Col. Nehemiah Herbert Blackistone

1750 - 1816  (66 years)

• Name	Col. Nehemiah Herbert Blackistone
  Prefix	Col.
  Born	1750	St. Mary's County, Maryland
  Gender	Male
  Died	2 Jun 1816	St. Mary's County, Maryland
  Buried	All Saints Episcopal Church Cemetery, Oakley, St. Mary's, Maryland
  Notes	Colonel Nehemiah Herbert Blackistone lived on Blackistone Island (today it is called St. Clement's Island, the name it was called in 1634) During the Rev. War he was a private, St. Mary's County Militia, 1777. He took the Oath of Allegiance in 1778. He was elected to a General Committee in St. Mary's County in accordance with the resolves of the Continental Congress in 1775. He served on the Committee of Safety in 1774. He was captured by the British and his home was burned on 16 Jun 1781 because of his rebellious sympathies. When he returned home he put in a claim for 281 lbs. as the value of property lost to him by the British. It is family history that John Colton came to live in the neighborhood and liked to play cards. Col. Nehemiah Herbert Blackistone sat in front of a large mantel mirror and John kept reading his cards. Col. Nehemiah Herbert Blackistone lost all personal property, horses, land and house. All hands had to scatter and live where they could find a roof. The affair was considered a great tragic event. Julia Adelaide Blackistone Custer whose father was Henry Herbert Blackistone lived at Longworth Point when the house was lost at cards. She was told stories from her father of the terrible times. But in the end all was well-the Blackistone's and Colton's intermarried.
  Person ID	I6842	The Family Tree
  Last Modified	30 Jan 2023

  
  

  Father	John Blackistone, Jr.,   b. 1715, St. Mary's County, Maryland ,   d. 18 Jan 1756, St. Mary's County, Maryland  (Age 41 years)
  Mother	Eleanor Dent,   b. 1711, Charles County, Maryland ,   d. 1774, St. Mary's County, Maryland  (Age 63 years)
  Married	1745	Charles County, Maryland
  Family ID	F2264	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 1	Mary Cheseldine,   b. 1752, St. Mary's County, Maryland ,   d. 1801, St. Mary's County, Maryland  (Age 49 years)
  Married	20 Jan 1772	St. Mary's County, Maryland
  Children	+ 1. Thomas "Honest Tom" Blackistone,   b. 10 Apr 1773, St. Mary's County, Maryland ,   d. 23 May 1837, St. Mary's County, Maryland  (Age 64 years)   2. Eleanor Blackistone,   b. 14 Dec 1774, St. Mary's County, Maryland ,   d. 7 Apr 1849, St. Mary's County, Maryland  (Age 74 years) + 3. Kenelm Blackistone,   b. 24 Dec 1776, St. Mary's County, Maryland ,   d. Jan 1821, St. Mary's County, Maryland  (Age 44 years) + 4. Mary Cheseline Blackistone,   b. 6 Dec 1778, St. Mary's County, Maryland ,   d. 7 Feb 1849, St. Mary's County, Maryland  (Age 70 years) + 5. George Blackistone,   b. 18 Dec 1780, St. Mary's County, Maryland ,   d. 15 Nov 1842, St. Mary's County, Maryland  (Age 61 years) + 6. Margaret Dent Blackistone,   b. 1784, St. Mary's County, Maryland ,   d. 30 Jan 1846, St. Mary's County, Maryland  (Age 62 years) + 7. Dent Blackistone,   b. 1790, St. Mary's County, Maryland ,   d. 18 Dec 1836, St. Mary's County, Maryland  (Age 46 years)   8. Matilda Blackistone,   b. 1797, St. Mary's County, Maryland ,   d. After 1830, Maryland  (Age 34 years)
  Last Modified	19 Dec 2012
  Family ID	F2262	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 2	Eleanor Gardiner Hebb,   b. About 1773, St. Mary's County, Maryland ,   d. 1842, St. Mary's County, Maryland  (Age ~ 69 years)
  Married	22 Aug 1801	St. Mary's County, Maryland
  Children	1. Julia Ann Blackistone,   b. 1802, St. Mary's County, Maryland   2. Caroline Gardiner Blackistone,   b. 18 Mar 1803, St. Mary's County, Maryland ,   d. 12 Jun 1816, St. Mary's County, Maryland  (Age 13 years) + 3. Bernard Blackistone,   b. 1804, St. Mary's County, Maryland ,   d. Jul 1832, St. Mary's County, Maryland  (Age 28 years) + 4. Cap. Henry Herbert Blackistone,   b. 1804, St. Mary's County, Maryland ,   d. 20 Jul 1868, Nightfall, Chaptico, St. Mary's, Maryland  (Age 64 years)   5. John Blackistone,   b. 1809, St. Mary's County, Maryland ,   d. 14 Feb 1863, St. Mary's County, Maryland  (Age 54 years) + 6. Jane Mariah Blackistone,   b. 1815, St. Mary's County, Maryland ,   d. 21 Oct 1894, St. Mary's County, Maryland  (Age 79 years)
  Last Modified	12 Dec 2012
  Family ID	F2454	Group Sheet

  
  

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  River Springs As told by Linda Reno: On May 6, 1669, Elizabeth Gerard, daughter of Thomas, married Nehemiah Blackistone. As a wedding gift, Thomas Gerard gave the couple "Longworth's Point", 300 ac. and "Dare's Neck", 100 ac. (today’s Coltons Point and adjacent lands). The part of the property now known as “River Springs” contains 88 acres and is owned by Gordon and Gerard Blackistone Hughes, direct descendants of Nehemiah Blackistone and Elizabeth Gerard. There is the main residence, two cottages and a working farm. "Longworth's Point" descended down through Col. Nehemiah Herbert Blackistone and Mary Cheseldine's descendants. The original [current] house was built by George Blackistone in 1841 and contained large wings on either side. During the mid to late 1800s, his son, Dr. Richard Pinkney Blackistone, used the wings of rooms as lodging for patients. Then in the early 1900s, Robert Deminieu Blackistone Sr. converted the structure to a resort hotel with a riverside gazebo for dancing in the evenings. During the 1930s his children, Jane (Blackistone) Hughes and Robert Deminieu Blackistone, Jr., removed the wings and gazebo, and added a kitchen, three bathrooms, and a portico front porch, creating today’s “River Springs”, a private residence. (Information from the Southern Maryland Garden Tour, May 2012).

  
  

  Documents » Slide Show		Col. Nehemiah Herbert Blackistone Will 1 People listed in his will: Eleanor Gardiner Hebb Blackistone, Thomas "Honest Tom" Blackistone, Kenelm Blackistone, George Blackistone, Dent Blackistone, Henry Herbert Blackistone, John Blackistone, Eleanor Blackistone, Julia Ann Blackistone, Caroline Gardiner Blackistone, and Jane Mariah Blackistone.
  		Col. Nehemiah Herbert Blackistone Will 2 People listed in his will: Eleanor Gardiner Hebb Blackistone, Thomas "Honest Tom" Blackistone, Kenelm Blackistone, George Blackistone, Dent Blackistone, Henry Herbert Blackistone, John Blackistone, Eleanor Blackistone, Julia Ann Blackistone, Caroline Gardiner Blackistone, and Jane Mariah Blackistone.
  		Col. Nehemiah Herbert Blackistone Will 3 People listed in his will: Eleanor Gardiner Hebb Blackistone, Thomas "Honest Tom" Blackistone, Kenelm Blackistone, George Blackistone, Dent Blackistone, Henry Herbert Blackistone, John Blackistone, Eleanor Blackistone, Julia Ann Blackistone, Caroline Gardiner Blackistone, and Jane Mariah Blackistone.
  		Col. Nehemiah Herbert Blackistone Will 4 People listed in his will: Eleanor Gardiner Hebb Blackistone, Thomas "Honest Tom" Blackistone, Kenelm Blackistone, George Blackistone, Dent Blackistone, Henry Herbert Blackistone, John Blackistone, Eleanor Blackistone, Julia Ann Blackistone, Caroline Gardiner Blackistone, and Jane Mariah Blackistone.