John Downing Blake (1698 - 1744)

Born 1 May 1698 in Middlesex County, Virginia (Christ Church)

Ancestors

Husband of Johannah (Ball) Blake — married 24 Feb 1717 in Middlesex Co, Virginia

Descendants

Died Apr 1744 at age 45 in Middlesex County, Virginia (Christ Church)

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Biography

John Blake was a Virginia colonist.

Note: John came to Virginia from Pitminster, Somersetshire, England

Title: Descendents of Philip Schmidt (Smith) 1992

Author: Richard Smith

Publication: Richard G. Smith, Call Number: R929.2 Sm63s, Page: pg 33

Text: Richards Waits, Jr., B.1708 in Middlesex Co., VA; baptized Nov. 7, 1708. On July 20, 1729 he married Sarah Blake, daughter of George and Elizabeth Downing Blake and grand-daughter of John Blake who came to Virginia from Pitminster, Somersetshire, England. They had 5 sons and a daughter, John, James, George, Reuben, Obediah and Frances. Richard Jr., moved to Culpep per Co., VA, in 1755 to 300 acres on Maple Run. He was a planter and slave-holder. Sarah died sometime after 1742. He died in Brumfield Parish in Culpepper Co, abt 1785.

Name

Name: John /Blake/^[1]

Birth

Birth:

Date: 1640

Place: Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States^[2]

Marriage

Husband: George Blake

Wife: Elizabeth Downing

Child: John Blake

Child: John Blake

Child: John Blake

Child: George Blake

Child: Jacob Blake

Child: Sarah Blake

Marriage:

Date: Apr 1690

Place: Christchurch Parish, Middlesex, Virginia, United States^[3][4]

Marriage:

Date: BET 24 FEB 1718 AND 1719

Place: Middlesex, Virginia, USA

John was born in 1693. He was the son of George & Elizabeth Blake. He married to Johanna Ball in 1717/8 in Christ Church Parish of Middlesex, Virginia. He passed away in 1744 naming his beloved wife Johanna and son George as executors in his will dated 25 April 1744. The birth's of nine children to John and his wife were recorded in the Christ Church Parish Register.

• John ye Sone of George & Eliz. Blake baptized 7th of Aprill 1693.

• John Blake & Johannah Ball Married Feb'y ye 24th 1717/8.

1. Keziah daughter of John & Johannah Blake born July ye 12. baptized August ye 9th 1719.
2. Elizabeth daughter of John & Johanna Blake born July ye 25. baptized August ye 5th 1722.
3. Joannah daughter of John »& Joannah Blake born Septem' 20th baptized November ye 5th 1724.
4. George Son of John & Hannah Blake born April ye 6th baptized April ye 30th 1727.
5. John Son of John & Johanna Blake born October ye 5th baptized October ye 19th 1729.
6. Judith daughter of John & Johanna Blake born Feb'y ye 6th baptized March ye 5th 1731/2.
7. Thomas Son of John & Johanna Blake born May ye 4th baptized May ye 12th 1734.
8. Sarah daughter of Jno & Johanna Blake born Nov' 30th Baptiz'd Dec' 21st 1735.
9. Lucy Daughter of John & Johanne Blakes born March 25th baptized April 29th 1739.

John Blake's will dated 25 Apr 1744, proved 7 Aug 1744. Sons, George Blake and John Blake. Exors: Wife Joanna Blake and son George Blake. Wit: Paul Philpots, James Dunlevy and Edward Smith.^[5]

7 Aug 1744. Joanna Blake and George Blake, executors of John Blake, decd. Middlesex Court Orders 1740-1744.

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S-2142849592 Page: Source number: 316.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: JAJ. Note: Ancestry Record worldmarr_ga #111960 Note: Data: Text: Birth date: 1640 Birth place: MA APID: 1,7836::111960
2. ↑ Source: #S-2142849592 Page: Source number: 316.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: JAJ. Note: Ancestry Record worldmarr_ga #111960 Note: Data: Text: Birth date: 1640 Birth place: MA APID: 1,7836::111960
3. ↑ Source: #S-2142849592 Page: Source number: 23846.001; Source type: Pedigree chart; Number of Pages: 1; Note: Ancestry Record worldmarr_ga #111899 Note: Data: Text: Birth date: 1661 Birth place: VA Marriage date: Marriage place: of VA APID: 1,7836::111899
4. ↑ Source: #S-2142849592 Page: Source number: 8840.148; Source type: Family group sheet, FGSE, listed as parents; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: . Note: Ancestry Record worldmarr_ga #111902 Note: Data: Text: Birth date: 1661 Birth place: VA Marriage date: 1690 Marriage place: VA APID: 1,7836::111902
5. ↑ Middlesex Wills 1675-1798, part 1 & 2, p. 182. Image 195/776. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89P6-Y37Y?i=194&cat=382907

Marriage:

Rhode Island, Vital records, 1846-1898, 1901-1953^[6]

Maine, Church Records, 1734-1907^[7]

Delaware, Church Records, 1707-1939^[8]

New Jersey, Church Records, 1675-1970^[9][10]

Maryland, Church Records, 1668-1995^[11]

Name: John Blake

Event Type: Marriage

Event Date: 24 Feb 1717

Event Place: Christchurch, Middlesex, Virginia, United States

Gender: Male

Spouse's Name: Johannah Ball

Spouse's Gender: Female

Certificate Number: 549 7

Document Number: 549 7

Virginia Births and Christenings, 1584-1917^[12]

Name: Elizabeth Blake

Event Type: Christening

Event Date: 5 Aug 1722

Event Place: Christchurch, Middlesex, Virginia, British Colonial America

Gender: Female

Birth Date: 25 Jul 1722

Father's Name: John Blake

Mother's Name: Johanna

Virginia Births and Christenings, 1584-1917^[13]

Name: Lucy Blakes

Event Type: Christening

Event Date: 29 Apr 1739

Event Place: Christchurch, Middlesex, Virginia, British Colonial America

Gender: Female

Birth Date: 25 Mar 1739

Father's Name: John Blakes

Mother's Name: Johanne

• Source: S-2142848800Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Note: This information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. This source citation points you to a current version of those files. Note: The owners of these tree files may have removed or changed information since this source citation was created.
• Source: S-2142849592Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900. Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004.Original data - This unique collection of records was extracted from a variety of sources including family group sheets and electronic databases. Originally, the information was deriv Note: APID: 1,7836::0
• The Parish Register Christ Church Middlesex County VA 1653-1812

Acknowledgments

• Thanks to Linda James for starting this profile.
• [1]John Blake's will. Middlesex Will Book 1675-1798, part 1 & 2, p. 182. Image 195/776.

• Middlesex County Virginia Wills, Inventories & Accounts, 1673-1812 by William Lindsay Hopkins. Copyright 1989. Iberian Publishing Co., Athens, GA.

• https://www.familysearch.org/tree/pedigree/landscape/KZPN-MRF (Family Tree in link above notes 21 misc. sources).