This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/GNE.2ACEB/25.1 Message Board Post: Hi - I saw your notes on ancestry.com about John B Blakesley of Crawford Co. PA. My mother was a Blakeslee from Spartansburg, Crawford Co. PA (close to Meadville). I'm a descendant of David Blakeslee (b.4/30/1741 New Haven,CT) (d.2/28/1823 Spartansburg,PA). The name ended in letter "y" when they were in CT, but the "y" was changed to "e" when they came to PA. David Blakeslee, my gr-gr-gr grandfather, came with 6 or 7 of his sons to Meadville in the 1820s: they cut their way thru 20-some miles of forest to be among the first settlers of the little town of Spartansburg PA. Spartansburg is still a little town (pop. about 500) and the cemetery there - Rose Hill -is full of Blakeslees, starting with David and all the generations since until present day. I'm descended from David's son Reuben. Your John B (b.1823) must be descended from one of David's other sons; he had nine all together: James, Daniel, David, Reuben, Hiram, Jason, Jesse A, John and Gersham. Two daughte! rs, too, Ann and Sarah. (There is even a town in the middle of PA called Blakeslee, but it's quite a ways from Spartansburg and Crawford Co.) I have info on David Blakeslee's ancestors, going back 6 more generations (2 of them in England), if you're interested. Best Regards, Ted Kenniston Brooklyn, NY