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Personal data William Blizard 

• He was born in the year 1730 in Somerset Co., MD.
• He died March 1810 in fortasse, somewhere In MD, he was 80 years old.
• He is buried March 1810 in Woodensburg, Baltimore Co., MD.
• A child of Ratcliffe Blizard
• This information was last updated on August 22, 2008.

Household of William Blizard

He is married to Lurenah (Luranah) N.N. (Mrs. Blizard).

They got married before May 19, 1751 at Ft. Garrison, Baltimore Co., MD.

William Blizard oo Lurenah ____

Marriage source: Helena Stringfellow manuscript sent 21 Feb 1995 for fact of marriage.

Peden, Henry C., Revolutionary Patriots of Baltimore County Maryland 1775 - 1783, (Silver Springs, MD, Family Line Publications, MCMLXXXVIII), pg 22, Repository: Dallas TX Pub. Lib..

'BLIZZARD, WILLIAM. Born 1730 in Baltimore Co... Married Luranah _____ ... on May 19, 1751 at Fort Garrison in Baltimore County.'

SAR # 91014 has Garrison Forrest, MD for place of marr.

The christening rec. at Ft. Garrison Forest Parish rec. for Isaiah Blissard, however, has 19 May, 1751 as the date of birth for Isaiah Blissard, son of William & Lurenah Blissard; ergo, William & Lurenah were married on or before theentry for Isaiah Blissard, probably on or before Isaiah's birth. - D.A.Navorska xxi Apr MCMXCVI - Irving TX <>

Child(ren):

1. Isaac Blizard  1751-1766
2. John Blizard  1755-1808 
3. William E. (of William) Blizzard  1774-1816 

Notes about William Blizard

William Blizard

Source: Stringfellow, Helena, Blizzard manuscript, (Carlisle PA, HVAS, sent xxi Feb MCMXCV), pg. 3

Helena Stringfellow writes, 'William Blizard (1730-March 1810 (Revolutionary War Patriot: Baltimore Co. Box 3, Folder 4.3, page 2, year 1778, Hall of Records, Annapolis, Maryland.)' - 21F1995

Peden, Henry C., Revolutionary Patriots of Baltimore County Maryland 1775 - 1783, (Silver Springs, MD, Family Line Pub., MCMLXXXVIII), pg 22.

Peden writes,

'BLIZZARD, JOHN. Non-Juror to Oath of Allegiance, 1778. (A-1/2)

BLIZZARD, WILLIAM. Born 1730 in Baltimore County. Married Lururah _____ (1735, France - 1816, Baltimore County) on May 19, 1751 at Fort Garrison in Baltimore County. Died in March, 1810, with burial in the Blizzard Family Cemetery atWoodensburg, Baltimore County, MD. A son, William (1774-1816) married Ruth TAYLOR (1779-1814) on May 19,1891) married John O'K BLIZZARD (1807-1850, California) on November 21, 1828 in Baltimore County, MD. William Blizzard took the Oathof Allegiance, 1778, before Hon. James Calhoun. (A-1/2, A-2/42, AAA-2792, AAA-1840)'

Early in 1778 - Signed Patriot's Oath before a magistrate who returned the list of signers to Minutes of the Baltimore County Court.

Where found, change 'O'K Blizzard' to 'of John Blizzard'.

Beuchamp, Edward, Pres., MD SAR, Dedication speech at dedication of a SAR Monument to William & John Blizard

'Only eighteen years before in 1760 William Blizard brought his family to this land and set out a farm of 586 acres around this very spot, one of the earliest to make a permanent home in this part of the colony. With his wife, Lurenah,he found the strength of God at St. Thomas's, Garrison Forrest, some fourteen miles away. There their children were baptized but it was here that many of them were laid to their final rest.'

Coldham, Peter Wilson, Settlers of Maryland 1766 - 1783, (Baltimore MD, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., MCMXCVI), pg. 14.

'Blizard, Richard:
County = Wor, Name of tract = Pasture, Acreage = 15, Date = 16 Apr 1769 References = BC37/391; BC38/339

Blizard, William:
County = Bal; Name of Tract = Blizard's Bottom; Acreage = 52; Date = 31 Jly 1776; References = BC51/321; BC52/307'

Peden, Henry C. Jr. Inhabitants of Baltimore County 1763 - 1774, (Westminister MD, Family Line Pub., 1989), pgs. 1, 16, 17, 82 Repository: Dallas TX Pub. Lib.

pg 1 '... Tax List ... Soldiers Delight Hundred, 1763 ... Blazzard, William ...'

pg 16 ' INDEX TO AQUILA HALL'S ASSESSMENT LEDGER, 1762 - 1765 ... pg 17 ... William Blissard ...'

pg 27 'SIGNERS FOR THE REMOVAL OF THE COUNTY SEAT TO BALTIMORE TOWN (1768) ...

pg 38 ... William Blizard ...'

Pg 75 'A LIST OF TAXABLES IN NORTH HUNDRED TAKEN BY JOSHUA BOREING, JULY 18, 1773 ... Buzzard, Jacob ... Cole, Mordecai ... David, Price (David Price?) ...'

pg 82 'A LIST OF TAXABLES BELONGING TO PIPE CREEK HUNDRED BY WILLIAM KELLEY, JR., 1773 ... Blizard, William Blizard, John ...' <>

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