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![Show Contents]() Bodman History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
Bodman is a name of ancient Anglo-Saxon origin and comes from the family once having lived in an area with a broad valley, or a hillside. Bootham is a district near the center of the city of York, North Yorkshire. Blidworth Bottoms is a hamlet in Nottinghamshire. Angram Bottoms is a 24 acres biological site near to the village of Angram in the Yorkshire Dales. Today Pitt Town Bottoms is a historic town and suburb of Sydney, in New South Wales, Australia. Early Origins of the Bodman familyThe surname Bodman was first found in Norfolk and North Yorkshire where one of the first records of the name was Dowe de Bothemes who was listed in the Assize Rolls of 1246. A few years later, Laurence de Biouthom who was listed in 1287 and a de Bothum who was listed in the Feet of Fines of 1303. Just five years later, Richard del Botham was listed in the Court Rolls in the Manor of Wakefield in 1307. 1 Early History of the Bodman familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Bodman research. Another 24 words (2 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Bodman History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Bodman Spelling VariationsSound was what guided spelling in the essentially pre-literate Middle Ages, so one person's name was often recorded under several variations during a single lifetime. Also, before the advent of the printing press and the first dictionaries, the English language was not standardized. Therefore, spelling variations were common, even among the names of the most literate people. Known variations of the Bodman family name include Bottom, Botham, Bootham, Bodham and others. Early Notables of the Bodman familyMore information is included under the topic Early Bodman Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
 Bodman migration to the United States | + |
For political, religious, and economic reasons, thousands of English families boarded ships for Ireland, Canada, the America colonies, and many of smaller tropical colonies in the hope of finding better lives abroad. Although the passage on the cramped, dank ships caused many to arrive in the New World diseased and starving, those families that survived the trip often went on to make valuable contributions to those new societies to which they arrived. Early immigrants bearing the Bodman surname or a spelling variation of the name include:
Bodman Settlers in United States in the 17th Century- Andrew Bodman, who arrived in Virginia in 1638 2
- Edward Bodman, who landed in Maryland in 1679 2
Bodman Settlers in United States in the 18th Century- Ulrich Bodman, who arrived in Philadelphia in 1732
| Bodman migration to Australia | + |
Emigration to Australia followed the First Fleets of convicts, tradespeople and early settlers. Early immigrants include: Bodman Settlers in Australia in the 19th Century- Mr. Henry Bodman, British Convict who was convicted in London, England for 7 years, transported aboard the "Asiatic" on 26th May 1843, arriving in Tasmania (Van Diemen's Land) 3
- Miss Margaret Bodman, (b. 1835), aged 17, Cornish domestic servant departing from Plymouth on 29th August 1852 aboard the ship "Bombay" arriving in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia on 14th December 1852 4
| Bodman migration to West Indies | + |
The British first settled the British West Indies around 1604. They made many attempts but failed in some to establish settlements on the Islands including Saint Lucia and Grenada. By 1627 they had managed to establish settlements on St. Kitts (St. Christopher) and Barbados, but by 1641 the Spanish had moved in and destroyed some of these including those at Providence Island. The British continued to expand the settlements including setting the First Federation in the British West Indies by 1674; some of the islands include Barbados, Bermuda, Cayman Island, Turks and Caicos, Jamaica and Belize then known as British Honduras. By the 1960's many of the islands became independent after the West Indies Federation which existed from 1958 to 1962 failed due to internal political conflicts. After this a number of Eastern Caribbean islands formed a free association. 5Bodman Settlers in West Indies in the 17th Century- Richard Bodman, aged 23, who arrived in St Christopher in 1635 2
| Contemporary Notables of the name Bodman (post 1700) | + |
- Samuel Wright Bodman III (b. 1938), American engineer and administrator, US Secretary of Energy and Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Treasury Department
- Dr. Herbert L Bodman, Professor Emeritus of History at University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
| Historic Events for the Bodman family | + |
- Mr. Anthony Arthur Bodman (1921-1941), Australian Able Seaman from Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia, who sailed into battle aboard HMAS Sydney II and died in the sinking 6
- Reaney, P.H and R.M. Wilson, A Dictionary of English Surnames. London: Routledge, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-415-05737-X)
- 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 14th July 2020). Retrieved from https://convictrecords.com.au/ships/asiatic
- Cornwall Online Parish Clerks. (Retrieved 3rd May 2018). Retrieved from http://www.opc-cornwall.org/Resc/pdfs/emigration_australia_victoria.pdf
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_West_Indies
- HMAS Sydney II, Finding Sydney Foundation - Roll of Honour. (Retrieved 2014, April 24) . Retrieved from http://www.findingsydney.com/roll.asp
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