Genealogical and family history of the Wyoming and Lackawanna valleys, Pennsylvania . gs) Dougherty. His father was anative of Albany, New York, and his wife is alineal descendant of John Blackman. John Blackman, born in England, came toAmerica prior to 1640. The Rev. Adam Black-man, with his family, came to America about thesame time, both landing at Boston, Massachu-setts, the latter settling at Stratford, Connecticut,,being the minister there when the town was set-tled. John Blackman,.from whom the Wyomingvalley family is descended, took up land at Dor-chester, Massachusetts, now a part of
Genealogical and family history of the Wyoming and Lackawanna valleys, Pennsylvania . gs) Dougherty. His father was anative of Albany, New York, and his wife is alineal descendant of John Blackman. John Blackman, born in England, came toAmerica prior to 1640. The Rev. Adam Black-man, with his family, came to America about thesame time, both landing at Boston, Massachu-setts, the latter settling at Stratford, Connecticut,,being the minister there when the town was set-tled. John Blackman,.from whom the Wyomingvalley family is descended, took up land at Dor-chester, Massachusetts, now a part of married Mary Pond, and had the followingchildren; John, born August- 10, 1656 (O S.) ;Jonathan, born December 1, 1658 (O. S.) ;Joseph, born June 27, 1661 (O. S.) ; Benjamin,born November 25, 1665 (O. S.). His wife died about 1667, and he married Sarah , by whom he had two children, Adam and Blackman died April 28, 1675. JosephBlackman, his third son, married at Dorchester,November 12, 1685, Elizabeth Church, a daugh-ter of Joseph Church, of Little Compton, a. THE WYOMING AXD LACKAWANNA VALLEYS. i65 brother of the redoubtable fighter and livelychronicler, Captain Benjamin Church, who onAugust 12, 1676. with his gallant band pursuedKing Philip, the son of Massasoit, and ended thelife of that crafty barbarian, as well as KingPhilips war. Joseph and Benjamin were sons-of Richard Church, a soldier in the Pequot ended in the extermination of the PequotIndians and their raids on the settlers. The wife•of Richard Church was Elizabeth Warren,daughter of Richard Warren, one of the passen-gers on the Mayflower, which landed at Plym-outh Rock in November, 1620. Thus comesdescent from the pioneers of the valiant andmighty host who have had so much to do withfounding and peopling the LTnited States. Rich-ard Warren was one of the forty-one signers tothe compact drawn up on board the Mayflowerbefore landing, said to be the first constitutionalcovenant ever w
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