Saturday, July 12, 2014

Surname Saturday - BLOOMFIELD (England > colonial Massachusetts > New Jersey)

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


I am in the 7th great-grandmothers and I'm up to Ancestor #1019 who is Hope BLOOMFIELD (1715-1776)
 [Note: the earlier great-grandmothers and 7th great-grandfathers have been covered in earlier posts].

My ancestral line back through four generations in this BLOOMFIELD family line is:

1.  Randall J. Seaver (1943-living)

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)

30.  James Abraham Kemp (1831-1902)

31.  Mary Jane Sovereen (1841-1874)

62.  Alexander Sovereign (1814-1907)
63.  Elizabeth Putman (1820-1895)

126.  John Putman (1785-1863)
127.  Sarah Martin (1792-1860)


254.  Mulford Martin (1763-????)
255.  Betsey Rolfe (1766-????)

508.  Thomas Martin (1737-1768)
509.  Elizabeth Ayers (1745-????)


1018.  James Ayers, born 02 May 1716 in Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, United States; died Aft. April 1794 in Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, United States.  He was the son of 2036. Samuel Ayers and 2037. Elizabeth.  He married 13 March 1744 in Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, United States.
1019.  Hope Bloomfield, born about 1715 in Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, United States; died 1776 in Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, United States.  

Children of James Ayers and Hope Bloomfield are:
*  Elizabeth Ayers (1745-????), married 1762 Thomas Martin (1737-1768)
*  Arisha Ayers (1751-????), married Jonathan Allen.
*  Jacob Ayers (1753-1836), married Eunice (1758-1823).
*  James Ayers (1755-1814), married 1794 Hannah (1770-????).
*  Samuel Ayers (1757-1813), married Susan Gross.
*  Nathan Ayers (1759-????), married 1785 Elizabwth (1765-????).
*  Rachael Ayers (1760-????), married 1786 Robert Ross.
*  Huldah Ayers (1763-1849), married 1781 Phineas Carman (1762-1827).
*  Benjamin Ayers (1765-????), married Rebecca.
*  Rhoda Ayers (1767-????), married Jeremiah Fitz Randolph (1740-1815).

2038.  Timothy Bloomfield, born 11 February 1681 in Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, United States; died after 20 September 1748 in Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, United States.   He married 02 April 1707 in Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey, United States.
2039.  Rose Higgins, born 06 November 1686 in Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey, United States; died before 23 April 1715 in Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, United States.  She was the daughter of 4078. Jediah Higgins and 4079. Mary Newbold.

Children of Timothy Bloomfield and Rose Higgins are:
*  Richard Bloomfield (1708-1758),, married Sarah.
*  Rebecah Bloomfield (1709-????).
*  Sarah Bloomfield (1710-????).
*  Hope Bloomfield (1715-1776), married 1744 James Ayers (1716-1794).

4076.  Ezekiel Bloomfield, born 01 November 1653 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States; died 15 February 1703 in Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, United States.  He married  22 December 1680 in Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey, United States.
4077.  Hope Fitz Randolph, born 02 April 1661 in Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States; died 1703 in Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, United States.  She was the daughter of 8154. Edward Fitz Randolph and 8155. Elizabeth Blossom.

Children of Ezekiel Bloomfield and Hope Fitz Randolph are:
*  Timothy Bloomfield (1681-1748), married 1707 Rose Higgins (1686-1715).
*  Ezekiel Bloomfield (1683-1748), married (1) 1706 Esther Rolfe (1675-1742); (2) 1744 Margaret Van Galen (1706-1767).
*  Rebecca Bloomfield (1686-1688).
*  Nathaniel Bloomfield (1688-1689).
*  Jeremiah Bloomfield (1693-1746), married (1) 1723 Catherine Weeks (????-1743); (2) 1744 Sarah.
*  Joseph Bloomfield (1695-1782), married 1721 Eunice Dunham (1702-1760).
*  Mary Bloomfield (1698-1750), married 1726 Obadiah Ayers (1703-1760).
*  Benjamin Bloomfield (1701-1772), married Susannah (1703-1746).

8152.  Thomas Bloomfield, born about 1615 in Suffolk, England; died 10 June 1684 in Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, United States.  He was the son of 16302. Thomas Bloomfield.  He married about 1640 in Newburyport, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.
8153.  Mary, born about 1618 in Essex, England; died about 1686 in Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, United States.

Children of Thomas Bloomfield and Mary are:
*  Mary Bloomfield (1642-1705), married 1657 Jonathan Dunham (1640-1723).
*  Sarah Bloomfield (1643-1689), married 1668 John Dennis (1638-1689).
*  John Bloomfield (1646-1713), married 1676 Sarah Moore (1655-1681).
*  Thomas Bloomfield (1648-1679), married 1676 Elizabeth Dennis (1650-1679).
*  Nathaniel Bloomfield (1651-1689).
*  Ezekiel Bloomfield (1653-1703), married 1680 Hope Fitz Randolph (1661-1703).
*  Rebecca Bloomfield (1656-????).
*  Ruth Bloomfield (1659-1678).
*  Timothy Bloomfield (1664-1678).

Information about this Bloomfield family line was obtained from the works:

*  Patty Barthell Myers, Ancestors and Descendants of Lewis Ross Freeman with related families; Based partially on the work of Freeman Worth Gardner and Willis Freeman ( Penobscot Press, 1995), pages 529 to 549.

*  William Nelson, William, New Jersey Biographical and Genealogical Notes (Newark, NJ: New Jersey Historical Society, 1916), pages 32 to 33.

*  William Jones, "Thomas Bloomfield of Woodbridge, N. J. and Some of His Descendants," The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, Vol. 68, No. 1 (January 1937), pages 58-59.

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