This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: wani20 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.columbia/1809.1.4/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Taken from the "Strong family p.1380" ( ? book title ) found in Blackney file at the Connecticut Historical society Hartford,Ct. Betsey Blackney married Luman Preston of Plymouth,Ct. on Dec.25 1800. She died April 4 1865 aged 88 years and 6 months,consequently was born about the first part of October 1776. She had 3 sisters : Lucy Blackney, Phebe Blackney, Jershula Blackney. Tradition says that the family had French blood and lived near the Hudson river in New York state. Betsey Blackney before marriage lived with the family of a Deacon Bacon of Woodbury,Ct. and also for a time with her mother on Chippins hill in Bristol,Ct. but no record of her mother was found, it is thought that she might of married a second time and consequently was known by another name. Betsey's sister Phebe is said to have married a Mr. Hine of New Haven,Ct. Lucy married Thural (perhaps a contraction of Ithural Tompkins or Thompson and also lived in New Haven and in Kent, Ct. around 1850. Jershula married Abel Tompkins, she joined the congregational church in Southington,Ct. Aug.5 1821 and had 4 childern Maria, Harriet, Daniel D. and Ira. All were babtized there Nov. 21 1821. She is marked on church cataloge as having died in 1844. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.