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State of Service: MA
Qualifying Service: Private / Patriotic Service
Author: Thomas Hobert Chilton, Jr.
Born February 21, 1736, in Amesbury, Massachusetts, David Blaisdell was a son of David and Abigail (Coby) Blaisdell. David's great-grandfather, Ralph Blaisdell, immigrated to this country from England in 1635, sailing on the ship Angel Gabriel, and landing at Pemaquid Point, Maine. The day after they landed, the great storm of August 15, 1635, destroyed the ship and most of their belongings. David married Judith Jewell, daughter of Joseph and Ann (Quimby) Jewell on December 24, 1755, in Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts. From this union there were eleven children. After Judith's death, he married Sarah Currier Bagley, the widow of Valentine Bagley. David was an accomplished tall clock maker. Several of his tall clocks can be seen today in the New Hampshire Antiquarian located in Hopkington, NH. Two of David's homes, located on Kenwick Court in Amesbury, are still occupied today David enlisted on November 11. 1777, as a private in Capt. Oliver Titcomb's Company, Col. Jacob Gerrish's Regiment, serving for almost three months. He enlisted again October 10, 1780, serving in Capt. Richard Titcomb's Company, Col. Nathanial Wadis' Regiment, serving for three and one half months. Besides being a clockmaker, David was a blacksmith and made most of the medal work for the frigate, Alliance, and other ships built in Amesbury. Later David went to Cambridge, where he used his skills to repair old muskets and other arms for the Continental Army. David Blaisdell died in 1794, and Judith Jewell Blaisdell died January 5, 1786. Both are buried in the Bartlett Cemetery in Amesbury. Judith's headstone is still there, but David's has been removed. Townspeople tell us (in 2003) that it was recently taken, and are working to have it returned. The Blaisdell name has been spelled several different ways over the last 380 years, including Blaisdell, Blasdel, Blasdell, Bleasdell, and probably other ways.
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