Nathaniel Blackford

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      Sex: M

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Individual Information

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          Birth: Abt 1714 - Piscataway, Middlesex Co., New Jersey, British North America 3 4
        Baptism: 
          Death: Bef 11 Apr 1764 1 5
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death: 

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Events

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• Resided: , Morris Co., New Jersey, USA. ⁶

• He signed a will on 25 Mar 1764 in Piscataway, Middlesex Co., New Jersey, British North America. ⁵ Will of NATHANIEL BLACKFORD of Piscat., Middlesex Co.:
"Wife MARY use of my plantation to bring up my children. Sons: JOHN, BENJAMIN & NATHANIEL, my farm when they are 21 yrs. My daughters DESIA BLACKFORD f100. Dau. Sophia f100. I give to my daughters, pewter that belonged to my first wife. Executors: My wife and my brother, JOHN BLACKFORD. Witnesses: John Smith, STEPHEN BUNESL, Daniel Barto. Proved Apr 12, 1764. Inventory 1764 Apr 11. Inventory 252.29.22 by Jocob Boice & John Hepburn."
-Will of Nathaniel Blackford, Calendar Date: March 25, 1764 in New Jersey Colonial Documents Calendar of Wills -1761-1770. P. 44 and 45.

• He had an estate probated on 12 Apr 1764. ⁵

• He has conflicting death information.

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Parents

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         Father: John Blackford, Sr. (Abt 1682-1749) 7 8
         Mother: Ruth Sutton (Abt 1691-      ) 7 9

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Spouses and Children

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1.  *Francis LaForge (       -       )  4 
       Marriage: 27 Feb 1746 4 10
       Children:
                1. Sophia Blackford (1753-1839) 1 11
                2. Mary Blackford (Bef 1758-      ) 6
                3. Blackford (Bef 1758-      ) 6
                4. Desia Blackford (Bef 1758-      ) 2 4 5

2.  Mary Daniels (       -       )  4 10 
       Marriage: 20 Aug 1759 - Scotch Plains Baptist Church, Essex Co., New Jersey, USA 4 6 12 13 14
       Children:
                1. Benjamin Blackford (1760-1842) 4 15
                2. John Blackford (Abt 1762-1824) 4 5
                3. Nathaniel Blackford, Jr. (1764-1834) 4

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Notes

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Death Notes:

[date will proved]

Marriage Notes (Mary Daniels)

"something is wrong here. she couldn't marry Nathaniel Blackford in 1759 and have children by Stephen Bonnell starting in 1754 when Nathaniel didn't died until after his will was written 25 Mar 1764. Is this the wrong Nathaniel?" -1997 GA Kinney

1 Francis P. Weisenburger, The Life of John McLean, a Politician on the United States Supreme Court (Graduate School Series, History and Political Science No. 15. Ohio State University Press, Columbus, OH, 1937), p. 1.

2 Gregg Alan Kinney, reseseach database (TMG) (Sep 1999, Highlands Ranch, CO).

3 John & Ruth Blackford of Piscataway Twp., NJ (LDS Family Group. Submitter's Address: 53 E. 400 N., Orem, Utah, 84057, 1968).

4 Nora Blackford Jones, The Blackford Genealogy 1640-1997, 3rd Edition (Willow Bend Press, 65 East Main St., Westminster MD 21157-5036,
1998), p. 382.

5 Judie P. Clark, "to Gregg Kinney" (with bundle of papers received by G. Kinney 22 May 1997), Mary Skelton to Judie Clark, 21 Feb 1996, p. 14.

6 John E. Blackford, Correspondence to O.B. Leonard with annotated notes (Algona, Iowa, 14 May 1897).

7 John & Ruth Blackford of Piscataway Twp., NJ (LDS Family Group. Submitter's Address: 53 E. 400 N., Orem, Utah, 84057, 1968), subject.

8 Nora Blackford Jones, The Blackford Genealogy 1640-1997, 3rd Edition (Willow Bend Press, 65 East Main St., Westminster MD 21157-5036,
1998), p. 2.

9 Ibid, p. 5.

10 Ruth Cost Duncan, to Mrs. Nolan C. Clark (4 Nov 1982). Ruth Cost Duncan (member of Conn. Society of Genealogists #1289) is the author of "William Bunnell & His Descendants", 1986. A copy of the letter received by Gregg Kinney in bundle of papers from Judie P. Clark 22 May 1997.

11 Encyclopedia of World Biography (McGraw Hill, 1973), p. 310.

12 Archives of the State of New Jersey, Vol. XXI, p. 647 Scotch Plains Baptist Church Marriage Records.

13 Judie P. Clark, "to Gregg Kinney" (with bundle of papers received by G. Kinney 22 May 1997), Mary Skelton, to Judie Clark, 21 Feb 1996, p. 14.

14 Gregg A. Kinney, Personal and family records, Jane Ann Beal Bailey's FGS of Stephen Bunnell, Sr. and Mary Daniels. Also contains virtually all remaining personal records of Julie Jean Reed, John Charles Kinney, Robert Arthur Kinney, Charles Harvey Kinney, Ladella Dove, Mildred Faye Brandt, Joseph Albert Brandt, Eunice Johnson and many others.

15 Bennett H. Young, Courier, A History of Jessamine County, Kentucky (Journal Job Printing Co., Louisville, KY, 1898), p. 81.

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