Brief Life History of Nancy
When Nancy Blackburn was born in 1767, in Warrington Township, York, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Moses Blackburn, was 21 and her mother, Mary McGrew, was 19. She married Obediah Underwood Sr. in 1785, in Newberry Monthly Meeting, York, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 3 daughters. She died on 15 September 1842, at the age of 75, and was buried in Glyde, North Bethlehem Township, Washington, Pennsylvania, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (8)
- 1840 United States Federal Census
- Nancy Underwood, "Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Deaths and Burials, 1856-1971"
- Ancestry Family Trees
Spouse and Children
1763–1810 Male
1767–1842 Female
Children (10)
1785–1875 Male
1786– Female
1789–1868 Male
1789–1855 Male
1790– Male
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Parents and Siblings
1746–1828 Male
1748–1811 Female
Siblings (10)
1767–1842 Female
1768–1835 Male
1769–1831 Male
1771–1820 Male
1774–1854 Female
+5 More Children
World Events (8)
1776
Age 9
1776
Age 9
1787 · The Making of the U.S. Constitution.
Age 20
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of various places called Blackburn, but especially the one in Lancashire, so named with Old English blæc ‘dark’ + burna ‘stream’. This surname is found mainly in northern England.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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