The history of the Beaddle name began with the ancient
Anglo-Saxon tribes of Britain. The name is derived from the name of a medieval court official called a
beadle. A beadle performed similar duties to those of a bailiff in a modern court of law, as well as acting as a sort of town crier, and later as a constable of the parish.
Early Origins of the Beaddle family
The surname Beaddle was first found in
Yorkshire, where they held a
family seat from ancient times.
Early History of the Beaddle family
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Beaddle Spelling Variations
Sound 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 Beaddle family name include Beadell, Beadle, Beadles, Beedle, Beedell, Bedle and others.
Early Notables of the Beaddle family (pre 1700)
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Migration of the Beaddle family to the New World and Oceana
For political, religious, and economic reasons, thousands of English families boarded ships for
Ireland, the Canadas, 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 Beaddle surname or a spelling variation of the name include : John Beadle who settled in Barbados in 1634; John and Gabriel Beadle, who settled in Virginia in 1608; twelve years before the "Mayflower"; Philip and Robert Beadle settled in Virginia in 1653.