John Blackmore (abt. 1794 - 1858)

Born about 1794 in High Bray, Devon, England

Ancestors

Husband of Ann Bassett (Knight) Blackmore — married 2 Feb 1822 in Newton Nottage, Glamorgan, Wales

Husband of Charlotte Ann (Platt) Blackmore — married 1 Nov 1831 in Bushey, Hertfordshire, England

Died 25 Sep 1858 at about age 64 in Bridgend, Glamorgan, Wales

Biography

Fellow at Oxford

The following announcement of his first marriage appeared in the Bath Chronicle and Weekly Gazette dated 14 February 1822 ^[1]

At Newton Nottage, Glamorganshire Rev. John Blackmore, fellow of Exeter College, Oxon, to Anne Bassett Knight, second daughter of the late Rev. Robert Knight.

And another announcement appeared in The Star, London dated 18 February 1822 ^[2]

February 2nd, at Newton, Nottage, Glamorganshire, the Rev. John Blackmore, Fellow of Exeter College, Oxford to Anne Bassett, second daughter of the late Rev. Robert Knight, formerley of Tewkesbury, and niece of Col. Knight of Tythegston.

Johns second wife was Charlotte Ann Platt, who he married on 1 November 1831 in Bushey, Hertfordshire ^[3]. The marriage witnesses were Alexander Platt, clerk, Sarah Senhouse?, Hannah Moore and F.J. Moore ^[4]

John passed away in Bridgend in 1858, he was said to be 63 years old. ^[5]

His entry in the probate calendar reads ^[6]

BLACKMORE (proved 7 Jan 1859) The will of the Reverend John Blackmore late of Ashford in the County of Devon, clerk, deceased, who died 25 September 1858 at Nottage Court, near Bridgend, Glamorgan was proved at Exeter by the oaths of the Reverend Samuel Davis, of Burrington in the said county of Devon, clerk, and Richard Doddridge Blackmore, of Hampton Wick in the county of Middlesex, Esquire, the son, the executors.

Census

1841 Town Vicarage House, Culmstock, Wellington, Devon ^[7]

• John Blackmore Male 47 1794 Devon, England, clerk
• Charlotte Blackmore Female 47 1794 -
• Henry Blackmore Male 17 1824 -
• Jane Blackmore Female 7 1834 Devon, England
• Charlotte Blackmore Female 4 1837 Devon, England
• Frederic Blackmore Male 2 1839 Devon, England
• Henry Jenkinson Male 17 1824 -
• Lydia Shapland Female 28 1813 Devon, England
• Sarah Trickey Female 21 1820 Devon, England
• Ann Tapscott Female 16 1825 Devon, England

1851 Parsonage House, Ashford, Barnstaple, Devon ^[8]

• John Blackmore Head Married Male 56 1795 Curate Of Ashford born High Bray, Devon, England
• Charlotte A Blackmore Wife Married Female 57 1794 - Godalming, Surrey, England
• Jane E Blackmore Daughter Unmarried Female 17 1834 - born Kingsnympton, Devon, England
• Isabella Hopworth Visitor Unmarried Female 16 1835 Clergyman's Daughter Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England
• Lydia Shapland Servant Unmarried Female 38 1813 House Servant Twitchen, Devon, England
• Sarah Twickey Servant Unmarried Female 31 1820 House Servant Calstock, Devon, England
• Mary Parkin Servant Unmarried Female 17 1834 House Servant Landkey, Devon, England

Sources

1. ↑ Findmypast Newspaper Archives [1]
2. ↑ Findmypast Newspaper Archives [2]
3. ↑ "England Marriages, 1538–1973 ," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N2TM-GPD : 10 February 2018), John Blackmore and Charlotte Ann Platt, 01 Nov 1831; citing Bushey,Hertford,England, reference , index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 991,310.
4. ↑ Findmypast Herfordshire Marriages [3]
5. ↑ (https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/indexes_search.asp) GRO index Q4 1858 Bridgend vol 11a page 267
6. ↑ (https://probatesearch.service.gov.uk/#wills)
7. ↑ Findmypast 1841 census [4]
8. ↑ Findmypast 1851 census [5]

• "British Newspaper Archive, Family Notices," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLSW-TSMN : 18 March 2018), John Blackmore and Ann Bassett, Hereford, Herefordshire, England, United Kingdom; records extracted FamilySearch and images digitized by FindMyPast; citing Hereford, Herefordshire, England, United Kingdom, 13 Feb 1822, The British Newspaper Archive, Ireland; FHL microfilm .