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George Blanchard (abt. 1623 - 1700)

George Blanchard
Born about in Penton Grafton, Hampshire, Englandmap
Son of and
Brother of , , , and
Husband of — married about 1653 in Charlestown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colonymap [uncertain]
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Died at about age 77 in Charlestown, Middlesex, Province of Massachusetts Baymap
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Biography

This profile is part of the Blanchard Name Study.

George Blanchard was born about 1616-1618 (based on age at death and gravestone[1][2]) or about 1623 (his court deposition[3]) in Penton Grafton, Hampshire, England, son of Thomas Blanchard (1590 - 1654) and Elizabeth (Unknown) Blanchard (1590 - 1636). His occupation was "patentee."

George accompanied his father, Thomas, and his siblings Thomas, Nathaniel and Samuel in the ship, Jonathan, in 1639.[4]

George married Mary _____ by 1653 in Charlestown, Massachusetts.[5] Their children were:[6]

  1. Thomas Blanchard ( - 1675)[7]
  2. Joseph Blanchard (1654 - 1694)
  3. Elizabeth (Blanchard) Grimes (1661 - 1696)
  4. Hannah (Blanchard) Shepard (1661 - )[8]
  5. George Blanchard (1663 - 1746)[9]
  6. Joshua Blanchard (1665 - ~1692)
  7. Abraham Blanchard (1667 - 1708)
  8. Ruth Blanchard (<1668 - 1675)
  9. Rachel (Blanchard) Smith (1670 - )
  10. Mary Blanchard (1672 - )
  11. Abigail Blanchard (1673 - )
  12. Bethia Blanchard (1675 - )
  13. Sarah Blanchard (1677 - 1696)
  14. Johnathan Blanchard (~1681 - ~1708)
  15. Nathaniel Blanchard (1689 - ) [citation needed]

Another source has information about his estate distribution and somewhat different details about his children:[10]

George died on 18 Mar 1699/1700 in Charlestown, Middlesex, Massachusetts aged about 83 years old. [Note: the Charlestown record records his age as "82?[1] while his gravestone says 84 years.[2]] He is buried in Salem Street Burying Ground, Medford, MA.[2]

George Blanchard came to New England aboard the ship Jonathan in 1639, with his father Thomas Blanchard and his siblings Thomas, Nathaniel and Samuel. [11]

Research Notes

Disputed Wife: George Blanchard's wife was not Elizabeth (Hills) Blanchard (bef.1627-abt.1662). "There remains not the faintest suggestion that George Blanchard married ______ Hills." This mistake is due to Joseph Hills willing land to Hannah and Elizabeth Blanchard of Dunstable, Joseph Hills' grandchildren. They were children of John Blanchard, not George Blanchard.[12]

Disputed son: No reliable source found for Nathaniel Blanchard as a son of George.

Estimated birth date: George's estimated year of birth is based on his age at death. However, there are three conflicting records. His gravestone reports his age as 84, and therefor FindAGrave uses 1616 for his birth year. The Charlestown records say he was "82?." He also made a deposition, undated, but between 31 Aug 1657 and 14 Aug 1659, when he testified to being aged "about 35." Considering his death and gravestone ages were supplied by others, the court deposition probably is more accurate.

Needs Research: List of children should be vetted and sourced

Sources

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FH2W-5Z2 : 13 July 2016), George Blanchard, 18 Mar 1699; citing Death, Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 740,995.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Find A Grave: Memorial #26920792 George Blanchard, 1700; Burial, Medford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States of America, Salem Street Burying Ground NOTE: Has incorrect wife shown.
  3. ↑ Middlesex County, MA: Abstracts of Court Files, 1649–1675. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2003), (Unpublished abstracts by Thomas Bellows Wyman, "Abstract of Middlesex court files from 1649," n.d.) Vol. 1:133. Link by $ubscription. In an undated Middlesex County court record between 31 Aug 1657 and 14 Aug 1659, George Blanchard testified that he was "about 35 years old," which would calculate to about 1623.
  4. ↑ Robert Charles Anderson, Great Migration Newsletter, V.1-20.(Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2018.) Reference Volume 21, page 40 via $American Ancestors
  5. ↑ New England Marriages to 1700. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. Reference Volume 1, page 159 via $American Ancestors
  6. ↑ William Sanford Hills, Genealogical data relating to the ancestry and descendants of William Hills, the English emigrant to New England in 1632 and of Joseph Hills, the English emigrant to New England in 1638, published 1902. Reference page 73 via Hathitrust.org. NOTE: Gives wife's name incorrectly as Elizabeth Hills
  7. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FH2W-HJN : 13 July 2016), George in entry for Thomas Blancher, 11 Dec 1678; citing Death, Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 740,995.
  8. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FCPL-FFS : 4 December 2014), G. George Blanchard in entry for Hannah Blanchard; citing; FHL microfilm 0837130 IT 2.
  9. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F46P-SXF : 13 July 2016), George Blancher in entry for Blancher, 06 Aug 1668; citing Birth, Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 740,995.
  10. ↑ Wyman, Thomas Bellows, The genealogies and estates of Charlestown : in the county of Middlesex and commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1629-1818, published 1879. Reference page 88 via InternetArchive
  11. ↑ Voyage of the Jonathan 1639 in: Great Migration Newsletter, Volume 22: No. 1: January- March, 2013, p. 40 Great Migration Newsletter, V.1-20.(Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2018.)
  12. ↑ Louise Bethune, "Blanchard Notes" The Essex Antiquarian. Salem, MA: The Essex Antiquarian, 13 vols. 1897-1909. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2006.) Reference Volume 9 (1905), page 71 via $American Ancestors




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Richard Turner
In an undated Middlesex County court record between 31 Aug 1657 and 14 Aug 1659, George Blanchard testified that he was "about 35 years old" and was thus born about 1623. As his age at death was given by someone other than George, it may be suspect. See the following link:

https://www.americanancestors.org/databases/middlesex-county-ma-abstracts-of-court-records-1643-1674/image?volumeId=12380&pageName=133&rId=138351624

posted by Richard Turner
edited by Richard Turner
Madison-125 Bobbie (Madison) Hall
Excellent find, Richard. And considering the preceeding entries mention Nathaniel, his brother, we can be fairly sure it's the right man. It also concerns Edward Collins, who was of Cambridge at that time. Those rowdy cattle are mentioned in Thomas Blanchard's will in 1654, just for fun.
posted by Bobbie (Madison) Hall
Baldwin-3428 Carol Baldwin PhD RN
Hi S, I checked my Great Migration Newsletter Vols 1-25. Vol. 22,, No. 1 Jan -Mar 2013 has the Voyage of the Jonathan. On Page 8 (page 686 of the book), Anderson enumerates the passengers that could be identified from documents pertaining to a lawsuit regarding the Noyes family. One small paragraph reads, "Thomas Blanchard, although losing his wife and young child on the voyage, was accompanied by his four sons with his first wife: Thomas, Nathaniel, Samuel and George." This would have been in 1639. I do not know if this will help at all. It was the only source I found where a "Nathaniel' and a "George" Blanchard were listed together; however, they are brothers, not father and son.
posted by Carol Baldwin PhD RN
Hill-11959 S (Hill) Willson
Thanks very much, Carol. I could not find anything about them as father and son either.
posted by S (Hill) Willson
Hill-11959 S (Hill) Willson
Does anyone have a source for son Nathaniel? He was not found in the same reference as the other children. The only Nathaniel Blanchard I found in Massachusetts Vital Records in this same timeframe was Nathaniel Blanchard (abt.1696-abt.1765), but he was a son of Nathaniel Blanchard (1665-1739), rather than George.
posted by S (Hill) Willson
McClain-3310 Scott McClain
Is there a source for the claim that he was born in about 1618 in Penton Grafton? His gravestone would give an estimate birth date of 1616 (age 84 when he died in 1700) and the GMD gives an origin of Clatford, Hampshire for his father.
posted by Scott McClain
Hill-11959 S (Hill) Willson
The wife, Elizabeth Hills is also unsourced. According to sources I have added to Elizabeth (Hills) Blanchard (bef.1627-abt.1662), Elizabeth (Hills) married second John, not George Blanchard. George's wife's last name was unknown.
posted by S (Hill) Willson
Anonymous Williams
For an additional source of info on this family please see:

<span id='Wyman'></span>Wyman, Thomas Bellows. The Genealogies and Estates of Charlestown (D. Clapp, Boston, 1879) p89-92

posted by Anonymous Williams
Kevin Nauta
If he was born in 1638, Thomas Blanchard would still have been married to Agnes Bent.

Perhaps the earlier date is the one to be preferred as correct?

posted by Kevin Nauta
Smith-40964 Philip Smith
Blanchard-292 and Blanchard-701 appear to represent the same person because: same
posted by Philip Smith

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