Mary Jane (Worsham) Blankenship (abt. 1757)

Born about 1757 in Chesterfield, Colony of Virginia

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Died [date unknown] in Russell, Kentucky, United States

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Biography

Not sure about the middle name, but Mary Worsham was the daughter of Drury Worsham (d 1766) and Mary Mann (~1733-1796) of Virginia. She first married Robert Mann, who was a relative of Drury's wife Mary, but his parentage has not been determined as of 2022 by the Mann Family Research Foundation. After Robert Mann died around 1782, having had son Thomas Mann (b~1776 VA), his widow Mary remarried to Jesse Blankenship, with whom she had at least 4 identified children (Hudson, Mary, John, and Edith). While family members state that Mary Blankenship died in 1856, she does not seem to be on the 1850 census, while her husband Jesse Blankenship is, age 84, with his son John.

Mary was born in 1757. Mary Worsham ... ^[1]

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Sources

• Mann Family Research Foundation. After Mary's mother Mary Mann Worsham's first husband Drury Worsham died in 1766, his widow remarried to John Cape, Sr.

• 1779 a Mary Worsham Mann, wife of Robert, in Amelia County, VA, part of suit involving 150 acres, naming Robert Mann, Anne Worsham, and Martha and Fanney Worsham versus George Grissell and his wife Agnes (possibly a Worsham by birth).

• Marriage to Jesse Blankenship, listed as Mary Mann: 13 Sep 1786, Virginia, U.S., Select Marriages, 1785-1940; Campbell County, VA.

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Blankenship&GSiman=1&GScid=2402381&GRid=36889477&

Footnotes

1. ↑ Entered by Connie Ballenger, Monday, November 25, 2013.

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Connie Ballenger for creating Worsham-124 on 25 Nov 13. Click the Changes tab for the details on contributions by Connie and others.