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 1712 - 1756 (44 years)
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| Name |
BLAISDELL David |
| Suffix |
Sr. |
| Birth |
5 Feb 1711/2 |
Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States  [2, 3] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Occupation |
1735 |
Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States [3, 4] |
| clockmaker |
| Church Member |
1 Feb 1735/6 |
Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States [2] |
Address:
1st Amesbury Church |
- (received to full communion.)
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| Will |
10 Aug 1756 |
Lake George, Washington, New York, United States [2, 3] |
Address:
Fort William Henry |
- ("being very sick"; wife Abigail mentioned.)
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| Death |
27 Aug 1756 |
Lake George, Washington, New York, United States [4] |
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| Will (proved) |
9 May 1757 [3] |
| _UID |
72FC6B8C464548E0AA514902004BA0C30CF4 |
| Notes |
- Maker of clocks, surgical instruments, tin ware, cider mills blacksmith.
Military Service: French & Indian War, Jona Bagley's regiment as Armourer.
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Amesbury historian Steven Klomps asserts that the Blaisdells were the first American-born clock makers. David Sr. was a “mechanical genius” and made his first clock in 1735.
David hitched up with Abigail Colby and lived on Main Street in a house that is now the Bartlett Museum. The couple had four sons who became master clock makers.
David conducted business from Kendrick’s Lane in the front yard of his Uncle Charles’ home and “never was there a more industrious or useful man seldom found.” His talents went beyond clocks. He “repaired augers, andirons, steelyards, gunlocks, tin and brass ware, shod horses, and forged iron work for vessels.” He also “sold groceries, dry goods, meat, wood, and operated a cider mill.”
The town voted to give David the meeting house bell that historians conclude he used for casting clock bells. The clocks are still ticking today and the fine craftsmanship and quality come through the brass and pewter dials.
There are 20 clocks on record made by him.
Newbury’s Daniel Balch, another instrumental clock maker, apprenticed under David.
In 1755 David was commissioned to Fort Ticonderoga to make armor. He brought his 14-year-old son Isaac to apprentice under him. Unfortunately, he was killed in battle, but Isaac returned home to work with David Jr. and Uncle Obadiah Colby. Isaac settled Chester, N.H., earning a fine reputation as a silversmith and clockmaker.
[anceSTORY.com by Melissa Davenport Berry]
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| Person ID |
I105353 |
Noyes Family Genealogy |
| Last Modified |
27 Apr 2015 |
| Family |
COLBY Abigail, b. 29 Apr 1713, Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States d. Yes, date unknown |
| Marriage |
16 Nov 1733 |
Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States [3, 4] |
| Children |
| | 1. BLAISDELL David, b. 8 Nov 1734, Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States d. Yes, date unknown |
| | 2. BLAISDELL David, Jr., b. 21 Feb 1735/6, Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States d. Yes, date unknown |
| | 3. BLAISDELL Isaac, b. 27 Mar 1738, Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States d. 9 Oct 1791, Chester, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States (Age 53 years) |
| | 4. BLAISDELL Molly, b. 16 May 1739, Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States d. Yes, date unknown |
| | 5. BLAISDELL Nicholas, b. 1 Jul 1740, Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States d. Yes, date unknown |
| | 6. BLAISDELL Jonathan, b. 11 Oct 1741, Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States d. Yes, date unknown |
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| Family ID |
F42272 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
23 Feb 2024 |
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| Sources |
- [S6843] Blog-anceSTORY.com, 3 March 2015; 27 April 2015; Blaisdell, Noyse families crafted clocks, combs.
- [S116] Book-Old Families of Salisbury & Amesbury, MA, p.625.
- [S744] Periodical-The Essex Antiquarian, 9:53.
- [S116] Book-Old Families of Salisbury & Amesbury, MA, p.108.
- [S116] Book-Old Families of Salisbury & Amesbury, MA, p.65.
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