The Delahorne/Curtis Family History

Blanchard

♀Nancy Blanchard

Born 1804, Pittston, Kennebec, Maine, United States. Died 1850, Lincoln, Penobscot, Maine, United States.

Also recorded as Nancy Barnes.

Nancy Blanchard (30 September 1804 – 1 March 1850) was a woman of Maine; compiled records place her birth at Pittston, her marriage at Kingfield and her burial at Lincoln, with her dates taken from Chamberlain’s history of Weymouth and Find a Grave. She was the third great-grand-aunt of Nancy Jane Blanchard (1929–2006), the sister of Noah Blanchard (1797–1875), Nancy Jane’s third great-grandfather.

Early life

Her parents were Nicholas Blanchard (1766–1849) and Mary Thayer (1770–1827), who had come to Maine from Weymouth, Massachusetts. Chamberlain’s history of Weymouth gives Nancy’s birth as 30 September 1804 at Pittston, one of the couple’s thirteen children and a younger sister of Noah and Alexander. The family later settled in the Kingfield and Freeman district, where her mother died in 1827.

Marriage

On 1 June 1828 Nancy married William Barnes at Kingfield, according to an index of Maine marriages. Chamberlain’s history describes the husband only as “William Barnes of Lincoln, Me.”. A Minnesota obituary index gives his birth as 17 December 1801 in Lincoln County, Maine, and his death on 30 September 1881 at Mountain Lake, Minnesota, and names two wives, Nancy Blanchard and Sarah A. Getchell. He therefore outlived her by thirty-one years and married again.

No children of the couple are known. A Wisconsin marriage index, however, gives a Noah B. Barnes, born in Maine, as the son of William and Nancy J. Barnes; he married Sarah J. Bridge in 1866. The index does not say which William and Nancy Barnes it means.

Death

Find a Grave gives her death as 1 March 1850. A Find a Grave listing places her death at Lincoln. Her gravestone in West Broadway Cemetery at Lincoln, Penobscot County, reads “Wife of Wm. Barns” and gives her age at death as 45 years and 5 months, which agrees with the birth date in Chamberlain’s history. Find a Grave lists her there as Nancy J. Barnes.

Notes

The initial after “Nancy” on the stone is worn; Find a Grave reads it as J., and the Wisconsin index also gives the mother as Nancy J. Barnes. Chamberlain’s history is the only source for her birth date and place.

Family time line

○ Nancy Blanchard 1804–1850
William Barnes 1801–1881
Married 1 Jun 1828, Kingfield, Franklin, Maine, United States, Kingfield, Maine

Recorded events

EventWhenWhereEvidence ?on record - the record itself, its image, or a transcript or printed copy of it has been read
from a compiled source - an index, a printed genealogy or a memorial page says so
not yet documented - in the family record, no source attached yet
Birth 30 Sep 1804 Pittston, Kennebec, Maine, United States from a compiled source
Death 1 Mar 1850 Lincoln, Penobscot, Maine, United States from a compiled source
Burial
West Broadway Cemetery
 Lincoln, Penobscot, Maine, United States from a compiled source
18041850 1810182018301840

Sources

  • Chamberlain, History of Weymouth, Massachusetts (Weymouth Historical Society, 1923), vol. 3 - BLANCHARD no. 27, Nicholas x Mary Thayer — Birth, about this person
  • Find a Grave, memorial 105627396, Nancy J. Barnes, West Broadway Cemetery, Lincoln, Penobscot, Maine — Death, Burial, about this person
  • Maine, Marriages, 1771-1907: William Barnes and Nancy Blanchard, Kingfield, 1828 — about this person, Marriage (William Barnes)
  • Minnesota, Obituaries 1865-2006: William Barnes, 1881 — about this person

Borders as they stood about 1800 (they follow the event under the mouse), from the historical-basemaps project, the Newberry Library's Atlas of Historical County Boundaries (states and territories, 1783 on) and Natural Earth; the colonies and provinces are drawn along today's lines.

Line of descent

  1. Nicholas Blanchard 1766–1849
    1. Nicholas Blanchard 1736–1801
      1. John Blanchard 1691–1752
        1. John Blanchard 1660–1733
          1. Nathaniel Blanchard bef 1631–bef 1676
            1. Thomas Blanchard –1654 ⚓
            2. Elizabeth (surname unknown) –1636
          2. Susanna Bates
            1. Edward Bate 1606–1686
              1. William Bates 1569–1616
              2. Margery Phillips –1616
            2. Susanna Putnam 1610–1704
              1. Richard Putnam 1574–1625
              2. Susan Brown 1580–1642
        2. Abigail (surname unknown) –1724
          1. Nicholas Phillips 1611–1672
          2. Elizabeth Jewson 1612–1671
            1. Richard Jewson 1582–1672
            2. Elizabeth Kipping 1586–1686
      2. Elizabeth Gross
        1. Edmund Gross 1669–1728
          1. Clement Gross 1620–1683
            1. Isaac Gross
            2. not yet known
          2. not yet known
        2. Martha Damon 1675–1750
          1. John Damon 1618–1676
          2. Martha Howland 1638–1732
    2. Sarah Hovey 1747–1805
      1. Samuel Hovey 1718–1796
        1. Ebenezer Hovey 1680–bef 1756
          1. Joseph Hovey 1653–bef 1693
            1. Daniel Hovey abt 1618–1692
              1. Richard Hovey –1637
              2. not yet known
            2. Abigail Andrews abt 1623–
              1. Robert Andrews –bef 1644 ⚓
              2. Elizabeth (surname unknown) 1595–1671
          2. Hannah Pratt –bef 1691
            1. Richard Pratt abt 1615–bef 1691
              1. Joseph Pratt 1580–1619
              2. Alice Walker –1619
            2. Mary (surname unknown)
        2. Joanna Benson –1735
          1. Joseph Benson –bef 1705
            1. John Benson abt 1608–1679 ⚓
            2. Marah Benson –bef 1681
          2. not yet known
      2. Elizabeth Colson 1723–1798
        1. John Colson –1752
        2. Susannah Lincoln 1688–
          1. Thomas Lincoln 1652–1698
            1. Thomas Lincoln –1692
              1. Unknown Lincolne 1585–1658
              2. Joane (surname unknown) 1590–1658
            2. Margaret Langer –1694
              1. Richard Langer –bef 1661
              2. not yet known
          2. Sarah Lewis 1661–1732 ⚭
            1. James Lewis abt 1631–1713
              1. George Lewis 1600–abt 1663
              2. Mary Doggett 1600–
            2. Sarah Lane 1638–
              1. George Lane abt 1613–1689
              2. Sarah Harris –1695
  2. Mary Thayer 1770–1827
    1. Noah Thayer 1745– ⚭
      1. Hezekiah Thayer
        1. Nathaniel Thayer 1658–1728
          1. Richard Thayer 1625–1695
            1. Richard Thayer 1601–bef 1668
              1. Richard Thayer 1562–
              2. Ursula Dimery 1568–1627
            2. Dorothy Martimore –1641
              1. William Martimore –1626
              2. not yet known
          2. Dorothy Pray –1705
            1. Quinton Pray abt 1595–1667
              1. Robert Pray 1565–1635
              2. Unknown Pray 1565–
            2. Joan (surname unknown)
              1. Richard Valliance 1569–1612
              2. Margaret Peckham 1571–1638
        2. Hannah Hayden
          1. John Hayden
            1. John Hayden
            2. Susanna (surname unknown)
          2. Hannah Ames 1641–
            1. William Ames –1654
              1. John Ames
              2. Christian Browne 1583–1625
            2. Hannah (surname unknown)
      2. Christian Aspinall 1704–
        1. John Aspinall
        2. Christian Ager
          1. Jonathan Ager 1639–1718
            1. William Ager 1609–1654
            2. Alice (surname unknown) 1610–
          2. Rebecca Hyde 1644–1710
            1. Richard Hyde 1615–1687
            2. not yet known
    2. Mary Lyon