[1] He was the son of Jan Heyndrickse Goetbloet (or Bloetgoet) and Geertgen Thomas, both of Gouda, South Holland.
[5] On 24 May 1674 he was made chief officer of the Dutch militia of the settlements of Flushing, Hempstead, Jamaica and Newtown.
[3] Bloodgood's children were Geertie (1658), Adriana (1660), Isabella (1662), Judith (1665), William (1667), Neeltie (1670), John (1672) and Lysbeth (1675).
Frans Bloodgood's descendants moved to Albany, New York, (some becoming wealthy people)[3] and New Jersey.
James Bloodgood, Frans Bloetgoet's grandson, was a merchant of Albany involved in the West Indian Trade.