2nd generation Robert

Benjamin Blanshard ca 1676 - aft 5 June 1719  | his  parents 
& by 1695 Catherine ? bef 1680 - aft June 1719  | her  parents
of Upper Parish, Nansemond Co VA

This is my working hypothesis - the way I see it as of this moment!!

bef 1697 - owned land in Nansemond Co VA
1701 - 16 Oct Chowan Prec. NC - Benjamin granted 455 ac on Wareck Swamp at mouth of a Beaver's dam. . . wits: Henderson Walker, Samuel Swans, ffrancis Toms, Thomas Pollock, William Glover

1702 - 28 Mar: Chowan Co petition - - land rights & Indian hunting groups.

PETITION OF BENJAMIN BANCHARD AND OTHERS RELATING TO CHOWAN INDIAN LANDS, North Carolina--ss. To the Honourable President & Council--March ye 28th, 1702. The petition of Benjamin Blanchard, John Campbell, Thomas Spivey, Francis Rountree, Robert Rountree, Robert Laciter, George Laciter and Nicholas Stallings in all humility, Complaineth,

1704 - Benjamin only Blanchard on Quick Rents list in Nansemond Co VA

1708 - Benjamin received another grant in Nansemond Co VA

1716 - Benjamin Blanchard, of Nansemond Co., VA, to his "loving brother" Ephraim Blanchard. 176 acres in Meherrin Neck; July 31st, 1716. Test, Thos Luten, Thos. Luten, Jr. p 293 NCHGR I

1717 - Benjamin Blanchard on Chowan Co tax list

1719 - Will of Benjamin Blanchard, Upper Parish, Nansemond Co VA 5 June 1719
 copy in Chowan Co NC files  transcription by Renee Haynes
In the Name of god amen ye fifth Day of June 1719 I Benjamin Blanchard of the upper parish
 of Nansimond County being sick In body but of a sound and perfect memory thanks be to god 
& Calling to remembrance the uncertainty of this transatory Life and that all flesh must 
yeald unto Death when It shall so please god to Call Do make Constitute ordain & 
declare this my Last will and testamen In mannar and forme following revocking & annulling 
by thesent [sic] all and Every testament and testaments will and wills hearetofore by me maid
 and Declared Either by word or writing and this to be taken onely for my Laste will and 
testament and none other and first being penitan and sory from the bottom of my heart for all 
my sins past and humbly Desier forgiveness for ye same I give and Commit my sould to almighty
 god my Savour and Redeomer In whome and by the merits of Jesus Christ I trust and beleive 
assuredly to be saved and my body to be buryed In such place and Christainlike as It shall please
 my Executors heare after Naimed to appoynt and now for ye setling of my temporall estate and 
such good Chattle and Debt as It hath pleased god far above my Desertes to bestow upon me 
I doe order give and dispose of same In the same maner and forme as following that Is to say 
firs I will that all those Debts and dutys as I owe In right or Concense to any maner of person 
or persons whatsoever shall be well and truely Contented and paid or ordain to be paid within 
Convenient time after my Decease by my Executors heareafter naimed - - - -  

Item      I give demise and bequith unto my well-beloved son Robt Blanshard 
all my Land Lying & being ye wester side of ye beverdam samp Chowan presince
 In north CarroLina being Commonly Known by the name of broad neck 
I say to him and the heires of his one body Lawfully begoten forever and my will
 and pleasure is that If my son Robt die without such heires that then they said Land 
may fall to my son absalom and the heires of his one body Lawfully begoten forever - - - 

 Itim      I give demise and bequith to my loved son Benjamin Blanshard all __________ 
well be-____ of the Land before mentioned Lying and being the side of bevardam _______________ 
thereof I say to him and his heire of his one body Lawfully begoten forever and my will
 and pleasure is that my son shall have all the stock of Cattle and hogs that belongeth 
to the said plantation to be Delivered to him when he Is of ye age of eighteen yeares 
he Chusing of a garden and then he having the forementioned stock to him and his heires
 for Ever - - - - - 

 Itim      I give demise and bequith unto my well beloved son in law William Weston 
and his wife Catherine Weston the plantaton whereon he now Liveth one hundred acres
more of Less I say to them during the time of theire Naturall Lives and after there deceace
 to there son John Weston and the heires of his one body Lawfully begoten for Ever and If 
John dyeth without such heires that then they said Land &c fall to his brother William Weston 
and his heires Lawfully begotten forever. 

 Itim      I give demise and bequith unto my well beloved son Absalom Blanchard five Cowes  
and Calves to to be Delivered to him at the Age of Eighteen he Chusing a gardin and then be 
to him and heire forever - - - 

Itim      I Leave my well-beloved wife CatheRine Blanshard all my moveables Estate during
 the time of her widowhood and my will and pleasure is at the Change of my wife her Condition 
Either by death or marrage that then all the rest of my moveable Estate be Equally Devided 
among the rest of my Children and If the Change happen by marage my wife having a Childs 
portion farther more my will and pleasure is that the Legase before mentioned shall not hinder
 my my Children of the Equall part of the rest of my movables Estate but they haveing their 
Equal shares beside those Legases - - - 

 Item      I give demise and bequith unto my well-beloved son Absolam Blanchard my negar man
 Called pompy to be delivered to him at the Change of his mothers Condition Either by Death or
 marage neither is It my will and pleasure that the said negro shall hinder my son from having his 
Equall share of the rest of my moveable Estate I say the said negar to him and his heire forever. 

 Lastly    I nomanat appoynt and ordain my well beloved wife Catherine Blanshard 
and my well beloved son Robt Blanshard to be my sole and sole Executors to see this my 
Last will and testamen performed according to Law In witness whereof I have hearunto set
 my hand and fixed my seale the day of ye yeare first written - - - - - 

                             Benjam Blanshard 
Witt 
        aron Blanshard
        Will hill
        James (his mark) Grifing
        Thomas Rountree

 [Notes: Copied verbatim; judging from handwriting it seems to be handwritten by Thomas 
Rountree (who was probably a lawyer). Editor's Notes: Other court and land records suggest
 a family tie to the Rountrees. Benjamin Blanchard acquired land in Chowan Precinct which 
eventually became part of present-day Gates County . At the time he wrote his will, Benjamin
 was apparently living in Nansemond County Virginia , although court records suggest his 
presence in NC prior to that date. His will, however, is recorded in Chowan County . 
It was not uncommon to prove the document in both the home court and the court relative to
 land bequests. As all of his children ended up in North Carolina  (the sons in Chowan/Gates 
and the daughter in Bertie County ), this document is valueable to genealogical research in 
our county of Chowan .]

This is my working hypothesis - the way I see it as of this moment!!

Last Will and Testament of Sarah Blanshard:
 In the Name of God Amen. The eight day of March one thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty Two.
 I Sarah Blanshard of Gates County being sick and weak but of sound dispose of mind and memory do make and ordain this my last will and Testament and as to my worldly Estate which it has Please God to Bestow on me I give and Dispose in the following manner. 
First, I give to my son Absolum Blanshard one feather bed and furniture thereto belonging with all my cider casks, two iron pots, two puter dishes, two puter Basons, also one half of my Hogs, also one yoak of oxen to him and his heirs forever. 
Item: I give and Bequeath to my Daughter Absila my negro man named Brutus also one feather bed and furniture thereto belonging and one mare and womans Saddle, also one Horse with all my cattle and sheep one half my Hogs with all my household furniture of every kind not otherwise given by this my last will with one half of my wareing apparrill to hur and hur heirs forever. 
Item: I give to my daughter Milisent Jones one-half of my wearing apparrill to hur and hur Heirs.
 Item: I give to my granddaughter Bathany Bond one feather bed and furniture to hur and hur heirs forever. 
Lastly I do appoint my son Absalam Blanshard and my brother William Hinton Executors to this my last will and do hereby Revoak and make void all wills and Testaments by me before made and this only to be taken for my last will and Testament in Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and fixed my seal the day and year first above written. 
Sarah Blanshard
Signed, Sealed Pronounced and acknowledged in Presents of us 
Jacob Hunter - Abner Blanshard  

1782, 18 May -- Inventory of Sarah Blanchard's estate signed by son Absalom & by brother, William Hinton  

. . . records in Columbia Co., Georgia prove beyond any doubt that the SARAH HINTON that md. BENJAMIN BLANCHARD was the daughter of WILLIAM HINTON and Elizabeth. William was a brother to John Hinton who married. Mary Hardy. Both William and John had daughters named Sarah, but only William had a son Noah, who named in his will, the children of Sarah Blanchard.
Jane B. Johnson, Payson, Utah

1794 Nov - will of Noah Hinton written filed Nov 1803; heirs incl. nephews Uriah & Miles Blanchard.

4th generation Robert, Benjamin, Benjamin Jr.

Absolum Blanchard ca 1755 - 1785  | his parents
& ca 1776 Mary Minchew ca 1760 - ? | her parents
& bef Nov 1785 Jesse Spivey ? - 1793  | his parents
of Gates Co NC

This is my working hypothesis - the way I see it as of this moment!!

1762, 3 April: Chowan Co - Will of father Benjamin - - Absalom to have "my plantation whereon
 I now live.  + 1 negro boy called Jimmy. 
1778, 26 Mar Chowan Co - Absalom on list for jury duty.
1779, Jan Gates Co - Absalom wit to Will of Aaron Blanchard
1779, 4 Aug Gates Co - Absalom to continue as overseer of road from swamp by Henry Walton's 
to Bennett's Creek Rd.  Appt. to serve on Petit & Grand Juries.
1782 - mother Sarah's will in Gates Co names Absalom as  one of her executors.
1785, Feb Ct Gates Co - Absalom dec'd  - both sons are minors.
1785, Nov Ct Gates Co - Jesse Spivey appt guardian of Frederick, William, Sarah & Mary Blanchard.
1798 - Frederick Blanshard, 24, as gdn of William Blanshard, 18 filed account.

                   Will of Abselam Blanshard, December 6, 1784 
Transcribed by Renee Blanchard Haynes from Gates Co. Courthouse; Gatesville, NC
In the Name of God Amen I Abselam Blanshard of Gates County  in the Provence of North 
Carolina and being weak in body but of a sound mind and thanks to God for the same. 
I do make this my last Will and Testament as followeth 

Imprimes I give and Bequeath unto my Son Fedrick Blanshard his heirs and assignes for ever
 my Plantation and all the Lan this side of the Rode and all the Land this side of the Pond Brance 

Itm. I give and Bequeath unto my Son William Blanshard his Heirs and assignes for ever 
all the Land on the other side of the Rode and all the Land other side of the Pond brance 

Itm I give and bequeath unto my beloving wife Mary Blanshard Two Negro men Gem and Chance 
and all my House hold funerture and all my Stock Hoses Cattels Hogs and Sheapes Likewise
 as long as She live a widow and if She mearrias or at her Death then all my movelble Estate 
shall be Equeal Deviding Between my fore Children Fedrick William Sarah and Mary and my 
Deare Wife Equeal Child sheare with them all and giving her my Horse Bridel and Sadel 
of she mearreas  

I do Constitute and appoint my wife Mary Blanshard and Moses Hill my sole Executors
 of this my Last Will and Testament Desiring them to se the same fully Executed and Performed
 in Witness where of I the said Abselom Blanshard have hereunto set my hand and fixt 
my seal this Six day of December on thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty fore. 

                            Absolom Blanshard (Seal)