Hi Folks! I have a new correspondent on William of RI. She'd like to correspond with more of you so I thought I'd ask for a roll call of his descendants. To save me from digging in my files, I thought I'd ask if any more of you still sub to this list besides myself...? I'll start out with my lineage: William BLANCHARD through his son Moses who married Anne WHALEY. Their son, Samuel BLANCHARD who married Elizabeth TYLER. Their dau, Sarah (Sally) BLANCHARD who married Isaiah LETSON. Their dau, Rachel LETSON who married Joseph "Joel" McKAY. Their son, Philander McKAY who married Sally PARTRIDGE. Their son, Willis Elery McKAY who married Lucy Rose OLDEN. Their dau, Marian Inez McKAY who married David Newton McBride CLUFF. Their dau, me! Anyone find anything new about our elusive William? Thanks so much! Later...Nancy Nancy Cluff Siders, Roswell, NM List Admin CLUFF-L, COUNTRYMAN-L, LETSON-L, SACKETT-L and SIDERS-L

Hello Nancy, I have recently returned to the BLANCHARD List. As you know I have the same genealogy down through Isaiah LETSON, where we divert. I have the following on William: William married Jane Steere, daughter of John Steere and Anna Wickenden, (I have a little more information on the Steeres if anyone is interested.) I also have the following in my notes about William. As you can see, some is conjecture: "Possible brother to Huguenot Matthew (?) Blanchard from Artois, France. References: Austin's Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island Blanchards of Rhode Island; Adelaide Blanchard Crandall Steere Family History A note from the BLANCHARD listings in the internet says that William's father may have been Richard. Also William had children: Timothy, Moses, Theophilus, and William. This also is in the Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island." My file shows him a born in Hesse France/Germany. I would also appreciate any hard data which help in learning more about him. Was he a genuine Huguenot? Cousin, Bob Letson ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill & Nancy Siders" <siders@trailnet.com> To: <BLANCHARD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, January 21, 2001 11:22 AM Subject: [BLANCHARD] Roll Call for Descendants of William Blanchard of RI | | Hi Folks! | | I have a new correspondent on William of RI. She'd like to | correspond with more of you so I thought I'd ask for a roll call | of his descendants. To save me from digging in my files, I | thought I'd ask if any more of you still sub to this list | besides myself...? I'll start out with my lineage: | | William BLANCHARD through his son Moses who married Anne WHALEY. | Their son, Samuel BLANCHARD who married Elizabeth TYLER. | Their dau, Sarah (Sally) BLANCHARD who married Isaiah LETSON. | Their dau, Rachel LETSON who married Joseph "Joel" McKAY. | Their son, Philander McKAY who married Sally PARTRIDGE. | Their son, Willis Elery McKAY who married Lucy Rose OLDEN. | Their dau, Marian Inez McKAY who married David Newton McBride CLUFF. | Their dau, me! | | Anyone find anything new about our elusive William? | | Thanks so much! | | Later...Nancy | | Nancy Cluff Siders, Roswell, NM | List Admin | CLUFF-L, COUNTRYMAN-L, LETSON-L, SACKETT-L and SIDERS-L | | | | ==== BLANCHARD Mailing List ==== | Want to know more about RootsWeb? | http://rootsweb.com/ |