I found this in OXFORD RIVISED EDITION A DICTIONARY OF ENGLISH SURNAMES by Reaney & Wilson. p.48 Blanchard, Blanshard; Blanchard de Morba 1180 P (D); Rotbertus blanchard, Rotbertus quippe blanchard 1086 InqEl (sf); Richard Blanchard 1177 P (l); William Blanchart (1198 P (L); Thomas Blansherde 1152 FrY. OFr Blancart, Blanchart, OG Blankard, Blanchard. The 1086 example is, however, certainly a nickname, probably identical with Robertus Blancardus (1086 DBNf) who is probably identical with Robertus Blundus, Albus, Flavus. OFr blanchart "Whitish", probably with reference to the hair. Only one example of the personal name has been noted. Abbrev. P - Pipe Rolls: Record Commission, 3 vols, London 1833-44; Pipe Roll Soc. (in progress) The Great Roll of the Pipe for the twenty-sixth year of Henry the Third, ed. H.L. Cannon, Yale Histery Pub 1918 InqEl - Inquisitio Eliensis vlcc sf - Suffolk D - Devonshire L - Lincolnshire FrY - Register of the freemen of the city of York (Surtees Soc. 96, 102, 1897, 1899) OFr - Old French OG - Old German Nf - Norfolk Mary Ladd

RootsWeb has announced that the 'old' Surname Helper addresses are no longer valid. Since Feb., when Surname Helper was moved to a new server, both the 'new' and the 'old' addresses were active. I have changed the addresses in the Greetings/Guidelines message that goes to all new subscribers and in the copy on the BLANCHARD-L Web Page. Summary: Site: surname search page for all BLANCHARD GenConnect Boards. Use this site to search all surnames that have been included in the "Surnames:" line for messages posted to any of our 7 Boards at GenConnect. http://surhelp-bin.rootsweb.com/srchsite.pl?site=88BLANCHAR Site: index page. Select the first initial of a surname that you are seaching, from the A - Z Index. All surnames on the BLANCHARD Boards that begin with that letter are returned in table form. http://surhelp-bin.rootsweb.com/surindx.pl?site=88BLANCHAR Site: search for a surname. Search All Surnames on all GenConnect Boards and all other sites that are registered and indexed with Surname Helper. http://surhelp.rootsweb.com/srchall.html Fletch

Have social security application of the above, She lived at 154 Leffertery, Brooklyn NY, dob 17 June 1917, b Portsmouth, VA, Father William Blanchard mother Lizzie Judge Was 25 years old and unmarried at the time of the application. Date says Feb 3 no year. Does this name fit into any William Blanchard family? I'd gladly send this to you. Pauline Blanchard

> Must be off the list after May 26 as we will be away for the summer > and in process > of moving to another state. Thought I would make one last attempt to > find my > elusive Blanchard as follows: > Seth Blanchard, b. ca 1778 in Massachusetts, m. Lydia Rice 3 Apr 1804, > of > Sturbridge, daughter of Caleb and Sally (Abbot) Rice. Seth was said > to be of > Brookfield, MA where their marriage bans were published 30 Jan 1804. > There are no other Vital Records for Seth Blanchard in either > Brookfield or Sturbridge. > > The first census record found for Seth is at Pompey, Onondage Co., NY > in 1810, and next in Harmony, Chautauqua Co., NY in 1820 where he > lived until his death. According to Seth's tombstone in Harmony Twp > he lived 1878-1853. > > Does anyone have a clue as to where he fits in the Massachusetts > Blanchards? Have > not been able to find him on the Blanchard web page or list archives. > Will be > visiting Mass. this summer, and would appreciate any input you could > provide. > > Have enjoyed being on the list. This is one of the best of those I > receive. > Betty Malesky, jbmal@wireweb.net > New Braunfels, TX >

Though I'd pass these along. Jackie -----Original Message----- From: Pauline Manosh <Pmanosh@pwshift.com> To: jbotala@together.net <jbotala@together.net> Date: Thursday, May 20, 1999 2:04 AM Subject: Blanchard >Jackie, >I found a few Blanchards this past week-end and after reading your post I >thought they might fit. These names came from the Cemetery in Lowell, >Vermont which is close to the Canadian Border. This is a small Cemetery but >the Grave Stones with the name Blanchard and Laplant are close together? >Name of Cemetery Saint Ignatius , Lowell, Vermont > >Terah Longeway died 9 Dec. 1887 at 80(This is a Laplant Stone) >Same stone on the side: >Leon Laplant died age 3 Mo on 11 Oct. 1884 >Infant son of C & D Laplant dide 11 Oct 1875 >Infant son died 28 Dec 1888 > >Next Stone: > >Cordelia Laplant( I don't think this is her maiden name) >dob 10 July 1847 >died 3 Feb. 1894 > > >Next Grave >Mary J Blanchard >dob 29 Jan. 1877 >died 29 Jan 1894( Born on the 29 and died on the 29th same month) > >Timothy Blanchard 1838-1918 >wife >Mary Blanchard 1852-1902 > >Peter Blanchard died 23 Nov. 1883 at 84 >wife >Vetaline Blanchard died 22 Sept 1890 at 72 and 10mo >Polly > > > > >

In my haste to post my previous query, I listed an incorrect date of death. According to Seth Blanchard's tombstone in Harmony Twp, Chautauqua Co, NY he was born 1778 and died 1853. Thanks again, Betty Malesky, jbmal@wireweb.net New Braunfels, TX

Must be off the list after May 26 as we will be away for the summer and in process of moving to another state. Thought I would make one last attempt to find my elusive Blanchard as follows: Seth Blanchard, b. ca 1778 in Massachusetts, m. Lydia Rice 3 Apr 1804, of Sturbridge, daughter of Caleb and Sally (Abbot) Rice. Seth was said to be of Brookfield, MA where their marriage bans were published 30 Jan 1804. There are no other Vital Records for Seth Blanchard in either Brookfield or Sturbridge. The first census record found for Seth is at Pompey, Onondage Co., NY in 1810, and next in Harmony, Chautauqua Co., NY in 1820 where the family lived until his death sometime after 1870. Does anyone have a clue as to where he fits in the Massachusetts Blanchards? Have not been able to find him on the Blanchard web page or list archives. Will be visiting Mass. this summer, and would appreciate any input you could provide. Have enjoyed being on the list. This is one of the best of those I receive. Betty Malesky, jbmal@wireweb.net New Braunfels, TX BLANCHARD-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > Subject: > > BLANCHARD-D Digest Volume 99 : Issue 77 > > Today's Topics: > #1 Thomas Blanchard ["Donna" <angelwings98@foxinternet.] > #2 Re: Thomas Blanchard ["John F. Chandler" <JCHBN@CUVMB.CC] > #3 Administration 5/20/99 [Fletcher Blanchard <fab@klink.net>] > #4 BLANCHARD RELATIONSHIPS [mvi18th <mvi18th@ici.net>] > > Administrivia: > To unsubscribe from BLANCHARD-D, send a message to > > BLANCHARD-D-request@rootsweb.com > > that contains in the body of the message the command > > unsubscribe > > and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software > requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: Thomas Blanchard > Date: Wed, 19 May 1999 21:47:38 -0700 > From: "Donna" <angelwings98@foxinternet.net> > To: BLANCHARD-L@rootsweb.com > > I found these names at the family history center I hope no one minds me > shareing them with the group. > > Thomas Blanchard born 1586/1590 in France > Married 15 May 1637 in England > Died 21 Mar 1654 in Mass. > Wife: Agnes Brent born 27 Feb 1582 in England > Died 15 Jun 1678 in Ma. > > Thomas's parents > Pierre Jean Blanchard born abt 1566 in France > died aft 1610 in England > Wife Mrs. Blanchard born abt 1570 in France > > Agnes's parents > Robert Bent > Agnes or Annis Gosling > Agnes other husband William Baker > > Thomas and Agnes had 12 children > 1. Samuel > 2. Nathaniel > 3. George > 4. George > 5.Thomas > 6. Thomas Jr. > 7. Samuel > 8. John > 9. Thomas > 10. Nathaniel > 11.Child > 12. child > > Hope this will help someone.. Donna > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: Re: Thomas Blanchard > Date: Thu, 20 May 1999 14:11 EDT > From: "John F. Chandler" <JCHBN@CUVMB.CC.COLUMBIA.EDU> > To: BLANCHARD-L@rootsweb.com > > Thanks to Donna for sharing with us. Although, as it happens, this > Thomas and his family have been discussed quite a lot on this list, > this information shows graphically why it is necessary to be cautious > when viewing data from the LDS Ancestral File. (There's no shame in > getting a running start on a new line by downloading a huge pedigree > from the AF, but the further back you go, the more errors you are > likely to find, and many lines are incorrectly linked to medieval > lineages solely on the basis of coincidence of relatively common names.) > > > Thomas Blanchard born 1586/1590 in France > > The date is a reasonably good guess, but the gist of many discussions > on this list is the conclusion that Thomas was probably not born in > France. This is a very sticky issue and can cause strong emotional > responses in those who treasure their supposed Huguenot heritage from > Thomas Blanchard (but the fact remains that the Huguenot Society does > not admit candidate members on the basis of descent from him). For > preserving the peace, it is best to stick to the facts for Thomas and > not bring in any speculation. Unfortunately, the AF doesn't retain > any source citations for its data, so it is impossible to tell what > is fact and what is guesswork, except by intuition. As such, it can > be a valuable lesson to take an AF pedigree and track down the > information to the sources and find out what is real -- this can help > to develop a "feel" for data. > > > Thomas's parents > > Pierre Jean Blanchard born abt 1566 in France > > The same remarks apply here. > > > Thomas and Agnes had 12 children > > 1. Samuel > > 2. Nathaniel > > 3. George > > 4. George > > 5.Thomas > > 6. Thomas Jr. > > 7. Samuel > > 8. John > > 9. Thomas > > 10. Nathaniel > > 11.Child > > 12. child > > This is an example of the one of the failings of the AF: submissions > from many contributors are merged together, but subtle differences in > presentation (or simple mistakes in the data) can cause incomplete > merging. The result is multiple copies of some or all of the children, > as can be seen here. The fact is that Thomas and Agnes had only one > child, or possibly two -- they had a daughter Agnes baptized at > Goodworth Clatford in 1638, and an infant of theirs died on the voyage > to America in 1639. Thomas had 7 known children by his first wife > Elizabeth, but three of them evidently died young (and are not mentioned > in the above list). The four who survived each appear at least twice in > this list, and Thomas three times. The John in slot #8 is actually our > friend Deacon John of Dunstable, who wasn't Thomas' son at all. > > John > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: Administration 5/20/99 > Date: Thu, 20 May 1999 17:10:26 -0400 > From: Fletcher Blanchard <fab@klink.net> > To: BLANCHARD-L@rootsweb.com > > Hi List Members - > > It's time for a few friendly reminders. Please check all messages > you post to BLANCHARD-L to be sure that they have meaningful and > useful Subject: lines. This will permit our members to identify > topics of interest and to 'connect' further discussions by using the > same Subject: line. The new Threaded Archives make use of the > Subject: lines to organize the threads so if these lines are missing > or are not consistent, the purpose of the Threaded Archives is defeated. > > There is a wealth of information in the BLANCHARD-L Archives (3 yrs. > worth, next month!) and on our Web Pages. I realize that much of > this may seem overwhelming to a new member but I urge you to spend > some time getting familiar with them and trying some searches for > your people, to give you a better perspective on what information > has been collected and shared on this List. > > As always, I am grateful to some of the "oldtimers" who can always > be relied on to help our newer members and to steer them in a > direction that will optimize their research. I wish I could share > more of the advice that Henry (Hank) Z Jones, noted German Palatine > researcher and writer, offered at a recent genealogical seminar, but > "readily admit our mistakes and correct them" is one that hit home > recently. One of my wife's lines appears to have been seriously > confused by a surname change in the late 1700's and is only now > being corrected. > > The ever-present problem of bounced messages on mail lists is > difficult to deal with. At RootsWeb, the usual threshold is set to 4 > bounces, after which the offending address is usubscribed. When I > see 2 or 3 bounces to an address, I usually send a brief note to > offer assistance but, of course, my message will also bounce if the > problem has not been resolved. The best advice is for members to > unsub and then resub if they are aware of a problem with their > system or ISP. If you are using more than one address, be sure to > sub and unsub the correct address and always send to the -L-request > or the -D-request address depending on whether you are subbed to > Mail or Digest Mode. If you need assistance, I'll do my best to help > you. Fletch > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: BLANCHARD RELATIONSHIPS > Date: Thu, 20 May 1999 06:38:15 -0400 > From: mvi18th <mvi18th@ici.net> > To: BLANCHARD-L@rootsweb.com > > Fletch just remined me that I was going to post this to the list again. > > Do any of you Gals and Guys out there know of any relationships to the > TUPPERs by Marriage Male or Female .It will help me to trace. If you > have info please post here or if you perfer get in touch via my address. > If you have dates that would be great. Thanks > Carrying the Blanchard name to my grave:=. Gil Balanchard Bagley

Betty wrote: > Seth Blanchard, b. ca 1778 in Massachusetts, m. Lydia Rice 3 Apr 1804, of > Sturbridge, daughter of Caleb and Sally (Abbot) Rice. Seth was said to be of > Brookfield, MA where their marriage bans were published 30 Jan 1804. There If Seth could have been born in 1779, rather than 1778, then he might be the son of William and Prudence Blanchard of Brookfield, whose last recorded child was Polly, born 1778 Sep 24. William's census tally in 1800 was 00201-00101. One possible interpretation of those figures is William + Prudence + son Perly + another son + a "hired girl" brought in after Polly married and moved out in 1799, or maybe Polly didn't actually get married and was still living at home. Concerning Seth's death: does his gravestone give an age at death, or does it give a year of birth? What cemetery is he buried in? Is Lydia buried next to Seth? John Chandler

Hi List Members - It's time for a few friendly reminders. Please check all messages you post to BLANCHARD-L to be sure that they have meaningful and useful Subject: lines. This will permit our members to identify topics of interest and to 'connect' further discussions by using the same Subject: line. The new Threaded Archives make use of the Subject: lines to organize the threads so if these lines are missing or are not consistent, the purpose of the Threaded Archives is defeated. There is a wealth of information in the BLANCHARD-L Archives (3 yrs. worth, next month!) and on our Web Pages. I realize that much of this may seem overwhelming to a new member but I urge you to spend some time getting familiar with them and trying some searches for your people, to give you a better perspective on what information has been collected and shared on this List. As always, I am grateful to some of the "oldtimers" who can always be relied on to help our newer members and to steer them in a direction that will optimize their research. I wish I could share more of the advice that Henry (Hank) Z Jones, noted German Palatine researcher and writer, offered at a recent genealogical seminar, but "readily admit our mistakes and correct them" is one that hit home recently. One of my wife's lines appears to have been seriously confused by a surname change in the late 1700's and is only now being corrected. The ever-present problem of bounced messages on mail lists is difficult to deal with. At RootsWeb, the usual threshold is set to 4 bounces, after which the offending address is usubscribed. When I see 2 or 3 bounces to an address, I usually send a brief note to offer assistance but, of course, my message will also bounce if the problem has not been resolved. The best advice is for members to unsub and then resub if they are aware of a problem with their system or ISP. If you are using more than one address, be sure to sub and unsub the correct address and always send to the -L-request or the -D-request address depending on whether you are subbed to Mail or Digest Mode. If you need assistance, I'll do my best to help you. Fletch

The following brief article appears in Volume 153 (April 1999) (Whole Number 610) of the New England Historical and Genealogical Register on pages 219 and 220. It discusses John Bent of Sudbury, Mass., and the claims of some that the surname of his wife Martha was Blanchard. The text of the article follows: "Some Notes on John(1) Bent of Sudbury, Massachusetts, and His Grandfather, John(8) Bent of Weyhill, Hampshire, England. "Nearly a hundred years ago, E.C. Felton published in the Register information on the Bent family from the parish registers of Weyhill, Hampshire, and from the Consistory Court of Winchester (30). While accurate for the most part, two items need updating: "John(8) Bent was perhaps the son of Edward Bent who was buried at Weyhill on 19 May 1566, and perhaps of the widow Anna Bent who was buried there on 15 July 1754. (31) "Felton notes the burial of a John Bent on 12 July 1587 and of Joan Bent, widow, on 7 September 1588. (32) However, the former is simply not there in the Weyhill parish register unless it is out of order and on one of the pages that are partially illegible on the microfiche. The latter entry actually reads Johan Bent vidua in the Latin. While this clearly should be interpreted as "Joan Bent widow," the fact is that John(8) Bent made his will on 19 June 1588, and it was proved on 18 September 1588 in the Consistory Court of Winton. Thus one suspects that the rector misinterpreted his own notes when he entered the burial in his register and the burial was that of John(8). "John(1) Bent of Sudbury, Massachusetts, was married during a period for which there is a gap in the Weyhill registers. The surname of his wife Martha is unknown. Some have claimed that she was a Blanchard, but this seems to have been based on a misinterpretation of documents (34) in which Thomas Blanchard is identified as John's brother-in-law. Blanchard was married to John's sister Agnes. Given that John and Martha accompanied Peter Noyes to America and that they named a son Peter, it seems possible that Martha was connected with the Noyes family." (30) E.C. Felton, Esq,, "The English Ancestors of John Bent of Sudbury," Register, 49 (1895): 65-67. See also Allen H. Bent, "The Bent Family in America" (Boston: David Clapp & Son, 1900). (31) Weyhill Parish Registers, FHL microfiche 6,343,473. Felton's article claims that there is a will for an Edward Bent, dated 1558, "in the Registry at Winchester." However, thanks to the help of Clifford Stott, we see that this was apparently a misreading of the index of the Consistory Court of Winchester. At the index entry for the will of Edward Bone a downstroke from the entry above meets the "e" in Bone, making it look like a "t". In the original will, which was proved probably on 6 Sept. 1558, the name clearly has no "t" at the end (the index on FHL microfilm 186,677, the will in Box A-B, 1558, FHL microfilm 186,695). In any case, this was certainly not the will of Edward Bent buried in 1566. (32) Register, 49:66. (33) Ibid, 49:67. (34) See Henry F.Waters, "Passengers and Vessels that have Arrived in America, . . . The Voyage of the Jonathan to New England, 1639," Register, 32 (1878): 407-411. Helen Schatvet Ullmann, C.G, a volunteer editor of the Register and an editor for the Newbury Street Press, is the author of numerous articles in genealogical journals and the recent Descendants of Peter Mills formerly named Pieter Wouterse vander Meulen (Camden, Me.,: Penobscot Press, 1998).

Thanks to Donna for sharing with us. Although, as it happens, this Thomas and his family have been discussed quite a lot on this list, this information shows graphically why it is necessary to be cautious when viewing data from the LDS Ancestral File. (There's no shame in getting a running start on a new line by downloading a huge pedigree from the AF, but the further back you go, the more errors you are likely to find, and many lines are incorrectly linked to medieval lineages solely on the basis of coincidence of relatively common names.) > Thomas Blanchard born 1586/1590 in France The date is a reasonably good guess, but the gist of many discussions on this list is the conclusion that Thomas was probably not born in France. This is a very sticky issue and can cause strong emotional responses in those who treasure their supposed Huguenot heritage from Thomas Blanchard (but the fact remains that the Huguenot Society does not admit candidate members on the basis of descent from him). For preserving the peace, it is best to stick to the facts for Thomas and not bring in any speculation. Unfortunately, the AF doesn't retain any source citations for its data, so it is impossible to tell what is fact and what is guesswork, except by intuition. As such, it can be a valuable lesson to take an AF pedigree and track down the information to the sources and find out what is real -- this can help to develop a "feel" for data. > Thomas's parents > Pierre Jean Blanchard born abt 1566 in France The same remarks apply here. > Thomas and Agnes had 12 children > 1. Samuel > 2. Nathaniel > 3. George > 4. George > 5.Thomas > 6. Thomas Jr. > 7. Samuel > 8. John > 9. Thomas > 10. Nathaniel > 11.Child > 12. child This is an example of the one of the failings of the AF: submissions from many contributors are merged together, but subtle differences in presentation (or simple mistakes in the data) can cause incomplete merging. The result is multiple copies of some or all of the children, as can be seen here. The fact is that Thomas and Agnes had only one child, or possibly two -- they had a daughter Agnes baptized at Goodworth Clatford in 1638, and an infant of theirs died on the voyage to America in 1639. Thomas had 7 known children by his first wife Elizabeth, but three of them evidently died young (and are not mentioned in the above list). The four who survived each appear at least twice in this list, and Thomas three times. The John in slot #8 is actually our friend Deacon John of Dunstable, who wasn't Thomas' son at all. John

Fletch just remined me that I was going to post this to the list again. Do any of you Gals and Guys out there know of any relationships to the TUPPERs by Marriage Male or Female .It will help me to trace. If you have info please post here or if you perfer get in touch via my address. If you have dates that would be great. Thanks Carrying the Blanchard name to my grave:=. Gil Balanchard Bagley

I found these names at the family history center I hope no one minds me shareing them with the group. Thomas Blanchard born 1586/1590 in France Married 15 May 1637 in England Died 21 Mar 1654 in Mass. Wife: Agnes Brent born 27 Feb 1582 in England Died 15 Jun 1678 in Ma. Thomas's parents Pierre Jean Blanchard born abt 1566 in France died aft 1610 in England Wife Mrs. Blanchard born abt 1570 in France Agnes's parents Robert Bent Agnes or Annis Gosling Agnes other husband William Baker Thomas and Agnes had 12 children 1. Samuel 2. Nathaniel 3. George 4. George 5.Thomas 6. Thomas Jr. 7. Samuel 8. John 9. Thomas 10. Nathaniel 11.Child 12. child Hope this will help someone.. Donna

John, I received the following from another researcher. The Blanchard surname appears on screen 481 of 1170 (on mine anyway) in the txt.A-C file which represent pages 195-197. Only got this far when my time ran out. Also noted other associated names: Barnes, Bates, and Bent. There is nothing in it regarding prior America but it is good to get reference books online. -- Rannie in NS > If you have New England > families, you've no doubt picked up this book, Genealogical Dictionary > of New England by Savage. It's on-line!! > http://genweb.net/~books/savage/savage.htm">Savage's New England > Settlers > A GENEALOGICAL DICTIONARY > of THE FIRST SETTLERS OF NEW ENGLAND, > SHOWING THREE GENERATIONS > OF THOSE WHO CAME BEFORE MAY, 1692, > ON THE BASIS OF FARMER'S REGISTER. > BY JAMES SAVAGE, > transcribed and corrected by Robert Kraft 1994 > assisted by Benjamin Dunning. > [[Corrected electronic version copyright Robert Kraft, July 1994]] > > I am taking the liberty to split it up into its original 4 volumes and > posting it to the books online > website. > http://genweb.net/~books/ > http://genweb.net/~books/savage/ > http://genweb.net/~books/savage/SavageVol1.txt A-C > http://genweb.net/~books/savage/SavageVol2.txt D-J > http://genweb.net/~books/savage/SavageVol3.txt K-R > http://genweb.net/~books/savage/SavageVol4.txt S-Z > each file is still large but less than 2 megabytes. ------------------------- End of Message ---

Still looking for William Blanchard born abt 1730 of Stamford, Conn. married Abigail Schofield born 27 Dec 1730, Stamford, Conn. Their son Jacob Blanchard born 5 Feb 1752, Stamford, Conn. maried Elizabeth Weed born 11 Apr 1758, Stamford, Conn. Any information would be appreciated on Blanchard, Schofield, or Weed. Bert R. Webster ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]

Good afternoon: The Blanchard's that I'm connected to are from Pierre Jean {John Pierre} Blanchard of Normandy France. There was four son's, John2 ~ Peter ~ Joeseph and Thomas born on the estate in Normandy France d: 21 March 1653/54 in Charleston, Mass. Thomas had six son's, Nathaniel b. bet. 1615 - 1640 ~ John b. bet. 1615 - 1643 ~ Joseph b. abt. 1620 ~ George b 1622 ~ Thomas b.1625 ~ and Samuel b. August 6, 1629, Halifax, Yorkshire, England d: 23 April 1707 Andover Mass. I have many other names listed and places including Hartford N.Y. , Greenbush Ont. Canada and Ionia Co. Portland, MI. The Blanchad House in Ionia Co. Ionia MI. / The Blackman side, Grant D. Blackman lived in Kent Co. Sparta MI.~ his one son married Ruth G.Blanchard in Portland MI./ its on my web site} If anyone wants to e-mail me, please do so thank you ed

Glad you've joined us, Ed. You should browse through the Blanchard-L web site and see what we have collected. You will be especially interested in the combined Thomas + "Joseph" file, which has your line into Ontario, and also has a few words about the origins of Thomas Blanchard the emigrant. You wrote: > The Blanchard's that I'm connected to are from Pierre Jean {John Pierre} > Blanchard of Normandy France. There was four son's, John2 ~ Peter ~ > Joeseph and Thomas born on the estate in Normandy France d: 21 March > 1653/54 in Charleston, Mass. As always, we are interested in evidence on Thomas' origins. However, we've all heard the story of the estate in Normandy many times, without ever seeing the least bit of evidence to support it. There is some evidence that suggests Thomas may have had a younger brother John -- when Thomas left the old homestead in Goodworth Clatford, Hants, there immediately appeared in the parish another Blanchard family consisting of John and his wife Edith and at least three children who were baptize there. (This stuff is not on the web site, since it is speculation). Beyond that, and the fact that there were Blanchards in the parish at the time of the earliest surviving records (c1550), and that Thomas and his family lived there at least from 1623-1639, nothing is known about the family's origins. There is an awkward lapse in the records about the time when Thomas married and when his eldest son George was born, so we cannot tell when exactly he arrived in the parish. > Thomas had six son's, Nathaniel b. bet. 1615 - 1640 ~ John b. bet. 1615 > - 1643=A0~ Joseph b. abt. 1620 ~ George b 1622 ~ Thomas b.1625 ~ and > Samuel b. August 6, 1629, Halifax, Yorkshire, England d: 23 April 1707 There were no sons Joseph or John, either in the parish records or in the Massachusetts records. If you have evidence for their existence, it would be a breakthrough. Needless to say, though, it seems highly unlikely that Samuel was born in Yorkshire, since he was baptized just three weeks later in Hampshire, where all the Blanchard children were baptized, with the possible exception of George. We are remarkably fortunate to know Samuel's birthdate -- he wrote it down in a little memo book where he wrote down other important dates, such as landing in New England, moving to Andover, and buying a horse. By the way, you mentioned a web site, but neglected to give its URL. Again, glad to have you with us. John Chandler

Hi, All: I asked previously if anyone knew anything about my ancestor Randall H. Blanchard from Louisiana. I've since gotten a clearer copy of the census page and realized that his place of birth was Rhode Island. He married Barbara ???, also from Rhode Island, and they had one son Charles S., about 1814, before moving to Ashtabula County, Ohio, where they remained until their death. Their other children were Peter G., William, and Phidelia, that I know of. Does this ring any bells with anybody? Carol Carnahan, Corvallis, Montana

Per the late Mrs. Pat B. Curry's research -- the Benjamin Blanchard that died in 1719 in Nansmond Co - Will Record filed in Chowan Co ---- Benjamin had 2 other brothers that lived in North Carolina: Ephraim and Aaron Blanchard: Verification of Sibling relationship: Court Records: 1716, 31 July: Chowan Co, NC - Benjamin, of Nansmond Co., VA, sold ("for affection") to his "loving brother" Ephraim Blanchard, of Albemarle Co, NC, 2 parcels (80 ac on Meherrin Neck & 5 ac on Meherrin Neck & in fork of Beaver Dam Swamp - patented to Benj. in 1714 & 1701. Wit: Luten: Thos & Thos Jr. 1736, 10 Nov: Sold to Amos Blanchard, eldest son of "cousin" Robert Blanchard (nephew); "Aaron being great uncle to said Amos," water mill, dam & house built by Aaron, located on east side of stream. - Chowan Co , NC deeds. Question: Did this John Blanchard of Mass. have two other sons named Aaron and Ephraim Blanchard? Mrs. Curry's hypothesis: Benj., Aaron and Ephraim's father may have been a Robert Blanchard of Upper Parish of Nansmond Co, VA. 1683, 16 Apr: Robert Blanshard was granted 100 ac in Upper Parish of Nansmond Co, VA at a place called Jerico "Theory regarding Robert Blanshard as the father based mostly on his presence in early records of Nansmond Co, VA as well as the fact that "son" Benjamin Blanchard named one of his son's "Robert." Regards, Renee Blanchard Haynes -----Original Message----- From: John F. Chandler [SMTP:JCHBN@CUVMB.CC.COLUMBIA.EDU] Sent: Monday, May 17, 1999 2:39 PM To: BLANCHARD-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: Unidentified subject! Bill, Glad to have you with us. I am particularly interested to see the connection between your #2 and #3, and I am wondering what documentation you have for that. > 1 Thomas Blanshard - Born 1590 in France > 2 John Blanshard - Born 1625 in London, England died 1687 in Dunstable, > Mass, married to Elizabeth 1649 in Charlestown, Mass. This John sounds like a match for "Deacon" John Blanchard, a founder of Dunstable, but with a variety of discrepancies: Deacon John died in 1693, rather than 1687; there is no evidence he was married as early as 1649 (and certainly no children known to have been born before 1659); and, most importantly, he was definitely not the son of Thomas Blanchard the immigrant ancestor who happens to be the most "popular" among our list members. The evidence of probate records shows that John was the brother of William Blanchard of Boston and the son of Ann Blanchard of Salem and Chelmsford. The name of Ann's husband is often said to be Joseph, but we unfortunately have no proof of that. John's will of 1693 mentions a son Benjamin (who was born in Chelmsford 1664/5 Mar 15) as well as three other sons. The other three sons are known to have raised families in Massachusetts, but Benjamin is a complete blank, other than his birth record and his father's will. This is where your #3 comes in... > 3 Benjamin Blanshard - Died June 05, 1719 in Nansemond County, > Virginia. He was married to Catherine. Children Robert, > Catherine, Benjamin, Absalom. It is conceivable that John's son Benjamin went off to Virginia to make his fortune, and the description of this Benjamin in Nansemond County is (so far) consistant with the idea that he came from Massachusetts in the hope of getting rich. Since John's Benjamin was presumably still in Massachusetts in 1693 and somewhat past the typical age of "youthful indiscretions", and because there are no records of any such, we can assume that he was not forced to flee for a romantic reason. If Benjamin had left for religious reasons (such as becoming a Quaker), he would undoubtedly have gone no further than Rhode Island, or possibly Pennsylvania or New Jersey. Given continual state of war with the French and Indians, the most likely fate of Benjamin is an unrecorded death in Massachusetts or vicinity, without issue, but it is also possible that he went out into the wide world and never came back. The question is: how do we know where Benjamin of Nansemond came from? The names of his children do not suggest a link to the Massachusetts family -- they might be from his wife's family, of course. Is there a tradition among this Benjamin's descendants that their family was founded by a man from Massachusetts? Or is this link something that was put forward by a modern genealogist as an interesting hypothesis? John Chandler ==== BLANCHARD Mailing List ==== Check our BLANCHARD Genealogy Databases at: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~blanch-l/blpref.html

Carol wrote: > Randall H. Blanchard from Louisiana. I've since gotten a clearer copy > of the census page and realized that his place of birth was Rhode > Island. He married Barbara ???, also from Rhode Island, and they had > one son Charles S., about 1814, before moving to Ashtabula County, Ohio, I have exactly one Randall Blanchard in my files, and, lo and behold, he lived in RI at least up until 1810, when he appeared in the census enumeration in the town of Foster, in a household that may have included a wife and a brother (tally = 00200-00100). According to one report, he was born in 1792, but he is not listed in the Foster vital records. I don't know if this Randall was still listed in Foster as of 1820, but I can check. John Chandler