BLADEN FAMILY TREES and FAMILY HISTORY
This web site (under construction) is for anyone interested in the Bladens and
tracing their Bladen roots whether in the UK, America, Australia etc etc. Sources are available for the information
contained here though individuals are encouraged to carry out their own checking of information.
I would encourage anyone to contribute to this site, especially Family Trees and
any information/corrections (provided they are sourced) would be very welcome.
COPYRIGHT: Please do not reproduce information from this site without permission.
Licences have been granted for this web site only.
Picture
of a portrait owned by the Earl of Rosse and reproduced with his permission (The Birr Castle Collection) and copyright Photographic
Survey, Courtaulds Institute.
Portrait shows Martin Bladen, aged 52, with second wife Frances (Foche) who he married in 1728 and possibly a step-daughter
from an earlier marriage of Frances. Young girl holding a squirrel.
What's New?
- Large private family gathering (108+) of Bladen-Hawke
descendants to take place late in November 2009 to celebrate the 250th anniversary of Admiral Hawke's victory over
the French at Quiberon Bay.
- Shropshire Bladen
transported to Tasmania in the 1840s. Death sentence commuted to life.
- New Family Tree added for Yorkshire (2) (line originates in Walsall, Staffs, in
the mid-1600s), 256 people - 10 generations.
- New
Family Tree added for Wales (Wales 3) 65 people, Wales Tree (2) also expanded (now 107 people).
- New Family Tree added for London/Kent - 80 people (10 generations)
dating back to c.1740.
- The
main Bladen descent in the UK and the main Bladon line are less than 5 miles apart in Derbyshire now in the period
mid/late 1500s in villages that were sparesly populated - and a connection seems highly likely though not proven
yet.
- Early Bladen connections
to New England (dating from 1637) seem to continue for a period of 26 years, moving south to Virginia - see section on Bladens
to America.
- More children
found for Dr Thomas Bladen (1615-1695) from Rainham parish registers: a son William born 1652/3 and daughter Anne 1651.(Dec
'08) (Top of main Derbys/Staffs/Salop Tree)
- Mystery solved ref: Bladen/Loftus marriage. A pedigree dated 1703 has been found asserting that it was Jane
Loftus who married a Mr Bladen (rather than later sources that claim Letitia), it seems more likely that the Bladen
she married was the above William born 1652/3 (son of Dr Thomas).(Dec '08).
- One of the two Wolverhampton Bladen Trees has now been incorporated into the
main Derbyshire/Staffordshire/Shropshire Bladen line (120 people added) - Nov'08.
- Letters have been found written by Nathaniel Bladen dating about
1712 to his daughter Frances. We are in the process of trying to get copies of these. (Yorkshire line)
- Recent success: the location Dr Thomas
Bladen's burial place has been located in St John the Evangelist Church in Dublin. His wife and two daughters
have also been found there. These two daughters not known about prior to this.
Web site updated December 2009
(click on history)
