I'm passing this on from another list. It is great reading. Mary G.
I thought some of you might enjoy reading this newscast from ABCNEWS on
April 21st. Here's the gist:
April 21 - It may be the world's largest known family tree.
Researchers from Oxford University in Oxford, England, have identified seven
ancestral matriarchal groups from which all Europeans appear to be
descended. These maternal clans form the root of a family tree that has
sprouted millions of individuals. Every European, according t
I was sent copies of the Blackman vertical files from the Gloucester County,
NJ Historical Society. It's not in any order in particular, and I'm not
sure what some of the information is, but it contains names and dates that
may be of interest to some of you.
Page 1:
EZRA BLACKMAN m. LEAH MATHIS, (then there's a "D" which I'm sure stands for
"daughter") D. ELIHU MATHIS
MELINDA BLACKMAN m. EZRA L. HANSON, S. JOHN and MARY (BRAGG)HANSON. Child:
William Lockwood Hanson.
THOMAS BLACKMAN m., June 25, 186? (
My name is Gordon Blackman ;I leave in Belgium ; I try to trace my
ancestors
who came from Australia and before England; the last documentI have in hand
is a baptism registration dated feb 17 1822 of my ancestor William Blackman
in the parish of Fulham in Middlesex ; William married Susanna Gray on oct
20 1852 in the district parish of Kennington in the country of Surrey ;the
father was named Henry Blackman
(abode Parsons Green).
I leave close to the battle field of Waterloo; one Aide de camp of
Wellington
Recently there has been a new feature added to Rootsweb that allows the
GenConnect boards for the surname to be linked to the mailing list. What
this means is that every time a post is made to one of the GenConnect
boards, it is then sent to the corresponding mailing list. What might
confuse some of you is that if you reply to those messages, you will need to
reply to either the email address of the person in the post, or to the
GenConnect boards themselves (by following the link in the email and posting
The Blackman's were NJ and Clermont neighbors-fellow church goers.
At least,for we know little of our Ely's.
In Ohio,Rev John and Sarah Blackman Collins' home at the Tate beach of
Lake
Harsha. Her brother lived at Elk Lick,under the lake,and somewhere near
Bantam.
Benj Ely lived in Bantam,and his dad,Sam Ely's is under the lake
Harsha,say 1\2 mile east of the Tate boat
ramp. Savil Justice m James Blackman's dau,and lived exactly where I
do-1824+. Her twin's
husband ,Wesley McClain,ran the Nicholsville st
Many thanks to this list and Julie in particular for helping me establish my
family connection as noted above. And for giving me a reading list.
In more detail, my line looks like this.
Charles10 A. Crawford, Charles 9F. Crawford, Sara Louise 8 Blakeman,
Abijah-7,
Treat-6, Zechariah3-4-5, James2, Adam1 of Statford, Connecticut.
Thanks.
Diana
Related Families
TOMLINSON, BIRDSEYE, BEACH, CURTISS, HAWLEY, HULL, WHEELER, HARGER
My name is Gordon Blackman ;I leave in Belgium ; I try to trace my
ancestors
who came from Australia and before England; the last documentI have in hand
is a baptism registration dated feb 17 1822 of my ancestor William Blackman
in the parish of Fulham in Middlesex ; William married Susanna Gray on oct
20 1852 in the district parish of Kennington in the country of Surrey ;the
father was named Henry Blackman
(abode Parsons Green).
I leave close to the battle field of Waterloo; one Aide de camp of
Wellington
Burlington County families---worksheet of Mrs. Edna Wilson of Merchantville,
N.J. Presented by her son, Charles ? Wilson (Bud), Egg Harbor, N.J. on
March 6, 1976.
DAVID BLACKMAN d. Oct. 13, 1884-69 yrs old, m. Abigail Hugg DOUGHTY.
CHARLOTTE AMANDA BLACKMAN m. Dr. Jonathon Kay PITNEY
SARAH FRANCES BLACKMAN m., May 18, 1865, Rev. James M. NOURCE, president of
New Windsor College, New Windsor, MD.
EVALINE CONSTANTIA BLACKMAN m. William GLENN, mining engineer, Richmond, VA,
lives in Baltimore.
WINFIELD SCOTT
I thought this may be of interest to New Jersey-Ohio Blackman descendents:
From the vertical files of Gloucester County, NJ Historical Society
Submitted by Robert B. Steelman, October 23, 1965
LEARNER BLACKMAN (1781-1815)
Son of David Blackman (1747-1821) and Mary Clark (1753-1827)
Second son in a family of 6 boys and 3 girls.
Born in English Creek, New Jersey.
Converted at the age of 16 by the first sermon preached by his
brother-in-law, the Rev. John Collins, father of Methodism in Cincinnati,
who h