BLADES m. RACKHAM

a family genealogy being explored

Surnames Included

In the BLADES tree (mainly in Cambridgeshire)

ALLEN, AYRES, BARRATT, BELL, BOYCE, BULLIVANT, CLEMENTS, DALBY,
DENNISS, FOUNTAIN , HAMMOND, HOPKINS, HUTSON, MAJOR, NEAL, PAINE,
PARSONS, PAYNE, SEAKINS, SEARLE, SMITH, WHITTLESEA.

In the RACKHAM tree (mainly in Suffolk)

ABBOTT, ARCHER, BATES, BAXTER, BEDSMORE, BIRCH, BUTTON, CAMPLIN,
CHURCHYARD, CORDY, DEWELL, ELLIOTT, ENGLEDON, FREEMAN, GARROD,
GIRLING, HEWITT, HILL, MILLER, NEWSON, PEACHIE, ROBINSON, SEWELL,
STIMPSON, THURLOW , TURTLE, WHEYMAN, WOODS.

FOR INFORMATION ON.FOUNTAIN ONLY, .CHURCHYARD ONLY, .OR THURLOW ONLY
YOUR ENQUIRIES ON ANY OF THE OTHER SURNAMES MUST BE ADDRESSED TO ME

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The Bare Branches of the BLADES Family Tree:

 

William BLADES (? - ?)

m.

Mary (unknown) (? - ?)

children included

Eliz (1795 - ?)

John (see below)

John BLADES (1803 Eastrea, Cambs - ?)

1st. m. 1830 in Whittlesey St.Mary, Cambs

Sarah SEAKINS [widow SEARLE] (c.1787 - 1832 Whittlesey, Cambs)

[f. SEAKINS, m. ?]

No children known

2nd. m. 1842© in Whittlesey St.Mary, Cambs

Mary FOUNTAIN (1817 Glassmore, Cambs - ?)

[f. James FOUNTAIN, m. Mary DALBY]

children:

John (see below)

Mary (1847 - ?),

Alice (1851 - ?),

Tom (1855 - ?) [sp. Sarah]

Eliza (1857 - ?),

also Ann Fountain BLADES (b.1841 - ?) [sp. Jonas ALLEN]

[f. William BOYCE, m. Mary FOUNTAIN]

John BLADES (1843© Inhams End, Cambs - 1928© Cambridge, Cambs)

m. 1865© in Whittlesey, Cambs

Mary Ann WHITTLESEA (1841 March, Cambs - 1936© Cambridge, Cambs)

[f. William WHITTLESEA, m. Mary HAMMOND]

children:

William (1867 - 1934) [m.1890, sp. Rose E],

Tom (see below)

Alice (1872 - ?),

John [Jack] (1875 - ?) [sp. Polly],

Martha (1877 - ?),

Cassie(sey) (1878 - ?) [2nd sp. Charles HOPKINS],

Ada (1880 - ?) [m.1899, sp. George William BARRATT],

Gus (1884 - ?),

Sarah Ann (1887 - ?),

Pat [Pattie] (? - ?) [1st sp. Sid, 2nd sp. MAJOR, 3rd sp. HUTSON],

Nell (? - ?) [sp. Joe AYRES],

 

Tom BLADES (1869 - 1909© Mildenhall, Sfk)

m. 1890© in Guyhirn with Rings End, Cambs

Minnie BULLIVANT (1871© Rings End, Cambs - 1961© Holywell Row, Sfk)

[f. Charles BULLIVANT, m. Mary Anne PAYNE]

children:

Lilian

Gertrude

Herbert

John Thomas (see below)

Emily

Christopher

Sydney Reginald

John Thomas BLADES (1898© Rings End, Cambs - 1968© Kelling, Holt, Nfk)

m. 1929© Thetford, Nfk

Ethel Kathleen RACKHAM (1905© Fordham, Essex - 1954© Thetford, Nfk)

For any BLADES questions

The Bare Branches of the RACKHAM Family Tree:

(Unknown) RACKHAM (? - ? )

m.

(Unknown) (? - ?)

[f.? , m.?]

children:

Benjamin (c.1660 - ?) [m.c.1694, sp. Elizabeth],

Nathan (c.1665 - ?) [m.1690, sp. Frances BUTTON],

Robert (see below)

[Others ?]

 

Robert RACKHAM (c.1672 - ? )

m. 1697 Great Glemham, Sfk

Mary CAMPLIN (? - ?)

[f. CAMPLIN, m.?]

children:

Thomas (bt.1699 - ?),

Robert (see below)

William (bt.1703 - ?),

Mary (bt.1705 - ?) [m.1739, sp. John NEWSON],

Nathan (bt.1708 - ?),

Jonathan (bt.1713 - 1713)

Robert RACKHAM (bt.1702 Gt.Glemham, Sfk - 1783 Swefling, Sfk)

m. 1727 Darsham, Sfk

Ann STIMPSON (? - 1758 Swefling, Sfk)

[f. STIMPSON, m.?]

children:

Robert (1728 - 1800) [m.1745, sp. Ann HILL (bt.1728)],

Nathan (c.1730 - 1780) [m.1770, sp. Elizabeth BATES],

Ann (bt.1731 - c.1794) [m.1760, sp. James WOODS],

Philip (see below)

John (bt.1736 - 1807) [sp. Mary GARROD or SEWELL]

 

Philip RACKHAM (bt.1734 Swefling, Sfk - ?)

m.1757 in Swefling, Sfk

Alice PEACHIE (bt.1731 Rendham, Sfk - ?)

[f. Francis PEACHIE, m. Alice]

children:

Philip (see below)

Francis Peachie (bt.1759 - c.1829) [m.1789, sp. Ann ELLIOTT (bt.1761)],

Alice (bt.1766 - ?) [m.1785, sp. Henry BIRCH (bt.1760)],

Ann (bt.1769 - ?) [m.1802, sp. Thomas BAXTER],

Mary (bt.1770 - ?)

 

Philip RACKHAM (bt.1757 Swefling, Sfk - 1832 Campsey Ash, Sfk)

m.1785 in Blaxhall, Sfk

Elizabeth GARROD (bt.1754 Blaxhall, Sfk - 1830 Campsey Ash, Sfk)

[f. GARROD, m. ]

children:

John (1787 - c.1858) [m.1814, sp. Sophia WAYMAN (c.1795 - c.1857)],

Philip (c.1788 - 1864) [1st m.1807, sp. Ann ENGLEDOW (c.1786 - 1819)],

·[2nd m.1831, sp. Jemima LARRETT (1791 - 1869)],

Elizabeth (1790 - ?) [m.1812, sp. Edmund HEWITT (c.1785 - c.1826)],

William (bt.1793 - 1810),

Jemima (bt.1795 - c.1844) [m.1816, sp. Peter ARCHER],

Marianne (bt.1798 - 1872) [sp. Thomas FREEMAN(? - 1849)],

Robert (see below)

 

Robert RACKHAM (bt.1802 Campsea Ash, Sfk - 1886© Orford Sfk)

m. 1833 in Ufford, Sfk

Frances (Fanny) CHURCHYARD (1803 Ufford, Sfk - 1893© Hacheston, Sfk)

[f. Charles CHURCHYARD, m. Frances DEWELL]

children:

Elizabeth (Fanny) Frances (bt.1834 - 1856),

Robert (bt.1835 - 1866),

Reason (see below)

Rufus (bt.1839 - c.1923) [m.1874, sp. Gertrude Fanny ROBINSON (c.1848)],

Elizabeth (bt.1841 - c.1923),

Reuben (bt.1843 - 1924) [sp. Evelyn Alice BEDSMORE],

Rowland (c.1845 - ?) [sp. Elizabeth Ann (c.1835)],

Mary Anne (bt.1846 - c.1917),

Leah (bt.1849 - ?),

Raymond (c.1852 - 1865©).

 

Reason RACKHAM (bt.1837 Campsea Ash, Sfk - 1889© Cransford, Sfk)

m. 1870© in Cransford, Sfk

Laura GIRLING (1850 Framlingham, Sfk - 1941© Ipswich, Sfk)

[f. Matthew GIRLING, m. Mary ABBOTT]

children:

Gertrude Mary (1871/2 - 1962) [sp. William TURTLE],

Frederick Girling (see below)

Stanley Reason (1875 - 1880©),

Mabel Laura (1878 - ?),

Frances (Vera) Vere (1885 - 1966) [sp. Leonard John CORDY],

Russell Reason (1888 - ?)

 

Frederick Girling RACKHAM (1873© Saxmundham, Sfk - 1964© Thetford, Nfk)

m. 1904© in Lexden, Essex

Eliza THURLOW (1884© Stanway, Essex - 1962© Bury St.Edmunds, Sfk)

[f. William THURLOW, m. Elisa MILLER]

children:

Ethel Kathleen (see below)

Ripps,

Ella Jane,

Gladys Maud,

Marjorie Alice,

Peter George,

Knaples,

Doris Muriel,

Joyce Edna.

 

Ethel Kathleen RACKHAM (1905© Fordham, Essex - 1954© Thetford, Nfk)

m. 1929© Thetford, Nfk

John Thomas BLADES (1898© Rings End, Cambs - 1968© Kelling, Holt, Nfk)

For RACKHAM questions

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2. Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet

3. LeeAnn Beer's Suffolk Surname List (& more !)

4. Nan Clark's Lincolnshire Genealogical Research

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  John BLADES         married       Mary Ann WHITTLESEA
  (1843 - 1928)       [1865 Whittlesey, Cambs]       (1841 - 1936)

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Last revised: July 14, 2000
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