The Origins Of The First Four FROUDE Families In New Zealand

All four families trace back to John FROUDE and Margaret BURGOIN who married 6 Jan 1774 at Cornworthy near Dartmouth, Devon. John is thought to have been born about 1750 and Margaret about 1751. Margaret was christened Margaret BURGOIN 24 September 1751 at Stoke Fleming, Devon. Sometimes the surname was spelt FRUDE or FRUID rather than FROUDE.

     

They had nine known children.

 1. Elizabeth FROUDE was born about 1774, christened 6 Mar 1774 Cornworthy, Devon and married William DODD on the 9^th April 1802 at Dartmouth.
2. John FROUDE, born about 1775, christened 1776 at Cornworthy, and married Margaret ELEMS in Dartmouth on the 6^th November 1810.
3. Samuel FROUDE was born about 1781 at Dartmouth. He was christened 3^rd June 1781in Dartmouth.
4. Robert FROUDE born about 1784 and Christened on the 5^th September 1784 in Dartmouth. He married Mary BARTLETT on the 6^th. January 1807 in Dartmouth.
5. Margaret (Peggy ) FROUDE was born about 1786 and christened on the 3^rd December 1786 in Dartmouth.
6. Mary Burgoyne FROUDE born about 1789 and christened on 4 October 1789 at Dartmouth. She married John BRIEN at Dartmouth on the 7 March 1816.
7. Sarah FROUDE born about 1792 and christened 27 May 1792 at Dartmouth.
8. Thomas FROUDE born 21 Mar 1796 at Dartmouth and christened 10^th April 1796 at Dartmouth. He married Isabella Gibson about 1825 in Belfast
9. Jane Randell Burgoyne FROUDE was born 9^th September 1798 at Dartmouth and was christened 9^th September 1798 at Dartmouth. She married John PROBERT on the 31^st May 1842 at St Pauls in Auckland. See here.

Dartmouth 

Now Thomas FROUDE became a Master Mariner and by 1825 had ended up living in Belfast, Antrim, Ireland, where he married Isabella GIBSON.  See here.