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Jonathan Blanchard[1, 2, 3, 4]

Male 1664 - 1742  (78 years)


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  • Name Jonathan Blanchard 
    Birth 25 May 1664  Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4
    Gender Male 
    Will 21 Nov 1704  Andover, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6

    • Samuel Blanchard's will:

      The Last will & Testament of Samuel Blanchard of Andover Aged, about seventy & five - I Samuel Blanchard being in bodily health through the goodnes of god to me, Do make and ordaine my Last Will & Testament as followeth - AND In the first place I humbly commit My soul into the hands of almighty god, who gave it me, and my body to the earth to a decent buriall att the dicretion of my executor and friends and as for my outward estate that god hath graciously given me, I do Dipoe of it as followeth - - In the first place my Will is that my beloved Wife shall have an honorable & ufficient Maintance out of my estate, (with her owne labour) as long as she shall remaine my widow. I give to my eldest sonne Johua Blanchard all my part of that farme which he now Dwelleth upon; lying in Charlestowne bounds, to gether with my two lots that fell to me on Charlestowne Commons, & I give to him all that he hath of mine in poeion.
      To my Sonne Jonathan, I give to him all my land on the esterly & on ye Northerly side of a line marked from a pond hole, (where my paster fence joyneth) a straight line to the stone wall end, joyning to the highway, untill it comes to Abram Moores land Southward
      Alo I give to him all that part of my home Meadow (so called) which I have long since poeed him of. and all my Meadow Called halfe moon meadow which lyeth eastward of the Town of Andover. Also I give to him a parcel of land Lying on the South side of the Town highway, lying length wie by Said highway. Which land shal be forty pole wide at each end. the length of which land is now fenced on the southside said highway. All the rest of this land between this and Stephen Ogood, I give to Thomas Blanchard. I give to my Daughter Stratton fifteen pound, I give to my Daughter Ogood, Twenty pounds. I give to my Daughter Dorothy Storer (which is my grand child) tenne pound which shal be paid to her by my son Johua when she Comes to be eighteen years of age. ̶ ̶ ̶ ̶
      All that part of my home-meadow which I have yet reerved for my selfe, Shall be Equally Divided between Jonathan & Thomas - ye Dividing Line to run cros the meadow untill it Comes to Stephen Ogoods land. ̶ ̶ ̶ ̶
      My Sonne John Shall enjoy what I have given him by a ded of gift, and what el of my Estate he hath in his hand To my Sonne Thomas I give all that land at the east end of my home Meadow by a straight line from a white oake on the South side the meadow to a marked pine on ye North side; until it Comes to Stephen Ogoods land, all that upland and meadow, houes and fences upon that land, I give to him my son Thomas. Alo he shall Enjoy all that of my estate in his hand and that I have poeed him of, beides what I have here given him In this my will . My right on the commons belonging to six acre lot, (which rights may appear by deeds from Henery Jaquith & Marke Graves) I give an equal right in them to Jonathan, Thomas & Samuel ̶ ̶
      AND all my other moveable estate, both of the houe & of the field I doe give to Jonathan Thomas and Samuel My two Cowes I give to Thomas in Cae they outlives mee & my Youngest houe. But My Black-hore I do give to My dear wife. I Doe order my Son Samuel to pay the two legicies to my Daughters Stratton & Ogood, and his Mothers Maintenance according to this my order, before he be poeed of that land and estate which I have given him, which is all ye rest of my farme not Dipoed of as aforsd - and all that Meadow which I bought of Billerica men, And in cae my son Samuel Shall refues to do; that is to pay those legicies to his two Sisters as aforesaid, ᴛhen my Will is, that ᴛhomas shall pay his brother Samuel twenty pound for his full portion. and Jonathan shall have the remainder of the farme that was aigned to Samuel, and said Jonathan shall pay thee Legicies, and provide his mothers Maintenance, which Samuel Should have Done. No Debts shall be Demanded of my onne Johua after my Deceae, and all my Debts and legicies Shall be payed in uch pead(?) as my estate is found in. Lastly, I do Nominate, ordaine, & fully Impower my son Jonathan to be my Sole Executor to this my last will and testament, Witnes my hand and seale. Novembr. 21. In the year of our Lord GOD. one thousand and Seven ʜundred and four, being the third year of ye Reigne of our Sovereign lady ANNE by ye grace of god, of England, Scotland France and Ireland Queen ̶ ̶ ̶
      Signed Sealed & Declared
      In the preence of us                                                   Samuel Blanchard           -&(Seal)
      James Johnson
      Elizabeth Johnson
      Ambrose Blunt
      his ࢼA mark

    • Role: Executor
    Death 19 Oct 1742  Andover, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 4
    Person ID I20869  Duane's Ancestors
    Last Modified 9 Dec 2018 

    Father Samuel Blanchard,   b. 6 Aug 1629, Goodworth Clatford, Hampshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Apr 1707, Andover, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years) 
    Mother Mary Sweetser,   b. Abt 1637   d. 20 Feb 1669/70, Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 33 years) 
    Marriage 3 Jan 1654/5  Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11
    Family ID F3565  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 25 May 1664 - Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsWill - 21 Nov 1704 - Andover, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 19 Oct 1742 - Andover, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1.  1.  [S682] TEA, 9:27, 00682.

    2.  2.  [S259] NEHGS Register, 60:373, 00390.

    3.  3.  [S1122] Find A Grave, Memorial# 32522785, 00974.

    4.  4.  [S1348] History of Canterbury, New Hampshire, 1727-1912, 26, 00152.

    5.  5.  [S1222] Massachusetts Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991, Essex; Probate Records, Blanchard, S-Blany, J, 1828-1991; 210-223, 01067.

    6.  6.  [S1217] Essex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1638-1881, Essex Cases 2000-3999; 2612:2-3, 01062.

    7.  7.  [S939] First Settlers of New England, Vol. 1, 196, 00190.

    8.  8.  [S23] Genealogical History of the Clark and Worth Family, 331, 00219.

    9.  9.  [S634] Genealogy of the Wells Family, 147, 00236.

    10.  10.  [S682] TEA, 9:26, 00682.

    11.  11.  [S482] Torrey 1st, 77, 00395.