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(Second Marriage)
HAROLD LOOMIS, b. 5 Mar. 1898; educated Hebron Academy and Colby College; inspector textile mills, Nashua, N. H. ANNIE LUCILLE, b. 8 July 1899; Middlebury College, 1922. DOROTHY ELLEN, b. 10 Dec. 1900; Framingham, Mass. Normal, 1921; teacher.
MARTHA ELIZA, b. 13 May 1902; Middlebury College, 1924; training at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Boston.
RUTH WILLIS, b. 15 Sept. 1903; Middlebury College, 1925.
16. Edmund William Baldwin (William L.3, Elisha 2, Jabez1) was born May 7, 1852, and died December 18, 1912. He married, in 1878, Flora Madison, whose grandmother was Elizabeth Han- cock, niece of John Hancock. Elizabeth lived with her uncle, John Hancock, until she married John Henry Madison, whose
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mother, Susanna Henry, was sister to Patrick Henry, and whose father was brother to President James Madison. Edmund William Baldwin, after graduating from Kimball Union Academy, taught for several years, then went to Iowa, where he was asso- ciated with a commission house. In 1878 he returned to Strat- ford, where he engaged in farming. After the death of his mother he returned to the West.
MARY, b. 4 July 1879; d. Aug. 1881.
FLORA BELLE, b. July 1881 ; d. Apr. 1885.
BERTA EDITH, b. 5 May 1884; Brown Univ. JANE HOLMES, b. 28 Sept. 1887; Brown Univ .; m. 25 Dec. 1924, Dana Courtright; teacher, Pasadena, Calif.
WILLIAM LOTHROP, b. 19 Nov. 1889; Dartmouth, Yale Univ.
Forestry School; U. S. Forest Service, Montana; lumber manufacturer, Warren, Ark.
17. Harry Stevens Baldwin (Jedediah M.3, Elisha 2, Jabez1) was born May 20, 1877. He married, 1902, Bessie Moffett, Littleton, N. H. He was educated in the common schools of Stratford and Littleton High School. He began his business career as clerk, and became partner of William H. Bellows of Littleton in the clothing business. He moved to Springfield, Mass., in 1909, and engaged in the restaurant business, and became very prominent in the business and industrial life of Springfield. He is now vice-president and treasurer of the Wal- dorf System, Inc., with headquarters in Boston.
SARAH, b. Sept. 1904; m. July 1924, George Bulkley. FRANK MOFFETT, b. 3 Jan. 1906; student at Choate School, Conn.
ALICE ELIZABETH, b. II Mar. 1913.
BARLOW
Joseph Barlow, one of the original grantees, presumably from Stratford, Conn., was the first settler to bring his family to Strat- ford, N. H. This was in 1773, and the proprietors voted Mrs. Barlow $10.00 for being the first woman with a family of children to make her home in this wilderness. Mr. Barlow pitched a little north of the Thomas Connary place. In 1776 he was one of the committee to lay out the town plot. He was here during the Revolution, and presents an account for damages for moving
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family, loss of crops, and scouting. His was one of the ten fam- ilies raided by Indians (see chapter on Revolution). He appears in 1778 on a petition for an abatement of taxes, and a statement of hardships.
Joseph Barlow built one of the first mills in town, on Little Bog Brook, before 1800. His name is on the tax list for 1807, but we do not find him later, nor the name of his son, Nathan, whom he probably accompanied to Canada (see below). Children, so far as known:
SARAH, b. 29 Dec. 1758; m. James Curtis 21 June 1776; d. 25 Feb. 1794.
2. NATHAN, b. -; m. Polly Wales, ; d.
3. ABNER, b. -; m. Eunice French, -; d. .
4. EPHRAIM, b. 22 Dec. 1768; m. Polly Smith, ; d.
2. Nathan Barlow (Joseph1) was born in Connecticut. The date and place of birth are unknown, but he was of sufficient age to play a prominent part during the Revolution, an account of which will be found in the chapter devoted to that period. He was a justice, and his name appears often in the town records of Stratford, N. H. We have no mention of his name after the new century came in. He removed to Canada, and his father and two of his brothers, Abner and Ephraim, accompanied him, together with his son, Elisha A. (see below). Nathan Barlow m. Polly Wales; their children were:
5. ELISHA A., m. Elizabeth Stevens. LYDIA, m. Dow Lamkin.
3. Abner Barlow (Joseph1) was born in Connecticut, and came to Stratford in 1773. Married Eunice French of Maidstone, Vt., who was born May 15, 1767, daughter of John and Anna (Haynes) French. They moved to Canada, then settled at Jamestown, N. Y. About 1835 Mr. Barlow removed to Kenosha, Wis., then known as Southport, where he died four years later. Mrs. Bar- low lived twelve or fourteen years longer. They were buried at Pleasant Prairie, Wis. Their children were:
6. ABNER, b. 1800; m. Polly Strunk. LUCRETIA.
4. Ephraim Barlow (Joseph1) was born in Connecticut, Decem- ber 22, 1768. Married Polly Smith, fourth daughter of Jonathan and Judith (Thayer) Smith, who was born October 19, 1778, and
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died April 25, 1844. Ephraim Barlow died in 1849. They lived on a farm in Cookshire, P. Q. Their children were:
SABRINA, b. 25 Oct. 1799; m. Eros Sabouroean.
LUCINDA, b. 22 Jan. 1801 ; m. Jacob Moulton; 8 ch.
EPHRAIM, b. 29 Nov. 1802; m. Adaline Lawrence; 5 ch. JOSEPH, b. 9 Sept. 1803; was drowned in early manhood. GEORGE I., b. 13 Aug. 1807; m. Ann Maria Williams; 4 ch. ESTHER MARIA, b. 9 May 1818.
THIRD GENERATION
5. Elisha A. Barlow (Nathan2, Joseph1) was a resident of Stratford until about the year 1850, when his name disappears from the town records. Mr. Prescott states that he was the son of Ephraim (4), but his name does not appear in the list of Eph- raim's children as given in the Smith genealogy. We have been unable to get in touch with any of the Barlow family to verify it. Elisha married Elizabeth Stevens, daughter of Isaac Stevens, and lived at Stratford Hollow. He was selectman in 1842 and 1843; and George F. Barlow, who, we conclude, was his son, was town clerk from 1830 to 1840 (with but few exceptions), when he removed to the northern part of the town, and was agent for Noah Lyman. George's wife's name was Ann, and the birth of one son, Frederick G., born July 25, 1839, is recorded. The Barlows removed to Canada, as mentioned above.
6. Rev. Abner Barlow (Abner2, Joseph1) was born about 1800; settled in Jamestown, N. Y., and was ordained to the ministry. About 1835 he accompanied his father to Wisconsin, and took up a government claim of 160 acres, and with very limited means began the struggle for the support of the family. On account of ill health he was obliged to sell that farm and removed to Dun- kirk, and again took up a government claim, which he developed into a farm upon which he lived twenty years. Aside from his labors on the farm, Mr. Barlow did much missionary work going out on Sundays some ten or twelve miles to preach in some little log schoolhouse, or, oftener, in a farmhouse. He preached the first sermon delivered in Kenosha, and continued his relig- ious work after his removal to Dunkirk. Originally a Methodist, he became a Congregationalist, and was the first Congregational pastor when a church of that faith was established at Stoughton, in 1846. The rest of his life was spent in that city, where he died at the home of his daughter, Eunice, in 1881 or 1882. Mr.
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Barlow was one of the pioneer pastors to whom the country owes much, a man of strong convictions, and a potent factor in the molding of the religious and civil life of the community wherever he resided. He married Polly Strunk while living in New York, and had eleven children, seven of whom were born there, the four youngest after his removal to Wisconsin :
LA FAYETTE, lived in Minnesota.
SOPHIA, lived in Minnesota. ELIZABETH, lived in Chicago. MARGARETTE.
MARY, lived in Canada.
EUNICE, lived in Stoughton, Wis.
7. BYRON A., lived in Jamestown, N. Y.
BRAINARD, lived in Chicago. HENRY, d. in Nevada, 1888. SYLVESTER, d. from exposure before Vicksburg. FRANCES, lived in Jamestown, N. Y.
7. Byron A. Barlow (Abner2, Joseph1) was born at Jamestown, N. Y., and was about four years old when his father removed to Wisconsin (1835). His education consisted of a yearly three months at school, the remainder of the time being spent in work on the farm until he was twenty-one; then, by great exertion and sale of a pair of steers which his father had given him, he entered Albion Academy, and by working and teaching district schools, he finished the course there. After his graduation he became a successful teacher, and was superintendent of schools for Dane county. He married Roxanna Crane, and in company with his father-in-law went to Oil City, Penn., where he acquired sufficient means to return after two years, and take up the study of law. He was admitted to the bar, and became a successful lawyer and a worthy citizen in Jamestown. In addition to law, Mr. Barlow attained eminence as a fine singer, and was choir leader in one of the prominent churches in the city. He had two daughters and one son. His youngest daughter made a fine record as a pianist.
BARNES
Ezra Barnes came to Stratford in 1810 from Brookfield, Mass., a journey requiring nine days. His family at that time consisted of a wife and three little girls, his traveling equipment, a horse and a pair of steers. Two incidents of the arrival of that pioneer
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family are left us: the children running ahead of the load, and the borrowing of coals in the skillet at Mr. Blake's to start the home fires. Mr. Barnes settled first on the Freeman Curtis place. He lived in Haskins six years, and in Stark six years. He settled finally in East Stratford, where he built the "round house" of timbers laid up in octagonal form. A saw mill was also built by him in 1849. Mr. Barnes married (1) Nancy Carruth, (2) Widow Peck.
LOUISA, m. Martin Leavitt; 6 ch .; in Stark and Gorham.
LUCY, m. Asa Stone; 5 ch .; Stark.
LUCINDA, d. at 2 yrs.
LUCINDA, m. (1) Abel Holbrook, I ch .: Harvey A., (2) Nich- olas Stone.
ELECTA, m. Dea. Hosea Aldrich, Colebrook, N. H .; 3 ch .: Harriet, m. Holmes, Melinda, Ezra, physician in Lowell and Manchester, N. H.
PERSIS, m. Chas. Huntoon.
NATHAN, m. Mary Townsend, Brookfield, Mass .; 3 ch.
SOPHIA, m. Zabina Lincoln, Brookfield, Mass .; 2 ch.
CATHERINE, d. 2 wks.
RHODA, d. 2 yrs.
SOLOMON X., m. Susan Lincoln, Brookfield, Mass .; 4 ch. JAMES M., m. Hannah Jones, Temple, N. H.
2. HERMENIA, m. Ezra Merrill.
2. Hermenia Barnes (Ezra1) married Ezra Merrill, who was born in Warren, N. H. His name appears first on the tax list in Stratford in 1845. He settled in East Stratford, and in 1859 began to buy wild lands, acquiring 10,200 acres. He built over the Barnes mill, and operated it for forty years, employing about thirty men. In 1887 the property was purchased by the Turners Falls Company. Mr. Merrill removed to New York, where he became interested in the manufacture and operation of toboggan slides, at Coney Island and at Peakes Island, Me.
Ezra Merrill began his business career a poor man, handicapped by the lack of an education, but liberally endowed with great energy and native shrewdness. One incident will illustrate his perseverance: He borrowed fifty dollars and bought a pair of oxen. Before he was able to repay the entire amount with his own money, he had hired the money thirteen times. He left Stratford a reputed millionaire. His generosity and originality were displayed in his will, where his poor debtors found the mort- gages upon their property had been cancelled in their behalf. Mrs. Merrill was as strong a character as her husband. Both
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were much interested in the religious life of the little community that grew up around their industry.
NATHAN CARRUTH, Tilton Seminary; banker in Nebraska. SOLOMON BARNES, three years at Dartmouth; civil engineer and real estate, Kansas.
EMERSON, Tilton Seminary, 1886; Dartmouth; Chicago.
BLAKE
The Blakes trace their descent to Sir William Blake, who, in 1630, built the colonial mansion in Dorchester, Mass., now a museum owned by the city of Boston.
Samuel Blake, the pioneer, came to Coös in 1807, and settled in Northumberland, on the farm adjoining Stratford. He was a skilled carpenter and cabinet maker, and the older houses in town contain many specimens of his handicraft. He was born June 4, 1774; married, June 13, 1797, to Abigail Dunton, who was born October 12, 1775, and died July 1, 1853.
2. THOMAS, b. 19 Oct. 1798; m. Abigail Marshall. SAMUEL, b. 16 Nov. 1800.
3. ROYAL, b. 19 Sept. 1802; m. Eliza -. GEORGE CLARK, b. 16 Mar. 1805. ABIGAIL, b. 30 Oct. 1807; m. Benjamin Merriam.
EDWARD, b. 9 Mar. 1810.
BENJAMIN, b. 19 June 1813.
MARY REBECCA, b. 17 Sept. 1815; m. Grandison Platt.
SARAH ELIZABETH, b. 27 Dec. -; m. Edward Byron; d. Aug. 1891; 2 daughters.
2. Thomas Blake (Samuel1) was born October 19, 1798. He married Abigail Marshall, daughter of Antipas and Sarah (Low) Marshall, who was born June 3, 1794.
REBECCA, m. Almon Butler.
JOHN L., - -; I ch .: George.
HELEN M., m. Edward Foster; I ch .: Florence.
MARY, m. John Dodge; 2 ch .: George, Fred.
GEORGE, m. Lizzie Williams; 3 ch .: Ada, Sarah, George.
3. Royal Blake (Samuel1) was born September 19, 1802. He married Eliza
THOMAS, who became a printer.
HARRISON.
JOHN.
CHARLOTTE, m. Michael Driscoll.
GEORGE W .; New York City; prominent newspaper man.
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BLODGETT
Thomas Blodgett, who came from England in 1635, was the ancestor of the Stratford Blodgetts. His son, Samuel, I, was born in England in 1633. The family evidently settled in Wo- burn, Mass., for we find there the births of Samuel, II, born December 2, 1658; Samuel, III, December 2, 1683; Henry, June 27, 1708. Archippus, the Stratford pioneer, the son of Henry, was born in Stafford, Conn., August 16, 1735. He married, January 16, 1753, Mary Lamkin, sister of Joshua Lamkin, by whom he had eight children, most of whom, if not all, were born in Connecticut, as transfers of land were made to Thomas, Josiah and Levi, for duty as settlers.
Archippus was one of that group of seven who came here in the summer of 1772. There is some reason to believe that it was even earlier than that, when that famous tree-felling contest with Isaac Johnson took place, which culminated in a new charter, new boundaries, and a new name for the New Hampshire colony. He settled upon the Judson lots, deeded him in consideration of duty as a settler; and he was one of the valiant seven families who remained here during the Revolution. He was one of the selectmen of that period, and his name appears signed to several petitions. In 1785 we find it as selectman, but it is wanting in an order given to the state treasurer, 1792, to which the names of all his children, save Thomas, are signed for the wages due Thomas Blodgett, in which it is stated "that the above named are all the heirs of the above named Thomas Blodgett, late a soldier." As neither Archippus nor his wife is named, and as his name does not appear among the voters in a petition for a new county in 1790, we conclude that he was not living at that date.
LEVI, moved to Black River, N. Y.
2. ELIJAH, m. Polly Lamkin.
THOMAS was a soldier in Maj. Whitcomb's corps of Rangers, and is spoken of in 1791, as "late a soldier."
3. JOSIAH, m. Eunice Barlow.
NEWCOMB, unm .; a Revolutionary soldier taken prisoner by the Indians.
4. HOWARD, m. Nancy McCollester.
5. HENRY, m. Margaret McCollester.
6. MARY, m. (I) Thomas Cole, (2) Ephraim Howe Burnham.
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2. Elijah Blodgett (Archippus1) was born in Connecticut and came early to Stratford. The first record we have of him is: "Feb. 3, 1779, Archippus Blodgett to Elijah Blodgett, both of Stratford, N. H., transfer of land from father to son." "Sept. I, 1786, Newcome and Elijah Blodgett of Stratford, N. H., to Elisha Mills of Stratford, Conn." He married Polly, daughter of Joshua Lamkin, and settled in Guildhall, where he was a miller. He died in Bloomfield, at the home of his son, Newcome.
JANE, m. (1) Willie Snow, (2) Levi Lucas; I ch .: Willis. LYDIA, m. Nathaniel Snow; 5 ch .: Emily, Roxa, Diana, Hiram, William.
DIANA, Joseph Hinman.
SAMUEL, m. (I) Nabby Bassett, (2) Maria Moore.
NEWCOME, m. Olive Hinman; 6 ch .: Edward, George, John, Fred, Mary, Harriett.
3. Josiah Blodgett (Archippus1) was born in Connecticut. In the proprietors' records we find this real estate transfer: "5 Jan. 1774, Sam'l Adams, J. P. Agur Judson, Jr., to Josiah Blodgett for doing duty and settling equal portions of intervale and upland, 50 acres until laid out, 350 acres, Lot 42, original grantee." Josiah was one of Benjamin Whitcomb's Rangers, and was taken captive by the Indians (see chapter on Revolution and Appendix). He was miller at Judson's gristmill. The Blodgett families in Stratford are all descendants of Josiah Blodgett.
9. THOMAS, m. Admirable Brown.
IO. JOSEPH, m. Sendrile Brown.
II. ELIJAH, m. Susan Herridge.
ARCHIPPUS, m. Celia Allen ; moved to N. Y.
JOSIAH, m. Mary Fuller; 5 ch .: James, Lucy, Mary, Eliza, Lydia.
SALLY, m. Benjamin Cross; 6 ch. : Martha, Lucinda, Almeron, Hiram, Daniel, Fred.
AURILLA, m. Joseph Cushman.
BETSEY, m. Frank Kidder; 4 ch .: Aaron, Louisa, Lydia, Curtis.
ANN, m. Enoch Hall; 7 ch .: Elisha, Eleanor, Eunice, Laura, Gracia, Sophia, Henry.
4. Howard Blodgett (Archippus1) was born November 4, 1769. He married, January 23, 1797, Nancy McCollester, and settled in Stewartstown, N. H. His name is on the tax list in Cockburn (Columbia) in 1798, and in Stewartstown in 1808. He served as selectman in 1813, and as town clerk in 1835-36. He died
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October 29, 1858. Mrs. Blodgett was born February 26, 1778, and died May 6, 1850.
NANCY, b. 25 Oct. 1797; m. Stephen Kemp 3 May 1813.
12. HOWARD, Jr., b. 29 Sept. 1799; m. (1) Susan Piper, (2) Naomi Burbank.
MARGARET, b. 23 Feb. 1802; m. William Willard.
MARY, b. II Jan. 1804; unm.
REBECCA, b. 16 Feb. 1806; m. Peter C. Fuller.
13. THOMAS BRANCH, b. 16 May 1808; m. Josephine Piper.
REV. L. D., b. 31 May 1811 ; m. Clarissa Lombard.
WILLIAM M., b. 9 Dec. 1814; m. (I) Armenia A. Leach, (2) Mary E. Flanders.
ELIZABETH, b. I Mar. 1817; unm.
EUPHORIA F., b. 17 Apr. 1819; m. John W. Adams.
5. Henry Blodgett (Archippus1) settled in Lemington, Vt., and married Margaret McCollester.
CYRUS, d. in the War of 1812.
14. ZEBINA, m. Nancy Morgan. NANCY.
ABDIEL, m. Harriett DeForest; 2 ch. : Mills, Josephine.
15. HENRY, Jr., m. Louisa Allen.
LEVI, m. Susan Hatch; 2 ch .: Frank, Benjamin.
MARGARET, m. Asa Dunbar; 2 ch .: Augusta, Henry.
BEACH, m. Roxanna Gamsby ; 3 ch. : Lysander, Walter Scott, Sarah Janet.
16. ANDREW, m. Irene T. Gamsby.
6. Mary Blodgett (Archippus1) married (1) Thomas Cole, (2) Ephraim Howe Burnham. Her children were all born in Strat- ford. According to her grandson, Dr. George R. Sanborn of Rutland, Vt., the family did not leave here until after 1816, as "I have heard them tell of their great suffering during that cold year there. Grandmother lived to be 77. She walked with an erect figure and a step as elastic as a girl of 18. She was a small woman, but with a great and heroic soul that struggled coura- geously against poverty to rear her children to become honest and respectable citizens."
(First Marriage)
DEBORA, m. Samuel Johnson.
THOMAS, m. Margery Rich; moved to Monkton, Vt.
(Second Marriage)
MARY B., m. Solomon Lee; moved to Bristol, Vt. SUSAN W., m. James Sanborn.
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SOPHIA, m. Nathan Leavenworth; moved to Hinesburg, Vt. CHARLES, m. Amanda Beldin; moved to Macon, Grundy Co., Il1.
EPHRAIM B., m. Mary Varney; moved to Erie County, N. Y .; I ch .: George.
THIRD GENERATION
.9. Thomas Blodgett (Josiah2, Archippus1) was born in Strat- ford. He married Admirabel Brown, who was born December 20, 1786, a daughter of James Brown.
ALMIRA, m. Volney Brown.
17. PHILANDER, m. Eliza Curtis.
10. Joseph Blodgett (Josiah2, Archippus1) married Senderile Brown, who was born May 10, 1798, daughter of James Brown. They lived in the first house on the Percy road. Mrs. Blodgett spent her last days with her son, Loyal B.
WILDER, b. 21 Aug. 1817; m. Eliza J. Ellingwood; d. 21 Jan. 188I. NELSON, b. II Apr. 1820; unm.
OCTA, b. 20 Jan. 1825; m. Anderson Curtis; d. 20 Jan. 1870.
18. STEWART, b. 21 July 1828; m. Lucy Blodgett.
19. LOYAL B., b. 1830; m. Lydia Lamkin. NEWELL, d. at 24.
II. Elijah Blodgett (Josiah2, Archippus1) married Susan Ann Herridge (Heriden?).
SALLY H., b. 9 Dec. 181I.
CHARLES G., b. 19 Sept. 1813.
WILLIAM H., b. 12 Oct. 1815; d. II Apr. 1897.
HIRAM, b. II Jan. 1818.
20. DARIUS W., b. 4 Feb. 1820. NANCY F., b. 20 July 1822. EUNICE, b. 17 Sept. 1824.
2I. JOSIAH, m. Abigail Wheeler; II ch .: James, Riley, Hemphill, Edna, Phebe-names of others not known.
12. Howard Blodgett, jr., (Howard2, Archippus1) was born September 29, 1799. He married (I) Susan, daughter of Samuel and Rebecca (Copp) Piper, (2) Naomi Burbank.
(First Marriage)
JOHN PIPER, m. Josephine Keazer; 2 ch .: Henrietta, Benja- min Howard, m. Mary Hilliard; I ch .: Dr. John Moody Blodgett.
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(Second Marriage)
SUSAN, m. Gideon Matthews; 5 ch .: Angie, Abbie, Howard, George, Susan.
WESLEY, d. young.
CYRUS, m. Angie Cook; 6 ch .: Clara, Ella, Belle, Herbert, Mattie, Edward.
13. Thomas Branch Blodgett (Howard2, Archippus1) was born February 16, 1808. He married Josephine, daughter of Samuel and Rebecca (Copp) Piper.
MILTON. FRANK.
THOMAS, m. Mary Blodgett.
ANN, m. Joseph W. Flanders.
BELLE.
ALICE.
14. Zebina Blodgett (Henry2, Archippus1) married Nancy Morgan. They lived in Lemington, Vt.
CYRUS, m. Eliza Mitchell; 2 ch .: Frank, Rollin.
ALBERT, m. Sarah Coats; moved to Canaan, Vt .; 3 ch .: Eugene, Clarence, Roxanna.
EDWARD C., m. Lucy Fellows; settled in Pittsburg, N. H .; 6 ch .: Nettie, Belle, Emma, Roswell, Cyrus,.Lucy.
LOUISA, m. Verder ; moved to N. Y.
HARRIETT, d. at 5.
JAMES, m. Emily Carpenter ; 3 ch .: Nellie, Minnie, Ida.
15. Henry Blodgett, jr., (Henry2, Archippus1) married Louisa Allen.
ANN LOUISA, m. Samuel Stanton; 3 ch .: Louis Chalmers (professor in a Western college) m. Emma Bacon, Cecil (prominent physician in Chicago), Ellie m. Rev. Herbert Weibrecht (formerly clergyman in London, Eng., later head of divinity school in Lahore, India).
BENJAMIN COLEMAN, m. Althea Pulsifer; I ch .: Mattie Bacon m. Robert Palmer (prominent realtor in Seattle, Wash.). Dr. Benjamin Coleman Blodgett was the first American to graduate from the Royal Conservatory at Leipsic, Ger., and later was head of the Music Depart- ment at Smith College.
FRANCES AMELIA, m. John Elliot Trowbridge, organist and composer of note; 3 ch .: Louisa, Agnes, Mary.
WILLIAM HENRY, m. Adelaide Nicholson ; 3 ch .: Grace Allen m. Ralph H. Seelye (prominent lawyer of Springfield, Mass.), William Ernest (Harvard medical student), William Henry (member of firm of Joel Goldthwaite).
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[These items were collected by Mr. Prescott during the '80's, and represent the branch of the Blodgett family that settled in Lemington, Vt .- ED.]
16. Andrew Blodgett (Henry2, Archippus1) married Irena Thankful Gamsby in 1845. She was born in Stratford in 1827, daughter of Peter and Thankful (Smith) Gamsby.
HARRY, m. Kate Carrick; lawyer in St. Johnsbury, Vt. MARY, m. Thomas Blodgett.
EMMA ANNIE, m. Byron Blodgett.
ABBY J., m. Cyrus Noyes.
HAZEN B.
COLEMAN. CRAIG.
FOURTH GENERATION
17. Philander Blodgett (Thomas3, Josiah2, Archippus1) mar- ried Eliza, daughter of David Curtis. He died April 26, 1867.
22. LANADER, b. 1829; m. Lydia Holbrook.
ALBERT, b. 1838; m. Roxanna McCollester; d. in army II Dec. 1862.
23. MORTIMER, b. 3 Mar. 1837; m. Martha Cross.
NAHUM, b. 1835; m. Augusta Banfield; d. 6 Apr. 1858.
B. FRANK, b. 29 May 1841; m. (I) Abia Clark, (2) Lizzie Holmes; d. 30 Nov. 1920.
MARY, b. 26 July 1849; m. Bernice Hanks; d. 24 Mar. 1903. FRED, b. 16 Oct. 1831 ; m. (1) Mary Walcott, (2) Alma Blod- gett; d. 24 Mar. 1903.
18. Stewart Blodgett (Joseph3, Josiah2, Archippus1) was born July 21, 1828. He married Lucy, daughter of Josiah and Mary (Fuller) Blodgett, who was born in 1833, and died October 22, 1900. Mr. Blodgett died June 29, 1887.
ADDIE, b. Apr. 1856; m. Barzilla Emery; d. I Mar. 1920. MAUD, b. 14 June 1866; m. (1) Frank Amey, (2) Hazen Curtis.
NEWELL, b. 30 Sept. 1873; m. Maud Young.
19. Loyal B. Blodgett (Joseph3, Josiah2, Archippus1) was born February 26, 1831. He married Mrs. Lydia Lamkin, widow of Dow Lamkin, and daughter of Ephraim Barlow. Mr. Blodgett was in trade at Stratford Hollow for many years. In 1894 he sold to Fred Taylor and removed to Piermont, N. H., where he was in business with his son. He died there November 26, 1900.
LENNIE, m. Cora Webster.
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20. Darius Blodgett (Elijah3, Josiah2, Archippus1) was born February 4, 1820. He married (1) Jennie Ayers, August 27, 1861, and (2) Sarah Peck, February 27, 1868.
24. HAZEN, m. Mrs. Amanda M. (Virtue) Gordon.
21. Josiah Blodgett (Elijah3, Josiah2, Archippus1) married Abigail Wheeler.
25. JAMES, m. Lucinda Cross.
RILEY.
HEMPHILL, m. Mrs. Martha (Cross) Blodgett.
EDNA.
PHEBE.
Other children (6) names not known.
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