Our Ogden and Cronin Family Genealogy
This website is dedicated to researching and sharing our family history. You can search people, photos, and documents throughout the site to learn more about the families and individuals represented here. If you find a possible connection to your own family, please contact me. I would be happy to hear from you. Use the links on the left or the menus above to explore, and don't forget to check the Most Wanted page for areas where your help may make a difference. OGDEN: From Old English āc (oak) and denu (valley), originating in Northern England. CRONIN: From Old Irish cr?n, meaning "saffron-colored," originating in County Cork, Ireland. Ogden-Cronin.com
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Years ago in my grandmothers basement, I came across an old note that looked very interesting. It was dated 1803 ? and looked it too. The old handwriting style was hard to read, but I could get the idea that it was describing the voyage of my ancestor John Simon from Bordeaux, France to Salem, Massachusetts; probably written in his own hand since it is written in the first person - and in French!
I had grown up hearing a story of John Simon. Sailing in the West Indies; being captured by the British; imprissoned in Nova Scotia - sounded like a pirate! He aledgedly escaped with the help of a man from Beverly, MA, who brought him to Salem. Now it appeared I was going to find out the whole story...
First I had to get the note translated to English.
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Thomas Blood served in the Continental Line during the American Revolution from April 23, 1777 until May 1, 1780. He was a private in Captain Isaac Fry's company in Colonel Scammel's 3rd New Hampshire regiment. He is listed as a participent of the Battle of Saratoga. Given his regiment and service period, he probably camped at Valley Forge (but he's not on the Muster Roll). During his service he was "disabled in the right knee in the year 1777 by a musket ball from the enemy, also disabled by a wound in the foot." (from his pension file). His wounds must not have been too disabling since not until May 1780 was he dischared from the service at West Point in the State of New York.
His brother Ebenezer is listed on the large plaque in Cambridge, MA as a New Hampshire soldier in Captain Mann's company and killed at the Battle of Bunker Hill - though he is said to have been taken by the enemy and never returned. Their younger brother Asa Blood enlisted in January of 1781 into Captain Isaac Frye's company commanded by Colonel Dearborn in the 1st NH Regiment, (Thomas served under Captain Isaac Fry in Scammel's 3rd NH Regiment the previous year) and he was discharged in December of 1781. The British under Lord Cornwallis surrendered at Yorktown, Virginia, on October 19, 1781.
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