GENERATION -3:
Surname : BODENHAM
For Antecedent(s) For Descendant(s)
see Page Ref. No(s) listed below:-
Parent(s):- Children:-
Husband’s Name: James BODENHAM
(His Page Ref. No: BOD -4/2)
b. 13 Oct. 1734
at Minsterworth
8 Aug. 1797 (Will dictated 1792, proved 1798) John BODENHAM
at Harescombe, bur. Minsterworth b. 18 Sep. 1774
married June 1772 (Licence) d. ?
at Minsterworth
Wife 1 Sarah JAMES
(Her Page Ref. No: ?)
b. ? (of Minsterworth)
at ?
d. 27 Apr. 1775
at Minsterworth James BODENHAM
b. 19 Jul. 1778 at Harescombe
d. ?
And married 10 July 1777
At Harescombe, Glos. Sophia BODENHAM
b. 19 Jul. 1778 at Harescombe
d. ?
Wife 2 Elizabeth FRYER Elizabeth BODENHAM
(Her Page Ref. No. ?) b. 16 Sept. 1779 at Harescombe
b. ? d. ?
at ?
d. ? Sophia BODENHAM
at? b. 1780 at Harescombe
d. ?
And married, 9 Sep 1788 John BODENHAM
At Harescombe b. 15 Jul. 1782 at Harescombe
d. ?
Wife 3 Ann HARRIS
(Her Page Ref. ?)
b. ?
at Harescombe?
d. ?
at?
NOTES.
James BODENHAM became a church warden for Minsterworth. He seems to have had only one child by Sarah, possibly named after his nephew John who was drowned in 1770. There is as yet no further information on this first son John, who, born in 1774, is too young to be the father of the children shown on BOD -2/ 1.
It seems most likely that father James after losing his first wife Sarah in 1775 met and married Elizabeth, above, and had more family in Harescombe, before, upon dying in 1797, being buried back in Minsterworth. No known family with 3rd wife Ann. (James by then aged 54)
It seems that this family and those of James brothers William & (step-b) Samuel vacated Minsterworth soon after the flood disaster there in 1770 to live in the Arlingham/Harescombe area. Probably all were employed in agriculture. Their wills show them specifically as ‘brothers’, so this indicates the dispersal from Minsterworth of the surname Bodenham, which otherwise is inexplicable.
The surname spelling used in the Arlingham/Harescombe area was ‘BODNUM’, same as their cottage name at Minsterworth.
(For reference purposes, sheet BOD -3/ 2 was scrapped, its information applying to this sheet).
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