Alice (Blake) Richards (abt. 1548 - bef. 1585)

Born about 4 Feb 1548 in Over Stowey, Somerset, England

Ancestors

Wife of James Richards — married 12 May 1569 in Over Stowey, Somerset, England

Descendants

Died before 17 Aug 1585 before about age 37 in Pitminster, Somerset, England

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Biography

Alice Blake, born 1548, baptized on February 4, 1548 in Over Stowey, Somerset, England to Father: John Blake, Mother: Joan UNKNOWN ^[1]

Alice Blake married James Richard in Over Stowey, Somersetshire County, England on May 12, 1569, the listing is shown as James [ ] and Alis Blake, dau of J. Blake marrying on May 12, 1569 in Over Stowey.^[2] . Alice was buried on August 17, 1585 in Pitminster, Taunton Deane Borough, Somerset, England while James Richards was buried on January 19, 1608 in Pitminster, Taunton Deane Borough, Somerset, England at the age of 62. ^{[3] [4][5]}

Children

1. Thomas bap. 1571
2. William bap. Jan. 26, 1573
3. Joan bap. Jan. 26, 1575/6, d. ? m. xxxx Randall
4. Agnes bap. Mar. 27, 1576/7
5. John bap. May 4, 1578
6. Alice bap Jan. 21, 1580/1, d. >Apr 24, 1634 and < Oct, 16 1634, m. Phillip Torrey

Research Notes

From an earlier submission to Wiki the following information was written as speculation, however from the work published in "The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1847-." Vol 163 on the Humphrey Blake and his Descendents there is definite proof that Alice Richards married Phillip Torrey and four of their sons moved to America. More details on this will be published under Alice and Phillip rather than here.^[6]

Jame Richards' will proved: 1607/8, Pitminster, Taunton Deane Borough, Somerset, England and all of his children were baptized there ,Thomas (1571), William (1573 ), Joan (1575/6 ), Agnes (1576), John (1578), Alice (1581). Alice married Philip Torrey, 27 Nov. 1604. This Alice & Philip Torrey may be the family at Combe St. Nicholas (Home of Edward Rossiter) who sent four of their children to New England. Also, Thomas Lombard, of the Mary & John was overseer of the estate of Philip Torrey of Combe St. Nicholas in 1621. This James Richards is no doubt related to Thomas Richards of Pitminster, who went to Dorchester, Mass. & Thomas Lombard, who supposedly had a wife named Richards, from Pitminster. If the above is true then four Torrey children of Philip Torrey & Alice Blake, William of Weymouth, Mass., James Torrey of Scituate, Mass., Philip of Roxbury and Joseph of Weymouth, Mass. trace their lineage back to the same Blake line as does Elizabeth Saunders, wife of Henry Wolcott. Thomas Richards (1596-1650) the emigrant of Pitminster, Somerset & Dorchester, Mass. who came in 1635, on the "Hopewell" also traces back to the Blake family of Somerset.^[7]

Father: John Blake, Mother: Joan UNKNOWN ^[8][9]

Sources

Footnotes and citations:

1. ↑ The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1847-.Vol 163 Humphrey Blake and his Descendents, Will on pages 90 - 91
2. ↑ Somerset Parish Registers, Vol 6 page 56
3. ↑ The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1847-. Vol 163 Humphrey Blake and his Descendents, pages 91,96,97
4. ↑ Spear: Vol. 11, Page 66
5. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/sources/LBYC-7QY
6. ↑ REF: The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1847-. Vol 163 Humphrey Blake and his Descendents, page 86, 278 - 280
7. ↑ Spear: Vol. 11, Page 66
8. ↑ Spear: Vol. 17, Page 19-21
9. ↑ The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "International Genealogical Index (IGI)," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:1:M924-NJ9 : accessed 2016-06-19), entry for Joan Richards.

Source list:

• Stott, Clifford L. "Humphrey Blake (1494?–1558) and His Descendants in New England and South Carolina: Blake, Richards, Selleck, Torrey, and Wolcott," in The New England Historical & Genealogical Register. vol. 163 no. 1. (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., January 2009): pages 85-97. AmericanAncestors.org link

• Stott, Clifford L. "Humphrey Blake (1494?–1558) and His Descendants in New England and South Carolina: Blake, Richards, Selleck, Torrey, and Wolcott," in The New England Historical & Genealogical Register. vol. 163 no. 3. (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., July 2009): pages 199-211. AmericanAncestors.org link

• Stott, Clifford L. "Humphrey Blake (1494?–1558) and His Descendants in New England and South Carolina: Blake, Richards, Selleck, Torrey, and Wolcott (continued)," in The New England Historical & Genealogical Register. vol. 163 no. 4. (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., October 2009): pages 278-295. AmericanAncestors.org link

• Stott, Clifford L. "Humphrey Blake (1494?–1558) and His Descendants in New England and South Carolina: Blake, Richards, Selleck, Torrey, and Wolcott (concluded)," in The New England Historical & Genealogical Register. vol. 164 no. 1. (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., January 2010): pages 63-74. AmericanAncestors.org link

• Spear, Burton W., Search for the Passengers of the Mary & John, 1630 (Burton W. Spear, Toledo, OH, 1990).

• "Geni".Record for Alice Richards, born in 1546 in Over Stowey, Somerset, England, (Present UK), Died in 1584 in Over Stowey, Somerset, England, (Present UK). Daughter of John Blake and Jane Rawson. Mother of Thomas, Dorothy Fry, Alice, John. Geni.

• FamilySearch. Alice Blake, born about 1548 in Over-Stowey, Somerset, England. Christened 1548 in Over Stowey. Died 18Aug1584 in Over Stowey. Wife of James Richards. Daughter of John Blake and Joan. Mother of Joane, Frances and Alice.