Henry Blaisdell, Sr.

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The Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury. Pg. 63-64

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'Henry BLAISDELL was born in 1632 in England. He died about 1705.

He had administration granted for estate on 11 MAR 1708

in Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts. Ralph Blaisdell came

with his wife Elizabeth and son Henry to York prior to May 13, 1687. 

Sailed from Milford Haven, Wales on June 4, 1635 on the Angel Gabriel.

Henry was one of the original proprieters of Amesbury, Mass. His son, Henry, had a garrison house there. Son, John, was Representative to the General court, also Commissioner to settle boundary line between New Hampshire and Mass. His son, Nathaniel, was a Revolutionary soldier.

Nathaniel Blaisdell of Chester, N.H. served as a Private. Signed the Association test at Chester, later served as a private in Col. Gilman's N.H. troops, Capt. Samuel McConnell's Co., Col. David Gilman's Regiment commanded by Col. John Webster. Mustered Dec. 1776. 3 months wages. Traveled to New Hampshire. 28 whole, amt. 58.

William Blaisdell, Revolutionary War, appears with rank of private on Muster Roll of Capt. Agrippa Wells' Co, Col. Whitcombs Regt. dated Aug 1, 1775. Time of enlistment, June 22, 1775, length of service, 1 month, 12 days. Town to which soldier belonged was Hampton Falls. Appears with rank of private on Company Receipt dated camp at Prospect Hill for wages for Sept. 1775. Capt. Agrippa Wells' Co, Col. Asa Whitcombs regt on company return in Oct, 1775.

Appears as having signed with others an order for bounty coats or their equivalent in money, due for the eight months service in 1775. dated Prospect Hill, November 17, 1775, Vol. 57, file 15.

Essex Antiquarian Vo. 1x, No.2, Genealogical and Family History of Maine, Hoyt's Old Families of Salisbury & Amesbury, Mass. p.63, D.F.P.A/Nat no 2051

State Papers N.H. Vol. 15, War rolls of New Hampshire, Vol.2, pg. 306, 457, 538. Vol. 98p, 265 D.A.R. Lineage Book, Nat. No 97863.

Walter Robie Blaisdell served in War of 1812, Colonel 1814.

Spouse: Mary HADDON. Henry BLAISDELL and Mary HADDON were married about 1655 in Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts. Children were: Elizabeth BLAISDELL, Ebenezer BLAISDELL, Mary BLAISDELL, Henry BLAISDELL, Elizabeth BLAISDELL, Ralph BLAISDELL, John BLAISDELL, Sarah BLAISDELL, Jonathan BLAISDELL, Samuel BLAISDELL.

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Henry Blaisdell Sr. (abt. 1632 - bef. 1708)

Henry Blaisdell Sr.
Born about 1632 in Chipping, Lancashire, Englandmap [uncertain]
Son of Ralph Blaisdell and Elizabeth (Unknown) Blaisdell
Brother of Elizabeth Blaisdell, Martha (Blaisdell) Clough, Sarah Blaisdell, Ralph Blaisdell and Mary (Blaisdell) Sterling
Husband of Mary (Haddon) Blaisdell — married 1656 [location unknown]
Husband of Elizabeth (Unknown) Blaisdell — married after 12 Dec 1691 in Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colonymap [uncertain]
Husband of Elizabeth (Quimby) Blaisdell — married 1702 in Amesbury, Essex, Province of Massachusetts Baymap
DESCENDANTS descendants
Father of Ebenezer Blaisdell, Mary Blaisdell, Henry Blaisdell Jr, Elizabeth (Blaisdell) Huntington, Ralph Blaisdell, John Blaisdell, Sarah (Blaisdell) Flanders, Jonathan Blaisdell and Samuel Blaisdell
Died before 9 Mar 1708 before about age 76 in Amesbury, Essex, Province of Massachusetts Baymap
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1 Biography
2 Children
2.1 Source Notes
3 Sources
4 Acknowledgements
Biography

Henry Blaisdell was born c 1632, son of Ralph and Elizabeth (unknown) Blaisdell who emigrated to York Maine in 1635, and removed to Salisbury, Massachusetts by 1640. [1]

1667/8 : February 24: Henry Blaisdell consented to a grant of land by his widowed mother to his sister Mary, wife of Joseph Stowers. [1]
Henry married by 1657, Mary Haddon. Mary was born c1637, daughter of Garrett and Margaret (unknown) Haddon. [2]

Mary's father Gerhard Hadden, of Amesbury, wrote his will on January 20, 1686/7, in it he names, among others: [2]

son-in-law Henry Blaisdell Sr., 3/4 acre of land and all his 'wearing clothes'
loving daughter Mary Blaisdell
grandson Ebenezer Blaisdell
grandson Henry Blaisdell Jr.
grandson Ralph Blaisdell
granddaughter Mary (Blaisdell) Rawlins
granddaughter Elizabeth (Blaidell) Huntington
grandchildren John, Jonathan and Sarah Blaisdell [2]
His wife Mary died at Amesbury on December 12, 1691. [3]

Henry's second wife was Elizabeth (unknown). [1]

Henry's estate was inventoried on March 9, 1707/8. His house barn, pasture and other lots were valued at c L 52. He had tools of husbandry as well as several sheep and lambs, 2 oxen, a swine, a cow and a mare. [4]

Samuel Clough, Ebenezer Blasdell and William Pressey, all being of age, submitted a written testimony to the court that they heard, on On March 9, xxxx, Elizabeth Blasdell, widow of Henry Blasdell Sr., state that she renounced the administration of her late husband's estate, that she would not keep the house, nor any goods. Further, that she handed the keys to the eldest son, Henry Blasdell Jr., and 'went away.' [4]

There is a Memorial to the First Settlers of Amesbury -1654, at the Golgotha Burial Ground, Amesbury, Massachusetts, and Henry Blaisdell's name is recorded there. [5]

Children

Ebenezer born 17: 8m: 1657 [Oct. 7 or 17, 1657] at Salisbury [6]; died on August 10, 1710 [3]; married Sarah Colby. [7]
Mary born 29: 3m: 1660 [May 29, 1660] [6]; married Robert Rawlins. [4] [2]
Elizabeth born ___; married John Huntington. [4] [2]
Henry Jr. born 28: 3m: 1663 [May 28, 1663 [6] ; married first Mary ___; married second widow Hannah (Rowell) Colby; married third, Dorothy Martin on October 27, 1707. [7]
Ralph born ___ [4]; died on January 11, 1691. [3]
John born on May 27, 1668; married widow Elizabeth (Challis) Hoyt [3]; died in May, 1733. [7]
Sarah born on November 11, 1671 [3]; married Stephen Flanders on June 20, 1706. [7]
Jonathan [4] born on October 11, 1676 [3]; married Hannah Jameson c 1698, daughter of John and Hester (Martin) Jameson; died in 1748. [8] [7]
Source Notes

Amesbury Births:

Blasdall, John, s. Henry and Mary, May 27, 1668. CTR (p. 34)
Blasdale, Sarah, d. Henry and Mary, Nov. 11, 1671. NCTR (p. 34)
Blasdall, Jonathan, s. Henry and Mary, Oct. 11, 1676. NTCR (p. 34)
Amesbury Marriages

Blaisdell, John and Elizabeth Hoyt, Jan. 6, 1692-3. CTR (p. 285)
Amesbury Deaths

Blasdell, Mary, w. Henry, sr., Dec. 12, 1691. (p. 526)
Blesdell, Ralf, s. Henry, sr., Jan. 11, 1691. (p. 527)
Blasdell, Ebenezer, Aug. 10, 1710. (p. 526) [3]
Salisbury Births

Blasdale, Ebenezer, s. Henry and Mary, 17: 8m: 1657. [Oct. 7. CTR] (p. 22)
Blasdale, Mary, d. Henry and Mary, 29: 3m: 1660. (p. 22)
Blasdale, Henry, s. Henry and Mary, 28: 3m: 1663. (p. 22) [6]
Sources

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Anderson, Robert C., George F. Sanborn, Jr., and Melinde Lutz Sanborn. Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume I, A-B, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts, 1999 p. 320-1 (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.)
↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Anderson, Robert C. Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to N.E. 1620-1633, Vols. I-III, NEHGS, Boston, Massachusetts, 1995 p. 832-3 (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2010)
↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 Vital Records of Amesbury Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849, The Topsfield Historical Society, Topsfield, Massachusetts, 1913
↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 Case 2559: p. 1-8: Essex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1638-1881.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives.)
↑ Find A Grave Memorial# 59988209 https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=pv&GRid=59988209&PIp...
↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Vital Records of Salisbury, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849, The Topsfield Historical Societs, Topsfield, Massachusetts, 1915
↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 Hoyt, David Webster. The Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury, Massachusetts: With Some Related Families of Newbury, Haverhill, Ipswich, and Hampton, and of York County, Maine, Vol. I, Providence, Rhode Island, 1897 p. 63-66
↑ The American Genealogist, Vol. 59, New Haven, Connecticut, 1983 p. 17 (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009 - .)
Note: Passenger List 1635
http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=image&guid=e1a26565-531f-4458-aeac-5...
Note: Golgotha Burying Ground , Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts
https://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=image&guid=111e9e72-def9-41ac-80f0-...
Note: Golgotha Burial Ground, Memorial
https://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=image&guid=5ecdd1b3-1a71-4742-98bf-...
Note: First Settlers Memorial -1654
https://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=image&guid=b804a582-9995-4ab3-8694-...
Acknowledgements

Blaisdell Papers, images on DVD, blaisdell.org. The Blaisdell Family Association. Entry for Henry Blaisdell. Volume 10, Number 5. June 1983. Page 7. Image 398 of 515.

Born in England

One of the first settlers of Amesbury where he recieved various grants of land

“tailor”

Took oath of allegiance and fidelity in Amhurst Dec. 1667.

Freeman 1690

Married second wife, Elizabeth

He died between 1702 and 1707.

Fourteen children were born of this union. After the death of Mary he then married Elizabeth (---?---), circa 1691 in Salisbury. We see by the town records that Henry resided early in Amesbury, where he received various land grants. He like his father followed the occupation of tailor. We see he took the Oath of Allegiance December 1677; freeman, 1690.

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GScid=2298305&GRid...

Birth: Mar. 7, 1632, England Death: 1703 Amesbury Essex County Massachusetts, USA

Son of Ralph & Elizabeth Blaisdell. Married Mary Haddon, 1656, in Salisbury, Massachusetts.

Thank you, S. Barnard, for providing this information about Henry.

Family links:

Spouse:

 Mary Haddon Blaisdell (1636 - 1691)

Burial: Golgotha Burial Ground Amesbury Essex County Massachusetts, USA

'Henry Blaisdell

Born in Scotland on 1633 to Ralph Blaisdell and Elizabeth Parker.

Henry married Mary Haddon and had 9 children.

He passed away on 1702 in Massachusetts, USA.

Family Members

Parents

Ralph Blaisdell 1592-1648

Elizabeth Parker 1612-1677

Spouse(s)

Mary Haddon 1656-1690

Children

Ebenezer Blaisdell 1660-1710

Mary Blaisdell 1660-Unknown

Henry Blaisdell 1650-1705

Elizabeth Blaisdell 1667-1724

Ralph Blaisdell 1667-1671

John Blaisdell 1688-1732

Sarah Blaisdell 1671-1732

Jonathan Blaisdell 1676-1748

Samuel Blaisdell 1676-1683

Moved to York Village, Maine in 1635.

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