Genealogy & Family History

Badger Family of Dronfield and Rotherham

Notes & Queries

Edward BADGER m. 1588 Baslow, Dbys. Brigitte CROOKES

Children of Edward and Brigitte Badger (Nee CROOKES):

1589 Edward born Dronfield
1593 Thomas born Dronfield
1595 John born Dronfield
1599 William born Dronfield

Thomas BADGER (1593-1672) Dronfield/Sheffield m. 1627 Sheffield Maria BATES of Sheffield

Children of Thomas and Maria Badger (Nee BATES):

(1628-1647) William born Sheffield
(1631-1636) Thomas born Sheffield
(1635-1715) Edward born Sheffield, died Rotherham. Marr.1. Mary BUTCHER of Clowne. Marr.2 1667 Sheffield Isabella RAMSKER.
(1640-1678) Thomas born Sheffield, died Rotherham. Marr. 1667 Anna STEVENS
(1642-1644) Maria born Sheffield, died Rotherham

Edward BADGER (1635-1715) marr. (1) 1656 Sheffield Mary BUTCHER

Children of Edward and Mary Badger (Nee Butcher):

(1658-1675) Lydia born Sheffield
1660 Mary born Sheffield
1661 Edward born Sheffield
1664 Anna born Sheffield
1667 Edward born Sheffield

marr. (2) 1667 Sheffield Isabella RAMSKER

Children of Edward and Isabella Badger (Nee Ramsker):

(1667-1728) William born Sheffield
(1669) Martha born Sheffield
(1671-1693) Martha born Sheffield
1673 Maria born Sheffield
(1675-1731) Thomas born Sheffield
1680 John born Sheffield
1682 Jonathan born Sheffield
1685 Sara born Sheffield
1687 Isabel born Sheffield
(1690-1720) Edmund born Rotherham

Edward (1635-1715) may have been the Edward Badger who was Master Cutler in 1683 in Sheffield.

Their daughter Elizabeth married John LOCKWOOD of Whiston.

Children of Thomas(1640-1678) and Anna Badger(Nee Stevens):

George BADGER,1678 Sheffield m. 1698 Sheffield Martha SYMON
Joseph BADGER (1705-1780) b.& d. Sheffield marr. 1734 Sheffield Elizabeth HILL, 1708 Sheffield
Thomas BADGER (1736-1789) b. Sheffield; died Wortley by Penistone marr. 1762 Tankersley Mary RHODES, 1732 of Worsbro
Mary BADGER, 1780 Wortley by Penistone marr. 1808 Thomas MARSHALL, son of John MARSHALL, stone mason of Whiston

Thomas BADGER (1795-1862), the Coroner was a grandson of Thomas BADGER & Mary RHODES. He was married to Mary who died 13 June 1859 age 61 in Rotherham

Thomas BADGER, Coroner b.1795 in Tinsley; died 1862 in Rotherham marr. 1819 Rotherham Mary SMITH (1795-1859) of Sheffield.

Children of Thomas and Mary Badger (Nee Smith):

1819 Elizabeth Downs born Tinsley
1821 Thomas Smith (of Eastwood),of Lincolns Inn (Mdx.), barrister-at-law born Tinsley, died 1866 London
1823 Henry Parkin born Tinsley, died 1864 Rotherham
1825 Walter Samuel born Tinsley died 1848
1827 Emily Ann born Tinsley died 1829

Henry Parkin BADGER (1823-1864) marr. Esther Sarah WRIGHT.

Children of Henry Parkin and Esther Sarah Badger (Nee Wright):

1848 Thomas Wright born Sheffield. Vice.president of Rotherham Liberal Assoc.
(1850-1934) Henry Walter born Rotherham.Living Eaton Sq Middlesex in 1875
1851 Mary Elizabeth born Rotherham
(1852-1915) Wilfred born Rotherham, died NZ. Solicitor. Hon. joint secretary of Rotherham Liberal Assoc.
1853 Alan, wine merchant, born Rotherham, died California
1854 Catherine Esther born Rotherham
(1856-1929) Frederick Richard born Rotherham
(1858-1929) Joe Percy born Rotherham
(1860-1863) Henrietta Emily born Rotherham
1861 Edith Lucy born Rotherham died Aysgarth, Yks

In 1882 Thomas Wright Badger was living in Whiston and practising as a Solicitor in Rotherham and Sheffield in partnership with Frederick Parker Rhodes, under the name Badger, Rhodes & Co. He was also a Wine & Spirit Merchant with Alan Badger, trading as Hutchinson Badger & Co.

Edith Christine Badger daughter of Wilfred Badger of Christchurch, New Zealand, married on 2nd September, 1908 to Charles Reginald Ford
Newspaper Extract of 1908