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Blossom, Thomas

Male Abt 1580 - 1633  (53 years)


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  • Name Blossom, Thomas  
    Born Abt 1580  of Cambridge,Cambs,Eng Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 1633  Plymouth,Plymouth,MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • BIRTH: Thomas's place as a son of Peter Blossom of Gt. Shelford and Stapleford is not proved but seems highly probable. Thomas married at Cambridge in 1605, but his baptism is not found in any of the Cambridge parishes. It is known that Peter Blossom's widow Annabel married Richard Bracher at nearby Stapleford and removed to Cambridge where Richard Bracher died. Annabel was granted administration of the estate of Richard Bracher of Cambridge on 4 Oct 1617. The will of Peter Blossom of Stapleford, 12 June 1597, proved 16 Jul 1597 mentions minor children but does not name them, suggesting he had children younger than those found in the par reg of Great Shelford (Consistory Court of Ely, reg wills, V:367 [FHL #173476]). It is also noteworthy that Thomas named one of his own sons Peter, which was unusual for a devout Puritan unless the child was named for a close family member. Puritans generally avoided the name Peter, as it smacked of the papacy. For additional discussion, see John I. Coddington and Maclean W. McLean, "The Blossom Family of Cambridgeshire, England, and New England," part 1, TAG, 63(1988):65-77 (FHL #974 D25aga).
      MAR: St. Clement's, Cambridge par reg (FHL #1040438).
      DEATH: William T. Davis, BRADFORD'S HISTORY OF PLYMOUTH PLANTATION (NewYork, 1908), 302 (FHL #974.4 H2bw). Thomas Blossom's death is also refered to in a letter from Rev. Ralph Smith of Plymouth, New England to Rev. Hugh Goodyear of Leyden, Holland, 1 Jul 1633, published in D. Plooij, THE PILGRIM FATHERS FROM A DUTCH POINT OF VIEW (New York, 1932), 100-102 (FHL #974 D3p). The original letter is in the Goodyear Papers, New York University Library.
      OCC: Deacon of the Plymouth church.

      ~LDS ORDINANCES
      BEPS: IGI
    Person ID I7625  Our Generations Ancestors
    Last Modified 28 Jun 1999 

    Father Blossom, Peter,   b. Abt 1535, of Great Shelford,Cambs,Eng Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 15 Jun 1597, Stapleford,Cambs,Eng Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 62 years) 
    Mother Annabel,   d. Aft 4 Oct 1617, Cambridge,Cambs,Eng(?) Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married Abt 1570 
    Family ID F3373  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Elsdon, Anne,   b. Abt 1584, of Cambridge,Cambs,Eng Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 10 Nov 1605  Cambridge,Cambs,Eng Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Blossom, (unknown),   bur. 12 Apr 1617, Pieterskerk,Leyden,Zuid Holland,Neth Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Blossom, (unknown),   b. Bef 1620,   d. Bef 15 Dec 1625, Leyden,Zuid Holland,Neth Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age < 5 years)
     3. Blossom, Elizabeth,   b. Abt 1620, Leyden,Zuid Holland,Neth Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1685  (Age > 66 years)
     4. Blossom, Thomas,   b. Abt 1623, Leyden,Zuid Holland,Neth Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Apr 1650, Eastham Harbor,Barnstable,MA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 27 years)
    +5. Blossom, Peter,   b. Abt 1628, Leyden,Zuid Holland,Neth Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Jul 1706, Barnstable,Barnstable,MA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years)
    Family ID F3379  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart