Thomas Blodgett

1605 - 1642  (36 years)

• Name	Thomas Blodgett  [1]
  Born	18 Nov 1605	Stowmarket, Suffolk, England
  Gender	Male
  Immigration	8 Apr 1635	Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts   [2]
  	Aboard the ship Increase
  Occupation	8 Apr 1635	Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts   [2]
  	Glover
  Will	10 Aug 1641	Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts   [1]
  	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
  Died	7 Aug 1642	Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts
  Probate	8 Jan 1642/43	Suffolk Co., Massachusetts   [1]
  	Will proved
  Notes	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 1½ 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 os 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. 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. 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.
  Person ID	I2372	Wm L Gann Ancestors
  Last Modified	24 May 2017

  
  

  Father	Robert Blodgett,   b. 1578,   d. Bef 1617  (Age 39 years)
  Mother	Sarah Stepper
  Married	Abt 1597	Stowmarket, Suffolk, England
  Family ID	F1069	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Susannah,   b. 1598, England ,   d. 10 Feb 1660/61, Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts  (Age 63 years)
  Children	1. Daniel Blodgett,   b. 1631, Stowmarket, Suffolk, England ,   d. 28 Jan 1671/72, Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts  (Age 41 years)   2. Samuel Blogget,   b. 12 Jul 1633, Stowmarket, Suffolk, England ,   d. 3 Jul 1687, Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts  (Age 53 years)   3. Susannah Blodgett,   b. Jun 1637, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts ,   d. 6 Feb 1698, Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts  (Age ~ 60 years)
  Last Modified	24 May 2017
  Family ID	F1066	Group Sheet

  
  

• Sources

  [S134] Suffolk County Wills, (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, Inc., 1984), pp. 10-11 (Reliability: 2), 24 May 2017. [S135] The Pioneers of Massachusetts, 1620-1650, Charles Henry Pope, (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, Inc., 1998), ISBN 0-8063-0774-9., 55 (Reliability: 1), 24 May 2017.