THE BLOODS OF ESSEX
of Witham, Essex, England

Descended from Thomas Blood.

Thomas was a 4th great-grandson of Edmund Blood of Makeney; for his ancestry, see The Bloods of Roxton

Location of Witham, Essex, England

1. Thomas BLOOD,
   b. 1750, Roxton, Co. Clare, Ireland;
   d. 1790, in Algiers, while serving with the Spanish Forces.
   Bindon Blood's book says that he was given a commission in the Spanish regiment in about 1790. He took part in the siege of Algiers, where he was wounded and taken prisoner.
   The next morning he was blown from a gun on the ramparts.
   Thomas married (his wife's name is unknown), and had issue:
   
   
   1. Thomas BLOOD,
      of Plaistow, Essex.
      b. 1777;
      d. 8 Feb 1850
      m. Sarah THORNTHWAITE,
      daughter of Thomas Thornthwaite.
      b. est. 1780-1788;
      d. 1856.
      Married 1805, and had issue:
      
      
      1. Joseph Howell BLOOD,
         b. 1807, Plaistow, Essex, England;
         d. 5 Aug 1876.
         m. Harriet LEWIS,
         daughter of Rev. John Lewis, of Ingatestone, Essex, England.
         b. 1812, Essex, England;
         d. 1872.
         Married 29 Nov 1836,
         and had issue:
         
         
         1. Howell Pattison Lewis BLOOD,
            b. 28 Dec 1837, Witham, Essex, England;
            d. 19 Sep 1911.
            Further information unknown.
            
            
         2. Harriet BLOOD,
            b. 1839, Witham, Essex, England;
            d. 15 Dec 1927
            Further information unknown.
            
            
         3. Thomas William BLOOD,
            b. 1840, Witham, Essex, England;
            d. 14 Mar 1841
            Died in childhood.
            
            
         4. William Bindon BLOOD,
            b. 19 Sep 1841, Witham, Essex, England;
            d. 8 Jan 1917.
            Further information unknown.
            
            
         5. Laura BLOOD,
            b. 9 Jul 1845, Witham, Essex, England;
            d. 18 Jun 1922.
            m. Camille Prosper VAN DE WEILE,
            b. abt 1845, Antwerp, Belgium.
            Further information unknown
            
            
         6. Kathleen Sarah BLOOD,
            b. 21 Sep 1853, Witham, Essex, England;
            d. 28 Nov 1934.
            Further information unknown.
            
            

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