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Joseph BLOSSOM

SAR Patriot #: P-116734

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State of Service: MA Qualifying Service: Private

Birth: 28 Oct 1747 Barnstable / Banstable / MA
Death: 13 Nov 1833 Barnstable / Barnstable / MA

Qualifying Service Description:

Private: LT Nathaniel Pope's co., COL John Hathaway's regt., enlisted Aug 3, 1780, service, 6 days on an alarm at Rhode Island
Private: CAPT Henry Jenne's co., enlisted March 14, 1781, service, 4 days at Rhode Island

Additional References:

MA Soldiers and Sailors in the War of the Revolution, Volume 2, pg 215
Muster/Payrolls of the Rev War (MA & RI) Volume 22, pg 17 (image 47)

Spouse: Alice Hamlen
Children: Hannah; Chloe; Sarah; Samuel; Benjamin;

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Burial:

West Barnstable Cemetery_(C-0372602)

Location:

West Barnstable / Barnstable / MA / USA

Find A Grave Cemetery #:

245129

Grave Plot #:

Grave GPS Coordinates:

41.708297 / -70.373285

Find A Grave Memorial #:

5761516

Marker Type:

vertical stone

SAR Grave Dedication Date:

Comments:

Photo is displayed courtesy of David C Schafer, MA SAR

Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:

From the Rt. 6A cemetery entrance turn left on the cemetery road and travel 25 yards to the bend in the road. Walk east 30 yards to the gravesite of Joseph Blossom

Photo: 1 of 1

Author: David Crandall Schafer

Joseph Blossom, son of Samuel and Hannah (Bodfish) Blossom, was born on 28 October 1747 at Barnstable, Massachusetts. Joseph had three siblings Thankful, Samuel, and Mehitable¹.

Aged 22 years, Joseph married Alice Hamlen, daughter of Seth and Sarah (Blush) Hamlen, on 1 February 1770, at Barnstable. Together they had five children born from 1771 to 1785, Hannah, Chloe, Sarah, Samuel, and Benjamin².

Joseph’s first service in the American Revolution was in 1780. The Payroll of “Lieutenant Nathaniel Pope’s company when on the late alarm at Rhode Island, but now under the command of Lieutenant Joseph Damon, in the Second Regiment, in County Bristol commanded by Colonel John Hathaway Esq. in Pay of the State of Massachusetts Bay, New England, in service by order of Council in the State of Rhode Island” lists 40 men, including Private Joseph Blossom having enrolled 6 August 1780, and with six days service, and total wages due of 2 pounds, 8 shillings³.

Joseph Blossom served again in 1781 as recorded on the “Payroll for Captain Henry Jenne’s company for service done in marching to Rhode Island agreeable to a Resolve of the General Court passed 28 February 1781”. Captain Jenne’s company payroll of 84 men lists Private Joseph Blossom entered service on 14 March 1781 and was discharged after four days, with total wages due of 9 shillings⁴.

Joseph owned property in the towns of Barnstable and Sandwich. 1790-1820 Census records for the Town of Sandwich and the 1798 Property Assessment Records show his residence in Sandwich. 28 January 1830, Joseph sold to his son Samuel “all my real estate in the towns of Sandwich and Barnstable” in consideration of $1000.

At the age of 86 years, Joseph Blossom died on 13 November 1833 at Sandwich. He was buried at the cemetery of West Barnstable beside his wife, Alice. She had preceded him in death on 11 November 1829 at the age of 82.

Sources:

Barnstable [MA] Town Records, 1713-1781, Vol. 2, page 263.
General Society of Mayflower Descendants, Mayflower Families through Five Generations, Vol. 23, Part 3, Family of Joseph Howland, Massachusetts. Plymouth, page 219.
Massachusetts State Archives, Muster/Payrolls of the Revolutionary War (Massachuetts & Rhode Island), Vol. 3, page 43 (image 87).
Ibid, Vol. 2, page 159 (image 450).

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