Robert Blackwell

1643 - 1717  (73 years)

• Name	Robert Blackwell  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  Suffix	Sr
  Birth	2 Jun 1643	London, England
  Baptism	2 Jun 1643	London, England   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Christening	2 Jun 1643	London, England   [2]
  FSID	LKP4-5LF  [8, 9, 10]
  Occupation	Merchant; Farmer;
  Death	1717	Newtown, Queens, New York, United States   [4]
  Burial	1717	Astoria, Queens, New York, United States   [4]
  Person ID	I45236	footsteps
  Last Modified	1 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	Thomas Blackwell,   b. Abt 1618, Westminster, Middlesex, England d. Sep 1665, Southwark, Surrey, England (Age 47 years)
  Relationship	unknown
  Mother	Bridget Padison,   b. 1623, Westminster, Middlesex, England d. 1680, England (Age 57 years)
  Relationship	unknown
  Marriage	10 Jun 1642	London, England
  Family ID	F24935	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Manningham,   b. Abt 1660, Elizabeth, Essex, New Jersey, United States d. New York, New York, United States
  Marriage	26 Apr 1676	Newtown, Queens, New York, United States
  Children	+ 1. Susannah Blackwell,   b. Abt 1681, Queens, New York, United States d. Abt 1742 (Age 61 years)  [Father: unknown]  [Mother: natural] + 2. Lydia Blackwell,   b. 1678, Queens, New York, United States d. 1728, Newtown, Queens, New York, United States (Age 50 years)  [Father: unknown]  [Mother: unknown] + 3. Jacob Blackwell, Colonel ,   b. 4 Aug 1692, Newtown, Queens, New York, United States d. 1 Dec 1744, Newtown, Queens, New York, United States (Age 52 years)  [Father: unknown]  [Mother: unknown]
  Family ID	F24921	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Jul 2025

  
  

• Notes

  BIO taken from Find A Grave Robert is thought to have been born in England. He was reportedly in Piscataway, East New Jersey, in 1670, and then Elizabethtown, East New Jersey, before settling in Queens Co., Long Island, New York. He owned Manning's (later Blackwell's/Governor's) Island as well as lands on the Long Island mainland. He served in the colonial New York Assembly in 1693-95. Robert is presumed to have married twice. By his first wife, whose name is not known, he is thought to have had at least two children: Robert, who settled in Hopewell Twp., old Hunterdon (now Mercer) Co., NJ; and Ann, who is reported to have married Jacob Reeder. He married second to Mary Manningham by license dated 26 Apr. 1676 in Newtown, Queens Co., NY. They are reported to have had 10 children together.

  
  

• Sources

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