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First Name
Last Name
Humphrey BLAKE

Humphrey BLAKE

Male Abt 1494 - 1558  (~ 64 years)

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  • Name Humphrey BLAKE 
    Born Abt 1494  England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Will Written 19 Nov 1558  Over Stowey, Somersetshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Proved 11 May 1559
    Died 19 Nov 1558  Over Stowey, Somersetshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried 28 Dec 1558  St Peter & St Paul Churchyard, Over Stowey, Somersetshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I15677  Main
    Last Modified 9 Nov 2023 

    Family Anne Agnes MNU,   d. Abt 1585, Over Stowey, Somersetshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. John BLAKE,   b. 1521, Over Stowey, Somersetshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Dec 1576, Over Stowey, Somersetshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 55 years)
    Last Modified 7 Nov 2023 
    Family ID F5160  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - Abt 1494 - England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsWill Written - 19 Nov 1558 - Over Stowey, Somersetshire, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 19 Nov 1558 - Over Stowey, Somersetshire, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - 28 Dec 1558 - St Peter & St Paul Churchyard, Over Stowey, Somersetshire, England Link to Google Earth
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  • Headstones
    Humphrey Blake    		Humphrey Blake
    Tombstone

  • Notes 
    • Humphrey had 2 living sons named John, suggesting that he may have had an earlier wife.
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      The descendants of Humphrey Blake, a country gentleman of Over Stowey and Spaxton, were involved in the cloth trade from at least the mid-16th century and probably earlier.
      At least eight and probably nine of Humphrey Blake's descendants arrived in America, spreading across five colonies as follows:
      William Blake of Dorchester, Massachusetts
      Benjamin Blake of South Carolina
      (probably) Thomas Richards of Weymouth, Massachusetts David Selleck of Dorchester and Boston, Massachusetts
      William Torrey of Weymouth, Massachusetts
      James Torrey of Scituate, Plymouth Colony Philip Torrey of Roxbury, Massachusetts Joseph Torrey of Newport, Rhode Island
      Elizabeth (Saunders) Wolcott, wife of Henry Wolcott of Windsor, Connecticut [1, 2]

  • Sources 
    1. [S1] New England Historical and Genealogical Register, The, (NEHGS, Boston, MA), 163:87.

    2. [S1] New England Historical and Genealogical Register, The, (NEHGS, Boston, MA), 163:85.


Notes

This website uses dates from the Gregorian calendar (New Style), unless otherwise noted.

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Updated 23 Dec 2023