Peter Blackmer I (1667 - 1717)

Born 25 May 1667 in Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Unknown) Blackmer — married before 25 Sep 1690 in Rochester, Plymouth County, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Husband of Sarah (Edwards) Blackmer — married 24 Oct 1711 in Rochester, Plymouth, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 17 Apr 1717 at age 49 in Rochester, Plymouth County, Massachusetts

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Biography

Peter Blackmer was a son of William Blackmer and Elizabeth (Banks) Blackmer, born in Scituate, Massachusetts, on 25 May 1667.^[1][2] He was not yet 9 years old when his father died.

His first wife was Elizabeth, whose last name is not known. Their marriage is not recorded; they are assumed to have married by 1690, as their first child was born on 25 September 1690.^[3] Elizabeth died in Rochester, Massachusetts, on 13 May 1711, in her 38th year.^[4]

By a deed dated and acknowledged on 6 January 1692/3, Peter Blackmer of Rochester, a carpenter, sold to Peter Collamer of Scituate a certain tract of "two or three acres of swampland Granted to my father William Blackmore deceased." The price paid for the land was 15 shillings.^[5]

In 1698, Peter is mentioned in his brother, William's will. William leaves a legacy to Peter's children, Joseph and Jane. William also mentions his other siblings, John Blackmer, and Phebe Holmes, wife of Ebenezer Holmes, and also his mother but not by name.^[6]

He married Sarah Edwards on 24 October 1711.^[2]

Lt. Peter Blackmer died on 17 April 1717 in Rochester, Massachusetts.^[2][4]

His will is dated 10 April 1717 and proved on 24 April 1717 in Plymouth. He mentions his wife Sarah, and his children, Samuel, John, Joseph, William, Peter, Stephen, Elizabeth (per his will, her uncle William called her Jane), Jemimah, and Mary. His moveables inventory was taken on 29 April 1717 in Rochester and recorded at Plymouth.^[7]

Conflicting Information

• Deane's History of Scituate indicates that Peter Blackmore died in 1692, survived by children Joseph and Jane.^[8] This is inconsistent with other information, including the January 1692/3 deed in which Peter Blackmer of Rochester referred to William Blackmore as his father.

Sources

1. ↑ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1621-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016). Scituate, page 35: BLACKMER, Peter, s. William, May 25, 1667. [Blackmore, C.R.2.]
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Mary Lovering Holman, The Scott Genealogy, Boston, 1919, Part Two; Ancestral Lines of Harriet Grace Scott, page 266.
3. ↑ New England Marriages to 1700. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700, by Clarence Almon Torrey. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. vol. 1, page 154: BLACKMER, Peter (1667-1717) & 1/wf Elizabeth ____ (-1711); by 1690; Rochester {Gen. Adv. 4:67; Sv. 1:190; Scott (1919) 266; Blackmore 3; Reg. 49:214}
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1621-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016). Rochester, vol. 2, page 349
5. ↑ Lainhart, Anne S. "Plymouth County, Mass., Records of Deeds." Mayflower Descendant, vol. 53 (2004), page 134.
6. ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-997D-JD95 : 22 March 2023), Probate records 1686-1702 and 1849-1867 vol 1-1F > image 159 of 490; State Archives, Boston.
7. ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-997D-FJHF : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1717-1724 and 1854-1862 vol 4-4Q > image 23 of 485; State Archives, Boston.
8. ↑ Deane, Samuel. History of Scituate, Massachusetts, from its first settlement to 1831, Boston: J. Loring, 1831. page 222.

• "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC8Z-JWR : 4 December 2014), Peter Blackmer and Sarah Edwards, 24 Oct 1711; citing reference ; FHL microfilm 0873753 IT 1-2.
• Smith, Rev. Alven Martyn. Three Blackmore Genealogies. South Pasadena, CA: privately published, 1930.

See also:

• Massachusetts, Town Vital Collections, 1620-1988. Ancestry.com.
• Ancestry Family Trees. Ancestry.com.
• The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:34N6-FWY : accessed 2016-01-01), entry for Peter /Blackmer/.
• Edmund West, comp. Family Data Collection - Individual Records. Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2000.

Acknowledgments

• This person was created through the import of Reba Family Tree_2011-03-12.ged on 13 March 2011.
• WikiTree profile Blackmore-53 created through the import of MOORMAN FAMILY.GED on May 31, 2011 by Mary Elizabeth Stewart. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Mary Elizabeth and others.