Re: Benjamin Bloomer 1745ish...
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bill ogden 5/06/11
Bill this is what I have hope it helps.
BENJAMIN AND JEMIMA (WOOD) BLOOMER.BENJAMIN MARRIED NOV 11 1776 AT NEW WINDSOR, N.Y.BARTON'S LETTER TO RANDOLPH DATED FEB 3 1938 AND POSTMARKED ORLANDO, FL., STATED THAT THOMAS CORNWELL WAS ONE OF FIVE CHILDREN, BUT RAISED BY A BLOOMER FAMILY.THOMAS AT AGE 19 MARRIED JEMIMA BLOOMER, A DAUGHTER OF BENJAMIN.THE LETTER LISTED CHILDREN; JEMIMA, POLLY, BETSY, ABBIE, SARAH, REBECCA, SONS ELIJAH AND JOSEPH.DATES WERE NOT DOCUMENTED AND THIS INFORMATION WAS NOT VERIFIED.THE 1970NY CENSUS LISTED 4 SONS AND 3 DAUGHTERS.HOWEVER, BENJAMIN LEFT A WILL PROBATED DEC 5 1808 AT FISHKILL IN DUTCHESS CO., NEW YORK.IT LISTED BENJAMIN'S WIFE JEMIMA, SONS; JOHN, WILLIAM AND ELISHA, DAUGHTERS ELANOR, PHEBE, AND SARAH.NATHANIEL BLOOMER, BENJAMIN GREEN AND TIMOTHY TALLMAN WITNESSED THE WILL.EXEC: SON WILIAM AND TIMOTHY WOOD WERE LISTED.CHILDREN OF ELISHA WERE MENTIONED, BUT NOT NAMED [THE DUTCHESS VOL VII 1978 #1 P. 15].A JEMIMA "BLOOM", WIFE OF BENJAMIN OF FISHKILL, DIED OCT 18 1837, 85 YEARS OLD AND A SARAH "BLOOM" WIFE OF JONATHAN, FORMERLY OF DUTCHESS CO., DIED DEC 26 1827. THESE NAMES SHOULD READ BLOOMER. [THE DUTCHESS VOL VII 1978 #1/VOL VII 1980#3 P15]. THE INCORRECT REFERENCE OT BLOOM POSES AN AREA TOTALLY UNEXPLORED BY THIS COMPILER.
JOHN BLOOMER MAY HAVE BEEN THE JOHN, OF FISHKILL, WHO MARRIED JANE VAN VLACK JULY 27 1815 [REYNOLDS, HELEN W. NOTICES OF MARRIAGES & DEATH DUTCHESS CO., NY. 1778-1825.]
SOURCE: H.C. Barton, Orlando, FL.Letter To H. Randolph 1939
The Bloomer Family in America
Written and Compiled by Robert Bloomer
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