Found at this site. Jerry ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/1704va.txt Blanchard Benj Nansemond County, 1704 Blanchet John King & Queen County, 1704

Could someone please look up William M. Blanchard (b. Jun 1851, TN). He married about 1890 to Sarah MURRAY (b. Jun 1874, TN), but I suspect he may have had a previous wife. I would be so grateful of help. Beryl Browning ----------------------------------------------- To contact the list owner, use stephenL@indiana.edu For information on available lists, other list options, and other generally useful information, visit http://php.indiana.edu/~stephenl/genealog.htm

Good Evening: At the Ancestry Home Town page- http://www.ancestry.com/ancestry/search.asp there is the following free access data base- Libby, Charles Thornton. Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire, Portland, Maine: The Southward Press, 1928. There are 10 'hits' when searching the surname BLANCHARD. Harold Hilton

Hello I am the grandson of Wilson Joseph Blanchard of Pierre Part La. my e-mail address is FEP1196@AOL.COM I am trying to find out more for my mother about our family..thanks eddie I am on my son's sign on at the moment...

Hi Sherry, John et al, I have several questions about Elizabeth Hills. I have noticed the past discussions about her but am confused by them. I have her born or baptized 21 Oct 1627 at Malden, Essex, England, the daughter of Joseph Hills and either his first wife, Rose Clarke, or his second wife, Hannah (Smith) Mellows. However, the Hill discussion group has the name of the first wife of Joseph Hills as Rose Dunster. The group has Joseph Hills born 3 Mar 1602 in Malden, England, and dying 1688 in Malden, Mass. The group has Rose Dunster born 1603 and dying 1650 in Malden, Mass. The date of marriage is given as 22/23 July 1624 in Essex, England. The discussion group gives Joseph Hills a second wife, Hannah (Smith) Mellows, and a third wife, Ann Lunt. Can you help me with this? Then I have Elizabeth Hills marrying George Blanchard about 1653 and marrying Dea. John Blanchard about 1658. Neither of these Blanchards are in my direct line but I would like to straighten out the relationships between Elizabeth Hills, George Blanchard and Dea. John Blanchard. I have also looked through Torrey, Savage and other sources and remain confused. I would appreciate any help that will straighten this out. Thank you in advance. jututtle@aol.com (JohnTuttle)

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Spent a day in the Clayton Gen. Library, Houston, TX. References below in PUTNAM COUNTY CEMETERIES, Monroe Township, (OHIO) Volume One pg. 4 North Mt. Zion Cemetery Blanchard, infant son of J. M. & F. Blanchard d 22 Sept 1895 pg 15 same cemetery Blanchard, John D d 4 Jan 1886 - 77y 1 m 29 d Blanchard, Charlotte d 20 Feb 1898 - 63 yr 7m 19 d Blanchard, George son of J & C Blanchard d 24 Oct 1869 - 9 m Blanchard Joseph son of J & C Blanchard d 10 Oct 1874 - 15 y 3 m 17d Index Blanchard, John D d 1886 Ohio 1998.l.5 Index Blanchard, Charlotte d 1898 Ohio 1998.1.5 Index Blanchard, George d 1869 Ohio 1998.1.5 Index Blanchard, Joseph d 1874 Ohio 1998.1.5

Hi all, I finally got to VR's today for a brief visit. I did not have notes with me but recalled a question about a James M Blanchard who may have been born in NH or MA. I copied all James Blanchard Births at the State of NH VR office. (I am happy to report I now have my volunteer pass so I may come and go in our high security, locked State office building) James b 9/20/1742 Dunstable, NH Joseph & Rebecca James b 1/15/1774 Canterbury, NH Jonathan & Hannah Chadwick James b 2/25/1781 Milford, NH Augustus & Bridget 8th child James b 10/20/1781 Wilton, NH George & Elizabeth James A b 4/28/1900 Belmont, NH James H & Sarah Reynolds 3rd child James Murray b 12/19/1897 New Ipswich, NH Guy C & Ida L S Partridge 3rd child James Franklin b 12/8/1861 Pittsburgh, NH David & Mary J Blanchard 3rd child J Moony b 11/1877 Ashland, NH J M & Lottie A Ellison 2nd child Bertha Bowers b 10/26/1871 Milford, NH James M & Helen A Blanchard 3rd child Some of them have additional info on the birthplace of parents. Let me know if anyone is interested in knowing more. Hope these help someone. Happy New Year to all of you! Sherry James b 1742 Dunstable, NH 1998 1 5 James b 1774 Canterbury, NH 1998 1 5 James b 1781 Milford, NH 1998 1 5 James b 1781 Wilton, NH 1998 1 5 James A b 1900 Belmont, NH 1998 1 5 James Murray b 1897 New Ipswich, NH 1998 1 5 James Franklin b 1861 Pittsburgh, NH 1998 1 5 J Moony b 1877 Ashland, NH 1998 1 5 Bertha Bowers b 1871 Milford, NH 1998 1 5

Hi all- Went to the Buffalo and Erie County Library all day Friday and Saturday to look up my RI Blanchard ancestry. Unfortunately for me, although there are many volumes of references to the MA Blanchards, there were only 2 references of my line. If you ever are in the Buffalo, NY area, you may request a lookup in the Blanchard files at no cost. The volumes are organized in 3 sections: Descendents of Thomas Blanchard Blanchard men A-Z Blanchard Women A-Z There are also misc. papers regarding the Blanchards that Mrs. Bethune had collected form various sources. For most of you, Much of this information is redundant. Basically Mrs. Bethune has consulted many of the resources we have ( ie NEGR, Prov Recolrds, Boston records, etc) and hand written them down in multiple volumes and scraps of paper. They wheeled out an entire cart load for me. It was overwhelming.. therefore, I was not able in this short period of time to do specific lookups. I have hard copies of the lookups you all requested and when I have another chance, will head back to look for you. Happy New Year to all- I'll be hunting again soon!- Susan

I write to extend an invitation to you all to have details of any of your UK Blanc/shard interests published in the newsletter of the Blanc/shard Family History Society. The next edition will be published in March - the copy deadline is February 15th. I will need snail-mail addresses since many of our members are not e-mail enabled. This is not a "commercial" but you can find out more about us at: http://www.blanshard.demon.co.uk/bfhs.htm We are nearly two years old and now have a membership of around 70 worldwide. In case you have not guessed, I am the newsletter editor! I will try and invite all Blanc/shard FHS members to state their interests and post this to the Blanchard list. This is however unlikely to happen for a few months yet. Good hunting in 1998! -- John Blanchard

HAPPY GENEALOGICALLY PROFITABLE NEW YEAR TO ALL! First allow me to beg your indulgence as I reword a query I believe I posted earlier. I am trying to "prove" that these two JOSIAH BLANCHARDS below are the same person. A lot is riding on this connection, and I have only Cutter's claim in "New England Families" (,with no source document cited) that they are the same person, I. (From the 1939 NEHG "Register" article by Hartman, p.232). <<JOSIAH BLANCHARD, b.at Concord,MA, 23 June 17333 married ELIZABETH PIERCE at Lincoln, MA, on 30 Jan 1755 and had son JOSIAH, Jr. b. at Lincoln on 9 May 1755>> and II.(From "New England Families" vol iv, p.2138 by Cutter) <<JOSIAH BLANCHARD,son of JOSIAH BLANCHARD was born in Concord June 23 1730(sic). He married first at Lincoln, MA,Jan 30 1755, ELIZABETH PIERCE. He removed to Sturbridge,MA, and married there second 7 April 1762 ELIZABETH HOBBS. In 1790 he was living in Sturbridge, and, according to the census had in his family two males over sixteen and four females. Children born at Sturbridge:MARY b.1763;ANN b.1765; ASA b.1769; ABIGAIL b.1771; BERNARD b. 1773; AMOS b.1775; *by wife Elizabeth he had a Lincoln: JOHN (sic) 9 May 1755. Perhaps other children* (I don't know why Cutter listed this "John"...Hartman has him as "Josiah" ...out of order like this and not right after the marriage to ELIZABETH PIERCE at the start of the paragraph and before Cutter has him moved to Sturbridge) He removed to Barre, VT, where died about 1800. Children not recorded at Sturbridge: ABIDIAH; BETSEY, 1779; LUCY,1779, died Sept 26, 1864, married DAVID RICHARDSON; RACHEL, 1781, married PETER NICHOLS.>> As I wrote, it is critical that I find some verification that these two JOSIAHs are the same person. Before I start the arduous task of locating vital records and checking town histories, etc. I am sending out this note to see if this mountain has already been climbed by someone else and the task achieved. Anyone who has connections to this line or who has sources other than the two mentioned above is MOST welcomed to lend an assist. Thanks ------------------------------------- E-mail: skipb@nh.ultranet.com Date: 01/02/98 Time: 14:33:39 ------------------------------------ ALBERT EDWARD BELANGER 128 Middle Road Brentwood, NH 03833 (Researching: BELANGER, BLANCHARD, ENSOR, GAGNON, HARRINGTON, HUGHES,RACE, ST.PIERRE, EDMINSTON, MARINO, McQUEEN, MEALEY, Oregon Trail 1851, PETTINGILL, SEAL, STEWART)

Hi all- Noticed the dicussion of the Phebe/ Laban thing. I was reading through the Blanchard of RI last night looking for my ancestors and noticed that there were four Phebes. Jeremiah had a second wife whose name oddly enough was also Phebe. Strange thing. Your writings are accurate if mine are. I am going to the Buffalo and Erie County Library this weekend. Have an appointment to look into the Blanchard papers. I am specifically looking for the Levi Johnson Blanchard, Son of Samuel II who was my ggrandfathers father. Then I will look for the William info. My line is from Moses/Ann Whaley whose lineage is not followed through in the Blanchard Bk. In my reading last night- saw the Shoemaker info- will send to list asap.From various sources on the net, I have gleaned alot of this family. I am trying to organize all data, then will post as I can. I am primarily focusing on the RI line- have not connected to MA line (Thomas) yet. Question- I read on the net that William was from Hesse, FR. Is this true? Can anyone document it, or is it just hearsay from Adalaide's bk? Thanks- Happy New Year all. Susan Blanchard Shaw

Happy New Year!

SEVENTH GENERATION 66. Laban/Leban Blanchard •b. 1764 Scituate, RI •m. (67) Jane McDowell 67. Jane McDowell •b. ABT 1759 Family (1): Elijah Shoemaker Sr. (died in Wyoming Massacre) Child: Col. Elijah Shoemaker Jr. Family (2): (66) Laban Blanchard •i. (33) Phebe Blanchard John, this is what I have on Laban/Leban Blanchard. I suppose it is possible that "Laban" (Daniel Shoemaker's son-in-law) and "Leban", born in Scituate, RI are two different people. Jane McDowell ties the two together, so there would have to be two Janes in that case, too. Since Jane's father, John McDowell, was an immigrant from Ireland, I doubt that. Moreover, the emotional connection between the Shoemakers, the McDowells and Laban was so deep, I find it hard to see how Leban and Laban could be anything BUT the same person. Leban's father, Joseph Blanchard, was (probably tortured and) killed by Indians shortly after the Wyoming massacre -- in which Elijah Shoemaker Sr., Jane McDowell's brand new husband, and father of her one-month-old son Elijah Jr., was born. Fatherless Leban/Laban married widowed Jane, and raised their family. Daniel Shoemaker later sold his property to his nephew Elijah Jr., and named his own son Elijah in honor of his slain brother. Further evidence that we are talking about one and the same Jane McDowell is in the fact that a Shaw also married one of Daniel's daughters (John McDowell had become the owner of a Mr. Shaw's properties in Cherry Valley, PA, and the mother of the Shaw that married Daniel's daughter had also been born with the surname McDowell. To thicken the plot even more, Daniel Shoemaker himself was married to Anna McDowell, Jane's sister. (see my bit about the Wyoming Massacre at http://www.pacwest.net/bigshoe/shoegen.html ) I was thrown for a loop for a while because Jeremiah Blanchard Jr. also had a daughter Phebe Blanchard, born in the same year as Laban's Phebe, but Jeremiah's Phebe was listed as married to Caleb Cooper: Hi, Leban, was the son of Joseph and Mary Page, Joseph was the son of Timothy and Mary Edmunds. Timothy had a brother, Theophilus who had a son Jeremiah. I am descended from Jeremiah and Theophilus. Captain Jeremiah Blanchard went to the Wyoming Valley at the same time Joseph did. He was Captain of Fort Pittston (Brown) at the time of the Battle of Wyoming. Have you seen the information on the Blanchard family in The Michael Shoemaker Book. Laban had a sister named Phebe born at Scituate, RI May 13, 1771. Jeremiah Sr. also had a daughter with Phebe Bates, his wife, named Phebe born about1776- 1851 who married Rufus Clark. This Phebe may have been born in PA since the Susquehanna Company records show Jeremiah, her father was in residence there in 1772 and maybe earlier. If she was in Forty Fort then I strongly suspect that she is either the daughter of Joseph or Jeremiah or a granddaughter. To my knowledge, Joseph and Jeremiah were the only Blanchards to settle in that area of PA at that time. Jeremiah, Jr. also had a daughter Phebe born 1787, but I have her spouse listed as Caleb Cooper. Do you have any information on the William, father of Timothy and Jeremiah. Or any infor on the Wickenden's or Steere's? Have you done any research in the Wyoming Historical Society? Are you on the Blanchard list? Good luck, Joyce Burns, Reading, PA Jeremiah's father, Jeremiah Blanchard Sr., was in command of Fort Brown, across the river from where Elijah Shoemaker Sr. met his demise. He was unable to help those settlers because the Indians had taken all his boats. I haven't checked since finding out that Laban was Phebe's father, but the census or tax rolls ought to confirm that there was only one adult Laban Blanchard in the county where they were married. God bless and keep you -- Michael Shoemaker :-) ---------- > From: John F. Chandler <JCHBN@CUVMB.CC.COLUMBIA.EDU> > To: Michael A. Shoemaker <bigshoe@pacwest.net> > Subject: Re: Phebe Blanchard- Laban Blanchard Connection > Date: Tuesday, December 30, 1997 11:00 PM > > You wrote: > > Phebe, first wife of my ancestor Elijah Shoemaker, is the daughter of Laban > > Blanchard. > > Question: is that the Laban Blanchard who was born in Scituate, RI on > 1764 Jun 29, or some other Laban? > > > ... Nicholas married Hannah Blanchard, > > by whom he had five children: James and Anna, ... > > This Nicholas Shoemaker was apparently the brother of Elijah. Do you > know if this Hannah was related to the above Phebe? > > John Chandler

Dick, I got the following from a certain John Hover. It confirms that Phebe, first wife of my ancestor Elijah Shoemaker, is the daughter of Laban Blanchard. It also has information about Daniel Shoemaker's ancestry (given in the first few lines) which I believe is incorrect, based on the lineage you worked out, with much verification, to the Ulster Co., NY Schoonmakers. Please let me know what you think of it. p.281 Benjamin Shoemaker came to America from Holland, in the decade of 1620-30, and settled near Philadelphia. His son Benjamin, who is buried, and whos will is on record at Easton , Pa., (???) was the father of Daniel Shoemaker, who settled just west of the Water-gap in Pennsylvania -- now called Broadheads-where he owned a custom and flouring mill. About the year 1797, he visited Big Flats, in Chemung county, and Painted Post, in Steugen county with the intention of selttling there where large tracts of land p.282 were offered him for ninety cents and acre. But there being nothing but an Indian trail from Athens, Pa., to that territory, he returned and purchased about 1,000 acres of land in this town, mostly squatter claims. He had but one brother, Elijah, who settled in the the Wyoming valley, and who was tomahawked by Windecker (See my web page at http://www.pacwest.net/bigshoe/SHOEGEN.HTML) at the massacre of Wyoming. Daniel married Anna McDowell, by whom he had seven children, born as follows: Hannah, February 7, 1777, who married Isaac S. Swartwood; Elizabeth, January 22, 1779, wife of George Nyce; Benjamin, February 8, 1781; John, March 22, 1783; Robert, May 20, 1785; Sarah, May 26, 1787; Elijah, July 28, 1789, once sheriff, and afterward associate justice of Tioga county; Nicholas, January 27, 1792, who settled where his son William R. now lives; Daniel McD., Fegruary 24, 1795; who occupied the homestead of his father, where the cottage of John Bensley now stands; Anna, July 8, 1797, wife of William ross. Benjamin, who settled on Wappasening creek, in Pennsylvania, married Eunice Shaw, by whom he had seven children, viz.: Richard, Mary, elijah, Samuel, Daniel, Anna, and John. Elijah, son of Daniel Shoemaker, married first, Phebe daughter of Laban and Jane (McDowell) Blanchard, by whom he had seven children, viz.: Jane, widow of Washington Smith; George N., Nicholas, Charles McD., and Elijah B., deceased; Jonathan Platt, and Phebe, also deceased. He married second, Cathararine Floyd, of Chemung, N.Y., by whom he had two children, Hannah Shoemaker, A.M., who is preceptress of Hamlin university, Minn., and Capt. Thomas Floyd Shoemaker, of California. Nicholas married Hannah Blanchard, by whom he had five children: James and Anna, deceased; William R., and Edgar, of Nichols: and Caroline, wife of Col. Fred M. Shoemaker, of Wilkesbarre, Pa., now deceased. Daniel McD. amrried Maria Thurston, who was born in New Marlboro, N.H., may 19, 1797, and by whom he had five children, viz: Hiram W., Elizabeth N., Horace A., who died in infancy; Horace A., 2d, and Lyman T. Edgar, son of Nicholas Shoemaker, born February 23, 1837, married Laura A., daughter of Zina Goodsell, of this town, by whom he has had seven children, viz: Caroline, Edgar, Stella, Zina, Mary A., who died at the age of two years; May, and Fannie Maud. Horace A., son of Daniel McD. Shoemaker, received his early education at Kingston, Pa., and at Little Falls, N.Y. He studied for the frofession of Civil Engineer, which profession he followed for nine years, during which time he was engaged on the N.Y.L.E. & W. R.R.; on the blue Ridge & p.283 Pendleton R.R., and on the West Branch canal. He married Hester L., daughter of James Comfort, of Lanesboro, Pa., by whom he has three children, viz. Rev. Hiram R., now located at Naverino, N.Y., George Winthrop, a physician and druggist at Billlings, Mont., and Marth E., preceptress of the Middleburgh academy, Shoharie county, N.Y. -- "Historical Gazetteer, 1785-1888 and Directory, 1887-1888 of Tioga County, New York" compiled and Edited by W.B. Gay. Originall published by William B. Gay & Co., Syracuse, N.Y. His copy was a Facsimile Reprint Published 1991 By Heritage Books, Inc. Bowie, Maryland 20716. It cost (he thinks) about $25 . The Tioga Historical Society sells the hard coverd copy for about the same price, (his copy is a paper back). -- Michael A. Shoemaker bigshoe@pacwest.net http://www.pacwest.net/bishoe/ :-)

Hi Cynthia - I believe I sent you a message about this some time ago but came across it again as I was cleaning up my Mail Boxes. Since this message was sent to the BLANCHARD-L-request address, it was not posted to the List for distribution to the members. It was interpreted as a 'request', hence the comment, "Already on the subscriber list". If you want to share this information with the List, you will need to resend the message to the: BLANCHARD-L@rootsweb.com address >Old-Date: Mon, 22 Dec 1997 17:40:45 -0500 (EST) >To: BLANCHARD-L-request@rootsweb.com >X-CoSy-To: BLANCHARD-L-request@rootsweb.com >X-Diagnostic: Already on the subscriber list >X-Diagnostic: 108 tsinth@BIX.com 32752 tsinth@BIX.com >X-Envelope-To: BLANCHARD-L-request >This is a success story! >I have been poking around the genealogy forums all over the internet for a >couple of years...Last week I hit the jackpot! >I found my several of my relatives via FTM Online! I posted a message in >regard to this and a very nice person who has the CD's e-mailed the family >tree. This took me to the person who spent THIRTY YEARS researching this >BLANCHARD line. <snip>

Yes, what do you want to know? Pat ---------- > From: JasonA1016 <JasonA1016@aol.com> > To: barnett-l@rootsweb.com > Cc: matthews-l@rootsweb.com; blanchard-l@rootsweb.com; baldwin-l@rootsweb.com > Subject: [MATTHEWS-L] WORLD FAMILY TREE VOLUME #6 > Date: Friday, December 26, 1997 11:46 PM > > Hello! > Does anyone have the access of the following Family Tree Maker CD-ROM? > > World Family Tree Volume #6 > More About Tree #1184 > > Tree #1184, Duplantis, Matthews, Arnett of TX, NC 1240-1993 contains: > •375 individuals •37 individuals with More About information > Other features of the tree: > •Date range: 1240-1993 •Some early dates: 1240, 1259, 1278, 1281, 1297 • > Most common surnames: Duplantis, Matthews, Arnett, Jefferson, Watts, > Yaeger, Hogg, Smith •Most common locations: TX, NC, VA, TN, England, GA, > LA, OK •Foreign locations: England, Germany, Ireland > > Thank you!! > Jason Coffman in Phx, AZ > > > ==== MATTHEWS Mailing List ==== > 2 If posting URLs please excerpt ON topic data & proper credits :) > Sources needed, please - can you help? Thanks for your cooperation. > Cheers! please read detail in Welcome message or ask Harold. > Special topics: genetics, books, places mailto:sundance@neosoft.com >

Rannie wrote: > I noticed the family of Samuel-4 differs slightly from a previously > posted message re. chart of Margaret Blanchard. Perhaps you mean the insertion of a child named Nathaniel? The town records in Billerica show a daughter Martha born 1757 Aug 2, while the the church records show the baptism of a son Nathaniel on the Sunday following. I believe the church record to be in error, since there is no further record of any such Nathaniel, but Martha is known to have grown up and married Benjamin Blanchard of Wilton. John

While searching the Net, I came across the following site with Blanchard ancestry lineage of William E. HERRMAN,of Kansas City, Jackson Co, MO. <http://208.16.48.1/genealogy/trees/bherrman/d1235.htm> This site has lineage of Bessie-8, Henry-7, Ahimaaz (Hinens)-6, Ahimaaz-5, Samuel-4, John-3, Samuel-2, Thomas-1. References as to sources for the information include: # 5. Bessie Blanchard Bane and perhaps her mother, Mary Virginia Blanchard. Handwritten book by Bessie Blanchard Bane covering her ancestors plus some information on the Bane family. # 11. Mrs. Pat Blanchard Curry, 3414 Fleetwood Dr., Richmond, CA 94803. Letter from Mrs. Pat Blanchard Curry dated March 13, 1992 All information is well documentated. ---- I noticed the family of Samuel-4 differs slightly from a previously posted message re. chart of Margaret Blanchard. Digging snow and getting ready for another year, Rannie

Hello! Does anyone have the access of the following Family Tree Maker CD-ROM? World Family Tree Volume #6 More About Tree #1184 Tree #1184, Duplantis, Matthews, Arnett of TX, NC 1240-1993 contains: �375 individuals �37 individuals with More About information Other features of the tree: �Date range: 1240-1993 �Some early dates: 1240, 1259, 1278, 1281, 1297 � Most common surnames: Duplantis, Matthews, Arnett, Jefferson, Watts, Yaeger, Hogg, Smith �Most common locations: TX, NC, VA, TN, England, GA, LA, OK �Foreign locations: England, Germany, Ireland Thank you!! Jason Coffman in Phx, AZ