Person:Isaiah Blood (1)

Isaiah was b. after his family had settled in Bellingham, MA. He gre wup as a member of the Baptist church, there, founded by his father,his wife's father, and several others, who were originally part of Mendon. Isaiah was 54 years old when the Revolution broke out, but being an able-bodied man, he fought along side his sons. His rank was from the Charlton Militia, from which he went to the Revolution. Isaiah was b. after his family had settled in Bellingham, MA. He grew up as a member of the Baptist church, there, founded by his father,his wife's father, and several others, who were originally part of Mendon. Isaiah was 54 years old when the Revolution broke out, but being an able-bodied man, he fought along side his sons. His rank was from the Charlton Militia, from which he went to the Revolution.

Isaiah was born after the family was settled in Bellingham . he grew up there, as a member of the Baptist Church, which had been founded by his father, and his wife's father, and several of her uncles. That is, no doubt, where they met and got to know each other. The church covenant was signed in 1750. The very founding of Bellingham, and then of the Baptist church was protested by the people of Mendon, as they believed it was just to get out of paying taxes to the Congregational Church. For the first few years, until Isaiah was about 16 and Martha was 13, The congregation met informally in homes.

It wasn't until 1642 that the church was officially recognized. They had no pastor, but selected a ruling Elder and other principal men to certify to the town assessors that their members would be exempt form church taxes. When the Association of Baptist Church in New England was formed, in 1767, Bellingham was one of only four churches that dared to join. They helped lead the struggle for religious freedom. (Source: Thompson, Nancy, "The First Thomsons and the Fourth Baptist Church of Bellingham, Ma". Pub. on the Thomson Page on the Internet, 1997)

Isaiah was 55 years old when the Revolution broke out, but being on able-bodied man, he fought along side his sons. The rank of ensign was from the Charlton Militia, from which he went to war.

1. ↑ Bellingham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States. Vital records of Bellingham, Massachusetts, to the year 1850. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1904)
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   BLOOD, Isaiah, s. Richard and Joannah, [born] Jan. 19, 1720-1.