John, son of Thomas and Elizabeth Blackburn, was christened twice on the same day. 7 May 1802 at the Lower Chapel Independent at Liversedge, Yorkshire, England, then at his home church at Flockton. He married (1) Mary Wilkinson 1 Nov 1827 at Colne, Lancashire, England, and (2) Anne Jane Gill 24 Jan 1830, and (3) Harriot Smith. This marriage might have been in Canada as their first child, Thomas Smith Blackburn, was born around Port Burwell, Elgin Co., Canada on 16 Mar 1832. They had three other children: Charles Oswald (born 26 Aug 1833), Martin (born 14 Nov 1837), and Mary Elizabeth (born 2 Feb 1842). Is anyone else researching this family? Doris Blackburn Morley