Zechariah
(Zachariah)
Blakeman
Sr.
aka Blackman
Born in Stratford, Fairfield, Crown Colony of Connecticut
Ancestors 
Son of James Blackman
and Miriam (Wheeler) Groom
Brother of
Sarah (Blakeman) Coney [half], Mary (Blakeman) Searles [half], Hannah (Blakeman) Gilbert [half], Jane (Blakeman) Adams, Miriam (Blackman) Smith, Elizabeth Blakeman, Martha (Blakeman) Stebbins, Adam (Blakeman) Blackman, James (Blakeman) Blackman, Elizabeth Blakeman, Martha Blakeman and Mary (Groom) Benedict [half]
Husband of
Elizabeth (Denman) Blakeman
— married
24 Dec 1704 in Derby, New Haven, CT
Husband of
Dinah (Thomas) Blackman
— married
19 Jun 1733 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Mary (Blakeman) Coe, Elizabeth (Blakeman) Thompson, James Blakeman and Zachariah Blakeman Jr.
Died before
before age 86
in Stratford, Fairfield, Crown Colony of Connecticut
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| Created 29 Jul 2009
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Biography
Birth
Zechariah Blakeman was born on May 26, 1678 in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, son of James Blackman (1647–1705) and Miriam Wheeler (1647–>1693).
Family
Zachariah (26) married Elizabeth Denman (24) (born in July, 1680 in Derby, New Haven, Connecticut; daughter of Philip Denman and Hasadiah (Slough) Denman) on December 24, 1704 in Derby, New Haven, CT. [1]Their children were:
- Mary Blakeman (1705–1773)
- Elizabeth Blakeman (1708–1747)
- James Blakeman (1713–1791)
- Zechariah Blakeman Jr. (1720-1779)
After the death of his wife Elizabeth, Zachariah (55) married Dinah Thomas (54) widow of John Sherman, (born on December 26, 1678 in New Haven, Colonial America; daughter of Daniel Thomas and Rebecca (Thompson) Perkins) on June 19, 1733.
Death
Zachariah died before March 5, 1765 in Stratford, aged 86.[2]
His will is dated 10 March 1752 and proved on 5 March 1765 in Fairfield. He mentions his two sons, James, and Zachariah (both of Stratford), and his daughter Mary Coe, wife of Ebenezer Coe.
Sources
- ↑
Marriage:
"Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850"
citing Marriage, Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States, Compiled by Lucius A. and Lucius B. Barbour, housed at State Library, Hartford, Connecticut; FHL microfilm 008272221.
FamilySearch Record: QP7V-CZPR (accessed 9 June 2023)
FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-CS56-8Q6Z-7 Image number 00442
Elizabeth Denman marriage to Zechariah Blakeman on 27 Dec 1704 in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States. - ↑ “Probate Records, v. 15-16, 1764-1775”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L92K-Y93S-R : 15 June 2022), FHL microfilm 007627304, image 42-43, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, Vol 15, 1764-1767, Page 60-62.
See also:
- Donald Lines Jacobus, History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield, CD-Local and Family Histories: CT, 1600's - 1800's, (Produced in collaboration with the Genealogical Publishing Company, 2000), vol 1, p 153.
- CT Town Birth Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection)
- CT Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection)
- References from George Abraham Hall: The Genealogical and Family History of Western New York by WSilliam Richard Cutter New England Historical and Genealogical Register>
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Patricia (Long) Kent
Blakeman-329 and Blakeman-1 appear to represent the same person because: Same names, dates, places, spouse Dinah Thomas
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Blakeman-31 and Blakeman-1 appear to represent the same person because: Similar name, same family
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