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Christian (Blount) Ledford (abt. 1677 - 1750)

Christian Ledford formerly Blount
Born about in Albemarle, Stanly, Province of Carolinamap
Ancestors ancestors
Daughter of and [mother unknown]
Wife of — married [date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants descendants
Died at about age 73 in Pasquotank, Province of North Carolinamap
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Biography

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Christian (Blount) Ledford was a Carolina colonist.

Christian was born about 1677 in either Isle of Wight County, Virginia Colony or in Albemarle County, Carolina Province. Her parents were Thomas Blount and his first wife (currently unknown). She is named in the Will of her father, Capt. Thomas Blount, dated 1701 [see "Notes" below].

Christian and William Ludford were married about 1697 and they had at least ten children:

William and Sarah (born before 1702 as they are mentioned in their grandfather William Ludford's will[1])
Ann, Christian, Mary, Martha, Tomson, Thomas, John, Rachel, and Johanna. The last four children likely born after 1719 as they are not mentioned in the will of Obadiah Fear[2] (second husband of their grandmother Ann Young Ludford Feare).

Christian is cited in her husband's Will dated October 2, 1732 along with their sons William, Thomas and John, and daughters Christian, Martha, Tomson, Rachel, Sarah, and Johanna. It also cites his mother Ann [Young Ludford Feare]. [3]

Christian and William were living in "Alligator in ye precinct of Pasquotank, and county of Albemarle" (now Tyrrell County), North Carolina when he wrote his will in 1732. It is likely that she died in Pasquotank Precinct.

Birth

Date: 1677

Place: Albemarle, Carolina Province or Isle of Wight County, Virginia Colony Christian was born in either Isle of Wight County, Virginia Colony, or Albemarle County, Carolina Province based on the areas where her family was living at the time of her birth. The following describes her family's migration from Virginia to Carolina:

Christian's grandfather Captain James Blount and his first wife, name not known, moved to Albemarle County, Carolina Province from Isle of Wight County, Virginia Colony, between 1660 and 1669. Her father Thomas Blount and his brother, James, Jr., may have remained in Virginia for a time or returned there after their family's removal to Albemarle. Both Christian's father Thomas and her uncle James, Jr., proved their own headrights and were granted land in Albemarle in 1680.[4]

Death

Date: After 1732 Place: , Pasquotank, North Carolina, USA[3]

Notes

Will of Thomas Blount, 3 Sep 1701[5]
(excerpt)
North Carolina
In ye name of God, Amen. I, Thomas Blount, being in perfect health and sound Memory, Do make this my last will & testiment, thereby Revoke all former Wills & testements wtever in manr. & form following, viz:
...Item. As to ye rest of my Estate, tis my will & Desire yt it should be brought to an apprismt & out of it pay unto my three daughters, Sarah Peirce, Christian Ludford, & Ann Wilson, these sums hereafter named, yt is to say, unto my Sarah tenne pound Sterl. to be paid in Country Commodity; to my daughter, Christian, twenty Pounds Sterl. to be pd. as aforesd. & to my daughter, Ann, twenty Pounds Sterl. to be paid in like manner: and in case of the death of any of my aforesd daughters, ye same to be paid to either of their heirs: & to each of them one silver spoon: & further I Do give unto either of my two daughters last named, being Christian, & Ann, two yews and a Ram, to each of them, and in case my sd Estate so appraised, after the things before giving away, do not amounted to ye sd sumes of money, by me giveing them, my said daughters, to be paid proportionable out of w't it is apraised to: but if it shall amount to more then it my further will & Desire yt my two sones, John and Thomas, shall have each of them a negro, & for want of negroes to have ech of them five & twenty Pounds Sterl. apeace, to be pd in Country Comodity...

Sources

  1. North Carolina Will Abstracts, 1660-1790. Ancestry.com. Ancestry.com Operations Inc. 1999.
  2. North Carolina Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. III; J.R.B. Hathaway, ed. Originally published 1903. pg. 214.
  3. North Carolina Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. I; J.R.B. Hathaway, ed. Originally published 1903. Abstract of Wills: pg. 58.
  4. Thomas Blount by Mattie Erma E Parker. Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, 6 volumes, edited by William S. Powell. Copyright ©1979-1996 by the University of North Carolina Press.
  5. Wills of Thomas Blount, 4 Aug 1701 and 3 Sep 1701. Albemarle Co., NC. "North Carolina Wills 1663-1789, Vol. 3 Ben-Boo". Archived at Ancestry.com


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Unk-3236 and Blount-52 appear to represent the same person because: In correcting spelling of last name and merging William Ludlow with William Ledford/Ludford, attached family members including his wife Christian Blount need to be merged.
posted by Cathie Stumpenhaus
Blount-262 and Blount-52 appear to represent the same person because: Christian Blount Blount-52 is the original profile for the daughter of Thomas Blount and wife of William Ludford of Albemarle County. Christiana Blount Blount-262 should be merged with Blount-52.
posted by Cathie Stumpenhaus
Blount-262 and Blount-527 appear to represent the same person because: Same dates and son
posted on Blount-262 (merged) by Esmé (Pieterse) van der Westhuizen

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