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Can anyone help me find the birth of John Blackwill. He married Margaret Careslake on 30.3.1730 at St Peters church Exton Somerset. He had several children, John b 1731, Ann b 1735, William b 1740, Elizabeth b 1743, Thomas b 1746, Andrew b 1748, Margaret b 1750, Jane b 1753, all baptised at Exton Somerset. I have a death for him, 1784, but not 100% sure it's him. Any help would be brilliant. Thank you

Margaretta Carslake

England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975
residence: Exton, Somerset, England
parents: Hugonis Carslake, Mariae

record title: England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975
name: Margaretta Carslake
gender: Female
baptism/christening date: 11 Apr 1706
baptism/christening place: Exton, Somerset, England
father's name: Hugonis Carslake
mother's name: Mariae
indexing project (batch) number: C00080-6
system origin: England-EASy
source film number:

Parish Records Collection - burial

First name(s): John
Last name: BLACKWILL
Date of burial: 14 May 1791
Age at death: 86
Calculated year of birth: 1705
Place of burial: Exton
Dedication: St Peter
County: Somerset

Just a little note that is added to the death of Margaret.24/3/1786 aged 80 ...."worn out with age" and just to confirm that John died at 86 with "old age and a fever". Which would suggest he was born 1705 or thereabouts.- jle

Just going back to the death of John in 1784 I think this now will be the death of John and Margarets son John who was born 1731.-j

Thanks everyone. If he was born 1705, is there any info out there regarding his parents?

There is nothing on the Exton baptisms around that date for the surname Blackwill but his marriage to Margaret in 1730 has nothing to suggest he wasn't of the same parish. I would think that he wasn't born in that parish otherwise there would be other members of the family entered on the register. This is speculation though. Perhaps he came to the parish with his parents/family as a child or came as an adult looking for work. -jle

John Blackwill

England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975
residence: Exton, Somerset, England
parents: Thos. Blackwill, Anne

record title: England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975
name: John Blackwill
gender: Male
baptism/christening date: 22 Oct 1777
baptism/christening place: Exton, Somerset, England
father's name: Thos. Blackwill
mother's name: Anne
indexing project (batch) number: C00080-6
system origin: England-EASy
source film number:

John Blackwill

England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975
residence: Somerset, England
parents: John Blackwill, Mary

record title: England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975
name: John Blackwill
gender: Male
baptism/christening date: 08 Aug 1768
baptism/christening place: Exton, Somerset, England
father's name: John Blackwill
mother's name: Mary
indexing project (batch) number: C00080-6
system origin: England-ODM
source film number: 1470972

Thanks. There are Blackwells listed from Barnstaple Devon. Maybe the name changed over the years.

I found a marriage of a John Blackwell to an Elizabeth Putner in 1695 at Bovey Tracey in Devon. In the same batch there was a Mary Blackwill suggesting the name was entered as it sounded.- I only considered this because your John named his first child John, which is normally the man's father's name and Elizabeth because it is usually the name of the second girl in the naming order of things- however Margaret has not named the children after her parents-jle

there are stacks of Blackwells and Blackwills all over Somerset

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Whilst there are many Blackwell/ Blackwills over Somerset I think the help that has been asked for is c.1705 .-jl

Thanks everyone. The Bovey Tracey entry sounds interesting. Margarets parents had foreign sounding names, Hougonis and Mariae! Iwonder where they were from. Maybe another time eh! There is also a Langdon connection. Johns son Thomas married Ann Langdon in 1777.

Michaela, the names of Margaret's parents are not foreign but written in Latin which was the norm in all parishes. Their names will be Hugh and Mary. Sorry if that has quashed any thoughts. There were several Careslake or Kerslake on the baptisms so I would think that her family possibly lived in Exton for at least one previous generation.
Good luck with your search- jle

Hi. Does anybody know of a website of Devon parish transcriptions? There isn't any Blackwill or Blackwell listed before 1730 on the west somerset site. The first entry appears to be the marriage of John to Margaret. Does that suggest they were from a different region?