Robert [Capt] BLACKWELL

Birth:
1730
King William, Virginia
Death:
1 May 1789
Lunenburg, Virginia
Marriage:
15 Nov 1765
Lunenburg, Virginia
Father:
James Glenn BLACKWELL
Mother:
Notes:
                       IGI Nil Main/Addend as Parent

    1730 BIRTH: Daughters of American Revolution; Application of Elizabeth
    Nicholson Rickter, descent from Captain Robert Blackwell.

    1730 BIRTH: Sallie Orgain Blackwell Jones, SKETCHES OF JOHN BLACKWELL;
    1620-1877; Richmond, VA, Whittet & Shepperson, 1916; p 56,62; Library of
    Congress book CT275 B5782J7.

    SPOUSE: Evelyn Ferguson Arvin, ANTE-BELLUM HOMES OF LUNENBURG; 1620-1969;
    Richmond, VA, Whittet & Shepperson, 1969; p 109; Texas Tech Library book F 232
    L9 A8.

    1765 MARRIAGE: Sallie Orgain Blackwell Jones, SKETCHES OF JOHN BLACKWELL;
    1620-1877; Richmond, VA, Whittet & Shepperson, 1916; p 56; Library of Congress
    book CT275 B5782J7; NOTE: Married Elizabeth Goodwin, daughter of James Goodwin
    of York Hampton Parish, 15 Nov.

    1751 LAND: Sallie Orgain Blackwell Jones, SKETCHES OF JOHN BLACKWELL;
    1620-1877; Richmond, VA, Whittet & Shepperson, 1916; p 6,56; Library of Congress
    book CT275 B5782J7; NOTE: Moved from King William County, once a part of York
    County, to Lunenburg in 1751, and purchased 430 acres.  Lunenburg at this time
    embraced the present counties of Halifax, Bedford, Charlotte, Mecklenburg,
    Pittsylvania, Henry, Campbell, Franklin, and Patrick.

    1776 MILITARY: Evelyn Ferguson Arvin, ANTE-BELLUM HOMES OF LUNENBURG;
    1620-1969; Richmond, VA, Whittet & Shepperson, 1969; p 109; Texas Tech Library
    book F 232 L9 A8; NOTE: Was Captain of the Lunenburg Militia during the
    Revolution and tradition says was wonded in the Battle of Monmouth.

    1789 ESTATE-DEATH: Sallie Orgain Blackwell Jones, SKETCHES OF JOHN BLACKWELL;
    1620-1877; Richmond, VA, Whittet & Shepperson, 1916; p 5,56; Library of Congress
    book CT275 B5782J7; NOTE: Large plantation in Lunenburg, later Mecklenburg
    County.

    1789 DEATH: Daughters of American Revolution; Application of Elizabeth
    Nicholson Rickter, descent from Captain Robert Blackwell.

SOURCES:
    1. Daughters of the American Revolution
    2. Sketches of John Blackwell, by Sallie Orgain Blackwell Jones
    3. Ante-Bellum Homes of Lunenburg, by Evelyn Ferguson Arvin
    4. Family Records
Elizabeth GOODWIN
Birth:
1748
Westmoreland, Virginia
Death:
1828
Lunenburg, Virginia
Notes:
                       Father's 7th child

    1748 BIRTH: Daughters of American Revolution; Application of Elizabeth
    Nicholson Rickter, descent from Captain Robert Blackwell.

    1828 DEATH: Daughters of American Revolution; Application of Elizabeth
    Nicholson Rickter, descent from Captain Robert Blackwell.
Children
Marriage
1
Robert BLACKWELL
Birth:
2 May 1766
Lunenburg, Virginia
Death:
15 Apr 1823
Lunenburg, Virginia
Jincey JONES 
Marr:
30 Mar 1792
Brunswick, Virginia 
Notes:
                       1766 BIRTH: Daughters of American Revolution; Application of Elizabeth

    Nicholson Rickter, descent from Captain Robert Blackwell; NOTE: 4 Nov.

    1766 BIRTH: International Genealogical Index; FamilySearch 1994 Edition;
    Family History Library, Salt Lake City UT; NOTE: 2 May.

    1766 BIRTH: Ancestral File; FamilySearch, Jul 1996 Edition; Family History
    Library, Salt Lake City UT; NOTE: 2 May.

    RESIDENCE: Charles M. Long, VIRGINIA COUNTY NAMES; 1370-1906; New York and
    Washington, The Neale Publishing Company, 1908; p 55; College of William and
    Mary, The Earl Gregg Swem Library, book F227 L84; NOTE: Brunswick, Mecklenburg,
    Lunenburg, and Charlotte counties are situated together in southern Virginia.

    SPOUSE: Sallie Orgain Blackwell Jones, SKETCHES OF JOHN BLACKWELL; 1620-1877;
    Richmond, VA, Whittet & Shepperson, 1916; p 57; Library of Congress book
    CT275 B5782J7; NOTE: Married Jencey dau of Reps Jones.

    1792 MARRIAGE: International Genealogical Index; FamilySearch 1994 Edition;
    Family History Library, Salt Lake City UT.

    1823 DEATH: Daughters of American Revolution; Application of Elizabeth
    Nicholson Rickter, descent from Captain Robert Blackwell.

    1823 DEATH: Sallie Orgain Blackwell Jones, SKETCHES OF JOHN BLACKWELL;
    1620-1877; Richmond, VA, Whittet & Shepperson, 1916; p 58; Library of Congress
    book CT275 B5782J7.

SOURCES:
    1. Daughters of the American Revolution
    2. 1994 IGI
    3. Ancestral File
    4. Sketches of John Blackwell, by Sallie Orgain Blackwell Jones
    5. Virginia County Names, by Charles M. Long
2
James G. BLACKWELL
Birth:
7 Apr 1768
Lunenburg, Virginia
Death:
 
Marr:
 
Notes:
                       1768 BIRTH: Daughters of American Revolution; Application of Elizabeth
    Nicholson Rickter, descent from Captain Robert Blackwell.

    DEATH: Sallie Orgain Blackwell Jones, SKETCHES OF JOHN BLACKWELL; 1620-1877;
    Richmond, VA, Whittet & Shepperson, 1916; p 57; Library of Congress book
    CT275 B5782J7; NOTE: Died young.
3
Thomas BLACKWELL
Birth:
18 Dec 1771
Lunenburg, Virginia
Death:
1820
Marie BAILEY 
Marr:
Abt 1797
 
Notes:
                       1771 BIRTH: Daughters of American Revolution; Application of Elizabeth
    Nicholson Rickter, descent from Captain Robert Blackwell.

    1793 MARRIAGE: International Genealogical Index; FamilySearch 1994 Edition;
    Family History Library, Salt Lake City UT; NOTE: Ann Sydnor.

    SPOUSES: Evelyn Ferguson Arvin, ANTE-BELLUM HOMES OF LUNENBURG; 1620-1969;
    Richmond, VA, Whittet & Shepperson, 1969; p 109; Texas Tech Library book F 232
    L9 A8; NOTE: Thomas first married Ann Sydnor. They had no children. He then
    married Marie Bailey (the widow) Bridgforth. The widow Bridgforth had two sons,
    Thomas and William Bridgforth.  Thomas Blackwell and his wife, Marie Bailey
    Brigforth, had twelve children.

    SPOUSES: Sallie Orgain Blackwell Jones, SKETCHES OF JOHN BLACKWELL; 1620-1877;
    Richmond, VA, Whittet & Shepperson, 1916; p 57; Library of Congress book
    CT275 B5782J7; NOTE: Married 1st Maria Bridgforth, 2nd Susanna.
4
Christianna BLACKWELL
Birth:
20 Dec 1773
Lunenburg, Virginia
Death:
Robert JONES 
Marr:
23 Dec 1790
Lunenburg, Virginia 
Notes:
                       1773 BIRTH: Daughters of American Revolution; Application of Elizabeth
    Nicholson Rickter, descent from Captain Robert Blackwell.

    SPOUSE: Sallie Orgain Blackwell Jones, SKETCHES OF JOHN BLACKWELL; 1620-1877;
    Richmond, VA, Whittet & Shepperson, 1916; p 57,59; Library of Congress book
    CT275 B5782J7; NOTE: Married Rob't Jones, son of Reps Jones.

    1790 MARRIAGE: Ancestral File; FamilySearch, Jul 1996 Edition; Family
    History Library, Salt Lake City UT.
5
John BLACKWELL
Birth:
28 Dec 1774
Lunenburg, Virginia
Death:
1835
Mary EDMUNDSON 
Marr:
Abt 1799
of Lunenburg, Virginia 
Notes:
                       1774 BIRTH: Daughters of American Revolution; Application of Elizabeth
    Nicholson Rickter, descent from Captain Robert Blackwell.

    SPOUSE: Sallie Orgain Blackwell Jones, SKETCHES OF JOHN BLACKWELL; 1620-1877;
    Richmond, VA, Whittet & Shepperson, 1916; p 7,57,60; Library of Congress book
    CT275 B5782J7; NOTE: Married Mary Edmundson dau of Upton Edmundson.

    1835 DEATH: Sallie Orgain Blackwell Jones, SKETCHES OF JOHN BLACKWELL;
    1620-1877; Richmond, VA, Whittet & Shepperson, 1916; p 60; Library of
    Congress book CT275 B5782J7.

    Nil-IGI and Ancestral File on Sealing date.
6
Joel BLACKWELL
Birth:
16 Apr 1776
Lunenburg, Virginia
Death:
DANCE 
Marr:
 
Notes:
                       1776 BIRTH: Daughters of American Revolution; Application of Elizabeth
    Nicholson Rickter, descent from Captain Robert Blackwell.

    SPOUSES: Sallie Orgain Blackwell Jones, SKETCHES OF JOHN BLACKWELL; 1620-1877;
    Richmond, VA, Whittet & Shepperson, 1916; p 57,61; Library of Congress book
    CT275 B5782J7; NOTE: Married 1st Gunn, 2nd Dance.
7
Elizabeth G. BLACKWELL
Birth:
3 Oct 1778
Lunenburg, Virginia
Death:
Cannon F. GREENE 
Marr:
15 Aug 1796
Lunenburg, Virginia 
Notes:
                       1778 BIRTH: Daughters of American Revolution; Application of Elizabeth
    Nicholson Rickter, descent from Captain Robert Blackwell.

    SPOUSE: Sallie Orgain Blackwell Jones, SKETCHES OF JOHN BLACKWELL; 1620-1877;
    Richmond, VA, Whittet & Shepperson, 1916; p 57,61; Library of Congress book
    CT275 B5782J7; NOTE: Cannon F. Green.

    1796 MARRIAGE: International Genealogical Index; FamilySearch 1994 Edition;
    Family History Library, Salt Lake City UT.
8
Nancy BLACKWELL
Birth:
24 Aug 1781
Lunenburg, Virginia
Death:
1821
Peter HAWTHORNE, JR. 
Marr:
Abt 1799
of Lunenburg, Virginia 
Notes:
                       1781 BIRTH: Daughters of American Revolution; Application of Elizabeth
    Nicholson Rickter, descent from Captain Robert Blackwell.

    SPOUSE: Sallie Orgain Blackwell Jones, SKETCHES OF JOHN BLACKWELL; 1620-1877;
    Richmond, VA, Whittet & Shepperson, 1916; p 57,59; Library of Congress book
    CT275 B5782J7; NOTE: Married Peter Hawthorne Jr.

    1821 DEATH: Sallie Orgain Blackwell Jones, SKETCHES OF JOHN BLACKWELL;
    1620-1877; Richmond, VA, Whittet & Shepperson, 1916; p 59; Library of Congress
    book CT275 B5782J7.
9
Chapman BLACKWELL
Birth:
17 Jan 1783
Lunenburg, Virginia
Death:
Notes:
                       1783 BIRTH: Daughters of American Revolution; Application of Elizabeth
    Nicholson Rickter, descent from Captain Robert Blackwell.

    SPOUSE: Sallie Orgain Blackwell Jones, SKETCHES OF JOHN BLACKWELL; 1620-1877;
    Richmond, VA, Whittet & Shepperson, 1916; p 57,60; Library of Congress book
    CT275 B5782J7; NOTE: Married 1st Polly Hatchett, 2nd Prudence Jeffreys.
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Robert [Capt] Blackwell - Elizabeth Goodwin

Robert [Capt] Blackwell was born at King William, Virginia 1730. His parents were James Glenn Blackwell and .

He married Elizabeth Goodwin 15 Nov 1765 at Lunenburg, Virginia . Elizabeth Goodwin was born at Westmoreland, Virginia 1748 daughter of James Goodwin and J. Elizabeth Chapman .

They were the parents of 9 children:
Robert Blackwell born 2 May 1766.
James G. Blackwell born 7 Apr 1768.
Thomas Blackwell born 18 Dec 1771.
Christianna Blackwell born 20 Dec 1773.
John Blackwell born 28 Dec 1774.
Joel Blackwell born 16 Apr 1776.
Elizabeth G. Blackwell born 3 Oct 1778.
Nancy Blackwell born 24 Aug 1781.
Chapman Blackwell born 17 Jan 1783.

Robert [Capt] Blackwell died 1 May 1789 at Lunenburg, Virginia .

Elizabeth Goodwin died 1828 at Lunenburg, Virginia .