Bucks County PA Archives Biographies.....Blackfan, William C.
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Source: History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania; edited by 
J.H. Battle; A. Warner & Co.; 1887
Solebury Township


   WILLIAM C. BLACKFAN farmer, P.O. New Hope, was born in 
Solebury township, August 20, 1832, and is a son of John and 
Elizabeth R. (Chapman) Blackfan.  Edward Blackfan was a son 
of Edward and Rebecca (Crispin) Blackfan, born in Stenning, 
county of Sussex, England, in 1699.  He came to America with 
his mother in 1700 and settled at Penn Valley.  In 1721 he 
married Eleanor Wood, of Philadelphia, and settled in 
Solebury about 1726, residing there until his death in 1779. 
 The homestead is now owned by Charles Atkinson.  William 
Blackfan, his fifth child, was born May 28, 1732, and 
married to Esther Dawson.  He had eight children, of whom 
John, the first child, was born February 20, 1762.  He 
married Martha Quinby, of New Jersey, and had one child, 
John, who was born in October, 1799, and was married in 1821 
to Elizabeth R., daughter of Benjamin and Mary Chapman, of 
Wrightstown, and had seven children, of whom four grew to 
maturity:  Hetty A., William C., George C. and Martha C.   
William C. Blackfan, the subject of this sketch, was married 
October 3, 1861, to Elizabeth, daughter of Amasa and Alada 
(Brittain) Ely, of Philadelphia, and has three children:  
Alada E., Elizabeth C. and Edward.  The Blackfans are 
descendants of John Blackfan, of Stenning, county of Sussex, 
England, whose son, Edward, married Rebecca Crispin, of 
Kinsale, Ireland, in 1688.  The wedding certificate, with 
the names of William Penn, wife, son and daughter as 
witnesses, is now in the possession of William C. Blackfan.  
The farm now owned by William C. Blackfan came into the 
family through Esther Dawson, wife of William Blackfan.  She 
was the daughter of Thomas Dawson and granddaughter of John 
Dawson, whose deed of the farm is still on record, dated 
1719.