The Upwell Bossinghams
Welcome to the Bossingham web site. This site is for anyone with the surname Bossingham or who is descended from a Bossingham. It is not a common name so we are pretty exclusive bunch - and we think quite special too!
I have been building a family tree below are the results. Each change of colour is a different generation. If a name in the left hand column is a link then it will lead to more details about that person. If a date is a link then it leads to a photograph of the relevant document.
There are currently 4 charts. The Earlier Bossinghams starting from Oliver Bossingham b. 1688, the Descendants of Thomas Bossingham b. 1840 and the Descendants of John Oliver b. 1832 and the Upwell Bossinghams descended from William Bossingham b. 1769
Imagine my delight when I moved to Upwell and discovered a whole family of Bossinghams had lived in the village. I have done a little bit of work on this, but have not found a connection to my part of the family.
Thanks to Alan Pett and Roy Bossingham for sending me information about their branches of the family. The information doesn't always match up and so I have have put both and perhaps we can sort this out later.
And now, a Royal Connection - take a look at the entry for Miriam Ellen Bossingham.
If you think you might like to be listed on this site then do contact me, Mike Bossingham, on my email address, Mike@Bossingham.com. You will need to send us a photograph and some information about yourself and if you wish your email address so that you can be contacted. There is no charge for this, after all you are a Bossingham.
We can, if you wish, set you up a Bossingham.com email address and arrange to have the emails forwarded to your existing address. Do contact us if you are a Bossingham even if you don't want to be put on the web site. We would love to hear from you.
The Upwell Bossinghams
Name | Parents | Married To | Children |
William Bossingham b 1760 @ Upwell, Norfolk buried 8/6/1803 |
Elizabeth
Stevenson 6/4/1788 b 1751 @ Upwell, Norfolk |
John William Robert (bapt. 21/11/1793? 1795?) Elizabeth (bapt 27/09/1795) Benjamin James Ann (bapt. 26/9/1802, buried 21/8/1803) |
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John Bossingham b 24/7/1788 (bapt. 26/7/1788) @ Upwell, Norfolk Shown as a labourer in 1851 census Mumberry's Drove Arrived in US on 13/8/1852 sailing from Liverpool |
William and Elizabeth Stevenson | Ann
Oldfield (or Anne Olfield) 02/03/1809 @ Sutterland, Lincolnshire bapt 26/1/1793 |
Elizabeth Mary Anne William John (bapt 11/9/1814 @ Holbeach, Lincolnshire) Charlotte Lucy John Oldfield James (bapt. 23/4/1924 @ Upwell) |
William Bossingham (bapt. 20/12/1791) Shown as a farmer |
William and Elizabeth Stevenson | Ann
Hodson 21/4/1818 |
William
Hodson (bapt. 4/12/1819) Mary (bapt. 9/2/1823) James (bapt. 23/4/1824) Ellen (bapt. 27/2/1825) John (bapt 11/8/1828 buried 22/8/1828) |
Benjamin Bossingham (bapt. 12/7/1797) Shown as a Tailor Moved to Wisbech St Peter's and later to Walsoken |
William and Elizabeth Stevenson | Mary
Watkinson 24/12/1816 (buried 17/7/1855 Walsoken?) |
William
(bapt. 31/8/1817, buried 23/3/1818) Benjamin Mary (bapt. 26/11/1821) James (bapt. 22/12/1823, buried 21/5/1832 at Walsoken) Ann Elizabeth Frances Esther Robert (bapt. 11/5/1834, buried 1/10/1843) Caroline (bapt. 2/10/1836) |
James Bossingham b. 1800 (bapt. 23/2/1800) d. 1888 |
William and Elizabeth Stevenson | Alice
Maplethorpe b (1801) at Wigtoft. |
William Ruth John (b. 1831) |
Elizabeth Bossingham bapt. 25/6/1810 @ Kirton-in-Holland, Lincolnshire Entered USA 13/5/1837 on the "Wolga" Buried at Oregon Cemetery, Wisconsin |
John and Ann Bossingham | Richard South | Matthew
(bapt 19/4/1829 @ Gedney, Lincolnshire) Carol (bapt 5/8/1933) @ Gedney, Lincolnshire) Diana Elizabeth b. 1838 Onondega County, New York William South b. 1839 in England George H. b, 1843 in New York Emanuel L. b. Sept 1850 in Dane County, Wisconsin. |
Mary Anne Bossingham b c1810 @ Fordham, Norfolk bapt. 11/9/1812 @ Holbeach, Lincolnshire d. 29/3/1843 @ Holbeach |
John and Ann Bossingham | ||
William Bossingham bapt 10/9/1812 @ Kirton in Holland, Lincolnshire Immigration 1836 d. 8/12/1903 Dane County, Wisconsin Buried: Prairie Mound Cemetry, Oregon, Wisconsin |
John and Ann Bossingham | 1.
Mary Ann Neil b 1812, England 2. Anna Jane Kinney b 14/3/1839 @ Newry Place, Ireland |
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Mary Ann b Kent or 1941 @ New York, m. James Starr Sarah, m. James Pritchard Jane, b 1842 @ Kent, m. John Pritchard John James b 1839 2)
Ella b c1873 @ Wisconsin |
Charlotte Bossingham bapt 28/10/1816 @ Holbeach, Lincolnshire 6/8/1859 @ Salina, Onongaga, New York |
John and Ann Bossingham | John Redhead | William Redhead b c1835 England |
Lucy Bossingham bapt 1819 @ Upwell Norfolk 1850: Salina, Onondaga NY 1860: Rutland, Dane, WI |
John and Ann Bossingham | ? Ellis | Emma
L b c1843 England John b c1846 England George b 1848 @ Wisbech, Cambridgeshire Edwin B b 1851 Wisconsin Charlotte b c1854 Wisconsin Hannah b c1858 Wisconsin Lavinia |
John Oldfield Bossingham bapt 4/3/1821 @ Upwell, Norfolk 1880: Allin, McLean, IL |
John and Ann Bossingham | James
b 21/1/1848 @ Upwell William Benjamin b 30/12/1849 @ Upwell Hawley b 1850 Wisconsin Benjamin Franklin b 14/2/1852 @ Milwaukee, WI Sarah b 7/5/1857 @ Atlanta, IL John H b 3/2/1862 @ Stanford, IL |
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Benjamin Bossingham (bapt. 2/4/1819) Surgeon's Machinist in Ruby St., Wisbech (1851 Census) |
Benjamin and Mary Bossingham | Elizabeth | Charles
Samuel (b. 30/5/1846, bapt. 30/5/1846) Frederick Benjamin (b. 5/3/1848, bapt. 15/7/1855) Benjamin Harriet (b. 7/12/1852. bapt. 15/7/1855) ?Annie (bapt. 8/5/1864 - daughter of Benjamin and Ann Bossingham) |
Ann Bossingham (bapt. 23/1/1826) |
Benjamin and Mary Bossingham | Thomas
Burrows in Australia |
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Elizabeth Bossingham (bapt. 22/4/1828) |
Benjamin and Mary Bossingham | James William Burrows in Australia |
James William Benjamin Bossingham Burrows b. 27/6/1953 @ Emerald Hill, Victoria, Australia |
Frances Bossingham (bapt. 31/5/1830) Went to Australia |
Benjamin and Mary Bossingham | ||
Esther Bossingham (bapt. 13/5/1832) (All 4 sisters travelled to Australia together) |
Benjamin and Mary Bossingham | John
Kitchen in Australia |
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William Bossingham b. 1831, d. 1893 |
James and Alice Bossingham | Jane Sykes | Jane Hannah |
Ruth Bossingham b. 1838, d. 1882 |
James and Alice Bossingham | John
Maddison 1869 |
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John Bossingham b 1840 @ Kent or 1838 in New York If latter then living with Aunt Elizabeth South |
William and Mary Bossingham | ||
Benjamin Bossingham b. May 1849 (bapt. 15/7/1855) Appears to be a tailor and lived at 5 Ruby St. and later at Silver St. |
Benjamin and Elizabeth Bossingham | Esther | Ada
(bapt. 10/2/1876) Nelly Grace (bapt. 18/11/1883) Frederick Benjamin (bapt. 18/11/1883) Ethel Ann (bapt. 18/11/1883) Mabel Mary (bapt. 18/11/1883) Arthur Leslie (bapt. 18/11/1883) Dora Celia (bap. 23/7/1887) William Christopher Leslie (bapt. 23/7/1887) Miriam Ellen John Edward (bapt. 16/6/1887 - Adult) |
Jane Hannah Bossingham b. 1858 |
William and Jane Bossingham | John
Maddison 1883 Jane looked after her aunt Ruth and then married her widower. |
John
Wesley b.1885 Gertrude Annie b. 1888 Percy Wilfred Maud Florence b. 1893 |
Miriam Ellen Bossingham bapt. 16/6/1887 - Adult d. 26/7/1928 |
Benjamin and Esther Bossingham | Major George Montagu Lennox 13/12/1895 b. 22/11/1874 d. 9/3/1922 Descended from King Charles II and Louise Renée de Penancoët de Kérouaille |
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Percy Wilfred Maddison b. 1891, d. 1955 |
John and Jane Maddison | Annie Bush | Neville |
Neville Maddison b. 1918, d. 1983 |
Percy and Annie Maddison | Muriel
Wells b. 1926, d. 2000 |
John Keith Alan Neville Jeffrey b. 1950 John Phillip b. 1951, d. 2006 Graham Andrew b. 1955 |
John Keith Maddison b. 1948 Was adopted at birth as Alan Geoffrey Pett. |
Neville and Muriel Maddison |