Blakiston, Nehemiah ( ? - 1693 )

Wife: Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Gerrard and Susannah, later wife of 2. Ralph Rymer 3. Joshua Guibert. Kin: George Blackstone (uncle), John (cousin). Children: John (m. Anne Guibert, daughter of Joshua Guibert and Elizabeth), Susanna (m. 1. Thomas Hatton, 2. John Attaway), Rebecca, Mary (m. Matthew Mason). Local Offices: justice of peace, 1689-1692; coroner, 1689-1692; deputy commissary, 1692; King and Queen Parish Vestry, 1693. Provincial Offices: surveyor and comptroller general, 1683-1685; acting king's attorney, 1685; collector of Patuxent, 1685; collector of North Potomac, 1685-1693; Associators Convention, 1689-1692; Grand Committee of Twenty, 1690-1692; Council, 1691-1693; justice, Provincial Court, 1691-1693; chancellor and commissary general, 1692-1693. Military Offices: captain, 1689-1692; colonel, 1692-1693. Leading opponent of the Proprietor.

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