Bladge History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Early Origins of the Bladge family

Early History of the Bladge family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Bladge research. Another 72 words (5 lines of text) covering the years 1000, 1450, 1512, 1515, 1516, 1517, 1518, 1520, 1522, 1545, 1546, 1547, 1551, 1592, 1611, 1613, 1642 and 1660 are included under the topic Early Bladge History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Bladge Spelling Variations

Only recently has spelling become standardized in the English language. As the English language evolved in the Middle Ages, the spelling of names changed also. The name Bladge has undergone many spelling variations, including Blagg, Blague, Blagge, Blage, Blag, Blaggue and others.

Early Notables of the Bladge family

Distinguished members of the family include Robert Blage or Blagge (d. 1522?), an English judge, who was of a Suffolk family, and was son of Stephen Blagge of Broke Montague in Somersetshire. "He was a commissioner of sewers in Cambridgeshire and Lincolnshire in 1515, in Middlesex, Essex, and Hertfordshire in 1516, and in Kent in 1517. On 6 May 1518 he is found appointed to be guardian of William, son and heir of George Carleton. He was still acting as surveyor of crown lands on 29 Nov. 1520 and 21 March 1522. In May 1520, being seized of the manor of...
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Migration of the Bladge family

To escape the unstable social climate in England of this time, many families boarded ships for the New World with the hope of finding land, opportunity, and greater religious and political freedom. Although the voyages were expensive, crowded, and difficult, those families that arrived often found greater opportunities and freedoms than they could have experienced at home. Many of those families went on to make significant contributions to the rapidly developing colonies in which they settled. Early North American records indicate many people bearing the name Bladge were among those contributors: David Blagg who settled in Virginia in 1654; John Blagg settled in Augusta county in Virginia in 1760.