Johnson / Bryans Families

Tracing the ancestry of Pamela Murdoch Bryans and Maurice Alan Johnson

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Ruth Liddell

Female 1735 - 1818  (~ 82 years)

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  • Name Ruth Liddell 
    Relationshipwith Marion Murdoch Johnson
    Gender Female 
    Birth 11 Jul 1735  [1, 2] 
    Baptism 25 Jul 1735  Gateshead, Northumberland, England, Kingdom of Great Britain Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3] 
    Burial 3 Apr 1818  Havant, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    • I'm not certain this is the right record, but I'm guessing that it is as the whole family seems to have moved to Hampshire / Isle of Wight.
    Last Modified 24 Jan 2021 

    Father Charles Liddell
              b. Abt 1701  
              d. 15 Nov 1780 (Age ~ 79 years) 
    Mother Joan Welford
              b. 1702  
              d. Feb 1783 (Age 81 years) 
    Marriage 26 Nov 1728  St Mary, Gateshead, Northumberland, England, Kingdom of Great Britain Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    • The names and location match, but I don't know for certain that this is the right couple.

    Husband John Bullen, of Seavington Abbott
              b. 27 Jan 1744, Seavington St. Mary, Somerset, England, Kingdom of Great Britain Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. Abt 1791, Seavington St. Mary, Somerset, England, Kingdom of Great Britain Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 46 years) 
    Marriage 14 Feb 1767  Christ Church, Tynemouth, Northumberland, England, Kingdom of Great Britain Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 7] 
    Age at Marriage Ruth was 31 years old - John was 23 years old. 
    Children 
     1. John Bullen
              b. 1767  
              d. 1768 (Age 1 year)
     2. VAdm Sir Charles Bullen, GCB KCH
              b. 10 Sep 1768, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland, England, Kingdom of Great Britain Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 2 Jul 1853, Shirley, Southampton, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years)
     3. Capt. Richard Bullen
              b. 8 Feb 1779, Christ Church, Tynemouth, Northumberland, England, Kingdom of Great Britain Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. Sep 1814 (Age 35 years)
    Last Modified 14 Oct 2018 

  • Notes 
    • Early Life
      Ruth Liddell was born on the 11th of July 1735 to Charles Liddell and Joan Welford1; Ruth was baptised in Gateshead in County Durham on the 25th of July. Several sources2,3 suggest that she was was the second cousin of Lord Eldon: the link is through her paternal grandmother Ruth Atkinson, who was the sister of Lord Eldon's maternal grandfather, Henry Atkinson.

      Family Life
      Ruth married John Bullen, a physician in the Royal Navy, at Christ Church in Tynemouth on the 14th February 1767 (St Valentine's Day, though I'm not sure if this was celebrated in 1767). They had three children:
      1. John, born 1767 but who died as an infant
      2. Charles, later Vice Admiral, born 1768 and who married Eleanor Wood (apparently a cousin of his)
      3. Richard, later Captain, born 1779 and who married Jemima Foster Sutherland

      Death
      Ruth Liddell died in 1818 and was buried on the 3rd of April in Havant, Hampshire.

      Footnotes
      [1] We infer Ruth's mother's name as follows:
      a) The family document Bullen Pedigree states that Ruth's father Charles married a "Joan ?"
      b) There was a marriage between a Charles Liddell and a Joan Welford on 26 Nov 1728 at St Mary, Gateshead, which timing and location is consistent with the birth of their daughter Ruth in 1735, also in Gateshead.
      [2] The Three Dorset Captains at Trafalgar, page 246: "His mother [i.e Ruth] was a native of Newcastle-on-Tyne, being the daughter of Charles Liddell and a cousin of the great Lord Chancellor Eldon..."
      [3] Royal Naval Biography of Charles Bullen (Ruth's son): "Ruth, daughter of Charles Liddell, of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Esq., and second cousin of the present Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain. The Earl of Eldon’s mother and Captain Bullen’s grandmother were first cousins." This appears to be slightly wrong: in fact Lord Eldon's mother and Captain Bullen's grandfather were first cousins.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBaptism - 25 Jul 1735 - Gateshead, Northumberland, England, Kingdom of Great Britain Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 14 Feb 1767 - Christ Church, Tynemouth, Northumberland, England, Kingdom of Great Britain Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 3 Apr 1818 - Havant, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S0121] Ancestry, England, Select Births & Christenings 1538-1975, (ancestry.com), 1735, Ruth Liddell; FHL Film Number 0252779-0252785.

    2. [S0277] Unknown, Bullen Pedigree, (Family Archive; D_Unknown_Bullen) (Reliability: 1).

    3. [S0307] FamilySearch, England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975, (familysearch.org), 25 Jul 1735, Ruth Liddell; (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JMC3-RLR : 11 February 2018, Ruth Liddell, 25 Jul 1735); citing , index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 0252779-0252785.

    4. [S0325] FamilySearch, England Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991, (familysearch.org), 3 Apr 1818, Ruth Bullen; (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J8D3-WYW : 10 February 2018), Ruth Bullen, burial 03 Apr 1818; citing Havant, Hampshire, England, index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfi.

    5. [S0306] FindMyPast, Northumberland and Durham Marriages, (findmypast.co.uk), 26 Nov 1728, Charles Liddell; (Reliability: 1).

    6. [S0316] FamilySearch, England, Durham Diocese, Marriage Bonds & Allegations, 1692-1900, (familysearch.org), 11 Feb 1767, Bullen / Liddel; (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q293-CVZK : 23 July 2019), John Bullen and Ruth Liddell, 11 Feb 1767; citing Marriage, Durham, England, Church of England. Durham University Library, Palace Green; FHL microfilm .

    7. [S0309] FamilySearch, England Marriages, 1538–1973, (familysearch.org), 14 Feb 1767, Bullen / Liddell; (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NKW2-JB4 : 10 February 2018), John Bullen and Ruth Liddell, 14 Feb 1767; citing Christ Church, Tynemouth, Northumberland, England, reference , index based upon data collected by the Genealo.