Anne (Browne) Blethyn (abt. 1610 - abt. 1645)

Born about 1610 in Mecham, Monmouthshire, Wales

Wife of James Blethyn — married 12 Jan 1629 in Flintshire, Wales

Died about 1645 at about age 35 in Monmouthshire, Wales

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Biography

James Blethyn b: 1602 in Mecham, Monmouthshire, Wales. m. Anne Browne. Their children apparently were 1. Joshua b. abt 1619, 2. Bartholomew b. abt 1625, 3, Richard b. 1627, 4. John b. 1632, 5. William b. 1637 6. James b. 1640 7. Henry b. 1643 – possibly others. It was the sons of James Blethyn and Anne that began sailing to North America in the mid to late 1600s and began establishing permanent homes.^{[citation needed]}

Research Notes

In a book he self-published in 2012, Les Blevins claimed without citing any source that the descendants of James Blethyn and Anne Browne were the ancestors of William Blevins, who the book asserts was the patriarch of all early Blevins in America.^[1] These unsourced claims are repeated on many online genealogy sites, including the FamilySearch profile cited below.

As explained in more detail on the profile for William Blevins, there are no reliable sources for any of these claims, and this self-published book is not a reliable source. It appears unlikely that any of these people actually existed.

For a more reliable discussion of the evidence of the earliest known Blevins men of America, see:

Robert P. Blevins, "The Blevins Men of New York and New England: The First Blevins Settlers in the New World," (typescript, 2020); images, WikiTree, Robert P Blevins Publications.

Sources

1. ↑ The Longhunters: A Report on the History and Family Of William Blevins Sr. Of Virginia, Les Blevins, Xlibris Corporation, Apr 23, 2012

• https://familysearch.org # LDJ3-X4J

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