I am new to the Internet, and to the Blanchard list, still trying to figure out how the system works. Imagine my surprise this morning to find the obituary of my aunt, Beatrice Blanchard Freeland, which had just appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle today! She was an amazing woman, whose gracious manner and clear memory of family events will be sorely missed. Heartfelt thanks to Don Fauss for picking up on the story. Perhaps this would be a good time to relate how Bea and I are connected to other Blanchards. We start with Thomas Blanchard, the immigrant, of 1639, who has often been referred to. For several generations our ancestry follows the path quoted by Sherry L. Gould from The History of Canterbury, NH, namely Thomas(1), Samuel(2), Jonathan(3), Benjamin(4), Benjamin(5), Simon(6). According to my family records, Benjamin(5) and Simon(6) lived and died in Peacham, Vermont, as did the next generation, Simon(7), who married Betsey Spencer of Danville, VT. Their son, Phineas Varnum Blanchard left for the California goldfields like so many other sons of Peacham at that time, but he returned to marry the girl next door, Jenny Sargeant, daughter of Asa Sargeant of Peacham. They moved to Osceola, IL, where Phineas started a general store. There their son Milton Eugene was born in 1865. Soon they moved on to San Francisco, where Phineas drove a milk wagon. He was killed by a runaway horse on a return visit to Osceola. His son Milton was then in his senior year at UC Berkeley, where he was studied philosophy and was captain of the 1886 football team. His second son Marion had just graduated from high school. Marion took over driving the family milk wagon, supporting a widowed mother and tubercular sister Lena so Milton could graduate from college. Then Milton drove the milk wagon while Marion went to Berkeley. Ultimately Marion graduated from law school and Milton got a Ph.D. in philosophy from Harvard. Milton married Henrietta Bayly Blanchard, a San Francisco schoolteacher who later became a concert singer and teacher of voice in San Francisco and Mills College, Oakland. Their daughter Beatrice was born in 1898, son Francis Bayly in 1906 (after the earthquake.) I can't resist telling a Blanchard family story. Peacham VT, where four generations of Blanchards lived for a hundred years, has always been special in my family, with each generation since having returned, either for a year of education at the Peacham Academy or just to sightsee and search for roots. Beatrice Blanchard Freeland often told of a visit she once made to Peacham in the 1930's. She asked everyone she encountered if there were still any Blanchards in Peacham, but alas, no one knew of any. Finally she was referred to one Aunt Mercy Hooker, who (it was said) had once been married to a Blanchard and was now in her extreme old age. "Ah yes", said she, "I remember the Blanchards." (Long pause, while Aunt Mercy thought what to say about them.) Finally she offered these defining words: "Lots of 'em QUEER, but none of 'em CRAZY." (I hasten to add that "queer" meant "peculiar" to Aunt Mercy.) I hope this doesn't shock any Peacham descendants! It delighted our clan, who thought perhaps we could adopt the words as a sort of family motto. I will submit an index record as soon as possible, but this is too long already! --Betsy Blanchard Burr

I have submitted this before, but will do so again, as there are now more people on line searching for Blanchard ancestry. Michael Blanchard was born 1786 somewhere in canada, he married Frances White who was born in New York in 1792. I descend from their son, Davis Blanchard as follows, if anyone has any info on this family please let me know. i cannot find the parents or siblings of either Michael Blanchard or Frances White. Thanks Much Tom Magoon nohitter45@aol.com Descendants of Michael Blanchard 1 Michael Blanchard b: June 1786 in Canada . +Francis White b: 1792 in New York m: in New York . 2 Davis Blanchard b: September 21, 1815 in New york d: August 18, 1904 in Troy, Whitley Co., Indiana Fact 1: Occupation Farmer Fact 2: August 21, 1904 Buried at Troy, Indiana .... +Dorothy Ana Smith b: July 16, 1814 in Ohio m: 1837 in Delaware County, Ohio d: October 11, 1893 ..... 3 Alfred Thompson Blanchard b: April 30, 1844 in Indiana d: February 08, 1908 in Sidney, Montana Fact 1: February 09, 1908 Buried at Sidney, Montana ........ +Sarah Heminger b: December 28, 1844 m: in Indiana d: April 1924 in Osage, Minnesota Fact 1: Death certificate records name as Shara Blanchard ......... 4 [1] Rachel Dorothy Blanchard b: December 13, 1889 in Clifford, Minnesota d: March 01, 1975 in Newport, Washington ............ +Unknown ......... *2nd Husband of [1] Rachel Dorothy Blanchard: ............ +Eugene Theodore Auge m: January 12, 1909 ......... *3rd Husband of [1] Rachel Dorothy Blanchard: ............ +Arthur LeRoy Coleman b: December 11, 1887 in Batavia, Iowa m: July 14, 1924 in Ponsford, Minnesota d: January 24, 1973 in Newport, Washington Fact 1: Birthdate possibly off by a few years ......... 4 [2] Florence Blanchard b: 1871 in Indiana d: 1953 in Brainerd, Minnesota Fact 1: Buried in Evergreen Cemetary, Brainerd, Minnesota ............ +Joe b: 1862 d: 1930 ......... *2nd Husband of [2] Florence Blanchard: ............ +Nicodemis Snyder ......... 4 Marion Blanchard b: 1873 in Minnesota d: Abt. October 1905 in Minnesota ......... 4 Clarence Blanchard b: January 24, 1875 in Minnesota d: January 02, 1910 in Rochester, Minnesota ......... 4 Kate b: July 16, 1879 d: March 27, 1954 ............ +Horace B. Kimball b: September 18, 1876 d: February 06, 1958 in Park Rapids, Minnesota ......... 4 [3] Eurie Louise Blanchard b: 1882 ............ +Marion Perkins ......... *2nd Husband of [3] Eurie Louise Blanchard: ............ +Thurston Adams ..... 3 William Blanchard ..... 3 Noel Blanchard ..... 3 Mary F. Blanchard b: October 1838 ........ +Warren Williamson b: September 1835 ......... 4 Charles P. Williamson b: 1879 ..... 3 Martha M. Blanchard b: November 1843 in Ohio ........ +Warren Bills b: November 1833 in New York m: 1864 ......... 4 Ethel S. Blanchard b: May 1883 ..... 3 Nancy R. Blanchard b: August 1855 in Indiana ........ +Jonas James Taylor b: January 1849 in Indiana m: 1872 ......... 4 Eli F. Taylor b: November 1875 ......... 4 Dorothy F. Taylor b: June 1886 ......... 4 Earnest F. Taylor b: August 1891 . 2 Chauncy Blanchard b: 1830 in Ohio .... +Catharine b: 1832 in New York m: 1849 in Indiana . 2 Francis Blanchard b: 1844

Acadian Blanchards Would like to know the families (children, birth dates, marriages, etc.) of the following families that came to Louisiana in 1785 (seven ships from France): 1 - Charles Blanchard and his two sons: Souillac and Charles - they arrived in Louisiana on December 12, 1785. 2 - Francois Blanchard, Helene Giroire, his wife and 4 children: Joseph, Francoise, Marie and Marguerite - they arrived in Louisiana on November 7, 1785. 3 - Jean-Gregoire Blanchard, Marie Livois, his wife and 3 children: Jean Baptiste, Marie and Pierre-Charles - they arrived in Louisiana on September 9, 1785 Any information on these families will be appreciated. Would love to correspond with anyone concerning the Acadian Blanchards! Thank you, Willie Pousson

Hello, My name is Karyn and I'm a new subscriber to the List. I am seeking information about the ancestors of Reuben BLANCHARD b 1810, my ggg-grandfather. I have some information about his wife, Nancy BLANCHARD, nee PATE, and limited information about their children, but very little about Reuben or his family. I am interested in knowing the names of his parents and from which Blanchard line he descends. My direct line is through his daughter, Nancy Jane BLANCHARD b. 11 Jun 1843 in Dooley Co., GA m. Stewart SUMNER on 29 Mar 1866 in Irwin Co., GA d. 24 Oct 1916 in Tift Co., GA. Here is the information I have at present for Reuben Blanchard: Name: Reuben BLANCHARD Birth Date: 2 Oct 1810 Birth Place: Pulaski Co., GA Death Date: About 1864/1867 Death Place: St. Augustine, St. Johns Co., FL Spouse: Nancy PATE Marriage Date: 25 Feb 1834 Marriage Place: Pulaski Co. GA Children: Mary Ann William Green Nancy Jane Elizabeth (Betsy) Elijah Daniel Diantha Sylvania If anyone recognizes this family and can offer any further information it will be greatly appreciated. As mentioned above, I do have limited information about some of the children of Reuben & Nancy Blanchard and would be happy to share it with anyone who is interested. Regards, Karyn Reuben 2 Oct 1810 b PulaskiCo, GA 1998 05 19

I have a Samuel BLANCHARD b. 24 Apr 1835 in Caraquet, NB, the son of Isidore Thadee & Judith THERIAULT (they had 11 children). I don't know when & where Samuel may have died. This may not be the person you are looking for, but one never knows?? I don't know if you are searching the Acadian BLANCHRD ancestry, & this is part of 'Guillaume' (the myth??) BLANCHARD b. 1590c in Martaize, France, line. Martha

I found this in our SF Chronicle this morning on the web. Don Fauss (fauss@itsa.ucsf.edu) Beatrice Blanchard Freeland Glen Martin Tuesday, May 19, 1998 ©1998 San Francisco Chronicle URL: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/1998/05/19 /MN67060.DTL Beatrice Blanchard Freeland, one of the country's first female national park rangers and a survivor of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, died May 11 at St. Helena from natural causes. She was 99. A fourth-generation Californian, Mrs. Freeland was born in San Francisco and witnessed the great earthquake. She vividly recalled watching a Geary Street girl's high school crumble into rubble and dust. She graduated from the University of California at Berkeley in 1920 with a degree in music and taught music in public schools for two years. Her love for nature was intense. ``A teacher had said to her, `When I saw El Capitan (in Yosemite), my life was changed,' '' said Mrs. Freeland's daughter, Phyllis Freeland Broyles. ``So when she was in college, she went camping in Yosemite. When she saw the valley, she lost her heart.'' While teaching in the Sacramento Valley town of Corning, she met Dixon Freeland, whom she married in 1922. The couple moved to Yosemite National Park in 1923, where they worked as seasonal rangers. >From that point, the Freelands joined their careers to the National Park Service, working at national parks and monuments in South Dakota, Florida, New Mexico and Virginia. Mr. Freeland became a national park superintendent in 1931. The couple finished their careers at Lassen National Park, where they served from 1953 to 1961, when Mr. Freeland retired. For the next 25 years, the couple lived at Innisfree, a rural Napa Valley property on the Silverado Trail near Calistoga. Mr. Freeland died in 1986, and Mrs. Freeland moved to St. Helena. Politicians, authors and movie stars were guests at Mrs. Freeland's Lassen home, and she was known throughout the park service as a hostess of peerless hospitality. Her love for music stayed with her for her entire life, and she often entertained guests with impromptu performances on the small piano that accompanied her everywhere. In the 1930s, she organized a group of Civilian Conservation Corps employees into a vocal quartet that was popular throughout South Dakota's Black Hills. In addition to her daughter, Mrs. Freeland is survived by a son and daughter-in-law, Dixon Blanchard Freeland and Ann Neasham Freeland of Luray, Va.; a son-in-law, Rothwell P. Broyles of Calistoga; six grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren; a brother, Francis B. Blanchard of Walnut Creek; and a cousin, Barbara Blanchard DeWolfe, of Santa Barbara. Her son and son-in-law are retired from the National Park Service, and three grandchildren are career Park Service employees. ``The blood in this family flows National Park Service green,'' said Phyllis Freeland Broyles. A celebration in memory of Mrs. and Mr. Freeland is planned for the summer. Donations may be made to the National Park Service Employees and Alumni Education Fund or the music department at the University of California at Berkeley. Index: Beatrice d 1998 St. Helena, CA 1998 5 19

Anyone have anything on a Samuel P. Blanchard that was located in Adams Co. IL during the 1850 census?

Brian Leverich at RootsWeb has announced that their new search engine is now online. To search any of the mail list archives that are housed at RootsWeb, go to: http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl and enter the name of the Mail List you wish to search [ex. BLANCHARD-L] and Submit. To search the USGenWeb Archives, go to: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ussearch.htm I will prepare a summary of search procedures for B-L and will update that section of the Greetings/Guidelines message. In the meantime, here are some tips from the GeorgiaGenWeb Archives page that will be a good starting point. Thanks to Carla Cegielski cegielski@ncweb.com for offering this on the listowner-L Mail List. Search Tips: Searches are not case sensitive Valid operators are: AND OR ANDNOT Right truncation is supported using the asterisk * as a wildcard Search for phrases by enclosing search terms in quotation marks Use parentheses to remove ambiguity from search expressions. Otherwise, operators execute from left to right. Examples: John AND Ruffin - retrieves documents in which the words John and Ruffin <both> appear somewhere in the document. "John Ruffin" - (with quotes) retrieves occurrences where the word John appears <next> to the word Ruffin. John Ruffin - (without quotes) finds documents where <either> the word John <or> the word Ruffin appears. will OR probate - returns documents containing <either> word. Midway ANDNOT Appling - retrieves documents that contain the word Midway but <not> the word Appling. Richards* - finds all words <beginning> with Richards, including Richards, Richardsen, Richardson, etc. Ruffin AND (deed* OR indenture*) Use parentheses to ensure results. This search expression retrieves documents containing Ruffin <and> either deed, deeds, indenture, or indentures. Without the parentheses, it will find documents containing Ruffin and deed or deeds <OR> documents that contain the words indenture or indentures whether they contain the search term Ruffin or not. (The AND operator is executed <first>, illustrating the left-to-right execution; followed by the OR operator) . These examples apply mostly to GenWeb Archives searches but are equally applicable to the Mail List Archives. I will prepare a summary of search expressions that can be used to retrieve Mail or Digest mode messages and that can be used in connection with our Index-Line Database. _ _ _ _ _ _ Tomorrow, I plan to attend the Spring Meeting of the Genealogical Society of Vermont in the hope of learning more about the elusive Abner BLANCHARD and his <son?> Asahel. Fletch

Looking for the parents, siblings of Hannah RICHARDSON who married Levi BLANCHARD in RI IN 1860. They had no children, but she was stepmother of George Henry, Mary Melissa (TUCKER), Levi Clark, Mary Elizabeth, John Ray. Any info on her or any of these children would be greatly appreciated. Sue in Buffalo ( it's 80 degrees here!!)

My Matilda Blanchard was born 6 Aug 1815, possibly in VT or NY. She married Amraphael Russell in the early 1830s, likely around Cattaraugus County NY. Their first child, Susan Russell, was born in York, Livingston County, NY, in 1833; their son Joseph was born in Ohio in 1839. Matilda died 11 Sep 1844, likely in either Ohio or New York. Does anyone know who her parents were, or which Blanchard family she belongs to? Any help very much appreciated. -Jim in Redmond, WA. e-mail: 70334.1307@compuserve.com

Hi fellow Acadian Researchers of French origin: Does anyone know of any census taken in Acadia before 1671? Does anyone know of other passenger ship lists, of early Acadians who came to New France in the 1600s, other than of the 'Saint Jehan' in 1636? Any information or sources to research would be very much appreciated. I am researching my husband's paternal BLANCHARD ancestors & maternal LANDRY ancestors that settled in Caraquet, New Brunswick after 1755. Martha from Alberta

Hi Group! My name is George Blanchard out of Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada. My branch is of the Acadian Blanchard tree as follows: George B1940-Saint John, NB Pascal B1904- Richibucto, NB Amedee B1876- St. Charles de Kent, NB Louis B1847- St. Charles De Kent, NB Hilaire B1810 St.Charles De Kent, NB David B1782-Bonnaventure, PQ Joseph B1742 Cobequid (Truro, NS) Anselme B1716 Cobequid Martin B1693 Cobequid Martin B1647 Cobequid Jean B1611 Martaize, France Any interests here?.......take care....George eblanch@nbnet.nb.ca

Hi All, Today I went to meet with the Vice Regent of our DAR Chapter, (who will become Regent and I Vice Regent next week) to do some planning for chapter chairmen, etc. Millie was speaking of Polly, a member who has recently returned to the chapter. She said she wanted to have Polly serve as the chairman for Genealogical Records and Lineage Research. As I watched Millie write Polly's name I realized it was Pauline Johnson Oesterlin. If any one wants an autographed copy of the book I could get you one next week ;-) Sherry ---------- From: JUTUTTLE[SMTP:JUTUTTLE@aol.com] Sent: Thursday, May 07, 1998 9:26 AM To: BLANCHARD-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: Marriages and intentions In a message dated 98-05-06 23:26:48 EDT, John Chandler writes: << Subj: Re: Marriages and intentions Thanks, John, for posting the intentions. For the record, who was the publisher, and where was the book published? "New Hampshire Marriage Licenses and Intentions 1709-1961" by Pauline Johnson Oesterlin was published in 1991 by Heritage Books, Inc., 1540-E Pointer Ridge Place, Bowie, MD 20716. The ISBN Number is 1-55613-530-0

In a message dated 98-05-06 23:26:48 EDT, John Chandler writes: << Subj: Re: Marriages and intentions Thanks, John, for posting the intentions. For the record, who was the publisher, and where was the book published? "New Hampshire Marriage Licenses and Intentions 1709-1961" by Pauline Johnson Oesterlin was published in 1991 by Heritage Books, Inc., 1540-E Pointer Ridge Place, Bowie, MD 20716. The ISBN Number is 1-55613-530-0 << There are not many I guess folks didn't follow the follow the requirement after all, or else the intentions were not preserved. >> In the book's foreword, N.H. State Archivist Frank C. Mevers says the records in the book are those which resided in various places over the years until they were finally deposited in the State Archives, some in the 1960s, some in the 1980s and some in 1991. He adds that: "Certainly this listing does not even approach a complete listing of all marriages in New Hampshire. If the name sought is not in the following list, the researcher's next source for marriage information should be the New Hampshire Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics, Department of Health and Human Services, Hazen Drive, Concord, NH 03301. Not finding a record there one should next inquire to the clerk of the town in which the marriage was solemnized for it has always been required that the parties register with the town clerk."

Thanks, John, for posting the intentions. For the record, who was the publisher, and where was the book published? > There are not many I guess folks didn't follow the follow the requirement after all, or else the intentions were not preserved. > FRENCH Nathaniel & BLANCHARD Sarah 9 Dec 1773 (marriage > license #211 issued by Gov. John Wentworth, Portsmouth NH) Can anyone identify this Sarah? I see at least two possibilities: 1) dau of Joshua & Sarah b 1748 in Hollis, NH and 2) dau of Stephen & Hannah b 1755 in Andover, MA > DWIGHT Francis of Shirley MA & BLANCHARD Maria of Jaffrey > int 31 Mar 1805 mar nd Jaffrey Records They also filed intentions at Shirley, MA (on Mar 10). Francis seems to have been born in Shirley on 1780 Jun 17, son of John. Anybody know about Maria? John Chandler [Index: Sarah 1773 m Portsmouth?, NH 1998 5 6] [Index: Maria 1805 m Jaffrey?, NH 1998 5 6]

Following was received from Pat B. Curry. I have changed ISP's so was delayed in getting this copied to the list. (Tom) To BLANCHARD-L: Am  eternally grateful to all of you for the chance to  participate  in the Blanchard data exchange & feel I've  gained  far more than I've been able to contribute... Sincerely, Pat B. Curry *************************************** Responses to recent entries on BLANCHARD-L@rootsweb.com by Pat Blanchard Curry, 3414 Fleetwood Dr., Richmond, CA 94803-2012 To "angel6@gte.net" [Donna's Desk] on 20 Apr 1998 Re MONICA [c1760] dau of AARON A [c1740] -- What part of the country are you interested in? I have some loosely organized Aaron's & Monica's, etc in Chowan & Gates Co's, NC. Your expanded data on Aaron & Monica could confirm relationships in a large group possibly desc. from an early Robert. --Will exhange data via "snail-mail" if your evidence fits this family. To "MamaBank@aol.com" [Elizabeth K. Davis] of 20 Apr 1998 Re JOHN G. BLANCHARD [1799-1834] desc. -- Thanks for the added data on his children. Son WILLIAM & 2nd wife are listed in 1880 Monroe Twp, Orange Co., NY with Peter P. PARROTT. Noted in Orange Co. indexes 1895 probate for a William, guard- ianships for "Edwin" & Peter; deeds by sons E. Wyatt & Peter. To "maryjean@stny.1run.com" [maryjean] of 18 Apr 98 Re PHEBE (BLANCHARD) BROWN - I assume you now know she is a desc. of Samuel-2 Thomas-1. When you have time, would appreciate hearing more of husband James Brown [parents, birth & death rec. Have you checked one of the town histories of Wilton, NH for the Brown's? To "5intexas@MC12000.com" [Cecilia] of 2 Apr 1998 Re VOLNEY [1825- ] who went to MI is the son of Oliver & Orinda (Worden) Blanchard and a desc. of the William of RI. Lineage is in Crandall's "Blanchard's of Rhode Island". Was Volney's 2nd wife Mandana IPSON or IMPSON? Would like to know more of the fates of the children in the 2nd family as well as death dates for Volney & Mandana [via snail mail?] To "bless@skipnet.com" [Barbara] of 27 Mar 98 Re JOHN [1737-1823] - He died in Concord, NH; children incl. Joseph, John, Stevens, Sarah, David, Moses. --His son JOHN [1763, Concord, NH - d 1844, Farmington, MI] Wife Hannah PERRIN d 1790, Jericho, VT; their children seem to be James [1785], Elizabeth [1787]. David [1789-d 1790]. John's  2nd wife seems to be a Sarah. Their children were:   Riley, Olive, Martha, SOPHIA [b 1799 in VT or CND], John, Sarah, David [b 1808] & Lovina. --Sophia [1799-1889]; m 1820 to Abraham Lackey perhaps in   Argentil, CND. Where is Argentil?? This John [1737-1823] is a desc. of Samuel-2 Thomas-1. NOTE: This family has been assembled from a mixed-bag of  sources incl.  Rev. War Pension Appl., deeds in NY & MI;  etc. -->Would be happy to exchange data via snail-mail in order to correct my uncertainties about some of these families... ******************* To "bjb@texomasonline.com" [Pauline Blanchard] of 12 Apr 98 Re WILLIAM [d 1897; bur in Stryker Cem., Yates Co., NY --Was he b 1828, ENG or b c1846 as indicated by his ae of 51+ y when he d in 1897?? His wife Mary J. Davis was b 1838... Thanks for your continued delving into archives for miscellaneous Blanchard's!! **************************** To "btorelli@fmis.net" [Barbara Torelli] of 4 Apr 98 Re SAMUEL BLANCHER who marr. 1727 to Mercy Richardson: Have no confirmed data on his origins; however, a place to start is to study Blancher/Blanchard's in near-association in CT towns or with certain surnames. The near-adjacent towns are Ashford, Stafford, Willington, Windham. NICHOLAS [1794- ], son of Abraham [George-2 Thomas-1], res Stafford, Willington & owned land in Ashford; was marr. by a Rev. J. FISK. A "MARCY" was marr. 1729 to a Wm FISK in Willington when Nicholas was living there. SAMUEL owned land & lived in Windham & Ashford. A study of deeds to date does not show any direct assoc. of these three families [except for the time-line], but CT researchers might find some in court rec., or deeds for other towns, etc. --Does anyone know when & where Samuel died; parents & VR for wife Mercy Richardson? Re dau MARY [1729- ], m Abijah SMITH: There were several deeds 1755-1760 in Ashford, CT by these two of land inherited from Mary's brother Samuel Blancher Jr. [One sale was to an Ezra SMITH] Would like to know when & where Mary died, parents & VR for Abijah Smith, the number of their children... Re a MARY who m 1751, Goshen, CT to Gideon WILCOX?? Does anyone know lineages for this couple? Re BLANCHARD-CLARK associations in CT & PA: -In Ashford, CT Samuel Blancher [above] sold land to Benjamin Clark, of Ashford in 1769. -In early PA [Bradford Co. & vicinity] is a Benj. Clark ["from CT"] whose son-in-law was a DAVID BLANCHARD/BLANCHER who might have been "from CT". Can anyone provide further insight about these associations? Would be happy to exchange known data & sources via snail-mail. **************************** To "jodean@juno.com" [James W. Dean] of 29 Mar 98 Re birthplace of JEREMIAH [c1738- ], son of Theophilus & grand- son of William ["of RI"] The assumption that Jeremiah was b in Scituate, RI is based on the fact that his father was a res. of Scituate when he married both wives [in 1734 & in 1755]. --Would be great if a RI researcher could find documented births for children of Theophilus & Patience. Have always felt that there might be more children in this family other than John & Jeremiah mentioned in Crandall's "Blanchard's of Rhode Island". ********************* To "KGeorge957@aol.com" [Kathi George] of 19 Apr 98 Re your family discoveries at Indian Lake Cem., Hamilton, NY. You mentioned a GEORGE, b 1871, Ft. Ann, Washington, NY. Was this the George listed with an Edward in 1880 Indian Lake, Hamilton, NY [siblings Fred & Robert] who might also be the George, b May 1870, listed with Edward [known to be a son of your Charles & Mary] in 1870 Ft Ann, Washington Co., NY? --Would much appreciate having copy of your notes on family burials in Indian Lake... **************************** Index Monica c1760 res No. Carolina 1998 05 06 Aaron A c1740 res No. Carolina 1998 05 06 William 1880 res Monroe TWP, Orange Co. NY 1998 05 06 Phebe ? res Wilton, NH? 1998 05 06 Volney 1825- res Michigan 1998 05 06 John 1823 d Concord, NH 1998 05 06 Sophia 1820 m Argentil, Canada 1998 05 06 William 1828 b England? 1998 05 06 Samuel 1727 m Conn.? 1998 05 06 Mary ? m Ashford, CT 1998 05 06 Jeremiah c1738 b Scituate, RI 1998 05 06 George 1871 b Ft. Ann, Washington, NY 1998 05 06

Hi all, I have been looking through the book "New Hampshire Marriage Licenses and Intentions, 1707-1961," by Pauline Johnson Oesterlin (1991) from the NEHGS Circulating Library. As the book says, one of the first laws promulgated by the New Hampshire legislature in 1679 required that intentions of marriage be published openly at least three times or posted in a conspicuous spot in the community for fourteen days prior to the event. It is a popular book and has a long waiting list. While I have the book, I thought I'd check for Blanchard names and post them here. There are not many but the information may help someone. The entries give the name and residence of both the bride and bridegroom, the date the intention was filed, and the origin of the report. There was only one bridegroom's name: BLANCHARD James P of Durham and DAME Martha of Durham int 20 May 1850 rept from Goffstown The listing of brides included: FRENCH Nathaniel & BLANCHARD Sarah 9 Dec 1773 (marriage license #211 issued by Gov. John Wentworth, Portsmouth NH) BURT Charles of Dunteith IL & BLANCHARD Marianna of Concord int 11 Sep 1861 mar nd Concord Records DINMOND Samuel of Concord & BLANCHARD Susan of Concord int 7 Jul 1822 mar nd Concord Records DWIGHT Francis of Shirley MA & BLANCHARD Maria of Jaffrey int 31 Mar 1805 mar nd Jaffrey Records REMY Azarias of Claremont NH & BLANCHARD Alexandrine of Claremont NH int 11 Aug 1956 by Remy C E Roland of Warwick.(Out-of-state minister license granted by the state of New Hampshire, permitting them to perform certain marriages within the state. This usually came about by any number of reasons but principally owing to the relationship to the bride or groom or friendship on the part of either.) Index: James P m Goffstown NH 5 6 98 Martha DAME m Goffstown NH 5 6 98 Sarah m Portsmouth NH 5 6 98 Nathaniel FRENCH m Portsmouth NH 5 6 98 Marianna m Concord NH 5 6 98 Charles BURT m Concord NH 5 6 98 Susan m Concord NH 5 6 98 Samuel DINMOND m Concord NH 5 6 98 Maria m Jaffrey NH 5 6 98 Francis DWIGHT m Jaffrey NH 5 6 98 Alexandrine m Claremont NH 5 6 98 Azarias REMY m Claremont NH 5 6 98

Found this as I was looking: Buried in Chattanooga National, Cemetery, Nashville, Section Grave Rank James M. Blanchard G 8769 Capt. Jasper Blanchard F 1799 Pvt. Chalmette National Cemetery, Lousiana All the4se were4 listed in the old part of the cemetery. P. Blanchard 115 11790 Edward Blanchard 109 8933 Ford Blanchard 146 11719 Joseph Blanchard 18 1311 Paschal Blanchard 159 12872 Albert Blanchard 152 12368 The document can be found http://www.cwc.lsu.edu/cgi-bin/cemetery.search. Maybe this will help someone. PaulineBlanchard

Hello, Ok, here is the low down on my line. Thomas has a child with Elizabeth named Nathaniel. Nathaniel married Susanah Bates and one of thier children was named John. He Married Abigale Phillips. And they had a son John, Deacon John. So there were two different Deacon John Blanchards. Now, here is were my interest lies. Deacon John Blanchard, son of Joeseph Blanchard, brother of Thomas, married a Hanna Brackett. Who died at Brackett masacre site in Salsbury. Now here is the funny thing, My Mothers Mother, My Grandmother, is a Brackett, decendant of those who died at the hands of the Indians. So i have a interesting thing going on im trying to loop it back around to both sides of my family. ANyhow, sorry about the confusion. Any info would be great. And thanks for you Help. Daniel Blanchard

Thanks to Bob for contributing the data. Before anyone worries that Bob didn't prepare the index entries for his posting on cemetery data, let me note that there are already two archived messages on this same subject that did have index entries, both from last Fall (once by death date and once by birth). I'm glad to observe that the data agree 100%. Also, this is a good example of how to find things quickly using the Rootsweb search engine. Go to the engine at http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl enter the list name BLANCHARD-L in the blank to submit, then type in the query as VALE+END select 1997, and click on Search -- you get exactly two hits, and they are the two messages in question. (The "+" means search for the two words back-to-back). By the way, 1998 is now available in the search engine, so you can do the same for 1998 and call up Bob's posting as well. Also, using HOOKER+FARM as the query gets the same results. John