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The BLATHERWICK Families of Nottinghamshire

The family name comes from the village of Blatherwycke situated 5 miles NE of Corby, Northamptonshire, half way towards Stamford, Lincolnshire, England. "wic" is Old English for farm. Blather has a variety of possible origins - suggestions include from a person�s name (e.g. Balther's Farm), to some distinguishing feature such as bladder-like plants (from Old English "blaedre"). The latter would be likely if a particularly low lying, marshy area close to the stream shown on the map below.

Distribution of the family name in 1881 is shown above, which predominates in the East Midlands (NTT) area close to the village of origin.
This is still reflected in today's data (2000/2005), shown below.

The above map shows �BLATHERWICK Land� in summary, which is the NE quadrant from Nottingham towards Newark. Most villages that BLATHERWICKs inhabited are shown. Nottingham, Radford (within Nottingham), Basford (including nearby Derbyshire villages), Bingham and Southwell are the main Nottinghamshire town and rural registration districts for records. Note that Bulcote is a small hamlet adjacent to Burton Joyce, and Gedling is adjacent to Carlton. Nearby place names can be interchangeable on census records. Rolleston cum Fiskerton are two villages just SW of Newark.

I have three family branches of the family in Nottinghamshire. These notes were revised and updated in July 2014:

FAMILY #1 of Lowdham then Burton Joyce:

This family is headed by Roger BLATHERWICK (c1610) of Lowdham, Notts., and his wife Ellen FREAK of Carlton, NTT (my 9xGGPs twice) who married in 1633 at Lowdham/Bulcote.

Their son Thomas BLATHERWICK aka BALDRICK (c1636, Lowdham) and his wife Rebecca BOLTON (c1648 Epperstone) married in1669 at Epperstone, Notts. (my 8xGGPs twice). Their family at Lowdham:

�       James BLATHERWICK (1669);

�       Elizabeth BLATHERWICK (1670);

�       Thomas BLATHERWICK (1671);

�       Thomas BLATHERWICK (1675);

�       Joseph BLATHERWICK (c1677) and his wife Ann ALVEY (my 7xGGPs, twice);

�       Sarah BLATHERWICK (1680);

�       Joseph BLATHERWICK (c1677) and Ann ALVEY (my 7xGGPs, twice) had the following family at Burton Joyce, NTT:

�       John BLATHERWICK (1709), my 6xGGF;

�       James BLATHERWICK (1712);

�       William BLATHERWICK (1715) = Mary KETTLEBY in 1739 at Burton Joyce, who are also my 6xGGPs through a BLATHERWICK side-line. Their children at Burton Joyce:

o   Thomas BLATHERWICK (1739);

o   Elizabeth BLATHERWICK (1741);

o   William BLATHERWICK (1744);

o   Mary BLATHERWICK (1746-1825);

o   Benjamin BLATHERWICK (1747);

o   William BLATHERWICK (1750) = Sarah HOPKINS (my 5xGGPs, see below);

�       Hannah BLATHERWICK (1717);

�       Joseph BLATHERWICK (1719);

�       Rebecca BLATHERWICK (1723-49);

�       Mary BLATHERWICK (1725);

John BLATHERWICK (1709) = Mary Ann ASHBURY (c1709) at 1732 Oxton, Notts. (my 6xGGPs):

�       John BLATHERWICK (1730) � appears to be born to a first wife of John;

�       Thomas BLATHERWICK (1736);

�       Mary BLATHERWICK (1740);

�       Ann BLATHERWICK (1741);

�       William BLATHERWICK (1743);

�       Samuel BLATHERWICK (1746);

�       Sarah BLATHERWICK (1747);

�       Lydia BLATHERWICK (1751);

�       Lydia BLATHERWICK (1754);

�       Mary BLATHERWICK (1756) = William STEPHENSON/STEVENSON (my 5xGGPs);

�       John BLATHERWICK (1759);

SE side of Nottingham, showing Edwalton and Plumtree

FAMILY #2 of Burton Joyce:

Head of tree is William BLATHERWICK, a carpenter of Bulcote = Sarah HOPKINS of Lenton, Lincs., in Lenton in 1771, my 5xGGPs. Children at Burton Joyce, NTT:

�       William BLATHERWICK (1771);

�       Mary BLATHERWICK (c1772);

�       John BLATHERWICK (c1774);

�       Joseph BLATHERWICK (c1776), Joiner & Burton Joyce Parish clerk = Sarah BLATHERWICK (of FAMILY #3) of Bunny (c1781-1847) in 1801 at Burton Joyce, my 4xGGPs. Children:

o   Sarah BLATHERWICK (1801-82) = John BRANDHAM;

o   Ann BLATHERWICK (c1802. d. young);

o   John BLATHERWICK (c1803);

o   William BLATHERWICK (c1806);

o   Mercy or Mary BLATHERWICK (c1808);

o   Ann BLATHERWICK (c1810);

o   Samuel BLATHERWICK (c1811);

o   William BLATHERWICK (c1814);

o   Elizabeth BLATHERWICK (c1816);

o   James BLATHERWICK (c1816)

o   Sarah BLATHERWICK (c1818) = William BRADLEY in 1837 (my 3xGGPs);

o   Thomas Jackson BLATHERWICK (c1820);

o   Joseph BLATHERWICK (c1822);

�       Samuel BLATHERWICK (c1779);

�       Sarah BLATHERWICK (c1781);

�       Fanny BLATHERWICK (c1782);

�       Ann BLATHERWICK (c1783);

�       John BLATHERWICK (c1784), a joiner & carpenter = Mary JACKSON in 1804 Burton Joyce. Children:

o   Letitia BLATHERWICK (c1805) = John ADKIN/ATKIN in 1828;

o   James BLATHERWICK (1806-7);

o   Ann BLATHERWICK (c1808);

o   Elizabeth BLATHERWICK (c1810-25);

o   Amelia BLATHERWICK (c1813-82) = Richard JOHNSON in 1830 at Gedling;

o   Eliza BLATHERWICK (c1816);

o   Mary BLATHERWICK (c1819);

o   Sarah BLATHERWICK (c1822);

o   William Jackson BLATHERWICK (c1825-5);

o   Samuel BLATHERWICK (c1828);

�       James BLATHERWICK (1786-86);

�       Thomas BLATHERWICK (c1788);

�       Samuel BLATHERWICK (c1790);

�       James BLATHERWICK (c1792);

FAMILY #3 of Edwalton & Gedling:

This branch is headed by Thomas BLATHERWICK of Edwalton (c1670-1719) = Dorothy in 1698, my 7xGGPs. Their children at Edwalton, Notts. include:

�       Mary BLATHERWICK (1698-1713);

�       Alice BLATHERWICK (1702);

�       Thomas BLATHERWICK (1702-42) = Elizabeth BALDOCK in 1724 at Plumtree;

�       Ann BLATHERWICK (1706);

�       Dorothy BLATHERWICK (1709-12);

�       Rebecca BLATHERWICK (1711-13);

Thomas BLATHERWICK & Elizabeth BALDOCK, my 6xGGPs, had the following family in Edwalton:

�       Mary BLATHERWICK (1725);

�       Thomas BLATHERWICK (1727-30);

�       John BLATHERWICK (1728);

�       William BLATHERWICK (1730, Oxton);

�       Thomas BLATHERWICK (1732-80);

�       Elizabeth BLATHERWICK (1734);

�       William BLATHERWICK (1737);

Thomas BLATHERWICK (1732-80) = Mary WIGFIELD, my 5xGGPs;

�       Jenny BLATHERWICK (1755);

�       Thomas BLATHERWICK (1757-1834) = Sarah HAYS;

o   Jane BLATHERWICK (1786-1857) = Richard JENNISON;

o   Thomas BLATHERWICK (1789) = Sarah GODFREY;

o   Joseph BLATHERWICK (1791);

o   William BLATHERWICK (1795-97);

o   Ann BLATHERWICK (1798-1815);

o   Mary BLATHERWICK (1801) = John FRANCIS;

�       Ann BLATHERWICK (1759);

�       Mary BLATHERWICK (1760-68);

�       Nathaniel BLATHERWICK (1762-91) = Elizabeth NORMAN. Children:

o   Joseph BLATHERWICK (1782-83);

o   Nathaniel BLATHERWICK (1784-85);

o   Mary BLATHERWICK (1786);

o   Elizabeth BLATHERWICK (1788-1832) = John HOULDIN then Samuel PLUMB;

o   Ann BLATHERWICK (1790-1866) = Samuel BRIGGS - Jenny Leaper's webpage;

o   Nathaniel BLATHERWICK (1791);

�       William BLATHERWICK (1765-69);

�       Mary BLATHERWICK (1768);

�       John BLATHERWICK (1771) = Mary MEE;

�       Joseph BLATHERWICK (1773);

�       William BLATHERWICK (1776);

�       Sarah BLATHERWICK of Bunny (1780-1847) = Joseph BLATHERWICK (c1776) of Family #2, Joiner & Burton Joyce Parish clerk in 1801 at Burton Joyce. These, my 4xGGPs, had family at Burton Joyce, as outlined above.

�       Hannah BLATHERWICK (1791);

The outline above is indicative only and not necessarily fully correct or complete. Further lines of descent are recorded and often found to be interconnected. The Ancestry environment has been very helpful in tying up trees (meeting people researching from a different direction) and changes are frequent. Due to families in the same place with the same names, it can be impossible (without inside family information) to be sure who the parents are. Assumptions without detailed cross-verification can lead to incorrect links. The CreativeGraces family tree (with ca. 300 connected BLATHERWICKs) can be found here on Ancestry:
http://trees.ancestry.co.uk/pt/pedigree.aspx?tid=9072976
This is where you can find the most up-to-date information.
Contact me for Guest access.

In the 1851 census for Notts., BLATHERWICK families are concentrated in a few villages: Gunthorpe, Bulcote, Lowdham & Hoveringham. The first name William appears to be particularly popular. In the 1844 Trade Directory of Nottinghamshire there are 3 BLATHERWICKs in Burton Joyce: John BLATHERWICK (a framework knitter), Joseph BLATHERWICK & William BLATHERWICK (both joiners).

Family groupings are derived from microfiche 1.2.1748-8.9.1823 (Burton Joyce baptisms) & 1851 census returns for Burton & Bulcote. It should be noted that the Burton Joyce Local History Society have reportedly been unable to resolve all family relationships due to too many similar names and family events around the same time. A good example are the two John BLATHERWICKs who both married Mary (one to Mary MEE, one to Mary JACKSON), both in 1804 in Gedling. Please bear in mind that if you have access to original church records or wills you may be able to verify or refute any or part of the family tree above. Please share & discuss any of your own findings. Thanks.

�       BLATHERWICK Family Information Centre website, including BLATHERWICK trivia, other researcher interests & link to Margaret TADMAN's research, partly reproduced in the data file above.

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