Individual Details

Blackston or Blaxston GENTRY

(1763 - 1845)



Ancestry DNA match was to a daughter named Sarah Gentry, born in South Carolina - she doesn't belong in this family.

Blackston Gentry was born in Virginia in 1763. He married Mary Molly Bunch in 1786. She died before 1815 in Bullitt co., KY.

They had the following children:

1. James Gentry b. 1786 d. 1870 Stilesville, Hendricks, IN
2. Joseph Gentry b.ca 1788 VA d. 1846 Stilesville, Henricks, IN
3. Martin Gentry b. ca 1790 d. 1852 Gold Fields of California
4. Nicholas Gentry. b. 16 Dec 1790 VA d. 1876 Bullitt, co. KY
5. Samuel Gentry b. 1795 VA d. 27 May 1871 Bullitt co., KY
6. Elizabeth Gentry b. 1795 VA d. 1824 Stilesville, Hendricks, IN
7. Garland Gentry b. 1796 Bullitt co., KY d. IL
8. Mary Gentry b. 1798 Bullitt co., KY d. Stilesville, Hendricks, IN
9. Ellison Gentry b. 1799 Bullitt co., KY d. Stilesville, Hendricks, IN

Events

Birth1763Bedford County, Virginia
Marriage14 Mar 1786Louisa County, Virginia - Mary "Molly" Bunch
Death1845Hendricks County, Indiana

Families

SpouseMary "Molly" Bunch (1757 - 1816)
FatherNICHOLAS GENTRY III (1728 - 1803)
MotherElizabeth Stringer ( - )
SiblingMildred Gentry ( - )
SiblingDavid GENTRY (1754 - 1847)
SiblingNicholas GENTRY (1756 - 1787)
SiblingJohn GENTRY ( - )
SiblingNancy GENTRY ( - )
SiblingSarah "Sally" Gentry ( - )
SiblingFannie Gentry ( - )
SiblingMartin GENTRY ( - )

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