Brief Life History of Gervase
When Gervase Blood was born on 19 October 1628, in Dalbury, Derbyshire, England, his father, William Blood, was 40 and his mother, Ann Cheadle, was 43. He married Jane about 1661, in Boylestone, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He died about 1690, in Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 63, and was buried in Derby, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom.
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- Geroase Blud, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Legacy NFS Source: Gervase Blood - Published information: death: about 1690; Derby, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom
- Gervase Blud, "England, Derbyshire, Church of England Parish Registers, 1537-1918"
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1642 · The English Civil War
A series of conflicts regarding England's governance during the years 1642 to 1651 is now known as The English Civil War. Charles I summoned supporters to join him against his enemies in Parliament. In October 1642, nearly 10,000 men fought for Charles I and chased Parliament across the River Tamar. Fighting continued for years and was finally ended at the Battle of Worcester on September 3, 1651, with a Parliamentarian victory.
1688 · Glorious Revolution
The Glorious Revolution brought the downfall of Catholic King James II and the reign of his Protestant daughter Mary and her Dutch husband, William III of Orange.
Name Meaning
English: occupational name for a blood-letter, based on the Middle English verb bloden ‘to let blood’. The usual Middle English terms for this occupation were bloodletter or blooder.
English: possibly also a nickname from Middle English blode ‘blood’, used as an oath (short for God's blood) but also as a term of address for a blood relative, as in: ‘Now beth nought wroth, my blode, my nece’ (Chaucer). It could also mean ‘child, near relative’ and ‘someone as dear to one as one's own offspring’.
Irish (of English origin): According to MacLysaght, the Irish family of this name came to Ireland (Clare) in the 16th century from Derbyshire, where they were originally called by the Welsh surname ap Llwyd (see Lloyd), but the Welsh origin is dubious, and it is more likely that the surname is derived from 1 or 2 above.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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