6. JOSHUA3 BLACKWELL (JOSHUA2, Michael1), born 12 Jan. 1682, died testate in Sandwich in l751. He married there, 8 June 1704, SARAH3 ELLIS (Sandwich Town Records), died before 22 April l751, daughter of Lieut. Mordecai2 and Sarah Ellis.
        Joshua3 Blackwell received a legacy of £15. 17s. 6d. under his grandfather Blackwell's will, for which he gave his "honoured father Joshua Blackwell" a receipt dated is April 1711(Barnstable County Probate, 3:634). He and his wife were members of the Sandwich Church, where were baptized, 21Oct. 1716, their children: "Eleazer, Joshua, Mordecai, Sarah & John."her father died intestate in Sandwich and in the distribution, dated 20 Feb. 1709/10, there was "settled upon Sarah Blackwell one of the daughters of sd deceased £25, 15s.more than she hath had already, in addition to which she was later to receive an additional portion (ibid., 3:72). Her mother died in 1718, also intestate, and among the heirs who signed a release 6 April 1720 we find "Joshua Blackwell Junr." (ibid., 4:417). Rev. Benjamin Fessenden lists "Joshua Blackwell Junr." among the heads of families in Sandwich in l730. The Court appointed him guardian, 20 April, of his wife's 14 year old nephew, Mordecai4 Ellis (ibid., 4:524). As we have seen, his father's will, dated 15 July l737, gives him a variety of bequests (supra) .

    The will, dated 22 April l751, of "Joshua Blackwell of Sandwich,, yeoman aged and infirm" order "my debts and funeral charges to be paid out of that estate I give to my daughter Sarah Swift ... To my son John Blackwell. (all real property). except what I give to my son Joshua, also my loom with the stays." To the son Joshua he gives "my house, only to remove to his own land:" one third the apparel, use of the barn and "my husbandry tools & tackling and my cane having an ivory handle, also the wheel timber, horse and horse tackling, also the commons hay, grain, flax and tobacco which I shall raise there this present year. To my son Mordecai Blackwell, one third my apparell & I order my executors to pay to him a legacy of 1s. 4d. To mygranddaughter Mercy Blackwell the following things:  that is a feather bed with a white ticken; a box of iron and heaters, also a bed, furniture, etc., a pair of good sheets, two good coverlets, a good blanket and a bolster pewter, ye largest cason save one, a good porringer, a plate, a spoon, ye largest platter save one, also ironware, ye largest kettle save one, also wooden ware; i. e. the largest chest, a good chair, the spring wheel, & clock reals, also the largest pillow with a case, the Bible, also all my meat and corn and grain & flax and tow & wool & yarn &i wooster which was got & procured at ye date hereof, also a piece of linen cloath now weaving or lately woven, all these I give to said Mercy as a certain legacy* ... To my grand son Eleazer Blackwell my fire lock or gun. To my grandson Micah Blackwell one good ewe. To my grandson John Blackwell my sword, etc.... To my daughter Sarah Swift all my moveable & personal estate" (except the things specifically given to the others). The son John Blackwell was named sole executor. W'itnesses: Enoch Tupper, John Smith, Elisha Tupper. The inventory, dated 23 Sept. 1751. shows real estate at £77.6s..; total £142. 15s. 9d. (Barnstable County Probate, 9: 70-2).
        Children, born in Sandwich to "Joshua & Sarah Blackwell:"
              i.    ELEAZER4, b. 4 July 1705; d. before 22 April 1751.
    11.    ii.    JOSHUA, b. 18 Oct. 1707.
    12.   iii.    MORDECAI, b. 26 Feb. 1709/10.
            iv.    SARAH, b. 6 Feb. 1713/14; d. in Sharon Conn., 12 April 1772; m.in Wareham, 20 Jan. 1733/4, JOB4 SWIFT, b. in Sandwich 3 Oct. l711, d. in Sharon, Conn., 14 Feb. 1801, son of Jireh and Abigail (Gibbs) Swift. This family moved, about l735, to Stoughton (see Suffolk County Deeds, 35: 253, et passim) and then about 1765 to Sharon, Conn. They had at least eight children.
    13.    v.    JOHN, b. 31 Aug. 1717.

    7.  MICHAEL3 (called MICAH) BLACKWELL (Joshua2, Michael1), born 23 July 1687, died testate in Sandwich shortly after 16 May 1763. He married there, 10 Nov. 1715, BATHSHEBA3 BOURNE, born there 12 Dec. 1686, died before 16 May 1763, daughter of Elisha2 and Patiences (Skiffe) Bourne.
        The will of Michael1 Blackwell (supra) proves that he gave some land to this grandson by deed dated 3 Aug. 1705, designating him as "my grandson Micheal Blackwell." But the Sandwich Church records show that, with four younger siblings, he was baptized 28 July l700 as Micah Blackwell, the spelling that he himself preferred. The receipt, dated 18 April 17ll, is signed by Micah Blackwell: "Received of my honoured father Joshua Blackwell, Executor of the Last Will & Testament of my grandfather Michael Blackwell, now deceased £15. 17s. 6d., being in full of my legacy in his personal estate" (Barnstable County Probate, 3:633) . "Micah Blackwell & Bathsheba Blackwell his wife" signed with the other heirs an agreement, dated 6 Aug. 1717, for the settlement of the personal estate of his wife's deceased mother, Patience (Skiffe) Bourne, widow of Elisha Bourne who had died intestate in Sandwich in 1706 (ibid., 3:472) .
        Micah Blackwell's name appears on the Rev. Benjamin Fessenden's list of Sandwich householders in  1730 (THE REGISTER, 13:30, January 1859). Under his father's will, dated 15 July 1737, he was given personal property, but the land was already under an entail, set by the grandfather's will and this was confirmed to him.
        Micah Blackwell's daughter Sarah married her first cousin, Mordecai4 Blackwell. She died, presumably after the birth of her sixth child in l755, and her husband died in the winter of 1756.  Responsibility for rearing the orphaned children was assumed by the grandfather, Micah Blackwell, who was appointed their legal guardian 3 July 1759 (Barnstable County Probate,.11:35-7).  Micah Blackwell had no sons, but the four daughters: "Patience, Mary, Sarah, Bathshua, children of Micah and Bathshua Blackwell" were baptized in the Sandwich Church 31 July 1737.
        The will, dated 16 May l763, of "Micah Blackwell of Sandwich . husbandman, being advanced in years" gives "to my three daughters, Patience Ellis, Mary Ellis and Bathsheba Maye," his land in Sandwich, but orders that if his grandson Micah Blackwell, upon reaching his majority, gives each of the testator's said three daughters £40 apiece, than I Micah to have the land. He gives "to my daughter Mary Eliis a lot in The Tongue (so called) of the Great Wonquosset Cedar Swamp,. and that I give in consideration of her educating my grand daughter Deborah Blackwell since the death of her father & Mother & as the compensation therefore. To my three granddaughters, Bathsheba Blackwell, Deborah Blackwell and Sarah Blackwell, to each of them one dollar and also the sum of £13. 6s. 8d. to be paid to each of them by their brother Micah Blackwell, when she arrives to the age of eighteen or marries whichever shall first happen, providing that as their father, Mordecai Blackwell, deceased, in his last Will & Testament dated 17 Feb. 1756, gave to all his children the use & improvement of all his real estate as they should need for their education and support till his son Mordecai arrive at 21 years and after their said father's decease I took the guardianship of all said children and have had the care and charge of their support and education & agreeable to their father's will, have had the use & improvement of all his Real Estate, therefore to prevent disputes after my decease and in justice to my Executor." He directs that each of the children furnish a written release and that his household effects be divided between his three daughters and his grandson Mordecai, son of his daughter Sarah Blackwell, deceased (Barnstable County Probate, 13:2).
        Children, births recorded in Sandwich:
        i.    PATIENCE4, b. 4 Oct. 1717; d. in Little Compton, R. I., 14 April l795; m. 11 Jan. 1738/9 REV. JONATNAN4 ELLIS (intention published in Plymouth. May. Des., 18:30),b. in Sandwich 1 May l717, d. in Little Compton 7 Sept. 1785, son of John3 and Sarah (Holmes) Ellis.  He was a Harvard graduate and in 1748 took a pastorate in Little Compton. The Sandwich Church records show: "11 March l749/50--voted to dismiss Patience Ellis (once Blackwell) ye wife of ye Rev. mr. Jonth  Ellis & recommend to ye Chh. of Christ in Littlecompton" (THT REGISTER, 111:29, Januay: 1957). Nine children.
        ii.   MARY, b. 17 NOV. 1719; d. after 16 May 1763; m. in Sandwich, 11 Dec. 1745, STEPHEN4 ELLIS, b. there 4 Aug. 1718, son of Josiah3 and Sarah3 (Blackwell) Ellis, The baptisms of at least three children to "Stephen & Mary Ellis" appear on the church records. The will (supra) of Micah Bladrwell gives a special legacy to this daughter for her care in educating her orphaned niece, Deborah5 Blackwell.
            Children (surname Ellis) : 1. Mary, bapt. 17 Sept. 1749. 2. Micheal, bapt. 9 Sept. 1753; d. young. 3. Michael, bapt. ("private, sick") 14 Aug. 1760; d. 15 Aug. 1760. Also a son--4. Stephen, birth not recorded; m. 1 Oct. 1767 Mary Ellis.
        iii.   SARAH, b. 22 April 1723; d. in Sandwich 19 July 1755; m. there, about 1738, MORDECAI4 BLACKWELL (Joshua3, Joshua2, Michael1),vide post.
        iv.   BATHSHEBA, b. 9 Feb. 1725/6; d. m Plymouth 20 May 1770; m. in Sandwich, 11 Dec. 1745, JOHN5 MAY b. in Plymouth in 1722, son of John4 and Ann May. They had several children, b. in Plymouth.

    8.  SAMUEL3 BLACKWELL (Joshua2, Michael1), born 13 April 1689, died testate in Sandwich 29 Jan. 1755/6. He married in Sandwich, 3 Jan, 1715/16, MARY SMITH, born there 17 Jan. 1694, died there 11 May 1755, daughter of John and Mehitable Smith.
        The will of his grandfather Blackwell bequeathed him Sandwich lands and for his share, £15. 17s. 6d., of the personal estate he signed a receipt dated 18 April 1711 (Barnstable County Probate, 3:212). This Samuel Blackwell's name appears on the Rev, Fessenden's list of Sandwich householders In 1730 (THE REGISTER, 13:30, January 1859): He was a substantial legatee under his father's will (supra), In which he was named co-executor. He and his wife were members of the Sandwich Church but for some reason--possibly because his house was located some distance away, not all of his children were baptized there.
        The will of "Samuel Blackwell of Sandwich," dated 15 Aug. 1754, gives "to my beloved wife Mary, the use & improvement of all my estate while my widow and if she remarry, then my best bed, bedding & household necessities"...To the son Samuel he gives all the real estate, housing, all wearing apparel "and also that which was my son Thomas's," etc. "To my daughters Mehitable, Abigail, Marcy, Catron and Mary & to my granddaughter Sarah Churchill, to each six shillings... To my daughters Hannah and Jean to each £13. 6s. 8d., beds, bedding and the use of a room each in my dwelling house as long as they shall remain unmarried." He appointed "Thomas Smith of Sandwich, tanner, and my wife Mary coexecutors." Witnesses: Ephraim Ellis, Rebecca Ellis and Elisha Tupper.  Proved 4 Feb. 1754/5 (Barnstable County Probate, 9:124-5). The itemized inventory, dated 10 Feb. 1754/5, shows personal estate totalling £139. 8s. 10d. Real estate includes land at Waquaneet £200.; land and meadow at ye Neck called Plymouth Neck £262. 13s. 4d.; Homestead, land and buildings £186. 13s. 4d.: land and swamp near Prince Tupper's dwelling house £38. 06s. 08d. Total: £729. Approved 6 May 1755. A memorandum, dated 10 May 1756, shows final distribution, after the widow's death: "To Samuel Blackwell, the only son--£13 2s." And then amounts of £6. 11s. to the following: "Mehitable Hamblen, Abigail Bates, Mercy Sherman, Hannah Blackwell, Katherine Claghorn, Mary Chipman, Jane Blackwell, Sarah. daughter to Martha Churchill deceased (wife of James Churchill) " (ibid., p. 126-9) .
            Children, births recorded in Sandwich:
            i.   MEHITABLE4, b. 25 Aug. 1717: d. before June 1766, when her widower m. (2),Mehitable (Hamblen) Childs; m. in Barnstable, 15 March 1739, BENJAMIN4 HAMBLEN, bapt. there 18 Nov. 1716, son of Benjamin3 and Hope (Huckens) Hamblen. Descendants of this couple have descent from Mayflower passengers John Howland, John and Elizabeth Tilley.
                Children (surname Hamblen) : 1. Mary, b. 16 July 1741. 2. Benjamin, b. 25 Feb. 1742/3. 3. Nathaniel, b. 21 Feb. 1744/5. 4. Jane, b. 23 March 1746. 5. Ichabod, b. 28 June 1749.
            ii.     ABIGAIL, b. 27 July 1719; m. about l738 JOHN BATES Of Barnstable.
                Children (surname Bates), to "John & Abigail" (Barnstable vital records in May. Des., 32: 51. April 1934; Baptisms, Barnstable (West) Church): 1. Susannah, b. l5 July 1739. 2. Samuel, b. 7 Dec. 1741. 3. ]ohn, b. 10 Jan. l742/3. 4. Job, b. 3 Feb. 1744/5.  5. Mehitable, b. 19 Feb. 1748/9. 6. Thomas, b. 17 March 1750/1. 7. Samuel, b. 27 Sept. 1754. 8. Seth, b. 7 March 1758.
            iii.     MERCY, b. 25 Oct. 1721; probably rn. (1) 7 Dec. 1752. Seth Bumpas of Wareham; m. (2),---- SHERMAN. She is described as "Mercy Sherman" in final distribution of her father's estate, 5 Oct. 1756.
            iv.     HANNAH, b. 18 Aug. l723; living unm. 5 Oct. 1756, when she participated in the distribution of her father's estate.
            v.     KATHERINE, b. 16 Aug. 1725; d. probably in Edgartown, Martha's Vineyard, after 19 July 1759; m. in Sandwich, 27 Feb. 1745/6, BENJAMIN4 CLAGHORN  (Thomas3, Shubael,2 James1)  of Edgartown, mariner, who was drowned 9 June 1759. Charles E. Banks in his History of Martha's Vineyard, 3:84, states that Katherine Blackwell was of Rochester, and that she returned there for a time with her children after her husband's death. She was granted administration upon her husband's estate 19 July 1759 (Dukes County Probate). Several children.
            vi.     MARTHA, b. 14 July 1727; d. before 15 Aug. 1754; m. 28 Jan. 1747/8 JAMES4 CHURCHILL  (Plympton Vital Records, 1923. p. 257), b. in Middleborough 30 Dec. 1726, son of Benjamin3 (William,2 John1) and Mary (Shaw) Churchill. The authors of The Churchill Family in America, edited by George M. Bodge, p. 34, say that James Churchill was a resident of Barnstable and that he married again after his first's wife's death. "James Churchill of Barnstable, blacksmith" was appointed guardian, 14 May 1755, "of your daughter Sarah Churchill a minor, grand daughter to Samuel Blackwell, late of Sandwich, yeoman, deceased" (Barnstable County Probate, 14:350).
                Child (surname Churchill) 1. Sarah, b. in Barnstable 23 Sept. 1749.
            vii.    MARY, b. 14 Sept. 1729; d. after 26 Nov. 1763; m. 9 Feb. 1750 BARNABAS4 CHIPMAN (Barnstable Vital Records in May. Des., 31:11, January 1933),b. in Barnstable 28 Jan. 1728, d. there 23 Dec. 1793, son of Barnabas3 (Samuel,2 John1) and Elizabeth (Hamblen) Chipman. They had issue. Descendants of this couple have lines to Mayflower passengers John Howland, John and Elizabeth Tilley. See Albert Lee Chipman, Chipmans in America, 1904, p. 38.
            viii.  THOMAS, b. 29 Feb. 1731; d. unm. in Sandwich 19 Feb. 1754 "aet 23." The father's will (supra) gives this son's personal effects to his only surviving brother, Samuel4.
             ix.    SAMUEL, b. 17 April 1735.
              x.    JANE, b. 29 March 1738: m., by Rev. Abraham Williams of Sandwich, 1 July 1762, ELISHA HAMBLEN, son Of Elisha and Elizabeth (Mayo) Hamblen of Eastham. H. Franklin Andrews in The Hamlin Family in America, 1902, p. 103, states that this couple moved to Voluntowm, Conn. We have not searched there. "Thomas Smith of Sandwich, tanner" (who was co-executor of her father's will and probably her mother's brother) was appointed guardian, 17 June 1555, of "Jane Blackwell, a minor daughter of Samuell Blackwell of Sandwich, yeoman deceased" (Barnstable County Probate, 14:354).
    9.   SETH4 BLACKWELL (Caleb3, John2, Michael1), born 1 Nov. 1729, died intestate in Rochester before 23 Oct 1812.  He married there, 25 Dec. 1753, RUTH STURTEVANT (Rochester Vital Records) . Under his father's will he is named "my only son" and is appointed co-executor (supra).
        The inventory of his estate is dated 23 Oct. 1812 and shows real property of $1,260 and a total of $1,496 (Plymouth County Probate, 44:371/2).The estate was declared insolvent 2 Sept. 1813, when the two main creditors were: Elizabeth Blackwell (probably the widow of the decedent's brother Nathaniel) and Micah Blackwell. The administrator was George Bonum Nye, a son of Bethia (Blackwell) Nye (ibid., 45:78-79). For his military service see Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War, 1896, 2:116, where his service is given under the name of Seth Blackwell.
            Children, born in Rochester to "Seth & Ruth:"
        i.      JANE5, b. 31 March 1755.
        ii.     ELIZABETH, called BETSEY, b· 26 March 1760; d. unm. 12 Dec. 1835 "aet. 75."
        iii.    CALEB, b. 9 March 1764; d 27 April 1816 (see obituary in The Providence Gazette, abstracted in James N. Amold. Vital Records of Rhode Island, 13:181) ; m. in Rochester. 9 Feb. l794, Elizabeth (called Betsey) Hammond (Rochester Vital Records).
                Child (only one recorded in Rochester, though there m been others b. elsewhere): 1 Sally Hammond6, b. 29 Nov. 1794.
        iv.    JOHN, b. 1 Sept. 1766.
15.   v.     SETH, b. 28 Nov. 1768.
        vi.    MICAH, b· 9 Dec. 1770.

10.  JOHN4 BLACKWELL (Nathaniel13 ]ohn,2 Michael1)  was born 14 Dec. 1727. He married, Samuel Wilbur, J. P., officiating, in Little Compton, R. I., 27 Oct. 1748, PARTHENIA SHAW (Arnold, op. cit., 4:pt.6: 8), born there 19 March 1725/6 (ibid., p. 158), died in Dartmouth 6 Oct. 1787 aged 61 (called Bethany in Dartmouth Vital Records, 3:20), daughter of Israel and Abigail (Palmer) Shaw. further research will be necessary to complete identification of the wife of this John Blackwell. The Dartmouth Vital Records, 2:64, 420, give the intention of marriage, 3 Sept.  1748, of "Phebe Shaw of Little Compton & John Blackwell." The name Phebe appears to have been the clerk's phonetic rendering of the unfamiliar name Parthenia. This hypothesis could explain, as well, the fact that the land records give the name of John's wife as Bethany, and in one case as Bethiah (see below). Yet the will of Abigail Shaw names her "daughter Pathenia Blackwell" (Little Compton Wills, 3: 198).**  We suspect that the principals pronounced the name P'theny.
        John4 Blackwell "of Dartmouth, blacksmith," received "for love and affection," 20 May 1752, an acre of Dartmouth land from his father (Bristol County Deeds, 5:513). A deed of 8 April l756 shows that "John Blackwell of Dartmouth, blacksmith," conveyed for £120. 1ls., "paid by Israel Shaw of Little Compton in the County of Newport & Colony of Rhode Island, gentleman ... a lot & house in Dartmouth, and is the lot which my late father Nathaniel Blackwell gave me" (ibid., 6:270). This transaction would appear to have been a mortgage or advance of funds by Shaw to his son-in-law, because we find a deed, dated 2 Sept 1761, by which the same lot is conveyed by Shaw for $150. to John Blackwell. The easterly bounds are described as abutting upon "land belonging to Blackwell's widow" (presumably Elizabeth, widow of Nathaniel3) (ibid., 7:216). At the same time John Blackwell sold a small plot to Irish Swift and the quitclaim of dower right is signed by the mark of Betheny Blackwell (ibid., p. 217). A similar deed, dated 23 Oct. 1762, is a conveyance of John Blackwell to Jireh Swift of land "formerly of Nathaniel Blackwell." Again, the dower quitclaim is signed by the mark of Bethany Blackwell (ibid., p. 227) . A final conveyance by John Blackwell to George Jenne, dated 28 May 1762, is signed with the mark of Bethiah Blackwell (ibid., 8:14). It should be noted that in each instance a clerk wrote her name and she signed with a mark.
        We find no record of the births of any children to John Blackwell. Yet his father's will proves he had at least one son, Nathaniel, and the implication is clear that there were others.
            Children:
            i.    NATHANIEL5, b. perhaps about 1749; living at the date of his grandfather Nathaniel Blackwell's will (supra).
            ii.   JOHN, b. perhaps about 1751. The following record would suggest a possible second marriage: "John Blackwell of Woodstock, Vt., son of John & Parthenia Blackwell, deceased," m. 26 Nov. 1797, Rev. Mase Shepherd officiating (Arnold, op. cir., 4p:pt. 6: 8) Nancy Rouse of Little Compton, daughter of Mary Rouse.

    11. JOSHUA4 BLACKWELL (Joshua3, Joshua2, Michael1 ), born 18 Oct. 1707, died in Sandwich in August 1783. He married there, 8 Aug. 1728, SARAH4 TUPPER, born there 6 Aug. l707, died there before 31 July l783, daughter of Israel3 Tupper (Thomas,2 Thomas1) by his second wife, Elizabeth3 Bacon (Nathaniel,2 Nathaniel1) .
        The will, dated in 1737 (supra), of Joshua2 Blackwell gave the bulk of his real property to his son, Joshua2 Blackwell, during the latter's life time, after which he ordered it divided between the subject, Joshua4 Blackwell, and his brother Mordecai.4  Therefore, the will of Joshua3 Blackwell, dated in 1751, gives to this son Joshua4 only certain buildings on the land and moveables. Joshua4 is called "Joshua Blackwell Tertius" by the Rev. Mr. Fessenden in his list of Sandwich householders in 1730.
        The first three children: "Elizabeth, Mercy &Thankful of Joshua and Sarah Blackwell" were baptized in the Sandwich church 5 Oct. 1735, where the seven younger children's baptisms are also recorded. He was appointed guardian, 17 May 1755, to his first cousin, Samuel4 Blackwell, "minor son to Samuel Blackwell" (Barnstable County Probate, 14:554).

            The will of "Joshua Blacliwell of Sandwich, yeoman," dated 31 July 1783, gives "to my daughter Elizabeth Blackwell, Liberty to live in my house provided she live single till Levi Blackwell the son to my son Eleazer Blackwell, deceased, be 21 years, & after that, while single... To my daughters Elizabeth, Sarah, Thankful and to Jabez the son of my daughter Mercy, deceased ... to my son Israel Blackwell one Spanish milled dollar,... to my son Joshua Blackwell all my wearing apparell & my walking cane that was my father's... to my five grand daughters; Temperance. Rebecca, Phebe, Thankful and Mary Blackwell, the daughters of my son Eleazer... to my daughter-in-law Jedidah Blackwell, widow of my son Eleazer ... to my three grandsons Joshua. Eleazer & Levi, sons of my son Eleazer...to my son Rowland Blackwell." He names his son Joshua Blackwell sole executor. Witnesses: John Blackwell, Malachi Ellis, [the Rev.] Abraham Williams. Proved 11 Aug. 1783. Inventory taken 15 Sept. 1783 by Malachai and Nathaniel Ellis and Israel Tupper (Barnstable County Probate, 23: 150, 164).

                Children:
                i.     ELIZABETH5, b. 22 March 1729/30; d. probably unm. after 31 July 1783, when she is named as single in her father's will.
                ii.    MERCY, b. 1 Jan. 1731/2; d. before 31 July 1783 (since she is named as deceased in her father's will in which her son Jabez is named). The will of her grandfather (supra),dated 22 April 1751, gives a generous "certain legacy" to this "grand daughter Mercy Blackwell," although her three sisters are not named. The implication is that she was either a particular favorite or had some special handicap. In any case she became the mother of a son, evidently born out of wedlock.  We had at first thought that it was this Mercy Blackwell who m. in Sandwich, in l752, Seth Bumpas, but in view of the fact that the church records call her Mercy "Blackwell" in 1764, it was evidently her cousin Mercy, daughter of Samuel3 Blackwell who married Bumpas.
                    Child (surname Blackwell): 1. Jabez, bapt. 21 July l764 (Sandwich Church Records)."son of Mercy Blackwell;" m. (intention 2 Aug. 1786) Seba Blossom. They are designated as "both of Fairfield or Nye's Plantation" (Vital Records of Winslow, Maine, to 1892, 1937). He served, with various cousins, in Capt. Ward Smith's Co., Col. Freeman's Regt. (Mssachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the Revolutionary War, 1896).After the war they all emigrated to Fairfield, Maine, where he is listed as head of a family in the 1790 Census.
                iii.    THANKFUL, b. 14 Aug. 1734, bapt. 5 Oct. 1735; d. before 24 Jan. 1741/2.
                iv.    SARAH, b. 11 Nov. 1736, bapt 2 Jan. 1736/7; d. before 28 Oct. 1738.
                v.     SARAH, b. 28 Oct. 1738, bapt. 21 Jan. 1738/9; d. after 31 July 1783, when she is named in her father's will; m. in Plymouth, 15 April 1769, SETH LUCE***("Plymouth Vital Records" May. Des:, 26:140, July 1924),son of`Seth and Hannah (Morton) Luce of Plymouth.
      16.     vi.    ELEAZER, b. 3 April  l740.
                vii.   THANKFUL, bapt. 24 Jan. 1741/2; d. after 31 July 1783, when she is named in her father's will; m. BRYANT FOSTER, b. 5 July 1741, son of Solomon and Rebecca4 (Nye) Foster of Sandwich (George H. Nye and
F. E. Best, A Genealogy of the Nye Family, 1907, p. 64).
      17.     viii.  ISRAEL.b. 14 March 1742/3.
      18.       ix.   JOSHUA, b. 26 Dec. l745.
                   x.   SGT. ROWLAND, b. 10 Oct. 1747; m. 9 Nov. 1775 MARY HAMMOND  (Rochester Vital Records). This is a case which makes the genealogist reach for the aspirin. He is named in his father's will so we know he was alive in 1783 and he is called "of Sandwich" at his marriage, which is all quite straight forward. But the first military record we find of him shows him listed as "Rooling Blackrill" (surely a discouraging monicker for a rooky) in Capt. Micah Hamlin's Co., Col. Gary's Regt., l776. Later (called Rowland and Roland) he served with the rank of Sergeant in Capt. Ward Swift's (Sandwich) Co., Col. Freeman's regt., in which also served his two elder brothers and various cousins (Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the Revolutionary War, 2:ll5). But we are quite unable as yet to find records of the births of his children or any additional useful data. We find records of the death of "Rowland (husband of Mary) Blackwell 22, 9 mo., 1816, aet. 69" (Nantucket Vital Records, 5:65)  In the same record we find "Mary [----] [wife of Roland] b. 17 3 mo. 1740; d. 3 mo. 1825" (ibid., 1:113; 5:65).  But in "Nantucket Supplementary Records" (THE. REGISTER, 100:51) We find: "Mary Blackwell wife of Rowland d. 27 Jan. 1825 aet. 84 v. 11 m." The Nantucket records also show a daughter, Elizabeth Blackwell, "of Rowland & Mary," m. Clovis Black son of Daniel (op. cit., 3:105) , but no date is given.
    12.    MORDECAI4 BLACKWELL (Joshua,3 Joshua,2 Michael1), born 26 Feb. 1709/10, died between 17 Feb. and 3 March 1756.  He married about 1738 SSRAH4 BLACKWELL, born in Sandwich 22 April 1723, died there 19 July l755, daughter of Micah3 and Bathsheba (Bourne) Blackwell.
            The children of "Mordecai and Sarah Blackwell" were all baptized in the Sandwich church. He is named in the wills of his father, 22 April 1751, and that of his grandfather Blackwell, 15 July 1737 (supra).
    The will of "Mordecai Blackwell of Sandwich" gives "to my son Micah Blackwell, my saddle & colt to which my mare is now with foal; my interest in the cart and wheels; one half my wearing apparell, my axe and the cow that is called his. To my daughter Bathsheba Blackwell one third of the wearing apparell that belonged to my beloved wife Sarah, deceased; also my chest of draws, looking glass & one of my best beds and furniture suitable to it:.. to my two daughters, Deborahand Sarah, each of them a bed & furniture and also each of them one third part of the wearing apparell that belonged to my wife & each of them a chest ... to my three daughters, Bathsheba, Deborah and Sarah, all the remainder of my household goods and furniture, as linens, pewter, hollow iron ware & all other household utensils, in equal proportion between them... to my son Mordecai Blacliwell his horse... my dwelling house and all my upland.  meadow, wood lots & right in the cedar swamp & all other property in Sandwich at twenty one & if Mordecai die then one half to my son Micah and the other half to my three daughters." Jonathan Bassett to be sole executor. Witnesses: John Blackwell, John May, Samuell Blackwell & [Rev.] Abraham Williams. Will dated 17 Feb. 1756 and proved 3 March 1756 (Barnstable County Probate, 9:225).The inventory, dated 8 April 1756, was taken by Cornelius Tobey, Solomon Foster and Thomas Smith (ibid., p. 227) .
        Micah3 Blackwell was appointed guardian, 3 July 1759, of these five grandchildren: Micah, Bathsheba, Deborah, Mordecai and Sarah Blackwell (ibid., 11:35-7). After the eldest, Micah, reached his majority the court made the other siblings his wards, 15 Feb 1764.  In 1768 Micha5 Blackwell submitted his accounting (ibid., 13: 367, 14: 10-3).  These five orphaned children all are named in the will of their maternal grandfather, Micah3 Blackwell
            Children, born in Sandwich:
            i.     MICAH5, b· 28 Dec. 1741.
            ii.    BATHSHEBA, bapt. 10 Aug. 1746; d. before 22 June 1749.
            iii.   BATHSHEBA, b· 22 June 1749, bapt. 30 July 1749; m. in Sandwich, 26 Feb. 1767, JOSHUA5 BLACKWELL (Joshua4, Joshua3, Joshua2, Michael1), vide post.
            iv.   DEBORAH, b. 31 Aug. 1751; m (intention 26 Sept. l772) DAVID MORTON of Plymouth ("P1ymouth Vital Records" in May Des., 27:45, January 1925).
            v.    MORDECAI, b. 29 Sept. 1753; m· SARAH _____.  He is named in his father's will and in that of his grandfather. Micah3 Blackwell, whose ward he became in 1759 and who matlaged his estate until his death in l763. We suggest that it is this Mordecai Blackwell, called "cordwainer." who purchased, by deed dated 6 May 1785. a parcel of land in the northerly part of Boston (Suffolk County Deeds. 149:6), which property he mortgaged the same day to Daniel ballard. his wife Sarah releasing her dower right (ibid., 148:97)· In the 1790 census he is listed with a family of one male over 16 and two females under 16.
            vi.    SARAH, bapt. 10 Aug 1755; d. after 9 Aug. 1768, when she is named in her brother Micah's accounting of her father's estate. Did she marry?

    13.  JOHN4 BLACICWELL (JOSHUA,3 Joshua,2 Michael1) was born 31 Aug. 1717. He married about 1737 ELIZABETH ---· It has been believed that she was a daughter of Josiah3 Ellis, but we think not since she is not named in his will nor that of his daughter, Sarah Ellis.
        John4 was a legatee under the will of his grandfather, Joshua2 Blackwell, dated 15 July 1737 (supra). His father, Joshua,3 gives this son most of the Sandwich real property by his will, dated 22 April 1751.
        The children: "Lucy, Joanna, Nathaniel, Elizabeth & Sarah, of John & Elizabeth Blackwell" were baptized together 29 Oct. 1752 in the Sandwich church, where the three youngest children also were baptized as they came along.  In 1752 he witnessed the will of his brother, Mordecai. No record of probate of his estate has been found. He fled to Long Island to the protection of the British during the Revolution, where his daughter Experience was married in 1782, and he evidently joined the United Empire Loyalist evacuees who went to Shelburne, N. S·, in 1783. He is doubtless the John Blackwell, head of a family of five persons (recommended by his son-in-law Thomas Ferry) whose name appears on the "Roster of the Port Roseway Associates" (see Anne Borden Harding, "The Port Roseway Debacle," The Register, 117:13).
            Children, born and baptized in Sandwich:
            i.    LUCY5, b. 9 DEC. 1738, bapt 29 Oct. l752.
            ii.   JOANNA, b. 16 Nov. 1742, bapt. 29 Oct 1752.
            iii.  NATHANIEL, b. 23 Nov. 1746, bapt. 29 Oct. 1752; m in Sandwich. 19 Feb. 1767, HANNAH3 ATKINS, b· there 26 Nov. 1741, daughter of John2 Atkins Jamesl) by his wife Dinah3 Gifford (John2, William1) ·
            iv.  ELIZABETH (called BETTEY), b. 2 Dec. 1748; m. in Sandwich, 18 Feb. 1767, NATHANIEL3 ATKINS, a brother of Hannah Atkins (supra).
            v.   SARAH, b· 28 Jan. 1750/1: d· probably on Long Island. N.Y. before 25 Sept  1782: m. in Sandwich, 30 Oct. l771, THOMAS4 PERRY, son of Nathan3 and Martha (Tupper) Perry (THE REGISTER, 116:28, January 1962). Thomas Perry m. (2),her sister Experience.
            vi.   JOHN, b. 27 March l753.
            vii.  EXPERIENCE. bapt. 12 Sept. 1756; m. by the Rev. Joshua Hartt in Smithtown, L. I., N.Y., 25 Sept. 1782, THOMAS4 PERRY (New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, 42:135, April 1911). Believed to have had issue.
            viii.  OLIVE, bapt 13 May 1759.

    14.  SAMUEL4  BLACKWELL  (Samuel,3  Joshua,2  Michael1),  born  17 April 1735, died in Sandwich 8 Jan.  1805 (Church records).  He married first, Rev. Ezra Stiles officiating, In Newport, R. I., 25 Oct. 1756, CHLOE DENNIS "of Newport," baptized in Sandwich 23 Nov. 1740, daughter of Abraham and Mary (Eliis) Dennis (Sandwich Church records); and secondly, in Sandwich, 8 March 1772, PATIENCE5 GIBBS, born 16 Dec. 1752, died after 18 Aug. 1799, daughter of Samuel4 and Hannah (Perry) Gibbs.  At the time of his first marriage Samuel is called "of Sandwich" (James N. Arnold, Vital Records of Rhode Island; Newport County Marriages, 4: pt. 2:9).
        The will of Samuel3 Blackwell, dated 15 Aug. 1754 (supra), gives his son Samuel all the real property and wearing apparel, including the apparel which had belonged to the deceased son, Thomas4 Blackwell, a yoke of oxen, etc. In the final distribution, dated 5 Oct. 1756, this son is called "Samuel Blackwell the only son."
            The subject Samuel4 Blackwell's own will, dated in Sandwich, 13 Aug. 1799, gives to "Patience Blackwell my dearly beloved wife  (in lieu of dower), the improvement of all real and other estate" during life or widowhood. "To my son Thomas Blackwell $1. To my grandchildren: Chloe Dillingham, Remember Gibbs, Reuben Gibbs, Polly Gibbs, Elizabeth Gibbs. Dennis Gibbs & Rosanna Gibbs ... to my two daughters, Chloe Lincoln and Patience Ellis,...to my two daughters Hannah Blackwell & Polly Blackwell ... to my two sons Samuell Blackwell & Joseph
Blackwell ..: to my two sons Ellis Blackwell and Benjamin Blackwell."  The wife Patience is named sole executrix. The real estate was in both Sandwich and Plymouth. Witnesses: Elisha and Hannah Burges, Jireh Fish (Barnable County Probate, 31:160).
                 Children, to "Samuell & Chloe" (Sandwich Town Records):
        21.   i.    THOMAS5 b. 7 Sept 1757.
                ii.   MARY, b. 4 Feb. 1759; d. before 13S Aug. l799; m. about 1778 REUBEN5 GIBBS, bapt. in Sandwich 2 Sept. l753, son of Reuben4 and Mary (Perry) Gibbs.
                    Children (surname Gibbs), bapt. in Sandwich: 1. Chloe, b. about 1779; m. in Sandwich, 2 Nov. 1796, Edward Dillingham. 2. Remember, b. about 1781. 3. Reuben, bapt. (with his two elder siblings) 25 Nov. 1785. 4. Mary (called Polly), bapt. 10 July 1785.  5. Elizabeth (called Betsey), bapt. 18 May 1788. 6. Dennis, bapt 4 Sept. 1790. 7. Rosanna, bapt. 9 June 1793.
                iii.   DENNIS, b. 8 April l761, bapt. 26 July 1761; living in 1799 when he is named in his father's will. He served as a private, together with his brother Thomas and several cousins, in Capt. Ward Smith's (Sandwich Co.), l776, 1778, etc., in the Revolution. It seems liliely that he had issue.
                iv.    ELLIS, b. 21 June 1763, bapt. 24 July 1763; d. 21 Sept. 1763.
                v.     CHLOE, b. 28 July 1765,+ bapt. 15 Sept. 1765; m. in Sandwich, 2 Nov. 1797, SHERMAN LINCOLN (Rochester Vital Records; Mary Lovering Holman, The Descendants of William Sherman, 1936, p. 72).
                Children, born in Sandwich to "Samuel and Patience:"
        22.   vi.    SAMUEL, b. 26 NOV. 1772.
                vii.   PATIENCE, b. 23 Nov. 1774: m. (intention in Sandwich, 13 Aug. 1796) REUBEN6 ELLIS, b. in Plymouth 27 Oct. l772, son of Barnabass and Ruth (Mendall) Ellis.
               viii.  ELLIS, b. 23 Oct. 1777; living 19 Aug. 1799 when he is named in his father's will.
                ix.    JOSEPH, b. 25 Sept. 1780.
                 x.    BENJAMIN. b. 25 Sept. 1783: living 13 Aug. 1799 when he is named in his father's will.
                xi.    HANNAH, b. 20 Oct. 1787.
                xii.   ABIGAIL, b. 28 ]an. 1790.

    15.  SETH5 BLACKWELL (Seth,4 Caleb,3 John,2 Michael1) was born 28 Nov. 1768. He married 9 Oct. 1791 SUSANNAH BENNET.
        Since this man's father died intestate and insolvent and the Rochester vital records concerning his family are meager, additional work must be done here. The incomplete records suggest that he had a second wife, Lois --, and that perhaps only the first child was by the first wife, Susannah Bennett.
            Children (incomplete list, Rochesler Vital Records):
            i.      JOHN6 b. about 1792; m. 24 May 1818 CHARLOTTE CLAGHORH, b. about 1792, d. 15 Nov. 1846 "Widow of John," daughter of William and Dorothy (Haskell) Claghorn.
            ii.     LOIS, b. about 1795-1800; d. 22 Aug. 1829.
            iii.    RUTH, b. about l797; d. 10 April 1825.
            iv.     SETH, b. about 1799; d. 28 Oct. 1817 "aet. 17 yrs. 4 mos."

    16.  ELEAZER5 BLACKWELL (Joshua,4 Joshua,3 Joshua,2 Michael1), born 3 April 1740, died alter 30 Sept. 1781 and before 31 July l783. He married in Sandwich, 8 Dec. 1763, JEDIDAH BURGESS, born there in 1745, died after 1789, daughter of Zacheus4 and Temperance Burgess (see Burgess Genealogy: Memorial of the Family of Thomas and Dorothy Burgess, 1865, p. 25).
        Eleazer Blackwell and his wife Jedidah were members of the Sandwich Church where, 8 Nov. 1778, they had their first six children baptized:  "Temperance, Rebecca, Phebe, Thankful, Joshua & Eleazer, after which the two younger children were also duly baptized. From these church records we know that Eleazer Blackwell was alive 30 Sept. 1781, but he died before 31 July 1783, the date of his father's will (supra), when we find among the legatees, "my daughter in law Jedidah Blackwell, widow of my son Eleazer" and "my three grandsons, Joshua, Eleazer and Levi sons of my son Eleazer Biackwell, deceased" as well as "my five grand daughters, Temperance, Rebecca, Phebe, Thankful and Mary Blackwell." The widow Jedidah Blackwell is listed in Sandwich in the 1790 census.
            Children, born and baptized in Sandwich:
            i.     TEMPERANCE,6 b. 4 Dec. 1764.
            ii.    REBECCA, b. 18 April 1767.
            iii.   PHEBE, b. 27 March 1769; m. 28 Oct. 1791 OBEDIAH SWIFT Of Wareham (Wareham Town Records).
            iv.  THANKFUL, b. 10 April 1772; d. in Otsego County, N. Y.. 13 Sept. 1858; m. 14 Feb. 1799 NATHANIEL6 BURGESS, b. in 1771. d. in Otsego d. 15 Dec. 1841, son of Elisha and Desire" (Blackwell) Burgess (The Burgess
Genealogy: op. cit., p. 78). The Wareham Town Records give 12 Feb. l799 as the date of the marriage. Six children.
            v.    JOSHUA. b. 23 Feb. 1775; m. 26 April 1800 DELIVERANCE (called DELIA) BOLLES. He is called 'of Wareham" (Wareham Town Records).
            vi.    ELEAZER, b. 8 April 1777.
            vii.   MARY, b. 14 July 1779.
            viii.  LEVI, b. 26 July 1781.

    17.    ISRAEL5 BLACKWELL (Joshua,4 Joshua,3 Joshua,2 Michael1), born 14 March 1742/3, died after 12 April 1797.  He married in Sandwich, 3 Dec. 1767, HANNAH5 ELLIS, born there 10 June 1751, daughter of Rowland4 and Joanna4 (Tupper) Ellis.
            He served as a private in Capt. Ward Smith's Co., Col. Freeman's Regt. (Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the Revolutionary War, 1896, 2:115).
            The will of Rowland4 Ellis, dated 14 Dec. 1769, gives "to my daughter Hannah Blackwell" (Barnstable County Probate, 17:292) . "Hannah, Thomas & Jane, of Israel & Hannah Blackwell" were baptized in the Sandwich Church 2 May 1784, as were their two younger children, Sarah and Joanna. This family moved to Fairfield, Lincoln Co. (now Somerset Co.), Maine, before the Census of 1790, when Israel Blackwell is listed with a family of one white male over 16 years; two under 16 and five white females, from which it would appear that he may have had a second son born there. "Israel & Hannah Blackwell, his wife of Fairfield in the County of Lincoln" by deed, dated 12 April 1797, sold to John Gibbs of Sandwich some 28 acres there (Sandwich Deeds, Barnstable County Register, 2: 115) .
            Children, born and baptized in Sandwich:
            i.      HANNAH6, b. in January 1774.
            ii.     THOMAS, b. in August 1780.
            iii.    JANE, b. in May l782, bapt. 2 May l784, with two older siblings.
            iv.    SARAH, b. in July 1784, bapt. 22 Aug. 1784.
            v.    JOANNA, bapt. 22i April l787.

    18. JOSHUA5 BLACICWELL (Joshua,4 Joshua,3 Joshua,2 Michael1), born 26 Dec. 1745, said to have died in "Madison, Me., 1822" (D. A. R. records). He married in Sandwich BATHSHEBA,5 called BATHSHUA, BLACKWELL, daughter of Mordecai4 and Sarah4 (Blackwell) Blackwell (vide supra).
        He served as a private, as did his brother Israel and their cousins, Jabez and Thomas Blackwell. in Capt. Ward Smith's Co., Col. Freeman's Regt., during the Revolution (Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the Revolutionary War).  It would seem evident that as a reward for the military service that these four Blackwells performed all of them settled soon after the war in Fairfield, Maine. We have not yet followed these families in Fairfield, but we believe that some, if not all of them, were the progenitors of large families there.
            Children:
            i.    NATHANIEL,6 b. about 1768; d. in 1858; m. THANFUL FULLER.
            ii.   JOSHUA, b. about l778; d. in 1858; m. 20 Jan. 1802 ELIZABETH LANDERS (they were both "of Fairfield,  Vital Records of Winslow, Maine, 1937, p. 124) .
            Probably several other children.

    19.    MICAH5 BLACKWELL (Mordecai,4 Joshua,3 Joshua,2 Michael1), born 28 Dec. 1741, died intestate in Sandwich 30 Sept. l781. He married there, 23 Nov. 1766, LYDIA4 TOBEY, born there 16 June 1748, died there 30 Jan. 1830, daughter of Jonathan3 and Deborah5 (Swift) Tobey. She married secondly, there, 15 May 1796, Joshua5 Freeman, born there 6 April 1744, in whose will, dated in 1811, she is named.
            Micah was but eleven years old when his father died in 1756, and by the terms of the latter's will all the real property was placed in control of the grandfather, Joshua3 Blackwell, until this eldest son reached his majority. The grandfather was appointed also guardian during the period and the terms of the settlement are described in the will of Joshua3 Blackwell (supra). Micah5 Blackwell also is named in the will of his maternal grandfather, Micah3 Blackwell (q.v.). Micah5 Blackwell served as Quartermaster in Maj. Joseph Dimmock's Regt. in the Revolution in l778 (Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the Revolutionary War). "Mr. Micah Blackwell in the County of Barnstable" was among "certain gentlemen appointed to ascertain the... prices of certain articles in their respective Counties," 3rd Session Court held 1779/80  (Acts and ResoIves--1779/80, p. 1135).
            Children, six recorded in Sandwich, possibly one or more born in Maine:
            i.        CAPT.  MORDECAI6: b. 24 Sept.  l767;  d. in Winslow. Maine, 1May 1812 "aet. 44" (gravestone. Howard Cemetery); m. about 1799 SARAH BURGESS, b. in 1769, d. in M'inslow 22 Jan. 1851 "aet. 82" (ibid.). daughter of Thomas and Annis (Fuller) Burgess. Seven children. b. in Winslow.
            ii.      ALVIN, b. 7 Nov. 1769; d. in Sandwich 24 Feb. 1774.
            iii.     HEPZIBAH, b. 30 May 1772; d. in Waterville, Maine, 23 Aug. 1829; m. in Sandwich. 28 Feb. 1793, WILLIAM6 ELLIS, b. there 22 Dec. l77l, son of Lieut. Thomas5 and Jerusha (Clark) Ellis.
            iv.     CYNTHIA, b. 27 Jan. 1755; m. about 1795 THOMAS6 SWIFT, bapt in Sandwich 28 June 1772, son of Thomas5 and Abigail (Phillips) Swift.
            v.      CAPT. RUSSELL, b. 25 Nov. 1777; d. in Waterville. Maine, 19 May 187l (gravestone, Pine Grove Cemetery); m. about 1800 HAHNAH5 NYE, b. in Sandwich 11 May 1786, d. in Waterville 3 Aug. 1823, daughter of Jabez4 and Temperance (Crocker) Nye. He was a "cabinet maker, of Sandwich" in a deed, dated 31 Jan. 1799, of Sandwich land to his brother-in-law Thomas Swift (Sandwich Deeds, Barnstable County Registry. 2:347). Eight children.
            vi.      SARAH, b. 19 Jan. 1782; D.A.R. records state she m. JONATHAN HAYWOOD.

    20.   JOHN5 BLACKWELL (John,4 Joshua,3 Joshua,2 Michael1) was born 27 March l753. He married about 1776 PRISCILLA5 ELLIS, baptized in Sandwich 5 Sept. 1756, daughter of Elijah4 and Hannah Ellis.
            This is evidently the man described as "John Blackwell, Junr, labourer," one of the "absentees" from Sandwich who Joined the British during the Revolution (see Acts and Resolves, 1769-l779, p. 912). We are informed that tradition in this branch of the family claims that he married Priscilla Ellis and went, with the other Loyalists to Nova Scotia in l783.  But it would appear that, as in the case of at least one of his Ellis relations, he returned to Sandwich since in a deed, dated 14 Dec. 1822, "John Blackwell of Sandwich, yeoman,... for the love & good will I have and do bear for my beloved wife Priscilla Blackwell, and also in consideration of her paying all my just debts ... convey to her .. all my real estate in Sandwich of what kind whatsoever'; (Sandwich Deeds, Barnstable County Registry, 1:333). The following list of his children is almost certainly incomplete.
            Child:
            i     JOHN6, b. about l777; m. (1) , PRISCILLA ----, b. about 1785, d. in Sandwich in 1810 "aet. 25  (Sandwich Church Records); m. (2).24 Nov. 1811, HANNAH (SWAIN) ELLIS, widow of a Jonathan Ellis and daughter of Reuben and Hannah (Macy) Swain (Nantucket Vital Records), by whom he had at least three children. By his first wife he had at least two children, Hannah and Mary Ellis, bapt. in Sandwich 10 July 1805.

    21.    THOMAS5 BLACKWELL (Samuel,4 Samuel,3 Joshua,2 MichaeI1) was born 7 Sept. 1757 and was baptized in Sandwich 26 July l761. He is called "of Sandwich" when he married in Wareham, 29 Jan. 1784, ELIZABETH6 BURGESS (Wareham Town Records; Burgess Genealogy, op. cit., p. 40).
            He was named in his father s will (q.v.) . In the Revolution he served with his brother Dennis and several cousins in Capt. Ward Swift's Co., Col. Freeman's Regt. (Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the Revolutionary War) and like the others he moved after the war to Fairfield, Maine. He was a Selectman there in 1797/8, 1800, etc.
                Children, probably born in Fairfield (Burgess Genealogy. op. cit.) :
                i.         SARAH,6 b.  about  1785.  Probably the "Sally G. Blacrwell of Fairfield" who m. in Winslow, Maine, 21 March 1805, CONSTANT BATES (Vital Records of Winslow, Maine, p. 122).
                ii.     CHLOE. b. about 1787.
                iii.    MARY, b. about l789.
                iv.    ELIZABETH, b. about 1791.
                v.      DENNIS, b. about 1793; m. in Sidney. Maine, 24 April 1814, ARDELISA STANLEY (THE REGISTER, 87: 226, July 1933).
                vi.     WILLIAM, b. about 1795.

    22. SAMUEL5 BLACKWELL (Samuel,4 Samuel,3 Joshua,2 Michael1) was born 26 Nov. 1772. He married first, in Sandwich, 19 Feb. 1794, CELIA5 PERRY, born about 1777, daughter of Seth4 and Lydia (Bourne) Perry (ibid.. 116:28, January 1962); and secondly, 17 Dec. 1813, JANE WHELDEN ("Barnstable Vital Records" in May. Des., 19:78, April 1917). He is named in his father's will (q.v.).
            Child by first wife (Sandwich Town Records):
            i.      SAMUEL6 b· 2 Oct. 1805.
            Probably several other children.

    23.   JOSEPH5 BLACKWELL (Samuel,4 Samuel,3 Joshua,2 Michael1) was born 25 Sept. 1780. He married about 1804 MARY5 PERRY, baptized in Sandwich 12 Aug. 1787, daughter of Seth4 Perry and sister of Celias Perry who married her husband's brother, Samuels Blackwell. Joseph Blackwell is named in his father's will (q.v.).
            Children (Sandwich Town Records):
            i.      MELINDA6 b. 26 Jan. 1805.
            ii.     PATIENCE, b. 18 Oct. 1808.
            iii.    THOMAS, b. 20 Sept. 1811.
            iv.    MARY, b. 4 Jan. 1813.
            v.     JOSEPH, b. 4 Sept. 1815.
            vi.    SAMUEL, b· 28 Feb. 1817.
            vii.   CELIA, b. 8 Aug 1822.
            viii.  CHARLES W., b. 8 May 1825.
            ix.     LYDIA, b. 2 Aug. 1827.
            x.      SETH, b. 25 Feb. 1892; d. in Sandwich 18 March 1835.