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1881 Census
Dwelling: Court Farm House Census Place: Barwick, Somerset, England Source: FHL Film 1341575 PRO Ref RG11 Piece 2389 Folio 157 Page 6 Marr Age Sex Birthplace Edmund BROADWAY M 47 M Motcombe, Dorset, England Rel: Head Occ: Dairyman (Ag Lab) Sophia BROADWAY M 46 F Mere, Wiltshire, England Rel: Wife Lydia BROADWAY U 25 F Mere, Wiltshire, England Rel: Dau Frances BROADWAY U 23 F Mere, Wiltshire, England Rel: Dau William BROADWAY U 21 M Mere, Wiltshire, England Rel: Son Albert BROADWAY U 16 M Mere, Wiltshire, England Rel: Son John BROADWAY U 14 M Buckland Newton, Dorset, England Rel: Son Occ: Scholar George BROADWAY 11 M Buckland Newton, Dorset, England Rel: Son
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Note: (Research):THE BROADWAY FAMILY This page gives details of my Broadway family who originated in Motcombe, Dorset, England Including information on Henry Broadway founder of methodist chapels Other surnames on this page: CARD, KENT, KNIGHT, MILES, SIBLEY, WEST Thanks to Bill Broadway of Dorchester and Laurence Clark of Chipstead for their Broadway family information. The Broadway family of Motcombe were influential in the early establishment of the Methodist Church in north Dorset. William Broadway married Frances Card in 1732 and had 14 children, many of whom married founder members of the Dorset Methodist Church. William and Frances have many descendants, some of whom are actively researching the family today. The Broadway family is connected to my main Scammell line through the marriage of Anna Broadway to Samuel West in 1769. Samuel and Anna's daughter, also Anna, married John Davidge, of Melbury Abbas, who moved to Motcombe after his marriage and farmed Broadway lands. Sarah and Anna Davidge, two of the daughters of John and Anna, both married Joseph Scammell. Samuel West of the parish of Hartgrove otherwise Great Ffontmill and Anna Broadway of this parish were married in this church by banns; this 26th day of December in the year 1769, by me Thomas Brickles, Minister. In the presence of Thomas Burt and Patience Broadway. All parties signed their names. (from the Motcombe Parish Registers, Dorset Record Office) The family of Anna Davidge nee West, mother of Sarah Davidge, is an interesting one. Census returns suggest that Anna was born in Hartsgrove, Dorset between 1770-1775, but the Hartsgrove registers for this period have not all survived and I have not found her baptism. Her father, Samuel West came from Hartsgrove, Fontmell Magna where the Wests were instrumental in setting up an early Wesleyan Methodist Chapel. Anna was Samuel's second wife, his first being Ruth Metyard. Anna and Samuel married in Motcombe in 1769. Samuel's parents were probably Richard West and Dorothy Sibley who married in Ashmore in 1722. The Sibleys lived Ashmore in Dorset and Tollard Royal in Wiltshire towards the end of the 17th century, with children baptised in both parishes. Both Dorothy's father and grandfather were named Elias/Elizeus Sibley and there was also a daughter Dorothy in at least 3 generations. This sort of naming pattern can make families easier to track. The Wests can be traced back to the marriage of John West and Margaret Knight in Ashmore in 1669. A bastardy bond of May 1752 found amongst the Fontmell Magna Overseers Records name a John West of Fontmell, glover and a Richard West, Jnr. of Ashmore, labourer as bondsmen for a single woman, Dinah Wareham. This does not necessarily mean that either was the father; they could be offering the bond on behalf of a son, nephew or employee. A Ruth West also features regularly in the Overseers of Poor Books for Ashmore in the 1790s. A Robert West and a Walter West were named in the Ashmore Protestation Returns of 1641-42. Wests listed in Fontmell Magna were John, Henry, Richard and William. Later generations of the West family lived in Motcombe and John Cornelius West farmed North End farm in 1875 (Kellys Directory) (land which had originally belonged to the Broadways). Anna's mother was originally Anna Broadway and came from a wealthy middle class family in Motcombe Their large family tomb still stands outside Motcombe Parish Church. Her father, William Broadway was born in Motcombe in 1703, son of William Broadway. The Broadway family may be traceable back to a 16th century family who owned a Manor House just outside the village of Broadway, Gloucestershire. The Broadway Family lived in Postlip Hall, Winchcombe, Gloucestershire. In 1543 Mary Broadway of the Hall married William Abingdon, Uncle to John Abingdon, cofferer to Queen Elizabeth 1st. In 1608, a return made by the Lord Lieutenant of Gloucestershire declared "At Postlip Giles Broadway was Lord of the Manor and had 11 servants" Giles may have grown tobacco. According to D.Donaldson in "A Portrait of Winchcombe", in 1619 "The great tithe barn at Postlip Hall is said to have been used for wetting and drying the crop (i.e. tobacco) for the whole district. A further reference to the Broadways of Postlip Hall is found in a 19th century book entitled "The Mirror of Literature, Amusement and instruction" published by J.Limbard of London in 1834: "About the time of Charles, James and the Commonwealth, Postlip Hall belonged to an opulent family named Broadway; and the arms of Giles Broadway, carved in oak and stone, still form some of the most interesting ornaments which to this day decorate the walls. The present mansion was built some 300 years since by a member of the Broadway family"
An 18th century engraving of Postlip Hall The link between the Gloucester Broadways and the Dorset Broadways has not been fully proved, but it looks likely. The arrival of the first William Broadway in Motcombe can be pinpointed to 1598/9. A manorial document at the Dorset Record Office records that William Bradway and Thomas Dyrdo (a local Gentleman and copyholder) applied to the Queen for permission to build a cottage in the Royal Forest there. Ten years later a rental survey of the Forest of Gillingham in 1608 shows that William Broadway has copyhold land and a newly built cottage.. William Broadway has copyhold land and a newly built cottage. In 1624 a Deed of Deforestation mentions 'ancient cottages' and grants the Broadways an acre of land in lieu of 'cottage rights'. The Broadways later received land as a reward for their loyalty to the King during the English Civil War. The Protestation Returns of 1641/42 list a William and a Lawrence Broadway living in Motcombe. William Broadway was paying Hearth Tax there in 1662-64. William Broadway's wife was Frances Card of Gillingham, daughter of John Card, Yeoman, and Mary his wife. Frances was baptised in 1711 and John died in December 1713, leaving a will proved in 1715. John was the son of the Thomas Card, a butcher of Gillingham, who left an inventory in 1687, and brother of Thomas Card who left a will in 1722. The Protestation Returns of 1641/42 list two Thomas Cards living in Gillingham - possibly John's Father and Grandfather? The Hearth Tax Returns (1662-64) show a John Card, a Thomas Card Junior and a Thomas Card Senior (a pauper) were paying tax. Barbara Kerr writes in a chapter of "Bound to the Soil" concerning the history of Gillingham that: "After the Grosvenors and the Matthews family came the lesser Gentry like the Cards and the Bells whose fortunes were from the land" (pg.187) This is the signature of John Card 1687 (Dorset R O) This is a small extract from the inventory of Thomas Card, butcher, Gillingham 1687 (Dorset RO) William and Frances married at St Thomas's Church, Salisbury in 1732. We do not know why they married in Salisbury. Frances was 'of Maddington' at the time. Maddington is a small village on Salisbury Plain. Frances was the daughter of local Gentleman, John Card and his wife, Mary Miles. John left a will in 1715 naming his wife Mary and his children John, Thomas, Mary, Jane and Frances. There were a further three children from a first marriage, but with the exception of Hannah (bap1694) the details of the children and first wife are unknown. The early Gillingham registers are in Latin and very cramped and faint. No maternal details are provided for baptisms and no ages or relationships for burials. They are also copies of an earlier register since all events are recorded in alphabetical order by year. In her own will of 1805 Frances also mentions a bequest she is expecting from the will of her relation, Dr Kent who died in Potterne in 1800 and was also connected with Maddington. He was a Doctor of Divinity and was also her first cousin through her Mother's side of the family: "Henry Kent, son of Henry, of Potterne, Wilts, gent. He matriculated from Merton College 14 June 1737, aged 18, and gained his BA in 1741, his MA in 1745, and his BD and DD in 1769." (From Foster's Alumini, courtesy of Oxford University Archivist.) William and Frances both left detailed wills; Frances' showing that she owned lands in her own right, some of which she inherited from her brother Thomas Card. Her daughter, Anna West, is named in the will. William and Frances had a large family: William (1732) married Mary Moors Mary (1734) married Joseph Jenkins Elizabeth (1736) married Stephen Smith of Motcombe, a Methodist Preacher Frances (1737) married Thomas Burt. He witnessed Anna's marriage to Samuel West. James (1739) Henry (1741) married 1) Mary Carpenter and 2) Keturah George Anna (1744) married Samuel West of Fontmell Magna Christian (1746) married Thomas Green of Marnhull Patience (1746) married Thomas Hicks of Lymesham. She also witnessed Anna's marriage. Grace (1748) married John Merryweather of Mere Stephen (1751) Cornelius (1753) married 1) Hannah Singer and 2) Ann Lydia (1755) married William Smith of Sarum Charlotte (1759) Unmarried.
HENRY BROADWAY Henry Broadway deserves a mention here. He was a stalwart of the Church of England until a row over a pew caused him to storm out. He joined the fledging Methodist Church instead, buying a property in St Martyn's Street Gillingham, which he registered as Wesleyan Chapel. This was large enough to seat 400-500 people. It still stands today, converted into three private houses. He also founded the Methodist Church in Motcombe and was influential in Shaftesbury. William Moor (perhaps related to Mary Moor, wife of William Broadway Jnr), Stephen Smith, Yeoman (husband of Elizabeth Broadway) and his brother James, and John Merryweather, Yeoman of Mere Park (who married Grace Broadway) were amongst the other 6 trustees of the Motcombe Chapel Stephen Smith introduced Henry Broadway to Methodism and to John Wesley. Henry "provided the strength of personality, backed up by status and money which was required at that time" (Barry Biggs "The Early Dorset Methodists pg. 53). He was an amateur medical man, known locally as "Dr. Broadway. An unpublished obituary written after his death in 1829 describes him as: "A plain, faithful preacher. Mr Broadway in person, was tall and very stout - a man of strong passions, and of an irritable temper- but withal was a man of tender feelings, soon appeased and he had a great regard for the poor" (Dorset Record Office) Henry was buried at Gillingham Methodist Chapel and left much of his money and property to the Methodist Church. The Broadway Family Tomb outside Motcombe Parish Church (Photo: Steve Jones)
Last Updated on 03 June 2000 Please email Helen Jones at hsj@melcombe.freeserve.co.uk http://www.melcombe.freeserve.co.uk/hname/broadway.htm ____________
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Note: Wincanton was created in 1837 and included Somerset and part of what is now Dorset. Castle Cary is a Sub-district in Wincanton. ________________
Wincanton Created 1st July 1837. Mainly in Somerset, but included parts of Dorset. Sub-districts : Bruton; Castle Cary; Milborne Port; Wincanton. GRO volumes : X (1837-51); 5c (1852-1930). Abbas and Temple Combe, Alford, Ashford, Blackford, Bratton Seymour, Bruton, Castle Cary, Charlton Horethorne, Charlton Musgrove, Compton Pauncefoot, Corton Denham, Cucklington, Eastrip, Four Towers, Henstridge, Holton, Horsington, Lovington, Maperton, Milborne Port, North Barrow, North Brewham, North Cadbury, North Cheriton, Queen Camel, Penselwood, Pitcombe, Shepton Montague, South Barrow, South Brewham, South Cadbury, Sparkford, Stoke Trister, Stowell, Sutton Montis, Weston Bampfylde, Wheathill, Wincanton, Yarlington. _________________
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