Blasdel, Richard (1762-1790)

Name:

Blasdel, Richard (1762-1790)

Born:

11/22/1762

Birthplace:

Chester, NH

Died:

07/20/1790

Death Location:

Chester, NH

Residence:

Chester, NH

Nationality:

American

Occupation:

Clockmaker

Father:

Blasdel, Isaac (1738-1791)

Mother:

Currier, Mary (1741-1795)

Relations:

Richard Blasdel was in the third generation of Blasdel clockmakers of Amesbury, MA, and Chester, NH, including grandfather David (1711/12-1756); father Isaac (1738-1791), uncle Nicholas (1743-1800), and several of his siblings. Richard lived and worked with his father.

Spouse:

(none)

Children:

(none)

Notes:

Gravestone inscription (Chester, NH): "He was a person highly estem'd By all his acquaintance as a musician & his philanthropy was conspicuous To al who knew him".

"Blaisdell Clocks," Blaisdell Papers, (Summer 1944), 4-19.

Benjamin Chase, History of Old Chester, From 1719 to 1869. (Manchester, NH: John B. Clarke, 1869), 437-438.

John C. Chase, History of Chester, New Hampshire, New Hampshire, Including Auburn. A Supplement to the History of Old Chester, Published in 1869. (Haverhill, MA: Record Publishing Company, 1926), 279-280.

John J. Dearborn, The History of Salisbury, New Hampshire, From Date of Settlement to the Present Time... (Manchester, New Hampshire: William E. Moore, 1890), 478-479.

Ephraim O. Jameson, Jamesons in America. (Concord, New Hampshire: Rumford Press, 1901), 5.

Patricia E. Kane, Colonial Massachusetts Silversmiths and Jewelers. A Biographical Dictionary Based on the Notes of Francis Hill Bigelow and John Marshall Phillips. (New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Art Gallery, 1998), 1002-1003.