Person talk:Archibald Blackburn (3)

Blackburns of VA [12 November 2020]

It's likely the father and son Archibald Blackburn are really one and the same person. The information about this family is confusing and there is little to prove the relationships. Have you seen W A Challacombe, The Benjamin Blackburn Family and Notes on Blackburns in America, (Provo UT: Ancestry.com Operations Inc., 1942); digital images, Ancestry.com?[1] It's the source of most of the following. --KayS 19:03, 12 November 2020 (UTC)

Presumed Blackburn Descent
Ancestor of BLACKBURNs – hypothetical sons Arthur, Archibald, John, poss. James
2 Archibald – b. c1685; d. 1749; m. Margaret WILSON
  3 Ambrose - b. c1710; d. 1789
  3 John - b. c1712; d. bef. 5 Aug 1755; m. Ann LOGAN
  >will 2 Jul 1755 – named wife Ann, dau Mary, son James, brother Samuel, cousin Andrew, father and mother (not named); witness Elianor Blackburn. Parents alive in 1755, but could be in-laws. 
    4 Mary
    4 James – m. Eleanor
  3 Benjamin - b. c1718; d. 10 Aug 1786; m. Mary
  >will 10 Aug 1786 – named wife Mary Blackburn, son Benjamin, grsons Benjamin, son John’s son Samuel, son Robert Blackburn, son Benjamin Blackburn, son Archibald Blackburn, dau Ann, dau Elizabeth Bay; executors son Archibald Blackburn and John Wear
    4 Benjamin Jr – b. 1738; d. 24 Sep 1834
    4 John – b. 1740; d. 1808; m. Janet MATHEWS
    4 Robert – b. 1742; d. 1809; m. Margaret RICHIE
    4 Andrew – b. 1744
    4 James – b. 1746
    4 Elizabeth – b. 1749; m. Thomas BAY
    4 Archibald – b. 1751; d. 1823; m1. Rosannah STEELE; m2. Isabel
    4 George – b. 1753
    4 William – b. 1755
    4 Ann/Nancy – b. 1757; m. John WEIR
    4 Samuel – b. 1759; d. 1835; m. Anne MATHEWS; no ch
  3 Samuel - b. c1724; d. c1776; m. Eleanor PROVINE; no ch
  >wpr. Oct 1776 – named wife Eleanor, nephew Samuel Blackburn s/o brother Benjamin, nephew Benjamin Blackburn s/o brother Samuel, wife’s nephew Samuel McCormick, John s/o James Blackburn
  3 Elizabeth - b. 22 Feb 1725; d. 2 Sep 1806; m. William WILSON
  >known d/o Archibald
  3 William Jr - b. 11 Mar 1727 
    4 Benjamin
  3 Archibald - 1729; d. 24 Mar 1742
  3 James - b. c1731
  >John, Benjamin, William, Samuel known brothers
2 Arthur – b. c1687; d. 1742; m. Esther
  3 poss. Andrew – m. Anna WILSON
  >called cousin by 1755 will of John Blackburn
    4 Mary – b. 1758; d. 1820; m. Benjamin McFARLAND
    4 Florence – m. Francis READ
    4 Isabelle – m. George EDGAR
2 William – b. c1701?
  3 Arthur – b. c1724; d. 1782
  >wpr. 20 Aug 1782; named sister Margaret Casey, sister Martha Rogers, sister Mary White, John Blackburn (executor)
  3 George – b. c1726; d. 1778; m. Elizabeth VANCE
  >wpr. 18 Aug 1778; named sister Margaret Casey w/o William, brothers Arthur and William Blackburn, sister Mary White, br-in-law Samuel VANCE, Andrew Coville, dau Sarah Blackburn
    4 Sarah 
  3 William – b. c1728; d. 1781; m. Elizabeth
  >poss. Same as Lt William Blackburn – b. 7 Oct 1748; d. 7 Oct 1780; m. Elizabeth BLACK
  >estate settlement named daughters and husbands, Patsy and Sarah not married at time
    4 Elizabeth – m. John LUSK
    4 Mary Jane – b. 28 Dec 1769; d. 1 May 1852; m. Samuel COLVILLE VANCE
    4 Jean – b. 28 Sep 1771; d. 1 Sep 1838; m. Joseph CUSICK
    4 Margaret – b. 1774; d. 1838; m. David EVANS
    4 Martha ‘Patsy’ – b. 1777; d. 14 Feb 1825; m. Robert HOUSTON
    4 Sarah – b. c1779; d. aft 22 May 1858; m. Charles C EVANS
     SOURCE: [2]
  3 Margaret – b. c1730; d. aft 1790; m. John CASEY
  3 Mary – b. c1735; d. aft 1782; m. George WHITE
  3 Martha – b. 1741; d. 1818; m. James ROGERS
  >ch known from wills and deeds; need proof father was William
2 John of Isle of Wight - 2 Feb 1724 granted 123 acres in Isle of Wight Co VA
  3 John - b. bef 1711; d. 1755, Frederick Co VA; m. Ann LOGAN
  3 poss. Ambrose - b. c1710; d. c1780; poss. m. Elizabeth JONES
  3 William – 1737 sold same 123 acres 
  3 Benjamin - b. 1713; wpr. Aug 1791; m. Mary —
  3 Samuel - b. 1724; wpr. Oct 1776; m. Eleanor PROVINCE; no ch
2 poss. James