDMEAD (1823 Coventry �
1881 Connecticut, USA) = Caroline WARING (1822-1874 Coventry) in 1845.
Children: � David BIDMEAD (c1843) � on some
records as BIDMEAD but census suggests adopted (i.e. son of Caroline). He
married in 1871 and continued his life as David WARREN; � Joseph BIDMEAD (1845-45); � Joseph BIDMEAD (1847-95) m. in
1865 to Harriet HOLDING. Children: � Helena BIDMEAD (1867) m. in 1889
to John SMITH (1868); � Frederick William
BIDMEAD
(1870-72); � William BIDMEAD (1849-bef 1911) = Alice
Compton BAYNARD (1855-1935) in 1875; Children: � Harriet Compton
BIDMEAD (1876-1973);
� William Baynard
BIDMEAD
(1878-1971) m. 1903 Sarah Elizabeth HUMPHREY; � Elizabeth Jane
BIDMEAD
(1880-1976); � Alice Aston BIDMEAD (1888-1979) =
Canadian Garnet W ROACHE; � Elsie Maud BIDMEAD (1892) = David H
JONES � Mabel Helena Claire
BIDMEAD
(1896-1969) = Malcolm John McPHERSON; � Martha Jane BIDMEAD (1851-75); � James BIDMEAD (1855-71); � Jonathan BIDMEAD (1857-1939) = Caroline
MASON in 1883. Children: � Percival BIDMEAD (1887-1967) m. 1926
Doris Beatrice LE GASSICKE. Child: � Sylvia A BIDMEAD (1932); o Joseph BIDMEAD (1825-1908) m. 1847
= Hannah WEBSTER (1829-81) & later twice widowed Elizabeth
LUDFORD in 1883. Children by Hannah: � James BIDMEAD (1850-53); � Joseph BIDMEAD (1852-1916) = Selina
POLLARD in 1873, Children: � Emily BIDMEAD (1874-1954); � Joseph Henry BIDMEAD (1882) = 1903 May
SAVILLE: � Mabel BIDMEAD (1905); � Hannah BIDMEAD (1864-1938) = Benjamin
Charles HEATLEY; � Daniel Webster
BIDMEAD
(1859-1946) = Mary Jane SMITH. Children: � Lizzie Lavinia
BIDMEAD
(1884-1948) m. 1907 = Henry MANN; � Walter Webster
BIDMEAD
(1885-85); � Alice Maud BIDMEAD (1886-1973), m.
1911 = Tom CARDALL; � Alfred Webster
BIDMEAD
(1895-1947) m. 1923 = Jessie HANCOX. Child: � Hazel M BIDMEAD (1930); � Mary Jane BIDMEAD (1861-1940) m. 1884
= Joseph LEE; � Martha Bradbury
BIDMEAD
(1866-1952) m. 1888 John TAYLOR; o Martha BIDMEAD (1828-1902) = Henry
SMITH; o James BIDMEAD (1831-82) m. 1853 =
Eliza NOBLE. Family moved to New Jersey, USA after 1871. Children: o James BIDMEAD (1858 Coventry �
1943 New Jersey). Married twice: � m1. Mary A KEENE,
m. 1881. Children: � Gertrude BIDMEAD (1882-82); � Elsie May BIDMEAD (1884-90); � Frank Keene BIDMEAD (1888-1918); � Estelle B BIDMEAD (1889) = Alex
LESLIE; � Florence Ellen
BIDMEAD
(1894-94); � Olive BIDMEAD (1896-1960); � m2. Ida May
HOLMES, m. 1902. Children: � Frederick James
BIDMEAD
(1903-75) = Anne Louisa SMETANA (1904-60): � Patricia Ann BIDMEAD (1935) = Anton
KLUN, then Eugene Mindahl PEDERSEN; � Carol Joan BIDMEAD (1936) = Rudolph
Henry George BROMUND then Lawrence Richard HICKEY; � Rachel Adelaide
BIDMEAD
(1906); � Robert Holmes
BIDMEAD
(1914-92) = m1. Charlotte, m2. Thelma. No issue to either
marriage. o Rachel Eliza BIDMEAD (1863 Attleborough,
Nuneaton -1947 New Jersey); o Mary Jane BIDMEAD (1833-1900) m. 1853
Joseph WRIGHT. Couple moved to New Jersey in 1858; o Jonathan BIDMEAD (1836) m. 1856 = Elizabeth
LAPWORTH. Children: o Martha Bradbury
BIDMEAD
(c1860); o Herbert BIDMEAD (1862-85); o Arthur Vernon
BIDMEAD
(c1858) = Ellen Eliza HADLEY in 1892. Children: � Louisa Vernon
BIDMEAD
(1892), m. 1922 = KEOUGH; � Herbert Arthur
BIDMEAD
(1897) m. 1918 = Mabel LAX; Children: � Arthur H BIDMEAD (1921); � Frank BIDMEAD (1900); o Jonathan BIDMEAD (c1871); o Elizabeth Lapworth
BIDMEAD
(c1872), m. 1900; o Frank Edward BIDMEAD (c1874-1908); o Rachel BIDMEAD (1840) = John
ALLEN in Massachusetts, USA in 1867 and lived in New Jersey; �
William BIDMEAD (1806) = Martha TOMKINS � My 4xGGPs.
See family below; Jonathan BIDMEAD (1813-1896) -
Founder Colonist of New Zealand �
Jonathan BIDMEAD (1813 Coventry � 1896 Wellington, New
Zealand) = Sarah Elizabeth SPARKES (1815-1893) in 1835 Coventry. This family
of Payne Lane, Coventry, are one of the pioneer settlers of New Zealand,
arriving onboard the �London� in 1842 and founded the extensive present day
NZ family. Their journey is described in the book �No Simple Passage� by
Jenny Robin Jones (Random House NZ) and appear in many early records in the
Wellington area. Children: o Rachel BIDMEAD (1838-38 Coventry); o Caroline BIDMEAD (1840 Coventry �
1920 NZ) = John NORRIS in 1858 Wellington; o Hannah BIDMEAD (1842-94
Wellington, NZ) = American Charles Edward W alter WILLESTON in 1860; o John BIDMEAD (1844), married
unknown but was in NZ up to 1886: � Lionel BIDMEAD (1886) based on
school records � John Verne BIDMEAD � possible son, KIA
in WWI o James BIDMEAD (1846-99) = Emma
HOLLYWOOD in 1888; o Sarah BIDMEAD (1848); o Mary Jane BIDMEAD (1849) = John
Harry Daniel PAGE in 1865; o Jonathan BIDMEAD (1853-1933) = Eliza
Hounsom HARFIELD (1856-1900). Children: � Zilla BIDMEAD (1878-1956) = Edward
James RYAN; � Paul BIDMEAD (1879-1948) = Florence
Maud JOLI; � Frances Elizabeth
BIDMEAD
(1881) = GOODRICK in 1908; � Olive BIDMEAD (1883-1977) = Norman
Albert INGRAM in 1914; � Jonathan St George
BIDMEAD
(1885-1960) = Myrtle Christina Irenie McKAY. Children: � Alexander Jack
BIDMEAD
(1913-13); � Jean Olive BIDMEAD (1915) = Charles
Frederick SCHOWE; � Jonathan BIDMEAD IV (1920-2006) = � m1. Laurel Ellen
MOULDS: � Margret Joy BIDMEAD (1945); � Susanne Ruth BIDMEAD (1947); � m2. Thora Ethel
BARLOW: � Vicki-Ann BIDMEAD (1959) = Peter
SYKES; � Jo-Ann BIDMEAD (1960) = Mark
WILLIAMS; � Jonathan BIDMEAD (1962) = Kay SMITH; � Jonathan St George
Dragonslay BIDMEAD
(2000); � Quinn Matariki Thor
BIDMEAD
(2003); � m3. Elizabeth Lee
CALMAN; � Valma Helen BIDMEAD (1922-55) = Tony
GRANIC; � Garfield Roy BIDMEAD (1923-2002) = � m1. Doreen Alice
DUMPLETON: � Keith BIDMEAD (1947) - 3 marriages: � m1. Carol JONES: � David BIDMEAD (1967); � Vernon BIDMEAD (1970); � m2. Arlene
DOLOCANOG: � Carlos BIDMEAD (1999); � m3: SrayMom MAO
(1980), married after 2000: � SrayAnne BIDMEAD; � Brendon BIDMEAD; � Glenys BIDMEAD (1949) = Jeffrey
WARNER; � m2. Beryl P
HOCKLY: � Gerald BIDMEAD (c1970 Eden,
Auckland). � Haldane BIDMEAD; � m3. Joan Lillian
D'ELSA: � Sally BIDMEAD; � Simon BIDMEAD; � Susan BIDMEAD; � Shelly BIDMEAD; � Lincoln Abraham Mont
BIDMEAD
(1886-1962) = Millicent THOMPSON: � Issue unknown, but
suggest a possible son also named Lincoln. � Garfield BIDMEAD (1890-91); � Cleveland BIDMEAD (1893-1950) = Ruby
Constance WALSH: � Wallace Duncan
BIDMEAD
(1920) = Margaret, Couple moved to NSW, Australia in 1965. Children,
in suspected birth order from the late 1940's onwards; � Kathrine BIDMEAD; � Kareen BIDMEAD; � Barrie Cleveland
BIDMEAD; � Linden BIDMEAD; � Alister BIDMEAD; � Barry Washington
BIDMEAD
(1894-1947) = Edith Jane HARRINGTON c1914 (who died in the 1918 flu
pandemic) and then war widow NOBLE (Gertrude Alice AGUTTERS
(1892-1964)) in 1923: � John BIDMEAD (1924-24); � Barry BIDMEAD (1928-87) = Winsome
Marion EYRES in 1955: � Alan Ross BIDMEAD (1956) = Francis
FAIRLESS: � Hazel BIDMEAD; � Keri BIDMEAD; � Helen Elizabeth
BIDMEAD
(1957) = Peter Thomas JEROMSON; � Patricia Janet
BIDMEAD
(1961) = Brian Michael HOOKWAY; � Joseph BIDMEAD (1854-1930) = Jane
Bridget O'FARRELL in 1879: � Joseph Patrick
BIDMEAD
(1881); A BIDMEAD Silver Fusse Pocket Watch. Casing
is hallmarked Sterling Silver, London with year stamp "U" for 1875.
The year 1875 is also stamped along with watch number 50214. Movement is
stamped and engraved "Bidmead Coventry 50214". Makers mark is
"I.H" which records suggest is silversmith John Harris (verified by
the Goldsmiths in London), a watchcase maker of Coventry who first registered
his mark at the London Assay Office on 11 Apr 1866 and continued his business
through into the 1880's, and therefore a contemporary of the BIDMEAD
watchmaker. It is likely the watchmaker is Joseph BIDMEAD (1838-1923), my
3xGreat Granduncle (s/o 4xGGF William, also a Coventry watchmaker). William BIDMEAD (1806) was
married twice and had at least 15 children: � m1.
Martha TOMKINS (c1806-39) in 1826. My 4xGGPs. Children: o
Eliza BIDMEAD
or BEADMEAD (1826-72) = James Crisp SANDERS
in 1845, my 3xGGPs; o
Martha BIDMEAD
(1827-81) = George STOKES; o
Harriet BIDMEAD
(1830-30); o
Emma BIDMEAD
(1831- after 1851); o
William BIDMEAD
(1834-39) o
John BIDMEAD
(1835-36); o
Jonathan BIDMEAD
(1837-37); o
Joseph BIDMEAD
(1838-1923) = Ann NAYLOR in 1866 Coventry. Children: � Emma
BIDMEAD (1867-1950) � George
BIDMEAD (1873-1917) = Lucy Gertrude BOTT in
1897 Nuneaton, then Florence Mary DYKE there in 1910: � Leslie
Joseph BIDMEAD (1914-73) = Ellen Mabel WEBSTER: � Alan
BIDMEAD (1941) = WILMAN: � Andrew
Paul BIDMEAD (1973 Warwick) � m2.
Eliza BULL (1821-70) in 1840 Coventry. Children: o
Anna BIDMEAD
(1841-41); o
William BIDMEAD
(1842-42); o
Sarah BIDMEAD
(1843-1917) = Henry SHEPHERD; o
Mary Jane BIDMEAD
(1844-59); o
William BIDMEAD
(1845-46); o
Benjamin BIDMEAD
(1847 � after 1861); o
Jonathan William BIDMEAD
(1850-1936) = Emily OAKES in 1872 Coventry. Children: � Jonathan
William BIDMEAD (1873-1941); � Herbert
James BIDMEAD (1877-1955) = Flower MAINWARING: � Leslie
Herbert BIDMEAD (1909-83) = Ethel HODSON; � Robert
Herbert BIDMEAD (1934) = Pamela A MORRIS; � Colin
James BIDMEAD (1936-96) = Emma E M LALOR; � Keith
Leslie BIDMEAD (1947) � 3 marriages: � m1.
Hilary HODGES: � Catrina
Victoria BIDMEAD (1973) = Mark J WILSON; � m2.
Sandra M WININGTON; � m3.
Vanessa J HALES � children born in Leamington, WAR: � Christopher
Robert BIDMEAD (1983); � Philip
John BIDMEAD (1985); � Timothy
Edward BIDMEAD (1987); � Stephen
David BIDMEAD (1990); � Cyril
R BIDMEAD (1911-13); � Muriel
F BIDMEAD (1914-30); � Ellen
Emily BIDMEAD (1879-1975), m. 1904 = Arthur
Edgar WILLIAMS; � Edith
BIDMEAD (1884-1957); The outline above is
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