Bloods of Staffordshire - one-name study
BLOODS OF STAFFORDSHIRE AND BIRMINGHAM
I have finally found the time to make a proper start on the BLOOD one-name study that I registered several years ago with the Guild of One-name Studies (GOONS). I have begun with the second-largest county, Staffordshire (where my own ancestors hail from) and attempted to allocate all the Bloods in Staffordshire to families. I have done this by downloading all the Bloods on the IGI (from LDS) and laying out the Staffordshire families, then taking the individuals in the 1851 census and putting them into these families. I have managed to place all but 16 of the 310 Staffordshire individuals in this way. Doing so has caused me to also set up the Leicestershire, Warwickshire, Lincoln and Shropshire families, which are quite numerous, along with a good part of Derbyshire, the home of the Bloods.
The families of Staffordshire are as follows.
NORTH
1. Proven descendants of the ancient Derbyshire family ~1475. These mostly live just across the border in Burton-on-Trent and Uttoxeter, and also to the north in Cauldon/Waterfall.
2. Bloods of Checkley/Cheadle/Leigh, descended from William Blood ~1690 and Alice. This is about five miles NW of Uttoxeter. Many of this family were tape weavers and finishers.
3. The Bloods of Stone (who said you can’t get Bloods from Stone?). They seem to be descended from Wiliam Blood ~1747 and Mary Bladon 1752, They were mostly potters and shoe binders
4. Bloods of Stoke-on-Trent/Bagnall/Longford, starting from Thomas Blood ~1764 and Elizabeth Knight. Brickmakes and potters
EAST/SOUTH
1. Tamworth/Lichfield/Birmingham Bloods, starting fromRobert Blood ~1600. This family were well-to-do farmers; one branch became quite wealthy as button manufacturers and property dealers in Birmingham.
2. Bloods of Clifton Campville/Barton under Needwood, further north towardsBurton-on-Trent, starting from James Blood ~1653 and Elizabeth. Ag labs and servants.
3. Blud(d)s of Shiffnal Shropshire, who later all moved north to Newcastle-on-Lyne/Shelton/Norton and adopted BLOOD. Originally tanners and fellmongers. Descended from Thomas, John and William Bludd ~1770, probably brothers. This may be a separate unrelated family due to a name change from the Welsh BLOYD.
I still have quite a few strays and will make a separate post to see if anyone knows about the important ones.
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Bloods of Lincolnshire, and Buckingham
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