Ezekiel Bloomfield and Hope FitzRandolph
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Husband: Ezekiel Bloomfield
Born: 1 Nov 1663
Place: Newburyport, Essex County, Massachusetts
Died: 15 February 1702
Place: Woodbridge, Middlesex County, New Jersey
Father: Colonel Thomas Bloomfield, Jr.
Mother: Mary Withers
Wife: Hope FitzRandolph
Born: 2 April 1661
Place: Barnstable, Massachusetts
Died: 22 December 1706
Place: Woodbridge, Middlesex County, New Jersey
Father: Edward FitzRandolph
Mother: Elizabeth Blossom
Married: 22 Dec 1680 in Piscataway, New Jersey
Children:
Timothy Bloomfield:
Born: 11 Feb. 1681 (Source 1)
Place: Unknown
Died: After 20 Sept. 1748
Place: Woodbridge, Middlesex County, New Jersey
Married: Rose Higgins on 2 April 1707 in Woodbridge, Middlesex County, New Jersey
Terrie's Thoughts: He married only about three months after the death of his mother. His father was already dead. Did he take in some of his younger siblings to raise? Is this why he married so quickly, or was he already engaged?
Ezekiel Bloomfield:
Born: 26 November 1683
Died: 1748
Married: Esther or Hester (or a variation of these) Rolf or Ralph (previously married to Jonathon Dunham, according to Descendents of Edward FitzRandolph and Elizabeth Blossom by Louise Aymer Christian and Howard Stelle FitzRandolph) on 23 December 1706 in Woodbridge, Middlesex County, New Jersey
Rebeckah Bloomfield:
Born: 7 Jun 1686
Place: Woodbridge, Middlesex County, New Jersey
Died: 25 Dec. 1688 at age 2 years, 6 months and 18 days.
Place: Woodbridge, Middlesex County, New Jersey
Nathaniel Bloomfield:
Born: 9 February 1688
Place: Woodbridge, Middlesex County, New Jersey
Died: 15 Oct. 1689 at age 1 year, 8 months and six days.
Death occurred only 9 months and 20 days after his sister's death.
Place: Woodbridge, New Jersey
Jeremiah Bloomfield
Born: 28 January 1693
Place: Woodbridge, Middlesex County, New Jersey
Died: 1746
Place: Lycoming County, Pennsylvania
Married: Katherine Weeks on 8 January 1721/1722
Joseph Bloomfield
Born: 21 March 1694/1695
Died: 16 May 1782
Married: Eunice Dunham on 5 September 1721, probably in Woodbridge, Middlesex County, New Jersey
Rebecca Bloomfield: (my direct ancestor--I hope!)
Born: 1697
Place: Woodbridge, Middlesex County, New Jersey
Died: 1757
Place: Woodbridge, Middlesex County, New Jersey
Married: Charles Salyer, Jr. about 1715 in Woodbridge, Middlesex County, New Jersey
Mary Bloomfield:
Born: about 1697?
Place: Woodbridge, Middlesex County, New Jersey
Died: 1750
Married: Obadiah Ayers
Benjamin Bloomfield:
Born: 1701
Died: 26 May 1772
Place: Woodbridge, Middlesex County, New Jersey
Married: Susannah
Terrie's Thoughts: Were they Quakers? They are listed in an article about early Plainfield Quakers, but it isn't stated whether they were Quaker, or even lived there. The great grandson was not, so if they were, that ended at least with some lines in a few generations.
Sources:
(1) VITAL RECORDS OF WOODBRIDGE, MIDDLESEX CO., NJ
Extracted from
The Story of a New Jersey Town
by Rev. Joseph W. DALLY
New Brunswick, N. J. 1873
Transcribed by Jane Devlin (link no longer works. Please notify me if you know of a current link to this record.)
Justice-Kivett Genealogy by Dawn
Early Plainfield Quaker Families (link does not appear to work now. Please notify me if you know of a new website for this page.)
Ancestors of Jonathon Ross Van Niewaal (Link no longer works.)
Descendents of Stockdale Coddington
The FitzRandolph Family's Genealogical Home Page (link no longer works)
Journeyback.com (Link no longer works)