Samuel Blodgett (1633 - 1720)

Born 12 Jul 1633 in Stowmarket, Suffolk, England

Ancestors

Husband of Ruth (Eggleton) Blodgett — married 13 Dec 1655 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Descendants

Died 21 May 1720 at age 86 in Woburn, Middlesex, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Samuel Blodgett immigrated to New England as a child during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640).

Samuel was baptized 12 July 1633 in Stowmarket, Suffolk, England.^[1]

He emigrated with his parents in 1635 on the Increase.^[2]

After his father died he moved with his mother, now remarried, to Woburn, Massachusetts.^[3]

He married 13 December 1655 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony.^[4][5]

Selectman, 1691: Representative to the Massachusetts General Court.^[6]

He died 21 May 1720 in Woburn, Middlesex, Province of Massachusetts Bay.^[7]

Children born in Woburn:^[8]

1. Ruth Blogget, b. 28 Dec 1656
2. Samuel Blogget, Ensign, b. 10 Dec 1658
3. Thomas Blogget, b. 26 Feb 1661
4. Susanna, b. 17 Feb 1665 (not listed in printed vital records, but listed in secondary sources)
5. Sarah Blogget, b. 17 Feb 1668
6. Martha Blogget, b. 15 Sep 1673 (twin)
7. Mary Blogget, b. 15 Sep 1673 (twin)

Sources

1. ↑ Thompson, Bradley Deforest and Thompson, Franklin Condit. Blodget-Blodgett descendants of Thomas of Cambridge. Concord, N.H. 1955 (typescript). Vol 1 p. 3.
2. ↑ Hotten, John Camden (editor). The Original Lists of Persons of Quality: Emigrants, Religious Exiles, Political Rebels, Serving Men Sold for a Term of Years, Apprentices, Children Stolen, Maidens Pressed, and Others, who Went from Great Britain to the American Plantations, 1600-1700. (London: John Camden Hotten, 1874.) p. 61
3. ↑ Mahler Leslie “Origin of James Thompson Sr. of Charlestown and Woburn, Mass.," in The American Genealogist, 74:103 (1999)
4. ↑ Johnson, Edward F., Woburn Records of Births, Deaths, and Marriages from 1640 to 1873. Vol. III Marriages (Woburn: Andrews, Cutler & Co. 1891) p. 27.
5. ↑ Clemens, William Montgomery, 1860-1931. American Marriage Records Before 1699. Pompton Lakes, N.J.: The Biblio company, 1926.
6. ↑ Blodgett, Edwin A. Ten Generations of Blodgetts in America. Barre, Vermont: Modern Printing, 1969. P. 7.
7. ↑ Johnson, Edward F., Woburn Records of Births, Deaths, and Marriages, from 1640 to 1873. Part II - Deaths (Woburn, Mass. : Andrews, Cutler & Co., Steam Book and Job Printers. 1890) (Records are also available at ma-vitalrecords.org) p. 15
8. ↑ Johnson, Edward F. Woburn Records of Births, Deaths, and Marriages from 1640 to 1873. Vol I--Births. (Woburn: Andrews, Cutler & Co. 1890) p 22.

See also:

• Blodgett, Isaac Dimond, Asahel Blodgett of Hudson and Dorchester, N.H. His American Ancestors and Descendants. (Boston Printed for Private Circulation 1906) (Free e-book. Available at Google Play)
• Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633, Volume 1. Boston: New England Historical and Genealogical Society, 1996-2011, pp. 324-326.
• Dodd, Jordan, Liahona Research, comp., Massachusetts Marriages, 1633-1850, Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.
• Filby, P. William, ed., Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s, Farmington Hills, MI, USA: Gale Research, 2010.
• Clemens, William Montgomery. American Marriage Records Before 1699. Pompton Lakes, NJ, USA: Biblio Co., 1926.
• Johnson, Edward F.. Abstracts of early Woburn deeds : recorded at Middlesex County Registry, 1649-1700. Woburn, Mass.: The News Print., 1895?
• Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Microfilm, 508 rolls
• Norton, John F. The History of the Town of Fitzwilliam, New Hampshire, 1752-1887 (Burr Printing House, Fitzwilliam, N.H., 1888);Page 479
• Manchester Historic Association Collections (J. B. Clarke Co., Manchester, N.H., 1897) Vol. 1, Page 122
• Find A Grave: Memorial #83809976