]t time it was customary for churches to record christenings, but usually births were not recorded. When wool cloth came off a hand loom, it was loosely woven and contained excess hairs and oils. A fulling mill pounded the fabric with large, wooden mallets and rinsed it — the pounding and rinsing tightened the weave. By coincidence, Sarah Lugg’s 3rd husband, John Campbell, also operated a fulling mill, which was inherited by his heir, Enoch Blackwell, Jr.)
First Generation
1. John “Gentleman” Blackwell was christened from 1 Mar 1733 to 31 Mar 1734 in Horsley, Gls, England. He was born from 1 Jan 1734 to 31 Mar 1734 in Horsley, Gls, England. He lived in Watledge, Minchinhampton, Gls, England in 1820. Gentleman died on 22 Nov 1824 at the age of 90. He was buried on 27 Nov 1824 at Shortwood Chapel in Nailsworth, Gls, England.1 K. B Keeley recorded in the family tree entry for John Blackwell:
Gentleman John Blackwell was a Baptist deacon and a clothier. Resided at Winsoredge near Nailsworth, where he leased a 182-acre Avening estate from Edward Sheppherd, the lord of the manor.
In 1800 “John Blackwell of Nailsworth, clothier”, bought Avening Mill, a cloth-mill on the Avening stream, re-converted it for fulling and conveyed it to William Overbury of Tetbury, wool-stapler, in 1807.
From: ‘Avening: Economic history’, A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 11: Billy and Longtree Hundreds (1976), pp. 160-62. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=19079.
John “Gentleman” Blackwell and Sarah Cole were married on 14 Jul 1763 in Avening, Gloucestershire, England. Sarah Cole was born about 1742 in Avening, Gloucestershire, England. She died on 23 Jun 1789 at the age of 47 in Avening, Gloucestershire, England.
John Blackwell and Sarah Cole had the following children:
+2 i. John Blackwell, born 1763, Avening, Gloucestershire, England; married Ruth Betterbee, Rodbrough, Gls, England; married Ann Dudbridge, 24 May 1801, England; died 30 Dec 1819, Shortwood, Gloucestershire, England.
+3 ii. Enoch Blackwell, born abt 1764, Avening, Gloucestershire, England; married Hannah Perrin, 3 Dec 1787, Minchinhampton, Gloucestershire, England; married Sarah Lugg, 9 Sep 1805, Jersey Shore, Lycoming Co., PA; died 3 Jun 1816, Jersey Shore, Lycoming Co., PA.
+4 iii. Stephen Blackwell, born 1770, Inchbrook, Gloucestershire, England; married Hester Jackson, 24 May 1790, Uley, Gloucestershire, England; married Maria Matilda Foxwell, 11 Aug 1814, Avening, Gloucestershire, England; died 9 Apr 1832, London, England.
+5 iv. Sarah Blackwell, born 1769; married Edward Barnfield, 10 Feb 1790, Avening, Gloucestershire, England; died bef 24 May 1820, Gloucestershire, England.
+6 v. Thomas Blackwell, born 1773, Gloucestershire, England; married Sarah Jane Wells, 2 May 1795, Millerton, Jackson Twp., Tioga Co., PA; married Priscilla Warner, 8 Jul 1804, Avening, Gloucestershire, England; died 22 Dec 1841, West Burlington Twp., Bradford Co., PA.
+7 vi. Lucretia Blackwell, born abt 1775, Gloucestershire, England; married Richard Perrin, 4 May 1791, Avening, Gloucestershire, England; died 1824.
+8 vii. Cornelius Blackwell, born 1775, Avening, Gloucestershire, England; married Sarah , England; died 28 Dec 1854, Gloucestershire, England.
+9 viii. Joshua Blackwell, born 1776 or 1777, Bristol, Gls, England; married Amelia Hey, 30 Jan 1806, Philadelphia, PA; died 1834, Lambertville, Hunterdon Co., NJ.
+10 ix. Phebe Blackwell, born abt 1778, Gloucestershire, England; married FNU Barnfield; died 20 May 1798, Nailsworth, Gls, England.
+11 x. Peter Blackwell, born 21 Mar 1779, Gloucestershire, England; married Ann Saunders, 10 Dec 1800, Avening, Gloucestershire, England; died 8 Mar 1844, Danville, Montour Co., PA.
John “Gentleman” Blackwell and Frances Barrett were married on 8 Apr 1790 in Rodbrough, Gls, England.2–3 Frances Barrett2–5 was born about 1760 in Gloucestershire, England.6
John “Gentleman” Blackwell and Mary Saunders were married on 22 Dec 1809 in Avening, Gloucestershire, England.
3,6 Mary Saunders2–3 was born on 14 Dec 1789 in England.6 She lived in Watledge, Minchinhampton, Gls, England in 1820. She died on 17 Dec 1866 at the age of 77.7
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