Jonathan Blaisdel 1676-1748 Hannah Jameson 1678-1748

Jonathan Blaisdell

Relationship:

H: 10th cousin 2x's removed

M: 2nd cousin 5x's removed of wife of 7th cousin 6x's removed.

Parents Henry Blaisdel and Mary Haddon

Born: 11 Oct 1676 Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts, British Colonial America

Jonathan's birth record
Translation: Jonathan Ye sone of Henry Blasdall and Mary his wife,
was borne ye 11th of October 1676

The kind of clocks some of the family made
This one was made by David in 1755

Occupations: Blacksmith, Clockmaker

U.S. Craftperson file card showing that Jonathan was a clockmaker 
Note that his birth year, given here, is off by two years, 
but the fact he was the father of David and Jonathan(also clockmakers) is established
as well as the occupation.

Married Hannah Jameson 1699 Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts, British Colonial America
Died 14 Oct 1748 Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts, British Colonial America

Probate date: 28 Nov 1748 Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts, British Colonial America
Note: the estate was finally divided in 1750.

Burial: Unknown, but there is a memorial on findagrave for him
Sources
Birth: Massachusetts Town and Vital Records.

Marriage: U.S. New England Marriages before 1700 

Blacksmith info: The Essex Antiquarian page 50 (see below)

Clockmaker info: U.S. Craftperson files citing Book: Book of America Clocks by Palmer (1966), p 152 and NH Clockmakers by Parsons, IC 2

Death: US Wills and Probate Records

Probate Date: Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Worcester County Massachusetts by Ellery B Crane Vol 2, 1907, page 162.
Memorial: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/147006518/jonathan-blaisdell

Magazine: "The Essex Antiquarian," 1905; quarterly, Volume IX, #2, p 50; Essex Antiquarian; Archives.org, Salem, Massachusetts, United States.

US SAR Membership App (Indiana branch) dated 27 Feb 1929 by William Donald Davidson

Book: The Blaisdell Family by Harper Blaisdell of Haverhill, Massachusetts, which book was in the New England Historical and Genealogical Library in 1929 when William (mentioned above), was alive.

Book: The Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury, Mass., David Hoyt, Providence, Rhode Island, 1897, Library, Family History Library, Mesa, Arizona, USA, Page number: P. 53-65, 83-84, 191; Vol.3, p.881

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Jonathan and Hannah's family listed
in the Essex Antiquarian page 50

Hannah Jameson
Parents: John Jameson and Ester Martin

Born 11 October 1678 Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts
Died 

Buried: Unknown, but there is a memorial on findagrave for her
Sources
Online Book: Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Worcester County Massachusetts by Ellery B Crane Vol 2, 1907, page 162.
Ezra S. Stearns, Genealogical and Family History of the State of New Hampshire, Lewis Publishing, New York, Chicago, 1908, Volume IV/Page 1568

Memorial: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/147006947/hannah-blaisdell

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CHILDREN

Mary Blaisdell
Born 21 Nov 1699 Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts, British Colonial America
Married Gideon Lowell 3 January 1723 

Mary and Gideon's marriage record

Children: Anne, Hannah, Mary, Isaac, Daniel
Died 1734 Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts, British Colonial America
Sources
Birth: Massachusetts U.S. Town and Vital Records

Birth: Amesbury Births, page 37

Marriage: Massachusetts Town Clerk: Vital and Town Records

AGBI 

Online Book: Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Worcester County Massachusetts by Ellery B Crane Vol 2, 1907, page 162
U.S. SAR Membership Application made 14 June 1945 Earl Gilbert Hadley 

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Daniel Blaisdell
Born 5 Mar 1702 Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts, British Colonial America
Married Naomi Tewksbury 2 Sep 1721 (License) Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts, British Colonial America
Note: In the book by EB Crane, it gives the bride's surname as Tisbury
Children: Christopher, Jacob, Daniel, Moses, Eleanor, Hannah, Phebe, Eleanor
Died 20 Dec 1732 New Hampshire, British Colonial America

Buried
Sources

Birth: Massachusetts U.S. Town and Vital Records (Amesbury births) page 39

Marriage: Massachusetts, U.S. Compiled Marriages, 1633-1850 which was taken from FHL, Salt Lake City, Ut, Film # 1599730 item 3

Death: The New Hampshire Genealogical Record: An Illustrated Quarterly Magazine Devoted to Genealogy, History, and Biography, Vol 1-7, edited by Charles W. Tibbetts, Dover, NH, 1988: Vol 2, p132 Note: his name spelled Daniel Blazdle in record

Online Book: Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Worcester County Massachusetts by Ellery B Crane Vol 2, 1907, page 162
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Anne Blaisdell
Born 23 Oct 1704 Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts, British Colonial America
Married Philip Quimby 19 Dec 1729 Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts, British Colonial America

Children: Henry, Joseph, Philip, Betty, Henry, Joseph, Anne, Bette, Hannah, Eleanor
Died 

Buried
Sources

Birth: Early Vital Records of Essex County, MA

Online Book: Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Worcester County Massachusetts by Ellery B Crane Vol 2, 1907, page 162

Marriage: Massachusetts, U.S. Compiled Marriages, 1633-1850 which was taken from FHL, Salt Lake City, Ut, Film # 0599730 item 3

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Elijah Blaisdell
Born 19 Nov 1706 Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts, British Colonial America
Engaged to Mary Holmes 15 Feb 1729 Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts

Elijah and Mary's intention to marry (engagement) record

Married Mary Holmes 13 Mar 1729 Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts

Marriage record for Elijah and Mary

Children: John, Hannah, Mehitable, Mary, Jane, John, Hannah
Died 14 Feb 1738 Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts

Buried Georgetown, Essex, Massachusetts
Sources

Engagement Record

Marriage Record

"The Essex Antiquarian," 1905; quarterly, Volume IX, #2, pp 50, 52; Essex Antiquarian; Archives.org, Salem, Massachusetts, United States

Online Book: Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Worcester County Massachusetts by Ellery B Crane Vol 2, 1907, page 162
Memorial: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/12550285/elijah-blaisdel

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Revolutionary War

Jonathan Blaisdell (Jr.)
Born 15 Aug 1709 Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts, British Colonial America
Occupation: Clockmaker and Metalsmith, he worked in East Kingston, New Hampshire

Married Hannah Jones 5 Aug 1731 Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts

Children: Henry, Unnamed child, Henry2, unnamed child2, Mary, Jonathan, Abner, Ebenezer, Hannah, Elizabeth, Hannah

Military: Revolutionary War. He was a signer of the Association Test at East Kingston, New Hampshire, in 1776

Civic Position(s): One of First Selectmen 1739 (a member of the local government board of a New England town.) According to the Book, The Blaisdell Family by Harper Blaisdell, Jonathan "...was a man of considerable property and influence."

Died 1802

Buried
Sources
Online Book: Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Worcester County Massachusetts by Ellery B Crane Vol 2, 1907, page 162

Book: The Blaisdell Family by Harper Blaisdell of Haverhill, Massachusetts, which book was in the New England Historical and Genealogical Library in 1929 
US SAR Membership App (Indiana branch) dated 27 Feb 1929 by William Donald Davidson of Evansville, Indiana - a student, who did research at the New England Historical and Genealogical Library in 1929.

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The face of the clock David  
made in 1755

David Blaisdell
Born 5 Feb 1712 Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts, British Colonial America
Occupation: Clockmaker

Note: Amesbury historian Steven Klomps asserts that the Blaisdell's were the first American-born clockmakers. David Sr. was a “mechanical genius” and made his first clock in 1735.

David hitched up with Abigail Colby and lived on Main Street in a house that is now the Bartlett Museum. The couple had four sons who became master clockmakers.

David conducted business from Kendrick’s Lane in the front yard of his Uncle Charles’ home and “never was there a more industrious or useful man seldom found.” His talents went beyond clocks. He “repaired augers, andirons, steelyards, gunlocks, tin and brassware, shod horses, and forged ironwork for vessels.” He also “sold groceries, dry goods, meat, wood, and operated a cider mill.”

The town voted to give David the meeting-house bell that historians conclude he used for casting clock bells. The clocks are still ticking today and the fine craftsmanship and quality come through the brass and pewter dials. There are 20 clocks on record made by him.David was commissioned to Fort Ticonderoga to make armor. He brought his 14-year-old son Isaac to apprentice under him. Unfortunately, he was killed in battle, but Isaac returned home to work with David Jr. and Uncle Obadiah Colby.

Life Note: inherited his father's house and lived there, as did his son, David Jr.

Married Abigail Colby 16 Nov 1733 Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts
Children: David, Isaac, Molly, Jonathan, Nicholas, Dorothy, Jonathan2, Spencer, Obadiah, Obadiah2

Died 27 Aug 1756 Fort Henry, Lake George, New York

Note about his death: He was killed near Lake George at Fort William Henry while serving in the last French and Indian War as a blacksmith. He was responsible for keeping the troops' arms and armor in good repair.

Buried
Sources

Online Book: Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Worcester County Massachusetts by Ellery B Crane Vol 2, 1907, page 162
About his clocks and death: https://delaneyantiqueclocks.com/products/detail/915/David-Blasdel-of-Amesbury-Massachusetts-The-patriotic-of-three-generations-of-clockmakers-A-pre-revolutionary-tall-clock-made-in-1755

More about his talent as a clockmaker: https://www.americana-archives.com/post/yankee-craft-blaisdell-clocks-and-noyes-combs

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 Penobscot Expedition 1779

Enoch Blaisdel
Born 9 Jul 1714 Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts, British Colonial America
Military: French and Indian War, Penobscot Expedition

Occupation: Teacher at Kingston, Justice in Amesbury (1752) and settled estates 

Married Mary (Polly) Satterlee 6 Feb 1735 Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts
Children: Susanna, Elijah, Judith, Betty, Mary, Jacob, Jonathan, Enoch, Joseph

Died 14 Feb 1738 Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts

Note: Probate of will: 23 Apr 1739 • Essex, Massachusetts, British Colonial America

Buried Union Cemetery, Georgetown, Massachusetts
Sources
Online Book: Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Worcester, Massachusetts Vol 2 pg 162
Online book: Old Families of Salisbury by David Hoyt page 65
Book: Hudson-Mohawk Genealogical and Family Memoirs, edited by Cuyler Reynolds (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1911, Vol. II, pp. 792-797)

About the Penobscott Expedition: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penobscot_Expedition

Memorial: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/12550285/elijah-blaisdel

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Samuel Blaisdell
Born 1716 Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts, British Colonial America
Occupation: Shipwright at Amesbury Ferry, Joiner

Married 1) Dorothy Barnard 22 Dec 1735 Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts
Children: Oliver, Dorothy, Samuel, Ruth, Dorothy, Miriam
2) Judith Osgood (widow of Nehemiah French)

Samuel and Judith's marriage record

Died 1750
Sources

Occupation: Book: Hudson-Mohawk Genealogical and Family Memoirs, edited by Cuyler Reynolds (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1911, Vol. II, pp. 792-797)

Book: Hudson-Mohawk Genealogical and Family Memoirs, edited by Cuyler Reynolds (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1911, Vol. II, pp. 792-797)

Online Book: Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Worcester County Massachusetts by Ellery B Crane Vol 2, 1907, page 162

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Hannah Blaisdell
Born 8 Jan 1720 Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts, British Colonial America

Note: another source claims 8 June 1720
Married Gideon Challis 23 Nov 1738 Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts

Hannah and Gideon Challis marriage record

Children: John, Christopher, Lydia, Gideon, Enoch, Hannah

Died

Buried

Sources

Birth: Early Vital Records of Essex County, Massachusetts

Marriage record: Massachusetts, U.S. Compiled Marriages

Online Book: Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Worcester County Massachusetts by Ellery B Crane Vol 2, 1907, page 162

Amesbury Births page 37

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Elizabeth Blaisdell
Born 17 March 1722 Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts, British Colonial America
Married Abraham Colby 23 Mar 1742 Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts

Abraham Colby and Elizabeth Blaisdell marriage record

Children: Elijah, Willoughby, Anna, John, Hannah, Thomas, Eli, Jonathan, Sarah

Died 8 Aug 1808 Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts

Elizabeth Blaisdell Colby death record

Buried 
Sources

Marriage Record

Death Record

Online Book: Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Worcester County Massachusetts by Ellery B Crane Vol 2, 1907, page 162

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Henry Blaisdell
Born 12 Apr 1726 Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts, British Colonial America
Died 1730 (4y old)

Buried Union Cemetery, Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts
Sources

Online Book: Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Worcester County Massachusetts by Ellery B Crane Vol 2, 1907, page 162

Amesbury Births page 37

Magazine: "The Essex Antiquarian," 1905; quarterly, Volume IX, #2, p 50; Essex Antiquarian; Archives.org, Salem, Massachusetts, United States

Memorial: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/13755301/henry-blaisdel

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