Individual Details
John Blakey
(9 Dec 1717 - 30 Dec 1781)
Baptized Jan 25, 1718.
According to article in the "Magazine of Virginia Genealogy" Vol. 2 #4, October 1964, written about Bernard B. Blakey, John settled in Culpeper Co VA. John is the ancestor of Mr. Blakey who wrote "The Blakey Book" c1977.
Will in the records of Culpeper County names children John, Churchill, daughters Frances who married Bush, Martha who married Morris, Sarah married Eddins, and Elizabeth married Davis. Martha likely the Martha listed in the Christ church register as "Martha, daughter of John & Jane Blakey born 4 Jan 1740. The son Churchill may have married Mary Clark in 1781.
Blakey Bible records state that sons John and Churchill were twins.
Events
| Birth | 9 Dec 1717 |  | |||
| Death | 30 Dec 1781 | |
Families
| Father | Churchill Blakey ( - 1738) |
| Mother | Sarah George (1692 - ) |
| Sibling | Thomas Blakey (1712 - 1777) |
| Sibling | Margaret Blakey (1714 - 1734) |
| Sibling | George Blakey (1716 - 1783) |
| Sibling | Robert Blakey (1720 - ) |
| Sibling | Betty Blakey (1723 - ) |
| Sibling | Jane Blakey (1725 - ) |
| Sibling | Sarah Blakey (1728 - ) |
| Sibling | William Blakey (1731 - ) |
| Sibling | Susannah Blakey (1734 - ) |
| Sibling | Catherine Blakey (1738 - ) |
Endnotes
1. Lue Adams Kress, A Genealogy of the Blakey Family & Descendants (Caldwell, Idaho, 1942) Microfilm #0896873, Family History Library [FHL], Salt Lake City, Utah..
2. Copied by Mrs. Sally Nelson Robins, Virginia Dame from Richmond, The Parish Register of Christ Church, Middlesex County Virginia, from 1653-1812 (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, 1975. Originially Purblished by The National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the State of Virginia, Richmond, 1897.), p.101.
3. William H. Whitsitt, Annals of a Scotch-Irish Family: The Whitsitts of Nashville, Tennessee. (Originally in The American Historical Magazine,, Jan-Apr-Jul-Oct 1904 Reprint 1995 by Friends of Mill Creek Baptist Church Graveyard).