Harrison Rider Blanchard

Birth: 8 Dec 1806, Charlton, Worcester Co, MA

• Charlton Vital Records to 1850

Father: Peter Blanchard
Mother: Betsey Rider

Spouse: Ruth Morse Wheelock
Marriage: 25 Aug 1834, Charlton, Worcester Co, MA

• Charlton Vital Records to 1850

1. Ruth M. Blanchard, born 28 Apr 1840, Jacksonville, Duval Co, FL

Spouse: Harriet C. Gary
Marriage: 1 Apr 1844, Duval Co, FL

• "Florida Marriage Index, 1822-1875 and 1927-2001," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VJQF-BJS : 28 November 2014), Harrison R. Blanchard in entry for Harriet C. Garey, 01 Apr 1844; from "Florida, Marriage Collection, 1822-1875 and 1927-2001," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2006); citing Florida Department of Health, Jacksonville, Florida; and Jordan Dodd, Liahona Research.
• Obituary of Mrs. Harriet C. Blanchard, Palatka News (Palatka, Florida), 25 Sep 1908, reproduced on her FindAGrave memorial no. 102053544, West View Cemetery, Palatka, Putnam Co, FL.

Notes:

Harrison R. Blanchard was from Jacksonville, FL, at the time of his marriage to Ruth Morse Wheelock, per Charlton VRs.

He was a Captain in the Florida Wars. His wife, Harriet C. Blanchard, widow, collected a pension based on his service. He built the first saw mill in Jacksonville, was a vestryman at St. John's Episcopal Church when it was incorporated in 1839, and later served as a trustee for the church.

He moved to Palatka around 1849, and was it's first mayor, and a judge of probate there.

There is no indication that he served in the Civil War. In a letter dated Aug 1865, in which he petitioned the U.S. government to be reimbursed for cotton that was taken from him, he declares "I am and ever have been a loyal citizen of the United States though a resident of the state of Florida. I have not been identified or in any way engaged in the cause of the late rebellion, nor committed any act directly or indirectly whereby my property could be made liable to seizure and confiscation."

He had one daughter by his first wife, who died shortly after childbirth. He had three children by his second wife: Frederick H. Blanchard, Franklin C. Blanchard, and Mary E. (Minnie) Blanchard.

He is enumerated in the 1850 census living in Putnam Co, Florida, age 43, with Harriett C. Blanchard, age 32, Ruth M. Blanchard, age 10, and F. H. Blanchard, age 5.

In 1860 he was again living in Palatka, Putnam Co, FL, age 52, born in MA, with Harriet C. Blanchard, age 42, born MD, with children Frederick H. Blanchard, age 15, Franklin C. Blanchard, age 8, and Mary E. Blanchard, age 4, all born in FL.

The family resided it Palatka again in 1870, with the same family members, and a servant, by the name of Richard.

Harrison Blanchard does not appear in the 1880 census, but his wife and two children: Fred H., 35, farmer, and Minnie E., 27, school teacher were living in Palatka.

Sources:

1. Florida Historical Records Survey, Roster of State and County Officers Commissioned by the Governor of Florida, 1845-1868 (Jacksonville : 1941), p. 251; online at Archive.org (https://archive.org/details/rosterCO_FL/page/n273/mode/2up : accessed 15 Dec 2020).
2. Obituary of Mrs. Harriet C. Blanchard, Palatka News (Palatka, Florida), 25 Sep 1908, reproduced on her FindAGrave memorial no. 102053544, West View Cemetery, Palatka, Putnam Co, FL.
3. Thomas Frederick Davis, History of Early Jacksonville, Florida, (Jacksonville, H. & W. B. Drew, 1911), p. 89; online at Archive.org (https://archive.org/details/historyofearlyja00davi_0/page/n113/mode/2up : accessed 15 Dec 2020).
4. "United States Index to Indian Wars Pension Files, 1892-1926," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KDRT-4YL : accesed 15 Dec 2020), Harrison R Blanchard, 1892; citing Pension, Florida, NARA microfilm publication T318 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 821,611.
5. H. R. Blanchard, "Union Provost Marshals' File Of Paper Relating To Individual Civilians," NARA publication no. M345, record group 109, roll 0028, National Archives, Washington, D.C.; online at Fold3.com accessed 15 Dec 2020.
6. U.S. census records.

Research Notes:

A Harrison Rider Blanchard was born in Charlton on 8 Dec 1806, son of Peter and Betsey. The birth date matches the age on his census records in Putnam Co, Florida.

Peter Blanchard of Charlton died intestate in 1856 in Charlton, Worc Co probate case 5944. Estate administered by Edmund Kendall of Westminster, provision made for the widow, Betsey. He left "five acres of land more or less with a dwelling house and barn standing thereon $850." Children not identified.

Cynthia Ann Caudill

Birth: 10 Nov 1971, Trenton, Wayne, MI

• Vicki (Wheelock) Weaver, a descendent of Oscar Uberto Wheelock, through William Earl Wheelock, Nov. 1998.

Spouse: Shannon Patrick Walls
Marriage: 10 Jun 1995, Union, Cass, MI

• Vicki (Wheelock) Weaver, a descendent of Oscar Uberto Wheelock, through William Earl Wheelock, Nov. 1998.

1. Hannah Ivadale Elizabeth Walls, born 25 Nov 1995, Niles, Berrien, MI

Joel Kelley

Birth: about 1764

• Worcester County, MA, probate case 34378, guardianship records for Joel Kelley, Chapin Kelley, and Abigail Kelly, online images at www.AmericanAncestors.org, retrieved Jan 2019.

Death: 25 Feb 1851, Barre, Worcester Co, MA

• Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 13 January 2019), memorial page for Joel Kelley (1764–25 Feb 1851), Find A Grave Memorial no. 122567180, citing Adams Cemetery, Barre, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA .

Burial: Adams Cemetery, Barre, Worcester Co, MA

• Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 13 January 2019), memorial page for Joel Kelley (1764–25 Feb 1851), Find A Grave Memorial no. 122567180, citing Adams Cemetery, Barre, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA .

Father: Robert Kelley
Mother: Ruth Wheelock

Spouse: Mary Nurse
Marriage: 7 Dec 1794, Barre, Worcester Co, MA

• Barre Vital Records to 1850

Spouse: Susanna Brintnall
Marriage: 25 Dec 1800, Barre, Worcester Co, MA

• Barre Vital Records to 1850

Harrison J. Linforth

Birth: Sep 1867

• Private Records of Anne Milligan Rudolph, descendant of Thomas Jefferson Wheelock, Aug 1999.

Death: 3 Nov 1905

• Private Records of Anne Milligan Rudolph, descendant of Thomas Jefferson Wheelock, Aug 1999.

Partner: Henrietta J. Wheelock

Balfour Erasmus Morey

Father: Leonard Morey
Mother: Phebe Wheelock

Mary Pinckney

Birth: 25 Jul 1813

• FindAGrave Memorial, Lapham Cemetery, Salem, Washtenaw Co, MI, documented at www.FindAGrave.com, memorial number 113580359, created by Karen Day, 9 July 2013.

Death: 17 Sep 1912

• FindAGrave Memorial, Lapham Cemetery, Salem, Washtenaw Co, MI, documented at www.FindAGrave.com, memorial number 113580359, created by Karen Day, 9 July 2013.

Burial: Lapham Cemetery, Salem, Washtenaw Co, MI

• FindAGrave Memorial, Lapham Cemetery, Salem, Washtenaw Co, MI, documented at www.FindAGrave.com, memorial number 113580359, created by Karen Day, 9 July 2013.

Father: Joseph Pinckney
Mother: Mary Dearin

Spouse: Royal Wheelock
Marriage: 8 Mar 1832, Washtenaw Co, MI

• "Washtenaw County Marriage Index", original source unknown, http://members.tripod.com/~deemamafred/washmarw3.html, Jan 2001.

Notes:

Mary Pickney was from NY, according to "Wheelock Genealogy", by Carlyle Capron Wheelock and Winifred (Thomson) Gonseth.

Lorintha Wheelock

Birth: 21 Jul 1835, Plymouth, Windsor Co, VT

• Vermont Vital Records to 1870, Microfilm Collection, New England Historical and Genealogical Society, Boston, MA.

Father: Joseph Wheelock
Mother: Eunice Rist

Susannah Green Wheelock

Birth: 22 May 1800, Medfield, Norfolk, MA

• Medfield Vital Records

Father: Seth Wheelock
Mother: Susanna Jerauld