I am looking for leads on a Miss Blanchard, died about 1818, probably Buncombe County, North Carolina. She was the second wife of John Waddell Jr, bn 1 Nov 1764, Philadelphia PA, died 1855, Hot Springs, NC. Any information is appreciated. Keith Boone KBBoone@SWBell.net

Note: it turns out that there *is* still a way to search the post-RMGATE archives using email, but it requires a bit of waiting and some software that not everyone has. Basically, the messages older than a month or so are rolled into a series of Unix "TAR" files which are in turn GZIP'd. If you have the software to unzip and extract the components, you can send for all the archives and search through them on your home computer at your leisure. Just email to blanchard-L-request@rootsweb.com (not -D-) with a subject of "archive" and a text of "send save*" (without the quotes). You will get the binary files encoded via MIME, and you can take it from there. John

I mentioned reading more about a topic in the list archives yesterday, and someone asked how to get to the archives. The answer is a little complicated, and it would be nice to just say "read more about it in the archives", but I guess that would be circular, wouldn't it... The official access to the archives is via the Web at http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl Go there, enter blanchard-l (or whatever), and then use the search engine. If you don't have web access, you can still get to some of the archives by e-mail, but it's now limited to the most recent month or so. You send messages to blanchard-L-request@rootsweb.com (or -D- if you prefer), with a subject of "archive". For starters, send the word "help" (without the quotes). Then send "dir latest" for -L- or "dir volume98" for -D-. If you want a list of the subjects of the archived messages, send "grep subject: latest". There is a limit of 512 lines on the output, so you may need to use wildcard notation to focus on the range of messages you particularly want, as in "grep subject: latest/7*". John

I recently found refrence to my great great great grandmother, Lovisa Pier who married Horace Blanchar in a book about the Pier family. A short note mentions that "Lovisa married the brother of her cousin, Rufus Pier's wife, Katherine Blanchar." and also that "Katherine was the daughter of Caleb Blanchar of Antrim, New Hampshire. Katherine died in 1850 at the age of 53." My records show that Horace Blanchar was the son of Jedediah and Abigail (last name unknown), the g-son of Jedediah and Martha Chapman and the g-g-son of Samuel and Mercy Richardson. My records are incomplete, and I do not show Horace having a cousin Katherine or an Uncle Caleb. Can anyone out there place these two families together? Thanks, Jane

Hello Sherry. I sent this earlier but it returned. > I have been trying to edit Pat's file which I downloaded. Col. Jotham > and Elizabeth never had a son, Jotham Jr. The Jotham she refers to as the > husband of Mrs Margaret SPEARS was of their son of Jonathan and was the > grandson of Col. Jotham. This Jotham and Margaret couple never had > children. > Pat's reference in her material is: > + b. Stearns, Ezra: Early Generations of the Founders of Old Dunstable > ... 30 Families. Boston, MA, 1911 > I recall getting some copies of this material from either Fletch or > Albert and I posted my findings of some errors in the material (many > moons ago). Col. Jotham only had 8 children and not 9. > Jotham Jr., being the son of yet another Jotham, is down another line > and is in the LDS listings as "Relative: Benjamin Thomas Blanchard", an > elusive character as I do not have a year or place to go with him. > I notice also in Pat's data that she has my grt grandfather listed under > "Children of Hannah" when he was of Wm. Henry's first marriage to Maria > TIMLIN along with his brother Edward Sherburne (1858-1860), sister Mary > Elizabeth (1859-?) and younger brother, Monson Goudge (1864-1900). > These errors can be seen with a quick browse through the chapter re. the > Blanchard family in Miller's 1873 text off my homepage - > http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/~ai020/Profile.html > -- > John & Fletch - Would it be possible to add this lineage and reference to > Pat's file? > -- Rannie > >

Jane wrote: > short note mentions that "Lovisa married the brother of her cousin, > Rufus Pier's wife, Katherine Blanchar." and also that "Katherine was > the daughter of Caleb Blanchar of Antrim, New Hampshire. Katherine died > in 1850 at the age of 53." The only Caleb of Antrim that I have was born 1760 Mar 18 in Andover, MA, lived for many years in Dracut, where his children were born, and died in Antrim, NH, 1843 Aug 7 from a broken neck. (Actually, there was also a son Caleb Jr, but he was born in 1795.) The list of children recorded at Dracut seems complete and fills up the 1790's, but does not include a Catherine. Sorry, but I can't match that one. > My records show that Horace Blanchar was the son of Jedediah and Abigail > (last name unknown), the g-son of Jedediah and Martha Chapman and the > g-g-son of Samuel and Mercy Richardson. I have some indications of this line, but no documentation. Both of the Jedediahs and their siblings seems to have been born in Ashford, CT. I don't have any mention of a Caleb in this family. I would be interested in seeing data on Horace and his siblings. John [Index: Caleb 1760 b Andover, MA 1998 08 31] [Index: Caleb 1795 b Dracut, MA 1998 08 31]

Maggie wrote: > Which brings me to another thought: I have seen a Pierre Blanchard > identified as the father of Thomas, [the one who emigrated to America in > 1639] but I haven't seen any good evidence for this. Have any of you > out there got any? We've had lots of discussions on this point, but no one has come forward with any such evidence yet. In fact, there is negative evidence, thanks to Fred Hartley, who did a search for a "denization" (i.e., a naturalization) of Thomas Blanchard and found none. Since Thomas was a yeoman farmer in Hants, he had to be a native-born Englishman or a naturalized one, so the implication is that he was born in England. You can read Fred's posting on the subject in the archives (1996). > We have documentary evidence that Thomas sailed from > England, with his place of origin given as Penton Grafton, Hants, > England, [this from the passenger list of the "Jonathan"]. Actually, there is no passenger list, and he didn't come from Penton Grafton, but we do have documentary evidence (lots of it) for the voyage of the "Jonathan" and some of the passengers. Penton Grafton is where his then wife Agnes was born, but Thomas and family lived in Goodworth Clatford before emigrating. You can read more about all this in the archives, too. John

Thanks to Sherry for posting the deeds. Note the interesting "absentee landlord" effect: the land purshased in Dunstable is described as > . first a piece of land Laying & > being in Dunstable in the county of Middlesex & Province aforesaid Although the land was in Middlesex County when Bartlet acquired it, the new Province line of 1741 had sliced right across Dunstable and given the northern part to New Hampshire. Bartlet (the seller) possibly had never seen the land in question and apparently didn't know exactly where it was and so guessed that it was in the part of Dunstable still in Massachusetts. However, the fact that the second deed finds Benjamin Blanchard residing in Dunstable, New Hampshire, shows that the land was indeed in the northern part. I presume that the deed was registered in New Hampshire (right, Sherry?). I wonder if there was ever a problem with title to that land because of that mistake in the deed ... John

Maggie wrote: > I noticed that in 1624, a Martha Blanchard married in > England John Bent, brother of Agnes Bent who married Thomas Blanchard. It would more correct to say that Maggie noticed a CLAIM of that. I have often seen that same claim, but never any documentation to indicate that it's TRUE. My own suspicion is that somebody with an active imagination simply made it up, based on incomplete knowledge. It is well known that John Bent was a brother-in-law of Thomas Blanchard, and it is also well known that John's wife was named Martha ________. What could be simpler than to put those two facts together and "deduce" that Martha's maiden name was Blanchard? Simple, but probably wrong. In a sense, this unfounded rumor is good for us in the Blanchard group because it may tend to increase the level of interest in Blanchards in general and may eventually help to elicit documentation of Thomas' origins. However, I'm not holding my breath. John Chandler

Hello to all my fellow Blanchard searchers: My GGrandmother was Ida Amanda Blanchard, born Jan 25, 1860 in Gaysville, Windsor, VT. Married June 12, 1877 to Charles Edward Pitts in North Clarendon, Rutland, VT. Ida died August 15, 1917 in Rutland, Rutland, Vermont. Also buried in Rutland, VT, cemetery unknown. The information I have on her parents is very sketchy. Ida's father, Allen John Blanchard born about 1835 possibly in VT. No other info known at this time. Ida's mother, Jane Daniels born abt 1840, also probably in VT. This is all I have on her. Do any of these names ring a bell with anyone out there? All information will be appreciated. Thanking you in advance, Eileen Bernier QSCB31A@prodigy.com

Hi Rannie and All, So much for my memory, I thought you descended through Jotham, Sr.! Jotham, Sr. was son to Joseph and Rebeccah of Dunstable. I just checked Pat Curry's file to be sure my recollection was correct. Pat has the following on Jotham, Jr. A39-4(10)9 JOTHAM BLANCHARD father Born: 1784, Peterborough, Hillsb., NH [6b] Died: 1839, Pictou, NS [6b] Married: ?Scotland [6b] Margaret ( ) Spear of Scotland Lawyer, member of Parliament. [6b] She has Jotham, son of Jonathan, son of Jotham son of Joseph and Rebeccah listed with the same wife. I believe that the marriage of Jotham, Jr. to Ruhama Smith is correct for this Jotham and the marriage to Margaret Spear would be to the son of Jonathan. Interested in feedback, Sherry ---------- From: Ranald Blanchard[SMTP:ai020@chebucto.ns.ca] Sent: Sunday, August 30, 1998 4:05 AM To: BLANCHARD-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re.Jotham & Ruhama Sherry - re. >>I've been waiting to see what Rannie has on this.<< In John Tuttle's message on Aug. 4, 1997, Subject: BLANCHARD of Lyndeborough, N.H., he lists the burial places of Jotham and Ruhama (Amy) as found on page 95 of "Lyndeborough, Hillsborough County, N.H., Tombstone Inscriptions 1764-1980," compiled by Ann Louise Nichols (1984). In the message, Ruhama's death date is Feb. 21, 1868 at the age of 91 years 19 days, her birth date then being Feb. 2, 1777. I can repost the Aug 4th message if needed. John also refers to the following NEGHR article. - New England Historical and Genealogical Records, Volume 61 - Article re. marriages by Rev. Jeremiah BARNARD p.236 - Oct. 9, 1781 - Mr. John STEARNS, Jr. to Miss Sarah BLANCHARD, both of Amherst. p.238 - Dec. 29, 1790 - Nathaniel SIMONDS, of Hillsborough, to Betsy BLANCHARD, of Amherst. - Jan. 31, 1793 - Augustus BLANCHARD, Jr. to Miss Ester CROSBY, both of Amherst. p.239 - May 14, 1793 - John CROSBY to Priscilla BLANCHARD. p.240 - Jan 26, 1796 - Mr. Roger E. PERKINS, of Danvers, Mass., and Miss Esther BLANCHARD, of [Amherst crossed out] Milford, N.H. - Aug. 17, 1796 - Jothum BLANCHARD, of Lyndborough, and Miss Ruhama SMITH, of Milford. p.379 - Aug 25, 1807 - Amaziah BLANCHARD, of Milford, to Miss Polly DAMON, of Amherst. ------- In the above, I know that five are descendents of 'Joseph' and Ann, one being Betsy who is Elizabeth (dau/o Col. Jotham and Elizabeth) who m. Nathaniel SYMONDS. They came to NS and settled in Antigonish. The other four are Sarah, Augustus Jr., Priscilla, and Esther, who are children of Augustus, bro/o Col. Jotham and s/o Col. Joseph and Rebecca. ------- Amaziah is of Thomas (Amaziah-6, Simon-5, Simon-4, John-3, Samuel-2, THOMAS-1) ------- I do not have a lineage back for Jothum (also noted as Jotham, Jothan) but have he may be of lineage of others in the cemetery. INDEX: Sarah. 1781. Amherst. 1998. 8. 30. John {Stearns}. 1781. Amherst. 1998. 8. 30. Betsy. 1790. Amherst. 1998. 8. 30. Nathaniel {Simonds}. 1790. Hillsborough. 1998. 8. 30. Augustus. 1793. Amherst. 1998. 8. 30. Esther (Crosby). 1793. Amherst. 1998. 8. 30. Priscilla. 1793. 1998. 8. 30. John {Crosby}. 1793. 1998. 8. 30. Esther. 1796. Milford. 1998. 8. 30. Roger {Perkins}. 1796. Danvers, Mass. 1998. 8. 30. Jothum. 1796. Lyndborough. 1998. 8. 30. Ruhama (Smith). 1796. Milford. 1998. 8. 30. Amaziah. 1807. Milford. 1998. 8. 30. Polly (Damon). 1807. Amherst. 1998. 8. 30.

Sherry - re. >>I've been waiting to see what Rannie has on this.<< In John Tuttle's message on Aug. 4, 1997, Subject: BLANCHARD of Lyndeborough, N.H., he lists the burial places of Jotham and Ruhama (Amy) as found on page 95 of "Lyndeborough, Hillsborough County, N.H., Tombstone Inscriptions 1764-1980," compiled by Ann Louise Nichols (1984). In the message, Ruhama's death date is Feb. 21, 1868 at the age of 91 years 19 days, her birth date then being Feb. 2, 1777. I can repost the Aug 4th message if needed. John also refers to the following NEGHR article. - New England Historical and Genealogical Records, Volume 61 - Article re. marriages by Rev. Jeremiah BARNARD p.236 - Oct. 9, 1781 - Mr. John STEARNS, Jr. to Miss Sarah BLANCHARD, both of Amherst. p.238 - Dec. 29, 1790 - Nathaniel SIMONDS, of Hillsborough, to Betsy BLANCHARD, of Amherst. - Jan. 31, 1793 - Augustus BLANCHARD, Jr. to Miss Ester CROSBY, both of Amherst. p.239 - May 14, 1793 - John CROSBY to Priscilla BLANCHARD. p.240 - Jan 26, 1796 - Mr. Roger E. PERKINS, of Danvers, Mass., and Miss Esther BLANCHARD, of [Amherst crossed out] Milford, N.H. - Aug. 17, 1796 - Jothum BLANCHARD, of Lyndborough, and Miss Ruhama SMITH, of Milford. p.379 - Aug 25, 1807 - Amaziah BLANCHARD, of Milford, to Miss Polly DAMON, of Amherst. ------- In the above, I know that five are descendents of 'Joseph' and Ann, one being Betsy who is Elizabeth (dau/o Col. Jotham and Elizabeth) who m. Nathaniel SYMONDS. They came to NS and settled in Antigonish. The other four are Sarah, Augustus Jr., Priscilla, and Esther, who are children of Augustus, bro/o Col. Jotham and s/o Col. Joseph and Rebecca. ------- Amaziah is of Thomas (Amaziah-6, Simon-5, Simon-4, John-3, Samuel-2, THOMAS-1) ------- I do not have a lineage back for Jothum (also noted as Jotham, Jothan) but have he may be of lineage of others in the cemetery. INDEX: Sarah. 1781. Amherst. 1998. 8. 30. John {Stearns}. 1781. Amherst. 1998. 8. 30. Betsy. 1790. Amherst. 1998. 8. 30. Nathaniel {Simonds}. 1790. Hillsborough. 1998. 8. 30. Augustus. 1793. Amherst. 1998. 8. 30. Esther (Crosby). 1793. Amherst. 1998. 8. 30. Priscilla. 1793. 1998. 8. 30. John {Crosby}. 1793. 1998. 8. 30. Esther. 1796. Milford. 1998. 8. 30. Roger {Perkins}. 1796. Danvers, Mass. 1998. 8. 30. Jothum. 1796. Lyndborough. 1998. 8. 30. Ruhama (Smith). 1796. Milford. 1998. 8. 30. Amaziah. 1807. Milford. 1998. 8. 30. Polly (Damon). 1807. Amherst. 1998. 8. 30.

I have four deeds involving Benjamin (Jonathan, Samuel, Thomas) Blanchard of Andover then Dunstable , MA (later Hollis, NH). Still to come are several in Hollis and then the real fun of sorting the Canterbury/Northfield lot. To all People to whom these Presents shall come greeting Know Ye That I John Bartlet of Marblehead in the County of Essex in his Majesty's Province of the Massachusetts Bay in New England Yeoman for & in consideration of the sum of one hundred & twenty five pounds Lawful money to me in hand before the Ensealing here of well & truly paid by Benjamin Blanchard of Andover in the said County & Country Husbandman the Receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge and myself therewith fully Satisfied & contented & thereof & of every part & parcel thereof do exonerate acquit & Discharge him the said Benjamin Blanchard his heirs Executors & Administrators forever by these Presents Have given granted bargained Sold aliened conveyed & confirmed & by these do freely fully & absolutely give grant bargain Sell alien convey & confirm unto him the said Benjamin Blanchard his heirs & assigns forever . first a piece of land Laying & being in Dunstable in the county of Middlesex & Province aforesaid c! ontaining one hundred & forty acres be it more or less bounded Beginning at the southwest corner then running North by [Iarathmel?] Commens Jonathan Danforth & Nathaniel Blacked's land to Thing's land then running East sixty pole (?) then South by the land of Benjamin Farmer Nicholas French and Peter Powers then west sixty pole to the first bounds mentioned 2 ly Another piece of land & meadow Situate being in said Dunstable about one hundred & ten acres be it more or less - bounded beginning at the Northeast Corner Joyning on Prescot land then Easterly by Enoch Hunts land to Groton Line then west by Gr9ton line to Collo Ting's land then North by Ting's land to Prescots land then east to the first mentioned bounds Together with one full quarter part of all the common & undivided land in Dunstable Belonging to the said Bartlets Original right to be laid out in future divisions of the common land of said Town save only the two hundred acres Particularly given away & Disposed of in the Last Will of Robert Bartlet Deceased To Have & To Hold the said granted and bargained Premises with all the appurtenances Privileges & Commodities to the same belonging or in any wise appertaining to him the said Benjamin Blanchard his heirs & assigns forever to his & their only proper use Benefit & Behoof forever And I the said John Bartlet for myself! & heirs Executors and Administrators do covenant Promise & grant to & with him the said Benjamin Blanchard heirs & assigns that before the Ensealing hereof I am the true sole Lawful owner of the above bargained Premises & am Lawfully Leined & Possessed of the same in my own proper right asageod perfect & absolute Estate of Inheritance in ye Single ???? in myself good right full power & Lawful authority to grant bargain Sell convey & confirm said bargained premises is manner as aforesaid And that he the said Benjamin Blanchard his heirs & assigns shall & may from time to time & at all times forever hereafter by force & Virtue of these Presents Lawfully peaceable & Quietly Have Hold Use Occupy Possess & Enjoy the said demised & bargained Premises with the Appurtenances free & clear & freely and clearly acquitted Exonerated & Discharged of from all & all manner of former or other Gifts Grants Bargains Sales Leases Mortgagees wills Entails Joyntures Dowries Judgments Execution or! Incumbrances of what???? Or Nature soever that might in any measu Furthermore I the said John Bartlet for my self my heirs executors & administrators do covenant and engage the above Demised Premises to him the said Benjamin Blanchard his heirs & assigns against the Lawful claims or Demands of any person or persons whatsoever forever hereafter TO WARRANT Secure & Defend by these Presents And _______ the wife of said John Bartlet doth hereby relinquish all her right of dowry in the above granted Premises in witness whereof the said John Bartlet & Remember his wife have herewith Set their Hands & Seals the twenty ninth day of June in the Sixteenth year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the second by the Grace of God King of great Britain Anno Domini 1742 Signed Sealed & Delivered his In the Presence of us John X Bartlet mark her Remember X Bartlet John Pttmart Essex ?? Marblehead Jun ye 28th 1742 John Peaney the written Named John Bartlet & Remember his wife personally appeared & acknowledged the within written instrument with their hands & Seals to be their free act and Deed before me Joshua Orne Justice Peace Received & Recorded 25th May 1757 omitted D Peirce Records. Next: To all People to whom these Presents shall come greeting Know Ye That I Benjamin Blanchard of Dunstable in ye Province of New Hampshire Husbandman for & in consideration of ye sum of ninety six pounds fifteen Shillings Lawful money to me in hand before ye Ensealing here of well & truly paid by Joseph Emerson of Malden in ye County of Middlesex & Province of ye Massachusetts Bay in New England Clerk ye Receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge and myself therewith fully Satisfied & contented & thereof & of every part & parcel thereof do exonerate acquit & Discharge him ye said Joseph Emerson his heirs Executors & Administrators forever by these Presents Have given granted bargained Sold aliened conveyed & confirmed & by these presents do freely fully & absolutely give grant bargain Sell alien convey & confirm unto him ye said Joseph Emerson his heirs & assigns forever a certain tract or parcel of land Lying in ye Township of Dunstable being part of ye Lots Laid out to Bartlets in! ye first Division Containing seventy five Acres & a half more or less Bounded as followeth Beginning at the Northwest corner then running south by ye Needle (?) Partly by Jonathan Danforth's house Lot & Partly by James Stuarts house lot one hundred & ninety six Rods and Twelve feet to a stake & stones then East by Fenna's Phelps house lot ???? ????? & a galf to a stake & stones then North Partly by Joshua Boyntons house Lot & Partly by Capt Penerse house Lot one hundred Ninety six Rods & twelve feet to a stake & stones then north by a Chestnut tree marked sixty one rods & a half to a stake & stones ye first mentioned corner TO HAVE AND TO HOLD ye said granted and bargained Premise with all the appurtenances Privileges & Commodities to ye same belonging or in any wise appertaining to him ye said Joseph Emerson his heirs & assigns forever to his & their only proper use Benefit & Behoof forever And I the said Benjamin Blanchard for myself & for my heirs Executors and Administrat! ors do covenant Promise & grant to & with him ye said Joseph Emers hereof I am ye true sole Lawful owner of ye above bargained Premises & am Lawfully Possessed of ye same in my own proper right assuaged perfect & absolute Estate of Inheritance in fee Simple & have myself ?? Right full Sovereign & Lawful authority to grant bargain Sell convey & confirm said bargained premises is manner as aforesaid And that ye said Joseph Emerson his heirs & assigns shall & may from time to time & at all times forever hereafter by force & Virtue of these Presents Lawfully peaceable & Quietly Have Hold Use Occupy Possess & Enjoy ye said demised premises with the Appurtenances free & clear & freely and clearly acquitted Exonerated & Discharged of from all & all manner of former or other Gifts Grants Bargains Sales Leases Mortgagees wills Entails Joyntures Dowries Judgments Executions or Incumbrances of what???? Or Nature soever yt might in any measure or Degree obstruct of make void this Present Deed Furthermore I ye said Benjamin Blanchard for my self my heirs ! executors & administrators do covenant and engage the above Demised Premises to him ye said Joseph Emerson his heirs & assigns against ye Lawful claims or Demands of any person or persons whatsoever forever hereafter to warrant Secure & Defend by these Presents In Witness whereof ye said Benjamin Blanchard have herewith Set my Hand & Seal this twenty day of December Annoque Domini one thousand Seven hundred and forty four and the Eighteenth year of His Majesty's Reign Signed Sealed & Delivered In Presence of Jonathan Danforth Benjamin Blanchard seal Josiah Conant Province of New Hampshire Dunstable District October ye 12th 1745 Then ye within named Benjamin Blanchard Personally appeared & acknowledged ye within Instrument to be his free act & Deed & Mary Blanchard ye wife of ye Benj Blanchard also Resigned & yield up all her Right of Dower & Power of thirds of & write ye within Premises Ceram (?) John Macmurphy Just Peace Recd Nov 26th 1745 & Recorded 4th March 1745/6 D Pearce Records The next two will be deeds to Joshua and Benjamin, his sons. Hopefully tomorrow. Sherry

HI- Almar/Almor is believed to be the son of Oliver (Reuben's son). pg 33 info: Oliver; b. 1793 in Clarendon, VT d. 1874 North Victory, NY buried beside Reuben's wife in same cemetery with his brothers.Homestead now occupied ( this was 1936) by Mr. Claire Blanchard, his ggrandson.Mrs. Grade Adle, ggrandaughter of Olivers said he had 13 children of whom the following are listed Edward Charles Alzina m. ---Barr Volney Almar b --- 1822 in Sennet, NY pg 53 Almer () Oliver) b 1822 in Sennet, NY d. 1872 in Victory ,NY m in 1850 Susan Barr b in Orange County, 1825; d in Victory 7-30-1893 They one child only: Homer, b 1853 in North Victory, NY d. 1928, N Victory p 86 Homer ( of Almer) m. Helen Kuykendall. His children were: Grace, b. 1877 Maude S., b. 1879 Mabel b. 1885 m. Clarence Vine; died in childbirth Claire b. 1890 Hope this helps Sue

Looking for any information on the following family: Husband - Calvin W. BLANCHARD Abt 1818 b VT or IN Wife - Permelia Abt 1830 b PA Children: 1. Emery 1841 b MI 2. Melvenia 1843 b IN 3. Joseph 1847 b IN 4. James Williard "Will" 1853 b WI 5. Howard BLANCHARD 1857 b WI 6. Caleb BLANCHARD 1859 b WI 7. Calvin BLANCHARD Thank you. Tiffany :} tnash@mindspring.com Email express to my screen: 12898659@pager.mirabilis.com via ICQ (http://www.mirabilis.com/icqme.html)

Fletch: I am not a computer whiz and much of the terminalogy is GREEK. I have a 486 PC & am using Windows 95. I couldn't retrieve messages from the RootsWeb Archives. After bringing up http://www.klink.net/~fab/ixpref.html I tried the following, according to your instructins. Guillaume 1590 bc Martaize, France 1997 09 30/189 No bells, no information, nothing. What did I not do in the search procedures? Martha

Hi Sherry and everyone! Sherry kindly sent me more information about Amy [Ruhama] Smith, as one of her ancestors was Amy's brother Samuel, whose daughter Martha Jane married Silas Blanchard. This is a good illustration of the value of looking at the extended family--you just never know where you will find helpful connections. It is amazing to me how closely intertwined families were as we go up the family tree. When you think about it, with people being less mobile than today, they probably tended to marry within a fairly small circle. The Blanchard and Crosby families, for instance, have many marriages between then even back to England. In addition, Blanchards and Crosbys often witnessed each other's wills. On that subject, I noticed that in 1624, a Martha Blanchard married in England John Bent, brother of Agnes Bent who married Thomas Blanchard. Were Martha and Thomas siblings? I was just curious. To get back to Amy [Ruhama] Smith, wife of Jotham Blanchard, Jr, What information I have about her is from my cousin, Mike Cambre, who got me started on this geneology hobby in the first place. Mike's information is from the Blanchard bible which is in the possession of family members living in the Baton Rouge area. I am interested in checking the data further. Jotham and Amy had the following children: Daniel, b. 15 July 1798; Lucinda, b. 15 Sep 1800; Charles, b. 13 Mar 1803; Frederick, b. 8 Oct. 1805; Cyrus, b. 3 Nov 1808; Jotham, b. 19 Apr 1811; and Asa, b. 12 Jun 1813. Probably all these were born in New Hampshire, in Hillesborough Co, although this remains to be proven. Does anyone have any information on these siblings? Frederick is my ancestor, and he moved later to the Baton Rouge, LA area before the Civil War. According to the census, he was a gunsmith and a merchant. I'll send the gedcom later as I am now at the office and the complete file is at home. So thanks, Sherry, and have a great trip! Warmest regards, Maggie

The BLANCHARD-L Index-Line Database has just been updated. In fact, there are now two databases, one for messages posted in 1996/97 and one for 1998 messages through 24 Aug 1998. These can be viewed on the web at: http://www.klink.net/~fab/ixpref.html where you will find a preface, a brief summary of using the Index-Line Databases to retrieve messages from the RootsWeb Archives and the searchable databases. Notice that the file extension for the "hidden file" is now < .html >. The old database used .htm which, I guess, was a carry-over from the days of Win3.xx <G>. This will make filenames consistent. Both databases are indexed and you can search them from the web page or download them to your computer for ready access. I think the List has come to a critical point as far as our Index-Line Databases are concerned. Please give me some feedback (either to the List or to my mailbox): 1. Do you find the Index-Lines to be a valuable/useful addition to BLANCHARD-L? 2. Have you used the Index-Lines to locate messages that proved helpful in your research? 3. Do you find that the RootsWeb message archives and search procedures are adequate and that there is no need to continue the Index-Line Databases? Simple YES-YES-NO or NO-NO-YES type responses will be fine. I am willing to maintain the Databases, at least through this year, but I do need your help. If we all add appropriate Index-Lines to the messages we post, the maintenance job is simplified considerably. If the proposed format for Lines is followed, my job is even easier. Here is how the addition of a Line at the end of a message might appear: Index Jacob 1785 b c Dover, Strafford, NH 1998 08 28 I copy/paste this to a Windows Word Processor so here are the key features of this line. 1. "Index" on a separate line alerts me to Lines that follow. 2. All parts of the Line are separated by <spaces only> rather than by tabs. 3. Except for additional abbreviations given in Guidelines, no other characters, punctuation marks, etc. are required. 4. Dates are year only and event (b=birth) and qualifier (c=about) follow the date. This allows sorting by date. 5. The message posting date follows the format started at RmGate so all dates are consistent using yyyy mm dd. 6. You don't know what message number will be assigned by RootsWeb so I add a /xxx when the Line is put in the database. 7. I set up a Database Window (Word Processor) and an e-mail (IN message) Window and copy/paste the Index-Line to the Database. Any extra spaces you used between 'words' are deleted and tabs inserted to format the Line according to theTab Set in the Word Processor. I hope this brief explanation of how Index-Lines are added to the database will show you that this procedure makes it much easier for me than to have to compose the lines and then manually enter them in the database. Thank you for your cooperation. Fletch fab@klink.net

Hi John Maggie and All, John brings up an interesting point. I have birth certificates for Samuel (1783) and Daniel (1770) from NH State Archives that list Milford as the place of birth. I can't be certain that I did an exhaustive search for births of the siblings. The Smith Vital Records are indexed through given names that start with S. That will help me identify the existence of others. Amy's date of birth in the Lyndeborough History differs from what Maggie has. I've been waiting to see what Rannie has on this. I think a deed for Daniel would clarify where in pre-Milford the family was located to get an accurate place of birth. I agree that Amherst, NH is a likely place for the marriage. Unfortunately I do not have the Milford or Amherst history's. I'll take a good look at Vital Records when I am there it two weeks. Sherry ---------- From: John F. Chandler[SMTP:JCHBN@CUVMB.CC.COLUMBIA.EDU] Sent: Thursday, August 27, 1998 9:45 PM To: BLANCHARD-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: Maggie's geneology project [was: Sherry's] Maggie wrote: > information about Amy [Ruhama] Smith, wife of Jotham Blanchard, > Jr. He was born in Billerica 9 Feb 1774, and was married 17 Aug 1796 in > Amherst, MA. I would hazard a guess that it was in Amherst, NH, not MA. > He died in 1847 in Lyndeborough, and she died in 1868, > also in Lyndeborough. She was born in Milford, NH, February 1778. It's > kind of hard to do much with a name like Smith. Any help out there? According to the History of Lyndeborough, he died 1847 Jan 21 and she died 1868 Feb 21. Note that Milford was not founded until 1794, so the place Amy was born could have been any one of the towns that contributed to Milford: Amherst, "Mile Slip", or Hollis. There might be a record of her birth in one of those places. It would be worth looking in the town histories for information on Smiths: Samuel Worcester, "History of the town of Hollis" (1879) Daniel Secomb, "History of the town of Amherst" (1883) George Ramsdell & William Colburn, "History of Milford with family registers" (1901). John Chandler