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About James Blevins
- James I b. abt. 1708 a long hunter and father of James Jr./II b. abt. 1740
Parents: William Blevins #2 and wife (perhaps Mary Bean/Anna Bunch)
Married ? Family tradition: James was married to Mary Canoe. Her father was "Chief" Dragging Canoe). The Chief would sell his daughters, James bought or bartered for her.
Died unknown
Children James II
DEEDS 1737 Goochland County, VA - James Blevin 400 acres and 295 acres on Little Muddy Creek.
1743 Goochland County, VA - James Blevin of Goochland sells to Robert Douglas 295 acres on Little Muddy Creek, south side of James River
NOTES Ron Blevins quotes a letter dated 6/6/1928 letter written by Rev James Floyd Fletcher "Caty Blevins' father was Capt James Blevins whose wife was a Stilt (Irish). James Blevins father was Wills Blevins whose wife was s Strunk (Dutch). His father was James Blevins who came from England prior to the revolution and married a Ward on Bridle Creek in Grayson Co Va "
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Biography
James was born about 1718. James is the child of WilliamBlevins and Mary Bean. <ref name="Longhunters"/>
James moved from Westerly, RI to Maryland with his family before 1733 when his name appears on the tax lists of Monocasie’s Hundreds. These early Blevins families were likely among the families that left Salem Mass. for Westerly due to a lingering mistrust after the infamous Salem witch trials. Ancestors of the Wallings were reported to have beenamong the accused witches and quite possibility this may have been a reason for their opting to leave the Salem, Mass area for the remote frontier. The best-known witch trials were conducted by the Court of Oyer and Terminer, in 1692, in Salem. All twenty-six who went to trial before this court were convicted. James #2’s genealogy has been the subject of some confusion, partly because there were three James Blevins in the Upper New River area during the Revolution, and partly because James #2 has at times been confused with his son James Blevins Jr. #1. <ref name="Longhunters">Page 75 of "The Longhunters" a Report on the History and Family of William Blevins by Les Blevins.</ref>
Fourth Gen. Children of James Blevins b. about 1718 include,
- James Jr. #1 b. ca 1735-38 married Miss (Lizzie?) Ward abt. 1757
- John #3 b. ca 1738- 42 married Elizabeth _______? Perhaps Cox.
- (unknown female) perhaps Catherine 'Caty?' b. ca 1740 to 1750 Exactly who James b. ca 1718 married is not known for certain. Some believe he married a woman whose family name was Stilt. A June 6, 1928, letter written by Rev. James Floyd Fletcher states: “Caty Blevins father was Capt. James Blevins whose wife was a Stilt. James and his 3 brothers (Daniel #2, John #2 and William #3) and their families appeared in central Va in the 1730s and in southern Virginia in the early 1740s where he had two surveys done on Leatherwood Creek in 1743. He wasjoined there by his father William Blevins in about 1745. Clements History of Pittsylvania County Virginia, on pages 41-45 reports; “By 1748 there were a number of settlements on the Smith River in Western Lunenburg County, Va. James and Daniel Blevins, well known hunters, hadhomes on the river.” James was on the Halifax Co., Va. militia listing in 1758 at some point earning the title Captain. Some of the family cluster were still listed in Henry and Montgomery Co., Va from 1772to after 1789, and then in Lincoln Co., Ky from 1794 to 1809. <ref name="Longhunters"/>
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Life Sketch
Please leave my tree alone . If it is incorrect i will change it when i find the correct information. If you do not have sources then leave it alone. James I b. abt. 1708 a long hunter and father of James Jr./II b. abt. 1740
Parents: William Blevins #2 and wife (perhaps Mary Bean/Anna Bunch)
Married ? Family tradition: James was married to Mary Canoe. Her father was "Chief" Dragging Canoe). The Chief would sell his daughters, James bought or bartered for her.
Died unknown
Children James II
DEEDS 1737 Goochland County, VA - James Blevin 400 acres and 295 acres on Little Muddy Creek.
1743 Goochland County, VA - James Blevin of Goochland sells to Robert Douglas 295 acres on Little Muddy Creek, south side of James River
Daniel Blevins was born about 1710, perhaps in Rhode Island. His parents were William Blevins (born about 1691at Salem New Jersey)) and AnnaBunch (born about 1674). His father, William Blevins, emigrated from England to Pennsylvania, and his mother, Anna Bunch, was born in New Jersey. Daniel's parents were married in Salem, New Jersey about 1690. Therefore, Daniel was likely born in America.
Sources Daniel married Sarah Sutton, a daughter of Benjamin Sutton and Sarah (Bush) Kibbe.<ref name="Longhunters">The Longhunters", page 64.</ref> The children of Daniel and Sarah (Sutton) Blevins were probably all born in Central and South Central Virginia. They include (order uncertain):<ref name="Longhunters"/>
William (Will) Blevins, born about 1742
Dillion (Dill) Blevins, born about 1746
John (Jack) Blevins, born about 1755
James (Jim) Blevins, born before 25 Dec
Jonathan Blevins (twin), born about 1763
Richard Blevins (twin), born about 1763
Lucinda Blevins, born about 1765 Daniel’s sons Will, Dill, and Jack, relocated to the north side of the Holston River between about 1773 and 1780.<ref name="Longhunters"/> Daniel remained close to his brother William much of his life.<ref name="Longhunters"/> Daniel died about 1790 in Buncombe Co, North Carolina.<ref name="Longhunters"/> Daniel Blevins #1 (2nd. Gen.) (William #1-1) b. abt. 1710. According to a descendant named Jonathan (born in 1815) (see page 204) Daniel #1 and his two of his older brothers were probably born in England and boarded ship in England or Ireland, bound for the Colonies and probably arrived about 1712 or shortly after. Daniel #1’s children were probably all born in Virginia. Daniel #1 d. abt. 1790 in Buncombe Co., NC. Daniel married Sarah Sutton a daughter of Benjamin Sutton and Sarah (Bush) Kibbe. Daniel’s sons William, (Will), Dillon, (Dill) and John (Jack) relocated to the North side of the Holston River between about 1773 and 1780. See the story of Daniel Blevins #1 as written by his grandson Jonathan Blevins on pg. 205. Although some Blevins family researchers believe Daniel #1 married a second time to another woman named Sarah Belcher and that they were theparents of children named Greenberry, Lucretia and Mahala Jane, but this position is incorrect and Sarah Belcher was instead the wife of Daniel #2 born ca 1714.
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<references />* Leslie W. Blevins Jr., et. al., comp. The Longhunters: A Report onthe History and Family Of William Blevins Sr. of Virginia, Showing 25Ascendants, and Uncounted Descendants. ISBN 978-4653-9999-1. Page 64. Contact Les Blevins for more info.
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James Blevins's Timeline
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1708
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Prince George County, Virginia, Colonial America
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| 1737 |
March 12, 1737
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Rhode Island
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| 1740 |
December 25, 1740
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Botetourt County, Virginia
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1747
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1761
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Virginia, USA
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March 21, 1763
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Charlotte County, Virginia, British Colonial America
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1767
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Fincastle, now Montgomery County, Virginia, Colonial America
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1801
Age 93
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Bridal Creek, Grayson County, Virginia, United States
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