Bonsoir, The dates look okay for a tie-in, but I never heard of that birthplace for JOHN. Where did you get that info? I don't have ANY info on a branch which went south that early. It would have bee quite a trip to make in those days! There is quite an archive on this Rootsweb BLANCHARD site. Have you checked it out for info on your folks? Keep in touch, if you find a definite link..... Albert Bill Blanchard wrote: > Albert, > > I think there might be a match in our line. > > John Blanchard b. approximately 1625 in London England d. approximately > 1687-1693: wife Elizabeth (married in Charlestown, Massachusetts in 1649 > Several children among them Benjamin. Could have been by second wife. > Benjamin died about 1719 in Nansemond County, Virginia. Wife Catherine > Robert > Catherine > Benjamin b. 1711 d. 1762 Chowan County, North Carolina. m. Sarah > Hinton > Absalom > My line takes off down the Benjamin line. > > I would appreciate any help. > > William A. Blanchard > 276 Chandler Radford Rd > Mt. Juliet, TN 37122 > Wab221@mindspring.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: Albert E. Belanger [mailto:skipb@nh.ultranet.com] > Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2000 10:23 AM > To: BLANCHARD-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [BLANCHARD] [Fwd: BLANCHARD-PETTENGILL in Barre] > > "Albert E. Belanger" wrote: > > > Bonjour, > > > > I invite anyone interested to check out my BLANCHARD line in Barre on my > > webpage. > > > > http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/b/e/l/Albert-E-Belanger/ > > > > I would like to correspond with any cousins out there as I have lots on > the > > ancestry and descendants of this family I will share, including info on > the > > 1851 Oregon Trail migration from Peoria, IL, of JOSHUA PETTINGILL > BLANCHARD > > and his bride REBECCA JANE (RACE) of Ohio. > > > > My wife and I recently spent a few hours at VT Vital Records in Middlesex > > recently, the Vt Hist. Soc. in Montpelier, the Barre City records > office, > > (the Aldrich Library and Barre Hist Society is closed for renovations > until > > 5 Sept, so I could not check them out for more on BLANCHARD/PETTENGILL > > details), and checked out the Wilson Cemetery, in Barre Town (where I > found > > some family headstones.) > > > > Albert Belanger > > 128 Middle Road > > Brentwood, NH 03833 > > skipb@nh.ultranet.com > > ==== BLANCHARD Mailing List ==== > Want to submit your surnames to the Roots Surname List > at RootsWeb? http://rsl.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/rsledit.cgi

Albert wrote: >There is quite an archive on this Rootsweb BLANCHARD site. Have you checked it >out for info on your folks? ... >Bill Blanchard wrote: > >> Albert, >> >> I think there might be a match in our line. >> >> John Blanchard b. approximately 1625 in London England d. approximately >> 1687-1693: wife Elizabeth (married in Charlestown, Massachusetts in 1649 >> Several children among them Benjamin. Could have been by second wife. >> Benjamin died about 1719 in Nansemond County, Virginia... As a matter of fact, Benjamin Blanchard of Nansemond Co has come up for discussion a couple times on this list. Searching on the keyword Nansemond ought to find the stuff. The conclusion was that he was most likely the son of another Blanchard who had also settled in Virginia, and neither one had any connection to the Massachusetts Blanchards. John Chandler