I noticed you dropped John b, 1727, as a son of Richard. Did you find something to make you change your mind? Also a death date of 1793 makes him about 100 years old when he died. Not impossible because I have another ancestor that was 106, but suspicious. Ralph ----- Original Message ----- From: <MrsLady002@aol.com> To: <BLANKENSHIP-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, January 07, 2001 8:32 PM Subject: Re: [BLANKENSHIP] Ralph The Immigrant Blankinship Sr Part 2 > > > Generation No. 2 > > 2. Richard2 Blankenship (Ralph The Immigrant1 Blankinship) was born Abt. > 1690 in Henrico Co., Virginia, and died 1793 in Goochland Co., VA. He > married Elizabeth Lnu. She was born Abt. 1690. > > Children of Richard Blankenship and Elizabeth Lnu are: > + 8 i. Peter Sr.3 Blankenship, born Abt. 1725; died Aft. 1793 in > Montgomery Co., VA. > + 9 ii. Isham Blankenship, born 1726; died Aft. 1786. > + 10 iii. Lodowick Blankenship, born 1726; died Aft. 1786. > + 11 iv. Richard Blankenship, Sr., born 1740; died Bef. 1815 in Monroe > Co., VA. >

not really. my great grandmother was over 100 yrs old when she did. semms our way on elders whom do not live off cheese burgers, & other fast foods liked alot longer.