John Blackburn

1756 - 1840  (83 years)

• Name	John Blackburn
  Birth	10 Apr 1756
  Gender	Male
  Death	1840
  Person ID	I84399	First tree
  Last Modified	6 Mar 2020

  
  

  Father	Peter Blackburn,   b. 24 Nov 1728, Glasgow, Scotland d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Helen Crosse,   b. 7 Apr 1728, Glasgow, Scotland d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F74135	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Rebecca Leslie Gillies,   b. 17 Apr 1788, Renfrew, Paisley, Scotland d. 17 Apr 1788 (Age 0 years)
  Marriage	11 Mar 1811	Glasgow, Scotland
  Children	1. Colin (Baron Blackburn) Blackburn, PC,   b. 18 May 1813   d. 8 Jan 1896 (Age 82 years)   2. Peter (of Killearn) Blackburn, MP,   b. 31 Dec 1811   d. 20 May 1870 (Age 58 years)
  Family ID	F74133	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	6 Mar 2020

  
  

• Notes

  Son of Peter Blackburn [Anthony Cooke gives Hugh] merchant of Glasgow and Helen née Crosse. In turn, John Blackburn's son was also called Peter and was the MP for Stirling in 1855. John Blackburn, son of Peter Blackburn and Helen Crosse, baptised in Glasgow, 14/04/1756. Married Rebecca Leslie Gillies, daughter of Rev. Colin Gillies, 11/03/1811 in Glasgow. She was born 17/04/1788 in Paisley. John's father Peter was the son of John Blackburn of Househill and Marion Cathcart and was born 24/11/1728 in Glasgow. Helen Cross was the daughter of John Cross and Agnes Crawford and was born 07/04/1728 in Glasgow. Made his fortune in Jamaica, returned by 1810; subsequently a Glasgow merchant. Rebuilt Killearn 1811. Left £107,109. Gave evidence to House of Commons Committee on the Commercial State of the West Indies 22/04/1807. His evidence suggests he went to Jamaica 1772 and left in 1805. Times in 1876 noted that Sir Colin Blackburn was created Baron Blackburn of Killearn, in the county of Stirling, Scotland, the second son of the late Mr John Blackburn of Killearn, who died in 1840. The ODNB entry for Sir Colin Blackburn identifies John Blackburn as 'a Jamaican proprietor'; the ODNB also has an entry for another son, Hugh Blackburn as 'mathematician and college administrator' which describes his father as a 'Glasgow sugar merchant' who 'made a fortune in Jamaica and returned to Glasgow in 1810', and characterises the Wedderburns (Hugh Blackburn later married the painter and illustrator Jemima Wedderburn) as 'one of Scotland's most distinguished families, and distantly related' to the Blackburns.