JAMES (BLACKMAN) BLAKEMAN

• Birth Notes
  • 
    

• Death Notes
  • 
    

• General Notes
  • THE SECOND SON OF REV ADAM BLAKEMAN  2ND WIFE BATHSHEBA  PIERSON OF DERBY. HE WAS A MILLER AND SETTLED AFTER SOME YEARS IN THE NORTHERN PART OF TOWN , FOR IN FEBRUARY 1684 AN AGREEMENT WAS MADE BY JAMES BLAKEMAN , WITH A COMMITTEE OF THE TOWN TO BUILD "A CORN MILL AT THE MONTH OF THE NEARMILL RIVER, AND HE DOTH ENGAGETH TO GRIND THEIR WHEAT AND RYE FOR A SIXTEETH PART AND THEIR CORN  FOR A TWELFTH PART AND ALL MALT FOR A THIRTIETH PART, PROVIDED THEIR IS BROUGHT FIVE BUSHELS AT A TIME.  HE ALSO ENGAGETH TO BRING THE BLACK BROOK TO RUN INTO THE NEARWILL RIVER TO FEED IT. IF IT MAY BE DONE WITH THREE POUNDS CHARGES."FOR WHICH THE COMMITTEE "GAVE THE STREAM AND 15 ACRES OF LAND TO BUILD ON AS NEAR THE MILL AS MAY BE." THE PLACE HAS SINCE BEEN KNOWN AS PE K'S MILL AND HAS BEEN THE SITE OF A MILL FROM THAT TIME 1684 TILL 1913.
    
    CHILDREN WITH MARIAM WHEELER
    Children  WITH JAMES BLAKEMAN
    Sarah Blakeman  F 25 Apr 1658 in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA   
    Mary Blakeman  F 21 Apr 1661 in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA   
    Hannah Blakeman  F 21 Jan 1665 in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA   
    Jane Blakeman  F 26 Oct 1668 in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA   
    Miriam Blakeman  F 8 Feb 1670 in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA   
    Elizabeth Blackman  F 1673 in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA   
    Martha Blackman  F abt 1676 in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA   
    Zachariah Blackman  M 26 May 1678 in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA   
    Adam Blackman  M 1 Jan 1683 in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA   
    James Blakeman  M 4 Dec 1686 in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA
    ******************************************
    ALTERNATE MOTHER FOR SOME OF THE FIRST CHILDREN
    Miriam Stiles DAUGHTER OF FRANCIS STILES
    Born:  1637
    Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA 
    james henrt blakeman's obit in 1918 lists 2nd wife as Bethesda Pierson daughter of Stephen Pierson of Derby in April 1708
    

Click here for details of JAMES' family with MIRIAM WHEELER

Source/Citation

---

This page is within a frameset. View the entire genealogy report of BLAKEMAN families, or surname index of BLAKEMAN pedigrees or report summary BLAKEMAN heritage from 'My Ancestors and Relatives'.
Genealogy Hosting.

---

Copyright © 2007 GenoPro Inc. All rights reserved.