Family
Benjamin Blackledge married Cathalyntie Tallema (April 1, 1754 - October 5, 1836), who was also known by her Anglicized name, Caroline Tallman. They had nine children, most of whom survived to adulthood and had families of their own. Cathalyntie's grandparents, Maritie Haring and Dowe Hermanszen Tallema, also had some local fame. Her grandmother was of the Haring family for whom Harrington Township was named, and her grandfather has been given DAR Patriot status by special distinction, namely through being perhaps the oldest recorded combat fatality of the American Revolution. As told on his monument in Saucher Tave's, at the age of 89, Dowe Tallema was bayonetted by a raiding party of Tories, who attacked his farm on May 11, 1779.
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