Notes for Christopher Blankenbaker: PER CATHI CLORE FROST'S RESEARCH: 6. Christopher Blankenbaker, born in Virginia (Gary J. Zimmerman and Johni Cerny, Before Germanna #3: The Ancestry of the Blankenbaker, Fleshman and Slucter Families, (American Genealogical Lending Library, Bountiful, UT 1990), p 21); died May 1781 in Culpeper (now Madison) County, Virginia (Gene Dear, "Blankenbeker vs. Blankenbeker, et al," Beyond Germanna, Volume 3 No. 3, May 1991, p 145). He was the son of 12. Hans Matthias Blanckenbühler and 13. Anna Maria Merckle. He married 7. Christina Finks.
7. Christina Finks (Dear, p 145), died December 1815 in Madison County, Virginia (Dear, p 145). She was the daughter of 14. Mark Finks, Sr. and 15. Elizabeth.
The Hebron Communion Lists: Communion Lists of the Hebron Lutheran Church 1775 to 1812 Madison, Virginia by John Blankenbaker (Chadd's Ford, PA 2001): p 5 Communicants [November or December] 1775 Christina Blankenbücher p 5 Communicants Christmas December 25 A.D. 1775 Christoph Blankenbucher wife Christina p 6 Communicants Easter 7 April 1776 Christoph Blankenbücher and wife Christina p 7-8 Communicants 17th Sunday after Trinity 1776 (List of Arthur L. Keith) Christina Blanckenbucher p 8 Communicants Christmas A.D. 1776 Christoph Blankenbücher wife Christina
Gene Dear, "Blankenbeker vs. Blankenbeker, et al," Beyond Germanna, Volume 3 No. 3, May 1991, p 145: In May 1781 Christopher Blankenbeker died leaving his Culpeper County, Virginia, estate to his wife, Christiana (Finks), for the rest of her life. Upon her death the estate was to be divided among his three sons Ephraim, Lewis and Jonas. In May 1783 Ephraim, the eldest son, died intestate. He was an unmarried minor who left now heirs. Christiana Blankenbeker died in December 1815 in Madison County, Virginia. Lewis felt that since he was the eldest surviving son he should get Ephraim's third of the estate in addition to the third willed to him by his father. Jonas, his sisters and their husbands disagreed. They felt Ephraim's third of the land should be divided equally among the eight surviving heirs. In July 1816 Lewis filed suit against Jonas Blankenbeker John Deer and Molly his wife, late Molly Blankenbeker Joseph Carpenter and Catharine his wife, late Catharine Blankenbeker Samuel Carpenter and Peggy his wife, late Peggy Blankenbeker Sarah Blankenbeker Michael Broyles, and Betsy his wife, late Betsy Blankenbeker Henry Haines and Hanna his wife, late Hannah Blankenbeker The case was decided in September 1817. The lower court ruled in favor of the defendants dividing Ephraim's third of his father's estate equally among the eight heirs. Lewis, no being satisfied with the ruling, appealed to the Virginia Supreme Court. In November 1819 the court overturned the lower court ruling. It was found that both Lewis and Jonas were entitled to one third each of the estate. Because Ephraim died intestate, Lewis, being the eldest son, was entitled to the remaining third of the estate. The daughters were denied any portion of the estate.
Children of Christopher Blankenbaker and Christina Finks are:
Christopher Blankenbaker (d. May 1781)
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