Samuel Blanchard was born on 6 Aug 1629 in Goodworth Clatford, co. Hants, England. He was baptized on 30 Aug 1629 in Goodworth Clatford, co. Hants, England. He immigrated on 23 Jun 1639 to New England. He was a constable in 1657 in Charlestown, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts. He moved from Charlestown to Andover, Essex Co., Massachusetts on 10 Jun 1686. He signed the following will on 21 Nov 1704 in Andover, Essex Co., Massachusetts.  

The Last will & Testament of Samuel Blanchard of Andover Age about seventy & five - I Samuel Blanchard being in bodily health through ye goodness of God to mee Doe make & ordaine my Last Will & Testament as followeth - And In ye first Place I humbly committ my Soul unto ye Hands of Almighty God who gave it mee and my Body to ye Earth to a Decent Buryall att ye Discretion of Executor and friends and as for my Current Estate yt God hath graciously given mee I doe Dispose of it as followeth - - In the first place my will is that my beloved Wife shall have an honorable & sufficient Maintance out of my Estate (with her own labour) as long as shee shall remaine my Widow - - I give to my Eldest son Joshua Blanchard all my parcel of that farme which he now dwells upon Being in Charlestowne Lands together with my wood lotte yt fell to mee on Charlestown Commons and I give to him all yt he hath of mine in possession.
To my Son Jonathan I give to him all my Land on ye Easterly & the Northerly side of a line marked from a pond hole (where my pasture fence Joyneth) a straite line to ye stone wall land Joyning to ye highway till it comes to Abraham Moore Land Southward
Also I give to him all that parcel of my home Meadow (so Called) which I have Long Since possessed him of and all my Meadow Called halfe moon Meadow which lyeth Eastward of the Town of Andover - Also I give to him a parcel of Land Lying on the South side of the Town highway Being Length wise by said highway Which land shall be forty poles wide att Each side the Bredth of which land is now apriced on ye southerly side of said highway All the rest of this Land between this and Stephen Osgood I give to Thomas Blanchard
I Give to my Daughter Stratton fifteen pounds - - -
I Give to my Daughter Osgood Twenty pounds - -
I give to my Daughter Dorothy Storer (which is my grandchild) ten pounds which shall be payd to her by my son Joshua when shee Comes to be nineteen year’s of Age - - -
All yt part of my home meadow which I have yet reserved for my selfe shall be Equally Divided between Jonathan & Thomas - the Dividing Line to run cross ye meadow where it Comes to Stephen Osgood Land - - - -
“My Son John shall Enjoy what I have given him by a deed of gift, and what else of my Estate he hath in his hands -
To my Son Thomas I give all ye Land at ye East End of my home Meadow by a straite Line from a white oake on ye South side of meadow to a marker piece on ye north side until it Comes to Stephen Osgood Land All yt upland & Meadow house & fences upon yt land I give to him my son Thomas = Also he shall enjoy all yt of my Estate in his hands and yt I have possessed him of besides what I have given him In this my will - My Right on ye commons belonging to Six acre [Lan] (which Rights may appear by Deeds from Henry Jaquith & Mark Graves) I give an Equal Right in them to Jonathan, Thomas & Samuel - And all my other Estate of meadows both of forage & of field I doe give to Jonathan Thomas & Samuel
My two Cowes I give to Thomas in Case they outlive mee & my Younger Wife: Last My black horse I doe give to my Dear Wife I Doe order my Son Samuel to pay the two legacies to my Daughters Stratton & Osgood and his Mother's Maintenance according to this my Order before he be possessed of the Land & Estate which I have given him which is all ye part of my farme not Disposed of as aforesaid - and all ye Meadow which I bought of Billerica Men - And in Case my Son Samuel Shall refuse to Doe (that is to pay those Legacies to his two Sisters as aforesaid - Then my will is yt Thomas shall pay his Brother Samuel twenty pounds for his full portion - and Jonathan shall have ye remainder of the farme yt was assigned to Samuel - and said Jonathan shall pay these Legacies & provide his mother's Maintenance which Samuel Should have Done.
My Debts shall be Demanded of my Son Joshua after my Decease - and all my Debts and Legacies Shall be payed in full degree as my Estate is found in - -
Lastly I doe Nominate Ordaine & fully Impower my son Jonathan to be my Sole Executor to Give my Last Will & Testament Witness my hand & seale November 21 In ye year of our Lord God One Thousand Seven hundred & four being ye Third year of ye Reigne of our Sovereign Lady Anne by ye Grace of God of England Scotland France & Ireland Queen
Signed Sealed & Declared
In the presence of us                              SAMUEL BLANCHARD       -&(Seal)
James Johnson
Elizabeth Johnson
Ambrose Blunt

He died on 22 Apr 1707 in Andover, Essex Co., Massachusetts His estate was probated on 5 May 1707 in Ipswich, Essex Co., Massachusetts. He was buried in West Parish Cemetery, Andover, Essex Co., Massachusetts. He was a husbandman. He was a farmer.  

He was married to Mary Sweetser (daughter of Seth Sweetser and Bethia Cooke) on 3 Jun 1654/55 in Charlestown, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts.

Mary Sweetser was born about 1637. She died on 20 Feb 1669/70 in Charlestown, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts. She was also known as Mary Switcher. 

Samuel and Mary lived in Charlestown on his father’s farm. He was involved in the disputes with John Guppy. Later he built a separate house on the same property and his eldest son, Joshua, was left on the homestead and received it as his legacy. Samuel served as Constable in Charlestown in 1657.

Mary and Samuel’s children were not baptized as infants. Mary's brother, Benjamin Sweetser, took a brave stance for religious freedom by following his convictions about the Baptist faith. A letter from Thomas Osburne to George Little, 1682, lists Mrs. Sweetser as involved, with her son Benjamin, in the formation of the Baptist Church in New England. It would appear that Samuel and Mary followed the Baptist belief about infant baptism.

One “William Godden, ... was perhaps a roving trader who exchanged sugar and tobacco for Beaver pelts and other merchantable productions of the country.” He wrote a will in which he left fifteen pounds to Mary and the balance of his estate for the education of poor children in Charlestown and Malden. This may have been the first public funding of education in New England; however there is no record of the expenditure of the funds. Samuel was to choose another person and the two be made executors. In March 1665/6, William Godden was found drowned and soon after Samuel, having proved the will as executor, brought a suit against Ralph Shepard for the sixteen pounds debt to Godden’s estate in 1652. (Corey, History of Malden, 600, 601.)

Children of Samuel Blanchard and Mary Sweetser were:

i. Samuel Blanchard died in 1677/78 from smallpox.
ii. Joshua Blanchard was born about 1661. He died on 15 Jul 1716.
iii. Jonathan Blanchard was born about 1664. He died on 19 Oct 1742.
iv. Abigail Blanchard was born about 1666. She died on 25 Oct 1732.

In 1687 Samuel and second wife Hannah bought property from Henry Jaques in Andover and settled there. Samuel was active in town affairs. In 1690 he was a signer to a petition against the careless licensing to sell strong drink. He served as Constable in 1694 and Selectman. He is called a husbandman.

He was married to Hannah Daggett on 24 Jun 1673 in Charlestown, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts.

Hannah Daggett was born about 1647 in Weymouth, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts. She died on 10 Jul 1725 in Andover, Essex Co., Massachusetts. She was also known as Hannah Doggett.  

Children of Samuel Blanchard and Hannah Daggett were:

v. Thomas Blanchard was born on 28 Apr 1674 in Charlestown, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts. He was baptized on 25 Sep 1681 in 1st Church, Charlestown, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts. He died on 17 Mar 1759 in Andover, Essex Co., Massachusetts. He was a yeoman and cordwainer in Andover, Essex Co., Massachusetts.
vi. John Blanchard.
vii. Samuel Blanchard was born on 4 Jun 1680 in Charlestown, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts. He was baptized on 25 Sep 1681 in 1st Church, Charlestown, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts. He died on 17 Jun 1754 in Andover, Essex Co., Massachusetts. He was a husbandman in Andover, Essex Co., Massachusetts. He was a farmer.
viii. Hannah Blanchard was born on 26 Sep 1681 in Charlestown, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts. She was baptized on 2 Oct 1681 in 1st Church, Charlestown, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts. She died on 16 Mar 1774 in Andover, Essex Co., Massachusetts.