Main Blackett Tree

Edward Blackett, 16751733 (aged 58 years)

Name
Edward /Blackett/
Surname
Blackett
Given names
Edward
Birth
Christening
Death of a father
Death of a mother
Death of a brother
Burial of a brother
Death of a half-sister
Death of a half-brother
Burial of a half-brother
Death of a half-brother
September 1707 (aged 32 years)
Burial of a half-brother
Death
Burial
Family with parents
father
16131675
Birth: before 24 January 1613 25 Hamsterley, Co. Durham
Death: 1675Hamsterley, Co. Durham
mother
Marriage Marriage5 April 1664County Durham
17 months
elder brother
16651680
Birth: before 24 August 1665 52 Hamsterley, Co. Durham
Death: April 1680Bedburn Hall, Hamsterley, Co. Durham
23 months
elder sister
1667
Birth: before 2 July 1667 54 Hamsterley, Co. Durham
23 months
elder sister
1669
Birth: before 11 May 1669 56 Hoppyland, Hamsterley, Co. Durham
23 months
elder sister
16711671
Birth: before 21 March 1671 58 Hamsterley, Co. Durham
Death: November 1671
19 months
elder sister
1672
Birth: before 10 October 1672 59 Hamsterley, Co. Durham
2 years
himself
16751733
Birth: before 26 January 1675 62 Hamsterley, Co. Durham
Death: April 1733New Hall, Hamsterley, Co. Durham
Father’s family with Alice Fenwick
father
16131675
Birth: before 24 January 1613 25 Hamsterley, Co. Durham
Death: 1675Hamsterley, Co. Durham
stepmother
16091663
Birth: before 14 May 1609
Death: February 1663
Marriage Marriage1631
3 years
half-brother
16331695
Birth: about 1633 19 23
Death: 26 December 1695Hoppyland, Co. Durham
3 years
half-brother
16351707
Birth: before 6 December 1635 22 26 Jarrow, Co. Durham
Death: September 1707
2 years
half-sister
1637
Birth: about 1637 23 27
2 years
half-brother
16381665
Birth: about 1638 24 28 Hamsterley, Co. Durham
Death: before 1665
6 months
half-brother
16381658
Birth: before 17 June 1638 25 29 Hamsterley, Co. Durham
Death: April 1658At sea
3 years
half-sister
5 years
half-sister
1644
Birth: before 2 November 1644 31 35 Hamsterley, Co. Durham
Note

Mentioned in his mother's Will 13 Dec 1677. Mortgaged 6 messuages and a cottage at Horton Grange for £50 18 Aug 1701.
In Dec 1703 he leased and mortgaged for £300 Horton Grange, and executed a bond for £600 as security for the performance of his obligations. On 1 Apr 1710 he mortgaged Horton Grange for a further £300 and executed a further £600 bond. On 1 Apr 1713 he increased the mortgage by £400 to £1,000. On 2 Apr 1715 he executed a further mortgage of £1,000 plus £500 still owing from the previous mortgage, and executed a bond for £3,000. On 18 Nov 1718 he sold Horton Grange for £3,700, having agreed to compensate various other Blacketts for sums owed to them. On 18 Feb 1735/6 his sister Alice and half-sister Isabella received £50 each from him out of the proceeds of sale, and his great-nephew William received a similar sum on 26 May 1736.
Godfather to Ann, daughter of Christopher Blackett 1705 ("Mr. Edward Blackett of Bedburn Hall"). Described as "of Bedburn Hall" in indenture dated 24 Aug 1705 re free use of road from Brenkley to Horton Grange, and as "of Bedburn" in indenture re bond dated 9 Apr 1710.
Supported the Hanoverian government during the Jacobite Rebellion of 1715.