The BLODGETT Family of Haughley and Stowmarket in co. Suffolk, England, Cambridge and Woburn in Middlesex co., Massachusetts; Plainfield in Windham co., Connecticut; Preston in New London co., Connecticut

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First Generation

THOMAS BLOWGATE (1490 - 1560) of Haughley

Parents: Unknown

Thomas Blowgate was born in 1490. [Ref] He died in Jun 1560. [Ref]

He was of Haughley. [Ref, p. 1]

He signed his will on 1 Nov 1558; it was proved on 5 Jun 1560. [Ref, p. 1]

Children of Thomas Blowgate:

1. Thomas Blowgate was born in 1564. [Ref] He married Elizabeth Ainsworth in 1573. [Ref, p. 1]
2. John Blowgate was born in 1566. [Ref]
3. Joan (Johan) Blowgate [Ref, p. 1] was born in 1533. [Ref]
4. Andrew Blowgate [Ref, p. 1] was born in 1535. [Ref]
5. Margaret Blowgate [Ref, p. 1] was born in 1535. [Ref]
6. John Blowgate was born in 1537. [Ref]
7. John Blowgate [Ref, p. 1] was born in 1539. [Ref]
8. Rose Blowgate [Ref, p. 1]
9. Robert Blowgatt was born in 1543. He died in Jun 1602. He married Marie Unknown.
10. Rose Blowgate was born in 1543. [Ref]

Second Generation

ROBERT BLOWGATT (1543 - 1602) of Haughley

Parents: Thomas Blowgate [Ref, p. 1][Ref]

Robert Blowgatt was born in 1543. [Ref] He died in Jun 1602. [Ref] He married Maria Unknown. [Ref]

Robert was a yeoman of Haughley. [Ref, p. 1]

He signed his will on 5 Jun 1602. [Ref, p. 1]

Children of Robert Blowgatt:

1. Thomas Blowgatt was born in 1564. [Ref] He died before 20 Dec 1662, when his will was proved. [Ref, p. 1] He married Alice Unknown. [Ref, p. 1]
2. John Blowgatt was born in 1566. [Ref] He married Unknown Witlock. [Ref, p. 1] He was an innkeeper in Stowmarket. [Ref, p. 1]
3. Elizabeth Blowgatt was born in 1568. [Ref] She married Unknown Beverly. [Ref, p. 1]
4. Ann Blowgatt was born in 1570. [Ref] She married first Unknown Beaumond. [Ref, p. 1] She married second John Myllar. [Ref, p. 1]
5. Frances Blowgatt [Ref, p. 1] was born in 1572. [Ref]
6. Margaret Blowgatt was born in 1574. [Ref][Ref, p. 1 says baptised about 1574]
7. Ellen Blowgatt was born in 1576. [Ref] She married Unknown Weith in 1595. [Ref, p. 1]
8. Robert Bloggatt was born in 1578. He died before 1617. He married first Mary Witlock. He married second Sarah Stepper.
9. Joan Blowgatt was born in 1580. [Ref, p. 1][Ref does not mention her]

Third Generation

ROBERT BLOGGATT (1578 - bef. 1617) of Stowmarket

Parents: Robert Blowgatt [Ref, p. 1] and Maria Unknown [Ref]

Robert Bloggatt was born in 1578. [Ref] He died before 1617. [Ref] He married first Mary Witlock. [Ref, p. 1, says 1598] He married second Sarah Stepper about 1597 in Stowmarket. [Ref]

Robert was an innkeeper in Stowmarket. [Ref, p. 1]

Children of Robert Bloggatt and Sarah Stepper:

1. Sarah Bloggatt was born about 1600. [Ref] She married Edward Easterson in 1610. [Ref, p. 1]
2. Robert Blogatt was born on 28 Mar 1602. [Ref][Ref, p. 1 says baptised in 1602] He died in 1620. [Ref][Ref, p. 1]
3. Thomas Blodgett was born on 18 Nov 1605 in Stowmarket. He died between 10 (6) 1641 and 8 (5) 1642. He married Susan Unknown.
4. Phebe Bloggatt was born on 9 Aug 1607. [Ref][Ref, p. 1 says baptised in 1607]
5. John Bloggatt married Alice Unknown. [Ref does not mention him][Ref, p. 1]

Fourth Generation

THOMAS BLODGETT (1605 - 1641/2) of Stowmarket and Cambridge

Parents: Robert Bloggatt and Sarah Stepper [Ref][Ref, p. 1 says Mary Whitlock]

Thomas Blodgett was born on 18 Nov 1605 in Stowmarket. [Ref][Ref, p. 2 says baptised on 18 Nov 1604] He died between 10 (6) 1641, when he wrote is will, and 8 (5) 1642, when it was deposed. [Ref] He married Susan Unknown. She was born about 1598. She died on 10 Feb 1660/1 in Woburn. [Ref] She married second, as his third wife, James Thomson on 15 Feb 1644 in Woburn. [Ref][Ref, p. 2][Ref] James, the son of John and Joan (Baxter?) Thomson, was baptised on 4 Mar 1592 [/3?] in Frieston, Lincolnshire. [Ref] He died between 28 Feb 1681/2, when he signed his will, and 22 Sep 1682, when inventory was taken on his estate. [Ref] He married first Anne Unknown. [Ref] She was buried on 13 Dec 1625 in Frieston. [Ref] He married second Elizabeth Unknown. [Ref] She died on 8 Nov 1643 in Woburn. [Ref]

Thomas, a 30-year-old glover, Susan, his 37-year-old wife and their two children, Daniel, age 4, and Samuel, age 1-1/2 are on a 8 Apr 1635 list of passengers bound for New England on the Increase. [Ref]

Thomas was a freeman on 3 Mar 1635/6. [Ref, 1;91] This implies that he was a member of the Cambridge church prior to that date.

Thomas bought a house and land in Cambridge from Jonas Austin in about 1636. [Ref, p. 324-5] He was granted a two-acre house lot in Cambridge on 6 Feb 1636/7. [Ref, 1;91] In 1639 he had three parcels of land in Cambridge: the land he had bought from Jonas Austin, two acres granted by the town in the West Field and a house lot granted by the town on Cow Common. [Ref, p. 324-5] By 1639, he sold the land he bought from Austin to Edmund Frost and he sold his houselot on the Common to Robert Daniel. [Ref, p. 324-5] At some time he received eight acres in the lower division on the south side of the Charles River and eight acres in the upper division. [Ref, p. 324-5] At some time he held two parcels, one of two acres and one of one acre, in Fresh Pond Meadow. [Ref, p. 324-5] When the inventory was taken on his estate on 28 (10) 1642, he held four acres of planting ground worth £14, five acres of meadow and marsh worth £3 10s. and a house and yards worth £30. On 6 Jan 1642/3, Susan held five parcels in Cambridge: a house and land on the Common, two acres in the New West Field, two acres in the West End, two and a half acres of marsh on the south side of the Charles River and two and a half acres in the Fresh Pond Meadow. [Ref, p. 324-5] In 1645 she was granted three and a half acres on the west side of the Menotomy River. [Ref, p. 324-5]

In his will, Thomas left his estate to his wife Susan. She was to pay his eldest son Daniel and his second son Samuel each £20 when they turned 21. His daughter Susan was also to have £20. He expressed his concern for his children: [Ref]

Should they have a father-in-law [presumably, stepfather] who does not treat them well my will is that the Deacons and our brother fessington & our brother Edward Winchsip, they or either of them should have the power to see into it & reforme it by one means or the other."

Thomas appears to have been literate; he signed his will and his inventory included books. [Ref, p. 324-5]

Children of Thomas Blodgett and Susan Unknown:

1. John Blodgett was born in 1622 in England. [Ref, p. 2] He was buried on 4 May 1632. [Ref, p. 2]
2. Nathaniel Blodgett was baptised on 28 Feb 1628/9 in Stowmarket. [Ref, p. 2] He presumably died young.
3. Daniel Blodgett was baptised on 14 May 1631 in Stowmarket. [Ref, p. 2] He died on 28 Jan 1672 in Chelmsford. [Ref, p. 3] He married first Mary Butterfield on 1 Sep 1653 in Chelmsford. [Ref, p. 2] Mary was the daughter of Benjamin Butterfield. He married second Sarah Underwood on 10 Mar 1669. [Ref, p. 2]
   Daniel Blodgett is on the Cambridge section of the 26 May 1652 list of freemen. [Ref] Daniel was allotted 40 acres at Little Tadmuck inWestford in 1659. [Ref, p. 7]
   some descendants of Daniel Blodgett
4. Samuel Blodgett was born in 1633. He died on 3 Jul 1687 in Woburn. He married Ruth Eggleton.
5. Susanna Blodgett was born in June 1637 in Braintree or Cambridge. [Ref][Ref, p. 2] She married her stepbrother Jonathan Thomson on 28 Nov 1655 in Woburn. [Ref][Ref] Jonathan was baptised on 14 Dec 1628 in Fishtoft, Lincolnshire. [Ref] He was the son of James Thomson and his second wife, Elizabeth. [Ref]
6. Thomas Blodgett died on 7 Aug 1639 in Cambridge. [Ref, p. 2]

JANE UNKNOWN (c. 1600 - aft. 1674)

Parents: Unknown

Jane was born about 1600. She apparently married first a man named Eggleton. His identity is unknown; he was not Stephen Iggledon of Biddenden, co. Kent, as has been suggested. [Ref, 1;285] She married second James, the son of James Britton, who died on 3 May 1655 in Woburn. [Ref, 1;285] She married third Isaac Cole as his second wife on 1 Feb 1658/9 in Woburn. [Ref, 1;285] He died on 10 Jun 1674 in Woburn. [Ref, 1;285]

On 6 Oct 1674 Samuel Blodgett, his brother-in-law John Nutting and Jane petitioned the court to allow Jane a portion of her deceased husband Isaac Cole's estate. At the time, Jane gave her age as 74. [Ref, 1;93]

Children of Unknown Eggleton and Jane Unknown:

1. Ruth Eggleton died on 14 Oct 1703 in Woburn. She married Samuel Blodgett.
2. Sarah Eggleton married John Nutting on 28 Aug 1650. [Ref, 1;285] He was killed by the Indians in King Philip's war on 13 Mar 1676 in Groton. [Ref, p. 8,10]
   After her husband was killed, Sarah came to Woburn to live with Ruth and Samuel. [Ref, 1;92]
   

Fifth Generation 5

SAMUEL BLODGETT (bp. 1633-1687) of Stowmarket and Woburn

Parents: Thomas Blodgett and Susan Unknown [Ref, p. 2]

Samuel Blodgett was baptised on 12 Jul 1633 in Stowmarket. [Ref, p. 3] He died on 21 May 1720 in Woburn. [Ref][Ref, p. 3] He married Ruth Eggleton on 13 Dec 1655 in Woburn. [Ref]

Samuel had land laid out for him near Rag Rock. [Ref, 1;93]

By a deed dated 27 Oct 1672, William Johnson of Charlestown sold William Locke and Samuel Blodgett, both of Woburn, 37 acres that were given to William by the town of Charlestown; Elizabeth Johnson also signed the deed, releasing her dower. [Ref, p. 46]

In his will of 1681, Samuel's stepfather James Thomson referred to Samuel as his "well beloved friend Samuel Bloggett Senr." [Ref, 1;92]

Samuel was deputy to the General Court in 1693. [Ref, 1;92]

Children of Samuel Blodgett and Ruth Eggleton, all born in Woburn:

1. Ruth Blodgett was born on 28 Dec 1656 in Woburn. [Ref] She married Thomas Kendall in 1673. [Ref] Thomas, the son of Francis and Mary (Tidd) Kendal and grandson of Sgt. John Tidd, was born on 10 Jan 1648/9 and died in 1730. [Ref, 6;327-8] He married second Abigail (Raynor) Broughton, the daughter of Rev. John Raynor and widow of Capt. John Broughton, in 1696. [Ref, 6;327-8]
   some descendants of Ruth Blodgett
   
2. Samuel Blodgett was born on 10 Dec 1658 in Woburn. He died on 21 May 1720 in Woburn. He married Huldah Simonds.
3. Thomas Blodgett was born on 26 Feb 1661 in Woburn. [Ref] He married Rebecca Tidd on 11 Nov 1685 in Woburn. [Ref] Rebecca was the daughter of John and Rebecca (Wood) Tidd [Ref, p. 7] and the granddaughter of Sgt. John Tidd.
   Thomas was a selectman in Woburn in 1681, 1690, 1691, 1693, 1695, 1696, 1697, 1703. [Ref, p. 3] He was deputy to the General Court from Woburn in 1693. [Ref, p. 3]
   
4. Susanna Blodgett was born on 17 Feb 1664/5 in Woburn. [Ref, p. 3] She died on 6 Feb 1697/8 [Ref] in Cambridge. [Ref, p. 3] She married James Simonds on 29 Dec 1685 in Woburn. [Ref] James was the brother of Huldah Simonds. [Ref, p. 7]
   James and Susanna lived in Woburn, where he was the first male teacher. [Ref, p. 3]
   
5. Sarah Blodgett was born on 17 Feb 1668 in Woburn. [Ref] She married John Hayward of Concord on 7 Jan 1687. [Ref] John, the son of John and Rebecca (Atkinson) Hayward of Concord, was born in 1652 and died in 1718. [Ref, p. 8]
6. Martha Blodgett was born on 15 Sep 1673 in Woburn. [Ref] She married Joseph Winn on 7 Apr 1696 in Woburn. [Ref] Joseph was born on 15 May 1671 in Woburn. [Ref, p. 8]
7. Mary Blodgett was born on 15 Sep 1673 in Woburn. [Ref] She died on 11 Mar 1752. [Ref, p. 9] She married Joseph, the son of Joseph Richardson, of Woburn, on 24 Oct 1693 in Woburn. [Ref][Ref, p. 9, says Joseph's mother is Hannah (Green) Richardson] Joseph appears to be the grandson of Samuel Richardson and great-grandson of Thomas Richardson.

RUTH EGGLETON

Parents: Unknown Eggleton and Jane Unknown [Ref, p. 3]

Ruth Eggleton died on 14 Oct 1703 in Woburn. She married Samuel Blodgett on 13 Dec 1655 in Woburn. [Ref]

Sixth Generation

SAMUEL BLODGETT (1658-1743) of Woburn

Parents: Samuel Blodgett and Ruth Eggleton [Ref, p. 3]

Samuel Blodgett was born on 10 Dec 1658 in Woburn. [Ref] He died on 5 Nov 1743 in Woburn. [Ref] He married Huldah Simonds on 30 Apr 1683 in Woburn. [Ref]

Samuel is in the Woburn section of the 18 Apr 1690 list of freemen. [Ref]

Children of Samuel Blodgett and Huldah Simonds, all born in Woburn:

1. Samuel Blodgett was born on 21 Dec 1683 in Woburn. [Ref] He died on 5 Nov 1743 in Woburn. [Ref]
2. Capt. Daniel Blodgett was born on 24 Mar 1685 in Woburn. [Ref] He married Mary Mallet of Charlestown on 4 Apr 1709 in Charlestown. [Ref]
   In May 1734 the General Court appointed Daniel the captain of the Stafford, CT train band. [Ref 7;498]
   
3. Dr. William Blodgett was born on 11 Jan 1686 in Woburn. He died on 17 Dec 1739 He married first Sarah Hall. He married second Mehitable (Fenner) (Starkweather) Sterry .
4. Huldah Blodgett was born on 9 Feb 1689 in Woburn. [Ref] She died on 11 May 1777 in Woburn. [Ref, p. 17] She married Ebenezer Reed. [Ref, p. 17] Ebenezer, the son of George and Abigail (Pierce) Reed, was born on 8 Mar 1690 in Woburn and died on 9 Jul 1767 in Woburn. [Ref, p. 17]
5. Capt. Caleb Blodgett was born on 11 Nov 1691 in Woburn. [Ref] He died on 17 Jun 1745 in Woburn. [Ref] He married first Elizabeth Unknown. She died on 24 May 1713, age 22, in Woburn. [Ref] He married second Sarah Wyman. [Ref, p. 17] Sarah, the daughter of Seth and Hester (Johnson) Wyman, was born on 17 Jan 1690/1. [Ref, p. 17] He married third Elizabeth Wyman on 7 Aug 1744 in Hampton Falls, NH. [Ref, p. 17] Elizabeth died about 1750. [Ref, p. 17] She married second Simeon Wade on 15 Sep 1747 in Hampton Falls. [Ref, p. 17]
6. Joshua Blodgett was born on 26 Feb 1694 in Woburn. [Ref] He married Dinah Unknown. [Ref, p. 18]
7. Josiah Blodgett was born on 27 Mar 1696 in Woburn. [Ref] He died on 1 May 1775 in Stafford, CT. [Ref, p. 18] "Joseph" married Elizabeth Sawyer of Woburn on 16 Dec 1718 in Medford. [Ref] Elizabeth, the daughter of Joshua and Sarah (Wright) (Potter) Sawyer, was born on 7 Nov 1698 in Woburn and died on 22 Jul 1784 in Stafford. [Ref, p. 18]
8. John Blodgett was born on 19 Apr 1699 in Woburn. [Ref] He died in Aug 1757 in Woburn. [Ref] He married Sarah Johnson of Woburn on 14 May 1722 in Woburn. [Ref] Sarah was the daughter of Matthew and Mary (Reed) Johnson. [Ref, p. 6]
9. Benjamin Blodgett was born on 4 Mar 1701 in Woburn. [Ref] He married Abigail Farley on 15 Nov 1754 in Pelham, NH. [Ref, p. 7] Abigail, the daughter of Joseph and Abigail (Cook) Farley, was born on 18 Dec 1716. [Ref, p. 7]
   Benjamin was a farmer. [Ref, p. 7] He was a selectman and Representative to the General Court for Woburn. [Ref, p. 7]
   
10. Nathan Blodgett was born on 15 Mar 1704 in Woburn. [Ref] He died on 24 Sep 1747 in Woburn. [Ref, p. 19] Nathan married Abigail Converse of Woburn on 4 Jan 1727 in Woburn. [Ref] Abigail, the daughter of John and Abigail (Sawyer) Converse, died on 10 Apr 1793, age 88, in Bradford, MA. [Ref, p. 19] She married second Rev. William Balch of Bradford after 11 Jan 1749 (int.) in Lexington, MA. [Ref, p. 19] William, the son of Freeborn and Eliza (Fairchild) Balch, was born on 30 Sep 1704 in Beverly, MA and died on 12 Jan 1791 in Bradford. [Ref, p. 19]

Seventh Generation

DR. WILLIAM BLODGETT (1686 - 1739) of Plainfield and Preston

Parents: Samuel Blodgett and Huldah Huldah Simonds [Ref, p. 16]

William Blodgett was born on 11 Jan 1686 in Woburn. [Ref][Ref, p. 16] He died on 17 Dec 1739, age 53. [Ref] He is buried in the Brown Cemetery in Preston, CT. [Ref]

Dr. William Blodgett married first Sarah Hall on 18 Aug 1714 in Plainfield. [Ref refers to her as Sarah, the widow of Benjamin Spaulding] She died on 14 Jan 1735/6 and he married second as her third husband Mehitable (Fenner) (Starkweather) Sterry [Ref, p. 132] on 31 Mar 1737 in Plainfield. [Ref, p. 16][Ref calls her Mehitable Stevens, but says that she is referred to as the widow of Samuel Sterry in probate files of the Blodgett estate] Mehitable was the daughter of Lt. Gov. Thomas and Dinah (Borden) Fenner of Rhode Island. [Ref, p. 16] She married first Timothy Starkweather on 18 Oct 1705 in Rhode Island. [Ref, p. 16] She married second Samuel Sterry on 8 Feb 1724/5 in Preston. [Ref, p. 16]

William went on the Canada Expedition in 1709. His father petitioned for reimbursement of expenses for his son's illness and received 40 shillings. [Ref, p. 16]

On 28 Nov 1719, a William Blodgett and Hannah Pierce were convicted for adultery. He was whipped, branded with a letter "A" on the forehead and forced to wear a halter around his neck. [Ref, p. 17] It does not seem completely obvious that this the same William.

In 1721 William appealed to the General Court for permission to practice his profession; his appeal was denied on the grounds that he was illiterate. [Ref, p. 16-17]

In 1730, land in Killingly was distributed and William received a share. The Plainfield residents who received shares - and this presumably included William - sold their shares of this land to prospective settlers. [Ref]

After the death of Dr. William Blodgett of Preston, in May/Jun 1741 the General Court in Hartford ordered the sale of enough of his real estate to pay his debts of £255. [Ref 8;407]

Children of William Blodgett and Sarah Hall, all recorded in Plainfield. [Ref] :

1. William Blodgett was born on 20 May 1715 in Plainfield. [Ref] He married his stepsister Mary Starkweather on 23 Jun 1738. [Ref, p. 16] She died on 4 Apr 1785, age 71. [Ref, p. 16] She married second William Geer. [Ref, p. 16] William, the son of Daniel Geer, was born on 4 Jan 1713 and died on 5 Feb 1772. [Ref, p. 16]
2. Benjamin Blodgett was born on 17 May 1717 in Plainfield. [Ref] He married first Mary Satterlee on 3 Jul 1744. [Ref, p. 39] Mary, the daughter of William and Ann (Avery) Satterlee, was born on 16 Jun 1722 and died on 26 Aug 1754. [Ref, p. 39] He married second Abigail Swan on 20 Mar 1755 in Stonington. [Ref, p. 40] Abigail, the daughter of William and Thankful (Holmes) Swan, was born on 6 Aug 1733. [Ref, p. 39]
3. Mary Blodgett was born on 13 Jun 1721 in Plainfield. [Ref] She died on 19 Aug 1744. [Ref, p. 40] She married Ebenezer Freeman on 23 Jun 1738 in Preston. [Ref, p. 40]
4. Amy Blodgett was born 16 Feb 1724 in Plainfield. She died on 24 Dec 1819. She married first Joshua Whitney. She married second Capt. Isaac Lawrence. She married third George Palmer, Esq.
5. Tace [!] Blodgett (dau.) was born on 9 Jun 1727 in Plainfield. [Ref]
6. Lucy Blodgett may be the same person as Tace. [Ref, p. 16] She died on 2 Nov 1753 in Preston. [Ref, p. 42] She married Nathan Freeman on 5 Dec 1748 in Preston. [Ref, p. 42] Nathan, the son of Joseph and Hannah (Brewster) Freeman, was born on 23 Sep 1721. [Ref, p. 42] He married second Lucy Barnes on 14 Feb 1754. [Ref, p. 42]
7. Hester Blodgett was born on 2 Jun 1730 in Plainfield. [Ref][Ref, p. 42] She married Ezekiel Pierce on 8 Jul 1749 in Plainfield. [Ref][Ref, p. 42] Ezekiel, the son of Nathaniel and Elizabeth (Stevens) Pierce of Plainfield and Pomfret, was born in 1730 and died in 1751. [Ref, p. 42]

Eighth Generation

AMY BLODGETT (1724-1819)

Parents: Dr. William Blodgett and Sarah Hall [Ref, p. 41]

Amy Blodgett was born 16 Feb 1723/4 [Ref] in Plainfield. [Ref][Ref] She died on 24 Dec 1819 [Ref] in Canaan, Litchfield, CT. [Ref][Ref, p. 90] She married first Joshua Whitney [Ref] on about 8 Apr 1743 in Plainfield. [Ref] She married second Capt. Isaac Lawrence. [Ref][Ref, p. 41] He died on 2 Dec 1793. [Ref, p. 41] She married third as his second wife George Palmer, Esq. of Stllwater, Saratoga, New York [Ref][Ref, p. 90] at age 74. [Ref] George died on 15 Dec 1809 in Stillwater. [Ref, p. 41] Amy survived her last husband and returned to Canaan. [Ref]

"She ... died as she lived an example of piety & religion manifested in her life & conversation." (John Bacon [Ref])

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