John Blachford born 1682, the fourth son of Captain Robert Blachford and Elizabeth (née Mann) of Sandhill Manor, Fordingbridge, Hampshire, England. Goldsmith and Lord Mayor of London - see his biography

This picture is from a print taken from al painting of a group of Aldermen in Goldsmiths Hall London

John Blachford is our First Cousin nine times removed

Frances Martha Blachford, born 26 December 1850 and christened in Lymington, Hampshire, England on 2nd March 1851. She died on 23rd January 1947. Frances is the daughter of William Blachford and Jane Kenchington and is our 4th cousin 5 times removed.

Married 1. Thomas Dwyer (1850 - 1880) at Southampton Lymington, Hampshire, England 4th Novemeber 1874
Children: William John, born Lymington, Lymington, Hampshire, England in 1875
Alfred Joseph, born Lymington 1877 Frances Augusta Alice born Lymington in 1878

Married 2: Charles Walden in Christchurch 1884
Son: Charles H. Walden born 1885

Photograph courtesy of Amanda Woolley.