Brief Life History of Ephraim
When Ephraim Bidwell was born on 17 September 1782, in Glastonbury, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Isaac Bidwell, was 27 and his mother, Rhoda Beckley, was 22. He died on 26 January 1817, at the age of 34.
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Parents and Siblings
1755–1813 Male
1759–1832 Female
Siblings (12)
1777–1841 Male
1778–1779 Male
1780–1856 Male
1782–1817 Male
1783–1823 Male
+7 More Children
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Bedwell (Essex, Hertfordshire), Bedlar's Green (Essex), Bidwell (Bedfordshire, Northamptonshire, Devon, Somerset), or Biddles Farm (Buckinghamshire), all of which were named as ‘the spring or stream in a shallow valley’ from Old English bydewelle (composed of the elements byde(n) ‘tub’ + well(a) ‘spring, stream’).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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