Martha Blow (1748-1818)

Birth: 5 Feb 1748

Death: 2 Aug 1818

Martha Blow married Willian Hines on 16 Apr 1771 in Southampton County, VA.

Daughter of Samuel Blow and Martha Blow

Wife of William Hines

Mother of George Hines and Samuel Blow Hines

Sister of Richard Blow

The children of Martha Blow and William Hines were

1. Robert Hines, born May 31,1775, married Nancy P. Elliott.
2. George Hines, born Jan. 3,1778, married Elizabeth Chappell.
3. William Drew Hines, born May 2, 1781.
4. Patsey Hines, died in infancy.
5. Samuel Blow Hines, bora Jan. 8, 1788, died June 3, 1857.
6. Martha Frances Blow Hines, born Feb. 20, 1791, married first Dr. Mills Gray; second James Rochelle.
7. Elizabeth Hines, died in childhood.

The Blow family was famous for their slave named Dred Scott born in Southampton County in 1799. Scott filed suit unsuccessfully for his freedom in the infamous Dred Scott v. Sandford Supreme Court case of 1857.

William Hines (1735-1816) Magistrate and High Sheriff of Southampton County. During the Revolution he was part owner of may privateers sailing from South Quay on the Blackwater River, and ports in North Carolina. The cellar of his house was said to have contained guns for the patriot troops, which caused Cornwallis to issue an order that the plantation be burned, which fortunately was rescinded. His wife was a daughter of Samuel Blow and Martha Drew Blow. [1]

The home of Martha Blow Hines was Tower Hill.

The home of William Hines Hines was Poplar Grove Plantation.

[1]https://sites.google.com/site/hinesfamily1629/home/william-hines-1690-1760

[2]https://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/blow/72/

[3[https://www.geni.com/people/Martha-Hines/5310004155220024990 ]]