Elizabeth (Pushard) Blair (1771 - 1859)

Born 4 Dec 1771 in Pownalborough, Lincoln, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Wife of John Blair — married 17 Sep 1801 in Woolwich, Sagadahoc, Maine

Descendants

Died 6 Jan 1859 at age 87 in East Pittston, Pittston, Kennebec, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Name: Elizabeth Pushard. Given Name: Elizabeth. Surname: Pochard. Sometimes also spelled Pushard. ^[1]

"Died" 6 Nov 1857, East Pittston, Kennebec, Maine ^[2]

Marriage Husband Christopher Jaquin Marson 26 Oct 1793 Pittsfield, Somerset, Maine 1875 ^[3]

"Marriage" Husband John Blair. Wife Elizabeth Pushard Marson. Marriage 17 Sep 1801. Woolwich, Sagadahoc, Maine. ^[4]

Elizabeth and her first husband Christopher had two sons, James, 1794-1874 and Christopher aft. Oct 1793 and bef. Sep 1799.

Her first husband, Christopher died in 1795. Elizabeth was named administrator 4 Nov 1795. ^[5]

She and John had 5 children:

Laban Lorin 1802-1865

Elisha 1804

Martha Blair 1806-1870

Naomi 1809-1879

Benjamin Parker 1812-1883

Sources

1. ↑ Born 4 Dec 1771, Pownalborough, Lincoln, Maine https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/1960/images/31515_204233-01692?pId=679459 *Maine, U.S., Birth Records, 1715-1922
2. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/117069048/elizabeth-blair Find A Grave.
3. ↑ https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=5266&h=9912&ssrc=pt&tid=24860&pid=162293700025&usePUB=true Maine, U.S., Compiled Marriages for Belfast, Hallowell and Pittsdon, 1748-1875
4. ↑ https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2129/images/32608_234099-00063?pId=353491 The New England Historical & Genealogical Register, 1847-2011
5. ↑ https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=5266&h=9912&ssrc=pt&tid=155280484&pid=122079476214 Maine, U.S., Compiled Marriages for Belfast, Hallowell and Pittsdon, 1847-2011.

• Groves, Marlene A. Malbon Genealogy: Ancestors And Some Descendants of Daniel Malbon of Montbeliard (France) and Pownalborough (Dresden), Maine. self-published, 1977, 1999, 2017. pp 30-31.

• Vital Records of Wiscasset, Lincoln County, Maine (which includes Pownalboro records) on FHL microfilm #0012309, p. 6 of marriage section.

• Vital records of Pittston, Kennebec County, Maine on FHL microfilm #0011733 (no pages numbers shown).

• M. Gertrude Stackpole Moulton, The Descendants of James and Jane Todd Blair (Hallowell, Maine undated but preface dated 1983), p.3 and 14.

• Henry Sewall Webster, A.M., ed, Vital Records of Pittston, Maine to the year 1892 (Gardiner, Maine 1911), p. 233.

• William Patterson, comp. and ed., The Probate Records of Lincoln County, Maine 1760 to 1800 ((1895) repr. Picton Press, Camden, Maine 1991), pp262-3. Administration of estate of Christopher Mason, late of Pittston, calker, is dated 4 Nov. 1795 and located in Lincoln County Probate Court, Vol 6, p.108. Peter Pochard and James Bugnon, both of Dresden, were sureties. Inventory by Louis Houlette, John Polerczky and Ezra Taylor, all of Dresden, dated 16 Nov 1795 totaling %559.59 and is located in Lincoln County Probate Court, Vol. 7 pp.89-91. Elizabeth, the widow, was appointed guardian of James and Christopher, minor sons, 6 Sept, 1799.

• Mary Pelham Hill, Vital Records of Georgeton, Maine to the Year 1892 (1939), I:198; also Moulton, Blair Descendants, p. 3, which says they were married by Nath'l Thwing JP, she was called the widow Elizabeth (Pushard) Marson.

• Allen, History of Dresden, p. 735 and Moulton Blair Descendants, P.3 and 14.

• Kennebec County Registry of Deeds, Augusta, Maine, Vol.3, p.472,; Vol.17 p.30 and Vol 21, P.238

• Lincoln County Registry of Deeds, Wicasset, Maine, Vol.3 pp. 220 and 205, Vol 173, p. 68.

• Gravestone record, Maple Grove Cemetery, Randoph, Maine.

• Source: S1748 United States Census 1790-1940 United States Census Bureau Publication: United States Census Bureau

• Find A Grave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/117069048/elizabeth-blair

• Maine, U.S., Compiled Marriages for Belfast, Hallowell and Pittsdon, 1748-1875 https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=5266&h=9912&ssrc=pt&tid=24860&pid=162293700025&usePUB=true

• Maine, U.S., Birth Records, 1715-1922 for Elizabeth Pushard https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/1960/images/31515_204233-01692?pId=679459

• Source: S1748 United States Census 1790-1940 United States Census Bureau Publication: United States Census Bureau

• 1748-1875 Lincoln County, Maine, Probate Records, 1760-1800 Lincoln County, Maine, Probate Records, 1760-1800

• The New England Historical & Genealogical Register, 1847-2011