Blasdel, David (1711/12-1756)

Name:

Blasdel, David (1711/12-1756)

Title:

Selectman, Chester, NH 1754

Born:

02/05/1711/12

Birthplace:

Amesbury, MA

Died:

08/10/1756

Death Location:

Fort William Henry, Lake George, NY

Residence:

Amesbury, MA
Chester, NH

Nationality:

American

Occupation:

Clockmaker and repairer.
Metalsmith (tin, iron, pewter, brass, silver) -- maker of ship irons, gun locks, spoons, andirons, augurs, tools for flax spinning, surgical instruments, foot stoves.
Merchant -- sold groceries, dry goods, meat, wood, etc.

Father:

Blasdel, Jonathan (1676-1748)

Mother:

Jameson, Hannah

Relations:

Descendant of Ralph Blasdel, who landed at Pemaquid Point, ME, 1635, and was one of the first settlers of Salisbury, MA, 1643.
One of the first of three generations of Blasdel clockmakers, several of whom worked in New Hampshire.
Siblings:
Blasdel, Mary (1699-)
Blasdel, Daniel (1701-)
Blasdel, Anne (1704-)
Blasdel, Elijah (1706-)
Blasdel, Jonathan (1709-1782; res. East Kingston, NH; blacksmith)
Blasdel, Enoch (1714-)
Blasdel, Samuel
Blasdel, Hannah (1720-)
Blasdel, Elizabeth
Blasdel, Henry (1726-1730)

Spouse:

Abigail Colby (1713-, Intentions, Nov. 16, 1733

Children:

David, born 1736; died 1794; continued father's business; metalworker and clockmaker; m(1) Judith Jewell; m(2) Sarah Currier; 11 children
Isaac, born 1738, Amesbury; died 1791; res. Chester, NH; silversmith and clockmaker; m. Mary "Molly" Currier; 9 children
Molly (1739-)
Nicholas, born 1743; died 1800; clockmaker; b. Amesbury, MA; res. Newmarket, NH, and Portland, ME; m. Susanna Merriam; 5 or 6 children
Dolly, borrn 1744
Jonathan, born 1748; died 1781; res. Amesbury, MA; blacksmith; m. Hannah
Spencer, born 1751; died 1774; res. Amesbury, MA; blacksmith; m. Hannah Bartlett; 1 child, Sarah

Notes:

Died at Fort William Henry, Lake George, French & Indian War; he went to build boats for the Army.

"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.