Abigail (Richardson) Blanchard (1726 - 1792)

Born 6 Mar 1726 in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Wife of David Blanchard — married before 1752 in Woburn, Middlesex, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died 23 Dec 1792 at age 66 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Abigail was born in 1726.

Birth and Parents

Abigail (Richardson) Blanchard was born in Massachusetts.

Abigail, the youngest of seven children of Andrew Richardson and Hannah Jefts was born on 6 March 1726 at Billerica, Massachusetts.^[1]

Marriage and Children

Abigail married Deacon David Blanchard (1769-1830) in 1751 at Billerica, Massachusetts. They had seven children born at Woburn:

1. David Blanchard (b. 31 Mar 1752: d. 1818)^[2] m. bef. 1779 at Massachusetts, Sarah Grimes (1752-1783)
2. Abigail Blanchard (b. 27 Dec 1753: d. 1818)^[3] m. 3 Jul 1777 at Woburn, MA, Rev. Jacob Coggin Sr. (1739-1803)
3. Jesse Blanchard (b. 10 Jun 1755: d. 10 Mar 1760, Woburn, MA)^[4][5]
4. Benjamin Blanchard (b. 17 Mar 1757: d. 1818)^[6] m. 12 Feb 1782 at Woburn, MA, Lucy Reed (1759-1801)
5. Josiah Blanchard (b. 11 Feb 1759: d. 1806)^[7] m. 29 Dec 1782 at Woburn, MA, Ruth Belnap (1761-1808)
6. Hannah Blanchard (b. 18 Mar 1764: d. )^[8] m. 12 Dec 1787 at Woburn, MA, John Wood (1764-)
7. Jesse Blanchard (b. 10 Apr 1769: d. 1830)^[9] m. 3 May1796 at Woburn, MA, Sarah Bridge (1773-1822)

Death and Burial

Abigail (Richardson) Blanchard died of smallpox on 23 December 1792 in her 67th year at Woburn.^[10]She is buried in Second Parish Burial Ground at Burlington, Middlesex, Massachusetts.^[11]

Research Notes

• PM provided a comment "not mentioned in her fathers will dated Dec 10 1750; she may have died before that date.^[12]This is not the case. She was living in Woburn, and did not died until 1792. There were likely other reasons for this omission.

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4V4-TFX : 20 May 2022), Abigail Richardson, 6 Mar 1726; citing Birth, Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009657.
2. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4V2-GMW : 20 May 2022), Abigail Blanchard in entry for David Blanchard, 31 Mar 1752; citing Birth, Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011120.
3. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4V2-G4X : 20 May 2022), Abigail Blanchard in entry for Abigail Blanchard, 27 Dec 1753; citing Birth, Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011120.
4. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4V2-GG8 : 20 May 2022), Abigail Blanchard in entry for Jesse Blanchard, 10 Jun 1755; citing Birth, Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011120.
5. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHXJ-J4S : 20 May 2022), Abigail Blanchard in entry for Jesse Blanchard, 10 Mar 1770; citing Death, Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011120.
6. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4V2-PQZ : 20 May 2022), Abigail Blanchard in entry for Benjamin Blanchard, 17 Mar 1757; citing Birth, Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, 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:F4V2-5H1 : 20 May 2022), Abigail Blanchard in entry for Josiah Blanchard, 11 Feb 1759; citing Birth, Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, 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:F4V2-RYP : 20 May 2022), Abigail Blanchard in entry for Hannah Blanchard, 18 Mar 1764; citing Birth, Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011120.
9. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4X6-52C : 20 May 2022), Abigail in entry for Jesse Blanchard, 10 Apr 1769; citing Birth, Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009580.
10. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHXJ-T5H : 20 May 2022), Abigail Blanchard, 23 Dec 1792; citing Death, Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011120.
11. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/40188141/abigail-blanchard: accessed 10 July 2023), memorial page for Abigail Richardson Blanchard (6 Mar 1726–23 Dec 1792), Find a Grave Memorial ID 40188141, citing Second Parish Burial Ground, Burlington, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by Bill Boyington (contributor 46800933).
12. ↑ Page 514 Richardson Memorial, vol II

Other Sources

• Hazen, Henry Allen. History of Billerica, Massachusetts, with a Genealogical register. Boston, MA: A. Williams and Co., 1883. Page 117.p. 117

• Vinton, John. The Richardson Memorial, Comprising a Full History and Genealogy of the Posterity of the Three Brothers, Ezekiel, Samuel, and Thomas Richardson. Portland, ME: Brown Thurston & Co., 1876. Pages 513-514. pgs. 513-14

Acknowledgements

• Biography written if full with inline sourcing, corrected link errors, responded to DataDoctor concern, and children added to biography by Richardson descendant Carol Baldwin on 10 July 2023.