Lucy (Reed) Blanchard (1759 - 1801)

Born 12 Oct 1759 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Wife of Benjamin Blanchard — married 12 Feb 1782 (to 20 Nov 1801) in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

Descendants

Died 20 Nov 1801 at age 42 in Burlington, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Birth and Parents

Lucy (Reed) Blanchard was born in Massachusetts.

Lucy, the seventh of nine children of Samuel Reed and Eunice Stone was born on 12 October 1759 at Woburn, Massachusetts.^[1]

Marriage and Children

Lucy wed Benjamin Blanchard, the son of David and Abigail (Richardson) Blanchard on 12 February 1782 at Woburn, Massachusetts.^[2]They had eleven children born in Massachusetts (C. = Christening):

1. Benjamin Blanchard (b. 31 Aug 1782, Woburn; d. 13 Oct 1859, Boston, MA)^[3][4]m. Mary Gardner Edmands (1787-1870)
2. Reuben Kimball Blanchard (b. 15 May 1784, Woburn; d. 1855)^[5]m. 24 Mar 1808 at Charlestown, MA, Mary Gardner Edmands (1787-1870)
3. Lucy Blanchard (b. 15 Apr 1786, Woburn; d. )^[6] m.
4. Eunice Blanchard (b. 11 May 1788, Woburn; d. 14 Feb 1790, Burlington, MA)^[7][8]
5. Frances Blanchard (b. 22 Aug 1790, Burlington; d. )^[9]
6. Sally Blanchard (b. 1792; d. ) m.
7. Thomas Page Blanchard (C. 8 Jul 1792, Burlington; d. )^[10] m.
8. Artemas Blanchard (C. 27 Jul 1794, Burlington; d. 1795)^[11]
9. Asenath Blanchard (C. 10 Jan 1796, Burlington; d. )^[12]m.
10. Joseph Blanchard (C. 12 Aug 1798, Burlington; d. 11 Jan 1859, Burlington, MA)^[13][14] m.
11. Hannah Susanna Blanchard (C. 26 Apr 1801, Burlington; d. 1879)^[15] m.

Death and Burial

Lucy (Reed) Blanchard died on 20 November 1801 in her 42nd year at Burlington, Massachusetts.^[16]

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4V2-5C3 : 20 May 2022), Lucy Reed, 12 Oct 1759; citing Birth, Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011120.
2. ↑ "Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1925", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q28L-S69Y : 24 November 2022), Benjamin Blanchard and Lucy Reed, 1782.
3. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4X6-FQL : 20 May 2022), Benj. Blanchard in entry for Benj. Blanchard, 31 Aug 1782; citing Birth, Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009580.
4. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHLW-FJL : 10 November 2020), Blanchard in entry for Benjamin Blanchard, 13 Oct 1859; citing Death, Charlestown, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004277238.
5. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4X6-FPY : 20 May 2022), Benj. Blanchard in entry for Reuben Kimball Blanchard, 15 May 1784; citing Birth, Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009580.
6. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4VL-F6Y : 20 May 2022), Benjamin Blanchard in entry for Lucy Blanchard, 15 Apr 1786; citing Birth, Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011120.
7. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4VL-FPY : 20 May 2022), Benjamin Blanchard in entry for Eunice Blanchard, 11 May 1788; citing Birth, Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011120.
8. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHDJ-BTT : 20 May 2022), Benjm. Blanchard in entry for Blanchard, 14 Feb 1790; citing Death, Burlington, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009682.
9. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZ2S-MXC : 22 July 2021), Benjamin Blanchard in entry for Frances Blanchard, 1790.
10. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZ2S-VJ8 : 22 July 2021), Benjamin Blanchard in entry for Thomas Page Blanchard, 1792.
11. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZ2S-RM4 : 22 July 2021), Benjamin Blanchard in entry for Artemas Blanchard, 1794.
12. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZ29-TL2 : 22 July 2021), Benjamin Blanchard in entry for Asenath Blanchard, 1796.
13. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZ2S-L5M : 22 July 2021), Benjamin Blanchard in entry for Joseph Blanchard, 1798.
14. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHLV-M3R : 20 May 2022), Benjamin Blanchard in entry for Joseph Blanchard, 11 Jan 1859; citing Death, Burlington, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007010709.
15. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZ29-YYG : 22 July 2021), Benjamin Blanchard in entry for Susanna Blanchard, 1801.
16. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHDV-9Q4 : 13 July 2016), Blanchard, 20 Nov 1801; citing Death, Burlington, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 893,876.

Acknowledgements

• Biography written in full with inline sourcing following additional research by Carol Baldwin on 12 September 2023.