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Saturday, July 7, 2018

Surname Saturday - EGGLETON (England to colonial Massachusetts)

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


I am working in the 9th great-grandmothers by Ahnentafel number, and I am up to Ancestor #2133 who is Ruth EGGLETON (1631-1708). 
[Note: the earlier great-grandmothers and 9th great-grandfathers have been covered in earlier posts.]

My ancestral line back through two generations in this EGGLETON 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.  Susanna Reed (1745-1833)

266.  Nathan Reed (1719-1802)
267.  Susanna Wood (1724-1780)

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


1066.  Samuel Blodgett (1658-1743)
1067.  Huldah Simonds (1660-1746)

2132.  Samuel Blodgett, born before 12 July 1633 in Stowmarket, Suffolk, England; died 21 May 1720 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.  He was the son of 4264. Thomas Blodgett and 4265. Susanna LNU.  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.

Children of Samuel Blodgett and Ruth Eggleton are:
*  Ruth Blodgett (1656-1695), married 1673 Thomas Kendall (1649-1730).
*  Samuel Blodgett (1658-1743), married 1683 Huldah Simonds (1660-1746)
*  Thomas Blodgett (1661-1740), married 1685 Rebecca Tidd (1665-1750).
*  Susanna Blodgett (1665-1715), married 1685 James Simonds (1658-1717)
*  Sarah Blodgett (1668-1692), married 1687 John Hayward (1662-1718).
*  Mary Blodgett (1673-1752), married 1693 Joseph Richardson (1672-1754).
*  Martha Blodgett (1673-1710), married 1696 Joseph Winn (1671-1711).

4266.  FNU Eggleton, born about 1600 in England; died in ??? .  He married about 1628 in Biddenden, Kent, England.
4267.  Jane LNU, born about 1602 in England; died 10 March 1687 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.

Children of FNU Eggleton and Jane LNU are:
*  Sarah Eggleton (1630-????), married 1650 John Nutting (1620-1676).
Ruth Eggleton (1631-1708), married 1655 Samuel Blodgett (1633-1720)

Jame (LNU) (Eggleton) (Britton) Cole was married at least three times - to FNU Eggelton before 1630 in England, to James Britton in ???? in England, and (3) in 1660 to Isaac Cole (1607-1674).  The two Eggleton daughters' husbands were mentioned in a petition for Jane Cole's support after Isaac Cole died in 1674.

Information about this Eggleton family was obtained in:

*  Robert Charles Anderson  (editor), The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume II, C-F (Boston, Mass. :New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2003), pages 153-157.
I have done no original research on this Eggleton line.  

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