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Josiah Blood

Male 1717 - 1776  (59 years)


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  • Name Josiah Blood 
    Born 20 Jan 1717  Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 16 Sep 1776  Ticonderoga, Essex, NY Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I7405  My Genealogy
    Last Modified 1 Aug 2016 

    Father James Blood,   b. 12 Aug 1687, Groton, Middlesex, MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother Catherine Nutting 
    Family ID F5506  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Sarah Farley,   b. 1 Aug 1721, Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Jan 1754, Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 32 years) 
    Married 23 Jul 1741  Middlesex County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Solomon Blood,   b. 17 Apr 1746, Hollis, Hillsborough, New Hampshire Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Dec 1802, Hollis, Hillsborough, New Hampshire Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 56 years)
     2. Josiah Blood,   b. 18 Jul 1743
     3. Ebenezer Blood,   b. 26 May 1745
     4. Sarah Blood,   b. 19 May 1750
     5. Caleb Blood,   b. 21 May 1752
    Last Modified 1 Dec 2015 
    Family ID F5422  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • ?JOSIAH BLOOD (20 Jan 1716/7?Sep 1776) ? Died at Fort Ticonderoga, or perhaps at Mount Independence in what is now Orwell, Vermont, on the opposite shore of Lake Champlain, in September 1776. According to Harris [24?25], ?Josiah had volunteered in July 1776, joining a regiment of NH Volunteers sent to reinforce the army in Canada. In consequence of the retreat of the continental troops from Canada this regiment went no further north than Ticonderoga. Josiah was not a young man, but in his 60th year when the rigors of war proved too much for him and he succumbed to the ?feaver and Ague? shortly after sending this appeal:

      ?Camp Mount Independence 4th Sept 1776

      ?Loving wife and children,

      ?I take this opportunity to inform you that I am in something of low circumstances of health at present and by reason of old age I find myself unable to undergo the fatigues of a campaign therefore I entreat that you would hire a man and send up to take my place as soon as possible & furnish him with a horse so that I may ride home if God should be pleased to spare my life so long. The man that takes my place may have the use of my gun and accoutrements during the term I engaged for. Pray spare no pains or money and I will see that it is paid or order the same paid as my life is at stake if I continue here long. There is no prospect but the army will remain here till our enlistments are out. It is a sickly time at present with the feaver and Ague. So committing myself with my concerns to God and desiring your prayers for me I remain your loving husband and affectionate father till death.

      ?Josiah Blood.?