Migrated with his family from Belfast, N. Ireland to South Carolina, United States on the ship Earl of Donegal in 1767, arrived Dec. 10, 1767. Later moved to Ship Harbour, Nova Scotia, Canada as a United Empire Loyalist, loyal to Britain in the Revolutionary War in USA.
Source: South Carolina Ships & Passengers websites Nov. 26, 2004 http://english-america.com/spls/767sc009.html#Earl_of_Donegal
Ship and Passenger Information - Earl of Donegal (or Earl of Denegal), Duncan Ferguson, Master: 266 passengers (Total with list of additional passengers = 297.)
Listed together in this order:
Blakely, William . . . . 52 yrs.
Blakely, Elizabeth . . . 54*
Blakely, Mary . . . . . . 4
Blakely, David . . . . . 22
Blakely, Chambers . . . . 18
Blakely, Elizabeth . . . 28
Blakely, Sarah . . . . . 24*
