Joseph Blanchard (abt. 1608 - 1637)

Born about 1608 in Normandy, France [uncertain]

Ancestors

Descendants

Died Dec 1637 at about age 29 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts

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Biography

Joseph Blanchard was born in Surrey, England.

This profile is part of the Blanchard Name Study.

Joseph was born in 1608.

Birth

Joseph, the brother of Thomas Blanchard is believed to have emigrated to America first. He died in December of 1637 at Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts. His widow Ann lived in Salem, and her June 24, 1662 death was recorded at Chelmsford and Woburn.^[1]

Joseph Blanchard^[2] is believed by some to have been "born [abt 1608] in Normandy, France, of Huguenot parentage, went to England as a child with several brothers, one of whom was Thomas Blanchard, the emigrant of 1639. He married Ann -----, whose death 24 June 1662 is recorded at Chelmsford and at Woburn.^[3]

He died in "the 10th month [December] 1637."

His widow apparently moved the children to Salem. She may have lived later at Chelmsford.

Children

1. Daughter, m. ____ Garlick. Two children. In her brother William's will, he made reference to "sister Garlick's children." Might have been Joseph Garlick, a contemporary resident of Marblehead.
2. William b in England; d. Boston 7 Aug 1652; m abt 1647 Hannah Everill, dau of James and Elizabeth. She m2 George Manning... probably the Hannah Manning died 14 Apr 1712, Boston. William's will (27 Sept 1652), names a son John, dau Hannah
3. John, referred to as "Deacon", of Dunstable where he d. 1693; m1 abt 1658 Elizabeth Hills (1627-abt 1662); m2 abt 1663 Hannah (Bracket) Kinsley (1634-1706), who was killed by Indians.

DNA

The NEGHR article of 1939 posited that Joseph Blanchard was a brother of Thomas Blanchard (1590-1654) but this has been disproven by comparing Y-DNA of descendants.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Hartman, J. Crawford, “"Joseph Blanchard of Boston, Mass., and Some of His Descendants"” New England Historical and Genealogical Register 93:162
2. ↑ Unless otherwise noted, information is from J. Crawford Hartman, "Joseph Blanchard of Boston, Mass., and some of his descendants," in NEHGR, 93:162-
3. ↑ Hartman, p 162, citing H. Percy Blanchard, "Genealogical Record... of the McCurdys of Nova Scotia," London, Covenant Publishing Co., 1930, p. 209
4. ↑ Blanchard Family DNA Project, https://homepages.rootsweb.com/~blanch-l/bldna.html

Acknowledgements

• WikiTree profile Blanchard-567 created through the import of Tap.ged on Sep 16, 2011 by Richard Draper.

• Tripod.com: Blanchards -- this URL is dead and was not archived by the wayback machine