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Henry Blaisdell (1663– 1707/8), son of Henry Blaisdell and Mary Haddon
Mary Unknown (d. by abt. 1691)
Henry Blaisdell was born on 28: 3m: 1663 in Salisbury. [1] He died between 27 October 1707 and 11 March 1707/8. He married first Mary Unknown. He married second Hannah (Rowell) Colby, the widow of Thomas Colby about 1691. [2] She died on 9 August 1707 in Amesbury. [3] Henry, Sr. married third Dorothy Martin on 27 October 1707 in Amesbury. [4] Dorothy was probably the daughter of Richard Martin and Mary Hoyt. [5] She married second Thomas Ayer on 7 March 1709/10 in Haverhill. [5]
Garrett Haddon left a bequest to his grandson Henry Blaisdell, Jr. in his will of 20 January 1686/7. [6]
Henry of Amesbury died intestate. His estate was probated on 11 March 1708. [7] On 3 May 1708 Dorothy Blaisdell, widow of Henry Blaisdell of Amesbury, signed an agreement with Henry's eldest son Henry. The agreement mentions John Blaisdell. [8]
Children of Henry Blaisdell and Mary Unknown:
i. Henry Blaisdell married Martha Bartlett of Salisbury on 20 June 1706 in Amesbury. [4]
Henry's brother John's birth record refers to John as the second son. [9]
ii. Mary Baisdell (possible daughter) married Samuel Clough on 12 December 1706 in Amesbury. [4]
iii. John Blaisdell was born on 4 February 1686/7 in Amesbury. He married Ebenezer Stevens.
References:
1. Vital Records of Salisbury, Massachusetts: To the End of the Year 1849 (Topsfield: Topsfield Historical Society, 1915), 22.
2. Frederik Lewis Weis, The Colby Family in Early America: Early Generations of Descendants of Anthony Colby of Boston, Cambridge, Salisbury, Massachusetts 1595-1661, Colonial Press, Concord, 1970, 11.
3. Vital Records of Amesbury, Massachusetts: To the End of the Year 1849 (Topsfield: Topsfield Historical Society, 1913), 526–7.
4. Vital Records of Amesbury, Massachusetts: To the End of the Year 1849 (Topsfield: Topsfield Historical Society, 1913), 288–9.
5. David L. Greene, "Salem Witches III: Susanna Martin, Part Two," The American Genealogist 59 (1983): 11–22.
6. Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620–1633, Vols. I-III, digitized book, AmericanAncestors, 831–3.
7. "Essex, Massachusetts Probate Records, 1648–1840," database, Ancestry, entry for Henry Blaisdell.
8. "Massachusetts, Wills and Probate Records, 1635–1991," database with images, Ancestry > Essex > Probate Records, Blaisdell, E–Blazdell, H, 1828–1991, image 20, apparently out of order.
9. Vital Records of Amesbury, Massachusetts: To the End of the Year 1849 (Topsfield: Topsfield Historical Society, 1913), 33.
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18-May-2023