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Brooklyn. Mr. Blanchard married, June 16, 1886, Mary E., daughter of Captain Mel- bourne P. and Clara (Lambert) Smith, of Orrington, Maine, who was born September 25, 1866. They have two children living : Maurice Alvah, born July 26, 1887, and Edna, May 5, 1893; a daughter Agnes, born August 13, 1889, died December 11, 1889.
(For first generation see Thomas Blanchard I.) (II) Nathaniel, son of
BLANCHARD Thomas and Mary Blan- chard, was born in 1636, probably in Andover, England, and died before 1680, in Weymouth, Massachusetts, where he resided most of his life. He married, Decem- ber 16, 1658, Susanna Bates, who survived him. She married (second) in 1680, Thomas Bass. Children of Nathaniel Blanchard : John, Mary, Nathaniel, Edward, Mercy and Susanna.
(III) John, eldest child of Nathaniel and Susanna (Bates) Blanchard, was born March 27, 1660, in Weymouth, and is supposed to have passed his life in that town. He was married there in 1685. The baptismal name of his wife was Abigail, but further par- ticulars concerning them are not ascertainable, beyond the fact that they were the parents of the next mentioned.
(IV) Nathaniel (2), son of Jolin and Abi- gail Blanchard, was born May 19, 1701, in Weymouth, Massachusetts, and removed to North Yarmouth, Maine, in 1743. In 1745 he was admitted by letter from the Weymouth church to that at North Yarmouth, and died in that town, August 15, 1773. He was mar- ried to Hannah Shaw, who died about 1770, and they were the parents of Nathaniel, Mary, Josiah, Abigail, Ozias and others whose names are unknown.
(V) Ozias, third son and ninth child of Nathaniel (2) and Hannah (Shaw) Blan- chard, was born at Weymouth, Massachusetts, July 31, 1742. He was a resident of North Yarmouth, Maine, and served as a soldier in the revolutionary army. He was a ser- geant in Captain George Rogers' company, in the Second Cumberland Regiment, and served six days in November, 1775. This company was detached by order of Colonel Jonathan Mitchell to work on the fort at Falmouth. He was a second lieutenant in Captain John Win- throp's North Yarmouth company, of Colonel Fogg's Cumberland county regiment, as shown by list of May 9, 1776. He was also a sec- ond lieutenant in Captain John Gray's com- pany of North Yarmouth, commissioned Jan-
uary 14, 1777. He again enlisted for service July 7, 1779, under Captain Gray and Colonel Jonathan Richards, and was discharged Sep- tember 12, 1779. He also served two months and six days in the expedition to the Penob- scot. He married, in 1769, Mercy Soule, born November 27, 1749, in North Yarmouth, daughter of Barnabas and Jane (Bradbury) Soule. They were the parents of Samuel, Jeremiah, David, Reuben, Daniel and Olive.
The descendants of Ozias Blanchard are entitled to membership in the Society of May- flower Descendants, and the Sons or Daugh- ters of the Revolution, Mercy Soule, wife of Ozias Blanchard, being a direct descendant on the one side of George Soule and on the other side of John and Priscilla Alden, and the father and mother of the latter, Mr. and Mrs. Mullins, all of whom were "Mayflower" pil- grims. The line of descent is: I. John Alden, of the "Mayflower," born in England, 1599, died at Duxbury, Massachusetts, September 12, 1687; married at Plymouth, probably in 1621, Priscilla Mullins, born in England. Their daughter Elizabeth (2), born 1623, died at Little Compton, Rhode Island, May 31, 1717, married, December 26, 1644, William Pea- bodie, born 1620, died at Little Compton, De- cember 13, 1707. Their daughter Mary (3), born August 7, 1648, married, November 16, 1669, Edward Southworth. Their daughter Mercy (4), born 1670, died 1728, married, about 1701, Moses Soule, who died 1751. Their son Barnabas (5), born 1705, died at North Yarmouth, Maine, April 8, 1780, mar- ried, 1737, Jane Bradbury, born 1718. Their daughter Mercy (6), born November 27, 1749, died at North Yarmouth, Maine, married Ozias Blanchard. (See ante.)
(VI) Jeremiah, second son of Ozias and Mercy (Soule) Blanchard, was baptized May 16, 1771, in North Yarmouth, and was one of the original members of the Second Church of that town, now the Cumberland Church, of which he was the third deacon. He was a member of the Massachusetts legislature when the state was divided and Maine became an independent state ,and worked and voted for that measure. He married Dorcas Bucknam. Their children were Dorcas, Ozias, William and Ann Aurora.
(VII) Ozias (2), son of Jeremiah and Dor- cas (Bucknam) Blanchard, was born May 24, 1804, in North Yarmouth, Maine. He mar- ried, November 13, 1828, at Cumberland, Mar- tha Sweetser, born January 17, 1809, in Cum- berland, daughter of Benjamin and Olive Sweetser, and they were the parents of Ara-
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bella J., Jeremiah, Henry C., Edwin B., Ann A., O. Alonzo, Martha A., William G., Mary E. and Howard W. After his marriage he moved to Blanchard, Maine, where he bought a farm, held many local offices, was a member of the house of representatives and the sen- ate, where he was largely instrumental in the election of Hon. Hannibal Hamlin to the United States senate. He was too old to enlist in the military service in the civil war, but on February 28, 1864, on the recommenda- tion of Vice-President Hamlin, was commis- sioned by President Lincoln captain and assist- ant quartermaster, United States Volunteers, and served until August 10, 1865, when he returned to Maine and located in Dexter. He moved to Herndon, Virginia, in 1870. In 1876 he was a delegate from that state to the Republican national convention, where he voted for the nomination of Hon. James G. Blaine for the presidency. A great admirer of Mr. Blaine, he was bitterly disappointed at the unlooked-for defeat of that eminent statesman.
(VIII) Howard W., tenth child and sixth son of Ozias (2) and Martha (Sweetser) Blanchard, was born January 18, 1852, in Blanchard, Maine, where his boyhood was passed on a farm. He attended the public schools at Blanchard and Dexter, Maine, and Lockhaven, Pennsylvania, and graduated from George Washington University, District of Columbia with the degree of LL.B. in 1889. In the same year he was admitted to the bar in the District of Columbia, and also in Vir- ginia. He was twelve years old when he left the state of Maine for Kentucky, where his father was in the military service, and re- turned there in 1866, locating at Dexter, where he continued until 1869. In 1870 he located at Herndon, Virginia, and has ever since made his home in that town. He is a principal examiner in the United States pension office at Washington, and for four years, from 1896 to 1900, was detailed to assist the house com- mittee on invalid pensions. He is a member of the Congregational church, and a Republi- can in politics. He is a member of the Dis- trict of Columbia Society of Mayflower De- scendants. Mr. Blanchard married, August I, 1874, Susan Killam, daughter of Stephen and Jemima (Bovee) Killam, of Monroe county, New York. Their children were born as fol- lows: I. Howard Ray, July 2, 1876, died January 4, 1902. 2. William St. John, May 5, 1878. 3. Martha Louise, May 28, 1880. 4. Marion Jamison, April 3, 1885, died July 5, 1899. 5. Edwin C., March 3, 1887. 6. Mabel Elizabeth, October 30, 1893.
The many branches of the BLANCHARD Blanchard family in Maine trace their line by clear records or strong traditions to the sturdy Thomas Blanchard, who came to Charles- town, Massachusetts, in 1639, "where he might have cleare views of ye pleasant piece of salt water." Wherever the Blanchards have set- tled they have had the ancestor's longing for the ocean. The Blanchard farms, if removed from the coast line, have bordered on some pond, or had a brook babbling across them, and the owners have made trips to the bays now and then, with the excuse, "I must get a taste of fish right from the water," but with the full purpose of seeing the waves toss and foam, and sailing out as far as possible from the shore. The love of the sea is just as strong in the descendants of the old family that remained in France. Francoise Blanchard, whose father thought he had trained the love of sailing out of him, made a balloon so he could navigate the air. The members of the Blanchard fam- ily could never have assisted in Dresden, Litch- field, Cumberland, Falmouth, Yarmouth, and a score of other places, if they had not loved the ocean and learned its great lessons of strength and victory.
(I) Captain Sylvanus Blanchard, born about 1782, died in Yarmouth, Maine, 1859. He followed the sea for many years, and was one of the most successful captains of the state of Maine. Subsequently, desiring to follow other pursuits, he turned his attention to the building of ships of the most seaworthy type, his place of business being in Yarmouth, Maine, and the firm of Blanchard Brothers, shipbuilders, continued until 1893, conducting a most suc- cessful business. He devoted his time and energy so thoroughly to this work that he saw many a noble ship launched from his yard, and with pleasure followed them in thought as they flitted to many far-away ports to return in safety with rich cargoes. Among the noted ships built and launched at their shipyard were the following: "Admiral," "Commodore," "S. C. Blanchard," "P. N. Blanchard," "Pacific," "Peru," "P. G. Blan- chard," "Star," "Detroit" and the "Sylvanus Blanchard," the latter being lost. Captain Blanchard became one of the most prominent and respected citizens of the town of Yar- mouth, and was an active member of the Congregational church, working for its benefit with all the zeal which characterized his fore- fathers.
He married Miss Dorcas J. Prince, a most estimable woman, a member of an old Port-
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land family. Children : 1. David P., born Jan- uary 8, 1806, died June 16, 1828, while at sea on his second voyage. 2. Paul G., October 24, 1808, died November, 1885, Thanksgiving day. 3. Sylvanus C., September 4, 18H1, resided in Boston, Massachusetts, many years, died in Richmond, Virginia, 1887. 4. Perez N., May 6, 1815, see forward. 5. Samuel Woodbury, April 15, 1818, died December 23, 1857; he was a skilful physician. 6. Dorcas J., Sep- tember 23, 1822, died March 7, 1862. 7. Oliver Elizabeth, August 22, 1826, died April 27, 1861.
(II) Perez Nathaniel, son of Captain Syl- vanus and Dorcas J. ( Prince) Blanchard, was born in Yarmouth, Maine, May 6, 1815, died April 3, 1883. He received a thorough edu- cation in the common schools of his native town. He decided to follow agriculture as a means of livelihood, but the sea so strongly appealed to him, and his inherited tendencies being all in that direction, he abandoned his former project and embarked on a staunch ship carrying cotton from southern ports to Europe, and he continued thus until 1857, when he made his last voyage in the "Syl- vanus Blanchard," taking his wife and son with him, aforementioned as the ship which was lost, he being the commander thereof. He then engaged in the shipbuilding business, under the firm name of Blanchard Brothers, referred to in the preceding paragraph. He took an active part in political affairs, casting his vote for the candidates of the Democratic party, and served in the capacity of chairman of the board of selectmen of Yarmouth for a long term of years, and was a member of the state legislature twice, his last term being in the years 1875-76. He continued active in the ranks of his party until a short time prior to his death. He was a very helpful member of the Congregational church, aiding all in his power to the advancement of its various interests. He married Cynthia S. Blanchard, of Cumberland. Children: I. Frances E., born November 26, 1849, married Frank E. Oakes; they now reside in Newton, Massa- chusetts. 2. Cynthia E., twin of Frances E. 3. Nathaniel Willis, see forward.
(III) Nathaniel Willis, son of Perez Na- thaniel and Cynthia Stone ( Blanchard) Blan- chard, was born in Yarmouth, Maine, April 29, 1852. He graduated from North Yar- mouth Academy. Early in life he shipped be- fore the mast, and at the expiration of six months, an officer on the ship having died, and the great ability of young Blanchard being appreciated, he was appointed a third mate.
On his second voyage he was appointed sec- ond mate, on his third voyage promoted to mate, and on his fourth voyage was promoted to the rank of master, receiving high praise from officers, ship owners and other interested parties. Ile carried a cargo of lumber to Eu- rope, which realized a good profit, and then carried a cargo of coal to thie ports of Peru, South America. In 1879 he conveyed a cargo of coal to China, around the Cape of Good Hope, and in 1886 carried a cargo of case oil to China and brought back a load of manilla. On his last voyage he sailed froin New York City to China with a cargo of oil, bringing back from Hong Kong to Baltimore, Mary- land, a fine supply of matting. Mr. Blanchard was accompanied on a number of voyages by his wife and children, and while in China they were bercaved of two of their children-Leila Willis and Perez Nathaniel-who died within a few days of one another from an epidemic. Mr. Blanchard followed the sea in this suc- cessful manner from 1872 until 1900, a period of twenty-eight years. Being a man of fine executive ability and sterling integrity, he has taken a leading part in the affairs of Yar- mouth, and is serving in the capacity of trustee of North Yarmouth Academy, and one of the overseers and treasurer of the Morrill Memorial Library of Yar- mouth. He is a Democrat in his political views, and was a candidate for representative to the Maine legislature in 1905. He is an attendant of the Unitarian church, a member of the Blue Lodge and chapter of the Free Masons. Mr. Blanchard married, in 1874, Grace S., born in Chicago, Illinois, March 24, 1859, daughter of Henry C. Greenleaf, of Yar- mouth, who resided in Chicago at the time of his daughter's birth, being commander of a tugboat on Lake Michigan; later they resided in Milwaukee, from whence they removed to Yarmouth. Children of Mr. and Mrs. Blan- chard: I. Leila Willis, born July 30, 1886, died in Hong Kong, China, July 12, 1901, aged fifteen years. 2. Perez Nathaniel, Jan- uary 14, 1890, died July 6, 1901, aged eleven years, at Hong Kong, China. 3. Reina May, May 14, 1898, at Yarmouth.
There is ample record that THOMPSON several of this name were among our earliest seven- teenth century settlers. Sir William Thomp- son, of England, was the owner of property about Boston, and his coat-of-arms has come down through many generations of James Thompson's descendants, but patient research
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has failed to establish the exact connection between the English and American houses. Edward Thompson came over in the "May- flower" in 1620; John, his brother, came over from England in 1643; Archibald Thompson settled in Marblehead in 1637; Edward Thompson settled in Salem in 1637; Dr. Ben- jamin Thompson settled in Braintree and was town clerk in 1696, and left at his death eight children and twenty-eight grandchildren.
(I) James Thompson was among the origi- nal settlers of Woburn, Massachusetts, and settled in that part of the town which is now known as North Woburn. He came in Win- throp's great company, in 1630, and probably first settled in Charlestown. He was born in 1593, in England, and was accompanied on his journey by his wife Elizabeth and three sons and one daughter. He was then thirty- seven years of age, and tradition has it that he was one of the party who landed at Salem, Massachusetts, in the early part of June, 1630. His coat-of-arms is identified with that of Sir William Thompson, a London knight, and it is probable that he came from the family. With his wife Elizabeth, James Thompson was admitted to membership in the First Church of Charlestown, August 31, 1633. In the fol- lowing December he was admitted as a free- man of the town. In December, 1640, he was one of the thirty-two men who subscribed to the noted town orders for Woburn. He was among the few adventurers who early pushed their way into this wilderness region. Charles- town Village was incorporated in 1642, under the name of Woburn, and it is believed that
that name in Bedfordshire, England, whence some of the emigrants probably came. James Thompson was chosen a member of the first board of selectmen, and continued to serve the town in that office nearly twenty years with brief intervals. In 1650 he was the commis- sioner to carry the votes for town officers to Cambridge. The exact location of his resi- dence cannot be positively stated, but it is probable that it was near the junction of Elm street and Traverse. It appears by the rec- ords that he was an extensive land owner for that time. It is probable that he disposed of most of his property before his death, as his will_makes no reference to real estate. His first wife Elizabeth died November 13, 1643, and he was married (second) February 15, 1644, to Susanna Blodgett, widow of Thomas Blodgett, of Cambridge. She died February IO, 1661. He survived his second wife about twenty-one years, and died in Woburn, 1682.
His children were: James, Simeon, Olive, Jonathan, and possibly another daughter.
(II) Jonathan, youngest son of James Thompson, was born in England, probably about 1630, and was married November 28, 1655, to Susanna Blodgett, of Cambridge, a daughter of his father's second wife, and bear- ing the same name. There is good reason for believing that he lived in the house built by his father, near the junction of Elm and Traverse streets, traces of which some of the oldest citizens of North Woburn still remem- ber. It is probable that his father lived with him in his old age and bequeathed to the son his homestead. Not much is known of the personal history of Jonathan. From the town records it is learned that he was one of three teachers of schools and the first male teacher ever employed under the authority of the town. This was from 1673-75. In the year last named he and his good wife shared the respon- sibility and labor, "he to tech biger children, and she to tech leser children," the two to receive one sovereign between them for their services. In subsequent years he served as constable of the town, and still later as town sexton. He died October 20, 1691, and his wife February 6, 1698. Their children were : Susannah, Jonathan, James (died young), James, Sarah, Simon and Ebenezer.
(III) Jonathan (2), eldest son and second child of Jonathan (I) Thompson, was born September 28, 1663, and it is believed that he lived in the house already designated as the probable home of his father and grand- father in North Woburn. He was one of the
this was in memory of the ancient town of . town "tything men." He was also on a com-
mittee in 1728 to go to the great and general court and give the reasons why the petition of Goshen, or that part of Woburn which sub- sequently became Wilmington, should not be granted. He was also in the same year one of a committee of nine "to goe to the Reverend M. Fox to see if they can make things easier with him." He married Frances Whitmore, a daughter of Francis Whitmore, of Cambridge. His death is supposed to have occurred in 1748. His children were: Jonathan, Hannah, Joseph, James, Susannah, Ebenezer, Mary, Samuel, Patience, Esther, Jabez and Daniel. (IV) Samuel, fifth son and eighth child of Jonathan (2) and Frances (Whitmore) Thompson, was born September 8, 1705, in what is now North Woburn. About 1730, probably, he built the house on North Elm street, North Woburn, which has been the home of six generations of Thompsons. It is not now occupied by people of the name. He
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was largely engaged in getting out ship timber for his brothers, who were ship builders in Medfield. While unloading timber in the spring of 1748 he received a severe injury which was followed by a fever resulting in his death, May 13, 1748, while in his forty- third year. He married Ruth, daughter of Joseph Wright, and a great-granddaughter of Captain John Carter, one of the first settlers of Woburn. They were married December 31, 1730, and she survived him more than twenty-seven years, dying October 3, 1775. Their children were: Samuel, Daniel, Ruth, Abijah, Mary, Phoebe, Lois and Jonathan.
(V) Daniel, second son of Samuel and Ruth (Wright) Thompson, was born in Wo- burn, Massachusetts, March 9, 1734. He was a man of warm temperament, active and en- terprising. He was one of the guards to the royal governors, but when the trouble began between the mother country and his own, he quickly espoused the side of the colonies. Upon hearing of the march of the British to- ward Concord, April 19, 1775, he jumped into a saddle and hurried to the North village for the purpose of arousing his neighbors. He met but one man that hesitated to follow him in the defense, and this timid fellow asked Daniel if he wasn't too hasty, and likely to get into trouble. The famous reply of Daniel as given is: "No! I tell you the tyrants are on the march to destroy our stores, and if no one else opposes them to-day, I will !" Going at once to Concord, he poured his steady and telling fire into the faces of the British. When the enemy retreated, he took a stand near the road, behind an old barn, and fired diagonally through the platoons of the enemy, and his shot raked the line of the hated Eng- lish terribly. Enraged at his deadly work, a grenadier who had watched his movements ran behind the barn and fatally shot him. The place where Daniel fell is still pointed out, and is on that part of the road from Lexing- ton to Concord, and is in a protruding corner of Lincoln. A double funeral was held in the church, the other being Asahel Porter, who was killed the same day, the Rev. Josiah Sherman delivering an able and patriotic dis- course. Daniel was one of the first victims to fall in the cause of the revolution. A mon- ument has been erected to his memory on his grave in Woburn, and bears this inscription : "Here lies buried the Body of Mr. Daniel Thompson, who was slain in Concord Battle on ye 19th. of April, 1775, Aged 40 years. "Here Passenger, Confined, Reduced to dust
lies what was once Religious, wise & just. The cause he engaged did animate him high,
Namely, Religion & dear Liberty. Steady & warm In Liberties defence,
True to his Country, Loyal to llis Prince.
Though in his Breast a Thirst for glory fir'd,
Although he's gone his name Eibaim'd shall be And had In Everlasting Memory."
Daniel Thompson was a member of the church in Woburn, and married Phoebe Snow, who after surviving him for thirty-six years died in Baldwin, Maine, where she was residing with her daughter. Their children were: Isaac Snow, Phoebe and Daniel.
(VI) Dr. Isaac Snow, eldest son of Daniel and Phoebe (Snow) Thompson, was born in Woburn, June 28, 1761. He was thirteen years old when his brave father was slain, but he was imbued with the spirit of his sire, and young as he was he determined to have a hand in revenging the act and upholding his country. When fifteen he went to sea in an American privateer, and being captured by a British cruiser was imprisoned at Barbadoes, but escaped by swimming three miles to a French vessel. He finally reached home and read medicine with Dr. John Hay, of Read- ing, and settled in practice at Pearsontown, now Standish, Maine. He was a man of small stature, dark complexioned, and pleasing man- ners. Like his father, he was a person of great activity and energy, with a somewhat poetic temperament as well as a fighter. Full of kindness and generosity, he was always sunny and cheerful with his patients. In in- fancy he was so small he was put into a quart measure, and wore his mother's ring above his elbow when three years old. One of his first shoes was exhibited in the Boston Mu- seum as a curiosity. Dr. Thompson married Charlotte, daughter of Dr. John Hay, his old preceptor, in 1785. Their children were: Charlotte, Daniel, Sarah Hay Bowers, who was the mother of Alphonso Bowers, of Cali- fornia, inventor of a hydraulic dredger, and Roscoe Bowers; Frances, married Abner Dow, elsewhere mentioned, and was grand- mother of Fred T. Dow (see sketch), and John Hay. The strains of Frances Thomp- son, and Benjamin Thompson, who was the celebrated Count Rumford, were collaterally connected and diverge in the fourth genera- tion from James Thompson, of England and Woburn, Massachusetts. They had a common great-great-grandfather. Mr. Dow has a let- ter written by Dr. Isaac S. Thompson to Char- lotte Hay just before their marriage in 1785.
DOW Abner Dow was a first settler in Flintstown, now Baldwin, Maine, about 1800, which was founded by the survivors of Captain Flint's company from
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Concord, Massachusetts. He cleared a farm and was prominent in town affairs. He mar- ried Frances, daughter of Dr. Isaac S. and Charlotte (Hay) Thompson, of Standish, Maine. She was born March 17, 1795, and was the mother of Franklin. Frances, who married Frederick Todd. Deborah. Alonzo A., married Ophelia Cram ; children: i. Clin- ton, married a Miss Getzel; two children; re- sides in California; ii. Alfred V., resides in Hiram; married Cassie Gray; one son, Owen Dow, graduate of University of Maine, 1908, now teaching in Porto Rico; iii. Franklin, died young; iv. Joseph, a practicing physician in Vermont. Leander A., see forward. Deborah (Mrs. Sylvanus Yates), who died 1908, the last survivor ; she was the mother of four chil- dren : i. Frank E., married a Miss Noble ; one child, Howard Yates; ii. William, resides in Windham, Maine; engineer on Maine Central railroad ; iii. Charles, married a Miss Shaw, of Standish; iv. Fanny, married Clayton Spring, of Brownfield, Maine; three children. Mrs. Dow was a member of the Congregational church; she died September 30, 1873.
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