Must be off the list after May 26 as we will be away for the summer and in process of moving to another state. Thought I would make one last attempt to find my elusive Blanchard as follows: Seth Blanchard, b. ca 1778 in Massachusetts, m. Lydia Rice 3 Apr 1804, of Sturbridge, daughter of Caleb and Sally (Abbot) Rice. Seth was said to be of Brookfield, MA where their marriage bans were published 30 Jan 1804. There are no other Vital Records for Seth Blanchard in either Brookfield or Sturbridge. The first census record found for Seth is at Pompey, Onondage Co., NY in 1810, and next in Harmony, Chautauqua Co., NY in 1820 where the family lived until his death sometime after 1870. Does anyone have a clue as to where he fits in the Massachusetts Blanchards? Have not been able to find him on the Blanchard web page or list archives. Will be visiting Mass. this summer, and would appreciate any input you could provide. Have enjoyed being on the list. This is one of the best of those I receive. Betty Malesky, jbmal@wireweb.net New Braunfels, TX BLANCHARD-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > Subject: > > BLANCHARD-D Digest Volume 99 : Issue 77 > > Today's Topics: > #1 Thomas Blanchard ["Donna" <angelwings98@foxinternet.] > #2 Re: Thomas Blanchard ["John F. Chandler" <JCHBN@CUVMB.CC] > #3 Administration 5/20/99 [Fletcher Blanchard <fab@klink.net>] > #4 BLANCHARD RELATIONSHIPS [mvi18th <mvi18th@ici.net>] > > Administrivia: > To unsubscribe from BLANCHARD-D, send a message to > > BLANCHARD-D-request@rootsweb.com > > that contains in the body of the message the command > > unsubscribe > > and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software > requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: Thomas Blanchard > Date: Wed, 19 May 1999 21:47:38 -0700 > From: "Donna" <angelwings98@foxinternet.net> > To: BLANCHARD-L@rootsweb.com > > I found these names at the family history center I hope no one minds me > shareing them with the group. > > Thomas Blanchard born 1586/1590 in France > Married 15 May 1637 in England > Died 21 Mar 1654 in Mass. > Wife: Agnes Brent born 27 Feb 1582 in England > Died 15 Jun 1678 in Ma. > > Thomas's parents > Pierre Jean Blanchard born abt 1566 in France > died aft 1610 in England > Wife Mrs. Blanchard born abt 1570 in France > > Agnes's parents > Robert Bent > Agnes or Annis Gosling > Agnes other husband William Baker > > Thomas and Agnes had 12 children > 1. Samuel > 2. Nathaniel > 3. George > 4. George > 5.Thomas > 6. Thomas Jr. > 7. Samuel > 8. John > 9. Thomas > 10. Nathaniel > 11.Child > 12. child > > Hope this will help someone.. Donna > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: Re: Thomas Blanchard > Date: Thu, 20 May 1999 14:11 EDT > From: "John F. Chandler" <JCHBN@CUVMB.CC.COLUMBIA.EDU> > To: BLANCHARD-L@rootsweb.com > > Thanks to Donna for sharing with us. Although, as it happens, this > Thomas and his family have been discussed quite a lot on this list, > this information shows graphically why it is necessary to be cautious > when viewing data from the LDS Ancestral File. (There's no shame in > getting a running start on a new line by downloading a huge pedigree > from the AF, but the further back you go, the more errors you are > likely to find, and many lines are incorrectly linked to medieval > lineages solely on the basis of coincidence of relatively common names.) > > > Thomas Blanchard born 1586/1590 in France > > The date is a reasonably good guess, but the gist of many discussions > on this list is the conclusion that Thomas was probably not born in > France. This is a very sticky issue and can cause strong emotional > responses in those who treasure their supposed Huguenot heritage from > Thomas Blanchard (but the fact remains that the Huguenot Society does > not admit candidate members on the basis of descent from him). For > preserving the peace, it is best to stick to the facts for Thomas and > not bring in any speculation. Unfortunately, the AF doesn't retain > any source citations for its data, so it is impossible to tell what > is fact and what is guesswork, except by intuition. As such, it can > be a valuable lesson to take an AF pedigree and track down the > information to the sources and find out what is real -- this can help > to develop a "feel" for data. > > > Thomas's parents > > Pierre Jean Blanchard born abt 1566 in France > > The same remarks apply here. > > > Thomas and Agnes had 12 children > > 1. Samuel > > 2. Nathaniel > > 3. George > > 4. George > > 5.Thomas > > 6. Thomas Jr. > > 7. Samuel > > 8. John > > 9. Thomas > > 10. Nathaniel > > 11.Child > > 12. child > > This is an example of the one of the failings of the AF: submissions > from many contributors are merged together, but subtle differences in > presentation (or simple mistakes in the data) can cause incomplete > merging. The result is multiple copies of some or all of the children, > as can be seen here. The fact is that Thomas and Agnes had only one > child, or possibly two -- they had a daughter Agnes baptized at > Goodworth Clatford in 1638, and an infant of theirs died on the voyage > to America in 1639. Thomas had 7 known children by his first wife > Elizabeth, but three of them evidently died young (and are not mentioned > in the above list). The four who survived each appear at least twice in > this list, and Thomas three times. The John in slot #8 is actually our > friend Deacon John of Dunstable, who wasn't Thomas' son at all. > > John > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: Administration 5/20/99 > Date: Thu, 20 May 1999 17:10:26 -0400 > From: Fletcher Blanchard <fab@klink.net> > To: BLANCHARD-L@rootsweb.com > > Hi List Members - > > It's time for a few friendly reminders. Please check all messages > you post to BLANCHARD-L to be sure that they have meaningful and > useful Subject: lines. This will permit our members to identify > topics of interest and to 'connect' further discussions by using the > same Subject: line. The new Threaded Archives make use of the > Subject: lines to organize the threads so if these lines are missing > or are not consistent, the purpose of the Threaded Archives is defeated. > > There is a wealth of information in the BLANCHARD-L Archives (3 yrs. > worth, next month!) and on our Web Pages. I realize that much of > this may seem overwhelming to a new member but I urge you to spend > some time getting familiar with them and trying some searches for > your people, to give you a better perspective on what information > has been collected and shared on this List. > > As always, I am grateful to some of the "oldtimers" who can always > be relied on to help our newer members and to steer them in a > direction that will optimize their research. I wish I could share > more of the advice that Henry (Hank) Z Jones, noted German Palatine > researcher and writer, offered at a recent genealogical seminar, but > "readily admit our mistakes and correct them" is one that hit home > recently. One of my wife's lines appears to have been seriously > confused by a surname change in the late 1700's and is only now > being corrected. > > The ever-present problem of bounced messages on mail lists is > difficult to deal with. At RootsWeb, the usual threshold is set to 4 > bounces, after which the offending address is usubscribed. When I > see 2 or 3 bounces to an address, I usually send a brief note to > offer assistance but, of course, my message will also bounce if the > problem has not been resolved. The best advice is for members to > unsub and then resub if they are aware of a problem with their > system or ISP. If you are using more than one address, be sure to > sub and unsub the correct address and always send to the -L-request > or the -D-request address depending on whether you are subbed to > Mail or Digest Mode. If you need assistance, I'll do my best to help > you. Fletch > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: BLANCHARD RELATIONSHIPS > Date: Thu, 20 May 1999 06:38:15 -0400 > From: mvi18th <mvi18th@ici.net> > To: BLANCHARD-L@rootsweb.com > > Fletch just remined me that I was going to post this to the list again. > > Do any of you Gals and Guys out there know of any relationships to the > TUPPERs by Marriage Male or Female .It will help me to trace. If you > have info please post here or if you perfer get in touch via my address. > If you have dates that would be great. Thanks > Carrying the Blanchard name to my grave:=. Gil Balanchard Bagley