Arthur Doidge and Joan Doidge were the parents of Jane Doidge (1695-1759)
Doidge Surname =
This is an anglicized form of the Olde Scots Gaelic name Mac Gille Doig - a compound of the elements "mac" meaning "son of", "gille", a servant, plus the personal name Doig, a short form of Cadog. The name therefore translates as "son of St. Cadog's servant". In Scotland, the name appears most often on record in places where St. Cadog was commemorated. It is first recorded in the latter half of the 14th century (see below). In the 15th century, the name was spelt Dog. Other modern variants of the name are Doag, Doeg, Doak, and Doidge. One Alexander Dog was cannon of Inchmahome in Menteith (1491). The spelling Doig appears in the sixteen hundreds. Thomas Doig held land in Craigmakerone in 1644 (Records at Scon). On June 10th 1682, Barbara, daughter of John and Margaret Doig, was christened at Edinburgh parish church, Edinburgh, Midlothian and Walter, son of Henrie and Christian Doig was christened at the same place on October 10th 1690. An interesting namebearer was Dr. David Doig (1719-1800), rector of Stirling Grammar School whom Burns met on his Highland tour. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Alexander Doge, vicar of Dunnychtyne, which was dated 1372, in the "Registrum Episcopatus Brechinensis", Edinburgh, during the reign of King Robert 11 of Scotland 1371-1390.
Jane Doidge married Henry RICKARD (1695-1749)
Rickard surname =
Anglo-Scottish surname, but of Germanic origins. It derives from the famous pre 7th century personal name "Richard", meaning "powerful ruler", from the elements "ric", meaning power, and "hard", brave and strong. Given such a pedigree it is not perhaps surprising that throughout the centuries it was, and remains, one of the most popular names. It is said to have been introduced into Britain by the Normans after the 1066 Invasion, and it is therefore perhaps surprising that it is so romantically associated with King Richard 1st of England, and known as Coeur de Lyon. He was of the usual Norman-French origins, but publically at least in the legends of Robin Hood, he espoused the "Saxon" cause. The "s" of Rickards is the patronymic form, and means "son of". Amongst the many distinguished name holders was Sir George Rickards K.C.B. (1812 - 1889), a political economist, and counsel to the speaker of the House of Commons from 1851 to 1882. He was also Drummond Professor of Political Economy at the university of Oxford. The first recorded spelling of the family name is believed to be that of Adam Ricard. This was dated 1327, in the Subsidy Rolls of the county of Somerset, during the reign of King Edward IInd, 1307 - 1327.
Henry and Jane had a Son called Henry Rickard 1718- 1781, he married a lady named Mary (?-1760)
Their son's name was John Rickard. 1747-1794.
John married Martha Vosper (1749- 1778)
Vosper surname=
This famous English surname, much associated with the building of warships, has something of an unproven origin. It would seem to be residential or possibly occupational, and to describe a person who lived by or worked at, a 'waess', or who came from some place so named. This word was the pre 7th century Olde English for a swamp, fen, or lakeland region, and was found in various parts of the country including a village called Wass in the North Riding of Yorkshire. The intrusive 'p' in the surname may be a tranpsposition of the letter 'b' as shown below, or an aid to pronunciation, as found for instance in the surname Thompson. If this is so Vosper could have originated from Vobster, a now 'lost' medieval village, in the county of Somerset. Certainly the surname seems to be of South or West Country origins, since it is in those counties and the city of London, where the name recordings appear to be most prominent. Residential surnames are by their nature 'from' names. That is to say name given as identifiication to people after they left their original home to move somewhere else. Spelling over the centuries being at best erratic, and local dialects very thick, often lead to the development of 'sounds like' spellings, sometimes far removed from the original form.
Martha and John had a son called John Rickard 1775-1833.
John married Elizabeth Broomley (?-1821)
Broomley surname =
Recorded in the spellings of Bromley, Bromiley, and Bramley this is an English locational surname. It derives from the pre 7th Century compound 'brom-leah' translating as the clearing in the broom wood. The yellow broom tree was both popular and pictorial, villages and towns called Bromley being recorded in several parts of England. The first such village recording which predates the original surname by several centuries is that of 'Bromleag' in Kent. This recording appears in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicles of the year 862 in reference to Viking raids in the district. The village of Abbotts Bromley in Staffordshire, then Bromleage is first recorded in 1002, as part of the Abbey of Burton. Place names were adopted as an easy means of identifying 'strangers' at a time in the Middle Ages when people were beginning to migrate from their birth places. Early examples of the name recording include Sir John Bromley in the heraldic roll of King Edward 1V in 1461, John Bromley of Elstead in Kent on October 28th 1551, and Elizabeth Bromley who married Nicolas Clifton at St. Mary Abbotts, Kensington, in 1585. The name was also one of the first settler surnames into the new American Colonies. Davie Bromley, aged 15, being a passenger on the ship 'America', which left Gravesend, England, for Virginia on June 23rd 1635. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Hubert de Brumle, which was dated 1194, in the Staffordshire Chartularly rolls, during the reign of King Richard 1, known as "The Lionheart, 1189 - 1199".
John Rickard and Elizabeth Broomley are the parents of Elizabeth Betsy Wills (born Rickard)
and John is the Grandfather of Thirza Foote (Wills).
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