Renee wrote: > Question: Did this John Blanchard of Mass. have two other sons named Aaron and > Ephraim Blanchard? No. His four other sons mentioned in the will of 1693 were Joseph, James, Thomas, and Nathaniel. There were two other sons who died in childhood. > Mrs. Curry's hypothesis: Benj., Aaron and Ephraim's father may have been a > Robert Blanchard of Upper Parish of Nansmond Co, VA. Sounds like a good bet. John Chandler

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

Hi. My name is Bill Blanchard. I was wandering around the WEB and found this list on Blanchards. I thought I might find some of the information about my family here. In talking to Fletch I decided to try my luck. Here is a little about me and my side of the family. I live in Mt Juliet, Tennessee outside of Nashville. A lot of my family are in North Carolina (at least that is where they started) as far as I know. Here are some of the particulars as far as I know them. 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. 3 Benjamin Blanshard - Died June 05, 1719 in Nansemond County, Virginia. He was married to Catherine. Children Robert, Catherine, Benjamin, Absalom. Catherine married William Weston after Benjamin passed away. 4. Benjamin Blanshard - Born 1711, died April 03,1762. Married Sarah Hinton. Children Uriah, Rubin, Robert, Absalom, Elizabeth, Bethane, Millison, Absila, Christian, Judith. 5. Absalom Blanshard - Born about 1753, died December 1784. Married Mary. Children Frederick, William Sarah, Mary. Wife Mary married Jesse Spivey after his death. 6. Frederick Blanshard - Born May 20, 1774 in Gates County, NC. Died Septemberr 18, 1853. He had 14 children by 3 wives. 7. William Absalom Blanshard - Born Sept. 04, 1834 died January 04, 1903. He had 11 children. 8. Arthur Oscar Blanchard (Note spelling change) - Born May 06, 1871 Died July 21, 1926. Married Bertie Carrie Dixson. He had 1 son William Absalom Blanchard. 9. William Absalom Blanchard - Born August 05, 1903 Died November 19, 1973. Married to Jewel Kerwin. Children William Arthur Blanchard and Mary Emily Blanchard. 10. William Arthur Blanchard - Born May 26, 1944. I have one son Jeffrey Edward Blanchard. Thanks, Bill Blanchard Bill Blanchard e-mail wab221@mindspring.com

You have found one, at least as near as I can tell. My great great grandfather, Manley Tillet Blanchard moved to western Ky around the early 1800s. His first wife was a HILL and she was from TN. They moved to Iowa in the later 1830s. I am trying to track down more info. But at that time, what was and was not KY and TN is unclear in 1800. He was born in KY or TN in 1812. Most likely, KY. Although could have been born in NC. Jay Blanchard

I am trying to find BLANCHARD family members who came from Tennessee to Kentucky

In a message dated 5/1/99 7:30:56 PM Eastern Daylight Time, judy@ntacustomjewelers.com writes: << BLANCHARD-D-request@rootsweb.com >>

unsubscribe BLANCHARD-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > Subject: > > BLANCHARD-D Digest Volume 99 : Issue 61 > > Today's Topics: > #1 Re: BLANCHARD-D Digest V99 #60 [Itsmerox@aol.com] > > 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: Re: BLANCHARD-D Digest V99 #60 > Date: Sun, 18 Apr 1999 17:41:46 EDT > From: Itsmerox@aol.com > To: BLANCHARD-L@rootsweb.com > > Hello to the "Blanchard" list - have been reading the list for several months > and herewith post my first inquiry: > > Am researching surname BLANCHARD and specifically the family of Charles > Michael as surnamed above (he is my g-grandfather through the line of his > [4th-child] son Chancy Sylvester). > > Have been unlucky in finding anything re C.M.'s parents, except, per the 1880 > Fed. Census, which indicates the birthplace of Charles' parents as being > OHIO. > > I did find in the 1850 Whitely Co., Indiana Fed. Census record (pg. 472, line > 17-18) a Chauncey Blanchard, age 20, and wife Catherine, age 18, no children. > Have not yet looked at 1860/70. My bet is on this couple as parents of: > > Charles Michael BLANCHARD, b. 30 Sep 1852, Whitely Co., IN; d. 09 Jun 1924, > Nampa, Canyon Co., ID; m.ca. 1873 Sarah Matilda SNYDER [dau William SNYDER > and Belinda HASTY]: (4th child) Chancy Sylvester BLANCHARD, b. 23 Dec 1879 > Swain Twp., Noble Co., IN; d. 30 Aug 1962, Bandon, Coos Co., OR; m. Blanche > Edna LEWIS, b. 01 May 1883, Hastings, Adams Co., NE; d. 01 May 1963, > Portland, Multnomah Co., OR. > > Are any of you my cousins? > > Thanks for your time. > > itsmerox@aol.com (Roxana L. Tea)

Thanks, Paul, for the further information. In regard to the question of Coffin vs Wheeler, I think the circumstantial evidence in favor of the known marriage in 1800 (i.e., Wheeler) is very convincing, but I've seen cases before where a young widow remarried and used her 1st husband's surname as a middle name for one or more subsequent children, so it's still possible that Abigail's maiden name was Coffin. However, I went back to the VR of Stoughton and verified that there was neither an Abigail Wheeler nor an Abigail Coffin born there at a suitable time. It's too bad Walter Blanchard didn't explain where he got the name of William's wife. > They first settled after marriage in > east Stoughton, Mass., accumulating considerable property. I also checked to see if any of their children's births were recorded in Stoughton (something I never did before because they are after my cutoff date of 1800) -- they are not there, so it would seem that maybe Walter was wrong about where they "settled" in the sense of actual residence, even if William bought real estate in Stoughton. > Children were------ > William -- who died quite young in consequence of a fall upon the ice. > John W. -- Born March 29, 1803. > Richard -- Born Sept. 10, 1801 > Mary -- who died in infancy, Given the out-of-order appearance of John and Richard, it would be a mistake to assume that William was the first son. There seems to be no real impediment to the conclusion that the 1800 marriage is the right one for this family. > William (1747) first wife was Rachael Spear, they had one child, William > (above) and Rachael died in 1779. On April 1, 1782 William married Betsy > Mann of Randolph MA. Two small corrections. First, the town of Randolph was not formed until 1793, so she would have been of Braintree in 1782 (as indeed she was). Second, their marriage *intention* was entered on Apr 1, so the marriage itself would have had to be later. The marriage does not appear in the VR or Braintree or Stoughton. The births of the children (except Lemuel) are recorded in Stoughton (but, most provokingly, they are listed as children of "ditto and ditto" underneath the entry for William in 1771, which says "son of William Blanchard and his wife"). John

I will try to answer some of John's questions concerning the lineage I posted yesterday. First, the source of my material for this particular line comes from a genealogy compiled by Walter Blanchard sometime in the late 1800s of the Blanchards in and around East Stoughton, MA. Walter fits in as follows: Thomas (1), Nathaniel (2), John (3 & 4), Samuel (5 & 6), Jonathan (7), Horatio (8) and Walter (9). The following is his entry for William (1771) Married Abigail Coffin of Boston, Mass. They first settled after marriage in east Stoughton, Mass., accumulating considerable property. They removed to Boston where he became an extensive real estate owner. (A large portion of his property was located in the vicinity of Pleasant Street). He died about the year 1815, his wife dying about the same time. Children were------ William -- who died quite young in consequence of a fall upon the ice. John W. -- Born March 29, 1803. Richard -- Born Sept. 10, 1801 Mary -- who died in infancy, and who was born soon after the death of her father. >From the above statement I would assume that Abigail died during or because of child birth. William (1747) first wife was Rachael Spear, they had one child, William (above) and Rachael died in 1779. On April 1, 1782 William married Betsy Mann of Randolph MA. They had six children, as follows: John -- March 23.1783 Samuel -- May 30, 1784 Betsy -- May 9, 1786 Seth -- July 18, 1789 Elisha -- Oct. 28, 1792 Lemuel -- 1793 There follows a long account of what William and Betsy did during their lives, ending with, "He died Jan. 21, 1814. Betsy, his wife died June 3, 1833, aged 80 years. Interments at "Old Cemetery", east Main Street, Avon, MA.". It would appear from this account that William was only married twice, the third wife I have listed, Sarah, could have been married to another William (there were certainly a lot branches of the family and each branch had kids of the same name) As for Mary Whitmarsh, that is the name that Walter has as marrying Samuel. The Whitman got into my records from some other source (unknown to me at the moment) and probably occurred by misreading the hand written records or someplace in the transcribing of them. Paul Blanchard

Hi! I am searching for any information on vessels sailing from France to Port Royal in 1641 bearing Hughette Poirier, Her spouse, and her son Jehan Blanchard. ( Perhaps the vessel Saint-Jehan is involved)....Cousin Ernie Blanchard of Saint John, NB, Canada

This line is very interesting. Paul wrote: > William B., b. 13 Oct 1771, d. 1815 > Abigail Coffin, b.?, d. abt 1815, m. abt 1799 4 children Is this an assertion that the marriage of William BLANCHARD to Abigail WHEELER in 1800 does not represent the parents of John Wheeler Blanchard? Or does it signify that Abigail Coffin 1st married a Wheeler and then William B? In other words, what is the basis for assigning the maiden name COFFIN to William's wife? Also, where did this William die? As I reported yesterday, there are probate files in Suffolk County for Williams in 1807, 1809, and 1844, but I didn't see one in 1815. Finally, what is the evidence that the William born in 1771 in Stoughton came and settled in Boston (or did he *not* settle in Boston)? > William B., b. 31 Aug 1747, d. 21 Jan 1814 > Rachael Spear (1st of 3 wives), b. abt 1751, d. bef 1782, m. 4 Apr > 1771, 1 child I presume the second marriage was to Betty Man in 1782. Who was the 3rd wife, and when did they marry? Where is the documentation for William's death in 1814? Is there proof that William of Stoughton was the same person as the William born in Braintree in 1747? Finally, if Rachel had only one child, then who were the three extra females counted in William's household in 1790? (Presumably two of the five in all were wife Betty and daughter Betty Jr). > Samuel B., b. 30 Aug 1724, d. Aft 1765 > Mary Whitman (Whitmarsh), b. 1724, d. aft 1765, m. 4 Jan 1743/44, 9 > children Is there proof that Samuel of Stoughton was indeed the same Samuel who married Mary Whitmarsh in Braintree and also the same Samuel who was born in Weymouth in 1724? I have seen a conflicting report that he was instead the Samuel born in Braintree c1706 to Nathaniel Blanchard. What is the significance of the "Whitman" name for Samuel's wife? (Note that the marriage record calls her Whitmarsh.) Was there a Mary Whitman who is known to have married a Blanchard? I might add that there was a Mary WHITMARSH born in 1721 in Abington, though I know of no evidence to indicate that she was the one who married Samuel. John

I recognized the name John Wheeler Blanchard, Jr., he was the brother of my great grandfather, Albert Henry Blanchard. The line goes as follows: John Wheeler B. Jr., b. 4 May 1831, d. Apr 1910 Harriet Chamber, b. 15 Mar 1832, d.abt 1910, m. 11 Sep 1854, 5 children John Wheeler B., b. 29 Mar 1803, d. 26 Oct 1874 Sarah Ann Badger, b. 25 May 1805, d. 19 Nov 1861, m. 10 May 1824, 4 children William B., b. 13 Oct 1771, d. 1815 Abigail Coffin, b.?, d. abt 1815, m. abt 1799 4 children William B., b. 31 Aug 1747, d. 21 Jan 1814 Rachael Spear (1st of 3 wives), b. abt 1751, d. bef 1782, m. 4 Apr 1771, 1 child Samuel B., b. 30 Aug 1724, d. Aft 1765 Mary Whitman (Whitmarsh), b. 1724, d. aft 1765, m. 4 Jan 1743/44, 9 children John B., b. 14 Oct 1691, d. 15 May 1752 Elizabeth Gross, b. 13 Jan 1698/99, d. aft 1744, m. 4 Apr 1720, 12 children John B., b.27 Mar 1660, d. 10 Mar 1732/33 Abigail Phillips, b. 20 Feb 1661/62, d. 19 Dec 1724, m. abt 1685, 11 children Nathaniel B., b. 14 Dec 1636, d. 27 Aug 1676 Susanna Bates, b. 22 Jan 1633/34, d. aft 1674, m. 16 Dec 1658, 7 children Thomas B., abt 1595, d. 21 May 1654 Elizabeth, b. ?, d. 23 Jul 1635, m. abt 1617 I believe that John Wheeler Jr. founded the company that developed the Blanchard Grinder that is widely used in manufacturing today. The original business started by sharpening mill stones used to grind grain. Paul Blanchard

I'm looking for Hannah Blanchard born in VT. Married a Joseph Jones. They had a daughter Harriet Newell Jones b. 28 Aug 1813 NH, m. 29 Mar 1836 NH I think to Daniel Clark b. 1812. I'm stuck, have nothing more on Hannah Blanchard, nothing on Joseph Jones and haven't found connections on Daniel Clark.

Hi, everyone. I'm a new member, hoping I can get some help finding the birth and death of my great-great-great-great grandfather William Blanchard, who must have been born about 1770's, probably in Boston, MA; I find his marriage to Abigail Wheeler of Stoughton, MA on May 1, 1800 in Boston. His descendants are: 1. John Wheeler Blanchard, b. 3/25/1803 in Boston, MA, m. Sarah Badger 5/22/1824. 2. John Wheeler Blanchard, Jr., b. 5/4/1831 in Boston, MA, m. Harriet Chambers 9/11/1854. 3. Carlton Shepard Blanchard, b. 3/1863 in Dorchester, MA, m. Flora Estes 12/23/1895. 4. Carlton Shepard Blanchard, Jr., b. 9/22/1897 in New Bedford, MA, m. Elsie May Tapper. 5. Robert Winslow Blanchard, b. 9/16/1927 in Newton, MA, m. Antonette Castiglione (my parents). I have researched many sources, and I do not think William is descended from either the noted Thomas or Joseph Blanchards of this area. Thanks to all for any help you can give, with this search or any other information about my Blanchard line. Best wishes, Frances (Blanchard) Fahey

List member Jack Murray <silverfox1@erols.com> will be attending the NGS Conference in Richmond, VA which meets May 12-15. He will be managing a promotional table for the next National Conference to be held in Providence, RI on May 31 - June 4, 2000. Jack invites any BLANCHARD-L members to stop by and say hello. The 2000 Conference will combine the New England Regional Genealogical Conference and the National Genealogical Society Conference. Maybe this would be a good time to try for another BLANCHARD-L get-together! We attempted to do this on 5 & 6 Aug 1997 after just getting used to the changeover of list server from RmGate to RootsWeb and problems with your list owner's computer. Maybe with a year's lead time we'll have better luck. Fletch

Fran wrote: > great-great-great-great grandfather William > Blanchard, who must have been born about 1770's, probably in Boston, > MA; I find his marriage to Abigail Wheeler of Stoughton, MA on May 1, > 1800 in Boston... > I have researched many sources, and I do not think William is > descended from either the noted Thomas or Joseph Blanchards of this > area. Have you looked into the case of William Blanchard who was born in Boston, 1763 Jan 10 to Edward and Sarah (Lowell) Blanchard? He would have been rather older than the average groom in 1800, but it's always possible that he had been married once already. Anyhow, that's the best candidate I can find among the Blanchards in my files. Meanwhile, I have two thoughts for further research: is there a record of Abigail Wheeler's birth in Stoughton, and is there anything about William in the probate files of Suffolk Co? (Since his son and grandson were both born in Boston, it seems likely that William himself remained there through his life. There are, of course, many William Blanchards who died in Suffolk Co, and my list from the Suffolk probate index shows Williams for 1807, 1809, and 1844, all within the realm of possibility, with the last of these being the most likely. In case you want to look them up, they are dockets 23012, 23414, and 33985, respectively.) John Chandler

Giles W. Smith & Sally Blanchard Smith were married at Chateaugay, NY on Jan 7, 1836 (Franklin County, NY) Children were Harriet August , Reupert Alban, Calista Elmina, Lesie , Lloyd K., Eliza and William Giles all born in Franklin Co, NY. Who were the parents of Sally Blanchard? Pauline Blanchard

Hi Listers! I have an anc. HENRY LAZIME BLANCHARD. Has anyone heard of that middle name? I'm wondering if it could be a hint to a grandmothers' maiden name or if it is just a little used first name??? Appreciate your help. Thanks Judy in Fla. Barker, Bauer, Blanchard, Carpenter, Carr, Clark, Dowd, Durr, Flanagan, Harr, Hogan, Linn, Lisberger, Lyon, Mezger, Morgan, Nutt, O'Dowd, Palmer, Randolph, Robinson

In a message dated 4/26/99 4:01:12 PM Eastern Daylight Time, biju-ent@juno.com writes: > Subj: Lazime: Surname or first name? > Date: 4/26/99 4:01:12 PM Eastern Daylight Time > From: biju-ent@juno.com (Judy A Bill) > To: BLANCHARD-L@rootsweb.com > > Hi Listers! > > I have an anc. HENRY LAZIME BLANCHARD. > > Has anyone heard of that middle name? I'm wondering if it could be a > hint to a grandmothers' maiden name or if it is just a little used first > name??? > > Appreciate your help. > > Thanks A search for Lazime on Altavista turned up one item that indicates it could be a first name. The Democratic Party of Albania reported in January that among those assassinated, wounded or jailed for political reasons was Lazime Cera, 30 years old, In October 1998, Lazime Cera, was maltreated and arrested by the police. She is the sister of Besim Cera, who was assassinated together with MP Azem Hajdari, on September 12, at the doorstep of the DP headquarters by state-paid killers. Yahoo lists a Croation MIDI home page at http://www.hr/music/midi/engindex.html which has a MIDI music file called Lazime.mid. Yahoo also lists the site http://personal.nbnet.nb.ca/tonyaleb/c1871.htm which has a Lazime Arseneau, age 11, in the family of Victore Arseneau, Francaise Fermier, in the 1871 Census of Shediac & Dundee Parishes, N.B. Other search engines may turn up other instances of the name. I hope this helps. John Tuttle (jututtle@aol.com)

Does anyone know if there will be a Blanchard Reunion in Talladega, Alabama, and if so, could someone give me any information about it? I'm trying to find out for someone. Phoebe