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Henry Blaisdell (b.c. 1632), son of Ralph Blaisdell and Elizabeth Unknown
Mary Haddon (say 1637), daughter of Garrett Hadden and Margery Unknown
Henry Blaisdell was born about 1632. [1] He married first Mary Haddon. [1] He is said to have had a second wife named Elizabeth. [1]
Mary Haddon was born say 1637. [2] Mary, the wife of Henry, Sr., died on 12 December 1691 in Amesbury. [3]
Joe Armitage sued Elizabeth [Henry's mother?] and Henry Blaisdell for debt on 25: 9m: 1651. [4]
Henry was on the trial jury and the grand jury in 1664. [5]
In his will of 20 January 1686/7, Garrett Hadden refers to his daughter Mary Blaisdell and his son-in-law Henry Blaisdell. [2]
Children of Henry Blaisdell and Mary Haddon:
i. Ebenezer Blaisdell was born on 17: 8m: 1657 in Salisbury. [6] He died on 10 August 1710 in Amesbury. [3] He married Sarah Colby about 1680. Sarah, the daughter of John Colby and Frances Hoyt was born on 17 July 1658 in Salisbury. [7] She died on 14 March 1711 in Amesbury. [8] [daughter John]
Ebenezer is mentioned in his grandfather Garrett Hadden's will. [2]
Ebenezer's grandmother Elizabeth died before she could complete administering her husband's estates and on 8 October 1667 Ebenezer was appointed administrator of his grandfather's estates. [1]
Ebenezer was a husbandman and a cooper. [8]
ii. Mary Blaisdell was born on 29: 3m: 1660 in Salisbury. She married Robert Rawlins of Amesbury. [2]
Mary's grandfather Garrett Hadden refers to Mary Rawlins in his will. [2]
iii. Henry Blaisdell was born on 28: 3m: 1663 in Salisbury. He died before 11 March 1708/9. He married first Mary Unknown. He married second Hannah (Rowell) Colby. He married third Dorothy Martin.
iv. Elizabeth Blaisdell was born about 1665. [8] She married John Huntington. [2]
Elizabeth's grandfather Garrett Hadden refers to Elizabeth as the wife of John Huntington in his will. [2]
v. Ralph Blaisdell was born about 1667. [8] He died on 11 January 1691 in Amesbury. [VRAD]
vi. Lieutenant John Blaisdell was born on 27 May 1668 in Amesbury. [9] He married Elizabeth (Challis) Hoyt, the widow of John Hoyt. [8]
John's grandfather Garrett Hadden referred to John and his siblings Jonathan and Sarah in his will. [2]
vii. Sarah Blaisdell was born on 11 November 1671 in Amesbury. [9] She married Stephen Flanders on 20 June 1766 in Amesbury. [8] He died in May 1733. [8]
vi. Jonathan Blaisdell was born on 11 October 1676 in Amesbury. [9] He died on 28 November 1748. [8] He married Hannah (Grimsom) Jameson about 1698. [8]
Jonathan was a blacksmith. [8]
ix. Samuel Blaisdell, the sixth son of Henry, Sr. and Mary, died on 3 October 1683 in Amesbury. [3]
References:
1. "Great Migration 1634–1635, A–B" digitized book, AmericanAncestors, pp. 319–23.
2. "Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620–1633, Vols. I–III," digitized book, AmericanAncestors, 831–3.
3. Vital Records of Amesbury, Massachusetts: To the End of the Year 1849 (Topsfield: Topsfield Historical Society, 1913), 525–7.
4. George Francis Dow, Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County, digitized volumes (Salem Witch Project: Documentary Archive and Transcription Project : http://salem.lib.virginia.edu/Essex/index.html), 1:242.
5. Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex, 3:144, 198.
6. Vital Records of Salisbury, Massachusetts: To the End of the Year 1849 (Topsfield: Topsfield Historical Society, 1915), 22.
7. 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, 7.
8. "Blasdell Genealogy," Essex Antiquarian 9 (1905): 49–59.
9. Vital Records of Amesbury, 33–39.
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18-May-2023