Person:Samuel Blodgett (1)
Samuel Blodgett
b.12 Jan 1633 Stowmarket, Suffolk, England
d.21 May 1720 Woburn, Middlesex Co., MA
Parents and Siblings
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m. Abt 1626
  1. John BlodgettEst 1627 - 1632
  2. Nathaniel Blodgett1628/29 - 1630
  3. Daniel Blodgett1631 - 1672
  4. Samuel Blodgett1633 - 1720
  5. Susannah Blodgett1637 - 1697/98
  6. Thomas BlodgettAbt 1639 - 1639
Spouse and Children
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m. 13 Dec 1655
  1. Ruth Blodgett1656 - 1695
  2. Samuel Blodgett1658 - 1743
  3. Thomas Blodgett1660/61 - 1740
  4. Susanna Blodgett1664/65 - 1714/15
  5. Sarah Blodgett1667/68 -
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Facts and Events
Name Samuel Blodgett
Gender Male
Birth? 12 Jan 1633 Stowmarket, Suffolk, England
Baptism? 12 Jul 1633 Stowmarket, Suffolk, England
Marriage 13 Dec 1655 Woburn, Middlesex Co., MAto Ruth Eggleton
Death[1] 21 May 1720 Woburn, Middlesex Co., MA
Reference Number? 2975
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Origins

Samuel's parents emigrated to New England when he was one and a half years old.

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Life in New England

His family lived in Cambridge and after his father died in 1642, his mother remarried and the family moved to Woburn. He became a landowner after reaching adulthood.

He was Deputy to the General Court of Massachusetts Colony in 1691. He served as Selectman, commissioner of rates and other offices at various times.

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Legacy

Historical Celebration of the Town of Brimfield, Hampden County, Mass, p 383: 1. Samuel [Blodgett], b in England 1633; d. July 3, 1687; m. Ruth Ingleden Dec. 13, 1655. Ch: Ruth, Samuel, Thomas, Susanna, Sarah.

Blackman and Allied Families, p. 50 Samuel Blogget, son of Thomas and Susanna Blogget, was born in ENgland about 1633, and came to this side with is parents. He went to Woburn early to reside and married there, Dec. 13, 1655 (Woburn Vital Records, 3-17), Ruth Eggleton, who was born in England, and died in Woburn Oct. 14, 1703 (Ibid, 2-15.) Her mother, Jane, married (1) _____ Eggleton; (2) James Britton; (3) Isaac Cole, and she died in Woburn, Mar. 10, 1687. 

 Samuel and Ruth (Eggleton) Blogget had 7 children, one of them a daughter Sarah, born in Woburn, Feb. 17, 1667-8, who married Dea. John Heywood. (Savage's Genealogical Dictionary, I-203; Sewall's Woburn, 1868, p. 594; Wyman's Charlestown, 1879, I-229; N.E. Register, 59-417; 65-187.)
References
  1. ↑ Johnson, Edward F. Woburn Records of Births, Deaths, and Marriages . (Woburn, Massachusetts: Andrews, Cutler & Co., 1890-1919)
    Vol 2, p. 15, Deaths.

    Samuel, Sen., s. of ____, May 21, 1720.

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