a m F s i l d y r T a r w e e d E 1900’s First Second (1900 - 1979) 1800’s Third (1855 - 1968) Fourth (1826 - 1918) Fifth (1796 - 1891) 1700’s Sixth (1734 - 1869) Seventh (1714 - 1838) 1600’s Eighth (1693 - 1799) Ninth (1649 - 1780) Tenth (1613 - 1762) Eleventh (1605 - 1678) Thomas Blodgett (37) Came to America on the ship Increase in 1635 with his wife and two sons. Samuel Blodgett (87) Susannah Thomas Blodgett Stephen Eggleton Samuel Blodgett Timothy Blodgett Timothy was a minuteman in the Battle of Lexington. He was at Lexington Green when the British marched to Concord. He later participated in the seige of Boston. Joseph Blodgett (45) Rebecca Tidd Mary Russell Came to America on the ship Castle, but died just before it landed Rita Eggleton Elizabeth Bennett Joseph Perry Millicent Perry (79) “When her husband was awakened that memorable 19th of April and went out into the night to meet the British on the Lexington green, she arose, heated the brick oven and baked so that if her husband and soldiers with him returned food in abundance would be awaiting them. Then when her work was done took her little children and started for the thick forest, where others had been hiding since before dawn. As she was crossing the street she heard the clatter of hoofs and two British officers were riding past. In her confusion she started to retrace her steps, when the one, who afterward proved to be General Gage, kindly said, ‘God bless you, we do not injure women and children.” They had ridden out a distance to know how the battle was going.” Foster Blodgett (60) Foster Blodgett (51) During the Civil War, he was Captain of the Blodgett Artillery from Augusta. In 1867 he was elected a delegate to the Constitutional Convention. “From the year 1821, when he came to this city, to his death, he enjoyed the confidence of all who knew him, and justly earned a character above reproach.” In 1837, Foster Blodgett was elected City Marshall of Augusta serving the city for five years. He retired, but five years later certain individuals with authority thought it was imperative that he return as City Marshall again. He served for another five years before finally retring. He was also a manager of the Augusta Orphan Asylum. Susan Purdue (78) Mary Locke (82) John Hawks Immigrated to America around 1634. Founder of Hadley Mass and Windsor Connecticut Eleazer Hawks (66) A soldier in the King Philip’s War. Elizabeth Browne Eleazer Hawks (80) Waitstill Hawks (69) John Foster (67) Mary Blodgett (79) _____ Smead Thankful Hawks (88) John Blodgett (72) Louisa Foster(30) Henry Zinn (85) Anna Spofford William Smead (68) Abigail Wells (71) Served in the Revolutionary War under “light horse” Harry Lee He was a soldier under Captain Turner in the Falls Fight in King Philip’s War. Judith Smead Jane Zinn (76) Jane Dearborne (64) Robert Allison (84) He served three consecutive terms in the South Carolina House of Representatives from 1838 to 1843. He was elected in 1852 as a delegate to the Southern Rights Convention. He served as a delegate from York County at the Secession Convention of 1860. He was a signer of the South Carolina Ordnance of Secession in December 1860 that precipitated the war. John “Jack” Edwards James Allison, MD (87) Martha Clinton (74) He served as private and lieutenant during 1782 and may have been captain under General Marion. Sarah Turner (86) James Hope Peter Clinton Ephraim Wells William Beardsley(55) Family arrived in Boston on the ship Planter on June 7, 1635 He was one of the Minutemen in Captain Locke’s Company in the Lexington Alarm. Mary Beardsley (60) Mary Harvey (68) Ruth Sanderson William Allis Supervision of building the road from Boston to Providence Francis Breadner (42) William Meek (25) John Allis (48) Robert Meek Andrew Mitchell Joseph McCorkle (74) Mary Meekins Thomas Meekins William Sanderson Jean Joseph Sanderson Joseph Sanderson (58) Sara Bethiah Kemp William Byers Captain Byers was a member of the South Carolina’s Second Provisional Congress in 1775-1776 Ruth Blood Ruth Parker (64) Elizabeth Walton Thomas Hope Mary McCorkle (31) Violet Hannah (66) Mary Abigail Allis Jean Mitchell Susannah Byers (73) William Edwards (53) Frances Joseph Clinton (91) While resding on Bullock’s Creek, he enlisted in the Fourth Regiment in January 1776. He served as a captain in the militia under Major James Wallace. He was once captured by Captain J. Mayfield and the Torries. During the Revolutionary War James also served under the command of General Thomas Sumter. He fought in the Battle of Kings Mountain and was present for the defeat at Fishing Creek in 1780. Susan Edwards Thomas Wells (56) Annie Johnathan Spofford Elizabeth Bates Hugh Wells Margaret Hope James Meek (61) Susan Meek (69) She was slain by the French and Indians in the assault on Deerfield on 29 February 1704. Hugh Allison (85) Captain Peter Clinton served in the South Carolina Troops for three months under Colonel Neal in the Revolutionar War’s Snow Campiagn. He also served against the Cherokee Indians. Mary Burnett (81) Mary Allison (90) Thomas Lawrence Elizabeth Bates Robert Allison (72) William Edwards Judith Stoughton Isaac Parker He was one of the early settlers of Plantation No. 4, which later became Charlestown New Hampshire. He “was active all through the French and Indian wars.” William Edwards John Edwards (78) Eleanor Wheeler (81) Zachariah Edwards (64) Augustus Edwards (59) William Edwards (72) He was a very prominent architect, focusing mainly on educational structures and court houses. University of Florida states in his architectural biography that he “was one of the primary architects of educational buildings in the Southeastern U.S in the early 20th century.” He designed buildings in Florida, South Carolina, and Georgia ‘excelling in the design of large-scale public and educational buildings.’ Over 25 of his works have been submitted to the National Register of Historic Places. Served in the Civil War for the Confederates as a Captain in the 13th Regiment of the South Carolina Volunteers Infantry. A regiment commanded by his older brother, Colonel Oliver Evans Edwards. The regiment was a participant in almost all of battles in the Eastern theater from September 1861 through Appomattox (part of the time in General Lee’s army in Virginia). He named two of his children in honor of Gen. Robert E. Lee (Virginia Lee and Dr. Robert Lee Edwards) Zachariah Leatherwood Frances Leatherwood Mary Stone Andrew Simpson Joseph Simpson Sarah Simpson (73) Elizabeth Sampson Bobo Jr. (35) Nancy Bobo (73) Sampson Bobo (71) Sarah Edwards He graduated from the University of S.C. and from Harvard Law School in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Robert Lide (67) He served as Captain of the Northeast St. David’s Parish Volunteer Company during 1775, and later as Captain and Major in the Craven County Regiment of Marion’s Brigade. The Bobo (Bobough, Beaubais) family is one of the Huguenot families who fled from France to England; came to America and settled in Caroline County, Virginia.” Sampson Bobo served in the Revolutionary War for the state of South Carolina. Scotland Ireland Hannah Lide (78) Mary Westfield (54) Elizabeth Hart (79) James Hart (32) Thomas Hart (46) He was a Lieutenant in the South Carolina Militia in the War of 1812. Hartsville, South Carolina was named after him. Elizabeth Green Sarah Kolb Edwards Arthur Hart Elizabeth Irby England France Joshua Edwards Anne Kolb New Hampshire Massachusetts Connecticut Maryland Peter Brown (72) Elijah Brown He was a locomotive engineer for the Western of Alabama Railroad. He worked there for 45 years , except for two years in which he Aramenta Mosley worked for the old Georgia Air Line Railroad. He was said to have been one of “the most active and reliable engineers on the road.” India Pearl Brown (96) Meredith Brown Sarah Scales (63) Sarah Crow Joshua Crow (71) Annis Browning (50) Milton Mosely (69) Aramenta Mosley (88) Sarah (>64) Robert Mosley Nancy King Virginia North Carolina South Carolina Georgia Alabama Illinois
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