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_John Blood _________+
| (1806 - 1876) m 1828
_Benjamin Paul Blood _|
| (1832 - 1919) |
| |_Mary Stanton _______+
| (1806 - 1880) m 1828
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|--(dau) Blood
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_Jeremiah Blood _____
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_Robert Beard Blood _|
| (1774 - 1854) m 1798|
| |_?? ?? ______________
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|
|--Alexander Blood
| (1803 - 1831)
| _Reuben Simons ______
| | (1736 - 1810)
|_Mary Simons ________|
(1772 - 1859) m 1798|
|_Elizabeth Stewart __
[11741] IGI record M511151.
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_Jeremiah Blood _____
|
_Robert Beard Blood _|
| (1774 - 1854) m 1798|
| |_?? ?? ______________
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|
|--Amelia (Amelear) Blood
| (1812 - ....)
| _Reuben Simons ______
| | (1736 - 1810)
|_Mary Simons ________|
(1772 - 1859) m 1798|
|_Elizabeth Stewart __
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_John Blood ____________+
| (1806 - 1876) m 1828
_Benjamin Paul Blood ____________|
| (1832 - 1919) m 1873 |
| |_Mary Stanton __________+
| (1806 - 1880) m 1828
|
|--Anna Wendell Blood
| (1875 - ....)
| _Daniel Lefferts _______
| | (1809 - 1893) m 1854
|_Harriet Anna (Hattie) Lefferts _|
(1854 - ....) m 1873 |
|_Angelica Vedner Banta _
(1815 - 1876) m 1854
[5262] She was a member of the National Society of the Dauighters of
the American Revolution, id number 71901, tracing her lineage
from Phineas Stanton, Leffert Lefferts, Ashbel Cornwell, and
Reuben Simonds.
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_Robert Beard Blood ___+
| (1774 - 1854) m 1798
_John Blood _________|
| (1806 - 1876) m 1828|
| |_Mary Simons __________+
| (1772 - 1859) m 1798
|
|--Benjamin Paul Blood
| (1832 - 1919)
| _Nathan Stanton _______+
| | (1779 - 1838) m 1804
|_Mary Stanton _______|
(1806 - 1880) m 1828|
|_Mary (Polly) Denison _+
(1782 - 1846) m 1804
[2125] He was a famous poet, writer, and philosopher.
"THE STORY OF THE BLOODS"
By Roger Deane Harris
Privately Published 1960
Page 100-102
It was the efforts of dentists to reduce pain in their patients
which first lead to the use of anesthesia. Nitrous oxide
(Laughing gas) was the first to be used, and it was nitrous
oxide administered by a dentist that altered the life of
Benjamin Paul Blood of Amsterdam NY (1832/1919). (46).
Benjamin Paul had been well known as a poet, having written
"The Bride of the Iconoclast," "Justice," "Optimism" and "The
Collonades." Impressed by the peace and apparent philosophic
certainty produced by the anesthetic he now continued to
experiment with its use, then in 1874 published "The Anesthetic
Revelation and the Gist of Philosophy." His reputation as a
mystic and philosopher became well-established and in most
American encyclopedias his is the only entry of the name of
Blood. "Pluriverse" published in 1920 after his death gives
the final expression of his pluralistic philosophy. Rather
than attempt a poor summary I refer the reader to that volume.
H. M. Kallen's introduction to Pluriverse says, "He was born in
1832 and lived for eighty-six years. During that time he wrote
much, but unsystematically. His favorite form of publication
was letters to newspapers, mainly local newspapers with a small
circulation. These letters dealt with an astonishing diversity
of subjects, from local petty politics or the tricks of
spiritualist mediums to principles of industry and finance and
profundities of metaphysics." Many of his homes appeared in
Scribner's Magazine between the years 1899 and 1919.
Fruitful correspondence developed with many of the philosophic
minds of the day, notably James Hutchison Stirling, Alfred
Tennyson and especially the noted philosopher, Professor
William James of Harvard -- letters passing between the two may
be found in Ralph Barton Perry's "Thought & Character of
William James," (1935). In one of these letters he writes to
James under date of June 11, 1887, ".....I have no picture to
send you save, alas, the one I enclose, taken for devilment
some 15 years ago to please some men on a day when I had lifted
by a chain on my right shoulder and around my right arm 1160
lbs. You will say of it, with Virgil, "Arma virumque;" it shows
more brawn than brains...."
".....I was born here in Amsterdam. My father was a land
holder of 700 acres here, adjoining the city on both sides of
the river, and lived, as I now live, in a large brick house on
the south bank of the Mohawk visible as you enter Amsterdam
from the east. I was his only child, and went a good deal my
own way. I ran to machinery, by fancy; patented among other
devices a swathing reaper which is very successful (47). I was
of loose and wandering ways. And was a successful gambler
through the Tweed regime -- made 'bar'ls' of money, and threw
it away. I was a fancy gymnast also, and have had some heavy
fights, notable one of forty minutes with Ed. Mullett, whom I
left senseless. This was mere fancy. I never lifted an angry
hand against man, woman or child -- all fun -- for me. ....I
do farming in a way, but am much idle. I have been a sort of
pet of the city, and think I should be missed. In a large vote
taken by one of the daily papers here a month or so ago as to
who were the 12 leading citizens, I was 6th in the 12, and sole
in my class. So you see, if Sparta has many a worthier son, I
am still boss in the department I prefer...."
The letter writing between the two flourished and Benjamin
Paul's daughter mentions that she remembers James coming to
visit their home once. In one of his letters James wrote his
friend Blood, "You have the greatest gift of superior gab since
Shakespeare."
There were several families of Blood's living in the vicinity
of Amsterdam, some came from New England, but most (Benjamin
Paul included) were descendants of one Jeremiah Blood who is
said to have come from Ireland to Florida NY prior to the
Revolution. Admiral Sir Peter Warren had a grant from the King
of England of some 13000 acres in that area and sent his
nephew, an Irish noble, Sir William Johnson to manage it for
him. Is believed that Jeremiah was among those coming over at
Johnson's instigation.
Jeremiah had two sons, but one was childless; the other, Robert
(1774/1854) as a very young man was employed by Mr. Reuben
Simons, innkeeper of the "Frog Pond Tavern" in Schenectady.
This public house was extremely popular and when it burned in
1803 the story is that the carpenters, then at work on the
Mohawk bridge, each gave a day's work towards rebuilding his
house which was framed, raised and boarded in one day, he moved
in the next. Robert fell in love with the landlords daughter
and they were married. Thirteen of their nineteen children
grew to maturity and most of their children likewise had large
families so that the Bloods became quite numerous in the
region; at one time there were seven "Johns" in the town of
Amsterdam. Times change though, until now there are but two
Blood men left.
Scribner's Magazine carried the poems of another of the blood
clan, as did Century and other magazines. Henry Ames Blood
(Temple 1836/New Ipswich NH 1900) (48) was for many years a
clerk in the State Department in Washington DC. He wrote many
short poems, wrote the History of Temple NH and, under the
anagram of Raymond Eshobel, wrote the drama in verse, "How Much
I Loved Thee"
(46) John-3; Robert-2; Jeremiah-1 of Florida NY.
(47) He later held patents for a saddle, and a side-saddle.
(48) Ephraim Whiting-6; Ephraim-5; Frs-4; Stephen-3; Josiah-2;
Robert-1.
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_Jeremiah Blood _____
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_Robert Beard Blood _|
| (1774 - 1854) m 1798|
| |_?? ?? ______________
|
|
|--Catherine (Jane) Ann Blood
| (1819 - ....)
| _Reuben Simons ______
| | (1736 - 1810)
|_Mary Simons ________|
(1772 - 1859) m 1798|
|_Elizabeth Stewart __
[5249] She was known as Jane Liddle after she and her husband moved to
Carlton.
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_Jeremiah Blood _____
|
_Robert Beard Blood _|
| (1774 - 1854) m 1798|
| |_?? ?? ______________
|
|
|--Daniel Blood
| (1805 - 1810)
| _Reuben Simons ______
| | (1736 - 1810)
|_Mary Simons ________|
(1772 - 1859) m 1798|
|_Elizabeth Stewart __
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_Jeremiah Blood _____
|
_Robert Beard Blood _|
| (1774 - 1854) m 1798|
| |_?? ?? ______________
|
|
|--Daniel Blood
| (1810 - 1890)
| _Reuben Simons ______
| | (1736 - 1810)
|_Mary Simons ________|
(1772 - 1859) m 1798|
|_Elizabeth Stewart __
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_Jeremiah Blood _____
|
_Robert Beard Blood _|
| (1774 - 1854) m 1798|
| |_?? ?? ______________
|
|
|--Elenor (Eleanor) Blood
| (1817 - 1886)
| _Reuben Simons ______
| | (1736 - 1810)
|_Mary Simons ________|
(1772 - 1859) m 1798|
|_Elizabeth Stewart __
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