"… James, chi. of Joshua and _____ (Morse) Blodgett. He was b. Dec. 21, 1723, at Monson, Mass. [Stafford, Conn.]; d. March 20, 1817, at Ascot, Can. He was an Ensign in the Revolution, and after the war removed to Randolph, Vt. 'Blodgett. James, of Monson, sergt. Capt. Freeborn Moulton's co., Col. Danielson's regt., which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775. to Cambridge; left Cambridge May 6, 1775, service 21 days. Also Ensign Capt. Amos Walbridge's co.. Col. David Brewer's (Hampshire co.) regt., muster roll dated Aug. 1, 1775. enlisted April 24, 1775; service 3 mos., 14 days. List of officers in camp at Roxbury, ordered to be commissioned June 17, 1775.' (Vide Mass. Soldiers and Sailors of the Rev., Vol. II, pp. 195-9.) Congress, June 17, 1775. 'ordered that commissions be delivered to the several officers within named,' among them Capt. Amos Walbridge and Ensign James Blodgett."