Bladens to the West Indies
Alexander Bladen settles in Barbados around 1640s, he marries Mary Jones in 1649 and they have a son Philip, born 1661
in Barbados. (Source Ancestry.co.uk)
The 1680 census for Barbados shows .... Jn:o Blayden, living at Leacockes, St Lucy Parish.
This individual may have only just arrived in Barbados:
1679. Blayden, Jno
living at Leacockes [had no land, white servants or negroes]. 30 Dec 1679, St Lucy's Parish. Source: Original
List of Persons of Quality ... and Others who went from Great Britain to the American Plantations, 1600-1700.*
All the above pre-date the arrival of Bladens in Antigua.