When Joseph Blodgett was born on 20 August 1803, in Grafton, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States, his father, Benjamin Blodgett, was 31 and his mother, Polly Greenleaf, was 29. He married Rosanna Utley in 1829. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Goshen Gore, Caledonia, Vermont, United States in 1860 and Topsham, Orange, Vermont, United States in 1880. He died on 27 March 1888, in Stannard, Caledonia, Vermont, United States, at the age of 84.