Generation No. 4
Thomas, Robert, Robert, Thomas
Thomas Blodgett, born 18 Nov 1605 in
Stowmarket, Suffolk, England; died 07 Aug 1642 in Cambridge,
MA. He was the son of 2048. Robert Blodgett and 2049. Sarah Stepper.
He married 1025. Susannah ? 1621. Susannah ?, born 1607 in England; died 10 Feb 1659/60 in Woburn, MA.Notes for Thomas Blodgett:Born
in England, 1605 exact location not definitely known. He came to
America in 1635 in the ship "Increase" and settled in Cambridge,
Massachusetts Bay Colony, with his wife Susannah and two children,
Daniel aged 4 years, and Samuel aged 1-½ years. He died in Cambridge
August 7, 1642. According to the London Customhouse records
Thomas was a "Glover" and pursued his occupation in London, and
afterwards in Boston (Mass). Customhouse records also depose that he
"brought certificates from Ministers and Justices of ye Peace of his
conformities to the Church of England." Cambridge (Mass.) records show
that he was Sworn a Freeman and allotted land March 6, 1636. In the
year 1638 he sold a tract of land to Robert Daniel, and between Harvard
Square and Mount Auburn Street, probably his homestead. Dying in 1642, Thomas left a will dated August 10, 1641, probated in 1643; -
I, Thomas Blodggett, being at this time in my right mind, give to my
wife Susan, my whole estate, after my decease, as well within as
without. She to bring up my children in such learning and other things
as meet for them and pay eldest son, Daniel, £15 when he is one and
twenty, or in one month after her decease. To my second son, Samuel £15
as above. To daughter Susanna £15. Should they have a father- in- law
who does not treat them well, my will is that the Deacons and our
brother Fessington and our brother Edward Winhship they, or either of
them shall have the power to see unto it and reform it by one means or
another. Written this 10th day of 9th month 1641. THOMAS BLOGGET In the presence of THOMAS HARRIS JOHN MEENA
Thomas’ widow, Susannah, married, July 15, 1644, James Thompson of
Woburn (Mass.), b. in England, 1593. The children moved to Woburn with
her and settled there. She died in Woburn, Feb. 10, 1660. The daughter,
Susanna Blodgett, married Nov.28, 1655, Jonathan Thompson, son of her
stepfather. Their great-grandson, Benjamin Thompson, became the
distinguished philosopher, knighted by King George III, and given the
title of Count Rumford, by the King of Bavaria, b. Aug 21, 1814. A
statue was erected to his memory in Munich, a replica of which stands
in front of the Public Library in Woburn, erected by Mr. Marshall Tidd
of Woburn, who has a Blodgett connection in the third generation.More About Susannah ?:#1: The LDS records states that she along with two of her children died in England Children of Thomas Blodgett and Susannah ? are: i. Daniel Blodgett,
born 1631 in Stowmarket, England; died 28 Jan 1671/72 in Chelmsford,
MA; married (1) Mary Butterfield 15 Sep 1653 in Chelmsford, MA; died 05
Sep 1666; married (2) Sarah Underwood 10 Mar 1668/69 in Chelmsford, MA;
born 1642.Notes for Daniel Blodgett:Daniel (2) lived first
in Cambridge, then in Woburn and in 1653 was one of the twenty "first
petitioners" for the grant of the plantation of Chelmsford (Mass.) near Lowell. The next year he took up land for cultivation in the West Precinct of Chelmsford, in 1659 he had four acres in "Little Tadmuk" a part of Chelmsford, and in January 1666 he was appointed "one of a committee to state every proprietor in the "New Filed" the proportion of his fence. Etc."
ii. Samuel Blodgett, born 12 Jul 1633, in Stowmarket, Suffolk, England; died 21 May 1720 in Woburn, MA; married Ruth Eggleton (Iggleden) 13 Dec 1655 in Woburn, MA.
Steven Eggleton He married 1027. Elizabeth Bennett.
. 1 Elizabeth Bennett
Child of Steven Eggleton and Elizabeth Bennett is:
i. Ruth Eggleton (Iggleden), born 08 Nov 1631 in Kent, England; died 14 Oct 1703 in Woburn, MA; married Samuel Blodgett 13 Dec 1655 in Woburn, MA.
Suggested Appearance of Thomas Blodgett's House in Stowmarket, Suffolk, England
circa 1610. Click image for larger view.
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