| Blencowe Families’ Association Newsletter | Volume 3 Number 1 February 1988 |
Table of Contents
The Will of Maryann Hardesty
Deaths, Searching National Archives
Reading a Census
And A Good Time Was Had By All 1987
Manassas, VA 1987
A Trip To Denver, Important Message, The First Known Bookie Blincoe in America
THE WILL OF MARYANN HARDESTY
In the name of God Amen. I Maryann Hardesty of the county of Fluvanna and the State of Virginia being in a very low state of health yet of sound mind and memory do make and ordain this to be my last will and testament in manner and form following
First I desire that all my just debts and funeral expenses be paid. Item I give and bequeath unto my beloved Niece Maryann M. Blincoe, daughter of Mark Blincoe (with whom I now live) the sum of Seven hundred and thirty six dollars together with the Interest which may have accred or may accrue thereon being the amount of a bond given by (blank) to me for the purchase of a negro girl named Flora which said bond if not collected is in the hands of W George Morris of the County of Louisa for my benefit it is my desire that my executor herein after named shall collect the said sum of money Interest & put the same on Interst in such hands as he may think safe until the said Maryann M shall arrive to the age of eighteen years old and then to be paid to her or to any person authorized to receive the same, but at the same time I do request my “executor or his Ex’tor’ or Adm’or” to apply the Interest of said sum of money or as much as may be necessary to the use of said Mary Ann M as her necessaties may require for her education the discretion of my Exor’ herein after named unless she should marry before she arrives-to that age then the said sum is to be paid to her or to any person authorized to receive it with whatever interest may be due and not appropriated to her and her heirs forever_
Item I give unto my nephew Grandville Blincoe son of the said Mark Blincoe my Tract of Land lying in the said County of Fluvanna adjoining the Lands of said Mark Blincoe and containing fifty acres be the more or less to him and his heirs forever
Item I give unto my sister Christine Parrott all my bed clothes and wearing apparel which she has in her possession to her & her heirs forever
Item I give and bequeath unto my sister Barbara Blincoe one [?] bed & furniture and all my bed covers together with my chest and my wearing apparel which is now in my possession living with Mark Blincoe her husband to her and her heirs forever
Item all the rest and residue of my estate both real and personal including all due me & money on hand I give and bequeath unto Thomas Blincoe son of said Mark Blincoe to him and his heirs forever Lastly I do constitute and appoint Walker Timberlake Executor to this my last Will and Testament hereby revoking all former will or wills by me heretofore made In Testamony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal this (?] day of January one thousand eight hundred & twenty
Signed sealed published and declared by the Teste to be her last Will and testament
| In presence of ………….. |
her Maryann X Hardesty mark |
[The original was copied by Marshall and Mary Blincoe #135 at Fluvanna County Court House.]
DEATHS
Nola Jacobson Simons, on 2 October, 1987 at Bail, CA.
SEARCHING IN THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Census Records, Military and Pension Records, Passenger Arrival and Naturalization Records, and Federal Land Records are available at Regional Archive Branches in Walthan, MA, Bayonne, NJ, Philidelphia, PA, East Point, GA, Chicago, IL, Kansas City, M0, Ft. Worth, TX, Denver, CO, Laguna Niguel, CA, San Bruno, CA and Seattle, WA. These are listed under National Archives and Records Administration in the Government Offices section of the phone books. Personnel are available to assist you and publications both free and fee are also available.
READING A CENSUS
Genealogical Research is much like solving a crossword puzzle. Many of you have read old wills in your research but in corresponding with you we believe many have not. We are presenting an analysis of a method of deduction which we hope you will find of interest. Hopefully, your curiosity has been aroused by having read the will of Maryann Hardesty on page one. From the contents of the 1820 will (Fluvanna County), we can determine that Mark Blincoe’s wife was Barbara, sister to Maryann Hardesty, and they had at least three children named- Maryann M., Grandville, and Thomas.
In the 1830 Census of Fluvanna county we find:
| Mark Blincoe | ||
| Living in this household are: | ||
| 2 males | 15-20 years old | |
| 1 male | 50-60 years old | |
| 1 female | 15-20 years old | |
| 1 female | 50-60 years old |
This could very well be our Mark from the will – note ages.
In the 1850 Census of Marion County, MO we find:
| AGE | BORN | OCC. | |
| George T.Blincoe | 35 | VA | carpenter |
| Elizabeth | 31 | VA | |
| Sarah J | 9 | MO | |
| James H | 6 | MO | |
| Mary S | 4 | MO | |
| Thomas | 1 | MO | carpenter |
| Next to him is listed: | |||
| Granville Blincoe | 34 | VA | carpenter |
| Jane | 31 | VA | |
| Could these be 2 of Mark’s children? Looks suspicious! Remember, the spelling of names was very random at this time. | |||
| 1860 Census – Still in Marion County, MO | |||
| Geo Blinco | 45 | VA | Carpenter |
| Elizabeth | 44 | VA | |
| Sarah J | 19 | MO | |
| James H | 16 | MO | |
| Mary | 14 | MO | |
| Thomas | 12 | MO | |
| Sampson | 8 | MO | |
| Granville Blinco | 48 | VA | Carpenter |
| Jane | 41 | VA | |
| 1870 Census – Marion Co.MO | |||
| Jas. H. | 26 | MO | Carpenter |
| Margaret | 21 | Keeping House | |
| William E. | 3 | ||
| Thomas Blincoe | 53 | VA | Carpenter |
| Elizabeth | 53 | VA | Keeping House |
| Sarah E | 28 | MO | No Occupation |
| Mary A | 24 | MO | |
| Thomas | 22 | MO | Carpenter |
| Sampson | 18 | MO | |
| Granville Blincoe | 59 | VA | Carpenter |
| Jane | 50 | VA | Keeping house |
| 1880 Census Marion Co. MO | |||
| (contributed by Mary and Marshall Blincoe #127) | |||
| Thos. G. | 63 | VA | |
| Mary | 63 | VA | wife |
| Sarah J | 38 | MO | dang |
| Mitchell,Mary Ann | 32 | MO | daug |
| Samson | 26 | MO | son |
| Mitchell, Lula G | 11 | MO | g’daug |
| Mitchell, Thos B | 2/30 | MO | g’son |
| The names have changed around a little but the ages coincide. Maybe more clues, maybe way off track. What do you think? |
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This shows one facet of Blincoe genealogy we didn’t know before and found in the old records. What we don’t know is:
- ) Who was Mark’s father and mother? There were several Marks living in Virginia at this time.
- ) What happened to these people after 1880? We haven’t found a trace!
Ed I Blincoe #44
AND A GOOD TIME WAS HAD BY ALL
MANASSAS, VA
1987
We promised a summary of the ingathering last fall for the next newsletter. I expect you think by now we have thrown in the towel. Rest assured – the letter is alive and well. The holiday season got in between ‘good intentions’ and ‘following through’.
From all indications, everyone had a good time in Manassas and Blincoes came from far and wide. New York to Florida, Georgia to California. Several researchers arrived on Thursday and on Friday they could be found at the Court Houses and Libraries in the area. They all agreed there was too much research available and not enough time or seekers. Others took in the sights in Washington, D.C. and the Manassas Battlefield. Saturday morning was a sharing time with people putting out pictures and articles, etc. We were unable to get into the conference room assigned to us until quite late in the morning but we all got to work and set it up and talked, talked, talked.
After lunch, there were several speakers who told of some special interest or research they had been doing.
Ed Blincoe welcomed everyone and told of the aims and goals of the newsletter and the research behind it.
Ben Blincoe helped sell souvenir coffee mugs and raffle tickets for a coat of arms.
Helen Blincoe Simpson told a little of the computer program she is using and had many printouts available for viewing. Her thanks to all who were able to find errors and thus get the information corrected. [I’m still working on it)
Bob Simpson took pictures and recorded the talks on a camcorder. He had each of us walk by, introduce themselves and tell where we lived. (His observation – “The one thing the Blincoes have in common is that they like to talk:” I take it as a compliment, I hope you will.)
MANASSAS, VA
1987
Bro. Tom Spalding stressed horn helpful it will be to future generations if the family historians include more than just dates, etc. Things such as religion, organizations, military service, etc. a.11 add a great deal 1 to the story of a person and family. The more you immerse yourself in history, the more interesting it becomes.
His current interest-is the coats of arms above the doors at Blencow Hall. He had drawings of some of the Blincoe/Blencow Coats of Arms.
Don Blincoe commented on the Battle of Crecy in 1346 France and Adam de Blencow’s part in it. He enlightened us with the early Virginia history of Blincoe’s in the 1600 and 1700s.
Julian Blincoe used a large map of Virginia to pinpoint some of the Blincoe areas of residence and migration.
Homer Blincoe told of his recent visit to Blencow Hall in England. He had maps of England and gave directions for getting there by train and car. It is west of Penrith, England in the northeastern part of the Lake District.
Thirty-one of us had a delicious dinner at the hotel while the festivities and visiting continued.
The sharing and visiting continued far into the night and started again over breakfast on Sunday until everybody reluctantly went their separate ways with a desire to meet again.
A TRIP TO DENVER
Sometimes I am sure my patient husband, Bob, wonders to what lengths I will go to ‘do genealogy’. The first week in February I left sixty to eighty-degree weather in California to travel to Denver. You all know what the weather is in Denver in February. Ed and I felt we needed to get some research done, plan this newsletter, and talk of upcoming gatherings. We did all three and even had time to go to the Ramses II Egyptian exhibit.
We spent two days at the National Archives following up on censuses; one day in the Denver Public Library and spent a great deal of time trying to sort through what we already know, what we surmise, and where we are going.
The fact that you are receiving a newsletter shows we accomplished something. I came home with ideas and promptly got busy typing. Ed has been busy with correspondence and reaching out on an individual basis to many of you during the last several months. We really do want to hear from you with your family stories, etc.
IMPORTANT MESSAGE
We called Don Blincoe in Florida to get input on gatherings. We also called Bro. Tom Spalding and Ben Blincoe in Louisville. The general consensus is to have none in 1988 but to have two in 1989, if possible. We would like to have one on the west coast as there are many Blincoes out west from many divergent branches and families. This one would be in the latter part of May or first of June, 1989. Some of the Louisville Blincoes have indicated they will help organize one in Louisville. This will help a great deal and we will plan one there in the fall of 1989 depending on the time they give us which is best for them. Of course, everybody is encouraged to come to both of them. More later.
-by Helen Blincoe Simpson #200
THE FIRST KNOWN BOOKIE BLINCOE IN AMERICA
“That Leesburg was provided with its first street pavements through the proceeds of a public lottery has long been town gossip.
By way of confirmation, there is an advertisement in the 12th May 1818 issue of the Genius of Liberty:
‘By authority. Scheme of Lottery to raise $8000 for the purpose of paving the streets of the town of Leesburg, Va. ‘ providing the first prize of $4000 and 2011 other prizes running from $1200 down to $6 each, totalling $30,000. Against these 2012 prizes were to be 3988 blanks, to be represented by 6000 tickets and that each of the prizes were to be paid in part by other tickets, and that each of the prizes were to be ‘subject to a deduction of $15 to $100’. To inspire the confidence of the public, the notice was signed by the following representative citizens as Commissioners: Prestley Cardell, C.F. Mercer, George Rust, Joseph Beard, Richd H. Henderson, Samuel Clapham, John Humphreys, John I Harding, Sampson Blincoe, Fleet Smith, Samuel Carr and John Gray.
So successful was the lottery, avers tradition, that with its profits not only was the town able to pave its principal streets but also brought in, through wooden pipes, a much-needed supply of water from Rock Spring.
(From Legends of Loudon by Harrison Williams; Garrett and-Massie, Inc., Richmond, VA.)
Research by Tom Spalding indicates that Sampson Blincoe married Mary S. Jones on 21 Mar 1808. Sampson’s will was dated 19 Dec 1825 and submitted to probate 11 Dec 1826. In the will, his wife, Martha S., son Charles William, daughter Sally E. and an unborn child are named.
The editors are not aware of any living descendants of Sampson.