Lemuel Blanchard

Lemuel Served in the Revolution, had large families - born in Braintrec - Lived and died in Readsboro - Whitingham.

From "Mass. Soldiers and Sailors of the Rev. War", edited by the Secretary of the Comm. of Mass. in 1896, Vol. III, pg 151: Volume 2 page 151 Blanchard, Lemuel, Stoughton. Private, Capt. Peter Talbot's co., Col. Lemuel Robinson's regt., which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775; service, 2 days. Volume 2 page 151 Blanchard, Lemuel, Stoughton. Private, Capt. William Briggs's co., which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775; service, 5 days.

In 1776 Lemuel moved to Guilford, Windham County, Vt, where they settled on a farm. He was a man of distinction in Guilford and is said ( without documentation), to have served in the battle of Bennington. The family moved, in or about 1795, to Readsborough, Bennington Co. Vt; settling on a farm on the east bank of the Deerfield River, not far from the Mass. line. They spent their remaining years there; he died 9 Jun 1811 and she on 9 Apr 1813. Lemuel was a very rigid Seventh-Day Baptist. His children did not follow in this church. He was the first to be buried in a small cemetery which he and a neighbor established on the boundary between their farms. The remains of those buried there were later moved to the Whittington village cemetery when the New England Power Company built a dam and Power-house on the site. The original stones for Lemuel and Mary, plus a memorial stone erected by a great grand-daughter, Mary Parsons of Chanute, Ks, are in good condition in the Whitington village cemetary. This information was furnished by Prof. Harold Fields, a descendant who visited the site after 1970.

Birth: Oct. 22, 1750 Braintree Norfolk County Massachusetts, USA Death: Sep. 11, 1811 Readsboro Bennington County Vermont, USA

Lemuel moved from Braintree, MA to East Stoughton, MA. In 1776, he moved to Guilford, VT during the winter. He moved to Readsboro, VT in 1795. Lemuel was visited by Ethan Allen, apparently regarding business that was important to the state or nation. Lemuel served as a Private in Capt. William Briggs' Company, which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775 - the battle of Lexington & Concord. He served 5 days.

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Spouse:

 Mary Littlefield Blanchard (1753 - 1813)

Children:

 Ebenezer Blanchard (1774 - 1849)*

 Anna Blanchard Hunt (1785 - 1834)*

 Jedediah Littlefield Blanchard (1790 - 1880)*

*Calculated relationship

Burial: Sadawga Cemetery Whitingham Windham County Vermont, USA

from "Green Leaves from Whitingham, Vermont" Posted by Deborah Blanchard

pp. 84 - 85

"About the year 1810, a tract of land containing nearly half an acre, part of the same being in Whitingham and part in Readsborough, was, by agreement between Lemuel Blanchard of Readesborough and Mr. Olds of Whitingham, set apart for burial purposes. It is located in the southwest part of the town and not now used. The first person buried here was Lemuel Blanchard, who died June 9, 1811, aged 62 years, and the last was Mrs. FAnny Shippee Shumway, who died May 13, 1880, aged 56 years. This spot is known as the Battles Burying Ground, it being near where Benjamin Battles lived."