Saturday, October 27, 2012

Surname Saturday - BLODGETT (England > Massachusetts)

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


I am in the 7th great-grandmothers, up to number 533: Huldah BLODGETT (1689-1777). [Note: The 7th great-grandfathers have been covered in earlier posts].

My ancestral line back through two American generations of this BLODGETT family 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 (1724-1780)

532.  Ebenezer Reed, born 06 March 1689/90 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; died 09 July 1767 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.  He was the son of 1064. George Reed and 1065. Abigail Pierce.  He married about 1714 in probably Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.

533.  Huldah Blodgett, born 09 February 1688/89 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; died 11 May 1777 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.  
Children of Ebenezer Reed and Huldah Blodgett are:  Ebenezer Reed (1715-????); Huldah Reed (1717-1775); Nathan Reed (1719-1802); Abigail Reed (1721-1806); George Reed (1723-1804); Eliphaz Reed (1726-1776).

1066.  Samuel Blodgett, born 10 December 1658 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; died 05 November 1743 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.  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 1745/46 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.  She was the daughter of 2134. William Simonds and 2135. Judith Phippen.
Children of Samuel Blodgett and Huldah Simonds are:  Samuel Blodgett (1683-1762); Daniel Blodgett (1685-1762); William Blodgett (1686-1750); Huldah Blodgett (1689-1777); Caleb Blodgett (1691-1745); Joshua Blodgett (1694-1756); Josiah Blodgett (1695-1775); John Blodgett (1699-1757); Benjamin Blodgett (1701-????); Nathan Blodgett (1704-1747).

2132.  Samuel Blodgett, born before 12 July 1633 in Stowmarket, Suffolk, England; died in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.  He married 13 December 1655 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.
2133.  Ruth Eggleton, born before 08 November 1631 in Biddenden, Kent, England; died 14 October 1708 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.  She was the daughter of 4266. Eggleton and 4267. Jane.
Children of Samuel Blodgett and Ruth Eggleton are:  Ruth Blodgett (1656-1695); Samuel Blodgett (1658-1743); Thomas Blodgett (1661-1740); Susanna Blodgett (1665-1715); Sarah Blodgett (1668-1692); Mary Blodgett (1673-1752); Martha Blodgett (1673-1710).

4264.  Thomas Blodgett, born before 17 November 1604 in Stowmarket, Suffolk, England; died 07 August 1642 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.  He was the son of 8528. Robert Bloggatt and 8529. Mary Whitlock.  He married before 1622 in probably Stowmarket, Suffolk, England.
4265.  Susanna, born about 1600 in Stowmarket, Suffolk, England; died 10 February 1660/61 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.
Children of Thomas Blodgett and Susanna are:  John Blodgett (1622-1632); Nathaniel Blodgett (1628-1630); Daniel Blodgett (1631-1672); Samuel Blodgett (1633-????); Susannah Blodgett (1637-1697); Thomas Blodgett (1639-1639).

Information about these families were obtained from:

*  Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635 (Boston, Mass. : New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1999), Volume 1, pages 324-326.

*  Edwin A. Blodgett, Ten Generations of Blodgetts In America (Barre, Vermont : Modern Printing Co, 1969).

*  Bradley Deforest Thompson & Franklin Condit Thompson, Blodget-Blodgett, Descendants of Thomas of Cambridge, Vols. 1-6 (Concord, New Hampshire: Self published, 1955), Volumes 1-2 accessed on FHL US/CAN Film 896,868 Items 2-3.

*  Massachusetts town vital records.


Copyright (c) 2012, Randall J. Seaver


3 comments:

Heather Wilkinson Rojo said...

Another double cousin connection! My line also goes Samuel, Samuel and then to Susannah Blodgett who married James Simonds. He was the brother of your Huldah Simonds who married Susannah's brother Samuel Blodgett.

gophergenealogy said...

We meet again. I think it has something to do with the town of Woburn. This time I am adding you to my family tree to avoid further confusion. You did provide me some additional information. Thank you! We meet at Ebenezar Reed and Huldah Blodgett through the Reed family.

benotforgot said...

And I have the same connection as Heather . . .