Robert Bodfish

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'Robert (Botfish) Bodfish (abt. 1612 - 1651)

Robert Bodfish formerly Botfish

Born about 1612 in Bromfield, Essex, England

Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]

[sibling%28s%29 unknown]

Husband of Bridget (Unknown) Hinckley —

married 1638 in Sandwich, Plymouth Colony

Father of John Bodfish, Sarah (Bodfish) Blossom, Mary Bodfish,

Elizabeth Bodfish, Robert Bodfish and Joseph Bodfish

Died 19 Nov 1651 in Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States

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Categories: Puritan Great Migration.

Robert (Botfish) Bodfish migrated to New England

during the Puritan Great Migration (1620-1640).

Robert Botfish (as he spelled his name during his lifetime), aka Bodfish,

was born about 1614, based on estimated date of marriage, origins unknown.

He emigrated in 1634, settling initially in Lynn, then to Sandwich, Massachusetts by 1639.[1]

He was made freeman 6 May 1635 as "Robte Bootefishe".[2]

1636-1644 served in a variety of capacities including jury,

surveyor of highways, petit jury and grand jury.

On 7 Jan 1638/9, "Robte Badfish" of Sandwich desired his freedom[3]

and took the oath of fidelity in 1639[4].

About 1639 he married Bridget, whose surname is unknown.

1640: Received five acres of upland and meadow.[5]

1643: among Sandwich men able to bear arms in Plymouth colony.[6]

He was "licensed to draw wine" in Sandwich in 1644.[7]

He signed his name as "Robert Botfish" 26 Feb 1647/8?[8] which also indicates he was literate.

He died 19 November 165_[9] likely after the 3 April 1651 birth of his last child,

Joseph, and before the 15 Dec 1657 second marriage of his widow to Samuel Hinckley.

He is buried in the Old Town Cemetery, Massachusetts.[citation needed]

Children

Mary b abt 1639; m in Barnstable __ Nov 1659 John Crocker.[10],[11] Sarah, b abt 1643; m in Barnstable 21 Jun 1663 Peter Blossom[12] Joseph, b Sandwich 3 Apr 1651;[13] m. by 1674 Elizabeth Bessey.[14] Sources

↑ Robert Charles Anderson, et al, The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume 1, A-B; Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1999; pp 357-359 ↑ Massachusetts Bay Court Records 1:371 ↑ Plymouth Colony Records 1:108 ↑ Plymouth Colony Records 8:184 ↑ Plymouth Colony Records 8:192 ↑ Plymouth Colony Records 8:192 ↑ Plymouth Colony Records, 2:75 ↑ Plymouth Colony Records 12:211 ↑ Sandwich Vital Records 1:22 ↑ Plymouth Colony Records 8:43 ↑ Mayflower Descendant, 3:150 ↑ Mayflower Descendant, 3:53 ↑ Sandwich Vital Records 1:6, 16 ↑ The American Genealogist, 26:194 See also:

U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s about Robert Bodfish, Gale Research Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2009. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900. Yates Publishing Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI). Godfrey Memorial Library, comp. Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999.