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Blakeneys
have emigrated over the centuries from England, Scotland, and Ireland to settle in the United States and Canada.
One prominent family was Captain John Blakeney. As an immigrant from Ireland, he came to America about 1750. He
was a South Carolina Revolutionary War hero and was commissioned as a Captain in the Militia in 1775, serving with Colonel
Benton's Regiment and assigned to General Francis Marion's brigade. He is buried
in the family cemetery on the old homestead just north of Pageland in Chesterfield County, South Carolina. On June 8, 1960, the Daughters of the American Revolution dedicated a handsome granite monument near his
grave. It reads:
CAPTAIN JOHN BLAKENEY, ESQ.
1732 - 1832
Pioneer-Patriot-Churchman-Statesman
Colonial and Revolutionary Soldier
Born at Mt. Blakeney, County Limerick,
Ireland
No record of the date of his marriage or his wife's name has been accurately documented and verified.
Tradition says that he married in Ireland and his wife was called "Peggy." The
headstone in the Blakeney Cemetery near Pageland, SC says, "Margaret, Wife of Capt. John Blakeney."
Captain
John Blakeney had eight children:
(1) Thomas, (2) John Jr., (3) Robert, (4) William, (5) James, (6) Jane, (7) Mary, and (8) Hugh. See the next
page for more information on Captain John's children.
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Most of the information
on this website comes from talking to my grandfather, Clarence Young Blakeney (1902-2002), and from John Oscar Blakeney's
1928 book: The Blakeneys in America. Extensive help and information
also came from James Reed Blakeney of Stone Mountain, Georgia and from Reed's articles in the Blakeney Family Association
Newsletter, P.O. Box 2113, Dartmouth East, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada, B2W 3X8, edited by Ray H. Blakeney. Yes, I realize that John Oscar Blakeney's book has mistakes in it, and I've been trying to correct them, but JOB's
1928 book is still an excellent source from a previous generation which did not have modern telephones, computers, email,
etc. If you know of mistakes, errors, or omissions, please email me.
Listed below are links to sites that have been of benefit and help to me in researching my Blakeney roots.
The Blakeney/Blakley Family Association
All Genealogy Sites Directory
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Personally, I am a
descendent of Captain John Blakeney's fifth child, James Blakeney. Over the past decade I have collected as much information
as I can on each of Captain John's children and their descendents. I am more than willing to share what I have learned
if you will share with me how you trace your roots back to Captain John.
This
is a work in progress, so please contact me if you have any information about the descendents of Captain John Blakeney.
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