John BLACKMAN

Abt 1670 - 1736  (~ 66 years)

• Name	John BLACKMAN
  Birth	Abt 1670	Falling Creek, Henrico County, Virginia
  Gender	Male
  FamilySearch ID	LRL1-M38
  _UID	206AD89C511F4445AE69941A0F3A23244CC5
  Death	9 Nov 1736	Bertie County, North Carolina
  Person ID	I86	Carney Wehofer 2024 Genealogy
  Last Modified	3 Dec 2024

  
  

  Father	William BLACKMAN,   b. 1641, Henrico, Colony of Virginia, British Colonial America d. 11 Nov 1697, Varina Parish, Henrico, Virginia (Age 56 years)
  Mother	Dorothy DEELEY,   b. 1650, Varina, Henrico, Virginia, British Colonial America d. 25 Oct 1704, Varina, Henrico, Virginia, British Colonial America (Age 54 years)
  Alt. Marriage	Bef 1662	Sussex, England   [1]
  Marriage	Abt 1667	Henrico County, Virginia
  Family ID	F71	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Elizabeth GOODE,   b. 1678, Whitby Estate, Henrico County, Colony of Virginia d. Bef 1736, Bertie, North Carolina, British Colonial America (Age 57 years)
  Marriage	1698	Virginia
  Children	1. Bennett BLACKMAN,   b. 1702, Chowan, North Carolina d. 3 Apr 1760, Smithfield, Johnston, North Carolina (Age 58 years)   2. John Alan BLACKMAN, Jr.,   b. 1705, Chowan, North Carolina, United States d. 3 Apr 1760, Smithfield, Johnston, North Carolina, United States (Age 55 years)   3. Sarah BLACKMAN,   b. 1708   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Arthur BLACKMAN,   b. 1710, Duplin, North Carolina, British Colonial America d. 1768, Craven, North Carolina, British Colonial America (Age 58 years)   5. William BLACKMAN,   b. 1713, Chowan, North Carolina, United States d. Bef 1736, Chowan, North Carolina, British Colonial America (Age 22 years)   6. Ann BLACKMAN,   b. 1720, Henrico County, VA, USA d. 1800, VA, USA (Age 80 years)   7. Stephen BLACKMAN,   b. 26 Dec 1724, Wilmington, New Hanover, North Carolina, British Colonial America d. 11 Mar 1776, Sampson County, North Carolina (Age 51 years)   8. Joseph BLACKMAN,   b. 1725, Bertie, North Carolina, British Colonial America d. 2 Feb 1768, Duplin, North Carolina, British Colonial America (Age 43 years)
  Family ID	F69	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Dec 2024

  
  

  Family 2	Sarah   d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	Abt 1725	North Carolina, United States   [2]
  Family ID	F70	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Aug 2016

  
  

• Notes

  Biography John Blackman wrote his will November 19, 1736, and it was proven in November court, 1736. Bertie County Abstract: Wife Sarah; Sons John, Bennet,Arthur,Joseph,Steaven. Daughter Elizabeth; Executors Bennet Blackman, Theophilus Williams. Witnesses: William Taylor, Arthur Maikdsunace,Phebe jernigan.Cleark of Court Jno Wynns[1] Name Name: John /Blackman/[2][3] Residence Residence: Date: 1720 Place: Albemarle County, North Carolina, British North America[4] son of Dorothy Deeley & William Blackman Sr Wills 1688 Oct 18 VA: Edward Deely wills him a cow; 1697 Nov 11: father's Will proved 1 Apr 1698 Varina Parish, Henrico VA 1708 Nov 29: wife Elizabeth Blackman, 2000 pounds of Tobacco, from ??; 1736 Nov 19 NC Bertie: signed, all possessions left to second wife Sarah; children mentioned Bennett, Arthur, Joseph, Stephen, John, and Elizabeth 1736 Nov 2 NC Bertie: Estate probated Residence 1713 at French Huguenot settlement, Manakin Town as Jean Blakement 1719 Mar 1 NC Chowan later Bertie: on Potecasi Creek, south side of Urahaw Swamp (in now Northampton VA near town of Woodland) Deeds & Land 1710 Mar 1 VA from John Tullit 185 ac bet Grindalls Run on south and Manakin Town Road on north to add to his property on Grindalls Run 1713 Nov 5 sold the same land back to Tullit 1721 Apr 15 to 1722 Dec 3: deeds enlarging his plantation to 490 ac 1722 & 1723: purchased an additional 790 ac Court & Legal 1713 Nov 2 VA "Elizabeth, wife of Blackman relinquished her dower right" 1717 Dec 3 co-witnessed document with Thomas Jefferson (grandfather of later pres?) 1719 Mar 9 NC Chowan later Bertie: name appears on documents there 1722 Oct 30 Edenton: West Administratrix v. Blackman, failed to pay Thomas West 40 shillings sterling and five shillings "current money" for poll and land taxes; other litigation ... 1723 May: Anne Parson sues for being kept illegally as a servant and won her freedom 1723 Jul 30 Pugh v. Blackman (1) sued by Francis Pugh for 750 pounds of "good marketable pork" owned since Apr 15 1721 1723 Jul 30: part of jury for custody of a "Negro ... run away", and one where jury ordered defendant to pay his debt; 1726 Mar 29 Pugh v. Blackman (2) sued for £22 15 shillings, written note of Jul 14 1725, failed to appear, estate attached; 1728 Mar 26 John Anderson v. Blackman for debt, dismissed after agreement made; 1728 Jul 30 Anderson v. Blackman for £300, failed to appear; 1728 Oct 29 asked for continuance because of illness of his attorney; 1728 Oct 29: John Blackman ordered to serve on grand jury in which several indictments were made against: John Lovick, Esqr. for striking the Governor of North Carolina, Sir Richard Everard; against Thomas Bell of Chowan precinct for libeling Colonel Worley; and Henry Bradley of Bertie Precinct for killing cattle in the woods and "not bringing in the Hyde with the Ears on". 1729 Mar 25 case carried on to next session 1729 Mar 25: part of jury for several cases; 1729 Jul 29 Anderson discontinued suit and required to pay costs for "false clamor" Political 1733 joined with other residents of region to change capital from Edenton to a more centralized location Sources ? Abstract of North Carolina Wills by Grimes page 33 ? Source: #S73 ? Source: #S105 ? Source: #S73 Source: S105 Author: Ancestry.com Title: North Carolina Will Abstracts, 1660-1790 Publication: Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 1999; Repository: #R1 Repository: R1 Name: Ancestry.com Address: http://www.Ancestry.com E-Mail Address: Phone Number: Source: S73 Title: North Carolina Census, 1790-1890 Publication: Name: Jackson, Ron V., Accelerated Indexing Systems, comp.. North Carolina Census, 1790-1890 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999.; Repository: #R1

  
  

• Sources

  [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 3 Dec 2024), entry for William BLACKMAN, person ID L8M3-RWP. (Reliability: 3). [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 3 Dec 2024), entry for John BLACKMAN, person ID LRL1-M38. (Reliability: 3).