James
Blackwell
Born about in York, Virginia
Ancestors 
Son of Robert Blackwell
and Unknown (Croshaw) Blackwell
Brother of
Robert Blackwell Jr.
Husband of
Lydia Jane (Turner) Blackwell
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Sarah Eudora (Blackwell) Ussery, Robert Blackwell, James Blackwell, Lydia Blackwell, William Blackwell, Lucie (Blackwell) Goodman, John Blackwell and Mary Blackwell
Died about
at about age 70
in New Kent, Virginia
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Biography
Robert and his brother James are listed in the vestry book of St. Paul’s Parish as active members and leaders of the church.[1] James is found listed in the vestry book of St. Paul’s Parish in the years 1699 and 1701, also listed are the births of four of his children, more may have been listed but because of the deteriorated condition of this book much of the “B’s” are unreadable, only these four are known for certain. Also found in the surviving information is the death of his youngest child and the marriage of his oldest son along with his wife’s given name Lydia, [surname believed, to be Turner].
James Blackwell, was the son of Robert Blackwell. He was born in 1647 in York County, Virginia and died in 1717 in New Kent County, Virginia. James married Lydia Turner who was born in England in 1650 The Vestry Book of St. Paul's Parish names four children born to James and Lydia. They are:
- Lydia Blackwell born 1684 in New Kent County, Virginia.
- Lucie Blackwell born 27 September 1685 in New Kent County, Virginia.
- John Blackwell born 1686 in New Kent County, Virginia.
- Mary Blackwell born 24 December 1687 and died 20 Feb 1688.
- Other researchers list three other children. Their names are as follows:
- Sarah Eudora Blackwell born 1674 in Lunenburg County, Virginia.
- James Blackwell born 1680 in New Kent County, Virginia.
- William Blackwell born 1682 in New Kent County, Virginia.
At the December 1717 vestry meeting, Robert Blackwell, James older brother was elected to the vestry in the place of James who is described as being “ lately deceased”.
James was buried in St. Peter's Parish, New Kent County, Virginia.[2][3]
Research Notes
Signer of the 1677 Blisland Complaint
- One of the residents of Blisland Parish who signed the 1677 "Blisland Complaint" was named James Blackwell[4] - probably this James Blackwell, whose profile says he was born 1647 in York and died in New Kent, 1717.
- Blisland Parish served New Kent County from its formation in 1654 and had served York County prior to that (from which New Kent County was formed).[5]
- Wanda Richards by way of Dr. Larkin White Glazebrook
Research Notes
DNA
- DNA confident based on something undefined to Sarah blackwell ussery to James blackwell through Judy wardlow
DNA confident based on a match using gedmatch set to 3cM Ron McKinney A031833 (a 7th ggson thru his son James) Largest segment = 4.8 cM Total Half-Match segments (HIR) 18.7cM (0.52 Pct) 5 shared segments found for this comparison.
Sources
- ↑ The vestry book and register of St. Peter's Parish, New Kent and James City counties, Virginia, 1684-1786 Available here
- ↑ Ancestors of Everett Austin
- ↑ Genealogy by Mrs. William N. Harrison (Lula Richards) deceased
- ↑ Churchill Gibson Chamberlayne, Vestry book of Blisland (Blissland) Parish, New Kent and James City Counties, Virginia, 1721-1786, pages xlii - (Internet Archive, accessed 13 March 2021). See also this transcription of the "Blissland Complaint".
- ↑ See Category: Blisland Parish, Virginia Colony
- Vestry and Registry of St. Peter's Parish, New Kent, Virginia, Published by The Colonial Dames of America, 1905.
- Ancestors of Everett L. Austin, http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~oktxblackwell/rbtbenjblackwell.html (accessed 11 March 2017).
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with James by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with James by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
- Larry Blackwell
:
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 37 markers, haplogroup R-M269, FTDNA kit #863017, MitoYDNA ID T11252 [compare]
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~0.39%
Trudy (Richards) Irvine :
23andMe
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~0.39%
Judy (Goodman) Wardlow :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A360019 [compare], Ancestry member judywardlow
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Categories: Signers of Blisland Complaint, 1677 | Blisland Parish, Virginia Colony | York County, Virginia Colony | New Kent County, Virginia Colony
edited by Peter Roberts
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Note: various birth dates and death dates are reported for this woman. However, all seem to agree she was first married to Robert Blackwell and later to John West.
Notes for Ursula Unity (Croshaw) Crenshaw: Emily Calloway Stillman's research is heavily documented and she identifies the Croshaw daughter that married Robert Blackwell as a daughter by his first wife but does not name her.
The following is from "The Blackwells of Blackwell's Neck" by June Banks Evans:
"The marriage of a Croshaw daughter to Robert Blackwell has been questioned. However, the Blackwell land was located next to some of the New Kent County land of John West, who owned the large tract in the fork between the Mattaponi and Pamunkey Rivers at the head of the York River - the West Plantation. (PB3:93, 291). West's son John, who was eighteen years old when his father died in 1659, later married Unity Croshaw, daughter of Major Croshaw of York County (Harris, Old New Kent County: 567) It is not unreasonable to suggest that John West married the widow of Robert Blackwell (who died before November 1664) and became guardian for her young children, which would account for the deed of gift to Croshaw's Blackwell grandsons. After the death of Croshaw, his daughter Unity and her husband John West eventually held title to all of his estate lands."
Emily Calloway Stillman makes a valid observation that Unity would have been listed as Unity Blackwell at the time that she married John West had she previously been married to Robert Blackwell.
More About Ursula Unity (Croshaw) Crenshaw and Robert Blackwell: Marriage: Between 1645 - 1646, Virginia. Children of Ursula Unity (Croshaw) Crenshaw and Robert Blackwell are:
Robert Blackwell Jr 1645 York VA – 1718 York VA, 1st married Ann Unknown (1642 VA - 1676 VA) in 1665, 2nd Mary Manning (1660 after 1718 VA) in 1676 James Blackwell, b. 1647, St. Peter's Parish, York, New Kent, Virginia, d. September 19, 1717, Lunenburg, Virginia, married Lydia Turner (1650 VA) Joseph Blackwell (1649 York VA; d: before 1688 VA
[Unity Croshaw] is perhaps most notable as the reportedly shrewish wife of Colonel John West, son of Virginia Governor John West, who divorced him for adultery when he left her to live with Cockacoeske who was the queen of the Pamunkey Indians and a cousin of Pocahontas. (According to Wikipedia)
Robert Blackwell (ancestry unknown) b.1610 Eng; died 1664 York VA. came to Virginia about 1635. In 1645, in Bruton Parish, York Co., Virginia, he married Ursula Unity Croshaw (1630 ? - after 1657 VA).
Unity (Croshaw) Blackwell, West died after 30 October 1693, when she relinquished her dower in "Poplar Neck" plantation, York County, Virginia
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