Son of Beza and Prudence Blanchard, he was eldest of twelve children
—Blanchard first left home and went to sea as a common sailor when he was eighteen years old. He was shipwrecked in the first vessel he commanded, The Union, and of the eleven on board, all were lost but himself and the mate. Soon after this, Blanchard retired from the sea, bought and built a farm, then married.
WIFE Christiana (Loring) Blanchard
Reuben and Christiana's children
---1. Hannah Elizabeth (Blanchard) Merrill (1822 - 1876)
---2. Enos Osborn Blanchard (1826–1900)
---3. Infant daughter (1829–1829)
---4. Capt Horatio Sprague Blanchard (1830–1915)
---5. Frederick Porter "Fred" Blanchard (1833–1922)
---6. Persis DeForrest Blanchard (1836–1870)
---7. Francis Weld "Frank" Blanchard (1837–1926)
Son of Beza and Prudence Blanchard, he was eldest of twelve children
—Blanchard first left home and went to sea as a common sailor when he was eighteen years old. He was shipwrecked in the first vessel he commanded, The Union, and of the eleven on board, all were lost but himself and the mate. Soon after this, Blanchard retired from the sea, bought and built a farm, then married.
WIFE Christiana (Loring) Blanchard
Reuben and Christiana's children
---1. Hannah Elizabeth (Blanchard) Merrill (1822 - 1876)
---2. Enos Osborn Blanchard (1826–1900)
---3. Infant daughter (1829–1829)
---4. Capt Horatio Sprague Blanchard (1830–1915)
---5. Frederick Porter "Fred" Blanchard (1833–1922)
---6. Persis DeForrest Blanchard (1836–1870)
---7. Francis Weld "Frank" Blanchard (1837–1926)
Family Members
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Hannah Blanchard Loring
1796–1861
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Capt Sewall Blanchard
1798–1874
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Capt Enos Blanchard
1798–1878
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Prudence Blanchard Leighton
1800–1874
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Beza Blanchard
1805–1894
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William Fenrick Blanchard
1808–1892
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John Blanchard
1810–1899
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Bethia Mitchell Blanchard Haskell
1812–1885
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Mary Blanchard Sweetser
1812–1885
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Sophia Lyman Blanchard
1815–1837
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