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Michael Blaw

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York, Kings County, New York, United States
Death: January 16, 1786 (81)
New Jersey, United States
Place of Burial: off Bedens Brook Road, Skillman, Somerset County, New Jersey, 08558, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of John “Jan” Blaw and Margaret “Grietje” Blaw
Husband of Elinor/Helen Van Barkeloo and Elinor “Nellie” Blaw
Father of John Blaw; Cornelius Blew; Neltje Blau; Mary Blew/Blaw; William Blew and 2 others
Brother of John Blue, Sr.; Janetje Blaw; Antje Ouke; Frederick Jansen Blaw, Sr; Peter Blaw and 7 others

2nd wife children: Michael, Daniel
GNS: 1.3
!st wife children: William, John, Cornelius, Mary, Neltye
wives: First was Helen/ Elinor Van Barkeloo until 1768, second was Hollinsett and yes, he WAS that old when he fathered the two boys.
Managed by: John Layton
Last Updated:

About Michael Blue/Blaw

Michael Blew, born about 1704, apparently came to the area just east of Stoutsburg around 1740. His father John had owned about 500 acres south of current Route 518 in the vicinity of Blawenburg (which was named after this family). The land which Michael bought from his father included some acreage along the Great Road, where Michael operated a mill at an early date. Michael Blew had children by a first wife who died in 1769, when he was 65. He then married a much younger woman, Elinor “Nelly” Hollinsett, and had sons Michael and Daniel, who were born in the 1770s. When Michael Blew, Senior died in 1786, his estate was probably not easily settled. There was the question of who would run his large farm of 360 acres. He had two sons who were under age (teenagers) and needed to be provided for. His older sons were in their 60s.1

Extracted from the Hopewell Valley Historical Society NEWSLETTER Vol. xxxv, No. 2 Page 835 Late Winter/Spring 2017

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Michael Blue/Blaw's Timeline

1704
April 18, 1704
Brooklyn, New York, Kings County, New York, United States
April 18, 1704
Dutch Reformed Church, Brooklyn, Kings County, NY, United States
April 18, 1704
Dutch Ref. Ch., Brooklyn, NY
1724
1724
Somerset County, New Jersey, United States
1728
1728
Somerset County, New Jersey, United States
1732
1732
1741
1741
1748
1748
1770
1770
Jamaica-now Queens, Queens, NY, United States