Hi All, I am attempting to sort out the Blanchards in Canterbury and Dunstable for two different projects. Pat Curry has a lot of data and a lot of questions about the Richard/Benjamin/Edward Blanchard's in Canterbury. Several of us descend from the Benjamin Blanchard, son of Jonathan of Andover who went to Dunstable (which became Hollis) and then presumably to Canterbury. The other Benjamin's of Canterbury descended from a Richard whose ancestry is uncertain. My theory is that they descend from Edward, son of Nathaniel, son of Thomas. Pat Curry reports that correspondence with their descendants has produced a theory, as I understand it, that they descend from Benjamin son of John of Dunstable. Pat has provided my with much info and direction to search for the identity of Richard. I will post my findings to the list and am asking for input from members. Later I will transcribe the deeds I have found for Richard Blanchard. The second part of the project is in regard to sorting out our Benjamin, s Jonathan from Benjamin s of John as they were both in Dunstable. The Hollis Historical Society is interested in knowing what was what with these two. They have done excellent work with other families, but have not yet tackled the Blanchards and would like to. I want to give them all the information we have available so that they can set about to prove or disprove our work with the materials and local knowledge they have available. Hope this doesn't bore some of you. If anyone feels it is inappropriate for the list let me know as we could proceed with cc's to those interested. Thanks, Sherry