John Chandler has just completed an update of Pat Blanchard Curry's data file on the LINE OF "JOSEPH" & ANNE BLANCHARD. This is still being offered as a web page, located temporarily at: http://www.klink.net/~fab/josephb.html If any of you Joseph B. descendants have not viewed this page, you really should do so. Pat has done a tremendous job of preparing this material and we are grateful to her for making it available to BLANCHARD-L. John Chandler has prepared an outstanding web page with a Name Index and many convenient internal links to simplify searching the data. Pat is preparing another file on more BLANCHARD families from her extensive collection to share with us. You will be notified as soon as it is available as a web page. Fletch

Sorry folks my typing is not so good. That adx for the Blanchards of Assumption Parish, LA is as follows: http://listserv.northwest.com/~haight/listpage.htm........Ernie

Hi Gang!. Just acquired a new book, "Colonial Gravestone Inscriptions in New Hampshire", and thought I would pass along the BLANCHARD data found within. Cemetery on HOOKER Farm: Pg. 68 BLANCHARD, Aaron, b. Oct 23, 1760, d. June 22, 1842. Dorcas Pike, 1st wife of Aaron, b. June 11, 1753, d. Mar 16, 1797. Hannah, wife of Benjamin, d. July 15, 1802, in her 77th year. Sarah Wheeler, 2nd wife of Aaron, b. Jan 16, 1774, d. Mar 26, 1848. Pg. 93. MILFORD (inc. 1794) BLANCHARD, August, Esq., d. Feb n27, 1809, in his 63rd year. Elizabeth, wife of George, d. Aug 28, 1832, ae. 82 yrs. George, d. Mar 10, 1824, ae. 84 yrs. Revolutionary soldier. Simon, d. Oct 2, 1831, ae. 82 yrs. Catherine, d. July 31, 1841, ae. 84 yrs. Pg. 150 WILTON (Vale End Cemetery) BLANCHARD, Stephen, d. July 27, 1789, in his 41st year. Sarah, wife of Benjamin, d. May, 21, 1801, in her 53rd year. Pg. 152. WILTON CENTER (Wilton Center Cemetery) BLANCHARD, Joshua, d. Oct 10, 1818, ae 72 yrs. Elizabeth, wife of Joshua, d. July 14, 1817, ae. 72 yrs. Benjamin, d. Nov 24, 1828, ae. 78 yrs. Martha, wife of Benjamin, d. Feb 25, 1812, ae. 57 yrs. So...that is the ball game. Hope this helps someone. Bob Vaughan

Hi, Ok here is an interesting Question for you. My Grandmothers maiden name is Elenor Brackett. she is a decendant of the Brackets who died at the Brackett Macacre site in Salsbury Mass, If im not mistaken Hannah Brackett, second wife of Deacon John Blanchard, who was the son of Joeseph Blanchard, died on july 3rd 1706. Her and several other members of her family died. and my ancestors there,are those that survived. So any info you can proide would be of great use to me, for two reasons, not only on the Blanchard side for me but also on my mothers side. Anyhow thanks for the info, and i hope to hear form you. Daniel Blanchard

There is a Blanchard listing for the Assumption Parish, LA area at: http://list.serv.northwest.com/~haight/listpage.htm. Anyone have others?? Ernie

II honestly thought that I had linked my tree back to Guillaume Blanchard and Huguetter Poirier having believed the contents of "The Acadians in France, Volume II , written by the Reider family based on the Belle-Isle-en-Mer Registers and the La Rochette Papers, and the writings of the Acadian Historian Brother Bernard. I had read in the Le Reviel Acadien a few years ago, that Mr. Steven White had given a talk to the Acadian Cultural Society in Fitchburg, MA on the same subject. I wanted to find out more from Mr. White, but I took a break in my research . Now I will try to find the reference mentioned and go from there before making any changes to computerized files.. Thanks Ranald, I appreciate your "flagging " this item. Ernie....eblanch@nbnet.nb.ca........take care.

Daniel wrote: > Well i found out that there is a web page of blanchards, ... > http://members.tripod.com/~dvance/blanchard.html As of 5 pm EDT, the file is gone, and the home page for "dvance" has a note saying "under construction" and a music file, but nothing else. Maybe it will reappear over the weekend? So much of the web is ephemeral! John

Fletch, this was posted to the nsroots group and I thought it may be of some assistance to our Acadian researchers. I will monitor the group's messages for any follow-ups to this message and also contact the sender, John, re. any he may recieve personally. -- Rannie in Nova Scotia On Thu, 30 Apr 1998, PLATH NY wrote: > Hi, > I got a letter from Mr. Steven White, the Acadian Genealogist, dated > April 23,1998. and he set me right on the Arsenault line, I had a lot of > different lines given to me, Mr. White is the last word when it comes to the > Acadian families. > Here is what his letter said concerning the Arsenault - Blanchard lines. > > Your request for information regarding the ancestors of Marguerite-Rosalie > DesRoches > To begin with, I must tell you that there was no Guillaume Blanchard who > married Huguette Poirier. The only mention of such a couple in Acadian > records is in fact an error in the deposition at Belle-Ile-en-Mer of Jean > Leblanc concerning his late wife's ancestry. Jean could not recall who the > parents of his wife's grandfather were, although he evidently realized that > they were the ancestors who had actually emigrated from France, and the local > authorities required to know what their names were. In this bind in which he > found himself, Jean proved resourceful, if not well-informed. He had > apparently heard of a Guillaume and an Huguette in the family, so he offered > those names, In fact, Guillaume was Jean's wife's grandfather's brother, and > not his father,, and while Guillaume was indeed married to an Huguette, she > was a Gougeon, and not a Poitier, although we generally believe, in following > a line of deduction originally proposed by Placide Gaudet, that Huguette > Gougeon was the half-sister of Michel and Marie-Francoise Poirier, which would > neatly explain the confusion regarding her family name. Be that as it may, > the true names of the parents of Jean's wife's grandfather (Martin Blanchard) > and his brother Guillaume, were Jean Blanchard and Radegonde Lambert. This is > made clear by the early Acadian censuses. In 1890, Edme Rameau de Saint-Pere, > in a commentary on the depositions of the Acadians at Belle-Ile, tried to > reconcile the obvious error in Jean LeBlanc's statement with the information > from the censuses by suggesting that Guillaume Blanchard and Huguette Poirier > were the grandparents of Martin and Guillaume Blanchard. I do not think this > at all plausible. > If Jean LeBlanc could not say who the great-grandparents of his late wife were > , how would he know the names of her great-great-grandparents? I tried to > alert other researchers to this oft-repeated mistake about the Blanchards in > an article I published in the Cahiers de la Societe historique acadienne (vol. > XV, 1884,pp.116-121). The Blanchard line in Acadia begins with Jean Blanchard > and Radegonde; we are unable to carry it any farther. > > The foregoing is important to note, but it does not directly bear upon > Marguerite-Rosalie DesRoches's ancestry, because Marguerite-Rosalie did not > descend from the Blanchard family, anyway. The lineage you lay out in your > electronic message is correct back to the Pierre Arsenault who married Anne > Boudrot, but this Pierre Arsenault was not the son of Marie Guerin. Rather,he > was the child of the first Pierre Arsenault's first wife, Marguerite Dugas. > Insofar as I know, there is unanimous agreement among Acadian genealogists (a > rare thing, indeed ) on this point. Marguerite Dugas was a daughter of > Abraham Dugas and Marguerite Doucet, and Marguerite Doucet was a daughter of > Germain Doucet. We do not know where any of these families originated in > France, nor do we know who Marguerite Doucet's mother was. > > Regarding Anne Boudrot, you are on the wrong track again. Anne was a > daughter of Jean Boudrot and Marguerite Bourgeois, and not the daughter of > Jean's brother Charles. After Jean Boudrots early death, Marguerite Bourgeois > married secondly Emmanuel Mirande. Marguerite was thus the mother of both the > Anne Boudrot who married Pierre Arsenault and the Francoise Mirande who > married Pierre's half-brother Charles Arsenault. These families all lived at > Beaubassin. Charles Boudrot's family meanwhile had no direct connections in > that parish. > > Jean Boudrot was of course a son of Michel Boudrot and Michelle Aucoin. > Marguerite Bourgeois was a daughter of Jacques Bourgeois and Jeanne Trahan. > Please note that Michel Boudrot died long after 1671. he served as magistrate > (lieutenant general civil et criminel) at Port-Royal until 1688, but died > sometime before the 1693 census. > signed; > Sincerely yours, > Stephen A. White > Genealogist > Centre d'etudes acadiennes > > John MacIsaac > 11 Tower Ave, Schenectady, NY. 12304 -----------------------------

Hi All, Here is an explanation of the material I sent along yesterday. Hope this is helpful. Sherry DATABASE OF THE DAY (Free for 10 Days!) Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots, Vol. 2 DESCRIPTION: This collection of abstracts of grave sites contains information originally published in the Senate documents of the National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution, as well as the Society magazine. Veterans and patriots of the Revolutionary War whose graves were found between 1900 and 1987 are included in this second volume, which covers abstracts E through K. Included in each entry is the name of the patriot, the cemetery in which the headstone is found, and occasionally others who are located nearby or opposite the grave. FROM THE PREFACE OF THE WORK: The source. Almost since its beginning, members of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution have been locating the graves of Soldiers and Patriots of the American Revolution. The names and locations were first published in 1900 in the DAR's Annual Report to the Smithsonian Institution. Each year since then, additional names and locations, now numbering over 58,500, have been reported. >From 1900 to 1974 the list of graves located during the year (a "year" generally began in March or April) was included in the DAR's Annual Report to the Smithsonian Institution and published as a Senate Document (not the most accessible of publications). In 1975 this report was discontinued. The DAR published the lists for 1975, 1976, and 1977 in a separate volume (as they did for 1978-81). Beginning with 1978, the list of graves located has been published in the DAR Magazine, usually during the following year. These lists, except the earliest ones, are by state, so searching can be tedious. ACCURACY. The accuracy and amount of information varies considerably within and between years. Sometimes almost no specifics were given; sometimes even source citations were included. They are much more complete in later years, but the validity of the information can not be assumed and should be checked. During the years from 1901 through 1914, the grave reports were combined with other reports, and frequently were incomplete or confusing. These years were not abstracted or indexed for this book, because it appears that in 1915 many of these early reports were reviewed or resubmitted. In that year over 3000 names were published. A few apparent duplicates exist, but some of these are persons of the same name buried in the same cemetery, and a few others represent additional or corrected information. THE ABSTRACT. Names are spelled exactly as they were in the original documents. Alphabetizing is strict, so check all possible spellings. A few liberties were taken in abstracting grave locations, such as including information which may have appeared elsewhere in the report, correcting the spelling of county names, and occasionally researching and correcting obvious typesetting errors. It was not possible to fit all of the information contained in each source listing onto the single line necessary to keep this series to a manageable size, so the facts most useful to the reader were chosen. The term "Fam cem" (family cemetery) was frequently used to replace such phrases as "Old Jones family burying place" if the patriot's surname was spelled the same, in order to allow for more details about the location. THE INDEX. The number at the end of the line is the reporting year. For example, "45" indicates the grave was located between April 1, 1944 and April 1, 1945. If possible, check the original publication, which might contain additional information, such as the patriot's birth and death dates and places, the service record of the patriot, and more details on the grave location. The genealogical section of the Dallas Public Library has most of the Senate Documents. The Genealogical Library in Salt Lake City has the 1975-1977 volume. Local DAR and genealogy collections may have copies of the publications. The Brigham Young University library has a card file based on the published work of the DAR which is being microfilmed by the Genealogical Library in Salt Lake City. USING THIS BOOK. DAR headquarters is not set up to answer questions on these entries, so please do not write them. Unfortunately they do not have copies of the original reports readily accessible at this time. Many listings, particularly the earlier ones, were not substantiated; all information should be independently verified and proved before being submitted to any patriotic or hereditary society for application or other purpose. The ravages of time have caused the location of many graves to be lost today, and we should be grateful for this wealth of material. SENATE DOCUMENTS. The Senate Documents which contained the DAR annual report and the list of located graves are part of the US Serial Set. The Serial Set is comprised of Senate and House Reports and Documents since 1789. They were issued in matching volumes (over 15,000 thus far) in tan bindings. Each book has a serial and volume number assigned to it. Serial Set collections are maintained by depositories (there are some in every state, usually universities). Distribution of the Serial Set volumes has, unfortunately, not been consistent. Depository libraries may have some or all (or none) of the volumes indexed in these books. CIS (Congressional Indexing Service) is microfiching a set of every known Serial Set publication, therefore some libraries may have microfiche copies instead of bound volumes. BIBLIOGRAPHY: Hatcher, Patricia Law. Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots, Vol. 2, Dallas: Pioneer Heritage Press, 1987. To search this database, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/ancestry/search.asp OR http://www.ancestry.com/ancestry/recent.asp

Hello Daniel. Your search for the connection to Pierre Jean Blanchard is shared with many of us. It appears to have been referenced (at this time) from genealogy work of my grt. grandfather, H. Percy Blanchard. I have been trying to find the source of this info prior to coming into contact with others of this list but have found nothing concrete in our shared searches. Many would look at this as myth, folklore, or a romantic tint added to their lineage as no actual record(s) have been noted or recorded. When the Group was formed, one main aspect was the hope of finding any elusive info in regard to this sector of our trees. Nothing regarding this has come to light as yet, but many of us have discovered distant cousins and I, myself, have recieved many helpful messages about others back in different time periods. Most of the personal work of H. Percy was destroyed through such things as disinterested family members and of all things 'house cleaning' after his death. Very little of his actual handwritten material survived. When the family started to update it as for our family, my father was not even among the pages. Yours in the search also, Rannie Blanchard - Mt. Uniacke, N.S Descendent of 'Joseph' and Ann of 1637

Hi All, I came across the following Blanchard burial sites at ancestry.com on their free database search. My Joshua is not listed but I thought the following may be of some interest to the group. Fletch, I did not know how to index the list. Sherry Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots: Volume 1 BLANCHARD Aaron Bailey Cem, Dracut MA 55 BLANCHARD Abner Highland Cem, South Weymouth MA 50 BLANCHARD Adam Mt Vernon, Abington MA 54 BLANCHARD Amos Old Western Cem, Lynn MA 55 BLANCHARD Augustus Capt Milford NH 15 BLANCHARD Azariel Keeney Settlement Cem, Cuyler NY 36 BLANCHARD Benjamin South Yard, Wilton NH 34 BLANCHARD Daniel Highland Cem, South Weymouth MA 50 BLANCHARD Daniel North Weymouth Cem, North Weymouth MA 56 BLANCHARD Daniel Jr Highland Cem, South Weymouth MA 50 BLANCHARD David Old North Cem, North Weymouth MA 50 BLANCHARD David Williams Cem, Northfield NH 34 BLANCHARD David Sr Old North Cem, North Weymouth MA 50 BLANCHARD Edward Hodgdon Cem, Northfield NH 31 BLANCHARD Elias Grave obliterated, Cincinnatus, Cortland Co NY 36 BLANCHARD Elias South Yard, Brooklyn CT 30 BLANCHARD Ephraim Dyer Hill, Braintree MA 55 BLANCHARD George Milford NY 15 BLANCHARD Isaac Milford NY 15 BLANCHARD Isaac On Rt 106, East Mansfield MA 56 BLANCHARD Jacob First Cong Ch Cem, Stamford CT 68 BLANCHARD Jedediah Itaska Cem, Whitney Point, Broome Co NY 81 BLANCHARD John Lakeview Cem, South Weymouth MA 50 BLANCHARD John 2nd Grave obliterated, Cincinnatus, Cortland Co NY 36 BLANCHARD Jonathan Pearl St Cem, Stoughton MA 55 BLANCHARD Jonathan Hon Old South Cem, Nashua NH 30 BLANCHARD Joseph East Montpelier Cem, Montpelier VT 46 BLANCHARD Joseph Long Meadow Cem, Chester NH 33 BLANCHARD Joseph Old cem, Acworth NH 34 BLANCHARD Joseph On Rt 106, East Mansfield MA 56 BLANCHARD Joshua South Yard, Wilton NH 34 BLANCHARD Josiah Highland Cem, South Weymouth MA 50 BLANCHARD Josiah South Parish Cem, Andover MA 55 BLANCHARD Jotham Perham Corner Cem, Lyndeboro NH 54 BLANCHARD Justus Palenville farm, (priv), Palenville NY 56 BLANCHARD Lemuel Worcester Cem, Washington Co VT 59 BLANCHARD Samuel Lakeview Cem, South Weymouth MA 50 BLANCHARD Samuel Worcester Cem, Worcester VT 15 BLANCHARD Simeon Milford NH 15 BLANCHARD Simon Cherry Hill Cem, Bethel, Windsor Co VT 72 BLANCHARD Soleman Priv cem, Dresden, Lincoln Co ME 74 BLANCHARD Thomas Carpenter's Bur Gr, Henderson, Jefferson Co NY 79 BLANCHARD Thomas Lakeview Cem, South Weymouth MA 50 BLANCHARD Thomas Lakeview Cem, South Weymouth MA 62 BLANCHARD Timothy East Wilton ME 15 Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots: Volume 1 page 89 BLANCHARD William First Cong Ch Cem, Stamford CT 68 BLANCHARD William Old Cem, East Main St, East Stoughton, now Avon MA 55 BLANCHARD William South Cem, Wilmington MA 56

I noticed a message that Marcel Blanchaer posted to the GEN-BNL-L (benelux) and I contacted him to invite him to join us on BLANCHARD-L. He has just subscribed and agreed to have me re-post his message to you. Welcome, Marcel. Fletch _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Subject: Families Blanchaer, Blanchaert, Blanckaer, Blanckaert, Bauwens, >Verwimp >Looking for information on the above families for genealogical and >historical research into the origins of the Canadian branch of the >Blanchaer family, being summarized at: >http://home.cc.umanitoba.ca/~blanch/FamilyHx2/FH_TOC.htm > >Marcel Blanchaer, M.D., Professor Emeritus, University of Manitoba >9P - 300 Roslyn Road, Winnipeg MB >Canada R3L 0H3 >Phone: 204-284-1709 E-mail:blanch@cc.umanitoba.ca

Searching info on: Mary Frances Blanchard, b 1880, (Rhode Island?), m Polo Russo, 1919, d. June 1959, Tarpon Springs, Fla. Parents may be Chancey and Ida Blanchard. Reply to: rotiroti@pcpros.net ---Thanks! Margie

Just to let everyone know that the Blanc/shard FHS which now has some 70 members, will be holding its AGM in York (UK) on Saturday 16th May. Non-members with Blanc/shard interests will be made very welcome although will not be able to vote on those mundane but necessary topics of subscription levels etc! When we get through that we will have plenty of time to discuss matters Blanc/shard. Please let me know if anyone wants travel/location details. Regards John Blanchard

Hi! This is where I am stuck........ Henry Blanchard, born in 1858, probably in Iowa (per 1880 census). This same census shows him living with his wife Maggie in Jasper County IOwa. Census cites his father as being born in Vermont. Next door to him is Peleg Blanchard, born in Vermont. Peleg was born approx 1832. Is Peleg Henry's father? Anyone have any info on Henry and his family? Henry's wife Maggie died in 1903. At the time of her demise, the family resided in Des Moines. Thank you ! Ramona Thanks! Ramona Brush-Gullion

Steve wrote: > I have had no luck finding a record of > marriage between Jabez Davis and Ruth Blanchard Sometimes, that's the way it goes. > I found a reference to the birth of a son > Benjamin Davis on Jan 16, 1725/26 Yes, that is confirmed by the Chelmsford VR. > "In 1724 and 1725, Dr. Ebenezer Taylor was paid for medicine and > medical attendance on Joseph Chamberlain, a soldier, and Jabez Davis, a > sick soldier." > I'd be most appreciative of any suggestions of how to get Jabez dead > before 1728. Maybe, but it would be a tight squeeze. Jabez was apparently alive at the time of the 3rd account filed by the administrator of Thomas' estate (or, more precisely, alive at the time the legacy was paid, which would be *after* the time of the 2nd account filed). Since the estate inventory was dated October of 1727, there's no doubt that Jabez survived the sickness mentioned by Dr. Taylor in 1725. John [Index: Ruth 1727 c ? 1998 4 22]

It's been over a year since my last post concerning Ruth Blanchard, b. April 5, 1703, Dunstable, MA daughter of Thomas and Ruth Adams - Pat Blanchard Curry's document on descendants of Joseph jogged me into sharing what little bit I've learned and asking for help again. After spending a day last summer at NEHGS and day last month at the LDS Family History Library in Salt Lake (when I could have been skiing), information is still scanty. John Chandler last year pointed me towards the reference in Peletiah Adam's estate administration of a bequest to Jabez Davis and Ruth, also confirmed in Pat Blanchard Curry's recent Descendants of Joseph document Fletch posted on his web site. I have found a record of a Jabez Davis, born Feb 24, 1701/02 Haverhill, MA, parent Stephen and Mary (Tucker) Davis. Possibly her spouse, but I have had no luck finding a record of marriage between Jabez Davis and Ruth Blanchard in the published Massachusetts records series for the towns up to 1850 nor in the microfilm of the Vital Records of Dunstable (Chelmsford microfilm wasn't locatable in Salt Lake). I found a reference to the birth of a son Benjamin Davis on Jan 16, 1725/26 in C.C. Burdick, Blanchard, A Hugenot Family in America (1976), p. 20 but with no supporting documentation - this also appeared in an LDS ordinance submission in Salt Lake but I have had no success contacting the submitter. Nor have I had any success in finding a death record for Jabez Davis, although I have a suspicion that he did in fact die before 1728 based upon the following: In Massachusetts Officers & Soldiers 1723-1743, Drummer's War to the War of Jenkins Ear, ed. by Myron O. Stachiw Jabez Davis appears at pg. 72 as follows: Davis, Jabez Pvt. Haverhill 11/29/23-6/13/24 Service of 28wks/2days Davis, Jabez Pvt. Chelmsford 8/30-11/3/25 Service of 9wks/3days I found the following reference in Early Generations of the Founders of Old Dunstable, Thirty Families by Ezra S. Stearns A.M., pub. by George E. Littlefield, Boston, 1911 at p. 79 discussing Dr. Ebenezer Taylor: "In 1724 and 1725, Dr. Ebenezer Taylor was paid for medicine and medical attendance on Joseph Chamberlain, a soldier, and Jabez Davis, a sick soldier." I'd be most appreciative of any suggestions of how to get Jabez dead before 1728. Steve Jacobson sjacobson@charleston.net Ruth 1703 b Dunstable, Middlesex, MA 98.04.21 Ruth 1728 m Killingworth, Middlesex, CT 98.04.21

In case anyone is interested the following is part of an article about the original battle of Aylesbury fought on November 1st 1642 printed in the Bucks Herald following a recent re-enactment of the battle By the Sealed Knot. The approaching army was commanded by the seasoned soldier, Lieut General Sir William Balfour, an old adversary of Prince Rupert's. Following not far behind were soldiers of John Hampden's regiment. Rupert attempted to charge his way through the troop lines but the great barrages of fire from Sir Williams musketeers enclosed him on all sides and eventually the Royalists were forced to fall back. Several dozen Parliamentarian troops fell in that furious action, till Capt Herbert Blanchard of Captain Earl Peterborough's Parliamentarian troop sprang to the aid of Balfour's soldiers. His foot soldiers sent volleys of fire and smoke on the left flank to the resounding cheers from the Parliamentarians. Eventually the Royalist foot took flight with roundhead troops in hot pursuit. Incidently the connection is that my mother in law is currently researching the Blanchards in the High Wycombe (England) area