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Ambrose Blackburn Sr. (1720 - 1777)

Capt. Ambrose Blackburn Sr.
Born in Caroline, Virginia, British Colonial Americamap
Ancestors ancestors
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of — married [date unknown] [location unknown]
Husband of — married 1737 in Virginiamap
Descendants descendants
Died at about age 57 in Greenville, Greenville, South Carolina, United Statesmap
Profile last modified | Created 29 Jul 2011
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Biography

Capt. Ambrose Blackburn Sr. was born in 1720 in Caroline, Essex, Virginia to parents Elias Blackburn and Margaret Boulware. He married first Elizabeth Jones in 1737 in Virginia. He married second Hannah Ashley about 1746 in Virginia. Children: Ambrose, Newman, Augustine, Anne, William. He died on 11 Nov 1777 in Greenville, South Carolina.

1771 GAVE TO SON AMBROSE BLACKBURN JR SLAVES "TOM"AND "CAIN" SURRY COUNTY NORTH CAROLINA. 1771 GAVE TO SON AUGUSTINE BLACKBURN SLAVES "JUDE AND SANMAN" SURRY COUNTY NORTH CAROLINA. 1768 ROWAN COUNTY TAX LIST, SLAVES "ESTHER" "FRANKE""JUDE""KALCUP". AUGUST 22, 1763 BROTHER GAMMERN FROM AMBROSE BLACKBURN SR. HIRED FRANKE TO WORK IN TAVERN FOR 3 YEARS. JULY 10, 1771 AMBROSE BLACKBURN SR. SOLD NEWMAN BLACKBURN 150 ACRES ON TOWNFORK CREEK. DECEMBER 01, 1771 AMBROSE BLACKBURN SR GAVE 100 ACRES, INCLUDING PLANTATION HOUSE TO AMBROSE BLACKBURN JR. DECEMBER 31, 1771 AMBROSE BLACKBURN SR GAVE AUGUSTINE BLACKBURN 130 ACRES ON TOWNFORK CREEK. ON NOVEMBER 9, 1761 AMBROSE SR. BOUGHT 389 ACRES FROM ENOCH LEWIS ON TOWNFORK CREEK. ON DECEMBER 10, 1778 AMBROSE SR. RECEIVED LAND GRANT OF 56.200 ON LONG BRANCH/MILL CREEK/TOWNFORK CREEK.

  • Fact: Probate (1777) Surry, North Carolina, United States

Slaves

1771 - to son Ambrose Blackburn Jr[1]
  • Tom
  • Cain
December 31, 1771 - to son, Augustine Ambrose, Surry County[2]
  • negro woman Jude
  • negro boy Sammon (?sp)
1768 Tax List[3]
  • Esther
  • Frankie
  • Jude
  • Kalcup


Sources

  1. citation needed
  2. Surry County NC. c. December 1771; Other; Book A, Page 13. accessed on DLAS 12-30-2023 Link to Deed
  3. needs citation
  • North Carolina Wills and Probate Records
  • Episcopalian. 1786 Census and Tax list Stokes/Surry County, North Carolina
  • North Carolina Estate Files, 1663-1979, Surry, North Carolina
  • Roster of South Carolina patriots in the American Revolution, p 73, "Ambrose Blackburn served as a captain. Ervin, p 95."

Acknowledgements

  • Thanks to T Buckley for starting this profile. Click the Changes tab for the details of contributions by T and others.




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Marty - what is the basis for your statement that Elias Blackburn of Caroline County, Virginia was a Quaker? That's the first I have heard of such affiliation. Honestly I wasn't even aware that there were any monthly meeting records extant for that area. There were meetings in the Lynchburg area and further north in Loudoun and Frederick Counties, but I have been researching Caroline County for a long time and never knew of Quakers there. Is it possible that there was a different Elias Blackburn in eastern Pennsylvania in the same timeframe?

To me the Sale family connection makes it seem reasonable that Ambrose Blackburn could have been the son of Elias Blackburn, who we know for sure was the stepfather (in what was evidently a rather rocky relationship) of William Sale (1720-1788) of Essex/Caroline Counties, Va., Halifax County, NC and Wilkes County, NC. One also finds the given name "Ambrose" in the Hawkins family of Halifax County, as I recall; they were connected with the Bagby family there. The Bagbys were close neighbors of the Sales and Gilliams in Halifax and Wilkes Counties, and the son of the William Bagby - _________ Gilliam marriage, Elisha Bagby, married Rebecca Sale. They became my 3rd great grandparents in the due course of time.

posted by Barry Wood
Blackburn-3936 and Blackburn-223 appear to represent the same person because: Ambrose Blackburn is unconnected and is in Sales-

Reynolds-Blackburn tree.

I can dfind no record of Ambrose being a son of these parents.

the only sons that have records in Ireland and America, came to southeastern PA. this was a Quaker family and the records for any of the children would have to be present in one or more of the MM records. for the first generation in America.

posted by Marty Ormond
Blackburn-1568 and Blackburn-223 appear to represent the same person because: SAME NAME, SIMILAR BIRTH DATES, I AM SURE VIRGINIA, AT LEAST ONE SIMILAR CHILD, MINE SOLD AND GAVE AWAY HIS LAND IN THE EARLY 1770'S, COULD HAVE MOVED TO SOUTH CAROLINA, AN EARLY SETTLER OF TOWNFORK IN STOKES/SURRY COUNTY NORTH CAROLINA