As Samuel Blackburn & Elinor Province had no children, how could James & Jane Blackburn be cousins? Janes's mother was Hannah Province, a sister of Elinore . It is supposed that James was probably related to Samuel, but that would hardly make him a "blood relation" of Jane. Would it?? According to the Blackburn book by FrancesHilliard, no one had located James parents, but he named his first born Samuel.. James is my 4th Gr. grandfather. Geraldine [email protected]