Barbara Janssen Bladen, MSA SC 3520-12461

Archives of Maryland
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Barbara Janssen Bladen
MSA SC 3520-12461

Biography:

Father: Sir Theodore Janssen (c. 1658-1748); born in France , immigrated to Engalnd in 1680, naturalized 1685, baronet in 1714, Director of South Sea Scheme, lost t50,000 in collapse
Mother: Williamsa (?-1731), daughter of Robert Henley, M.P.
Siblings: Abraham, Henrey, Stephen Theodore Lord Mayor of London, William Principal Secretary of Maryland, and Mary wife of Charles Calvert
Marriage: July 14, 1737 to Thomas Bladen, Governor of Maryland Under Restored Proprietary Government, 1742-1746/47
Children: Harriett and Barbara

Source: Papenfuse, Edward C., et al. A Biographical Dictionary of the Maryland Legislature 1635-1789, Vol. I, A-H. (Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1979), 135-136.