George Boddington MP (1646 - 1719)

Born 15 Oct 1646 in St Margaret Lothbury with St Christopher le Stocks and St Bartholomew by the Exchange, London, England

Husband of Mary (Steele) Boddington — married 19 Dec 1671 (to 2 Dec 1673) in St James' Church, Clerkenwell, Middlesex, England

Descendants

Died 10 May 1719 at age 72 in Little St Helens, Bishopgate, City of London, England

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Biography

George Boddington MP was born in the City of London, England.

George was born on 7th November 1646. He was the son of George Boddington and Hannah Adams^[1]

George, son of George Bodington, was baptised on 30 October 1646 in St Margaret Lothbury with St Christopher le Stocks and St Bartholomew by the Exchange, London, England.^[2]

George married Mary Steele on 19 December 1671 in Saint James, Clerkenwell, London, England.^[3]

George married Hannah Cope (the widow of Ralph Venning and daughter of John Cope) in 1674 and had 14 children together^[1]

George Boddington (1646-1719), Citizen and Clothworker, was a Levant merchant, of Little St. Helen's. He was also Governor of the Greenland Company from 1693, a director of the Bank of England from 1694 and Member of Parliament for Wilton, Wiltshire, 1702^[4]

George kept a day book and recorded many of the events of his life, now part of the National Archives. He was a committed non-conformist all his life. ^[5]

He passed away in 1719.

George kept a day book and recorded many of the events of his life, now part of the National Archives. He was a committed non-conformist all his life.

See Also

There is an extensive biography of George at the history of Parliament online ^[6]

Biography of George included in Malleson, A. (2012). Discovering the Family of Miles Malleson 1888 to 1969. United Kingdom: Maracle Press Limited. ^[7]

London Metropolitan Archives

Papers of the Boddington family of London, including commonplace book; memorandum book (including notes on travel in the Levant, 1712-25); journals and correspondence. This is their summary of the family.

George Boddington MP (1646-1719) Citizen and Clothworker, was a Levant merchant, of Little St. Helen's. He was also Governor of the Greenland Company from 1693, a director of the Bank of England from 1694 and Member of Parliament for Wilton, Wiltshire, 1702.

Thomas Boddington (1678-1755) son of George, was also a Levant merchant, of Leadenhall Street and Camberwell. Thomas Boddington (1721-) junior was a linen draper of Cheapside. Benjamin Boddington (1696-1779) the son of George Boddington (1646-1719) and brother of Thomas Boddington (1678-1755), was also a Levant merchant, of Love Lane, Aldermanbury, and 17 Mark Lane.

Benjamin Boddington (abt.1730-1791), a West India merchant and a director of the South Sea Company, of 17 Mark Lane and Enfield, Middlesex, was the son of Benjamin Boddington (1698-1779). Samuel Boddington (1766-1843), Citizen and Fishmonger, was a merchant, successively of 17 Mark Lane, 9 St. Helen's Place, and 31 Upper Brook Street, and the son of Benjamin Boddington (1730-1791). ^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Howard, Joseph. Miscellanea Genealogica Et Heraldica (Hamilton, Adams & Co., London, 1877) New Series, Vol. 2, Page 187
2. ↑ Baptism: "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
   citing Digital film/folder number: 008047024; FHL microfilm: 374471
   FamilySearch Record: JWQ5-64S (accessed 1 March 2024)
   George Bodington baptism on 30 Oct 1646, son of George Bodington, in St Margaret Lothbury with St Christopher le Stocks and St Bartholomew by the Exchange, London, England, United Kingdom.
3. ↑ Marriage: "England, Select Marriages, 1538-1973"
   Original data: England, Marriages, 1538-1973. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013; FHL Film Number: 942 B4HA V. 13
   Ancestry uk Record 9852 #38260552 (accessed 1 March 2024)
   George Boddington marriage to Mary Steele on 19 Dec 1671 in Saint James, Clerkenwell, London, England.
4. ↑ Papers of the Boddington family of London, including commonplace book; memorandum book (including notes on travel in the Levant, 1712-25); journals and correspondence. London Metropolitian Archives https://search.lma.gov.uk/scripts/mwimain.dll/144/LMA_OPAC/web_detail/REFD+CLC~2F426?SESSIONSEARCH Accessed by Trevor Pickup on 1st March 2024
5. ↑ Papers of the Boddington family of London, including commonplace book; memorandum book (including notes on travel in the Levant, 1712-25); journals and correspondence. London Metropolitian Archives https://search.lma.gov.uk/scripts/mwimain.dll/144/LMA_OPAC/web_detail/REFD+CLC~2F426?SESSIONSEARCH Accessed by Trevor Pickup on 1st March 2024
6. ↑ http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1690-1715/member/boddington-george-1646-1719 History of Parliament online 1690-1715: BODDINGTON, George (1646-1719), of Little St. Helen’s, Bishopsgate, London]
7. ↑ https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Discovering_the_Family_of_Miles_Malleson/WBVhkj_JAJ8C?hl=en&gbpv=0 Accessed from Google Books Accessed by Trevor Pickup on 1st March 2024
8. ↑ London Metropolitan Archives https://search.lma.gov.uk/scripts/mwimain.dll/144/LMA_OPAC/web_detail/REFD+CLC~2F426?SESSIONSEARCH Accessed by Trevor Pickup on 6th April 2024