The ancient roots of the Blaides family name are in the Anglo-Saxon culture. The name Blaides comes from when the family lived in Yorkshire, where they settled in a place called Blades, which is now lost. Many of the place-names that yield surnames are of small communities, villages and hamlets and some of these no longer exist. The family claim descent from Drago de Bewere, a Danish nobleman who settled at a place called Blades in north England around 1016. He obtained extensive land grants which were recorded in the Domesday Book Survey of 1086. The variant Burseblades emerged through a compounding of the names of the founder and the estate.
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Early Origins of the Blaides family
The surname Blaides was first found in Yorkshire where they held a family seat from early times.
Early History of the Blaides family
This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Blaides research. Another 113 words (8 lines of text) covering the years 1297 and 1562 are included under the topic Early Blaides History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
Blaides Spelling Variations
One relatively recent invention that did much to standardize English spelling was the printing press. However, before its invention even the most literate people recorded their names according to sound rather than spelling. The spelling variations under which the name Blaides has appeared include Blades, Blade, Blate, Blait, Blayde, Blaide, Blaydes, Blaites, Blaits, Blaides and many more.
Early Notables of the Blaides family
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Migration of the Blaides family
At this time, the shores of the New World beckoned many English families that felt that the social climate in England was oppressive and lacked opportunity for change. Thousands left England at great expense in ships that were overcrowded and full of disease. A great portion of these settlers never survived the journey and even a greater number arrived sick, starving, and without a penny. The survivors, however, were often greeted with greater opportunity than they could have experienced back home. These English settlers made significant contributions to those colonies that would eventually become the United States and Canada. An examination of early immigration records and passenger ship lists revealed that people bearing the name Blaides arrived in North America very early: Timothy Blade who settled in Virginia in 1654; John and William Blades settled in Virginia in 1652; Antony Blades settled in Barbados in 1634; along with Nicholas..
