Martha Blanchard

• Not known to be the parents of Martha Bent or of Thomas Blanchard, of Charlestown, or of Joseph Blanchard, of Boston (who were not siblings)
• Seen as daughter of Alan Bent & Hughette Bent without evidence

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Biography

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Blanchard-139

This profile represents a 'mythical' ancestor of the Blanchard line. None of the stuff written about these people can be documented, and it should be considered a fable without merit.

Birth and death dates disputed.
Born 1566 at Caen, France, died 1619, in England,
Pierre Jean Blanchard was born at Calentine, France (1555 - c1610)[citation needed]

Pierre was the son of Guillaume Blanchard (1590 - c1636) and Huguette Poirier (c1594 - c1671). <--- Obviously not correct. He married Martha (unknown) about 1585 in France. They were the parents of John Blanchard, Peter Blanchard, Thomas Blanchard (About 1600-May 21, 1654) married Agnes Bent (1602-1639 at Sea) [citation needed]

Rumored to be a Huguenot who escaped France with his family during the early reign of Elizabeth the First. According to tradition, Huguenot Pierre Jean Blanchard moved the clan from Normandy, France to Hull, Yorkshire, England. He and his family settled in Halifax. [citation needed]

"In the year 1610 things became too hot in Normandy for the Huguenots in their age-long struggle to put a Protestant King on the French throne; thus, it came to pass that the head of the Clan Pirre Jean (Peter John) Blanchard, loaded his family into his boat, The Johnthan," and sailed the English Channell, the North Sea and up the Humber River to Hull, in Yorkshire, England. His colony settled in Halifax, Leads and Bradford. Each was trained extensively in arts, crafts and the sciences. They were the very first "Teachocrats" in England; they revoluionized English industry and to a lesser degree English life. Peter John Blanchard settled in Halifax with his sons, Thomas, John, Peter, Joseph. In 1637 son Thomas's wife died and he moved his family to London Town. Later he left London with four sons, landing in Boston in 1639. Joseph and family also sailed to Boston; Peter and John remained in Yorkshire." --Edward John Blackman Sr. This 'story' has no basis in fact. How could it be possible for a French man to set up a 'colony' in England in 1610? They revolutionized English Industry, really? What is a teachocrat? Why are there no records which would prove this?

Origins of the Blanchards

The name Blanchard comes from the French "blanche" meaning "white" or "to whiten." A "blanchard" was a white garment worn by monks and nuns. Family tradition holds that the clan originated in Galilee, eventually moved to Constantinople where they were driven out by the Turks, thence to Normandy, France and the Peninsula of Cotentin. In the 16th century, the family befriended John Calvin and became converted to Protestantism. Subjected to persecution, these Huguenots, led by Pierre Jean Blanchard, fled to England in the early 17th century. Another branch of the family remained Catholic and produced the likes of the great artist Jacques Blanchard called "Titian," whose painting titled "The Descent of the Holy Ghost" hangs in the Church of Notre Dame in Paris today. Other variations of the surname include "Blancher" and "Blanchette." citation needed. ---

Notes

1. Pierre Jean Blanchard was born at Calentine, France (1555 - c1610)
2. Four sons born in France, emigrated to England with father during the French Huguenot migration.
3. Eldest sons, Pierre (Peter) and Jean, remained in England when brothers Joseph (15?? - 1637) and Thomas (1600 - 1654) emigrated to Massachussetts. The descendants of the younger brothers settled along the border of Massachussetts and New Hampshire area.
4. Col. Jotham Blanchard, Joseph's great-great-grandson moved his family to Truro, Nova Scotia in 1785.
5. Reportedly, Thomas and sons lived for a time at Braintree, MA, and at Malden, MA. In 1651 he purchased for 200 pounds a house with 200 acres of land along the Mystic River at Charlestown, where he died May 24, 1654, aged 54 years. This "proves" his birth in 1600. Other records state he was a Huguenot descendant of Alain Blanchard of Rouen, France who was a patriot of 1418.
6. It is rumored that Pierre is a descendant of Alain Blanchard, a commander of the crossbowmen of Rouen during the Hundred Years' War.[1]
7. [1] Who were the Hugenots.

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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/94600975/pierre-jean-blanchard

Pierre was the son of Guillaume Blanchard and Huguette Poirier.
He married Martha (unknown) about 1585 in France.

They were the parents of

1. John Blanchard
2. Peter Blanchard

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Rumored to be a Huguenot who escaped France with his family during the early reign of Elizabeth the First.

According to tradition, Huguenot Pierre Jean Blanchard moved the clan from Normandy, France to Hull, Yorkshire, England. He and his family settled in Halifax.

"In the year 1610 things became too hot in Normandy for the Huguenots in their age-long struggle to put a Protestant King on the French throne; thus, it came to pass that the head of the Clan Pirre Jean (Peter John) Blanchard, loaded his family into his boat, The Johnthan," and sailed the English Channell, the North Sea and up the Humber River to Hull, in Yorkshire, England. His colony settled in Halifax, Leads and Bradford. Each was trained extensively in arts, crafts and the sciences. They were the very first "Teachocrats" in England; they revoluionized English industry and to a lesser degree English life. Peter John Blanchard settled in Halifax with his sons, Thomas, John, Peter, Joseph. In 1637 son Thomas's wife died and he moved his family to London Town. Later he left London with four sons, landing in Boston in 1639. Joseph and family also sailed to Boston; Peter and John remained in Yorkshire." --Edward John Blackman Sr.

ORIGINS OF THE BLANCHARDS

The name Blanchard comes from the French "blanche" meaning "white" or "to whiten." A "blanchard" was a white garment worn by monks and nuns. Family tradition holds that the clan originated in Galilee, eventually moved to Constantinople where they were driven out by the Turks, thence to Normandy, France and the Peninsula of Cotentin. In the 16th century, the family befriended John Calvin and became converted to Protestantism. Subjected to persecution, these Huguenots, led by Pierre Jean Blanchard, fled to England in the early 17th century. Another branch of the family remained Catholic and produced the likes of the great artist Jacques Blanchard called "Titian," whose painting titled "The Descent of the Holy Ghost" hangs in the Church of Notre Dame in Paris today. Other variations of the surname include "Blancher" and "Blanchette."

It is also rumored that Pierre is a descendant of Alain Blanchard, a commander of the crossbowmen of Rouen during the Hundred Years' War.

References

• Helen Schavett Ullmann, Some Notes on John Bent of Sudbury, Massachusetts, NEHGR, 153 (1999):219-220. < AmericanAncestors >; (document attached). Was Martha, wife of John Bent, of the Blanchard family? Helen Schavett Ullmann says no in 1999: "John1 Bent of Sudbury, Massachusetts, was married during a period for which there is a gap in the Weyhill [parish] registers. The surname of his wife Martha is unknown. Some have claimed that she was a Blanchard, but this seems to have been based on a misinterpretation of documents in which Thomas Blanchard is identified as John's brother-in-law. Blanchard was married to John's sister Agnes. Given that John and Martha accompanied Peter Noyes to America and that they named a son Peter, it seems possible that Martha was connected with the Noyes family."