James Blackman (bef. 1628 - 1705)

Born before 14 Dec 1628 in Great Bowden, Leicestershire, England

Ancestors

Husband of Miriam (Stiles) Blakeman — married 1657 (to 1666) in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut

Husband of Miriam (Wheeler) Groom — married 1667 in Milford, New Haven, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 1705 after age 76 in Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony

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Biography

James, was baptized 14 Dec 1628 in Great Bowden, England.^[1][2]

James Blakeman was born in 1624 in Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire, the child of Rev. Adam Blakeman and Jane Wheeler. About 1658, He married Ms. Stiles and they had three children together. His first wife died in 1666 and he married Miriam Blakeman on December 3, 1667. They had seven children together between 1668 and 1686.

James was a miller and settled after some years at Fairville, where he built a mill and where he died. His Will was dated at Oronoque, July 18, 1689, and proved November 17, 1689. He was buried in Stratford, CT.

CHILDREN

First Wife: ______ Stiles 1637-1666

Sarah, Incorrect Information: b. April 25, 1658; d. Dec. 16, 1688; m. John Todd of New Haven, CT.^[3] Correct Information: Sarah Blackman/Blakeman, b. 25 Apr 1658, d. at Boston 17 Apr 1694; m. abt 1677 John Coney, Jr.^[4]

-John Tod married Sarah Blackman 20 Aug 1677 (verified in town records)^[5]

-Sarah Tod ye wife of John Tod died in Child bed the 16 day of December (& ye Infant a daughtr died som day before) 1688.^[5]

-Sarah Blackman, daughter of James and Miriam Blakeman, was named in the 1689 (a year after the death of John Todd's wife) will of her father. She is called Sarah Cunny

Mary, b. April 21, 1661 ; m. George Searles.

Hannah, b. Jan. 21, 1664; m. John Gilbert.

Second Wife: Miriam Wheeler (Blakeman, Groom) 1647-1693

Jane., b. Oct. 26, 1668; m. Joseph Russell of New Haven June 12, 1687; m. Thomas Griffen about 1690; m. James Clark May 24, 1698

Miriam, b. Feb. 8, 1670; d. July 31, 1709; m. Joseph Northrup 1688; m. John Smith, 1701.

Elizabeth, b. 1673; died Sept. 17, 1691.

Martha, b. 1676; d. August 18, 1746; m. Francis Ball, 1699; m. Benjamin Stebbins May 5, 1701.

Zechariah, b. May 20. 1678; d. March 5, 1765; m. Elizabeth Denman, 1704.

Adam, b. Jan. 1, 1683; d. 1793; m. Bathsheba Tomlinson April 6, 1708; m. Ruth Beecher June 19, 1719.

James, b. Dec. 4, 1686, d. Oct 29 1709

Ancestor of J. P. Morgan

was 4th great grandfather of financier JP Morgan

dau Martha Blackman 1676-1746

dau Mary Stebbins 1713-1798

son Joseph Morgan 1736-1813

son Joseph Morgan 1780-1847

son Junious Spencer Morgan 1813-1890

son John Pierpont Morgan 1837-1913

Sources

1. ↑ "England, Leicestershire Parish Registers, 1533-1991," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPWB-RXNX : 6 June 2018), James Blackman, 14 Dec 1628; records extracted by findmypast, images digitized by FamilySearch; citing Baptism, Great Bowden, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom, page , Citing the Record Office of Leicestershire, Leicester, and Rutland, Wigston, UK.
2. ↑ Mahler, Leslie. "Rev. Adam Blakeman of Stratford, Connecticut." The American Genealogist 78:185
3. ↑ Starr, Frank Farnsworth; Goodwin, James Junius. Various ancestral lines of James Goodwin and Lucy (Morgan) Goodwin of Hartford, Connecticut Volume 2 p. 89 Hartford, Conn. [New Haven : The Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Press], 1915
4. ↑ Jacobus, Donald Lines, MA (compiler, editor.) History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield. Fairfield, Conn.: The Eunice Dennie Burr Chapter of Daughters of the American Revolution, 1930.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} Vital Records of New Haven 1649-1850 Part I. Hartford: The Connecticut Society of the Order of the Founders and Patriots of America, 1917. (marriage p43), ([https://archive.org/stream/vitalrecordsofne01orde#page/68/mode/2upp. death p.69)

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