Joseph Blodgett

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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Family Time Line

Joseph Blodgett
1804–1888
Rosanna Utley
1800–1870
Marriage: 9 May 1827
Pvt Ephraim F Blodgett
1830–1884
Sally Blodgett
1832–
Pvt Charles O Blodgett
1837–1865
Samuel J Blodgett
1839–1883
William Henry Blodgett
1845–1889

Sources (26)

  • 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

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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