The Origins of the Blaydes name & The 12 Generations from Hugh Blaydes 1685 -1759 back to Nicholas Appleyard, born 1320
The Anglo-Saxon name Blaydes comes from when the family resided 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. The 12 Generations of the Blaydes from Hugh Blaydes 1685 -1759 to Nicholas Appleyard, born 1320 A descendent's report covering the direct family line of the Blaydes Name, but not the ancestors of spouses. Generation 2 1.Joseph Blaydes, son of James Blaides and Ann Marvell was born about Oct 1634. He...