CAKEBREADs in the English Midlands
Records of Cakebreads occur in several counties of the English Midlands.
From the middle of the 17th Century the village of Bloxham, near Banbury, in north Oxfordshire has contained a group of families whose descendants have spread to the areas mentioned below.
It seems that probably the 1st name in Bloxham was James Cakebread who was married to Ales. One guess is that James came from a few miles south in the village of Witney, near Oxford but it is also possible that he had come from further south in Hertfordshire where available records of CAKEBREADs go back many more years than in Oxfordshire areas.
It appears that the CAKEBREADs became leading members of the non-conformist movement and attended religious services in private houses. Although they did baptise at a young age, usually at birth, the records did not survive. By using marriage and burial records the approximate progression of the group of families can be seen but they cannnot be accurately defined.
There was probably one, or maybe two, further generations in a single line but then (after 1737) either 2 or possibly 3 CAKEBREAD brothers had families. (John and Mary; James and Sarah; Thomas and Elizabeth)…the connections between them is not known. After about 1770 there were at least another 5 in (or nearby) Bloxham (probably descendants). From 1790 to 1810 the number expanded to at least 8.
By then marriages of Cakebreads had taken place in several nearby villages such Swalcliffe, Tadmarton, Epwell, Barford, Steeple Aston, and also just over the county borders at Brackley and Culworth, Northamptonshire and Harbury, Warwickshire.
Several of those couples settled in the villages where they were marrried and began several more generations or residents there. Some also moved into the nearby market town of Banbury.
Some descendants of Thomas Cakebread who married Catherine Hill at Culworth, Northampton stayed in the northern parts of Northamptonshire until at least 1910. They included Stone Masons and allied trades.
More notes about the Northamptonshire Cakebread families can be read here.
MY COVENTRY
CAKEBREADs
(and others)
Read about the movement of my Cakebread ancestors from Bloxham, Oxfordshire to Coventry in the 19th Century and an important thread in the story of some California Cakebreads. Go to My Family History Home Pages and choose Names List then CAKEBREAD (of course).
SOME SOLIHULL
CAKEBREADs
(south of
Birmingham)
Details of a few CAKEBREADs in the 18th to 20th Centuries around the district of Solihull, Warwickshire. This group are all descendants of Thomas CAKEBREAD who was born in Bloxham, Oxfordshire. They are in the form of a Descendant Chart. Many thanks go to Lindsey Crompton, (email to lindsey@lcrompton.fsnet.co.uk) the researcher for her valuable contribution.
BIRMINGHAM
I have some details of CAKEBREADs in the Birmingham, West Bromwich and Wolverhampton areas gathered from Censuses and the Free BMD and am trying to gather more information in order to sort these. They seem to descend from John who was from Middlesex. I shall be pleased to hear from anyone via email who is descended from them or has any information at all. Click here
CALIFORNIA
As more researchers from the USA are finding my web pages I have added a few notes about one emigrant family to California in the 1850s. This was Robert Cakebread, born in 1838 and the nephew of my gt.gt.grandfather, Robert (born in Bloxham) and wife Martha who began a long line of California CAKEBREADs. I have the earlier generations but will be pleased to hear from anyone who is descended from them and can add to my web site. Go to My California Pages and read some notes about Robert and his background.
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