Dorothy Perham, daughter of Joseph and Dorothy (Hyde) Perham, was born 9 July 1696 in Chelmsford, MA. She married Joseph Blodgett, son of Thomas and Mary (Parkis/Parkhurst) Blodgett. Most likely Joseph traveled up the Merrimack River by canoe to settle their 200 acre farm on the east side of the river, in what was then Dunstable, which was originally part of Massachusetts, in the days when Massachusetts stretched from Rhode Island up to Maine. The original tract of land was bisected by the Merrimack River, an important route for the lucrative fur and log trade. Dunstable was incorporated as a township in 1673. When the New Hampshire-Massachusetts border was surveyed and adjusted in 1741, the northern part of the town was determined to be in New Hampshire, and was incorporated as a New Hampshire town in 1746. Dunstable was later divided into several current cities and towns, including Nashua, Hollis, Hudson, Litchfield, and Merrimack. Also note, Hudson was previously called Nottingham West.
A giant boulder with a bronze tablet marks the site of Blodgett's house garrison. The inscription on the tablet is as follows: "SITE OF BLODGETT GARRISON / JOSEPH & DOROTHY BLODGETT -- Their eldest son, Joseph, born here February 8, 1718, being the first white child born in this town. KIMBALL WEBSTER, 1904."
Dorothy and Joseph had eight known children all born in what is now New Hampshire.
1. Joseph, born 9 February 1718 in Dunstable, married Dorcas Wheeler and later Sarah Cross.
2. Ebenezer, born 3 January 1720 in Dunstable, married Hannah Marsh.
3. Jeremiah, born 20 July 1721 in Dunstable, married Miriam Provender.
4. Abligail, born 1723
5. Dorothy, born 18 February 1724
6. Rebecca, born 3 February 1728
7. Jonathan, born 5 December 1730
8. James, born 17 September 1734
Dorothy died 6 March 1778, age 82, in Nottingham West (now Hudson), NH. and was buried in Nottingham West specifically Blodgett Cemetery (at the time of her death it wasn't referred to as Blodgett Cemetery).
From the book (listed below) by Kimball Webster, page 86: "He (Joseph Blodgett) died December 3, 1761. His wife, Dorothy, died March 6, 1778. They were buried in the Blodgett cemetery, where the inscriptions upon their head stones may be easily read."
"History of Hudson, NH,
Formerly a Part of Dunstable, Mass 1675-1733
Nottingham Mass. 1733-1741
District of Nottingham 1746-1830
Hudson, NH 1830-1912", by Kimball Webster, ed. by George Waldo Brown, Manchester, N.H., Granite State Publishing Co, 1913
A giant boulder with a bronze tablet marks the site of Blodgett's house garrison. The inscription on the tablet is as follows: "SITE OF BLODGETT GARRISON / JOSEPH & DOROTHY BLODGETT -- Their eldest son, Joseph, born here February 8, 1718, being the first white child born in this town. KIMBALL WEBSTER, 1904."
Dorothy and Joseph had eight known children all born in what is now New Hampshire.
1. Joseph, born 9 February 1718 in Dunstable, married Dorcas Wheeler and later Sarah Cross.
2. Ebenezer, born 3 January 1720 in Dunstable, married Hannah Marsh.
3. Jeremiah, born 20 July 1721 in Dunstable, married Miriam Provender.
4. Abligail, born 1723
5. Dorothy, born 18 February 1724
6. Rebecca, born 3 February 1728
7. Jonathan, born 5 December 1730
8. James, born 17 September 1734
Dorothy died 6 March 1778, age 82, in Nottingham West (now Hudson), NH. and was buried in Nottingham West specifically Blodgett Cemetery (at the time of her death it wasn't referred to as Blodgett Cemetery).
From the book (listed below) by Kimball Webster, page 86: "He (Joseph Blodgett) died December 3, 1761. His wife, Dorothy, died March 6, 1778. They were buried in the Blodgett cemetery, where the inscriptions upon their head stones may be easily read."
"History of Hudson, NH,
Formerly a Part of Dunstable, Mass 1675-1733
Nottingham Mass. 1733-1741
District of Nottingham 1746-1830
Hudson, NH 1830-1912", by Kimball Webster, ed. by George Waldo Brown, Manchester, N.H., Granite State Publishing Co, 1913
Dorothy Perham, daughter of Joseph and Dorothy (Hyde) Perham, was born 9 July 1696 in Chelmsford, MA. She married Joseph Blodgett, son of Thomas and Mary (Parkis/Parkhurst) Blodgett. Most likely Joseph traveled up the Merrimack River by canoe to settle their 200 acre farm on the east side of the river, in what was then Dunstable, which was originally part of Massachusetts, in the days when Massachusetts stretched from Rhode Island up to Maine. The original tract of land was bisected by the Merrimack River, an important route for the lucrative fur and log trade. Dunstable was incorporated as a township in 1673. When the New Hampshire-Massachusetts border was surveyed and adjusted in 1741, the northern part of the town was determined to be in New Hampshire, and was incorporated as a New Hampshire town in 1746. Dunstable was later divided into several current cities and towns, including Nashua, Hollis, Hudson, Litchfield, and Merrimack. Also note, Hudson was previously called Nottingham West.
A giant boulder with a bronze tablet marks the site of Blodgett's house garrison. The inscription on the tablet is as follows: "SITE OF BLODGETT GARRISON / JOSEPH & DOROTHY BLODGETT -- Their eldest son, Joseph, born here February 8, 1718, being the first white child born in this town. KIMBALL WEBSTER, 1904."
Dorothy and Joseph had eight known children all born in what is now New Hampshire.
1. Joseph, born 9 February 1718 in Dunstable, married Dorcas Wheeler and later Sarah Cross.
2. Ebenezer, born 3 January 1720 in Dunstable, married Hannah Marsh.
3. Jeremiah, born 20 July 1721 in Dunstable, married Miriam Provender.
4. Abligail, born 1723
5. Dorothy, born 18 February 1724
6. Rebecca, born 3 February 1728
7. Jonathan, born 5 December 1730
8. James, born 17 September 1734
Dorothy died 6 March 1778, age 82, in Nottingham West (now Hudson), NH. and was buried in Nottingham West specifically Blodgett Cemetery (at the time of her death it wasn't referred to as Blodgett Cemetery).
From the book (listed below) by Kimball Webster, page 86: "He (Joseph Blodgett) died December 3, 1761. His wife, Dorothy, died March 6, 1778. They were buried in the Blodgett cemetery, where the inscriptions upon their head stones may be easily read."
"History of Hudson, NH,
Formerly a Part of Dunstable, Mass 1675-1733
Nottingham Mass. 1733-1741
District of Nottingham 1746-1830
Hudson, NH 1830-1912", by Kimball Webster, ed. by George Waldo Brown, Manchester, N.H., Granite State Publishing Co, 1913
A giant boulder with a bronze tablet marks the site of Blodgett's house garrison. The inscription on the tablet is as follows: "SITE OF BLODGETT GARRISON / JOSEPH & DOROTHY BLODGETT -- Their eldest son, Joseph, born here February 8, 1718, being the first white child born in this town. KIMBALL WEBSTER, 1904."
Dorothy and Joseph had eight known children all born in what is now New Hampshire.
1. Joseph, born 9 February 1718 in Dunstable, married Dorcas Wheeler and later Sarah Cross.
2. Ebenezer, born 3 January 1720 in Dunstable, married Hannah Marsh.
3. Jeremiah, born 20 July 1721 in Dunstable, married Miriam Provender.
4. Abligail, born 1723
5. Dorothy, born 18 February 1724
6. Rebecca, born 3 February 1728
7. Jonathan, born 5 December 1730
8. James, born 17 September 1734
Dorothy died 6 March 1778, age 82, in Nottingham West (now Hudson), NH. and was buried in Nottingham West specifically Blodgett Cemetery (at the time of her death it wasn't referred to as Blodgett Cemetery).
From the book (listed below) by Kimball Webster, page 86: "He (Joseph Blodgett) died December 3, 1761. His wife, Dorothy, died March 6, 1778. They were buried in the Blodgett cemetery, where the inscriptions upon their head stones may be easily read."
"History of Hudson, NH,
Formerly a Part of Dunstable, Mass 1675-1733
Nottingham Mass. 1733-1741
District of Nottingham 1746-1830
Hudson, NH 1830-1912", by Kimball Webster, ed. by George Waldo Brown, Manchester, N.H., Granite State Publishing Co, 1913
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