| JOHN BLANSHAN 1779-1859 |
| LEONIN BLANCHAMP, father of MATTHEUS BLANSHAN, father of MATHIEU BLANSHAN, father of MATHEUS BLANSHAN, father of JACOB BLANSHAN, father of |
John Blanshan was born August 17, 1779, to parents Jacob Blanshan and Jacomyntie
Smedes Blanshan. He was baptized in Kingston on September 17, 1779. On February
17, 1803 John married Maria (Mary) Van Wagenen, born in Kingston on November 16,
1779 to Benjamin Van Wagenen and Jacomyntje Heermans Van Wagenen. He was a
Deacon of Bloomington. In the 1850 census John, age 71 and a widower, was living in
Rosendale with his unmarried daughters Ann Eliza, age 30 and Julia, age 31. He listed
his occupation as a farmer and his property was worth $2000 at that time. John received
$55 from the state of New York for arms and clothing provided by individual members of
the state militia for the War of 1812. Mary died May 29, 1829 and John passed away
March 20, 1859. John and Mary are buried in the Hardenburgh burying ground in
Bloomington.
The children of John and Mary Van Wagenen Blanshan were:
Benjamin - born in 1803
Ann Eliza - born in 1807
Jacob - born May 26, 1810. Jacob married Eliza Peters (1811) on December 22, 1842 in
Esopus and they had the following children - John (1844-1845), Margaret (1845),
George B. (1849-1866), Mary J. (1856) and Joseph (1868). Eliza passed away on July
13, 1853 and Jacob passed away August 14, 1880 or 1890. Eliza is buried in the
Bloomington Dutch Reformed Cemetery, Bloomington, New York. (See Jacob
Blanshan_1810 page)
Ann Eliza - born July 14, 1814. She and her sister Julia farmed their father's farm after
his death with the help of her brother Jacob's adult children. She died December 1, 1884
and is buried in the Bloomington Dutch Reformed Cemetery, Bloomington, New York.
Julia M. - born in 1818.
Smedes Blanshan. He was baptized in Kingston on September 17, 1779. On February
17, 1803 John married Maria (Mary) Van Wagenen, born in Kingston on November 16,
1779 to Benjamin Van Wagenen and Jacomyntje Heermans Van Wagenen. He was a
Deacon of Bloomington. In the 1850 census John, age 71 and a widower, was living in
Rosendale with his unmarried daughters Ann Eliza, age 30 and Julia, age 31. He listed
his occupation as a farmer and his property was worth $2000 at that time. John received
$55 from the state of New York for arms and clothing provided by individual members of
the state militia for the War of 1812. Mary died May 29, 1829 and John passed away
March 20, 1859. John and Mary are buried in the Hardenburgh burying ground in
Bloomington.
The children of John and Mary Van Wagenen Blanshan were:
Benjamin - born in 1803
Ann Eliza - born in 1807
Jacob - born May 26, 1810. Jacob married Eliza Peters (1811) on December 22, 1842 in
Esopus and they had the following children - John (1844-1845), Margaret (1845),
George B. (1849-1866), Mary J. (1856) and Joseph (1868). Eliza passed away on July
13, 1853 and Jacob passed away August 14, 1880 or 1890. Eliza is buried in the
Bloomington Dutch Reformed Cemetery, Bloomington, New York. (See Jacob
Blanshan_1810 page)
Ann Eliza - born July 14, 1814. She and her sister Julia farmed their father's farm after
his death with the help of her brother Jacob's adult children. She died December 1, 1884
and is buried in the Bloomington Dutch Reformed Cemetery, Bloomington, New York.
Julia M. - born in 1818.
Mohonk Mountains near New Paltz, NY
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