Elizabeth? Blanchard

Not the same as Elizabeth Blanchard

Family

Probably all the children were with George Blanchard’s 1st wife, name seen as ELIZABETH.

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GEORGE BLANCHARD was born 1622 in England, and died 18 March 1699/00 in Malden, MA. He married (1) UNKNOWN. He married (2) MARY. Children of GEORGE BLANCHARD and UNKNOWN are:

• i. JOSEPH BLANCHARD.
• ii. THOMAS BLANCHARD.

Children by GEORGE BLANCHARD and MARY are:

• iii. GEORGE BLANCHARD.
• iv. HANNAH BLANCHARD, bapt. 11 September 1681; m. THOMAS SHEPARD, 7 December 1682, Charlestown, MA; d. 18 April 1726, East Haven, New Haven Co., CT.
• v. JOSHUA BLANCHARD, bapt. 29 January 1681/82.
• vi. JONATHAN BLANCHARD, bapt. 29 January 1681/82.
• vii. ABRAHAM BLANCHARD.
• viii. ELIZABETH BLANCHARD, m. GEORGE GRIMES.
• ix. MARY BLANCHARD, bapt. 29 January 1681/82.
• x. ABIGAIL BLANCHARD, bapt. 29 January 1681/82.
• xi. BETHIA BLANCHARD, m. DANIEL PAIN.
• xii. SARAH BLANCHARD, m. THOMAS DEAN, 1687.
• xiii. RUTH BLANCHARD, b. 6 August 1668.
• xiv. RACHEL BLANCHARD, b. Abt. 1670; m. JOHN SMITH, 1691

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George 2. Blanchard, in Wyman, Thomas Bellows. The Genealogies and Estates of Charlestown, Massachusetts: in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1629-1818. (Boston, Mass.: David Clapp and Son, 1879) 1:88.

George 2. [Blanchard] Son of Thomas 1; æ. 35, 1657; m. (1) - Hills; (2) Mary.-; d. March 18, 1700, æ. .84 g.s. at Medford, March 18, 1699-1700, æ. a. 82 (record). Issue. -i. Joseph. ii. Thomas. iii. George. iv. Joshua, bapt. 29 (11) 1681-2. v. Jonathan, bapt. 29 (11) 1681-2. vi. Abraham. vii. Elizabeth; m. Geo. Grimes, 1675. viii. Hannah, bapt. 11 (7) 1681; m. Thos. Shepherd Jr., 1682. ix. Mary, bapt. and own. cov't. 29 (11) 1681-2. x. Abigail, bapt. and own. cov't 29 (11) 1681-2. xi. Bethia; m. Daniel Pain. xii. Sarah; m. Thos. Dean, 1687. xiii. Ruth, b. Aug. 6, 1668, bapt. 15 (5) 1688, æ. a. 20. xiv. Rachel, bapt. 11 (7) 1687, æ. a. 17; m. John Smith, 1691. … Will Oct. 16 1689, disallowed April 2, 1700.

Disambiguation

Note: Numerous sources claim Elizabeth Hills, dau of Joseph, M1 to Anthony Harris who d 1651 [leaving a widow Elizabeth & no children]. Joseph Hills, of Malden, filed Anthony's Will. Many of these sources erroneously claim this Elizabeth was the 1st wife of George Blanchard, son of Thomas. [131]

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The identity of his wife is not clear. Most sources say George Blanchard married a Hills, possibly Elizabeth, and possibly the daughter of Joseph Hills of Charlestown. However, recent research has called this into question. Some say that Elizabeth Hills married the “Deacon” John Blanchard of Dunstable, Massachusetts. (This John Blanchard was the first cousin of our George.) The following was written by John Chandler on the RootsWeb Message Board:

There was a long time when folks thought she [Elizabeth Hills] married George Blanchard. Lots of old books repeat this theory as an accepted “fact.” Here’s the evidence in favor: Joseph’s will mentioned two granddaughters Hannah and Elizabeth Blanchard (dated 1687 Sep 14). George is known to have had daughters Elizabeth and Hannah (in that order), both still living in 1700. That’s all there is, aside from the fact that Joseph Hills was a witness to the will of Thomas Blanchard (George’s father). It’s not clear to me that has any relevance. Here’s some evidence against: George’s two daughters Elizabeth and Hannah were just two among many children of George, with nothing known about them to explain why Joseph would leave them property and not the others. By the way, I haven’t seen any evidence that George’s wife was named Elizabeth or that she wasn’t living in 1687. If anyone knows of such evidence, I’d be very interested in hearing about it.
Here’s some evidence in favor of John Blanchard: John did have a wife named Elizabeth, and she was dead before 1665, and she had exactly two children known to have survived: daughters Hannah and Elizabeth (in that order). The property left to the Blanchard “girls” was 50 acres each of farm land in Dunstable, part of a farm that had been granted to Joseph Hills for his many services to the colony. In 1717, Hannah’s husband Thomas Read sold some land in Dunstable to Joseph Blanchard (a half-brother of Hannah) that apparently was Hannah’s share of this farm. Also, Elizabeth’s husband Robert Parris’ will mentioned land that his wife had inherited from her grandfather Joseph Hills.

So, if Elizabeth Hills married the Deacon John Blanchard, then who was George’s wife? In fact, according to his will, he had two wives. Some sources give his widow’s name as Mary.

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George 2. Blanchard, in Wyman, Thomas Bellows. The Genealogies and Estates of Charlestown, Massachusetts: in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1629-1818. (Boston, Mass.: David Clapp and Son, 1879) 1:88.

George 2. [Blanchard] Son of Thomas 1; æ. 35, 1657; m. (1) - Hills; (2) Mary.-; d. March 18, 1700, æ. .84 g.s. at Medford, March 18, 1699-1700, æ. a. 82 (record). Issue. -i. Joseph. ii. Thomas. iii. George. iv. Joshua, bapt. 29 (11) 1681-2. v. Jonathan, bapt. 29 (11) 1681-2. vi. Abraham. vii. Elizabeth; m. Geo. Grimes, 1675. viii. Hannah, bapt. 11 (7) 1681; m. Thos. Shepherd Jr., 1682. ix. Mary, bapt. and own. cov't. 29 (11) 1681-2. x. Abigail, bapt. and own. cov't 29 (11) 1681-2. xi. Bethia; m. Daniel Pain. xii. Sarah; m. Thos. Dean, 1687. xiii. Ruth, b. Aug. 6, 1668, bapt. 15 (5) 1688, æ. a. 20. xiv. Rachel, bapt. 11 (7) 1687, æ. a. 17; m. John Smith, 1691. … Will Oct. 16 1689, disallowed April 2, 1700.

Links

• https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Unknown_%2825267%29
• https://commonheroes3.wordpress.com/10th-generation/blanchard-georg... cites
• “Blanchard,” (Blanchard Family History website: http://blanchardfamilyhistory.org, 4 May 2016), “Electronic.”
• Corey, Deloraine Pendre, The History of Malden, Massachusetts, 1633-1785, Malden, MA, 1899.
• Maxfield, Chuck, “Some of the Descendants of Thomas Blanchard of Charlestown, Massachusetts,” (Chuck Maxfield’s Genealogy Page at: http://maxfield5.tripod.com/blanchard1.html), “Electronic.”
• Notes of John Chandler, (RootsWeb Message Board), “Electronic.”
• Shepard, Gerald Faulkner, compiler, Jacobus, Donald Lines, ed., Shepard Families of New England, Vol. 1, (New Haven Colony Historical Society, New Haven, CT, 1971).
• Wyman, Thomas Bellows, Genealogies and Estates of Charlestown, Massachusetts, 1629-1818, (New England History Press, Somersworth, NH, 1982, originally published in 1892.).
• http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~blanch-l/thomjosb.html

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