This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------DB52B47F12ADA98E44F80D56 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Bonjour, Thought people would like to see the will of DEACON JOHN , son of JOSEPH. WILL OF DEACON JOHN BLANCHARD OF DUNSTABLE As Printed in Granite Monthly, July 1906 (Located in Boston Public Library) I John Blanchard of the Town of Dunstable in the County of Middlsx. within ye Maj’tys Provine of ye Massachusets Bay in New-England, being thro Gods mercy, at this present time, of sound Judgmtt & perfect memory, yet apprehensive of my approaching dissolution do make & ordain this my last Will & Testamtt. Imp: I comitt my Imortall soul into the hands of Jesus Christ my dear Redeemer, & and my body when forsaken of yt Soul, to ye earth by a decent Intermtt. there to rest till ye glorious Day of ye Resurrection. and yt Temporall estate rearl & personall which it hath pleased god of his bounty to bestow upon mee, I do hereby dispose, as hereafter followeth. Imp: I will & ordain yt all Those Debts which shall legally or reasonably appear to be due from my estate to any person, be in Convenientt time, discharged by my executor hereafter named & appointed by mee. Itt. I give & bequeath to my beloved sons Benjamin & Joseph Blanchard my home lott in Dunstable which lys next to the lott of Serg. Cumins, together with the second Division of said lott & which adjoyns to itt, & all the medow belonging to ye said home lott, to the said Benjamin & Joseph I also give one hundred acres more of land lying on the east side of Merrimack River, neer to Danforths meddow as tis comonly called, which severall parcels of lands & meddow above named shall be equally divided between those my two sons: onely tis my will yt if either of my sons see caus to make sale of the above given land & meddow they shall make the first Tender of it each to other. - also to ye above named Benjamin & Joseph I give the one halff of my medow which I purchased of Joseph Parker, lying at the head of Buck Medow, the whole Containing 4 acres & 1/2 be the same more or less. Itt. I give & bequeath to my Beloed Son James Blanchard the one half of my land lying at mount Gilbo, vid. yt halff which lyeth towards the northwest, to him also I give one hundred acres of land on the east side of Merrimack River, the same being part of the 400 acres laid out to mee as second Division, to the said James. I also give halff my meddow lying at the head of Buck meddow which is the remaining part of said medow above mentioned & given to my sons Benjamin & Joseph. Itt. I give & bequeath to my beloved son Thomas Blanchard one hundred acres of land on the east side of Merrimack River, being part of the above mentioned 400 acres, also to him I give three acres of land upon Huckleberry Hill joyning to the broken up land of Thomas Cumin. to him also I giv Twenty acres of land at the south end of Mount Gilbo. Itt. To my beloved Daughters, Elizabeth Parrish, Hanna Reed, Sarah Blanchard & Mary Blanchard I give Two hundred acres of land on the east side of Merrimack River equally to be divided between them. Itt. To my beloved wife Hanna & to my beloved son Nathanell Blanchard I give & bequeath my hous lott joyning to the land of Robert Parish & all my second Division at the head of said lott, which is not before disposed in this my will, together with my dwelling hous & barn. to them also the said Hanna my wife & my son Nathll. I give one hundred acres of land on the east side of Merrimack River, neer Danforths meddow, and it is my will yt after my wife Deceas my son Nathaniell shall Injoy & be for ever possessed of yt part of my houses & lands hereby given to my wife durring her natural life.- also to my son Nathaniell I give Twenty & five acres (more or less) of my land at Mount Gilbo, & which lys between the lands of James & Thomas at said Gilbo. Itt. To my beloved wife Hanna I give all my Cattle Houshold furniture & all my personall & moveable estate whatsoever to be disposed by her according to her discretion: and the said Hanna my beloved wife and my Beloved son Benjamin Blanchard I constitute & appoint joynt executors of this my last will & Testament ffor the confirmation of this my last will & Testament, I have hereunto put my hand & seale, This Thriteenth day of March, Anno Dom. 1692/3 after Interelining those words (I give) Signed sealed & Declared & Read in presenc off Thos. Clark Thomas X Barrett John Cummings Senr. His mark His J B mark Charlestowne April 10th 1694 John Blanchard (Seal) By ye Honourable James Russell. Esqr. DEACON JOHN BLANCHARD’S MARK As It Appears on His Original Will Located in the Supreme Judicial Court Archives, Boston, MA (Ed Note: John probably was literate, as obvious from his religious and civic duties, but was perhaps too weak at the time to sign his full signature to the document. The scribe who wrote out the document spelled out the full name below John’s mark.) --------------DB52B47F12ADA98E44F80D56 Content-Type: text/x-vcard; charset=us-ascii; name="skipb.vcf" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Description: Card for Albert E. Belanger Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="skipb.vcf" begin:vcard n:Belanger;Albert E. x-mozilla-html:FALSE version:2.1 email;internet:skipb@nh.ultranet.com note:Researching: BELANGER, GAGNON,BLANCHARD,HUGHES,1851 OREGON TRAIL adr;quoted-printable:;;128 Middle Road=0D=0A;Brentwood;;; x-mozilla-cpt:;12816 fn:Albert E. Belanger end:vcard --------------DB52B47F12ADA98E44F80D56--