Generation No. 6
Samuel, Samuel, Thomas, Robert, Robert,Thomas
Samuel Blodgett, born 10 Dec 1658 in Woburn, MA; died 05 Nov 1743 in Woburn, MA. He was the son of 512. Samuel Blodgett and Ruth Eggleton (Iggleden). He married 257. Huldah Simonds 30 Apr 1682.
Huldah Simonds, born 20 Nov 1666; died 14 Mar 1745/46. She was the daughter of William Simonds and Judith Hayward-Pippin.
Notes for Samuel Blodgett:
Samuel lived and died in Woburn, as did his wife, and all their children were born there. He was known in the town as "Ensign Samuel", was Selectman for some years, and was a Deputy to the General Court of Massachusetts Colony in 1729.
Children of Samuel Blodgett and Huldah Simonds are:
i. Samuel Blodgett, born 21 Dec 1683 in Woburn, MA; died 12 Dec 1762 in Stafford, CT; married Lydia Johnson; died 11 Sep 1763 in Stafford, CT.
Notes for Samuel Blodgett:
The town of Stafford, Connecticut, was surveyed in 1718, and its settlement begun in 1719. Among the earliest settlers and proprietors were four of the sons of Samuel and Huldah Blodgett: - Samuel, Daniel, Joshua, and Josiah. A fifth son, Benjamin, was a landowner in the town for a few years, but if he lived there he soon returned to Woburn.
ii. Daniel Blodgett, born 24 Mar 1684/85 in Woburn, MA; died 10 Dec 1762 in Stafford, CT; married Mary Mallett 04 Apr 1709.
iii. William Blodgett, born 11 Jan 1685/86 in Woburn, MA; died 1750 in Preston, CT; married (1) Mehitable Fenner; married (2) Sarah Hall 18 Aug 1714; born 19 Jun 1688; died 1750 in Preston, CT.
Notes for William Blodgett:
William appears to have moved about quite a bit. He served in the expedition against Canada in 1709, as it is recorded that his father (Samuel 3) petitioned the "Governor, Her Majesty’s Counsel, and Representatives of the General Court assembled, to reimburse him for expenses attending the sickness of his son William Blogget, at Watertown, while on Her Majesty’s service." He received forty shillings.
William settled in Plainfield (Conn.) in 1719 or 1720. He is, mentioned in a transfer of real estate: - "William Blogget, physician, and wife convey land in Plainfield, part commonly known as Tophet to Henry Cobb, April 30, 1719." In 1720, his credentials as a physician appear in the Plainfield town records: - "December 15, 17520 1:50p.m.
This is to certify all whom it may concern, that we the subscribers having examined William Blogget, doct’ of physic, concerning his methods in practice of Physic, and according to accounts that he gives, we find his methods to be by good authority.
In Boston by Patrick Lynch, Doct
In Providence by John Jasha, Pract’nr
In Rhode Island by Oliver Arnold, Pract’nr
In Rehoboth by Square Allen, Pract’
In Bridgewater by Thomas Brown, Pract’
Jonathan Randall, Ch
Thomas Williams Recorder."
His skill as a physician was highly approved in Plainfield and Canterbury, though he appears to have had no formal education in the profession. His name is mentioned in several more real-estate transfers in Plainfield, in 1724, 1726, 1731and 1738, then he lived in Boston for a while, as in 1737, and again in 1739, there are records of lands conveyed to "William Blogget of Boston." But finally on "April 23, 1739, William Blogget of Preston (Conn.), Doctor, conveys to William Blogget, Jr. (his son) 160 acres of land in Preston" and in Preston some years later he died.
iv. Huldah Blodgett, born 09 Feb 1688/89; died 11 May 1777; married Ebenezer Read; born 06 Mar 1689/90; died 09 Jul 1767.
v. Captain Caleb Blodgett, born 11 Nov 1691 in Woburn, MA; died 17 Jun 1745; married (1) Elizabeth Unknown Bef. 1713; died 24 May 1713; married (2) Sarah Wyman Bef. 1718; born 17 Jan 1689/90; married (3) Elizabeth Wyman 07 Aug 1744 in Hampton Falls, NH.
Notes for Captain Caleb Blodgett:
Caleb was an innkeeper, or as the Woburn records have it, an Inn-holder. After his death, in 1745, the Town Records list "Elizabeth Blogget (widow) Inn-holder." Caleb was a member of the expedition against Canada in 1709 in Capt. Ephraim Wetherly’s 7th Company. He was assesses in Woburn from 1712 to 1744. In 1739 the Proprietors held their Meeting at his house, and he was Moderator at that time and again in 1743, in 1744 he was Proprietors’ Clerk. He was addressed as Captain and Mr. both titles of respect.
Lowell’s History of Woburn, p. 190, 256-7
vi. Joshua Blodgett, born 26 Feb 1693/94 in Woburn, MA; died 1735 in England; married Dinah Morse.
Notes for Joshua Blodgett:
Joshua son of Samuel and Huldah (Simonds) Blodgett was born in Woburn, Massachusetts, and Feb 26, 1693. He farmed in Woburn, and Stafford, Connecticut. In 1719 he moved, with his brothers Samuel, Josiah and Daniel, to Stafford, Connecticut and became one of the first proprietors of that town. He was assessed in Woburn from 1715-1719. He continued to live in Stafford for some years, and about 1732-3 he went back to England and died there.
vii. Josiah Blodgett, born 27 Mar 1696 in Woburn, MA; died 1756 in Stafford, CT; married (1) Elizabeth Unknown; died 22 Jul 1764 in Stafford, CT; married (2) Margret Elizabeth 1718 in Woburn, MA; married (3) Elizabeth Sawyer 16 Dec 1718 in Medford, MA; born 07 Nov 1698; died 22 Jul 1764 in Stafford, CT.
Notes for Josiah Blodgett:
Josiah son of Samuel and Huldah (Simonds) Blodgett was born in Woburn, Massachusetts, and Mar 27, 1696. He was assessed in Woburn from 1716-19. In 1719 he moved to Stafford, Conn. with his brothers and became one of the first proprietors of the town. In partnership they built the "Mill" at Stafford Hollow.
viii. John Blodgett, born 19 Apr 1699 in Woburn, MA; died Aug 1757 in Woburn, MA; married Sarah Johnson 14 May 1722 in Woburn, MA.
Notes for John Blodgett:
John served in the French and Indian War, 12 weeks and to days in 1722. He was assessed in Woburn from 1723 to 1739. In 1758, it was voted in Woburn Town Meeting that "The selectmen are hereby directed and empowered to sell and dispose of lands that were John Blogget’s of Woburn, deceased."
ix. Benjamin Blodgett, born 04 Mar 1700/01 in Woburn, MA; married Abigail Farley; born 18 Dec 1716; died 01 Sep 1801.
Notes for Benjamin Blodgett:
Benjamin went with his brothers Samuel, Daniel and Josiah, to Stafford (Conn.) in 1719 and remained there until at least 1727. In that year Stafford records state: - "Benjamin Blodget deeded to Israel Warner 56 acres of land for £80." He was assessed in Woburn from 1729 to 1763. The Records of the Proprietors of Woburn: - "To see if the Proprietors will sell or grant Benjamin Blogget a site for a Smith’ shop, etc.", which indicates that he was a blacksmith.
x. Nathan Blodgett, born 15 Mar 1703/04 in Woburn, MA; died 24 Sep 1747; married Abigail Converse 04 Jan 1726/27; born 1705; died Unknown.
Notes for Nathan Blodgett:
Nathan was assessed in Woburn from 1725 to 1746. He was called Captain and Ensign.