Person:Reice Bodurtha (1)
Reice Bodurtha
b.Est 1621
d.18 Mar 1682/83 Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States
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  • H.  Reice BodurthaEst 1621 - 1682/83
  • W.  Blanche LewisEst 1626 - Aft 1684
m. 1646
  1. _____ Bodurtha1646 - 1646
  2. John Bodurtha1647 - 1648
  3. Lieutenant Joseph Bodurtha1648/49 - Bet 1707 & 1723
  4. Samuel Bodurtha1651 - 1728
  5. John Bodurtha1654 - 1682/83
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Name Reice Bodurtha
Alt Name Reice Bedortha
Gender Male
Birth[1] Est 1621 Estimate based on date of marriage.
Residence[1] 1641 Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage 1646 Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United Statesto Blanche Lewis
Residence[1] 1661 West Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States
Death[1][2] 18 Mar 1682/83 Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United StatesDrowned crossing the Connecticut River.
Estate Inventory[1] 23 Mar 1682/83 £207.13
Estate Settlement[1] 25 Mar 1684
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The Surname

Much discussion has prevailed over the correct spelling of the name, but the earliest signatures yet found give the name unequivocally Bodurtha. In the town records it is spelled Bedorden, Bedorda, Bedortha, Bodurtha, Bodortha and Bedurtha, according to the fancy of the recorder seemingly. Those who bear the name will testify to the difficulty which all strangers meet in its pronunciation, and to the variations which are often heard. Taking into account the fact that, in the early days of our country, the art of writing was by no means universal, and that the ear was depended upon alone, for the transmission of names, it will not seem so strange that these changes should occur."[1]

References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Bodurtha, H. Maria (Hannah Maria). A Record of the Bodurtha Family, 1645-1896. (Agawam, Mass.: Privately Printed, 1896)
    5-13.

    "The first mention of Reice Bodurtha, the ancestor of all in this country bearing the name of Bodurtha or Bedortha, is found in the early records of Springfield, Mass., in the year 1641."

  2. ↑ Book 1, Births, Marriages, Deaths, 1638-1728; Hampshire Records, in Stott, Clifford L. Vital Records of Springfield, Massachusetts to 1850. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2002)
    1:65; 2:1690.

    "Reice Bodurtha was drowned dead March: 18. 1682/83."
    "Reice Bodurtha was drowned dead March: 18: 1682/83."

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