James Blackwood1

M
     James Blackwood BLACKWOOD This name was originally used to designate a dark or evergreen forest. In the days before surnames, 'atte the Blackwood' was added to the name of some man to denote his place of residence. Still later descendents of that man took the name Blackwood as a surname, which has been handed down from generation to generation for probably four hundred years.2
     James Blackwood was born at Maine.2

     James, married Hannah (?)3

     James Blackwood died at Pembroke, Washington, Maine.2

Family

Hannah (?)
Children
Last Edited8 May 2019

Citations

  1. [S203] Compiler: Ezra S. Stearns, Genealogical and Family History of the State of New Hampshire, Pages 1191 and 1192; DOC 040.
  2. [S203] Compiler: Ezra S. Stearns, Genealogical and Family History of the State of New Hampshire, Found on Pages 1191 and 1192.
  3. [S151] Unknown author, Memorial of the 100th anniversary of the settlement of Dennysville, Maine, 1886, Found on Page 102.
  4. [S150] Unknown author, Arlene L. Brown Ackermann Web Site, Url: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~arlene/…, Arlene's page provided: children information.

James Blackwood Jr.1

M, b. 1788, d. April 1870
FatherJames Blackwood1
MotherHannah (?)1
     James Blackwood Jr., son of James Blackwood and Hannah (?), was born in 1788 at Massachusetts.2,3

     James, son of James Blackwood and Hannah (?), married Susanna Cushing at age 21 on 15 December 1813.4,5 James Blackwood Jr. appeared on the census of 1840 at Pembroke, Washington, Maine; Unknown GEDCOM info: 1840.6

     James Blackwood Jr. died in April 1870 at Pembroke, Washington, Maine, Unknown GEDCOM info: APR 1870 His cause of death was listed as congestion of his lungs.7,8

Census

     James Blackwood Jr. appeared on the 1830 Federal Census of Dennysville, Washington, Maine.9 He appeared on the 1840 Federal Census of Pembroke, Washington, Maine.6

     James and Susanna appeared on the 1850 Federal Census of Pembroke, Washington, Maine, enumerated 29 August 1850. James was working as a farmer, his real estate valued at $900.00. Their children, Henry J., Emeline, Sarah and Daniel Webster were listed as living with them.10

     James Blackwood Jr. appeared on the 1860 Federal Census of Pembroke, Washington, Maine, in the household of his daughter, Corrilla Nickerson Blackwood and son in law, Capt. Ira F. Mitchell. He was listed as a farmer.11 James Blackwood Jr. was listed on the Mortality Schedule Unknown GEDCOM info: JUN 1870 dying June 1870 at Pembroke, Washington, Maine.8

Family

Susanna Cushing b. 12 Sep 1792
Children
Last Edited16 Oct 2019

Citations

  1. [S150] Unknown author, Arlene L. Brown Ackermann Web Site, Url: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~arlene/…, Arlene's page provided: children information.
  2. [S151] Unknown author, Memorial of the 100th anniversary of the settlement of Dennysville, Maine, 1886, Found on Page 102.
  3. [S38] Bureau of the Census United States of America, 1860 (Eighth) United States Federal Census [database on-line], Record Type: 1860 Federal Census, Author Address: Washington, D.C., Pembroke, Maine, Page 5, line 22.
  4. [S150] Unknown author, Arlene L. Brown Ackermann Web Site, Url: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~arlene/…, Arlene's page provided:Dates of Births of First Children in Dennysville before 1820, with Names of Parents'~ by Peter E. Vose, Esq.
  5. [S242] Not Listed, Memorial of the 100th Anniversary of the Settlement of Dennysville Maine, Found on Page 102.
  6. [S153] Bureau of the Census United States of America, 1840 (Sixth) United States Federal Census [database on-line], Record Type: 1840 Federal Census, Author Address: Washington, D.C., Pembroke, Maine, Page 100, line 30.
  7. [S150] Unknown author, Arlene L. Brown Ackermann Web Site, Url: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~arlene/…, Arlene's page provided:Blackwood Family, Blackwood, R.W.; Fisher-Szewczyk, Personal Research; Gibson, Robert E., 46581.GED; and Wylie and Allied Families, compiled by Robert Wylie (e-mail address) at http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi. (hereafter cited as Wylie and Allied Families, Wylie, R).
  8. [S154] Unknown author, 1870 Mortality Schedule, Record Type: 1870 Mortality Schedule, line 19.
  9. [S152] Bureau of the Census United States of America, 1830 (Sixth) United States Federal Census [database on-line], Record Type: 1830 Federal Census, Author Address: Washington, D.C., Dennysville, Maine, line 15.
  10. [S54] Bureau of the Census United States of America, 1850 (Seventh) United States Federal Census [database on-line], Record Type: 1850 Federal Census, Author Address: Washington, D.C., Pembroke, Maine, Marked 130, line 7 thru 12.
  11. [S38] Bureau of the Census United States of America, 1860 (Eighth) United States Federal Census [database on-line], Record Type: 1860 Federal Census, Author Address: Washington, D.C., Pembroke, Maine, Page 5, line 17 thru 25.
  12. [S63] Unknown author, Find A Grave web site, Url: http://www.findagrave.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current
    Name:     Naomi Cushing Blackwood Birth Date: 8 Jan 1815 Birth Place: Pembroke, Washington County, Maine, United States of America Death Date: 29 Jan 1815 Death Place: Pembroke, Washington County, Maine, United States of America Cemetery: Clarkside Cemetery Burial or Cremation Place:     Pembroke, Washington County, Maine, United States of America Has Bio?:     Y Father: James Blackwood Mother: Susanna Blackwood.
  13. [S63] Unknown author, Find A Grave web site, Url: http://www.findagrave.com, Find A Grave Memorial # 56962251.
  14. [S117] Compiler: Ann Joy Fife Ann Joy Fife, Smith's in Washington County, Compiler Address: 1473 Greensboro Way, Grayson, Georgia, Joy Fife, Grayson, GA 30017, information from her indepth research about Smith's in Pembroke, Maine.
  15. [S150] Unknown author, Arlene L. Brown Ackermann Web Site, Url: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~arlene/…, Arlene's page provided: Dennysville, ME, Memorial 1886, p 102; Dennysville, ME VRs, 1792-1892, p 23, No. 2.
  16. [S63] Unknown author, Find A Grave web site, Url: http://www.findagrave.com, Find A Grave Memorial# 77377421.
  17. [S54] Bureau of the Census United States of America, 1850 (Seventh) United States Federal Census [database on-line], Record Type: 1850 Federal Census, Author Address: Washington, D.C., Pembroke, Maine, Marked 130, line 9.
  18. [S54] Bureau of the Census United States of America, 1850 (Seventh) United States Federal Census [database on-line], Record Type: 1850 Federal Census, Author Address: Washington, D.C., Pembroke, Maine, Marked 130, line 10.
  19. [S54] Bureau of the Census United States of America, 1850 (Seventh) United States Federal Census [database on-line], Record Type: 1850 Federal Census, Author Address: Washington, D.C., Pembroke, Maine, Marked 130, line 11.
  20. [S54] Bureau of the Census United States of America, 1850 (Seventh) United States Federal Census [database on-line], Record Type: 1850 Federal Census, Author Address: Washington, D.C., Pembroke, Maine, Marked 130, line 12.

Joanna Blackwood1

F, b. 26 February 1817
FatherJames Blackwood Jr. b. 1788, d. Apr 1870
MotherSusanna Cushing b. 12 Sep 1792
     Joanna Blackwood, daughter of James Blackwood Jr. and Susanna Cushing, was born on 26 February 1817. Unknown GEDCOM info: 26 FEB 1817.1
Last Edited21 Dec 2017

Citations

  1. [S150] Unknown author, Arlene L. Brown Ackermann Web Site, Url: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~arlene/…, Arlene's page provided: Dennysville, ME VRs, 1792-1892, p 23, No. 2; and Memorial of the 100th Anniversary of the Settlement of Dennysville, ME (B. Thurston & Company, Printers, Portland, Maine (1886) FHL Film No. 496891, Item 3), p 102 (hereafter cited as Dennysville, ME, Memorial 1886).

John Blackwood1

M, b. 1786
FatherJames Blackwood1
MotherHannah (?)1
     John Blackwood, son of James Blackwood and Hannah (?), was born in 1786.1
Last Edited8 May 2019

Citations

  1. [S151] Unknown author, Memorial of the 100th anniversary of the settlement of Dennysville, Maine, 1886, Found on Page 102.

John Alden Blackwood1,2

M, b. 8 January 1867
FatherBenjamin Lufkin Blackwood1,2 b. 15 Jun 1841, d. 1930
MotherEllen J. Pettengill1,2 b. 18 Jul 1838, d. 1927
Relationships2nd cousin 2 times removed of Dianne Elizabeth Smith
2nd cousin 2 times removed of Ellen June Smith
John Alden Blackwood, husband of Bertha May Watson
     John Alden Blackwood, son of Benjamin Lufkin Blackwood and Ellen J. Pettengill, was born on 8 January 1867 at Nashua, New Hampshine.1,2

     John, at age 63, son of Benjamin Lufkin Blackwood and Ellen J. Pettengill, married Bertha May Watson at age 50 on 30 September 1930, at Concord, Merrimack, New Hampshire. The ceremony was performed by Earl C. Davis.3

     John died of a heart lesion, at age 64, on 27 April 1931, at Croydon, New Hampshire,4 and was buried at Blossom Hill Cemetery, Concord, Merrimack, New Hampshire.5

Census

     John appeared on the 1870 Federal Census of Concord, Merrimack, New Hampshire, in the household of his parents, Benjamin and Ellen.6

     John Alden Blackwood appeared on the 1880 Federal Census of Concord, Merrimack, New Hampshire in the household of his parents, Benjamin and Ellen.7

     John Alden Blackwood appeared on the 1900 Federal Census in Concord, Merrimack, New Hampshire in the household of his parents, Benjamin and Ellen. He was working as a woodworker.8

     John Alden Blackwood appeared on the 1910 Federal Census in Concord, Merrimack, New Hampshire in the household of his parents, Benjamin and Ellen. He was a wood worker.9

     John Alden Blackwood appeared on the 1930 Federal Census of Concord, Merrimack, New Hampshire in the household of his brother, George and wife, Gertrude.10

Family

Bertha May Watson b. 21 Feb 1880, d. 15 Jun 1947
Last Edited13 Dec 2021

Citations

  1. [S203] Compiler: Ezra S. Stearns, Genealogical and Family History of the State of New Hampshire, Found on Pages 1191 and 1192.
  2. [S30] Unknown author, Ancestry Web Site, Url: http://www.ancestry.com, New Hampshire, Births and Christenings Index, 1714-1904
    Name:     John Alden Blackwood Birth Date: 8 Jan 1867 Birth Place: Nashua, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States Gender: Male
    Race: White Ethnicity:     Canadian Father's name: Benjamin L Blackwood Mother's name: Ellen J Pettingill FHL Film Number: 1000483.
  3. [S30] Unknown author, Ancestry Web Site, Url: http://www.ancestry.com, Information from Copy of Marriage Record.
  4. [S30] Unknown author, Ancestry Web Site, Url: http://www.ancestry.com, New Hampshire, Death and Disinterment Records, 1754-1947
    Name:     John Alden Blackwood Gender: Male Birth Date: abt 1867 Birth Place: Nashua, New Hampshire Father: Benjamine L Blackwood
    Mother: Ellen J Pettengill Death Date: 27 Apr 1931 Death Place: Croydon, New Hampshire, USA Age at Death: 64.
  5. [S63] Unknown author, Find A Grave web site, Url: http://www.findagrave.com, Find A Grave Memorial # 202208295.
  6. [S69] Bureau of the Census United States of America, 1870 (Nineth) United States Federal Census [database on-line], Record Type: 1870 Federal Census, Author Address: Washington, D.C., Concord, New Hampshire, Page 37, line 34 thru 38.
  7. [S76] Bureau of the Census United States of America, 1880 (Tenth) United States Federal Census [database on-line], Record Type: 1880 Federal Census, Author Address: Washington, D.C., Concord, New Hampshire, Page 17, line 41 thru 45.
  8. [S33] Bureau of the Census Census of the United States United States of America, 1900 Twelfth United States Federal Census [database on-line], Record Type: 1900 Federal Census, Location: Washington, D.C., Concord, New Hampshire, Sheet 4 A, line 1 thru 3.
  9. [S49] Bureau of the Census Census of the United States United States of America, 1910 Thirteenth United States Federal Census [database on-line], Record Type: 1910 Federal Census, Location: Washington, D.C., Concord, New Hampshire, Sheet 5 A, line 1 thru 3.
  10. [S22] Census of the United States, 1930 Fifteenth United States Federal Census [database on-line], Record Type: 1930 Federal Census, Location: Washington, D.C., Coccord, New Hampshire, Sheet 3 B, line 71 thru 76.
 
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