Pioneer Blood Family

Jefferson County, NY Pioneers

PIONEER BLOOD FAMILY

1. JACOB BLOOD (son of JOSIAH and SUSAN (HAYWARD) BLOOD) was born July 24, 1762. He lived in Hollis, New Hampshire. He died September 11, 1800, probably in Hollis, New Hampshire.

He married April 30, 1785 in Dracut, Massachusetts
RACHEL JONES, who was born in 1759. They had seven children. She died in Watertown, Jefferson County, 1844.

Children, BLOOD:

2 i ELIZABETH BLOOD

3 ii SUSANNAH BLOOD

4 iii RACHEL BLOOD (twin)

5 iv RHODA BLOOD (twin)

6 v MARY (NANCY?) BLOOD

7 vi SARAH BLOOD

8 i JOEL BLOOD married (1) LAURA HASTINGS, (2) MAHALA (---),(3) IRENE HEATON TYLER, (4) SUSAN KELSEY

8. JOEL BLOOD (son of JACOB and RACHEL (JONES) BLOOD) was born 1797 in Hollis, New Hampshire. He left his home at nineteen years of age to begin life for himself. He came to Watertown first and for a time hesitated between a choice of Brownville and this place. In those days it had not been decided as to which of the two should be the county seat. The prospects seemed to be most favorable for Brownville and that was the place where the general trainings were held. So Mr. Blood went to Brownville and went into business manufacturing cabinet ware. He served as a Trustee of Brownville Village in 1829, 1831, 1833, 1835, 1836, 1838, 1844 and was President of the Board of Trustees in 1838. He was a member of the building committee of Trinity Church, Watertown. In the fall of 1848 he moved to Watertown. He continued in business until 1862, when he retired, and lived a quiet but not inactive life. He resided at 12 Sterling St. during his long residence here. Mr. Blood was a communicant of the Episcopal Church for over sixty years. He led a consistent Christian life, was devoted to the church, and interests connected with the church. He was identified with Grace Church of this city, from its first organization, and senior warden at his death. He was one of the oldest members of the Masonic fraternity, and while strength permitted was a regular attendant at their weekly meetings.

According to THE STORY OF THE BLOODS by Roger Deane Harris (1960), page 116, Joel Blood of Watertown, New York patented his method of cheese bandaging and boxing, and also a machine for making flanged and beaded hoops in 1870. JOEL BLOOD died July 17, 1888 in Watertown, New York at age 91 years 5 months (per Jefferson County Journal). The grave marker for Joel Blood is a tall monument, gray granite, with 4 smooth polished faces, each one about 15" square. This monument is about 10 feet tall. There is a GAR marker: "GAR Post 188."

He married (1) "about 1827"
LAURA HASTINGS who died in 1837 and is buried in Brownville, New York.

Children of JOEL & LAURA (HASTINGS) BLOOD:

9 i MARY E. BLOOD married HOPKINS ROWELL

10 ii ANNA M. BLOOD

11 iii

JOEL married (2) about 1837-1838
MAHALA (---) who died in 1839 and is buried in Brownville, New York.

Probable child of JOEL & MAHALA (---) BLOOD:

12 i JOEL A. BLOOD

JOEL married (3) on January 27, 1840.
IRENE HEATON TYLER who was born January 15, 1809 in Hopkinton, Merrimack County, NH, daughter of Simeon Tyler and Hannah Rowell. Irene died February 1, 1852 and is buried in Brownville, New York.

Probable child of JOEL & IRENE HEATON TYLER:

13 i JACOB J. BLOOD

JOEL married (4) "after February 1, 1852 - probably before 1855"
SUSAN KELSEY who was born 1803 in Dutchess County, NY . She died April, 1883. An indication of her standing in the community is the identity of the bearers at her funeral: Judge Wright, Levi H. Brown, R.E. Hungerford, and Geo. Bagley. Susan is buried in Brownville, New York. It is not certain whether her maiden name was Kelsey or if she was a widow as she was over 50 when she married Joel. I have not located any children of Joel Blood and Susan Kelsey; suspect there probably are none.

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