Blackledges in America: A Genealogy of Blackledge/Blacklidge Descendants with Roots in the United States of America
- ISBN-10
- 097227040X
- ISBN-13
- 9780972270403
- Pages
- 953
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2002
- Publisher
- Blackledge Books
- Author
- Michael Allan Blackledge
Description
Traces descendants of several Blackledge, Blacklidge, Blackleach, etc. families in America. The main families traced are those of Phillip Blacklidg, William Blackledge and Zachariah Blackledge. Phillip Blacklidg was probably born between 1685 and 1689 in Connecticut. He married Willempe Sluys Conwell 29 November 1710 in New York City. They had nine children. He died in 1761. Descendants and relatives lived mainly in New Jersey, Indiana and Missouri. William Blackledge was probably born in England. He emigrated in about 1682 and settled in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. He married Mary Duffield, daughter of Benjamin Duffield and Elizabeth Watts. They had four children. Descendants and relatives lived mainly in Pennsylvania, Ohio and Illinois. Zachariah Blackledge was born 28 July 1767 in South Carolina. He married Mary Gressett 7 February 1787. They had twelve children. Descendants and relatives lived mainly in South Carolina and Texas.
