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John Blount[1, 2]

Male 1670 - 1725  (54 years)


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  • Name John Blount 
    Born 17 Oct 1670  Isle of Wight, Virginia, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Christened 17 Oct 1670  Isle of Wight, Virginia, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Gender Male 
    Died 17 Mar 1725  Mulberry Hill, Edenton, Chowan, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried 18 Mar 1725  Mulberry Hill, Chowan, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I1676  Main Tree
    Last Modified 26 Dec 2009 

    Father James Blount 
    Mother Anna Willis 
    Family ID F183  Group Sheet

    Mother Anna Willis 
    Family ID F185  Group Sheet

    Family Elizabeth Davis,   b. 19 Feb 1679, Of Henrico, Virginia, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1732, Mulberry Hill, Chowan, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 52 years) 
    Married 11 Jun 1695  Henrico, Virginia, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Notes 
    • 2 _PREF Y by Capt. John Standall
    Children 
    +1. Martha Ann Blount,   b. 22 May 1702, Scotch Hall, Bertie, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft
    +2. Captain Thomas Blount,   b. 1708, Scotch Hall, Bertie, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1745, Edgecombe, North Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 37 years)
    Family ID F782  Group Sheet

  • Notes 
    • will of father James Blount, 9 July 1685; proved 17 July 1686 Blount, John will Jan 7 1725-6 probated May 18, 1726 wife Elizabeth, son Thomas, son John , son James, son Charles Worth, son Joseph, Daughters Mary Jacocks, Elizabeth Pagett, Sarah L ovick, Martha Worsely, Hester Worley, daughters Ann and Rachel. Witnesses Samuel warren, William Benbury, Magnus Plowman. Sons: John, Thomas (manor, fronting on Albemarle Sound, John t o have eastern and Thomas western portion), James and Charles (land on Welches Creek), Joseph (land at Mattehapungo, known by the name of Goshen). Wife: Elizabeth (land at Bear Swamp and at Barrow Hole). Daughters: Mary Jacocks , Eliza Paget, Sarah Lovick, Martha Warsley and Hester Worley. Executrix: Elizabeth Blount (wife), to be assisted by friends John Lovick and Thos. Pollock. Witnesses: Samll. Warner, Wm. Benbury, Magnes Plowman. Will prove n before Richard Everard, Governor, etc. Codicil to will of John Blount. Dated January 27, 1725-1726. Daught ers: Ann and Rachel (a gold ring each). Christopher appointed assistant together with Jno. Lovick and Thos. Pollock. Coat of arms on seal of both will and codicil. The testator mentions in the will having broken the entail. lived and died at Mulberry Hill, about six miles from Edenton, NC, on the Albemarle sound. he land was bequeathed to John by his father, James Blount, who patented the same in 1684.

  • Sources 
    1. [S29] Family Records: Young, Sara -- CD, Sara Young, (Receive on CD January 2001).

    2. [S138] Southside Virginia Families, p. 394-5.

    3. [S24] International Genealogical Index, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record submitted after 1991 by a member of the LDS Church., Search performed using PAF Insight on 09 Mar 2006, John BLOUNT; Male; Birth: 17 OCT 1670 , Isle Of Wight, Virginia; Christening: 17 OCT 1670 , I, sle Of Wight, Virginia; Death: 17 MAR 1725 Mulberry Hill, Chowan, Albemar.

    4. [S137] North Carolina Historical and Genealogical Register, Hathaway, p. 34.