Althea Blood
30 March 1747–13 June 1748 (Age 1)
Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
The Life Summary of Althea
When Althea Blood was born on 30 March 1747, in Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, her father, Silas Blood I, was 21 and her mother, Alathea Martin, was 20. She died on 13 June 1748, in her hometown, at the age of 1.
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Family Time Line
Silas Blood I
1725–1794
Alathea Martin
1727–1767
Althea Blood
1747–1748
Aletheah Blood
–
Eleanor Blood
1749–1790
Althea Ann Blood
1751–1826
Susanna Blood
1753–1753
Silas Blood II
1755–1844
Abraham Blood
1757–1775
Reuben Blood
1758–1783
Olive Blood
1761–1765
Noah Blood
1762–
Asa Blood
1764–1846
Abner Blood
1766–1846
Parents and Siblings
1725–1794Male
1727–1767Female
Siblings
(12)
1747–1748Female
1749–1790Female
1751–1826Female
1753–1753Female
1755–1844Male
+7 More Children
Name Meaning
English: occupational name for a blood-letter, based on the Middle English verb bloden ‘to let blood’. The usual Middle English terms for this occupation were bloodletter or blooder.English: possibly also a nickname from Middle English blode ‘blood’, used as an oath (short for God's blood) but also as a term of address for a blood relative, as in: ‘Now beth nought wroth, my blode, my nece’ (Chaucer). It could also mean ‘child, near relative’ and ‘someone as dear to one as one's own offspring’.Irish (of English origin): According to MacLysaght, the Irish family of this name came to Ireland (Clare) in the 16th century from Derbyshire, where they were originally called by the Welsh surname ap Llwyd (see Lloyd), but the Welsh origin is dubious, and it is more likely that the surname is derived from 1 or 2 above.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Sources (2)
- Allathear Blood, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
- Legacy NFS Source: Alathea #1 Blood -
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