Son Blossom (1619 - bef. 1625)

Born 20 Mar 1619 in Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

Ancestors

Died before 15 Dec 1625 before age 6 in Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

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Biography

No valid first name has been found for this son of Puritan Deacon Thomas Blossom, Sr., and Ann Blossom.^[1] Most family genealogies state he was born ca. 1619 and died as an infant after 1620.

December 25, 1625 -- Thomas Blossom, Sr., b. 1568 in Little Shelton, Cambridge, England and Deacon of the English (Puritan) Church in Leiden, South Holland, United Provinces of the Netherlands, wrote a letter to Plymouth Colony Governor William Bradford, mentioning that his son, unnamed, who had been with his parents aboard the "Speedwell" in 1620^[2] had died, leaving Thomas and Ann Blossom with just two children who had been born at Leiden, South Holland, United Provinces of the Netherlands, to sail with them on the Mayflower's 2nd voyage to America in 1629. ^[3]

Sources

• Source: S-2066663307 Repository: #R-2066702049 Title: American Marriages Before 1699 Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1997.Original data - Clemens, William Montgomery. American Marriage Records Before 1699. Pompton Lakes, NJ, USA: Biblio Co., 1926.Original data: Clemens, William Montgomery. American Marriag Note: APID: 1,2081::0

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• Source: S-2066663307 Repository: #R-2066702049 Title: American Marriages Before 1699 Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1997.Original data - Clemens, William Montgomery. American Marriage Records Before 1699. Pompton Lakes, NJ, USA: Biblio Co., 1926.Original data: Clemens, William Montgomery. American Marriag Note: APID: 1,2081::0

No REPO record found with id R-2066702049.

• Source: S-2066701704 Repository: #R-2066702049 Title: Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Note: This information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. This source citation points you to a current version of those files. Note: The owners of these tree files may have removed or changed information since this source citation was created. Page: Ancestry Family Trees Note: Data: Text: http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=20194044&pid=130

• Source: S-2082102353 Repository: #R-2141902781 Title: Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Note: This information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. This source citation points you to a current version of those files. Note: The owners of these tree files may have removed or changed information since this source citation was created. Page: Ancestry Family Trees Note: Data: Text: http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=26422540&pid=59
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• "Plymouth Colony: Its History & People 1620 - 1691," Eugene Aubrey Stratton. Ancestry Publishing, Provo, Utah. 1986. Page 246.

• Thomas Blossom on Geni.com. Includes the sentence in 12-25-1625 letter that Thomas Blossom wrote mentioning his nameless son who died between 1620-1625. Good references.

1. ↑ Buchroeder-Elizabeth BLOSSOM-ancestors.ged report.
2. ↑ An English ship that had accompanied the Mayflower from Holland to England in 1620 and then was bound for New England but had to abort and return to England as it proved unseaworthy shortly after leaving shore. The Blossoms returned to Holland as a result.
3. ↑ Plymouth Colony, page 246.