Guild of One-Name Studies
One-name studies, Genealogy
Study: Pepperdine
Variants: Pedwardine, Petwardine
Category: 3 - A study where research using core genealogical datasets and transcriptions is well under way on a global basis.
Contact: Mr John Pepperdine
To find an individual in the data uploaded to FamilySearch In Familysearch.org/search/collection/igi Open the Search Menu Select Genealogies Scroll down one page to "Oral Genealogies" Scroll right to "Guild of One-name Studies" Select "Search for a person" Enter information about a person In the list of results only those identified in the extreme left column as coming from Guild of One-Name Studies have been submitted by me. Individuals named Richard seem to cause confusion and I have created a database lower down on this page.
The name pronounced 'dyne' in Lincolnshire is pronounced 'dean' further south. Three brothers in London decided to spell their name Pepperdene towards the end of the nineteenth century.
Pepperdine itself is a variant, see later.
The following possibilities have been examined and rejected but further facts may still reveal a connection. An occupational name or nickname seems unlikely as the name comes into existence no earlier than 1562. The places Pepperdale in Lincolnshire, Pipton (formerly Pipperton) in the Brecon Beacons or Piperden/Pepperden in Northumberland and the surname Pepperday/Peberdy have been considered.
As Sherlock Holmes would have it 'when you have excluded the impossible, whatever remains, however mprobable, must be the truth'. It appears that Pepperdine was formerly Pedwardine although proof is still lacking. In the parish of Howden, Yorkshire the surname Petwardine can be seen to change via Pepwardine, Pepwerdine to Pepperdine or Peppertine on three occasions, although these are not the ancestors of any Pepperdine alive today.
In 1287 Edward I's forces laid siege to Rhys Ap Maredudd at Drysylwn castle near Carmarthen. Walter de Pedwardine was responsible with 7 others for keeping accounts and paying the troops. This Walter could be the father of Roger de Pedwardine who acquired Burton Pedwardine in Lincolnshire by marriage.
George Pepperdine (1886-1962) founded the University in Los Angeles which later hosted the swimming events at the Los Angeles Olympics and now has branches in Europe.
Frank Simpson Pepperdene the X ray martyr was born Simpson Thomas Pepperdine in Camberwell, London 1862 died Quebec, Canada 1933. He was a self styled Dr but no evidence that he was so qualified has ever been found. Nevertheless he founded an X-Ray department in an a Canadian hospital. He was the accountant in partnership with a wholesale leather goods merchant in South London but on his children's birth certificates gave various incorrect occupations.
It is something of a challenge to identify the ancestor who is responsible for the use of Pepperdine as a first or middle name in a subsequent relative.
Roger the last Pedwardine to hold the manor of Burton Pedwardine died 1468, and had six sons born 1433 to 1443. Christopher returned to the ancestral home in Shropshire, John may be the ancestor of the Petwardines in Howden, Yorkshire. The appearance of Pepperdines early in parish registers in Lincolnshire, and north Northamptonshire where the Pedwardines held lands, suggests that the name may have evolved from Pedwardine on more than one occasion.
All present day Pepperdines whose ancestry has been established, can be traced to one of five mid 18th century marriages in Lincolnshire. Initially migration out of the county was to Sheffield, Manchester and London. The Scopwick family now exist only in USA. Fiskerton, Boston and Lincoln families have branches in Canada. The Boston family is well represented in USA. The name has moved three times to Australia but only the Pepperdene variant has taken root. The Street name 'Pepperdene Way' in Geelong, Victoria is due to its being lined with Pepper trees (Schinus Molle) imported from S America.
Births in England and Wales since 1837 average about four per year, but whilst there is a tendency for this figure to fall in recent years, there is healthy growth in N America. We acquire our surname by birth, marriage or adoption. The total past and present population worldwide amounts to some 1,700.
I have nothing to record about DNA and will use this space to clarify. Richard Pepperdines appear to be confused by many members of Ancestry Here is a summary. SCROLL DOWN TO SEE MORE
# A private in the marines who served on HMS Orestes and was discharged to HQ 1795. Little is known about the fate of his immediate family.
Hundreds of Public trees on Ancestry have incorrect data for Richard Pepperdine 1726 - 1814 presumably because he was not baptised. Here is the situation as I see it and it appears not to be invalidated by any record.
1594 Richard born Billinghay (father William) 1630 married Sarah probably Billinghay
1644 Richard born Billinghay (Parents Richard & Sarah) abt 1665 married Mary unknown probably Billinghay Richard died 1675 Timberland
1666 Richard born Timberland (parents Richard & Mary) married Mary unknown Children Mary 1694 – 1695 Richard 1697 – 1697 *Peter 1699 – 1749 (married Elinor/Helen ) Thomas 1701 – 1749 Sarah 1710 - 1710 1666 Richard born Timberland (parents Richard & Mary) married Ann unknown Children Sarah 1723 John 1725 *Richard 1726 – 1814 (married Mary (G/Y)ates then Ann Coulson. It subsequently appears that he did not marry Mary (G/Y)ates who is buried as Mary (G/Y)ates. Mary 1727 Thomas 1730 Jane 1735 – 1743 Elinor 1738 – 1743 Richard the parent 1666 died 1738 Blankney
1762 Richard listed on local militia list for Eye about 20 miles south of Moulton (Manors of Eye and Fiskerton both held by Dean and Chapter of Peterborough Cathedral.) 1764 Richard, wife Mary and servant? Ann Coulson must have moved to Barton upon Humber to join with Richard’s half brother Peter and his wife Helen/Eleanor 1766 Mary buried 6 Jan 1766 at Barton upon Humber 1766 Richard marries Ann Coulson. Marriage recorded 23 Nov Fiskerton and 8 Dec Barton upon Humber 1794 Richard’s wife Ann dies 1794 1798 Richard takes over tenancy of a cottage and 4 acres of land in Fiskerton 1801 Richard takes over tenancy of a further 16 acres in Fiskerton 1814 Richard dies Fiskerton **NOTE that Richard 1726 was half brother of Peter NOT his son
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