Generation 1

RALPH BLAISDELL of Lancashire, York and Salisbury

Parents: Unknown

Ralph died before 24 (4) 1651, when the court at Salem appointed Elizabeth, the widow of Ralph, deceased and intestate, the administratrix of her husband's estate. [Ref] Ralph married Elizabeth Unknown. [Ref] Elizabeth died in __ (6) 1667 in Salisbury. [Ref]

Ralph Blaisdell of Lancashire, his wife and his son Henry came to New England in 1635 on the Angel Gabriel. [Ref] The 240-ton Angel Gabriel was wrecked in a great storm off the Maine coast. [Ref] Most of the passengers survived.

Ralph was a resident of York and then settled in Salisbury. [Ref] His name is on a list of the original inhabitants of Salisbury from a town meeting on 3 (12) 1650. [Ref]

On 4 (9) 1645 Ralph was licensed to keep an ordinary at Salisbury. [Ref] On 30 (1) 1647 his license was renewed. [Ref] He was on a jury at the 28 (7) 1647 court at Ipswich. [Ref] He was on the trial jury at the 26 (7) 1648 court at Hampton. [Ref] He sued Francis Swain for debt at the 24 (2) 1649 Court at Salisbury. [Ref]

Edward Colcord sued Ralph in a matter concerning six firkins of soap at the 24 (2) 1649 Court in Salisbury. [Ref] At the same Court, Ralph sued Richard Cutts over soap, but then withdrew the suit. [Ref]

A "widow Blaisdell" is on a 3 (12) 1650 list of commoners in Salisbury. [Ref] Is this Elizabeth? Elizabeth successfully sued Edward Gillman for a £3 debt owed her late husband at the 14 (4) 1653 court at Salisbury. [Ref] Elizabeth and Henry were sued for debt by Joseph Armitage at the 25 (9) 1651 court at Salem. [Ref]

On 8 (8) 1667 the Court at Hampton appointed Elizabeth's son-in-law John Stowers administrator of her estate. [Ref]

Children of Ralph Blaisdell and Elizabeth Unknown

1. Henry Blaisdell was born in 1633. He married Mary Haddon.
2. Mary Blaisdell was born on 5 (1) 1641 in Salisbury. [Ref][Ref] She died on 29 May 1681 in Haverhill. [Ref] She married first John Stowers. [Ref][Ref] Joseph, the son of Nicholas and Amy Stowers was born on 21 Feb 1632/3 in Charlestown and baptised there on 23 Feb 1632/3. [Ref] She married second William Starling on 19 Dec 1676. [Ref]
3. Ralph Blaisdell was born in 1642/3 in Salisbury. [Ref] He died on 11 Jan 1691 in Amesbury. [Ref]
   On 11 Nov 1679 Capt. Bradbury reported to the Court at Salisbury that Ralph was one of people he had given a pound of powder to on the orders of the Salisbusry military company. [Ref]
4. Sarah Blaisdell was born on 17 (11) 1646 in Salisbury. [Ref] She died on the same day. [Ref]

Generation 2

HENRY BLAISDELL (b. 1633) of Salisbury and Amesbury

Parents: Ralph Blaisdell and Elizabeth Unknown [Ref 'probably']

Henry Blaisdell was born in 1633. [Ref] Henry was age 60 on 7 Mar 1692/3. [Ref] He married Mary Haddon. [Ref]

Joseph Armitage sued Henry and his mother Elizabeth for debt at the 25 (9) 1651 court at Salem. [Ref]

Henry on a 19 Mar 1654/5 list of the first settlers in Amesbury. [Ref]

Henry was a tailor in Salisbury in 1662. [Ref]

He was on the trial jury at the 12 Apr 1664 Court in Salisbury. [Ref] He was on the grand jury at the 11 Oct 1664 Court at Hampton. [Ref]

Henry was on a Jul 1667 list of those with meeting house seats in Amesbury. [Ref] He and his son Ebenzer took the oath of allegiance in Amesbury on 20 Dec 1677. [Ref][Ref] He signed a 10 (3) 1680 Amesbury petition to the General Court to have Sgt. Samuel Foot be lieutenant of the Amesbury train band. [Ref] Henry Blaisdell, Sr. was a freeman in Amesbury on 24 Dec 1690. [Ref]

Henry had a son-in-law Unknown Elliot. [Ref]

Children of Henry Blaisdell and Mary Haddon:

1. Ebenezer Blaisdell was born on 17 Oct 1657 in Salisbury. [Ref][Ref, p. 16] He died on 10 Aug 1710 in Amesbury. [Ref][Ref][Ref, p. 16] He married Sarah Colby about 1680. [Ref][Ref, p. 15] They had three sons and four daughters born in Amesbury. [Ref]
   Ebenezer was a husbandman and cooper. [Ref] He took the oath of fidelity in Dec 1677. [Ref, p. 16] He signed a 10 (3) 1680 Amesbury petition to the General Court to have Sgt. Samuel Foot be lieutenant of the Amesbury train band. [Ref]
   some descendants of Ebenezer Blaisdell
   
2. Mary Blaisdell was born on 29 (3) 1660 in Salisbury. [Ref]
3. Henry Blaisdell was born on 28 (3) 1663 in Salisbury. He married first Mary Unknown. He married second Hannah (Rowell) Colby. He married third Dorothy Martin. He signed a 10 (3) 1680 Amesbury petition to the General Court to have Sgt. Samuel Foot be lieutenant of the Amesbury train band. [Ref]
4. Ralph Blaisdell was born about 1667. [Ref] He was a labourer, probably unmarried and he lived in Amesbury. [Ref]
5. Lieut. John Blaisdell was born on 27 May 1668 in Amesbury. [Ref] He died in May 1733. [Ref] He married Elizabeth Hoyt on 6 Jan 1692/3 in Amesbury. [Ref] Elizabeth (Challis) Hoyt was the widow of John Hoyt. [Ref]
   some descendants of John Blaisdell
6. Sarah Blaisdell was born on 11 Nov 1671 in Amesbury. [Ref] She married Stephen Flanders on 20 Jun 1706 in Amesbury. [Ref][Ref]
7. Jonathan Blaisdell was born on 11 Oct 1676 in Amesbury. [Ref] He died before 28 Nov 1748, when administration was granted on his estate. [Ref] He married Hannah Gimson (Jameson) about 1698. [Ref] He was a blacksmith in Amesbury. [Ref] He had 11 children. [Ref]
   some descendants of Jonathan Blaisdell
   
8. Samuel Blaisdell died on 3 Oct 1683 in Amesbury. [Ref says he is the 6th son]

Generation 3

HENRY BLAISDELL (1663 - bef. 1708) of Amesbury

Parents: Henry Blaisdell and Mary Haddon

Henry Blaisdell was born on 28 (3) 1663 in Salisbury. [Ref] He died before 11 Mar 1707/8, when administration was granted upon his estate. [Ref] He married first Mary Unknown. [Ref] She died after 1690. [Ref] He married second Hannah (Rowell) Colby. Hannah, the daughter of Valentine and Joanna (Pinder) Rowell of Amesbury was born in Jan 1653 in Salisbury and died on 9 Aug 1707 in Amesbury. [Ref][Ref] She was the widow of Thomas Colby. Henry married third Dorothy Martin. [Ref][Ref] She married second Thomas Ayre on 7 Mar 1709/10 in Amesbury. [Ref][Ref] Thomas was the son of Thomas Ayer and Elizabeth Hutchins. [Ref]

Children of Henry Blaisdell and Mary Unknown:

1. Henry Blaisdell married Martha Bartlett of Haverhill after 7 May 1709 (int.) in Amesbury. [Ref] He may be the Henry Blaisdell who married [second] Lydia Parker after 27 Sep 1719 (int.) in Chelmsford. [Ref]
2. Mary Blaisdell married Samuel Clough, Jr, of Amesbury on 12 Dec 1706. [Ref][Ref] He was a husbandman. [Ref]
3. John Blaisdell was born on 4 Feb 1686/7 in Amesbury. He married Ebenezer Stevens.

Generation 4

JOHN BLAISDELL (1687 - 1753) of Amesbury

Parents: Henry Blaisdell and Mary Unknown

John Blaisdell was born on 4 Feb 1686/7 in Amesbury. [Ref][Ref] He died between 10 Apr 1753, when his will was dated, and 21 May 1753, when it was proved. [Ref] He married Ebenezer Stevens on 11 Jan 1710/1. [Ref]

John was a representative to the general court. [Ref] He was a commissioner to settle the boundary line between Massachusetts and New Hampshire. [Ref]

Children of John Blaisdell and Ebenezer Stevens:

1. Hannah Blaisdell was born on 19 Feb 1709 [!] in Amesbury. [Ref] She died on 9 Aug 1707 in Amesbury. [Ref]
2. Hannah Blaisdell was born on 20 Feb 1711/2 in Amesbury. [Ref][Ref] She married Jonathan Kelley, Jr on 22 May 1733. [Ref]
3. Ezra Blaisdell was born on 19 Aug 1713 in Amesbury. [Ref][Ref] He died on 22 Dec 1798 in Amesbury. [Ref] He married Sarah Hervy on 4 Jan 1737/8 in Amesbury. [Ref]
4. Mary Blaisdell was born on 22 Mar 1714/5 in Amesbury. [Ref][Ref] She married Daniel Webster of Amesbury on 26 Nov 1741 in Amesbury. [Ref]
5. John Blaisdell was born on 23 May 1716 or 1717 in Amesbury. [Ref][Ref] He died on 15 Nov 1742 in Amesbury. [Ref] He married Dorothy Rowell on 8 Apr 1741 in Amesbury. [Ref]
6. Henry Blaisdell was born on 28 Apr 1718 in Amesbury. [Ref][Ref]
7. Nathaniel Blaisdell was born on 6 Apr 1720 in Amesbury. [Ref][Ref] He died on 22 Dec 1786. [Ref] He married Mary Blay of Newbury on 14 Jan 1744/5. [Ref] He moved to Chester, NH. [Ref]
8. Stephen Blaisdell was born on 9 Feb 1722/3 in Amesbury. [Ref][Ref] He may be the Stephen who died on 1 Jul 1803 in Amesbury. [Ref] He married Rebecca Rogers on 8 Nov 1744 in Amesbury. [Ref]
9. Martha Blaisdell was born on 16 Nov 1724 in Amesbury. [Ref][Ref] She married Nathan Webster of Amesbury on 10 Feb 1742/3 in Amesbury. [Ref][Ref]
10. Abigail Blaisdell was born on 28 Sep 1726 in Amesbury. She married Enoch Colby 2.
11. Ebenezer Blaisdell (dau.) was born on 14 Mar 1729 in Amesbury. [Ref][Ref]

Generation 5

ABIGAIL BLAISDELL (b. 1726)

Parents: John Blaisdell and Ebenezer Stevens

Abigail Blaisdell was born on 28 Sep 1726 in Amesbury. [Ref][Ref] She married Enoch Colby 2. [Ref]

References

Court Records

Dow, George Francis, Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County, Essex Institute, 1911.

Editors, "Petition to the General Court from Amesbury, Mass. in Relation to a Military Officer, 1680," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 18, 1864, 76.

Encyclopedias

Anderson, Robert Charles, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633, Vol. 1-3, Boston, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995. Entries for Jarrett Haddon and Nicholas Stowers.

Family Geneaologies

Editors, "Ayer Genealogy," Essex Antiquarian, 4, 1900.

Editors, "Blasdell Genealogy," Essex Antiquarian 9, 1905, 52 - .

Weis, Frederik Lewis, The Colby Family in Early America: Early Generations of Descendants of Anthony Colby of Boston, Cambridge, Salisbury, Massachusetts 1595-1661, Colonial Press, Concord, 1970.

Local Histories

Excerpts from books about Amesbury, Amesbury GenWeb site.

Brown, Asa W., "Early Settlers of Salisbury, Mass.," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 7, 1853, 311-314; 8, 1854, 79-82, 157-162.

Coffin, Joshua, "Early Settlers of Essex and Old Norfolk," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 6, 1852, 205-208, 243-254, 339-346; 7, 1853, 83 - , 357 - 360; 8, 1854, 49 - 54.

Mr. Thornton, "Original Settlers of Salisbury, MA," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 3, 1849, 55.

Memoirs

Durrell, Henry Clark, "James William Blaisdell," memoirs section, New England Historical and Genealogical Register 97, 1943, 85.

Public Records

Paige, Lucius, R., "List of Freemen, " New England Historical and Genealogical Registr, 3, 1849, 89-96, 187-194, 239-246, 345-352.

Passenger List for the Angel Gabriel 1635

Quint, Alonzo H., "Oaths of Freemen, Allegiance, &c. in Old Norfolk County, New England Historical and Genealogical Register 6, 1852, 201-204.

Vital Records

Massachusetts Vital Records to 185 (Online Database: NewEnglandAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2007).