Blake Newsletter
Table
of Contents
1. yDNA Blake Study Group at FT DNA
2. Blake family of South Carolina
3. Request for papers
yDNA Blake Study Group at FT DNA
is the largest of the Blake DNA groups and can be found here:
http://www.familytreedna.com/public/blake/default.aspx?section=yresults
Thanks to Barrie Blake, the results have been
separated into their likely related haplogroups. The Norfolk Blake family descendant
of Peter Blake and Elizabeth Spelman has
been clearly identified as R1a1a. This
family can be traced back to a Thomas Blake bc 1382 and dc 1439 at Swaffham
Market, Swaffham, Norfolk, England. This family continued at Swaffham Market
until Peter Blake and his wife Elizabeth (parents of Peter Blake married to
Elizabeth Spelman) moved to Wimbotsham, Norfolk, England by 1470 as Peter was
born at Wimbotsham. The purchase of Tonwells Manor in 1466 (there are several
records held at the National Archives (Kew) in England which refer to John
Skott of London, gentleman, delivering to John Fyncham, Henry Spelman and
others two messuages with buildings in Wymbotesham ....including an indented
charter, grant charter, letter of attorney and deed of quit claim) appears to
have been completed by the Spelman family. Was this some sort of marriage
settlement? Reading these particular documents may assist with understanding
why Peter moved from Swaffham to Wimbotsham by 1470. They include: Hare 4630 214x4 5 Feb 1465/66, Hare 4631
214x4 5 Feb 1465/66, Hare 4632 214x4 5 Feb 1465/66 and Hare 4633 214x4 1 Jul 1468. For those unused to the Regnal Year
the reference to 5 Ed IV refers to the 5th year of the reign of Edward IV which
was 1465 (Edward IV became king on the death of his father 30 Dec 1460 although
not crowned until 4 Mar 1461 but the regnal date begins with the ascension
day). More information on the yDNA studies in future newsletters.
Blake family of South Carolina,
that is descendant of Joseph Blake, Governor of South Carolina, can trace their
line back to England with a definitive paper trail. Testing a member of this
family with a paper trail back to Joseph would be a wonderful addition to the
Blake yDNA study. It would provide both the haplogroup of this Blake family
line and assist with determining the family line of Humphrey Blake the known
progenitor of this line who was buried 28 Dec 1558 at Overstowey, Somerset,
England and left his will naming his sons - John the elder, Robert, Thomas and
John the younger. Humphrey's son Robert
married Margaret Symonds and their youngest son Humphrey married to Sarah
Williams were the parents of Robert Blake, Lord High Admiral during the
Commonwealth and Benjamin the father of Joseph Blake, Governor of South
Carolina. Eight children of Robert Blake and Margaret Symonds lived to
adulthood. I will add more details on this family in Somerset to a future
newsletter. Robert was the eldest in the family. In my blog, "English
Research from Canada" (http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2012/03/humphrey-blakes-american-descendants.html
) published 30 Mar 2012, I discuss Humphrey Blake's American descendants and
will continue with this topic moving on to the census of 1800 having discussed
the census of 1790 on 30 Mar 2012.
Request for papers
and if any member of the Blake family wishes to submit material for publication
please address it to kippeeb@rogers.com.
Elizabeth Kipp (née Blake), BA, PLCGS
Blake one-name study (http://www.one-name.org/profiles/blake.html)
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