Samuel Blackwell II (1711 - 1761)

Born 19 Jan 1711 in Northumberland County, Virginia

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Died 17 Oct 1761 at age 50 in Northumberland County, Virginia

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Biography

Native Virginian

Captain Samuel Blackwell was born on 19 Jan 1710/11 at "Walnut Lodge", Northumberland Co., Virginia. His father was Samuel Blackwell, but his mother's name is not known. She died in childbirth or shortly thereafter. His father married Margery (Downing) Hudnall, a recent widow of Joseph Hudnall before 20 March 1710/11. According to the Encyclopedia of Biography, they had four more children. ^[1]

Samuel, Jr. married Elizabeth Steptoe, daughter of John Steptoe and Elizabeth Eustace. ^[2][3] Eleven or twelve children were born of this union. See individual children's profiles for source information. The Encyclopedia of Biography only lists nine^[1]. James and George are not represented on that list. Blackwell, Crump, Keith & Famiiles of Northern Virginia compiled by James A. Burgess^[4] also lists Mary, rounding out the even dozen. There are two Williams listed above. The first one mentioned does not belong on this list, and will be removed when a proper home is discovered for him.

1. Samuel, who married Sarah Wyatt;
2. John, who married Hannah;
3. William, who married Anne;
4. Joseph, who married Hannah Shapleigh;
5. Elizabeth, who married Armistead Churchill;
6. James, who married Ann Blackwell;
7. George, who married Nancy Cottrell;
8. Ann, who married John Blackwell;
9. Mary, who married Moses Green;
10. Judith, who married Bennett Price;
11. Thomas, who married Judith Grant; &
12. David, who married Ann Lewis.

Samuel was Vestryman, Burgess, Assembly. Military service Captain in Militia. Will on 16 Oct 1761.^{[5] [6]}

He died on 17 Oct 1762 at age 50. He was buried in St. Stephens Parish, at "Walnut Lodge", Northumberland, Virginia.^[7][8]

Samuel Blackwell was born about 1711.

In 1748, he lived in Stephen Parish, Northumberland, Virginia.^[9]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} American Biography: a New Cyclopedia, Vol. XIX,
2. ↑ Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.
3. ↑ Ancestry.com. Virginia, Marriages of the Northern Neck of Virginia, 1649-1800 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.
4. ↑ Blackwell, Crump, Keith & Famiiles of Northern Virginia compiled by James A. Burgess
5. ↑ Ancestry.com. Virginia, Biographical Encyclopedia [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2000.
6. ↑ Ancestry.com. Alabama, Surname Files Expanded, 1702–1981 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.
7. ↑ Ancestry.com. Alabama, Surname Files Expanded, 1702–1981 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.
8. ↑ Find A Grave Captain Samuel Blackwell, II
9. ↑ Ancestry.com. Virginia, U.S., Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1800-1890 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999.

See Also

James Ware Baker Calder

• Onderdonk, Henry,. Documents and letters intended to illustrate the revolutionary incidents of Queens County : with connecting narratives, explanatory notes, and additions. New York: Leavitt, Trow and Co., 1846, Part I. Rise and progress of the revolutionary spirit, p. 93.