Hi Amy, Do you have access to the Blackburn book by Challacombe? It has a bit about your Samuel, a will is mentioned. The book has a few Rankins, but not Jane or her parents. Just looking at it quickly, it seems to put forth that Benjamine, John, William and Samuel are brothers, and Archibald is an uncle . Does this fit your known facts? It does say Samuel married Eleanor Provine in Chester Co, PA abt 1748, and her sister Ann Provine m Francis McCormick. They were two of the four dau's of Thomas Provine. It also says that Samuel & Eleanor had no children. Linda [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2000 4:39 PM Subject: Re: [BLKBURN] Re: Samuel Blackburn > I didn't have any of my papers with me when I asked about Samuel Blackburn > earlier, so let me expand. I am having problems with James B. Blackburn's > (b. 1753) parents. I think they are Samuel and Eleanor Province, but here's > the problem. James marr. Jane Rankin and Jane's parents were David Rankin, > Jr. and Hannah Province. So that would make James B. Blackburn and his wife > Jane Rankin first cousins. I guess I am just trying to be positive about > that before I record it that way in my documents. If anyone has any info. on > these people or on this Blackburn line, let me know! > Thanks, > Amy > > > ==== BLACKBURN Mailing List ==== > Your donations to RootsWeb makes BLACKBURN-L possible. > RootsWeb Gen. Data Coop. Box 6798 Frazier Park, CA 93222 > http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html > >