Paternal Family Tree: Blackett
On 10th July 1645 [his father] William Blackett 1st Baronet [aged 24] and [his mother] Elizabeth Kirkley were married at Hamsterley, County Durham [Map].
On 25th October 1649 Edward Blackett 2nd Baronet was born to William Blackett 1st Baronet [aged 28] and Elizabeth Kirkley.
In 1674 Edward Blackett 2nd Baronet [aged 24] and Mary Norton were married.
On 7th April 1674 [his mother] Elizabeth Kirkley died. She was buried at Cathedral Church St Nicholas, Newcastle upon Tyne [Map].
After 7th April 1674 [his father] William Blackett 1st Baronet [aged 52] and Lady Margaret Cock were married. She by marriage Lady Blackett of Newcastle in Northumberland.
In or before 1676 [his wife] Mary Norton died.
In 1676 Edward Blackett 2nd Baronet [aged 26] and Mary Yorke Lady Blackett [aged 19] were married.
On 16th May 1680 [his father] William Blackett 1st Baronet [aged 59] died. His son Edward [aged 30] succeeded 2nd Baronet Blackett of Newcastle in Northumberland. [his wife] Mary Yorke Lady Blackett [aged 23] by marriage Lady Blackett of Newcastle in Northumberland.
In 1683 [his son] William Blackett was born to Edward Blackett 2nd Baronet [aged 33] and [his wife] Mary Yorke Lady Blackett [aged 26]. He married in or before 1704 Diana Delaval, daughter of Ralph Delaval 2nd Baronet and Diana Booth Lady Delaval and Blackett, and had issue.
In 1683 [his son] Edward Blackett 3rd Baronet was born to Edward Blackett 2nd Baronet [aged 33] and [his wife] Mary Yorke Lady Blackett [aged 26]. He married before 1st March 1756 Mary Jekyll.
On or after 22nd November 1684 Ralph Delaval 2nd Baronet [aged 34] and [his future wife] Diana Booth Lady Delaval and Blackett were married. She by marriage Lady Delaval of Seaton in Northumberland.
Before 1699 [his wife] Mary Yorke Lady Blackett [aged 41] died.
In 1699 Edward Blackett 2nd Baronet [aged 49] and Diana Booth Lady Delaval and Blackett were married. She by marriage Lady Blackett of Newcastle in Northumberland.
In or before 1704 [his son] William Blackett [aged 20] and [his daughter-in-law] Diana Delaval [aged 17] were married.
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On 7th October 1713 [his wife] Diana Booth Lady Delaval and Blackett died.
In 1718 [his son] William Blackett [aged 35] died.
On 23rd April 1718 Edward Blackett 2nd Baronet [aged 68] died. He was buried in Ripon Cathedral [Map]. His son Edward [aged 35] succeeded 3rd Baronet Blackett of Newcastle in Northumberland.
[his son] John Blackett of Newby Park was born to Edward Blackett 2nd Baronet and Mary Yorke Lady Blackett.
father: William Blackett 1st Baronet 
Grandfather: Michael Kirkley Merchant of Newcastle
mother: Elizabeth Kirkley