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Continued: The Blacks are traced in John O'Hart's "Irish Pedigrees or The Originand Stem of the Irish Nation, " back through the House of Heremon to Milesius of Spain to Adam. This particular branch of the Black family were French Huguenots named "LeNoir," who migrated to Ireland from France to escape religious persecution under the Acts and Ordinances of Subscription of Charles I of England in 1642. They became naturalized and had their French name anglicized to Black. After the execution of Charles I in January 1639, the Blacks became soldiers under Cromwell and they were among the Cromwellian Troopers who were disbanded in the County of Sligo in the northwestern part of Ireland on June 3, 1652. Shortly after that time these Blacks migrated to Scotland where as members of the Black Family they were aSept of Clan Gregor (The Clan MacGregor). King James II of England and V II of Scotland, who died September 6, 1701, and was the son of Charles I and Henrietta Maria, sent the Blacks to Ireland from Scotland in the 17th century where we first begin with James Black the Wool Merchant (James No. 1) <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> Irish Records Extraction Database Record's Name: James Black Sex: Male Marriage: 1724 Marriage Place: Saintfield, County Down, Northern Ireland Spouse: Elizabeth Dunom Name: James Black Sex: Male Marriage: 05 February 1723 Marriage Place: Saul Parish, Downpatrick, County Down, Northern Ireland Spouse: Jane Neill Name: James Black Sex: Male Marriage: 18 October 1733 Marriage Place: Saul Parish, Downpatrick, County Down, Northern Ireland Spouse: Eliza Moore Name: John Black Sex: Male Marriage: 22 December 1724 Marriage Place: Saul Parish, Downpatrick, County Down, Northern Ireland Spouse: Ann West Name: Joseph Black Sex: Male Marriage: 1799 Marriage Place: Dromore, County Down, Northern Ireland Spouse: Margaret Simms [dzdelphine.FTW] William Keith Fisher, FROM VIRGINIA TO OHIO TO DELAWARE COUNTY, INDIAN A: The Stafford Families, the Black Families et al., The Ancestors and Descendants of Thoma s Jefferson Mitchell and Amanda Edgington; 1716-1991; Columbus, OH, privately published, 1991 ; p 46; Clark Co Public Library, Springfield, OH. "***A ***JAMES BLACK I b c1683 Scotland. This James Black is the oldest known ancestor of the Blacks in Delaware County IN. Acc ording to our best information, James was a Scotch wool merchant who moved from Edinburgh, Sc otland to Ireland sometime before 1705. The numerous families who moved from Scotland to Ire land and their descendants are commonly referred to as Scotch-Irish. James I had four sons: John, Anthony, Samuel, and James II.+[2]+ Samuel was educated a t Edinburgh and licensed to preach at Glasgow. He was pastor of Brandywine Manor Presbyteria n Church in Chester County PA, but in 1743 he came to visit his brother John in Augusta Co VA , and for 4 yrs. traveled as a missionary among the Scotch-Irish in the area. He later move d to Albemarle County VA where he married and remained for the rest of his life. Anthony settled in Augusta Co VA and James II died in Ireland (Ellen McDonald notes; an d records at V.P.I. Archives). John Black (A1), the direct ancestor of the Indiana Blacks, also settled in Augusta Co V A with his five sons and four daughters. There he took lands which he later sold to his son s James III, John, Samuel (A11), and William." +[2]+ From an unpublished and undated genealogy compiled by Vergil F. (Barney) Black (1907-1 988) A111-392-31.
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Note: Barney) Black (1907-1988), James(1) Black was a Scotch wool merchant who moved from Edinburgh, Scotland to Northern Ireland sometime before 1705. The numerous families who moved from Scotland to Ireland and their descendants are commonly referred to as Scotch-Irish. James had four sons: John, Anthony, Samuel, and James(2). Samuel was educated at Edinburgh and licensed to preach at Glasgow. He was pastor of Brandywine Manor Presbyteria n Church in Chester County PA, but in 1743 he came to visit his brother John in Augusta Co., VA , and for 4 years traveled as a missionary among the Scotch-Irish in the area. He later moved to Albemarle Co., VA where he married and remained for the rest of his life. Anthony settled in Augusta Co., VA and James(2) died in Ireland (according to the notes of Ellen McDonald and records at V.P.I. Archives). John Black also settled in Augusta Co., VA with his five sons and four daughters. There he took lands which he later sold to his sons James, John, Samuel, and William..
Note: According to an unpublished and undated genealogy compiled by Vergil F. (
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