Alice (Hall) Blackwall (abt. 1612 - bef. 1657)

Born about 1612 in London, England [uncertain]

Wife of Gervase Blackwall — married 14 Oct 1634 in St Helen's Church, Bishopsgate, London, England

Died before 10 Feb 1657 before about age 45 in Westminster, Middlesex, England

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Biography

Alice was born about 1612. Her father was known as "of London"^[1] so she was probably born there.

Alice was the daughter of John Hall of London,^[1] and his wife.

She was married to Jarvice Blackwell, on 14 October, 1634, at St Helen's Church, Bishopsgate, London City, by "lycense from Doctor Thomas Bennett."^[2] Jarvas was a younger son of Wendesley Blackwall of Dethick, Derbyshire, gent, and his wife, Martha Gardener.^[1] Martha was the daughter of Thomas Gardener of Adderbury, Oxfordshire, esq.^[1] Alice was Jarvas' wife, when his brother, Mr Thomas Blackwall, son and heir of Wendesley Blackwall of Dethick, Derbyshire, Gent, testified to their father's Funeral Certificate, taken on 31 May, 1638, at Mansfield Woodhouse by John Newton, Gent, Deputy to the Office of Arms.^[1]

Gervase and Alice (Hall) Blackwell are mentioned in the wills of Alice's parents, John Hall (will 1644) and Sarah (Lumley) (Hall) Wraxall (will 1665). Sarah (Lumley) (Hall) Wraxall mentioned her grandchildren Edward, Dorothy, and Sarah Blackwell, children of my late daugher Alice Blackwell, late wife of Gervas Blackwell, who is now a linen draper in Newgate Market.

Alice was living and married in 1644 but deceased by 1665.

Alice Blackwell was buried on 10 February, 1656/7, at St Margaret's Church, Westminster.^[3]

Children of Gervase and Alice (Hall) Blackwell living in 1665.

• Edward Blackwell
• Dorothy Blackwell, Probably, d/o Gervase and Alice. bpt 5 Aug 1636, Mansfield Woodhouse, Nottingham.^[4]
• Sarah Blackwell

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4} "Funeral Certificates." The Genealogist. Volume VII ed., George W Marshall, LL.D., (London: George Bell and Sons, 1883), 144. e-Book Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/genealogist07mars_0/page/144/mode/1up : accessed 15 December, 2022). Taken from the Domestic State Papers for 1647: Bundle 324, No 1.
2. ↑ Free UK Genealogy, “Transcript, St Helen Church, Bishopsgate, London (City)” database, FreeREG (https://www.freereg.org.uk/search_records/581812f4e93790eb7f263269 : accessed 16 December, 2022), [data about Jarvice Blackwell to Alice Hall 14 Oct 1634];
3. ↑ Free UK Genealogy, “Transcript, St Margaret Church, Westminster, Middlesex” database, FreeREG (https://www.freereg.org.uk/search_records/581864dee93790ec751e851f : accessed 16 December, 2022), [data about Alice Blackwell 10 Feb 1656/7];
4. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NGPQ-CM4 : 19 March 2020), Dorothie Blackwall, 1636.