Saturday, December 6, 2014

Surname Saturday - SIMONDS (England to colonial Massachusetts)

It's Surname Saturday, and I'm "counting down" my Ancestral Name List each week.  


I am in the 8th great-grandmothers and I'm up to Ancestor #1067 who is Huldah SIMONDS  (!660-1746) 
[Note: the earlier great-grandmothers and 8th great-grandfathers have been covered in earlier posts].

My ancestral line back through three generation in this PIERCE family line is:


1. Randall J. Seaver

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

4. Frederick Walton Seaver (1876-1942)
5. Alma Bessie Richmond (1882-1962)

8. Frank Walton Seaver (1852-1922)
9. Hattie Louise Hildreth (1857-1920)

16. Isaac Seaver (1823-1901)
17. Lucretia Townsend Smith (1827-1884)

32. Benjamin Seaver (1791-1825)
33. Abigail Gates (1797-1869)


66.  Nathan Gates (1767-1830)
67.  Abigail Knowlton (1774-1855)

132.  Simon Gates (1739-1803)
133.  Susannah Reed (1745-1833)

266.  Nathan Reed (1719-1802)
267.  Susannah Wood (1724-1784)

532.  Ebenezer Reed (1690-1767)
533.  Huldah Blodgett (1689-1777)


1066.  Samuel Blodgett, born 10 December 1658 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; died 05 November 1743 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.  He was the son of 2132. Samuel Blodgett and 2133. Ruth Eggleton.  He married 30 April 1683 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.
1067.  Huldah Simonds, born 20 November 1660 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; died 13 March 1746 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.  
Children of Samuel Blodgett and Huldah Simonds are:
*  Samuel Blodgett (1683-1762), married 1703 Lydia Johnson (1679-1763).
*  Daniel Blodgett (1685-1762), married 1709 Mary Mallet (1689-1759).
*  William Blodgett (1686-1750), married (1) 1714 Sarah Hall (1688-1736); (2) 1737 Mehitable Fenner (1685-1743).
*  Huldah Blodgett (1689-1777), married 1714 Ebenezer Reed (1690-1767).
*  Caleb Blodgett (1691-1745), married (1) 1711 Elizabeth (1690-1713); (2) 1718 Sarah Wyman (1691-????); (3) 1744 Elizabeth Wyman (????-1750).
*  Joshua Blodgett (1694-1756), married 1713 Dinah Morse (1697-????).
*  Josiah Blodgett (1696-1775), married 1718 Elizabeth Sawyer (1698-1764).
*  John Blodgett (1699-1757), married 1722 Sarah Johnson (1703-????).
*  Benjamin Blodgett (1701-1801), married 1754 Abigail Farley (1716-1801).
*  Nathan Blodgett (1704-1747), married 1727 Abigail converse (1705-1793).

2134.  William Simonds, born before 20 November 1612 in Winchester, Hampshire, England; died 17 June 1672 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.  He married 18 January 1644 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.
2135.  Judith Phippen, born 1619 in of Wedmore, Somerset, England; died 03 January 1690 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.  She was the daughter of 4270. William Phippen and 4271. Judith.
Children of William Simonds and Judith Phippen are:
*  Sarah Simonds (1644-1699), married (1) 1665 John Heywood; (2) 1673 John Hale (1635-1707).
*  Judith Simonds (1646-1704), married 1668 John Barker (1644-1718).
*  Mary Simonds (1647-1728), married 1671 Roger Chandler (1620-1716).
*  Caleb Simonds (1649-1712), married 1677 Sarah Bacon (1644-1727).
*  William Simonds (1651-1672).
*  Joseph Simonds (1652-1733), married 1681 Mary Tidd (1656-1732).
*  Benjamin Simonds (1654-1726), married (1) 1678 Rebecca Heywood (1658-1713); (2) 1713 Susanna Farrar (1658-????).
*  Tabitha Simonds (1655-1655).
*  Joshua Simonds (1657-1657).
*  James Simonds (1658-1717), married 1685 Susanna Blodgett (1665-1715).
*  Bethia Simonds (1659-????), married 1696 John Walker (1650-1724).
*  Huldah Simonds (1660-1746), married 1683 Samuel Blodgett (1658-1743).

Information about the Simonds and Blodgett families above was obtained from:

*  John Brooks Threlfall, 50 Great Migration Colonists to New England (Madison, Wis.: published by author, 1990).

*  Several town vital record books.  

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1 comment:

Bill West said...

Another cousin connection:Bethiah Simonds and John Walker are my 7x great granparents,