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Joseph Blackwell Sr. (1715 - 1787)

Joseph Blackwell Sr.
Born in St Stephen's Parish, Northumberland, Virginiamap
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Husband of — married 1740 in Northumberland, Virginiamap
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Died at age 71 in Fauquier, Virginia, United Statesmap
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Biography

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Native Virginian
1776 Project
Joseph Blackwell Sr. served with Civil Service, Virginia during the American Revolution.
Daughters of the American Revolution
Joseph Blackwell Sr. is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A010794.
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Joseph Blackwell Sr. is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: P-115701
Rank: Civil & Patriotic Service

Joseph was born 9 Jul 1715 in St. Stephen's Parish, Northumberland, Virginia[1], the third son of Samuel Blackwell, and the second son of Samuel's second wife Margery. He died 30 May 1787.

He married Lucy Steptoe about 1740[2], and they had nine children:

  1. Elizabeth, b. 17 Dec 1742
  2. Samuel, b. 1745
  3. Ann, b. 1747
  4. Lucy, b. 1749
  5. Letitia, b. 1750
  6. Joseph, b. 1750, 1752, 1757
  7. George, b. 1753
  8. John, b. 1755
  9. Judith, b. 1759

Research Notes

There appears to be some discrepancy about Joseph's birth date. Specifically, Joseph is listed variously as having been born in 1750, 1752 and 1757. It should be noted that Samuel predeceased his father. In their father's will,[3] Joseph gets preferential treatment, receiving two-ninths of "what I have in trade with my son-in-aw Martin Pickett", the rest of that being equally divided among others. In addition, when naming the children in series, Joseph's name appears first. Joseph is also the only child mentioned in "Item 1", further suggesting that he was the eldest male. However, it has also been noted[3] that he, Joseph, Jr., in a Rev War Pension file deposition dated 24 Jul 1820, gave his age as "63 years in August next", an age being consistent with a 1757 birth. On the other hand, if he had said his age was 68 in August next, that would lead to a 1752 date of birth. Since "3" and "8" can so easily be cross-interpreted, this is very possible. Last on this subject, Letitia was born in October 1750, making it very unlikely that any other child of this couple was born the same year. Not impossible, just unlikely. I am satisfied with a 1752 birth in spite of the fact that the military records have him born in 1750.[4]

Sources

  1. Virginia Vital Records, Register of St. Stephen's Parish, Northumberland County, p. 398 subscription required
  2. Ancestry.com. Virginia, Marriage Records, 1700-1850 . Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. Original data: Bentley, Elizabeth Petty, indexer. Virginia Marriage Records: From the Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, the William and Mary College Quarterly, and Tyler's Quarterly. Baltimore, MD: Genealogy Publishing Co., Inc., 1984.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Blackwell, Crump, Keith & Families of Northern Virginia compiled by James A. Burgess
  4. Valley Forge Legacy, Muster Roll Project
  • https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/111943682
  • Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed April 5, 2016), "Record of Joseph Blackwell, Sr.", Ancestor # A010794.
  • Source: S1 Record ID Number: MH:S1 User ID: 31B6BA9E-4B2E-40FE-AE3D-8F4D939DC90C Author: Ancestry.com Title: Public Member Trees Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;
  • Findagrave Memorial number: 111943682; Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/111943682/joseph-blackwell : accessed 19 March 2022), memorial page for Joseph Blackwell (9 Jul 1715–30 May 1787), Find a Grave Memorial ID 111943682, citing Blackwell Cemetery, Bethel, Fauquier County, Virginia, USA ; Maintained by Mander (contributor 47110820) .

Acknowledgements

  • WikiTree profile Blackwell-645 created through the import of 46l4cb_2617164eb9pf478824cdl0.ged on Oct 17, 2012 by John Drinkwater.




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