GENERATION -4:
Surname : BODENHAM
For Antecedent(s) For Descendant(s)
see Page Ref. No(s) listed below:-
Parent(s):- Children:-
John BODENHAM
b. 16 Feb. 1723 at Minsterworth
d. young?
Husband’s Name: John BODENHAM Thomas BODENHAM
(His P. R. No: BOD -5/ 1) b. 9 Oct. 1726 at Minsterworth
b. 9 Feb. 1695 d. (must have died young)
at Minsterworth
d. 29 Sep. 1768, age 73 Thomas BODENHAM
at Minsterworth b. 26 Apr. 1730 at Minsterworth
married Nov. 1721 (Licence) d. 6 May 1730?
at ?
Mary BODENHAM
b. 26 Apr. 1730 at Minsterworth
Wife 1 Alice BRASEY d. 6 May 1730?
(Her P. R. No: ?)
b. c. 1698? William BODENHAM (P.R.No. BOD -3/5)
at Gloucester? b. 9 Jan. 1732 at Minsterworth
b. 10 May, 1741 age 41 d. c. 1801 at Arlingham
at Minsterworth
James BODENHAM (P.R.No. BOD -3/3)
b. 13 Oct. 1734 at Minsterworth
d. 8 Aug. 1797 (at Harescombe?) bur. Minsterworth.
John BODENHAM
b. 6 Mar. 1742 at Minsterworth
and married 2 May 1742 d. 20 Nov. 1770 drowned at Minsterworth
at Huntley, Glos.
Jane BODENHAM
b. 28 Aug. 1743 at Newnham?
Wife 2 Mary JONES? d.
(Her P. R. No: ?)
b. ? John BODENHAM
at ? b. 9 Dec 1744 at Longhope?
d. ? d. 27 Aug. 1767 age 53 d
at Minsterworth Mary BODENHAM
b. 18 Dec 1748 at Taynton
d.
Samuel BODENHAM (married Eliz.Smith*)
b. 10 Mar. 1750 at Minsterworth
d. 15 Dec. 1824 at Arlingham
Nance BODENHAM
b. 23 June 1752 at Huntley
d.
Jane BODENHAM
b. 21 Dec. 1755 at Huntley
d.
Robert BODENHAM (P.R.No. BOD -2/10)
b. c. 1757 at Huntley?
d. 10 June 1824 at Huntley (Will)
Hannah BODENHAM
b. 30 May 1761 at Huntley
d.
NOTES:- This sheet ‘BOD -4/02A’ is assembled as an alternative to ‘BOD -4/2’ and ‘BOD -3/10’ by combining both families therein, and is probably preferable.
***The implications of this family situation are significant. It would appear that because of the marriage allegation behind BOD -4/2 wherein John Bodnam is in fact a WIDOWER, and ‘intends to marry Mary Jones the next day’, but does so at ‘Huntley’ rather than ‘Minsterworth’ have importance….. To start with, son John born 1742 is arriving AFTER the death of first wife Alice in 1741, but before marriage to Mary, so monkey business seems indicated. It is presumed that Mary Jones is the mother, John having been born immediately prior to that marriage to Mary. John Bodnam is a Church Warden, and has some standing within the community at Minsterworth, indicating a good reason why he might have relocated to Huntley, and why his sons William, James and Samuel relocated to Arlingham, in an attempt to escape criticism. Quite possibly there could have been animosity between the earlier family and the second family with the new young wife very little older than the earlier children. Although as many as fifteen children seem to have arrived, both John (died 1768) and Mary (a Minsterworth girl, died 1767) seem to have been buried at Minsterworth, as did son James too when he died.If this is all true, then Robert born 1757, is even closer to being of Minsterworth origin than heretofore thought.
(To simplify matters, ongoing page reference numbers have not been changed. Assume that this forms a viable alternative to pages -4/2 and -3/10, but seems ever more logical. The Route Map in an earlier section has not been changed because it would require a complete revamp between sheets 1 and 2).
This Page Ref No. BOD -4/2A