Woodford & Blott

1. Mary Woodford: Born 1638, probably in Roxbury, Norfolk, MA; Died 17 April 1684, Northampton, Hampshire, MA; Married 1653, Windsor, Hartford, CT; Isaac Sheldon: Born 1630, of Ashford, Bakewell, Derbyshire, England; Died 27 Jul 1708, Northampton, Hampshire, MA. (See  Sheldon)

2. Thomas Woodford: Born about 1615, Roxbury, Lincolnshire, England; Died 6 March 1667, Northampton, Hampshire, MA; Married 4 March 1635, Roxbury, Norfolk, MA; Mary Blott: Born about 1615, England; Died 1656, Hartford, CT. William came to America from London in the William and Francis, it embarked on 7 March 1632, and arrived at Roxbury, MA 5 June 1632. The customs records indicate that there were only 16 passengers aboard the ship, though in actuality there were more like sixty. Many of these extra passengers were stowaways trying to escape the "malignant Feebleness of Archbishop Laud." He may have been one of these unregistered passengers. It is known that Reverend Stephen Bachiler, Reverend Thomas James and Reverend Thomas Weld were among the unlisted passengers. He was made a freeman on 4 March 1635. In Roxbury he was a Steward of the Church beginning in 1632, when he arrived, until 1636, when he followed Thomas Hooker to found Hartford, CT.

Thomas' Parents--

• A. Joseph Woodford: Born about 1590.

Mary's Parents--

3. Robert or Thomas Blott: Born 1582, England; Died 1 March 1665, Boston, Suffolk, MA; Married 31 August 1609, Harrold, Bedford, England; Susan (Susannah) Selbee: Born about 1586, England; Died 20 January 1659, Boston, Suffolk, MA. Robert Came to America on the William and Francis in 1632. (See Thomas Woodford for discussion)

4. John? Blott: Born 1556, Ridgmont, Bedfordshire, England.

5. William Blott: Born about 1525.