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BLAKE, James

BLAKE, James

Male 1688 - 1750  (62 years)

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  1. 1.  BLAKE, JamesBLAKE, James was born on 29 Apr 1688 in Dorchester, MA (son of BLAKE, James and BATCHILOR\ BATCHELDER, Ruth); died on 4 Dec 1750 in Dorchester, MA; was buried in Dorchester, MA.

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    He was an early surveyor described as having outstanding abilities. He is particularly remembered for the notable "Plot of the Twenty five Divisions" that he produced in 1730. He was called "The Annalist," because he maintained a comprehensive record entitled Blake's Annals of Dorchester, in which he noted public events, details of his own wide-ranging public service, and records of his surveys. He held many public offices in Dorchester. He served as a Selectman, Assessor, Proprietor's Clerk and Town Treasurer from 1724 to 1748. In 1743 he was a member of the Committee for building the meeting house. He also maintained the Dorchester Town Records. James was a successful Farmer, he develop the same land at Dorchester Neck that his great Grandfather William Blake was granted. James was skilled in the construction of sundials. One of the dials he had made was the ancient wall sundial formerly seen on the old Town House at the head of State Street in Dorchester. One of the dialing instruments he had made, are among the Blake Papers in the New England Historical and Genealogical Society.

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Generation: 2

  1. 2.  BLAKE, JamesBLAKE, James was born on 16 Aug 1652 in Dorchester, MA (son of BLAKE, Elder James and CLAPP, Elizabeth); died on 22 Oct 1732 in Dorchester, MA; was buried in Dorchester, MA.

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    James married BATCHILOR\ BATCHELDER, Ruth on 1 Jan 1686 in MA. Ruth (daughter of BATCHILOR\ BATCHELDER, Nathaniel and SMITH, Deborah) was born on 9 May 1662 in Hampton, NH; died on 11 Jan 1752 in Dorchester, MA; was buried in Dorchester, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  BATCHILOR\ BATCHELDER, RuthBATCHILOR\ BATCHELDER, Ruth was born on 9 May 1662 in Hampton, NH (daughter of BATCHILOR\ BATCHELDER, Nathaniel and SMITH, Deborah); died on 11 Jan 1752 in Dorchester, MA; was buried in Dorchester, MA.

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    Children:
    1. 1. BLAKE, James was born on 29 Apr 1688 in Dorchester, MA; died on 4 Dec 1750 in Dorchester, MA; was buried in Dorchester, MA.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  BLAKE, Elder JamesBLAKE, Elder James was born in 1623 in England (son of BLAKE, William and THORNE, Agnes); died on 29 Jun 1700 in Dorchester, MA; was buried in Dorchester, MA.

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    James married CLAPP, Elizabeth on 1 Jan 1652. Elizabeth (daughter of CLAPP, Deacon Edward and CLAPP, Prudence) was born on 22 Jun 1633 in Dorchester, MA; died on 16 Jun 1694 in Dorchester, MA; was buried in Dorchester, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  CLAPP, ElizabethCLAPP, Elizabeth was born on 22 Jun 1633 in Dorchester, MA (daughter of CLAPP, Deacon Edward and CLAPP, Prudence); died on 16 Jun 1694 in Dorchester, MA; was buried in Dorchester, MA.

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    Children:
    1. 2. BLAKE, James was born on 16 Aug 1652 in Dorchester, MA; died on 22 Oct 1732 in Dorchester, MA; was buried in Dorchester, MA.

  3. 6.  BATCHILOR\ BATCHELDER, Nathaniel was born about 1630 in Hackney, Middlesex, England (son of BATCHELDER, Nathaniel and MERCER, Hester); died on 17 Jan 1709/10 in Hampton, NH.

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    Nathaniel sailed on March 9, 1632 from England to New England on the "William and Francis" with his grandfather, Stephen Bachilor. They l anded in Boston, June 3, 1632. He was a constable and a selectman of Ha mpton, NH for 9 years.

    "The following anecdote is told of Nathaniel: When, after the death of h is first wife, he had determined to marry again, he resolved to be gove rned by his choice by the direction in which his staff, held perpendicu larly over the floor, should fall, when dropped from his hand. The expe riment being tried, the staff fell towards the southwest, and in that d irection he bent his steps. Having traveled as far as Woburn, he called u pon the widow Wyman, and offered her his hand, stating that he was goin g to Boston, and would call for her answer, on his return.ยดยด

    Nathaniel married SMITH, Deborah on 10 Dec 1656 in MA. Deborah (daughter of SMITH, John Sr. and PARKHURST, Deborah) was born about 1634 in Martha's Vineyard, MA; died on 8 Mar 1675/6 in Hampton, NH. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  SMITH, Deborah was born about 1634 in Martha's Vineyard, MA (daughter of SMITH, John Sr. and PARKHURST, Deborah); died on 8 Mar 1675/6 in Hampton, NH.

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    Children:
    1. BATCHELDER, Deacon Nathaniel III was born on 24 Dec 1659 in Hampton, NH; died in 1745 in Hampton Falls, NH; was buried in Hampton Falls, NH.
    2. 3. BATCHILOR\ BATCHELDER, Ruth was born on 9 May 1662 in Hampton, NH; died on 11 Jan 1752 in Dorchester, MA; was buried in Dorchester, MA.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  BLAKE, William was born on 6 May 1594 in Pitminster, Somerset, England; died on 25 Oct 1663 in Dorchester, MA; was buried in Dorchester, MA.

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    William married THORNE, Agnes on 23 Sep 1617 in Pitminster, Somerset, England. Agnes was born on 12 Jan 1593 in Pitminster, Somerset, England; died on 22 Jun 1678 in Dorchester, MA; was buried in Dorchester, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  THORNE, Agnes was born on 12 Jan 1593 in Pitminster, Somerset, England; died on 22 Jun 1678 in Dorchester, MA; was buried in Dorchester, MA.

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    • Arrival: 20 Mar 1630, Plymouth, MA; aboard the Mary and John

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    Children:
    1. 4. BLAKE, Elder James was born in 1623 in England; died on 29 Jun 1700 in Dorchester, MA; was buried in Dorchester, MA.

  3. 10.  CLAPP, Deacon Edward was born in 1605 in Salcombe, Devonshire, England (son of CLAP, Elder William and CHANNDON, Johanna); died on 8 Nov 1664 in Milton, MA; was buried on 10 Nov 1664 in Dorchester, MA.

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    Edward married CLAPP, Prudence in 1633 in Dorchester, MA. Prudence (daughter of CLAPP, Nicholas and PILE, Elizabeth, daughter of CLAPP, Nicholas and PILE, Elizabeth) was born in 1615 in Sudbury, Devonshire, England; died on 16 Jun 1688 in Dorchester, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 11.  CLAPP, Prudence was born in 1615 in Sudbury, Devonshire, England (daughter of CLAPP, Nicholas and PILE, Elizabeth, daughter of CLAPP, Nicholas and PILE, Elizabeth); died on 16 Jun 1688 in Dorchester, MA.

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    1. 5. CLAPP, Elizabeth was born on 22 Jun 1633 in Dorchester, MA; died on 16 Jun 1694 in Dorchester, MA; was buried in Dorchester, MA.
    2. CLAPP, Prudence Patience was born on 28 Dec 1637 in Dorchester, MA; died on 24 Mar 1687 in Dorchester, MA.
    3. CLAPP, Ezra was born on 22 May 1640 in Dorchester, MA; was christened on 22 Mar 1640 in Milton, MA; died on 23 Jan 1717 in Milton, MA.
    4. CLAPP, Nehemiah was born in Sep 1646 in Dorchester, MA; died on 2 Apr 1684.
    5. CLAPP, Joseph was born on 13 Aug 1654 in Dorchester, MA; and died.

  5. 12.  BATCHELDER, NathanielBATCHELDER, Nathaniel was born about 1590 in Wherwell, Hampshire, England (son of BACHILOR, Rev. Stephen and BATE, Ann); died about 1645 in Southampton, Hampshire, England.

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    Nathaniel married MERCER, Hester. Hester was born in 1602 in Southampton, Hampshire, England; died in 1631 in Southampton, Hampshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  6. 13.  MERCER, Hester was born in 1602 in Southampton, Hampshire, England; died in 1631 in Southampton, Hampshire, England.

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    1. 6. BATCHILOR\ BATCHELDER, Nathaniel was born about 1630 in Hackney, Middlesex, England; died on 17 Jan 1709/10 in Hampton, NH.

  7. 14.  SMITH, John Sr. was born in 1595 in Dorking, Surrey, England; died in 1678 in Martha's Vineyard, MA.

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    Immigrant John Smith arrived in America in 1632 and settled on Nantaske t, MA.

    John married PARKHURST, Deborah on 10 Jun 1643 in Watertown, MA. Deborah (daughter of PARKHURST, George Sr. and LEETE, Phebe) was born on 1 Aug 1619 in St. Margaret's, Ipswich, Suffolk, England; was christened on 1 Aug 1619 in St. Margaret, Suffolk, England; died on 8 Mar 1676 in Edgartown, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  8. 15.  PARKHURST, Deborah was born on 1 Aug 1619 in St. Margaret's, Ipswich, Suffolk, England; was christened on 1 Aug 1619 in St. Margaret, Suffolk, England (daughter of PARKHURST, George Sr. and LEETE, Phebe); died on 8 Mar 1676 in Edgartown, MA.

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    Children:
    1. 7. SMITH, Deborah was born about 1634 in Martha's Vineyard, MA; died on 8 Mar 1675/6 in Hampton, NH.
    2. SMITH, Lt. John Jr. was born about 1640 in MA; died on 2 Dec 1708 in MA.


 

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