Thomas Blogget

1661 - 1740  (79 years)

• Name	Thomas Blogget  [1, 2]
  Born	26 Feb 1661	Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Will	26 Oct 1738	Middlesex Co., Massachusetts   [1]
  	To "beloved wife" Rebeckah Bloggett: life estate in all possessions and full rights to sell, improve, etc. for her own maintenance and comfort; to sons Thomas, Joseph, and Samuel Bloggett: lands already given; to daughters Rebeckah Russell, Abigail Reed: "All My Moveable house hold Stuff", exceptions noted; to sons Thomas Bloggett, Samuel Bloggett: certain furniture excepted from the daughters' bequest, and clothing; to son Joseph Bloggett: £20; to daughter Rebeckah Russell: £10; sons Thomas and Samuel Bloggett, executors
  Died	29 Sep 1740	Lexington, Middlesex, Massachusetts
  	Lexington town records do not seem to have this record
  Probate	4 Nov 1740	Middlesex Co., Massachusetts   [1]
  	Will proved
  Probate	2 Feb 1740/1	Middlesex Co., Massachusetts   [3]
  	Estate inventory; total is not given but approaches £400
  Notes	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 1704, 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.
  Person ID	I2265	Wm L Gann Ancestors
  Last Modified	27 Apr 2017

  
  

  Father	Samuel Blogget,   b. 12 Jul 1633, Stowmarket, Suffolk, England ,   d. 3 Jul 1687, Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts  (Age 53 years)
  Mother	Ruth Eggleton,   b. 8 Nov 1631, Kent, England ,   d. 14 Oct 1703, Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts  (Age 71 years)
  Married	13 Dec 1655	Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts   [4]
  Family ID	F1027	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Rebecca Tidd,   d. 8 Mar 1750, Lexington, Middlesex, Massachusetts
  Married	11 Nov 1685	Woburn, Essex, Massachusetts   [4]
  Children	1. Thomas Blodgett,   b. 5 Aug 1686, Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts ,   d. 29 Mar 1754 - Sep 1755  (Age 69 years)   2. Blogget,   d. 13 Apr 1688, Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts + 3. Rebecca Blodget,   b. 5 Jun 1689, Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts ,   d. Aft 11 Apr 1757  (Age 67 years)   4. Blogget,   d. 1691, Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts   5. Ruth Blodget,   b. 14 Oct 1694, Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts + 6. Joseph Blodget,   b. 17 Sep 1696, Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts ,   d. 5 Feb 1780 - 6 Oct 1783  (Age 87 years)   7. Abigail Blodget,   b. 7 Nov 1698, Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts ,   d. Aft 23 May 1743  (Age 44 years)   8. Samuel Blodget,   b. 17 Jun 1702, Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts ,   d. 5 Nov 1743, Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts  (Age 41 years)
  Family ID	F1026	Group Sheet

  
  

• Sources

  [S112] Massachusetts, Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991, Ancestry.com, (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015), Middlesex Co., Probate Records, vol. 22, p. 34 (Reliability: 3), 27 Apr 2017. [S26902] Vital Records of Woburn, MA - 1642-1849, The Massachusetts Vital Records Project, comps., (http://ma-vitalrecords.org, The Massachusetts Vital Records Project, 2005-), v. 1, p. 22 (Reliability: 3), 08 Dec 2010. [S112] Massachusetts, Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991, Ancestry.com, (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015), Middlesex Co., Probate Records, vol. 21, pp. 96-7 (Reliability: 3), 27 Apr 2017. [S26902] Vital Records of Woburn, MA - 1642-1849, The Massachusetts Vital Records Project, comps., (http://ma-vitalrecords.org, The Massachusetts Vital Records Project, 2005-), v. 3, p. 27 (Reliability: 3), 08 Dec 2010.