Brief Life History of Joseph
When Joseph Blodgett was born on 19 January 1804, in Hartland, Windsor, Vermont, United States, his father, Benjamin Blodgett, was 32 and his mother, Mary "Polly" Greenleaf, was 30. He married Rosanna Utley on 9 May 1827, in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States. 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, and was buried in Stannard, Caledonia, Vermont, United States.
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- Jos Blodgett, "United States Census, 1860"
- Legacy NFS Source: Joseph Blodgett - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Joseph Blodgett
- Marriage Record of Joseph Blodgett and Abigail Sawyer
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World Events (8)
1808
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
1812
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
Name Meaning
English: unexplained. This surname is no longer found in Britain.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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