| Home Surname List Name Index Sources Email Us | Tenth Generation772. Deacon Thomas BLOSSOM was born in 1580 in Great Shelford, Cambridgeshire. He died in 1632 at the age of 52 in Plymouth, Plymouth Co., MA. He was with the Pilgrims in Leyden. He was an original passenger on the Speedwell, the ship that had to turn back. He remained in Leyden, where he wrote several letters to William Bradford that are available today. Several of his children died in Leyden. He came to America on the Mayflower in 1629 with wife and remaining children. See TAG 63;65-77, 238-246, 64;23-31 for more about Thomas Blossom, his sojurn in Leyden, and his descendants. Anne ELSDON and Deacon Thomas BLOSSOM were married on 10 November 1605 in St. Clements, Cambridge, England. 773. Anne ELSDON was born (date unknown). She was the granddaughter of Christopher Helsdon, alderman, town of Cambridge, who died December 31, 1597. His wife was Alice, and he had sons John, William, daughter Alice. Children were:
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