Elijah Blaisdell ¹

   Another name for Elijah was Abijah Blaisdel.

Elijah married Mary Holmes, daughter of John Holmes and Hannah Pearson, on 13 March 1727/28 in Rowley, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.¹ (Mary Holmes was born in 1709, baptized on 25 September 1709 in Newbury, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America ² and died on an unknown date.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Marriage Image: 13 March 1727/28, in Rowley, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. ¹

  Marriage Notes:

Name: Elijah Blasdell
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 13 Mar 1728
Event Place: Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
Gender: Male
Spouse's Name: Mary Holms
Spouse's Gender: Female

Citing this Record
"Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG1K-DKKK : 2 March 2020), Elijah Blasdell and Mary Holms, 13 Mar 1728; citing Marriage, Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009689.
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All five of their first children died within a 20 day period in September 1736 due to an epidemic of "throat distemper" (diphteria). Two additional children were then born, John and Hannah Blaisdell, who survived the epidemic. The husband, Elijah Blaisdell, died about 2 years later in Feb 1738. The wife, Mary Holmes, was remarried to Shubael Walker, about 17 years later in 1754.
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