This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/SNE.2ACIB/1146.1.1.1 Message Board Post: OK, here is the little that I have: 1. Captain John Blackburn (had a boat named Sophia Catherine) 2. Bill Blackburn (William)b. 1808 d. 1873 by drowning in the Medway river at age 65. married 12 August 1845 when he was 37 to Mary Ann Thompson, Mill Village age 26. I think she was and Irish Immigrant. Their children were: 1. Jim (never married) 2. Martha b. 11 Oct 1848 had two children- Gertrude Forbes and Annie Forbes 3. Jack b. 1850 died at age 23 in 1873 4. William b. 23 Jan 1851 died at 18-lost at sea 5. Eliza Alice b. 10 Sept 1856 died 1873 6. Howard b. Feb 17, 1859 at 6 pm 7. Thomas Owen b. 01 Jan 1862 8. Bessy b.30 June 1863 married George REED-had Addie who married a Dolloff. They had two sons. That's it!! I wonder what happened to #7-Tom. It is possible that he married and had children but I can not find any record of him. Have fun and I hope to hear from you soon. Let me know if my information brings up any memories of old forgotten stories. Shirley (Blackburn) Pineo