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The Tydeman family are recorded in the parish records of Earl Stonham as far back as 1657. Indeed the firstentry of the earliest existing register states that William Tydemanwas sworn in to keep the records. There after there are numerousrecords of the Tydeman (or Tideman etc) family including over120 baptisms up to 1850. The name Edmund is very common and oftendifficult to distinguish from Edward, making analysis difficult.More unusual Christian names such as Brice, Leman (or Leoman etc)and Scapy are also represented
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The earliest Tydeman recorded in Earl Stonham was, according to his will, a tailor. Thereafter the family diversified, and are recorded as farmers and blacksmiths in the 18th century. However, while parts of the family prospered and are recorded as paying various taxes, others were poor agricultural workers receiving poor relief and free schooling (several widows are recorded as receiving 5 shillings a year or a gown every 5th or 6th year
The Tydeman family also spread out into the the neighbouring villages of Stonhan Parva (1759), Stonham Aspal (1785), Needham (1750), Walsham le Willows (1761) and in the early 19th century to Stowmarket, Debenham and Ipswich, extending their range of occupations to include inn keeper ( Edmund, Debenham & William, Needham), school teacher (George, Stowmarket) ; furniture broker (William, Stowmarket) and watch maker (James, Bildestone).
Another branch of the family became Baptist preachers and ministers. Henry Ephraim, after working and preaching in Colchester, Wales , Yorkshire, and places in between, emigrated to Australia in 1877.
In the 1881 census the family can be found in fifteen UK counties. This census records about 290 iinstances of the name Tydeman of which over 90% have been traced back to roots in Earl Stonham.
An attempt has been made to construct a family tree from the parish records supplemented with iinformation from several wills that exist, and other documents from the “ Parish Chest”. This tree currently contains records of over a thousand individuals and can be found in the “;Tydeman Data” page.
Besides helping to establish a family tree the wills referred to provide a fascinating insight into the fortunes of the family. For example, Zebedee, who died in 1836, was a music master living in Earl Stonham, and obituaries in the Ipswich newspapers record that he was a musician with a national reputation. In a different vein, the will of Scapy Tydeman (1844) makes provision not only for his wife but also for his “;natural” daughter Sarah Ann Scott.
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