William  Henry  Blodgett  is  in  the  firm  of  Joel  Goldthwait
&  Co.,  extensive  dealers  in  carpets,  Boston,  Mass.,  and  resides
in  Newton,  Mass.
24.  Grace  Allen^  Blodgett  (  William  Henry, ^  Louisa,''  Benjamin,^

Phinehas,^  Benjamin,  Jr.,'^  Benjamin,^  John,-  TFaZ^er^),  born
Newton,  Nov.  26,  1867  ;  married,  Newton,  Nov.  14,  1895,
Ralph  Holland  Seelye,  born  Springfield,  1865.
16  PHiNEHAS  Allen's  descendants.
Child  of  Grace  Allen  Blodgett  and  Ralph  Holland  Seelye  :
i.     Barbara,  b.  Springfield,  Mass.,  July  2,  1897.
25.  Frances  Amelia^  Blodgett   (Louisa,''   Benjamin,^  Phinehas,^

Benjamin,  Jr.,^  Benjamin,'-^  John,^  Walter^),  born  Boston,
Dec.  6,  1844;  married,  Newton,  Sept.  14,  1870,  John  Eliot
Trowbridge;  born  Newton,  Oct.  20,  1845.
Children  of  Frances  Amelia  Blodgett  and  John  Eliot
Trowbridge  :

i.     Louisa  Elizabeth,  b.  Newton,  Oct.  3,  1871.
ii.    Agnes  Bacon,  b.  Newton,  Oct.  27,  1876.
iii.     Henry  Otis,  b.  Newton,  July  18,  1878.
The  family  reside  at  Newton,  Mass.
26.  Zenas'''  Allen  (Benjami7i,^  Phinehas,^  Benjamin,  Jr.,'^  Benja-

min,"^ John,-  Walter^),  born  Nov.  4,  1805,  died  May  20,
1887;  married,  first,  Caroline  Randall,  Sept.  11,  1827,  born
Ashburnham,  March  5,  1805  who  died  Hyde  Park,  March
13,  1869  ;  second,  Mrs.  Charlotte  Maynard  (Clarke)  San-
ders, of  New  Ipswich,  N.  H.,  March  23,  1870,  born  at
Whateley,  Mass.,  Feb.  18,  1822.  He  was  a  paper  hanger
by  trade,  but  for  many  years  prior  to  his  decease  was  in
the  employ  of  the  Hyde  Park  Woolen  Company.  He  was
very  prominent  in  church  affairs,  and  deacon  of  the  Congre-
gational Church.  He  represented  the  city  of  Boston  in  the
Massachusetts  House  of  Representatives  in  1853  and  1854.
(His  father  was  also  a  representative  from  Ashby,  in  1854.)
He  was  a  member  of  the  first  Board  of  Selectmen  of  the  town
of  Hyde  Park,  where  he  resided  and  was  much  respected.
