Richard Blood (1745 - 1820)

Born 9 Jun 1745 in Oxford, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Thompson) Blood — married 26 Nov 1767 in Charlton, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Descendants

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Private Richard Blood served with 14th Massachusetts Bay Provincial Regiment (1775), Continental Army during the American Revolution.

Biography

Richard Blood is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, a011424.

Richard was born in 1745. He is the son of Nathaniel Blood and Ruth Hall. ^[1]

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Sources

1. ↑ Entered by Lolo Wagner, Saturday, October 19, 2013.

• Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 2021-02-03), "Record of Richard Blood", Ancestor # A011424.

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 03 February 2021), memorial page for Lieut Richard Blood (9 Jun 1745–10 Apr 1820), Find A Grave: Memorial #58454035, citing Dresser Cemetery, Charlton, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Fred Saar (contributor 46511066) .

• "Massachusetts, Revolutionary War, Index Cards to Muster Rolls, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch
• (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLYJ-M68H : 15 November 2020), Richard Blood, 10 Dec 1776; citing Military Service, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm .

• "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHJJ-FWY : 10 November 2020), Richard Blood, 9 Jun 1745; citing Birth, Oxford, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009522.

• "Massachusetts, Revolutionary War, Index Cards to Muster Rolls, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLYJ-M684 : 15 November 2020), Richard Blood, 19 Apr 1775; citing Military Service, Charlton, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm .
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2DG-GJXQ : 24 November 2020), Richard Blood, 19 Apr 1775; citing 19 Apr 1775, Massachusetts, United States, citing NARA microfilm publication M246. Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Services, 1980. FHL microfilm 830,320.

• "United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGK6-SY1D : 15 December 2020), Richard Blood, 19 Apr 1775; citing Military Service, Massachusetts, United States, Citing various published state rosters, United States; FHL microfilm 103140770.

• Vital Records of Charlton, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (Franklin P. Rice, Worcester, Massachusetts, 1905); p. 19-20, p. 128

• Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCW4-MB1 : 14 January 2020), Jacob Blood, 1771.

• Harris, Roger Deane. The Story of the Bloods Including an account of the early generations of the family in America in genealogical lines from: ROBERT BLOOD OF CONCORD and RICHARD BLOOD OF GROTON. Privately Published by Author. P.O Box 197 Sanbornville, NH. 1960 Copy 133 or 600. Pages 170-1. Accessed July 29, 2023.

• Barlow, Claude W. "Descendants of Richard BLOOD of Bellingham & Charlton, Massachusetts" Clark University. Worcester, MA. 1952. Page 6.

Acknowledgments

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