Saw or Taw

Saw or Taw

Maria TUE has recently moved to Lincolnshire and started to do the family tree but, without knowing it, she is a yellow-belly descendant because her father’s side of the family comes from Heckington. Her earliest record to date is that of Jacob & Joseph Chadwell BEEDON who are the sons of Daniel & Elizabeth,  born at the start of the 19th century.  Here we have another example of the change in the name through the accent.  This time it is interchangeable with BEETON.   The question is which one really comes first.  BEEDON the surname comes from Beedon the village which is just off the M4 in Berkshire.  On the other hand BEETON comes from Beton the diminutive for Bete  (Beatrice) and was in use as a Christina name in Cornwall in the 17th century.  The descendants spread out over the county moving to Vauxhall House in Boston, a Militia House in Grantham via a spell in the 22nd Regiment of Foot,  and lastly to Horncastle.  The question that Maria would like answering is where did Daniel and Elizabeth originate from and where did they end their lives?  
Maria TUE and her present surname do present a slight problem.  With the TUE spelling there is a blank, but in Northamptonshire in the 19th century there are a number as TEW.  This is from the village of Tew in Oxfordshire.  There is a Middle English word tewe, which was to taw.  And someone who tawed was a tawyer and later became a surname.  TAWYER is an occupational name and was to prepare white leather.  Exactly the same as one who sawed became a SAWYER.
I had occasion to make a telephone call to the Scotland GRO to order a birth certificate.  The experience was something that all Archives should aspire to (Lincolnshire of course excepted).  I gave the date in 1920 and was told that the person was not listed, I then gave the second year that I had and was told he wasn’t there either.  “Just a second” the gentleman said “I have found one in 1918”.  “The mothers maiden name was MENZIES” he said which was the middle name of the person I was looking for.  The speed with which the answers came back I must assume that they have all the indexes computerised.  When I put the phone down I had been on line the for just less than 4 minutes.  OK I have not received the bill yet but I thought the service was exceptional.
Mrs  ARMSTRONG of Lincoln is interested in the name ADDELSEE.   The word comes from the Old English hathel and sae  meaning a marshy pool in a hollow.  This particular marshy pool could be found in North Yorkshire at a village now called Haddlesey.  The village was called Hathel-sae in 1030.  Early Lincolnshire family members were to be seen around Boston and Minting at the start of the 19th century.  The one family with the name with the same spelling as that of the village came from Caistor. One must assume that it is the Lincolnshire accent that had persuaded people to drop the ‘H’ in the distant past.
Bits and Bobs
Sarah wife of Wm. LOCKTON, of Marston, applied for an order in bastardy. She was a married woman but her husband enlisted three years ago and is now at Corfoo: an old fellow named Edw. PIDD, finding her in a rather destitute condition, and he being a widower, first engaged her to attend to his house, and ultimately to cohabit with him, by which means she kept herself out of the workhouse: the old man was left with a family of six children, the youngest of whom is 14 years of age.........Pidd was ordered to pay 1s 6d per week and the midwifery expenses. From Anne
When you think about it, what else could the woman do in those days but hope to find someone who would look after her and the children?