The surname ‘Blackburn’ originates from England. It is a habitation name from any of the various places, but especially one in Lancashire, England, socalled from the Old English word ‘bloec’ meaning Black, Dark and ‘burna’ meaning stream. The surname is mainly found in Northern England. Compiled information from Historical and Private archive’s has confirmed that the surname ‘Blackburn’ and or it’s variant’s, dates as far back as the 14th century were a ‘Willelmus de Blakburn’, from the county of Yorkshire, England, is recorded on Poll Tax records in 1379. The exact period of settlement in North America has not been definitely determined but Information extracted from Public and Civil registry archive’s confirm that one of the first settlers was a certain ‘Jacob Blackburn’, aged 27, a servant by trade, from the city of London, England. He emigrated to North America in 1774 to seek a better livelihood, sailing from the Port of Hull, aboard the ship named the ‘Albion’ on the 7th of March 17…
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