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SECOND PRELIMINARY DRAFT.
This is sent you for help. Look it over and send me all the
additional facts yon can. Especially any information as to
what our folks were as well as who they were. Do not leave it
for others to do. Every man owes something to those who
come after him, as well as to those who have gone before. 1
have made a faithful effort, at the cost of over $250, and a
year's labor, including the writing of upwards of 1000 letters,
to pay my debt. The result is here. Will you not make an
earnest effort to add to it. Call it to the attention of other
Blakes, if you think they may belong to our family. Consult
your elders, search the family bible and old letters, real estate,
probate, church and school records. There are many ways to
get information if one is in earnest. Town histories, printed
muster rolls, etc.
All large libraries have such now. Please help. If you will
do so and will send me the results plainly written (type-
writer is best) on one side of paper only, I will preserve and
compile it, and we ought to be able a little later to print a very
full and satisfactory family record.
GEORGE M. BLAKE,
Attorney-at-Law,
June 1, 1895. Rookford, III.
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1A HERE is 110 satisfact ry evidence within my knowledge as to uu,
age or place of birt . of John Blake (1 ) of Middletown, Conn.
The best evidence is as follows :
In 1683 a piece of land is recorded in Middletown to John Blake as
bought from his father, George Durant.
George Durant was a blacksmith, but with his wife, Elizabeth, he rented a
farm at Maiden, Mass. for a year or more before coming to Middletown.
John Blake married his wife, Sarah Hall, at Maiden, Mass.
A 1'biladelphia Blake (a lawyer) who was in England on other business,
soys he there saw a record showing that at Maiden, England, a George Durant
married Elizabeth, the widow of " Capt." Blake.
Apparently the first child of this George and Elizabeth Durant was Ed-
ward Durant, whose birth record at Middletown is June 2, 16G1, "as his
mother saith." No other of her children being thus recorded, this may indicate
tbe approximate date of marriage of George Durant and Widow Blake as a- s
bout 1060, and as John Blake married in 1673, his birth could hardly have
occurred later than 1052, and his mother's first marriage, to "Capt." Blake,
was probably about 1 650.
This Edward Durant, half-brother of John Blake (1) was also a black-
smith and married Ann Hall, the sister probably of John Blake's wife. Edward
i.Hirant went to Boston and settled on laud belonging to the Boston Blakes,
afterwards he had a smithy at the corner of Newberry and Winter streets.
Benjaman Pembertou deeding, June 13, 1728, this corner to him; and ten
years later, or August 18, 1738, Durant conveys it to Sa,muel Brown of Wor-
cester, tailor.
1. John Blake, (1) b. probably at Maiden, England, about 1052, son of
"Capt." Blake and Elizabeth , and step-son of George Durant, who
married his widowed mother about 1000, undoubtedly came to Amer-
ica with his parents, who must have sailed in 1000 or 1661. His age
on leaving England would therefore be about 9 or 10 3'ears. He died
at Middletown, Conn., Nov. 11, 1090. His children were not baptized
until after his death, which may iudicatethat he was a churchman.
He married at Maiden, Mass., in 1673, Sarah, daughter of Richard (2)
Hall. She survived him and married again with Edward Turner Jr., bv
whom she had: 1. Abigail, b. Oct. 11,1691; 2. Stephen, b Aug. 26, 169-
She died Dec. 16, 1720.
CHILDREN.
February 8, 1083, there was recorded on the town records of Middle-
town, Conn., the children of John and Sarah Blake:
i. Mercy, b. Nov. 16, 1073, d. Dec. 16, 1724; m. Sept. 22, 1691 with
Samuel Roberts. He d. Feb. 21, 1739. They had :
1. Samuel, b. Aug. 14, 1692; 2. Mercy, b. June 26, 1691; 3. Eb-
enezer, b. Oct. 29, 1697, m. Dec. 21, 1721, his cousin, Meicv
Johnson, d. Sept. 28, 1766; 4. Daniel, b. Nov. 14, 1701 ; 5. Desire,
b. Nov. 20, 1704; 0. Sarah, b. June ; 7. hzra, b. April '
ii. Sarah, b. Feb. 15, 1075; d. Mav 0, 1737; m. Dec. 27, 1093 with
John Roberts. He d. July 0, 1721. They had :
1. William, b. June 22, 1095, m. Susanna Collins, Dec. 1, 1714,
d. May 0, 1707; 2. John, b. Sept. 22, 1097; m. Nov. 18, 1718,
Martha Lucas, dan. of Wm. and Eliz. (Rowley) Lucas of Wind-
sor, d. Aug. 20,1742; 3. Ebenezer, b. Mav 10, 1700; 4. David,
b. Sept.. 1702; 5. Mary, b. Feb. U, 1704; 0. Jonathan, h.
Sept., 1707; 7. Nathaniel, b. Apr. 4, 1711 ; 8. Daniel, b. Dec. 27,
1714.
iii. Mary, b. July 29, 1077; m. Feb., 1099, with Nathaniel Johnson, son
of Isaac and Mary (Harris) Johnson. They had:
1. Mercy, b. Mar. 9, 1099; m. her cousin, Ebenezer Roberts; 2.
Nathaniel, b. June 22, 1702; 3. Jonathan, b. Nov. 1, 1705.
(Nathaniel Johnson the father was b. Jan. 17, 1078 and d. Feb.
18, 1704.)
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viii. Mercy, b. Jan. 12, 1724-5, d. Oct. 17, 1736.
ix. Sarah, b. July 29, 1727; m. Feb. 19, 1747, to Benjaman Babb
They bad :
1. John, bDec. 4, 1748; 2. Mary, b. March 7, 1751: 3. Lucia,
b. March 25, 1760; 4. Benjaman, b. March 13, 1764.
10. x. Stephen, b. Feb. 18, 1730.
4. Stephen Blake (2), (John 1.) born at Middletown, Conn., July 15 1687
died there May 19, 1755; Married July 2, with Hannah Cole of Hart-
ford. She died without issue, Nov. 1, 1732; and Jan. 11, 1732-33
Stephen Blake married Abigail Hubbard.
CHILDREN.
i. Hannah, b. May 14, 1734, d. Sept, 30, 1736.
ii. Abigail, b April 1, 1736.
11. iii. Richard (3), b. April 23, 1738, m. Mabel Johnson.
iv. Sephen, b. May 19, 1740, d. July 3, 1740.
Abigail Hubbard Blake died May 27, 1740, and Aug. 7, of the same
year Stephen Blake again married with Annah Lucas.
CHILDREN.
12. v. Stephen (3), b. June 13, 1741.
vi. Annah, b. March 16, 1743.
13. vii. Freelove (3), b. Julv 29, 1745.
14. viii. Samuel (3), b. Jan. 22, 1747.
ix. Lois, b. Dec. 16, 1748.
x. Sibrel, b. Nov. 1, 1751.
Annah Lucas Blake died Jan. 12, 1752, and March 16, 1752-53, Stephen
Blake married Mary Brown.
5. Richard Blake J3), (John 2. John 1.) Born at Middletown, Conn.,
August 9th, 1706. "Was cast away and died at Newfoundland Oct'
20th, 1736, as by information from thence by letter."
This is the meager entry on the town records. I am inclined to think
it probable that he was a soldier in some of the expeditions against the
French, and going by a sea route was lost in some disaster to the fleet
He married March 5th, 1729-30 with Abigail Clark.
children.
j. Hannah, b. ; m. Samuel Sheppard. Oct. 4th, 1753. Had ■
1. Joseph, b. March 15, 1754; 2. Abigail, b. 1755, d 1776- 3
Ohve, b, 1757. d. 1776; 4. Samuel, b. 1759, d. 1776; 5. Richard
b. 1763, d. 1/76; 6. Hannah, b. July 12th, 1765; 7. Elizabeth
b Apul 6th, 1767; 8. Hef>sibah, b. 1772, d. 1776; 9. &unuel, U.
May 12th, 1776.
ii. Abigail, b. October 28th, 1732. Married Jabez Cook, Mav 23rd
1754. Had:
1. Mary, b. March 7th, 1755.
Jonas Green and Abigail Blake were married Nov. 16th, 1738. (He was
a widower, his first wife, Sarah Ward, having died 1730. This Abigail
Blake is no doubt the widow of Richard Blake 3).
6. John Blake (3), (John 2, John 1), born at Middletown, Conn., Dee. 2d
1708; died February 8th, 1775. He married first Sarah Lucas. Janu-
ary 25th, 1732-33.
CHILDREN.
l. John, b. October 21st, 1733; d. November 2d, 1736
15. ii. Thomas, b. November 18th, 1735.
16. iii. John, b. January 1st, 1737-8. (U)
iv. A daughter, b. April 4th, d. April 5th, 1740.
Sarah Lucas Blake died July 8th, 1740, and John Blake married second
with Jane Burn, January 4th, 1744. She died December 3rd, 1764.
CHILDREN.
v. Sarah, b. September 30th, 1714; m. Elisha Johnson, December 10th,
1/7H.
vi- Freeujve, b. July 23^1747: d. March 19th, 1747-8.
NOTE.
The Middletown records also give the follnwino- •
Elizabeth, wife of above, died Nov 7th 174-'fi
I am not abe to trace and w,m..t fvT; A ' , •
of John of Middletown" ^ Yet twill he wT^? BLAKE with ^family
seventh child , born 1745 is name Freeing 1 b'l,the ^er that Stephen's
born 1747, is so named, and Uhe nam? telL™?,?1* ffl?th chi,d ot" Joh " ^>-
tions, and there is little doubt but fbat he wn« n , °ne,ln .8Uccee<I»'K ffenera-
could follow him up we might Sa Sw ! / ?" rela^Ive- Possibly if we
John ( i ). ' 8 r get a much desired clue to the English family ot
As the Middletown record is silpnt .>a +^ +i i x. ,. , . „
P^oba^that after the dea,h^ K^^£^^^
?- 'SK" !tiT <& ££&£^^ *-•■ ^
now known as Watertovvn about 1749 Waterbury, Conn., which is
—lent'aulf £ Y.^o l^l^t^ *» ^ **" E°^
French and Indians, Con,, Agreeing unon 2600^^1? "S^1"* the
immediately ordered her CommS t!" ' «lnen as her ^nota. ai>d
number of men for f. u • monZ Ue S^™6 fl°Ur fufflcieut *op that
raiments of eight compaSefeaeh tr°°PS WOTe f°med into io™
^wS^^^.'Hg -f-ent is called on the muster roll
April to December 1756 Pthfe "^L expedition against Crown Point
Woodward, and Jose h Blake vv^«PJ *D"V.Wa<? c.omraauded by Capt. Israel
t he 1 758 muste, ro f. A™ dh£ TS it" H7is aame » al*° on
(it being a record of deaths h, th/f , /im°th? Judd s manuscript
known as Watertown) Jospph Br XFP ? tvancieat Waterhury, now
Bide of GreenbushorhVreturnfrlm?amped N°Vember lst' 1760' this
8ft^S^!afl^,eh^,rit,l ^her Bacon, Dec. 11th, 1734.
r> , ^ CHILDREN.
1763, in. Strickland h«/Wi* i ?- 1% ' JrW' b" Jan- llth>
'-■nnv Judd, of Windsor N Y hv" Va'T' a"d "• «cond
"Kuth M." and ' IWl '" k \l i J .wht3°m he had MarJ p-"
Strickland and removed to ljT%b,W^1784i ra —
•i. July 16th, 1766 7 'IfllhT ^ ?• £?,d/*' b> Jan- 30t">
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1 '• ii. Joseph (4). born Dec. 22d 1 7"{8
hi. Hiciiaiji), b. Nov. 3d, 1740 d hilvis i-ji
18. iv. Bbth, b. March 25th, 1743 ' ' UU'
v. Elizabeth, b. March 25th, d. May 14th, 1746.
Joseph Blake married second, Sept. 25th, 1740, with Rebekah, widow of
.John Dowd, and daughter of Edward and Rebecca (Wheeler) Higby. Her
parents came to Middletown, from "Stratfield," which was a very early name
for the territory lying between Stratford and Fairfield, Conn. They were
married at Middletown, Conn., Nov. 29th, 1706.
CHILDREN.
19. vi. Richard and j ■. f-. . , r-., -,r-,~
vii. Elizabeth, \ born 0ctober 'th» 174'"
viii. Ruth (Lucreecy), b. Sept. 4th, 1749.
20. ix. Freelove, b. at Waterbury, Aug. 11th, 1751.
These brothers, Richard and Freelove, both served in the 1st Conn. Regt.
in the " Lexington alarm " campaign, 1775.
deeds, etc.
1760. \ The Probate Court at Woodbury, Conn., granted letters of Ad
Dec. 11. j ministration upon the estate of Joseph Blake to Rebecca, his widow,
and appointed her guardian to three of her children, viz: Richard,
Freelove and Lucreecy, they being under the age of choosing for
themsel ves.
1761. \ Elizabeth Blake appeared in Court and made choice of her
•Ian. 6./ mother, Rebecca, for her guardian.
Joseph Bbike's estate was insolvent. Paid 50 per cent. He was rated
£66 in 1752, and £25 in 1759.
The son Richard was probably apprenticed by his mother according to
the custom of the times. There is no further mention of him in the Water-
bury Records, and he is not taxed there as he would have been in 1768 or
9 had he remained. The family seem to have owned lands in the town of
Litchfield about these times as certain deeds show. I here quote two :
1802. \ Barzilla Blake, of Litchiield, sells to his brother Jesse, of Torring-
Jan. 30./ ton, two pieces of land in Litchfield. One of 5 acres, bounded on land
belonging to the heirs of Joseph Blake, deceased, south on Louis
Blake's land, it being the one half of eleven acres owned by Barzilla
and Jesse in common. Second piece, three-fourths of an acre, that
was set out to me (Barzilla) in the distribution of my mother's
interest in the estate of my late honored father, Joseph Blake; land
described as set out to my sister Candace, and all the right that I
have in the late dwelling house of my father deceased.
L803. ^ Statira Blake, of Torrington. to Jesse Blake. About seven acres,
Aug. 1./ lying near the north-east corner of Litchfield. This land was ac-
quired by her father, Joseph (4), of Capt. Solomon Marsh. It was
bounded on the south on land distributed to her sister Lorain?)
Also part of the homestead of her father Joseph. (One of the bounds
is on land set out to Sarah Barber. Did Sarah Blake (5) marry a
Barber?) Also one-ninth part of the late dwelling house of her
father.
The town iccords of Middletown give the following: "Joseph Wet-
more and Rebekah Blake were married Oct. 12th, 1761." His first
wife was Abigail Roberts, who died in 1760 and left eleven children.
1 believe this Rebekah Blake to have been the widow of Joseph Blake
(3).
8. Daniel Blake (3), (Jona. 2, Jno. 1.) Born at Middletown, Conn., April
24th, 1711 ; married January 13th, 1742, with Hannah Dinx, of Cam-
bridge,
children.
i. Albania (4). b. Jan. 27th. 1743.
ii. Prudence, b. Feb. 1 5th, 1745.
in. Hannah, b. April 27th, 174S.
This family must have removed from Middletown prior to or about 1750,
and where they went to is unknown to me.
9. Jonathan Blake. (3) (Jona. 2, Jno. 1.) Born at Middletown, Conn..
Aug. 29th, 1722; married there June 26th, 1744, with Sarah Griffen
T CHILDREN.
i. Jonathan (4), b. March 20tb ; d. March 29th, 1745
li. feARAH, b. June 12th, 1746; d. Feb. 20th 1747
M. £ &£££ t ISk^VSS' * »^ *^*"0r 20th, 1750.
v. Jonathan, b. Aug. 25th, d. Oct. 1st, 1751.
vi. William, b. July 3d, d. Aug. 3 3th, 1753
10. Stephen § Blake : (3) (Jona 2, Jno. 1) Born at Middletown, Conn.,
teb. 18tl ] ,30 Was drowned with his son Jonathan the evening
after the bth of January, 1767, in the mill brook." He was a tainef
and^cnrner, and at the time of his death was the town clerk of Mid dle
He married October 18th, 1750, with Rachel Alvord.
CHILDREN.
i. Rachel, b. April 8th, 1752. She married Danl Hall, May 13 1771 •
mation° ^ °ld' ^ a fami,y' but l have "° ^theV infor-
22 Ji. FXHT^n^rh1"^?' 1754- D—d with his father.
iv. George, b Oct. 30th, 1758. Died at Springfield, Mass., in the fall of
field nrio? tn °Jh/pr ian/ W,fe °I family- He 8ettled hi SPring-
W in J Wf thf R?voJutlon and oined the militia company
While boating a load of rye down the Connecticut to market he
™h- Y?^ JJiddletown, tidings of the Lexington fight He in,
^WfieiLleft^bl-S-Ca^.in Char^e of the boatmen^returned to
for dftv at aBnoJnnned H18 C°mpa ny-' They reP°rted themselves
h-tfioS n , SananT1 vvere stationed at Ro.bury during the
battle of Bunker Hill. From there they were sent to Fort «« Ti »
and served along the lake until discharged.
■ M.An T' b- May 7th' 1761 ! d- 0ct- 14th, 1762.
vi. Still-born son, 1763.
9„ v!!: Mary, b. April 7th, 1765. Lived to be 91. Left no children
23. VI1I. Stephen, b. (after his father's death) April 27th i767
RZS23BdLAlK7^3)Mf t?^S 2' ^ i° B°rn ^Middletown, Conn.,
Feb 9th 'l 7m Th d thevTe to+Mab,pl Johnson, probably his cousin
Mercv Oct 23d 1 7fii t? 5°™.^P thtem at Middletown a daughter
E'lS. i ? ^ 6nd noth»3g further of them.
JUoHi M, , dletown. records show the following: Martin McKenerv and
Mabel Blake married September 28th, 1763. Had Mor Hs, 17M Peg.
1/66, Samuel, 1768; John, 1770. These lived in Haddam gg"
As to numbers 12 and 13 I have no information
_ CHILDREN.
j. Phoebe (4), b. Oct, 17th, 1767.
n. Anna, b. , 1769.
24. in. Stephen, b. Oct, 7th, 1771
iv. Olive, b. Julv — , 1773.
2o. v. Samuel L., b. Mav 13th, 1775
secobndA1wVi<?h,1M.lake «™{J°»- 6th' 1778' and Samurf ™^e married
1785 They hid ? °D' Pr°bab,y hiS COUS,'n' Janua^ 6th>
26. vi. William, b. Oct. — , 1786
2< . vii. Elisha, b. Sept, 8th, 1788.
viii. Elizabeth, b. Mav 7th 1791
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Jan. 1st, 1737-8. Married Abigail Edwards, of " Waterbury, in the
parish of Westbury, Nov. 26th, 1767."
(She was the daughter of Nathaniel Edwards and "Margit his wife,"
who came to Waterbury about 1750.)
17. Joseph Blake (4), (Jos. 3, Jno. 2, Jno. 1.) Born at Middletown, Conn.,
Dec. 22d, 1738. Died at Torrington or Waterbury prior to 1788. He
went to Torrington about 1760, and Married Aug. 27th, 1767, with
Manara Grant. (She was born 1745, dau. of William Grant.) They
had:
28. i. Seth, b. Dec. 7th, 1767.
ii. Jesse, b. July 2th, 1769 ; d. May 22d, 1773.
iii. Sarah, b. Nov. 22d, 1770. (Probably married a Mr. Barber. See
deeds quoted under No. 7 & infra.)
29. iv. Barzilla, b. Nov. 5th, 1772.
30. v. Jesse, b. Dec 14th, 1776.
vi. A dau. (Lorain ?), b. Dec. 27th, 1778.
vii. Statira, b. , 1779. Married a Mr. Palmer and had a daughter,
Phoebe, b. about 1810.
viii. Candace,
ix. A dau. (Louis?)
DEEDS, ETC.
1761. \^ Seth Blake appeared in court and made choice of Capt. Israel
Feb. 3. J Woodward for his guardian. (Waterbury Probate Records.)
17<)S. \ Noah and Amos Wilsou, of Torrington, Conn., deed to Joseph
Nov. 15. J Blake, of Torrington, fifteen acres.
L788. ) Hezekiah and Dorcas Beecher, of Bethlehem, and Ebenezer Stod-
Oct. 3 / dard and Abigail, his wife, of Torrington, for £12 lawful money, of
Manara Blake, widow of the late Captain .lose])!) Blake, late of
Torrington, deceased, deed about eight acres.
1792. \ Manara Blake deeds to Eliphalet Eno, guardian of Barzilla
April 21. j Blake, for £26, and a receipt given by Eno, a certain parcel of land,
"it being part of a lot of land I lately purchased of Benjamin
Phelps with money given to my heirs by my brother Daniel Grant,
late of Torrington, lying nest lo the land that I have this day
deeded to my son Jesse."
(Barzilla sold this land for #220 to John Cook in 1796. Jesse
sold his portion in 1797 for $331. Jesse's guardian was Captain
Amos Wilson. Their mother bought the land (79% acres) in 1789.
This same Daniel Grant who left this money to his sister's children,
left a legacy of $] ,500 for the schools of Torringford.)
Candace Blake to her brother Jesse, certain lands and the one-
ninth part of the house and barn of their father.
Manara Blake sells land at the north-west corner of her late
father's home (William Grant, late of Torrington). Matthew Grant,
Jr., the heirs of Tryphenia North and the widow of William Grant,
own lands adjoining.
Seth Blake sells land, a portion of which is described as common
and undivided with Seth Holmes and wife, "which they had by their
father's estate Capt. Matthew Grant-, late deceased." (Phoebe
Holmes was a dau. of Capt. Matthew Grant.)
1800. 1 Eliphalet Eno and Barzilla Blake, as administrators on the
Dee. 27./ estate of Manara Blake, sell land originally laid out to the heirs of
Matthew Grant. (Shows approximate date death Manara Blake.)
is. Seth Blake (4). (Jos. 3, Jno. 2, Jno. 1). Born at Middletown, Conn.,
March 25th, 1743; died at Waterbury. Conn., June 5th, 1781. (Timothy
Judd's record.) He married June 20th, 1769, at Waterbury. with Ann
Wetlnore.
CHILDREN,
i. Chloe, b. Nov. 24th, 1769.
31. ii. Joseph (5), b. Oct. 29th. 1771.
iii. Esther, 1>. Feb.
1803.
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Seth Blake paid taxes in Waterbury from 1703 to 1780, at which date
Watertown was made a town and included his home. Aug. 11th, 1781,
Mr. Timothy Wetmore and Mrs. Anna Blake were appointed adminis-
trators upon his estate at Watertown. She was allowed £37 out of
the estate of £02.
Hezekiah Hale, of Middletown, and Anne JJlake, of Watertown, were
married Oct. 29th, 1783. They had a daughter, "Submit," born at
Middletown, July 16th, 1784.
His first wife was the widow Rachel Bevin. She died 1782 and left three
children.
19. Richard Blake (4), (Jos. 3, Jno. 2, Jno. 1.) Born, twin with Elizabeth,
at Middletown, Conn., Oct. 7th, 1747. Died at Livonia, Livingston
County, N. Y., Sept. 17th, 1807.
He married at Litchfield, Conn., July Gth, 1709, with Damaris
Smedley. She was daughter of Ephraim and Concui ranee (Hard)
Smedley, and was born at Litchfield, Feb. 4th, 1747. Died at Livonia,
N. Y., May 3d, 1 828. Her sister Concurrance married Samuel Guernsey,
brother of that Amos Guernsey who rnariied Esther Blake, half sister
of this Richard.
CHILDREN.
James b. Oct. 2d, 1709.
Jesse (5), b. Aug. 31st, 1771.
Ruel, b. June 15th, I 774.
Rebecca, b. Aug. 26th, 1770. Married a Mr. Lemen.
Damaris, b. Aug. 31st, 1778. Married first at Litchfield, Marvin
Sanford ; second at Livonia, N. Y., Reuben Runyon. She died at
Livonia, Feb. 27th, 1839, without children.
Pharis (5), ( twiuR b Nov_ ]2tlj, 1781.
Zara (o), J
Uriel, b. . 1780; d. at Litchfield, March 14th, 1808.
Eunice, b. . Married Lyman Cooley, Lived and died at
Canandaigua, N. Y. Had:
1. Albert; 2. Henry; 3. James Barlow; 4. Nathaniel; 5. Edgar;
0. Benjamin F.
Concurrance, b. . Married probably at Livonia, N. Y.,
with Daniel Hawley. He was born in Conn., was a farmer, and
they lived and died at Jackson, Mich.
children,
a. Moses Smedley Hawley, b. Jan. 29th, 1812. Married his second
cousin, Maria Ripley. Had— 1. Smedley; 2. Hariiet, who lives
now at Loquin, VanBuren Co., Mich. ; 3. Miles Gelston ; 4. Mary
(married a, Mr. Stewart, and has "Mary Louisa," and "Jennie
M." The mother died but lately, and children live with their
uncle. Miles G.) 5. Jane.
n. Daniel A. Hawley, b. Dec. 18th, 1813; d. , 1847. Married
his cousin, Eunice Blake. Had— 1. Jesse Blake Hawley; 2. Au-
gustus D. Hawley. These men are farmers and live with their
widowed mother at Charlotte, Eaton Co., Mich
c. Julia Ann Ilawler, b. March. 30th, 1810; d. Aug. 18th, 1823.
d. Marv E. Han lev, h. Feb. 15th, 1820; d. at Fitchburg. Mich.,
May 14th, 1848. Married John B. McClary, 1847, but left no
children.
E. James Harlow Hawlev (twin) b. April 15th, 1823; d. March
26th, 1850. Married Jan.' 13th, 1850, to Louisa J. Giddings.
Had— 1. Marv Concurrance, b. Dec. 9th, 1851; 2. Francis, b.
July 12th, 1853; married Frank A. Cross, June 12th, 1884.
Has Grac. May 23d, 1885; Annice, Sept, 5th, 1880; Hazel, Apr.
30th, 1888; Agues, Feb. 4th, 1892; residence, Fitchburg, Mich.
3. Daniel, b. April 12th, 1855; married I'ec. 31st, 1875, Annice
Rnvmond. Have— 1. John, l». Aug. 11th, 1877; 2. James 11 ,
b. June 21st, 1878.
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f. Henry Barlow Hawley (twin), b. April 15th, 182;}. Lives at
Jackson, Mich. Married April 15th, 1851, to Caroline Earl. Has-
1. Juliette, b. April 15th, 1855; d. unmarried; 2. James A., b.
July 15th, 185G ; married to Mary Rise. Lives at Leslie, Ingham
Co., Mich. 3. Constantia, b. June 26th, 1860; married to B. M.
Gaylord; lives at Leslie, Mich.; has dau., Julliete. 4. Henry Z.,
b. . 5. (Vrrie C, b. ; married M. L. Stark-
weather. (3. John . j'-l, b. .
a. Lyman Cooler Hawley, b. Jan. 15th, 1827; d. Feb. 8th, 1827.
h. John Parker Hawley, b. June 17th, 1832; d. April 26th, 1885.
Married Louisa G. Hawley, widow of Jas. H., and has a son,
Thomas 15., b. Nov. 19th, 1872, who with his mother lives at
Fitchburg, Mich.
The Adjt.-Gon. of Conn, certifies: — "Richard Blake, of Litchfield, was a
member of the 4th Company, Captain David Welch, in the 1st Regt.,
Colonel David Wooster. The regiment was raised on the first call for
troops by the legislature in April-May, 1775. It marched by request of
the Continental Congress to New York in June, and was encamped at
Harlem. About Sept. 28th, under orders from Congress, it marched to
the Northern Department (Gen. Schuyler's), and took part in the opera-
tions along Lakes George and Champlain; assisted in the reduction of
St. John in October, and afterwards at Montreal. Men were mustered
out in Oct.-Nov "
In 1798 his son Jesse articled Lot 41 in the town of Pittstown, On-
tario Co., N. Y. (now Livonia, Livingston Co.). and came through from
Coun. with ox teams. The date when Richard Blake ami the rest of the
family came cannot be fixed exactly, but between 1 SOU and 1805 Rich-
ard Blakf and all his family were there.
At the time they came to Livonia, Robert Morris, the great financier
of the Revolution, had just concluded the sale of this portion of the
Mass. Grant (which had been thrown up by Phelps & Gorham) to the
Holland Land Co.
The Indian title had just been ceded at a council at Geneseo, 20 miles
away, which was headed by the noted Indian orator and chief, Red
Jacket. They must have been among the first to settle there. They all
acquired extensive farms there, and a more beautiful location it would
be hard to imagine. The Blake farms lie on an oval orflattened " turtle
back" of a hill, midway between Lakes Hemlock and Conesus. (The
City of Rochester, N. Y., now gets its water from Hemlock.) Both
lakes are in sight, and the soil is strong and fertile. Here Richard
Blake and his wife lie in the Livonia cemetery.
20. Fueelove Blake (4), (Jos. 3, Jno. 2, Jno. 1). Born at Waterbury,
Conn., Aug. 11th, 1751. Was a Revolutionary soldier, serving as a
private in Company No. 9, in Regt. No. 1 (in which regt. his brother
Richard was also a private), of the Connecticut Volunteers raised on the
Lexington Alarm.
21. Erenkzkr Blake (4), (Jona. 3, Jona. 2, Jno. 1.) Born at Middletowu,
Conn.. Sept, 28th, 1749; died in New York June 30th, 1782. Married
April 7th, 1772, with Elizabeth Cole.
Ebeuezer Blnke served from May 6th to Dec. 18th, 1775, in the 4th
Co. of the 2d Rnyt. Conn troops, raised May, 1775, on the Lexington
alarm. I am of the opinion that he did further service and, in fact,
died in the service in New York, but I cannot at present prove it.
In the same company with EliPiiezer Blake was a cousin of Uichard
and Freelovc Blake's, viz: John Hiy;l»ee of Middletown, who served from
May 9th. 1775, to his death on Aug, 17th, 177").
CHIUMJUN.
37. i. Jonathan, b. May 14th, 1773.
38. ii. Samuel (by second wife, says the record), 1). Jan. 15th, 1782.
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Blake, Charles Blake, Mary Blake, Francis Blake, Caroline Blake and Asenath
Blake, all of Kingsley, Lower Canada. " Heirs of Thomas Cole." They sell to
Geo. Sherman premises in Watertown. Perhaps children of Jonathan and
grandchildren of Ebenezer.
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22. Elijah Blake (4), (Stephen 3, Jona. 2, Jno. 1) Born at Middletown,
Conn., June 18th, 1750; died at Winchester, Conn., October 2d, 1833,
Was a U. S. pensioner in 1832, but X have no record of his military ser-
vice. He was a tanner and currier. Married Sarah Hamlin Sept. 27th,
1779. She was born 1755; died Oct. 27th, 1811.
CHILDREN.
Sally, b. Dec. 12th, 1780; d. June 17th, 1793.
Polly, b. Sept. 15th, 1782; m. Timothy Looniis. Did live at Riga,
Niagara County, N. Y.
Elijah (5), b. June 20th, 1784.
Jonathan (5), b. Aug. 13th, 1780.
Harry (5), b. June 29th, 1788.
Ithuel (5). b. Aug. 1st, 1790.
Allen (5), b. May 19th, 1792.
viii. Sally, b. Dec. 10th, 1794; d. at Winchester, Conn., without chil-
dren.
ix. Lavinia, b. Oct. 10, 1799; d. at Winchester, May 20th, 1804. Mar-
ried Samuel Herbert 2d of Winchester, March 19th, 1822. Had—
1. Thomas, who lived at Winchester last known ; 2. Stephen lived
at Lee, Mass. last known; 3. Lavinia,, married John Burr of Burr-
ville; 4. Clara, married a Mr. Vance. Lives at Lee, Mass.
x. Maria, b. October 18th, 1797; d. Sept. 21st, 1805.
23. Stephen Blake (4), (Stephen 3, Jona. 2, Jno. 1). Born at Middletown,
Conn., April 27th, 1707. He also was a tanner and currier. He mar-
ried at Litchfield, Conn,, Charity Hill. Feb., 1790. He died at Palermo,
Oswego County, N. Y. , Feb. 25th, 1854. His wife was born Dec. Gth,
1705, at Litchfield, and died at Palermo, July 31st, 1850.
Stephen Blake went from Litchfield first to .Vermont, lived there a few
years, then " west" to N. Y.
children.
44. i. Myron, b. Nov. 6th, 1790.
45. ii. Miles, b. Dec. 3d, 1790.
40. iii. Stephen, b. , 1799.
47. iv. Ahira Hill, b. Nov. 10th, 1803; d. at St. Louis, June 3d, 1803, and
left a family, but I hear no further.
24. Stephen Blake (4). Have no information.
25. Samuel L. Blake (4), (Samuel 3, Stephen 2, Jno. 1.) Born at Middle-
town, May 13th, 1775. Moved in 1810 to Alexander, Athens Co., Ohio,
and died there March 10th, 1859. Have nothing further.
20. William Blake (4). Have no information.
27. Elisha Blake (4), (Samuel 3, Stephen 2, Jno. 1.) Born at Middletown,
Conn., Sept. 8th, 1788. Died in Hancock County, Ohio, 1837. Married
Marrilla Crane, Nov. 11th, 1811. She was born at New Milford, Conn.,
Nov. 23d, 1791, Daughter of Isaac Chapman Crane and Rowena
Vaughan Crane. She died at Boardman, Ohio, Feb. 23d, 1870. Elisha
Blake and wife went to Ohio in 1823.
children. '
i. William Isaac, b. Sept. 12th, 1812; d, Sept. 24th, 1837, at Pitts-
burg. I'enna. He married at Pittsburg, Oct. 10th, 1835, Mary,
daughter of Col. Butler of that city, but they had no childreu.
Win. [. Blake was a steamboat captain and owner,
ii. Euastms Harmon, b. Nov. 25th, 1815; d. April 12th, 1810.
iii. Melissa Rowena, b. Oct. Gth, 1810. Married at Boardman, Timothy
G. Newton. Had a son and daughter.
49. iv. Homer Crane, b. Feb. 1st, 1822. Commodore U. S. N.
v. Henhy Samuel, b. June 25th, 1825; d. April 12th, 1829.
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vi. Charles Vaugiian, b. April 20th, 1828; d. January 24th, 1846.
28. Seth Blake (5), (Jos. 4, Jos. 3, Jno. 2, Jno. 1.) Born at Torrington,
Conn., Dec. 7th, 1767. Lived and died at Watertown, Conn., but I
hear no particulars. See deeds quoted supra.
29. Barzilla Blake (5), (Jos. 4, Jos. 3, Jno. 2, Jno. 1). Born at Tor-
rington, Conn., Nov. 5th, 1772. Married Ruth Murray, of Torrington.
Sept. 27th, 1798. In 1802, Barzilla seems to be in Litchfield, Conn.
See deeds above.
CHILDREN.
50. i. William, b. Sept. 25th, 1799.
ii. Phoebe, b. Dec. 20th, 1800.
I only have the Waterbury births. Probaby Litchfield would give others.
30. Jesse Blake (5), (Jos. 4, Jos. 3, Jno. 2, Jno. 1.) Born at Torrington,
Conn., Dec. 14th, 1776. Seems to have bought out the other children's
interests in his father's estate.
See deeds above. April 6th, 1802, he mortgages the homestead of
his father Joseph for $135.
August 1st, 1803, he is evidently about to leave Torrington, for on
that da^e he sells to Joseph Allen, Jun., 16 acres, "It being my home-
stead where I now live; " and after giving boundaries, he says, " And is
all the land I own in Torrington, reserving about three acres owned by
Sarah Barber and Lorain Blake within the boundaries."
I hear nothing further.
31. Joseph Blake (5), (Seth 4. Jos 3, Jno. 2. Jno. 1.) Born at Waterbury,
Conn., Oct. 29th, 1771. Married at Washington, Conn., January 29th.
1802, Louisa Osborne.
CHILDREN.
i. Sally M. , b. March 1st, 1 803.
ii. David, b. July 12th, 1805.
iii. Harriet, b. Sept. 1st, 1807.
iv. William, b. Dec. 25th, 1811.
v. Lucy, b. Nov. 27th, 1814.
32. James Blake (5). (Rich. 4, Jos. 3, Jno. 2, Jno. 1.) Born at Litchfield,
Conn., Oct. 1769; d. at Litchfield, Nov. 17th, 1817; Married there
April 1st, 1793, with Dorcas Buel.
CHILDREN.
Polly, b. March 2d, 1794.
Albert (6), b. Mav 22d, 1796.
iii. James (6), b. May 18th, 1798.
iv. Orrin (6), b. Dec. 18th, 1802.
Julius (6), b. Januarv 27th, 1805.
vi. Flora, b. Nov. 20th, 1807.
vii. Buel (6), b. Sept, 29th, 1809.
viii. Catherine, b. Sept. 29th, 1812.
ix. Doras L. (6), b. Oct. 14th, 1817.
I get no further information of this family or any member of it James
Blake remained at Lichfield and did not remove to Livonia, N. Y.,when
his father did.
33. Jesse (5), (Rich. 4, Jos. 3, Jno. 2, Jno. 1). Born at Litchfield, Conn.,
Aug. 31st, 1771. Died at Livonia, N. Y., Sept. 17th, 1859. Married
in 1796 with Sallie Luddington.
(She was of Welsh extraction ; her father had been at one time during
the Revolution one of the bodv guard of Geo. Washington. She died
at Livonia, X. Y., July 14th, 1841.
CHILDREN.
i. Elizabeth (6), b. ; m. Chas. Purchase and had a family.
1. Wake, lives somewhere in Mich.; 2. Harriett, who married
Daniel Pickard.of Byersville, N. Y ; and 3. Dr. Jesse Wake Purchase,
who wax a regimental surgeon all through the war for the Union,
resided at Scottsburg, N. Y. and there married a Miss Scott. Had
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viii. Eunice, b
52. ix. Bbadhkb
34. RUEL
Conn
»: ftSfT'-LlI; m.' Rev. John Parker-
£ S,b. ! m^TsP4°ondda?d She died at Livonia N. Y.,
V LSptb- ^TS5^S"^dhon1e on a visi. She lived »
Michigan.
51. vi. Richard (6), _b_— Nj ied a Mr. Keeler. . u
vii. Damaris b. ■ »£ A Hawley, her cousin. See page
V.UNICE, b. i IU- "a
badnek, b. ■ y x v Born at Litchfield,
Bl«« (8), (Wch^^To- 8,^2 Ja, ,. ^ ^ lg46. mar.
I'nnn June lotn, -i < ' * > U1C . ,T ,,
ried at Livonia, N. Y to Annie Hull and easily the
Ruel Blake was "Squire' Blake to gl^at *He was a man of
s&ysss* t:^:^ciaiiy%ud » , ^ *- ***
cally also. children.
53. i. Ruel L. (6), b. -— - -
54. ii. Iba (6), b ^j.-_"m. Anderson Northrop
iii. Abigail b. , m"A Northrop, 1832 ; d. 13+4
iv, Eunice. J-— — : ^M, .Stone, 1822; d. at Detroit, 1880
v. Laura, b. . „ t i w tu No.
86. Moved to Indiana, but 1 cam ™ <- , iear LaPorte »»'»«'* , B
r,Sd"K«S- loot the do. of the wo,-, say 1864
or 65. „ T , 0 Tnn i \ Born at Litchfield,
Zara Blake (5), (Kich 4 -Jo* 8 *™J> *£& ^ Y., ^pt 17th
SSS- rw^married' Math* |2d, ™fu?J^S^ She w£
Sher Etheredge. The Ethere^ges were ^^jgeat p
born at Stonington, Conn., Aug. 10 1 tt, £ ° lovel and lov_
NT., June 25th, 1833. Shew said to have been |rf ^^
able woman, of a large figure." with a V^. o{ Sto„iugton, and
brown hair Her fathei • wa . rhomas Lthereag ^ Canterb Cou„
her mother, Anna (Cleveland) Ethereage,w«, ^ thought to
1753 Her grandfather was Nathaniel. ™n^e?f£Conn 1720.
Jlvebeen the original immigrant from ^f*"?^' a* Herkimer,
For about a year alter his man^e / dealer m cattl
N Y then came to Livonia. He was j a iar " - to Conn., and
horses and live stock He would J^^g The wPould then drive
SSy«
oftne fiSSfift Sf =TSS5«£ days, where he would mar-
k' lor aHme he was very -ccessM ^ -emulated j™**^
but ^J^^S$££>&XZ* «-— hafi eiDCe
K c^oKed^m two S^^Te war of 1812, Canada.
It is safd that during, or ml mediate 1J al e. i noll-iiite..:ou.w,
OT Englaad, declared an absolute en b aigo o . 'J ^ ^ ^^
" S& Blake not having *e 'earh^rha^ou^' ^-jr.h^-a
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owned the steamer Illinois and was one of the famous characters of the
lakes. He was not a relative so far as anyone ever knew, though he
was always a good friend and acquaintance to Zara Blake's family.
(Chesley Blake was born at Portland, Me., 1795, to Wm. and Lucy Ozier
Blake.)
The Capt. furnished the boat and Zara Blake the cargo, and for a
time they did a "land office business" with the Canucks.
This was all supposedly kept secret from Zara's good Quaker wife;
but she some way learned of it, and on her request he promised to cease
the dangerous trade so soon as he made one more trip, to close out
stock on hand and settle with the Canadian agents who had the dispo-
sition of the merchandise on that end of the line.
He went across, collected up, and is said to have had upwards of
$5000 in gold on his person. He told his Canadian allies that was his
last trip and that he was now out of the business, and the Canadians
with a keen eye on that gold betrayed him to a sheriff, having first
made a bargain with the local Jonathan Wild for immunity and a share
of the plunder.
Capt. Blake and the boat got away by a squeak, but the officer nab
bed Zara Blake and the cash. Blake was tried and condemned to death;
but he was a mason as was also Capt. Blake, and certain Canadian
masonic friends helped them arrange a further bribe to this hungry
sheriff, by the terms of which the Blakes were to keep silence as to the
amount stolen by the sheriff, and let him retain it from his government,
and the Canadian masons were to pay or guarantee the payment by
the Blakes of a large further sum to the officer. This deal concluded,
the sheriff "forgot" to lock the prison doors one night, and Zara Blake
escaped, "stole" a horse from a Canadian mason's stable near by that
"happened" to be standing bridled and saddled, and Capt. Blake and
his sloop did the rest. So he got off alive, but ruined, as it took about
all he had left to make good the sum pledged for him by the Canada
friends.
He never recovered financially from this loss, but had he lived a little
longer he would have done so, as he had gone from Livonia into the
hills just south from Dansville, N. Y., then clothed with the finest of
white pine timber, and had purchased a large tract of it and gone to
lumbering. But his health tailed, and, after a lingering- illness of years,
he died comparatively poor, his estate giving his children onlv about
#600 each.
Although Zara Blake traded with Canada in violation of the non-
intercourse act, he was not at all the man one would imagine for that
sort of a thing. He was not a man of the dashing sort; quite the re-
verse. He was very pious, a Presbyterian deacon and a stern man — one
of the rigid puritanical sort.
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Mr. B. S. Stone, an aged friend, who has his home at "Stones Falls,"
just south of Dansville, N. Y., and only a few steps from where Zara
Blake's house was, sends me the following letter which I give entire:
"Dansville, N. Y , Feb. 11th, 1895.
"Geo. M. Blake, Esq.,
"Itockford,Hl.
"Dear Sir:— I received a copy of ' Our Folks' and looked it over with
a great deal of interest. You are certainly making a record of the
relatives that will be appreciated more and more as time goes by.
"The relations of your grandfather's family with mine puts me in a
position to recall to mind a few facts, names and dates. Some dates 1
cannot give at present.
"Aaron C.# Blake married my sister Charlotte Temple Stone about
1838. They' commenced keeping house in the log house that George
Diamond has lived in for the last 40 years. According to what I have
picked up that house was built in 1814. They had two "hildren,
Ktheredge and Grata Ann. They both died of consumption. Grata
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Ann died at your father's house in Dansville; Etheredge at my brother's
house in Corrunua, DeKalb Co., Indiana, about 1862. Have no dates.
Have looked through a pile of old letters, but have not found what 1
wanted. Mrs. Blake died March 17th, 1847, at Marshall, Mich, (born
April 3d, 1816.) Aaron Blake moved with his family from Dansville to
Coldwater, Mich., in the fall of 1837. My father, my sister Grata Ann,
brother Rufus and myself went with them. Coldwater at that time was
a very small village, but a few rods on the one side to the prairie and
oak openings on the other. Aaron C. Blake, in company with his
brother William, ran a saw mill, located about three-fourths of a mile
from ihe village. They sawed by the thousand. (The mill was owned
by two men, named Cole and Stone). They ran the mill about two
years. I presume the city of Coldwater to-day covers the site of it. I
can recollect of seeing many whitewood and black walnut logs, trom
•1 to 5 feet in diameter, in the mill yard.
" In the fall of '38 we all had the fever and ague,— the mill stopped to
let everybody shake. The next year a board of health condemned the
mill pond, and a mob tore down the dam. The mill never started
again. In three or four years Aaron Blake moved his family to Mar-
shall, where Mrs. Blake died. On July 4th, 1847, he married a stylish
woman and tried to live up to her style. Don't know how he succeeded.
His business after leaving Coldwater was speculation in land and
horses.
" William E. Blake was a good man. He married my sister, Grata
Ann Stone, May 3d, 1838. The wedding was at the residence of a Mr.
Etheredge in the village of Coldwater. About 1840 they moved to
Berlin, Erie Co., Ohio, and he worked at the wagon business two or
three years, and then moved to Orland, Indiana, where be built up quite
a large wagon factory and hotel, was postmaster, &c.
"They had four children — Etheredge, Kuel, Esther Grata— and an
infant. Ruel caught the whopping cough at school, and Esther Grata,
at that time the baby, took it and died June 12th, 1848, six weeks old.
Kuel died July 15th, 1848. Mrs. Blake gave birth to a child April 28th,
1849, and died with fever May 3d, just eleven years to a day after they
were married. (She was born Oct. 28th, 1818.) William never did any
work after that. His health failed. He came back to Dansville and
staved a short time, then went back to Indiana and died Nov. 10th,
1849.
"It is my recollection that William gave us to understand that he
was worth several thousand dollars. Before he died he chose his own
executors, and they scooped his whole estate after the correct western
style.
"I think your aunt Alta went home with William from here, or went
there soon after, and saw the slaughter of his property, and tried to
save something for his orphan boy Etheredge; but the executors and
lawyers was after what there was in it, aud got it.
"Alta brought the boy Etheredge home with her. He stayed with her
and Joseph Losey's folks quite a time.
" He came to my house about the first of June, 1857. On the night of'
June 9th, 1857, he went to bed as usual. Sometime in the night he got
up; we did not hear him. He took all his clothes, an umbrella, a few
small tools from the shop (Stone's Wagon shop, G. M. B.), and left.
" We have never heard from him since. It was the night of the great
flood that wTashed away nearly every bridge and milldam in the town.
It had rained all day, and the noise of the storm probably prevented
us from hearing him when he left.
"In an old letter that my father wrote to my grandmother Temple in
Mass., this item of news occurs: 'Cynthia Blakewas married toLathrop
Wisnor March 22d, 1824.'
" The old Blake home of your grandfather was located but a few rods
across the creek and county line from where I live. It was a double
house. The south side was made of logs, the north end of planks, with
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young then. She called me to her and took my hand. I can recollect
her lips were swollen, but she talked to me and gave me advice to be a
good boy, etc., etc. She made me cry, and I wanted to go home. Two
or three of your aunts were there, and we were all weeping. The old
house caught fire and burned up some time in the 'fifties.'
"Yours truly, B.S.Stone."
Children of Zara and Esther (Etheredge) Blake.
i. Cynthia, b. April 17th, 1804, at Herkimer, N.Y.; d. March 30th,
1852, at Athens, Mich. ; m. at Dansville. N. Y., with Lathrop
Wisnor, March 22d, 1804. Had a daughter who now lives at Bell
Oak, Mich.,— name, Susan (Wisnor) Benjamin,
ii. Mary Ann, b. Oct. 27th, 1805, at Livonia N. Y. ; d. at Waterloo,
Jackson Co., Mich., Oct. 20th, 1875; m. at Dansville, N. Y., Oct.
13th, 1830, to Solomon T. Dewey. She was his second wife. (He
was born Sept. 16th, 1808.) Children were— 1. Schuyler S. Dewey,
b. Dansville, N. Y., Nov. 18th, 1837; m. Nov. 28th, 1858, Louisa
Earl. (She is sister of Mrs. Henry B. Hawley : was b. March 31st,
1838.) Live at Fitch burg, Mich. 2. Zara Blake Dewey, b. Dans-
ville, N.Y., Nov.3d, 1840; m. at Fitchburg, Mich., to Alzina Craig,
Feb. 21st, 1867. (She was born Sept. 16th, 1849). Have— (a)
Ruel Etheredge Dewey, b. Dec. 26th, 1867 ; (h) Jesse Segur Dewey, b.
Sept. 20th, 1873; (e) Bennard E. Dewey, b. Feb. 16th, 1876. 3.
Lorenzo Dewey, b. Dansville, N. Y., Jan. 13th, 1843; in, at Water-
loo, Mich, (where they now live) MaryE.Croman, Sept. 26th, 1866.
(She was born there Sept. 27th, 1843.) Have— (a) Cora D., b.
Nov. 27th, 1867; (b) Arthur U., b. Aug. 26th, 1871 ; ic) Egbert A.,
b. July 12th, 1874; {(]) David R., b. Feb. 19th, 1876. 4. Mary
Ann Dewey, b. at Waterloo, Mich., Sept. 12th, 1848; m. Edwin R.
Hawley, March 20th, 1873. (He is no relation to our Hawuys,—
was born on the ocean when his parents came From England).
Have— Joseph, b. Feb. 28th, 1874, and Robert, b. Nov. 18th,
1877.
iii. Alta M., b. at Livonia, N. Y., Aug:. 14th, 1807; d. at So. Dansville,
N. Y., Sept. 2d, 1878; m. John M. Hendee. They had no children.
Etheredge, son of her brother William, was dear to her heart. She always
refused to believe he was drowned the night he ran away from Stone's,
though the bridge was gone in the morning and every stream booming,
and she held, to her death, to the hope that some day he would come
back to her. She had, by dint of economy, from her butter and egg
money and the like, gathered together a couple of hundred dollars that
was her very own, and this she kept '" For Etheredge," and it was in the
bank intact to the day she died, though her own life was a meagre one
and barren,
iv. Uri, b. at Livonia, N. Y., June 22d, 1809.
v. Electa, b. at Livonia, N. Y., April 27th. 1811 ; d Dansville, Steuben
Co.. X. Y., Jan. 20th, 1885; m. at Dansville, X. Y.. April 16th,
1835, with Joseph Losey. (He died in May, 1872). When her
mother died in 1833, she became the mother to her younger broth-
ers and sisters, and to them and theirs the Losey farm on "Sandy
Hill" will always be " Home" and hers their love and honor. She
was the mother of — 1. Zara, b. Aug. 17th, 1836; d. June 17th,
1*38. 2. Richard, b. June 17th, 1838; d Feb. 19th, 1839. 3.
William Henrv, h. Feb. 19th, 1840; enlisted Aug. lltli, 1862, in
Co. K, 130th X. Y. Vols; d. Dec. 18th, 1862. of typhoid fever, in
camp at Suffolk, Ya. His uncle, Dr. Z. H. Blake, went to Virginia
and brought his remains home to the little home "Graveyard" on
"Sandy Hill," where all his kin are sleeping. 4. Uri A. Losey, b.
Nov. 28th, 1843; lives on the homestead at So. Dansville, N.Y.;
of
of
Keceut Deaths.
Roberts. -Alonzo B. Roberts
rroveland died April 9th, at the age
>6 years.
Wampole.-Mrs. Emeline Wamoole
led m Dalton April 8th, aud was buried
> Ossian April 11th. V
Hingston.— In Buffalo, A]
am Hiuggton, aged 80 years, father
trs. Harvey J. Burkhart of Batavia.
Blake.— Mrs. Lovisa Dorr Blake, wid-
vof Dr. Zara H. Blake, died on Mon-
ty evening, April 9th. Nearly seven
>ara ago Mrs. Blake suffered a severe
I ralytic stroke which left her speechless
d nearly helpless, and in that condi-
lived, lovingly cared
was
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2, Anna, daughter of Henry Warklev, Esq.
jrn Edwin Nathaniel, Jan. 14th, 1864, (who
lie, N, Y., March 26th, 1884, Sara Alice Taft
and has Nellie Esther, b. Juiy 26th, 1892)
?Nora. b. Dec. 10th, ]872, (who married at
fk B. Taft, son of Eli Taft, Oct. 4th, 1894.)
id. Sept.. 15th, 1846.
Jj, 1813, at Livonia, N. Y.
i), d. April loth, 1815.
,, N. Y., Aug. 6th, 1817.
d. March 7th, 1816.
1819, at Livonia, N. Y.
ia, N. Y., Oct. 23d, 1821.
b. at Dansville, N. Y., June 18th, 1825.
by her daughter. Her death
te unexpected. Mrs. Blake was the
-igbter of Samuel Gk Dorr, a promi-
ut early settler, his stone house on the
id to Stone's Falls being still a land
irk. She was born Dec. 22, 1825, one
a family of two sons aud five daugh-
s, only one ot whom survives, Dr. Sam-
' G. Dorr, postmaster of Buffalo An
er brother, Austin P. Dorr, was one
the founders of the Rogersville Union
unary. One sister was the wife of
)f. Galusha Anderson of the Baptist
versity of Chicago. A younger" sis
■ Miss Catherine C. Dorr, will be re-
mbered here as a teacher of fine tal-
:. Mrs. Blake was married in the
■mg of 1848 to Dr. Z. H. Blake, who
1 recently graduated from the medi-
department of the University of Buf-
>• Dr. Blake, after long and suc-
iful practice here, died in September,
i, widely esteemed. Three children
•e the result of the union, George M.
ke, a prominent attorney of Rock-
1, Illinois, Miss Josephine D. Blake
)ansville, and a daughter who died
ng. Mrs. Blake was a quiet woman
trong character, an earnest member
he Presbyterian church, and led a
useful to her family and to the com-
aity, esteemed and beloved by all
» knew her. Dr. Dorr, who was with
at the time she was stricken at the
>e of her sister, Mrs. J. B. Lemen
saved her life by prompt treatment'
3 to Dansville Tuesday night and
^lake came on Wednesday. Fu-
Toni the residence on Main street
^ afternoon at one o'clock, private
in the family lot on Sandy Hill.
J4, Stephen 3, Jona. 2, Jno. 1). Born either
Hon, Conn., June 26th, 1784; died May 8th,
iss. He moved to Springfield when he was 21
Viously served his apprenticeship as a tanner
*sly he was chief engineer of the Springfield Fire
trs he was President of the Mutual Fire Insu-
M one term in the State Legislature. He mar-
r, who died Feb., 1852, aged 65; and second,
c all by first wife, are:
t_0; m. Margaret Kupfer.
<h, 1812; d. Sept. 14th, 1814.
P. Nov. 16th, 1814.
1;1817; m. Jan. 6th, 1841, Eliz. Dexter.
°10th, 1819; d. Dec. 12th, 1839.
J" 23; d. March 12th, 1846.
hf 1829; m. Dora
ii
ah 4, Stephen 3, Jona. 2, Jno. 1). Bom at
m, Conn., Aug. 13th, 1786; died Mav 14th
l. Married at Winchester, Sabra Bronson.
CHILDREN.
tith, 1812; m. Jan. 24th, 1835, with Silas B.
*3h, 1814; m. Sept. 8th, 1835, Lorenzo Mitchell
ts a widow at Winstead, Conn., last known.
tct. 17th, 1817.
! 4, Stephen 3, Jona. 2, Jno. 1). Born at Tor-
h, 1788; died at New Brittan, Conn., •
| Hannah Beach.
CHILDREN.
rly 21st, 1813; m. Aug. 12th, 1847, to Giles L.
lord.
/in with Sarah), July 21st, 1813; in. Dec. 17th
4-e; d. Aug. 5th, 1854.
"v 20th, 1817.
J. Sept. 9th, 1819.
U824; d. April 4th, 1825.
fh v.) Mav 6th, 1824.
\ 1826,
'd, 1830.
Jno. 1). Bom
his parents to*
(Elijah 4, Stephen 3, Jona. 2
m Aug. 1st, 1790. Moved with
{ . Married March 18th, 1812, with Wealthy
]. 29th, 1839), and moved to Coventry, N. Y.,in
jid remained on it until his death!
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young then. She called me to her and -
her lips were swollen, but she talked to
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or three of your aunts were there, and«
house caught fire and burned up some ti:
"Yours truly, v
Children of Zara and Esther (j
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To them have been born Edwin Nathaniel, Jan. 14th, 1864, (who
married at Hornellsville, N. Y., March 26th, 1884, Sara Alice Taft,
daughter of Eli Taft, and has Nellie Esther, b. Juiy 26th, 1892).
and a daughter, Eda Nora. b. Dec. 10th, ]872, (who married at
Dansville, N. Y., Frank B. Taft, son of Eli Taft, Oct. 4th, 1894.)
Infant daughter, b. and d. Sept.. 15th, 1846.
Aaron C, b. March 30th, 1813, at Livonia, N. Y.
Infant son, b. April 10th, d. April 15th, 1815.
William E., b. Livonia, N. Y., Aug. 6th, 1817.
Infant son. b. March 4th, d. March 7th, 1816.
Gideon S., b. Sept. 14th, 1819, at Livonia, N. Y.
Zara Hurd, b. at Livonia, N. Y., Oct. 23d, 1821.
Nathaniel Etheredge, b. at Dansville, N. Y., June 18th, 1825.
37 and 38. No information.
39. Elijah Blake (5), (Elijah 4, Stephens, Jona. 2, Jno. 1). Born either
at Middletown or Torrington, Conn., June 26th, 1784; died May 8th,
1880, at Springfield, Mtiss. He moved to Springfield when he was 21
years of age, having previously served his apprenticeship as a tanner
and shoemaker
For 32 years continuously he was chief engineer of the Springfield Fire
Department. For 20 years he was President of the Mutual Fire Insu-
rance Co. He also served one term in the State Legislature. He mar-
ried first Amelia Bronson, who died Feb., 1852, aged 65; and second,
Chloe Bliss. His children, all by first wife, are:
61. i. William, b. about 1810; m. Margaret Kupfer.
ii. Marshall, b. June 24th, 1812; d. Sept. 14th, 1814.
62. iii. Marshall Bronson, b. Nov. 16th, 1814.
63. iv. Hamlin, b. June 24th, 1817; m. Jan. 6th, 1841, Eliz. Dexter,
v. Elizabeth M., b. Sept. 10th, 1819; d. Dec. 12th, 1839.
vi. Mary, b. Feb. 18th, 1823; d. March 12th, 1846.
vii. Charles, b. April 19th, 1829; m. Dora
40. Jonathan Blake (5), (Elijah 4, Stephen 3, Jona. 2, Jno. 1). Born at
Middletown or Torrington, Conn., Aug. 13th, 1786; died May 14th,
1868, at Winchester, Conn. Married at Winchester, Sabra Bronson.
children.
i. Marcia (6), b. Feb. 13th, 1812; m. Jan. 24th, 1835, with Silas B.
Crocker, of Yeroua, N. Y.
ii. Mary Ann, b. Jan. 17th, 1814; m. Sept. 8th, 1835, Lorenzo Mitchell
of Collinsville. Was a widow at Winstead, Conn., last known.
64. iii. Charles Hamlin, b. Oct. 17th, 1817.
41. Harry Blake (5), (Elijah 4, Stephen 3, Jona. 2, Jno. 1). Born at Tor-
rington, Conn., June 29th, 1788; died at New Brittan, Conn., ;
married Oct. 28th, 1812, Hannah Beach.
CHILDREN.
i. [Sarah Hamlin, b. July 21st, 1813; m. Aug. 12th, 1847, to Giles L.
< Taylor, of Torringford.
ii. [Mary Stanley, b. (twin with Sarah), July 21st, 1813; in. Dec. 17th,
1851, to John Moore; d. Aug. 5th, 1854.
65. iii. Henry Beach, I.. May 20th, 1817.
06. iv. Lucius Doddridge, b. Sept. 9th, 1819.
v. Hannah, b. May 6th, 1824; d. April 4th, 1825.
,vi. Hannah, b. (twin with v.) May 6th, 1824.
07. vii. George, b. April 16th, 1826,
68. viii. Elijah P., b. May 22d, 1830.
ix. Hubert, d. an infant.
42. Dea. Ithhel Blake (5). (Elijah 4, Stephen 3, Jona. 2, Jno. 1). Born
at Torringford, Conn., Aug. 1st, 1790. Moved with his parents to'
Winchester, Coun., . Married March 18th, 1812, with Wealthy
Benedict, (she died Sept. 29th, 1839), and moved to Coventry, N. Y., in
1818, bought a farm and remained on it until his death!
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CHILDREN.
i. Matilda, b. Feb. 12th, 1815; m. June 28th, 1838, with Frederick
Minor. Had— 1. Mary, b. Dec. 4th, 1839, who married April 25th,
1861, Amasa Hathaway. 2. Frances, b. Sept. 16th. 1843, who m.
Sept. 14th, 1860, to Frank Pearsall. 3. Alanson, b. March 1st,
1850.
69. ii. Benjamin (6), b. March 3d, 1817.
70. iii. Alanson, b. April 29th, 1821.
iv. Sybil, b. June 18th, 1823 ; m. Jan. 28th, 1838, Benjamin Hathaway.
Had— 1. John M., b. July 8th, 1863.
v. Sally, b. Oct. 14th, 1825. Unmarried,
vi. Wealthy, b. Feb. 28, 1830; m. June 25th, 1869, Rev. Geo. D.
Horton.
vii. Mary, b. Oct. 19th, 1835; d. Dec. 22d, 1839.
43. Allen Blake (5), (Elijah 4, Stephen 3, Jona. 2, Jno. 1). Born at Tor-
ringford, Conn., May 19th. 1792; died March 10th, 1850; married
July 9th, 1817, with Mabel Beach.
CHILDREN.
71. i. Henry Vincent (6), b. June 9th, 1818.
ii. Maria Elizabeth, b. April 16th, 1822; m. Hopkins Barber.
iii. Sarah A , b. ; d. Dec. 6th, 1847, aged 23.
iv. CeliaC, b. ; married Denisson Lambert; d. Sept. 7th, 1849,
aged 23.
v. Louisa, b. ; d. Nov. 16th, 1851, aged 18.
44. Myron Blake (5), (Stephen 4, Stephen 3, Jona. 2, Jno. 1). Bom Nov. 6th,
1790. at Cornwall, Vermont. Died Oct. 27th, 1826, at Palermo, Oswego
Co., N. Y. Married Feb. 1st, 1810, at Cornwall, Vermont, by the Rev.
J. Bushnell, to Laura Hopkins. She was born Aug. 19th, 1789, and
died at Salisbury, Conn., July 14th, 1871.
CHILDREN.
72. i. Stephen M. (6), b. Nov. 3d, 1810, at Cornwall.
73. ii. Myron Mead (6), b. April 13th, 1812, at Castleton, Vt.
74. iii. Marvin (6), b. May 5th, 1814, at Palermo, N. Y.
75. iv. Harmon Freelove, b. Jan. 10th, 1820, at Palermo, N. Y.
76. v. Ezra, b. July 19th, 1824, at Palermo, N. Y.
45. Miles Blake (5), (Steph. 4, Steph. 3, Jona. 2, Jno. 1). Born Dec. 3d,
1796; died at Necedah, Wisconsin, 1868. Married first, Dec. 30th,
1819, to Sarah Hopkins. Had children, of whom I onlv hear of—
i. Fanny, b. July 22d, 1824.
ii. Alvin, b. , 1830.
46. Stephen Blake (5), (Steph. 4, Steph. 3, Jona. 2, Jno. 1). Born 1799.
Died at Palermo, N. Y., Oct. 16th, 1855. Married March 30th, 1825.
to Parmelia Graves. Had a familv, of whom I onlv hear of Phila M.,
a daughter, born March 22d, 1826.
47. Aiiira Hill Blake. No information.
49. Commodore Homer Crane Blake (5), (Elisha 4, SHmuel 3, Stephen 2,
Jno. 1). Born in Hancock Co., Ohio, Feb. 1st, 1822. Died in N. Y.
City, Jan. 21st, 1880. Married at N. Y. Pir,v, Jan. 13th, 1853, with
Mary, daughter of James and Elizabeth (McKeen) Flanagan.
Homer Crane Blake entered fhe navy by appointment its a "middy"
in 1840; in 1846 was Passed Midshipman; in 1855, Master and Lieu-
tenant; 1862, Lieut, -Commander; 1866, Commander; 1871, Captain,
and Commodore in 1879.
He commanded the Sabine in 1861, the Hatteras in 1862, the Eutaw
in 1863, theSwatara in 1868, the Alaska in 1869, and the Hartford in
1878.
lie was a good officer and a fighter, and was called the Paul Jones of
the 19th Century for some of his work.
His services are, sonic of them, set forth in the leport of the Secretary
of the Navy of 1871 upon the Corean expedition; also in Harper's
Magazine for September. 1866, in article " Texas Lost and Won." See
also " Fnrrngut and his Naval Commanders."
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CHILDREN.
i. Homer K. F. Blake, b. in N. Y. City, June 29th, 1854; graduated
from Columbia College one of the honor men, 1875 ; entered Colum-
bia Law School, and d. Feb. 20th, 1876, unmarried.
ii. Mary M. E. F. Blake, b. Oct. 21th, 1855, in N. Y. City, of whom I
hear no further.
50. No information.
51. Richard Blake (6), (Jesse 5, Rich. 4, Jos. 3. Jno. 2, Jno. 1). Lived all
his life at Livonia, N. Y. Married and died there. Left two sons and
one daughter. Daughter is mariied and lives at Honeoye Falls. Name
of one son is Gerald. My requests for information are ignored.
52. Bradner Blake (6), (Jesse 5, Richard 4, Jos. 3, Jno. 2, Jno. 1). Born
at Livonia, N. Y. Married there to Elizabeth Smith. Has a son,
Jesse, who is about 50 years old, and is married and has a family of
three or four boys. All live at Livonia Station, N. Y. Bradner Blake
has been a farmer all his life and a good deal of a politician.
He has served several terms as supervisor of his town, and a number of
other local offices of honor and trust, but my letters asking informa-
tion bring no reply.
53. Ruel L. Blake (6), (Ruel 5, Rich. 4, Jos. 3, Jno. 2, Jno. 1). Born at
Livonia, N. Y Lived a bachelor there all his life. Was at one time
very wealthy for the country, owning many farms and flocks; but he
was bunkoed into signing one or two notes for "friends,'-' and, when
those were due, into signing some others which the "friends" would
use to take up the first ones with at the banks.
This simple little program of deceit was carried on, until one day
Ruel was surprised to find that not one note had ever been taken up,
and he was stuck for notes to a face amount of over $ 70,000, and for
much interest also.
Had he, even then, sold off some of his possessions and gotten wholly
square, he would have had a competency left; but he tried to hold
everything and Bwing it through, and he mortgaged his farms and
stood under a great load.
He was a great sheep raiser, and this occurred just after the war, and
the price of wool and of sheep fell flat on him — down to a mere fraction
of former prices, find other unforseen ills falling in at the same time,
contributed to wipe him out financially. He was old, his health poor,
alone, without children or others who coidd help or defend him, and lie
was a prey to all his hired help and the like. His smoke-houses, his
flocks, his granaries, were all plundered steadily. He had, by his man-
ner of life, alienated his own relatives; but to their credit be it recorded
that, as disaster closed in on him, Bradner Blake's people and the
others did aid him, and forgetting just grievance were loyal to their
blood.
In the end he lost his reason and died wholly impoverished.
54. Ira Blake (6), (Ruel 5, Rich. 4, Jos. 3, Jno. 2, Jno. 1). Born at
Livonia, N. Y. , 1802. Died there Dec. 27th, 1837. Married there
to Adeline M. Campbell in 1824.
CHILDREN.
i. Lydia A., b. at Livonia, , 1825; m. with John Sheppard, of
Scottsburg. N. Y. ; and died , 1858, without children.
ii. Eunice J., b. at Livonia, N. Y.. , 1827; resides at Calesburg,
Kalamazoo Co., Mich. Unmarried,
77. iii. John C, b. at Livonia, N. Y., . 1829.
78. iv. William A. (7). b. at Livonia, N. Y., , 1832.
55. Uri Blake ((5), (Zara. 5, Lich. 4. Jos. 3, Jno. 2, Jno. 1). Born at
Livonia, N. Y., June 22d. 1809. Died at Manitowoc, Wisconsin, Sept.
27th, 1800. Mariied Lucy A. Smith. She died at Arnold's Park,
Okoboji Lake, Iowa, March 25th, 1881. He was a lumberman and
saw mill owner.
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CHILDREN.
i. Amy A. (7), b. Feb. 13th, 1832; m. at Manitowoc, Wis., to Charles
Parker. She is now a widow with two children, living at Las Vegas,
New Mexico.
79. ii. Fletcher A. Blake (7), b. Aug. 5th, 1834.
iii. Eunice K., b. Nov. 17th, 1836; m. at Manitowoc, Wis., to W. B.
Arnold. Had— 1. Ella C. Arnold, b. Jan. 21st, 1860, at Arnold's
Park, Okoboji Lake, Iowa; in. there May 13th, 1880, to Arthur
0. Stevens, and has— Fred B., b. April 11th, 1881; Byron E., b.
March 29th, 1884- ; Harry, b. June 4th, 1889. Present address of
this family — "'Spirit Lake, Iowa." 2. Eattie Arnold, b. at Arnold's
Park, Feb. 20th, 1866; m. there to Charles G. Sanford, Oct. 14th,
1884; he died at Avoca, Iowa, Aug. 7th, 1891. Widow's present
address is "Spirit Lake, Iowa." She has— Nelson A., b. Aug. 8th,
1886, and Mary E.. b. March 15th, 1890. 3. Mabel L. Arnold.
b, at Arnold's Park, June 7th, 1872; m. there Nov. 25th, 1890, to
Howard E. Bardeen. No children. Present address is — '" Denver
Re-Survey, Galveston, Texas."
iv. Lois A., b. April 22d, 1839; d. unmarried Dec, 1890.
v. Eugene Henry, b. Dec. 25th, 1843; d. at Port Washington, Wis.,
Nov. 9th, 1850.
vi. Ruth Emily, b. July 7th, 1845; m. at Sioux Rapids, Iowa, Feb.
25th, 1872, to Mortimer Hallett. No children. Present address—
"Spirit Lake, Iowa."
56. Aaron Collins Blake (6), (Zara. 5, Rich. 4, Jos. 3, Jno. 2, Jno. 1).
Born at Livonia, N. Y., March 30th, 1813. Died Aug. 5th, 1849, at
Knappaway, Michigan. Married at So. D'ville, N. Y., to Charlotte
Temple Stone, 1833. She died at Marshall, Mich., March 17th, 1847;
was born at So. D'ville, April 3d, 1816. "Collins" Blake was a lumber-
man. After the death of this wife, he again married, but had no chil-
dren. See letter of B. S. Stone above for history of this family.
children.
i. Etheredge,
ii. Grata Ann,
Both of whom died of consumption young.
57. William E. Blake (6). (Zara 5, Rich. 4, Jos. 3, Jno. 2, Jno. 1). Born
at Livonia, N. Y., Aug. 6th, 1817. Died at Orland, Indiana, Nov. 10th,
1849. Married at Cold water, Mich., May 3d, 1838, to Grata Ann Stone
She was born Oct. 28th, 1818, and died at Orland, May 3d, 1849.
CHILDREN.
i. W. Etheredge.
ii. Ruel.
iii. Ksther Grata.
iv. Infant.
For the history of this family see letter of B. S. Stone above.
.~>s. Gideon S. Blake (6), (Zara 5, Rich. 4, Jos. 3, Jno. 2, Jno. 1). Born at
Livona, N. V., Sept. 14th. 1819. Died at Almond, Allegany Co., N. Y.,
May 11th, 18*2. Married at South Dansville, N. Y., Sept. 14th, 1842,
Zerada Hitchcock. He was a blacksmith by trade, but after marriage
did not follow his trade, but was a farmer in South Dansville and North
Almond the rest of bis life. Gideon Blake was a man of a sanguine,
hopeful disposition and cheerful temper, whose home bounded his
ambitions.
The children all possessed fine musical talent, both vocal and instru-
mental, and when all were at home together and "Phoebe" played the
cottage organ, and all joined in singing familiar songs or hymns of an
evening as was their habit, he would not have traded places with a
president.
CHILDREN.
i. Clarissa E., b. April 3.1. 1845; d. Dec. 24th, 1852.
ii. Phoebe A., b. Oct. 29th, 1846; was educated at Dansville Seminary
and Alfred Academy; taught school aud music, and was organist
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of pipe organ, Presbyterian Church in Dansville, for several years,
living at her uncle Dr. Blake's the while. She married at Almond,
N. Y., Sept. 25th, 1874, with Melvin Cook. She received injuries, by
being thrown from a wagon, from which she never recovered, and
died at Almond, Sept. 25th, 1880, leaving one daughter, Belle Cook,
born Feb. 4th, 1876.
80. iii. Charles S. A. Blake, b. June 21st, 1848.
iv. Doha M. Blake, b. May 10th, 1850; m. Oct. 12th, 1872, at Canase-
raga, N. Y., to Dr. William H. Harris. Has — 1. Fay Blake Harris,
b. Oct. 23d, 1873; 2. Daisy M, Harris, b. June 4th, 1877 ; 3. Wil-
liam H. Harris, b. April 14th, 1881; 4. Archie D. Harris, b. May
14th. 1887. Address — Canaseraga, N. Y.
v. Amanda Blake, b. Aug. 19th, 1852; m. Nov. 25th, 1872, L. W.
Tompkins. Has— 1. Dora A. Tompkins, b. Sept. 24th, 1873; d.
Sept. 17th, 1885, in Florida; 2. F.Blanche Tompkins, b. Feb. 4th,
1880. Her address is 837 Hiuvvood Ave, Youngstown, Ohio.
81. vi. Fay G. Blake (7), b. July 10th, 1854.
59. Zara Hurd Blake (6), (Zara 5, Rich. 4, Jos. 3, Jno. 2, Jno. 1). Born at
Livonia, N. Y., Oct. 23d, 1821 ; died at Dansville, Liv, Co., Sept. 8th,
1888.
He received his early education at Herkimer Academy, N.Y., living
the while with his Quaker uncle, Nathaniel Etheredge, and no small part
of his character owed its shape to the example and admonitions of this
good and affectionate, yet shrewd relative, whose name find memory is
handed down the line of his sister's childreu to the youngest generation.
Returning to Dansville, Dr. Blake "worked out" summers, taught
school winters, saved every penny, studied at every opportunity, deter-
mined to educate himself. His elder sister, Mrs. Electa Losey, was a
second mother to him, and her home was his also.
From the Dansville Express, Sept. 13th, 1888:
" We remember the story of his early struggles, as he told it one sum-
mer afternoon while riding up to his farm. It was the same old story
which thousands of our successful countrymen have told — parents poor,
family large, hard work, deprivation, but with all a grit and determi-
nation that overcame obstacles and won success. Only last Sunday we
listened to a farmer as he told of remembering Dr. Blake as a tall, awk-
ward lad, binding wheat in his father's field at seventy-five cents a day,
the money thus earned being saved to carry him through college. Dr.
Blake was determined to succeed in life, and he set about it in the right
manner. He was honest, industrious, saving and painstaking, and that
he was successful we all know, and that the world is the better for the
example of his early life and the work of his later years. His reputa-
tion as a physician was not confined to his home, it extended through-
out the State, and he was regarded as one of the ablest physicians of
the old school, and as a surgeon second to none."
He began to read medicine with Dr. S. L. Endress, of Dansville, a
gentleman of excellent birth and courtly manners, a graduate of the
best Philadelphia schools anil a very able practitioner, between whom
and Dr. Blake there grew up a profound friendship which strengthened
to their deaths, and Dr. Blake was as h professional son to him.
Dr. Blake took his first course oi lectures at Geneva medical college.
Then some of the Geneva faculty split off, and headed by Austiu Flint,
Sr. (later of N. Y. City), and Dr. Ford (laterof Ann Arbor), the seceeding
faction established Buffalo Medical College.
Dr. Blake graduated from Buffalo College in the first class it turned
out, in 1847, There were eight in the class, three of whom were living
in 1873, and each of these three then had a son attending lectures at
the College; they were Drs. Ring and Wvckoff, of Buffalo, and Dr.
Blake.
Alter graduation he settled at his old home in N. Y. State and began
"the practice of his art, and in 1S48 he married Lovisa Dorr, daughter
of Samuel Griswold Dorr. She had been a neighbor of his childhood.
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and a pupil of his winter schools. The Dorr family in education, means
and social standing were of the best, Mr. Dorr being a college-bred man
and a graduate, but not a practitioner, of medicine. Was a well-to-do
manufacturer of woolens and lumber, and had other milling interests.
Dr. Blake pursued the practice of his profession as he had its study.
He was a strong, stalwart, "clipper-built" man, six feet three, and
weighing in his prime 250 lbs. The demauds of a country practice upon
a physician's constitution are enormous, but Dr. Blake met them all.
The writer has known him to work great stretches of time without
sleep— in one case nine days and nights, with only "cat naps" on couch
or lounge.
From the Daasvilte Advertiser, Sept. 13th, 1888.
"Dr. Blake was a hard worker all his life, much of the time doing the
work of several ordinary men, and not until a few weeks of his death
did he entirely discontinue his practice. Through heat and cold, through
sunshine and storm, his stalwart figure might have been seen at almost
any hour of the day or night, in village or country, bent on his errand
of mercy to suffering humanity. Amid scenes of sickness and sorrow
and despair, he stood like some great tower for the support of all who
asked his aid."
Probably no one but the writer will ever appreciate how large in the
aggregate were the charities of Dr. Blake. He was no "soft mark " for
smooth beggars to impose on, and he well knew the value of a dollar;
but, too, he knew "his people," as he called them; and. not only in
skillful service gratuitously given, and in free medicine, did he care, time
and again, for worthy poverty ; but many and many a time his pres-
cription was " R Beef and potatoes and a couple of dollars cash," and he
filled it himself to be sure it was done right; and if such an act was
mentioned to him, he would turn it off and half deny it, as if an impu-
tation of soft-hearted ness was no credit to him, and it was a pro
fessional duty to be "stern." In his later years, when failing health
made effort a burden, and he was fairly begged by his family not to
exert himself for the care of people who were nothing to him, whom he
knew from experience never had paid him and never would, he would
say, "I must go, they need me and they have always depended on me;"
or, "Jim is one of my babies. I helped bring him into the world 30years
ago and I suppose I ought to look after him ; " or, " I guess I can stand
it better to go to them than they can to do without me."
Dr. Endress, though an excellent physician and theoretically well
posted as a surgeon, could never overcome his natural repugnance to
operative surgery, and early gave over to Dr. Blake all this class of
practice; and, as Blake's fame grew, so too did other local practitioners,
and he probably did more operative surgery in his 40 years of active
practice than any but the best city surgeons of large repute, and he was
a very successful operator.
From Dansville Express of 1887.
"On Monday, April 11th, Dr. Z. H. Blake of this village performed
his fiftieth operation for cancer of the breast. On this occasion he was
assisted by Dr. F. M. Perine and Miss Josie D. Blake, M. 1). Wonderful
to relate, of the fifty operations forty-nine have been successful, effecting
perfect cures. The operation that was not successful was made under
protest, when the patient was far gone and without any hope of a cure."
Fifty operations for one ailment alone, by a man who was only a
general country practitioner taking everything as it came, will give an
idea of the volume of practice he did.
Dr. Blake was a man who permitted nothing to interfere with his pro-
fessional work, and yet he was something of a politician. He was a
staunch Republican, serving as a delegate to State and National Con-
ventions of the party, and as a member of the Electoral College of New
York in 1880.
1 quote from the proceedings of that College: "Mr. Churchill, from
the majority of the committee to select the messengers, reported the
names of John Jacob Astor to go to Washington and Z. H. Blake to go
to the U. S. Judge. A minority of the committee objected to this report
on the ground that the western part of the State ought to have the
messengers, and recommended Blake for Washington and St. John to
go to the U. S. Judge.
"Mr. Clarence Seward did not think locality ought to influence the
matter, and the majority report was unanimously adopted."
April 17th, 18G3. Dr. Blake was appointed surgeon to the Board of
Enrollment of the 25th District, State of N. Y., comprising the counties
of Livingston, Ontario and Yates; and served until honorably dis-
charged June 15th, 1805. Headquarters of the Board were first at
L'anandaigua, later at Avon, N. Y. His associates were William T,
Remer, Capt. Provost, and Jacob A. Mead of Mt. Morris, and Ralph T.
Wood of Dausville.
This and one other Board were the only ones in the U. S. which had
the honor of serving through its entire term with its membership un-
changed, and without a question either of their integrity or capacity.
All enlisted and drafted men for these counties passed through his
hands for acceptance or rejection, and numberless were the attempts to
bribe or deceive him, but to no avail.
After the close of the war, for upwards of twenty years he was examin-
ing surgeon for the Pension Department for a part of Western N. Y.
He was also an aspirant for the honorable and lucurativepostof Health
Officer ot the Port of New York, a competitor being Austin Flint, Jr.,
of N. Y. City. Their forces were so evenly divided that neither one got
it, a third man being chosen as a compromise after the situation had
developed the eveness of Blake and Flint in the race.
Dr. Blake was a vestryman of St. Peter's Episcopal Church, but not a
church member. He was a sincerely religious man, believing devoutly
in God's love and justice; but either from a Quaker ancestry, or some
other reason, he had no use for creeds other than "Jesus Christ and him
crucified." He was Past Master of his Masonic Lodge and of the Chap-
ter, and held many minor positions of trust and honor.
As a, result of political antagonisms, the leading Democratic family of
Western N. Y., "the Faulkners," ostensibly attorneys tor a Mrs. Car-
penter, brought against him a malpractice suit, based upon the fact of
his actiugin a case upon an emergency, the case immediately going into
other medical hands and staying there; but there were those who had
been obliged to serve their country by him, and the Faulkners "had a
pull." A handsome lady was most skilfully displayed as a plaintiff;
Dr. Blake was rich, and so the jury "was agin him," But Dr. Blake
was a fighter. Thirteen years this case was in court; three times it
went to the Court of Appeals, and was by that tribunal finally decided
against him by a 4 to 3 vote, the casting vote being given by Samuel
Hand of Albany, who had just been appointed fo fill a vacancy by
Gov.Tilden, Gen. Lester B. Faulkner, Chairman of the State Democratic
Central Committee, being attorney in the case for Mrs. C. at this time.
This Phyric victory for the " Faulkners" cost Dr. Blake a great deal of
money, and the injustice of it shortened his life ten years at least,
Mrs. Blake survives him at Dansville, N. Y. She was stricken with
apoplectic paralysis June 12th, 1893, from which she has only partially
recovered. From the day she was suddenly stricken she has had the
faithful, untiring devotion of her daughter, Dr. Josephine Dorr Blake,
who has unselfishly given her entire thought and time to the care of our
beloved mother.
Their children were:
i. Sophia Ann, b. Oct. 11th, 1850; d. Jan. 19th, 1852.
82. ii. George Matthew Blake, b. Nov. 1st, 1852.
iii. Josephine Dorr Blake, b. Oct. 31, 1856; was educated at the local
schools, and was one year at Cook Academy, Havanna, N. Y., and
three years at Rockford Seminary, Rockford, 111., of which school
her aunt, Catherine C. Doit, was for years a teacher, then entered
Vassar from which she graduated in 1880.
She read medicine with her father after her brother had aban-
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doned it.aud attended lectures at Michigan University Ann Arbor
graduatiug M.D. 1887 from the (Regular) college there. She taught
the classics lor a couple of years at Ingham University, LeRoy,
IN. I. She has never practiced her profession, except as her father's
assistant during the latter years of his life, since which time she
has given all her thought and attention to the care of our invalid
mother.
60. Nathaniel Etheuedge Blake (6), (Zara 5, Rich. 4, Jos. 3, Jno. 2 Juo 1)
Born at South Dausville, Steuben Co., N. Y., June 18th, 1825. Died at
Harvard McHenry Co., Ills., July 27th, 1893. He began when fifteen
years old to learn the trade of wagon maker. He followed this three
years, then went into a manufactory for threshing machines where he
was foreman and afterwards manager. In 1815 he was married at his
native town, to Emmeline Wellington (she was born there, 1822 of ex-
cellent New England stock), and went to farming. For some veafs he
owned and carried on farms in Allegany Co., N. Y.. adjoining that own-
ed by his brother Gideon, and for a while the three brothers, Gideon
/ara and Nathaniel, were partners in sheep raising on quite a scale
there, in 1868 he decided to come west, sold out and located at Har-
vard, 111., forming a partnership with Ezra Smith in the wagon manu-
facturing business.
After a couple of years he sold out and with his eldest son, J C Blake
engaged in the manufacture of sash, doors, &c, as N. E. Blake & Son'
tins they hually converted to a wagon factory again, and continued it
as such until 1882, when his health began to fail, and he gave up the
business to his son; but after a rest and change of scene by travel his
health was partially restored, and his native energy not permitting him
to be content when idle, he opened a Real Estate office and soon added
Collections, and then finally accepted election as the town Justice of
the reace.
This class of business seemed to suit him exactly and he made a re-
markable success of it, for the size of his field.
I quote from the Harvard Independent of Aug. 4th, 1893
During his terms of office, Harvard has never had a more upright
or coucienlious official; always a careful conservative man, he scored a
great success in his business career.
It was apparent to him, as it was to all who knew him, that he was
especially adapted for his later work. He took an active part in fur-
thering the interests of this town, and early residents abound in
reminiscences in which he bore a prominent part. He was a man of
genial humor and kind heart, a man of never ceasing mental activity
and until recent years, of great physical energy. There was scarcely 'a
thing undertaken by him that he did not succeed in. Everything- he
did was marked with his individuality; no reverses were sufficient to
overcome his courage: for ten years he knew his life was being gradual-
ly sapped away by an insidious disease (diabetes), but with full
knowledge of this, he kept at work with the energy of a man forty
years his junior. The people of this city on several' occasions honored
him with offices of trust, He was several times President of our Board
ot trustees, and his voice was always on the side ot right, and as Super-
visor on the County Board he displayed the same true character."
From the Sharon (III.) Register.
He was Mayor several times. ... He was a friend of the needy a
kind and obliging neighbor, an honorable upright man whose memory
will long live green in the hearts of his many friends, by whom he is
greatly missed.
„ From the Woodstock Democrat.
Mr Blake was widely known as a man of unswerving infeo-iitv
honest dealings, and conscientious treatin-ut of his fellow men He
had m knowledge of law Few men possess, and his rulings stood firm."
„.. m , From Woodstock Sentinel.
Mr. Blake was firmly trusted and highly respected by every man
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who knew him ; lie was a sincere Christian business man, reliable in all
his actions, energetic and square in all Ms dealings."
From Marengo Republican.
" Mr. N. E. Blake was well known here, and had a high reputation for
honesty, integrity and business sagacity."
From Episcopal lector's Letter in Harvard Herald.
"Nathaniel Etheredge Blake was the soul of honor, his word was a
bond, integrity, uprightness and exactness were the embodiment of his
moral life; he was entitled to the esteem of his fellow men, and he got it,
while at the same time no one would spurn more quickly than he, any
tribute to his worth not given in truest sincerity, and we who write or
speak of him do not forget this.
His home life was very dear to him, it was a pleasure when the toils
of day were over to drop in and see him in his home life, and hear his
whole souled welcome; his physical weakness in his later years did not
permit him to go out much.
The summer home he built at Lake Geneva he well knew would not be
his to enjoy long. He built it for his family. He had the satisfaction
of seeing it completed, and when everything was ready, indulged in a
' week off' spent there. He invited his Rector to come and spend it with
him and his family. That week was a restful one to him, and it was his
last vacation, though we did not think it then."
N. E. Blake was familiarly known to the people of Harvard as
" Papa" Blake. I know of nothing that carries a better idea of him
than this. If he reproved any, as he sometimes did, it was as a father
might do it and few took offence; to him they came for advice, aid and
comfort. He was a counsellor, shrewd and able, and a friend trusted,
respected and loved, and by none more than by the writer, who knew
him through and through, and knew him to be just one of the salt
of earth. He was a Mason and K. T.,and held offices in the order often.
The widow survives him.
CHILDREN.
83. i. John Cameron Blake (7), b. at So. Dansville, N. Y., Dec. 3d, 1841.
ii. Fred Wellington Blake, b. May 31st, 1855, at Dansville, N. Y.;
d. unmarried at Leadville, Colo., July 6th, 1891. He was a loco-
motive engineer, a splendid natural mechanic, who could see into
anything that had wheels and run it better than anyone else I ever
knew.
iii. Mary Electa Blake, b. Dec. 29th, 1862. Lives at Harvard, 111.,
with her widowed mother.
61. No information.
62. Marshall Bronson Blake (6), (Elij. 5, Elij. 4, Steph. -\, Jona. 2,
Jno. 1). Born at Springfield, Mass.. Nov. 16th, 1814; died in N. Y.
City, Jan. 4th, 1894.
lie was educated at Springfield High School. About 1830 he went to
New York City and entered ihe dry poods trade as a clerk. He after-
wards established the firm of Blake <fc Brown, dealers in millinery goods.
About 1840 he married Louisa Kupfer, by whom he had one son. She
died shortly after the birth of her son, and he married second, in 1848,
Delia 0. Wyles.
In 1862 he was appointed by President Lincoln Collector of Internal
Revenue in the City of New York, and served continuously for 23 years
until removed by l'res. Cleveland. He was a staunch Republican in
politics, and took an active part until a fe.v years befoie his death.
He was a member of the Colonial Club and for 26 years of the
Union League Club, and for a portion of the time was one of its Vice-
Presidents :
Children (by first wife),
i. Marshall William (7). b. Sept. 20th, 1841; d. Nov. 15th, 1872.
( By second wife),
ii. HENRY (7), b. April 14th, 1850. Is an architect, unmarried. Present
address— 33 Last 17th Street, X. Y. City.
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iii. Kate Wyles, b. Ma\ 26th, 1854. Unmarried.
63. No information..
64. Charles Hamlin Blake (0), (Jona. 5, Elij. 4. Steph. 3. Joua. 2, Jno. 1).
Born at Winchester, Conn., Oct. 17th, 1817. Married Ma.v 11th, 1842,
with Jane Cleveland. Last known they were living at Winstead, Conn.,
and had :
i. Jane Cleveland (7). b. July 12th, 1849.
ii. Lorenzo Mitchell (7). b. April 26th, 1851.
(')."). Henry Beach Blake (6), (Harry 5, Elij. 4, Steph. 3, Jona. 2. Jno, 1).
Born Ma.v 20th, 1817; died at Cumington, Mass., May 23d, 1884,
being then pastor of Congregational Church there.
He graduated at Williams College, 1841. Was ordained as Congre-
gational minister at So. Coventry. Conn., January 1st, 1845. He was
pastor there for ten years, and ten years pastor at Belchertown, Mass.;
then for seven years was engaged in missionary work in North Carolina.
He married Sept. 23d, 1845, Mary R. Wolcott, of Agawam, Mass.
CHILDREN.
i. Henry Wolcott Blake (7), b. Is a graduate of Williams
College; was for a time on the staff of the Springfield Republican,
and is now connected with the firm of Milton, Bradley & Co.,
Springfield, Mass.
GG. Lucius Doddridge Blake (6), (Harry 5, Elij. 4, Steph. 3, Jona. 2, Jno. 1).
Born Sept, 9th, 1819. Married March 29th, 1843, Susan Griswold.
They were living at West Hartford last known.
G7. George Blake (6), (Harry 5, Elij. 4, Steph. 3, Jona. 2, Jno. 1). Born
April 16th, 1826, Married July 8th, 1856, to Lucy Case. In 1878 they
were living at Indiantown, Iowa.
68. Dea. Elijah E. Blake (6), (Harry 5, Elij. 4, Steph. 3, Jona. 2, Jno. 1).
Born May 22d, 1830. Married May 1st, 1846, to Julia M. Clark. In
1878 they lived in New Brittan, Conn.
69. Benjamin Blake (6), (Ithuel 5, Elij. 4, Steph. 3, Jona. 2, Jno. 1). Born
March 3d, 1817. Married Sept. 1st, 1841, to Isabel Parker.
CHILDREN.
i. Franklin (7), b. Sept. 1st, 1843; d. eight years old.
ii. Andrew (7), b. Aug. 1st, 1845; m. 1866 to Jaue Horton. Has one
child, b. 1867— "Frank "(8).
70. Alanson Blake (6), (Ithuel 5, Elij. 4, Steph. 3, Jona. 2, Jno. 1.) Born
April 29th, 1821. Married Elizabeth Thorp. Last known they lived
at Eau Claire, Wisconsin.
71. No information.
72. Stephen Martin Blake (6), (Myron 5, Steph. 4, Steph. 3, Jona. 2.
Jno 1). Born at Cornwall, Vermont, Nov. 3d, 1810. Died at Bara-
boo, Wis., April 25th, 1883. He married Sarah Buell, who survives
him, and lives at Wall Lake, Iowa.
CHILDREN.
i. Martha (7); m. a Mr. Comes and lives at Baraboo.
ii Nellie (7); m. a Mi-. Bell and lives at Wall Lake, Iowa.
iii. Emily (7); m. a Mr. Sifford and lives at Wall Lake, Iowa.
73. Myron Mead Blake (6), (M.vron 5, Steph. 4, Steph. 3, Jona. 2, Jno. 1).
Born at Castleton, Vemont, Apnl 13th, 1812. Died at Salisbury,
Conn., Sept. 20th, 1893. He was married at Cornwall, Vermont, by
the Rev. J. Bushnell, to Lucv Stone. March 27th, 1834. She was born
1810, and d. Westfield, Mass., April 22d, 1894, aged 83-5.
CHILDREN.
84. i. Silas Leroy (7), b. Cornwall, Vt,, Dec. 5th. 1834.
85. ii. Lyman Horace (7), b. Cornwall, Vt., July 19th, 1840.
iii. Clarence Eugene (7), h. Cornwall. Vt., Nov. 27th, 1M47; m. in Con-
cord, N. H., Aug. 22d, 1876, with Ella Pickering. He is a teacher
at Springfield, Mass. Has no children.
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iv. Charles Augustus, b. at Cornwall, July 28th, 1850; d. Feb. 8th,
1851.
74. Marvin Blake (6), (Myron 5, Steph. 4, Steph. 3, Jona. 2, Jno. 1). Born
at Palermo, N. Y., May 5th, 1814, and now living at Baraboo, Wis.
Married at East Constable, N. Y., Feb. 14th, 1838, to Lura Brown,
daughter of Chauncey and Clarissa (Hazen) Brown. She was b.
CHILDREN.
80. i, Chauncey M. (7), b. , 1840.
ii. George Franklin, b. , 1842, and d. , 1844.
Uncle Marvin Blake is enjoying a hale old age, in possession of all his
faculties after a long and useful life. He sends me tbe following in
answer to my request for a sketch of moving west and its incidents.
"A Sketch of the Life of Marvin Blake, written at the Age of
Eighty-one.
"To Geo. M.Blake:
"Dear Sir:— My birthplace was Palermo, Oswego County, N. Y7. the
5th of May, 1814, then a very new town. When I was eleven years old
I went with my grandfather to Vermont. Two years later my father
died. My mother thought I had better stay with my grandfather, for
she was left with a large family to take care of in a new country. I re-
mained until I was 21, working on the farm summers, as all farmers in
New England at that day. It was work early and late, but it made a
strong, hardy race of men. During that time 1 attended the common
schools winters, and by close study obtained a good education for
that day, and commenced teaching in the winter. At the age of 21 1
went to East Constable, Franklin Co., N. Y. ; bought an interest in a
carding and cloth dressing shop; worked in it two summers and taught
school winters; but finding the business not very profitable, disposed of
my interest, and on the 14th day of February, 1838, was married to
Lura Brown.
"Remained at East Constable, carrying on a small farm until the
summer of 1843, when we concluded to go west. Intended to start by
the 25th of Sept., but owing to the illness of my little boy I went a few
days sooner, as I had to go out into the country from Oswego on some
business, and I was to meet the boat with my family as it came along.
The day proved to be a very rough one, the wind blowing a perfect gale.
When the boat came in sight I was standing on the fort ; it seemed the
boat was making no headway at all, and it was feared she would not
be able to come into the river between the piers, but she did come
bravely in and was safe. Any one may well suppose 1 was thankful. I
found my wife and little boy, but did not know them; the water had
washed over them, and everything we had was soaked. We had to stay
a number of days, to dry everything we had and pack up again. As
the weather still kept bad, we concluded to go out to my uncle's until it
got settled. After staying there a few days, came back, and shipped on
a propeller for Milwaukee. Started from Oswego, went through the
lake to the mouth of the Welland Canal, was three days setting into
Lake Erie, a night on the lake, and in the morning ran into Dunkirk
and lay there 24 hours. Had a pretty good time through the lake and
up the river until we got on the St. Clair flats, grounded for a day or
t wo, but we got through, and had a very good time across LakeHuron.
In Lake Michigan it was very stormy. They ran into a little bay in
Beaver Island, lay there I think three days, got out of fuel, and had to
cut wood and bring it to the ship in small boats. They thought they
would run to the Manitou Islands, and did go there with the said sticks
of wood, and crew and passengers nearly out of provisions. We could
buy nothing but flour, but that would keep hunger away. We stayed
there over night; put out in the morning. Lake rough, but madepretty
good headway, and the next morning came in sight of Wisconsin,
covered with suow. It looked pretty dubious, coming into a new coun-
try among strangers; but we were young and full of courage. We
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landed at Milwaukee just before night the second day of November, put
up at a hotel, and the next day found a team in from Whitewater,
drove ten miles and put up. No trouble to find taverns, as nearly every
house had a sign out. We were two days getting to Whitewater.
Hired a room in a house just put up, sided with oak siding, oak floor
boards not matched,
" It was a rough place to think of wintering in, but it was the best we
could do.
"Our landlord and his wife lived in the other part of the house, no
better than ours was. They were very clever and did all they could for
us, and the winter was very mild, and we came out in the spring all
right. About the first of August I started for Baraboo, — my wife and
two children, a man and wife and one child, with an ox team. Took
what things we could, seut a team after the rest of our things. The
season was very wet, found many bad places, but in four days crossed
the Wisconsin river and got to the bluffs. Put up at the Hoover
House.
"The next day took what things we thought the team could draw,
and started up the bluffs. Got part way up. My wife had thought she
would ride; she had not walked any for a long time. She rode perhaps
a quarter of a mile; but she could not stand that, so got out, took her
babe, and did not get into the wagon again. I carried my little boy,
three years old, and when my wife's arms got tired carrying the baby
we would change, and she would carry our little boy "post back" and
I the baby.
" Many times we had to hang on to the wagon to keep it from tipping
over. We finally got to the river, or we could hear the water in the
rapids. All the mishaps we had, we killed a big rattlesnake; it gave us
quite a scare. We found a track running up and down the river; did
not know which way to go; went both ways. Stood talking and heard
a rooster crow. We soon found a path through the bushes that led us
to Mrs. Peck's residence; could not call it a house, — dug into the bank,
and covered partly with boards, partly with dirt. We got our direc-
tions, and going a few rods met my brother-in-law, and soon found
what proved to be our home for many years.
"It was a pretty hard looking place, just coming from a settled coun-
try; the woods were all around us; but we were young and we enjoyed
it; and we had come to work and make a home, and we set at work
with a will.
"I went at work preparing for a mill, most of the time using the
broad axe — a business I was well used to, and on the 21st day of Sept.
we put the first tree into the river for our dam. For five or six years I
was employed about the water power; never invested anything but my
labor until 1 853, I had invested some in real estate. That spring my
wife's health failed her, and the doctor said I must take her east. We
started the first of May with my son and went to Milwaukee, ship-
ped on a propeller for Buffalo, stopped at Mackinaw and went up the
stairs to the fort. It was a splendid view, well worth the trouble. Had
a very good time down the lakes to Buffalo, went into the country and
visited our friends, and with my brother atid family started for Frank-
lin County.
"Crossed the river at Portage, on that bridge more like a cobweb
than a bridge to carry a train of cars ; but I i ode over it twice. At first
I must say I was badly scart, for it was the first cars I had ever been
on. Went to Rochester, then on a propeller to Ogdensburg, and went
down through the Islands by daylight. We ran in to Ogdensburg, took
a good night's rest, and in the morning to Malone; then seven miles by
stage to Constable, and were at home among our friends.
"Stayed a few weeks, then to Vermont and visited my brother; then
back to Constable, and from there started for home in Baraboo, glad
to get home again. This trip, I think, benefitted my wife enough to pay
all expenses and give me a good rest.
" From that time for a number of years was engaged in house build-
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ing, jobbing about the country. About that time the war broke out.
My son, coming of age, felt that he must go, and — like thousands of
others all over our land— went, leaving no one in the house to call us
father or mothfir.
"It was hard place for parents; and, thinking of it now, it seems
wonderful how we could endure the separation and anxiety ; but we do
not realize what we can endure until tried.
"At the close of the war my son came home, showing the effects of
labor and exposure, but in pretty good shape.
"Then the hop craze came on. We like many others went into it,
took one good crop and got a good price. The next year had in more
land and had a fine crop; but when we were picking the crash came,
and that was a pretty wild time. Fifty hands, many of them fifty miles
or so from home, and no prospect of selling to get money to pay them ;
but we hired a few hundred dollars and paid all our pickers a part (what
we could) and carried them all home, and told them as soon as the
money could be raised they should have all their pay. We sold our crop
during the winter, or gave it away, and settled with every one, which is
more thm many did, and we gave up hop raising.
"I attended to my farm, and when the railroad came we kept board-
ers; but my wife's health failed, and we save that up. We are living a-*
easy as we can, surrounded by our children, grandchildren and gieat
grandchildren, waiting to becnlled away.
"Marvin Blake."
7."). Harmon Freelove Blake (6), (Myron 5, Steph. 4, Steph. 3, Jona. 2,
Jno. 1) Born at Palermo, N. Y., Jan. 10th, 1820. Died at Philadel-
phia, April, 1871.
" My brother Harmon was a very good man, but when a boy he took
to the water, and we knew very little of him. He spent a number of
years on the canals, then went on the ocean. Was in the United States
navy. Was shipwrecked at the Sandwich Islands and sent home
by our consul. Finally went into the merchant service. He got a bad
fall on shipboard, and disease set in and ended his life. He was married,
but of his family we never knew much. Marvin Blake."
7G. Ezra Blake (6), (Myron 5, Steph. 4, Steph. 3, Jona. 2, Jno. 1). Born
at Palermo, N. Y., July 19th, 1824. Married at Centerville, Allegany,
N.Y., Oct. loth, 1848, with Elmaretta Parkis (Parkhurst?) She was
daughter of Wright Parkis and Martha Miller Parkis, and was born at
Centerville, July 14th, 1828. Last known residence of this family was
at Mason, Ingham Co., Mich. ; but letters addressed to them there come
back to writer.
CHILDREN.
i. Miles E. (7), b. at Fountain drove, 111., Feb. 18th, 1859.
ii. Myrtie B., b. at Rushford, Allegany Co., N. Y., Nov. 23d, 1864.
iii. Minnie M., b. at Rushford, N. Y., Dec. 3d, 18G8.
77. John (I Blake (7), (Ira 6. Ruel 5, Rich. 4, Jos. 3, Jno. 2, Jno. 1). Born
at Livonia, N. Y., , 1829. Married at Galesburg, Mich., in 1855,
with Frances Thomas, and they now live there.
children.
i. Fanny J. (8), b. , 1856; m. to Porter Hull and lives in Kansas.
87. ii- William I. (8), b, , 1858.
iii. Jennie A. (8), b. , 1860; married 1885 with Henry W. Sherwood.
iv. Adeline M. (8), b. , 1862; m. 188s with Fred. C. Burroughs.
mn. v. John It. (8), b. . 1866.
vi. Blanche L (8), b. , 1872.
78. William A. Blake (7), (Ira 6, Ruel 5. Rich. 4, Jos, 3, Jno. 2, Jno. 1).
Born at Livonia N. Y., , 1832. Married at Galesburg, Mich.,
in 1867, with Louise J. Burdick. They live there now.
CHILDREN.
i. Ruel W. (8), b. , 1868.
ii. Sherman J. (8), b. , 1870.
iii. James L. (8), b. , 1874.
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79. Fletcher A. Blake (7), (Uri G, Zara 5, Rich. 4, Jos. 3, Jno. 2, Jno. 1).
Born Aug. 5th, 1834, at Fairview, Erie Co., Pa. ; lives now at Rocida,
New Mexico.
He was educated at South Dansville, N. Y. In 1857 he went to Iowa,
and in 1858 enlisted in a company of State Rangers for service against
the Sioux Indians on the frontier. In 1859 he was promoted to be
Captain of the company by Gov. Kirkwood. In 1861 he went into the
Army of the Potomac, served two years and one month as a member of
Co. A, 11th Penna. Cavalry, and was commissioned Lieut, of that com-
pany by Gov. Curtin. Resigned for disability in 1863, at Portsmouth,
Virginia. He married Oct. 5th, 1864, at Okoboji, Iowa, with Julia
Prescott. (She was born at Sheboygan Falls, Mich., Dec. 6th, 1846).
He was a member of the Iowa Legislature 1871-2. In 1873 he removed
to Texas, thence in 1878 to New Mexico. He speaks Spanish fluently,
and was appointed by Gov. Sheldon, successively, Major, Lieut.-Col.
and Col. of 1st Regt. of State troops. In Nov., 1885, was commissioned
Col. of 3d Regt. State Cavalry, and served in the field in command of a
detachment composed of this liegt. and also of the 1st Regt. of Inf'ty
against the Apaches during the Indian wars. In 1886 was commis-
sioned by Gov. Ross, Inspector-General of the State troops; re-com-
missioned in 1890 by Gov. Prince, and served four years longer as such.
CHILDREN.
i. Alice Alta (8), b. Okoboji, Iowa, June 24th, 1867.
89. ii. Henry E. (8), b. Sioux Rapids, July 18th, 1869.
90. iii. Francis G. (8), b. Sioux Rapids, Feb. 4th, 1871.
iv. Harry, b. Great Bend, Kas., Jan. 12th; d. at Glastonwater, Texas,
May 12th, 1874.
v. Charles C, b. July 4th, 1875 ; d. Sept. 18th, 1875.
vi. Cecil Prescott (8), b. at Terrill, Tex., July 23d, 1878.
vii. Helen E. (8), b. Terrill, Tex., Jan. 22d, 1880.
viii. Alta M. (8), b. Rocida, New Mexico, Dec. 25th, 1894.
80. Charles S. A. Blake (7), (Gid. 6, Zara 5, Rich. 4, Jos. 3, Jno, 2, Jno. 1).
Born at South Dansville, Steuben Co., N. Y., June 21st, 1848. Lives
now at Honey Creek, Walworth Co., Wisconsin. Is a farmer and car-
penter and builder. Married at Almond, N. Y., Oct. 8th, 1869, Julia
Bailey. She died — - —
children.
i. Callie A., b. Feb. 21st, 1871.
81. Fay G. Blake (7), (Gid. 6, Zara. 5, Rich. 4, Jos. 3, Jno. 2, Jno. 1). Born
at So. Dansville, N. Y., July 10th, 1854. Lives now at Almond, N. Y.
Is a farmer. Married at Almond, Sept. 24th, 1876, to Grace Wardner.
CHILDREN.
i. Herbert, G. A. (8), b. Sept. 14th, 1879.
ii. Bessie (8), b. Jan. 27th, 1885.
iii. Jessie May (8), b. Mnrch 10th, 1890.
iv. Grace Ernestine (8), b. Sept. 12th., 1892.
82. George Matthew Blake (7), (Zara H. 6, Zara. 5, Rich. 4, Jos. 3, Jno. 2,
Jno. 1). Born at Dansville, N. Y., Nov. 1st, 1852. Lives now at Rock-
ford, 111. Attended the local schools at Dansville until fall of 1869,
when he entered Williston Seminary, at East Hampton, Mass., class of
1872— "Classical."
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Ins life from one who was no relative. In 1871 Mr. Blake gave up the
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Dansville. He had always had a repugnance to medicine; but his fath-
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finally prevailed, and Mr. Blake gave up the law and read medicine,
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ation his father took him into partnership. Mr. Blake was a successful
practitioner in all senses, but his dislike of the profession grew and
strengthened, and in 1877 he flatly quit it for good aud for ever, went
to Ann Arbor, entered the law school, and graduated 6.L. in 1879. He
had intended to settle in Buffalo for the practice of his profession, but
a very particular reason attracted him to Rockford, 111., and in the
spring of 1879 he settled there, and with a classmate opened the law
firm of Blake & Blaine,
Oct. 16th, 1879, he was married there, by Rev. Frank P. Woodbury,
to Carrie Oilman Brown, daughter of Chauncey Brown (and niece of
Mrs. Marvin Blake No. 80). She was born at Horicon, Wis., Jan. 31st,
1855, and is a graduate of Rocktord Seminary, class of 1874.
The firm of Bake and Blaine was not long lived, Mr. Blaine dropping
the profession and Blake continued the practice alone until 1894, when
he took into partnership Mr. L. M. Reckhow, and the firm is now Blake
and Reckhow. Mr. Blake is staunchly Republican in politics, but is no
politician. He has served two years as City Attorney, and has the rep-
utation of being an excellent "business" lawyer, and a careful, safe
business man whose word "goes." He has had many business interests
outside his law practice; was for some years Pres. of First Nat. Bank
of Canton, S. Dak., has dealt in real estate in the Dakotas, Kansas aud
the Pacific Coast. Is Pres. of a local Building and Loan Ass'n. (the
Fidelity), and is also Pres. and Active Manager of the Druggists' Union
Co. of Rockford, a concern manufacturing specialties and remedies for
the drug trade. He is a Mason and Knight Templar, and both he and
his wife are members of the Second Congregational Church of Rockford.
CHILDREN.
i. Chauncey Ethekedge (8), b. June 15th, 1881.
Mrs. Blake has also taken to rear and educate, an orphan girl
of Scotch parentage, who is n;uned Helen Blake, b. Sept. 9, 1885.
83. John Cameron Blake (7), (Nath'l 6, Zara 5, Rich. 4, Jos.3, Jno. 2, Jno.l).
Born at So. Dansville, N. Y., Dec. 3d, 1841. Lives now at Harvard, III.
He was married at So. D'ville, to Louise Burditt (She was b.
same place Mar. 25th, 1849).
He was educated at So. D'ville and Alfred, N. Y. Academies; came
west with his father, whom he assisted in business, and with whom he
was first in partnership and later succeeded in the wagon manufactory.
In 1889 he sold out the wagon factory at Harvard aud established at
Rockford, 111. (but kept his home in Harvard), the J. C. Blake Heating
Co., a corporation for contracting and erecting, aud for dealing in, all
kinds of steam and other heating apparatus and similar supplies.
This he conducted very successfully until fall of 1892, when his father's
failing health made it necessary that a stronger and younger person
should be constantly at hand to aid him and watch over him.
Accordingly, under guise of partnership, with his lather in the real
estate and collection business, he established himself as his father's
physical guardian without the latter's perceiving the real intent. The
Heating Co. was left in the management of his son, Jesse C. Blake, with
Ruel E. Dewey, a second cousin, as supt. of construction.
Sinct! his father's death, his mother's health is by no means good and
Mr. Blake has given his whole time to the Harvard office business, with
sufficient attention to the Heating Co. at Rockford to keep it up to
standard.
Jesse C. has, however, proved a careful manager and has relieved Mr.
Blake of more and more care each year in this respect. John C. Blake
is a "chip of the old block" in character.
CHILDREN.
91 . i. Jessie Clair Blake (8), b, at Harvard, 111., Sept. 5th, 1869.
ii. Mauy Daisy Blake (8), b. at Harvard, 111., Dec. 20th, 1872. Lives
with her parents and has taught in the Harvard graded schools ;
is a fine musician.
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84. Silas Leroy Blake, D. D. (7), (Myron M. 6, Myron 5, Steph. 4, Step.
3, Jona. 2, Jno. 1). Born at Cornwall, Vermont, Dec. 5th, 1834.
Is now pastor of Congregational Church at New London, Conn. Mr
Blake fitted for college at xManchester, Vermont; graduated from Mid-
dlebury College, 1859, graduated from Andover, August, 1864, and
was pastor at Pepperill, Mass., in the same year. Was pastor of South
Cong, at Concord, N. H., 1869, and is now at New London.
He married August 16th, 1859, at Middlebury, Emma A. Severance.
She died at Andover, Aug. 31st, 1864, after childbirth, an infant son,
born and died Aug. 27th, 1864.
Oct. 27th, 1871, at Pepperill, Mass., he married with Isabella M.
Lawrence. She died at Cleveland, Ohio, July 30th, 1879, without chil-
dren.
Jan. 5th, 1881, at Farmington, Mass., he married with Carrie L.
Blood.
85. Lyman Horace Blake, D. D. (7), (Myron M. 6, Myron 5, Steph. 4,
Steph. 3, Jona. 2, Jno. 1). Born at Cornwall, Vermont, July 19th,
1840. Is now pastor ot Second Cong. Church at Westfield, Mass. He
married Oct. 30th, 1867, at Andover, Mass., with Isabella T. Mather
(a descendant of Richard Mather, of Dorchester). She died in Boston,
June 20th, 1879.
He was married at Boston, , to Miss Elizabeth E. Stafford.
CHILDREN BY FIRST WIFE.
i. Ethel W. (8), b. at Rowley, Mass., Sept. 20th, 1870.
ii. Constance M. (8), b. at Methuen, Oct. 18th, 1876.
iii. Isabella T. M. (8), b. Boston, Mass., June 14th, 1879.
8(>. Chauncey M. Blake (7), (Marvin 6, Myron 5, Steph. 4, Steph. 3, Jona.
2, Jno. 1). Born at East Constable, N. Y., , 1840.
Lives at Baraboo, Wisconsin. Is in the employ of the Northwestern
R. R. as a wood worker and car builder. The wood work on locomo-
tives, cab, &c, is his special work. He was a soldier all through the
war, but as yet I have no exact information. He was married at Bara-
boo, , to Amanda Turner.
CHILDREN.
i. Mary (8), b. , in. a Mr. Gannon.
ii. Edith (8), b. , married a Mr. Miller.
iii Marvin 2d (8), b.
iv. Charles (8), b.
v. Agnes (8), b.
S7. William I. Blake (8), (John C. 7, Ira 6, Ruel 5, Rich. 4, Jos. 3. Jno. 2,
Jno. 1). Born at Galesburg, Mich., , 1858. Married , 1881,
Esther Weston.
CHILDREN.
i. Frank (9), b. , 1882.
ii. Jay (9), b. , 1 885.
88. John R. Blake (8), (.lohn C. 7, Ira 6, Ruel 5, Rich. 4, Jos. 3, Jno. 2,
Jno. 1). Born at Galesburg, Mich., , 1866. Married . 1892,
to Florence J. Bush.
CHILDREN.
i. Ruth L. (9), b. , 1893.
ii. Infant Son (9), b. , 1895.
8«). Henry E. Blake (8), (Fletch. 7, Uri. 6, Zara. 5, Rich. 4, Jos. 3, Jno.
2, Jno. 1). Born at Sioux Rapids, Iowa, July 18th, 1869. Lives now
al Rocida, New Mexico. Is a printer by trade. Do not know whether
he has a family or not.
90. Francis G. Blake (8), (Fletch. 7. Uri. 6. Zara. 5, Rich. 4, Jos. 3, Jno.
2, Jno. 1). Born at Sioux Rapids, Iowa, Feb. 4th, 1871. Married at
Rocida, New Mexico, Sept. 27th, 1893, to Ida May Grounds. (She was
born at Dallas, Texas, May 27th, 1871). They live now at Rocida, and
Mr. Blake is by trade a printer.
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91. Jesse Clair Blake (8), (J. Cam. 7, Nath'l 6, Zara. 5, Rich. 4, Jos. 3,
Jno. 2, Juo. 1). Born at Harvard, 111., Sept. 5th, 186!). Lives now at
Rockford, 111. Is manager of J. C. Blake Heating Co. Was educated in
local schools at Harvard, 111., and developed strong in mechanics,
drawing and music. Married , at Harvard, 111., to Lizzie S.
Dallam. (She was born Nov. 12th, 1869, at Harvard. Her parentage
is English on both sides; about two generations in America).
CHILDREN.
i. John Dullam Blake (9), b. Rockford, 111., June 12th, 1892.
PROBLEMS.
Amos Treadway and Elizabeth Blake married June 16th, 1760. Had: —
1. Josiah, 1760. 2. Amos, 1762. 3. Elizabeth, 1764. 4. Abigail, 1766.
5. Richard, 1768. 6. Clarissa. 7. Mary. 8. Harvey. 9. Seth. 10. John.
Justus Tavlor of Middletown and Elizabeth Blake of Boston married in Bos-
ton Oct. 20, 1762. Had— 1. Justus, 1765, d. 1766. 2. Justus 2d, 1766. d.
1767. 3. John Blake, 1767, d. 1784. 4. Joseph, 1768. 5. Eliza, 1770. The
father, Justus Taylor, died Sept. 24th, 1771.
Ezekiel Gilbert, Jr., and Elizabeth Blake married Mar. 8th, 1743. Had— 1 .
Elihu, 1744. 2. Abigail. 1745. 3. Seth, 1747. 4. Rhoda, 1749. 5. Elizabeth,
1750.
Epaphrus Knott, son to Epaphrus Knott and Elizabeth Blake, born at
Middletown, Jan. 6th, 1757.
Vine Starr and Sarah Blaque married Oct. 29th, 1787. Had— Catherine, b.
Apr. 3d, 1792. These Blaques, father's name Joseph, came from Saybrook to
Chatham on the east side Conn. River, and then changed spelling to Blake.
Talcott G. Blake and Catherine Prout married Dec. 22nd, 1835.
Win. Roberts, Jr., and Clarissa Blake married Dec. 4th, 1823.
Michael Braddock and Mary Blake married Mar. 10th, 1824.
Oscar Bemis of Durham and Adah Blake of Middletown married July 4, 1833.
Laurens Loomis of Plymouth and Elizabeth Blake of Middletown married
Nov. 11th, 1835.
George P. Galpin of Berlin and Harriett J. Biake of Middletown married
Sept. 29th, 1839.
Ephraim Tuttle, and Caroline Blake, both of Middletown, married Sept. 12,
1842.
Oliver R. Spencer, son of late John Spencer of Guilford, and Eliza A. Blake,
daughter of Richard Blake of Middletown, married Sept. 25th, 1850.
W. P. Lamb, Printer, Rockford, 111.
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