Maggie wrote: > Here, in brief is the data from Frederick Blanchard's Bible, with > additions from the Billerica Vital Statistics: > Jotham BLANCHARD [Simon, John, Samuel, Thomas] b. Billerica, MA 1750/1; His birth also appears in the Billerica vitals: 1752 Mar 6. This is interesting because his baptism at the 1st Congregational Church there is listed as Mar 1. It seems likely that an error was made in the birth date, rather than the baptism, since Mar 1 was indeed a Sunday that year. > married Abigail CROSBY in Billerica 16 Feb 1773; The marriage is listed in Billerica vitals as 1773 Nov 2. Given the birth date of Jotham Jr, I have a feeling the Bible record might have been fudged for appearance's sake. > died in Lyndeborough 16 > Feb 1831. The Lyndeborough history says 1832, and I think it's based on Jotham's gravestone. I can't remember if I mentioned this earlier. > Vital Statistics. Children born in Lyndeborough were Abigail, Polly, > Rebecca, Crosby, Fanny and Sarah. Perhaps my notes are incorrect, but they show the above "Crosby" as just the middle name of Rebecca. > Their children are Daniel, b. 15 Jul 1798, Lucinda, b 15 Sep 1800... I have exactly the same for the children, except Lucinda. The history of Lyndeborough shows her birthday as the 11th, while the history of Milford shows the 10th. John INDEX Jotham 1752 b Billerica, MA 1998 09 08 Jotham 1774 b Billerica, MA 1998 09 08