What's New?
The Blackett Family Tree is being added to continually. Listed below are other items that have been added to the site. Additionally, in November 2009 we were invited to become part of The British Library’s web archive programme (another feather in the cap of the Blackett family!). Longer-term projects currently being worked on include Barbados Blacketts, early London Blacketts and Weardale Blackett migrations.
William Blackett of South Shields added to Can You Help Us? Jan 2012
A Blackett Medical Device added to Odds and Ends Jan 2012
Hexham, Northumberland and Liverpool Blacketts added to Can You Help Us? Jan 2012
The link between the Blacketts of Portsmouth and William and Ann Blackett of Hampshire has now been almost certainly established, enabling the two trees to be combined, as shown in Blacketts of Hampshire and Kent in Can You Help Us? Jan 2012
The maiden name of Elizabeth Watson, who married Joseph Blackett in 1771 has been discovered, as shown in Joseph Blackett of Durham City in Can You Help Us? Jan 2012
Some additional tips for bringing up charts, linkages etc have been added to Blackett Family Tree Dec 2011
Considerable further progress has been made on The Blacketts of Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia and Massachusetts Dec 2011
Michael Blackett of Hamsterley added to Can You Help Us? Dec 2011
A paragraph on the US magazine “The Open Road for Boys”, co-founded by William C. Blackett, add to Blacketts and Literature Dec 2011
A Blackett Firearm added to Odds and Ends Dec 2011
A slightly more modest instance of philanthropy added to A Philanthropic Blackett Dec 2011
The former entry for South Shields Blacketts in Can You Help Us? has now been incorporated into Whickham and Lamesley Blacketts following the discovery of the probable link between the two families. And so ends a very busy… Nov 2011
A Piping Hot Blackett (R. Blackett Charlton Ltd.) added to Odds and Ends Nov 2011
The reason for the unusual Christian names of Hudson Blackburn Blackett has now been discovered as shown in the entry for Hudson Blackburn Blackett in Can You Help Us? Nov 2011
The former entry for Descendants of Robert Blackett and Sarah Johnson in Can You Help Us? has now been incorporated into the Blacketts of Greatham following the discovery of the probable link between the two families Nov 2011
Paying Homage to the Boss added to Blackett Odds and Ends Nov 2011
The link to a further Prime Minister (Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth) has been discovered and added to Blackett Family Connections to Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom. (This leaves only one 19th century Prime Minister (Benjamin Disraeli) where a link has not been discovered.) Nov 2011
Peter Blackett of Whitby, Yorkshire added to Can You Help Us? Nov 2011
More progress has been made on descendants of Abraham Blackett and Esther Carter in London Blacketts in Can You Help Us? Nov 2011
The family of Thomas Blackett of Leyburn, Yorkshire added to Thomas Blackett and Jane Hodgeson descendants in Can You Help Us? Nov 2011
Descendants of George Blackett of London added to London Blacketts in Can You Help Us? Nov 2011
John Alexander Blackett of Newcastle and Bradford added to Can You Help Us? Oct 2011
John Turnbull Blackett of Newcastle and New South Wales added to Can You Help Us? Oct 2011
A little more progress has been made on Devonian and Cornish Blacketts, as reflected in Can You Help Us? Oct 2011
Tommy Blackett’s Cottage, Hamsterley added to Blackett Properties Sep 2011
Another Lucky Escape for a Blackett added to Blackett Odds and Ends Sep 2011
Greenhead added to Blackett Properties Aug 2011
The link to US President Thomas Jefferson added to Links to Presidents of the USA and that to William Shakespeare added to Blacketts and Literature Aug 2011
The “Three Blacketteers”, Pat Longbottom, Al Kirtley and Martin Blackett attended the Historic Hamsterley day in Hamsterley Village Hall on Saturday 13 August. The event was a great success and well-attended and we met many people with whom we had corresponded in the past, and were also invited by the present owners to visit several properties once owned by the Blacketts. We hope to add more material relating to the Blacketts’ connection to the Hamsterley area over the next few weeks. For more information on the Historic Hamsterley day please visit the Hamsterley and South Bedburn website.
A much more extensive section substituted for The Blacketts of Norfolk in Can You Help Us? plus details of the connection, of sorts, to Admiral Lord Nelson added to Naval Blacketts Aug 2011 (Please note that this is an ongoing project where considerable further research has still to be carried out.)
South Shields Blacketts added to Can You Help Us? Jul 2011
The important ancestral line of Thomas (Tommy) Blackett of Hamsterley (see The Blacketts That We Don’t Talk About) has been corrected, following new information kindly supplied by Steve Keown. Jul 2011
On Tuesday 12 July 2011 Elizabeth Hannah (Nancy) Hetherington, nee Blackett attended a garden party at Buckingham Palace, accompanied by her daughter Jane.
… and Back Down to Earth added to Blackett Odds and Ends Jul 2011
Additional details added to Joseph Blackett of Durham City in Can You Help Us? Jun 2011
The Mitfords/Midfords of Cheshire and their descent from the Blacketts added to Can You Help Us? Jun 2011
The link to the author P. G. Wodehouse added to Blacketts and Literature May 2011
Descendants of William Alexander Blackett and Margaret Madden of Victoria and Tasmania, Australia added to Can You Help Us? Apr 2011
The Link to the Roosevelt Presidents added to Blacketts in Politics Mar 2011
John Blackett and Mary Hutchinson of Ponteland, Northumberland added to Can You Help Us? Mar 2011
Wylam added to Blackett Properties Feb 2011
The Blackett Coat of Arms added to the Home Page Feb 2011
Three major lines of Blacketts previously shown as separate trees, including the Stock Exchange Blacketts, the co-founder of Hurst & Blackett, publishers, and George Forster Blackett of New South Wales have been traced back to a common ancestor, Nicholas Blackett, though the link between him and the main tree has yet to be established. Please see Northumberland Blacketts in Can You Help Us? Feb 2011
A Blackett Dolls House added to Blackett Odds and Ends Feb 2011
Mutiny on the Bounty added to Blackett Odds and Ends Jan 2011
Thomas Blackett and Jane Hodgeson descendants added to Can You Help Us? Jan 2011
What’s in a Name? added to Blackett Odds and Ends Dec 2010
A Blackett accused of murder added to The Blacketts That We Don’t Talk About in The Famous (or nearly so) Blacketts Dec 2010
Better Late than Never added to Blackett Odds and Ends Nov 2010
A more comprehensive page on London Blacketts in Can You Help Us? Nov 2010
More details of Joseph Blackett and Abbey Mill, Durham City added to Joseph Blackett of Durham City in Can You Help Us? Nov 2010
The link to Alice in Wonderland added to Blacketts and Literature Oct 2010
Cuthbert Blackett and Margaret Johnson descendants added to Can You Help Us? Oct 2010
The Mitford/Midfords of Cheshire and their descent from the Blacketts added to Can You Help Us? Oct 2010
The link to US President Barack Obama through his apparent descent on his mother’s side from King Malcolm III (see caveat and brief details towards the end of Blackett Family Tree) Sep 2010
The Blackett Richardsons added to Can You Help Us? Sep 2010
Link to the official site of The Collingwood 2010 Festival in Naval Blacketts Sep 2010
Blacketts of Easingwold, Yorkshire and Michigan, USA one generation further back added Aug 2010
Robert Johnson Blackett of Newcastle and Monkwearmouth added to Can You Help Us? Aug 2010
Thomas Blackett of Herrington added to Can You help Us? Aug 2010
The discovery of a family link to the 2nd Earl of Liverpool, bringing the links to British Prime Ministers to a total of 39. Aug 2010
Sockburn Hall Book Launch Jul 2010
Beamish Hall and its acquisition by the Blacketts Jul 2010
- A complete list of British Prime Ministers and the family links between 38 of them and the Blacketts May 2010
The Eden Line Links to many more notable figures, including Sir Winston Churchill, Lawrence of Arabia, Diana, Princess of Wales and the link between Sir Laurence Olivier and Macbeth May 2010
The Family Tree program has been reconfigured following the linking of two further large branches of the family and all links should now be working properly. If any remaining bad links are discovered please contact us Apr 2010
Blacketts in Politics an American Blackett in politics and the father of “soap operas” Mar 2010
The Blacketts of Helmington and Shull Mar 2010
Blacketts and Literature genealogy of the co-founder of Hurst & Blackett Mar 2010 and images of Blackett’s Wharf and Dock, Limehouse Reach Apr 2010
Can You Help Us?- links to descendancy charts Feb 2010
Blackett Prisoners of War Oct 2009, updated Jan 2010
Anthony Trollope and George Orwell Jan 2010
A Blackett Governor Oct 2009
A Blackett Beer Oct 2009
A Blackett Music maker Oct 2009
An Indestructible Blackett Ship Oct 2009
Sir Christopher Wren Oct 2009
Halton Castle and Aydon Castle Oct 2009
A Blackett Aid to Miners Oct 2009
A Birthday Coincidence Oct 2009
An Engineering Achievement Oct 2009
Willimoteswick Oct 2009
Prior’s House, Hexham Oct 2009
A Philanthropic Blackett Oct 2009
Whitfield hall Oct 2009
North of the Border Oct 2009
Blacketts on the High Street Oct 2009
More Sporting Blacketts Oct 2009
Blackets Wine Oct 2009
This site has been selected by The British Library for inclusion in its web archiving programme.
