In her will dated June 4th, 1845 Jane Welsh stated "I commit my soul to God and my body to be decently buried in the grave yard in the Town of Marion by the side of my deceased husband John Welsh." She asked that all of her property be sold and the proceeds first be applied to repay her debts with the remainder to be distributed equally to her lawful heirs.
Her will was recorded on September 5th, 1845, the day that she died.
Alabama, U.S. Surnames Files Expanded, 1702-1981 for Jane Blakeney
On her mother's side Martha Lucy also had Revolutionary ancestry. Her grandmother, Jane Blakeney, 1766-1845, was born in Chesterfield County, South Carolina, married John Welsh, 1760-1835, end with him moved to Perry County, Alabama, They settled at a place called Muckle's Ridge, but John Welsh, along with six others, was elected to serve on a committee to rename the community and they decided to call it "'Marion", for General Francis Marion of South Carolina.
Jane Blakeney's father was Captain John Blakeney, 1732-1832, who had been born at Blakeney, County Limerick, Ireland, and died in Charles¬ton, South Carolina, but he had made his home in the Cheraw District since about 1760. Here he took an active part in local affairs and in 1773 was selected as an overseer of the poor of St. David's Parish, of which he was a vestryman. In 1774 he was a member of the South Carolina Provincial Congress, and on November 16, 1775 he was commissioned captain of militia and authorized to raise a company, which became a unit of Benton's regiment in General Francis Marion's Brigade. Three of his sons also served in the armed forces during the Revolution, In I960 descendants of Captain Blakeney erected a handsome monument to him at the family cemetery.
Her will was recorded on September 5th, 1845, the day that she died.
Alabama, U.S. Surnames Files Expanded, 1702-1981 for Jane Blakeney
On her mother's side Martha Lucy also had Revolutionary ancestry. Her grandmother, Jane Blakeney, 1766-1845, was born in Chesterfield County, South Carolina, married John Welsh, 1760-1835, end with him moved to Perry County, Alabama, They settled at a place called Muckle's Ridge, but John Welsh, along with six others, was elected to serve on a committee to rename the community and they decided to call it "'Marion", for General Francis Marion of South Carolina.
Jane Blakeney's father was Captain John Blakeney, 1732-1832, who had been born at Blakeney, County Limerick, Ireland, and died in Charles¬ton, South Carolina, but he had made his home in the Cheraw District since about 1760. Here he took an active part in local affairs and in 1773 was selected as an overseer of the poor of St. David's Parish, of which he was a vestryman. In 1774 he was a member of the South Carolina Provincial Congress, and on November 16, 1775 he was commissioned captain of militia and authorized to raise a company, which became a unit of Benton's regiment in General Francis Marion's Brigade. Three of his sons also served in the armed forces during the Revolution, In I960 descendants of Captain Blakeney erected a handsome monument to him at the family cemetery.
In her will dated June 4th, 1845 Jane Welsh stated "I commit my soul to God and my body to be decently buried in the grave yard in the Town of Marion by the side of my deceased husband John Welsh." She asked that all of her property be sold and the proceeds first be applied to repay her debts with the remainder to be distributed equally to her lawful heirs.
Her will was recorded on September 5th, 1845, the day that she died.
Alabama, U.S. Surnames Files Expanded, 1702-1981 for Jane Blakeney
On her mother's side Martha Lucy also had Revolutionary ancestry. Her grandmother, Jane Blakeney, 1766-1845, was born in Chesterfield County, South Carolina, married John Welsh, 1760-1835, end with him moved to Perry County, Alabama, They settled at a place called Muckle's Ridge, but John Welsh, along with six others, was elected to serve on a committee to rename the community and they decided to call it "'Marion", for General Francis Marion of South Carolina.
Jane Blakeney's father was Captain John Blakeney, 1732-1832, who had been born at Blakeney, County Limerick, Ireland, and died in Charles¬ton, South Carolina, but he had made his home in the Cheraw District since about 1760. Here he took an active part in local affairs and in 1773 was selected as an overseer of the poor of St. David's Parish, of which he was a vestryman. In 1774 he was a member of the South Carolina Provincial Congress, and on November 16, 1775 he was commissioned captain of militia and authorized to raise a company, which became a unit of Benton's regiment in General Francis Marion's Brigade. Three of his sons also served in the armed forces during the Revolution, In I960 descendants of Captain Blakeney erected a handsome monument to him at the family cemetery.
Her will was recorded on September 5th, 1845, the day that she died.
Alabama, U.S. Surnames Files Expanded, 1702-1981 for Jane Blakeney
On her mother's side Martha Lucy also had Revolutionary ancestry. Her grandmother, Jane Blakeney, 1766-1845, was born in Chesterfield County, South Carolina, married John Welsh, 1760-1835, end with him moved to Perry County, Alabama, They settled at a place called Muckle's Ridge, but John Welsh, along with six others, was elected to serve on a committee to rename the community and they decided to call it "'Marion", for General Francis Marion of South Carolina.
Jane Blakeney's father was Captain John Blakeney, 1732-1832, who had been born at Blakeney, County Limerick, Ireland, and died in Charles¬ton, South Carolina, but he had made his home in the Cheraw District since about 1760. Here he took an active part in local affairs and in 1773 was selected as an overseer of the poor of St. David's Parish, of which he was a vestryman. In 1774 he was a member of the South Carolina Provincial Congress, and on November 16, 1775 he was commissioned captain of militia and authorized to raise a company, which became a unit of Benton's regiment in General Francis Marion's Brigade. Three of his sons also served in the armed forces during the Revolution, In I960 descendants of Captain Blakeney erected a handsome monument to him at the family cemetery.
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