Saturday, June 9, 2012

Surname Saturday - BLOETGOET/BLOODGOOD (Holland > New York > New Jersey)

It's Surname Saturday, and I'm "counting down" my Ancestral Name List each week.  I have some blank spots after #473 (last week), so I am up  to number 479, Elizabeth Bloodgood (1698-1760). [Note: The 6th great-grandfathers have been covered in earlier posts] 

My ancestral line back to Elizabeth BLOODGOOD (and three more generations) is:

1. Randall J. Seaver

2. Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983)
3. Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002) 


6.  Lyle Lawrence Carringer (1891-1976)
7.  Emily Kemp Auble (1899-1977)


14.  Charles Auble (1849-1916)
15.  Georgianna Kemp (1868-1952)

28.  David Auble (1817-1894)
29.  Sarah Knapp (1818-ca 1900) 


58.  William Knapp (1775-1856)
59.  Sarah Cutter (1785-1878)

118.  Stephen Cutter (1745-1823)
119.  Tabitha Randolph (about 1751- 1841)


238.  Samuel Fitz Randolph (1730-????)
239.  Martha Gach (1729-????)


478.  Thomas Gach, born 1702 in Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, United States; died before 09 March 1770 in Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, United States.  He was the son of 956. Thomas Gage and 957. Elizabeth Hunt.  He married 17 August 1721 in Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, United States.
479.  Elizabeth Bloodgood, born 29 May 1703 in Flushing, Queens, New York, United States.
Children of Thomas Gach and Elizabeth Bloodgood are:  Elizabeth Gach (1722-1724); Mary Gach (1724-????); Elizabeth Gach (1726-????); John Gach (1727-1770); Sarah Gach (1727-????); Martha Gach (1729-????); Anna Gach (1732-????); Thomas Gach (1735-????); Catherine Gach (1737-????); Martin Gach (1739-????); Esther Gach (1741-????); Phillip Gach (1744-????).

958.  John Bloetgoet, born before 04 August 1672 in Flushing, Queens, New York, United States; died before 18 May 1716 in Flushing, Queens, New York, United States.  He married 
959.  Mary Morgan, born about 1672 in Flushing, Queens, New York, United States.  She was the daughter of 1918. Charles Morgan.
Children of John Bloetgoet and Mary Morgan are:  Deborah Bloodgood (????-????); Jeffrey Bloodgood (????-????); Francis Bloodgood (1694-1766); John Bloodgood (1696-????); William Bloodgood (1698-1756); Elizabeth Bloodgood (1703-????).

1916.  Frans Jans Bloetgoet, born 1635 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands; died after 29 December 1676 in Flushing, Queens, New York, United States.  He was the son of 3832. Jan Hendrickse Bloetgoet and 3833. Geertgen Thomas Van der Gouda.  He married 08 February 1653/54 in Gouda, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.
1917.  Lysbeth Jans, born 1633 in Gouda, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.
Children of Frans Bloetgoet and Lysbeth Jans are:  Geertje Bloetgoet (1658-????); Aiantje Bloetgoet (1660-1722); Isabella Bloetgoet (1662-1716); Judith Bloetgoet (1665-1761); William Bloetgoet (1667-1720); Neeltje Bloetgoet (1670-????); John Bloetgoet (1672-1716); Lysbeth Bloetgoet (1675-????).

The Dutch ancestry and New Amsterdam history of these families was described in the articles:


Howard L. Swain, "Frans Bloodgood (Bloedtgoedt) of Flushing, New York," New Netherland Connections, Volume 12, Number 1 (January-March 2007), pages 1-11.  

John Blythe Dobson, "The earliest generations of the Goetbloet alias Bloetgoet family," New Netherland Connections, Volume 12, Number 1 (January-March 2007), pages 12-15.

These articles are available on the NEHGS website (www.AmericanAncestors.org) in the Journals and Periodicals collection, or at local and regional libraries.

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Copyright (c) 2012, Randall J. Seaver

2 comments:

Yvette Hoitink said...

I'm pretty familiar with Dutch sources and thought I'd see if I can find anything that might interest you. I've found a mention of a Jan Bloedgoed in Gouda in 1393. A rent from his house in mentioned in the records of the burghers of Gouda. Given the rarity of the name, this suggests the family may originally be from Gouda rather than Amsterdam. That fits with John Blythe Dobson's doubts about the Amsterdam connection.

Yvette Hoitink said...

The Gouda archives website has more Bloetgoet information, including more baptisms of children of Thomas Jans Bloetgoet (click the 'meer resultaten' links for more results). Thomas apparently moved to Nieuwkoop, a town a couple of miles north of Gouda. I live in that area myself. Feel free to ask me if you want to know more.