Sally Dadswell

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Sallie Dadswell came to the United States in 1858.
Origins of the Dadswell name
"Odo and Dodo were two monks who each dug a well and called the places after themselves - Odo's Well (Owdeswell) and Dodo's Well (Dowdeswell)"
--Gloucestershire Legend
While the obscure legend quoted above may not be a reliable source for the origin of the Dadswell name, the surname Dadswell derives from the manor or village of Dowdeswell, Gloucestershire, England.
It can be traced back to ca. 781, where it is found in Anglo-Saxon charters. From the charters of Worcester Monastery is found:
Abbot Hedda conferred out of his own inheritance Dogedes Well, Tyrltun and Onnand of the Episcopal Church of Wigorn, for the good of his soul and that of his kinsman, Heathored.(1)
The name has undergone many changes and variant spellings throughout the years, for example: Dogedeswyllan, 781-798; Dodesuuelle, Doomsday Book 1086; Doddeswell, 1226; and many other variants down the years.
Doudeswell, the surname spelling of ancestor Robert, is as recorded in the Rotherfield, Sussex, parish registers, and the evolution of the name to Dadswell can be seen in the registers from Doudeswell to Doudswell to Dodeswell to Dodswell to Dadswell.
It is interesting that the name almost did not come into existence. Robert Doudeswell had only one surviving son, Robert Doudeswell, who only had one surviving son, Edward Dodswell. Fortunately, for the survival of the name, Edward and his wife Elizabeth (Elliott) produced eight sons, thus ensuring the continuance of the name.
It is believed Edward's grandson, Edward, was the first to sign as Dadswell in parish registers.
A variant of Dadswell, often seen in some earlier records such as census returns, is Dodswell. If this spelling is found in records with any connection to Sussex people, it usually refers to a Dadswell descendant.

Sally married Richard Allanson, son of Arthur Allanson and Ellice Stringer, on 30 Aug 1863 in Kane County, Illinois. (Richard Allanson was born on 18 Feb 1834 in Albany, Albany County, NY, died on 1 Jan 1909 and was buried in Stockton, Jo Daviess County, Illinois.)