Thomas Blossom (M)
b. say 1580, d. say 1632

Notes and Citations:

1. [S263] Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-33, (database online), The Generations Network Inc., Provo, UT, http://www.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=4714, original source of data: Robert Charles Anderson, Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-33 (Farmington, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995-2004). Thomas Blossom entry.
2. [S157] James Savage, A Genealogical Dictionary of The First Settlers of New England, Before 1692, 4 vols. (Boston: Little, Brown, 1860-1862; reprint Rio Vista, California: American History and Genealogy Project, 2000). Online version used. Alphabetical by surname. Vol. 1 [Blossom] "THOMAS, one of the Pilgrims, wh. came from Leyden to Plymouth, but being on board the Speedwell, was disappoint. of passage in the Mayflower from Eng. and soon went back to encourage emigra. of the residue. A s. wh. came and return. with him, d. bef. Dec. 1625, and two other ch. had been b. in the interval. See a good let. from him to Gov. Bradford in Young's Chron. of the Pilgr. 480. He came again, 1629, prob. in the Mayflower, if the below. name would attract the few for Plymouth, when the larger part of the fellow-voyagers with Higginson were bound for Salem; was deac. and d. after short possessn. of the land of promise, in the summer of 1633. Prince, Annals, 437, of Ed. 1826. His wid. Ann m. 17 Oct. of that yr. Henry Rowley; and d. Elizabeth m. 10 May 1637, Edward Fitzrandle."