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Name *James BLACKMAN, 8G Grandfather
Birth England
Death 1689151
Occupation CLICK NAME FOR NOTES - Miller
Father Rev. *Adam BLAKEMAN (1598-1665)
Mother Jane WIFE OF REV. ADAM BLACKMAN
Spouses:
1 *Miriam WHEELER, 8G Grandmother
Birth 28 Mar 1647, Born in Stratford, Fairfield, CT.152,150
Occupation CLICK NAME FOR NOTES
Father *Moses WHEELER I (1598-1698)
Mother *Miriam HAWLEY
Marriage 1667153
Children: *Sarah (1658-1688)
2 Bathsheba PIERSON151
Occupation CLICK NAME FOR NOTES
Children: Mary
Hannah
Notes for *James BLACKMAN
150[pg. 83] Will at "Orinoge" 18 July 1689, proved 7 Nov. 1689; wife Miriam; sons; eldest son Zechariah; two unm. daus. Elizabeth and Martha; five daus. "disposed of", Sarah Cunny, Mary Searles, Hannah Gilbert, Miriam Northrop, Jane Russell; overseers, brothers Samuel Wheeler, Moses Wheeler, Ephraim Stiles, and son-in-law Joseph Northrop.
Married (1) (???) Stiles, dau. of Francis.
Married (2) Miriam Wheeler, dau. of Moses, b. 28 Mar. 1647.

Children [by first wife], recorded at Stratford:

Sarah, b. 25 Apr. 1658, d. at Boston, 17 Apr. 1694; m. abt. 1677, John
Coney, Jr.
Mary, b. 25 Apr. 1661; m. George Searles.
Hannah, b. 21 Jan. 1664 [1664/5], d. before 1695; m. abt. 1687, John
Gilbert.

Children [by second wife], recorded at Stratford:

Jane, b. 26 Oct. 1668; m. (1) at New Haven, 12 June 1687, Joseph
Russell;(*) m. (2) Thomas Griffin; m. (3) at Stratford, 24 May
1698, James Clark, Jr.
Miriam, b. 8 Feb. 1670 [1670/1]; m. (1) Joseph Northrop; m. (2)
John Smith of Milford. and with second husband conveyed 1727 to
brother Zechariah Blackman land inherited from grandfather Moses
Wheeler.
Elizabeth, b. [say 1673], d. in 1691; Inv. 17 Sept. 1691; George Searles
appointed Adm'r.
Martha. b. abt. 1676, d. at West Springfield, 18 Aug. 1746 in 70 yr.;
m. (1) Francis Ball; m. (2) (rec. Springfield) 8 May 1701,
Benjamin Stebbins.
Zechariah, b. 26 May 1678, d. at Stratford in 1765; will 10 Mar. 1752,
proved 5 Mar. 1765; m. (1) 27 Dec. 1704, Elizabeth Denman of
Derby, who d. 23 Mar. 1731/2; m. (2) at New Haven, 19 June
1733, Mrs. Dinah Sherman; widow of John Sherman, and dau. of
Daniel Thomas, b. 26 Dec. 1678, d. in 1769.
Adam, b. 1 Jan. 1683 [1683/4]; m. 6 Apr. 1708, Bathsheba Pierson.(+)
James, b. 4 Dec. 1686, d. at Stratfield, 29 Oct. 1709 in 23 yr. (g. s.).
Nuncupative will; two bros. to have lands; John Love and Samuel
Henries of Stratfield testified 14 Mar. 1709/10. Adm'n granted to
bros. Zechariah and Adam, 13 Dec. 1709; Agur Tomlinson gave
bond. The Adm'rs exhibited receipts from Jane Clark, Miriam
Smith, and Martha Stebbins, sisters of the dec'd, that they are
satisfied.
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151James, son of Rev. Adam and Jane Wheeler Blakeman, born in England ; married (1) Mirriam, daughter of Moses Wheeler, in 1657 ; married (2) April, 1708, Bathsheba, daughter of Stephen Pierson. James Blakeman was a miller and settled after some years at Fairville, where he built a mill and where he died. His will was dated at Oronoque, July 18, 1689, and proved November 17, 1689. Inventory was 4402 18s.

CHILDREN:
SARAH, b. April 23, 1638; m. John Todd of New Haven.
MARY, b. April 21, 1661; m. _____Seale.
HANNAH, b. Jan. 21, 1664 ; m. _____Gilbert.
JANE, b. Oct. 26, 1668; m. Joseph Russell of New Haven; June 12, 1687.
MIRRIAM, b. Feb. 8, 1670; m. Joseph Northrup.
ZECHARIAH, b. May 26, 1678.
ADAM, b. Jan. 1, 1683.
JAMES, b. Dec. 4, 1686.
ELIZABETH, b. _____; m. _____ Stebbins.
MARTHA.

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