Theophilus
"Timothy"
Blake
Born about [location unknown]
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Margaret (Kennett) Blake
— married
1743 in Kensington, Rockingham, Virginia
Descendants 
Father of
John Blake, William Blake, Elizabeth Ann (Blake) Gillespie, Peter Blake, George Kennett Blake and Mary Ann (Blake) McCoy
Died
at about age 73
in Sinking Springs, Greenbrier, Virginia, USA
Profile last modified
| Created 6 Aug 2010
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Biography
Profile merged. Birth location conflicted - Hampton Falls, New Hampshire OR England
This Theophilus Blake is the ancestor of the Blake family of West Virginia and Indiana. DNA testing has shown he was not the son of Samuel Blake of N.H. He is the 4th great grandfather of Velma C. (Pheasant) Capone, the wife of Ralph Capone brother of gangster Al Capone.
Research Notes
- MULTIMEDIA Grant GRANTEE Blake, Theophilus. grantee. :
- DATE 2 December 1785.
- Location: Augusta County.
- Description: 95 acres on the Foggy Spring Branch of the Cowpasture River. .
- Source: Land Office Grants X, 1785, p. 220 (Reel 64). Part of the index to the recorded copies of grants issued by the Virginia Land Office. The collection is housed in the Archives at the Library of Virginia. Available on microfilm. Virginia State Land Office. Grants A-Z, 1-124, reels 42-190; Virginia State Land Office. Grants 125- , reels 369-.
- SUBJECT Land titles -- Registration and transfer -- Virginia -- Augusta County.
- SUBJECT Augusta County (Va.) -- History -- 18th century.
- SUBJECT Land grants -- Virginia -- Augusta County. aat.
Event: Margaret Kennett and Theophilus Blake immigrated circa 28 May 1745 to PA. "James Bredin assigned Theophilas Blake to Thomas Brown bound 6 yrs from ye 28 3mo last [1745]." "Theophilus Blake & Margret his Wife Bound themselves to Hugh Heny for 3 yrs each fr.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Theophilus by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Theophilus:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Theophilus by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Theophilus:
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~0.78%
Randy Lusher
:
23andMe
+
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Tim Stockton :
23andMe
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~0.78%
Jane (Tucker) Clark :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T326371 [compare], FTDNA kit #627703
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~0.39%
Rayburn Killion :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A723443 [compare], Ancestry member Rayburn_Killion
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~0.39%
Janis Bias :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A504840 [compare], Ancestry member JanisBias
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~0.39%
Sheila Mckim :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A617990 [compare], Ancestry member deltanonprofit
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~0.39%
Melody (Tanner) Clark :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch LM9527553 [compare], yourDNAportal MEL79833a7c, Ancestry member MelodyClark23
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~0.39%
Carol (Chrisman) McIntyre :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T962017 [compare], FTDNA kit #759915
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Blake Surname Project - Y-DNA Classic Chart at the FTDNA site at: https://www.familytreedna.com/public/blake/default.aspx?section=yresults has shown that there were TWO MEN NAMED THEOPHILUS BLAKE. The Theophilus Blake who married Margaret (possibly Kennett) is NOT the Theophilus Blake who was the son of Samuel Blake and Ann Ceilly of Hampton, NH. The parents of the Theophilus Blake who was found on indenture records in Chester County, Pennsylvania in 1745 and who migrated to Bath County, Virginia and Greenbrier County, West Virginia are not known at this time. But, research is ongoing to find that information.