Charlestown was first settled in 1628 and was the Massachusetts Bay Colony's initial seat of government. Charlestown became part of Boston in 1874.
Thomas Blanchard was born about 1590 in England.
His first wife was named Elizabeth.
Thomas Blanchard (1625, married Anna Rolfe Gardner), Samuel Blanchard (1629, married Mary Sweetster and Hannah Daggett),
Nathaniel Blanchard (1636, married Susannah Bates)
Elizabeth was buried on July 23, 1636.
In 1637, Thomas married Agnes Bent Barnes. Agnes was the daughter of Robert Bent and Agnes Gosling and the widow of Richard Barnes.
George Blanchard (1638, married Elizabeth),
Mary Blanchard
(1639, died young).
In 1639 the Blanchards came to America on the ship, Jonathan. The family group included:
Thomas and Ann,
sons Thomas, Nathaniel, Samuel and George
Ann's son, Richard Barnes,
Ann's mother, Agnes Bent, and
Ann's niece, Elizabeth Plimpton.
Agnes Blanchard, Mary Blanchard, and Agnes Bent died on the voyage.
At first they settled in Braintree, Massachusetts, and then moved to Charlestown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
Thomas Blanchard died on May 21, 1654 in Charlestown.
Middlesex County, Massachusetts was created on May 10, 1643. The county originally included Charlestown, Cambridge, Watertown, Sudbury, Concord, Woburn, Medford, Wayland, and Reading.
King Charles I ruled England from
March 27,
1625 to 1649.
George Blanchard was born about 1638 in England. His father was Thomas Blanchard.
Joseph Blanchard (1654 married Hannah Shepard),
Elizabeth Blanchard (1661),
Thomas Blanchard (1661),
George Blanchard (1663, married Sarah Bassett),
Joshua Blanchard (1661 married Mehitable),
Abraham Blanchard (1667),
Ruth Blanchard (1668),
Rachel Blanchard (1670),
Mary Blanchard (1672),
Nathaniel Blanchard (1673),
Abigail Blanchard (1673),
Bertha Blanchard (1675),
Sarah Blanchard (1677 ),
Hannah Blanchard (1681, married Thomas Shepard),
Jonathan Blanchard (1682).
