Person:Peter Blinn (1)

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Peter Blinn
b.Est 1641 Stepney, Middlesex, England
d.7 Mar 1724/25 Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut
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  • H.  Peter BlinnEst 1641 - 1724/25
  • W.  Joanna _____Bef 1650 -
m. Bef 1670
  1. Peter BlinnEst 1670 - Aft 1741
  2. Captain James BlinnEst 1673 - 1731
  3. William Blinn1675 - 1752
  4. Mary Blinn1677 -
  5. Daniel Blinn1679 - Bef 1720
  6. Margaret Blinn1681 - Aft 1724/25
  7. Jonathan BlinnEst 1685 - Aft 1753
  8. Deliverance BlinnAbt 1689 - 1736
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  • H.  Peter BlinnEst 1641 - 1724/25
  • W.  Mary HollisterEst 1678 - Aft 1740
m. Aft 19 Apr 1716
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Name[1][2] Peter Blinn
Gender Male
Birth[1][2] Est 1641 Stepney, Middlesex, England(possibly)
Marriage Bef 1670 Based on estimated date of birth of eldest known child (Peter).
to Joanna _____
Marriage Aft 19 Apr 1716 Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States (probably)to Mary Hollister
Will[3] 2 Mar 1724/25 Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Death[1][2] 7 Mar 1724/25 Wethersfield, Hartford, ConnecticutThis death is not recorded in any published Connecticut vital record.
Burial[1][2] Village Cemetery, Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Estate Inventory[3] 18 Mar 1724/25 £79-00-01. Taken by David Goodrich, William Warner and Richard Montague.
Probate[3] 4 May 1725 Will proved.
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The First Blinn Family in America

"Peter Blinn immigrated to America in the early 1670's and settled in Wethersfield CT. He was a bilingual attorney, part of the French Huguenot colony in London, and was born in Stepney Parish, London England. Father was William Blinn, born abt 1615 and married abt 1639/41, and his grandfather as Peter, born abt 1580 and married abt 1606 or abt 1614. Peter used the French spelling, Blin, rather than a more anglicized version Once in America, he was a reknowned joiner with some pieces attributed to him still in existance. Some examples of his cabinetry still exist in the Wethersfield museum, also supposedly the Metropolitan Museum in New York City and the Edison Institute in Dearborn Michigan. The Historical Society in Hartford and the Wadsworth Atheneum as well as the State Library all have Blinn chests. An interesting aside: in the novel, The Witch of Blackbird Pond, a main character builds a house and furnishes it with all the finest things available including furniture from 'the great Wethersfield joiner, Peter Blin'. Peter died 7 Mar 1725 in Wethersfield CT. His headstone at the cemetery (Congregational Meeting House, Wethersfield) declares: 'Here lies the body of Peter Blin, who departed this life March 7 in the 85 year of his age.'"[1]

References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Peter Blinn of CT
    Accessed 25 Aug 2013.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Harris, Gale Ion. Walter Harris's Widow and the Blinns of Wethersfield, Connecticut. New England Ancestors (New England Historic Genealogical Society). (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Oct 1989)
    143:303-08.

    "Peter1 Blinn, born about 1641, place unknown, died at Wethersfield 7 March 1724/25 at age 84, …"

  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Blinn, Peter, Wethersfield, in Manwaring, Charles W. A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records. (Hartford, Conn.: R. S. Peck & Co., 1904-06)
    2:263-64.

    Name: Peter Blinn Location: Wethersfield
    Invt. £79-00-01. Taken 18 March, 1724-5, by David Goodrich, William Warner and Richard Montague. Will dated 2 March, 1724-5.
    I, Peter Blinn of Wethersfield, having arrived at the age of 84 years, do make this my last will and testament: Item. I give to my beloved wife 1-3 part of all my moveable estate, except my wearing apparrell, my silver-headed cane and joyner tooles. Item. I give to my beloved son Peter all my wearing apparrell and all my joyners tooles, besides œ18 he hath already received of me, as may appear in the 71st page of my Book of Accompt. Item. I give to my son James Blin 5 shillings. I give to my son William Blinn 1 shilling. I give to my daughter Mary Hurlbut 5 shillings. I give to Daniel Blinn, my grandson, son to my son Daniel Blinn, 5 shillings. I give to my son Jonathan Blinn 1 shilling. I give to my son Deliverance Blinn 1 shilling. Item. I give to my daughter Margaret Belding, after all my just debts are paid and the severall legacies before mentioned, 2-3 of my moveable estate, except my silver-headed cane, which I give to my grandson George Blinn, son of Deliverance Blinn. And I make my son Deliverance Blinn sole executor.
    Witness: David Goodrich, David Williams, Christopher Graham.
    Peter Blinn, ls.
    Court Record, Page 82--4 May, 1725: Will now exhibited and proven.
    Page 88-89--6 July, 1725: Mary Blynn, widow, her 1-3 part set out by Joshua Robbins, John Russell and Richard Montague (per order of Court).

  4.   Connecticut. Colonial General Assembly; Charles J. (Charles Jeremy) Hoadly; Connecticut. Colonial Council; Connecticut. Colonial Council of Safety; J. Hammond (James Hammond) Trumbull; and United Colonies of New England. Commmissioners. The public records of the colony of Connecticut, 1636-1776. (Hartford [Connecticut]: Case, Lockwood & Brainard, 1850-1890)
    vol.3 1678-1689 pg99.

    Upon Petition of sundry inhabitants of Weathersfeild [sic] that they might have liberty to errect a plantation in the Wabaquassit country, the Court refers it to the Gov and Councill to make answer thereto... The petition... by ... Peter Blin..."

  5.   Wethersfield Historical Society
    Burying Ground Map.
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