Blackards Recorded in Southwestern England

(Wiltshire)-Glouchester-Somerset-Dorset-(Devonshire)

Lincolnshire - Blackard/Willoughby
Nottingham
Leicestershire
Warwickshire - Blackard
Glouchester - Blackard
Wiltshire - Willoughby (Blackard?)
Somerset - Blackard/Willoughby
Dorset - Blackard
Devonshire - Blacker/Willoughby

Warwickshire

14 May 1733 James BLACKARD Marriage: 14 May 1733 Butlers Marston, Warwick, England
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Wiltshire-

John Willoughby of Devonshire was a descendent of Thomas WILLOUGHBY KNIGHT. Thomas was born about 1380 in Of, Eresby, Lincolnshire, England.

John Willoughby married (1) Anne (Agnes) CHENEY before 4 Mar 1444/1445. Anne was born 26 Jul 1426 in Brook Manor, Westbury, Wiltshire, England and was christened in , Westbury, Wiltshire, England. She died 10 Jun 1470.
They had the following children:
+ 4752 M i Robert WILLOUGHBY

Blackards are found very close-by in the earliest surviving parish records of Somerset.

Devonshire

Blackard

Barbados Wills and Administrations, Vol. I Page number: 327
Will of Thomas Skreetch
St Peters Parish, 6 Sep 1654, RB6/13,p.74
Eldest son Thomas Skreetch...eldest dau Elizabeth Skreetch...;above chn to receive legacies at age 15;
Robert Skreetch, John Blacker, & Richard Higgons all of Tothnes, Co. Devon;
Mary Browne; mo in law Amy Reymour; bro in law Henry Shabdon, unclde Robert Skreetch, aunt Rose Edmunds;
William Mickell; John Whitehead; John Blacler; God Chn: son of William Henes, son of Hugh Guttridge, & dau of
Thomas Morgan; John Roope; wf Joane Skreetch - Xtrx;
friends John Parris Esq, Thomas Martine, & Richard Bickform - Feoffs in trust.
signed Thomas Skretch
Wit: Wm: Heathcott Esq, Wm: Whiddon, Thomas Kirkes, John Roope
Proved 6 Nov 1654

Willoughby

Robert Willoughby of Devonshire was a descendent of Thomas WILLOUGHBY KNIGHT. Thomas was born about 1380 in Of, Eresby, Lincolnshire, England.

Robert Willoughby married Blanche CHAMPERNON on 1472. Blanche was born 1452/1453 in Of, Bere Ferrers, Devonshire, England. She died about 1476. They had the following children:
Elizabeth WILLOUGHBY was born about 1445 in Of, Portlemouth, Devonshire, England.
Robert WILLOUGHBY Lord

Robert WILLOUGHBY Lord was born about 1472 in Of, Broke, , England. He died 10 Nov 1521 in Probably Spms, Bere Ferrers, Devonshire, England and was buried in Parish Church, Bere Ferrers, Devonshire, England.Robert also married (2) Dorothy GREY BARONESS MOUNTJOY about 1515 in Devonshire, England.
http://www.lds.net/pages/kawillden/dod/pafg123.htm#4773

Somerset


Willoughby House in Chard, Somerset - http://www.chard.gov.uk/timeout.html

Abt. 1560 John BLACKARD Birth: Abt. 1560 Of Timsbury, Somerset, England International Genealogical Index - British IGI/BI
Abt. 1585 John BLACKARD Marriage: Abt. 1585 Of Timsbury, Somerset, England
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29 Dec 1586 John BLACKARD Christening: 29 Dec 1586 Farmboro, Somerset, England
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23 Feb 1662 Thomas s. of Bridget Blackerd

Born: Brockley,Someret, England

Burial: 23 FEB 1662 Brockley, Someret, England

Buried: 23 Feb 1662
Cheddar, Somerset, England

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Devon, Somerset: (A-H Parishes), Wells - Parish Registers and some Bishop's Transcripts at Wells

25 Jul 1662 Mary dr. of Bridget Blackerd Buried: 25 Jul 1662
Cheddar, Somerset, England
Devon, Somerset: (A-H Parishes), Wells - Parish Registers and some Bishop's Transcripts at Wells

Dorset

7 Apr 1812 John BLACHARD Marriage: 7 Apr 1812 Poole, Dorset, England to Elizabeth Smith
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Dec 1838

Blackerd, Ann

Marriage

England and Wales, Civil Registration Index: 1837-1900
Year: 1838 Quarter: December
Record Type: Marriages Volume: 22
District: Ecclesfield Page: 125

Glouchester

24 Jun 1758 Ann BLACKARD

Marriage: 24 Jun 1758 Bisley, Gloucester, England
THOMAS GARDINER

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