battle of brentwood, robert morris, bloetgoet, shoemaker: names

 In 1789, President Gorge Washington appointed Morris Secretary of the Treasury, but he declined the office and suggested Alexander Hamilton instead.

. Except for Roger Sherman, Morris was the only person to sign all three of the era's principal documents, the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, and the Constitution.

https://www.geni.com/people/Robert-Morris-Jr-signer-of-the-Declaration-of-Independence/5107009272950044292

Robert MORRIS, Jr. is said to have financed the American Revolution. Revisionist historians, however, may be inclined to say that, in fact, it was the Revolution which financed him. It does appear to be the case that, in the development of modern systems of finance, his influence was considerable.

It should be noted that Willing, Morris & Co., the firm in which Robert MORRIS, Jr. was partner, imported about 15% of the slaves brought in through the port of Philadelphia in the eightteenth century.


Morris personally paid £10,000,000 to pay the Continental troops under Washington. This helped to keep the Army together just before the Battle of Princeton. He subsequently paid from his own funds the troops via "Morris Notes" to continue Washington's ability to wage war as the US currency had no value

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https://www.geni.com/people/William/333737337390012713


Anna Bloodgood (Shoemaker)
Birthdate: March 27, 1777 (88)
Death: 1865 (87)
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Benjamin Shoemaker and Elizabeth Shoemaker

Wife of William White Morris and Francis Bloodgood
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Francis Bloodgood was born on 12 June 1775 in Albany, the son of James and Lydia Van Valkenburgh Bloodgood.

His great-grandfather was Francis Bloetgoet of Flushing, Long Island.

His father was a merchant who was involved in the West Indian trade.[1] He studied law at Yale University.

Francis Bloodgood died on 5 March 1840, aged 71. He was also buried in the Presbyterian burial ground.[2] At the time of his death he was married to Anna Shoemaker (born 27 March 1777), from a Philadelphia Quaker family, the widow of Robert Morris Jr.

[8] His wife lived on until 5 March 1865, when she died in Philadelphia. His son was Major William Bloodgood, father of

Captain Edward Bloodgood, who died at Fort Larned on 31 July 1867.
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Frans Janszen Bloetgoet was born around 1623.[1] He was the son of Jan Heyndrickse Goetbloet (or Bloetgoet) and Geertgen Thomas, both of Gouda, South Holland.[2] He was living on the Corten Tiendewech, Gouda when he married Lysbeth Jans, of Gouda on 18 February 1645 at Reeuwijk, near Gouda.[1]

The couple emigrated soon after their marriage.[1] They brought with them their child, Geertie when they emigrated to New Amsterdam in 1659.[3]

 Bloodgood was made secretary to the Colonies on the Delaware River in 1659.

They moved to Flushing, and Bloodgood was appointed Schepen of Flushing in 1673


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frans_Jansen_Bloetgoet
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"Battle

Map of Brentwood Battlefield core and study areas by the American Battlefield Protection Program.
Union Lt. Col. Edward Bloodgood held Brentwood, a station on the Nashville & Decatur Railroad, with 400 men on the morning of March 25, 1863, when Confederate Brig. Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest, with a powerful column, approached the town.

The day before, Forrest had ordered Col. J. W. Starnes, commanding the 2nd Brigade, to go to Brentwood, cut the telegraph, tear up railroad track, attack the stockade, and cut off any retreat.

Forrest and the other cavalry brigade joined Bloodgood about 7:00 am on March 25. A messenger from the stockade informed Bloodgood that Forrest's men were about to attack, and had destroyed the railroad tracks. Bloodgood sought to notify his superiors and discovered that the telegraph lines were cut.

Forrest sent in a demand for a surrender under a flag of truce, but Bloodgood refused.

Within a half-hour, though, Forrest had artillery in place to shell Bloodgood's position and had surrounded the Federals with a large force. Bloodgood decided to surrender.

Forrest and his men caused considerable damage in the area during this expedition, and Brentwood, Tennessee, on the railroad, was a significant loss to the Federals."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Brentwood