John Blake Sr (1656 - 1716)

Born 31 Oct 1656 in Hampton, Norfolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Frances (Unknown) Blake — married 1685 in Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire

Descendants

Died 29 Mar 1716 at age 59 in Hampton, New Hampshire

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Biography

John Blake was born October 31, 1656, in New Hampshire Province, a son of Jasper and Deborah Blake. ^[1] New Hampshire was a Royal Province of England prior to 1641 when it was claimed by the Massachusetts Bay Colony and was dubbed the Upper Province of Massachusetts. In 1680, New Hampshire returned to its status as a Royal Province, but this lasted only until 1688 when it again became part of Massachusetts. The place where John was born became part of Rockingham county, New Hampshire, when that county was established.

John Blake and his brother Timothie Blake were co-administrators of the Will of their father, Jasper Blake, written in the County of Norfolke [sic] in the Collony [sic] of Massachusits [sic] in 1673. (Note: spelling is transcribed as was written in the document)

• It is agreed between Timothie and John Blake, adminestrators to the estate of Jasper Blake and thet six children of the sayd Jasper Blake as followeth viz thatt Deborah the wife of Eliasor Elkins hat her partt as appears by a receitt under the hand of the sd Eliazor Elkins, and for the other five children itt is agreed by the sd Timothie and John Blake thatt they shal recieve the some of fiftie pounds thatt is to say ten pound a peece as they come to age and for the payment of the sd fifty pound to the sd five childre we the sd Timothi and John Blake doe hereby ingage thatt the land of the sd Jasper Blake shall ly responsable fo the paymentt of the sd legacies and hereto wee sett our hands this tenth day of November, 1679 ^[2]

John Blake and his wife, Frances (?nee) ^[3] had children, including the following:

• Dorothy Blake, born April 8 1686, married name Crockett

• Sara Blake, born circa 1687, married Jonathan Batchelder

• John Blake, Jr. born September 2, 1689, married Mary Dearborn

• Samuel Blake, born December 13, 1690

• Jasper Blake, named for his father, born December 4, 1693, in Hampton Township ^[4] married Susannah Brackett

• Jonathan Blake, born November 15, 1697, in Hampton Township ^[5]

• Mehetabel Blake, baptized August 3, 1701, died November 25, 1778, married 1) Jonathan Godfrey and 2) Enoch Sanborn

• Nathan Blake, born June 4, 1705, in Hampton Township ^[6] died March 5, 1783. married Judith Batchelder

John Blake, Sr. died March 29, 1716. ^[7]

Researcher's Notes

Fought in Queen Anne's War 1707

Sources

1. ↑ "New Hampshire Births and Christenings, 1714-1904," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FDJ7-NXM : 10 February 2018), John Blake, 31 Oct 1656; citing HAMPTON TWP,ROCKINGHAM,NEW HAMPSHIRE; FHL microfilm 1,000,483
2. ↑ Probate Records of the Province of New Hampshire ... 1635-[1771], Volume 31 Rumford Printing Company, New Hampshire, 1907, page 144
3. ↑ *Joseph Dow, History of the Town of Hampton, New Hampshire: From its Settlement in 1638, to the Autumn of 1892 published by L. E. Dow, Volume 2, 1893
4. ↑ "New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLL9-X3V : 22 May 2019), John Blake in entry for Jasper Blake, 04 Dec 1693; citing Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States, Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord; FHL microfilm 1,000,483
5. ↑ "New Hampshire Births and Christenings, 1714-1904," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FDJ7-NBG : 10 February 2018), John Blake in entry for Jonathan Blake, 15 Nov 1697; citing HAMPTON TWP,ROCKINGHAM,NEW HAMPSHIRE; FHL microfilm 1,000,483
6. ↑ "New Hampshire Births and Christenings, 1714-1904," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FDJ7-JM1 : 10 February 2018), John Blake in entry for Nathan Blake, 04 Jun 1705; citing HAMPTON TWP,ROCKINGHAM,NEW HAMPSHIRE; FHL microfilm 1,000,483
7. ↑ History of the town of Hampton, New Hampshire, from its settlement in 1638 to the autumn of 1892, by Joseph Dow, and edited by Lucy Ellen Dow, 1893, page 602. Digital copy here: https://archive.org/details/historyoftownofh02dowj/page/602

• Marston, Lane Memorial Library - Hampton, Rockingham Co, New Hampshire
• Sanborn, George. The Dalton Cluster, The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 2000) Vol. 154, Page 287.