James Blankinship

Brief Life History of James

When James Blankinship was born on 27 October 1720, in Rochester, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, his father, gordan blankenship, was 22 and his mother, martha anne blankenship, was 19. He married Ruth Clark in 1747, in Pembroke, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 3 daughters. He died on 10 May 1813, in Marion, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, at the age of 92, and was buried in Marion, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.

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Family Time Line

James Blankinship
1720–1813
Ruth Clark
1719–1783
Marriage: 1747
Charles Blankinship
1747–1810
Ruth Blankinship
1749–1842
George Blankinship
1751–1837
James Blankinship Jr
1754–1817
John Blankenship
1755–
Annar Blankinship
1757–1813
William Blankenship
1758–1815
Paul Blankenship
1760–1807
Rhoda Blankenship
1762–1806
Capt Job Blankinship
1764–1799
Capt. Seth Blankinship
1767–1851

Sources (20)

  • James Blankinship, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
  • James Blankinship, "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950"
  • James Blankinship, "Find A Grave Index"

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Name Meaning

English: variant of Blankenship .

History: This name was brought to America c. 1686 by Ralph Blankinship (1662–1714), who probably came from Cumberland, England.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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Story Highlight

Notes on Anne Blankenship by Don Blankenship, as researched by Shawn Blankenship in 2001

"Colonel [Leslie] Blankenship says in his book "Blankenship Family History" that he became aware of an oral history of Ralph Blankenship's daughter Anne in which it was told that she became pregnant o …

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