As I'm sure a mob of WVWOOD subscribers who know far more about it than I do will point out, Blennerhassett Island (and Castle) is in the Ohio River very near Parkersburg, Wood County, W VA and is a National Historic Site. ann in NC On 20 May 2004 09:08:15 -0600 rodeochaps@shaw.ca writes: > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Surnames: Blennerhassett Blaverhasset Ireland USA > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/DFC.2ACI/161.2 > > Message Board Post: > > John, > The Blennerhassetts ancestry has several (in the same family > downlines) Blaverhassets, one of whom inherited the Irish estates in > the early(?) 1800's, sold the same and went to the USA (VA??) and > built a Castle called Blaverhasset Castle. The cost, and his > extravigant lifestyle put him into poverty and he was forced to > sell the Castle. The "Castle" still exists as a high end historical > Hotel, and can be found on the web. > This family is very possibly your Blennerhassett line. > Ron Mann > rodeochaps@shaw.ca > > > ==== WVWOOD Mailing List ==== > Rhonda Smith list manager > wvwood-admin@rootsweb.com > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > >