John Boddie

Biography

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John Boddye, eldest son of Thomas Boddye of Fryerning, resided first in London and then at Ingatestone, Essex, which is partly in Parish of Fryerning and partly in Parish of Ingatestone. John Boddye was buried in the Parish Church of Fryerning 11th August 1640. Letters of Administration to his estate were granted Mary Boddie, the relict [widow] 4th of September 1640 (P.C.C.). [1] Known children of John and Mary Boddie are:

1. William Boddie, baptized 1633, married Anna, patented land in Isle of Wight County, Virginia, in 1661, died in 1717, in Virginia
2. Mary Boddie, baptized May 18, 1635
3. Christian Boddie, baptized November 27, 1636
4. Elizabeth Boddie, baptized 1638, died 1638
5. Margaret Boddie, baptized August 30, 1640

Researchers Notes

John Boddye's parents, Thomas Boddye and Mary Mildmay, are both buried in the Parish Church of Fryerning. See sources in his mother's profile.

Note: Children's baptism dates are from the Article: Boddie of Essex, England and Virginia by John Bennett Boddie, cited in references

Descent

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William Boddie is the immigrant ancestor of this family, from colonial times associated with North Carolina and Isle of Wight County, Virginia in the United States. [1] According to family tradition, the family record and court of arms were destroyed in a house fire. [1] A descendant, George Boddie, attempted to rewrite the family's history in a diary that he kept in 1840. [1] In that diary, George asserts that the Boddies were an English family, originally from Essex County. [1] The surname is derived from the word boda which translates to messenger. [1] Boda was a royal messenger of King William I of Normandy. The family's arms consisted of three halcyons; two palm staves crossed and crowned with a ducal coronet. [1] The family motto is By the strength of mind and body. [1] At one time they had ducal rank, but it was lost. [1] The Boddies were also known to be tall in stature, some of whom stood over six feet tall. [1]

William emigrated to Isle of Wight County, Virginia in 1661 with his first wife, Anne, and their daughter, Mary. [2] Since he brought many people with him (67 servants) he was rewarded with a large land grant of 6,700 acres. [3]

He was still in Isle of Wight County, Virginia 1 April 1677, the date he executed a deed, witnessed by Thomas Harris. [4]

Notes

“Bodie family ancestry originated in Normandy, France.” Published 12:02 am Saturday, June 8, 2013 By Curtis Thomasson. < link >

The earliest ancestor in the Bodie family according to Ancestry.com is Jean Budd, a native of Normandy, France. He was born there in 1508, but a few years later he migrated to England. He had a son, William Boddie, born in 1526 in Essex England, so he assumed the English spelling of the name. William was married to a young lady named Joan, but he died as a young adult in 1557 in Portsmouth, England.

John Boddie was born in 1550 in London to William and Joan. He and his wife, Thomasine (Mildmay), had a son, Thomas Boddie, born in 1580 in Portsmouth, who was married to Mary Mildmay.

John Boddie was born to Thomas and Mary in 1605 in Norfolk, and he was married to Mary Haeward. John and Mary had a son, William Boddie, born in 1633 in Essex, who was married to Elizabeth (Taylor). William and Elizabeth Boddie are the ancestors who brought the family to America.

They had a son, John Boddie, who was born in 1685 in Isle, Va. He was married to Elizabeth (Thomas), and he died at a fairly young age in 1720 in Isle.

John and Elizabeth had a son also named John who was born in 1712 in Isle. He was married to Elizabeth (Jeffries), and they eventually moved to Edgefield, S.C. where John died in 1777.

John and Elizabeth also had a son whom they named John who was born in 1750 in Edgefield. This John was married to Hannah Allen, and they had a son whom they named Allen Boddie who was born in 1776 in Edgefield. Allen was first married to Penelope ? who died young and then to Elizabeth ? by whom he had a son, Allen Bodie. (Researchers of this family began using the spelling of Bodie at this generation.)

Read more at: https://www.andalusiastarnews.com/2013/06/08/bodie-family-ancestry-...

References

1. Boddie, John Bennett. “Boddie of Essex, England and Virginia.” The William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine 14, no. 2 (1934): 114–40. https://doi.org/10.2307/1915674.
2. Seventeenth Century Isle of Wight County, Virginia: A History of the County. By John Bennett Boddie. Page 338-339. < GoogleBooks > Boddie shows the baptisms of one son and four daughters of John Boddie & Mary: William, Mary, Christian, Elizabeth (d. 1638), Margaret. Only William Boddie is carried forward.
3. The Royal Descents of 600 Immigrants to the American Colonies or the United States: who were themselves notable or left descendants notable in American history, with a 2008 Addendum, Coda, and Final Additions. Baltimore, MD: Gen Pub Co, 2008. NYPL APK 08-4216. Author, Gary Boyd Roberts. Page 567. < AncestrySharing > “J.B. Boddie gives few details. Also see J.T. and J.B. Boddie, Boddie and Allied Families (1918), introductory data and charts.
4. Ancestry.com. Boddie and allied families [database on-line]. “Dixon.” Page 104. < AncestrySharing >; (document attached). “Thomas Dixon, possibly the first of this family in Virginia, died in Isle of Wight, Virginia, in 1670, leaving wife Marie and sons, Thomas and Henry. An appraisement of his estate, was sworn to by Henry Martin, “who married ye relict of Thomas Dixon, 25 Oct. 1670.” 1. The next record we find of the Dixons, is when William Boddie, 3rd day of the 5th month 1679, gave cattle to Henry Martin’s and Marie Martin’s three children, Thomas Dixon, Henry Dixon, and Henry Martin.2
5. Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/47446090/john-boddie: accessed April 25, 2024), memorial page for John Boddie (1605–11 Aug 1640), Find a Grave Memorial ID 47446090; Burial Details Unknown; Maintained by The Cemetery Lady (contributor 47893478). (Has errors)
6. WikiTree contributors, "John (Boddie) Boddye (abt.1605-1640)," WikiTree: The Free Family Tree, (https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Boddie-32 : accessed 25 April 2024). Cites
   1. Article: Boddie of Essex, England and Virginia by John Bennett Boddie, The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 14, No. 2 (Apr., 1934), p. 124, Published by the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture.
   2. VIsitation of Essex (1634) Page 155: Boddye. < Archive.Org >
   3. http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/m/a/t/John-G-Mathis/WEBS...