Jack wrote: > Much has been reported of Thomas and the lineage of George, but I > have yet to observe difinitive evidence of Thomas's father, Jean > Pierre (Pierre Jean) Blanchard. This is true for all of us. > Starting with Thomas Blanchard, born 16 Aug. 1626: The immigrant Thomas did indeed have a son Thomas, but that son was baptized at Goodworth Clatford in 1623. See the Blanchard-L web site for the online file showing Thomas's descendants to 1800. > s Jonathan b. 25 May 1664 - ( Charlestown V.R.) There was indeed a Jonathan born that day, according to the memo book kept by SAMUEL Blanchard, another son of the immigrant, and there is other evidence to show that this Jonathan was Samuel's son (even though Wyman's book on Charlestown mistakenly assigns four of Samuel's children to George). However, there is no mention of Jonathan's birth in the Charlestown records as published recently by the NEHGS (1984, ed. by Roger Joslyn). I'm curious to know where you found this. > Married Ann Lovejoy 26 May 1685 - (Andover V.R.) Yes, this marriage does appear in the Andover records, as do the next three events... > s Benjamin b. 14 Feb. 1692 - (Andover V.R.) > Married Mary Abbott 29 Dec. 1718 - (Andover V.R.) > s Jacob (Sr) b. 11 May 1724- (Andover V.R.) > Married Rebecca Lawrence 1749 (Hollis V.R.) This is where things get muddied. The History of Hollis by Samuel Worcester includes an extracted list of events from the Hollis VR plus other sources, and it shows the marriage of a Jacob Blanchard to an ELIZABETH Lawrence on 1745 Nov. Have you actually consulted the original records and found that they say REBECCA? Is there some evidence to show that this Jacob is the same as the son of Benjamin above? (Pat Curry may have collected some, but we can't ask her now. We really do miss her.) John Chandler