Introduction

Welcome to the website which chronicles the history of the Goddard Family of Dorset and Hampshire.  The earliest ancestor that I have traced to date is Samuel Goddard.  He was born in 1755 and lived most of his life at Bothenhampton in Dorset.

An early version of this History was written by my grandfather, John Edward Goddard between 1907 and 1912.  My father Joseph Bedloe Goddard substantially added to that between 1953 and 1954. Both he and his brother,Edward Bryer Goddard, did much additional research at that time.

Detailed below is a summary family tree of the main lineage  and a complete family tree is available here.

Samuel Goddard	Landowner of Bothenhampton, Dorset	1755 – 1820
John Goddard	Surgeon & Apothecary of Christchurch, Hampshire	1789 – 1837
John Bryer Goddard	Surgeon & Apothecary of Christchurch, Hampshire	1811 – 1880
John Bedloe Goddard	HMB Consular Service & Artist of Christchurch, Hampshire	1838 – 1896
John Edward Goddard	Solicitors Clerk born Tientsin, China	1866 – 1933
Edward Bryer Goddard	Banker of Bournemouth, Dorset	1897 – 1980

My initial interest in my family’s history centred upon the three siblings who were artists and who left tangible legacies in the form of paintings. My father had many works by John Bedloe Goddard and two by Eliza, his sister. My understanding is that my grandfather, John Edward Goddard, owned many paintings by both artists that had been passed down to him presumably by the artists themselves. When my grandmother,Alice, died in 1952 the estate including the paintings was divided up between her two sons, Edward Bryer Goddard and Joseph Bedloe Goddard.

I started my research in 1993 concentrating on the artists, John Bedloe, Eliza and Amelia, the children of John Bryer and Eliza Goddard.  I thought that through their art they would be traceable both in their activities and through discovering long forgotten works. Inevitably, this led me into research in a wider field and so there have been many new discoveries about other family members too. Despite my endeavours, I have been as unsuccessful as John Edward Goddard and others in discovering where Samuel was born although I have found new information about him.

Timothy John Goddard

Surnames linked to the Goddards include:

SURNAME	YEAR	PLACE
BARTLETT	1808	Hook, Dorset
BEDLOE	1838	Fordington, Dorset
BRYER	1810	Fordington, Dorset
COATES	1909	Leckhampton, Gloucestershire
CURTIS	1831	Puddletown, Dorset
HALL	1828	Longnewton, Yorkshire
HOWARD	1938	Bournemouth, Dorset
JAMES	1816	Lyme Regis, Dorset
LANCE	1829	St. Mary Buckland, Somerset
MALLOCK	1838	Axminster, Devon
MOORE	1864	Lymington, Hampshire
PALMER	1867	Calcutta
SMITH	1896	Weeley, Essex
STYLE	1777	Dorchester Dorset,
SWAIN	1849	Burton Bradstock, Dorset

Goddard Family Crest