Descendants of Ralph Blankenship, Sr.
March 27 2001

Generation No. 1

1. RALPH1 BLANKENSHIP, SR. was born Abt. 1662 in Northumberland, England, and died 1714 in Roxdale, Henrico Co., VA. He married MARTHA ? 1690 in Virginia. She was born Abt. 1670.

Children of RALPH BLANKENSHIP and MARTHA ? are:
2. i. JAMES2 BLANKENSHIP, b. 1692, Henrico Co., VA; d. Abt. 1749, Chesterfield Co., Va.
3. ii. WILLIAM BLANKENSHIP, b. 1693, Henrico Co., VA; d. April 1745, Henrico Co, VA.
4. iii. JOHN B BLANKENSHIP, b. 1695, Chesterfield Co., VA; d. April 09, 1754, Chesterfield Co., VA.
5. iv. RICHARD BLANKENSHIP, b. Abt. 1697, Henrico Co., VA; d. Aft. 1768, Goochland County, Virginia.
6. v. RALPH BLANKENSHIP, JR., b. Abt. 1700, Chesterfield County, VA; d. November 1754, Chesterfield County, VA.
7. vi. ANNE BLANKENSHIP, b. Abt. 1702, Henrico Co., VA; d. Abt. 1763, Marion, Plymouth, MA.

Generation No. 2

2. JAMES2 BLANKENSHIP (RALPH1) was born 1692 in Henrico Co., VA, and died Abt. 1749 in Chesterfield Co., Va. He married MARY EANES.

Notes for JAMES BLANKENSHIP:
Colonial Wills of Henrico Co., VA 1737-1781 / Abstracted by Benjamin B. Weisiger III)page 86:
Will of James Blankenship
To son Drury, the plantation he lives on, also he is to pay L5 for plantion I live on.To daughter Ann, a heifer.To son Joell, all my land on Spring Branch, joining Robert Man and Francis Man, and items.
To youngest son Fore, the plantation I live on.To wife Mary, the rest of estate during widowhood, and she is to be executor.
Dated 30 Agust 1748
Wit: Daniel Man, John Man, John Ward
Recorded April 1749

Children of JAMES BLANKENSHIP and MARY EANES are:
8. i. DRURY3 BLANKENSHIP, b. Abt. 1720; d. Abt. 1804, Chesterfield Co., Va.
9. ii. ANNA BLANKENSHIP, b. Abt. 1730, Chesterfield Co., Va; d. Shawneetown, White Co., Ill.
10. iii. FORE BLANKENSHIP.
11. iv. JOEL BLANKENSHIP.
v. DAVID BLANKENSHIP.
vi. DANIEL BLANKENSHIP, b. Abt. 1738.

3. WILLIAM2 BLANKENSHIP (RALPH1) was born 1693 in Henrico Co., VA, and died April 1745 in Henrico Co, VA. He married MARY ?.

Children of WILLIAM BLANKENSHIP and MARY ? are:
i. FRANCES3 BLANKENSHIP, b. Aft. 1736; m. ? MOOR.
12. ii. WILMOTH BLANKENSHIP, b. Dale Parish Chesterfield Co, VA; d. Edgefield Co, SC.
iii. MARY BLANKENSHIP.
iv. RALPH BLANKENSHIP.

4. JOHN B2 BLANKENSHIP (RALPH1) was born 1695 in Chesterfield Co., VA, and died April 09, 1754 in Chesterfield Co., VA. He married ELIZABETH HUDSON Abt. 1728, daughter of WILLIAM HUDSON. and ELIZABETH BOND. She was born July 16, 1704 in Woodhouse, Leicester, England, and died 1789 in Chesterfield Co., VA.

Children of JOHN BLANKENSHIP and ELIZABETH HUDSON are:
13. i. AMY3 BLANKENSHIP, b. Abt. 1731.
ii. ELIZABETH BLANKENSHIP.
iii. HENRY BLANKENSHIP, b. Abt. 1744, Chesterfield County, Virginia; d. West Virginia; m. EDITH ?.
14. iv. MATTHEW BLANKENSHIP, b. Henrico Co., VA.
15. v. WILLIAM BLANKENSHIP, d. 1802, Chesterfield County, Virginia.
16. vi. HUDSON BLANKENSHIP, b. Abt. 1725, Chesterfield Co., Va; d. 1814, Campbell County, Virginia.
17. vii. JOSEPH CHESTERFIELD BLANKENSHIP, b. Abt. 1735.
18. viii. ISHAM BLANKENSHIP, SR., b. Abt. 1738, Chesterfield Co., Va; d. Abt. 1805, Cane Creek, Rutherford Co., N.C.
19. ix. NOWELL BLANKENSHIP, b. Abt. 1746, Chesterfield Co., VA; d. 1794, Amherst Co., VA.

5. RICHARD2 BLANKENSHIP (RALPH1) was born Abt. 1697 in Henrico Co., VA, and died Aft. 1768 in Goochland County, Virginia. He married ELIZABETH ?.

Children of RICHARD BLANKENSHIP and ELIZABETH ? are:
20. i. PETER3 BLANKENSHIP, SR, b. Abt. 1716, Montgomery Cty Virginia.
ii. ISHAM BLANKENSHIP, b. Abt. 1720; m. SUSANNAH ?.
21. iii. LODEWICK BLANKENSHIP, b. 1726.
iv. JOHN BLANKENSHIP, b. 1727, Goochland Co., Virginia.
22. v. RICHARD BLANKENSHIP, JR., b. 1740; d. Monroe County, Virginia.

6. RALPH2 BLANKENSHIP, JR. (RALPH1) was born Abt. 1700 in Chesterfield County, VA, and died November 1754 in Chesterfield County, VA. He married ELIZABETH ? 1735 in Goochland Co., VA.

Notes for RALPH BLANKENSHIP, JR.:
1. Will bk. 1 Admitted 8 Nov 1754.... In the name of God amen I Ralph
Blankinship of Chesterfield being of sick and weak, but of perfect mind and
memory do make this to be my last will and testament in manner and form
following ) First I give and bequeath my soul to God that gave it in hope of his exceptance thereof through the merrits of Christ my Savior and my body to the yearth from whence it was taken to be buried by the discresion of my Executor.
Item I give and bequeath to my son, Ephraim the land and plantation he now lives on containing on hundred acres moor or less to him and his heirs forever and one shilling sterling.
Item I give and bequeath to my beloved wife, Elizabeth, the plantation I now live on during her natural life or widow hood and after her decease to my son, Jeremiah, and his heirs forever and if Jeremiah should die before he
come of age then the land to fall to my son, William and his heirs.
Item I give to my beloved wife the fether bed and furniture that she call her own to be at her own disposall at her decease.
Item I give to my son, Francis, one cow and calf.
Item I give my son, Fredrick, one bed and furniture as it now stands.
Item I give to Matthew one bed and furniture as it now stands. My will is that if my son, Fredrick, should die before he be of lawful age that Jeremiah shall have his bed.
Item I give to my son, John, one shilling sterling.
Item I give to my son, Ralph, one shill: sterling.
Item I give to my son, William, one shill: sterling.
Item My will is that my beloved wife, Elizabeth, shall have possession of and enjoy of all the remainder of my Estate not before given away during her natural life or widowhood and at her death or marriage to be equally divided
betwixt Matt, Fredrick, and Jeremiah.
Item I give to my daughter, Sarah Cobb, one shill.
Item My will is that my Estate shall not be appraised. I also appoint my son, William Blankinship, my hole and sole Executor of this my last will revoking and disanulling all wills heretoffore by me made. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 20th day of September 1754.
Ralph (X) Blankinship
Signed sealed and delivered in presence of:
Elizabeth (X) Blankenship, Jr.
John Ward
William Wilson

Children of RALPH BLANKENSHIP and ELIZABETH ? are:
23. i. EPHRAIM3 BLANKENSHIP, SR., d. April 1791, Chesterfield Co, VA.
24. ii. JOSEPH BLANKENSHIP, SR., d. October 1787, Chesterfield Co, VA.
25. iii. WILLIAM BLANKENSHIP, b. Abt. 1730, Henrico Co., VA; d. February 1799, Bedford County, VA.
iv. FRANCIS BLANKENSHIP, d. 1759, ChesterfieldCo, VA.
26. v. FREDERICK BLANKENSHIP, b. Abt. 1730; d. 1788.
27. vi. MATTHEW BLANKENSHIP, b. Abt. 1748.
vii. JOHN BLANKENSHIP.
viii. SARAH BLANKENSHIP, m. ? COBB.
ix. JEREMIAH BLANKENSHIP.
28. x. RALPH BLANKENSHIP III.

7. ANNE2 BLANKENSHIP (RALPH1) was born Abt. 1702 in Henrico Co., VA, and died Abt. 1763 in Marion, Plymouth, MA. She met GORDON ?.

Notes for ANNE BLANKENSHIP:
"Colonel Blankenship says in his book “Blankenship Family History” that he became aware of an oral history of Ralph Blankinship’s daughter Anne in which it was told that she became pregnant out of wedlock and was subsequently banished or that she went away from her parent home in shame. A man named Gordon was said to have been the father of Anne’s child. The love child of Anne was named James and he was born 27 October 1720 in the hamlet of Marion, Plymouth County, Massachussets. Nothing more is known of the man named Gordon. It is presumed that following Anne’s banishment from her parent’s home she probably departed Henrico County, Virginia and traveled to Massachusetts in the early summer of 1720 during her second trimester of pregnancy." From Don Blankenship

Child of ANNE BLANKENSHIP and GORDON ? is:
29. i. JAMES3 BLANKENSHIP, SR., b. October 27, 1720, Marion, Plymouth, MA; d. May 10, 1813, Marion, Plymouth, MA.

Generation No. 3

8. DRURY3 BLANKENSHIP (JAMES2, RALPH1) was born Abt. 1720, and died Abt. 1804 in Chesterfield Co., Va. He married MARTHA ?.

Children of DRURY BLANKENSHIP and MARTHA ? are:
i. DICY4 BLANKENSHIP.
ii. JESSE BLANKENSHIP.
iii. PATSEY BLANKENSHIP.
iv. POLLY BLANKENSHIP.
v. SARAH BLANKENSHIP.
vi. STEPHEN BLANKENSHIP.
vii. VINCENT BLANKENSHIP.

9. ANNA3 BLANKENSHIP (JAMES2, RALPH1) was born Abt. 1730 in Chesterfield Co., Va, and died in Shawneetown, White Co., Ill. She married FRANCIS FARLEY 1760 in Virginia. He was born Abt. 1730 in Chesterfield Co., VA, and died 1829 in Shawneetown, IL.

Notes for ANNA BLANKENSHIP:
1. this line from Sandra Griffith

Children of ANNA BLANKENSHIP and FRANCIS FARLEY are:
i. ADAM4 FARLEY, m. CATHERINE BOYD, July 29, 1807, Monroe Co., VA.
ii. EDWARD FARLEY, m. LETTIE MCMULLEN, January 27, 1791, Virginia.
iii. FRANCIS FARLEY, JR..
iv. GEORGE FARLEY.
v. GIDEON FARLEY.
30. vi. NANCY ELIZABETH FARLEY, b. 1758, Virginia.
vii. MARY FARLEY, b. 1760, Augusta Co., VA; m. SAMUEL PACK, 1775, Greenbrier Co., VA; b. 1760, Jamestown, VA.
viii. DREWRY FARLEY, b. 1770, Bedford Co., VA; d. 1851, Mercer Co., VA; m. MARY ANN ADKINS.
ix. JOANNA FARLEY.

10. FORE3 BLANKENSHIP (JAMES2, RALPH1) Fore married LUCY MANN.

Children of FORE BLANKENSHIP and LUCY MANN are:
i. ABEL4 BLANKENSHIP.
ii. PATRICK HENRY BLANKENSHIP.
iii. DAVID BLANKENSHIP.

11. JOEL3 BLANKENSHIP (JAMES2, RALPH1) He married ANN WILSON.

Children of JOEL BLANKENSHIP and ANN WILSON are:
i. DRURY4 BLANKENSHIP, d. October 1792, Chesterfield Co., Va.; m. FRANCES MOORE, December 08, 1785.
ii. BLAND BLANKENSHIP.
iii. GEORGE BLANKENSHIP.
iv. PATIENCE BLANKENSHIP, b. Abt. 1778; m. JOSHUA FOWLER, January 18, 1798, Chesterfield Co., Va.
v. PLEASANT BLANKENSHIP.
vi. JOHN BLANKENSHIP, b. Abt. 1765, Virginia; d. Abt. 1826, Butler Co., Al; m. (1) NANCY HOUCHINS; m. (2) MARTHA FOWLER, June 1789, Virginia.
vii. JOSIAH BLANKENSHIP, d. March 26, 1833; m. LUCY MANN, January 19, 1786, Chesterfield Co., Va.

12. WILMOTH3 BLANKENSHIP (WILLIAM2, RALPH1) was born in Dale Parish Chesterfield Co, VA, and died in Edgefield Co, SC. She married THOMAS HATCHER, SR. 1745 in Henrico Co., Va. He was born 1725 in Henrico Co, VA.

Children of WILMOTH BLANKENSHIP and THOMAS HATCHER are:
i. JAMESTON4 HATCHER, b. Abt. 1746.
ii. WILLIAM HATCHER, b. Abt. 1747.
iii. ROBERT HATCHER, b. Abt. 1750.
iv. THOMAS HATCHER, JR., b. Abt. 1764.
v. JOHN HATCHER, SR., b. Abt. 1770.
vi. REUBEN HATCHER, SR., b. Abt. 1774.
vii. DEMPSEY HATCHER, b. 1776.

13. AMY3 BLANKENSHIP (JOHN B2, RALPH1) was born Abt. 1731. She married WILLIAM TURNER. He was born in Chesterfield Co, VA.

Children of AMY BLANKENSHIP and WILLIAM TURNER are:
i. HANNAH4 TURNER.
ii. LUCY TURNER, m. ? HORNER.
iii. TABITHA TURNER, m. ? HATCHER.
iv. THOMAS TURNER.
v. WILLIAM TURNER.
31. vi. MATTHEW TURNER, SR., b. Abt. 1750, Chesterfield Co, VA; d. 1795.

14. MATTHEW3 BLANKENSHIP (JOHN B2, RALPH1) was born in Henrico Co., VA. He married LUCY ? 1779 in Chesterfield Co., VA.

Child of MATTHEW BLANKENSHIP and LUCY ? is:
32. i. SINA4 BLANKENSHIP, b. Abt. 1780, Mecklenberg County, Virginia; d. 1814, Williamson County, Tennessee.

15. WILLIAM3 BLANKENSHIP (JOHN B2, RALPH1) died 1802 in Chesterfield County, Virginia. He married MARY ?.

Children of WILLIAM BLANKENSHIP and MARY ? are:
i. BENJAMIN4 BLANKENSHIP, m. JANE HARROLD, April 08, 1786, Campbell County, Virginia.
ii. WILLIAM BLANKENSHIP, JR..
iii. MARY BLANKENSHIP.
iv. DOROTHY BLANKENSHIP.
v. ARCHIBALD BLANKENSHIP, m. AGNES ?.

16. HUDSON3 BLANKENSHIP (JOHN B2, RALPH1) was born Abt. 1725 in Chesterfield Co., Va, and died 1814 in Campbell County, Virginia. He married EDITH ARCHER.

Children of HUDSON BLANKENSHIP and EDITH ARCHER are:
33. i. DANIEL4 BLANKENSHIP, b. February 05, 1761; d. June 29, 1849, Coosa County, Alabama.
34. ii. ARCHIBALD BLANKENSHIP, b. Abt. 1763, Virginia; d. 1861.
35. iii. RUEBEN BLANKENSHIP, b. Abt. 1764, Chesterfield County, Virginia; d. October 27, 1850, Hatchet Creek, Coosa County, Alabama.
36. iv. JESSIE BLANKENSHIP, b. Abt. 1765.
v. EDITH BLANKENSHIP, b. Abt. 1766; m. ZACHARIAH BLANKENSHIP.
vi. SALLY BLANKENSHIP, b. Abt. 1767.
vii. LEVI BLANKENSHIP, b. Abt. 1768; m. MILLINDES COVERTS, July 26, 1788.
viii. OBEDIENCE BLANKENSHIP, b. Abt. 1770.
37. ix. PHEBIE BLANKENSHIP, b. Abt. 1771, Campbell County, Virginia; d. Abt. 1860, Pittsylvania County, Virginia.
38. x. HENRY BLANKENSHIP, b. Abt. 1772.
39. xi. HEZEKIAH BLANKENSHIP, b. Abt. 1775; d. 1826, Morgan County, Alabama.
xii. PRUDENCE BLANKENSHIP, b. Abt. 1781.
40. xiii. NANCY BLANKENSHIP, b. Abt. 1782.
xiv. LORAINE BLANKENSHIP, b. Abt. 1783.
41. xv. ELIZABETH BLANKENSHIP, b. Abt. 1784.
xvi. JOHN BLANKENSHIP, b. 1788.

17. JOSEPH CHESTERFIELD3 BLANKENSHIP (JOHN B2, RALPH1) was born Abt. 1735. He married PHOEBE SUMMERFELD, daughter of CHIEF SUMMERFIELD.

Children of JOSEPH BLANKENSHIP and PHOEBE SUMMERFELD are:
42. i. BEVERLY4 BLANKENSHIP, b. Abt. 1770; d. Abt. 1830, Lawrence Co, Ohio.
ii. DANIEL BLANKENSHIP.
iii. STEPHAN BLANKENSHIP.
43. iv. MARTHA BLANKENSHIP, b. 1775, Chesterfield Co. VA; d. Carter County, Ky.

18. ISHAM3 BLANKENSHIP, SR. (JOHN B2, RALPH1) was born Abt. 1738 in Chesterfield Co., Va, and died Abt. 1805 in Cane Creek, Rutherford Co., N.C. He married SARAH WILKINSON 1757, daughter of JOHN WILKINSON. She was born 1740 in North Carolina, and died 1810 in Rutherford Co., NC.

Children of ISHAM BLANKENSHIP and SARAH WILKINSON are:
i. ZACHARIAH4 BLANKENSHIP, m. EDITH BLANKENSHIP; b. Abt. 1766.
44. ii. WILLIAM BLANKENSHIP, SR., b. Abt. 1761, Va; d. July 06, 1835, Pike Co., Ky.
45. iii. ROBERT HEZEKIAH BLANKENSHIP, b. September 13, 1767, Franklin Co., Va; d. February 28, 1816, Smith Co., TN.
46. iv. BARNETT BLANKENSHIP, b. Chesterfield Co., Va.
47. v. ISHAM BLANKENSHIP, JR., b. 1768.
48. vi. ELIJAH BLANKENSHIP, b. 1766, Virginia; d. Abt. 1830, McMinn Co, TN.
49. vii. ELISHA BLANKENSHIP, b. Abt. 1760, Chesterfield Co., VA; d. June 02, 1844, Rutherford Co., NC.
50. viii. PRESLEY BLANKENSHIP, b. 1774, Chesterfield County, VA; d. 1820, Yancey Co., North Carolina.

19. NOWELL3 BLANKENSHIP (JOHN B2, RALPH1) was born Abt. 1746 in Chesterfield Co., VA, and died 1794 in Amherst Co., VA. He married MARY ?.

Children of NOWELL BLANKENSHIP and MARY ? are:
51. i. ABLE4 BLANKENSHIP, b. 1760, Chesterfield Co., VA; d. June 1820, Russell Co., KY.
ii. NOEL BLANKENSHIP, b. Abt. 1765.
52. iii. ARTHUR BLANKENSHIP, b. Abt. 1770, Chesterfield County, VA; d. 1866, Lee Co., VA.

20. PETER3 BLANKENSHIP, SR (RICHARD2, RALPH1) was born Abt. 1716 in Montgomery Cty Virginia. He married (1) CICLEY LIGGON. He married (2) ANN BELCHER in Goochland Co, VA. She was born Abt. 1730, and died Abt. 1766.

Children of PETER BLANKENSHIP and CICLEY LIGGON are:
53. i. CLAYBORN4 BLANKENSHIP, b.