BLANCHARD-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > > Subject: > > BLANCHARD-D Digest Volume 98 : Issue 121 > > Today's Topics: > #1 Re: Trip to NH and Mass ["John F. Chandler" <JCHBN@CUVMB.CC] > #2 Blanchard burial sites in MA [Stefan & Betsy Burr <burrs@worldne] > #3 Davis Blanchard [Nohitter45@aol.com] > #4 RE: Trip to NH and Mass [Sherry Gould <gould@iamnow.net>] > #5 George[3] Blanchard and his wife S ["John F. Chandler" <JCHBN@CUVMB.CC] > #6 Re: Trip to NH and Mass [Blanchard <blanchac@cadvision.com>] > #7 Trip to NH and Mass [Fletcher Blanchard <fab@klink.net>] > > Administrivia: > To unsubscribe from BLANCHARD-D, send a message to > > BLANCHARD-D-request@rootsweb.com > > that contains in the body of the message the command > > unsubscribe > > and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software > requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. > > ______________________________ > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: Re: Trip to NH and Mass > Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1998 18:12 EDT > From: "John F. Chandler" <JCHBN@CUVMB.CC.COLUMBIA.EDU> > To: BLANCHARD-L@rootsweb.com > > Some answers for Laurell: > > > Stephen6 Blanchard (Stephen5, Stephen4, Jonathon3, Samuel2, Thomas1,)is > > buried at Wilton Vale End Cemetery. I'll be making a stop there. > > > > 1. Do you know any burial sites for other ancestors listed above? > > The only other one I know about is Samuel[2], buried in the West Parish > burying ground. There may be others. > > > 4. What about the Genealogy Chart of Margaret Blanchard at Andover > > Historical Society? > > I have a copy that Sherry gave me. It's interesting and represents a lot > of work, but it doesn't give references, so you might be better off > concentrating on things like Andover vital records, Essex County probate > files and deeds, and the like. Another thing (which you can probably > look up at home) is the History of Milford by Ramsdell and Colburn, which > includes this line in the genealogy section. > > > 5. Is there a library in Boston area that is famous for genealogy > > material > > that is only located there? > > The New Eng. Hist. Gen. Soc. on Newbury St in Boston is one such. > > If you have specific questions about this line (continuing through one > more generation), I might be able to help. > > John Chandler > > ______________________________ > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: Blanchard burial sites in MA > Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1998 20:25:08 -0400 > From: Stefan & Betsy Burr <burrs@worldnet.att.net> > To: BLANCHARD-L@rootsweb.com > > Dear Laurel, > How exciting to be going ancestor hunting in MA! I am a descendant of > Thomas1, Samuel2, Jonathan3, Benjamin4, and Benjamin5. By all means go > to Andover, where Samuel is buried. Go first to the Andover Historical > Society, which is in a Blanchard house. They have (or did have) > possession of Samuel Blanchard's actual gravestone, which is one of the > masterpieces of early American gravestone carving. When I first laid > eyes on it, in the 1960's, it was still in the cemetery-- the Hist. Soc. > can tell you which one. At that time in MA you could actually apply to > the authorities to take possession of a proven ancestor's gravestone, or > so I was told. When I saw how beautiful it was-- there is, amazingly, > no wear on the stone at all, and I could still see the thin guideline > marks under each row of letters-- and how vulnerable to vandalism, I was > tempted, but how could I justify depriving others of this beauty? So I > had a plaster replica made by a man from the Boston Museum of Fine Arts > for a couple of hundred dollars. (It hung proudly in my family room for > years, until one day, when we were painting the room, we took it down > and broke it!) Eventually it was vandalized-- someone used it for > target practice. So the Historical Society took it in, or so they said > in a bulletin I got from them. I hope you find it and enjoy it as much > as I did. The man who carved it is known-- but I forget his name. He > was a younger son of a family of gravestone carvers-- they produced some > marvelous stones. His initials are on the stone, as I recall. > It occurs to me to ask if any other of Samuel's descendants are > interested in having a copy? If ten people were interested, perhaps we > could all get together and get someone to make us some copies. Perhaps > you might ask for a reference from the Boston MFA of a first rate > copyist. We should save money by making a package deal. It really is a > special thing-- and the bullet hole did minor damage, as I remember-- > just a round hole which the copyist could probably fill in with wet > plaster before finishing it. > While you're there, ask them what kind of stone was used. It has > worn like-- better than-- iron. > On the subject of our mutual lineage, I've always thought that > Samuel's son Jonathan must have been named after the ship "Jonathan" > that he and his father came over on in 1639, when Samuel was a boy of > 10. His family had a miserable trip, with his stepmother and > step-grandmother dying en route, but think of what a thrill the voyage > would have been for a country boy from Hampshire, England! Samuel named > his first son after himself, but his second son, I like to think, was > named for the most glorious adventure of his life. Here's to adventure! > ---Betsy Blanchard Burr > > ______________________________ > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: Davis Blanchard > Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1998 23:19:01 EDT > From: Nohitter45@aol.com > To: BLANCHARD-L@rootsweb.com > > I am looking for any and/or all info on any and/or all Davis Blanchard's > > Tom > > ______________________________ > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: RE: Trip to NH and Mass > Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1998 23:50:34 -0400 > From: Sherry Gould <gould@iamnow.net> > To: BLANCHARD-L@rootsweb.com > > Hi Laurell and All, > > You have gotten some excellent advise from others on the list. > > Samuel's grave stone is in the West Parish burying ground. Samuel's burial stone is white granite which was imported from England. It is the oldest dated stone in the burial ground and predates the ground's establishment. The borders are an interesting design which has been analyzed, and the results are on file at the Andover Historical Society. The Andover Historical society is in the Amos Blanchard house/museum and you can visit them online at: > http://www.town.andover.ma.us/commun/research.htm > > > There is a publication of the Historical Society that I have found particularly interesting. It is called "The Sinne of Ignorance", and includes an article about the witch hysteria but more importantly a household list and wonderful map of Andover in 1692. > > Jonathan is buried in the South Parish Burying Yard, Andover MA with his wife Ann. Hers is the oldest stone in that yard. The Historical Society has a map of the yard in the Blanchard file that assists in locating his plot. I put pansy's there last year, let me know if they came back. > > We have not found Thomas' burial site. My brother is insistent it is to be found, I am less than optimistic. He has proven me wrong in the past! > > Like Betsy I descend from Jonathan through Benjamin who went to Hollis rather than Wilton. I do not know where your other two Stephen's are buried but I suspect the first is in Andover. Deborah may be there as well. I think Charlotte's article covers their deaths. > > The New England Historic and Genealogical Library that John mentioned is a wonderful facility. It is quite costly to go for the day, perhaps $10.00 or $15.00 for the day. They do have a ton of information and it is worth it if you go early and stay late. They are open late one evening. You can check their hours at their web page which I do not have the url for. They are located at 101 Newbury Street in Boston and their phone is 617.536.5740 > > That's all I can think of now. If more comes to mind I will send it along. When will you be here? I need to do some work at Newbury Street perhaps we could meet there? > > Best wishes, > Sherry > > ---------- > From: Pmhodges[SMTP:mhodges@mail.fwi.com] > Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 1998 9:47 PM > To: BLANCHARD-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Trip to NH and Mass > > Hello Blanchard cousins, > > I find this list most interesting and very factual. Now I would like some > advise. > > I will be traveling to the New England area the end of September just for > genealogy purposes. I want to get the maximum benefit from this trip, so > I have a few questions I'm sure you can answer. > > Stephen6 Blanchard (Stephen5, Stephen4, Jonathon3, Samuel2, Thomas1,)is > buried at Wilton Vale End Cemetery. I'll be making a stop there. > > 1. Do you know any burial sites for other ancestors listed above? > 2. Are there any houses in Wilton or Milford still standing that > ancestors lived in? > 3. Any other sites in New Hampshire or Andover that I should know > about? > 4. What about the Genealogy Chart of Margaret Blanchard at Andover > Historical Society? > 5. Is there a library in Boston area that is famous for genealogy > material > that is only located there? (I'm very fortunate to live close > to Ft Wayne > Library) > > Any information that you might like to add would also be appreciated. > > Thank You > Laurell Hodges > South Whitley, In > mhodges@mail.fwi.com > > ______________________________ > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: George[3] Blanchard and his wife Sarah > Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1998 00:12 EDT > From: "John F. Chandler" <JCHBN@CUVMB.CC.COLUMBIA.EDU> > To: BLANCHARD-L@rootsweb.com > > There's a story floating around that George[3] (George[2], Thomas[1]) > Blanchard had a second wife Sarah (Monroe) in addition to his first > wife Sarah (Basset). I have always been skeptical for various reasons, > such as the fact that Sarah Monroe's father William didn't mention her > in his will. I have just noticed another, even more potent reason to > doubt. Consider the following two facts gleaned from the published > Lexington book of vital records: (1) Sarah Monroe, daughter of William, > was baptized there in 1698/9, at age 15, along with a bunch of siblings, > and (2) Sarah Blanchard, wife of George, was baptized there along with > her husband in 1708. Baptism is something that doesn't get repeated, > as a rule, and especially not in the same church within a space of 10 > years, and on a subject who was not an infant the first time. I > deduce, then, that Sarah Monroe was not married to George Blanchard > before 1708, despite the story we hear so often. End of story. > > John Chandler > > [Index: Sarah (Monroe) 1684 b Cambridge, MA 1998 08 21] > [Index: Sarah (Monroe) 1699 bp Lexington, MA 1998 08 21] > > ______________________________ > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: Re: Trip to NH and Mass > Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1998 08:17:44 -0600 > From: Blanchard <blanchac@cadvision.com> > To: BLANCHARD-L@rootsweb.com > > Sherry GOULD posted interesting information. I shuddered reading about > how dreadful people can be - re: 1692 Andover, MA witch hunts. > > ______________________________ > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: Trip to NH and Mass > Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1998 11:45:40 -0400 > From: Fletcher Blanchard <fab@klink.net> > To: BLANCHARD-L@rootsweb.com > > Hi Laurel - > > You probably have received the URL for the NEHGS but here it is. > > http://www.channel1.com/users/nehgs/index.htm > > I have only been there once but highly recommend that you take > the "T" (subway) into the city. Last summer when we had our > 'micro reunion', I drove from near North Andover, parked in the > Commons parking garage and found my way to Newbury St. > John or Sherry can give you more advice but I think that my next > trip will be by subway. When I lived in NH, I was used to driving > around Boston but since I have been a country boy for the past > 11 years, my city driving skills have diminished <G>. Have a great trip! > Fletch