Puffer Genealogy
THORNE, Agnes
1593 - 1678 (85 years)1. 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. Other Events and Attributes:
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- Arrival: 20 Mar 1630, Plymouth, MA; aboard the Mary and John
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GRID=67986741Agnes married BLAKE, William on 23 Sep 1617 in Pitminster, Somerset, England. William was born on 6 May 1594 in Pitminster, Somerset, England; died on 25 Oct 1663 in Dorchester, MA; was buried in Dorchester, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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- 2. BLAKE, Elder James
was born in 1623 in England; died on 29 Jun 1700 in Dorchester, MA; was buried in Dorchester, MA.
Generation: 2
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BLAKE, Elder James (1.Agnes1) was born in 1623 in England; died on 29 Jun 1700 in Dorchester, MA; was buried in Dorchester, MA. Other Events and Attributes:
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GRID=66173895James 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]
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- 3. BLAKE, James was born on 16 Aug 1652 in Dorchester, MA; died on 22 Oct 1732 in Dorchester, MA; was buried in Dorchester, MA.
Generation: 3
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BLAKE, James (2.James2, 1.Agnes1) was born on 16 Aug 1652 in Dorchester, MA; died on 22 Oct 1732 in Dorchester, MA; was buried in Dorchester, MA. Other Events and Attributes:
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GRID=33903386James 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]
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- 4. 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: 4
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BLAKE, James (3.James3, 2.James2, 1.Agnes1) was born on 29 Apr 1688 in Dorchester, MA; died on 4 Dec 1750 in Dorchester, MA; was buried in Dorchester, MA. Other Events and Attributes:
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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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