Mordecai Blackwell
- Born: 26 Feb 1709/10, Sandwich, Barnstable, MA 15,16
- Marriage: Sarah Blackwell about 1738 in Sandwich, Barnstable, MA 15,16,139
- Died: Bef 3 Mar 1756 15,16
General Notes:
Mordecai4 Blackwell (Joshua,3 Joshua,2 Michael1), born 26 Feb. 1709/10, died between 17 Feb. and 3 March 1756. He married about 1738 Sarah4 Blackwell, born in Sandwich 22 April 1723, died there 19 July 1755, daughter of Micah3 and Bathsheba (Bourne) Blackwell.
The children of "Mordecai and Sarah Blackwell" were all baptized in the Sandwich church. He is named in the wills of his father, 22 April 1751, and that of his grandfather Blackwell, 15 July 1737 (supra).
The will of "Mordecai Blackwell of Sandwich" gives "to my son Micah Blackwell, my saddle & colt to which my mare is now with foal, my interest in the cart and wheels; one half my wearing apparell, my axe and the cow that is called his. To my daughter Bathsheba Blackwell one third of the wearing apparell that belonged to my beloved wife Sarah, deceased; also my chest of draws, looking glass & one of my best beds and furniture suitable to it … to my two daughters, Deborah and Sarah, each of them a bed & furniture and also each of them one third part of the wearing apparell that belonged to my wife & each of them a chest … to my three daughters, Bathsheba, Deborah and Sarah, all the remainder of my household goods and furniture, as linens, pewter, hollow iron ware & all other household utensils, in equal proportion between them … to my son Mordecai Blackwell his horse … my dwelling house and all my upland, meadow, wood lots & right in the cedar swamp & all other property in Sandwich at twenty one & if Mordecai die then one half to my son Micah and the other half to my three daughters." Jonathan Bassett to be sole executor. Witnesses: John Blackwell, John May, Samuell Blackwell & [Rev.] Abraham Williams. Will dated 17 Feb. 1756 and proved 3 March 1756 (Barnstable County Probate, 9:225). The inventory, dated 8 April 1756, was taken by Cornelius Tobey, Solomon Foster and Thomas Smith (ibid., p. 227).
Micah3 Blackwell was appointed guardian, 3 July 1759, of these five grandchildren: Micah, Bathsheba, Deborah, Mordecai and Sarah Blackwell (ibid., 11:35-7). After the eldest, Micah, reached his majority the court made the other siblings his wards, 15 Feb. 1764. In 1768 Micah5 Blackwell submitted his accounting (ibid., 13: 367, 14: 10-3). These five orphaned children are all named in the will of their maternal grandfather, Micah3 Blackwell. [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, 17 Feb 1756, Sandwich, Barnstable, MA. 16
Mordecai married Sarah Blackwell, daughter of Michael Blackwell and Bathsheba Bourne, about 1738 in Sandwich, Barnstable, MA 15,16.,139 (Sarah Blackwell was born on 22 Apr 1723 in Sandwich, Barnstable, MA 15,16 and died on 19 Jul 1755 in Sandwich, Barnstable, MA 15,16.)
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