When Joseph Broadhead was born on 17 December 1687, in Wooldale, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Caleb Broadhead, was 35 and his mother, Judith Dickinson, was 30. He had at least 1 daughter with Anna. He died in 1771, at the age of 84.
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English (Yorkshire): topographic name for someone who lived by a broad headland, from Middle English brod ‘wide, broad’ (Old English brād) + Middle English heved, hed ‘head, headland’ (Old English hēafod).
English: nickname from northern Middle English brad + hed, heved ‘broad head’ (Old English brād + hēafod).
Americanized form of German Breithaupt or any of the cognates in other languages.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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