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BLACKWELL
In a family bible now in the possession of a member of the Blackwell family is recorded a genealogy of the family, which was evidently prepared by someone who knew a great deal about the family history, and it bears evidence of having been carefully compiled. Most of this account is compiled from that record, supplemented with data from the Lunenburg marriage records.
1. Robert Blackwell (b. 1620 in England), came to York County,
Virginia, in 1645, and married a daughter of Major Joseph Croshaw. They
had:
2. James Blackwell (b. 1647, d. 1719),
who married and had:
3. James Blackwell
(baptized 1680), who married in 1699, Mary Glenn. They had:
4. James Glenn Blackwell (b. 1701), who married and had:
5. John Blackwell (b. 1725), who married in 1762, Catherine Richardson
and moved to Kentucky.
5. Robert Blackwell (b. 1730, d. 1789), who married November 15,
1765, Elizabeth Goodwin (d. 1828), daughter of James Goodwin of Hampton
Parish, York County, Virginia. He bought a tract of land in Lunenburg County
from William Raines, and settled upon it. They had:
6. Robert Blackwell, who married Jincey Jones (d. April 15, 1823), daughter
of Reps Jones, and had:
7. Christianne Blackwell, who married June 12, 1816, Thomas H. Jeffreys.
7. Thomas Blackwell (d. young).
7. Stephen J. Blackwell, who married Maria W. Winn (M. B. dated
July 13, 1829, and moved to Tennessee.
7. Elizabeth G. Elackwell, who married Thophilus
Denton (M. B. dated March 14, 1825).
7. Anna J. Blackwell, vjho married in Dec. 1820, Sterling Smith.
7. James G. Blackwell, who moved to
Tennessee.
7. John Blackwell, who moved to Tennessee.
7. Robert Blackwell, who moved to Tennessee.
7. Jane Blackwell (d. young).
7. Mary Reps Blackwell.
6. Thomas Blackwell, who married Sept. 5, 1795 (first), Marie Bridgforth
(d. 1820), a widow, and (second) Susanna (last name not known). Apparently
all the children were by the first marriage:
7. Nancy Blackwell, married Robert Bolling.
7. Robert Blackwell, married Polly Ann Abernathg.
7. John Blackwell.
7. Maria Blackwell, married John Booth.
7. Joel: Blackwell, married June 2, 1830, Sallie Blackwell.
(No children.)
7. James G. Blackwell, who married Mary R.Williams (M. B. dated Dec.
29, 1830).
7. Jane Blackwell.
7. Louis Blackwell.
7. Martha E. Blackwell, married (M. B. dated March
9, 1829), Thomas D. Fisher, and moved to Tennessee.
7. William Henry Blackwell.
7. Edward Blackwell (d. young).
7. Sarah Blackwell (d. young).
6. Christianne Blackwell, married Robert Jones, son of Reps Jones,
and had:
7. Robert Jones, who married Elizabeth G. Blackwell.
7. Nancy Jones, who married Samuel Edmundson.
7. Jane Jones, who married (first), J.Edmundson; (second), Dr. S.
Wright.
6. Nancy Blackwell, married Peter Hawthorne, Jr. (d.1821), and had:
7. Joel B. Hawthorne (b. 1800), moved to Louisiana.
7. Peter Wilkins Hawthorne.
7. Elizabeth? Hawthorne, who married 1831, Brooker Elder.
7. Susan Hines Hawthorne, who married John Manson.
7. John Hawthorne, who moved to Louisiana.
7. Mary Ann Boiling Hawthorne, who married William Edmundson.
7. T. Frederick Hawthorne.
7. Anna B. Hawthorne.
6. Chapman Blackwell, who married (M. B. dated March 13, 1806), (first),
Polly Hatchett; (second), Prudence Jeffreys,* and moved to Kentucky.
6. John Blackwell, who married Mary Edmundson, daughter of Upton
Edmundson (d. 1835), and had:
7. Elizabeth G. Blackwell, who married Dec. 20, 1815, Robert Blackwell
Jones.
7. Benjamin Blackwell, who married Elizabeth W. Jones.
7. Robert Blackwell, who married (M. B. dated Dec. 13, 1830), Minerva
Hardy, daughter of Vincent Hardy, and had:
8. Sallie Orgains Blackwell (b. 1843, d. 1910), married 1885 (second
wife of) Dr. Sterling Neblett, Jr. (b. Sept. 14, 1825, d. Oct. 8, 1877).
(See Neblett Genealogy and Hardy Genealogy herein). They had:
9. Mary Elizabeth Neblett, who married J. Thomas Saunders.
9. Malcolm Neblett (d. young).
9. Sallie Blackwell Neblett, who married Waverly S. Manson.
9. Lucy Neblett, who married J.Thomas Turner.
8. Thomas Blackwell, killed at the battle of Gettysburg.
8. John Blackwell (d. 1873).
7. Susan Blackwell, who married William Wilkinson.
7. John Blackwell, who married Mary Letcher.
7. Thomas Blackwell, who married Martha A. Hardy (M. B. dated Aug.
9, 1841).
6. Joel Blackwell, married: (first), March 24, 1800, Sally B. Gunn;
(second), Martha F. Dance (M. B. dated Jan. 29, 1821), and had (but by
which wife not known):
7. Sallie Blackwell, who married (M. B. dated May 24, 1830), a cousin
Joel Blackwell. (No children.)
7. Henrietta Blackwell, who married Capt. William Williams.
7. William Fletcher Blackwell, who married a Miss Ferguson.
6. Elizabeth G. Blackwell, who married (M. B. dated Aug. 15, 1796),
Cannon F. Green, and had:
7. William Henry Green.
7. Thomas Green.
*There is a discrepancy here between the record in the Bible referred to and other records. The returns of marriages by Rev. William Ellis show that he married Chapman Blackwell and Polly Hatchett, April 2, 1806, and Chapman Blackwell and Prudence R. Rutledge, Jan. 25, 1809. It may be that Prudence Jeffreys and Prudence R. Rutledge were one and the same person.
Note: There are among the Lunenburg
County marriage bonds those for the following marriages:
James J. Blackwell to Mary E. Jeffreys, dated March 29, 1836.
Joel Blackwell, Jr., to Jane M. Cralle, dated Aug. 8, 1836.
Martha H. Blackwell to Christopher C. Haskins, dated May 10,
1841.
The marriage returns of Rev. John Neblett show that
he married John Blackwell and Polly Edmundson, July 6, 1796, but which
Johnl was a party to this marriage we do not know.
The marriage returns of Rev. Thomas Adams show that he
married Mary A. Blackwell and William Wilkinson, Sept. --, 1820.
The marriage returns of Rev. Silas Shelburne show
that he married Hugh F. Norment and Mary H. Blackwell in 1823 (date and
month not stated).
An unnamed minister's returns show the marriage
of Nancy J. Blackwell to William Aires, Sept. 20, 1832, and of Nancy J.
Blackwell to John Crow, Nov. 1, 1832.