The widow, Ann, and her children soon moved to Salem, for "At a towne meeting the 26th of the 9th month 1638" it is recorded that of "severall pportions of Land Laid out at Marblehead. 6 acres of the Necke" were formally granted to "the Widow Blanchard." (The Essex Institute Historical Collections, vol. 4, p. 182.) She was admitted to church membership at Salem, 30 July 1643, and an early court record shows that she appeared as a witness at the session held 8 May 1645, where she is referred to as "Goodie Blanchar." (The Essex Antiquarian, vol. 5. p. 88.) In later years, after her children were grown, she appears to have resided at Chelmsford. Her estate was administered by her son John.
