Blake Newsletter
Table
of Contents
1. BritainsDNA
2. Galway Blake Family
3. Blake yDNA Study
4. Wills Transcription
The third year for Blake Newsletter and it
continues at two pages. There is so much I could write about but I already am
blogging most days on Blake with the ongoing transcription of wills. Another
couple of days will see all the PCC wills for the Blake family in Wiltshire
completed.
BritainsDNA
I decided to test my brother at BritainsDNA (and he
kindly consented) to see how his results would look when he was tested by a UK
company since all of our ancestry is known to be English. The results were
pretty much as anticipated and very much in line with the results already
obtained from FT DNA. However, there is a different look to the layout of the
results and if spending money on DNA testing interests you then I would highly
recommend testing with this company. Our paternal line continues without an
exact match although that is because no one in our line has tested other than
my brother and there are a number of known cousins. Perhaps the most important
item I learned was that this is an ancient British Isles line most commonly
found today in southern Ireland although less frequently in the Hampshire UK
area where my line is located. Since, on paper, this line was in the Andover
area from the late 1400s on using the surname Blake I am left to theorize that
my line chose the name Blake at some point in the past prior to the late 1400s
perhaps in a marriage with the Blake family. The Manor Records for this area
interest me greatly in that regard and may provide a solution.
Galway Blake Family
Three members of the study can trace their lines
back to the Galway Blake Family and possibly in another issue of the newsletter
there will be a short story about their lines. Suffice it to say for the moment
that these three members have now given a precise yDNA signature for their
particular Galway lines which will be helpful to others trying to trace back to
Galway, Ireland in their Blake lines.
Blake yDNA study
The Study continues to grow and expand in terms of
results. We now have a result for a Suffolk line which does not match anyone
else but is a founder line. Another member of the I2b1 grouping has a match
with a Blake member (236981) who is not with FT DNA but has a known ancestry
going back to Walcot (Bath), Somerset and Burbage/Wootton Basset, Wiltshire
prior to that. A little boost for that member searching their ancestry.
Wills Transcription
Once Wiltshire is completed (this week!) I will
move on to Hampshire where I have over 60 wills to transcribe which includes
the PCC wills and wills from the Winchester Record Office. I have managed to
acquire a dozen of the really early wills and will work on that group first.
Happy New Year to members of the Blake family
everywhere.
Elizabeth Kipp (née Blake)
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