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Genealogical Publications of Robert P. Blevins
Genealogical research on the early Blevins families in America is notoriously difficult and controversial. Much of what has been published in online trees and self-published works on these families is speculative and flawed. However, one researcher has written a series of papers that consistently provide a reliable starting point for any serious research on this family -- the collected papers of Robert P. Blevins.
Robert Blevins originally published these papers on a personal website he called Blevins Genealogical Research Publications (www.rpblevins.com), but in 2023 he decided he could not continue to maintain the website. This free space page was created to preserve this important work. Robert Blevins has given express permission for this publication of his research on WikiTree.
All of the Blevins papers are attached to this page and linked from the descriptions below. They include the following, in chronological order (not the order in which they were originally published). To cite these papers in a WikiTree profile, just copy the suggested citation below, inserting the specific page number from the paper you are citing.
The Blevins Men of New York and New England
This first paper collects research relating to the earliest documented Blevins settlers in America, who arrived in the 1600s: John Blethen, James Blevin, and Edward Bliven, who first appear in the 1600s in the Massachusetts Bay Colony; in Oyster Bay, Province of New York; and in Westerly, Rhode Island Colony.
Description from the author:
Although many legends and myths exist, the actual documentation of Blevins settlers in the New World doesn't begin until 1659 in Massachusetts, 1679 in New York, and 1691 in Rhode Island. This 36-page paper presents the stories of the three, first-recorded Blevins settlers: John Blethen the Quaker, James Bliven the "Sayler," and Edward Bliven of Westerly. Edward Bliven would go on to become the primary Patriarch of the Blevins family's Northern Branch.
This paper also provides a detailed 5-page preface that provides a guide to my series of papers on the early Blevins families in America.
Suggested citation:
Robert P. Blevins, "The Blevins Men of New York and New England: The First Blevins Settlers in the New World," (typescript, 2020), p. ___; images, ''WikiTree,'' [[Space:Robert_P_Blevins_Publications|Robert P Blevins Publications]].
The Blevins Men of Monocacy and Goochland
The second paper focuses on James Blevin and his family. James was born in Oyster Bay, New York, in the 1680s, and migrated with his family to Westerly, Rhode Island, as a boy. However, he migrated south to Maryland after 1718 and was the patriarch of all the early southern Blevins families. The paper collects research relating to the early Blevins families in Maryland and Virginia during the 18th Century.
Description from the author:
Sometime between 1718 and 1732, James Bliven Jr., the proven son of James Bliven the "Sayler," removed his family from Westerly, Rhode Island. By 1733, he had settled in the Monocacy Hundred of western Maryland and by 1736, he had settled in Goochland County, Virginia. This James Bliven (Blevins) would go on to become the primary Patriarch of the Blevins family's Southern Branch. This 38-page paper documents this migration and the family structure of James Blevins the Patriarch.
Suggested citation:
Robert P. Blevins, "The Blevins Men of Monocacy and Goochland: The Southern Migration of the James Bliven Family," (typescript, 2020), p. ___; images, ''WikiTree,'' [[Space:Robert_P_Blevins_Publications|Robert P Blevins Publications]].
The Blevins Men of the Revolution
The third paper collects research concerning the southern Blevins men during the American Revolution.
Description from the author:
The American Revolutionary War was a time of upheaval and conflicting loyalties for people throughout the colonies. The War began not long after Blevins groups were being established in the overmountain areas to the west and southwest of southern Virginia and some within these groups also experienced upheavals and choices of loyalty. This 22-page paper covers the known records of Blevins men relevant to the Southern Campaigns of the American Revolutionary War.
Suggested citation:
Robert P. Blevins, "The Blevins Men of the Revolution: Blevins Patriots and Loyalists in the Southern Campaigns," (typescript, 2021), p. ___; images, ''WikiTree,'' [[Space:Robert_P_Blevins_Publications|Robert P Blevins Publications]].
The Blevins Men of the Holston
Several of the southern Blevins families were among the earliest settlers to migrate further west from southwestern Virginia into the area which was to become Tennessee beginning in the late 1700s. The fourth paper collects research on these early Blevins settlers on the Holston River valley of Tennessee.
Description from the author:
Between 1770 and 1783, at least eight Blevins men moved from what is now Henry County, Virginia to new lands along the Holston River in what is now Sullivan County, Tennessee. This 162-page document details more than 15 years of research on these early settlers and significantly expands upon my original edition, published February 2010 - ISBN 978-0-578-05063-8.
This document also provides separate detailed discussions on Blevins Y-DNA findings and on the Blevins Longhunters of the 1760s.
Suggested citation:
Robert P. Blevins, "The Blevins Men of the Holston: Theoretical Structures of the First Blevins Families of Tennessee," (typescript, 2020), p. ___; images, ''WikiTree,'' [[Space:Robert_P_Blevins_Publications|Robert P Blevins Publications]].
The Blevins Men of the Hiwasee
The final paper focuses on the Blevins families who moved after 1819 into the Hiwassee District of what had formally been the Cherokee Nation.
Description from the author:
In 1819, the Federal Government concluded the Hiwassee Land Purchase from the Cherokee Nation. Part of the new Hiwassee District was organized into McMinn County, Tennessee and the balance was added to Rhea County, Tennessee. The portion added to Rhea was south and east of the Tennessee River and was organized as Meigs County in 1836. The Hiwassee Purchase started a migration of settlers into this newly opened land.
This 42-page document covers the origins and family structures of the seven Blevins men who settled in what is now Meigs County, Tennessee during the 1820s.
Suggested citation:
Robert P. Blevins, "The Blevins Men of the Hiwassee: Theoretical Structures of the First Blevins Families of Rhea and Meigs Counties Tennessee," (typescript, 2020), p. ___; images, ''WikiTree,'' [[Space:Robert_P_Blevins_Publications|Robert P Blevins Publications]].
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