I AM THE G-GREAT GRANDSON OF THE BRIDGET BLESSINGTON THAT KAY KORDIK SPEAKS OF. SHE MARRIED NICHOLAS COOTEY. THEY BOTH DIED IN THE CLINTON IOWA AREA. NICHOLAS WHILE DIGGING A WELL ON JOHN BLESSINGTON FARM. BUD SKROCH skroch@sbcglobal.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kay Kordik" <randl@ncn.net> To: <blessington-l@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2008 5:48 PM Subject: [Blessington] Blessington home in Ireland > Our John Blessington (Sr.) was born Jan. 6, l785 at Aughakillmore, County > Longford, Ireland. About 1814 he married Margaretta Riley. Their > children were Ann, Charles, Mary, Bridget, Margaret, James R. , John, Jr., > Margaret Louise, Phillip and Thomas all born in Ireland. Some of the > children were married in Vermont, some in Mass, some in Iowa. John and > Margaretta are buried in Clinton County, Iowa. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BLESSINGTON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message