BLACKMAN / BLAKEMAN
Adam Blackman, my 10th great grandfather, is of
unknown origins, but it is thought he might be from Staffordshire, England. He matriculated
at Christ’s College at Oxford University on 28 May 1617 at age 19. He was ordained as a priest of the Church of
England, and he preached at Great Bowden, Leicestershire and in
Derbyshire. During the 1630s he began to
follow the Puritan movement.
It is not known when he came to New England with his
family. He might have traveled under an
assumed name since he was a “non-conformist”.
In 1638 he lived at Scituate, Massachusetts. A plantation was ordered in
Connecticut in 1639 and Rev. Adam Blakeman was installed as the first minister
at Stratford. He was granted a four acre
house lot across from the meetinghouse.
He served as minister there until his death on 7 September 1665.
His daughter, Mary, is my 9th great grandmother,
and his grandson, Joshua Atwater, is my 8th great grandfather. Rev. Blakeman’s will mentions Joshua Atwater:
“Item. Concerning my books which I intended for my
son Benjamin, seeing his thoughts are after another course of life--that his
thoughts be not to attend the work of Christ in the ministry, my wish is that
my son Atwater (son-in-law) make his son Joshua a scholar and fit him for that
work. I give unto him all my Latin books; but if not they shall be put into my
estate and disposed of as my wife any my overseers shall think fit."
Some resources for Rev. Blackman:
The Descendants of Reverend Adam Blackman (1598 - 1665) and His Wife Jane,
by Ellwood Count Curtis, Galactic Press, 2006
History And Genealogy Of The Families Of Old Fairfield, by Donald
Lines Jacobus, (Baltimore: Genealogical
Publishing Co., Inc., 1976) Pp. 81-84
History Of Stratford, Connecticut, 1639-1939 by William Howard
Wilcoxson, (The Stratford Tercentenary
Commission, 1939) Pp. 69, 80-81.
My BLACKMAN genealogy:
Generation 1:
Reverend Adam Blackman, born about 1598 in England, died 7 September
1665 in Stratford, Connecticut; married to Jane Unknown. Six children.
Generation 2: Mary Blackman, born about 1635, died 9 March
1709 in Salem, Massachusetts; married 6 May 1651 in Stratford to Joshua
Atwater, son of John Atwater and Susan Narsin.
He was baptized 2 June 1611 in Lenham, Kent, England and died 16 May
1676 in Boston, Massachusetts. Ten children.
Generation 3: Joshua Atwater m. Rebecca Unknown
Generation 4: Rebecca Atwater m. Lemon Beadle
Generation 5: Rebecca Beadle m. John Becket
Generation 6: Hannah Becket m. Joseph Cloutman
Generation 7: Mary Cloutman m. Abijah Hitchings
Generation 8: Abijah Hitchings m. Eliza Ann Treadwell
Generation 9: Abijah Franklin Hitchings m. Hannah Eliza
Lewis
Generation 10: Arthur Treadwell Hitchings m. Florence Etta
Hoogerzeil
Generation 11: Gertrude Matilda Hitchings m. Stanley Elmer
Allen
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Heather Wilkinson Rojo, “Surname Saturday ~ BLACKMAN of Stratford,
Connecticut”, Nutfield Genealogy,
posted June 18, 2017, (
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