Blasdel, Nicholas (1743-1800)

Name:

Blasdel, Nicholas (1743-1800)

Title:

Lieutenant, Captain Joseph Noyes's Company, Falmouth, 1775
Captain, Colonel Edward Wigglesworth's Regiment, Falmouth, 1777

Other Names:

Blasdell, Nicholas

Born:

08/27/1743

Birthplace:

Amesbury, MA

Died:

00/00/1800

Death Location:

Portland, ME

Residence:

Amesbury, MA 1743-1764
Newmarket, NH 1764-1774
Falmouth (Portland), ME 1774-1800

Nationality:

American

Occupation:

Clockmaker
Silversmith
Blacksmith

Father:

Blasdel, David (1711/12-1756)

Mother:

Colby, Abigail (1713-

Relations:

Part of the Blasdel family of clockmakers:
Father: David Blasdel (1711/12-1756)
Brother: Isaac Blasdel (1738-1791)
Newphews: Richard Blasdel (1762-1790); Ebenezer Blasdel (1778-1813).

Spouse:

Susanna Merriam (1739-1822), 1761

Children:

Blasdel, Rhoda (1761-; b. Amesbury, MA; m. Richard Tukey)
Blasdel, Dolly (1764-; b. Amesbury, MA)
Blasdel, Nicholas Jr. (1769-1826; b. Newmarket, NH; m. Jerusha Howard; res. Newmarket, Portland, and Washington, DC; 3 children; soldier -- escorted Gen. Lafayette; cabinetmaker)
Blasdel, Nabby (1772-; b.Portland, ME; m. William Baker)
Blasdel, Betsey (1775-; b. Portland, ME; m. Samuel Baker)
(possibly) Blasdel, Marriner

Notes:

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

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.

Eastern Cemetery, Portland, ME