Joseph Blackwell Jr. (1750 - 1826)

Born 1750 in Prince William, Colony of Virginia

Ancestors

Descendants

Died 20 Jun 1826 at about age 76 in Fauquier County, Virginia, United States

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Biography

Joseph Blackwell Jr. is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A010795.

Lieutenant Joseph Blackwell Jr. served with 3rd Virginia Regiment (1777), Continental Army during the American Revolution.

Native Virginian (born in Prince William County)

Joseph Blackwell Jr. is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: P-115683
Rank: Lieutenant

Joseph Blackwell was born in 1750 in Prince William, Colony of Virginia, son of Joseph Blackwell (1715–1787) and Lucy Steptoe (~1720–1787).^[1]

Joseph (33) married Anne Conway Eustace (23) (born on January 21, 1761 in Virginia; daughter of Isaac Eustace and Agatha (Conway) Eustace) on December 28, 1784. Their children were:

• Ann Blackwell (~1786–1873)
• Joseph Blackwell (~1788–1831)
• Agatha Blackwell (~1789–1854)
• John William Blackwell (1791–~1866)
• Lucy Steptoe Blackwell (1793–1879)
• William Steptoe Blackwell (~1800– )
• James Blackwell (1805–1864)
• Elizabeth Blackwell (1807– )
• Samuel Blackwell (1809– )

Joseph died on June 20, 1826 in Fauquier County, Virginia, United States, aged 75. He was buried in Blackwell Cemetery, Bethel, Fauquier County, Virginia.^{[2] [3] [1]}

Military

• Joseph Blackwell ^[4] served in the Revolutionary War.

Service: VIRGINIA

Rank(s): LIEUTENANT

Service Description: 1) CAPTS JOHN CHILTON, JOHN BLACKWELL; 2) COL THOMAS MARSHALL, LT COL WILLIAM HETH; ALSO QUARTERMASTER, RECRUITER

According to Virginia Soldiers of 1776^[5],

Joseph entered the army of the Revolution as a Second Lieutenant in Capt. John Chilton's Company at the same time that his brother, John Blackwell, entered as a First Lieutenant in the same company. [Note,too that their sister, Letitia, was married to their Captain, John Chilton.] At the Battle of the Brandywine, Capt. Chilton was killed, and John Blackwell was appointed a Captain, and was subsequently taken prisoner at the surrender of Charlestown [sic], So. Car.

Joseph Blackwell after the Battle of the Brandywine was engaged in the Quartermaster's dept. and was stationed at Richmond, VA until the close of the war. Joseph Blackwell died in the year 1826, testate.

A list of his children and an abstract of his will follows the above excerpt.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/83697847/joseph-blackwell : accessed 11 November 2021), memorial page for Lieut Joseph Blackwell (1751–20 Jun 1826), Find a Grave Memorial ID 83697847, citing Blackwell Cemetery, Bethel, Fauquier County, Virginia, USA ; Maintained by Todd Whitesides (contributor 47553735) .
2. ↑ Burial: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/83697847/joseph-blackwell: accessed), memorial page for Lieut Joseph Blackwell Jr. (1751–20 Jun 1826), Find a Grave Memorial ID 83697847, citing Blackwell Cemetery, Bethel, Fauquier County, Virginia, USA; Maintained by Lisa Oakley (contributor 49280171).
3. ↑ Will: "Virginia, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1652-1900"
   Will Books, 1759-1912, 1966-1967; Index, 1759-1924; Author: Virginia. County Court (Fauquier County); Probate Place: Fauquier, Virginia
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 62347 #2034664 (accessed 7 April 2024)
   Will of Jos Blackwell of Fauquier County, granted probate on 20 Jun 1820.
4. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 04 April 2018), "Record of Joseph Blackwell, Jr.", Ancestor # A010795. DAR Ancestor #: A010795. Pension Number: W1191. Service Source: W1191; NARA, M881, COMP MIL SERV RECS, ROLL #952
5. ↑ [https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/48645/VASoldiers1776-000797-535 Virginia Soldiers of 1776, p 536-7

See also:

• pg. 11; 4-6 Major Joseph Blackwell of Fauquier Co., Va; Ancestors, Descendants & Connections of Moore Carter and Sarah Alexander Foote by Edward Maurice Blackwell. COPYRIGHT 1948 OLD DOMINION PRESS, INC. RICHMOND, VIRGINIA http://lynchburghistory.com/assets/files/content_files/BlackwellGenealogy.pdf
• pg. 101. The Blackwell Family (Continued) by Stella Pickett Hardy The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography Vol. 24, No. 1 (Jan., 1916), pp. 99-102

Published by: Virginia Historical Society Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/4243495 Page Count: 4

• Marriage:

"Virginia, U.S., Marriages of the Northern Neck of Virginia, U.S., 1649-1800"
Original data: Headley, Robert K. Married Well and Often: Marriages of the Northern Neck of Virginia, 1649-1800. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2003
Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 5063 #590 (accessed 7 April 2024)
Major Joseph Blackwell marriage to Ann Conway Hull in 1783.

• Obituary:

"U.S., Newspapers.com™ Obituary Index, 1800s-current"
Richmond Enquirer; Publication Date: 3 Nov 1826; Publication Place: Richmond, Virginia, USA; URL: https://www.newspapers.com/image/884904194/?article=d56438f1-9348-4b7b-a4a6-c19fd8bc9700&focus=0.48085886,0.4241349,0.6414759,0.49321055&xid=3355
Ancestry Record 61843 #2041375709 (accessed 7 April 2024)
Name: Joseph Blackwell; Gender: Male; Death Age: 75; Birth Date: abt 1751; Death Date: Abt 1826; Obituary Date: 3 Nov 1826; Obituary Place: Richmond, Virginia, USA; Newspaper Title: Richmond Enquirer.

• pg. 272. Virginia genealogies : a genealogy of the Glassell family of Scotland and Virginia : also of the families of Ball, Brown, Bryan, Conway, Daniel, Ewell, Holladay, Lewis, Littlepage, Moncure, Peyton, Robinson, Scott, Taylor, Wallace, and others, of Virginia and Maryland / by Horace Hayden, Horace Edwin, 1837-1917. Published: Wilkes-Barre, Penn'a. : E.B. Yordy, printer, 1891. Subjects: Glassell family. Virginia > Genealogy. https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/100511651
• pg. 273. Virginia genealogies : a genealogy of the Glassell family of Scotland and Virginia : also of the families of Ball, Brown, Bryan, Conway, Daniel, Ewell, Holladay, Lewis, Littlepage, Moncure, Peyton, Robinson, Scott, Taylor, Wallace, and others, of Virginia and Maryland / by Horace Hayden, Horace Edwin, 1837-1917. Published: Wilkes-Barre, Penn'a. : E.B. Yordy, printer, 1891. Subjects: Glassell family. Virginia > Genealogy. https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/100511651
• pg. 276. Virginia genealogies : a genealogy of the Glassell family of Scotland and Virginia : also of the families of Ball, Brown, Bryan, Conway, Daniel, Ewell, Holladay, Lewis, Littlepage, Moncure, Peyton, Robinson, Scott, Taylor, Wallace, and others, of Virginia and Maryland / by Horace Hayden, Horace Edwin, 1837-1917. Published: Wilkes-Barre, Penn'a. : E.B. Yordy, printer, 1891. Subjects: Glassell family. Virginia > Genealogy. https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/100511651
• pg. 277. Virginia genealogies : a genealogy of the Glassell family of Scotland and Virginia : also of the families of Ball, Brown, Bryan, Conway, Daniel, Ewell, Holladay, Lewis, Littlepage, Moncure, Peyton, Robinson, Scott, Taylor, Wallace, and others, of Virginia and Maryland / by Horace Hayden, Horace Edwin, 1837-1917. Published: Wilkes-Barre, Penn'a. : E.B. Yordy, printer, 1891. Subjects: Glassell family. Virginia > Genealogy. https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/100511651
• Fauquier Now Article
• Blackwell, Crump, Keith & Famiiles of Northern Virginia compiled by James A. Burgess
• Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 05 Mar 2024), "Record of Joseph Blackwell Jr", Ancestor # A010795.
• Transcript of Pension Application W1191

See also:

• Brief article about how the "Meadows" has been protected against further development through conservation easement, and how four generations of Blackwells and Carters are buried on the property. Nancy Chappelear Beard(?) also recorded that that Moore Fauntleroy Carter, Sr., father of Elizabeth B. (Carter) Blackwell is among those buried. ^[6]
• Blackwell, Crump, Keith & families of Northern Virginia^[7]
• Richmond Times Dispatch, 18 Jun 1926. "Revolutionary Forces of Virginia"

Acknowledgments

• Thank you to Kitty Smith for contributions to this profile. Cooper-1 14:45, 5 April 2016 (EDT)
• This profile was created on 19 March 2011 through the import of KRH Family Tree_2010-12-30.ged.
• [1] This site discusses his farm and the buildings on it.