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Bodden History Early Origins Early History Spelling Variations Early Notables Ranking

Contemporary Notables Historic Events Related Stories Citations

Bodden History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Origins Available:
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The Bodden surname is derived from one of several places names; such as Bowden in Derbyshire and Bowdon in Cheshire. The place names are thought to derive from the Old English words "boga," or "bow" and "dùn," or "hill;" thus, a curved hill.

However, two sources point to a Norman origin. The first states: "They have a tradition that they are of Norman descent, and that the name was originally Bodin" 1 and the second notes "Petrus Bodin occurs in Normandy, 12th century." 2

Early Origins of the Bodden family

The surname Bodden was first found in Cheshire, Leicestershire and Northamptonshire. The Hundredorum Rolls of 1273 point to a scattered early reference of the family: Bodin de Langehull, Oxfordshire; Boyedinus de Gaunt, Lincolnshire; Bodyn de Kant (London citizen); and Walter Bodin, Oxfordshire. 3

"Bowden is frequent but often represents an older Bowdon. (i) John de Boghedon 1333. There are 17 places called Bowden in Devon and one Bowdin, all 'curved hill'; Bowden Edge (Derby) has the same origin; (ii) Thomas Bovedon in the Hundredorum Rolls of 1279; OE bufan dune '(dweller) above the hill' " 4

Bowden or Bowdon, a parish in the union of Altrincham, hundred of Bucklow, N. division of the county of Chester was once held by the Bowden family having been granted by Hamon de Massey. 5

"The Bowdens were of Bowdon Hall, co. Derby, in the XV. cent. Yet they have a tradition that they are of Norman descent, and that the name was originally Bodin." 1

Early History of the Bodden family

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Bodden Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Bowden, Bouden, Boulden, Boden, Bodden, Bodin and others.

Early Notables of the Bodden family

Distinguished members of the family include Samuel Bowden (fl. 1733-1761), a physician at Frome, Somersetshire, the author of two volumes of poems published 1733-1735. "Neither the date of his birth nor that of his death has been ascertained, though it appears from the 'Gentleman's Magazine,' to which he was an occasional contributor, that he was living in 1761, while a passing mention of him in 1778 is in the past tense. The writer adds...
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Bodden Ranking

In the United States, the name Bodden is the 12,268^th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 6

Migration of the Bodden family to Ireland

Some of the Bodden family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt.
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Bodden migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Bodden Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

Samuel Bodden, who settled in New England in 1774

Bodden Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Charlotte Bodden, who settled in Texas in 1861

Bodden Settlers in United States in the 20th Century

Walter Bodden, who arrived in Mobile, Ala in 1901 7
Thomas Bodden, who arrived in Mobile, Ala in 1902 7
Charles Bodden, who landed in Mississippi in 1902 7
Harris Lenard and Thomas Bodden both of whom arrived in Mobile, Alabama in 1902
Harris Lenard Bodden, who arrived in Mobile, Ala in 1902 7
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Bodden migration to Australia +

Emigration to Australia followed the First Fleets of convicts, tradespeople and early settlers. Early immigrants include:

Bodden Settlers in Australia in the 19th Century

Mr. John Bodden, Scottish convict who was convicted in Glasgow, Scotland for 7 years, transported aboard the "Egyptian" on 5th April 1839, arriving in Tasmania (Van Diemen's Land) 8

Contemporary Notables of the name Bodden (post 1700) +

Jacob Bodden (1831-1889), American politician, Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
Alonzo Bodden (b. 1962), American comedian and actor
Leigh Edmond Bodden (b. 1981), American NFL football quarterback
Truman Bodden (b. 1945), Caymanian politician
Olaf Bodden (b. 1968), German former football striker
John Alston Bodden (b. 1981), Honduran association football goalkeeper
Christie Bodden (b. 1990), Panamanian former swimmer
Annie Huldah Bodden (1908-1989), Caymanian civil servant, lawyer, and politician

Historic Events for the Bodden family +

North Sea Flood

R. Bodden, British worker aboard the trawler "Michael Griffith" killed in the North Sea Flood, a major storm surge in 1953

Citations +

Lower, Mark Anthony, Patronymica Britannica, A Dictionary of Family Names of the United Kingdom. London: John Russel Smith, 1860. Print.
The Norman People and Their Existing Descendants in the British Dominions and the United States Of America. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1975. Print. (ISBN 0-8063-0636-X)
Bardsley, C.W, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames: With Special American Instances. Wiltshire: Heraldry Today, 1901. Print. (ISBN 0-900455-44-6)
Reaney, P.H and R.M. Wilson, A Dictionary of English Surnames. London: Routledge, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-415-05737-X)
Lewis, Samuel, A Topographical Dictionary of England. Institute of Historical Research, 1848, Print.
"What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
Convict Records Voyages to Australia (Retrieved 26th January 2022). Retrieved from https://convictrecords.com.au/ships/egyptian