Michael Blackwell
- Born: 23 Jul 1687, Sandwich, Barnstable, MA 16
- Marriage: Bathsheba Bourne on 10 Nov 1715 in Sandwich, Barnstable, MA 16,196
- Died: After 16 May 1763, Sandwich, Barnstable, MA 16
Another name for Michael was Micah Blackwell.
General Notes:
Michael3 (called Micah) Blackwell (Joshua,2 Michael1), born 23 July 1687, died testate in Sandwich shortly after 16 May 1763. He married there, 10 Nov. 1715, Bathsheba3 Bourne, born there 12 Dec. 1686, died before 16 May 1763, daughter of Elisha2 and Patience2 (Skiffe) Bourne.
The will of Michael1 Blackwell (supra) proves that he gave some land to this grandson by deed dated 3 Aug. 1705, designating him as "my grandson Michael Blackwell." But the Sandwich Church records show that, with four younger siblings, he was baptized 28 July 1700 as Micah Blackwell, the spelling that he himself preferred. The receipt, dated 18 April 1711, is signed by Micah Blackwell: "Received of my honoured father Joshua Blackwell, Executor of the Last Will & Testament of my grandfather Michael Blackwell, now deceased-£15. 17s. 6d., being in full of my legacy in his personal estate" (Barnstable County Probate, 3:633). "Micah Blackwell & Bathsheba Blackwell his wife" signed with the other heirs an agreement, dated 6 Aug. 1717, for the settlement of the personal estate of his wife's deceased mother, Patience (Skiffe) Bourne, widow of Elisha Bourne who had died intestate in Sandwich in 1706 (ibid., 3:472).
Micah Blackwell's name appears on the Rev. Benjamin Fessenden's list of Sandwich householders in 1730 (The Register, 13:30, January 1859). Under his father's will, dated 15 July 1737, he was given personal property, but the land was already under an entail, set by the grandfather's will and this was confirmed to him.
Micah Blackwell's daughter Sarah married her first cousin, Mordecai4 Blackwell. She died, presumably after the birth of her sixth child in 1755, and her husband died in the winter of 1756. Responsibility for rearing the orphaned children was assumed by the grandfather, Micah Blackwell, who was appointed their legal guardian 3 July 1759 (Barnstable County Probate, 11:35-7). Micah Blackwell had no sons, but the four daughters: "Patience, Mary, Sarah, Bathshua, children of Micah and Bathshua Blackwell" were baptized in the Sandwich Church 31 July 1737.
The will, dated 16 May 1763, of "Micah Blackwell of Sandwich . husbandman, being advanced in years" gives "to my three daughters, Patience Ellis, Mary Ellis and Bathsheba Maye," his land in Sandwich, but orders that if his grandson Micah Blackwell, upon reaching his majority, gives each of the testator's three daughters £40 apiece, than Micah to have the land. He gives "to my daughter Mary Ellis a lot in The Tongue (so called) of the Great Wonquosset Cedar Swamp, . and that I give in consideration of her educating my grand daughter Deborah Blackwell since the death of her father & Mother & as the compensation therefore. To my three grand daughters, Bathsheba Blackwell, Deborah Blackwell and Sarah Blackwell, to each of them one dollar and also the sum of £13. 6s. 8d. to be paid to each of them by their brother Micah Blackwell, when she arrives to the age of eighteen or marries whichever shall first happen, providing that as their father, Mordecai Blackwell, deceased, in his last Will & Testament dated 17 Feb. 1756, gave to all his children the use & improvement of all his real estate as they should need for their education and support till his son Mordecai arrive at 21 years and after their said father's decease I took the guardianship of all said children and have had the care and charge of their support and education & agreeable to their father's will, have had the use & improvement of all his Real Estate, therefore to prevent disputes after my decease and in justice to my Executor." He directs that each of the children furnish a written release and that his household effects be divided between his three daughters and his grandson Mordecai, son of his daughter Sarah Blackwell, deceased (Barnstable County Probate, 13:2). [Michael Blackwell of Sandwich, Mass. (c. 1620-1710) by Lydia B. (Phinney) Brownson and Maclean W. McLean, NEHGR 117, 1963]
Noted events in his life were:
• Will, 16 May 1763, Sandwich, Barnstable, MA. 16,65
Michael married Bathsheba Bourne, daughter of Elisha Bourne and Patience Skiffe, on 10 Nov 1715 in Sandwich, Barnstable, MA 16.,196 (Bathsheba Bourne was born on 13 Dec 1686 in Sandwich, Barnstable, MA 16 and died before 16 May 1763 16,196.)
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