Obadiah Blakeslee (1754 - 1825)

Born 29 Aug 1754 in Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah (Gilbert) Cook — married 16 Dec 1773 in North Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States

Descendants

Died 4 Feb 1825 at age 70 in Castle Creek, Broome, New York, USA

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Biography

When Obadiah (Obed) Blakesley was born on August 29, 1754, in Waterbury, Connecticut, his father, John, was 30 and his mother, Olive, was 26. He married Sarah Gilbert and they had one son together. He also had at least one child with Mary Murphy. He died on February 4, 1825, in Castle Creek, New York, at the age of 70, and was buried in Binghamton, New York.

Sources

• Godfrey Memorial Library. American Genealogical-Biographical Index. Middletown, CT, USA: Godfrey Memorial Library. [1]
• Connecticut Town Birth Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. [2]
• Early Connecticut Marriages as Found on Ancient Church Records Prior to 1800. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1997. (Gilbert) [3]
• Lineage Book : NSDAR : Volume 111 : 1914 [4]
• U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. [5]
• U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current [6]
• Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M246, 138 rolls); War Department Collection of Revolutionary War Records, Record Group 93; National Archives, Washington. D.C. [7]
• Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Microfilm, 508 rolls. [8]