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William Boone Blackwood 1706–1774 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 11 August 1706

Birth Location: Dumfrieshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: 9 June 1774

Death Location: Chapel Hill Township, Orange County, North Carolina, United States of America

Father: Charles Blackwood

Mother: Agnes Hunter

Spouse(s): Mary Craig

Children(s): Martha Blackwood, William Blackwood, Sarah Blackwood

William Boone Blackwood was born in 1706 in Dumfrieshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of Charles Jean Blackwood And Agnes Grizel Hunter. William Boone Blackwood married Mary Elizabeth Craig, and had children including Martha Blackwood, Sarah Blackwood, William Blackwood. William Boone Blackwood passed away in 1774 in Chapel Hill Township, Orange County, North Carolina, United States of America.

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Biography

  • William Boone Blackwood was born in 1706 in Dumfrieshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of Charles Jean Blackwood And Agnes Grizel Hunter.
  • William Boone Blackwood married Mary Elizabeth Craig, and had children including Martha Blackwood, Sarah Blackwood, William Blackwood.
  • William Boone Blackwood passed away in 1774 in Chapel Hill Township, Orange County, North Carolina, United States of America.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

William Blackwood's Ancestors

Self
William Blackwood
1706–1774
Birth Place: Dumfrieshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
Charles Jean Blackwood
1680–1730
Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom
Agnes (Grizel) Hunter
1691–1750
Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

William Blackwood's Descendants

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William (Boone) Blackwood (11 August 1706–9 June 1774) m. Mary (Elizabeth) Craig (1706–1772)
  1. 1. Martha Blackwood 1734–1790 m. Charles (Wilson) Johnstone 1725–1787
    1. 1. Catherine McCauley 1750–1800
    2. 2. Catharine Freeland 1762–1827
    3. 3. Martha (Ann) McCauley 1760–1848 m. Matthew McCAULEY 1750–1821
      1. 1. Eleanor Atwater 1801–1872
      2. 2. Synthia Farrens 1792–1843
      3. 3. Charles (J) McCAULEY 1789–1836
      4. 4. George (Johnston) McCAULEY 1798–1867
      5. 5. John McCAULEY 1783–1832
      6. 6. William McCAULEY 1791–1826 m. Jane (Virginia) Stuart 1779–
        1. 1. Charles (Maurice Tallyrand) McCAULEY 1819–1896 m. Henrietta (Fitzhenry) McCauley 1825–1910 m. Rachel Ghiogee 1815–
    4. 4. George Johnstone 1762–1830
  2. 2. William Blackwood 1747–1843
  3. 3. Sarah Blackwood 1740–1809 m. Pvt. (John) Gaddis 1741–1827
    1. 1. John (Martin) Gaddis 1769–1850
    2. 2. Elizabeth (Gaddis) (Stockdale) 1770–1865
    3. 3. Alexander Gattis 1761–1842
    4. 4. Isaac Gattis 1775–1841
    5. 5. James Gattis 1759–1785
    6. 6. Jennet Gattis 1769–1860
    7. 7. John (Jr) Gattis 1762–1809 m. Elizabeth Connally 1769–1824
      1. 1. Sara (connally) Gattis 1800–1846 m. Jacob (Reed) Brooks 1787–1872
        1. 1. Kosciusko (Byron) Brooks 1837–1877
        2. 2. Cincinnatus (Ney) Brooks 1825–1890 m. Mary (Jane) Bailey 1830–1887
        3. 3. DeWitt (Clinton) Brooks 1833–1897
        4. 4. Tamerlane (Xenophon) Brooks 1844–1926
    8. 8. John Gattis 1775–1810
    9. 9. Martha Gattis 1763–1852
    10. 10. Samuel Gattis 1765–1837
    11. 11. Sarah Gattis 1773–1825
    12. 12. Thomas Gattis 1784–1865

William Blackwood's Timeline

3 Records

1706
11 August 1706
Birth of William Boone Blackwood in Dumfrieshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Dumfrieshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
1725
1725
Age 19
William Boone Blackwood was married in Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
1774
9 June 1774
Age 68
Death of William Boone Blackwood in Orange Co., NC, North Carolina, USA
Orange Co., NC, North Carolina, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 11 August 1706
    Event Place: Dumfrieshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index
    [3] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 1725
    Event Place: Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 9 June 1774
    Event Place: Orange Co., NC, North Carolina, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index
    [3] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Chapel Hill Township, Orange County, North Carolina, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

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