Biggadike History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Early Origins of the Biggadike family

Early History of the Biggadike family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Biggadike research. Another 69 words (5 lines of text) covering the years 1379, 1563, 1585, 1630, 1638 and 1701 are included under the topic Early Biggadike History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Biggadike Spelling Variations

Until the dictionary, an invention of only the last few hundred years, the English language lacked any comprehensive system of spelling rules. Consequently, spelling variations in names are frequently found in early Anglo-Saxon and later Anglo-Norman documents. One person's name was often spelled several different ways over a lifetime. The recorded variations of Biggadike include Bickerdike, Biggerdike, Biggadike, Bikerdyk, Beckerdick, Bicardike and many more.

Early Notables of the Biggadike family

Distinguished members of the family include Henricus Bikerdyk, a prominent 14th century landholder in Yorkshire. Venerable Robert Bickerdike (d. 1585), was an English Martyr; he was a Yorkshire...
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Migration of the Biggadike family

Thousands of English families boarded ships sailing to the New World in the hope of escaping the unrest found in England at this time. Although the search for opportunity and freedom from persecution abroad took the lives of many because of the cramped conditions and unsanitary nature of the vessels, the opportunity perceived in the growing colonies of North America beckoned. Many of the settlers who survived the journey went on to make important contributions to the transplanted cultures of their adopted countries. The Biggadike were among these contributors, for they have been located in early North American records: George Bickerdike, who sailed to Baltimore in 1830.