Thomas Blossom

1580 - Bef 1633  (< Age 53)



Birth	1580 Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
Died	Bef 25 Mar 1633 Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA

Ann Heldsen

Abt 1590 - unknown



Birth	Abt 1590 England
Died	unknown New England, USA
1	Henry Rowley b. 1598, England
Married	17 Oct 1633 Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA

Family	Thomas Blossom & Ann Heldsen
Married	10 Nov 1605 Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
Children	1. Son Blossom b. Bef 1620 2. Elizabeth Blossom b. 2 Jun 1620, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands 3. Thomas Blossom b. Abt 1623, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands 4. Peter Blossom b. Aft 1627, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands

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Name	Edward Fitzrandolph  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13]
Notes	Edward Fitzrandolph was an ancestor of Barack Obama, through son Nathaniel and grandson Samuel. He was a Quaker when he moved from Plymouth Colong to New Jersey to escape religious discrimation. I suspect that he was not a Quaker when he arrived in America so - like tmost people who immigrated in the Puritan-dominated Winthop Fleet, he was probably seeking opportunity. The Puritans, unlike the "Separatists" (who were not referred to as Pilgrims until also 200 years later) were not Church of England heretics; they just were just seeking to practice their austere and doctrinare theocrashy without having to compete with mainstream Anglicans.
Gender	Male
Birth	5 Jul 1607 Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, England [3, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13]
	(baptism)
Died	1684/85 Piscataway, Middlesex County, New Jersey, USA [3, 6, 12]
Buried	​ St James Episcopal Church Cemetery, Edison, Middlesex County, New Jersey, USA [6, 12]
	FindAGrave Memorial 45704155; headstone did not survive the Revolutionary War. I'm actually quite skeptical that he was buried here, as he died well before the existence of this graveyard was recorded..

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Family ID: F20849 Group Sheet  |  Family Chart  |  Last Modified: 5 Feb 2025  

Wife	Elizabeth Blossom (ID:I21969) (Age 93) b. 2 Jun 1620, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands d. 21 Nov 1713, Piscataway, Middlesex County, New Jersey, USA (Age 93)
Marriage	10 May 1637 Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA [2, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16]
Children	1 . Nathaniel FitzRandolph (ID:I25857) (Age 70) b. 10 Dec 1642, Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA d. 21 Nov 1713, Woodbridge, Middlesex County, New Jersey, USA (Age 70) 2 . Mary FitzRandolph (ID:I25856) (Age < 5) b. 6 Oct 1644, Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA d. Bef 1650 (Age < 5) 3 . Hannah FitzRandolph (ID:I25851) (Age 55) b. 23 Apr 1649, Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA d. 13 Apr 1705, Yarmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA (Age 55) 4 . Mary Fitzrandolph (ID:I25852) (Age 87) b. 2 Jun 1650, Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA d. 4 Jan 1737/38, Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA (Age 87) 5 . John FitzRandolph (ID:I25853) b. 7 Oct 1653, Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA d. unknown 6 . Thomas FitzRandolph (ID:I25854) (Age 91) b. 16 Aug 1654, Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA d. 25 Oct 1745, Piscataway, Middlesex County, New Jersey, USA (Age 91) 7 . Joseph FitzRandolph (ID:I25628) (Age 69) b. 1 Mar 1655/56, Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA d. 10 Jan 1726, Piscataway, Middlesex County, New Jersey, USA (Age 69) 8 . Hope FitzRandolph (ID:I25855) (Age 40) b. 2 Apr 1661, Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA d. 15 Feb 1702, Woodbridge, Middlesex County, New Jersey, USA (Age 40) 9 . Benjamin Fitzrandolph (ID:I21971) (Age 83) b. 4 Apr 1663, Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA d. 5 Oct 1746, Stony Brook, Mercer County, New Jersey, USA (Age 83)
Documents		The Winthrop Fleet of 1630 p 17, Appendix A - Alphabetical List of Passengers
Histories » Slide Show		New England, The Great Migration and The Great Migration Begins, 1620-1635 Name: Thomas Blossom
		Edward Fitzrandolph and Elizabeth Blossom p5 Excerpt from "The Descendants of Edward Fitz Randolph and Elizabeth Blossom 1630-1950, by Louise Aymar Christian and Howard Stelle Fitz Randolph, 1950
		Historical, genealogical, and biographical account of the Jolliffe family of Virginia, 1652 to 1893 pp 217-221
		Fitz Randolph traditions : a story of a thousand years p99
		English Origins of New England Families, Second Series, Vol. I p.855-861
		A Genealogical Record of the Corliss Family of America pp 254,5. In the chapter on "Detached Families", and among a list of people named Corliss living in New Jersey at the time of the book's publication.

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Arrival	1630 Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA [1, 4, 10, 11, 12]  –  In the Winthrop Fleet; built house 38
Residence	1630 Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA [9, 13]
Residence	1636 Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA [5, 14]
Residence	1639 Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA [9]
Residence	1649 West Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA [12]  –  A farm, on "a great double lot"
Residence	1669 Piscataway, Middlesex County, New Jersey, USA [10, 12]  –  in 1669, with his wife and six of his children, he sought a new home in Piscatway, New Jersey

Documents		U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 Name: Elizabeth Blossom. SAR Membership Number: 89625
		The Winthrop Fleet of 1630 p 17, Appendix A - Alphabetical List of Passengers

Histories » Slide Show		New England, The Great Migration and The Great Migration Begins, 1620-1635 Name: Thomas Blossom
		Edward Fitzrandolph and Elizabeth Blossom p5 Excerpt from "The Descendants of Edward Fitz Randolph and Elizabeth Blossom 1630-1950, by Louise Aymar Christian and Howard Stelle Fitz Randolph, 1950
		Mayflower Deeds and Probates, 1600-1850 Edward Fitzrandolph
		Fitz Randolph traditions : a story of a thousand years p99
		English Origins of New England Families, Second Series, Vol. I p.855-861
		EdwardFitzrandolf-RoyalDescent
		A Genealogical Record of the Corliss Family of America pp 254,5. In the chapter on "Detached Families", and among a list of people named Corliss living in New Jersey at the time of the book's publication.
		Fitzrandolph British Ancestry 24 purported generations above Edward Fitzrandolph, to Rolf, b. 860, First Duke of Normandy From Daniel Fitz Randolph His Ancestry and Descendants An American Branch of The Fitz Randolph Family by Oris H.F. Randolph, 1959
		Genealogical notes of Barnstable families - Edward Fitzrandolph
		Notes on Edward Fitzrandolph

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Birth - 5 Jul 1607 - Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, England Arrival - 1630 - Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA Residence - 1630 - Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA Residence - 1636 - Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA Marriage - 10 May 1637 - Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA Residence - 1639 - Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA Residence - 1669 - Piscataway, Middlesex County, New Jersey, USA Died - 1684/85 - Piscataway, Middlesex County, New Jersey, USA Buried - - St James Episcopal Church Cemetery, Edison, Middlesex County, New Jersey, USA  = Link to Google Earth

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[S283] Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s, by Gale Research SC Details: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010; Citation: Page: Name: Edward Fitzrandolph. Place: Salem, Massachusetts; Year: 1630; Page Number: 29 Text:  Name: Edward Fitzrandolph Arrival Year: 1630 Arrival Place: Salem, Massachusetts Source Publication Code: 6111.5 Primary Immigrant: Fitzrandolph, Edward Annotation: Date and place of arrival. Place of origin, ship name, intended destination, and other genealogical data are provided for some. Source Bibliography: "NEW ENGLAND SHIP AND PASSENGER LISTS." In Boulder Genealogical Society Quarterly (Boulder, CO). Vol. 4:1 (Feb. 1972), pp. 28-32 (1630). Page: 29 [S381] American Marriages Before 1699 SC Details: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 1997; Citation: Page: Edward Fittsrandolphe Text:  Name: Edward Fittsrandolphe Spouse: Elizabeth Blossom Marriage Date: 10 May 1637 Marriage Place: Scituate, Massachusetts [S289] Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 SCI Details: Name: Sons of the American Revolution ; Date: 2011; Citation: Page: Edward Fit Randolph. SAR Membership Number: 89625 Text:  Name: Edward Fit Randolph Birth Date: 5 Jul 1601 Birth Place: Sutton, England Death Date: 1684 Death Place: Piscataway, New Jersey SAR Membership: 89625 Role: Ancestor Application Date: 3 Apr 1965 Spouse: Elizabeth Blossom Children: Joseph Fit Randolph Household Members: Name: Age Bruce Borchers: Ertelle Fit Randolph: Gustar Brucr Brashears: Ephaim Fit Randolph: Obadiah Woodruff Fit Randolph: Elizabeth Weed: Phoebe Haines Woodruff: Futch Ref Churc Fit Randolph: Rachael Srouder: Louis Fitz Randolph: Rachel Stelle: Rephah Drake: Joseph FitzRandolph: Joarez Conger: Joseph Fit Randolph: Elizabeth Blossom: Edward Fit Randolph: U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 Name: Elizabeth Blossom. SAR Membership Number: 89625 [S383] The Widow Mary Ring, of Plymouth, Mass., and her children, by John Insley Coddington SC Details: Name: The American Genealogist; Location: Demorest GA; Date: Oct 1966; Citation: Page: Information about Thomas Blossom's travel across the Atlantic to America Text:  …the Speedwell, the leaky little ship which started to accompany the Mayflower in 1620, but which was forced to turn back to Plymouth in England because of its un-seaworthy condition. Many of the Speedwell’s passengers were transferred to the Mayflower, while others, including Robert Cushman and Thomas Blossom, decided to return to Leyden and await a later opportunity to migrate to the New World. … Blossom and his family were in Leyden by 1609 as members of Mr. John Robinson’s congregation; he was a passenger on the Speedwell in 1620; returned to Leyden after the failure of that ship, and came to New England on the second Mayflower in 1629… [S384] Mayflower Deeds and Probates, 1600-1850 SCI Details: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2013; Citation: Page: Edward Fitzrandolph Text:  Name: Edward Fitzrandolph Event Type: Deed Record Date: 1 Jun 1649 Record Place: Plymouth Colony Residence: Barnstable Mayflower Deeds and Probates, 1600-1850 Edward Fitzrandolph [S15] FindAGrave.com SC Details: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012; Citation: Page: FindAGrave Memorial 45704155; Edward Fitzrandolph Text:  Birth: Jul. 5 1607 Sutton-in- Ashfield Nottinghamshire, England Death: 1685 Piscataway, Middlesex County, New Jersey, USA Burial: St. James Episcopal Church Cemetery Note: http:/​/​www​.findagrave​.com/​cgi-bin/​fg​.cgi?page=gr&GRid=45704155&ref=acom [S197] North America, Family Histories2, 1500-2000 SCI Details: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2016; Citation: Page: Edward Fitz Randolph. Book Title: A Genealogical Record of the Corliss Family of America : including partial records of some of the families connected by intermarriage; among which are those of Neff, Hutchins, Ladd, Eastman, Roby, Ayer, Kingsbury, Merrick, Text:  Name: Edward Fitz Randolph Gender: Male Birth Date: 1607 1615[1615] Birth Place: of Nottingham, Fngland First Marriage Date: 10 May 1637 A Genealogical Record of the Corliss Family of America pp 254,5. In the chapter on "Detached Families", and among a list of people named Corliss living in New Jersey at the time of the book's publication. [S372] New England, The Great Migration and The Great Migration Begins, 1620-1635, by Robert Charles Anderson, et at SCI Details: Name: New England Historicl and Genealogical Society; Location: Boston, MA; Date: 1995-2009; Citation: Page: Vol 1, Thomas Blossom, pp182-184 Text:  [[summary]] Thomas Blossom Birth Date: by about 1580 Origin Place: Leiden, Holland Emigration Year: 1629 First Residence Place: Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Death Date: Plymouth before 25 March 1633 His correspondence with William Bradford indicates substantial education Marriage: St. Clement's, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, 10 Nov 1605 to Anne Elsdon. (She married (2) Plymouth 17 Oct 1633 Henry Rowley) Children: 1. ___ Bur. Pieterskerke, Leiden, 12 April 1617 2. Son, ___ by 1620, accompanied his father on the Speedwell in 1620, died in Leiden by 15 Dec 1625 3. Elizabeth b. ca 1620; m (1) Scituate 10 May 1637 Edward FitzRandolph; m.(2) Piscataway, NJ, Capt John Pike 4. Thomas, b. about 1623; m. Barnstable 18 June 1645 Sara Ewer 5. Peter b. after 1627; m. Barnstable 21 June 1663 Sarah Bodfish Details of Thomas Blossom's correspondence with Gov. Wm Bradford, in which he mentions his son. Analysis and dismissal of the common view that Thomas Blossom was a deacon at Plymouth. Discussion of support for death date. Note: http:/​/​search​.ancestry​.com/​cgi-bin/​sse​.dll?db=GreatMigration&h=48951&indiv=try New England, The Great Migration and The Great Migration Begins, 1620-1635 Name: Thomas Blossom [S1093] A Genealogical Record of the Corliss Family of America, by Augustus Whittemore Corliss SCI Details: Location: Yarmouth, Maine; Date: 1875; Citation: Page: pp 254,5. In the chapter on "Detached Families", and among a list of people related to the Corliss family living in New Jersey at the time of the book's publication in 1875. Text:  [[AmongSome information about Edward Fitz Randolph (from Nottingham England) & his marriage & father-in law. Then gives details about Edward's son Nathaniel (one of 10), and Natl's son Edward (one of 8), Edward's son Richard (one of 10), and Richard's 8 children.]] A Genealogical Record of the Corliss Family of America pp 254,5. In the chapter on "Detached Families", and among a list of people named Corliss living in New Jersey at the time of the book's publication. [S1030] The Winthrop Fleet of 1630, by Charles Edward Banks SCI Details: Name: Genealogical Publishing Co; Location: Baltimore, MD; Date: 1930; Citation: Page: p.70, Appendix A - Alphabetical List of Passengers Text:  Edward Fitzrandolph - From Sutton-in-Ashfield, Notts. Came in 1630... Probably an apprentice...perhaps one of those freed in 1630... Fitzrandolph married in Scituate. In 1669 he removed to New Jersey. Note: https:/​/​search​.ancestry​.com/​cgi-bin/​sse​.dll?db=FLHG-WinthropFleet&h=256830&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt The Winthrop Fleet of 1630 p 17, Appendix A - Alphabetical List of Passengers [S1031] Fitz Randolph traditions: a story of a thousand years, by L.V.F. Randolph SCI Details: Name: The New Jersey Historical Society; Date: 1907; Citation: Page: p99 Text:  [[ Supposition about the accuracy of reports of Edward Fitzandolph's birth date, suggesting it was 1614]]... W do know that the emigrant Edward of Nottinghamshire was barely, if quite, grown up when he came to Massachusetts in 1630, and that he was still quite a young man when he marries Elizabeth Blossom at Scituate, Mass, on the 10th of May, 1637 Fitz Randolph traditions : a story of a thousand years p99 [S1026] The descendants of Edward Fitz Randolph and Elizabeth Blossom 1630-1950, by Louise Armar Christian and Howard Stelle Fitz Randolph SCI Details: Location: Provo, UT; Date: 1950; Citation: Page: p5 Text:  [[Overview of the origins, parents, emigration, settlement, marriage, move to Piscataway, and death of both Edward and Elizabeth, followed by a list of their children. See attached history.]] Edward Fitzrandolph and Elizabeth Blossom p5 Excerpt from "The Descendants of Edward Fitz Randolph and Elizabeth Blossom 1630-1950, by Louise Aymar Christian and Howard Stelle Fitz Randolph, 1950 [S1032] English Origins of New England Families, Second Series, Vol. I CI Citation: Page: p.855-861 Text:  [[A great deal of information about Edward Fitzrandolph's ancestors in England.]] Note: https:/​/​search​.ancestry​.com/​cgi-bin/​sse​.dll?db=FLHG-EnglishOrigins2Vol1&h=398946&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt English Origins of New England Families, Second Series, Vol. I p.855-861 [S1724] Genealogical notes of Barnstable families SCI Details: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT; Date: 2005; Citation: Page: p368ff, 4-page entry for Edward Fitzrandolphe (sic) Text:  Begins with "Mr. Lothrop says 'The young Master Fitzrandolphe' built in 1636, the 38th house constructed in Scituate. Having Provided himself with a home, he married, May 10m, 1637, Elizabeth, daughter of Dea. Thomas Blosson of the Leyden and Plymouth chruches. [[Also house sale, move to Barnstable, house there, move to a farm in West Barnstable, move toNew Jersey. Other biographical notes, and lists 10 children.]] Note: https:/​/​search​.ancestry​.com/​cgi-bin/​sse​.dll?db=13170&h=370&indiv=try Genealogical notes of Barnstable families - Edward Fitzrandolph [S382] Nathaniel Fitz Randolph of Woodbridge, N.J., Quaker, and his Descendants, by Loise Aymar Christian (compiler) SC Details: Name: New England Historic & Genealogical Society; Location: Boston, MA; Date: Jan 1943, Vol 97; Citation: Page: Name: Elizabeth Blossom. Volume Number: 097. Page number: 276 Text:  Name: Elizabeth Blossom Event Type: Marriage Father's Name: Thomas Heilson Blossom Mother's Name: Ann Heilson Blosson Marriage Date: 10 May 1637 Marriage Place: USA Page number: 276 Volume Number: 097 [S1034] Historical, genealogical, and biographical account of the Jolliffe family of Virginia, 1652 to 1893 SCI Details: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT; Date: 2005; Citation: Page: pp 217-221 Text:  [[Review of some Fitzrandolph ancestry, immigration of Edward Fitzrandolph and Thomas Blossom (and Thomas' wife & daughter). Then a prose direct line descendancy through 4 generations of Fitzrandolphs, then Rachel "Randolph", and her daughter, who married William Jolliffe.]] Historical, genealogical, and biographical account of the Jolliffe family of Virginia, 1652 to 1893 pp 217-221