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John The Elder Black\\Blake, Lord of Plainsfield Manor 1521–1588 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 10 October 1521

Birth Location: Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Death Date: 2 Dec 1588

Death Location: Over Stowey, Sedgemoor District, Somerset, England

Father: Humphrey Lord

Mother: (Lady) Littleton

Spouse(s): Jane Blake, Isbell Martyne

Children(s): Richard Blake, John II, William Blake, Alice Richards, Thomas Blake

In 1521, John The Elder Black\\Blake, Lord of Plainsfield Manor entered the world in Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, born to Humphrey William Blake Blague Lord And Lady Agnes Anne Littleton. John The Elder Black\\Blake, Lord of Plainsfield Manor married Isbell Martyne, Jane Blake, Joanna Godsan, Mary Blake, and had children including Alice Blake, Alice Richards, Ann Blake, Edmund Blake, Elizabeth Blake, John Black Ii, Mary Blake, Richard Blake, Thomas Blake, William Blake. John The Elder Black\\Blake, Lord of Plainsfield Manor passed away in 1588 in Over Stowey, Sedgemoor District, Somerset, England.

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Biography

  • In 1521, John The Elder Black\\Blake, Lord of Plainsfield Manor entered the world in Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, born to Humphrey William Blake Blague Lord And Lady Agnes Anne Littleton.
  • John The Elder Black\\Blake, Lord of Plainsfield Manor married Isbell Martyne, Jane Blake, Joanna Godsan, Mary Blake, and had children including Alice Blake, Alice Richards, Ann Blake, Edmund Blake, Elizabeth Blake, John Black Ii, Mary Blake, Richard Blake, Thomas Blake, William Blake.
  • John The Elder Black\\Blake, Lord of Plainsfield Manor passed away in 1588 in Over Stowey, Sedgemoor District, Somerset, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

John Manor's Ancestors

Self
John Manor
1521–1588
Birth Place: Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Parents
Humphrey William Blake (Blague) Lord
1500–1576
Old Hall, Eastontown, Andover, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom
(Lady) (Agnes Anne) Littleton
1501–1585
Plainfield, Somerset, England, United Kingdom
Grandparents
William (Blake) (Blague)
1465–1547
Calne, Wiltshire, England
Mary Coles
1469–1500
Calne, Wiltshire, England
Richard (William Littleton) Sir
1452–1517
Alice Wynnsbury
–1530
Great-Grandparents
William Sr
1438–1471
Joan Burley
1425–1504
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Robert Calne
1410–1471
Avice Wallop
1416–1474
William Burley
1390–1458

John Manor's Descendants

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John (The Elder Black\\Blake, Lord of Plainsfield) Manor (10 October 1521–2 Dec 1588) m. Jane Blake (–27 June 1595) m. Isbell Martyne (1518–1572)
  1. 1. Richard Blake 1540–1576
    1. 1. Richard Blake 1841–
  2. 2. John (Black) II 1564–1650 m. Elizabeth (Bessie Lockhart) Black 1568–1641
    1. 1. John (Black) III 1590–1669 m. Janet (Osborne,) Black 1594–1641 m. Susanna Black 1600–1646
      1. 1. William Black 1620–1677 m. Janet Livingstone 1620–1668
        1. 1. James Black 1639–1695 m. Catherine Black 1642–
      2. 2. Persis Follett 1634–1703 m. Robert (William) Follett 1625–1708
        1. 1. Abraham Follett 1671–1724
        2. 2. Hannah Southwick 1664–1742 m. John Southwick 1669–1742
        3. 3. Susanna Howe 1662–1757 m. Joseph Sibley 1655–1718
        4. 4. John (Follett) Sr 1669–1718
      3. 3. Lydia Davis 1638–
      4. 4. John Black 1642–1700 m. Freeborn Wolfe 1645–1675 m. Deborah Knowlton 1664–1694
        1. 1. Elizabeth 1686–1746
        2. 2. Martha Black 1668–1704
        3. 3. Nathaniel (Woodberry "Nathe" Black) Sr 1677–1758
        4. 4. Susanna (Black) (Blake) 1672–
        5. 5. Peter (Black) (Blake) 1669–
        6. 6. John (Black (Blake) III) Iii 1666–1690
        7. 7. Peter (Black) (Blake) 1669–
    2. 2. Agnes Black 1585–
    3. 3. George Black 1580–1632
    4. 4. John Black 1590–1653
    5. 5. John Black 1591–1674 m. Susanna Black 1600–1646
      1. 1. Persis Follett 1634–1703
      2. 2. Lydia Davis 1638–
      3. 3. John Black 1642–
    6. 6. Margaret Black 1592–1660
    7. 7. Patrick Black 1592–1651
    8. 8. Patrick Black 1592–1651
    9. 9. Bessie Blak 1590–
    10. 10. Janet Blak 1587–
  3. 3. William Blake –1646
  4. 4. Alice Richards 1707–
  5. 5. Thomas Blake –1684

John Manor's Timeline

3 Records

1521
10 October 1521
Birth of John The Elder Black\\Blake, Lord of Plainsfield Manor in Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
1588
2 Dec 1588
Age 67
Death of John The Elder Black\\Blake, Lord of Plainsfield Manor in Dumfries, West Lothian, Scotland
Dumfries, West Lothian, Scotland
1641
07 November 1641
Age 120
John The Elder Black\\Blake, Lord of Plainsfield Manor was baptized
None

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 10 October 1521
    Event Place: Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Date: 7 Nov
    Event Place: Over Stowey, Somerset, England
    Record Source: Somerset, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Date: 07 November 1641
    Record Source: Somerset, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Place: Bristol, England
    Record Source: Bristol, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Athenry
    Record Source: Burke’s Family Records (Indexed)

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 2 Dec 1588
    Event Place: Dumfries, West Lothian, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] UK, Extracted Probate Records, 1269-1975
    [2] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [3] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Over Stowey, Sedgemoor District, Somerset, England

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