Generation No. 5
Samuel, Thomas, Robert, Robert, Thomas
Samuel Blodgett, born 12 Jul 1633 in Stowmarket, Suffolk, England; died 21 May 1720 in Woburn, MA. He was the son of Thomas Blodgett and Susannah ?. He married Ruth Eggleton (Iggleden) 13 Dec 1655 in Woburn, MA.
Ruth Eggleton (Iggleden), born 08 Nov 1631 in Kent, England; died 14 Oct 1703 in Woburn, MA. She was the daughter of Steven Eggleton and Elizabeth Bennett.
Notes for Samuel Blodgett:
Samuel (2) lived first in Cambridge, and moved to Woburn with his mother on her second marriage. He became a landowner in Woburn, was commissioner of "rates", Selectman, and holder of many offices. (Woburn records) In 1691 he was Deputy to the General Court of Massachusetts Colony.
Children of Samuel Blodgett and Ruth (Iggleden) are:
i. Ruth Blodgett, born 28 Dec 1656 in Woburn, MA; died 18 Dec 1695 in Woburn, MA; married Thomas Kendall 18 Dec 1695; born 10 Jan 1648/49; died 1730.
ii. Samuel Blodgett, born 10 Dec 1658 in Woburn, MA; died 05 Nov 1743 in Woburn, MA; married Huldah Simonds 30 Apr 1682.
iii. Thomas Blodgett, born 26 Feb 1660/61 in Chelmsford, MA; died 29 Sep 1740 in Lexington, MA; married Rebecca Tidd 11 Nov 1684 in Woburn, MA; died 08 Mar 1749/50 in Lexington, MA.
Notes for Thomas Blodgett:
Some years after his marriage Thomas moved to Lexington (Mass.) where he took up land and became one of the town’s most active and prominent citizens, and the ancestor of the greater part of the Lexington Blodgetts. He was assesses in Woburn from 1684 to 1689, and first assessed in Lexington in 1691. "Captain Blodgett" as he was familiarly called was a subscriber to the "Meetinghouse"; he gave 1 pound, 6 shillings towards the first Meetinghouse, and 5 shillings towards the purchase of Lexington Common, at a meeting held April 1711. At another meeting held June 9, 1713. It was voted to build a new church on the plan of the one at Concord, and Thomas Blodgett and two others were appointed to carry out the measure, (Hudson’s History of Lexington) Thomas and his wife were admitted to the Church March 5, 1699, by letters of dismissal from the Church in Woburn. At the first town meeting in Lexington, Thomas Blodgett was chosen Tythingman, an office of great importance and dignity at that time. He was made an assessor in 1740, chosen Selectman in 1714, many times re-elected, and in short filled nearly every place of honor and trust in the town. The will of Thomas Blodgett was filed in Probate Court, November 24, 1740, and recorded with Middlesex Wills, Book 22, p.341; it mentions wife Rebecca, sons Thomas and Joseph, who had 20 pounds extra, son Samuel and daughter Rebecca, who had 10 pounds extra.
iv. Susanna Blodgett, born 17 Feb 1664/65 in Woburn, MA; died 09 Feb 1714/15 in Woburn, MA; married (1) James Simonds 28 Nov 1685 in Woburn, MA; married (2) James Simonds 29 Dec 1685; born 01 Nov 1658 in Woburn, MA; died 15 Sep 1717 in Woburn, MA.
v. Sarah Blodgett, born 17 Feb 1667/68 in Woburn, MA; died Unknown in Concord, MA; married Deacon John Hayward 07 Jan 1686/87 in Concord, MA; born 05 Apr 1662 in Concord, MA; died 02 Jan 1716/17 in Concord, MA.
vi. Martha Blodgett, born 15 Sep 1673; died 1710; married Joseph Winn 07 Apr 1696 in Concord, MA; born 15 May 1671.
vii. Mary Blodgett, born 15 Sep 1673 in Woburn, MA; died 11 Mar 1752 in Woburn, MA; married Joseph Richardson 24 Oct 1693 in Charlestown, MA; born 19 May 1672; died 05 Dec 1754.
viii. Daniel Blodgett, born Unknown.
William Simonds He married Judith Hayward-Pippin.
Judith Hayward-Pippin
Child of William Simonds and Judith Hayward-Pippin is:
i. Huldah Simonds, born 20 Nov 1666; died 14 Mar 1745/46; married Samuel Blodgett 30 Apr 1682.