The Ancestors of My Grandchildren

     Michael Blue married Martha Blackford.³ He died in 1819.³

Other information:

     He probably lived in Delaware (he is on a militia list in Newcastle County, DE in 1757), before Michael and Uriah made their homes near Shepherdstown, then Berkeley Co. VA shortly before the Revolutionary War. Their brother John received his land grant on the South Branch of the Potomac in the early 1750's, however, no record of Michael and Uriah's presence in Berkeley Co. VA is found until April 1776, when Michael Blue leased 450 acres of land from Thomas Blackburn. Records indicate that Michael and Uriah first settled in or near Newcastle Co. DE. Michael appears in a Militia list in Newcastle Co. on 28 Dec 1757, while Uriah had several children baptised at Holy Trinity Church in Wilmington DE between the years 1752 and 1764. After receiving his lease for 450 acres in (then) Berkeley Co., in 1778 Michael subleased 150 acres each to his brother, Uriah Blue, and to Jacob Conkling. Michael presumably lived on the remaining 150 leased acres, which he purchased from Thomas Blackburn on 15 Jan 1796. This land was located in what is now Jefferson Co. WV, about 1.5 miles south of Kearneysville. In 1812, Michael sold this land to his son, Joel Blue, for $1.⁴